April 20, 2023

The University is nearing the end of its four-phased multi-million dollar capital development project, with Phase Three: 15 Beekman projected to be completed by August 2023 and Phase Four: One Pace Plaza East anticipated by January 2026.

March 9, 2023

With 639 total votes, the Student Government Association (SGA) had the most contentious election in their organization’s history and publicly announced their 2023-2024 Executive Board on March 7. Serving the 2023-2024 academic year is Executive President Aman Islam (‘24); Executive Vice President Dante Dallago (‘25); Executive Secretary Joe Paradiso (‘24); Executive Treasurer Vanessa Sanchez (‘24); and Executive Parliamentarian George Davis (‘24).

February 16, 2023

n the company of other collegiate institutions, Pace University students lobbied at Student Aid Advocacy Day in Albany, New York, on Feb. 14 for policy changes regarding New York State’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), Direct Institutional (“Bundy”) Aid and increased funding for several opportunity programs.

December 10, 2022

University President Marvin Krislov announced that the lower levels in One Pace Plaza East and Maria’s Tower residence hall will begin renovations starting in 2023 and are slated to finish in early 2026, as announced in an email to the student body on Dec. 8.

October 26, 2022

The University hosted the only scheduled Gubernatorial Debate between Dem. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. nominee, Congressman Lee Zeldin for the 2022 midterm elections for New York State Governor on Oct. 25. During the hour-long debate, each candidate had 60 seconds to respond to moderated questions while given the opportunity to respond if either was addressed by their opponent; a politically historical landmark for the University community.

September 26, 2022

New York is taking the next transitional step from fossil-fueled vehicles to electric ran vehicles, requiring the future sale of all cars, pickup trucks and SUVs to be zero-emission by 2035, NYS Gov. Kathy Hochul announced in commemoration of National Drive Electric Week on Sept. 29. Permissible sales will include either fully electric or plug-in hybrid cars, similarly to California’s latest approval of the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) proposal, with the same goal as NY by 2035.

May 11, 2022

What many pot-enthusiasts believed to be a cruel April Fool’s joke on the devil’s lettuce, ended up being a dream-turned-reality when Democratic, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler’s Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act passed in the House of Representatives with a 220 to 204 majority vote on April 1.

May 10, 2022

On March 28, The University formally announced that they will be partnering with the State University of New York (SUNY), Orange County Community College in a joint articulation agreement that provides a seamless segway for SUNY Orange graduates to transfer to the University, remaining on track to earn their bachelor’s degree in four years.

February 25, 2022

As the two-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death approaches this May, the city of Minneapolis mourns another citizen taken at the hands of unwarranted police violence. Amir Locke, 22, was fatally shot on Feb. 2 when a SWAT team for the Minneapolis Police Department served a no-knock search warrant involving a homicide.

December 14, 2021

On Nov. 24, Travis McMichael, 35; his father, Gregory McMichael, 65; and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., 52, all white, were found guilty in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a black 25-year-old man.

December 13, 2021

On Nov. 29, Twitter announced that Jack Dorsey, Co-founder of Twitter, will be stepping down as the Chief Executive Officer. Twitter’s board of directors has appointed Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s previous chief technology officer since 2017 as his successor, a change that will be effective immediately.

November 29, 2021

Facebook announced on Oct. 28 that the corporation will now be called “Meta” and is planning to encroach on the next digital frontier called the “metaverse,” providing users the opportunity to game, work and communicate in virtual reality. Facebook’s individual acquisitions, including Instagram, Oculus VR, WhatsApp and others, will remain independent under the parent company, Meta.

November 10, 2021

In conjunction with the New York Blood Center (NYBC), the University’s National Biology Honor Society, Beta Beta Beta, also known as TriBeta, hosted the University’s first blood drive in five years on Oct. 25. The event anchored a remarkable milestone and initiative hoped to be implemented as a biannual legacy.

October 26, 2021

A former product manager at Facebook, Frances Haugen, has turned whistleblower, disclosing covert documentation revealing obscured ramifications that the tech giant has purposely concealed and denied to the public sector.

