If you are like many people who have been quarantined in their houses for the past few weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you have probably had a little anxiety in conjunction with a lot of boredom. What happens when there is nothing left in your watch queue on Netflix? And Facebook memes are noContinue reading “Ways to Combat Quarantine Fatigue”
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Distance Learning: As the World Stops, Our Education Continues
The spring semester came to halt in the middle of March when New York State Governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced that all CUNY and SUNY schools will be moving to a distance learning model starting March 19th in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after, public schools around the country began to follow suit. Although this wasContinue reading “Distance Learning: As the World Stops, Our Education Continues”
Tips on Using The Internet for Journalism
When creating a new web page, there are four important terms and skills you should acquire first. The first is deciding what you should name it. This step sounds easy, but it could perhaps be one of the more difficult to do. Your web pages name can dictate the kind of following you obtain onceContinue reading “Tips on Using The Internet for Journalism”
Women Are More Than Their Parts: Unconscious Women Are Being Used to Advance Medicine, Without Their Consent
It’s No Surprise In 1951 scientists were able to grow live human cells in culture for the first time. This was an evolutionary tale that aided in medical advances such as developing a vaccine for polio, in vitro fertilization, cloning and gene mapping. HeLa cells, as they are called, are still being replicated to thisContinue reading “Women Are More Than Their Parts: Unconscious Women Are Being Used to Advance Medicine, Without Their Consent”
2020 Southeast Queens Biennial Hosted at York College Art Gallery
Margaret Rose Vendryes is a lecturer in Fine Arts and Director of the York College Fine Arts Gallery. Currently at York College Art Gallery as well as at the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning’s Miller Gallery, the Southeast Queens Biennial exhibit “Writing Home: Literacy. Identity. Environment” is on display. Vendryes emphasizes on the lackContinue reading “2020 Southeast Queens Biennial Hosted at York College Art Gallery”
The Internet Can Be A Great Place for Journalism
The options for how journalist tell their story seem almost limitless now, especially with the advancements of technology. While traditionally you may think of journalism pieces to be black and white and on print, one of the upsides the internet has to offer is how versatile it can be. A journalistic work published online canContinue reading “The Internet Can Be A Great Place for Journalism”
Conflicted Views
I am a journalism minor at my local college, but my real passion is medicine, so I am also on the premed track. I chose journalism as my minor because I do like to write and journalist in my eyes are like investigators, and in some way so are physicians. Going into journalism however hasContinue reading “Conflicted Views”
The A Word 