New York City is decorated like a postcard, Starbucks has introduced their red holiday cups and Christmas music has seeped its way onto every station on the radio. But one obstacle stands […]
The Freshman Files: The Final Straw
The Freshman Files: Home Sweet Home
The moment we have all been waiting for, or counting down to, is just around the corner. After three months of what seemed like never-ending reading, writing and Google-ing, we are finally […]
The Freshman Files: Halloween
Right about now we are all experiencing a bit of a mid-semester funk. Maybe it’s the fact that your midterm grades are out and they’re not so good. Maybe your 8 a.m. […]
The Freshman Files: MTA: It’s Complicated
Public transportation is one aspect of New York City that every student at Manhattan College loves to hate. On one hand, some say we have it all. With one swipe of our […]
The Freshman Files: Common Cold
Walking into my doctor’s office in August for my yearly physical I was in perfect health and ready to be shipped off to Manhattan College. So when my physician handed me a […]
The Freshman Files: Midterm Mania
October is finally here. While there is nothing like fall in New York, we can’t enjoy the crisp autumn weather just yet. Midterms are just around the corner, as well as the […]
The Freshman Files: Finding Food
As students who are new to the college scene we are experiencing our own “Eat, Pray, Love.” Except, instead of traveling to the French countryside or strolling through the streets of Florence, […]
The Freshman Files: Balancing Act
College is like one big circus. All around us there are things to see and watch and take part in. There are classes to go to, friends to hangout with, sports to […]
The Freshman Files: Cutting the Cord
What does it really mean to “cut the cord”? My first few days at school I met Zhaku and Kris, two freshmen from Albania who came to Manhattan College for our elite […]
The Freshman Files: F is for Freshman
Opening the door to my first class Monday morning two thoughts went through my mind: am I in the right building, and if I am, is it too late to turn and […]