Dining out and trying new restaurants has become an increasingly popular pastime over the years. Whether you’re a food enthusiast, blogger, celebrating a special occasion, or simply just don’t want to cook, there’s a restaurant for everybody. However, Covid-19 has changed the previous dynamics of the dine-in experience since restaurants […]
Israel is the first country in the world to impose a second full lockdown to control the coronavirus outbreak after failing to minimize the spread. On Sunday, September 13th, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that schools, shops, hotels, and shopping centers will have enforced restrictions again on Friday, the […]
Albany – State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras today launched SUNY’s “Mask Up or Pack Up” campaign to promote universal compliance with evidence-based COVID-19 safety guidelines across SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Chancellor Malatras is issuing a call for creative video submissions from students urging their classmates to […]
There has been an influx of Black Lives Matter protests within many Long Island towns in the previous months. In late June, thousands participated in a massive #BLM protests that stretched for miles through neighborhoods in Merrick, New York. Many towns have been showing their support through other ways as […]
As the predictions of quarantine flooded all media and news outlets, civilians flocked to their grocery stores or pharmacies, in search of disposable items, paper goods, and hygiene products. The influx of customers caused stores to run out or limit these items, often leading to their shelves being empty. This […]
Parents around the country are faced with one of the most difficult decisions of the school year due to the coronavirus: To continue virtual learning or send their children back to the school. Families across America have traded in their normal routines for Zoom conference calls, Google classroom and various […]
Both editors, Brianna Knibbs and Alanna Iacovetti are convincing students to get involved in the Catalyst through the upcoming Virtual Fall 2020 Club Bash happening on Wednesday, Sept 2nd during common hour from 2:40pm-3:50pm.
SUNY Old Westbury mourns the loss of first-year student, Tania Bonilla who died in a motor vehicle accident on Saturday, July 18th. Bonilla was driving on the eastbound on the Southern State Parkway heading towards Sagtikos State Parkway before 3 am when she left the roadway and struck a guardrail […]
Pictures, profits, and peril in the yellow journalism era “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.” This famous but apocryphal quote, long attributed to newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, encapsulates fears of the lengths to which news companies would go to exploit visual journalism in the late nineteenth […]
Every day, nurses and doctors are constantly on their feet through long stressful hours, saving human lives during this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While this past week was National Nurses Week, what special way to honor and give back to nurses by providing them a pair of Nikes. […]