October 21, 2021

Content Warning: This article contains descriptions of gun violence and suicide. If you or someone you know is suffering from mental illness or is at risk of self-harm, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for support at 800-273-8255. Help is available.

September 16, 2021

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, sending the United States and its neighboring countries into a worldwide health crisis.

April 13, 2021

On April 1, the University announced that the fall 2021 semester will return to fully in-person classes, activities and events on all three of its campuses: Lower Manhattan, Pleasantville and White Plains.

March 11, 2021

On Dec. 11, 2020 the FDA authorized the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine for “Emergency Use,” to protect individuals 16 years of age and older against COVID-19.

February 11, 2021

In a press briefing on Feb. 8, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York City is re-opening indoor dining at 25 percent capacity on Feb. 12, two days earlier than originally scheduled.

January 28, 2021

President Joe Biden signed 17 new executive orders on his first day of office, five of which relate to Immigration Policy Reform.

December 5, 2022

A story of internal conflict and reemergence, bureaucracy and personal agendas, was tragic yet uplifting while somehow incorporating comedic relief during times of strife. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” had incredible shoes to fill after Marvel fans and Hollywood lost Chadwick Boseman, who played King T’Challa in the Marvel franchise before losing a four-year battle with colon cancer in August 2020. Director and writer Ryan Coogler stared into a barrel of grieving family members and friends, co-stars and Marvel fans alike, with an almost impossible task of incorporating Boseman’s death in real life into his character’s death in the comics.

October 4, 2022

New and acquainted fans of “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) slept–or rather didn’t–under tarps, wet blankets, umbrellas or nothing at all on Oct. 1 in the Standby Reservation Line, waiting nearly 12 hours in remnants of the torrential downpour from Hurricane Ian. The reward for such bravery was an unguaranteed, nosebleed seat to the Season 48 premiere dress rehearsal or live screening, hosted by “Top Gun: Maverick” star Miles Teller and accompanied by critically acclaimed musical guest, rapper Kendrick Lamar.

March 28, 2022

Diving deep into the mind of 30-year-old Bruce Wayne’s early days as the masked vigilante, “The Batman” is a three-hour roller-coaster ride through the protagonist’s dark-twisted nightmare. Truly a sight for sore eyes, director Matt Reeves and producer Dylan Clark have painted a rainy and dreary Gotham City in bloody red; high off crime and riddled with corruption, atrocity and malice.

February 16, 2022

On March 22, 2021, Co-founder and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sold an image of his first tweet on Twitter for a measly $2,915,835.47. The tweet read, “just setting up my twttr.,” which, symbolically enough, was posted on March 21, 2006, 15 years and one day earlier from the sale date. The proceeds from the transaction were donated to the non-profit organization, GiveDirectly, for their Africa relief fund supporting families economically affected by COVID-19.

December 13, 2021

On Nov. 28, social media was taken by storm by every pop-culture corporation, celebrity and consumer coping with the loss of fashion pioneer and creative genius, Virgil Abloh. Since 2019, Abloh had been privately battling a rare form of cancer called cardiac angiosarcoma and died at the age of 41. Abloh was much more than a husband, father, brother and beloved friend. His professional endeavors as a designer, in every sense of the word, produced disparate works that pushed the breaking point of cultural and racial intersectionality through the industries of music, fashion, architecture and more. His legacy and influence continues to motivate young artists across the globe, defining the epitome of limitless passion and possibility.

October 16, 2021

Premier designer brands are famously known to dispense five or more collections annually, revealing the newest trends in the alluring and beauteous fashion world. This year, Balenciaga was the exception.

Breaking away from the traditional fashion bandwagon, Balenciaga’s creative director Demna Gvasalia announced in Sept. 2020 that the designer brand would parcel seasonal collections once per year.

March 10, 2021

Alexander Wang, one of New York City’s elite fashion designers known for his exuberant post-Fashion Week parties, has faced multiple sexual assault and harassment claims spanning over the past four months.

Despite multiple accusations from multiple models and other personnel within the industry, the case had recently been “resolved,” according to civil-rights attorney Lisa Bloom, who was representing the 11 accusers who had come forth about Wang’s actions.

