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LIU Post Prepares for Relay for Life

By Melissa Weisman Staff Writer The 12-hour, overnight event known as Relay for Life is coming to LIU Post this spring. The walk, which aims to raise money for cancer research and patients, as well as spreading cancer awareness, will also celebrate the lives of survivors, remember those who lost their…

The College of Education Wants Your Opinion

By Carlo Valldares Staff Writer The College of Education, Information and Technology Student Council (CEIT), organized and hosted two non-exclusive open events in attempt to engage the students on any questions they may have about their campus and to get an understanding of their needs and interests. This was the…

Scholarship Helps Students with Textbook Cost

By Janae Finlator Staff Writer “It Takes a Village,” a student run organization that works alongside the Division of Student Affairs at LIU Post, and is sponsored by the Post Leadership Advisory Network (PLAN), aids students with textbook costs by providing book scholarships for those who are in need. The…

Are Important Student Surveys Being Ignored?

By Ashley Ioveno Staff Writer During the winter break, LIU Post’s Office of Student Life and Leadership Development sent out a 70-question survey via email to all students. The survey asked for various ways to help evaluate and improve student life at Post. The students who completed the survey were…

Theory Class Cancellations at Post

By Kristen Linsalata Staff Writer The cancellation of the Music Theory courses, commonly referred to as the MUS 90 series, has caused outrage among students in the Music department, who are required to take the classes. When freshman Kelli Shahinian entered LIU Post’s Music Education program, she was extremely cognizant…

Students React to Expensive Textbooks

By Moa Golster Staff Writer As the spring semester begins, many students are required to take a trip to the campus bookstore for new textbooks. However, that trip to the bookstore might end up feeling more like a robbery, rather than a fresh start to the semester. As the prices…

Library aims to please students

By Carlo Valladares Staff Writer The B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library is a place for literacy, reading and acquired learning. However, during this spring semester, the library has undergone changes to help transition their building further into the new millennium and fit the needs of modern education. The library also…

Hillwood’s Transformation Continues

By Dani Naess Hellesund Staff Writer The changes that began in Hillwood Commons during the fall semester continued over the winter break. The latest additions, according to Dr. Abby Van Vlerah, Post’s new dean of Students, are the relocation of the Center for Student Information (CSI), the new Gold Coast Cinema,…

Las Posadas: A Latin American Christmas Custom

By Yumi Hanamura Staff Writer A Mexican Christmas celebration called Los Posadas was celebrated on campus, on Wednesday, Dec. 5. In Spanish, Las Posadas means “the inns” or ”the lodgings” and represents the Biblical journey of Mary and Joseph as they searched for a shelter in Bethlehem before the birth…

Crime Blotter

By Brittany Lercara and Briana Longo Contributing Writers Underage Drinking At 3:58 a.m., Nov. 17, a student called public safety and told them to report to Brookville Hall. A resident and two guests appeared to have gotten in an altercation off campus, leaving scrapes and bruises on their faces. It…