The ticker on the Marriot Marquis warned of street closings, high security, and pedestrian traffic due to a private event. The media reported about the speakers and analyzed the political broiges between the candidates. But this one time, I was not reading the news for second-hand information. Instead, I headed to DC to join the […]
By Frances Claer Raybaud Do not expect me to wax poetic about gathas or belly breathing. This is merely a little piece dedicated to a class all Queens College Macaulay students are required to take. Honors 101, or Honors Colloquium, involves planning out the next four years of your life, studying techniques, and even a […]
To all students questioning the value of your college degree, rest assured. It is projected that a college degree will reward you with a salary double the one a high school degree will get you. Those wondering about the value of a chosen major, though, have something to think about. Last month, The Hamilton Project, a […]
On July 18, state Senator Tony Avella presented Interim President Evangelos Gizis with a $2 million grant to enable renovations of chemistry labs in Remsen Hall. On his tour around Remsen, Avella immediately realized that work needed to be done. On referring to one of the labs, he said “it is, unfortunately, very clear that […]
Iconic yellow taxis speckle the streets of New York City at any given time. While serving as a convenient form of transportation for most people, taxis offer a unique, urban-based career for others. Taxi drivers like Melissa Plaut, author of the blog-based book Hack: How I Stopped Worrying About What to Do with My Life and […]
When Dr. Holtzman announced that our Science and Technology seminar would run a health fair, however and for whomever we decided, our class was immediately intrigued. After much discussion, we decided it would be most fitting to run a fair for the Queens College community: our home base and place where we wanted to give […]
Traffic. It’s a word New Yorkers hate. Visions of hundreds of license plates, scratched bumpers, yellow taxis, and endless lines of trucks and cars come to mind. As commuters to Queens College, many of us struggle with this inescapable truth of urban living. If you are coming into school for an early morning class or […]
I left my Biology lecture early to head to the beautiful music building, the Samuel J. and Ethel Lefrak Concert Hall, on September 24. The program had already begun and I silently entered and walked up to the top right section. The impressive 487-seat recital hall at Queens College was mostly full, but not with […]