November 2, 2022

In memory of former student Danroy “DJ” Henry, the University hosted its third annual Social Justice Week (SJW) on its New York City and Pleasantville campuses from Oct. 24 to Oct. 29., to raise awareness on racial injustice, white supremacy, societal insecurities and the historical significance regarding a multitude of elements that perpetuate racial and social indecency.

October 16, 2022

playground for University students and what is considered Lower Manhattan’s finest gem, The Seaport and Pier 17 offer staggering views of the Brooklyn Bridge, paired with an array of foods and beverages to satisfy the diverse taste buds living in New York City. Seaport would not be a paragon without the accreditation of Creative Culinary Management Company (CCMC), the only hospitality group to launch during the pandemic, which is responsible for staffing and providing the food and beverages served at your favorite Seaport restaurants and Pier 17 amenities.

May 10, 2022

In the classroom, the ideal student is poised and academically engaged. But if you’re anything like the average student, you’ve lost count of the number of times you’ve daydreamed your way through a one-and-a-half-hour lecture; combing through what you’ll eat when you get home, what’s next on your laundry list and agenda or what you’ll wear for your weekend plans. The life of a college student is precarious, filled with ups and downs, happiness, sadness, stress and, if you get lucky, sex to help you decompress.

April 5, 2022

A universal language with endless combinations but different modes of strategy, challenging each individual that comes in its wake to push their logistical creativity to the forefront. Simply put, there is much more to the game of chess than what meets the eye.

University junior Abdul Abeshinbioke has made it his latest mission to evince the art of chess and the community it fosters by producing a documentary that will delineate New York City’s ill-acknowledged chess players. Specifically, players in Washington Square Park, or “the chess hustlers,” as they are known.

October 6, 2021

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”

Many will satirically mock Effie Trinket in Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games, but University students Matthew Hennion and Chris Angelis have quite literally used the odds of the pandemic in their favor to direct and produce their suspenseful short film, “INDIGO.”

October 5, 2021

As the summer season comes to an end, it’s fair to say there are those of us going through what Lana del Rey refers to as “Summertime Sadness.” And as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, but not for all of us.

While the summer may be ending, University junior Matt Schneider is just getting started. Alongside studying Integrated Marketing and Advertising at the University, Schneider brought his music career to fruition during 2021.

September 25, 2022

There are four types of people who want to go to law school.

Person A: You have been told your whole life that you are really good at arguing and that being a lawyer would make an excellent career choice for a person of your stature.

Person B: Deep down, you don’t actually want to devote yourself to becoming a lawyer and fall into one of three categories. One, you’re doing it to please your parent(s). Two, you’re in it for the money, even if you have to sell your soul to corporate America to make a decent buck. Or three, you crave attention, getting off from the gratifying sensation of impressing a stranger just by uttering five little words: “I’m going to law school.” And all of a sudden, you’re one of the most competent people they know, without having to prove the slightest notion of intellect.

Person C: The rare breed who actually loves politics, the constitution, governance, justice, order – the law. Your driving force is deep-seated in your passion for helping others and serving the greater welfare.

Person D: Like Person C, while you plan to go into law school with intentions to represent the good in this world, chances are the lack of money in helping under-represented communities will deter you. You are someone who can be easily persuaded, and eventually, you’ll be shaped into a crooked attorney who works with the District Attorney’s office to get your guilty client a plea bargain they don’t deserve.

Dear fellow readers,

The scariest obstacle for a writer to overcome is a blank document. Writer's block is inarguably a black hole that leaves us scavenging to escape. The mind becomes as white as the digital paper in front of us with nothing besides us and the black vertical cursor having a staring contest, to see who will be the first to give out. This very fact validates that my imposter syndrome is not of my imagination, and I truly am sitting in front of this screen, writing my first letter to you, as Editor-in-Chief.

First and foremost, I want to welcome new and returning students back to the New York City campus after a well-deserved summer break. With what President Joe Biden has recently declared as commenced, the COVID-era at the University was long-lived, will never be missed and will hopefully never return.

Next, I want to thank you for scanning our QR code and for taking the time to indulge in the first of what could arguably be considered a new era for The Pace Press. This month, we have decided to release an exclusive E-Newspaper and will continue to include this feature with future monthly in-prints.

