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QCRA Fall MeetingFriday, October 16, 2015

The featured speaker was Nancy Foldi, Professor of Psychology. Her title was Remembering what’s-her-name: An update on healthy aging and Alzheimer’s Disease. In his introduction, President Speidel asked if those members who were born in December, January, or February would raise their hand. He then asked if those born in June, July, and August would raise their hand. He then reported that recent research by Germany’s largest health insurer of about 150,000 people over 65 found a 7% smaller risk of developing dementia for those born in the winter than in the summer. The fifteen or so born in the summer booed while the rest laughed – including our speaker. Our editor did not laugh as he was born in August.

Dr. Foldi started out by saying that memory loss is part of normal aging behavior. She then repeated that several

more times. She went on, that within the brain, the frontal and parietal sections are the last to develop and the first to change with aging. Ed. note: Among other things, the frontal lobes control speech, thought, concentration, and voluntary actions; the parietal lobes control body movement and spatial memory. As the brain changes, symptoms associated with different sections of the brain develop, that taken together define dementia. Dementia is, thus, a clinical diagnosis with an acquired group of symptoms: 1. Memory impairment plus one of the following: language dysfunction (aphasia) or motor sequencing problems (apraxia) or recognition problems (agnosia) or executive dysfunction; and 2. The above cognitive deficits affect daily function. Not all dementia are equal. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) amounts to 55% of the cases. Its cause is unknown. A definite diagnosis is possible only in autopsy where plaques consisting of dead nerve cells with an insoluble protein called amyloid mixed with

tangles of protein fiber strands are distributed throughout the brain. While some gene combinations appear in cases, only a small number of individuals with those combinations develop the disease. It is irreversible and no effective treatment exists. In answer to a question, Dr. Foldi said that yes, medicine was prescribed and if the patient did not worsen, it was assumed that the medicine stopped the progress of the disease – although with some pretty gross (unspecified) side effects.

Other major types of clinical dementia include Lewy body dementia where the continued on page 2

QCRAnewsqcra.wordpress.com • No. 37 - Winter 2016Editor: David SpeidelAssistant Editor/Graphic Designer: Stephanie Goldson

“Take a Hike!” has new meaning for QCRA. Connie Capobianco and her committee have expanded opportunities for QCRA members to simultaneously socialize and do something healthy.

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nerve cells develop abnormal structures throughout the brain, and vascular dementia caused by decreased oxygenation from strokes and hardening arteries. Other causes are Parkinson’s disease, infections such as AIDS, Pick’s disease, brain damage from impacts termed C.T.E or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (now a major legal concern for football and a growing concern for soccer), cardiac arrest, hypothyroidism, B12 deficiency, and low blood sugar reactions in diabetics. Ed note: These last three are reversible with prompt treatment. A long Q & A period followed. Dr. Foldi invited the members to join several tests in her laboratory – I think as subjects! It was an interesting, informative, but hardly reassuring lecture. Nancy was presented with a QCRA Hero t-shirt with her picture on it as our thank-you.

The luncheon was a series of sandwiches and salads. The Chef and Ian, the catering director, made sure the sandwiches were fresh and attractively displayed.

A short business meeting followed. In addition to information presented elsewhere in QCRANews, the following information was given. A Motion of Appreciation was presented to Sandi Witt by Secretary Robinson as Sandi steps down from the Executive Committee. Frances also reported that as of mid-October we had 229 dues paying members who had contributed $6794 in 2015 to our Scholarship Funds. Speidel announced that with the 2015 awards, QCRA passes a quarter of a million dollars in total awards. Speidel also announced that the 2016 QCRA Scholarship is named in honor of Jim O’Hara.

Because of financial constraints, QC Reprographics has started charging us for printing announcements and the QCRAnews. The mailing bill is slightly higher because we are now mailing Queens, the College Magazine to QCRA members. We are pruning the mailing list. Membership Chair Joe Brostek with the extraordinary assistance of Stephanie Goldson, has done a final reach

out to those retirees from recent years who have not joined the QCRA. Those that do not respond will have their mailing label taken from the mailing list and placed in a bucket that will be ignited the night of the next full moon while the Executive Committee chants. And speaking of financial constraints, we may have to increase the cost of the luncheons.

