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Club Variety on Campus

By Jenesia McNeil Staff Writer For most students, their first time being in a college setting is generally their first time living away from home. With all that freedom, you also begin to feel a sense of loneliness, leaving all your friends and family behind. Being a part of a…

LIU Global & Study Abroad

By Chloé Margulis Staff Writer Usually, at the end of senior year in high school, many students will take a road trip with their friends to explore the great unknown before heading off on different paths to college. Yes, this is an invigorating experience, but what if you can get…

Winter is Coming…

By Caroline Nickolaus Staff Writer Summer has come and gone. The leaves have changed colors and the temperature has dropped over the last few weeks. Before we know it, we will be exchanging our sweaters and scarves for warm jackets and snow boots. Winter is a difficult time to be a…

Quiet Hours in the Dorms

By Jenesia McNeil Staff Writer For some students, to dorm on campus provides a sense of independence or freedom. You are on your own, living in your own space with no one really to answer to. You may come and go as you please, have company, and do whatever it…

What Are Your Favorite Things about Fall?

By Chloé Margulis Staff Writer It’s that time of year again! For some, fall is a depressing reminder that the summer is over and winter’s merciless snowstorms are on their way down the coast. But, for others, fall is a liberating time of year—one where tranquility can be found on…

“Homecoming 2014”

By Danielle Marano Staff Writer Every year, many students count down the days until homecoming weekend, expecting to have a great time with their fellow Pioneers. Usually, this is the case and homecoming weekend is one for the books. From the pep rally and the tailgating to the game, it’s…

H.P., Phone Home

By Harry Pearse Staff Writer “Make sure you keep in contact with me and your mum, okay?” “Yeah, yeah, course I will!” Eight weeks into this tremendously adventurous journey, and I have begun the “drifting away” stage. This is where students, sons and daughters, who have moved away from home, begin…

Campus Dress Code

By Jenesia McNeil Staff Writer Everyone has a daily routine they commit themselves to in the morning before leaving their dorm or home, whether it’s a cup of coffee before a shower or reading the paper after rolling out of bed. For many people, the hardest part of the morning…

Are We Ready for Ebola?

By Chloé Margulis Staff Writer Ebola outbreaks in west Africa have been on the rise since September. The first travel-associated case of Ebola was diagnosed in the U.S. on Sept. 30. The question is: are we prepared to fight Ebola? After the initial onslaught of Ebola, Vines about how we…

What Cultures Have You Experienced?

By Harry Pearse Staff Writer “I’ve seen Chinese, Japanese, English, Welsh, Indian, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Spanish, Italian and a student from Australia. This shows the diversification of students at Post, allowing a multi-cultured vibe and atmosphere anywhere you go on campus.” Sound familiar? Well this was actually from my first column I wrote…