My initial relationship with Black History Month was a fairly homogenized and extremely sanitized front. Teachers across the board would relay stories of black exceptionalism, without fully confronting the pain and anguish that our people have endured. We analyzed the stories of Madame CJ Walker, Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela without speaking to the events […]
Tag: Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College Athletics: March Sports Recap
March Sports Wednesday, March 2nd, Men’s Volleyball LOSES to the City College of New York Score: 0-3 Friday, March 4th, Men’s Basketball LOSES to New York University in NCAA Tournament Score: 67-87 Saturday, March 5th, Women’s Basketball WINS against Centenary College (New Jersey) in ECAC Division III Metro Championships Score: 65-40 Men’s Volleyball LOSES to […]
A Farewell Letter to Professor Levine
Professor Ira N. Levine was a longtime faculty member in the Chemistry Department at Brooklyn College. He began his academic career at Brooklyn College in 1964 and became a full-time professor in 1978. Professor Levine taught first-year courses in general chemistry as well as advanced courses in physical and quantum chemistry. His research was in […]
CUNY and Macaulay Should Demand More From Cuomo
By distributing leaflets to students and making noise on campus Brooklyn College, professors have again raised the issue of the decline in state funding for higher education. Not only are professors are not hired to teach full time so that students end up paying more for less, professors have been working without contracts for the […]
Spotlight: Amy Gijsbers van Wijk
William Shakespeare…Tennessee Williams…Amy Gijsbers van Wijk? While her name may not be as simple to pronounce, Gijsbers van Wijk (Brooklyn ’14) is a rising playwright. She was recently awarded the Rosen Fellowship at Brooklyn College, which funds “out-of-classroom experiences,” ranging from study abroad and internships to scientific research and artistic expression. She will be using […]
Brooklyn College Holds Controversial BDS Panel
“The new McCarthyism is rising,” warned Omar Barghouti as the faint voices of protestors outside filtered into the buzzing room, where over 250 students and members of the public gathered at Brooklyn College on February 7 to attend a panel on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement. The Brooklyn College Students for Justice in […]
Theater Review: Cardenio
Brooklyn College’s Theatre Department held a wedding party – featuring the marriage of Anselmo (Matt McGill) and Camila (Sara Fallon Moran) – as part of Stephen Greenblatt and Charles L. Mee’s play Cardenio. Directed by Brooklyn College alum Stephen Kaliski, this play focuses on a wedding party for a happy couple on their weekend away […]
Theater Review: Suburban Motel
If the line, “Let’s make six naked sex movies and we’ll talk about it,” does not make you think of a night at Brooklyn College, think again — until Oct. 21, that’s a sentence that shall ring through the auditorium of Whitman stage as part of the Theater Department’s first show of the season. The […]