CUNY students lobby for HIV testing
By Meher Mohsin CUNY students are still furiously lobbying for funding for coordinated HIV testing, which provides both testing and counseling, to be made available at health service centers at all 24...
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By Meher Mohsin Executive employees in CUNY, including the president of Queens College, were given a 23 percent increase in the maximum salary they can earn as administrators while students continue to...
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Knight News Roundtable: Powwow with the Provost
By Meher Mohsin Four journalists and a neuropsychologist sat around The Knight News office — on a day when the campus was closed — discussing everything from pleasure and pain, to academic growth,...
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Aung San Suu Kyi warms Queens as protestors demand attention
By Meher Mohsin “If any of you are ever put under house arrest” is not the start of typical advice given to a college student living in the United States. However, when it’s Nobel Peace Prize winner...
View ArticleCUNY Pathways sparks discourse, yet again
By Aliza Chasan and Meher Mohsin Imagine a college in the United States — a community college within a university that prides itself on its diversity and immigrant population — suddenly shrinking its...
View Article$1.3 million awarded to science efforts at QC
BY MEHER MOHSIN The environmental science department at Queens College received a $1.3 million grant to train teachers to instill a better understanding of science in elementary schools. The grant —...
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Knight News Roundtable: rising through the ranks with Pedro Pineiro
BY MEHER MOHSIN Pete Pineiro, director of public safety, joined The Knight News staff for a round table discussion on Oct. 2. PHOTO BY MEHER MOHSIN. Since moving to the United States from Puerto Rico...
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Jerry Seinfeld kicks off NY comedy tour at alma mater
MEHER MOHSIN Suited up and sporting a buzz cut instead of the curly hair that made him famous, Jerry Seinfeld took to the Colden Auditorium stage with a roaring “This is where I started the whole...
View ArticleSummit with a case of the bedbugs
BY MEHER MOHSIN A room on the third floor of The Summit was emptied and fumigated in October because of a bedbug problem on a bed in one of the suites. The student, who will remain anonymous for fear...
View ArticleNYPD informant, a CUNY student
BY MEHER MOHSIN A 19-year-old John Jay College student, who worked for the NYPD’s intelligence unit under orders to bait Muslims into saying inflammatory things, denounced his work as a paid informant...
View ArticleCUNY college presidents see salary increase
Executive employees in CUNY, including the president of Queens College, were given a 23 percent increase in the maximum salary they can earn as administrators while students continue to pay rising...
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John “Tito” Gerassi
John ‘Tito’ Gerassi joined QC club STAND on its annual Genocide Awareness camp-out on the Quad in Spring 2009.Photo Credit: QC STAND Instantly recognized on the Queens College campus, his name serves...
View ArticleCUNY Pathways sparks discourse, yet again
Imagine a college in the United States — a community college within a university that prides itself on its diversity and immigrant population — suddenly shrinking its English department by 70 percent....
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Aung San Suu Kyi warms Queens as protestors demand attention
Photo by Amna ShamsAung San Suu Kyi accepts the Unisphere trophy from QC Alum Congressman Joseph Crowley, QC President James Muyskens, Grammy award winning singer Carole King, City Council Speaker...
View ArticleLie, cheat and to hell with society
Humor me for a minute and ask yourself: if you saw a classmate cheating during an exam, or were aware that they plagiarized on a paper, would you turn that person in? The majority of college students...
View Article$1.3 million awarded to science efforts at QC
The environmental science department at Queens College received a $1.3 million grant to train teachers to instill a better understanding of science in elementary schools. The grant — awarded by the...
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Knight News Roundtable: rising through the ranks with Pedro Pineiro
Photo by Meher MohsinPedro Pineiro, director of public safety, joined The Knight News staff for a round table discussion on Oct. 2. Since moving to the United States from Puerto Rico at age seven,...
View ArticleSummit with a case of the bedbugs
A room on the third floor of The Summit was emptied and fumigated in October because of a bedbug problem on a bed in one of the suites. The student, who will remain anonymous for fear of being...
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Jerry Seinfeld kicks off NY comedy tour at alma mater
QC Alum and Comedian Jerry Seinfeld launched his ‘Five Boroughs Tour’ at Colden Auditorium on Oct. 18 in front of a packed house. Photo Courtney Teri LePlante Suited up and sporting a buzz cut instead...
View ArticleNYPD informant, a CUNY student
A 19-year-old John Jay College student, who worked for the NYPD’s intelligence unit under orders to bait Muslims into saying inflammatory things, denounced his work as a paid informant to The...
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