Category: Campus Stories

Students Need to Be Aware of a Never Ending Scourge: Phishing – Article by Tony Ayala

by Tony Ayala • December 27, 2024

Phishing, a pox ever there was one. Hunter’s Internet Computer Instructional Information (ICIT) early in the semester that has recently ended, notified the campus of the digital menace: “We are currently witnessing an uptick in the number of phishing incidents asking staff and students to validate accounts, and share personal information. We hope that all staff and students will review this information and the awareness courses recommended in last weeks emails.”

Stay alert,” according to the warning, “for unexpected messages requesting personal information. Refrain from sharing personal or sensitive information like bank account numbers, social security numbers, or student IDs, with unfamiliar sources.” – Article by Tony Ayala.

“Unhinged!”

by Tony Ayala • December 26, 2024

Chen Pan, 22, a sophomore who hasn’t declared a major yet, said in an interview about students’ pressing issues this semester, that one of his instructors was “unhinged.” Abby Guastella, 19, a sophomore who hasn’t decided on a major yet, described her worries about her classes, saying “I have so many stresses of college for one.” Lamont Jackson, a 26-year-old media studies major with a concentration in journalism, said he had one clear pressing issue: “I want to raise awareness about Christian persecution.” – Article by Tony Ayala.

So Said Senior Citizen Students Interviewed by this Reporter About the 2024 Presidential Election – and So Much More [© the WORD’s Lamont Jackson]

by LaMont Jackson • December 24, 2024

Assistant Editor LaMont Jackson’s candid interviews with selected Hunter College senior citizen students about their opinions and decisions about the 2024 presidential elections and the happenings in the political scenery of New York and New York City.

First in a Series
What Say Some Hunter Students at the Start of the Fall Semester About Issues They Are Facing in 2024

by LaMont Jackson • October 11, 2024

“Healthcare is awful. We need universal healthcare in this country,” said Walter Weis, 69, majoring in media studies with a focus in journalism. “There’s too many sicknesses and chronic diseases.” Other interviews are in the works. – Article 1 by LaMont Jackson, Assistant Editor

The First Day of Classes 2024 Fall Semester at Hunter College/CUNY: Bada Bing, Bada Boom - Part 1

by Greggory W Morris • August 30, 2024

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) came under fire this month after it declared academic boycotts to be “legitimate tactical responses” and “not in themselves violations of academic freedom,” which was a reversal of its previous and longstanding position on the issue. Many have condemned this decision as a threat to academic freedom and a furtherance of the harmful politicization in higher education.
Some AFA members have written and spoken out in response, including Joshua Katz, who wrote in City Journal that the decision adds “fuel to the fire” of ongoing campus tumult, and Cary Nelson, a past president of the AAUP, who wrote in The Chronicle of Higher Education that it is an abandonment of academic freedom that violates the AAUP’s own stated values.
Linked here is a petition related to the AAUP’s new position that many of our members have shared with us and several have already signed. We are sharing it with you in case you are interested in adding your name
– Gregg W. Morris