Old Westbury’s Step team, Step Tunes Inc, has experienced its fair share of obstacles over the last year. Suspension, budget cuts, and transportation issues are some of the setbacks that the student club and competing team has managed to overcome. With all of the issues surrounding Step Tunes, the twenty- […]
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Creation on the Rise
A rising club on the Old Westbury campus is Creation. Creation was started by a group of freshmen who met during the 2009 orientation and formed an instant bond. Creation was picked as the name for this club because they wanted to make something that would be positive and different. […]
A.K.A. Boosts Male Ego
Over the past months, there has been an intense debate within the SUNY Old Westbury community regarding the quality of student programming. The Nu Psi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc decided to counter the argument by hosting the EGO Series. Enhancing Gentlement with Opportunties (EGO) was a three […]
Review: Alicia Keys’ The Element of Freedom
Back with her fourth studio effort, R&B songstress Alicia Keys brings, The Element Of Freedom. Kerry “Krucial” Keys and Alicia Keys produced the fourteen song disc featuring the hit “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” and the less than spectacular first single, “Doesn’t Mean Anything.” After three solid albums many […]
Chinese Exchange Students on the Old Westbury Experience
SUNY College Old Westbury is the most diverse college among national liberal arts colleges in 2008, according to U.S. News and World Report. Students from all walks of life come together and exchange their cultures, beliefs, and traditions as they further their education. Old Westbury hosts foreign exchange students from […]
Wrap-Up: Old Westbury’s Men’s Basketball Season
On February 27, 2009 Old Westbury’s men’s basketball team faced the unfortunate end of their involvement in the Skyline Conference Tournament. Unable to defeat third-seeded Purchase the top seeded Panthers suffered the 92-79 loss, moving them to 20-7 while Purchase earned the automatic bid with their first Skyline Conference Championship […]
Should SUNY Schools Be Allowed to Set Tuitions?
College tuitions have been increasing at a rate of approximately seven-percent each year. In recent studies, taking into consideration the increased inflation in prices for gas, food, water, electric, transportation, and merchandise, college tuition has been increasing at twice the rate of necessities. Why is it that college tuition is […]
Old Westbury’s Strategic Plan: 2010- 2015
On February 18th, President Calvin O. Butts III presented the College’s long awaited strategic plan. The Old Westbury Strategic Plan: 2010-2015 was created after a year-long process that included input and participation from each constituency of the campus: students, faculty, staff, administration, alumni, council members and foundation members. In April 2009, over 180 […]
Cafeteria – for Better or Worse
Hungry? Why not stop at SUNY College at Old Westbury to dine at their clean and sanitary campus center cafeteria? You can choose from a buffet of gourmet food and cuisines from all around the world that will leave you completely satisfied. Or maybe you want to shed a few […]