“The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.” — Tacitus (on the Roman Empire)“Evidence is worthless if you’re dead.” — Dana Scully, The X-Files Late last month, in an attempt perhaps to investigate the possibility of impeachment and to examine...
The contract recently negotiated by the PSC leadership gives part-time employees less than nothing and actually increases the inequality in the two-tier CUNY adjunct labor system. Certainly, we must vote this contract proposal down. Beyond that, however, there are broader political...
On July 21, The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York approved an increase to the Student Technology Fee (STF). Full time students at the Graduate Center will now be billed $100 and part time students will be billed $50 per semester. The DSC has a number of concerns that we...
Entering this new school year, it may seem like we got everything we asked for last year. After writing letters, calling the Chancellor, the President, legislators, and a large rally, the latest communications from the PSC and CUNY indicate that soon health insurance for doctoral student...
Where other cultures have an earth mother, the Aztecs have an earth monster. Their creation myth takes all our ideas about this familiar paradigm and goes topsy-turvy. The female creature from which the earth grew doesn’t nurture her people but terrifies them and demands ritual...
