[Editor’s Note: Guest Writer Vladimir Zark alleged that there were errors in the original article about his chess club, published October 4. The editor decided the one way to address the allegations was to publish a new version with changes by Vladimir Zark.]
Author: The WORD
Student Chess Club an Emerging Campus Presence
Article written by Vladimir Zark
Club members meet in the roaming expanse of the third floor of Hunter West, the main lobby area by the escalators. Club President Vladimir Zarkmake usually arrives there by 12 p.m. every day during the week.
Justice League NYC Issues Statement on the Mass Carnage in Las Vegas
Justice League holds NRA responsible.
Update on the CUNY’s Efforts to Support Puerto Rican Relief Efforts During “a Crisis of Almost Unimaginable Scale”
Press Release from CUNY Chancellor About University’s Efforts to help Puerto Rico.
$1,000,000 Fund to Help Dreamers Renew DACA by October 5
The Mission Asset Fund has announced that it will provide $1,000,000 in scholarships to 2,000+ Dreamers to pay for DACA renewals by the October 5 deadline.
Special Events and Shorts for the 55th New York Film Festival
Includes World Premiere docs about Steven Spielberg, Bob Dylan, and the Metropolitan Opera; a series of four new films by Claude Lanzmann; a conversation with Kate Winslet and a master class with cinematographers Vittorio Storaro and Ed Lachman; a new restoration of G.W. Pabst’s Pandora’s Box premiering a new score; the return of Film Comment Presents; and more
The Lineup for Convergence at the 55th New York Film Festival
The sixth edition of the highly anticipated annual program delves into the world of immersive storytelling via interactive experiences, featuring virtual reality, augmented reality, live labs and demos, and more
What’s the Sentiment on This Campus About the Bill O’Reilly – Fox News Scandal?
Article by Matt Cavanagh
WORD reporters of the most ethically and culturally diverse four-year college of the City University New York were assigned to try and assess the diversity of opinions of some of the ethical voices on this campus felt about the Bill O’Reilly-Fox News sexual harassment scandal. This is one of those stories.
Feminist Activists and Scholars Planning to Do More to Support the 99%
By Matt Cavanaugh
Scholars and activists in the feminist movement say fighting for women’s rights and women’s issues, such as reproductive rights, sexual violence and discrimination and the wage gap, need to include fighting for economic issues and worker’s rights, gay rights and the rights of immigrants and migrants.
Hunter LGBT Community & the Bill O’Reilly Sex Harassment Scandal – Article by Carlos Diaz
Article by Carlos Diaz
The LGBT Hunter community is aware of Bill O’ Reilly, however, students interviewed by this reporter were not particularly interested in the news coverage about the Fox News scandal. They more concern abut the bigger picture regarding the prevalent tolerance of sexual harassment.