Going beyond the oppressive anti-smoking measures being implemented by the city, CUNY will ban smoking on all its campuses, including outdoor areas reports the Daily News. That shouldn’t be too hard to enforce, right? Especially at Hunter College’s very public location on 68th Street and Lexington.
Students at my alma mater, Hunter College, gathered for a mandatory higher-tuition-rates-suck rally on Thursday and briefly tried to occupy the UES campus. The NYPD also attended, but weren’t as supportive and after a little chaos broke out, a total of four students were arrested. Ah, college days. This video gives me idealistic nostalgia. |Gothamist|
Nas is performing tonight at Hunter College, but it’s not open to the public so you better hope you know a student or can forge an ID. What’s up with some comp tickets for alma mater? |LastFM|
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Today at approximately 2:00 pm, the sidewalks around 68th Street and Lexington Avenue are likely get very crowded as Hunter College students plan a walk out. According to a communique sent by email late last night, they’re protesting a “proposed tuition hike, budget cuts, and faculty and staff layoffs at CUNY.” Additionally, students at BMCC are planning a rally at 3:00 pm. This will be followed by a demonstration around 4:00 pm at City Hall by One New York Coalition, which represents the “United Federation of Teachers and 75 other unions.”
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