Media and Communications major, Melissa Ocampo, will be competing at a pageant for the chance to become Miss NY International 2012.  The pageant will take place the first weekend of October at the Villa Roma Resort in the Catskill Mountains.  According to the pageants’ website (www.nypageants.com), “Each contestant has the […]

Due to a mechanical malfunction by the election machines, please be advised that the Student Government Association elections for the 2011-2012 academic year which took place on March 29th and March 30th have been declared null and void. There will be another election to be held on Tuesday, April 12th and […]

With the shift  in today’s economy, landing a career-based job right after graduation is a huge concern for many college students.  However, for the fortunate ones who find work after graduating from Old Westbury, there seems to be a common factor that helped them attain this goal. […]

#8220;I always knew I would go to college. It never dawned on me that it would cost so much until I actually got there,” stated Keisha Hall, a current student at SUNY Old Westbury. Most professions at least require an associate’s degree, and even with that degree many […]

America’s Best Dance Crew? Maybe not, but Double OC has caught the dancing bug and in the words of the team’s treasurer, Vanessa James, it’s “trying to spread dance all over this place!” Double OC, the newly established campus dance team and community service club was introduced to […]

This spring, Old Westbury’s Resident Hall Association brings to us the Tunnel of Oppression, an interactive program that reveals the issues of oppression using all senses. This program originally developed in 1993 at Western Illinois University and has been replicated at numerous campuses worldwide. It is loosely based […]

We’ve all heard about it; gay suicides seem to be sweeping the nation.  It’s ironic, given the increasing openness to gay Americans. None the less, Americans were shocked when over the course of one month, six gay teens committed suicide following harassment. The most widely publicized story encircled […]

www.catalystatoldwestbury.com We at the catalyst want the web site to reflect our hard work we put into our paper.  We also would like to give students, faculty and anyone interested, an interactive, informative, one stop shop to get all the information needed.  We have high hopes for the […]

On Saturday, February 19 2011, three Old Westbury students were exposed to the comic book world through marketing and branding. Under the wing of alumni Etan Wishnevski; students Katie Long, Chantrese Williams, and Samantha Williams ventured into New York City to The Hotel Pennsylvania.  They worked to expose […]

With the regular season still under way, from now until April 13th , we are seeing and expecting to see greatness happen. So far this season,  there have been trade moves that have had fans in an uproar, like the decision Lebron James made to go to Miami […]