On Monday, March 2, an exhibit of posters, artwork and dioramas titled "Women in the Local and Global Economy" went up on the East and West bridges at Hunter College. By the end of it day, the display generated a buzz among students. "The overall frame was to investigate how the globalized economy affects women both at the local and global level, and what options women have within this economic re-structuring we generally call 'globalization,'" said Carmeilina Cartei, an adjunct lecturer who helped organize the exhibit.
Adolfo Carrión, former Bronx Borough President and graduate of Hunter College, was appointed as the White House Director of Urban Affairs for the newly created White House Office of Urban Affairs, the president's staff announced late last month. Carrión, 47, is expected to work on creating and coordinating federal programs directed at improving the quality of life in the country's struggling cities.
Excited voices mingled, DJ music blared, and students circled rows of club tables to gather various flyers and brochures at the March 4 Undergraduate Student Government club fair, organized to familiarize Hunter students with the many clubs available to them.
Do you think you saw Philip Seymour Hoffman at Hunter a few days ago? Don't worry, you weren't hallucinating. That could have been him. Really. If you were wandering around the 7th floor bridge between the East and the West buildings of Hunter College on Feb.
With reporting by Hannah Levine, Arts and Entertainment Editor On March 5, at around 2 PM, the chanting outside of Hunter College could be heard on the highest floors of the building if classroom windows were open. "Walk Out! No budget cuts! No tuition hikes!" students and faculty members shouted, while receiving percussion accompaniment from fellow comrades playing the drums and tambourines.
On Feb. 26, students and faculty met with Professors Phillip Alcabes, Sandra Clarkson and Provost Vita Rabinowitz in a public meeting to give their feedback on the latest working draft of the Self-Study Report, a compilation of documents to be submitted to the Middle States Commission of Higher Education, the organization reviewing Hunter for re-accreditation this year.
In an informal Snack and Chat meeting with students and administrators on Feb. 19, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Eija Ayravainen sought to calm students' heightened fears of budget cuts and tuition hikes. But what was supposed to be a conversation to discuss students' larger experience at Hunter, turned into an intense inquiry about the lack of funds for CUNY.