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Check out the LVC homepage story here about current LVC junior Marquis Bey having the opportunity to meet and network with Cornel West: http://www.lvc.edu/News/index.aspx?newsid=75c9b847-7cdf-4878-ac4e-d36cfee6b3a6.
Itinerary for Malabou Symposium
We have the schedule of events set for the culmination of the yearlong Symposium on the Catherine Malabou.
Professor Malabou will be here at LVC meeting with students and faculty from April 9-11th.
There are three public events.
- Malabou's public lecture on "What is a Psychic Event? Psychoanalysis and Neurology on Trauma." This will be held in Chapel 101 on Wednesday, April 10th at 4:30pm.
- The Undergraduate Research Symposium on the Work of Malabou: This features the independent research projects of the eight students who from the yearlong course. Professor Malabou will serve as the official respondent as each student presents his/her thesis on her work. This will be held in the Bishop Library Atrium on Thursday, April 11th from 4:00-6:00pm.
- The reception in celebration of the students' work and to meet and honor Professor Malabou will be immediately following the Research Symposium. It will be held in the Lobby of the Neidig-Garber Science building from 6:30-8:00pm.
Becoming a Brain
An event has been planned at Union Theological Seminary in New York for the purpose of celebrating and discussing the publication of my book with Clayton Crockett. It will include me and Professor Crockett (obviously). Mark L. Taylor of Princeton Theological Seminary and Cornel West of Princeton University and also of Union Theological (see http://www.cornelwest.com/) will part of the program as well.
It should be very interesting and a lot of fun.
It is free and open to the public. But if you think you might attend, you will need to RSVP via http://www.utsnyc.edu/events-calendar?cid=52&ceid=2545&cerid=0&cdt=2%2F11%2F2013&erid=865461&trid=e6434ab7-dc40-4672-89ca-9756a0873097
Here is the official press release from Union Theological for the event:
|In 1967, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was scheduled to deliver his famous 'Beyond Vietnam' speech at Union Theological Seminary. The speech connected racism, materialism, and militarism not only in the struggle for civil rights in the US, but also in the war in Vietnam. Due to tremendous public interest and Union's limited ability to host large audiences, Dr. King's appearance was moved to The Riverside Church.
In that same spirit of engaged social justice, Union will host Dr. Jeffrey Robbins and Dr. Clayton Crockett, two prolific scholars working out of the lineage of American radical theology. Both have argued for the need to critically interrogate the latent political quietism, if not conservatism, of that tradition. They have a shared interest in critically interrogating the intersection of religion and politics, as evidenced by their co-authored book Religion, Politics and the Earth: The New Materialism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). In doing so, they have helped to focus contemporary theological discussions on the values implicit in money and the environmental, social, and political degradation associated with the apparent triumph of global capital. This radical political theology has emerged as an important new alternative for religious scholars and activists committed to issues of equality and social justice, and has an obvious connection to the voices of liberation theology.
Union's Cornel West and Princeton Theological Seminary's Mark Lewis Taylor will join the conversation.
Please note: This event is free and open to the public. However, due to space limitations, there is no assigned or reserved seating. We strongly encourage attendees and their guests to arrive early so that we may manage our space more effectively. The doors will open 45 minutes before the start of the event.
Registration is required. RSVP online.
Religious Tolerance
I recently read a piece by Marilyn Sewell on the Huffington Post Blog (read it here) and a reply by Paul Louis Metzger (read it here) and their thoughts stirred an ongoing effort to think about how best to promote a pluralistic society.
In "Saying Goodbye to Tolerance" Sewell describes her experience being the religious "Other" talking to students at seminary. Her experience is quite similar to that of Ravindra-svarupa Das (read it here) in that they are both brought into seminaries to engage in "interfaith dialogue", but find their audience less interested in dialogue than in the spectacle of someone who believes something different, either intentionally as with Das or unintentionally as with Metzger. The motive, in both cases was the promotion of "religious tolerance."
However, "tolerance" is not enough. Years ago I saw Elie Wiesel speak and he addressed the inadequacy of the word tolerance when applied to a pluralistic society. Not only is religious tolerance not enough; it is insulting; it reinforces a power differential that is oppressive; it fails to stimulate real exchange or respect, or, even the possibility of more.
The Oxford Dictionary online defines tolerate in two ways 1. allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference and 2. be capable of continued subjection to (a drug, toxin, or environmental condition) without adverse reaction, and informs the reader that it comes from the Latin tolerat, "in the sense 'endure pain'". The first definition highlights the power dimension that Sewell and Metzger seem to recognize, but do not address well. Only those in power "allow" the existence of differing beliefs and practices. The sense of subjection in the second definition gets to the way this word is usually used. That is, when we tolerate, we "put up with" we "endure" something unpleasant.
As an example, Obama's recent speech at the UN has been lauded as a call for religious tolerance and some have claimed that America offers a model of religious pluralism. However, if you read carefully how Obama uses the word "tolerate" you will notice he always uses it with negative things. "We can either accept that outcome as inevitable, and tolerate constant and crippling conflict." And later: "That effort must begin with an unshakeable determination that the murder of innocent men, women and children will never be tolerated." And finally, "The people of the world want change. They will not long tolerate those who are on the wrong side of history." I think the word "religious tolerance" implies similar, insulting things about "other" religions.
