Group 3

One man’s fork is another ones millions.

On October 15, a new exhibit opened at the Museum of Arts and Design; Out of Hand: Materializing the Postdigital“. Not interested ? You should be. This exhibit will be open all the way through July 6th. According to the NY Times “This week brings an ambitious show that should be required viewing for anyone who is curious — and that should be everyone — about the ways digitalization affects, facilitates, improves, inspires and sometimes ruins various forms of visual culture”. The show will present the effort of over 80 designers, architects andartists from over 20 countries.  If your looking for something fun to do come check out the pieces that range from live saving to just plain dinner ware, as three-dimensional art.

If you’re looking for something to do this season, head to this museum to view the exhibit the address is the Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle. For more information click here

Source

People can spend their summer in many different ways. A big factor in what they choose to do is their financial capacities. Some of the students that work in a small job as opposed to engaging in a program that may help them get accepted to an elite college; this is because they need the money and their oarents have no extra money to spend and send them to one of these programs. It is really unfair to these students because as they are applying to college, they don’t have much experience to show since they never had the ability to join any of these programs. Many directors of college admissions said that it is very well understood that the students that have financial issues may not have the most “productive” summers and they don’t really need to justify it when applying to the college. They are very understanding when it comes to this.

http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=InCMR7g4BCKC2wiZPkcVUjcgb8S4Z6B7&user_id=d8a385c32e5f30290327c373c6f3c094&email_type=eta&task_id=1381415182557595&regi_id=0

By: Elie Cohen

By Gabrielle Roman

As you go up the escalators to the second floor of Baruch; as many students do everyday, you may notice the large banner telling you about LGBT History Month.  (LGBT – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) During the month of October many people reflect upon LGBT history, including different civil rights movements and LGBT persons of great acclaim.  In Baruch LGBT History Month is not just a lesson, but a great celebration including various fun, interactive and powerful activities and events.

The Baruch G.L.A.S.S. and friends kicking off LGBT History Month with the Pride Parade

President Lily Qin, and other members of the Baruch’s G.L.A.S.S. (Gay Lesbian and Straight Society), as well as their cosponsor clubs, have put together an inclusive agenda encompassing this year’s theme “redefine” from Thursday, October 10^th to Tuesday, November 5^th. This year’s activities include;

• The 2^nd Annual Baruch Pride Parade – Opening Event (Oct 10^th) – An LGBT pride parade to kick off  the month held in Baruch’s plaza
• NYPD for LGBT (Oct 15^th  room 2-125 during club hours) Detective Thomas Verni will discuss his involvement as an openly gay NYPD officer
• Redefine Gender (Oct 17^th room 5-160 during club hours) – Professors and professionals will discuss the psychology of gender
• Out in the Workplace (Oct 22^nd room 2-125 during club hours) – Different professionals will discuss being out in the workplace
• LGBT & Athletics (Oct 24^th room 5-160 during club hours) – A group discussion of the athletic world and LGBT involvement in athletics
• 7^th Annual Freakfest (Oct 31^st in the multipurpose room 6pm – 10 pm) – A grand Halloween party, where everyone can express themselves fully without judgement, with contests and DJ Bluto
• 1^st Annual Fall Formal – Closing Event (Nov 5^th room 14-220 5pm – 9 pm) – A Black Tie event for Baruch students, faculty, and staff. There will be a fundraising event for the Matthew Sheppard Scholarship as well as the Baily House organization

All events are open to Baruch students that are LGBT and allies (friends or supporters of the LGBT community), those interested in learning more, and are designed to help you become engaged in the LGBT community, learn and meet new people.  To learn more about these activities you can visit room 3-241 (the LGBT Resource Room and common G.L.A.S.S. hang out), everyone is very welcoming and willing to answer your questions. A large flyer listing and describing all the events in posted just above the escalators from the first to second floor in the NVC.

Cherry Jones as Amanda with Zachary Quinto playing her son Tom in “The Glass Menagerie.” (Source: NYT Link)

Looking for a new play to watch in the city? As reported in this New York Times Article, many people know Zachary Quinto as Spock of Star Trek and these same people will be pleasantly surprised to know that he is playing Tom in “The Glass Menagerie.” The play revolves around Tom’s memory of his family when he used to live with them, with Qunito as Tom, “an angry young man” and “an outcast” who works a dead end job. Ben Brantly also writes: “As Tom recalls his encounters with the mother and sister he loathes and loves with all his confused heart,” the atmosphere set forth by his memory emotionally moves the audience. Amanda, his mother, who had a wonderful past but now lives in a depressing present and who hopes Tom’s sister, Laura, a disabled girl, will benefit from getting married. With Tom’s mother being played by Cherry Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger playing Laura and Brian Smith as Laura’s gentleman caller, all of the actors give praiseworthy performances throughout the two hour and a half show, and prove to everyone “memory turns us all into poets.”

“The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams is playing at the Booth Theater located at 222 West 45^th Street in Manhattan from September 26, 2013 to February 23, 2014. Tickets are priced at about $77 each.

Thank you for using Blogs@Baruch!

This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start publishing.

You are using a new WordPress theme that places widgets such as “Recent Posts,” “Recent Comments” and “Archives” in the footer, leaving you maximum space for publishing in this central area. If you prefer to have widgets on the right side of this page, these can be added by going to “Widgets” under the “Appearance” tab in your Dashboard. You can also choose from more than 100 other themes from the “Themes” menu in the Dashboard.