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Title: LaGuardia Community College Media Studies News: Episode 7
Description: This week we look at LaGuardia's students of theater, music, and dance. Media Studies major Eric Palanza interviews Performing Arts Program Director, Lisa DeSpain, and delivers a montage of recent performances, a guest from Broadway, and a peek into the places where students learn to play music and create it. Host Shante Boyd, camera by Eric Palanza and editing by Eric Palanza, Ken Powell with Station Manager Tom Seymour.
Subjects: Boyd, Shante, DeSpain, Lisa, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center(LPAC), Music Department, Rafter, Michael

Title: Gil Muller
Description: Dr. Gil Muller was Special Assistant to the President at the time of the interview and overall a long time member of the English Department. he talks mainly about the development and changes in the English Department. Timestamp summary of interview: (1:18) Dr. Gil Muller said he had interviewed for LaGCC in the Winter of 1970 here in New York City at the annual Modern Language Association Meeting. At the time, Muller had lived in Berkeley, California and had taught overseas after graduate school. (6:25) Talks about first seeing the college and meeting President Joseph Shenker (6:34) “It was a very raw factory – it was a college in the making.” (7:26) Muller went back to Berkeley, California and received a formal letter to appoint him as Assistant Professor in Division of Language and Culture. (8:30) Talks about the college orientation in the summer of 1971 to plan for the opening of the College (10:10) They were creating a college from scratch. (10:43) Talks about Prof Harvey Weiner another English professor from the start of the college (11:24) Muller spoke about the courses they had created and spoke about one week Intensives. Talk’s about Professor Judy Gomez “Utopian Society” course in Staten Island, NY and Professor Sarah Barbara’s “Wilderness Experience” course in the Catskills of New York. (14:41) Muller spoke about the helicopter ride – circle tour around Manhattan and Long Island City. (17:00) Describes teaching in an environment where construction was happening all round the building. (17:51) Talks about The Great Hall and its many functions (administration, counseling and teaching.) (18:41) Describes the “founding” faculty members of the college, especially their youth and President Shenker’s age. (19:20) Muller talks about the work environment and long hours worked. Mentions open admissions. Talks about off campus food and meeting spots, specifically Brooks Restaurant (20:53) Spoke about the first fiscal crisis (1975/1976). Muller talks about the tenure and discusses President Joseph Shenker and George Groman. (24:30) Talks about the hiring of professors and hiring a diverse group of faculty members. Talks about bringing John A. Williams and Richard Price to the college. Discusses adjuncts at the college. (30:27) Discusses the English department and its courses. (31:48) Talks about the creation of the Faculty Council, college governance and splitting the English Department from the Humanities Department (34:12) Discusses students that were attending LaGCC and changes in the English department’s mission (37:48) Muller spoke about what he thought made LaGCC different – and how the college has adjusted its mission. Ends at 40:30
Subjects: , 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Muller, Gil, English Department
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)

Title: LaGuardia Insider 1997 Spring
Subjects: University of Santa Domingo, Theater program, 25th Anniversary, Natural and Applied Sciences Department, Mathematics Department, COPE, Gallo,Jose, Co-operative Education, International High School, 25th anniversary, Hall of Flags, Gottlieb, Michael, Deer-Sterling, Carolyn, Elliot, Richard, Farrell, Catherine, Melick, John, Bowen, Raymond, Eicholz, Gunther

Title: Perspective, 1975 January
Description: Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
Subjects: Higher Education Task Force, Music Department, Army Pictorial Center, OSHA, Speech Clinic, Student Services, The English Language Center, College Senate elections, Cooperative Education, Leff, Elaine, Davidson, Donald, Gallingane, Gloria

Title: In Transit, v.2, Fall 2007
Description: In Transit The LaGuardia Journal on Teaching and Learning, Fall 2007, v.2
Subjects: Office of Students with Disabilities, People with disabilities--Education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, English Department, Humanities Department, Creative writing (Higher education), ePortfolio, Libraries, Literacy, Nursing--Study and teaching (Associate degree), Comins, Barbara
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Perspective, 1976 January
Description: Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
Subjects: Board of Higher Education, Giardino,Alfred A., Art exhibit, Day Care Center, Occupational Therapy, Tenure, Groman, George

Title: Perspective, 1977 November
Description: Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
Subjects: Day Care, Bellamy, Carol, Shenker, Joseph, Dietary Technician Program, Gymnasium, Commencement, Manes, Donald R., Alumni Association, Art Department, Jamaican Culture and Heritage, Beame,Abraham, Leff, Elaine, Shenker, Joseph--Weaver, James

Title: Perspective, 1981 Fall
Description: Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about surrent activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
Subjects: 10th Anniversary, Macchiarola, Frank, Williams, John, Construction, Speakers Bureau, Animal Health Technician, Commencement, Pan, William, Executone building, Library mezzanine, Mathematic department, Grant program, Cooperative Education, Kibbee, Robert J.

Title: Fiorello's Flute, 1977 December
Description: Fiorello's Flute was the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College, running from 1974 to 1994
Subjects: Student Council--Kwanguvu, Umoja, Cafeteria, Fire Awareness Day, CUNY Audit, Gym, Job placement, Middle College Higt School, Rape, Student Activites Center/Halloween Dance, NYPIRG, Music department, S-Building, Sexual Harassment, Holiday season, LaGuardia, Fiorello
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, N.Y.)

Title: The Bridge, 1992 Spring
Description: The Bridge is the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College. Following Fiorello's Flute, it started in 1982 and continues to run today
Subjects: , Law Club, United Officer's Council, The Day of Respect, Student Clubs, College Association, Poetry, Basketball, Recreation Department, Ehrlich, Dan
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY)

Title: The Bridge, 1990 Fall
Description: The Bridge is the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College. Following Fiorello's Flute, it started in 1982 and continues to run today
Subjects: , Bowen, Raymond, Library, Program for Deaf Adults, Bowen, Peter, Recycling Program, Spain, Louise, Parker, Terry, Art Department, Student Government
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College (Long Island City, NY)

Title: The Bridge, 1997 Spring I
Description: The Bridge is the student newspaper of LaGuardia Community College. Following Fiorello's Flute, it started in 1982 and continues to run today.
Subjects: 25th Anniversary, Town Hall Meeting, Honors Ceremony, Budget Cuts, College Association, Student Activities, Recreation Department, AIDS, Math Lab, New Science Study Hall, NASA, Davis, Marilyn, Hall of Flags, Bowen, Raymond
Publisher: LaGuardia Community College

Title: Perspective, 1973 January 12
Description: Perspective was a newsletter published every two weeks to keep the campus informed about current activities. It ran from 1972 to the 1990's.
Subjects: Fiorello Fund, Art Exhibit, Commencement