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By M.A. Rahman and Zainab Iqbal Published: February 7th, 2018 Two faint but noticeable plumes of smoke emerged on campus near the West End Building (WEB) on Brooklyn College last Thursday at around 6:30 pm—a trailer had caught on fire. According to Assistant Vice President for Facilities Francis X. Fitzgerald, …

By Zainab Iqbal Published: February 7th, 2018 College of Liberal Arts and Science (CLAS) Student Government President Nissim Said does not stop. Not even to clean the cluster that has overtaken his office. And not even during the month-long winter break. Instead, Said spent that time working on a brand …

By Radhika Viswanathan  Brooklyn College students are typically unfazed at the sight of large production trucks and trailers parked on Bedford Avenue, or signs that display another school’s name hanging from the banners on the campus quad. From 9 am to 3 pm on Thursday, Dec. 7, trucks, a film …

By Carmen Saffioti Published: December 6th, 2017 Brooklyn College held its first ever World AIDS Day art show, hosted by the LGBTQ Resource Center in collaboration with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance (LGBTA) at Brooklyn College on Nov. 28.   The art show featured alum and student artists as well as …

By Zainab Iqbal Published: December 6th, 2017 The mayor of hurricane-stricken San Juan, Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz, gave the keynote address and spoke about the current state of response to natural disasters at Brooklyn College’s “Weathering the Storm” event last Thursday, Nov. 30 at the Competition Gym in the …

By Zainab Iqbal Published: November 29th, 2017 “When women’s bodies are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!” A dozen students, along with BC Classics professor Nicholas Rynearson, held posters and chanted slogans that accompanied the #MeToo movement all across campus on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The “Stand …

By Samip Delhiwala Published: November 29th, 2017 Eight months after disclosing his throat cancer diagnosis to the public, James B. Milliken, the chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY), announced last Tuesday, Nov. 21 in a letter to CUNY that he will step down from his position at …

By Adam Zaki Published: November 29th, 2017 In an email sent out to students on Thursday, Nov. 16 by Katherine Fry, the Chair of the Television and Radio Department, it was revealed that John Anderson, the Director of the Journalism and Media Studies (JAMS) department, is resigning after the end …

By Adam Zaki Published: November 22nd, 2017 City University of New York’s (CUNY)  #GivingTuesday campaign is taking place this Tuesday, Nov. 28, and has goals to pass last year’s donation total. After raising $21,000 in 2016, the goal for this year is to surpass that, and continue that pattern for …

By Adam Zaki Published: November 22nd, 2017 “If you think of education as a daring adventure, CUNY Brooklyn College might be right up your alley,” reads bestvalueschool.com’s opening sentence describing Brooklyn College, after ranking the school #52 in its list of Top 100 Affordable Universities. While being praised on the …