Letter From the Editor in Chief

Dear Readers, Hope everyone is surviving midterms. Keep in mind, you're half way through! This is usually the time of the semester where I start becoming unorganized. I definitely recommend everyone to take an hour out of their week just to make sure assignments, papers, and other class materials aren't getting too jumbled or mixed …

FEATURED ARTICLE: STAC Students Attend 2015 Papal Mass

TONI ANN BUCHALSKI On September 25, several St. Thomas Aquinas College students travelled to New York City for Pope Francis’s visit to America. The college was lucky enough to have received multiple tickets to the Mass that was to be said at Madison Square Garden. It had been rumored that 100,000 tickets were requested for …

Matisse Chocolatier of Orangeburg Teams Up with STAC PR Students

NICOLE MANIRE, STEPHEN SAULPAUGH, & TIMOTHY HERASIMTSCHUK Orangeburg, NY –Matisse Chocolatier, known for its decadent, handmade chocolate platters, is teaming up with Professor Elaine Winship’s CA 213: Content Development For Public Relations (PR) class. Owner Lucille Skroce of Englewood, New Jersey plans to allow students to develop a PR Plan for her shop. The shop …

Try and Tear Me Down: Challenging Gender Binaries in Hedwig and the Angry Inch

ARIANNA SOTOS On September 13, Hedwig put her wig back on the shelf as the curtain closed for the last time on the Broadway show Hedwig and the Angry Inch (no, not this Hedwig - this Hedwig). I shed many a glitter tear at the news. Hedwig as a show opened the floor to discussion …

Award Season Officially Kicks Off with the Emmys

GIANNA PISANO It is that wonderful time that comes but once a year--that is right, award season! On September 20, the 2015-2016 award season kicked off with the Primetime Emmy Awards. Hosted by Andy Samberg, television’s biggest night was filled with emotions of shock, excitement, and disappointment, and included some history-making moments that will be …

An Interview with Dr. Barbara Klein

THOMA STAFF The Thoma staff recently caught up with Dr. Barbara Klein in the hopes of learning more about one of STAC’s primary Speech & Communications professors.  Dr. Klein offers communications classes across all levels to students in varying majors, and she is also the Dean of Institutional Assessment at STAC. To find out more …

#Justfallthings – October Fun!

SAMANTHA ROSENTHAL October just happens to be one of the best months of the year. The leaves are changing, the air is getting cooler, and Halloween is in full swing. Halloween is going to be great this year! There are so many awesome costume ideas out there, including characters from Orange is the New Black, …

Less Sleep = More Fat?

Less Sleep = More Fat? BIANCA EUGENE Do you ever wonder why you do not lose weight after months of eating healthy and exercising does not work? It might be because of your sleeping pattern. Think about the time that you go to sleep, and the time you wake up. How much sleep are you …

Social Media in Politics

VINCENT WALKER The 2016 presidential election is rapidly approaching, and this campaign is historic for the way the candidates are expressing themselves. Although political techniques that have been used for decades to persuade voters are still being used, major new techniques have been introduced. Social media popularity has increased dramatically in the past four years, …

MEDIA REVIEW: Podcast Review

JEANINE GRILLO I never thought I would be a person who would find podcasts remotely engaging or useful, that is, until I started commuting. My daily commute is very rarely under 35 minutes, and this semester I am commuting 5 days a week. Sometime during my freshmen year, I decided that music alone could not …