#8220;So this is Christmas, what have you done?” This very popular line from the Christmas song “Happy Christmas (War is Over)” always gets me thinking about what Christmas means to me.  Simply put, when I think of Christmas, I think of family, friends and charity.  These three things (and […]

Two years ago, for her sweet sixteen, Samantha was celebrated for her inimitable drive.  She had just received an honors award from her high school for academic excellence, and had several scholarship offers for her accomplishments in science class.  Samantha was a progressive thinker with a remarkable grasp on natural […]

When you retire, you want to go out “on top.” Leaving any sport with a statistic as great as most wins ever would leave an everlasting stamp and accolade for anyone. It would take a very rare and horrible happening to overlook that. It seems like Joe Paterno has found […]

Growing up, I always heard the phrase “say no to drugs.”  I didn’t understand what all the hype was about.  After all, my mom would kill me if I ever even entertained the thought of doing drugs.  I was bombarded by the advertisements that cautioned me to reject peer pressure […]

A lot of people play golf  after they retire, but Don Mahoney has taken it to a whole new level.     A junior majoring in American Studies, he is the newest member of the Old Westbury golf team.     “I never got the full college experience,” Mahoney said. “I’m loving […]

#8220;I believe we will have a great season,” says baseball head coach Rod Stephan. “Our team will improve on offense as well as defense.  We have better hitting and pitching and will even improve on our speed.  I feel that we will break the school record for stolen bases […]

The 2011-2012 NBA season will begin Christmas Day, and each team will play a 66 game schedule. This means that only 16 games will be lost after an NBA Lockout, which had been in effect for five months, and looked like it would wipe out the entire season. This is […]

Last year, film maker and playwright Tyler Perry was said to be the highest paid man in American entertainment. Forbes magazine reported that he had earned $130 million between May of 2010 and 2011. In just that one year he produced, wrote, directed and in two cases starred in, For […]

For SUNY Old Westbury women’s basketball, the goal is simple: build upon last year’s 20-win season and win the Skyline Conference for the first time. The Panthers, who were ousted in the semi-finals of both the Skyline Conference and the ECAC Championship Tournament last year, are young, but have a […]

It started out hard enough. With the loss of eighteen players and only two starters from last season, the new head coach Jamie San Filippo remains optimistic about the Panthers’ performance this season. His expectations are that the Panthers will bounce back from their slow start to make the […]