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Laila Gad is a senior in the Macaulay Honors Program at Hunter College. She is majoring in Journalism, with a minor in environmental science. Laila is passionate about all things climate, especially when it comes to rising heat and urban heat island effect. After graduation, Laila hopes to pursue an MD. When she's not writing, Laila loves listening to music and going on long drives.
In the last seven months, more than 14,000 children have been indiscriminately murdered in Gaza. This means that 14,000 children won’t have the chance to grow up. 14,000 children that won’t be able to see their dream careers come true. 14,000 children that won’t have the chance to make it […]
With lip piercings, purple eyeshadow and pitch-black hair, Tyler Jack Coffino tapped his mic briefly, rocking back and forth. Giving a small smile to the crowd that gathered at FirstLive, a studio space in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, he excitedly awaited his cue to sing the song he’s most proud […]
Student’s names and posters can be seen all around the NYPIRG office, located at Thomas Hunter 115. Crumbling buildings, underpaid adjuncts, and canceled classes: the past year has proven to be a stressful one for all the colleges in the City University of New York system across the five boroughs. […]
Screens across Hunter showcase information about the FAFSA’s update and available filing workshops. (Photo by Laila Gad) A line trails out of the financial aid office, filled with students anxiously waiting to speak with a counselor about their tuition balances barring them from class registration. For almost half of CUNY […]
As the government continues to encroach on women’s bodily autonomy, Hunter College’s School of Education held a forum last week to raise awareness on a population that is exceptionally vulnerable to these law changes: Black mothers. Despite only making up 14% of the United States’ female population, Black women are […]