After the business meeting, we enjoyed a musical interlude with the Queens College a capella group, The QC iTones. The full fifteen member group sang “California Dreaming” by the Mamas & The Papas, “Wayfaring Stranger” by Ed Sheeran, “Umbrella” by Rihanna, and “I Want You Back” by the Jackson Five. Smaller groups sang “Mama Who Bore Me’ from Spring Awakening, and “Let Me Down” by the Staves. Our in-house music critic (Allen Brings, ACSM) writes:

“I remember speaking to a few of the members of the iTones after the performance and complimenting them on the arrangements that they used, pointing out how inventive and continually interesting the textures were, the way in which the various vocal lines interacted

and yet contrasted with one another....I found myself more interested in the counterpoint demonstrated by these lines than in the nature of the principal melody that was being accompanied; there was a musical substance in these arrangements that one rarely finds in performance of ‘popular’ music. Another advantage to these arrangements was that every singer was able to convey something of interest, not just those singing the principal melody, an advantage that benefitted both the audience and the singers themselves.” The box lunches that were prepared for the students to take with them to their post-performance rehearsal, were demolished on the spot! The Executive Committee authorized the payment of $250 to the iTones to help cover the costs of participating in competitions.

Joe Brostek had arranged for t-shirts and bags from the Alumni Office. It was decided to give the iTones first dibs on the shirts. They were scoffed-up quickly.

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The 2016 Annual Spring Meeting of QCRA will be on Friday, May 20 in the Agora.The speaker will be HratcH Zadoian who will speak on an aspect of the US Intelligence Community -

his academic interest. The title? Citizen Spies – the OSS’s Four Years of Glory. A lunch based on the Year of the Silk road and a brief business meeting will follow. We hope to have the scholarship winners join us.

Remembering what’s-her-name:

An update on healthy aging and Alzheimer’s Disease.

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Connie Capobianco and her committee have come up with a list of places to visit, primarily as an excuse for taking a pleasant walk with friends. The first place to visit was the Long Island Motor Parkway aka Vanderbilt Raceway – the precursor to the Northern State Parkway. At 48 miles long, it stretched from Kissena Park to Lake Ronkonkoma. Opened to the public as a toll road in 1908, the charge was $2, equivalent to $45 today. It did not get a lot of traffic! Vanderbilt exchanged the property for back taxes in 1938 and it was abandoned as a roadway and taken over by the NYC Parks Dept. You can see portions of the Roadway in the parkland on the west side of Francis Lewis Blvd, south of the LIE before Union Tpk. It then turns east, crosses Francis Lewis and disappears into the trees heading out the Island. The walkers joined at 209th St and went as far as the south edge of Alley Pond Park. See the QCRA Facebook page for some photos of participants.

The November jaunt was to Fort Totten in Bayside. When the US Military Academy was established at the fort at West Point, the Army Corps of Engineers had to move their headquarters. Fable has it that one Robert E. Lee was the chief engineer on the project that created a ‘castle’ as the Officers ‘Club. (See Michael Robinson’s picture of the Castle on the QCRA Facebook site.) This is the same castle that is used as a model for the insignia of the Corp. The building is now managed by the Bayside Historical Society. As a former member of their board, Connie was able to gain access for us and acted as docent in our tour of the castle. The rest of the facility contains a variety of buildings and

uses: The police K-9 training ground, the NYC photo/video surveillance unit of NYPD, the headquarters and training locations of the NYC EMT, and some old gun bunkers designed to control the west end of Long Island Sound and the entrance to the East River. In addition to Connie’s committee of Stephanie Goldson and Gayle Lew, the following individuals participated (*= plus spouse): Helen Allocca, Cathy Farley, Deena Feldman*, Peg Franco, Syd Lyfkoe, Joyce Menkes*, Anita Podrid*, Marie Rafanelli, Frances Robinson*, Ellen Rondot, Elaine Schulman, Dave Speidel, and Tom Surprenant.

Our next outing will be on Wednesday Jan 20th. We will be visiting Sagamore Hill Historic site. The guided tour will take approximately 2 1/2 hours and will begin at 10:30 am. This is a free tour since we are considered an educational facility. There is space for 20; Please let us know if you plan to attend. Transportation is not provided but if you need a ride perhaps another member can accommodate. For more info contact Connie Capobianco at cuchcapo@aol.com.

To hold a place for the tour and travel directions to Sagamore Hill, contact Deena Feldman at deenaf48@gmail.com.

Possibilites for future outings, but not yet scheduled, include: The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Kingsland Homestead, The High Line, Wave Hill, the various Botanical Gardens. Information on future trips will be transmitted by email blast so be sure to include your email address when you pay your dues.

