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Where Location Carter Hall Room number Carter Hall ABC Event details Erika Meitners first book, Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore, won the 2002 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and was published in 2003 by Anhinga Press. It was also a finalist for the 2004 Paterson Poetry Prize. Her second book, Ideal Cities, was selected by Paul Guest as a winner of the 2009 National Poetry Series competition, and will be out in 2010 from HarperCollins. Her third collection, Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls, will be published by Anhinga Press in 2011. In addition to teaching creative writing at UVA, UW-Madison, and the University of California-Santa Cruz, she has worked as a dating columnist, an office temp, a Hebrew school instructor, a computer programmer, a lifeguard, a documentary film production assistant, and a middle school teacher in the New York City public school system. She is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech, where she teaches in the MFA program, and is also simultaneously completing her doctorate in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where she was the Morgenstern Fellow in Jewish Studies, and also served as a member of the Virginia Quarterly Reviews Poetry Board. Event fee This is a no-cost event. Sponsored by College of Liberal Arts Event contact Name Nicole Louise Reid E-mail nreid@usi.edu Phone 812-464-1916 Event info. http://www.usi.edu/ropewalk/readingseries.asp

Where Location Carter Hall Room number Carter Hall ABC Event details Erika Meitners first book, Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore, won the 2002 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and was published in 2003 by Anhinga Press. It was also a finalist for the 2004 Paterson Poetry Prize. Her second book, Ideal Cities, was selected by Paul Guest as a winner of the 2009 National Poetry Series competition, and will be out in 2010 from HarperCollins. Her third collection, Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls, will be published by Anhinga Press in 2011. In addition to teaching creative writing at UVA, UW-Madison, and the University of California-Santa Cruz, she has worked as a dating columnist, an office temp, a Hebrew school instructor, a computer programmer, a lifeguard, a documentary film production assistant, and a middle school teacher in the New York City public school system. She is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech, where she teaches in the MFA program, and is also simultaneously completing her doctorate in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, where she was the Morgenstern Fellow in Jewish Studies, and also served as a member of the Virginia Quarterly Reviews Poetry Board. Event fee This is a no-cost event. Sponsored by College of Liberal Arts Event contact Name Nicole Louise Reid E-mail nreid@usi.edu Phone 812-464-1916 Event info. http://www.usi.edu/ropewalk/readingseries.asp

Okay well in two years, my daughter will be entering high school.The problem is, I haven't decided which type of high school to go send her to. We live in Paterson, New Jersey. My daughter is also very committed to her education, shes an excellent student. Her whole life, shes been earning straight A's in her report card, so I want her to go to one of the best highschools in New Jersey. I dont know a lot about high schools, that's why i need help. If she decides to go to a private high school, it won't matter because I will be willing to pay the tuition as long as she gets a great education. I just don't know if i should send her to a private or public highschool. Which one would be better for her? Which one would look great when she starts applying for colleges? It would also be great if you gave some suggestions for some private or public high schools, thanks. I know that Paterson DOES NOT have a great reputation for the best highschools, thats why I'm asking if you guys know any better highschools in New Jersey that my daughter can be enrolled in, thankyou :) How can my daughter earn one of these "scholarships" for a private highschool? What can she do?

Answer: I went to a private elementary and junior high and then a public high school. I am very grateful for that switch because it prepared me for the real world. Private school is very secluded and not real-world situations. It all depends on the particular person, but there is a private high school down the street and I know at least three students who transferred from there to here.. You should ask her which she would prefer because that is extremely important. And any school is really as good or as bad as how hard that student tries. Also if you want to do some research find out what classes the private school vs. public school offers. Some private schools don't have that many higher education classes that count for college credit like Calculus or AP classes. Public schools also have more clubs to get involved with that look impressive on college applications.. Goodluck in your decision :D

Okay well in two years, my daughter will be entering high school.The problem is, I haven't decided which type of high school to go send her to. We live in Paterson, New Jersey. My daughter is also very committed to her education, shes an excellent student. Her whole life, shes been earning straight A's in her report card, so I want her to go to one of the best highschools in New Jersey. I dont know a lot about high schools, that's why i need help. If she decides to go to a private high school, it won't matter because I will be willing to pay the tuition as long as she gets a great education. I just don't know if i should send her to a private or public highschool. Which one would be better for her? Which one would look great when she starts applying for colleges? It would also be great if you gave some suggestions for some private or public high schools, thanks. I know that Paterson DOES NOT have a great reputation for the best highschools, thats why I'm asking if you guys know any better highschools in New Jersey that my daughter can be enrolled in, thankyou :) How can my daughter earn one of these "scholarships" for a private highschool? What can she do?

