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.
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Tags: bomb threats, Herald Square Suspicious Package, terrorists plots
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December 19th, 2010
… When They Wrap Themselves Around the Pole
And many of my students wouldn’t even “see” this scene.
Tags: commuting, mass transit, mta, straphangars, subway
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December 14th, 2010
Ed 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.
Tags: Afghanistan war, great recession, Iraqi war, middle east imbroglio, Obama
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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.
Tags: ethnicity, Immigrant Issues, President Obama, U.S. Congress
Posted in Ethnic News, I Didn't See This on the Evening News (A Work in Progress), Journalism, Journalism Education, New America Media, News/Commentary/Opinion, Student Journalism | Comments Closed
December 7th, 2010
New 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
Tags: Dream Act, Ethnic Journalism, ethnic news media, New Immigrants
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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”
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Tags: college news media, CUNY student news media, student news media
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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:
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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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Tags: collegiate journalism, cuny student publications, Student Journalism, student newspapers
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December 4th, 2010
Posted by Stephanie Valencia on December 03, 2010 at 03:13 PM EST
Stephanie Valencia is an Associate Director of the Office of Public Engagement
In the coming days, Congress will vote on the DREAM Act – a common-sense piece of legislation drafted by both Republicans and Democrats that will give young people who grew up in the United States a chance to contribute to our nation by pursuing a higher education or serving in the U.S. armed forces. It’s limited, targeted legislation that will allow only the best and brightest to earn their legal status, and applies to those brought to the United States as minors through no fault of their own by their parents, and who know no other home.
Here are 10 reasons we need the DREAM Act:
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Tags: Congress, Dream Act, immigration, President Obama, White House
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November 26th, 2010
Bitch-ee … Bitch-ee … Bitch-ee …
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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:
The rest is here.
Tags: Afghanistan war, great recession, Iraqi war, middle east imbroglio, Obama
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