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How to Avoid the Swine Flu This Season
by Adraenne Bowe
This flu season (2009 – 2010), there are more uncertainties than usual because of the emergence of a new 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (previously called “novel H1N1” or “swine flu”) that has caused the first influenza pandemic (global outbreak of disease) in more than forty years.
Severity is uncertain. Many people do not have immune protection against this new and […]
Where’s the Anger?
by Renee McGarry
Forgive me if you’ve heard this one before. On September 11, 2009 I passed my second exam and advanced to candidacy. On September 10, 2009, I was told I wasn’t going to receive my first paycheck until October 8, 2009. I also discovered that about 150 graduate assistants — through no fault of their own — were in the same situation.
Rather than spending […]
DSC Page
by Shawn Rice
For this month’s installment of the DSC page, we have a mix of the practical as well as a more reflective section about what it means to be a student at the Graduate Center and also be employed by the Graduate Center itself. Let’s start with the practical.
Party
We’re having a party, and you’re invited. Find it on October 23, […]
The Revolution will be Televised
by Antonia Levy
Revolution is a spectacle, and terror is public performance. That, it seems, is the message of the action-filled The Baader Meinhof Complex by German director Uli Edel. Adapted from journalist Stefan Aust’s book of the same title, the film attempts to tell the “true story” of what later became known as the first generation of the Red Army Faction (RAF) — Germany’s Weather Underground, but with a martyr twist.
And the Beat Goes on… and on, and on…
by Naomi Perley
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Last month, the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Argento New Music Project, the Music Information Center Austria (MICA), and Le Poisson Rouge jointly presented Moving Sounds 2009, a festival “devoted to sound and its roles in contemporary music.” The three-day festival, which sought to bring together artists working with sound across different media and genres, featured several concerts of works by “classical” composers as well as by DJs, an art installation at the Austrian Cultural Forum, panel discussions, and parties. In order to get a taste of the festival, I attended concerts on September 12 and 13 and one of the panels on the afternoon of September13.
Kings and Queens
by Frank Episale
County of Kings. Written and performed by Lemon Andersen. At the Public Theater.
A Boy and His Soul. Written and performed by Colman Domingo. At the Vineyard Theater.
I recently showed my students some clips of documentary and political theatre, including Moisés Kaufman’s The Laramie Project and Anna Deveare Smith’s Fires in the Mirror. One of the […]
The End of Print – or Something More
by Daniel Douglas
Losing the News: The Future of the News that Feeds Democracy by Alex S. Jones. Oxford University Press (2009)
“I don’t read the newspaper, I get my news online” is a phrase heard so often, it could be considered the battle cry of the digital-age. And as with any battle, this one is not without its casualties. Today it […]
Our Planet, Our Selves
by Justin Rogers-Cooper
The End of Food by Paul Roberts. Houghton Mifflin (2008)
Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture by Thom Hartmann. Viking Press (2009)
As we move closer to the tipping point of climate change, where we’ll lose control of our ability to influence atmospheric conditions on Earth, it’s probably time to reevaluate how everyday habits got us here. As a polemic, […]
The GC Advocate Guide to the 2009 NYC Mayoral Elections
by Advocate Staff
Let’s face it. The pickings in this year’s mayoral race are pretty slim. Bloomberg has outspent every other candidate in the field by a good $60 million, and the Democrats have hardly put their best foot forward by nominating the lackluster underdog Bill Thompson. Meanwhile, the Greens have chosen a celebrity candidate who may or not actually […]
