Before the public admission that our government was spying on its own citizens, my family had long suspected that our phones might well be tapped. This essay is a public apology. America, I would like to apologize to you personally. Thousands, perhaps millions of your tax dollars have...
At the March 15 GC Community Meeting, billed as an open forum on recurring computing problems, Information Resources’ annum horribilis devolved into a GC-style theatrum absurdum. President Kelly opened with some optimistic remarks about the budget process in Albany (CUNY, it...
Sadly, though not unpredictably, the GC Bar has closed. On March 17, Vice President of Student Affairs Matthew Schoengood sounded the death knell via an email: “Although we had hoped to provide this service on a trial basis through the end of Spring 2006 semester, it became...
The following is a blog posting, titled Warning! Warning! Danger! Danger! by professor Michael Bérubé. Michael was recently selected by David Horowitz for inclusion in his book The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America. Readers can visit his blog at...
Sometimes the Graduate Center feels like a hotel. Students check in and check out, pay their bills, get their learn on, and leave for the day, or week… or semester. I don’t mean that the sense of cohesiveness and community is lacking; that depends on social and familial...