Further, in this first sense religious tolerance is used by those in power to either de-legitimate those who are different—that is, they must be "put up with"—or deployed by those who are in power, but feel oppressed, to legitimate the encroachment of religious belief into improper places. "In God We Trust" on our money has certainly established a monotheistic belief in a secular nation, but efforts to change this, or the pledge, are characterized as religious intolerance.
In the second case the motivation is acceptance; some people truly try to respect everyone who is different. How positive this sounds! But how troubling it really is. Could you find it in your heart to respect my beliefs if I told you I was God? Could you respect my religious practice if I told you I thought bodily mutilation of infants was a key part of my religious practice? Could you respect me if I decided to fly a plane into a skyscraper?
These examples are not taken at random. Sai Baba of Shirdi was understood by some of his followers to be the incarnation of Krishna, that is, God incarnate. Many Americans practice male circumcision, but are outraged (rightly, I think) when it happens to girls in Africa. The last example is tricky. We don't respect the terrorists of 9-11, we clinicize their behavior. They were crazy. They were evil incarnate. They weren't religious. But they were! They understood their behavior to be deeply religious. We respect all religious beliefs, unless we don't like them, then they aren't in fact religious.
However, if we ignore this fact we refuse to face up to the fact that some people religiously justify bad behavior, some religions call on us to do evil. The Hebrew Bible sanctions genocide. Jesus called a woman a dog. The Laws of Manu tells us that women should not ever be independent during their life. Buddhists in Sri Lanka go to war. Shintos ruthlessly oppressed Buddhists in the past.
If we ignore the blemishes of religions we take a juvenile attitude toward religion. Consider an analogy. If I ignore all the bad stuff my significant other does, telling myself "that's not her" or "she isn't being herself", then I fail to love her for who she is. When we dismiss anything bad done in the name of religion, we similarly hold a naïve idea of what religion is. This works if we want religion to be only the good stuff, but it isn't really religion then, is it?
When we practice a blanket, unconditional tolerance we commit a similar juvenile engagement with the world. Some people hold to bad ideas. We should demand that people's ideas make sense. We should not tolerate evil, even if it is done in the name of God. We should not accept the denigration of anyone just because a book—written about God by men—says they are sinners (or worse those we trust tell us it says that and we fail to look for ourselves). We need to have those tough conversations. Interfaith Dialogue is a key instrument in creating a positive pluralism, but if we fail to address the tough questions and it always ends with us singing Kumbaya, then we fail to respect each other. We need to respect each other enough to disagree and argue. Not fight, but argue. Disagree without being disagreeable. If your belief is worth your faith (and even atheists have faith in their beliefs, though most like to believe they just see the world as it is) then you should be able to engage a real conversation without feeling threatened.
Metzger is right when he says tolerance is not enough. Sewell is right in that we should not ally with those who do harm. While I think Metzger is more hopeful (which I am cherishing more as I grow older), I find Sewell's reaction more mature and healthier. I think her piece is a courageous attempt at a constructive rejection of the dangerous idea that we need to respect everyone's beliefs. We need a more mature way to interact in a world wrought with difference.
We need, first, to get rid of this word "tolerate". But what to use? Unfortunately, there is no simple answer. Look what the simple word "tolerance" got us. Coexist? Respect? Cooperate? Engage? In which situation do you want to use it? What ideas does the word promote? Which would help us get along with others better? Which would produce the pluralistic society you would want to live in?
Have Yourself a (New) Materialist Christmas
This short video interview with me about my new book with Clayton Crockett was posted as a Christmas teaser on the site Homebrewed Christianity: http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2012/12/24/have-yourself-a-new-style-of-materialist-christmas/
A Synthetic Manifesto
There has been a great exchange about my recent book with Clayton Crockett on the blog An und für sich at http://itself.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/a-synthetic-manifesto-a-review-of-religion-politics-and-the-earth-the-new-materialism/. It includes two reviews of the book. The first from Anthony Paul Smith and the second from Joshua Ramey.
Diversity at Lebanon Valley College
I put a lot of thought into the various reactions to the recent "bias incidents" here at LVC and that led me to thinking about the institutional aspects of intolerance and all those -isms, racism, sexism, etc. (My son, who is struggling being the only Jew and the only atheist at his elementary school, wanted an easy label for attitudes of religious intolerance, so we decided to call them all -ism and came up with religionism, sexualityism, ageism, sizeism). In my Introduction to Religion class we spent a few days talking about scholars of religion who discuss Power–Gramsci, Althusser, Weber, and Foucault–so my mind was swimming with analyzing the situation in terms of power. What was the discourse on race and sexuality on campus? How did the administration, our curriculum, and the college's response to these events advance hegemonic notions of culture at LVC and speak to or ignore subaltern identities? In what ways did Foucault's notion of the internalization of power and subjugation help us understand the communities response? How does his notion of surveillance impact how we perform our gender, and other, identities on campus?
