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2005

City University of New York (CUNY)

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Advocate, October 2005, Vol. [17], No. [2], Gc Advocate Oct 2005

Advocate, October 2005, Vol. [17], No. [2], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Wellness Center Survives Fee Crisis: DSC Funding of Student Health Services Assured; Referendum Passes 654 to 457 (p. 1)

Corporate Rubbish: Evaluating Restaurant Associates’ Environmental Claims about Styrofoam Cups. Lea Johnson (p. 1)

From the Editor. Spencer Sunshine (p. 2)

Academic Repression (p. 2)

People Get Ready: Historic PSC Mass Meeting Packs Cooper Union. Abby Schoneboom (p. 3)

Academic Repression in the First Person: Interview with Carol Lang: Is CUNY Trying to Silence a Long-Time Critic on Trumped-Up Charges? Spencer Sunshine (p. 4)

This Could Happen to You. Andy Smith (p. 5)

Analysis: Iraqi Democracy: Is Civil …


Advocate, September 2005, Vol. [17], No. [1], Gc Advocate Sep 2005

Advocate, September 2005, Vol. [17], No. [1], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Features / Community News

18% Hike Slams CUNY Graduate Students. James Hoff (p. 1)

GC Welcomes Bill Kelly as President (p. 1)

DSC Welcomes Students Back (p. 1)

Contents (p. 1)

From the Editor. Spencer Sunshine (p. 2)

Academic Repression (p. 2)

Angry About Academic Repression? (p. 3)

Community News: New Trial for Miguel Malo Begins (p. 3)

Around Town: What Does the Fate of NYU’s Graduate Student Union Hold for CUNY? Andrea Morrell (p. 4)

Analysis: State-Sponsored Hate Speech in the War on Terror: A Plan to Push Back. Dan Skinner (p. 5)

Suggestions for a …


Advocate, May 2005, Vol. [16], No. [6], Gc Advocate May 2005

Advocate, May 2005, Vol. [16], No. [6], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Features / Community News

City College Reinstates CCNY Four, But Charges Still Pending. James Hoff (p. 1)

Frances Degen Horowitz to Step Down as GC President (p. 1)

April PSC Contract Update. Mariya Gluzman (p. 1)

Editorial: Farewell Letter from the Editor. James Trimarco (p. 2)

“Resistance Unarmed: Colombian Communities Building Alternatives to War” Photo Exhibit (March 17-April 17, 2005). Debora Upegui (p. 3)

AELLA Statement in Support of Student Strike at University of Puerto Rico (p. 3)

Analysis: The Cult of Institutions. Tony Monchinski (p. 4)

Brazilian Agrarian Reform Under Lula – MST to March. Hannah …


Advocate, March 2005, Vol. [16], No. [5], Gc Advocate Mar 2005

Advocate, March 2005, Vol. [16], No. [5], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Community News

The Case for Restructuring Information Resources. Annalies Kamran (p. 1)

When a Tsunami Raises Coffee Prices: What Do Students Think About the Dining Options at the Graduate Center? Antonia Levy and Dan Skinner (p. 1)

A New $12 Fee for Wellness Center is a Good Deal for CUNY (p. 2)

Interactive Technology & Pedagogy Certificate Draft. Masha Rumer (p. 3)

A Day in the Life of a GC Adjunct. Anonymous (p. 5)

Features

Fear and Loathing in Amsterdam. Anonymous (p. 8)

Prose Poem: Flying South. Tony Monchinski (p. 10)

National Public Radio’s Terry Gross: On …


Advocate, February 2005, Vol. [16], No. [4], Gc Advocate Feb 2005

Advocate, February 2005, Vol. [16], No. [4], Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

BMCC Puts “Homeland Security” Program on Hold. James Hoff (p. 1)

State Assembly Member Ron Canestrari Visits GC. Paul McBreen (p. 1)

Chance to Improve GC Email System After Outage. James Trimarco (p. 1)

Editorial: Defend Ward Churchill and Academic Freedom (p. 2)

Drugs and Power in Afghanistan. Gerasimos Karavitis (p. 4)

Inaugural Protest Small on Numbers But Big on Enthusiasm. Matt Lau. (p. 5)

The Case for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century. Jason Schulman. (p. 6)

Reflections on the Revolution in... Israel? William Adler (p. 7)

For Foreign Students: Immigrant Driver’s Permits: A Perilous Two-Tier System. …


Literacyscape: The History, Politics And Practice Of Basic Writing, Tim Mccormack Jan 2005

Literacyscape: The History, Politics And Practice Of Basic Writing, Tim Mccormack

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Perhaps nowhere else in American society is the ideology, theory and politics of language literacy so emphatically revealed than in the hopeful and daunting attempt by Basic Writing students to leap-frog their way over the real socio-cultural, linguistic and/or politically constructed remedial barriers and into the mainstream of college life. This dissertation documents and analyzes a Basic Writing classroom at the City College of the City University of New York in the final year that the college offered Basic Writing to matriculated students. This project details the lived experience of a single Basic Writing course and the lives of the …