ALBANY, N.Y.—It’s no secret at Manhattan College—especially if you live in Lee Hall—just how loud The Sixth Borough can be inside Draddy Gymnasium. Draddy has always been just small enough that the home crowd can make a visiting team feel overwhelmed, often giving the Jaspers a powerful home court advantage. However, on March 9 as the Jaspers battled The Iona Gaels in the MAAC conference … Continue reading The Traveling Sixth Borough
CHRIS CIRILLO & DANIEL YNFANTE SENIOR WRITER & ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Why They Won Turnovers have been the Jaspers’ forte all season. This game was no different. Manhattan forced 19 turnovers, 13 of which came in the first half. Most notably, RaShawn Stores stole an inbounds pass right under the Manhattan basket and had an easy layup for two just a few feet away. A … Continue reading Jaspers Advance to MAAC Championship Game With Win Over Saint Peter’s
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s brief tenure as mayor has been filled with unorthodoxy— even when it comes to an almost 250-year old event. De Blasio announced at a press conference on March 4 that he would continue his now two-year long boycott of the St. Patrick’s Day parade. He cites the parade’s organizers, NBCUniversal, reluctance to allow LGBTQ groups to march in the … Continue reading In Support of New York LGBT Community, De Blasio to Boycott St. Patrick’s Day Parade
With the opening of the commons, it’s hard not to notice the volume of empty space left around campus. Dante’s is joked about as being a “ghost town,” and there just aren’t as many engineering students doing homework in the Leo basement with the cafeteria closed. Administrators say that by June, most of this unused space will be accounted for with the completion of the … Continue reading College’s Reallocation Plans Will Address Empty Spaces on Campus
During an 8:00 a.m. class, students usually wonder why they decided to sign up for it. But how did that class come to be in the first place? The process of turning an idea into a class is one that is almost entirely controlled by the faculty. “Students often don’t know how curricular change happens, and I think it’s important to know,” chair of the English department … Continue reading From Class to Minor to Major, How Majors Come to Be
CHRIS CIRILLO & DANIEL YNFANTE SENIOR WRITER & ASST. SPORTS EDITOR ALBANY, N.Y.—One game down, two to go. The Manhattan Jaspers took care of business against the 11-seed Marist Red Foxes, defeating them 74-58. Emmy Andujar, recently named to the All-MAAC First Team, lived up to his billing with a double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds, to go along with five assists. “This is … Continue reading Andujar, Pankey and Richards Combine for 58 Points in Manhattan’s Quarterfinal Victory
CHRIS CIRILLO & DANIEL YNFANTE STAFF WRITER & ASST. SPORTS EDITOR March Madness is finally here. The most exciting time of the year, sorry Christmas, is set to get underway on March 5 with the start of the MAAC Tournament. The Manhattan College Jaspers enter as the defending champs, but in a year where the parity in the conference has been at its highest, a … Continue reading MAAC Tournament Preview