Answer: i would definetly recomend you sending your child to private school. patterson high school does not have the best reputation and it will look much better on a college application if your child goes to private school. one private school i know of is delbarton

I'm weighing the pros and cons of public vs. private universitiesin the NYC area. I'm looking at schools to finish my undergrad coming from community college, and then to also ultimatley get my MBA. It's an annual difference of well over 20,000$ to go to a private school, one of which even has a fast-track MBA program. But is the extra cash worth it? Will I get those high-paying jobs based on where my degree came from, or just how well I did on my transcript? If your familiar with the area, here are the schools I'm considering: Rutgers-Newark, William Paterson, Kean, Ramapo, VS: NYU, Fairliegh Dickinson...

Answer: It's not about whether or not the school is public or private. It's about how good a rep it has in the business world. If you were looking at FDU and Ramapo, for example, I'd send you to Ramapo for your bachelors - it's cheaper, if you're in-state NJ, and it's a better respected school than is FDU. NYU and FDU, for example, aren't even comparable - and they are both private. NYU is head and shoulders more elite than FDU is. Not even close. As for your MBA - again, it's about the rep of the program, not whether or not the school is public or private. In addition, there are the following wrinkles: - Most MBA programs, and MBA employers, strongly prefer that you work a couple of years between your bachelors and your MBA. That's why I don't really want you to go into an MBA program right after you get your bachelors. I'd rather you work first, then apply. - Many MBA employers won't hire you unless your MBA program is AACSB accredited. If any of those on your list are not AACSB, I'd put them aside. - Some employers will pay all or part of your costs for an MBA, if you get it part-time while you're working for them. So if you start working first, this may become an option, and it can save you a ton of money. You'll get those high paying jobs based on the rep of the place where you got your degree, plus your transcripts, plus the related work experience (such as internships) that you did while you were at school. With that said, that doesn't mean that you won't get a great job out of William Patterson's bachelors programs; it does, however, mean that there are some employers who are "education snobs" who won't hire out of a uni at that tier, and if those are the employers you're targeting, you'd do better at NYU, Fordham, Ramapo, Drew, TCNJ, Rutgers NB, etc. than you would at FDU, WP, etc.

Big Apple schoolchildren may get the day off to celebrate the religion of the hijackers. The New York City Council June 30 called on Mayor Bloomberg to add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the New York Public School calendar. The non-binding council vote, Resolution 1281, passed with only councilmember G. Oliver Koppel opposing, urges the schools be closed to celebrate the two Islamic feast days. The vote comes as the culmination of a three-years lobbying effort by New York Islamist groups and what supporters such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations describe as “over 80 Labor and Community Organizations.” New York is not alone. According to The Times, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha “have already been adopted by school districts including Dearborn, Mich., and several municipalities in New Jersey.” According to the text of Resolution 1281 these include: "Irvington, Atlantic City, Trenton and Paterson.” Oh, joy! Will New York City also be blessed with the ritual blood baths in the streets? And will those just be limited to the slaughtering of livestock? Sorry Fang...wrong...The Umm al-Qura calendar gives the modern "Gregorian" calendar dates of five Islamic feast days and holidays until the year 2029. Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha are the two which will fall on September 11 soonest. The next will be Islamic New Year–1 Muharram–which will be September 11, 2018.

Answer: Only goes to show get enough people and you to can turn politicians into puddy

Seems to be a common theme with unions in general... "In New Jersey, which faces a $3.3 billion budget deficit, angry state workers have demonstrated in Trenton and taken Gov. Jon Corzine to court over his plan to require unpaid furloughs for public employees. In New York, public-sector unions have hit the airwaves with caustic ads denouncing Gov. David Paterson's promise to lay off state workers if they continue refusing to forgo wage hikes as part of an effort to close a $17.7 billion deficit. In Los Angeles County, where the schools face a budget deficit of nearly $600 million, school employees have balked at a salary freeze and vowed to oppose any layoffs that the board of education says it will have to pursue if workers don't agree to concessions." "Some five million private-sector workers have lost their jobs in the last year alone, and their unemployment rate is above 9% according to the BLS. By contrast, public-sector employment has grown in virtually every month of the recession, and the jobless rate for government workers is a mere 2.8%." "In the private sector such efforts will still be subject to the demands of the marketplace. Employers who are too generous with pay and benefits will be punished. In the public sector, however, more union members means more voters. And more voters means more dollars for political campaigns to elect sympathetic politicians who will enact higher taxes to foot the bill for the upward arc of government spending on workers. That will be the pattern for the indefinite future unless taxpayers find a way to roll back the enormous power public workers have acquired." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124227027965718333.html

Answer: It is not a coincidence that low tax states like Texas have low unemployment and excellent opportunities and high tax states like NY and NJ with their powerful unions have high unemployment and high poverty rates. The Liberals don't understand that because it sounds mean, and their plan sounds nicer. The results speak for themselves.