I am unfathomably grateful for the amount of contribution you, the student body, have dedicated to The Pace Press. None of this would be possible without your support. I also want to give a big virtual round of applause to my incredible staff, who have committed themselves to building The Pace Press into a trusted, credible and entertaining news source.

This summer, we had interested students apply to become editors for our News, Arts, Features and Opinion & Editorial sections. Additionally, we opened the application process to dozens of photographers, graphic designers and artists who have contributed their eclectic creativity toward the product you see in front of you–all led by our Photo Editor, Chloe Fuller.

The application pool was highly competitive; my Vice President and Executive Editor, Jaeden Pinder, and I are elated to introduce our newest staff members:

Emily Shafer, News Editor

Zoe Poulis, Features Editor

Sarah Bergin, Arts Editor

Priya Persaud, Opinion & Editorial Editor

Mikayla Meachem, Assistant Social Media Manager

Bella Micale, Assistant Photo Editor

I would also like to iterate that The Pace Press is a rolling admission organization and it is never too late to join as a contributor. We meet every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in Room W509 in One Pace Plaza. Please join us in continuing to provide a voice for the student body to be heard, recognized and appreciated; leave your legacy at the University with us, embedded in black ink on newsprint forever–or digitally within cyberspace.

With love and gratitude,

Mandi Karpo

President, Editor-in-Chief

Dear fellow readers,

The beginning of a new academic year starts to feel like the turning over of a new leaf found dangling on the branch of a crisp pin oak tree. And then right around October and November, the fall temperature chills its stem, causing the leaf to change its color, die and fall from its branch, crumbling underneath the feet of a million New York City patrons. Quite honestly, this is the epitome of what it feels to be a college student and ironically appears to be the same even after college graduates leave these University walls. In seven months, the Class of 2023 will walk across the stage at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, NY, and be left to fend for themselves in a professional world that knows no better than to stomp on the dreams of ambitious wannabes; but if they’re lucky, can be mentored to grow into a pin oak themselves.

I for one dream for the latter, and I know for a fact that this month's contributors will be planting trees across the City in years to come. It has been sensory overload, in the best way possible, to witness the amount of excitement, dedication and talent fostered within The Pace Press. In just one month, our Editorial Board has increased regular engagement with the newspaper six-fold and growing, while regular attendance to our weekly pitch meetings has increased three-fold and growing, in comparison to previous years.

This particular in-print houses articles from students’ experiences based on what they see, hear, taste and smell, starting right here in Manhattan and reaching internationally to Brazil and beyond. The Pace Press has made it our mission to provide a platform for all student voices who wish to publish what they have bottled up inside, so people like you can resonate and understand that you are not alone. Receiving an education in one of the most politically, religiously, ethnically and economically diverse cities in the world, The Pace Press has due diligence to dignify the student body by unifying our backgrounds into the one entity you hold before you; it is the finite product of the blood, sweat and tears of 31 contributors, five editors, five graphic designers and four editorial board members–a culmination of you and your peers.

From Oct. 24 to Nov. 21, The Pace Press will be hosting a donation drive for the Veteran-In-Command, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and homeless shelter in Jamaica, NY. Their mission is to help our nation’s veterans transition back into society with a home and opportunities by providing them with an alternate community with housing that every American citizen is entitled to. Please consider making a donation to one of the several donation bins to be located at:

Cafe 101 in One Pace Plaza: All non-perishable foods (grains, canned fruits and vegetables, dried fruit, nuts, canned fish and poultry, granola and protein bars, canned soup, chips, etc.).

Maria’s Tower, Once Pace Plaza on the 6th Floor by the Residential Life Office: Clothes for men and women (jackets, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarfs, umbrellas, shirts, tops, interview clothes, pants, skirts, etc.)

33 Beekman, left of the main lobby: Clothes for men and women (jackets, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarfs, umbrellas, shirts, tops, interview clothes, pants, skirts, etc.)

182 Broadway, in front of the turnstiles: Clothes for men and women (jackets, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarfs, umbrellas, shirts, tops, interview clothes, pants, skirts, etc.)

