LOCAL STUDENT WINS GATES SCHOLARSHIP
Mariel Charles, valedictorian of the Cathedral High School Class of 2011, has been selected as a Gates Millennium Scholar. She will receive funds to attend the U.S. college or university of her choice from a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, renewable each year and potentially extending to graduate study as well. Charles, who was selected based on her academic record as well her extracurricular interests, will attend Duke University in the fall.
SUPERHERO SECRETS
June 5, Deepak Chopra and his son Gotham will give a talk, moderated by Dr. Gail Saltz, followed by a book signing at the 92nd Street Y. “On Spirituality and Superheros” is based on the book they co-authored, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheros. The talk will focus on how these guiding principals can help the average person unlock their own “superpowers.” Sunday, June 5, 7:30 p.m. 1395 Lexington Ave., 92y.org; $29.
SPRING BAZAAR
Immanuel Lutheran Church will hold their Spring Bazaar fundraiser Saturday, June 4, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., to raise money for a new roof for their 150-year-old church and for steeple repair. Housewares, appliances, jewelry, china, books and clothing will be offered for sale. 1296 Lexington Ave. Enter through red door next to CVS.
FUNDS RAISED FOR BREAST CANCER
On April 27, The Beth Israel Medical Center & St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals Breast Service luncheon and fashion show raised $700,000. The money will go towards the Appel-Venet Comprehensive Breast Center at Beth Israel Medical Center, and the Comprehensive Breast Center at St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals.
MALONEY & NADLER FIGHT FOR EQUALITY
U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler announced plans to reintroduce the Equal Rights Amendment, a measure that has failed to become law in the past but would ensure that gender discrimination is prohibited under the Constitution.
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‘Pssst…Potstickers, Perfect’
I dialed my voicemail to hear a woman’s voice, deep and raspy: “There’s a vendor outside Bank of America on West 72nd Street. They serve pot stickers. Five for $3.50. Absolutely delicious.” No name. I was a little weirded out that someone had searched for my phone number, but I knew the caller was legit; just a week before, while shopping at the West 72nd Street Trader Joe’s, I put A-Pou’s Taste, a Taiwanese cart, on my “To Eat” list.
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Desert Island Wine
By Josh Perilo
Brushing Up on Exceptional Sparkling Wines
I have always said that the one bottle of wine I would take with me to a desert island would be Champagne.
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Free Classical Concerts at Mannes
Nestled in a quiet side street, Mannes College is truly a diamond in the rough.
One of Mannes’ least-known features, which is also most astonishing to new visitors, is its tradition of providing free concerts nearly every night of the week in its two concert halls.
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Yorkville Stickball Champ at 73
By Thomas Pryor
“My life as a boy growing up in Yorkville was stickball,” said Ron Weiss, a 73-year-old baseball player, who knocked in the first RBI of the pre-season for his senior team this spring.
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Stuyvesant’s Minority Admissions Under Attack
To read Part 1 of this story, please go to Benign Neglect?: Who Killed the Discovery Program?
Elected officials and education experts question dropping minority enrollments and the Department of Education’s decision to eliminate Discovery Program at Bronx Science and Stuyvesant
By Megan Finnegan and Stephon Johnson
Last week, Our Town, West Side Spirit and The Amsterdam News reported on the lack of diversity at two of the city’s top specialized high schools, Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, and a program called Discovery, designed to help increase minority enrollment but which has fallen into disuse over the past decade at these schools. While he did not respond to repeated requests for comment before press time, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott responded to the article when questioned by NY1, stating the program is “not race-based” and that its reinstatement would do nothing to help increase the extremely low numbers of minority students at these schools.
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