But these discussions weren't going to stick beyond the end of the semester, if they lasted past the end of class. I wanted to come up with something that spoke to the subtle ways in which race, gender, religion, and sexuality are defined by the dominant culture and oppress the subaltern, the minority. In the Sustained Inter-faith Dialogues we talked about the responsibility the Religious majority in a democracy has towards the religious minorities, but these dialogues, while very helpful, often merely focus on what we agree about, what we all deplore. So too do discussions of race and gender. So I wanted to come up with some way to help students, and faculty, see how subtle expressions of power could be more dangerous, not only because they are more subtle, but also because they are more pervasive. Often these unspoken assumptions about identity shape the way we think in ways so subtle we are unaware. When we discuss religion in class and try to define it, students efforts to define often reveal unexamined default assumptions, that turn out to be a product of their own religious experience. That is, the definition begins to look like Protestant Christianity, because it is the default, the assumed norm, the model with which most students, even if not Protestant Christians themselves, are familiar. But to use this as a model for all religions is a problem. Like the margins or spacing in our word processors, we only examine them when someone, usually our professors telling us what they want, point them out to us. But how many know what kerning is? The spacing between each individual character has a huge impact on how we see the written word, but we don't think about it, we trust Microsoft or Apple to set those for us. We don't even need to think about it. They are the default settings. They are normal.
What a seemingly comfortable and wonderful word, normal. The other bias incident that prompted the Unity March involved someone writing "Be normal" on a homosexual student's dorm write-and-wipe board. Normal means fit in, don't rock the boat. Like Buddhists in America in the 1900s, who changed many aspects of their religious practice to look for Protestant, America expects people to be normal. I understand the discomfort with difference, its only natural, but when it comes to forcing others to fit our mold things get bad. How boring would it be if we all looked the same? acted the same? Timmy Turner found this out in a very gray episode of Fairly Odd-Parents, and the creators realized even we were all the same there would be folks who thought they were more the same than everyone else.
So I wanted to point out some aspect of our culture, LVC culture, that imposed normal on its students. Couple this with my recent feeling that only shock gets through to the average General-Education-class-taking student and you get a provocative pedagogical attempt to reveal one of these defaults, one of these hidden perceptual proclivities, one of the ways that race and gender maintain their hegemonic hold on us.
Here is what I came up with.
If I were a better artist I would have created a female Dutchman (Dutchwoman?), but I decided other Dutchman would quickly devolve into caricatures, and that would be no use pedagogically. So, let's get past the awkward reaction… No, wait! Why is there an awkward reaction to this image. If it makes you uncomfortable, maybe you should ask why. We ask African-American students, Asian students, Hispanic students, and others to identify with a white Dutchman. We ask women to identify with a male Dutchman. Why would we be uncomfortable with our mascot being different than us when we ask a significant minority of our students to identify as a white male to belong?
That the image is of an outdated notion of the American norm should disturb us, but it doesn't. The white man has been the default American for so long, we no longer even notice it, much less question it. Americans must identify with the male perspective, and the white perspective, in order to fit in. Why do we say Muslim terrorist, but not Christian terrorist? Why do we say Denzel Washington is a successful black man, but Tom Hanks is a successful man? Why is it the NBA and the WNBA, as if women is some qualifier, but men's basketball doesn't need the same qualifier? When we discuss gender in class, some authors ask what Christians think about women, but never ask what Christians think about men. Why is that? Does it imply a distinction between Christians and women, as if they are two different categories?
I suggest the lesson to be learned from the discomfort this image may bring is that we need to be aware of the subtle ways the the dominant, hegemonic, culture imposes conformity, to recognize the subtle ways that loyalty to a mascot may cover up power structures that continue to oppress despite the majority's (be it based on race, gender, sexuality, or religion) inability to see the oppression. Part of a liberal arts education is understanding difference, learning to appreciate difference. Understanding the ways in which culture shapes us and is shaped by us helps us see how the world works, how we become the people we are. Just as the the words in this post are organized by hidden protocols that make organize them in a way that facilitates comprehension, protocols about which I am largely unaware, so cultural protocols organize the way we see the world and the way we are seen. And if you don't want the world to tell you what and how to see, or how you should be seen, you should work at understanding these protocols.
Happy Holidays from Dr. Valgenti
Enjoy the philosophical holiday wisdom from Dr. Valgenti: http://www.lvc.edu/News/index.aspx?newsid=88521c6b-e037-47bf-a28c-36d127169dfc&HeadLine=Keeping%20Calm%20During%20the%20Chaotic%20Holiday%20Season
Symposium on Catherine Malabou
Here is the most recent story from the LVC homepage about some of the innovative courses we are offering in the department: http://www.lvc.edu/News/index.aspx?newsid=d36b4884-b41e-4f19-8e26-db94cff99843&HeadLine.
So far we have been extremely pleased with the class. It has been challenging and rigorous, but also very rewarding. Several students from the class are planning to present on their research at the North American Undergraduate Conference in Religion and Philosophy in March. We are also planning to create a publication at the end of the course that contains all of the student papers.
