What started as a group of protesters in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park has erupted into a global movement. The grassroots Occupy Wall Street demonstrations have since sprouted up in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Washington, Michigan, Connecticut, Texas, Italy, Scotland, Germany, and Australia. With all the buzz surrounding the protests, many are asking what exactly caused the […]
The name Guinness is known widely in the U.S. for beer, not for high fashion. With a new exhibit on Daphne Guinness at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s museum, that may soon change. Daphne is an heiress to the Guinness brewery fortune, but she is also a member of the International Best Dressed List Hall […]
Over the summer, I was taking an Intro to Computing (C++ programming) class at City College. One Sunday morning in the middle of the summer semester, I awoke at 5am due to a pesky mosquito. Unable to fall back asleep, I checked my phone and found my friend in China was on AIM. I couldn’t […]
The summer of 2011 loomed as a critical moment in sports, an uncertain time period pitting the owners of two of the most popular sports leagues in the world against world-class athletes. The differences presided over a myriad of issues, including revenue splits, salary caps and guaranteed contracts. In what was termed “billionaires vs. millionaires,” […]
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the sexual harassment allegations Anita Hill made against current Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearing. Distinguished speakers, including Hill, who The New York Times credits as “personally responsible for revitalizing feminism,” came to talk to the over 1,000 people in attendance at Hunter’s all-day conference […]
One year ago, the National Football League’s Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers each held a 1-5 record and were not going anywhere with their seasons. The 49ers haven’t tasted the playoffs since 2002, back when Barry Bonds had just set the single season homerun record in San Francisco for the Giants. The Lions go […]
We’ve all had this moment: one instant we’re too tired or distracted to think about the words coming out of our mouths and the next thing we know, we’ve said something that, to put it lightly, doesn’t exactly reflect that brilliant, intellectually stimulating side of ourselves. Ever wish you could change history to erase that […]
Any college student will tell you that college is extremely stressful. What you won’t hear from all of them is that stress developed as an evolutionary strategy for survival. Therefore, it must be good! And according to clinical psychologist Ben Michaelis, stress is very good. In his article “3 Ways Stress Can Help Beat Anxiety”, […]
I am not a baseball fan. I watch a handful of games per year to appease my baseball-loving father. I walked into the theater to see Moneyball doubtful; however, as soon as the film started rolling, I was blown away. Set in 2001, Moneyball tells the story of Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt), general […]
A response to this clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Why are broadcast journalists being so ignorant about this, especially those at Fox? They’re completely making this situation black-and-white. There are protestors who fight for what they deserve, and they deserve the right to question and be angry about the careless actions of […]
