By Melissa Colleary Staff Writer The School of Performing and Visual Arts (SVPA) is welcoming a new program on campus for fall 2015. The Digital Game Design and Development undergraduate B.F.A., as well as the B.F.A/M.A five-year program, will be joining the pre-existing two-year master’s program in Game Design and…
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By Moa Golster Assistant News Editor The previous structure of one main ceremony followed by individual ceremonies for each school will be abolished when LIU Post celebrates its 59th annual commencement on Friday, May 8. Instead, two separate ceremonies – one for undergraduates, and one for graduates – will be…
Compiled by Brian Riley Assistant News Editor This is the first installment of The Pioneer’s monthly crime blotter. All of the information is from the logs that are available to the public at the Office of Public Safety. • On Wednesday, Jan. 14, a student who was suspected of intoxication…
By Harry Pearse Staff Writer The LIU Post chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon has been ranked 4th in the nation by the fraternity’s Office of the Grand Chapter, first in the northeast region, and first in the New York-Metro province since June 2014 among TKE chapters, despite being a relatively…
By Connor Vogt Contributing Writer The phones rang lonely in the office of Peter Lipka, the Residence Hall Director of the South Residence Complex on Jan. 23. A group of resident students were without heat prior to Tuesday’s arrival of snow- storm Juno. Nick Lucidi, a senior Accounting major and resident…
By Angela Alfano Staff Writer Several department offices have been moved this semester and other department moves are planned in the near future. Offices including the Honors Program, the English Department, the School of Visual and Performing Arts dean’s office, and the Media Arts Department have all been uprooted from…
By Brian Riley Assistant News Editor Classes were cancelled after noon on Monday, Jan. 26, and all day on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the beginning of the second week of the spring semester, due to winter storm Juno, which accumulated 20 inches of snowfall in some parts of Long Island. Although classes…
By Alyssa Seidman Co-Editor-in-Chief Approximately 181 employees who are members of the Office of Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153 across all Long Island University campuses have been working without a union contract since their agreement with the university expired on March 1, 2012. Negotiations are ongoing between the…
By Jenny Edengard Staff Writer LIU Post is participating in RecycleMania for a fourth time this semester. The competition, which runs from Feb. 1 to March 28, is among colleges of equal size competing in waste reduction activities. This year, approximately 400 schools from 47 states and one Canadian province…
By Jenny Edengard Staff Writer Finding the correct phone number for professors and staff has frustrated some students, who have found that the online campus directory is not up to date with information about current faculty and staff members. Dated phone numbers and email addresses are listed on the website,…