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The Award Winning News Publication of Mercy College

The Impact

The Award Winning News Publication of Mercy College

The Impact

Only The Strong Survive

Only The Strong Survive

Justin Ortiz September 15, 2024

Not once, but twice. Mentally and physically destroyed. Back against the wall. A ton of people gave up on me, threw in the towel, packed it up, nah. Over 18 months of recovery, blood, sweat, tears into...

Cloudy But the Impact will make it a field day

Cloudy But the Impact will make it a field day

Jaime Rivas, Impact Staff April 20, 2024

The Impact continued to go one more step beyond to prepare for the digital era of journalism on April 19 as reporters roamed the campus with their handy microphones and cameras. Traditional media will...

Legendary New York Artist Recognized by New York State

Legendary New York Artist Recognized by New York State

Steven Thompson, Impact Staff Writer April 18, 2024

Queens native Nasir Jones was recognized by New York State Senate in Albany for the creation of one of Hip-Hop's greatest projects last month as April 19 marks the 30th anniversary of the music aficionado's...

76ers Honor Legend In Style

76ers Honor Legend In Style

Steven Thompson, Impact Staff Writer April 18, 2024

The Philadelphia 76ers honored Allen Iverson on April 12 with the unveiling of a new statue at the Penn Medicine Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex in Camden, New Jersey. Iverson was selected first-overall...

Energy Drain As Greed Grows

Energy Drain As Greed Grows

April 15, 2024

I shouldn't complain because I had my base needs met and had time on my hands to do anything. Do you think I had made a deal with the devil to have a semi-celebrity life to have an artificial immorality? To...

NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Ratings Reach All Time High

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Ratings Reach All Time High

Steven Thompson, Imact staff writer April 13, 2024

The 2024 Women's NCAA Basketball season will go down as arguably the greatest in the history of the sport. This season we saw all-time records broken, insanely talented freshman, rivalry's grow and television...

UConn Cruises To Second Consecutive Title in Dominant Fashion

UConn Cruises To Second Consecutive Title in Dominant Fashion

Steven Thompson, Impact Staff Writer April 9, 2024

The University of Connecticut Men's Basketball Squad captured their second consecutive National Championship with Monday nights 75-60 victory over Purdue University. With the win Connecticut became the...

Is Star Wars Still Like Milk?

Jaime Rivas, Impact Staff April 2, 2024

Blue milk was a drink that Luke Skywalker consumed in the original trilogy and you can do this thanks to TruMoo. The packaging depicts the iconic Luke vs Darth Vader fight from The Empire Strikes Back. Fan...

20 Years of e.l.f. Beauty Means 20 New Brokerage Accounts

20 Years of e.l.f. Beauty Means 20 New Brokerage Accounts

Alyssa Politi, Managing Editor April 2, 2024

I pierced my TV screen as I watched an e.l.f. Beauty sign gracefully fell and breezed along the front of the New York Stock Exchange building.  Celebrating their 20-year anniversary, e.l.f. Beauty...

Knick Guard Has Night To Remember

Knick Guard Has Night To Remember

Steven Thompson, Impact Staff Writer March 31, 2024

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson put on a show to remember scoring a career-high 61 points in the Knicks 130-126 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center. Brunson's 61 points is the...

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