By Caroline Ryan, Griffin Ward Editor-in-Chief, Contributing Writer The women’s lacrosse team defeated the University of Bridgeport 15-2 in the East Coast Conference at a home game on April 4. The team began the game with a 9-0 lead. The Pioneers’ defense kept Bridgeport from scoring until the 6:40 mark.…
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By Destiny Diggs Staff Writer On Wednesday, March 28, the Student Government Association (SGA), administrators and staff members held a Town Hall for students in the Gold Coast Cinema. Twenty five students attended, and posed questions to staff from the offices of LIU Promise, enrollment services, facilities services, healthy living,…
By Tiffany Miller Staff Writer Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the Tilles Center on Tuesday, March 27 as part of the LIU Global Institute speaker series. Biden tackled foreign policy and national security issues as well as new initiatives to fight cancer. There was an audience of…
By Caroline Ryan Editor-in-Chief Kristina Huderski, a senior broadcasting major, journalism minor, and Jacqueline Escobar, a freshman education major, were awarded Folio Awards by the Fair Media Council on March 29 at a ceremony at the Garden City Hotel. Both award winners are members of the Pioneer, who were…
By Jada Butler News Editor On Thursday, March 19, facilities services began a reconstruction project of a classroom that wasn’t meant to begin until the end of the spring semester. The early demolition of Pell Hall room LS20 disrupted several classes that were still meeting there. After complaints from students…
By Kylie Garrett Staff Writer Students access their residence halls through the main entrances by swiping their student ID cards. Although the residence halls have side doors, using the side doors as an exit is prohibited between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., and students caught using side doors during those…
By Justin Simon Staff Writer On Thursday, April 12, LIU Post will hold its fifth annual Relay for Life. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Pratt Recreation Center. All proceeds raised during the evening festivities will be donated to the American Cancer Society, an organization with the mission…
By Destiny Diggs Staff Writer Louis Copertino, a sophomore public relations major, is the newest residential assistant of Riggs Hall as of March 2. Residential assistants are normally chosen by application at the end of the academic school year and are trained over the summer and during new student orientation…
By Jada Butler News Editor LIU Post students have learned that discussions are underway for New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) students to reside in dorms on the LIU Post campus. NYIT and LIU Post are close neighbors on Northern Blvd. NYIT currently houses approximately 300 students in dorms on…
By Kylie Garrett Staff Writer Sophomore broadcasting major Nick Mattina took the reins in the WCWP sports department as former sports director Tom Scavetta (‘17) stepped down on March 26. WCWP Director Dan Cox commended Scavetta’s role in rebuilding the sports department at the campus radio station. “Tom has done…