By Alyssa Seidman Co-Editor-in-Chief When you enter the office of Benjamin ‘Benj’ Gerdes, an assistant professor of Media Arts, you feel as if you’ve stepped into the world of “Back to the Future,” where DeLoreans can transcend space and time. Gerdes is your resident Doc, without the crazy hair and lab…
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By Rebecca Martelotti Assistant Features Editor The Health Care Professions program is going to expand further in the direction of nursing by offering more classes and different concentrations. The Tilles Center used to be called the “dome” because of its shape, and was a center for Rock and Roll concerts in…
By Rebecca Martelotti Assistant Features Editor In 1969, the campus had no student center. The only place for recreation was the Craft Center. When Hillwood Commons was built, it was the beginning of students meeting on campus and developing extracurricular clubs and sports. This did not happen until the late…
By Destiny Diggs Staff Writer Lively, energetic, and impetuous-yet-driven people seem to be the motto of Manhattan residents, as it satisfies many desires of a dynamic. The city’s attractive lights, noisy streets, uniformed apartments, and interesting people moving at various speeds speaks for itself, and gives a valuable life lesson. Every day…
By Brian Riley Staff Writer Entertainment on any college campus is a big part of the appeal to the school. Students are bound to the campus either for classes, class- related work, or living in the dorms. Colleges therefore seek to have a consistent source of entertainment that appeals to a…
By Rebecca Martelotti Assistant Features Editor 1) In the 1960s, the university built the campus radio station WCWP. 2) Hillwood, which was Marjorie Merriweather’s home, was made to resemble her father’s office building, located on the grounds of the Post Cereal Company headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan. 3) The LIU…
By Rebecca Martelotti Assistant Features Editor Each year, millions of Americans face the tough reality of living with a mental health condition. The first full week of October is dedicated to raising awareness of mental illness across the nation. LIU Post has therapists and counselors on staff available to work…
By Kahleel Bragg Features Editor Once again, the Apple incorporation did not disappoint its loyal customers by dropping the new iPhone 6/iPhone 6 Plus on Sept. 19, 2014. These new and improved models of the iPhone exceeded four million pre-orders within the first 24-hour-span of its availability, and 10 million…
By Mirna Youssef Staff Writer Almost everyone in the world knows something about cancer, whether it is through a family member or friend affected by it, or through society advocating for a cure. Breast cancer is the third deadliest cancer in the world, and the second most common among women.…
By Rebecca Martelotti Assistant Features Editor 1) The Winnick House, the former Post estate’s lavish Tudor-era revival mansion, was a symbol of Marjorie Merriweather’s preeminent social and financial status in the early 20th century. 2) In 1921, Marjorie Merriweather and her second husband, Edward F. Hutton, who worked on Wall…