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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…

Why So Much Evil?

Mimmi Montgomery Staff Writer There is something significant about days when great disasters happen. Regardless if the disaster was caused by terrorists crashing airplanes into skyscrapers, or mother nature sweeping people off shore in a gigantic wave, we all seem to remember where we were that moment when the disaster oc-…

Run, Run, It’s Spring!

Mimmi Montgomery Staff Writer Warmer months have finally arrived and you can no longer blame bad weather for not put- ting on your running shoes and going for a jog outside. If April gives us cold, rainy days, there is really nothing stopping you from getting on the treadmill at the…

Summer Classes at Post

Julia Rosén Staff Writer In less than four weeks, the spring semester will end. If you feel like getting a jump-start on your college studies, going to summer school might be the right thing for you. Post offers more than 900 undergraduate and graduate classes on campus that can help you…

Help Campus Grow – Literally

Mimmi Montgomery Assistant Features Editor Do you know that you can manage your own garden at Post? It is now time to sign up for a 10’ x 15’ plot on the campus’ south side, through a campus community outreach initiative called Operation Community Garden. It will be an opportunity to…

Fashion Revamp

Gabriella Ianiro Staff Writer Spring is here and with the weather changing, it’s difficult to transition your wardrobe from winter to spring. Unfortunately many of us don’t have a budget to redo our closet every three months to keep up with the forever changing trends. However, many of your winter wardrobe…

Ready for Fall?

Rebecca Martelotti Staff Writer The end of the spring semester is very hectic. In addition to studying for final exams and applying for summer jobs and internships, students must begin to think about and choose the classes they want to take in the fall. The best way to make sure you…

More Field Trips for Motivation

Mimmi Montgomery Assistant Features Editor It was a “wow” feeling hard to describe when I found myself in the middle of the two-story open office landscape where some of the world’s most famous reporters have produced several Pulitzer Prize winning articles. Like in a movie, the journalists that were in…

Top Spring 2013 Films

Megan Draghi Staff Writer Since the weather is not quite warm enough to be outside yet why not kick back and relax inside a nice movie theater? With the movies lined up to come out this spring, there are plenty of options. Currently, films such as The Host, Admission, Olympus Has…