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Advocate, November 2006, Vol. [18], No. [3], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Hunter, City Fight to Grab Beloved School. Chad Turner (p. 1)

From the Editor’s Desk: “What are We Gonna Do Now?” (p. 2)

GC Technology: GC Paper Use Getting Out of Control. (p. 2)

Academic Repression in the First Person: Lies, Damn Lies, and David Horowitz. Grover Furr (p. 4)

Dispatches from the Front: Writing to the Test: A Cautionary Tale. Ethan Campbell (p. 6)

Fixing the Academic Labor Crisis: Lessons from History. Carl Lindskoog (p. 7)

A GC Refugee Finds Respect — in Canada. Tony Monchinski (p. 8)

Make a Diff: Volunteer for the Holidays. Advocate …

The New Face Of Queer, The New Face Of Cuny, Shawn(Ta) Smith-Cruz

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

The seventh Queer CUNY conference for LGBT students, staff, faculty, and alumni, took place at Brooklyn College on April 1, 2006. Students from all over the CUNY system of schools gathered to discuss, debate, and deconstruct what LGBT community is and what it might be.

Reflections From A Former Executive Director, Jill Dolan

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

I joined CLAGS as a board member in 1994, at a transitional moment in its history. The grassroots activist project that Marty Duberman had started in his living room had been recognized as one of CUNY's Research Centers for only a short time at that point, and many people on the board struggled with what it meant to be institutionally affiliated. The board had grown from people Marty knew personally to a broader group of gay and lesbian scholars (or simply scholars working on gay and lesbian issues) recommended by others. For example, I was brought to the board by …

Advocate, October 2006, Vol. [18], No. [2], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Excessive Force and James Fyfe’s Long Shadow. Charles Lieberman (p. 1)

Columbia Protesters Oust Minuteman (p. 1)

From the Editor’s Desk: Of Devils and Democracy (p. 2)

The Present and Future of University Podcasting. Advocate Staff (p. 4)

GC Technology: Working Towards the Future. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff (p. 5)

On the Horizon: The One-Year Plan. (p. 5)

Academic Repression in the First Person: The Dangers of a Timid Administration. Timothy Shortell (p. 6)

Graduate Student Workers: Help the Adjunct Project Serve You Better. Carl Lindskoog, Adjunct Project Coordinator (p. 6)

Jesus Camp NYC: Les Frères Corbusier Do …

Advocate, September 2006, Vol. [18], No. [1], Gc Advocate

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Graduate Center Set to Go Wireless: 1^st Phase Done by End of Spring ‘07, IT Provost says. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff (p. 1)

CUNY’s Iraq Vets Seeking New Purpose in Activism. Marriah Star (p. 1)

BoT Buys Baruch Prez a House. Advocate Staff (p. 1)

From the Editor’s Desk: Our Fashionable Cynicism (p. 2)

GC Technology: New Tech Chief Faces Thankless Role. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff (p. 2)

Academic Repression in the First Person: Two Plus Two Make Four – and Substantiate It. Kevin Barrett (p. 3)

Dispatches from the Front: First-Person Essays on Teaching. The Politics and …

Advocate, May 2006, Vol. [17], No. [5], Gc Advocate

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Racism in Education Funding? Examining the SUNY and CUNY Funding Gap. Andrea Siegel (p. 1)

Proposed Contract Bittersweet for Long-Suffering CUNY Employees. Dan Skinner (p. 1)

Photo: Immigrants Rally in Union Square. Spencer Sunshine (p. 1)

From the Editor: The Advocate Year End Overcap. Spencer Sunshine (p. 2)

Would the Real Hoverer Please Sit Down? Ellen Zitani (p. 3)

On the Uses of Hipsters. Anonymous (p. 7)

Teaching at Sing Sing Has its Rewards for Prof. Kimora (p. 8)

MI IV: Life in the Family Cruise. Tony Monchinski (p. 9)

Review: The “War on Terror” and the …

Capital Campaign To Mark Clags's 15th Anniversary, Paisley Currah

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

It may seem hard to believe, but when the new year rolled in, CLAGS turned 15. In 1991, CLAGS opened as the first university-based research center for what was then called "lesbian and gay studies" in the US. It's been a heady, infectiously exciting, and sometimes contentious 15 years.

Advocate, March 2006, Vol. [17], No. [4], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Anger, Warnings, and Grim Talk at the GC Community Meeting. From Floppies to Flash Drives: The Future of Info Resources. Dan Skinner (p. 1)

The GC Bar: A Requiem. Dan Skinner (p. 1)

Guest Editorial: My Kittens… Your Money. Jameel Haque (p. 2)

Academic Repression in the First Person: Warning! Warning! Danger! Danger! Michael Bérubé (p. 3)

On Getting Involved. Chang Wojtkowski (p. 4)

It’s Nice to be Mean. Dan R. Quiles (p. 4)

Promises & Problems: Howard Stern’s Move to Satellite Radio. Tony Monchinski (p. 5)

Neither Occupation Nor Political Islam: A Secular, Democratic, and Progressive …

Advocate, February 2006, Vol. [17], No. [3], Gc Advocate

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Temporary Reprieve for GC Tuition Hikes (p. 1)

Miguel Malo Gets Slap on the Wrist (p. 1)

Carol Lang Case Still in Arbitration; Hearings Closed (p. 1)

A GC Bar? It’s True. Dan Skinner (p. 1)

From the Editor: The CUNY Graduate Center as Bastion of Conservatism (p. 2)

Academic Freedom Group Finds “Climate of Fear” at Hunter (p. 2)

Correction (p. 2)

Academic Repression in the First Person: “Dangerous" Academics: Right-Wing Distortions About Leftist Professors. Robert Jensen (p. 3)

Masthead (p. 2)

Sex, Love, Relationships: An Advocate Special Issue

Rational Romance (or Systematic Sex). Roderick Graham …

School Violence, Irvin Sam Schonfeld

Publications and Research

The purpose of this chapter is threefold. First, the chapter summarizes what is known about the prevalence of violence and weapons in U.S. schools. Second, the chapter examines theories that bear on school violence and the empirical evidence linked to those theories. Third, the chapter looks at attempts to prevent school violence and, consequently, the suffering school violence causes.