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Thanksgiving Dinner Allows Mercy Family To Dine Together

Thanksgiving Dinner Allows Mercy ‘Family’ To Dine Together

Valerie Lopez, Associate Editor December 5, 2019

Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful. A time to share a good meal with dear family and friends. A time to count your blesses over a lovely meal of turkey, mashed potatoes gravy and cranberry sauce. And...

Mercy College Hosts Events for Hunger and Homeless Week

Mercy College Hosts Events for Hunger and Homeless Week

Amber Perez, Impact Staff November 25, 2019

Mercy College's Mav Market collaborated with Residential Life and hosted a variety of events to spread awareness of hunger and homeless inspired by Hunger and Homeless week from Nov. 16 to Nov. 24. Hunger...

Mercy Confirms Retroactive Pay Raise for Adjuncts Following Initial Bargaining Sessions

Steven Keehner, Managing Editor November 25, 2019
After successfully unionizing, bargaining sessions began on Oct. 17 between the adjuncts and Mercy College, which will see a retroactive raise to $3000 for all adjuncts, stated union representative, Katherine Flaherty.
Mercys Humanitarian Society Helps Homeless Shelter For Holidays

Mercy’s Humanitarian Society Helps Homeless Shelter For Holidays

Valerie Lopez, Associate Editor November 21, 2019

 The Humanitarian Society collaborated with resident assistant Briyanna Hutchinson on a project called Hands For Homeless this Thanksgiving and holiday season, where they organized an array of sanitary...

Living Life After Leukemia

Living Life After Leukemia

Valerie Lopez, Associate Edoitor November 15, 2019

"When I was 15, It finally hit me I beat cancer. I was so used to going to the hospital every week that I finally realized I was finally living a normal life," said freshman Tiffany Toro, who was diagnosed...

Skaters Gon Skate

Skaters Gon’ Skate

Francesca Simone, Copy Editor November 13, 2019

Roller-skating: the grooviest of pastimes. It all began with a man named John Joseph Merlin in the year 1735. He wore his three-wheeled inline lady killers to a party in London, and boy did he start...

Students Walk In Central Park For Breast Cancer Awareness

Students Walk In Central Park For Breast Cancer Awareness

Adriana Saad-Vinza, Staff Writter November 7, 2019

According to the National Cancer Institute in 2019, roughly 1.8 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States. An estimated 268,600 women and 2,670 men will be diagnosed with breast...

Honors Junior Seminar Class Works with Hearts and Homes for Refugees

Honors Junior Seminar Class Works with Hearts and Homes for Refugees

Jillian Simmons, Impact Staff November 4, 2019

“Our voices are louder and actions stronger when we work together,” is a slogan written on the website of the Hearts and Homes for Refugees, who are partnered with Prof. Patrick Fazioli’s Honors...

Transfer Student Killed West Windsor Remembered as Loving and Fun

Transfer Student Killed West Windsor Remembered as Loving and Fun

Jillian Simmons, Impact Staff November 4, 2019

 Chelsea Celena Debidin, 21, was killed in her boyfriend’s apartment in New Windsor, New York on Sept. 21.  Chelsea was born on Jan. 16, 1998 and had just recently graduated with an Associate’s...

Helping Others is my Reward

Helping Others is my Reward

Adriana Saad-Vinza, Staff Writter November 1, 2019

The alarm is set for 6 a.m. every day. She wakes up with her heart full of enthusiasm. She has been doing this for 31 years, but she still is in love with what she does. With all her energies and passion...

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