“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ~ Mark Twain I have watched my young cousin go from drawing nonsensical scribbles to laboring over writing each letter of a word to reading long books. She is in fifth grade now, and a few months ago, she told […]
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Mauraders Go for the Gold(en Snitch)
Quidditch season started with a bang as the Macaulay Marauders took home a 4-1 record in the first official tournament on October 20. “I think the team performed well in our first official tournament,” said Team Captain Sheneque Tissera. “While we made a few mistakes, we were able to learn quickly and prove that we […]
Will Macaulay Go Greek? Fraternity Proposal Pending
Greek life — coming to an Honors College near you? A proposal to charter a chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity is pending approval, with mixed reactions from the student body. “The idea of a fraternity began simply between Raj Basak (CCNY ’15), Jeremy Forman (Queens, ’14), Michael Tal (Lehman, ‘14) and me last […]
Spotlight: Gabriela Geselowitz
Gabriela Geselowitz (Hunter ’13), a double Theatre and Journalism major, undertook a rare and ambitious senior thesis project. Her production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with a steampunk twist, generated waves amongst Macaulay Hunter students, with sold out shows playing at Macaulay Central on April 15th, 16th, 17th, 21st, and 22nd at Macaulay Central. So […]
Post-Combine 2013 NFL Mock Draft
The NFL Scouting Combine – the most overly scrutinized event in all of sports. Every year the top college football players from across the nation display their skills in a series of tests, workouts, and drills. Thousands of talent evaluators representing each of the 32 NFL teams attend this event looking to find “The Next […]
Hunter Students Move Back to Brookdale…Sort of
The Hunter College Brookdale Campus was declared re-opened on Wednesday, December 5, after nearly a month and a half of being closed due to damage sustained by Hurricane Sandy. Only the North and West buildings of the Campus reopened, leaving the East building residents, as well as the Physical Therapy and Medical Lab Sciences students, […]
Thinking About Macaulay
I think I got it figured out. (Still grappling with narcissism and paternalism…so please pardon me, especially during this difficult finals period.) First, it’s a happy accident that I’m here. It’s a happy accident that we’re all here, more or less. As accomplished as we are, in the back of our minds, we should know […]
Brookdale Diaspora: The Hunter Campus Community Severed
At around 1pm on Sunday, October 28, public safety at the Hunter College Brookdale Health Sciences Campus announced over the spotty loudspeaker system a mandatory evacuation from the premises due to the oncoming onslaught of Hurricane Sandy. And that was only the beginning. Residents had roughly three hours to pack their things and evacuate the […]
World Renowned Psychosexual Therapist Visits Brookdale
Known for her late night sex show Sexually Speaking, frank yet respectful psychosexual therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer visited Hunter College at the Brookdale Campus late Tuesday, October 23 to speak to a large enraptured crowd. Many came to hear her speak and to ask questions — so many that audience members sat clustered on the […]
Macaulay and ASU Unite for Immigration Reform
The case in support of undocumented immigrants opportunities in the United States will be made during the First Annual Macaulay Students for Immigration Education Reform (S.I.E.R.) Conference. The conference, in collaboration with Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College, will address the state of unauthorized immigrants in higher education. ASU hosted its own conference during the […]
