The novel coronavirus, covid-19, upended life with school and work suspensions and unprecedented shelter-in-place orders around the world. These are the personal accounts from students at Hofstra University who left their campus, reflecting on the loss of their school year, discovering or re-discovering hobbies as they return home, and navigating uncertain times with family and friends.

To combat animal abuse in “puppy mills,” the New York State Legislature last year proposed a ban on selling dogs, cats and rabbits at local stores, which at times have been accused of obtaining their animals from the so-called “pet farms.” Last month, the bill passed one committee in the Senate, signaling it is moving forward, but some pet industry experts question whether the stores are to blame for the problem.

Puppy mills are places of intense breeding where unsanitary conditions often preva

On Wednesday March 4, the newly formed Hofstra Student Workers Coalition (HSWC) held a forum in order to discuss problems that student employees have encountered at Hofstra University. Many of their concerns are centered around the legal question of how student workers are categorized under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) and the New York Department of Labor and the wage disparity across the state of New York.

Anyone considered an “employee” is required to receive the federal minimum wage,

Hofstra students held their annual Shake-A-Rake community service program on November 16, 2019. Volunteers raked leaves for disabled and elderly residents in the Hempstead and Uniondale, NY.

Recently, Instagram has been experimenting with the removal of likes from users posts. You will still be able to see how many likes your posts get on your account, but Instagram is taking away your ability to see how many likes someone else has. Trying to create a more comfortable atmosphere online may give Instagram a leg above the rest of the social media platforms, but how will it affect the quality of communication? Will people continue to interact using a screen, or will they start to put t

New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free District schools have started to hold recess before lunch to give students the chance to play, burn off energy, and return to the lunchroom and classroom more focused and calm, according to Superintendent Jennier Morrison.

At an Oct. 21 meeting, Morrison reported the success of this change, a result of a suggestion by the President of the School Board Patricia Rudd and further research.

“When we would have our lunch and we would try to get all of the k

The Garden City Board of Trustees discussed a $48 million water filtration system at their meeting on Oct. 3 that will affect many concerned citizens and their water bills. New York state discovered recently that the water on Long Island contains emerging contaminants that they believe are necessary to filter out as soon as they possibly can. This project is a response to water regulations the state has put in place in order to combat this issue.

“They [the state] are looking to impose these re

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority hosted the fifth of seven open houses on Sept. 19 to explain the economic opportunities that offshore wind farms will bring to Long Island. At Long Beach City Hall, officials presented two new wind power projects, Empire Wind and Sunrise Wind, that they said would revolutionize the clean energy market and provide new jobs in the state in the coming years.

According to NYSERDA’s offshore wind team, the new projects will produce 9,000 m