2009 Mayoral Race: Low Voter Turnout – Yawn

November 3rd, 2009

By Jonathan Mena
WORD Senior Editor/Producer
jonathanmena.nyc@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/jonathanmena

New York City – Reminiscent of this past September’s New York Democratic Primary, low voter turnout is expected for today’s Mayoral race. News outlets in New York have been giving more attention to the Governors race in Jersey than the Mayors race in New York. Although Thompson is gaining on the Billionaire Mayor, according to news and polling information, he will need a Hail Mary toss to beat Bloomberg and his double-digit lead.
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What Is the Republican Party?

November 2nd, 2009

By Ed Kent
ekent@brooklyn.cuny.edu

The withdrawal of the Republican candidate in favor of a Conservative party nominee in upstate N.Y. looks to be all too symbolic of more things to come.



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How Many Killed Today?

November 2nd, 2009

By Ed Kent

November 1 – It is a well known fact that our leading newspapers are laying off reporters who are qualified to do in depth research. The news that reaches most Americans comes from TV and radio channels focused on advertising catching stuff – the latest child murder, serial killers, and occasional news flashes or largely brief and interrupted interviews with some knowledgeable and other intentionally deceiving commentators.

Personally, I scan a series of net sources each day that I can trust and listen to a few in depth interview programs and then do my blogs. The knowledgeable people have made it clear that Afghanistan is not Iraq.

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NYPD Blooper

November 2nd, 2009

Let’s see what happens with this:

October 31, 2009
Paul J. Browne
Deputy Commissioner, Public Information
One Police Plaza – Room 1320 
New York, N.Y. 10038

Dear Deputy Police Commissioner Browne,

On Friday, October 23, about 2 p.m., I arrived at City Hall to videotape footage of the front of City Hall for a student journalism project and was told by the officer operating the screening machine that I couldn’t pass through because “they” didn’t want anyone to videotape the building. So, I am writing to learn what are the guidelines. This was not my first time at City Hall to take pictures and/or videotape, so I would like to know if there are have been any changes.

Thanks,

Gregg Morris
Assistant Professor
Hunter College

gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu

Sent to Cristine Quinn, Speaker, 12:41 a.m. October 26

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A.C. 360 Special Project: Who Will Politically Smart Hunter Students Support in the November 3 Election for the City Hall Crown

November 1st, 2009

By Senior Editor/Producer Ashley Carpenter

Interviewed for this special Youtube project were, one, campus leaders from Undergraduate Student Government and the Student Political Science Club, two, student activists and those from other student spheres of campus influence, three, students savvy about what’s going on in their communities.

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Book Signing, Thursday, October 30, 2009 – Friendly Visions

November 1st, 2009
Packed room.

Packed room.

Professor Ralph Engelman, who teaches at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University, talking about his biography of Fred Friendly. Friendly’s wife was there and actively participated. There, being Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, first floor. Almost SRO.

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Random Shot – Couldn’t Resist the Luminosity of the Pea Green

November 1st, 2009
Irresistable

Irresistible

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What’s to Be Made of This “Positive” News That Thompson Could Dump the Term Limits Miscreant

October 31st, 2009

October 29, 2009 press press release printed in its entirety because of insufficient savvy to gauge its significance:

Momentum Continues to Shift to Thompson
Trails by Three Points: 44 percent to 41 percent

Polling completed last week by Garin Heart Yang Research Group, run by pollster Geoff Garin, showed there has been a significant shift and the race has moved closer toward Bill Thompson.

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Commute PATH, Train, October 30, Friday, 11:32 A.M

October 31st, 2009

Can I take their picture?

Can I take their picture?

Getting better at interacting with commuters to get pictures. Asked politely. Lighting not so good (see below) and shot with flash (which is a no-no on NYT subways) but don’t know about PATH.
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The Quiet Before the Sturm und Dang

October 30th, 2009

If institutions of higher learning desire academic honesty, they must be institutions of obvious integrity, places where students, faculty, and administrators seek truth and wisdom and technical expertise in an environment marked by trust, honesty, respect, fairness, responsibility, and courage. Peg Hogan, Former President, The Center for Academic Integrity

“Bullying academic departments tend not to allow assistant professors to follow their own bliss, either in the classroom or in their research agendas. This is sometimes the very motive for the bullying: Many departments really don’t want anything or anyone new or innovative around. And scrutinizing other people’s work to belittle it is one of the pleasures of academic bullying.” Historiann.

“Lest we forget.”

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