Students shouldn’t shoulder CUNY’s money problems. Why the tuition increase defies logic by Dustin Plutzer. At a time when the average student graduates with a $25,250 debt, the CUNY board of trustees did what they consider the only rational choice to raise money: hike tuition 30 percent over the next five years. Though unemployment is…
Author: CCNY Campus Editor
Women Fight Back
Learn about the 16 Days of Activism movement against gender violence–and the proposed women’s center at CCNY by Denai Brown. Every year from November 25 to December 10, activists around the world work to raise awareness about gender violence. Defined as violence that results in physical, sexual or psychological harm, gender violence affects millions of…
End AIDS
A Harlem survivor shares his experience with HIV/AIDS to call attention to December–world AIDS month by Camille Sykes. Orbit Clanton was 20 years old when he was first diagnosed with HIV in 1982. Back then it was still known as Gay Related Immune Deficiency (GRID) or gay cancer. The disease was just beginning to show…
Wanna Play?
What’s CCNY’s Gaming Club up to? Getting ready for the new releases in what may be the most exciting season in gaming history. by Hannington Dia The CCNY Gaming Club’s meeting space looks a lot like your 8:30 am psychology class. There’s dusted up blackboards, wobbling chairs and no windows to see the Manhattan skyline…
Say It Aint So, Joe
Via the internet and social media, Penn State students weigh in on Joe Pateno’s downfall. by Alexa Watts. Known the most prolific and winningest football coaches in college history, Joe Paterno became the face of the university; and is accredited with transforming the college from a regional agricultural school to a powerhouse university. In his…
Why Can’t I Get Married?
Is marriage really for white people, as a new book says? One student considers the facts. by Tahira Rhame. I am 21, African American and a woman—and I want to get married to a black man. But in the generation ahead of me, all the black women I know are either single or divorced. They…
Ooooops!
In an article about “text neck” in the October 31, 2011 print edition of The Campus, we’d like to make a correction concerning a student interviewed about her internet and cell phone use. In the story, we say that 21-year-old junior Alyssia Osorio spends four hours a day online and sends and receives 100 texts…
Food That Makes You Smart
Just in time for the end of the year crunch, brain food you can snack on. By Chloe’ Scretchings. It’s almost finals time, when students spend hours staying up late, studying, and worrying. Many deal with stress by carbo-loading with foods they associate with comfort and ease, such as chips, French fries, candy, and caffeinated…
Tuition Hike Approved Amid Massive Protest
Occupy CUNY couldn’t stop the Board of Trustees from raising tuition by $300. Even as hundreds of CUNY students and faculty marched outside of Baruch College in midtown Manhattan on Monday, inside the building the board of trustees approved a controversial hike in tuition. The vote was 15 to 1, with only the student representative…
HPV: Men Get It, Too
What guys should know about this very common virus by Donika Rexhepi. A recent Republican debate brought to light the discussion over the HPV vaccine. Texas governor Rick Perry, who hopes to run against President Obama on the Republican ticket, issued an executive order mandating that all teenage girls in his state get vaccinated for…