55 John St., in front of the turnstiles: Clothes for men and women (jackets, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarfs, umbrellas, shirts, tops, interview clothes, pants, skirts, etc.)

If you would like to make a direct donation, please visit www.veteranincommand.org.

As always, I would like to iterate that The Pace Press is a rolling admission organization and it is never too late to join as a contributor. We meet every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in Room W509 in One Pace Plaza. Please join us in continuing to provide a voice for the student body to be heard, recognized and appreciated; leave your legacy at the University with us, embossed in black ink on newsprint forever–or digitally within cyberspace.

Sincerely yours,

Mandi Karpo

President, Editor-in-Chief

Dear fellow readers,

Expectations will set you up for disappointment. This is a lesson I learned when I was 16 years old and one I continuously question and have an internal conflict with. Even now as a student, and especially in the job force, our superiors encourage us to set expectations for ourselves so we can live up to our best potential. With all due respect, that's BS.

Hear me out when I say that expectations set a limit to what you are capable of. There is modestly establishing short-term and long-term goals that you continue building upon, and then there is setting a potentially unrealistic standard of success that you force upon yourself to meet. Goals are what you strive for, and if you don’t accomplish them, then you create new goals to get there. Standards and expectations have a pitfall in which you beat yourself up if you don’t fulfill them, questioning your capability and creating self-doubt.

Expectations are applicable to more than just academia and the professional world, but your personal life as well. Anytime I have set an expectation for a desired outcome from my friends, my family or a particular scenario, in more instances than not I have been left high and dry in disappointment, with no one left to blame other than myself.

It’s why I try not to watch the trailer or read a description before seeing a new movie; it’s why I read a novel’s synopsis and not the reviews before I pick it up; it’s why when I experience something new, I don’t think about what to expect, because I know I’ll have a better time going in blind.

Maybe everything I said only relates to me. Maybe I am the only one that feels like this. My experience does not speak to yours, but even those in my life I have seen set expectations are left disappointed, either in themselves or the person or thing they have put on the pedestal. In the end, it does nothing but hurt your mind and set you back.

If you find yourself resonating with my monologue, I encourage you, dear reader, to set goals rather than expectations. Allow yourself to take baby steps towards long-term success rather than climbing a ladder sky-high with the potential to fall off and break a bone on the way down. Surely that’s not what they mean when they say “break a leg.”

On a more positive note, I have the same mindset whenever I enter a Pace Press pitch meeting or work with the Editorial Board, Adobe InDesign Production Team and Faculty Advisors to create the newspaper you hold before you. This organization has a goal of providing the student body with credible, entertaining and relatable writing, but never the expectation that what is inside will satisfy the entire University community. We have a goal of increasing our daily meeting attendance and regular reader retention, but never the expectation that if we don’t meet a certain quota, we are failing as a collegiate newspaper.

As always, I encourage you to assist in helping our goals come to fruition. The Pace Press is a rolling admissions-based organization, so it is never too late to join. We meet every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in Room W509 in One Pace Plaza. Please join us in continuing to provide a voice for the student body to be heard, recognized and appreciated; leave your legacy at the University with us, embossed in black ink on newsprint forever–or digitally within cyberspace.

With gratitude,

Mandi Karpo

President, Editor-in-Chief

Dear fellow readers,

Burnout is surely the worst experience to happen to a college student. In times when there is an assignment or an exam I don’t want to complete or study for, there is always the daunting realization that I may not do as well as I want. In moments like this, I always remind myself that this too shall pass. That no matter what undesired situation I am in, whatever obstacle I face, the moment will pass and will become part of my past, with my future ahead of me. I encourage you, dear reader, to remind yourself in moments of strife–personally, academically or professionally– that this moment will fade. Do not worry about what the future holds, but instead live in the moment and embrace the privilege you have to endure in the luxury of stressing about an exam because there are millions of people out there who do not have the same privilege.

