<![CDATA[Pace Press - Features RSS]]> http://www.pacepress.org/se/pace-press-features-rss-1.437334 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:40:28 -0400 en <![CDATA[New Yorkers stoop to low points for "The New York Times"]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/new-yorkers-stoop-to-low-points-for-the-new-york-times-1.1500785

By: Rachel Menth

Newspaper to charge for online content to increase subscription revenue

While University students get to enjoy the benefits of free copies of The New York Times every weekday, other New Yorkers are not so lucky. ...

]]> 1.1500785 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:07:07 -0400 <![CDATA[Downtown Manhattan slowly comes alive again]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/downtown-manhattan-slowly-comes-alive-again-1.1500784

By: Lynn Rickert


The streets may be filled with construction and all the Wall Streeters may leave by 6 p.m., but the Financial District is not completely dead. ...

]]> 1.1500784 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:00:52 -0400 <![CDATA[PETA Ads are for your eyes only]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/peta-ads-are-for-your-eyes-only-1.1500782

By: Natalie Gavilanes



People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is one of the largest animals rights’ organizations with two million members. The organization is well known for stirring up controversy where possible and for their scantily clad celebrity ads flauntin...

]]> 1.1500782 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:58:29 -0400 <![CDATA[Holiday markets offer unique gifts ]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/holiday-markets-offer-unique-gifts-1.1500633

By: Karina Gyadukyan



Among the busy streets of New York City, there is always a space for village-style markets during the holiday season. The markets help start the early Christmas shopping and offer a chance to get out and enjoy the holiday season.  ...

]]> 1.1500633 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:01:52 -0400 <![CDATA[Take your money and run to the discounts at SoHo ]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/take-your-money-and-run-to-the-discounts-at-soho-1.1500632

By: Hector Soriano

Recession shopping has never been better

Finally, the holiday season is upon us. This means we have to take all of the money we earned selling sweaters to Belgian tourists or serving over priced cheeseburgers to the residents of the Upper East Side to then purchase momentous and well thought out...

]]> 1.1500632 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:56:27 -0400 <![CDATA[All-nighters and caffeine may do the body good]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/all-nighters-and-caffeine-may-do-the-body-good-1.1500630

By: Natalie Gavilanes


Tutoring Center offers real studying advice and support for final exams

Over the years students have honed their skills in studying for exams. Narendra Ramcharan, the math lab coordinator for the University Tutoring Center gives some insight into the whether common study habits are actually proven to be effective....

]]> 1.1500630 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:52:04 -0400 <![CDATA[Publishers band together online]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/publishers-band-together-online-1.1500628

By: Natalie Gavilanes


You know readership is rapidly declining when three of the biggest publication companies, Hearst, CondeNast and Time Inc. are teaming together to create a hub for magazines currently known as iTunes for Magazines. The news broke out around October 2 and s...

]]> 1.1500628 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:47:28 -0400 <![CDATA[Palin has model character ]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/palin-has-model-character-1.1500626

By: Joanna Gonzalez

DeBrecht wants to teach America a lesson

Author of “Help! Mom! There Are Radicals Under My Bed,” Katherine DeBrecht released her latest book, “Help! Mom! Radicals Are Running My Country,” that depicts Sarah Palin as one of the main protagonists. ...

]]> 1.1500626 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:40:28 -0400 <![CDATA[Inwood, paradise on the other side of the City]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/inwood-paradise-on-the-other-side-of-the-city-1.1500602

By: Lynn Rickert

The upper manhattan community with a cultural and cozy feel

Inwood, Manhattan's best kept secret, sits at the very top of the island. The neighborhood is covered in parks, low-rent yet spacious apartments and plenty of great restaurants. The 45-minute commute to the University is well worth the appeal of Inwood....

]]> 1.1500602 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:27:07 -0400 <![CDATA[Free newspapers made to entice younger audiences ]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/free-newspapers-made-to-entice-younger-audiences-1.1492229

By: Karina Gyadukan

As print readership declines, newspapers stand strong on paper

Young readership has been in decline in the United States and recently in France as well. Most of this decline is due to the lack of desire to read newspapers and due to the rise of numerous electronic gadgets. With the rise of technology, the younger pop...

