The Second-Year Experiences of a Female STAC Alumni Volunteering with the Peace Corps in Indonesia: Let Girls Learn and Indonesian Girls Leading Our World

Dear STACers, On any normal day in Indonesia, my female students wake up at 4:30am. After washing up and praying, they usually sweep the house, do laundry, help their mother cook, or take care of younger siblings. They eat breakfast, put on their uniform, and hop on a motorcycle to drive to school. School begins …

Networking for Introverts

In a world primarily filled with extroverts, introverts can feel suffocated while trying to climb the ladder of success. Networking events are one of the most effective ways to meet others, grow a business, or propel one’s self into the job market. Unfortunately, for introverts, the idea of walking into a room filled with unfamiliar …

What’s in a Degree?: What Visiting a Graduate Program Over Spring Break Taught Me

  Anybody who majors in the humanities has heard the speech a million times: "Are you crazy? Do you know what the job market is like right now? The humanities? You might as well buy your cardboard box and start life on the streets right now. You will never get a job." The tone of …

How to Get A’s: Some Effort Required

Not too long ago, in a critical discussion on gender theory, one of my professors drew my attention to a post on the Spartans Speak blog called “How to Look Good for Class Without Actually Trying.”  During that discussion, we came to some interesting conclusions about the way gender norms impact young women in college, …

Keeping Up With The Changes

One of America’s most famous families has shocked the media and is making headlines everywhere for a rather unconventional reason. The actions of Kim Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian and the people in their circle with whom the sisters interact have been filmed for years and featured on the E! Network ever since the notorious Kim …

EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER DIES

It’s not often that people or companies that report the news make the news. Unfortunately on March 20th WABC-TV Channel 7 made national headlines as Lisa Colagrassi, a reporter at the station for 14years passed away from a brain aneurysm, on the way back from her assignment. Her cameraman rushed her to the hospital, flagging …

The Second-Year Experiences of a Female STAC Alumni Volunteering with the Peace Corps in Indonesia: Flying Foxes, Komodo Dragons, and Fabulous Fish, Oh My!

Dear STACers, My spirit animal is a flying fox. Probably my patronus too. To many, flying foxes are adorable winged animals but others may find them intimidating. Living throughout Australia and Pacific Asia, they are an offshoot of bats with a wingspan of over a meter and foxlike faces. On my most recent trip in …

Flaherty and Filippelli Come to STAC

West Nyack’s very own and former New York Yankee, John Flaherty, alongside with John Filippelli, both with YES Network, had spoken to a number of students in the STAC community about their past endeavors and how their experience may help those aspiring to be just like them. Speaking in a packed Sullivan Theatre on Tuesday, …

Madness Comes To Brooklyn

According to ESPN, the Barclays Center was selected to host games in the first weekend of the 2016 NCAA Tournament, the sites selection committee announced on Monday. The six games, four in the Round of 64 and two in the Round of 32, will be played March 18 and 20, 2016 and will be the …

The Importance of Networking

As any college student beginning their undergraduate degrees would tell you, obtaining your degree in which ever field you desire could land you the job of your dreams after graduation. Although this maybe true, it takes more than just a Bachelor degree to get your foot in the door. Other factors come into play. Months …