Month: April 2014

Campus Life, News

How Housing and Meal Plans Will Change for 2014

In recent weeks there have been rumors circulating around campus that Residence Life was moving the housing selection process online. Some students have felt uneasy about said move and had immediate reservations, however, Assistant Director of Residence Life AJ Goodman put all of those rumors to rest. “It will not be online it will still be in person,” Goodman said. “Having it online will be … Continue reading How Housing and Meal Plans Will Change for 2014

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Features

Graduating Senior Markets New Startup App ‘Haggle’

CAROLYN QUEST SENIOR WRITER Haggle: to bargain persistently, usually over the cost of something Gabriel Quiroz, senior management and international business major, is exploring the new opportunities for undergraduates in the tech field. Quiroz competed in last year’s innovation contest sponsored by the School of Business. His app, created with his business partner senior Graham Rose, won first place. It was an app that searched … Continue reading Graduating Senior Markets New Startup App ‘Haggle’

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Opinions & Editorials

Thinking About What Diversity Really Means

PAM SEGURA SENIOR WRITER On April 10, students and professors engaged in a stirring conversation about race, racial justice and the sensitivity that surrounds these topics. It’s an excellent moment for the college, as it suggests that “diversity” is for effect, not just evocation. Dr. Charles W. Mills, professor of moral and intellectual philosophy at Northwestern University, led the discussion. The Center for Ethics co-sponsored … Continue reading Thinking About What Diversity Really Means

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Men's Basketball, News, Sports

Faculty, Staff Demands Answers In Masiello Reinstatement

BY: NATALIE SULLIVAN & CHRIS CIRILLO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & SPORTS EDITOR Manhattan College conducted a criminal background check on Steve Masiello but failed to verify his academic credentials when they hired him as head basketball coach, according to a letter President Brennan O’Donnell sent to school faculty and The Quadrangle. In an interview with The Quadrangle, O’Donnell declined to go on record about the process of … Continue reading Faculty, Staff Demands Answers In Masiello Reinstatement

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Arts & Entertainment

Player’s Spring Musical Brought Big Talent and Big Laughs

Manhattan College Players took the stage this past weekend with their production of Little Shop of Horrors, a comedy horror rock musical about a run down flower shop that turns famous after one of the workers develops a new plant. John Corraro played Seymour, a nerdy Urkle like character who is extremely shy. The audience watched Seymour start off as a timid guy who simply … Continue reading Player’s Spring Musical Brought Big Talent and Big Laughs

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Campus Life, Community, News

Students Paint Easter Eggs at Methodist Home

CAROLYN QUEST SENIOR WRITER Manhattan College’s sorority chapter of Alpha Upsilon Pi held a volunteer trip to the Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation on April 11. The sorority members helped residents color Easter eggs, while others created pinwheels and cut out springtime decorations to liven up the home’s common area. Alpha Upsilon Pi reached out to the Methodist Home about four years ago, and … Continue reading Students Paint Easter Eggs at Methodist Home

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Opinions & Editorials

Masiello Rumors Stole the Spotlight

KYLEIGH PANETTA STAFF WRITER Masiello this. Masiello that. Lately the spotlight has been focused on everything that Steve Masiello, the head men’s basketball coach at Manhattan College, has or has not done. Have we forgotten how great Manhattan College’s men’s basketball team actually was this past season? Before the controversy arose surrounding Masiello and his credentials, we all agreed on one thing, the Jaspers were … Continue reading Masiello Rumors Stole the Spotlight

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Features

Katie Cannon Gives Annual Judith Plaskow Lecture on Women and Religion

Katie Cannon leaned against the stool placed at the front of the Manhattan College library’s Alumni Room. Speaking with a Southern accent as rich and textured as the browns and golds of her dress. She began her lecture, “Now the story this afternoon goes like this.” Titled “Zora Neale Hurston: Telling a Truth that Alters the World,” Cannon’s story told of a “trial that shook … Continue reading Katie Cannon Gives Annual Judith Plaskow Lecture on Women and Religion

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Campus Life, News

Meet the New Student Body President and Vice President

John Tudisco, Christopher Hall and the rest of Crash My Party swept student government elections this year. For student body president and vice president respectively, John Tudisco and Chris Hall won with 253 votes and 56 percent of the total votes. Cara Ledwidge and Alyssa O’Braskin won 131 votes, taking 29 percent of the total votes and James O’Connor and Andrew Padyk earned 16 percent of … Continue reading Meet the New Student Body President and Vice President

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