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Volume CXII, Issue 9
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NEW YORK, OCTOBER 28, 2025
MU Residence Life Introduces Winter Welcome Program for Commuters Grace Cardinal
MU Hosts 2025 Manhattan Madness The university’s annual pep rally drew students to Draddy Gymnasium for the introduction of the men’s and women’s basketball team rosters. @MANHATTANEDU / INSTAGRAM
Professor Winston Peters Named Interim President of the Bronx Economic Development Corporation
Maddie Rosado Staff Writer
Winston Peters, program director of Manhattan University’s entrepreneurship center and an adjunct professor of marketing, has been named interim president of the Bronx Economic Development Corporation (BXEDC) as of October 2025. Selected by the BXEDC board to guide the organization through a period of transition, Peters will lead efforts to strengthen economic opportunities and foster growth for businesses. The BXEDC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering economic growth in the Bronx, focuses on
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expanding opportunities for local businesses and strengthening community prosperity. The BXEDC’s goal is to support and grow existing Bronx-based businesses while offering incentives to attract new businesses to the borough. To accomplish this mission, the organization works closely with community groups, government leaders and private investors to deliver key resources, including funding opportunities, business development assistance and strategic support. With programs such as commercial development and microloans, along with regular community roundtable discussions, the BXEDC helps ensure entrepreneurs have access
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to the tools necessary for growth. By focusing on job creation, innovation and sustainable economic progress, the organization also remains a driving force behind the Bronx’s continued development and prosperity. Dean of the O’Malley School of Business Hany Guirguis, highlighted the significance of Peters’ appointment as interim president of the BXEDC. He emphasized the position’s importance for Manhattan University, as it will open up more opportunities for students and the greater Bronx community. “His appointment is expected to enhance the __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Editor-in-Chief Manhattan University has announced a new commuter residential program for students looking to live on campus during the winter months. The announcement was made on Oct. 15, with applications opening the same day. According to an email sent to MU commuters, the goal of the program is to give students the opportunity to avoid icy commutes and unpredictable weather in the colder months. The plan includes prorated housing and meal plans that are available to students from Nov. 2 through March 13, 2026, with additionally priced winter break housing options available. Director of Residence Life Ronnie Genee spoke to The Quadrangle about how the idea for the program came to fruition. “I started my career working with commuters,” Genee said. “Recently, I’ve been thinking about what we can do to help commuters out more? And hearing students saying, ‘Oh, I just had to travel an hour and a half,’ and I know with New York winters, it gets bad. So I was thinking about how could we make the experience better? Since I oversee Res Life, I thought, okay, one thing that we can do in Res Life is at least offer some temporary housing…to alleviate any of those concerns so that students can just focus on their academic experience. We came up with this program
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so that students can actually stay on campus without having to commit to a full year of being on campus.” Commuter students have shown interest in the program, with the office receiving four applications, with eight others started but not completed, as of the time of writing. Vice President of Student Life Kristell Lowe spoke about one students’ email that stuck with her. “One email that Ronnie shared with me last week actually really touched me,” Lowe said. “[It] was one student who, in her exact words were, ‘I wanted to thank you for this program. I’ve literally been praying for an opportunity to live on campus, and I’m so excited,’ and mission accomplished. If we’ve made one student excited about it, and we’re giving them an opportunity to do something they cannot afford to do, I’m so excited about it. It was a very moving email. It was very touching.” With a 70% commuter rate on campus overall, and an even higher percentage in the School of Engineering specifically, Lowe believes that the program is an opportunity for a more unified campus. “The School of Engineering is almost 80% commuters,” Lowe said. “Factually, some of those students do not set foot on the main campus. They just don’t have the luxury to. So for that reason, we try to bring programming down there, and we arrange for events, for pop up food and pop up surprises, __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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Manhattan Madness 2025 pg. 10