Updates from November, 2007

  • A Waste of Tax-Payers Money... I Think Not

    Jasmine Tronchin, Nadya Stevens, Tallon Taylor 12:12 pm on November 23, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    If you are going to check out a book or do some research at the brooklyn public library you’ll notice that the building is undergoing some major changes. There has been an expansion at the brooklyn public library located on grand army plaza. (More …)

     
  • Community Colleges Give Second Chances

    Jordan Temple 6:25 pm on November 17, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: College, college life, college students, community colleges, Education, ERDA, NSF

    The City University of New YorkCollege is a time for growth mentally as well as socially. It is very important that College is an option for young people after high school, as many fall by the wayside. The reality is that we do not know all of the answers, and that we are not those perfect people that our parents may see. Our generation, generation X is overstimulated, over-indulgent, overeating, and just over-the-top. Many kids are not graduating school on time, which made President Bush institute the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002. The Act puts pressure on individual schools for overall academic achievement, and makes sure that there are well-educated teachers in the classroom as well as updated textbooks among other things. (More …)

     
  • CBS 2 News Anchor Russ Mitchell Visits Aspiring Journalists

    Nikki Newton 8:26 pm on November 10, 2007 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: CBS, Russ Mitchell

    CBS.com Russ MitchellOn November 3rd, CBS news anchor and correspondent Russ Mitchell was invited to speak to the young teenagers of the New York Association of Black Journalists. Anchor of both the Sunday edition of the CBS Evening News and The Early Show, Russ Mitchell grew up in St. Louis, Missouri to a loving and supportive family. Interested in politics and writing, he decided to pursue (More …)

     
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