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80 Minutes: CUNY Public Safety and the Detainment of Three Students
Design by Alessa Adhikari By Fiona Fahey On Wednesday, April 15, three Hunter College undergraduates found themselves confined to a standard-sized holding cell in City College’s Wingate Hall. Members of the City University of New York (CUNY) Internationalist Clubs, the students were tabling on CCNY’s campus in hopes of collecting signatures for the PSC-CUNY — a faculty and staff union — petition calling for the creation of Immigrant Student Success Centers on all CUNY campuse
Ethical Chaos in the House
Photography by Harold Mendoza for Unsplash By Steven Hernandez Chaos seems to have overtaken the halls of Congress. In the past month, three lawmakers from both political parties resigned from office after facing ethical investigations. With these three resignations, serious questions have been raised about whether the Ethics Committee is capable of effectively holding members of Congress accountable. What is the House Ethics Committee? The U.S. House Committee on Ethics, als
Take a Look, Read a Book
Photography by Rex Kwon By Tiffany Matos What happened to the joy of reading? The power of printed words can enrich our imaginations and mentalities in a special way. If you didn’t know, reading can help in multiple ways such as mental endurance, reducing stress levels, enhancing empathy, strengthening brain connectivity, and improving cognitive function. It is recommended by the National Library of Medicine to read for 20-30 minutes a day in order for cognitive benefits to t
The CBA Agreement Is Here: This Is What It Means to WNBA Players
Image Credit: Kevin Coles By Francisca Lorca After 17 months of negotiations, the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) has reached a new tentative Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) deal for the 2026 season that starts in May. This contract is the bridge between players and the WNBA towards better working conditions and salaries after the previous contract ended in October 2025. “I’m going to set the record straight here. I will be staying in New York. I’m
Take a Look, Read a Book
Photography by Rex Kwon By Tiffany Matos What happened to the joy of reading? The power of printed words can enrich our imaginations and mentalities in a special way. If you didn’t know, reading can help in multiple ways such as mental endurance, reducing stress levels, enhancing empathy, strengthening brain connectivity, and improving cognitive function. It is recommended by the National Library of Medicine to read for 20-30 minutes a day in order for cognitive benefits to t
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A.I. Usage and Water Consumption
Jefferson Lab | Photo by Aileen Devlin By Francisca Lorca The use of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has been helpful in recent years to bigger corporations (such as Google and Meta, to name a few), but has received backlash in different communities. The water A.I. requires to keep itself functioning reaches five million gallons per day, which is equivalent to the usage by a population of 10,000 to 50,000 people. With a wide variety of data centers throughout the United State
Fáilte!: Kneecap and Political Activism Through Music
Art by Christian Branch By Fiona Fahey On September 26, a London court threw out a terror-related charge against a member of the Irish punk-rap group, Kneecap. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, was charged with a single count of terrorism after London’s Metropolitan Police claimed that he displayed the flag of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah during a November 2024 concert. In February 2019, the UK classified Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and
Hurricane Melissa Relief Efforts from CCNY's Caribbean Students Association
By Alyssa Beaumont Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica on October 28, 2025, as a devastating Category 5 storm; the strongest to ever make landfall on the island, with winds reaching 185 mph. These extreme winds, coupled with torrential rainfall and life-threatening storm surges (up to 13 feet in some coastal areas), flooded and demolished many homes and businesses. Areas along the eastern coast of the island — such as the town Black River and the city of Montego Bay — have seen som
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The CBA Agreement Is Here: This Is What It Means to WNBA Players
Image Credit: Kevin Coles By Francisca Lorca After 17 months of negotiations, the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) has reached a new tentative Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) deal for the 2026 season that starts in May. This contract is the bridge between players and the WNBA towards better working conditions and salaries after the previous contract ended in October 2025. “I’m going to set the record straight here. I will be staying in New York. I’m
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Reviews
CCNY One-Acts: Reviews
Photography by Joseph E. Parker By Max Pearson and Joseph E. Parker Group F Reviews By Max Pearson The CCNY One-Acts were several student-written and directed plays performed during the weekend of May 10th. Split into several groups of four, the plays were approximately seven minutes long, offering a quick way to see many students perform. This is a review for Group F, which included Hunting Bigfoot?, Speed Dating, Phone Sex & A Dumb Show, and The Baby. Group F’s production o
Have You Seen 'The Drama'?: A Review on One of the Year’s Most Anticipated Films
Design by Ingrid Ibarra By Ingrid Ibarra The Drama, starring A-listers Zendaya and Robert Pattinson who play Emma and Charlie respectively, made buzz online long before it hit theaters. The dark romantic comedy, directed by Kristoffer Borgli, released April 3rd, 2026. Borgli is a Norwegian filmmaker who also made Dream Scenario (2023), starring Nicholas Cage, and Sick of Myself (2022). Borgli has a natural talent for taking seemingly normal scenarios and using dark humor to e
Twenty-four Years of '25th Hour'
Image Credit: Touchstone Pictures By Arlen Fox-Helbig There are satellite photos of September 12th, 2001 in New York City. A pale ominous cloud floats from Ground Zero, casting deep shadows on Jersey City and Hoboken. This year, we’re coming up on the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. As the stock phrase goes: 9/11 was a marker of the true start of the current century. I was upstate, staying at my parents’ house, helping my brother move. It was on my
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Technology
The Great Bifurcation - When Consumers Get Caught in the Crossfires of AI Providers
Design by Zury Cordova By Fahmid Alam Just a few years ago, the words “artificial intelligence” instilled people with an electrifying mix of excitement and concern, seeing it as a strange gift that came wrapped in possibility for all the different ways society could be developed. But even then, AI had been designated as a service, and many overlooked the implications of how that would shape the way it was used. With grand-scale demand that was growing at an exponential rate,
A.I. Usage and Water Consumption
Jefferson Lab | Photo by Aileen Devlin By Francisca Lorca The use of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has been helpful in recent years to bigger corporations (such as Google and Meta, to name a few), but has received backlash in different communities. The water A.I. requires to keep itself functioning reaches five million gallons per day, which is equivalent to the usage by a population of 10,000 to 50,000 people. With a wide variety of data centers throughout the United State
Supreme Court Says "No" to AI Copyright. What Do Students Say?
"A Recent Entrance to Paradise," generated by DABUS By Max Pearson On March 2nd, 2026, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Steven Thaler, a computer scientist seeking copyright for his AI generated work "A Recent Entrance to Paradise." The Court's refusal cemented a long-upheld tenet that copyrighted works must be made by a human. This decision could prove monumental, both for those interested in AI development and for human artists who seek to protec
CCNY’s “Antigone” Reframes a Classic Through a Feminist Lens
Design by Zury Cordova By Sara Outar This April, the CCNY Theatre Department debuted the long-anticipated production of Sophocles’ Antigone, reimagined through a feminist lens with an almost all-women cast. Antigone is set after the events of a civil war in Thebes. When Antigone’s brother, Polynices, dies in battle after trying to destroy Thebes, King Creon forbids honoring his death. Thus, Antigone follows a young woman who chooses to bury her brother, an act forbidden by
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