Tumultuous Past, Uncertain Future: Inside Chem-E’s Turmoil And Rebirth

  A QUADRANGLE INVESTIGATION by ROSE BRENNAN & STEPHEN D. ZUBRYCKY, Managing Editors “We don’t talk about the department.” These were the words of Ava, a current student in Manhattan College’s chemical engineering department, who has been given a pseudonym to protect her identity. Over the course of the past year, The Quadrangle has spoken with more than a dozen current and former students like Ava about … Continue reading Tumultuous Past, Uncertain Future: Inside Chem-E’s Turmoil And Rebirth

Manhattan College Surveys Students About Sexual Assault Climate On Campus

by GABRIELLA DEPINHO & SHANNON GLEBA, Editors  On March 16, all Manhattan College students received an email announcing the 2018 Sexual Assault Climate Survey which would be available to fill out starting March 19, and ending on April 29. Assistant Vice President for Human Resources and Title IX, Vicki Cowan, sent the email to inform the students about the survey. New York Education Law Article 129-B, also … Continue reading Manhattan College Surveys Students About Sexual Assault Climate On Campus

COMPUTERS HACKED IN CRYPTOMINER ATTACK: More Than 400 Lab Machines Impacted Across Campus

by TIMOTHY HAMLING & STEPHEN ZUBRYCKY, Senior Writer & Managing Editor Manhattan College’s computer system was compromised last month in a large-scale, cross-campus effort to mine cryptocurrency. According to Information Technology Services (ITS), nearly all of the college’s roughly 500 lab computers were compromised in the attack. These included about 430 machines in the Research and Learning Center (RLC), De La Salle Hall and O’Malley Library. ITS … Continue reading COMPUTERS HACKED IN CRYPTOMINER ATTACK: More Than 400 Lab Machines Impacted Across Campus

The Passing of Brother Thomas Scanlan

Brother Thomas J. Scanlan, F.S.C., the former president of Manhattan College from the years 1987 to 2009, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 4, at the age of 72. Br. Thomas was the 18th president of the college and had a long list of accomplishments during his tenure, including but not limited to increasing the college’s enrollment by 120 percent and focusing on the growth of … Continue reading The Passing of Brother Thomas Scanlan

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