Brush up your ethics
by Danny Battista, original submitted as an essay on the topic of ethics Too often we are bombarded with what seems like a constant stream of reports of unethical behavior – reports about our lawmakers, public officials, religious leaders, educators, and those in the business world. Indeed, unethical behavior exists everywhere in our world. Ethics … Continue reading
One Day My Tv is Going to Lose the War
I don’t usually spend too much time watching TV unless House, Archer, or SVU is on. Ok, I also settle for Royal Pains and White Collar occasionally. But other than that I like to catch a few shows while I’m having my 9pm dinner after class during the week. I think I get more stressed … Continue reading
“Our Brand is Crisis”
“¡Si se puede!” Yes, you can! In the most crucial election at the time, Bolivia was suffering another decade of poverty, high unemployment, and corruption. This documentary, “Our Brand is Crisis”, returns to the country’s most crucial election and demonstrates how the marketing of a political campaign caused the country to suffer a severe … Continue reading
Music is Sex for the Ears
My Top 11 Bands of 2011–in no particular order This is always a difficult question to answer: “What’s your favorite band?” JUST ONE?! Impossible. I toiled and toiled over this list for a grueling 15 minutes or so and finally came up with this one. I’m pretty happy with it. Though I can most definitely … Continue reading
Is the World Gray?
Do we live in a world of duality? Is our world gray, or black and white? After a well lubricated evening last week and having guests at our new apartment, my cousin and I got into a semi-heated discussion at 4am on life and how the world works. About 40 minutes into our debate, … Continue reading
“Go Home and Kick the Dog”
In an interview conducted by Professor Donald Vredenburgh, David B. Henry gave us his career advice and expert opinions on leadership, management, and organizational change. He is President, Vice Chairman and CEO of Kimco Realty Corporation, with local partners in Chile, Peru, and Brazil. Contrary to the typical idea of having a plan and mapping … Continue reading
The Social Security Trust Fund. And the Truth about Money: It’s never “there.”
Op-Ed by Jeremy Sykes, Accounting, MBA Candidate Now that the tax issue has been settled by team R’Obama-can, the next issue for the new congress to solve is clearing the deficit. And the first thing they will try to “reform” will be Social Security. There is a lot of misinformation on Social Security on the … Continue reading
Support the Dream Act
post by Brant Douglas I am writing to respectfully urge you to support the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (D.R.E.A.M. Act), so it can be brought up for a vote before the close of this legislative session. Successive waves of immigration have kept America demographically young, enriched our culture and added to … Continue reading
Disenfranchisement and Deception
Opinion, Politics by Jeremy Sykes The appeal of Tea Party rhetoric to ordinary people seems inestimable. It seems abundantly clear that elections are decided on the “gut” feelings that ordinary citizens have toward their politicians. They are not entirely wrong to think this way. After all, politicians hedge their bets and are intentionally mealy-mouthed about … Continue reading
The rad scientist
The April 25th issue of Crains NY featured an article “The Rad Scientist” about the Matthew Goldstein, the head honcho of the CUNY system if you didn’t know. Recent times have seen him push to elevate the profile of the CUNY system. Namely to pursue cutting edge research. More research is great, but I see Baruch … Continue reading
The Graduate Baruchian 