CUNY News-In-Brief
by Advocate Staff
Paterson to CUNY: “Take a Hike…A Tuition Hike!”
The money used to fatten Mathew Goldstein’s wallet isn’t going to grow on trees, people, so get ready to pony up some cash! As if David Paterson hasn’t already caused the students at CUNY and SUNY enough grief with his statewide cuts to higher education, Governor Justice is now looking to help the struggling university systems recoup some of those losses by proposing legislation that would allow the Boards of Trustees at SUNY and CUNY to increase and/or adjust tuition rates at will. Paterson’s new bill (euphemistically titled the Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act) would neither empower students nor provide for any greater innovation
Breast Health: Building Awareness
by Linda Neiberg
This morning, as I slipped into my underwire, c – cup-with-a-hint-of-padding Donna Karan bra, I realized, again, that I have yet to find the perfect-fitting brassiere. No, I am not seeking a nature-defying, power-boobs effect (I need to be able to see the book in my lap, for starters) nor am I negating DKNY’s efforts to help us in the support department. Rather, […]
CUNY News in Brief
by Advocate Staff
Hunter Cafeteria Workers Win Settlement with AVI!!!
The strategic Affairs Department of UNITE HERE! has reported that the Hunter College Cafeteria workers have agreed to a settlement with their employer AVI Foodsystems Inc. The new settlement ends weeks of protest and a planned boycott by Hunter College students, both of which were used to put pressure on AVI to settle.
In an email sent to workers and the Hunter College community Ian Mikusko of UNITE HERE! said:
CUNY News in Brief
by Advocate Staff
Just to make sure that he seals his legacy as “WORST GOVERNOR EVER” of New York State, David Paterson has ordered yet another rape and pillage campaign against the state budget, unsurprisingly proposing to slash $53 million from allotted funds for CUNY. This, of course, instead of, uh, we don’t know, maybe increasing taxes on the rich by ½ a percent? In case other educational institutions might have been feeling left out, the governor also proposed cutting $90 million from SUNY’s annual budget, and hacking off $35 million from monies allotted to the Higher Education Services Corporation which administers student aid.
A Riot of their Own
by From the Editor
“White riot –I wanna riot White riot — a riot of my own”
—The Clash “Government…bullshit Black and white… fight”
—The Subhumans
At first the talk was all about the prospects of a “post-racial” America. Obama’s success among white voters (he received a larger percentage of the white vote than any democratic candidate since Carter) and the lack of any recordable “Bradley […]
Student Enrollment to Hit All-Time High
by Advocate Staff
As the economic crisis continues to deepen, many New Yorkers are choosing to return to school, and are looking to do so as cheaply as possible. CUNY has enjoyed a sharp 12 percent increase in applications over the past year, which will likely lead to CUNY’s highest enrollment ever next semester.
According to CUNY overlord Matthew Goldstein, […]
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950 – 2009)
by Advocate Staff
Robert Reid-Pharr
The tremendous impact that Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center, has had on the intellectual lives of an entire generation of scholars cannot be overstated. As a writer, teacher, mentor, and friend her sophisticated, precise engagements with questions of sexuality, desire, affect, and emotion have revolutionized literary and cultural studies, […]
Reservations, Elections, and Google Groups
by Advocate Staff
Adjunct Project
Keep up to date with the DSC’s Adjunct Project at http://opencuny.org/adjunctproject/.
The Adjunct Project exists to advocate for the rights of all graduate students working as adjuncts in CUNY, and liaises with other labor organizations to fight for fair working conditions.
Reservations!
If you check in at www.cunydsc.org, you’ll find that you can now check Room Reservations […]
Stop the Presses: Republicans Love CUNY
by Advocate Staff
In an effort to provide short-term relief to a budget under duress, Republican lawmakers in the New York State Senate have proposed a plan designed to attract students to CUNY and SUNY while they’re still in the cradle.
The plan, open to all children under the age of fourteen, offers parents the opportunity to lock-in future tuition costs […]
Hampshire College and the Politics of Divestment
by Advocate Staff
In 1977, Hampshire College became the first US institution of higher learning to divest from companies that did business with and helped to support apartheid South Africa. Shortly after this divestment, the college president and administration took steps to distance themselves from that landmark decision. Now, thirty-two years later, history is repeating itself.
Students for Justice […]