I know it sounds a bit counterintuitive; I am saying do not worry about your future and to live in the moment, but quite honestly, thinking about the future relief of finishing my finals and sitting on my couch finally getting to finish “Foul Lady Fortune'' by Chloe Gong, a book I started months ago and have yet to find the time to finish, is what pulls me through to the finish line. The thought of a future where my current struggles will no longer exist is what reminds me that this too shall pass. However, there are moments within your college career that are so much more than just a group project or research essay–it's the relationships we make, the relationships that fade, the new jobs we get to pay for everyday life, the professors that we get to call friends.

Living and attending college in New York City is by far the most diverse college experience versus going to a university in a suburban town, with the only fun event going on being the nearest fraternity house hosting their next Christmas-themed party. There is something exhilaratingly comfortable about being able to meet all walks of life, party and eat dinner in one of the largest cities in the world, to then come home to your dorm room or apartment–a safe haven. To know that in the midst of all of this craziness, there is a place that you get to call yours. With another semester that has come and gone, I have had the privilege to lead The Pace Press, our Staff Writers and Contributors to venture out of their comfort zones and indulge in the events you get to read about in the newspaper before you.

Winter Break is a time to rejuvenate and refresh your mind, to start the Spring semester with new goals. While the “new year, new me” cliche has been interpreted as quite a joke, I encourage you to live in the moment. Fantasize about the things you have wanted to pursue, write them down and see them through. Start that small business you have always thought about doing but never had the confidence to go over for it, get that gym membership you have been talking about signing up for months, cold email that journalist from Vogue you have been too scared to connect with; reap the benefits of having one month to yourself and having the privilege to dream big. Take this time to become the person you have always wanted to become, but didn’t have the time to dedicate to the cause. Baby steps are the beginning of a larger picture, so be slow with yourself, and listen to what your mind and body need versus what society requires from you.

It’s a lot easier said than done, but you always have to start somewhere. I may be biased, but I suggest you start with The Pace Press. Hone your writing skills, add that extra oomph to your resume and become a part of a community that gives you the platform to share your voice with the public; a community that encourages you, to be you. I express my deepest gratitude to those who have taken the time and dedication to contribute to The Pace Press and for trusting our team to provide the platform for your work.

The Pace Press is a rolling admissions-based organization, so it is never too late to join. In the Spring semester, we are changing our meeting time; instead of meeting every Wednesday, we will instead meet every Monday at 12:30 p.m. in Room W509 in One Pace Plaza. Please join us in continuing to provide a voice for the student body to be heard, recognized and appreciated; leave your legacy at the University with us, embossed in black ink on newsprint forever–or digitally within cyberspace.

On behalf of The Pace Press Executive Board and Editorial Board, we wish you a safe, healthy and warm winter break and hope you come back to the spring semester one step closer to a new and improved you.

With love and gratitude,

Mandi Karpo

President, Editor-in-Chief

Dear fellow readers,

Change is a right of passage. No matter your gender, age, religion, economic or social standing, change has no bias, does not discriminate and targets us when we may least expect it–while other times, our deliberate decisions in life become the catalyst for change to ensue.

The countdown to graduation creeps closer and closer. Now less than three months around the corner, change will become the Class of 2023’s best friend and worst enemy. Academia and the four walls of a classroom are what we have become accustomed to for the better part of our adolescent and young adult life, soon being exchanged for the four walls of an office cubicle. However, some of us will persist in our academic journey, landing us back into the classroom to continue the role of the student, and in some instances, the student will become the teacher. It is unsettling yet wildly exhilarating to embark on this next chapter of our lives, not knowing how the change will make or break us. I encourage you, dear reader, to live in the moment, to embrace the inevitable change and the impact you can make from it. Buddha said it better than anyone: “One moment can change a day, one day can change a life and one life can change the world.”

You will notice that The Pace Press has undergone some changes as well. As our organization continues to evolve, so does our branding. I want to give a special thank you to University sophomore and BFA Fine Arts major Cate Dexter for her talent and time bringing The Pace Press to life with a fresh face. She is credited for the artwork of our newspaper flag, website banner, social media logo and, soon, our apparel logo. The Pace Press is also in the process of introducing advertisements into our monthly in-print and weekly online publication, provided by the local businesses you know and love, spearheaded by the University’s Integrated Digital Marketing Team and The Pace Press’ Advertising Team. The Pace Press has grown accustomed to change with the creation of several new roles, building a strong editorial staff and will soon welcome a new Executive Board to trailblaze the organization's future legacy. As your main source of campus news, The Pace Press prides itself on documenting the changes on our campus, our city, our country and the world.

