Bedlam at the November 10 D:F/M Faculty Meeting
Above: The Hunter College Chapter Chair of the Professional Staff Congress
It’s Been One of Those Semesters
December 20th, 2010Suspicious Package at Herald Square
December 20th, 2010
Looking South on Sixth Avenue, Herald Square.
After arriving at the Herald Square area about 1:30 p.m. from a doctor’s appointment – I biked in from Second Avenue and East 36th Street – and planning to hop the PATH back to Jersey City, and then seeing all the NYPDs coming into the area and POs roping off corners, and wondering what catastrophe was in the works until I heard a PO bark at a bunch of people to “move back” and maybe hearing something like, QMfE, “You don’t want to be near here … bomb,” or something like that, I started scurrying for a good shot.
I Really Hate It …
December 19th, 2010
… When They Wrap Themselves Around the Pole
And many of my students wouldn’t even “see” this scene.
Bad News!
December 14th, 2010Ed Kent is a former Brooklyn College philosophy professor who seems to read everything and then disseminates the information. I sort through his choice tidbits for material to post on the WORD Blog.
One of his latest:
I feel some sympathy for Obama trying to figure how to cope what almost seems to be a new major problem each day.
To run down the list:
The rest is here.
The DREAM Act Could Go Before Congress Today
December 8th, 2010 By Sandy Close Executive
Director New America Media
Over 60 million adults access ethnic media. Their voices should be heard by lawmakers considering this important piece of immigration legislation. Let your voices ring out.
Support the Dream Act THIS WEEK! – America Needs It!
December 7th, 2010New America Media says: Over 60 million adults access ethnic media. Their voices should be heard by lawmakers considering this important piece of immigration legislation this week. If ethnic media across the country carry this button on their websites this week, it will send a powerful message to lawmakers about the civic engagement of our communities. —By Sandy Close, Executive Director, New America Media.
Read more here:
— The WORD
— Harry Potter is a DREAM Act Kid
It’s Been One of Those Semesters – 3
December 6th, 2010
Part 3 of 4: The Response to the Envoy’s Response
Jesse Lent’s comments are in bold.
Date: Sat Oct 16 08:41:13 EDT 2010
From: Gregg Morris
Subject: Re: Attention Envoy Editor-in-Chief Ming Fearon (Short Version)
To: “Jesse Lent, Envoy News”
It’s Been One of Those Semesters – 2
December 5th, 2010
Part 2 of 4: The Envoy Responds
—- Original message —-
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:46:21 -0400
From: “Jesse Lent, Envoy News”
Subject: Re: Attention Envoy Editor-in-Chief Ming Fearon (Short Version)
To: gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu
Cc: envoyeditor@gmail.com, Andrea Zaharieva , bstein@hunter.cuny.edu
Dear Professor Morris:
It’s Been One of Those Semesters – 1
December 5th, 2010
The Voice of Hunter College Since 1944? Oh, Please!
Part 1 of 4:
Below is a message I posted on Hunter-L early in the semester regarding a cheap shot by Editor in Chief Ming Fearon, who is at the top of the food chain for a Hunter student publication that purports to be “the voice of Hunter College since 1944.”
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“Gov. Paterson Regrets Not Telling Daniel Cicciaro Jr.’s Family Before Pardoning John Harris White” – New York Daily News
December 24th, 2010The pardon was well within the purview of a sitting Governor, lame or otherwise, especially for an inmate – a law biding citizen who had never been in trouble with the law – who, ambushed by fate, erred in a fatal decision and ended up serving a 2-to-4 year term for manslaughter and weapons possession. Nothing wrong here.
But one has to wonder how no one on Patterson’s staff thought of contacting the Cicciaros.
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