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C~~ E~ C~~~ D· 1~ Resej-.~ Ga. Lai-D-Bpon-Ctwo1feroes-Ofci.· Ty And ... - -......., ...... ......, -.. , .,- ..... ; .. , \ VOLUME 77, ISSUE 6 for the Students and the Community. MARCH 13, 2000 In Joint Venture, ISchool Offers cuxv Honors Its Own, Bestows Award c~ ~e~c~~~d·1 ~rese J-.~g-a.l Ai-d-Bpon-cTwo1feroes-ofCi.·ty and University 1 1 0 tudents .. ....4O More thanZtlt) attend City to receive 49 teachers By Ijeoma Mathew presentation of !romCUNY Contributing Writer 'Heroes ofthe City By Danielle Zach In continuing efforts 'to make University Awards' Special to the Ticker college life a little more accommo­ dating, the college is offering free By Macollvie .Iean-Francois Last September, 49 men and legal services for Baruch students. News Editor women began new careers as math In addition to housing and con­ and science teachers in New York sumer affairs, students can now The Friends ofCUNY held an ele­ City's classrooms. It was a group as receive legal advice free of charge gant awards ceremony at The diverse as the city itself. Recent col­ on immigration matters. National Arts Club on March 9 to t lege graduates and career-changers ' "Immigration is a very specific honor two people who have serves in reflected the spectrum of national i­ thing and not many lawyers spe­ the City University of New York ties, racial and ethnic groups found cialize in it," says Sara Garibaldi school system; Edith B. Everett and in the city. USG president. James P. Murphy. A year before, many of these peo­ "'I think it's a good idea," says "[The two] epitomize the struggle to ple had no idea that they would be accounting major Harvinder Tinna. achieve the twin goals of access and . ~ standing, chalk in hand, bringing "'We have a lot of international stu­ excellence for CUNY," stated former order and information to a class of dents and it's better that they get New York City Mayors Abraham energetic high school students. their questions answered about Bearne, Edward Koch and David These novice teachers bad just com­ their visas and school, in school Dinkins, in a letter. pleted the first part of the Teaching than go somewhere else and pay Approximately 200 people wit­ consultation fees." Opportunity Program, an joint ven­ .. - . - .. ". Macollvie.Jcao,,£nmcoisINews Editor nessed the first-ever presentation of Cheryl King, a self-employed ture of CUNY and the New York CUNY and city luminaries gathering in the reception area of the National City School system. They were now attorney, has been contracted by the Arts Club on Thursday. Sponsored byThe Friends of CUNY, the event See CITY. page 3 school to advise students on hous­ embarking on part two of their voy­ honored ~o I~ng-t~~:U.n~~rs_wit!'~~~~~ that e~~~i~~...._ ._ ing. landlord and tenant issues as age: the actual teaching. well as on consumer and family TOP was established to attract tal­ affairs. King is on campus once a ~inds, Stud~nt ented college students who had not I In Meeting of Rel!resenta!ives See CUNY. page ~- .·&~LE-GAL·..page -3. iShare Ide1JS.Mzx Pragmatism With Passions By Christian Marti of immigrants, the lack of full-time were two ways to deal with what has Zicklin School of Business Contributing Writer faculty and child care. happened. One is to lobby in the leg­ Baruch's USS representative islature and the other, to organize Fetes Prospective Applicants I The first CUNY Council of Edward Ellis was on hand. keeping groups. Presidents meeting of the year was with his credo of "getting people "We do want to do something. but together." COP President Rafael not be outrageous:' said Ellis. By Alan Chong to 7:30 p.m. event began with an held on March 2. A president or Dominguez., from City College, was Other representatives were a little Contributing Writer overview of numerous graduate pro­ member of the grams. and ended with groups meet- University the main speaker for the event. more passionate about the verdict Student Ironically, the organization's and what students should do to com­ Wednesday night was open house _ing departmental professors individ­ Student Senate Government acronym, COP, provided an uninten­ bat police"brutality. night for those thinking about apply­ ually to discuss their fields ofstudy. for each CUNY tional allusion to the first issue dis­ Morgan T. Healy, student govern­ ing to the MBA and Business MS "I found it very informative," said Update school is sup­ cussed: the Amadou Diallo verdict. ment president ofthe predominantly programs offered by Baruch's Clifford Simmons, a recent CIS posed to attend COP meetings . Dominguez and Ellis both stressed white College of Staten Island, Zicklin School of Business. graduate of John Jay College. "It the need for careful, rational action believes that an emotional slant Addressing a standing-room only answered all the questions that I real­ in order