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Volume CVI, Issue 11
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NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Fall 2022 Student Government Highlights: What to Expect for Next Semester Angelina Persaud Asst. News Editor
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A valued player during his time on the baseball team, Tom Cosgrove ‘17 has recently agreed to continue his baseball career with the San Diego Padres. @MANHATTAN.EDU/COURTESY
CMSA Spends Day at United Nations to Honor Pope Francis’ World Day of the Poor Nicole Fitzsimmons News Editor
A group of students spent the day at the United Nations in order to honor Pope Francis’ World Day of the Poor, led by Campus Ministry and Social Action and campus minister, Conor Reidy. According to Vatican News, Pope Francis’ World Day of the Poor is observed on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time in the liturgical calendar, emphasizing solidarity amongst members of your community who are in need. This year, the observance date was Sunday, Nov. 13. The day before the trip, Reidy told The Quadrangle that attending this event at the UN might be an opportunity to
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show students the importance of understanding each other and building knowledge from various perspectives. “It’s so important to hear the ways in which we can tie our international economic development work from the stance of our Catholic faith to what the wider world is doing and how to best partner and communicate across lines of difference,” Reidy said. “I think one of my passions is teaching students about dialogue practices. I think, you know, not debate, debate is where we would have a conversation I try to win you over and not discussion where you and I would have a discussion and one of us might be trying to convince the other something else. With dialogue is where we really try to come to better understand one an-
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other and that’s where I think I really hope that this will be a great dialogue with many different backgrounds that can kind of come to common understandings.” The event consisted of informative sessions from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., including panel discussions on international relations with different UN moderators and leaders from several churches and institutions. Afterwards, attendees toured the UN building. The panel which stood out to two Manhattan College student attendees was Fordham University’s graduate program in International Political Economy and Development discussion on the global poverty in__________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Manhattan College’s Student Government Association (SGA) is putting mental health at the top of their upcoming agenda, alongside initiatives focused on uniting and supporting the college’s community. SGA’s executive board expressed much enthusiasm regarding campus life and the potential plans they have in store for students. Alixandria James, a senior public health major with a concentration in healthcare administration, serves as the vice president for academic affairs of SGA. James told The Quadrangle that the communication between students and the SGA serves a vital role in ensuring that everyone’s needs are heard and addressed down the line. “ If I ever hear anything from other students, I always do my best to figure out who we can go to,” James said. “If we get an email from students on campus who want to do something or change something… within a couple days, they have a response about when they can come and meet with us. We’re very open to new ideas I’d say.” James also emphasized the importance of the mental health campaign and the ongoing plan to initiate the Jasper Day of Wellness for the Spring 2023 semester. “My big project this year has actually been working to get classes canceled so that it can really be a day of wellness,” James said. “So far, the president and the provost have
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been very receptive. We already have picked a date in the spring. We have been able to cancel classes that fall within a suitable [time range].” The ‘Day of Wellness’ will include a variety of panels and activities throughout the day that will encourage students and faculty to prioritize their mental health throughout the semester. James also spoke about the importance these initiatives will hold in the future and how it can instill a healthy, clear pathway between administration and meeting the needs of the students. “We all come here to get an education, but for a lot of us, we live here, this is our home,” James said. “We leave our families and we come here, so I feel that it’s really important to see that not just students care about their mental health, but to see that our faculty and our administrators care about our mental health.” Calissa McNeely, a senior international studies major and SGA president, told The Quadrangle about the achievements the organization has gathered over the semester. Namely, she emphasized the increase in communication between administration and SGA, Manhattan Madness and other annual events that have been successful so far. “Something student government’s done internally, is we have now fostered a better line of communication between the VP of our schools and their deans,” McNeely said. “We’re __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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