HE IONEER T InformingP LIU Post for over 60 years Volume 70, Issue 7 www.liupostpioneer.com March 7, 2018

The Pioneer will be of next week for Spring Break. Spring Break Catch us again on March 21! Hours

Potholes on Campus Drive During Spring Break, which takes place from March 10-17, the following LIU Post facilities and services hours have changed:

Pratt Recreation Center March 10, 11 & 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 12 - 16 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Winnick Dining Hall Out of service March 10 - 17 Hillwood Commons March 10-17 DONDRE LEMON from 8 a.m. t0 5 p.m. Potholes on campus drive force drivers to use the opposite lane. Promise Ofce DONDRE LEMON & KYHARA JEANTY March 12 - 16 ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, STAFF WRITER from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

With winter coming to a close and the weather getting warmer, potholes seem to be everywhere, Campus Shuttle including on campus roads. Heading towards the south of campus, next to the football feld, a large Out of service March 10-17 pothole on Campus Drive is leading drivers to drive on the opposite lane and into oncoming trafc to *Alternative public avoid it. transportation to Hicksville Students have noticed the potholes on campus. “They are really bad and annoying to try and or Great Neck available via avoid,” Lisa Jenkins, a junior broadcasting major, said. “Potholes are known to damage your car and the n20H bus service. we spend a lot of money on repairs, tires get blown out from the huge impact of the pothole and can ruin your transmission,” she said. Library Hours According to Roy Fergus, director of facilities services, “potholes form due to snow or rain fall- March 12-16 ing on the road, and rapid freezing and unfreezing overnight. Over time the ground will crumble and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. cause holes in the pavement.” March 17 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The pothole on Campus Drive was created by a water main, or underground pipe, break and will March 18 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. be “repaired once the weather gets warmer,” Fergus said. With the weather taking an unpredictable turn later in the week, he is unsure when the reparations will take place. “The water company is responsible for fxing the pothole after repairs,” Fergus said. The school is planning to do a temporary fx of the road, although an exact date has not yet been chosen. “It does depend on the weather for the repair to take place,” he said. Fergus recommends that students call facilities services if they notice any other problems on campus.

Musical Theatre This Week in Student Alex the Astronaut: Alumna Cast on Photos Discusses Where Will She Broadway Pg. 9 Marine Pollution “Rock It” Next? Pg. 7 Pg. 12 Pg. 13 2 NEWS THE PIONEER Take a Look Into the Archives & Special Collections

JADA BUTLER Jarron Jewell showcasing the American Juvenile collection. JADA BUTLER Jarron Jewell and Paul Kim displaying primary sources of Giuseppe Verdi, an Italian opera composer tions on them in the past,” Jewell said. How can students use the collection? “Well, say I want to study the changing role of women between 1910 and 1950 - really big changes JADA BUTLER sociologically, historically and psychologically - from a standpoint of art, NEWS EDITOR and so forth,” Jewell said, demonstrating the benefts of the collection. Tucked away on the second foor in the south wing of the B. Davis “There are North American imprints, and we also have archives which Schwartz Memorial Library is a vast array of historical, educational, and are letters, drawings, and so forth, that go with this collection that are artistic collections. The Archives and Special Collections department, priceless,” she said. located in LB 345 and 346, is home to more than 30 rare book collec- The staf of the archives and special collections department is in tions and 75 archival collections. Collection formats include illuminated the process of digitizing and cataloging the collection for the university’s manuscript facsimiles, rare books, rare manuscripts, archives, original Digital Commons webpage. The Digital Com