Features

Manhattan Alum Finds Spotlight in Stand-up

November 6, 2019

by C. Garrett Keidel, Sports Editor Jack Melanson is a Manhattan College alum, graduating in the class of 2019 last spring. Post graduation he left the east coast, growing up in Maine and attending college here in New York City, for the west coast [...]

College Hosts Conversation on Deadly Silence

November 5, 2019

by Gabriella DePinho & Jilleen Barrett, News Editor & Staff Writer Manhattan College has had a long history with Pax Christi. Joseph Fahey, Ph.D., a long-time religious studies professor at the college was one of the co-founders Pax [...]

“Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby:” Oh Wait, We Can’t… It’s Banned

November 1, 2019

by Kelly Kennedy & Anna Woods, Staff Writers In the fall of 1996, Manhattan College students were no longer fooling around when they returned to campus to discover that sexual intercourse had been effectively banned. The ban was in place for [...]

Having it All, Hold the Burnout

October 31, 2019

by Megan Dreher & Shannon Gleba, Editor-in-Chief & Staff Writer It’s 2019, and working women are tired. Unions fought with vigor for the 9 to 5 work day, with attention to at least one day of leisure and rest. Time has passed, technology [...]

Faces of Fridays for the Future: Strike While the Planet’s Hot

October 30, 2019

The Mother Nature Club on campus has started a petition to get one faculty member and one student on the board to search for a new Vice President of Facilities. Their aim is to elect someone interested in the sustainability of our campus today, and [...]

Pérez Jiménez Brings a Taste of New York to Table as Ford Fellow

October 28, 2019

by GABRIELLA DEPINHO, News Editor Professors love getting the chance to geek out over their area of expertise when your class reaches the unit that includes information or lessons about their research and passion projects. For Cristina Pérez [...]

New Cru on Campus: Student Group for Protestant Christians

October 28, 2019

by EMILY HOLLAR, Staff Writer As a Protestant Christian in a Catholic school, it can get easy to feel alone in your faith on campus. Cru has a mission to end that feeling. Their website, Cru.org, gives very detailed descriptions of the worldwide [...]

Shanduke McPhatter Speaks to Students about Reducing Gang Violence

October 22, 2019

by Maria Thomas & Elizabeth Griffiths, Asst. News Editor & Staff Writer Labels are everywhere. Everyone has them. Sometimes we choose our own labels, and sometimes they are prescribed to us. Shanduke McPhatter is known as the founder of an [...]

Faces of Friday for the Future

October 18, 2019

The Quad sat down with two participants of Fridays for the Future, a weekly protest against non-environmentally friendly practices on Manhattan College’s campus. Fridays for the Future take place at 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Friday on the Quad. [...]

Fr. James Martin Joins LWGRC to “Agitate the Charism” at MC

October 16, 2019

by Rose Brennan & C. Garrett Keidel, A&E Editor & Sports Editor Fresh off of his trip to the Vatican to speak with Pope Francis regarding LGBTQ issues, Fr. James Martin stopped by Manhattan College for a Q and A with the community on [...]