Gothamist: Extra, Extra

Sergey Kadinsky

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:03:25 -0500

Thank you for writing about this important news story. Those who support Assata Shakur should know that the student center belongs to all students, not just the crazed radicals who praise Shakur.

wah

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:16:06 -0500

sounds like mdowning needs a diaper change.

cccny channel one

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:57:07 -0500

Rich whiny white people go to CCNY? Do they even dare to take the train up there? or, even set foot in that lounge? Go cry to Fox news. Pronto.

so there

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:03:22 -0500

I think the sculpture is a great commentary on how Greenpoint drivers never seem to pay attention to them...I can't count how many times I've almost been run down by 90 mph autos farting Euro disco, completely oblivious to ped crossing signs.

mdowning

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:27:12 -0500

well, graffeeto, you're certainly a bright, observant one. and wow, you're smart too--gothamist should never write opinions of any sort, as it is unprofessional. i want to be like both of you. and little angry1, you're so cute with your factual little grumble. grumpy, grumpy, little poopoo. let's all hope ronell wilson gets a building at cuny named after him soon, too. somehow.

Bubba

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:48:39 -0500

"Assata Shakur's" place is in prison.

angry1

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:37:19 -0500

this whole assata shakur thing is bullshit...the dominant group in America (Whites) do not want her name removed from the sign simply because she is a 'cop-killer', but because she is a 'black militant' whose main goal is to 'terrorize' and shake the very foundation of the U.S. racist structure in which rich whites have strived so long and hard to maintain and protect. she represents everything the social, political and economic elite in this wretched country hate--someone from a disadvantaged group who 'doesn't know their place'.

Peter

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:50:42 -0500

I can't wait for a street to be named, get this, Sean Bell Blvd, take that. CCNY students you keep doing what you're doing. Never again. How 'bout Rudy Fleming Avenue?

rite on apply directly to your forehead

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:45:41 -0500

I can't wait for a street to be named, get this, Sean Bell Blvd, take that. CCNY students you keep doing what you're doing. Never again.

anomalous

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:21:36 -0500

graffeeto, take another look at the sign. Does the size and placement look like a regulation sign?

IvyLeagueGrunt

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:59:34 -0500

Its one thing to name a center after someone like Malcom X - who, while controversial and sometimes vitriolic is seen by many as a community hero. Its another to name it after a cop murderer on the FBI's wanted terrorist list. That is simply insulting to every man and woman-in-blue who put their lives on the line to protect the public.

graffeeto

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:47:35 -0500

so, knocking over a ped xing sign is sculpture now? Shoot out some stoplights while you're at it.

Anony

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:41:30 -0500

I think Bloomberg also promised more freedom fries, more democracy, and said that he is pro-babies. Oh, and no new taxes!

wow

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:50:23 -0500

Assata Shakur - good for her. and please leave opinion out of your news posts - even little things like "somehow". it's not professional.

Peter

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:40:11 -0500

It's an unconfirmed rumor, but according to reports one of the hundreds of CUNY students who uses the Assata Shakur Community Center actually scored over 800 on the SAT's!

mazeartist

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:37:52 -0500

The controversy over the name of a student center at CCNY began when the NY Daily News published my letter complaining about the name. THe next day, it became a news story.

Pothamist

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:37:32 -0500

You better have that vast and dat Golock Greenpoint has a vast expanse of Golacks, depending on which alumni mags you read.

Julie

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:29:00 -0500

from the bullet above: We think she needs to share the secrets to her long life. In the NY1 article you linked: The South Carolina native told NY1 the secret to living through twenty presidential administrations is her faith in Christ and her commitment to vegetables. Thought I'd make that connection ;)

Dave H.

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:10:31 -0500

Given that Lizzie Bolden (the world's oldest woman at 116) and Moses Hardy (the world's second-oldest man at 113) both died this week, Mary Davis of the Bronx (112) must be keeping an eye peeled for the grim reaper this birthday.