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Thursday, Jul 29
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Currently: 86˚ F
Feels Like: 85˚ F
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 56˚
Tonight: 56˚
Sunset: 8:17 PM
Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
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Megan Flood
Marist Students Hooked on MTV’s “Jersey Shore”
The self-proclaimed “Princess of Poughkeepsie” might be what attracted some of Marist’s viewers. If that didn’t get you to watch, than the fist pumping at clubs, naked people in a hot tub, and girls getting punched in the face might have done it. Its car-crash television at its best; it is horrifying, but just impossible [...]
“An Eye For Detail”
“I didn’t know what I wanted to do at 21,” Libby Wilkie said, “You do a lot of thinking in those days.”
Wilkie graduated with a sociology degree from the prestigious University of Pennsylvania. Shortly after, she got a job at a consumer products company. She even started to get her masters in marketing.
It seemed like [...]
“Turkey Drop” Common Occurrence for College Freshman
It was the perfect high school romance. Katie and Chris both grew up in Huntington, NY, but never met until their senior year in sixth period study hall. She loved his “built body” and “perfect smile.” He loved how she always made him laugh.
Their first date was a bit more romantic than the typical rental [...]
Majority of Marist Students Use Drugs…or is it the Minority?
A strange scent lingers in the air surrounding the freshman dormitories; it is a bit skunk-like, yet less pungent. One would not be able to distinguish where it was coming from unless they knew the “secret” spot.
“It’s almost like they put these benches here specifically for smokers,” a Marist freshman who asked to remain anonymous [...]
Marist Students Enjoy Fine Dining in Familiar Places
Leanna Brittis delicately swishes her spicy tuna roll through soy sauce and uses the chopsticks to plop it into her mouth. She dabs a bit of wasabi onto her next bite and finishes it off with a taste of ginger. Finally, she lets out an, “Mmm…,” of pure delight.
Brittis is not in a Japanese restaurant. [...]