Keeping CUNY in the LoopNew university-wide alert system to be unveiledMost college students have been stunned by recent campus violence nationally, and the same events have galvanized CUNY to adopt a university-wide alert system to publicize emergency messages. Specific CUNY campuses like Queens College already implemented individual programs in the previous fall semester, but this new system will allow for all CUNY schools to receive the same message simultaneously.
Maria Perevezentseva gets ready for a return in her doubles match. She would later win her singles match, 6-3, 6-1. Lack of Practice Dooms Lady KnightsLimited practice and stiff competition kept the Lady Knights tennis team from picking up where they left off at the end of the fall season. Queens lost to Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) Knights in the team's first game this semester by the score of 7-2 inside the Tennis Center on March 7.Lady Knights' Playoff Hopes BustedBasketball season ends in quarterfinal loss to C.W. PostFor the first time in two years, the Lady Knights qualified for the playoffs, earning the sixth seed in the tourney. But even though they beat C.W. Post by double-digits once during the regular season, they faced a crushing defeat, 54-38, in the first round quarterfinals at the Pratt Recreation Center in Brookville, NY.Spherical TriviaWHAT'S THE MEANING BEHIND THOSE MYSTERIOUS SPHERES?The spheres outside of Klapper Hall, currently the home of the art and English departments, were new once. They were illuminated at night and according to Dr. Suzanna Simor, gead of the art center in the Rosenthal Library, "the effect was magical." Since their installation in 1995, countless numbers of students have walked by and ignored them for being oddities.The Music Section's Alternatives to the Good Charlotte CrapfestIt's easy for music section to sit around in our little office and talk about how much Good Charlotte sucks and that the school is wasting $120,000 of our student fees. So, as to not sound like a bunch of elitists talking out of our a**es, we decided to be a bunch of elitists who want to offer a solution. |
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