Robert Shetterly: Visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow
It has been a stimulating week with the visiting Woodrow Wilson fellow Robert Shetterly on campus. Shetterly has illustrated more than 30 books, as well as the Maine Times, Audubon Adventures, and a collection of his own drawing and etchings, "Speaking Fire at Stones." He is also a painter, and his collection "Americans Who Tell the Truth" has been traveling around the United States for five years and features more than 120 portraits of courageous individuals–figures who model the values of engaged citizenship and have the courage to work for social justice.
Shetterly has given three public lectures as a part of the college colloquium on HAPPINESS. He has also visited numerous classes and social and service clubs on campus. Within our department, he visited my One Nation Under God? during which he gave a powerful testimonial to Native American views of religion and the connections not only between religion and politics, but more fundamentally, between religion and nature. He also visited two sections of Dr. Valgenti's Ethics classes, and two sections of Dr. Hubler's Introduction to Philosophy classes.
This has been a tremendous opportunity for us not simply to hear from Shetterly and about his work, but also to talk with him, to have him hear about and comment on the work we are doing here at LVC, and about our own students' views of happiness, service, and citizenship. This was certainly what took place yesterday during our departmental lunch with Shetterly. He sat down with students and faculty from the department and engaged us in a probing dialogue about the purposes of a liberal education, and the very real opportunities that we all have to put an education in Religion and/or Philosophy to use in order to make a difference in the world.


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March 13, 2013 by HRC staff
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Today the Cardinals of the Catholic Church hierarchy exited their conclave announcing Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the new Pope. Now Pope Francis, he is the new leader of the 1.2 billion member Church. Dr. Sharon Groves, director of the HRC Religion and Faith Program made the following statement.
"We congratulate Pope Francis in his new position as leader for the Roman Catholic Church. As Pope, he has enormous power to be a source of spiritual healing for millions around the world. But for him to be the best kind of spiritual leader, he must acknowledge the signs of the times and embrace LGBT people as worthy of dignity and respect. American lay Catholics are fully supportive of equality, even more so than the broader population. The new Pope should follow the virtuous lead of his flock.
"We hope the new Pope understands the time for religious-based bigotry is not only over, but must be denounced. Demonizing LGBT people and their families from this powerful platform not only fails to keep faith with the most charitable principles of Catholic teachings and the Jesuit tradition of caring for the marginalized, but it does real psychological damage to millions of LGBT people around the world."
A recent poll from New York Times/CBS News found that more than six in ten American Catholics support equal marriage, compared to 53 percent of the country as a whole.
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Still situational awareness, is it that hard? I got hit once, backed off and landed on the ground, never got hit again.
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It's could've and would've. Not could of and would of. Not sure when "of" started meaning "have," but everyone who thinks it does needs to go back to school.
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Google Chief Executive Officer Larry Page says we should all work fewer hours, and — like most people — I love the prospect.
"The idea that everyone needs to work frantically to meet people's needs is just not true," Page said at a recent event organized by the venture-capital firm Khosla Ventures. He was joining his voice to that of another business icon, Richard Branson, who has long championed part-time employment. What they propose, however, would require a complete overhaul of the way governments redistribute wealth: Having people work less would mean instituting some form of universal basic income.
Page believes in "giving people things to do" because they tend to be unhappy otherwise, but he is convinced that satisfying humanity's basic needs doesn't require everyone to work all the time. Do 600,000 Chinese people really have to die from overwork every year, for example? Said the Google co-founder:
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Page seems to be unconcerned about people not being able to afford those shorter hours and longer vacations. Page is worth US$32.7 billion, after all, and Google pays its employees 25 per cent more than the average market rate. Branson, worth an estimated US$5.1 billion, also skirts the issue when he calls on the government to subsidize the hiring of two part-timers to replace one full-time worker: In Britain, that costs about 20 per cent more.
In effect, creating a mostly part-time workforce is the solution long recommended by the New Economics Foundation, a London think tank devoted to creating a sustainable society and environment: Just cut the working hours to 21 hours a week, it says. The thinking behind that is that if the shorter work week becomes law, workers will have the bargaining power to extract more pay from employers. When France cut the work week to 35 hours in 2000, that is more or less what happened, but few countries have France's powerful unions, and the tide is running against them anyway. People at Google know at least one reason why: Sergey Brin, the search giant's other co-founder, said at the same event as Page that he thought machines would continue displacing human workers from a growing number of jobs.
NEF admits its proposal could work only if it was coupled with "more progressive taxation." A state-guaranteed universal basic income has been tried before, in experiments during the 1970s. They worked surprisingly well, although back then, neither robots nor China were much of a threat to jobs. Derek Hum and Wayne Simpson revisited the data from these experiments in 1993. They found that receiving a minimum income from the state only made American men reduce their working hours by six per cent a year, compared with 19 percent for their wives and 15 per cent for unmarried women. In Canada, reductions were even smaller: one per cent, three per cent and five per cent, respectively.
At the same time, quality-of-life measures improved significantly. Evelyn Forget showed in 2008 that while a universal basic income experiment, called Mincome, ran in Dauphin, Man., in 1975-1978, high school enrolment rates increased, accident and hospitalization rates dropped, and women started giving birth later in life because they could afford more schooling.
