Advocate, May 2006, Vol. [17], No. [5]

Document Type

Newspaper

Publication Date

5-2006

Volume

[17]

Issue

[5]

Abstract

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Racism in Education Funding? Examining the SUNY and CUNY Funding Gap. Andrea Siegel (p. 1)

Proposed Contract Bittersweet for Long-Suffering CUNY Employees. Dan Skinner (p. 1)

Photo: Immigrants Rally in Union Square. Spencer Sunshine (p. 1)

From the Editor: The Advocate Year End Overcap. Spencer Sunshine (p. 2)

Would the Real Hoverer Please Sit Down? Ellen Zitani (p. 3)

On the Uses of Hipsters. Anonymous (p. 7)

Teaching at Sing Sing Has its Rewards for Prof. Kimora (p. 8)

MI IV: Life in the Family Cruise. Tony Monchinski (p. 9)

Review: The “War on Terror” and the Class War at Home. Review of Blood in the Sand: Imperial Fantasies, Right-Wing Ambitions, and the Erosion of American Democracy by Stephen Eric Bronner (University Press of Kentucky, 2005). Jason Schulman (p. 10)

Masthead (p. 2)

Race and Ethnicity

The Function of Prediction: Race, Fried Chicken, and Prostates. Roderick Graham (p. 4)

The Power of Prediction. Review of The Hidden Cost of Being African-American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality by Thomas Shapiro (p. 4)

Assalamulaikum GC. Nazreen Bacchus (p. 5)

Race Education, One Comeback at a Time. Chong Wojtkowski (p. 6)

Doctoral Students Council (p. 11)

Tuition Remission, ADA Doors, Lockers and More

Tuition Remission Secured for All Who Qualify!

ADA Doors – DSC Triumphant!

DSC Lockers

New DSC Website & Forum

Council Student Participation A Success – Let’s Keep it Up!

DSC to Help Save Darfur – Rally to Stop Genocide in Washington

Steering Committee Coordinator Positions Re-Evaluated

Help Wanted! Editor, Adjunct Project Coordinator, and Webmaster Needed

Important Upcoming DSC Dates

Back Page (p. 12)

Grad Student Astrology: What Do the Stars Hold in Store for You? Heather Royce-Roll

What Are You Planning to Do for the Summer Break?

Announcements / Advertisements

Job Openings for the 2006-2007 School Year: Editor-in-Chief, The Advocate; Adjunct Project Coordinator; DSC Webmaster (p. 2)

Wholesale Copies, Inc. (p. 3)

Editing and Proofreading. Hugh Roth (p. 7)

Asian American / Asian Research Institute. CUNY Conference on the Well-Being of Asian American Senior Citizens; 2006 CUNY Asian American Film/Media Festival; Friday Evening Lecture Series (p. 8)

Important Announcement from the Co-Chair for Student Affairs! (p. 11)