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The Heart of Winter

By Alecia Sexton Staff Writer Winter is a wonderful time filled with so many things to enjoy like family, snow, and hot cocoa. While there are many things to cherish about this season, there are also a few things to be weary of. The occurrence of heart attacks and strokes…

Start Your Mornings by Going Green

By Jada Butler Co-Editor-In-Chief Whether you’re waking up early to start your work day, or staying up late to finish that essay, you can’t go without a cup, or two or three, of coffee to keep you energized. With a Keurig machine, it’s easy to just pop in a pod…

Don’t Let Finals Get You Down: Tips for Success

By Angelique D’Alessandro Executive Editor Stay Healthy Staying healthy is vital to finals week success. Make sure that even when you are cramming for finals, you are remembering to eat throughout the day and getting enough sleep each night. Also, avoid getting sick by washing your hands frequently. Finals week…

Keep It Fresh, Tips for Storing Food

By Alecia Sexton Layout Manager The holiday season comes equipped with a whole new menu of foods that some of us look forward to all year. Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and seasonal veggies somehow find their way to our dinner plates and eventually into the refrigerators and freezers of…

Club of the Week: Muslim Student Association

By Jada Butler Co-Editor-in-Chief The Muslim Student Association (MSA) club promotes acceptance and aims to prevent Islamophobia. One of the religious clubs on campus, MSA began late in the spring 2018 semester. President Humdia Barakzai, a sophomore pre-pharmacy major, said the club came to a slow start as they worked…

P.E. Students Teach at Middle School

By Alicia Sexton Layout Manager Editor’s Note: The writer was one of the students who participated in teaching the PE classes at William Floyd Middle School.   A group of students enrolled in Secondary Methods in Physical Education (PE) took a trip to William Floyd Middle School on Wednesday, Nov.…

Abandoned Vessel of Creativity

By Justin Simon Assistant News Editor “Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.” – Ezra Pound, American poet and critic “Confrontation,” an American literary magazine run by the English department, did not receive funding for this semester. The literary magazine served as a creative…

Did you vote in the midterms?

By Anand Venigalla Features Editor Midterm elections were yesterday. Were students registered to vote? Does voting matter in the end? Emma Anderson, a first-year musical theater student, was registered to vote and thought her vote mattered. “I want to always vote. Women worked hard to gain their right to vote;…

Unsung Heroes of Post: Kate Breen

By Anand Venigalla Features Editor Mary Kathryn Breen, called Kate, the secretary for the English, philosophy and foreign languages department in the Winnick Mansion, is an unsung hero dedicated to helping students. “Usually I wear the hat of problem solver,” she said. She learned this skill through her life and…