Smoke over Gaza City after an airstrike. Photo Credit: CNN. The brutal attacks on Israel by the militant group, Hamas, has resulted in over nine-hundred lives lost, many more injured, and hundreds missing. Hamas is an Islamist militant movement, known for its armed resistance to Israel. In the early morning of […]
Food Truck in the Campus Center Meadow Terrace. Photo Credit: Kayla Kidd. SUNY Old Westbury celebrated Hispanic Heritage month with a fun evening of tacos, salsa dancing, and Latin music. The event was in the Campus Center Atrium and Meadows Terrace from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.September 19th sponsored by the […]
Photo Credit: Instagram @babylove.nyc RuPaul always says, “We are all born naked and the rest is drag.” But, what does that mean and what is drag? People typically think of drag as a queer man dressed up as a woman, and while that is true to an extent, there is more […]
Photo Credit: YouTube Channel @Work Brighter Energy management is the secret to full engagement and productivity. We must shift from time management to energy management. This means working more independently, choosing your own schedule, environment, and collaborators in many aspects of life. Time management is a concept that is well […]
Although traveling might be the last thing on many people’s minds during a pandemic, others can’t help but wishing to get away from all the stress and anxiety that comes with quarantining at home. However, things are not the way they used to be, so traveling has now become more […]
Between The World and Me has documented a heart wrenching conversation of the black experience; an unspoken manual of navigating a white society in black skin. This story is depicted by Kamilah Forbes, based on the book written by Ta-Nehisi Coates called Between the World and Me, which was performed […]
For those that know me well, I love sports. I use them as an escape from distractions ranging from tough life situations and, ironically, schoolwork. It’s bizarre to not hear myself talking about sabermetric statistics during baseball season, who should be the starting quarterback for an NFL team or if […]
A couple of weeks ago, I was scrolling through my Twitter feed to see a video of somebody in New York City recording a video of the Blue Angels flying over the city as a salute to healthcare workers. I showed my mom the video and she said “this means […]
As COVID-19 began to spread at an alarming rate, my mother thought it would be best for my siblings and me to fly down to stay with my father for the time being. He lives in St. Augustine, Florida and there are far fewer confirmed cases there then there are […]
Amid the panic of COVID-19, millions of Americans have filed for unemployment as government regulations continue to pressure the nation to stay at home. Excluded from these people are the “essential workers” such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, first responders, etc., and a commonly forgotten but essential: sanitation workers. “People don’t […]
