By Jennifer Chavez Staff Writer Editor’s Note: Josephine Rerecich is the copyeditor for the Pioneer. Students have mixed feelings about the university’s efforts in addressing their concerns of the mold growing in their residence buildings, specifically those living in Kings Hall and the South Residence Complex (SRC). Mold has been…
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By Members of the Editorial Board Members of the Pioneer editorial board attended the National College Media convention hosted by the College Media Association and the Associated College Press from Thursday, Oct. 31 to Sunday, Nov. 3 in Washington D.C. A total of 1,600 attendees from both public and private…
By Travis Fortounas Staff Writer A series of renovations have been completed at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts as part of a five-year agenda set in place by a council of overseers. The renovations are part of a strategic plan to set the new direction of the theater.…
By Shannon Miller News & Managing Editor SMART boards have been an undeniable advantage to most professors, enabling them to engage in new and more meaningful ways of teaching than whiteboards and chalkboards ever did. The acronym stands for “Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology,” but at times, these interactive technologies…
By Thomas Okin & Jada Butler Staff Writer & Co-Editor-In-Chief The LIU Theodore Roosevelt Institute held their first academic conference from Sunday, Oct. 27 to Wednesday, Oct. 30, honoring the life and achievements of President Theodore Roosevelt on the 100th anniversary of his passing. Over the course of four days,…
By Shannon Miller & Alexander Espinosa News & Managing Editor, Staff Writer Renovations are happening on campus to correlate with the new mascot and school colors, and returning students and staff have been talking about them since the start of the fall 2019 semester. These gradual alterations have some students…
By Shannon Miller News & Managing Editor LIU students received an email from the university on Tuesday, Oct. 8, asking them to download a new mobile app called LIUSafe. LIU’s Department of Public Safety launched the smartphone program in an effort to strengthen security measures throughout the campus community. Students,…
By Travis Fortounas Staff Writer Students from across Long Island were inducted into the Long Island HIV Epidemic Campus Advisory Committee. Last week, a total of 24 students from LIU, Adelphi, Hofstra and other universities were named to the committee in a worldwide effort to end the HIV epidemic. With…
By Alexander Espinosa & Jada Butler Staff Writer & Co-Editor-In-Chief Some students on campus were experiencing difficulties upon visiting the campus mailroom due to it being short staffed. For the first few weeks of the fall semester, everything from Amazon packages, textbook deliveries and letters from parents were caught up…
By Jada Butler Co-Editor-In-Chief After missing the initially intended fall 2019 start to the program, the university received approval from the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council on Education to begin accepting applications for the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). The program is now set to begin in the fall 2020…