Podcasting: wave of the future? With the recent talk about podcasting within the educational environment there are many questions concerning just how one would integrate this technology into the learning experience. The GC Advocate invites your commentary and letters as to whether you...
On the Horizon: the One-Year Plan CUNY pursues licensing agreements The CUNY system is presently pursuing licensing agreement with Microsoft that will provide the Graduate Center with the new Office 2007 and Vista platforms. Ideally, this will be completed and the GC will be able to...
Academic Repression in the First Person The current attack on the academy by conservative Republicans is the result of a perfect storm of sorts. The rise of right-wing authoritarianism [1] combined with neo-con hawkish opportunism has chilled free expression in general. The Bush...
During our time at the Graduate Center, many of us choose to teach as adjuncts, become grad. assistants or fellows, or work as some other part-time employee at a CUNY college. As a result, we share common concerns about wages, benefits, and working conditions. Yet, despite our common work...
A scene from the documentaryHell House (2000). It happens every October; in small towns across the United States teenagers and community groups begin to break out the dry ice, strobe lights, fake blood, black gowns and red face paint and prepare to scare the hell out of their friends and...
