By Arvind Dev As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, the editors of the Macaulay Messenger are committed to providing a hub of resources for our readers and their loved ones. This list will be periodically updated. To add to our list, please leave a comment or email arvind.dev@macaulay.cuny.edu. Information For up-to-date information on CUNY’s […]
(Note: The questions on this quiz concern the major senior CUNY colleges – Baruch College, Brooklyn College, The City College of New York, College of Staten Island, Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lehman College, and Queens College.) Which CUNY has the most undergraduate students enrolled? Baruch College Queens College Hunter College College […]
This month, we asked Macaulay seniors to submit a couple of sentences that they would tell themselves before they started college knowing all that they know now. Thank you to everyone for their honest and thought-provoking responses. We wish all of the seniors the best of luck in the next chapter of their lives! 🙂 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Worry […]
There is a common saying among college students: A college student has three options—grades, sleep, and a social life. And of those three, you are only allowed to choose two. Any attempt to juggle all three at once will end terribly. For most students, this is more of a prophecy than a saying. But Lucinda […]
After delivering his State of the State address to a joint session in Albany last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo visited the College of Staten Island to present his “NY Rising” initiative to students and faculty. NY Rising details Governor Cuomo and the State legislator’s plan to promote growth in New York State. Citing Albany’s successes […]
Lugging hula hoops and wooden sticks onto the Staten Island Ferry, Jenna Jankowski ’14 (Staten Island) had set out to accomplish the unthinkable — to start a Quidditch team. Yet, over a year later, The Macaulay Marauders are official members of the International Quidditch Association (IQA), ranked 49th in the league, and qualified for the […]
The Macaulay Honors Lounge at the College of Staten Island has recently doubled in size, thanks in no small part to the work of Meagan Derbyshire, class of 2013. During a meeting with CSI President Tómas Morales in 2010, the class of 2013 brought up the fact that the Honors Lounge was terribly undersized, and […]
The current lockout may have put the NBA on standstill, but hope for basketball this season has not been lost. With college basketball underway, basketball fans everywhere have an alternative. Granted, the talent level of college players lags the talent level of NBA players, but true basketball enthusiasts will find comfort in watching the game. Basketball […]
Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and the CUNY Board of Trustees face great opposition against the Pathways Initiative they released in October as CSI faculty and students plan to take action. The CUNY Pathways Initiative is a plan put forward by Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and the CUNY Board of Trustees in order to help students “move more […]
Flyers scattered around The College of Staten Island this morning screamed, “Class Cancelled Because Of The Revolution.” Students walked around campus with whistles and makeshift drums. Professors entered classrooms, unsure of how many students would attend their lectures. Wednesday afternoon, a group of CSI students rallied against planned CUNY tuition hikes. Protestors organized a walkout, […]
