Archive for the ‘Blogroll’ Category
Monday, February 21st, 2011
ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo’s speech on Sunday night to the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators was interrupted with chants of “Tax the rich!” led by City Councilman Charles Barron. — Glenn Blain, NY Daily News
Barron is a baron. Word! Makes one think of Bill Thompson’s “Term Limits” in the 2009 Mayoral Election. Thompson could have won if voters hadn’t been convinced by the mainstream news media that Bloomberg was strutting on the path to victor. Thompson lost by 4 percent.
Full story here.
Tags:2009 NYC Mayoral Election, Bill C. Thompson, Charles Barron, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg, Term Limits
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
Blogs were once the outlet of choice for people who wanted to express themselves online. But with the rise of sites like Facebook and Twitter, they are losing their allure for many people – particularly the younger generation. — Verne G. Kopytof, NYT, February 21.
Blogging’s soaring popularity reminded me of the mass appeal of Citizen Band Radio when it was hot. Everyone had a handle. T.B. Knight was my moniker. After a while the sizzle faded. The amateurs had had enough. And the airwave returned to the highway cops and the truckers who were using it before its mass appeal. QMfE, “The same thing’s going to happen to blogging,” I told my students.
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Tags:2008 Democratic National Convention, blog, facebook, social networking
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Saturday, February 19th, 2011
This phishing could not be ignored:
Date: Sat Feb 19 11:22:49 EST 2011
From: emailservice@domainsbyproxy.com
RE: FWD: hello [HUNTERWORD.COM@domainsbyproxy.com]
To: gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu
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Tags:phishers, phishing
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
I was surprised when students in my two writing classes, feature and introductory news, declined to participate in a conference call with the President of the United States, September 27, 2010, as student journalists at 300 other student publications did.
Not one expressed an interest.
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Tags:Student Journalism, student news media
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Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Posted by on the White House Blog by Dan Pfeiffer on January 21, 2011 at 12:29 PM EST
On Tuesday, January 25, at 9 p.m. EST, President Obama will deliver the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol. We have been working on a number of ways citizens can get involved in the State of the Union and ask their questions of President Obama and senior Administration officials.
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Tags:2011 State of the Union, President Obama, White House Administation
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
Below, the first two paragraphs of a very long memo in the wake of the November 10, 2010, faculty meeting.
November 14, 2010
Colleagues,
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Tags:D:F/M, Department Politics, Office Politics
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
The November 10, 2010 D:F/M Faculty Meeting Was Hot
In the thick of the inferno of that November 10 meeting, the Hunter College PSC Chapter Chair, rising to a moment during tepid discourse,* announces to her Colleagues, QMfE, “I can’t take this anymore”* and reaches into her ban and aims her teenie-weenie digital pipsqueak at the Colleague whose comments may have overpowered her ability to respond collegially.
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Tags:Professional Staff Congress, PSC Hunter College Chapter Chair
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
The WORD Blog (and maybe the WORD) plans to test the boundaries of: Academic Freedom. Free Speech. The First Amendment.
Tags:academic freedom, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, U.S. First Amendment
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Gov. Cuomo speech drowned out with City Councilman Charles Barron-led yells of ‘Tax the rich!’ — NY Daily News
Monday, February 21st, 2011Full story here.
Tags:2009 NYC Mayoral Election, Bill C. Thompson, Charles Barron, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg, Term Limits
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