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Your professors need to cold call

Craig Mannino, STAFF WRITER December 14, 2024

Picture this: it’s 9:40 a.m., you’re in class, your professor just asked a question and the room is silent. Your professor idly stands at the front of the room, waiting for someone to raise their hand...

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President Poser’s anti-Palestinian rhetoric at Town Hall

Giovanni Salsa, NEWS EDITOR December 14, 2024

One of the most heinous things to tell a Palestinian is that they lack an “internationally recognized sovereign state.” This common yet inaccurate statement has long been used to erase and dehumanize...

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Cramming works

Annie MacKeigan, Multimedia Editor December 10, 2024

Maybe “cramming” isn’t the best method to study, but it surely works well enough when you need it to. Most college students are juggling 15-17 credits, internships, jobs, clubs and a social life...

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Celebrity endorsements have lost their power in politics

Frankie DiCalogero, MANAGING EDITOR December 10, 2024

One of the biggest pitfalls of Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign was the over-reliance on celebrity endorsements. Now, this isn’t to say Harris lost the election solely because...

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The greedy concertgoing experience

Vanessa Flanagan, STAFF WRITER December 10, 2024

Everything about attending a concert is a money-grabbing scam. Recently, I tried to buy tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter perform at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center. The ticket prices were...

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Pro: Engage in debates with your family

Nish Arumugam, SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE November 19, 2024

In the wake of the election and with the holidays breathing down our necks, we’re reaching that exciting time during the year when hearty, passionate discussions of politics arise within the family....

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Con: Don’t create conflict during the holidays

Vanessa Flanagan, STAFF WRITER November 19, 2024

Every family has that one uncle who loves to incite political arguments at the Thanksgiving table, but is it really worth it to argue with him? You see this guy once a year – let it go! There’s no...

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Labeling protests dismantles them

Kumba Jagne, STAFF WRITER November 19, 2024

This is a story about label makers. Not the little devices used to make labels in the office, but the people in power who use labels to their advantage. This is also a story about mislabeled things:...

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America voted against its own interests

Kat Powers, SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE November 19, 2024

Donald Trump won this election. The president-elect is a man that is a convicted felon, an alleged rapist, a racist, a misogynist, a homophobe and a xenophobe. This is a man who will now be in control...

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Hofstra, I want my major back

Lee Cusack, STAFF WRITER November 12, 2024

My name is Lee Cusack. I’m an audio/radio production and studies major, and I love my major… at least, I did. Upon returning to Hofstra University for the Fall semester, one of my peers informed me...

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Sabrina Carpenter: the feminist we didn’t know we needed

Makenzie Hurt, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF November 12, 2024

Sabrina Carpenter has been in the music scene since 2014 but didn’t truly take off until her 2023 single “Feather,” made famous by TikTok. Before that, though, there was a slew of drama between herself...

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What ever happened to ‘too soon’

Tom Saxa, STAFF WRITER November 12, 2024

On Oct. 16, 2024, Liam Payne, a former member of One Direction, tragically fell to his death from a third-floor balcony at an Argentinean hotel. He died from impact. The next day on Instagram reels, I...

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