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Mercy Gives Back Volunteers Earn Praise From Hurricane Sandy Victims

Mercy Gives Back Volunteers Earn Praise From Hurricane Sandy Victims

Michele DeBella, Features Editor November 25, 2012

A dozen people, ankle-deep in water, work in the basement of a house, shoveling debris into sturdy black garbage bags. The bags are passed up the stairs into waiting hands and along through the kitchen,...

Building Bonds Through Storytelling

Building Bonds Through Storytelling

Michele DeBella, Features Editor November 11, 2012

The art of oral storytelling reaches far back in history. Humans have told stories as instinctively as we’ve taken care of our most basic needs. But somewhere along the way, as family members migrated...

Halloween and Other Confusion

Halloween and Other Confusion

Michele DeBella, Features Editor November 3, 2012

I’ve been walking around in a mental fog lately, unsure of the source, but now that the last few days have begun to fall into perspective, I blame the feeling of being slightly off-center not as a result...

 The Mormon Question: Answered?

The Mormon Question: Answered?

Michele DeBella, Features Editor October 23, 2012

Recent conversations with Mercy College students revealed what is probably a general, universal truth. While people weren't terribly bothered by the thought that the first Mormon president in American...

Honky Tonk Man

Honky Tonk Man

Michele DeBella, Features Editor October 16, 2012

I’ve traveled to a good number of places in the world and I’m always pleased when an instance of culture shock happens close to home. I recently went to Austin, TX to attend the wedding of a good...

The Cult of Yoga

The Cult of Yoga

Michele DeBella, Staff Writer October 11, 2012

I love yoga in that annoying way where when anyone complains about their headache, hangover, pulled muscle, slipped disk, or period cramps, I offer yoga as a solution. I’m one of the converted who believes...

When Massages Attack

When Massages Attack

Michele DeBella, Staff Writer October 4, 2012

I love a good discount so when Groupon took off, I jumped onboard that cyber train pretty quickly. For those who may have been living in a shoebox the last few years, Groupon is an online coupon website...

Split On Soda Ban

Split On Soda Ban

Michele DeBella, Staff Writer September 28, 2012

The soda ban passed recently by the New York City Board of Health has provoked accusations of wrongful city interference and a misfired weapon, while others applaud it as a much needed action to address...

Occupy Wall Street Wont Fade Away, Remaining Protesters Say

Occupy Wall Street Won’t Fade Away, Remaining Protesters Say

Michele DeBella, Staff writer September 27, 2012

A year after Occupy Wall Street turned Zuccotti Park into a protest campsite visited by the likes of Kanye West and Susan Sarandon, Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park seems to have gotten its figure back....

Not Settling For It

Not Settling For It

Michele DeBella, Staff Writer September 19, 2012

I’ve had the same address for three years, which has created a slow, steady feeling of discomfort. The problem, in fact, lies not with the address, but with how it labels me. After three years, some...

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