Science community must embrace gender equality
Earlier this year, researchers from the University of Washington wanted to see how male and female students view each other in a science classroom setting. Using a total of 1,700…
Day: October 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton deserves disabled community’s support
This has been the strangest election cycle in my lifetime, although admittedly that is not particularly long. American optimism, usually critical to electoral success, has been overridden by a creeping…
Letter to the Editor
In response to Professor Joshua Schreier’s piece, “Israeli LGBTQ rights must not overshadow state violence” (Oct. 12, 2016) Joshua Schreier’s piece is full of flawed and misleading arguments. The “pinkwashing”…
Lockout threatens LIU campus community
Employers should not be able to abruptly hang workers’ income and healthcare over their heads as a way to force them into worse working conditions. Unfortunately, this was exactly the…
Depictions of war require more nuance
Last week, when the long-planned assault on the ISIS stronghold of Mosul was finally launched, anybody with a smartphone could have followed the ensuing events on Snapchat’s “Attack on ISIS”…
Palmer show captures snapshots of global injustices
On Monday, Oct. 24, the Palmer Gallery in the College Center began its exhibition of “Victims, Perpetrators, Eyewitnesses and Survivors: Life After War,” featuring photography by Amy Kaslow ’81.…
Acclaimed ensemble to give noteworthy performance
Do you love choruses and singing? Would you like to see one of the most prestigious singing groups in the country? If so, then there is good news for you!…
Met shines with exhibition of French Baroque master
This past October Break, I visited the Met on Fifth Ave. Every trip I make to the iconic museum is always full of new discoveries. My most recent visit, for…
Witty play arrives in time for the holidays
If you had a childhood, or have seen Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” you’ll know that nothing goes together quite like Christmas and Halloween. This Halloweekend, make sure to…
Banks’s vulnerability shows on “The Altar”
As I was shuffling through a Spotify playlist in 2015, I came across a beautifully haunting sound that was none other than “Goddess,” the title song from Banks’s debut album.…