Month: October 2017

Sports, Volleyball

Women’s Volleyball Drops Two More at Home

By Michevi Dufflart & Stephen Zubrycky, Staff Writer & Editor-in-Chief Jaspers’ women’s volleyball started their two-week, four-match homestand last weekend, coming home for two matches in Draddy against MAAC rivals Niagara and Canisius. The Jaspers entered the weekend looking for their first win after 17 straight losses in overall play. Saturday’s match against Niagara was their first match in Draddy since Sept. 17, and since then … Continue reading Women’s Volleyball Drops Two More at Home

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Features

Eoin O’Connell Discusses the Virtue of “Cool” in Dante Seminar

by Samantha Walla Staff Writer Slang terms may come and go, but students have referred to everything from movies to music to having a class cancelled as “cool” for years. Where did this term originate, and is it more than just a staple of teenage vernacular? Eoin O’Connell, Ph.D., kicked off this semester’s first Dante Seminar at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 in the Alumni Room … Continue reading Eoin O’Connell Discusses the Virtue of “Cool” in Dante Seminar

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Arts & Entertainment

Grabowski Lectures on VR in the Classroom

By Timothy Hamling, Staff Writer Ever since personal computers became an affordable consumer product in the late 20th century, technology has continued to evolve and find ways to integrate with education. Computer labs turned into personal laptops for students, and personal laptops turned into tablet devices. With technological advances increasing at a nonstop pace, the future of educational technology, or EdTech, sits at a precipice: the … Continue reading Grabowski Lectures on VR in the Classroom

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Arts & Entertainment, Theater & The City

Time as an Unacknowledged Character in “Time and the Conways”

Theater and the City is a column of student-written reviews in the ENGL 400 class taught by Deirdre O’Leary Cunningham. This week’s entry is by Carly Corbett-Frank. How much does time weigh? In J. B. Priestley’s “Time and the Conways”, the answer seems to be an unbearable amount. Exasperated with herself and her family, Kay Conway bitterly remarks that “Time is beating us.” As most of … Continue reading Time as an Unacknowledged Character in “Time and the Conways”

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Campus Life, News, Top Stories

Students Weigh in at Coffee and Conversation

by Alexa Schmidt & Samantha Walla Staff Writers On the first night of October, a mass shooting occurred on the Las Vegas Strip. It was reported that 58 were killed and that 489 were injured. This was the deadliest mass shooting by one person in U.S. history. On October 4, Manhattan College’s Multicultural Center held its third weekly Coffee and Conversation to discuss this topic.  Advertised … Continue reading Students Weigh in at Coffee and Conversation

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Arts & Entertainment

American Shakespeare Center to Perform at MC

This Friday, Oct.  13, the American Shakespeare Center will be returning to Manhattan College for a performance of “Macbeth” at 8 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. The traveling troupe has been visiting the campus for the last five years, and in the past has presented sold out performances of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Much Ado About Nothing.” The ASC was founded in 1988 by Jim Warren … Continue reading American Shakespeare Center to Perform at MC

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Sports

With NCAA Payout, College Begins Jasper Jumpstart Program

With a one time payout from the NCAA, the Manhattan College athletic department has started its inaugural year of the Jasper Jumpstart Program. The idea behind the program, whose purpose is to enhance the student-athlete experience at the college, began over a year ago and was submitted to the NCAA this past summer. All colleges and universities who are members of the national athletic association … Continue reading With NCAA Payout, College Begins Jasper Jumpstart Program

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College, News, Top Stories

Manhattan Trails Benchmarks on Sexual Assault

by Rose Brennan & Lauren Schuster Asst. Editor & Staff Writer The 2017 Safety and Fire Report released by the Office of Public Safety revealed some troubling trends regarding sexual assault and dating violence on campus. Within the past three years, there have been four rapes on Manhattan College’s campus.  The report also recorded one dating violence allegation and four stalking allegations during this time. Out … Continue reading Manhattan Trails Benchmarks on Sexual Assault

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Multicultural Center Launches New “Frankencast” Podcast

By C. Garrett Keidel, Staff Writer As the Director of Multicultural Affairs, Hayden Greene says in the first episode of the center’s new podcast, it’s “all about what goes into making up Manhattan College.” This first episode was posted on Oct. 1, titled Frankencast. “We called it the Frankencast because it’s supposed to be a combination of things combined, so it’s a reference to the Frankenstein monster. … Continue reading Multicultural Center Launches New “Frankencast” Podcast

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