to represent their school regarding this issue. which they would be more effective than a crowd of about 200 prospective stu­ ly needed to know just to get a firm with thoughts and information on believe to be the result of endemic racial one in gaining students' atten­ dents in the 7th tloor conference cen­ grasp [on things]." different issues. And attend they did. problems within the police depart­ tion and participation. ter of the 25th street building, key With 11.000 undergraduate and "You never get everybody, but you ~et ment itself. "One to two percent of my popu­ Zicklin administrators and faculty 2.000 graduate students, the school at least half of them:' said "The problem is not racial," said lation cares," said Healy. At CSU, members described the school's aca­ claims to be the largest business Mizanoor Biswas, chair ofUSS. Dominguez. "It's the integrity ofthe --~------ demic programs, career services and Among the topics discussed were police force." He noted that there Sec STUDENTS. page 5 admission procedures. The 6:00 p.m. See OPEN. page 5 the Diallo verdict, the empowerment -- --- - -_. -- ---- ~--" -- School of Public Affairs, National Arts Club L\ SII)L Provide Venue for Super Tuesday Discussion alt together under one roof. In Features: "l welcome all of you polit-. WKTU Radio holds a Mardi Gras party to remember. ical junkies and political leaders." see page 7 said Professor Douglas Muzzio, With Bradley and McCain cam­ School of Public Affairs. In Op-Eds: Gathered at the exclusive paigns literally left swirling Student apathy uncovered, Minners gets mail, the Ticker National Arts Club on Gramercy in the aftermath of last takes a punch and students lash out against Bursitis. park South last Friday afternoon. week's Super Tuesday show­ see page 11 Baruch students joined faculty, down, the game of political • ~. administrators and members of' prediction now seems to be the local press to listen and ask In Business: pointing towards a likely questions ofa four-member panel Hi-tech trading floor, brainchild ofcurrent interim president, Bush-Gore matchup in to open this summer. Nigerian bridge project announced. November. Shan-san WulNews Editor ofrenowned pollsters and pundits see page 13 But even as the focus (From left to right) Lee Mlrlngoff, Micheline Blum, who have been covering· the democratic and GOP primary shifts away from the primary. Douglas-Muzzio and Maurice c.n:ou- fteIdIng questions races, election fans know that from ~ p..... last Friday. The discussion focused on races. In Sports: the Election 2000 game is the preside"'. primary.races. Sponsored by the School of Archery, volleyball, NCAA news and the Return ofMinners. only just beginning. Who's up. who's ahead tomorrow and the media tells us Public Affairs, the event emphasized see Sports down, whose candidate is gaining what everybody said. the importance of the Super Tuesday und? Pollsters tell us who's ahead Leave it to the Baruch College now, pundits tell us who's going to be c 00 0 U IC ~1,.~IIII.3 TICKER NEWS MARCH 13, 2000 3 2 TICKER NEWS MA·RCH 13, 2000 Pollsters Gather, Give Insight and Predictions On New York" Primaries . Continuedfrom page one is:' Unwilling to leave anyone out of their dis­ • primaries and the New York races in particu­ cussion, the panel then turned their attention lar, while offering the audience the opportu­ and their sound bites towards a number of nity to hear how pollsters try to maximize the other aspects of the primary races, including accuracy of their product. the Democratic side ofthe super Tuesday pri­ Panelists debated the intricacies of each maries, religious aspects of the election races. candidate's strategies, broke down the demo­ "Talking about the democratic side is basi­ graphics ofeach candidate's support base into cally an obit for Bradley:' offered Muzzio. "1 easily identifiable chunks and offered up their don't think either side hates the other candi­ own personal observations about the factors .date over there. There is less of the religious driving each candidate's popularity in the war aspect in the New York race:' polls. Miringoff agreed with this assessment and Concentrating first on what they called a' noted that ex-presidential candidate Bill "historic, open Republican race with two can­ Bradley may not have been a New York state didates on the ballot:' the importance and the ofmind after spending five days campaigning special nature of this year's New York in Washington State before super Tuesday. Republican primary took the discussion's "To New Yorkers. going west is like going to center stage. Passaic County," said Miringoff. "Or maybe "New York will be pivotal this year," the upper West Side." according to Muzzio.Moving the primary up Panelist Maurice Carroll. the director of. was a stroke of genius." You· can miss a midterm.
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