THE PIONEER Informing LIU Post for over 60 years Volume 70, Issue 2 www.liupostpioneer.com September 20, 2017 Campus Shuttle Faces Budget Cuts quickly, and the additional time it took to get to Hillwood interfered with ASHLEY BOWDEN their schedules, according to Goldstein. Goldstein experienced budget cuts ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR at his previous school as well. “I would start petition to have my voice heard, Both resident and commuter students rely on the campus shuttle and I thought that it would be nice to bring the advocacy I did at Dowling service to the Broadway Mall and the Hicksville Long Island Railroad station to Post,” he said. on a regular basis. This semester, a budget cut has been implemented, Goldstein has received 50 signatures on his petition. “Resident resulting in a condensed schedule. students have to walk all the way to Hillwood instead of just going straight The shuttle no longer stops behind Brookville Hall. Students out to Brookville,” Goldstein said. The expense of occasionally taking are instead picked up and dropped of only behind Hillwood Commons. transportation methods such as Uber instead of the free shuttle service Monday through Friday, of-loop service begins at 6:30a.m. directly to has also inconvenienced some students. “I think campus life should think the train station, and 9:30 a.m. is the frst service of the day to Broadway twice before cutting something vital to the student body,” he said. Mall. Service ends at 10:00 p.m. on weekdays. On Saturdays and Sundays President of the Student Government Association (SGA), Giovanna service to both the mall and the train station begins at 12:30 p.m., with the Domingo, explained that the SGA is responsible for allocating the student last pickup from the LIRR at 5 p.m.. The on-campus loop has remained activity fee in order to provide campus programs, resources and services. consistent with nonstop service every 30 minutes starting at 7:55 a.m. “SGA takes budgetary decisions very seriously and always acts in the best For some students, the new schedule has proven to be an interest of the students,” Domingo said. inconvenience. Matthew Goldstein, a transfer from Dowling College and “After reviewing the current shuttle schedule and identifying other junior criminal justice major, has started a petition to restore the Brookville student priorities, SGA decided to adjust the shuttle funding to create an shuttle stop. Many students depended on the stop to get to the train station hourly schedule for 2017-2018,” she said. The association believes the new continued on page 4 Your Career Starts With a Handshake JADA BUTLER actually apply for their job openings. Only 13 percent of NEWS EDITOR the LIU community was utilizing CareerConnect, and this includes all campuses, Mitchell said. The Ofce of Alumni and Employer Engagement Mitchell followed the example of other launched Handshake this semester, a new job and universities in choosing to move to Handshake. “We saw internship website for students. Handshake replaces success within other universities and decided that we the previous job and internship website CareerConnect. needed to step up for our students,” Mitchell said. The decision to change platforms came from student Handshake has a familiar interface, with layout feedback during the ofce’s “Tabling Tuesdays” and navigation similar to Facebook. “You don’t have to in Hillwood Commons during common hour last be super ‘techy’ to get the hang of it,” Mitchell said. When semester. students log on to Handshake, all of the tools are located “We found that CareerConnect wasn’t user on the frst page - where to upload a resumé, where to friendly,” Moreen Mitchell, university director of search for jobs, events going on near or on campus, etc. alumni and employer engagement, said. Students “It’s a one stop shop for jobs and internships,” she said. found the layout to be difcult to navigate, and Student feedback on Handshake after the frst employers also faced issues with getting students to week of the semester led to the discovery of “Amazon JADA BUTLER continued on page 3 Global Institute Michael Berthel Column: Capable Sorority Preview New Dean of of Happiness Recruitment Pg. 3 Students Pg.11 Pg.11 Pg. 6 2 Mac Computers Stolen from Humanities Hall CAROLINE RYAN Room 208 in Humanities Hall, locked to prevent further theft. The Pioneer will be reporting on the theft of 6 Mac several months. computers from the digital art and design labs on the The Pioneer will continue to inform the campus second foor of Humanities Hall last week, including a community about all news, including crimes on campus, as computer taken from a staf member’s backpack. Although a public service for our community. According to a federal a Pioneer staf member requested the crime blotter from law, the Jeanne Cleary Act, all colleges and universities the ofce of public safety, the crime blotter did not include are required to make available a public log of all crimes or that crime, or any other crimes on campus over the past incidents on campus, within 48 hours. 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Diverse views are presented in The Pioneer and do not necessarily refect the opinions of the editors or offcial policies of the university. Copyright © 2017 The Pioneer, All Rights Reserved. All materials in The Pioneer are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without prior written permission of The Pioneer. September 20, 2017 NEWS 3 Handshake continued from page 1 tracking abilities” where frequent job searches incite recommendations through Handshake. within that industry of work without the efort of searching. “We take pride A “Get to Know Handshake” information session will take place in going to our students, hearing what’s not working, and then turning it Thursday, Sept. 21 during common hour in the library, room 227. This around,” Mitchell said. “Because we have handshake and it is better (based information session will kick of the LIU Promise ofce’s fall 2017 Career on successful results at other universities), we our owning this transition,” Success Workshop Series. she added. The alumni and employer engagement team is spreading the The ofce of alumni and employer engagement will also be word university wide through deans, professors, Blackboard and the continuing with “Tabling Tuesdays” this semester in Hillwood Commons Promise Ofce. during common hour. With a new location across from Subway and Twisted For the frst time this year, alumni and employer engagement, which Taco, Mitchell and her team hope to attract more students to come and was created this summer when the two separate ofces were combined, will speak with them. The new location is strategically placed where there is be visiting the Riverhead and Brentwood campuses in coordination with the most trafc, as opposed to the previous spot in front of the Gold Coast Abby Van Vlerah, the newly appointed dean of the regional campuses. Cinema. They will also be featuring an outside employer every week for “Enrollment services counselors at the regional campuses will be trained students to talk with one-on-one by appointment only through Handshake. to assist students on the new platform, and the website is being advertised The goal is to bring employers and jobs that would help to build students’ to familiarize students with it as a resource,” according to Van Vlerah. resumés with experience in their feld of study. At LIU Post, promise coaches have been meeting with the ofce Part-time and full-time positions for campus jobs, internships, and of alumni and employer engagement biweekly to cooperate in advertising entry-level jobs for after graduation are coming onto Handshake every day. Handshake. Promise coaches are directing students to upload their These resources are made available through handshake.liu.edu. Just sign resumés, look for internships, job openings, workshops, and other events up with your MyLIU login to get started. Global Institute Fall Preview States Central Command as well as the International Security Assistance ADAM HORNBUCKLE Force. STAFF WRITER Toward the end of the semester, on December 11, the Institute will The LIU Global Institute, established when former Congressman welcome Congressman Lee Zeldin. Zeldin serves the 1st congressional Steve Israel joined the university in fall 2016, has an eventful fall semester district which encompasses the east end of Long Island. with nine events planned. Last spring, the Institute hosted events including an assessment of On September 18 there will be an LIU Global Institute co-sponsored the United States’ foreign policy challenges with Congressman Adam Schif by the Hutton House author event series in Lorber Hall. During the event, and an inaugural lecture featuring former General and U.S. Secretary of the book ‘And the Sparrow Fell’ by Congressman Robert Mrazek will be State Colin Powell.