As a part of the profile series on notable students at Macaulay, I recently sat down with Mariya Dvoretskaya. JJ: What is your field of study? Has it changed over the course of your undergraduate years? MD: I’m majoring in Psychology and I’m on the pre-med track. I’ve switched on and off with pre-med over […]
Some of the most creative ideas spawn not from inspiration, but pure boredom. Michael Squitieri (Brooklyn ’14) launched “Craigslistpoetry.com” after searching the Internet for a means of entertainment. Squitieri, born and raised in Dyker Heights, is a Computational Math major which is a field that incorporates mathematics and computer science. “The idea began around Christmas time while surfing […]
The 2011 Major League Baseball season saw epic climaxes and drastic downfalls as legends were made and history was rewritten. The end of the season went down as one of the most chaotic and renowned 24 hours in baseball history. The Atlanta Braves, leading the NL Wild Card for much of the season, finished with […]
Pottermore Launched in Early April Harry Potter fans will be happy to know that Pottermore, the interactive website dedicated to the wizarding world of Harry Potter, finally launched on Saturday, April 14th. Pottermore was supposed to open to the general public last October. However, after receiving feedback from the early Beta users, the site administrators […]
Hectic mornings, long train rides, sleepy lectures, mind-boggling math classes, confusing relationships, shady individuals, $10 sandwiches — it’s a wonder that we don’t all run away to St. Tropez. College is the first time we start to take our lives into our own hands and face the increasingly confusing and hectic world around us. So […]
Swathi Mummini entered Macaulay at Hunter in the Fall 2009, expecting to enter medical school after graduation. Just like any other Pre-Med student at Hunter, she fully immersed herself in her courses, hoping the mental workouts, sleepless and food bingeing nights would bring her closer to her goal; however, Mummini resolved to take a year […]
Confidence can be a scary thing. Jeremy Lin’s mind-boggling hot streak is a prime example of self-confidence gone right. Just last year, “The” Jeremy Lin who has been transformed into a God at the Mecca of basketball, couldn’t find a way to get on the court, and when he did, he barely resembled a NBA player […]
Amazon Publishing Snubbed by Fellow Booksellers Chain bookstores Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million and Chapters Indigo (Canada’s top bookseller) have announced that they will not carry titles published by any of Amazon’s publishing imprints. In an effort to expand its reach in the book market, Amazon has created seven imprints since 2009, including AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing, Montlake […]
Recently, I learned of a young man who had overdosed on some drugs and alcohol. He was 19 years old and suffered from hepatotoxicity, or liver damage from drug overdosing. After four years of consistent damage, his liver finally gave out, putting him in a dangerous situation. He has put on experimental liver dialysis, but […]
Cancer has become popular in today’s media from movies like The Bucket List to books like A Walk to Remember and My Sister’s Keeper. In fact, cancer as a topic in entertainment media has become popular to the point where it seemingly has become its own genre with its own stereotypes. Stories that deal with […]
