Class of 2029 Take on Macaulay’s Night at the Museum
By Olive Treadwell and Tamia Turner When most people hear the phrase “Night at the…
Class of 2029 Take on Macaulay’s Night at the Museum
By Olive Treadwell and Tamia Turner When most people hear the phrase “Night at the Museum,” they may think of the 2006 movie by Shawn Levy where a security guard at the Natural History Museum witnesses the exhibits come to life upon the building’s closure. However, Macaulay students may have a different association with that…
To Infinity and Beyond: The CCNY Planetarium
By Eman Sadiq In the basement of the CCNY Marshak building is a space the size of a moderate classroom, sporting rows of plastic folding chairs, a couple of desks and podium-like stands, and an unassuming projector setup. Around once a week, lights dim and celestial bodies become visible overhead. Here sits the CCNY Planetarium,…
MoMA Visit Transcends Into Living Art
By Sasha Smolansky At first glance, the MoMA struck me as an extravagant waste of space—a collection of splatters and errors by artists who, having failed to master traditional techniques or to acquire conventional acclaim, invented new movements like cubism and abstract art to mask their inadequacies. I entered with this rigid, unyielding opinion, my…
AI actress enters a male-dominated world. She’s excited. I’m horrified.
The debut of AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood does not bode well for real-life women. By Sarah Ahmed On July 30, a YouTube video titled “AI Commissioner” was posted by Particle6, a UK production company spearheading an AI-driven approach to filmmaking. The comedy sketch features producers struggling to come up with television’s next big hit before…
In Defense of Regents Exams
By Veronica Witkowski Those of us who grew up in New York are likely familiar with the Regents exams. These standardized tests have been used to assess student learning and understanding since 1864. Currently, to graduate with a Regents Diploma, students must pass at least 5 Regents exams. Recently, however, the New York State Board…
Radicalized Online, Violent Offline: How America’s Youth Are Turning Toward Extremism
Why Trump’s words and digital echo chambers are driving the next generation toward political violence. By Isaiah Muniz An American political activist was gunned down on a college campus, not an unthinkable act in a country long plagued by school shootings, but still a deeply jarring one. The assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah did…
Zury’s Spotlight: 10 More Fall Movie Recommendations
By Zury Cordova 1. Dead Poets Society (1989) The scenery is the definition of the perfect east coast autumn, but it’s not just the fall atmospheric visuals that make this movie a classic. It’s set at a strict, elite, all-boys boarding school where a new English teacher, Mr. Keating (played by Robin Williams), shows up…
We Are Having the Wrong Conversation About Cabaret
Is it Billy Porter or Emcee that scolds us for laughing in the face of fascism? By Sarah Ahmed From the moment you step into the August Wilson Theater, you become a character of “Cabaret.” You are ushered through a side alleyway as staff place a sticker on your phone camera to prevent you from…
Apocalypse Now
In a time of immense social unease, the Apocalypse series is strikingly relevant — it is complex and chaotic, but that complexity and chaos is the point. by Eman Sadiq In December 2024, the art series Apocalypse (1988), brain-child of beatnik William S. Burroughs and artist Keith Haring, was donated to the City College of…
Empty Homes, Rising Rents: NYC’s Housing Crisis
by Prisha Rao In 2011, New York City had 979,142 extremely low income and low income renter households, but had only 424,949 units available to these groups. However, the issue isn’t merely a shortage of housing units. It’s a complex problem rooted in affordability and policy decisions that have left thousands of units unoccupied while…