Among our TOP TRENDS 2009, The Trends Research Institute forecast an imminent onslaught of "Hassle Taxes" to be levied by governments at every level from local to federal. Intended to make up for shortfalls in revenue brought on by the economic crisis, we predicted the taxes would "squeeze the already squeezed" while leaving the most wealthy relatively untouched. Right on schedule, Governor David Paterson of New York proposed 130 new or sharply raised taxes on a broad range of items including: Soda pop, taxi rides, haircuts, movie tickets, music downloads. If the Paterson proposal is implemented, almost no aspect of daily life will be left untaxed. New York is not alone ... most states are imposing "hassle taxes" and raising property and school taxes despite dramatically declining home values. While the unfair and burdensome taxes will fail to balance budgets, they will succeed in infuriating the general public ­ to such an extent that tax revolts will break out around the country, along with incendiary displays of both civil and uncivil disobedience. http://www.rense.com/general84/top.htm

Answer: Sometimes we just have to ante up and suck it up. We all live in a society, we are all in this together. Paying eighteen cents more for a can of soda isn't going to kill me or hurt the quality of my life, but revenue shortfalls WILL hurt many people. State and local government aren't levying additional sales taxes to "hassle" you, they are doing it because they are desperate. Get some perspective. ------------------------- Washington Post Friday, December 26, 2008; Page A01 States from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope with the deteriorating economy. With revenue falling at the same time that more people are losing their jobs and private health coverage, states already have pared their programs and many are looking at deeper cuts for the coming year. Already, 19 states -- including Maryland and Virginia -- and the District of Columbia have lowered payments to hospitals and nursing homes, eliminated coverage for some treatments, and forced some recipients out of the insurance program completely.

Here's some highlights from the website listed blow... "Paterson also called for taxing sugary soda, cable and satellite television, haircuts, massages, movie tickets and downloaded music, among other things. A sales-tax exemption for clothing and shoes under $110 would be scrapped." "Paterson proposed a new loan program for college students, more money for welfare recipients and veterans, a restructuring of the Empire Zones economic development program to boost job creation and the early release of 1,600 inmates without compromising public safety." "BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS Elimination of STAR rebate program ($1.4 billion) Reduction of school aid by $698 million (3.3 percent) Tuition increase for SUNY, $620, per year" http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/wednesday/news/ny-stmain175967902dec17,0,3670948.story?page=1

Answer: Typical Democratic response to a budget shortfall, reach deeper into the taxpayers' pockets.. Don't forget the new tax on soda pop..

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im a dance teacher for paterson public school #10 now we're doing a spanish heritage month show and im supposed to show the 6th graders how to dance the song run the show or else.................i'll be fired and i really like my job

Answer: get a choreographer

Stats: SAT: 1700 GPA: 2.8-3.0 (****ed up in my freshmen and sophomore but have a 3.50 in junior and gonna get a 3.9 in senior ) Gonna take the highest level english(honors only offered) and ap biology(senior year) Location/Person: School Type: Public Income: Really Low/poor Gender: male ECs: Cross country(12) Track(12) Basketball(12) Gonna do alot of community service(12) Recs/Essays: Should be really good Intended major: Business Chances @: (All in New Jersey) Montclair State Rutgers Kean William Paterson Also, any ideas to help my chances (or schools that I should consider) are appreciated. Thanks!

Answer: The following is true of the New Brunswick Campus of Rutgers University. Camden and Newark have their own methods which are similar, but are more flexible. Camden and Newark also are a bit easier to get into that the NB campus. Rutgers is more selective that Willy P and Montclair, so if you can get into Rutgers, you can get into the other two. Rutgers admissions uses a grid system to see who gets in, and what kind of scholarships you can get. The components are: 1. Class Rank in percenile. i.e. if you graduated 25th in a class of 250 students, your percentile is the 10th percentile. 2. SAT score (total score). The SAT they use is a composite of the best scores for each of the time you take it. So, if you score better on the math one time and better verbal the othr, they take the best ones. Take any classes you want that you can handle. Class rank means much more than difficulty of course initially. If you are in the top quartile (top 25%) of your class, and have an SAT score of 1800, you are guarunteed in, as long as you apply on time. Rutgers has rolling admissions, so the earlier you apply, the better your chances. Your grades or SAT scores are lower than what I said above, so the activities help. Write the optional essay on the application. I have a friend who had a 1500 SAT and worse grades, and got in because she applied early. Remember, Rutgers has a huge application pool. Grades and SATs are most important. You do not have to take APs, but they can help. They wont even need to look at the rest of the application if you have good grades and SATs. You have the best chance at getting to study business at William Paterson and Montclair, but they are not as respectd as Rutgers. To get into Rutgers business, you have to apply to get in your sophomore year of college. So, dont worry about it yet for Rutgers. Good luck, and study hard. You should be able to get into all of those schools. Any other questions, email me if you like.