Last year, Swiss activists collected the requisite 100,000 signatures to hold a referendum on universal basic income of US$2,800 per month for everyone in the small nation. The vote has not been held yet and the proposal will probably be defeated: Older, conservative voters rejected a higher minimum wage proposal in May, making it clear they disapprove of egalitarianism. The idea is worth exploring, however, if only because it may prove more beneficial and possibly no costlier than current, cumbersome, fragmented, badly administered and nontransparent Social Security systems.
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Cuomo Launches Online Town Hall, to Host Chat Saturday
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday that he will launch an online town hall — an interactive web site aimed to spark dialogue between New Yorkers and their state government
Council Examines Sewage Spill Impact on Waterfront Businesses
Monday, September 19, 2011
The sewage spill that for a time rendered the city's rivers unsafe for recreation this summer has prompted the City Council's Waterfront Committee to look for ways to improve the city's notifications to businesses directly affected.
City's Congressional Delegation Asks for Broader Federal Disaster Aid
Thursday, September 01, 2011
The city's Congressional delegation is joining Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz in calling on the federal government to include Brooklyn as part of its major disaster declaration.
A New High for City's TV Industry
Monday, August 22, 2011
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a record 23 primetime television series were being filmed in the five boroughs, as part of the city's $5 billion entertainment industry that employs some 100,000 New Yorkers.
Bloomberg: Crime Spike Doesn't Point to Trend
Monday, August 22, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg said the spikes in crime reported in several police precincts around the city are cause for concern, but the overall crime in the last four years remained the lowest in the city's history.
Entrepreneurs Gain Foothold at City's Business Incubator
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Recent unemployment figures for the city remain virtually unchanged since March — but some businesses in the five boroughs say they're flourishing.
Look | Dragon Boat Races in Flushing Meadows
Monday, August 15, 2011
Hundreds of New Yorkers braved the incessant rain Sunday to participate in an annual Queens tradition: the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival.
Public Housing Residents Give NYCHA a Failing Grade
Monday, August 08, 2011
Public housing buildings are falling into disrepair at a rate faster than the New York City Housing Authority can keep up with them, according to a resident survey.
Explainer: The Debt Deal - What Happens Next and What's on the Chopping Block?
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
At the last second and after weeks of contentious partisan posturing, the president and Congress have agreed on a deal to raise the public debt ceiling and reduce future deficits. But what does the bill actually do? Who's going to be affected and what's in line to get cut?
Brooklyn Bridge Park Will Move Forward Under New Housing Deal
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
The city has cleared the way to move forward with the construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Two state lawmakers have agreed not to block a plan to build condominiums inside the park under a new agreement with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Bloomberg: Debt Ceiling Standoff Is 'Damaging Our Economy'
Monday, July 25, 2011
For the second time this month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference to offer sober warnings on the political gridlock over the national debt ceiling.
Minimum Wage May Again Be a Focus in 2012
Sunday, July 24, 2011
The federal minimum wage was last increased two years ago Sunday, and advocates for low-wage workers are renewing their push for another increase as the presidential campaign heats up.
City to Hold Lottery for First Day of Same-Sex Weddings
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
New York City will hold a lottery for couples who want to get married on Sunday — the first day same-sex marriage will be legal, the mayor said Tuesday.
Spike in Number of City's Same-Sex Couples
Friday, July 15, 2011
Same-sex marriage will soon be legal in New York — but more same-sex couples in New York City are already declaring their partnership with the Census Bureau.
City Launches Website to Turn Ideas Into Action
Thursday, July 07, 2011
The city announced the launch of a website aimed at collecting ideas for improving the city and connecting New Yorkers with their communities on Thursday.
Mayor Defends Walmart's $5M Donation to Create Summer Jobs
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended Walmart against criticism that the big box store's $5 million donation to help create jobs was more of a PR ploy than a philanthropic gesture.
Debate Over National Debt Limit: Is a "Balanced Approach" Possible?
Monday, July 04, 2011
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, joins Yasmeen Khan to discuss U.S. lawmakers' continuing efforts to reach an agreement on the debt limit. Senators are off today, but they're forgoing the rest of their July 4th recess to get back to work tomorrow.
Legislature Poised to Hike Tuition at SUNY, CUNY
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Legislative leaders in Albany said Wednesday they were nearing final agreements on tuition increases at New York's universities expected to pass legislation late Wednesday or Thursday.
With Budget Deadline Looming, Advocates Keep Pressure on Mayor
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
With the June 30 budget deadline looming, more than 100 advocacy group members gathered on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday to urge Mayor Michael Bloomberg to scale back cuts they say would devastate the city's social safety net.
Council Mulls Hydropower Within City's Water Infrastructure
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Mention hydropower and images of massive dams and turbines come to mind. But some local lawmakers are taking aim at a smaller and less visible scale: inside the city's infrastructure for water supply and wastewater treatment.


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American patriots, captured when British soldiers burned their mid-coast villages, were forced to build the rest of Ft. George. The entire expedition was an unmitigated embarrassment and disaster.
Back home, Paul Revere was charged with cowardice and insubordination. He was, after all, commander of the land artillery that was never used until it was too late.
