By Aliya Couillard, Assistant News Editor In early June of this summer, New Yorkers walked outside to what they may have thought was a normal summer day, but were instead faced with an orange sky and a smoggy surrounding. This atmosphere was due to the smoke from wildfires burning in…
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By Aliya Couillard, Assistant News Editor The B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library has seen some recent updates on the interior. The Long Island University (LIU) library located at the front entrance of campus will look a little different to incoming students walking in for the first time this school year. …
By Jenna Melman, Staff Writer The shark is LIU’s cuddly, beloved mascot. However, new developments say that sharks may be more of a threat to Long Island’s safety than we might have suspected. In the past century, New York State has had only 12 unprovoked shark bites on record. Now,…
By Jenna Melman, Staff Writer On March 7, The White House endorsed a bipartisan bill, The RESTRICT Act. The RESTRICT Act’s full name is the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act. It is currently a piece of proposed legislation under consideration by Congress.…
By Nicole Sanchez, Staff Writer On March 26, officials in Miami Beach declared a state of emergency as massive crowds of spring breakers descended on the Florida city causing chaos, including the shooting deaths of two people. Alina Hudak, the city manager, signed the emergency declaration on Wednesday. This has…
By Mikaela Russell, Staff Writer On Sunday, March 26, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens took over the streets revolting against Israel’s newly re-elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to change the way the country’s judicial system works. In response to Netanyahu’s dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday,…
By Brady Campbell, Staff Writer On March 3, four South Carolinians made the trip down to Mexico, one of which was getting a medical procedure done south of the border. As they made the trip past Texas and into Matamoros, Mexico, none of them were prepared for the horror that…
By Nicole Sanchez, staff writer On Monday, March 27, a school shooting at private elementary school, The Covenant Presbyterian Church, occurred in Nashville Tennessee leaving three adults and three nine-year-olds dead. Police identified the shooter to be a former student, Audrey Hale, 28. Hale was carrying three weapons, two assault…
By Brady Campbell, Staff Writer LIU Post is located in an accessible part of Long Island for students traveling from Nassau and Suffolk County, as well as New York City. However, this also means that the journey to get to campus could be a long one, because it is located…
By Lila Nolan, Staff Writer On Feb. 20, 2023, Marriott International’s President and CEO sat down with Yahoo Live to discuss how they’ve spearheaded a movement on one of the largest social issues within the hotel industry. “Human trafficking is a big focus in the company and it’s a personal…