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Features

Alexa Schmidt: Doing It and Loving It All

by, Gabriella DePinho, Editor-in-Chief If there’s anyone on Manhattan College’s campus who has done it all, it’s Alexa Schmidt.   A four-year member of The Quadrangle; a three-year member of the women’s rowing team; a tour guide; a student worker in the archives; a study abroad participant; an editor for Manhattan Magazine and Lotus; a L.O.V.E. trip participant; a W.I.S.E. participant; the president of Lambda Pi … Continue reading Alexa Schmidt: Doing It and Loving It All

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Sports

Watching a Basketball Game Takes a Village — and a Truck

by, Gabriella DePinho, Editor-in-Chief The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), the Division I athletic conference that Manhattan College’s sports teams are affiliated with, is going full steam ahead with the basketball season — despite the national rise in COVID-19 cases — and is doing so with one new rule: no fans in the stands for the foreseeable future. However, fans who want to catch the … Continue reading Watching a Basketball Game Takes a Village — and a Truck

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News

Manhattan College Faces $10M Budget Deficit, Results in Furloughs, Pay Cuts

by, Gabriella DePinho, Editor-in-Chief With hybrid classes, concerns of contracting the coronavirus and the threat that campuses across the country may shut down at any moment, many students at Manhattan College opted to stay home and learn entirely remotely, or even take a semester off, to save money and stress. With a number of other factors, such as canceled athletics and increased costs for COVID-19 … Continue reading Manhattan College Faces $10M Budget Deficit, Results in Furloughs, Pay Cuts

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Surge of On-Campus Summer Activism Continues On

by Gabriella DePinho , Editor-in-Chief  The summer months saw a number of grassroots activist movements from Black Lives Matter to voter registration movements like no other, even amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, and that activism even touched Manhattan College’s community. That wave of enthusiasm around a number of social justice initiatives was particularly passionate this summer, but that passion has not left the Jasper community.  Instead, Jaspers … Continue reading Surge of On-Campus Summer Activism Continues On

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Arts & Entertainment

Clothesline Project Hits Quadrangle After Spring Cancellation

by, Gabriella DePinho, Editor-in-Chief The coronavirus pandemic shut down Manhattan College’s campus during the same week the college was hosting its Women’s Week events, including what would have been the third annual Clothesline Project. Upon returning to campus, members of the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center (LWGRC) knew the event would have to be hosted this fall and also reimagined to better reflect the … Continue reading Clothesline Project Hits Quadrangle After Spring Cancellation

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Arts & Entertainment

Coffee House Returns (Without the Coffee)

by, Gabriella DePinho, Editor-In-Chief Sanctus Artem’s popular monthly event, “Coffee House”, returned in-person for an evening of music and camaraderie on the quadrangle, without any coffee in sight. On Monday, Sept. 28, following proper COVID-19 protocols, all performers and attendees wore masks, sat at least six feet apart and did not share food or drink, as is customary for the event. At the peak of … Continue reading Coffee House Returns (Without the Coffee)

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Sports

Intramural Sports Adapt to a Viral and Virtual World

by, Gabriella DePinho, Editor-In-Chief In a previous semester, you could find ragtag teams of friends competing against each other in a wide range of sports with hopes of being crowned champions and winning the grand prize of a tee-shirt that boasted their title. As a result of COVID-19, the Office of Recreation has halted in-person sports this semester. Nevertheless, the current realities have not stopped … Continue reading Intramural Sports Adapt to a Viral and Virtual World

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Jasper Jams: Fall Tunes

by, Gabriella DePinho, Editor-In-Chief As the temperature starts to drop and coffee shops start to bring back their pumpkin spice selections, it’s hard to deny the excitement in the air. Fall officially begins on Sept. 22, making the day this goes into print the first day of fall — how exciting! It’s the perfect season for sweaters, baking, going apple picking with friends, and painting … Continue reading Jasper Jams: Fall Tunes

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Features

Meet Shannon Gleba, Your Student Body President

by, Gabriella DePinho, Editor-in-Chief In the middle of each spring semester, students are barraged by a flurrying of campaigning done by Student Government Assembly Executive Board hopefuls. Yet this spring, as a result of the then just beginning pandemic, election season went virtual but the passionate candidates did not let that stop their hopes.  After days of Instagram posts and a virtual town hall, senior … Continue reading Meet Shannon Gleba, Your Student Body President

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