Ageless Hopkins, Ruthless Porter, and Undefeated Quillin

Ikram

#485709029 / gettyimages.com Bernard Hopkins vs. Beibut Shumenov At the age of 49, few fighters would dare to get into the ring. Yet despite his age, the old maverick, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, is schooling younger fighters in the ring. Hopkins has done just about everything in boxing, and he keeps getting better. From appearing […]

All Gears In Reverse

Rick Mathews

Not that any individual can do much about it, but perhaps it’s nice to sit and wonder on a balmy day — where the hell is the world headed? Technology’s rapid progression has allowed us a glimpse into our future. Cars used to be science fiction, apparently — in what age, I wouldn’t know. Perhaps, someday, the […]

Brooklyn Revival

Brandon Baksh

At the beginning of the season, the Brooklyn Nets were picked by many experts to win the Atlantic Division, and ultimately challenge the defending champions, the Miami Heat, for the Eastern Conference crown. To say that things did not go as expected would be a massive understatement. At the end of the 2013 calendar year, […]

Spotlight: The Macaulay Dancers

Rahul Bhasin

“Before we started this club, we never experienced certain forms of dance,” says Danielle Gordon, co-president of The Macaulay Dancers, one of Macaulay’s rising clubs. The Macaulay Dancers is comprised of Macaulay students from various campuses and focuses on a range of dances, including modern dance, jazz, Bollywood, hip-hop, and tap. The team has performed […]

Seven Changes to the SAT

Donald Fung

Last year, the number of students who took the ACT, an aptitude test which largely measures knowledge acquired in school, was greater than the SAT, which measures test-taking abilities. The College Board, makers of the SAT, recently announced that in the spring of 2016, they will be changing the current format of the test to […]

All Quiet in the AL East

Anthony Ventimiglia

Historically speaking, many sports analysts will cite the American League East as Major League Baseball’s most competitive division. Such a notion is largely rooted in the presence of two perennial contenders: the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. It wasn’t too long ago when these clubs would routinely run away with the division, battling […]