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NBA Lockout

Basketball fans may find themselves very disappointed when opening day comes this year. That’s because there likely will not be any basketball played. As we get deeper into autumn, we have already seen all games from the first two weeks of the season canceled, and unless the owners and players […]

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Becoming Independent

People say I was crazy for moving out of my house at 21 years of age, but for me it was time to live on my own. Ever since I turned 15, I’ve always wanted to start making my own money because I was tired of asking my parents for […]

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Upcoming Panthers Basketball Season

Coach Bernard Tomlin enters his 10th campaign as the men’s head basketball coach fired up and ready to go with a talented slew of new players. In fact, the team will see the addition of twelve new players who will join the returning four.  Although a lot of production from […]

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Surviving the MTA

Have you ever dreaded the thought of riding on a Metropolitan Transportation Authority train during the rush hour from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m?  I do. But  I had ideas to avoid the first half of the morning frenzies.       My first solution was to  take the Long Island Railroad. […]

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Old Westbury’s Technology Rates Low in Campus Opinion

#8220;The Internet seems to be down more than it’s up,” said Professor Marie Metlay, the Biological Sciences Department chair.       “There is hardly any Wi-Fi all over the school and the connection is very low,” said Giran Kashman, a junior criminology student.     Marc Seybold, the chief information officer […]

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Accounting Award

Old Westbury’s accounting students took first place for the third time in a row in a competition sponsored by the Margolin, Winer & Evens accounting firm on November 1st, 2011 at Adelphi University.   The competition involved five schools: Old Westbury, Briarcliffe , Molloy, Adelphi, and New York Institute of Technology. […]

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The Brookville Center for Children’s Services

Those of you who are parents know that not only is it difficult to attend school as a parent, but it is also difficult to find affordable, proper daycare. Not everyone has a family member or friend that can take care of their children while they’re at school.  Fortunately, SUNY […]

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Swim Season

There are high expectations for the men’s and women’s swimming team this season. Head coach Sigitas “Siggy” Rudokas hopes the team at least finishes in the top three.  “The team is much stronger than last year,” said Rudokas. “I hope the team will be in the top 3 of the […]