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Insulin and Education: Living With Diabetes in College

By Haley Burnside, Assistant Editor College life is challenging for students for a number of reasons. When students make the transition from high school to college they see changes in their diets, sleep schedules, exercise habits, stress levels, and overall health. These alterations can be detrimental to anyone, but certain students experience these issues on top of a difficult disease: diabetes. Diabetes, a chronic illness, affects … Continue reading Insulin and Education: Living With Diabetes in College

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Ben Santer, Acclaimed Climatologist, Delivers Lecture on Climate Change

An unseasonably warm February evening – the unfortunately fitting backdrop for noted climatologist Ben Santer’s lecture on the evidence supporting the scientific consensus regarding human-caused climate change, which took place on Feb. 20 before a packed crowd in the Rodriguez Room in Miguel Hall. The talk was arranged by Dennis Kalob, Ph.D., an associate professor of sociology, and Yelda Hangun-Balkir, Ph.D., an assistant professor of … Continue reading Ben Santer, Acclaimed Climatologist, Delivers Lecture on Climate Change

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Murder of a Lasallian Educator: Remembering Brother James “Santiago” Miller

By Aaron Mayorga, Editor 35 years ago this week, on the afternoon of February 13, 1982, Brother James A. Miller, F.S.C. – known affectionately by the locals as Hermano Santiago – was repairing a wall just outside “La Casa Indígena De La Salle” or “The Indian Center.” Standing atop a step-ladder, Miller echoed his everyman roots as he worked to patch the damaged wall. Having … Continue reading Murder of a Lasallian Educator: Remembering Brother James “Santiago” Miller

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Where Old Books Find New Life

Sophomore Repairs and Restores Archaic Works for MC Library Tim Gress, a work study student at Manhattan College’s O’Malley library, stands in the empty computer room on the first floor. The room, with six enormous windows and tons of empty bookshelves around its perimeter, is the space that is being dedicated to a massive collection of rare books, a project that fell into Gress’s lap … Continue reading Where Old Books Find New Life

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The Faces of the Summer Literacy Institute

Every summer, a group of 30 New York City high schoolers become acquainted with Manhattan College and know it as the place that confirmed their desires to attend college. David Hawkins, known as Trae to his friends, said that Manhattan College’s Summer Literacy Institute (SLI) played a key role in his college acceptance. SLI’s goal is to help NYC teens prepare for the college application … Continue reading The Faces of the Summer Literacy Institute

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