Kemi Ajisekola, 21, smokes cigarettes on campus between classes a few times a week.
"It's convenient for me when I have a day with a full schedule and I don't have time to go back to my house every time I have to smoke," said Ajisekola, a senior.
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Kemi Ajisekola, 21, smokes cigarettes on campus between classes a few times a week.
"It's convenient for me when I have a day with a full schedule and I don't have time to go back to my house every time I have to smoke," said Ajisekola, a senior.
Kelley Howard and Marleine Marcelin, students at Hofstra University and co-chairs for the campus organization Collegiate Women of Color, delivered an information session last Thursday about their new subcommittee on sexual health and disease prevention.
While conducting a Health and Safety Inspection in Vander Poel Hall on Nov. 2, a small quantity of marijuana and a pack of bamboo papers in plain sight were confiscated from a room. The items were taken and the resident was given a summons.
Numerous fraternities and sororities, including Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Kappa Psi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Theta Tau, volunteered at the Hempstead Boys and Girls Club at Franklin Elementary School in Hempstead.
Hofstra University will host the second presidential debate of the 2012 election season, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday, Oct. 31.
The Resident Director of Liberty Hall reported to Public Safety that while doing a building check on Oct. 28, he noticed the odor of marijuana coming from a room. Public Safety responded, entered the room and found six students. No marijuana was recovered, but all of the students were given a summons.
On Sunday, a dedication ceremony took place to honor the life of Hofstra alumna and famed singer/song writer Ellie Greenwich and the new garden and park area dedicated to her beside the New Academic Building.
The words "God Hates Religion Too," the title of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship's current theme, has been printed on hundreds of flyers that were handed out by the club across campus throughout fall semester.
Among other organizations that requested money from the SGA budget this week, Phi Epsilon and its charity spaghetti dinner led to an especially long discussion on Tuesday night.
This week, the organization hosted a Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-Off worldwide with 80 teams participating—the Hofstra chapter of She's the First being one of them.
A PSO responded to a noise complaint in Hague House and, when he responded, there was an odor of marijuana coming from the room. When he entered the room, he found several students, a towel stuffed under the door and a strong odor of marijuana inside the room. All of the students were given a summons.
The Hofstra Pride Network's third annual Drag Show definitely entertained and amazed all those who went to see it.
This week, finishing touches are being made to the garden and park area beside the New Academic Building, which the family of the famed singer-songwriter and Hofstra Alumna Ellie Greenwich is donating in honor of her memory.
Recent changes in journalism have challenged educational institutions aiming to provide college students with the best skills necessary to land jobs in the multimedia industry. In an effort to combat a competitive job market and technological advancement, the University has created a new journalism course called Multimedia Journalism Video (JRNL 14).
Student Government Association, along with Resident Student Association and Lion's Den, will turn Roosevelt Hall into a haunted house on Saturday October 29. There are other organizations helping out such as Hofstra vs. Zombies, Women of Action and Alpha Epsilon Pi.d
"Who Are You Calling a Slut?" Controlling Women's Sexuality through Shame and Violence, was the name of a discussion about the issue of women who dress "slutty" asking to be sexually assaulted. The Center for Civic Engagement sponsored the discussion in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, as part of its ninth Day of Dialogue.
On Tuesday SGA approved a new organization, the Discovery Club. "I was confident [before the vote], but it means a lot to know that we're passed and everything is through," said Steven Hartman, one of Discovery Club's founders.
Next semester students will be able to declare a minor in Publishing Studies, courtesy of a new program in the English department.
The minor is comprised of English courses 170 through 174 and 179A, for a total of 18 credits. These courses cover the basics of book publishing, including its history and its procedures.
On Thursday, October 27th, the University will host From Brown To Brown And Beyond to examine the significance of the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board of Education.
While crossing the Student Center Unispan, a PSO observed a green laser light was pointed at him from a white Toyota that was passing on the Hempstead Turnpike on Oct. 13. The car turned onto north campus and the PSO radioed for assistance. Public Safety responded, stopped the vehicles, identified the driver as a Hofstra student and he was given a summons.