Rivalry games are known by sports not just for their tradition, but their unpredictability and usually their closer-than-expected results. Our men's basketball team's game against rival Stony Brook was no different. Despite finding themselves up by as many as sixteen points, they were only able to fell the Suffolk-based Sea Wolves by only five points.

Unless there's some way I'm allowed to keep writing after I graduate, this will likely be my last column for the Hofstra Chronicle. To those of you that have followed my articles since I began writing in March, I appreciate your support. I'm not really sure how many of you do in fact read my stories and analyses, but I'm fairly certain of one thing - Eric Mangini is probably not one of my readers.

Barbed-wire fences still surround Weeb Ewbank Hall, which once was a bustling center of activity as the Jets headquarters before the NFL franchise moved out in August. Vacant parking lots and padlocks on the doors have turned the north campus-based building into a dormant facility.

The relationship between humans and animals has always been important to Ralph Acampora, an associate professor in the philosophy department. Now, his studies and writing on the subject have earned him an award from the Humane Society of the United States.

As junior finance major Jon Knorr sat in his calculus class on a rainy Wednesday night, his 2004 Nissan Maxima caught fire in the Breslin commuter parking lot. Witnesses and firefighters responding to the scene said smoke billowed out from the hood before they saw fire.

Meena Bose, Chair of the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, teamed up with Congressional Quarterly and The New York Times and wrote "The New York Times on the Presidency: 1853-2008." It is the first in a series of reference books.

Well, kids, it's that time of the year again! No, I'm not talking about Christmahanukwanzastice (that's Christmas, Hannukkah, Kwanzaa and the Winter Solstice all rolled into one big holiday); I'm talking about my end-of-the-semester observations. Last year, a reader had the audacity to comment on my hatred of University squirrels.

Five detainees held at Guantánamo Bay who are suspected organizers of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks made a controversial decision on Monday, choosing to fully confess to participating in the attacks. The decision to confess to their supposed involvement in the Sept.

You probably don't spend much time pondering your death or imagining yourself as an elderly individual analyzing the actions of past years. Each of us knows that a personal physical end awaits at some point, yet death is still largely considered a taboo subject, one to be tacitly acknowledged, but not discussed.

The back of the student center dining area was alive with the laughter and joy of children Wednesday night as sororities Phi Sigma Sigma and Alpha Epsilon Phi hosted the Boys and Girls Club of Hempstead for a holiday party. The annual event gives local children the opportunity to receive gifts, listen to Christmas carols and even mingle with Santa Claus himself.

The three biggest U.S. automakers-GM, Ford and Chrysler, also known as the "Big 3"-are in serious economic trouble. They have asked Congress for over $34 billion in aid to prevent them from going bankrupt. Some media pundits have blamed the collapse of the U.

Among the new players that the University will be adding to their basketball team next year is David Imes, a 19-year-old small forward and power forward player from Brooklyn. Imes's pre-University history is unique, however, because he was featured alongside his high school basketball team in a documentary about their coach.