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Monday, January 11th, 2010

“I like being so diverse, my ethnicity so diverse that it could overwhelm an U.S. Census taker because the blood flowing through my veins makes me so unique, and people don’t know what language I can or can’t speak, as well as guessing where I come from or – I really like this – who I am.”

— Natalia M. Clavijo

The commuting experience of students taking an advanced writing class I occasionally teach — MEDP 299.47, fated to morph real soon to a full-fledge course number sans a decimal point — is finally a functioning assignment.

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Commute - Report from the Mainstream (Okay, NY Times)

Friday, December 18th, 2009

NYT Blog: Room For Debate: A Running Commentary on the News
Headline: December 16 – Why is the M.T.A. Always in Trouble?

[Nice picture. Still experimenting with Commute project. Thought this might be interesting for students.]

“The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is struggling to fill a sudden budget gap of $400 million, voted to approve a slate of cuts, including phasing out free student fares, reducing or ending service on dozens of bus lines and eliminating two subway lines, the W and the Z.” Read rest of blog/article here.

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