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Class of 2024: Xaverian High School graduates 332 students, including 80 Staten Islanders
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Xaverian High School held its 64th commencement exercises honoring 332 graduating seniors, among them 80 Staten Islanders, including the valedictorian and salutatorian, on June 1 at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn. The ceremony began with an invocation by the Rev. Sean Suckiel, who serves as...
After injury last fall, Bergen County football player gets one last shot in All-Star Game
Isaiah Lopez’ football career was just starting to take off when it all crashed down. On Saturday, the Lyndhurst senior will get one final shot, suiting up for the South team in the annual Bergen County Football All-Star Game sponsored by Sinner’s Steakhouse and broadcast live on NorthJersey.com. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Lyndhurst High School. ...
Video Slideshow: After-Schoolers Go 'Dancing Through the Decades'
Nineteen Manhattan Youth after-school dance classes performed on June 1 in the PS/IS 89 auditorium, with costumes designed by Contance Tarbox. Photo: Carl Glassman/Tribeca Trib. CARL GLASSMAN. From Walt Disney’s “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” and the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ USA” to Michael Jackson’s “Bad” and “Let’s Get Loud” by Jennifer Lopez, Manhattan Youth...
Queens high school student heading to Olympic swimming trials
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — It was an illuminating surprise moment for 17-year-old Sean Green. His junior classmates at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens were celebrating his acceptance to the U.S. Olympic swimming qualifying trials in Indianapolis. Green is a champion swimmer who has amassed several records since he first began swimming at the age […]
Paterson teacher retiring after 50 years of service
PATERSON, N.J. (PIX11) — Bessie Ames, a teacher in the Paterson School District since 1974, is retiring at the end of the school year after 50 years of service. Ames currently teaches third grade at School 10. Her last day is June 27th. On Monday, Ames’ students, along with district administrators and Paterson Mayor Andre […]
Riot Pens: Columbia’s Protest Culture And Majoring In Unafraid
We must support students as they embody the change they want to see in the world. I spent five years at Columbia University and nothing could’ve prepared me to witness a police tank roll down Amsterdam Avenue on April 30, 2024. Campus morale was abysmal after 10 students took their lives during the 2016-2017 academic year. The mood was generally morbid in the months following Tessa Majors’ murder in 2019. Despite these recent tragedies, the evening of the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) raid on Hind’s Hall stands out because Columbia only sanctions that level of state violence against marginalized students who participate in liberation movements.
Marymount students concerned about majors, maintaining school’s identity amid Northeastern acquisition
When news broke May 29 that Northeastern had acquired Marymount Manhattan College, or MMC, in New York City, current MMC fourth-year acting major Abby Mulligan said her dad, who had just read about the merger in The New York Times, was the first to tell her. “At first, I thought...
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