By: Pooja Dutta (City ’18), Tanvir Islam (City ’18) and John Udara Mendis (City ’18) The beat of exotic Bollywood music, hands decorated with beautiful henna designs, and complicated dance numbers on the big screen were just some of the sights and sounds from Bollywood Henna Night on Friday, October 23rd. The event at MHC […]
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The Silent Suffering and Stigmatization of Mental Illness
Mental health is not something we’re open to discussing in America. We speak about mental health most when a beloved celebrity has suffered tremendously and reached the point of choosing suicide. At these times, I’ve noticed how even more taboo it is to speak about mental health in the black American community. It could have […]
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 […]
Restaurant Week: The 5-Week Pre-Fixed Dining Experience
IMAGINE entering the elegant fine-dining experience, starring famous Top Chef Tom Colicchio and renowned Pastry Chef Stephen Collucci, for merely $25. For entrees alone, the Tap Room of the casually sophisticated Collichio & Sons offers lunches and dinners well over $90. As you are escorted through a maze of businessmen and swanky New Yorkers, you […]
4 Pennsylvania Plaza: the Revitalization of Madison Square Garden
They call it the “World’s Most Famous Arena.” For over the last decade, it has been anything but. Madison Square Garden has been home to two of the most dysfunctional franchises in all of sports. The New York Knicks, run into the ground by front office executives Scott Layden and Isiah Thomas, and the New […]