By Matt Baltrusitis Universities across the nation participated in a National Ethnic Studies Week in response to recent Arizona and Texas legislation, changing K-12 curriculum to exclude ethnic studies. C.W. Post took part by holding a three-hour event on October 7th in the Hillwood Lecture Hall. The event included educators…
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By Matthew Baltrusitis C.W. Post’s online class registration system has been out for it’s first two major semesters. It’s initial introduction, which was not isolated to just C.W. Post but to all of Long Island University’s campuses, was met with diverse reactions from both university faculty, staff and the student…
By Jacqueline Favaloro On October 6th, students, faculty, and members of the community piled into the Great Hall for a trip back in time to study the life of Marjorie Merriweather Post. Kenneth G. Mensing, the Universityís historian, presented the group with an abundance of information, which he traveled over…
By Melissa Wolff Jack Lopez, a 21-year-old senior, sits by himself at an extremely large round table in Hillwood Commons reading The Devil You Know before his shift at the Pratt Center. He wears white shirt, a pair of jeans, and a pair of sneakers. Visible on his arm was…
By Kathleen Crowley Week Four: Reap the Benefits We are reaching over thirty days of healthy living here with Week Four of The Pioneer, go you! We together have been making several changes to our daily regimes, and we are sure the results are now beginning to show. Not only…
By Kathleen Crowley
Senator Kemp Hannon is urging all college students to exercise their right to vote this year in the mid-term elections –encouraging all to vote for the candidate who best represents their beliefs, whatever party that may be. Here is the critical information you should know:
By Max Caster Staff Writer This fall season the Student Health and Counseling Center is offering flu shots for all C.W. Post students 18 and over. The vaccinations have been available since October 1st and will continue for as long as supplies last. Students must fill out a release and…
Byline: Nhya East Copy Editor It was the day before school started and Riggs lawn had a sea of students in attendance bopping and swaying to the sounds of popular hits like “California Girls” and “Teach me how to Dougie,” as it does every year. The familiar aroma of barbequed…
Byline: Kayla Krause Editor-in-Chief Social Network opened in theaters worldwide this past Friday, bringing in $23 million at the box office. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg, the inventor of Facebook. The history of Facebook and how it all began is brilliantly played out in Social Network. Depicting…
By Kathleen Crowley Features Editor Issue Three of The Pioneer is not only an accomplishment for our new and improved staff, but a huge achievement for those continuing to follow our new nutritional guide to a healthier life style. By now, we should have figured out how to pick and…