President Lisa and others respond to students’ top concerns By Amaani Bhamla. Last month students met with Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico and her cabinet members in the Great Hall and got the opportunity to address their concerns. Here’s what’s on the minds of City College students, and how President Lisa and other officials responded to the…
Author: CCNY Campus Editor
Huff and Puff
Students Divided Over Proposed Smoking Ban Amaani Bhamla. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is once again trying to extinguish public smoking. Last month, he proposed a new law that would ban smoking outdoors in parks, beaches and pedestrian malls and plazas. As a result of the mayor’s 2002 ban on smoking in bars and restaurants, “New York…
Un-Fare!
Students Sound-off About New MTA Rate Hike By Amaani Bhamla. At City College, the vast majority of students travel to class by subway. This makes the latest fare hike especially painful. Despite cutting back on service last summer, on October 7, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) voted to raise prices—the fourth increase since 2005. The…
Beaver Basketball: New, Improved and Ready to Run
Men’s and women’s hoops season preview City College basketball is kicking into gear, and the Beavers are primed to make a run at winning seasons. After disappointing results in the last three years, both the men’s and the women’s basketball teams have been retooled and reloaded. At this writing, in preseason play this month, the…
Good-bye CPE
CUNY trustees do away with the annoying proficiency exam Not many students have been crying over this news: In a surprising move, the CUNY Board of Trustees voted to eliminate the CUNY Proficiency Examination (CPE) as a requirement for students to graduate. With little fanfare, the Board deep-sixed the test late last year. And the…
OMG – I Can’t Stop Texting!
The epidemic that’s causing a student-professor rift Text messaging has exploded in popularity over the last several years. According to the Pew Research Center in Washington DC, 72 percent of adults eighteen and older with cell phones send and receive text messages, up from 58 percent three years ago. On average, adults send and receive…
Let’s Dance
Salsa Mambo club back in swing The Salsa Mambo club, one of the largest and longest running Latin clubs at CCNY, is back in action. More students than ever are using their club hours to dance away their classes, tests, homework and other responsibilities. “I would say this is one of the biggest turnouts we’ve…