Every year, the graduating class leaves a gift behind as their legacy on the Manhattan College campus. These gifts can range from donations to worthy causes in the name of the class, money towards the purchasing of new campus features or in the case of the class of 2017, growing a scholarship. This year’s class gift will be a memorial scholarship in honor of Father … Continue reading Seniors Donate Scholarship Honoring Father Hill
On Wednesday, Apr. 5, just outside of the guard booth, a group of 17 students and four professors from the Government Department — Raymond Antolik, Ph.D., Winsome Downie, Ph.D., Margaret Groarke, Ph.D., and Jonathan Keller, Ph.D. — departed on a four-day excursion to Washington, D.C. The tour of the nation’s capitol was the result of nearly six months of planning by Government Department Chair Pamela … Continue reading Government Department Hosts Trip to D.C.
By Rose Brennan & Daniel Molina, Assistant Editor & Editor Since the success of the Players’ fall drama “12 Angry Jurors”, the spring musical was all of the talk in the Manhattan College performing arts department. Thankfully, after months of strenuous rehearsals, “Legally Blonde” surpassed every expectation, making the last Friday’s diverse audience give a long ovation at the end of the show. Only classifying it as … Continue reading “Legally Blonde”: Absolutely “Exc-Elle-Ent”
MEHNAZ AFRIDI, Ph.D., writes: Dear Editor, The announcement of the new Trump administration of the Muslim ban, building a wall between the US and Mexico, the deportation of undocumented workers and students turned into some of the largest demonstrations in the country at college campuses. As the director of the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center (HGI), I was contacted by an Alumni (who wants … Continue reading Letter to the Editor
After last year’s Thomas Hall renovation, De La Salle (DLS) Hall is the next one in line to get a face-lift. The project, which inception started about one year and a half ago, is finally coming to life this upcoming summer. The building, part of the original Riverdale campus of Manhattan College, was built in 1922, and despite minor changes it has stayed somewhat similar for … Continue reading De La Salle Hall to Be Renovated
by Adanna Carter Contributor A writer has the mentality to create their own fiction, the ability to conjure up their own characters, the power to create their own meaning, the skills to make up their own plots, the narration to teach their own lessons, and the capability to display their own perceptions. Writers portray this ability in the words they construe to tell a story. This … Continue reading “Every Novel’s Voice is an Act of Imagination” MARS: Stephen Kiernan
Alyssa Velazquez, Production Editor FRESHMAN SECONDARY EDUCATION ENGLISH CONCENTRATION BRONX, N.Y. Abbi Kirollos, Assistant Production Editor SOPHOMORE MARKETING MAJOR C.I.S. MINOR SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. Question: What’s your favorite thing about the Quad? Alyssa Velazquez, production editor: My favorite thing about the Quad is the people I get to work with. Being production editor requires me to spend my Sundays working alongside very talented … Continue reading Meet the Quadrangle’s Production Staff
Eva Kalme, who works for residence life as a housekeeper, is retiring after 56 years at the college. Born in Puerto Rico, Kalme came here with her sister when she was a young girl, and her first job was at a handbag factory in Manhattan. When she started working at Manhattan College in 1961, she was a part-time cook and housekeeper for 21 years. In … Continue reading Admired Housekeeper Eva Kalme Retires After 56 Years At MC
According to a study published in VOA News, fewer international students are now applying for US universities. Nearly four in ten US colleges and universities have reported a decline in international student applications, according to a recent survey by six higher education groups. The highest number of declines comes from the Middle East, especially Iran, which is one of six countries for which US President … Continue reading At Airports, International and Minority Students Feel Targeted
