The “Ferguson” Effect
The “Ferguson effect” has become the latest source of fear fueling the war on crime. The crux of the argument is that protests in Ferguson, Baltimore, and New York City…
The Student Literary Forum
On Tuesday, May 24, the Student Literary Forum was hosted by the Writing and Literature, and Creative Writing Committees, along with the people who made it possible, President Gail O.…
Alice Su & the Launch of LaGCC’s Partnership with Pulitzer Center
Journalist Alice Su visited LaGuardia Community College on Wednesday March 11 to enlighten students on her reporting of Middle Eastern refugees living in neighboring countries, during the launch of the…
Hopper Gibbons House
Eight years ago Chelsea resident and LaGuardia Art and Architectural History professor Fern Luskin noticed steel girders going up on a four- story building in her neighborhood. She was immediately…
Poet Sonia Sanchez Visits LaGuardia
Haunting chants of “peace” echoed the halls outside the Little Theater on Tuesday March 10, 2015, as renowned poet and activist, Dr. Sonia Sanchez, graced the stage with a lecture…
Thomson Avenue Bridge Mural
QUEENS, NY – Walking across the Thomson Ave bridge you are confronted by a site that is now a far cry from the industrial construction look of the past. Bedecked…
Ras Baraka Visit
On April 23, 2014 Ras Baraka, poet, writer, principal, educator and current Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, came to address the LaGuardia community. He came to speak on behalf of…
Are You Ready For College?
How do you know that you are ready to go to college? You just spent the last, let’s say, four years of your life going to school and working hard…
Review: ‘Lonely Leela’
In November, Fall 2014, LaGuardia’s Performing Arts Center presented the campus with a social justice oriented play entitled, Lonely Leela. The show ran for a week and a half and…
Faculty: Claudia Moreno-Parsons
The first time I met Professor Claudia Moreno- Parsons was in 2013, when she was teaching my LIB 200 class. I can recall nervously sitting in the classroom for about…