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What To Do In The Fall

Michelle Morey Staff Writer The leaves are changing colors and the air is becoming brisk. This can only mean one thing: autumn has arrived! The weekends are a great time to take advantage of this beautiful weather and do some fun things with friends and family. Long Island alone has…

Eat Your Heart Out

Alyssa Seidman Staff Writer If you know anything about LIU Post’s eating culture, you know that the masses of students that flood Hillwood during common hour is comparable to Macy’s department stores on Black Friday. And if you dorm on campus, you know that the Winnick waffle bar is not…

National Comic Book Day 2013

Michael Otero Staff Writer Today marks National Comic Book Day. The unofficial holiday is not known nationwide, but it is an interesting holiday nonetheless. As a kid growing up, one of the more popular comic books was Captain Underpants. They were always a big hit with kids during book sales…

LIU Post Moves In

Talia Charlton Staff Writer A sea of eager faces swarmed through the front doors of residence halls at LIU Post on September 2nd and 3rd, marking the start of a new school year. Move-in day provided students the opportunity to prepare their new place of residence before fall classes began…

The Week of Chic

Jacklyn Stringham Staff Writer Every September tents go up and the stars come out at Lincoln Center for the Mercedes-Benz Spring Fashion Week. Even though the days are getting shorter and our sleeves are getting longer, that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little preview of what’s to come when…

Summer Music Festivals

Rebecca Martelotti Staff Writer Finals are quickly approaching but this means that summer is almost here. With the arrival of summer, comes the start of countless music festivals in the New York area. While Coachella and Ultra are already behind us, there are plenty of other festivals to get you…

Get Ready For Some Summer Reading

Julia Rosén Staff Writer In only two weeks, LIU Post students will trade in their school bags for beach bags and go on a much needed summer break. The time for exams, all-nighters, early classes, but most importantly – textbooks, will be over. Instead of spending hours upon hours read- ing…

Class of 2013, Are You Ready to Work?

Abigail Brosnan Staff Writer With commencement on May 10, LIU Post’s 2013 graduating class is getting ready to enter the workforce. Jason Cascone, director of Career Development at the Office of Career Services, provided a checklist in order to help students with their job search after graduation: 1) You should start…

Ombré Style, In Again

Gabriella Ianiro Staff Writer One hot trend this spring is ombrè, a style in which color graduates from light to dark. For example, a blue ombrè dress may be very pale green at top, but the fabric becomes deeper in color as it reaches the bottom hem. Ombrè can be seen…

Post Speaks Against Domestic Violence

Angela Alfano Staff Writer LIU Post’s Social Work Department hosted the second annual Family and Domestic Violence Conference in Hillwood Commons. The daylong event was made up of several workshops and presentations where speakers educated the audience on domestic violence and other forms of aggression as well as other risks and…