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Experience and Action Defines NYPIRG Members in Albany

The New York Public Interest Research Group at Queens College and other students and NYPIRG members from across CUNY, marched to Albany on March 12 for Higher Education Action Day, where they discussed education with politician...
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Students hold signs to raise awareness about Hydrofracking urging students to petition Cuomo to stop drilling in upstate NY. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE CHUKWUMA.

Students Do the Harlem Shake

The Harlem Shake, a viral internet sensation featuring, for the first 15 or so seconds, a lone– often masked– individual dancing and then a group joining in. Groups of people have been recreating this internet sensa...
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PHOTO BY STEPHANIE CHUKWUMA

Zombie Walk raises awareness about hydrofracking

Ripped shirts, bloody faces, dark stares and pale skin — no, it is not a zombie apocalypse or a scene from “The Walking Dead” — rather, students dressed as zombies as part of New York Public Interest Research Group’s,...
by Stephanie Chukwuma
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Looking to people effected by Sandy, borough-wide

LETTER TO THE EDITOR FROM CHER ARMSTRONG In August, I saw a Student Life Facebook post seeking volunteers for their annual Midnight Run which encompasses preparing food and clothing for the homeless, then directly delivering th...
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Students and council members protested credit checks outside the Borough of Manhattan Community College on Oct. 15. Photo Courtesy Robert Noonan.

Credit checks cause unrest among Students

BY CHRISTOPHER BOYCE Dozens of students crowded the entrance of the Borough of Manhattan Community College on Oct. 15, as the New York Public Interest Research Group held a press conference that discussed the outrage felt by st...
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NYPIRG concludes voter registration on a fun note with their event, "Rock the Vote" on Oct.11. By Manny Valdez

Dont rock the boat, rock the vote

MANNY VALDEZ Throughout the semester, the Queens College chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group registered 1,700 new voters out of the 30,000 the organization registered statewide. One of its biggest voter recru...
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