Month: October 2016

Anthony Aiken said, “I think the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will meet in the NBA finals for the third year in a row.”

“I really love the New York Knicks; I love the lineup of Noah, Melo, Rose and Porzingis,” said Aiken.

“The Los Angeles Lakers will be ok, DeAngelo Russell needs to stay off Snapchat and stop snitching, other then that I think kobe Bryant last year lit a match under all of the younger players to think about longevity and what it takes to be in the hall of fame ” said Akien, but added “They are exciting, but won’t make the playoffs.”

“I think the Clevelend Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers will make the NBA finals,” says Junior Martinez. “Although it’s early in the NBA season, I think that someone will steal the Golden State Warriors’ shine the same way the Mavericks stole the Heat’s shine. Warriors will not make the finals.”

“I received my electronic pay stub and I was missing 20 hours,” said Sarah Wasser.

“I was asked to work an event on October 10 and I was told I would be paid for the hours and those six hours were missing,” said Wasser.

“I was thinking they told me they were going to pay me for the event but they’re actually not going to,” said Wasser.

“I ended up emailing the accountant and he said he will look into it,” said Wasser.

“There are two types of Halloween,” says Mendieta. “There is Halloween for little kids, which is celebrated today, and there is Halloween for drunk people, which is celebrated on the weekend.”

“I don’t celebrate Halloween for religious reasons but, even if I could, I have work today,” says Barrios.

“I remember when I was in school, in Mexico, and there would be a huge offering,” says Barrios, extending her arms.

I asked Mark Garzon about his op-ed piece:

“I’m working on affordable housing and how de Blasio is creating homeless shelters within hotels-that’s obviously not working,” said Mark.

“I want to talk about how that’s wrong and they need to work on affordable housing.”

Garzon has written about the potential homeless shelter in Maspeth, Queens. He doesn’t believe housing the homeless in hotel rooms is a plausible solution and believes there are many problems within shelters.

“It costs more money to house the homeless in hotel rooms. The money they are using can be used for getting the homeless an apartment of their own,” he said.

“My dream job? On the assumption that I’d be successful, I’ve always wanted to be a professional basketball player,” Levy says in an interview at Baruch College. “My dad and I used to play in the backyard all the time, it was our thing.”

“I almost drowned in a frozen lake when I was nine years old, “Levy explained.

“Come on, aren’t you going to swim it too?” One of Levy’s cousins asked.

“So I did. I jumped in and tried to swim across,” Levy attests.

“I’m not exactly sure who came in to get me, but I’m here today,” says Levy.

“There went my dream,” Levy said. “So I have an interview with Barclays this week; fingers crossed.”

I asked, “So what’s your topic about?”

“My topic is about redefining stereotypes of Asian in the media entertainment industry.” He slowly gathers his words together.

“For example,” he says, “all Asians are good at math.”

He says firmly, “These need to be changed.”

“I don’t celebrate Halloween,” Harjap Kaur said. “I just don’t like it. You have to buy candy, and that is expensive.”

Angel Mendieta will be celebrating Halloween with his four-month old niece. “My little niece is dressing up as a miniature pumpkin. I don’t know if my sister will be dressing up, but I am definitely not going to dress up,” he said.

Marcello Oliveira said, “I was going to look into how athletes have an unfair bias in the judicial system.”

“If my dad hits my mom, and an athlete hits his wife, how come my dad would go to jail but the athlete won’t?” Oliveira asked.

“Just because they are your favorite athletes, that doesn’t mean they are good people,” Oliveira said. “It makes me sick.”

Oliveira exclaimed, “The system is out of control!”

“I came to Baruch because I got a scholarship. I originally wanted to do journalism,” she said. “I found graphic design classes while I was here and advertising through that.”

“I realized that I couldn’t write that much, to be honest. I think I like communicating visually better,” Moy said.

When asked about what she wanted to do after college, she said, “I want to be an art director at a creative agency.”