The massive earthquake that hit the poverty-stricken Haiti almost three weeks ago brought the Queens College community together to help victims and their families recover and rebuild their lives.
Following the disaster, QC launched several programs, including a food and clothing drive and "Hands for Haiti," allowing students to donate items or send money to the victims.
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On Tuesday, November 17, the legacy of jazz took center stage at Colden Auditorium, as Queens College, in partnership with RADD and Unisphere, Inc., presented the HSBC Bernie Williams Tolerance Concert, which brought together the former Yankee outfielder, trumpeter Jimmy Owens, and pianist Randy Weston to celebrate tolerance, social responsibility and environmental responsibility.
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Joe Nichols, an Arkansas native, has received numerous accolades in country music, including the ACM's Top New Male Vocalist, the Country Music Association's Horizon Award, a CMT Flameworthy Award for Best Breakthrough Video, as well as a total of three Grammy nominations.
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With the final season approaching and many questions yet to be answered, “Lost” fans are preparing for the final season of their favorite show. Besides catching up with the show on DVD, Blu-Ray users who purchased season five get the uber-geek-chic extra, "Lost University."
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Like relatively few of you out there, I do not like the vampire romance genre. It's like teletubbies to me: irritating, possibly sketchy and everywhere you look. But my dislike of vampire novels doesn't extend to the root of this ubiquitous topic, the granddaddy of all blood-suckers, Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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How a Best Selling Author Became our Nation's 44th President
Barack Obama spoke to a national audience during his State of the Union Address. It was another lackluster performance. There didn’t seem to be any common theme or agenda. After analyzing how President Obama has failed to accomplish much as commander-in-chief, I have come to the realization that it his strengths and not supposed weaknesses that have actually weighed down his performance as president.
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The Haiti earthquake sent tremors down the backbone of St. Joachim and Anne School in Queens Village, a Roman Catholic grade school. At a school with an 80-percent Haitian population, many were affected by the disaster. One student lost 30 of his cousins.
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The Women and Work Program, which takes place in Queens College from February to May, trains women who want to enter the workforce but lack the educational background and technological skills to do so.
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As jaded New Yorkers, we've got to admit that smiling seems foreign to us sometimes. A grin from a man on the subway is a crude leer. Even eye contact is dangerous in a city of millions. But hard as it may be to believe, our society is one of the most charitable toward the act of smiling in modern history.
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