]]> 1.1492229 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:50:06 -0400 <![CDATA[Culture has a right to move out of the Barrio]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/culture-has-a-right-to-move-out-of-the-barrio-1.1492226

By: Joanna Gonzalez


Puerto Rican and Latino artists emerge at El Museo Del Barrio

After 17 months of renovations, El Museo Del Barrio is reopened, revamped and the only museum in the City’s well-known Museum Mile that houses Latino art and cultural pieces.  ...

]]> 1.1492226 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:44:32 -0400 <![CDATA[Female patients stay single and in treatment ]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/female-patients-stay-single-and-in-treatment-1.1492224

By: Karina Gyadukan

Divorce rates rise as husbands can’t hack supporting the sick wife

Men and women have always been at opposing ends of an age-old power struggle. In the recent decades, women have made major progress and so has divorce. It is common for couples to separate because of irreconcilable differences, but to separate due to a sp...

]]> 1.1492224 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:38:39 -0400 <![CDATA[Drawing the line in freedom of speech]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/drawing-the-line-in-freedom-of-speech-1.1492223

By: Ivonna Thompson

Butler University sues student for defamation and libel

Jess Zimmerman, a college junior attending Butler University was sued by the University for defamation and libel in his original blog, TrueBU. ...

]]> 1.1492223 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:34:19 -0400 <![CDATA[Cab driver forces hugging couple to ‘beat it’ ]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/cab-driver-forces-hugging-couple-to-beat-it-1.1490577

By: Hector Soriano



On Nov. 2, after attending a friend’s birthday party Paul Bruno and his boyfriend, Erick Ruales, hailed a yellow taxi at 10:20p.m. on the corner of 13th Street and 1st Avenue. After only two blocks driver Medhat Mohammed abruptly kicked both men out...

]]> 1.1490577 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:49:15 -0400 <![CDATA[Social networks weave a web to stay for good]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/social-networks-weave-a-web-to-stay-for-good-1.1490574

By: Christina Nguyen


Minimized MySpace gives way to newly created social networks

Remember the days when everyone had a MySpace? Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe helped connect friends and family by creating the social networking Web site MySpace —“a place for friends.” ...

]]> 1.1490574 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:45:55 -0400 <![CDATA[University students tutor young students in politics]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/university-students-tutor-young-students-in-politics-1.1490573

By: Kella Vangsness


The University has introduced a new program to get high school students informed and interested about voting. The “Political Literacy Project” works with materials developed by Vote 18, which encourages political knowledge and is funded throug...

]]> 1.1490573 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:41:33 -0400 <![CDATA[Washington Square tombstone surfaces]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/washington-square-tombstone-surfaces-1.1490571

By: Christa Tandana



Workers recently dug up a 210-year-old tombstone in the middle of the ongoing construction in Washington Square Park at the corner of Sullivan and West 4th Street....

]]> 1.1490571 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:39:39 -0400 <![CDATA[Organ donation helps all]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/organ-donation-helps-all-1.1490570

By: Natalie Gavilanes

University event to bring awareness

Organ Donation is rarely a charity you hear about, yet it is the one that is most beneficial. With consent, upon our death we have a chance to donate our organs to other’s who are in need of them....

]]> 1.1490570 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:36:35 -0400 <![CDATA[Kitty killer bakes Tiger Lily at 500 degrees]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/kitty-killer-bakes-tiger-lily-at-500-degrees-1.1490568

By: Kella Vangsness


Bronx teenager Cheyenne Cherry a threat to animals everywhere

A person that can cause harm to an animal is sickly disturbed. There are laws protecting helpless animals and in the case of a Bronx teenager, we should be glad they are enforced. Cheyenne Cherry is currently in jail facing charges for felony aggravated a...

]]> 1.1490568 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:33:32 -0400 <![CDATA[NYU suicide mystery continues from within]]> http://www.pacepress.org/features/nyu-suicide-mystery-continues-from-within-1.1490565

By: Joanna Gonzalez


Another student jumps from the 10th floor of the Bobst Library

On Nov. 3, another student from New York University (NYU) has yet again decided to end their fate inside the infamous Bobst Library. Just as NYU thought the suicide clusters were over, Andrew E. Williamson-Noble sparks up horrific memories of NYU’s ...

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