By Melanie Spina Opinions Editor On March 17, the university issued a campus-wide email stating that a female had been found near campus in a suicide attempt. The news impacted our campus greatly. While I was extremely glad to hear that she was okay, I couldn’t help but wonder about…
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By Melanie Spina At least five times a day, I get a notification on my phone telling me that I have low storage. Most of the time, I just want to throw the device against the wall. However, I end up either ignoring it or doing what Apple calls “managing…
By Joseph Iemma It is no secret that the advent of social media has propelled the celebrity profile to astronomical heights. Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Rihanna, Drake, even Donald Trump, have profiles so big that just one tweet, or one action by any of these people can rule headlines for…
By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor A lot of us might know Kesha as the fun and quirky pop star who performed on campus during Spring Fling last year. Some may not know about the amount of abuse that she says she has gone through throughout her career. Kesha Rose…
By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor “A Girl in The River: The Price of Forgiveness” recently won the Oscar for short documentaries. However, this film holds way more significance than the act of winning a gold statue. For many women, this documentary is said to be a life saver since it…
By Julian Wilson Co-Opinions Editor The 2015-2016 academic year has hit its middle mark, and it’s almost time for current seniors to graduate from the place that has been their institutional home for four years. What will they do after graduation? How will they transition from college to the real…
By Angela Alfano Co-News Editor Students at Post have all heard the word “portfolio.” Whether it is for a project in a course or a final product during a semester, students have been asked to collect their finest work. As a journalism major, creating a portfolio of published works is…
By Randall Taylor Staff Writer They say money can’t buy happiness, and that is one of my main philosophies in life. Don’t get me wrong, everyone loves to have a good amount of money in their pockets for leisure’s sake, but over the past few years, I’ve witnessed this get…
By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor I recently registered to vote through the Rock the Vote website, an organization whose main goal is to get more young people involved with politics. To be honest, my reasons for not registering as soon as I turned 18 were largely because I was lazy…
By Pete Barell Managing Editor At a glance, politics during the current election cycle appears to be a clash of extremes. The field has been flooded with outsiders fighting against insiders cozy with their party establishment. A billionaire businessman-turned-reality-star surges in the polls. A retired, sleepy-eyed black neurosurgeon talks about…