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Free/Discounted NYC Museums

Yelena Mandenberg — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:38:53 +0000

As many of you have noticed, winter is finally upon us. This means walks in the park suck, Starbucks will be overcrowded, and staying home seems like your only option.

Well… why don’t you try some museums? Museums are a perfect winter day activity. It’s warm inside, you can spend all day there, perfect date place… and it’s cheap. For CUNY students especially.

Check out this list of free/cheap/discounted museums you can go to (taken from http://gonyc.about.com/cs/museums/a/museumdeals.htm)

Everyday Deals

Forbes Magazine Galleries Admission is always free to this interesting museum featuring collectibles such as toy soldiers, Monopoly games and more. 62 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street) 212-206-5548 Museum at ...continue reading

CUNY Ceremony Disrupted By Trustee Shouting Match

Yelena Mandenberg — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:02:30 +0000

Today was a special day for CUNY, when Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials came to the Borough of Manhattan Community College to celebrate the rebuilding of their Fiterman Hall, which was badly damaged on September 11, 2001.

However, during the first part, City Councilman Charles Barron and CUNY Trustee Jeffery Wiesenfeld has a shouting match, yelling “You shut up!” “You’re a disgrace!” and “You’re a sickening racist!”

The word is that Councilman Barron had to sit in the audience and felt disrespected that he wasn’t originally seated at the front with the other officials. He was also upset that Mayor Bloomberg did ...continue reading

CUNY Tuition Hikes Killing Students’ Future

Yelena Mandenberg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:36:30 +0000

After CUNY had already raised students’ tuition fees by $300 this fall, CUNY announced that they are raising the tuition once again this spring, by another $300.

Due to New York City’s struggling economy, the government has decided to take out its frustrations on students and cut $300 million from the public education budget, and force students to make up for that money themselves. Both CUNY and SUNY have already canceled courses, increased class sizes, imposed hiring freezes and cut maintenance needs.

“We’re tired of seeing funding for CUNY sacrificed for short-term budget savings,” said NYPIRG Vice Chairperson, Brooklyn College Junior Patrick Krus. ...continue reading

CUNY Freshmen Can’t Do Simple Math

Igor Derysh — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:25 +0000

Last week we discussed the record numbers of people that were applying to Community Colleges and City University of New York schools in general but a new study suggests that the colleges have their work cut out for them.

According to a report done by CUNY itself, 90% of students who graduated from city high schools and are entering a four-year (not two-year) CUNY school cannot do a simple algebra problem. More than a third of the students tested could not convert a fraction into a decimal.

More than 70% of the CUNY system is made up ...continue reading