Social Affairs Committee

Bold FaceA REMINDER! Bold Face in the Qcra news is totally dependent on information supplied to the Editor. Please drop a note to:Editor, QCRAnewsQueens College Retirees AssociationQueens College, Flushing, New York 11367or email david.speidel@qc.cuny.edu.

Roberta and Gary Raff were happy and proud to celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of their eldest grandson Elias Alex Raff that took place this past September in Manhattan. Scot Raff and wife, Sara Lise are the proud parents of Elias. Roberta and Gary retired to Florida in 2011 and were happy to come back to New York City to also see their Queens College friends for this wonderful occasion. Roberta and JoAnn Jacobs organized last year’s Florida get-together of QCRA members and have scheduled another (see announcement on Future Meetings)

Elaine Klein continues as the Principal Investigator of Bridges to Academic Success, a CUNY initiative that serves newcomer adolescents, including many refugees from war-torn countries, who enter US high schools with very limited academic skills and native language literacy. The program is now operating in NYC and three upstate NYS school districts.

Joe Brostek was the subject of a column in an October issue of Queens Gazette on active citizens. In addition to his work with QCRA as Membership Chair, Joe is a Trustee and Program Chair for the Queens Historical Society, Communication Chair for the Broadway-Flushing Homeowners

Association, Vice President of the St. Andrew Avelino Friendship Club of his parish, and a member of the NYPD’s 109th Community Council. And in addition .........

Gary Gumpert writes : “Sorry about not staying in touch, but the world is hectic and I try to do my part to contribute to the chaos. For the past ten years I have been President of the Urban Communication Foundation. I continue to research, write and travel the globe. Off this weekend for a few short days in our village home in Provence and then a couple of days in Istanbul to photograph and research its arcades and play with grandchildren. Best wishes to those who might remember me.” Those who remember Gary know he was one of the initiators of the late, lamented Faculty Sherry Hour. It was one of the few things on campus designed to bring faculty and administrators from different sections of the College together for purely social purposes.

Gisele Warshawsky’s grandson Armand Brescia graduated from Syracuse in 2014, has worked on two episodes of TV show “The Stalker”, relocated to LA to work for Warner Bros, transferred to FOX to work on a Marvel Comics project. Gisele is very proud of him and granddaughters Emily & Maegan.

Elaine Chapline Burns flew into Fargo, ND to get to Five Lakes at the top of Minnesota for her grandson Will Burns’s wedding to Melissa Ericksen. “I not only love Melissa, I like her whole family”.

Maria Terrone and husband Bill, traveled to visit friends in Colorado and also a ‘bucket list’ trip to Monticello, Jefferson’s home outside of Charlottesville, VA. Her

fourth book of poetry, Eye to Eye, was published in May, 2014. In addition to her poetry, she is now writing creative non-fiction for literary magazines. Topics range from her 13-year friendship with a U.S. and literary-loving Iranian to her encounter on a British train, and ensuing relationship, with a WWII prisoner of the Japanese in Malaysia.

Donald Stone is back at Peking University, China, for his tenth (half) year of teaching in the English Department as a “Senior Professor” (one of only ten at PKU!). He will curate an exhibition for the Arthur Sackler Museum at PKU on “Western Artists and the Classical Tradition” and he will oversee a conference on that topic. Next year, the Sackler Foundation in America will publish a catalogue of the nearly 400 artworks (Dorer to Picasso) which Donald has donated to the campus museum. It is apparently the only collection of its kind in China; and in recognition the Chinese Government awarded him a National Friendship Award, the highest honor given by China to foreigners. Together with the other award winners, he dined with Chinese President Qi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People last September, 2014. Many of us join Donald when he says he thinks the happiest phrase in the English language is “Working Retirement”.

Jon Peterson and wife continue watercolor painting, taking classes in Huntington and Douglaston (the National Art League), and a workshop with Thomas W. Schaller, a major California artist. They display their works at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, the Manhasset Public Library, and the National Art League.

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Virgil Blake complains of his pre-occupation as a crash test dummy for medical science (“the fool’s gold part of retirement no one warned me of”). In spite of that he has recently published “Do you have another Good Western? Westerns in the Contemporary American Public Library” (2014) and “To the Shinin‘ Times: The Origins of the Western” (2015). Also, “The Shinin’ Times: The Western in 1950 and 1960” will be coming soon to the computer with the Novelist database near you. As Virgil says “Amazing how something you did to make a commute tolerable has become a part of retirement”. It’s a long way from South River, NJ to Flushing, NY!