Additionally, The Pace Press would like to recognize and celebrate Black History Month The Pace Press is dedicated to uplifting the voices of the University’s Black community and encourages our readers to join us in celebrating Black History Month by supporting local Black-owned businesses, artists, novelists, musicians, professionals and communities.

As always, I would like to reiterate that The Pace Press is a rolling admission organization and it is never too late to join as a contributor. We meet every Monday at 12:30 p.m. in Room W509 in One Pace Plaza. Please join us in continuing to provide a voice for the student body to be heard, recognized and appreciated; leave your legacy at the University with us, embossed in black ink on newsprint forever–or digitally within cyberspace.

Sincerely yours,

Mandi Karpo

President, Editor-in-Chief

Dear fellow readers,

We have reached the pinnacle landmark of the Spring semester. In a world post-Spring Break, the finish line looks as though the light at the end of the dark tunnel is only a few strides away. For my seniors reading this, there are only 46 days between now and when we walk across the stage at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, NY, on May 15, 2023.

As the semester progresses, we take for granted the everyday, mundane and ordinary pleasantries of our daily routine. It’s the peers you wave to in the hallway walking past the Caf; chatting in the library for three hours, having done none of the homework you planned on because you’re reliving the memories from the weekend before; the Chipotle Tuesdays you and your friends have planned after your 1:20 p.m. class. They say the friends you make in college are the ones that last a lifetime, but only time will tell if this sentiment stands true.

Our lives come in chapters. As the pages turn, people come and go. Some stay for a while, some make the occasional appearance, some come into your life when you least expect it–so much so that it sends shockwaves through your brain and others drift away. And then there’s the terrifying realization that one day, the people you find closest to you in this very moment won’t be around the corner in a classroom or a few blocks away from your dorm or apartment. Some of us will stay in New York City, some of us will move back home and some of us will travel and work abroad. The opportunities are endless, and many find them uncomfortable. I, for one, find that too many options are intimidating; too many opportunities for error.

But time and time again, I have had to learn the hard way that the most pivotal growth in life comes when I’m marinating in the uncomfortable. It is human nature to run in the opposite direction of anything unfamiliar, fear of the unknown triggering our fight-or-flight. In reality, these moments are the ones that unmask a new you to reveal a person you didn’t know could exist. Looking back at the last six months, I have faced more adversity than I have in my 21 years, made memories to last a lifetime and some that I can live without. Regardless, I wouldn’t change anything and yet, the aching curiosity of what could have happened if I chose or acted differently is haunting. But as I have restated in almost every single one of my Letters from the Editors, I encourage you, dear reader, to live in the moment.

We at The Pace Press take pride in living in the moment, so we can later write about it and relish in it with you. Our team of writers, engagement and quality of content is ever-growing and will continue to do so far after the 2022-23 Executive Board is gone. With that said, it is with immense gratitude and excitement to share the elected 2023-24 Executive Board of The Pace Press:

Lyndsey Brown, President, Editor-in-Chief

Gia Sparacino, Vice President, Executive Editor

Jules Kelly, Secretary

Jeremy Sanders, Treasurer

Additionally, The Pace Press is hosting our long-anticipated “Ask the Industry Expert: Multi-Media Speaking Panel” today, on Thursday, March 30, 2023, in the Student Center of One Pace Plaza from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. I want to give a special thank you to our panelists Lauren Hard, Tara Nurin, Aaron Tabas, Abigail Tracy and Cat Zhang for coming to the University to speak to the student body about their career journey, leading them to publish their first book and/or working at The New York Times, VOX Media, Vanity Fair and Pitchfork.

As always, I would like to reiterate that The Pace Press is a rolling admission organization and it is never too late to join as a contributor. We meet every Monday at 12:30 p.m. in Room W509 in One Pace Plaza. Please join us in continuing to provide a voice for the student body to be heard, recognized and appreciated; leave your legacy at the University with us, embossed in black ink on newsprint forever–or digitally within cyberspace.

