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• Hofstra broadcasters shine during Islanders playoff run

  TV on mute and read the lineup for the Yankees game. I decided then that I was going to make this my dream.Now a 21-year-old Hofstra University senior in the schools broadcasting program, Dexter has been struggling a bit to update his resume and put together   Read more »

• Hofstra journalism students win $10G in Fox News contest

  student journalists at Hofstra University have won $10,000 from Fox News Channel in a nationwide college journalism contest.The students, junior Shannan Ferry, 20, of Little Neck; junior Julia Skrobak, of Bethlehem, Penn.; and senior Megan Corcoran, of Clarks   Read more »

• Native LI'er named state inspector general

  School in Levittown.Leahy Scott, who is married and lives in Columbia County with her husband and two children, was named Hofstra University's Woman of the Year in 1981.She took on the acting inspector general position last year when former inspector general,   Read more »

Around the web

• Godfather of sorority girl shot dead by police lashes out at their failure to negotiate with gunman in house

  the Nassau County Patrolman's Benevolent Association, the group that represents Budimlic, will be held Tuesday afternoon. Hofstra University observed a moment of silence for Rebello during their graduation Santos issued a statement from the Rebello family. 2:12 AM from Daily Mail - UK Read more »

• Questions linger in shooting of NY college student

  N.Y. (AP) — As a grieving family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra University junior killed by a police officer's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, some on Monday questioned whether police should have waited for help, including a hostage 5/20/13 from FindLaw: AP News Read more »

• College Student Accidentally Shot By Good Guy With A Gun

  last week, 21 year old Hofstra University student Andrea Rebello was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in a group house near the Uniondale, New York campus. But the initial assumption — that Rebello was murdered by the suspected robber Dalton Smith 5/20/13 from Think Progress Read more »

• N.Y. Cop 'Torn Up' Over Hostage's Death

  Nassau County (N.Y.) Police officer who fatally shot a Hofstra University student and her armed captor during a standoff has struggled to deal with the accidental death, according to a police source close to the officer. Andrea Rebello, 21, died early Friday 5/20/13 from POLICE Magazine Read more »

• Hofstra Shooting: 'My Love for Her Will Last Forever,' Victim's Boyfriend Says

  survivors of a deadly hostage standoff spent the weekend together mourning at the New York home of Andrea Rebello, the Hofstra University junior shot to death by police when a Long Island home invasion turned bad. Gathering at Rebello's parents' home in upstate 5/20/13 from ABC News Read more »