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Recycled Percussion to rock CSI

September 22nd, 2004 | College of Staten Island

You’ve heard the noise, you’ve witnessed the commotion. Now it’s your chance to experience what people everywhere are talking about.
According to their Web site, “Recycled Percussion [offers] is the most energetic, heart pounding, chaotic performance on the market today. Recycled tools, recycled barrels, recycled basement garbage, building site leftovers and yo mamma’s pots and pans. [...]

Does Zero Tolerance Make Us Safer? Crime and Punishment in America

September 20th, 2004 | College of Staten Island

Does a “zero tolerance” approach to crime and criminals actually make our city safer? Or is it rhetoric designed to make us “feel” safer?
College of Staten Island (CSI) alumni, who are experts in the legal system, will address this question with moderator Jeffrey Kroessler, oral historian at the college, on Monday, September 27, at 7 [...]

Media Advisory for planning purposes only CSI inaugurates full-color, animated signs at main entrance

September 17th, 2004 | College of Staten Island

The College of Staten Island (CSI) will host a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, September 21 for two recently installed full-color animated display signs at its Victory Boulevard entrance. The signs were made possible by $100,000 in funding from New York State Senator John J. Marchi (R-C, Staten Island).
“This is more than a beautiful display [...]

Touring the Met Local art expert leads tour of the Met

September 15th, 2004 | College of Staten Island

On Friday, October 1 at 6:30 p.m., acclaimed artist and art historian, Frances D’atria-Romano will discuss the Egyptian Tomb of Perneb exhibit, part of the Egyptian collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
D’atria-Romano is a native Staten Island artist and educator whose artwork is based on Staten [...]

Field of dreams New $800G sports field will benefit CSI teams and community

September 13th, 2004 | College of Staten Island

The College of Staten Island (CSI) began resurfacing its soccer field today with $800,000 in funding from New York City Council Member James S. Oddo (R-Mid-Island).
Oddo’s funding, secured in Fiscal Year 2003, will allow the Willowbrook campus to join the ranks of many professional and college sports stadiums that are using a new type of [...]

Fundraisers announce memorial scholarship for FDNY probies

September 2nd, 2004 | College of Staten Island

riends and family members of Frank Walter and John Esposito gathered in Nansen Park on Staten Island on Saturday, August 28, for the inaugural memorial picnic for the two deceased firefighters. More than 300 attended for a day of family fun in the hot sun, and by the end of the day, the event raised [...]