Sincerely yours,

Mandi Karpo

President, Editor-in-Chief

Dear fellow reader,

For the life of me, I can’t remember who shared this sentiment, but someone told me never to take advice from a person who leads a life with aspects that you wouldn’t want to emulate or practice yourself, and it's proven to be the most rewarding piece of advice I have ever received.

It’s important to know who you keep in your inner circle and recognize those your inner circle can do without. If the last three years have taught me anything, it’s having to choose and lose friends wisely.

I am notorious for being that girl who consults her friends for advice, going on 30-minute tangents about my latest crisis or predicament, asking people in my inner circle what my next course of action should be, and by the end of the conversation, I never end up taking their advice. While they stick around to hear my rant, eventually my friends give up on me and the conversation inevitably ends with, “You’re not going to listen to me anyway. You’re gonna do what you want to do.”

It’s not because I don’t value their opinions or appreciate aspects of their life that I would want to mirror in my own; the fact is, I have always been someone who insists on learning things the hard way. So in a very Mandi fashion, the bed I make is not always the bed I wish to sleep in, oftentimes getting the “I told you so” from the friend who advised me otherwise. The same could arguably be said about everyone, including you, dear reader.

All of this to say, we are a product of our environment, attributing our behavior and everyday tendencies to those we spend the most time with. Spring in Manhattan is my favorite time of year; the refreshing breeze coming from the Hudson River when I’m in the FiDi, the 70-degree weather and not having to lug a heavy coat around the bar anytime I go out is the definition of serendipity.

This time of year also introduces the perfect opportunity to do some spring cleaning–and I’m not talking about your closet. The end of the 2022-23 academic year is just four weeks away, but there's no time like the present to re-evaluate who in your life you no longer benefit from. If you’re anything like me, you’ll take it one step further and do some deep self-evaluation to realize whose life you no longer benefit. Richard Bach’s proverb summarizes my own to a T: “If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they’re yours; if they don’t, they never were.”

The in-print edition you hold before you is the last of the 2022-23 academic year, with this being the last Letter from the Editor I will ever write. Someone recently asked me what I am going to do once I can no longer write for The Pace Press, and I honestly don’t have a clue. I wish I could say that I’ll start a Medium or Substack and go the independent journalist route, becoming the next Chris Hedges or Seymore Hersh, but the reality is old habits die hard and wishful thinking can lead to tremendous disappointment. Self-preservation in the face of reality bodes naturally for someone like me.

Needless to say, I have no way of knowing if anyone reads this section of the newspaper, but I hope whoever does, gets a kick out of the sorry excuse of various pieces of advice I’ve perpetuated in all seven of this year’s Pace Press in-prints. And if you haven’t caught on by now, I’ve used this section of the newspaper to allude to different personal experiences of my life, playfully wondering if those who read this know what I’m talking about or can somehow relate. If there’s one thing to take away from all of this, for those who don’t know me personally, I would keep my first paragraph in mind before you go making beds your body doesn’t belong in.

Transitioning into my sentimental waters, I wanted to express my deepest appreciation for the community we have fostered within The Pace Press this past academic year. I have every bit of confidence that the incoming Executive Board for the 2023-24 academic year will take this organization to the next level, proudly continuing to evolve the legacy that this year’s staff has worked so tirelessly to achieve. I want to give a special thank you to our Faculty Advisors Adam Klein and Lanie Presswood, as well as our Student Engagement Advisor Grace Salle for advocating for this organization's presence on campus and for full-heartedly believing in the work we put out to the student body.

Last but not least, I want to reiterate that The Pace Press is a rolling admissions organization and it is never too late to join as a contributor. From now until the remainder of the semester, we meet every Monday at 12:30 p.m. in Room W509 in One Pace Plaza. I urge you to join us, if you don’t already, in continuing to provide a voice for the student body to be heard, recognized and appreciated; leave your legacy at the University with us, embossed in black ink forever—or digitally within cyberspace.

Yours truly signing off,

Mandi Karpo

President, Editor-in-Chief