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The Struggle for College Sports Culture in NYC
Athletics / News / Student Life

The Struggle for College Sports Culture in NYC

Across the United States, college sports are a cultural staple. Yet in New York City, despite being home to more than 120 colleges and universities spread across the five boroughs, the city lacks a college sports team that residents can rally around. 

Empty EB 121 classroom in the basement of the East building. (Anastasiia Poleva) Oct. 9, 2024.
News

The Strange Case of EB 121

Lack of space is not news to Hunter College, but makeshift classrooms are. EB 121 is a room in the East Building basement with no real walls or a door. So, how did this happen?

Hunter, CUNY, and the Maze of Funding Higher Education
News / Student Life

Hunter, CUNY, and the Maze of Funding Higher Education

Hunter College is a publicly funded college, so as with many things in government, the state of CUNY and Hunter are intertwined in a collage of funding that doesn’t seem to point to Eric Adams, at least in the ways that people seem to believe.

The Shikari Team at a SACC event this semester (Courtesy of Salina Qadri)
Culture / Student Life

Hunter College Shikari Represents South Asian Diversity in Dance

In her early years at Hunter, Taniya Bhambra, a senior majoring in Human Biology, found a familiar community within Hunter’s South Asian Culture Club, or SACC. The club frequently held events and forged close friendships amongst members with similar cultural backgrounds. But one vital component of South Asian culture was […]

CUNY Gets $1M Donation to Boost FAFSA Completion Rates
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CUNY Gets $1M Donation to Boost FAFSA Completion Rates

The City University of New York received a $1 million donation from the nonprofit Petrie Foundation to create a student aid completion program in response to the recent delays with the national rollout to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA program, according to a recent press release.  […]