Jessica Hopper’s William R. Kenan Lecture on Ethics and Resistance: Writing from the Margins

On the rainy night of October 1, Macaulay Honors College hosted the award winning rock critic, Jessica Hopper. To a room full of primarily Macaulay students, she delivered the most recent William R. Kenan Lecture on Ethics and Resistance. By the end of her incredibly quotable talk, the table in the back stacked with copies of her new book, The First […]

Selections from Humans of Macaulay: Part 3

See Part 1 here and Part 2 here. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: Adam Hobbins Class: Freshman Campus: Hunter Major: Undecided “I really like film and the production aspects of it. I’m a member of Pied (Macaulay Filmmakers Club).” “Have you produced any films yet?” “Through them, yeah. I have assisted directed a bunch of their films. It was […]

So here’s the deal, kid…

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 […]

Selections from Humans of Macaulay: Part 2

See Part 1 here. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: Cheyn Shah Class: Junior Campus: Queens College Major: Economics and Political Science “The day before my fifth birthday, I cut my own finger off.” “How?” “I was reaching through a window and the window fell on it (pinky finger), but they reattached it. So during the early hours of […]