My fellow Jaspers, I’m sorry. We may have never met, but we know each other. We’re not too different, you and I. At one point, we were both 17-year-old high school seniors. You remember the day as well as I do. Who can forget that first glimpse of those arches leading onto our quad? Those sprawling stairs leading to our most charming chapel, the scent … Continue reading Letter to the Editor from a Concerned Alumnus
By Kyla Guilfoil, Editor-in-Chief Brennan O’Donnell will leave his position as president of Manhattan College following the spring 2022 semester. Brother Daniel Gardner, who works in Academic Affairs in the Center for Graduate School and Fellowship Advisement, will serve as interim president beginning on July 1. O’Donnell announced this transition in an email sent to the MC community on Friday, March 4. He explained that … Continue reading Brennan O’Donnell to Step Down as MC President
by ALLY HUTZLER, Editor-in-Chief, & JACLYN MARR, Senior Writer Last Thursday, the Manhattan College Jaspers and Fordham Rams met again at center court in Draddy Gymnasium. Only this time, the two Bronx rivals didn’t come together for a basketball game, but to celebrate the formal introduction of Marianne Reilly as Manhattan’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. “That is the beauty that lies in athletics,” Reilly said to the audience of … Continue reading Marianne Reilly Named New Athletic Director
by RIKKILYNN SHIELDS, Assistant Editor On Jan. 11, Tom O’Connor was named Manhattan College’s interim athletic director, replacing Noah LeFevre. O’Connor comes in with 40 years of experience, having served as the former athletic director at George Mason University, Loyola University in Maryland, Santa Clara University and St. Bonaventure University, as well as the former chair of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship committee, and president … Continue reading Jaspers Talk: Tom O’Connor
Caitlin Bricketto, former captain of the Manhattan College women’s tennis team and a 2015 graduate, has been named the operations manager of Manhattan’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. “I think she brings a time dynamic in that since she was an athlete, and specifically one at Manhattan, she can help us relate to all the student-athletes,” Kevin Ross, Manhattan’s senior associate athletic director for media communications … Continue reading Once a Jasper, Always a Jasper
by ANTHONY CAPOTE and DANIEL YNFANTE, Editors O’Connor will lead the athletic department in the search for a new athletic director. Tom O’Connor has over 40 years of experience in collegiate athletics, including 20 years as the athletic director of George Mason University before retiring in 2014. It isn’t hard to understand why Manhattan College sought him out as the interim athletic director after Noah LeFevre’s departure. However, what … Continue reading Tom O’Connor Joins Staff As New Interim Athletic Director
Manhattan College has one very clear advantage over other urban colleges and universities, and that is its multiple on-campus housing facilities. Housing is made available and is guaranteed for each undergraduate student during his or her four years at the school. However, as the college has been successful in turning its focus from a commuter to a residential student population, residence halls are nearing their … Continue reading With Residence Halls Near Capacity, College Launches Housing Study
At MC and Across the U.S., Adjunct Professors Push for Collective Bargaining as Administration Pushes Back It always starts the same; disgruntled workers, compounded by economic downturns and the constant fear of illness or termination, and then someone mentions the unthinkable: a union. That’s precisely what adjunct professors at Manhattan College said four years ago, in 2011, when a group of part-time faculty members filed … Continue reading A Unionization Effort
Michael Masch’s accolades are plentiful and his methods efficient, which is why he is leaving Manhattan College to help the nation’s oldest and most prestigious historically black college. Masch, who has spent two years acting as the vice president for finance and chief financial officer at the College, announced his plans to leave MC to work at Howard University last week, but not due to … Continue reading Highly Sought After MC Chief Financial Officer Makes Move to Howard University
