Archives - October 2009

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Ed Koch on eating your way to Gracie Mansion

Eating on the campaign trail, whether stopping at a street vendor or taking a slice of pizza offered by a local shop owner – and always smiling for the cameras – was not just about scoring votes. It was about being polite.

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Guyanese in Queens listen for a different kind of tweet

October 20, 2009
By Scott Sell

In Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens, “bird racing” is a passion

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The Charter Explosion

October 20, 2009
By News 21 Staff

Are hybrid schools blowing up the education model?

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Skateboarding in Queens is picking up momentum among West Indian teens

October 14, 2009
By Scott Sells

While many Queens residents from Guyana and the Caribbean are busy playing their national pastime, cricket, some West Indian teens are also embracing the half pipe and the perfect “ollie.’’

Never Fear,
The New York Review of Magazines is here!

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    Check out the 2010 New York Review of Magazines and feel the love.

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The Changing Languages of Deafness in the Age of the Cochlear Implant

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    A Digital Media master's project explores how cochlear implants continue to change what it means to be deaf.

The Obama Agenda

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    An examination of various aspects of  the president's major policies

How nonprofits won special treatment in lending bill

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    The first in a series of articles on student lending by the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism in partnership with the Huffington Post Investigative Fund

Digital Media Newsroom:
The Big Hurt

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    In multimedia profiles, everyday New Yorkers describe how they've coped through the worst recession in 70 years.

World Cup sparks Steinway Street split

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    Queens Rules reports on the tensions between Algerian and Egyptian soccer fans in Astoria as they watch their teams compete for a spot in next year’s World Cup.