The Impact News

A large stack of old, rare books lay on the floor and in the closet of an upstairs office at the Mercy College Library in Dobbs Ferry. W. Bruce Fulton, Director of Libraries, explained that there is not a plan in place to create an archive for these items because the items have had a small amount of use by faculty and students over the years.

(YORKTOWN) Sept. 13 - A cooler found in the parking lot of the office park where Mercy College's Yorktown campus is housed caused a bit of a stir Thursday night as students tried to get to their cars after class. According to Channel 12 Westchester, the Yorktown Police Department received a call at around 5:50 p.

There isn't much anyone can do for Dorothy Balancio now. Since 1994 she's been living in the murky emotional state of raw, continuous pain. Holidays, birthdays-these happy occasions are always tainted for her. "There's just an empty space," she said. "We're all sitting there asking, 'Where's Louis?'" Since 1973, when Louis Balancio was only five and a half weeks old, he and his proud mother traveled the halls of Mercy College together.

Whether it's the Academy Awards, the Oscars, or simply the Dean's List Awards, receiving an award is always an honor. The Dean's List award is not only prestigious, but it is "used by all colleges world wide," said Dr. Ann Grow, Dean for Undergraduate Studies.

When the torrential rains came to a halt and the violent winds subsided, Mercy College students stood in a category of their own as they joined forces with staff, faculty, and the local community in relief and fundraising efforts that would provide aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

"YCJCYOD." If you can recognize this acronym, then chances are you are one of the few who attended the Club Membership Drive at the Dobbs Ferry campus on Nov 22. The Lions Club's used the acronym "YCJCYOD" to entice students to donate money to the victims of Hurricane Katrina only to find, to their surprise that "YCJCYOD" stood for "Your Curiosity Just Cost You One Dollar.

On Monday, April 16, 2007, 33 young men and women were brutally shot by a fellow student on their schools' campus. It is the deadliest shooting in modern U.S history. On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, Mercy College held a vigil in honor of the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy at the Dobbs Ferry and Bronx campuses.

The Mercy College community lost a former colleague and friend when Mary Pat Wagner was found dead after having been reported missing last weekend in New Jersey. Wagner was listed as a missing person after not returning to her home Sunday night, April 15, in the midst of a nor'easter that left much of the area under water.

There are few twenty-something women walking the halls of any college campus who couldn't use a few thousand dollars in their bank accounts. And that's what's making a new advertising campaign so controversial. A new market is expanding in American society: the biological frontier of egg donation.

Joan Kosta, a Communication Disorder professor in the Health Professions Department at Mercy College, spent a semester in Malaysia this January with speech pathologists and students to improve the diagnosis and treatments of speech disorders in patients of all ages.

A night's supply of beer. A triangle formation of red plastic cups. Two cups for water, and a ping-pong ball or two. If you were to give college students this equation, they'd probably tell you it equaled a good time. Many young adults have found themselves enjoying the rite of passage that is a night of Beer Pong (also known as Beirut), especially as they advance through college.

When Bernie Williams stepped out on to the New York Yankee's field for the first time he felt like a kid. It was bigger then what he expected and it just seemed to be happening so fast for him that day. That fist day the Yankees played against the Baltimore Orioles, and not only did they win that game but Williams also got his first base hit.

Ewelina Faron won the 2007 SpeechFest contest on April 26 with her speech entitled, "Auschwitz-Birkenau - A Short History." Her visual aid reads, "Arbeit Macht Frei," which translates to "work (will) make (you) free." This ironic message was (and still does) mark the entrance to Auschwitz.

Mercy College's annual career fair, held April 11 in Main Hall at the Dobbs Ferry campus, featured over 80 companies educating students in career opportunities. Mercy College began holding career fairs in 1991, and this year over 110 companies were registered to attend.