Posts Tagged ‘ transportation ’

High school is a time for a lot of firsts; first jobs, first house parties, first loves, and of course the big one, first cars. Yeah, we all know the rules, always fasten your seatbelt and of course, the infamous don’t drink and drive. We’ve all heard it more than once, drinking and driving kills. Read More »

It’s 8:10 a.m. and there are 10 minutes left to get to school and swipe in. Cars are circling, some are double parked, yellow busses are idling, and students are running across the street. There is no place to park. No one is getting to their class on time even if they left their house Read More »

More and more people have been converting from Catholicism to atheism in the last year. An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life showed that about 10% of the United States population is atheist. Boston Area Coalition of Reason has been putting advertisements for atheism on subway stations in New Read More »

Since September 23, 2009, the Philippines has been experiencing weeks of destruction from floods, landslides, storms and typhoons. “In the Philippines it’s normal to have storms and floods, but when the second flood hit, it caused a lot of damage,” said Alfredo Salmos a native of the Philippines. According to reliefweb.int tropical storm Ketsana hit Read More »

Passengers exiting the ferry At 6:05 p.m., a rush of people shoving and pushing poured onto the orange boat with blue bold lettering on the side reading “Staten Island Ferry”. On a cloudy day, light breezy winds seemed ready to rain. As people rushed to find a seat, the captain announced that the ferry would begin to Read More »

A Saturday in Manhattan will soon cost us another fifty cents for the round trip. To the misfortune of most New Yorkers who take advantage of public transportation, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board recently approved a new budget plan. Thanks to our state’s government and its bailout plan, MTA fairs will only increase twenty-five cents, Read More »

In 1898, with the formation of The City of Greater New York, Staten Island became a part of NYC. Since then, Staten Island has been known as the forgotten borough. And frankly speaking, it is. Yet before anyone is too quick to defend the city’s negligence of Staten Island, it’s important to get in touch Read More »

Have you started searching yet for a possible college? Do you want to remain in New York while you prepare to embark on a career? If you do you might consider applying to either a state or city university. Enrolling in a CUNY or SUNY might be great opportunity because these colleges offer a challenging, Read More »