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10 Reasons Why Spring Is The Best Season EVER

10 Reasons Why Spring Is The Best Season EVER

Amber Perez, Impact Staff March 19, 2020
Spring has always been my favorite time of year, here are 10 reasons why spring is the best season.
Coronavirus Forces All Spring Classes To Resume Digitally For Rest of Semester

Coronavirus Forces All Spring Classes To Resume Digitally For Rest of Semester

Amber Perez, Impact Staff March 18, 2020

The world has been put into a panic over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) through the past four months because of a lack of information on the virus. Breaking out in December 2019 in Wuhan, China,...

My Fear of Airplanes

My Fear of Airplanes

Amber Perez, Impact Staff March 14, 2020
Despite my fear, I took the chance anyway.
Local Women React to Womens History Month

Local Women React to Women’s History Month

Amber Perez, Impact Staff March 11, 2020

Though March must end, the history of the women before and after this time does not. In honor of March’s Women’s History Month, Mercy College students and other local New Yorkers spoke on the women...

It Only Takes One Moment for a Miracle to be Born

It Only Takes One Moment for a Miracle to be Born

Amber Perez, Impact Staff March 7, 2020

It felt like a movie, one where the woman screams and squirms as each contraction kicks in.  My sister had a rough pregnancy. Almost every month she’d have to go and check the baby’s heart, head,...

From a Clueless Freshman to an Honors Student

From a Clueless Freshman to an Honors Student

Amber Perez, Impact Staff February 29, 2020

It was finally here: my first day of college. The start of a new journey. I woke up at 8:30 a.m. to get ready for my 11:40 class. I threw on my black high top vans, a graphic t-shirt, and light blue skinny...

My Fight With Confidence

My Fight With Confidence

Amber Perez, Impact Staff February 16, 2020

It all started in middle school, a normal age for teenagers to have feelings about themselves. I would look at the lives of my classmates and wonder why I couldn't have a life like them. I would watch...

I Am Not a Victim, I Am a Survivor

I Am Not a Victim, I Am a Survivor

Amber Perez, Impact Staff February 2, 2020

I was sexually assaulted when I was 6 years old, and again at 12.  A normal encounter with my sister’s friend suddenly turned to one of the worst days of my life.  It was abuse and it...

Saving A Life: Humanitarian Society Promotes Bone Marrow Donation

Saving A Life: Humanitarian Society Promotes Bone Marrow Donation

Amber Perez, Impact Staff January 31, 2020

The Humanitarian Society teamed up with Be a Match to promote Bone Marrow and blood donation during the first week of February. For over 30 years, Be The Match, operated by the National Marrow Donor...

Coronavirus Continues to Spread Like Wild Fire

Coronavirus Continues to Spread Like Wild Fire

Amber Perez, Impact Staff January 31, 2020

The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China, according to the World Health Organization. It was first reported on Dec 31, 2019 and first...

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