Meet London Allen: A Freshman Who’s Diving Right In
Meet London Allen, one of our newest student bloggers to join the HawkTalk team. Although she is only a freshman, London is already super involved on campus. She plays trumpet in the Marching Band, is...
View ArticleBalancing Break and Finals
You’ve taken the test, you’ve written the essays, and now you are ready to eat. A full five-day break filled with family, friends, and — most importantly — food. While this holiday has a long and...
View Article10 Tips For Your First Semester: A Student-Athlete’s Perspective
I moved across the country to pursue softball and a college degree. There have been some tough times, but I have also made some lifelong memories. From student to student, athlete to athlete, here are...
View ArticleCoffee Off Campus: 4 Cups on Staten Island
As a college student, you learn to cope with long days in various ways. Mine... a cup of coffee... more than once a day. Living on campus at Wagner gives you access to Starbucks in both Union and...
View ArticleEurope Diaries: A ‘la dolce vita’ kind of semester abroad
You know that feeling you get when you dream of a really exciting place you want to travel to? The feeling that gets in your whole body, and gets your adrenaline so high, like you drank an entire...
View ArticleThe Break Necessities: Reflection and Revival
You wake up bright and early. You go to Hawks, grab yourself a coffee and go to the library. You take out the study materials for your last final for review. Your hair is gray after all you’ve had to...
View ArticleYou’re Not Lonely: Five Valentine’s Alternatives
So it is February and as you look at the calendar you realize Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Now while you realize that Valentine’s Day is a capitalist holiday used to exploit consumers, you...
View ArticleIn-Season and In-School: Tips for the Busy Student-Athlete
Being a student-athlete comes with a built in group of friends, a community of people ready to help and a set of new challenges when season comes around. Past and present Wagner student-athletes have...
View ArticleWhy Failure is Necessary for Success
Being a student means that you are generally afraid of “failure”. The word is associated with a giant “F” on papers, a seemingly unrecoverable offense. Coaches tell athletes to scare away failure with...
View ArticleEurope Diaries: 10 Italian cities
When I decided I wanted to study abroad for a semester, I immediately knew it was going to be Italy and the many unique and picturesque cities and towns I could visit while there. Traveling around...
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