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- For his refusal to deliver a certain Boat to the order of General Wadsworth when upon the Retreat up Penobscot River, from Major Bagwaduce.
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Banking giant HSBC has been named as the first title sponsor of the IRB Sevens World Series.
The deal is another boost to the sport a year after it was granted admission to the Olympic Games from the 2016 staging in Rio de Janeiro.
Leading international teams, including New Zealand, series champions Samoa and England, are also set to compete at this month's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
The five-year deal will begin with the Dubai Sevens on December 3-4 before stops in South Africa, New Zealand, the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, England and Scotland.
"These are very exciting times for our sport, and this deal will benefit rugby at all levels," IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset said. "We look forward to working in close collaboration with HSBC to further the promotion of the game in new and existing rugby markets as we count down to sevens' Olympic Games debut in 2016."
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TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More might be the battle cry of the Roxbury boys' basketball team this winter. Only eight players strong, Roxbury hopes that teamwork is the fuel that powers the engine. One thing for sure, everyone has a role to play and something to contribute.
By John Bernhardt
First impressions count. How hard and how fast a basketball team gets out of the gate sets the tone and establishes a persona that can define a team.
With little more than a preview of what their teams can do, the area girls' basketball coaches are excited about moving forward and anxious to see the round ball script unfold. All three hardwood mentors; Susie Little of Andes, Kyle Holden of Margaretville and Lisa Faraci of Roxbury are impressed with the focus and positive energy their squads have brought to the preseason.
By John Bernhardt
"A good soccer player plays where the ball is. A great soccer player plays where the ball is going to be."
Cherry Valley put that soccer maxim to the test on Saturday in Oneonta as the Patriots downed Margaretville, 3-0, to become Section IV, Class D champions. It was almost as if Cherry Valley used a built in soccer radar tracking system to trail the flight of the ball. The Patriots were everywhere.
The Delaware League has announced its golf all-stars for the 2011 season.
Earning first-team recognition were Mychal Grant of Gilboa-Conesville; Dylan Legg and Reno Romito of Hunter-Tannersville; Jacob Pasa of Jefferson; Mitch Hull of Margaretville and Russell Pelham and Dan Marino of Windham
Earning second-team recognition were Gavin Cobb of Davenport; Cole Fancher of Gilboa-Conesville; Sarah Murin of Hunter-Tannersville, Marshall Bouton and Ian Williams of Margaretville; Kendal Sprague of Roxbury and Skyler Schoonmaker of Windham.
By John Bernhardt
For all but one of the Southern Delaware County soccer teams, postseason play was "The Great Vanishing Act of 2011."
The lose-and-go home finality of the Section IV playoffs seemed to shrink the size of the goals to the point where it was impossible to score. The Roxbury boys' and girls' teams and the Margaretville girls failed to score a single regulation time goal between them as each disappeared from the playoffs after opening round play. Only the Margaretville boys remain in action.
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Delaware League Soccer All-Stars have been named for the 2001 season.
Boys' First Team
Davenport: Nate Moorby and Troy Palmer. Downsville: Jared Stone. Jefferson: Jacob Pasa and C.J. Kemler. Margaretville: Ian Williams. Roxbury: Kyle Ciaravino.
South Kortright: Trevor Holdridge, Jon Cianciullo – Jesse Boest and Sage Beemer. Stamford: Mike Callagy and Erik Ehrhart.
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Davenport: Robert Meyerhoff and Garrett Reynolds.
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All aboard! The Section IV soccer playoff train is ready to depart. For the first time in memory, all four local high school soccer teams will be making the trip. Both the girls' and boys' teams from Margaretville and Roxbury will begin their quest for a Section IV soccer championship this week.
By John Bernhardt
Syn-er-gy. (n) Also called synergism. The working together of two or more things, people, or organizations, especially when the result is greater than the sum of their individual effects or capabilities.
Something special is going on with the Lady Rockets in Roxbury. It's not complicated. It's not unreachable. It's not dependent on raw athletic ability or extraordinary playing skills. Yet, finding it and putting it to work is rare.
By John Bernhardt
The Margaretville boys' soccer team has posted a help wanted sign. A 2-2 tie with Davenport last week leaves the Blue Devils needing outside help to have any chance of winning their fifth straight Delaware League Upper Division championship. With their title hopes dimming, Margaretville can't catch Davenport without help from another Delaware League team.
By John Bernhardt
He already has over 500 wins on the basketball court, but Davenport coaching legend Ray Preston is not done yet. Preston won his 399th girls soccer game when his team edged Margaretville, 2-1, in a game played in Davenport last week.
The Blue Devils used an unassisted Amy Filupiet goal to carry a 1-0 lead into the second half, but Davenport rallied. As she has so many times this season, Sarah Haight had a hand in the turnaround. The high-scoring sophomore used a Sam Maidens pass to beat Margaretville goalie
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Indian River County royalty
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - For over 100 years homecoming has created lifetime memories for upper level students.
While the exact origin of the tradition is up for debate, each fall high schools and colleges across the nation crown their royalty.
