During this month of thanks and giving, I would like to acknowledge a special group of people. This group does not solely reside in my personal social circle, but in the corners of every society. Embracing this label in all its sappiness, I would call this group the underappreciated—those unsung heroes who toil away or…
For most people, November marks the start of the busy holiday season. Classes are beginning to die down, friends and family are coming back home to reunite over winter get-togethers, and a sense of community starts to settle in for the end of another year. But for those of us who aren’t as fortunate to…
Growing up, it was every child’s greatest excitement to see the calendar change to the month of October. The falling leaves, the changing of colors to deep autumnal browns and oranges and the most important: Halloween decorations. Halloween is a holiday that surrounds most children’s visions as the month of October begins. The importance of…
Here we are again: the beginning of another school year. By now, you’ve probably set your alarms, figured out your classes, and begun the ever-so tedious grind of getting into the swing of an inevitably busy semester. Whether this is your first semester at Macaulay or your last, getting back into the routine of classes,…
From the pre-school age of two to the high school age of 18, I dreaded the month of September. If you don’t believe me, check out the video of me wearing sunglasses during nap time at “Miss Rita’s,” clenching the end of my mother’s checkered skirt, babbling about wanting the “sun, sun, sun” to play…
In the face of great change in this generation, many of us are beginning to question information of the past. “History repeats itself” is an infamous saying that spans across all horizons, but remains true at every core. Just as the Enlightenment during the Scientific Revolution was centered around fact-checking and deriving the legitimacy of…
In conjunction with Baruch Hillel, an Israel Advocacy group called the David Project is offering student leaders at Baruch a chance to travel to Israel for FREE this January. This 10-day trip in January will introduce students of all religious and educational backgrounds to other students from prestigious universities around the country, while helping them…
This January, CCNY students enrolled in the Nanomaterials class were taken on a tour of the Adavanced Science and Research Center (ASRC). Though the ASRC building is one of the new buildings on the CCNY campus, it is not in fact a CCNY building. The center is an overall CUNY building that other universities in the state have…
The former women’s basketball coach and assistant athletics director of Baruch College, Machli Joseph, is charged with one count of embezzlement and misapplication of a program receiving funds. In mid-February, Joseph was caught stealing $600,000, an amount designated for use by the school’s athletic teams. Unauthorized, the former Bearcat used the money to credit his…
Gridlock in New York City has come to an ultimate high this holiday season. The hustle and bustle of holiday decorating in conjunction with the election of a candidate who hails from New York, has placed the metropolitan hub and economic center into a major traffic alert zone. In accordance with the New York City…
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