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Make Room For Halloween Traditions

By Jenny Rivera Assistant News Editor Costumes have been popular for decades within many cultures, but there is one time of the year where people have been known to go all out: Halloween. Although the holiday isn’t practiced in all cultures across the world, for observers in the United States…

The 98th Annual Feast of San Gennaro

By Katherine Abayev, Staff Writer According to the World Population Review, N.Y. is known for having many people of Italian heritage spread out between all five boroughs, Long Island, and even into N.J. This is not surprising when you take into account the history of Italian immigrants, who would come…

Yankees & Mets off-season update

By Andrew Scarpaci, Sports Editor The 2022 Major League Baseball season has concluded. This immediately leads into the MLB offseason, which brings about all the free agent signings, trades and any other roster moves made by every major league club.  The Yankees and Mets have both been at the forefront…

Protests erupt in China over Zero COVID policy

By Tatsuya Uemoto, Staff Writer China is one of the countries that is strictly regulated for COVID 19, and they have a Zero Covid policy to limit behavior. However, recent actions caused a huge protest against the Zero Covid policy in China.  It is extremely unusual for protests against the…

MLB Playoffs: one wild October

By Donovan Gibbs, Staff Writer Many storylines were going into the MLB playoffs this year. The Dodgers were going into the playoffs with an incredible 111-win regular season. The Mets and Yankees returned as the NY baseball powerhouses. The Seattle Mariners broke the 21-year streak of no playoff appearances, and…

Students Share Opinions on Commencement Format

By Dylan Valic, Editor In Chief The university is currently considering options to host an in-person commencement ceremony for the class of 2021, according to an email sent to students by Chief of Student Affairs Michael Berthel on March 29. “The health and well-being of our graduates and community is…

University To Get Rid of Academic Minors

By Shelley Dean, Staff Writer The University will be doing away with academic minors, making it so students will only be able to graduate with one or more majors. Rumors of the new changes had been circulating around campus for some time, before being confirmed by Vice President of Academic…