With Clancy Gone, Health Services Down But Not Out
by Advocate Staff
Mary P. Clancy, RN, was the Graduate Center’s only licensed medical provider. With the recent departure of the beloved Mary Clancy, Director of the Health Services Center, the Office of Student Affairs has been scrambling to find an adequate successor. Meanwhile many new and returning students are arriving at the Graduate Center only to find […]
Wireless at Last:
Service in place in Library, Commons, and other sites
by Advocate Staff
Diagrams of coverage: Concourse Level Level 1 Level 2 The floor plans shown give an approximate idea of the wireless internet access points in the Graduate Center. Readers should note that for the first and second phase deployments, the back area of the first floor (where the CUNY television studios are located) is not included […]
PSC Contract Battle Begins: CUNY, Union Far from Agreement
by Advocate Staff
On Sept. 19, the contract between the City University of New York and The Professional Staff Congress — the faculty and staff labor union for the entire university — officially expired. Although the union and the university have already begun the long process toward a new contract, no salary offer has yet been made by the university, and consequently, any […]
CUNY Tightens Admissions Standards for Senior Colleges
by Advocate Staff
Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and the City University of New York have recently announced plans to raise undergraduate admissions standards for all of the university’s eleven senior colleges. The new plan, which would raise the minimum required SAT math scores for incoming freshmen from 480 to 500 at six of the 11 senior colleges, and from […]
It Can’t Happen Here: Or Has It?
by Advocate Staff
“Yes. Why are you afraid of the word ‘Fascism,’ Doremus? Just a word – just a word! And might not be so bad, with all the lazy bums we got panhandling relief nowadays, and living on my income tax and yours – not so worse to have a real Strong Man, like Hitler or Mussolini…” – Sinclair Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here The media […]
Letters to the Editor
by Advocate Staff
Dear Editor: I just read Nikhil Bilwakesh’s Book Review: To Set This World Right: The Antislavery Movement in Thoreau’s Concord by Sandra Harbert Petrulionis. I have just finished reading “To Set This World Right: The Antislavery Movement in Thoreau’s Concord.” I was very impressed by Dr. Petrulionis’ work, which included vast research into primary sources such […]
Web Editor Needed
by Advocate Staff
The Advocate is looking for a web-savvy, motivated individual to manage and expand its web presence. Familiarity with web design, data-driven code, and site creation software strongly recommended. This is a paid position. For more information contact the Advocate at advocate@gc.cuny.edu. Share on FacebookPrint Friendly
GC Technology: New Computer Blitz for Library, Computer Labs
by Advocate Staff
The Information Technology department had a busy summer and students entering the library or the computer classrooms this fall will notice the difference. One of the most noticeable changes is the equipment; nearly 200 new PCs have been set up, and 200 more new PCs just arrived and are waiting to be installed over the next […]
Learning Teaching Excellence (the Hard Way)
by RPorter
When I first began teaching in the sociology department at Queens College I was also new to the Graduate Center. At the end of each semester emails go out looking for adjuncts and those emails continue right up to, and sometimes well beyond, the first day of classes. I thought that teaching would be an interesting supplement to […]
Towards Adjunct Empowerment
by Carl Lindskoog
As the academic year begins, some Graduate Center students are facing a college class as teachers for the first time while others are resuming their now familiar role of adjunct teaching. Veteran and first-timer alike, we are all heading back to work. And as we do, we should take a moment to consider how we experience our […]
