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The Monitor

The Student News Site of Marymount Manhattan College

The Monitor

The Student News Site of Marymount Manhattan College

The Monitor

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New Reality of Broadway: Spring 2020

Michael Dunlap, Guest Writer March 16, 2020

Since December 2019, a new strain of the harmful and potentially deadly Coronavirus, Covid-19, has rocked media headlines and led the world into mass chaos.  As of Wednesday, March 4th, 2020, the number...

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Monitor Your Health

Gabrielle Fiorella, Staff Writer March 16, 2020

We all know about the current outbreak, known as the Coronavirus, and how it has made its way to the United States. More specifically for us, it’s here in the city. 6 cases have been confirmed here and...

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The Problem with Voting by Mail and Absentee

Seamus Fallon, Staff Writer March 16, 2020

I have waited eight years to vote, it was the night of Obama’s reelection. I was at an election party in California that was set up by a friend of mine who was running for city council and I was there,...

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Monetization of Memes

Gabrielle Fiorella, Staff Writer February 18, 2020

When you think of memes, what are the first things that you think of? Vine? (RIP) Tik Tok? Memes that you casually see on Instagram, or Twitter? Well, all of these are viable responses and all of these...

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Was the Senate Trial Fair?

Seamus Fallon, Staff Writer February 18, 2020

On Wednesday, February 5th, after two weeks and six days of endless rhetoric and debate, the United States Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of two articles of impeachment ratified by the House of...

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Ukraine in New York City

Cross Nelson, Staff Writer February 18, 2020

When you think of New York art museums the first ones to come to mind are most likely the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the MoMA, or the Guggenheim. These Museum Mile icons are home to some of the world’s...

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The Rise of the Face Mask

Rayiah Ross, Staff Writer February 18, 2020

Within the past few years, American culture has seen a rise in what is considered “HypeBeast” Streetwear. This sense of fashion being loosely defined as a person that follows a specific trend in fashion...

A Transfers Experience at MMC

A Transfer’s Experience at MMC

Michael Dunlap, Guest Writer February 18, 2020

Each semester at Marymount Manhattan College brings new classes, experiences, knowledge, and most importantly, new students.  Like most colleges, Marymount Manhattan has the option for students coming...

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Decolonize This Place

Neil Gunnion, Staff Writer February 18, 2020

On January 31st, 2020 around 500 protestors gathered in Grand Central Terminal to protest recent increases in hiring for the MTA Police; an action which is part of a larger effort by the governor to crack...

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How Do We Assess Risk?

Averee Nelson, Staff Writer February 18, 2020

Every year, millions of people run to their local pharmacy for vaccinations, in fear of falling ill with a miserable fever. This rapidly spreading virus has infected up to 26,000,000 people and has caused...

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January Recap

Ariana Contreras, Staff Writer February 18, 2020

Congratulations Griffins! You’ve made it past the first month of not only a new year but a new decade and boy was it quite the start. We are only one month and some days into this new season of life,...

CWC Mindfulness

CWC Mindfulness

Gabrielle Fiorella, Staff Writer December 16, 2019

I attended the Mindfulness MMC meditation course this semester and I highly recommend it. The CWC will be having a once a week, four-week course again next semester. Four Thursdays in a row for 1 hour,...

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