President Obama laid out a heavy agenda of policy initiatives during his politically charged State of the Union address. The speech covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economy, as well as climate change, immigration, gun reform, poverty, and voting accessibility. He stressed the necessity of economic reforms that promote “a rising, thriving…
Can a glowing, brain-topped recycled bread truck revolutionize science education? Yes — if Tyler Alterman (Hunter ’13) has his way. Alterman has launched a campaign to fund The Think Tank, a cognitive science lab-on-wheels, in order to transform public perception of the sciences. He thought of the idea after reading a New York Times article…
“The new McCarthyism is rising,” warned Omar Barghouti as the faint voices of protestors outside filtered into the buzzing room, where over 250 students and members of the public gathered at Brooklyn College on February 7 to attend a panel on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement. The Brooklyn College Students for Justice in…
Reports that North Korea has been conducting successful nuclear tests have recently rattled the Western world. Of course, this is an international security issue, and one that the United States should remain on alert. However, North Korea’s nuclear capability is simply a deterrent, used to ensure the Kim regime of its survival in a world,…
There seems to be a lot of hatred running around the Internet regarding “fake gamer girls,” and admittedly, I joined in on this fun quite gladly for a long time. I am sure that by now most of you have seen quite a few people weigh in on this issue; it is in certain respects…
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