Media and Communications major, Melissa Ocampo, won fourth runner-up in a pageant, for the chance to become Miss NY International 2012. The pageant took place during the first weekend of October at the Villa Roma Resort in the Catskill Mountains.      According to the pageants’ website (www.nypageants.com), “Each […]

As children, we read and watched fairy tales, such as Snow White or Cinderella. These fairy tales depicted the perfect yet predictable love story. Love seemed to come effortlessly to both, the prince and the princess. They fell deeply in love, married, and lived happily ever after. They did […]

I am not a new student, but a returning one. I came to SUNY Old Westbury in 1999 after high school.  By 2004, I knew it all and yet nothing at the same time.    My last year here was 2004 and I never walked at graduation. There was […]

As the cool breeze of fall appears, the memory of summer disappears. While most people may not enjoy the fall weather; it is the best season to dress up comfortably but still be very trendy and stylish. People often think that there treads must be expensive in order […]

Eight whole years—that’s how long it’s been since the pop-punk band Blink-182 last put out a record. After a terrible split in 2005, it seemed that Blink was done forever.  However, on September 27, Blink came out with their sixth studio album Neighborhoods an album that has been built-up […]

While the value of an undergraduate degree cannot be overestimated, a recent article in “U.S. News and World Report” highlighted four-year colleges that lead to even a higher education.  SUNY College at Old Westbury ranked in the top five of the country on a list of ten schools  which […]

Welcome back SUNY Old Westbury students! The OWTV Club is brand spanking new this semester! Emmy Award winning producer and former professor at N.Y.I.T. Gary Licker, is the head of the OWTV Club. Licker is a new professor at SUNY Old Westbury who teaches TV. Studio Production. The OWTV […]

Last year, about 55,000 supporters participated in the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, which took place at Jones Beach in Wantagh. This year, the American Cancer Society is looking for even more supporters, as stated on the event’s details website, to walk for the cure to “provide […]

#8220;I’ve always been determined,” Sonia Nazario said during her speech  at Old Westbury. “It’s my determination that drives me.”    The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist visited the college at the sixth annual Common Greeting Program in the multi-purpose rooms of the Student Union on September 27; to give a speech […]

The Office of Counseling and Psychological Wellness Services found in the Student Union, Suite 100 offers many resources to students. Clinical psychologists, Dr. Trisha Billard and Dr. Oren Shefet  said that the  center offers individual counseling, student groups, crisis support, and psychological diagnostic testing.     Why would students visit […]