It was freshman year. I had $35 in my bank account, and no idea how to cook for myself. I ventured with my roommate down Exchange Place hoping my card wouldn’t get declined wherever we’d end up for dinner. We noticed a bright colored sign that read, “Weekday Special. Two slices of cheese pizza with a small drink for $4.99.”
Read MoreNotorious graffiti artist known as Banksy made a sensational return to New York City with a new politically-charged mural on March 16. The graffiti piece, titled “Free Zehra Dogan,” defends Turkish-Kurdish artist Zehra Dogan, who has been sentenced to almost three years for painting a political picture of a war-torn Kurdish town under the Turkish flag.
Read MoreTwo new student organizations focusing on politics and Catholicism were approved this past Monday night at the weekly council meeting. The John Quincy Adams Society and The Frassati Society were passed into effect by a unanimous voice vote, and are now available for students to join and enjoy as complete student organizations.
Read MoreLast Tuesday, the House of Susan B. Anthony hosted the Women of Influence Panel, featuring presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, beauty pageant titleholder and author Luisa Diaz, and King’s very own Assistant Professor of Business Kimberly Reeve.
Read MoreDespite freezing temperatures last Saturday, well over 100,000 New Yorkers gathered at 44th Street to begin the six-hour, 35-block march up 5th Avenue. They marched in the name of a variety of groups, from firefighters and soldiers to marching bands and immigrant societies.
Read More“Next stop 86th Street,” says the automated voice over the speaker of the 4 Express Train. It’s 8:21 a.m., according to my iPhone 7. Wearing a 40-pound blue and yellow backpacking pack, with a copy of the 1376-page Norton Anthropology of Poetry in hand, I shove my way onto the packed train. I mumble meaningless apologies to my fellow morning commuters—none of us love being packed like apples in an overstuffed Trader Joe’s produce crate.
Read MoreThe King's College's replacement of the CAMS learning management system with Schoology—officially implemented at the beginning of the spring semester—has prompted mostly enthusiastic reaction from The King’s College community, faculty and students alike.
Read MoreWith toilet paper gripped in her tiny hands, a young girl named Ellen Hunter rips apart the roll, piece by piece. Most kids like to play and make a mess, but this six year old is making a product. She takes the pieces of toilet paper and, along with a little bit of scotch tape, creates the perfect miniature wedding dress for Barbie’s big wedding day.
Read MoreCocooned in the bosom of two monolithic mountains, lies the most technologically advanced human civilization on record: Wakanda. This fictional nation from director Ryan Coogler’s, Black Panther, is self-sustaining and isolationist. Which is fine, because the city is all-encompassing with eccentrically curved skyscrapers, a magnetic-levitation and hyperloop transit system, ethereal usage of flora, a plethora of ethnic diversity from the individual tribes of the state, and a noble philosopher king.
Read MoreGovernor Cuomo and the MTA just gave away $2.5 million dollars to eight “geniuses” who proposed solutions to fix the long-standing problems of the New York subway system. The MTA announced the recipients of the award on March 9.
Read MoreI’ve recently had the pleasure of viewing Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” the night before its release date. I attended a viewing with The Table, a minority student organization at The King’s College. I was enthralled by this new edition to the Marvel cinematic universe. While the costumes, scenery, and performances took my breath away, I have to say that I was captivated by the heart behind the movie’s message.
Read MoreSelect students received an email on Friday that immediately upon returning from spring break Monday, what has been their bedroom for almost eight months, will soon become their living room. This is due to a mandation from the apartment’s management that no beds should be kept in rooms without a window.
Read MoreWhen the usual PB&J sandwich gets old, or the idea of swallowing another bite of Cucina Bene pizza makes you sick, there is another place to turn. Tucked away on the water-facing side of Hanover Square, a mere seven minute walk from school, there is a food truck palace.
Read MoreOne World Trade Center is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and nearly one-tenth of these floors are home to century-old media giant Condé Nast. It is also home to Sarah Shoen, a 23-year-old from Reno, Nevada, who landed a position at many fashion lover’s favorite publication, Vanity Fair, only 13 months after graduating college.
Read MoreOn the Friday afternoon before Rosh Hashanah, Messiahsez walked through Borough Park attracting a crowd of Hassidic Jews. “Meshiah! Meshiah!” the children shouted as the Messiah sauntered down the side walk, dressed in robes, toting a shofar and guiding a white donkey. One man at the Russian baths recounted that “every Jewish man circumcised in the last 40 years” had seen or heard of the Messiah returning to Brooklyn.
Read MoreOn Saturday, February 24th, 2018, over 100 students, faculty, and guests gathered in the City Room at The King’s College for the second-annual Starlight Art Night. The event celebrated Black History Month with encounter art inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and The Great Migration. Starlight Art Night began last year, under The Table’s leadership of Tatiana Lanier, Angel Boyd, Enoma Osakue, Taylor Johnson, and Koby Jackson.
Read MoreMonths of preparation and hard work have paid off for Brandon Smith, who won student body president after a runoff against Ellen Rogers.
Read MoreNightlife is endless in New York City. For a college student on a budget, however, the city most definitely has a bedtime. When ramen noodles are the only thing in the pantry, and the refrigerator is close to bare, it’s difficult for students to find something to do on a Friday night that doesn’t break the bank.Or maybe, we are simply not looking in the right places. The other day, I saw four different art exhibitions in one night. I mixed and mingled with art curators, hipsters, and all it cost me was a subway ride. Here is where I ended up.
Read MoreThe King’s Council gathered in the Founder’s Conference room February 19 at 7:30 p.m. in order to deliver updates and vote on a controversial motion, that the Council recommend to Student Life that the points awarded for Interregnum be doubled this year.
Read MoreWhilst the Student Body Presidential election is drawing to an end, questions have been raised throughout about the LGBTQ+ Discussion Group becoming an official student organization, the administration’s interactions with the group, and their voice at The King’s College.
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