Jimmy Heath continues to play, conduct, and compose with the Queens Jazz Orchestra that performs periodically at Flushing Town Hall. He also has the Heath Big Band. Michael Mossman (head of Jass Studies at ACSM) and Antonio Hart of the jazz faculty are part of both groups.

Par McCoy splits her time between NYC and her home in Hampton, VA. Pat says that Hampton has great weather, is close to Virginia

Beach, Colonial Williamsburg, and at least ten smaller beaches.

Dave and Margie Speidel’s river trip on the Elbe was curious. The Czeck Republic refused to release water from their dams so the river in Germany was too shallow to navigate most of the time. This disappointment was partially balanced by the Captain who did a mean Johnny Cash cover. They moved on to Poland and into an actual salt mine. This December they sail south from San Juan, PR, and end up in the harbor of Rio on New Year’s Eve for the fireworks special.

Both Hratch and Leslie Zadoian have been busy. Leslie’s paintings have been shown in a number of solo shows in NYC and upstate galleries and also in several group shows. October’s schedule includes part of a three person show at the Carter Burden gallery in Manhattan. She and Hratch traveled to Armenia last summer where Hratch was honored at the National Library in Yerevan for the “Zadoian Collection” He writes: Over the past 23 years I have shipped around 30,000 books in English, at least half of which

are on American history, literature, culture, including popular culture, etc. Nothing like it in any of the former Soviet republics. They are hungry for the books and truly appreciate them. Last fall alone, Hratch shipped 1,054 boxes of books. In addition to the book shipments to Armenia, in October in the QC Library rotunda, there was an exhibit of Books and Ephemera from the WWII years, mainly from his collections, to note and remember the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII.

The Flex Space in the Summit Apartments was recently named after Jim Muyskens as was a scholarship established to help students cover the cost of living on campus.

The recent fuss over whether or not to close Sweet Briar College made one think of Beatrice Patt who left as a Professor of Romance Languages at QC to become College Dean at Sweet Briar. The Mets-Cubs baseball series with Cub’s President Theo Epstein, reminded us of Theo’ father, Leslie Epstein, who left as Professor of English to head up the writing program at Boston University.

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Executive Committee Actions

The 2016 QCRA Scholarship was named in honor of James O’Hara for his work on the Scholarship Committee. In addition to the six named scholarships, the Executive Committee authorized an additional one-time scholarship called the QCRA 2016 Scholarship. We sincerely thank all members who have made these scholarships possible through their contributions to QCRA.

Sandra Witt has resigned from the Executive Committee. Deena Feldman was named to take her place. A motion of appreciation for Sandi was passed that was presented by Secretary Robinson. The motion thanks Sandi “for her calming presence, thoughtful comments, and diligent efforts on behalf of the Executive Committee of QCRA as well as the whole of QCRA.”

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College HappeningsGlenda Grace is adding to her portfolio as Chief of Staff for President Matos. She has assumed the role of General Counsel, replacing Meryl Kaynard who, after five years at QC is pursuing other interests at CUNY Central. Glenda has previously done this type of thing with the President when both were at Hostos. Odalys Diaz Pineiro was named Acting Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Initiatives. Dr Pineiro has a D.Ed and a MA in Educational Administration from NYU and a BA in Political Science and Communication from Penn. She also worked with the President at Hostos before coming to Queens.

Manuel Sanudo has replaced Rolf Swensen as Acting Chief Librarian. Rolf served in the position for two years and is off on a well deserved sabbatical. Ben Chitty will continue as Acting Assistant to the Chief Librarian handling budget items which will allow Manny to continue as Chair of the Academic Senate.

The profile of the College has changed within the past decade as it transitioned from a First-Time Freshman (now 39%) majority to a Transfer-majority (61%) campus. The race/ethnicity of the 15,773 Fall 2014 undergraduate students was white/non-Hispanic (32%), Hispanic (28%), Asian (26%), Black (8%), and non-resident aliens (Big tuition item on them!).

The 606 full-time faculty of Fall 2014 has a different race/ethnic profile from the students with white (72%), Asian (10%), Hispanic (6%), African American/Black (6%), and non-resident aliens (6%).

