By Chris Klimaszewski Staff Writer On the second floor of Humanities Hall, in the room formerly occupied by the Writing Center, students can find game design majors busy working in the new digital game design lab. The Writing Center moved, during the fall semester, to room 223, down the hall.…
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By the Editorial Board The battle for free speech in schools, both public and private, has been a long and arduous one. There are student reporters across the country, from high schools, public colleges and private universities, who have to fight in order to have their voices heard. In the…
By Dylan Valic Staff Writer Dr. Heather Parrott was named the chairperson of the new Department of Social Sciences during the fall 2018 semester. The newly-formed department combines history, political science, international studies, sociology, anthropology, and economics. Parrott has replaced the former chairpeople of these departments Jeanie Attie, Amy Freedman,…
By Samantha Samant Staff Writer Students were notified of a possible norovirus outbreak on campus via an email from the Center for Healthy Living on Nov. 18. Several students reported experiences of food poisoning-like illness after eating the food served at the Winnick Student Center. As the Pioneer reported in…
By Charlotte Gelfand Staff Writer The fall semester officially ends on Dec. 20 and the campus will be operating under winter hours starting on Dec. 21. Check out the chart below for details. Winter housing is available for an additional fee of $580 for students taking winter courses from Jan.…
By Angelique D’Alessandro Executive Editor A new online timesheet system for on campus jobs created at the start of the fall 2018 semester left student workers weeks without compensation for their work. Kaiyi Lei, a junior broadcasting major, said he was not paid from his on-campus summer job until three…
By Josh Tolentino Staff Writer Administrators deny the “Common Sense” authors’ claim that professor and board of trustees member, Cherie Serota poses a conflict of interest. In the second anonymous “Common Sense” pamphlet, the authors suspect that appointing Cherie Serota, board of trustees member, as the director of the fashion…
By Travis Fortounas Staff Writer There will be a Narcan training event on campus on Wednesday, Nov. 28 in Pell Hall room 139 during common hour. The training is open for students, staff and faculty members interested in education on preventing an opioid overdose by way of Narcan. Narcan is…
By Alex Espinosa & Angelique D’Alessandro Staff Writer, Executive Editor The Student Government Association held their second Town Hall panel of the fall semester on Tuesday, Nov. 13, focusing on the topics of athletics and student involvement. The panel included senior associate director of LIU Promise Joseph Vernace, dean of…