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Considering the ethics of family vloggers
“Act like you’re crying!” says Jordan Cheyenne to her nine-year-old son, Christian, in a now-deleted Youtube video. In the vlog, “We are heartbroken,” Cheyenne reveals to 500,000 subscribers that her puppy has parvovirus, a potentially terminal disease. “I am crying,” the little boy insists.
Improvements in laundry accessibility
Photo by Ayden Levine '23/The Muhlenberg Weekly. Katherine Conlon '24 and Tom Hiller '23. When students move into college, they are often thrust into independent living for the first time in their lives. Depending on where they live, students may be cooking their own meals or cleaning their own bathrooms. But all students, regardless of residence hall, are all responsible for one key aspect of solo living—doing their own laundry.
Muhlenberg’s campus is open this spring, but will students return?
Photo Credit: Ayden Levine '23 After a semester’s worth of gossip and theories surrounding the Spring 2021 semester plans, Muhlenberg students finally received an answer. In a Nov. 11 email, President Kathleen Harring announced that all students would in fact be welcomed back to campus this spring. The new question is, however, as COVID-19 cases rise nationally and the college experience remains predominantly virtual, how many students will actually return?
‘BergVotes and CENTER host election night debrief event
Photo Credit: Ayden Levine '23 As the Nov. 3 election night hit the 8 o’clock hour, several Muhlenberg students paused their electoral map tracking to participate in an hour of stress relief activities. In a virtual Zoom event, hosted by ‘BergVotes and the CENTER (Multicultural Life and Community Engagement), students gathered to relax, play games and disengage from election results if only for a short while.
Petitions circulate Muhlenberg community
Photo by Ayden Levine '23 On Oct. 23 two Change.org petitions, organized by students, began circulating throughout the Muhlenberg community. One petition called upon the College administration to adopt an optional pass/fail grading system for the Fall 2020 semester and the other urged the administration to formally close the College on Election Day.
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Long Island Fosters Much-needed Relationships
BBBSLI held its annual winter blast event in January. Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Many adults go their entire lives without experiencing the love one has for a younger sibling. Other children spend much of their youth wishing for the protection only an older sibling could provide. Across Long Island, this wish is coming true.
Muhlenberg announces new Hillel director
Beginning in the Spring 2021 semester, a decade’s long alumnus will once again call Muhlenberg home. In an Oct. 8 email addressing the Muhlenberg Community, President Kathleen Harring announced that Ira Blum ‘10 will serve as the next director of the Leffell Center for Jewish Student Life. As the current semester approaches its midpoint, the Muhlenberg community anticipates Blum’s homecoming through the red doors.
New Takes on 'The Great Gatsby' Coming as Classic Novel Enters Public Domain in 2021
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jay Gatsby. Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Scott Fitzgerald called Great Neck home for only two years in the early 1920s, but the then-budding Gold Coast community left such an enduring impression that it birthed the vision for The Great Gatsby. For the last 95 years, that vision has been protected under copyright laws.
Apple & Eve: The Juice King of Long Island
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York In 1975, Hofstra Law student Gordon Crane was in search of a way to pay his tuition bills. His solution? Found a (now multimillion-dollar) juice business. In the beginning, Crane partnered with a cider mill in the Hudson Valley to press fresh apples. Unsurprisingly, the company’s first best-selling product was apple juice.
10 Best Long Island Horseback Riding Trails
Horseback riding is a great way to discover Long Island’s hidden natural beauty. (National Park Service photo) Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many Long Islanders to find social-distance-friendly ways to get out and appreciate the place they call home. One such way? Horseback riding. Long Island is home to many equestrian trails that offer miles of endless adventures.
The Great Migration: How The Pandemic Is Boosting Competition in The Long Island Housing Market
New York City residents are moving to Long Island and LI residents are upgrading. (Getty Images) Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York The Long Island residential real estate market has bid farewell to the coronavirus-driven slump and said hello to a pandemic-inducted boom. After months of at-home lockdown, both New York City dwellers and Long Island natives are looking for upgraded spacious homes on the Island.
Back-to-School shopping lists shift amid COVID-19 pandemic
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City BY BRIANNA KOVIT Just like the upcoming school year, annual back-to-school shopping is going to look quite different during the coronavirus pandemic. As schools work out their reopening plans for the fall, parents are working out their back-to-school shopping lists. And some brand new binders and backpacks are not making the cut.