Typically, homecoming week is filled with festive activities, including parades, costume dress-ups, contests and bonfires, culminating in some kind of vote and finally the coronation. Often, a formal dance ensues.
But as times change, the title of homecoming king and queen no longer automatically goes to the most popular girl or the football quarterback. From the pool of 2013 electees in Indian River County, it is apparent that today's high school students look for something special, both inside and out.
While the selected individuals are intended to represent their school with dignity, the student bodies who voted them in show a refreshing awareness that it takes more than beauty or brawn to stand out. In an age of rampant Facebook bullying and social media obsession, these stellar kings and queens represent what is best about today's youth.
Ryan Fink, 17, a senior at Vero Beach High School was voted homecoming king by his peers despite facing physical challenges throughout his life.
In direct contradiction to Fink's concerns about entering high school, his determination and positivity won over the masses, inspiring those with no physical limitations to celebrate the character and charisma of this well-liked young man.
Originally from Ohio, 17-year-old Kaitlin Ruby didn't waste any time settling into Vero Beach. TheIndianRiverCharter High School senior class president fills her days with theater, playing the violin and baking.
Not satisfied her plate was filled to the brim, Ruby established a fine arts after school program for Imagine Middle School where she teaches theater activities, is a member of the National Honor Society and Leadership Clubs, volunteers as a teacher's aide at Beachland Elementary and participates in Relay for Life.
Putting the skills she's developed at Charter to work, Ruby plans to earn a double major in theater and hospitality at Florida State University, with the intention of "one day becoming a successful professional actor and wedding planner," she says.
"Indian River Charter is so unique in its caring student body. Every single one of the other girls on the ballot came up to me and congratulated me without a hint of reluctance," says Ruby. "It was a strong reminder that we are all supporting one another." In her position as the class president, Ruby has devoted the past six months to Homecoming preparations.
"It was such a great honor to have been elected by my fellow peers. Truly, the crown made the night even better." The icing on the cake for Ruby was "walking up the stairs to receive the crown and seeing one of my best friends, Grey Coleman, winning the title of King." The two have been friends since middle school.
"I feel so blessed to have been able to share that with him," she says.
Grey Coleman, 18, left Nashville almost nine years ago making Vero Beach home.
Although he has been heavily involved with Indian River Charter High School's Visual and Performing Arts program since his freshman year, Coleman aspires to pursue a career as a civil engineer after attending Florida State University and earning his degree.
But before embarking on his journey into higher academia, Coleman plans to continue acting and making music with his friends, which is what he enjoys the most.
Coleman says he knew "it was going to be awesome," but found "the excitement of it all and the energy from everyone during the crowning amazing." In truly regal fashion, he says "standing up on the balcony with my queen (Kaitlin Ruby) after being crowned with everyone cheering, it was really exciting." About the memories he will carry with him, "it was a wonderful experience and a very fun night."
Port St. Lucie resident Vinutha Kumar, 17, treks all the way to Indian River County every day for her education.
Kumar loves Homecoming and all of the activities leading up to the big night. This year, things turned out to be a little more special than years past.
"I love Homecoming week, its fun to dress up every day," says this year's queen about wearing Gatsby-inspired clothes according what student organizers had planned.
"It's really flattering to be chosen to represent the senior class," says Kumar.
When things return to normal, if that were even remotely possible, Kumar will continue working toward her goal of becoming a social entrepreneur, finding solutions to social problems.
She plans to attend Northeastern University to pursue a degree in business.
Preparing her way for such a noble cause, Kumar's academic accomplishments and extra-curricular activities reflect her ultimate goal.
She is president of Key Club, Clark Character Award recipient, student teacher at Vanee School of Dance, National Honor Society member, and on the Honor Roll and Dean's List throughout her high school years.
When she's not practicing classical Indian dance, Zumba or reading, Kumar can be found helping Relay for Life or interning at the School of Creativity in Brazil.
"It meant a great deal to me to be able to share this moment with my Saint Edward's family," she says.
"Every school should be lucky enough to have a student like Vinutha Kumar. She brings life and energy to our entire campus," boasts faculty member Louise Kennedy. "She dedicates much of her time to helping others at school and in the community outside Saint Edward's."
Like Kumar, Stuart resident Michael Kaiser, 16, travels a long way each day to obtain the best education for him.
This year, Kaiser was selected to represent Saint Edward's as Homecoming King.
The future biomedical researcher hasn't decided where he will seek his degree as a biology major at this point, but a school with a hockey team would be right up his alley.
Somehow, Kaiser has developed a love for hockey while living in a state that rarely sees more than a few snowflakes even in the northern regions.
To take his mind off the lack of snow, Kaiser distracts himself with cars and dog training.
These rather eclectic interests serve to round out his intellectual pursuits. Kaiser has been recognized as a National Merit semifinalist, National AP Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar, Dartmouth Book Award and Presidential Service Award recipient, Cum Laude Society and National Honor Society member. He also plays golf and soccer.
Still, Kaiser took time out to embrace Homecoming.
