Alumni NewsFeaturedLong Island From Student to Soldier: Compelled to Act After Sept. 11 by Sam Miller September 8, 2021 by Sam Miller September 8, 2021 She had given up waiting for her 9 a.m. class to start. That’s when Melonie Pernice walked into O’Connor Hall’s main lobby and discovered on television monitors the horror unfolding… 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail