Just hours after the women's squad took down Hartford, the Hofstra University men's basketball team ground out a win of its own, defeating Holy Cross 71-56 for its second straight victory.

After a 90 point effort on Monday, the Hofstra women's basketball team returned home with a grinding 65-51 victory over the University of Hartford for its eighth consecutive win.

ALBANY, NY- The Hofstra University women's basketball team looked to stay hot in the frigid state capital in search of its seventh consecutive win against the Great Danes of the University at Albany.

What is the purpose of a movie? Is it meant to be a visual novel, opening the minds of it's viewers through interesting plot progression and deep characters, or can it merely be a sound and light show entertaining its viewers with innovative score and art direction? This was the question I kept asking myself while watching Tron: Legacy. Can style be so good that it trumps substance?

The Hofstra University men's basketball team looked to extend its four game win streak against former St. John's head coach Mike Jarvis' Florida Atlantic University on Saturday, December 11.

One of the most interesting parts of being a freshman is probably the amount of time you spend with your friends. 

‘Twas the night before finals week and all through the dorms...

When one commits a crime, they are sometimes imprisoned as a form of punishment. A certain amount of time is set for the perpetrator to be held in a prison, based on the severity of their crime. If, and when, a person who has been held in prison is finally released, this is supposed to be the end of their punishment. But is this really the end? In everyday life, regular citizens continue to judge former inmates for their past behaviors, to the point where it hinders the option to turn their life around for the better. It is not the sentence alone that acts as a hindrance to this possibility.

One year ago, on December 3, 2009, students across Hofstra University receieved an email from President Stuart Rabinowitz explaining that the school had made the decision to cut its football program after 69 years. Although Northeastern University reached the same decision just over a week earlier, it nevertheless took students by surprise that Hofstra, with a relatively rich football tradition, suffered a similar blow.

In The Nassau Chronicle's first year, issue number 9 had "Christmas Greetings" written across the top of the paper and several pieces about Christmas events and articles that were Christmas-themed. The focus on a single holiday changed to "Season's Greetings" the following year with fewer and fewer mentions of Christmas as time went on.

A staple of my childhood was the Christmas movie "A Christmas Story. As I grew up in the South, I felt a special connection with the main character Ralphie who, for those sad souls who have not seen the film, wanted nothing more than for Santa to bring him a Red Ryder BB gun.

The third showing of Thursday Nite Live aired last Thursday to a full audience broadcasted from Dempster Hall. Aside from some overly long skits if TNL keeps their writing up they are going to return with a great spring season as well.