"I loved being able to share this moment with my class. The dance especially memorable," says Kaiser. "I am honored and humbled by my peers' decision to elect me Homecoming King." "Michael is an outstanding kid in so many ways. He's strong academically, but he's equally committed to serving his community beyond St. Edward's School," shares Rick Hartley, dean of students. "The adults around him know he's a great kid, but to see his classmates' support makes this recognition even more special."
Cyrena Touros, 17, has moved around a lot. Born in PalmBeachGardens,sheleft Florida for 10 years before settling in Vero Beach.
Touros plans to attend Princeton in pursuit of a degree in the classics before going on to law school.
"I believe with all my heart that people can make a difference, it's this conviction that helped me realize I wanted to be a lawyer and help people stand up for themselves," she says.
When she's not practicing with the school's band, Touros enjoys reading, writing and swing dancing. As a member of the wind symphony, trumpet section leader and wing for the girls' varsity rugby team, she doesn't have a lot of spare time.
Touros still manages to lead the student council as president, SADD as vice president, Mu Alpha Theta as secretary and Green Club as historian. She is also on the Masterminds Team, Interacts club, in the National Honor Society and helps with the It's in the Bag program, a group that raises money and packs food for students at Fellsmere elementary.
Touros doesn't see herself as the stereotypical homecoming queen, making her crowning all the more endearing.
"It truly does mean a lot. The fact that I had enough support from my peers to have been nominated in the first place was surprising, but to win it all was extremely touching," she says.
A transplant from Cleveland, Aaron Butler, 18, is known for his infectious personality.
His zest for life carries over into his love of music, both listening and playing. Butler is also a self-proclaimed sport fanatic, with a special affinity for all things basketball- and football-related.
As a member of both the marching and concert bands, along with lacrosse and basketball teams, he has figured out a way to keep up with his studies in the Advanced Academics Academy at Sebastian River High School.
Butler will attend the University of Central Florida to pursue a degree in engineering with his ultimate goal to become a biomedical engineer.
Not surprisingly, Butler's favorite part of the homecoming hullabaloo came after he was crowned. "I was able to spend the rest of the game with 240 of my favorite people in the stands playing stand tunes for the last two quarters of my final home game." "It honestly means so much to have had the support of so many people in my class," he says. "It really makes me thankful for everyone and everything,. Butler's genuinely touched by the outpouring of well wishes from his peers and members of the community.
"Aaron is a smart, fun and energetic young man. He is motivated and it's neat to see other students get excited because of him," says Sara DiPardo, assistant band director.
Vero Beach native Abigail Barnhart, 17, is always on the lookout for something new and exciting to try and being crowned Homecoming Queen certainly tops the list.
She enjoys cheerleading, going to the beach, baking and work, but cherishes the time she spends with her family and friends.
The busy senior is a true people-person, which will serve her well as she pursues a career as a nurse.
Barnhart hasn't selected a college yet, but hopes to attendaFloridaschool.The University of South Florida and Florida State University are two of her top choices.
With eight years under her belt, Barnhart leads the varsity cheerleading team as captain.
Her leadership skills extend to her position as Parliamentarian in student government, an officer for her certified nursing assistant/health science class, management of the student blood drive, member of the Sustainability Club (an environmental club) and as an active member of St. Helens Church, volunteering for local events such as the Harvest festival.
Surprised at just being nominated for the Homecoming Court, Barnhart was shocked when she actually won. "Every one of the people on the court deserved to win, they are all such amazing people," she says.
The evening's crowning moment was doubly special, as her friend and role model, Allie Schepers, placed the tiara on her head. "It meant so much and I'll never forget it," she says. "I was so overwhelmed with joy I honestly couldn't believe I had won until the next day."
Born in Hobe Sound, Ryan Fink moved to Vero Beach when he was in the third grade.
He entered high school with trepidation. "When I started high school, I was a bit nervous that I might be bullied because I am physically handicapped, but instead the students have shown me respect and kindness," he says. "Being elected Homecoming King was something I could have never dreamed of." What Fink didn't realize was not one of his classmates think of him as handicapped. To them, he is just Ryan.
Fink enjoys singing and acting "because it feels good knowing that I can bring joy to people," he says.
In that vein he is a member of the VBHS drama and chorus programs and one of the Harbor City Harmonizers, an all-male barbershop choir.
He plans to attend Indian River State College to pursue a degree in theater "so that I can share my love of the arts with everyone I meet." He hopes to continue his education at a larger college to receive a graduate degree.
Like his royal brothers and sisters across the county, Fink was surprised and honored by his crowing.
TheCitrusBowlwasfilled with Fighting Indians chanting his name. But, says Fink, the best part was sharing the moment with his mother.
"Being able to experience that night with my Mom meant a lot because she has always been my biggest supporter," he says.
"She has helped me get through many surgeries, doctors' appointments and physical therapy. My Mom and I are very close. Having her by my side made that night even more special." "I have known Ryan since he was a freshman and it has been a pleasure to watch him grow into the young man he has become today," says Gregory Harris, chorus director. "This wonderful honor that he has earned is a culmination of four years of hard work, determination, positivity and drive that is so inspiring to his peers and adults alike. I am so proud of him and honored to have known and educated him. This is only the beginning for this wonderful young man." We wish them all great success and even more joy.
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