Back-to-School Shopping Lists Shift Amid Pandemic
FILE PHOTO: Walmart department manager Karren Gomes helps stock shelves with school supplies as the retail store prepare for back to school shoppers in San Diego, California August 6, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Just like the upcoming school year, annual back-to-school shopping is going to look quite different during the coronavirus pandemic.
No Cure For Sharing A Name With A Global Pandemic
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York The novel coronavirus affects many people in particularly novel ways — some more than others. In my case, it’s been akin to sharing a name with a deadly hurricane. But worse. My name is Brianna Kovit. I’m 19 years old, and COVID-19 is really trying it’s best to kill my vibe.
Fall 2020 housing plans
Muhlenberg campus prepares for the students' return. Photo by Ayden Levine '23, photo editor. Many Muhlenberg students will be headed back to the likes of ‘ML,’ East and Prosser this fall, but there’s no denying that dorm life is going to look quite different in the COVID-19 world. On Tuesday, July 14, the Division of Student Affairs hosted its second of four live webinars answering questions about fall semester plans. This installment’s focus was on residential life.
Long Island's Last Boat Builder
Steiger Craft’s 21 DV MIAMI. Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Years ago, Long Island superstar Billy Joel commuted from Oyster Bay into Manhattan on a one-of-a-kind 23-foot inboard boat. It’s no surprise that, today, Steiger Craft, the company that built and sold the boat to him, sails strong as the last major boat-building operation on LI.
Hamptons Leaders Question Cuomo’s Comments on Social Distancing Violations
A woman carries her surfboard from the beach in the Hamptons. Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman pushed back against Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s claims of the Hamptons of being a “problem” area in regards to executing safe reopening protocols from the coronavirus shutdown.
Long Island Farmer's Market Guide 2020
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Babylon: Babylon LIRR Parking Lot, 126 N Carll Ave., Sundays 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. East Hampton: Calvary Baptist Church, 60 Spinner Ln. Fridays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Farmingdale: Farmingdale Village Green, 361 Main St. Sundays 10 a.m.-3 p.m. through Nov. 22. Hampton Bays: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 165 Ponquogue Ave. Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through Sept. 1.
Long Island Nonprofit Collects Masks For Navajo Nation
Teresa Peters makes homemade masks in Gallup, New Mexico. (REUTERS/Donovan Quintero) Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York While New York City, the proclaimed epicenter of the novel coronavirus pandemic, scrounged for aid and resources at the peak of the nation’s crisis, there was a harder-hit U.S. hot spot suffering in the shadows: Navajo Nation.
6 Long Island Coronavirus Hot Spot Hospitals Ease Toward New Normal After Drop in Patients
NYU Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola during the peak of the pandemic. (Photo by Adam Brownstin) Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Six Long Island hospitals deemed coronavirus hot spots in April have all experienced a decline in their number of COVID-19 patients, but as the medical centers adjust to the new normal, they worry about a possible second spike in hospitalizations. The six hospitals that Gov.
Long Island Drive-In Movie Guide 2020
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Trolls NYCB Live, Home of The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, East Meadow. 7 p.m. May 29-31, 4 p.m. May 30-31. Sonic The HedgehogSmith Haven Mall, Lake Grove. $40, 8:45 p.m. Friday, May 29. The Bad News BearsSmith Haven Mall, Lake Grove. $40, 8:45 p.m. Saturday, May 30. Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerSmith Haven Mall, Lake Grove. $40, 11:45 p.m. Saturday, May 30. FrozenClinton G.
Comedian Modi Takes New Approach To Comedy Amid Pandemic
Modi performing at The Comic Strip in Manhattan. Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York The doors to comedy clubs are temporarily shut due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but laughs are still coming. Comedian Mordechi Rosenfeld, originally from Woodmere and better known as Modi, doesn’t treat his time quarantined at home as a limitation. For him, it’s an inspiration.
Long Island Making Progress In Meeting NY Criteria To Reopen From Coronavirus Shutdown
Gov. Andrew Cuomo shared this graph during his May 11, 2020 coronavirus news briefing. Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York Long Island is meeting three more of the seven sets of criteria required for the region to begin reopening from the coronavirus shutdown, but is not expected to reopen by this weekend, as many had hoped.
A creative approach to writing on campus
Featured speakers participate in a panel on creative writing. Photo Courtesy of Ayden Levine “I hate writing,” Tessa Fontaine proclaimed to a room full of aspiring and professional penmans. Discussing the struggles of writer’s block, she made it known that there never exists a good time to write. “If I waited for that block to dissipate, I’d never write anything.” Fontaine, Mitchell S. Jackson and Nadia Owusu were the featured writers at this semester’s “Writers at Muhlenberg” event.
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