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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
ZGREC Event: Drew DeWitt
Drew DeWitt, Associate Acquisition Officer, JP Morgan Global Real Assets Group honored Baruch as a guest speaker of the Zicklin Graduate Real Estate Club. His focus is on New York, Boston and Philadelphia with mainly institutional real estate funds (i.e. pension funds) Mr. DeWitt provided the audience a peek into his division and the general … Continue reading
Introducing Tante Clare Boothe
Baby, it’s cold outside. Are your thoughts turning inward for warmth and meaning? Are you confused by the modern dating scene? Is your complicated grad-school life a mess? Help is here. In response to requests, The Graduate Baruchian invited the inimitable Ms. Clare Boothe and her coterie of friends to help graduate students optimize their … 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
How to Survive Registration
post by Sunpyo Hong Click, click, submit…. Error on page? Prerequisites not met? A ‘Hold’ on your account? Will I ever be able to register? I love the feeling of submitting my classes for the new semester. Excitement for what’s to come as well as a blank slate. But usually those feelings are overwhelmed by … Continue reading
RES9776 Guest Speaker: Sam Chandan
Dr. Chandan, FRICS, took the lecturn for a guest lecture for the Thursday, November 18th class of RES\FIN 9776. Dr. Sam Chandan is the global chief economist and executive vice president of Real Capital Analytics and an adjunct professor of real estate at Wharton. The Zicklin School at Baruch has the honor of having him as … Continue reading
Tax Cuts and Austerity Measures
NPR posts a great video from professor Mark Blythe on why austerity measures and attacking the deficit aren’t the right answers to the economic crisis. If you’re a big believer in the tenets of IOUSA, consider this first.
ZGREC Speaker Series: HFF
Baruch had the honor of hosting Mike Tepedino, Tom Didio and Sam Seiden, a recent Baruch alumnus, to the Oak Room of the Newman Real Estate Building. ZGREC and ZGFC hosted the lunch for the trio from Holiday Fenoglio Fowler. HFF specializes in debt placement, structured finance, private equity & corporate finance. Mr. Tepedino, a … Continue reading
A Conversation with President Wallerstein
Baruch’s new president Mitchell Wallerstein met with GSA representatives this Monday evening. Your correspondent along with Andres Garcia, Mo Shamim, Anthony Esposito, Emily Rotella and Leon Fischman spoke with Mr. Wallerstein on his background, views and plans. His background is eclectic and non-traditional. His views are that Baruch has tremendous potential. His plans are to … Continue reading
Meeting of the Graduate Baruchian Tonight!
Hi guys, as usual we are meeting at the Hairy Monk tonight after classes. So drop on by. In fact, I’m going to sit down and buy a pitcher of beer for you. That’s right, one pitcher (maybe two) for new members and writers.
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