The first floor of Thomas Hunter Hall bristles with kinetic energy as theater students on deadline hustle about their tasks to prepare for the newest Hunter Theater Department main stage show, “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.” The play by Stephen Adley Guirgus tells the story how Judas Iscariot’s fate for betraying Jesus Christ is determined before he dies. A cast of characters are pulled from the Bible and history books … such as Mother Teresa, Caiaphas, Saint Monica, Sigmund Freud and Satan.
By Laura Chavarry
Category: News, Commentary Opinion Fit to Print
New media potpourri
Gloom and Doom Reports About The Fourth Estate Can’t Dissuade Serious Student Journalists
Despite these times of “fake news,” slimy, lying journalists, the severe mistrust of news media by the American public, according to a recent Columbia Journalism Review article, and the treats of violence against reporters trying to do their jobs, there are Hunter students impassioned about the profession nonetheless
Race Inquiry Digest, October 29, 2018 – Three Days of Hate Crimes
NAACP, Jewish Voice for Peace
NAACP, Jewish Voice for Peace, Mass Murder in Pittsburgh
You Gotta’ Do the Right Thing – As If the Lives of Your Friends, Family and Neighbors Depend on IT …
… Your Life Matters Too
American Bar Association President Calls for FBI Investigation Against Kavanaugh
ABA urges U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to conduct a confirmation vote on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States after an appropriate background check into the allegations made by Professor Ford and others is completed by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Fight Over Kavanaugh Heats Up Amid New Allegations Ahead of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is scheduled to appear Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a high-stakes hearing, beginning at 10 a.m.
Trump Rejects Globalism in Speech to U.N.
From unnews@un.org “America is governed by Americans,” Trump said on the opening day of the Assembly’s annual General Debate. “We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. Around the world, responsible nations must defend against…
New York Attorney General Sues Donald Trump Foundation and Board of Directors for Extensive and Persistent Violations of State and Federal Law
Named in the lawsuit were the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors, Donald J. Trump (“Mr. Trump”), Donald J. Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump. The suit alleges a pattern of persistent illegal conduct, occurring over more than…
Actress-Activist Rose McGowan Speaking Out About Actress-Activist Asia Argento
“A lot of people have been demanding answers and a response to the recent events surrounding Asia Argento’s sexual assault case,” says Rose Mcgowan in a statement. “Many people believe that because we have been close in each other’s lives over the past year that perhaps I am affiliated with this incident or being complicit. I am not.”