Adrianna Alvarez LIU Post students, faculty and staff can now text a librarian to receive answers to general reference questions right on their cell phones. The Text-A-Librarian service is replacing Instant Message A Librarian, an instant chat service between users and librarians. Associate Professor and Librarian Elizabeth Mezick said, “The…
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Freddie Schwartz At the March 6th Student Government meeting, the administration announced that the campus has exceeded its budget for this year. “The campus has a budget of about $40 million, but the campus spent around $44 million,” stated LIU Post Provost Dr. Paul Forestell. Some students are…
Samantha McGarry On March 7th in the Cinema Room of Hillwood Commons, all ears were listening as students showed their voice at LIU’s own Post Idol. Students had gone through three rounds to make it to the stage show, like on the real “American Idol”, to show everyone at Post,…
Adrianna Alvarez Recent statistics show that one in five college students experience dating violence, and the Red Flag Campaign at LIU Post is designed to address that startling statistic and promote the prevention of dating violence on college campuses. On March 6th, organizers of the campaign held the “ Find…
Samantha McGarry Academics consume most college students’ lives, along with the jobs we need, the gyms we try to get to, the families we have to see, and the friends that we all want to keep. Oh, and we all need to sleep and relax eventually. So, how do we…
Cecilie Nag Sponsored by the Division for Student Success and the Division for Student Affairs, the first Suit Up for Success event took place on February 28th and 29th, on the Top of the Commons. Over 70 students attended to receive free clothes, shoes, and accessories for interviews and internships.…
Adrianna Alvarez Don’t let the intimidation of being somewhere new stop you from the life-changing experience that studying abroad can offer. On Wednesday, February 29th, curious students stopped by the study abroad table with many questions. Patricia Murdock, Director of the Study Abroad program, says there are five good reasons…
David Otero The men’s basketball team defeated the Bridgeport Purple Knights on Saturday, March 4th, by a score of 86-67 to win the East Coast Conference Championship and to earn an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament. Senior guard Stefan Bonneau, named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, led the Pioneers…
Paul Kalis At around 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday, February 22nd, a student driver was turning into the campus’ East Gate, lost control, and hit a tree. Two students were in the car. The Old Brookville Police Department responded and dispatched two cars. Roslyn Rescue’s EMS was also on the scene.…
Samantha McGarry On the night of February 16th, love was in the air in the Hillwood Café. NAACP held a speed-dating event for students who were looking for love or just a friendship. Before the speed-dating started, NAACP got nine tables together and scattered chocolate candy and tea around each…