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Margaret Groarke Discusses Tenant Rights at Commuter Services’ Housing Workshop

November 13, 2018

by Cathy Goodyear, Social Media Editor On October 10th, Commuter Services and Outreach hosted a housing workshop for students who are currently living off campus or are considering moving off campus. The office of Commuter Services and Outreach [...]

Commuter Services Aims to Ease the Lives of Commuters

November 13, 2018

by Cathy Goodyear, Social Media Editor Commuters make up a large percentage at Manhattan College but are still outnumbered by the residential students leaving their needs underrepresented. According to the Manhattan College website around 75 [...]

MC to Host Public Service Fellowships Panel: New Hire Rob Walsh Helps Bring Event to Campus

November 10, 2018

by Joseph Liggio & Samantha Walla, Asst. News Editor & Asst. Production Editor On Wednesday, Nov. 14, Manhattan College will hold a Public Service Fellowships Panel in Kelly Commons 5B from 12:30 to 2:00. The panel will feature NYC Small [...]

MC Helps with the Bronx Green Fair Project

October 16, 2018

by MADALYN JOHNSON, Staff Writer This past Sunday, Oct. 14, several freshmen from the Arches program, and other MC students, took part in the Bronx Green Fair at the Church of the Mediator. The event is hosted annually by the Church of the [...]

Emergency Blood Drive Held for Natural Disaster Relief

October 4, 2018

by Katie Heneghan Staff Writer On Monday, Sept. 24 and Thursday, Sept. 27, Manhattan College students and faculty participated in a blood drive for the New York Blood Center. Although the drive is not directly for the benefit of victims of [...]

Budget Cuts Hit All Clubs on Manhattan’s Campus

October 3, 2018

by Megan Dreher & August Kissel Features Editor & Web Editor On June 26, 2018, all club leaders were notified of a minimum 11.6 percent cut of all club budgets effective at the beginning of the Fall 2018 semester. According to Student [...]

238th Street Station Renovations Underway

September 18, 2018

by JOE LIGGIO, Asst. News Editor Stair replacement at the 238th Street station is set to tie up 1 Train riders for the next few months, leaving MC students and staff to look for alternate service options. The Manhattan-bound platform closed to [...]

Man Shot Near South Campus

August 31, 2018

by JOSEPH LIGGIO, Asst. News Editor A man was shot in the head around 12:30 a.m. this morning in an incident that ended near the intersection of West 237th Street and Broadway. The NYPD Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information stated [...]

Out With The Old, In With The New: Up-and-Coming Riverdale/Kingsbridge Restaurants

April 19, 2018

by MEGAN UY, Staff Writer Not only is Manhattan College just a train ride away from what is known as the center of New York City but the campus is also in one of the most well-known boroughs, the Bronx. Whether a student is in the dorms right off [...]

“The Bronx is Safer” as Borough Crime Rates Hit All-Time Low

April 18, 2018

In the late 1970s the Bronx was burning as seven different census tracts lost more than 97 percent of their buildings to fire and abandonment. The New York Times reported that 1980 was the “worst year of crime” in the city’s history with just [...]