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Archive Secrets and Silences: Brown Bag Lecture With History Professor Lydia Crafts

by Alexa Schmidt, A&E Editor Assistant professor Lydia Crafts, Ph.D. presented her research at the first brown bag lecture series, hosted virtually by the history department on Wednesday, Sept. 25. About 40 students and faculty attended to hear Craft’s presentation on medical violence in Guatemala.  Craft’s talk, titled “Archive Secrets and Silences: Researching the History of Medical Violence in ‘Post-Peace’ Guatemala,” served as a brief … Continue reading Archive Secrets and Silences: Brown Bag Lecture With History Professor Lydia Crafts

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Amy Surak: Behind the Scenes of the Archives

by Alexa Schmidt, A&E Editor Amy Surak is the director of Manhattan College’s archives and special collections, located in the O’Malley library. She has been an archivist for about 25 years, and started working at MC in 2002. Originally, she contacted Manhattan to conduct research for another institution’s history, and discovered that MC’s archivist had recently stepped down and the college needed someone to fill the position. … Continue reading Amy Surak: Behind the Scenes of the Archives

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The Bronx of the Past from the MC Perspective

by TAYLOR BRETHAUER, Editor-in-Chief At the beginning of this semester, The Quadrangle received an email from the daughter of an alumni. Her father, who graduated from the school in the early 50’s, had passed away a few years ago. But she had found some of his old copies of the newspaper and wanted to send them our way.  When the package came in, it was a … Continue reading The Bronx of the Past from the MC Perspective

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Quadrangle Flashback: Brother Thomas Scanlan

The following profile on Brother Thomas Scanlan, F.S.C., was initially published in The Quadrangle’s 63rd volume of the print edition during the fall of 1987. Br. Thomas passed away Sunday, Feb. 4 at the age of 72. The piece was published under the editorship of Patrice Athanasidy, a current MC adjunct professor of journalism. It has been lightly edited. by MARY ANN SPICIJARIC Brother Thomas J. … Continue reading Quadrangle Flashback: Brother Thomas Scanlan

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The Evolution of MC Partying

Manhattan College students live in the world of fake IDs and needing to know “the right person” to enter a bar. We don’t have mixers or frat house parties, and it’s undeniable that the way city schools party is unlike any other college in the nation. For current students this is the only world we know, but 30 years ago MC kids were actually partying a little bit … Continue reading The Evolution of MC Partying

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