In the last twenty-five years there have been major changes in staffing patterns across CUNY. Take a look below for where some resources seem to be going.

City University of New York Staffing Changes

1974 1984 1995 2006 2014Total Full time 14,144 9,963 8,146 10.009 13,475Instructional Staff

FT Faculty 11,268 6,867 5,342 5,779 7,698Administration 305 296 347 388 508Support 2,371 2,800 2,457 3,842 5,269

Total Part time IS 5,555 7,191 7,483 12,592 16,382

Full time Classified Staff 6,156 4,628 4,625 5,344 6,364

Part time CS 1,777 2,080 4,109 6,626 7,622

Apx Enrollment 253,000 181,000 208,000 226,000 275,000

Florida Get-TogetherRoberta Raff (347-655-8551) and JoAnn Jacobs (561-865-5201)

are organizing a luncheon meeting for our Florida members. The date is February 12, 2016 at noon.

The place is Westchester Country Club at the corner of Jog Road and Piper’s Glen, Delray Beach, FL. Call them if you’re interested.

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Queens College Staffing Changes

1990 1997 2006 2014Total Full Time Instructional Staff 935 772 801 921

FT Faculty 707 543 581 606Administration 35 22 25 23 Support 193 207 195 292

Total PT Inst. Staff 416 549 730 1,085

Full time Classified Staff 436 375 377 401 Part time CS 495 588 512 458

Apx Enrollment 18,071 16,814 18,107 19,310

Other Comparisons

2006 2014Central Office Executive 66 94

HEO series + Subs 297 500

Grad Center Executive 15 24FT Fac + visit. 147 183HEO + sub 159 170

Univ Wide Exec 388 508FT Fac + Sub + visit 6,251 7,694HEO + sub 2,704 4,520

Queens Coll Exec 25 23FT Fac + sub + visit 581 617HEO + sub 150 241

Sources: Staffing - Affirmative Action Summary DataNote: Visiting and Substitute titles are not included in Full time Faculty or HEOs unless noted but are in FT Instructional StaffEnrollment - CUNY Office of Research & AssessmentDHS 11/26/2015 First version prepared for Fall 1990.

POLITICAL OBSERVATIONSIf God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. Jay Leno

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it. Charles Darrow

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai Stevenson

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. Doug Laresen

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. Author unknown

contributorsThe following members have made contributions to the Scholarship Funds in 2015 since the report in the Summer QCRANews. * contributions of $100 to $499. # contributions of $500 or more.

EndowmEnt

*Lee Ann Truesdell & Stan Dropkin in memory of Marvin Taylor

*Frank Warren in honor of John O’Brien on his retirement

ScHolarSHip Fund

A. Robert Birmelin

Allen Brings

Harold Bruder

*Elaine Chapline Burns in honor of Bonnie Phillips on her retirement

*E.Richard & Angela Covert

Edith Dressler in memory of Muriel Holden

*Lawrence Eisman in memory of Leo Kraft

Edward Hansen

JoAnn Fait Jacobs in memory of Helene Cinquemani

*Gerald Keoppl

Sydney Lefkoe

Joyce Menkes in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Adina Bak

Eileen Moran

*James Muyskens

*M. Elena Peters-Spencer

*Jon Peterson in honor of Rolf Swenson

Gerald Roskes

*Gregory Rabassa in memory of Paul Lonigan

*Maxine Rothenberg in memory of Lillian Rothenberg

Arthur Salz

Sandra Shapiro in memory of Tina Moreau

*Babette Solon in memory of William Hollister

Joel Stark

Helen Volkman

Dorris Vorwald

Gordon Whatley in memory of Edmund (Eddie) Epstein

*Mary Jane Wochinger

*Burton Zweibach

We thank you all for your thoughtfulness and generosity.

in memoriumAll of the following made an impact on Queens College. They will be missed and fondly remembered. * indicates a QCRA member

* Harry Brienes, SEEK

*Muriel Holden, Library

Marcia Bayne Smith, Health Ed/Urban Studies

*Mary Teligades, Registrar’s Office

*Gisele Warshawsky, Admissions

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Christa Altenstetter, Poly SciArthur D. Baker, Chem & Biochem

Anna Chave, ArtMary Chelton, GLIS

Maureen Connor, ArtSilvia Coppi, Inter. Stud.

James Cordonis, AdmissionsMichael Dohan, Econ

Nancy Hemmes, PsychSydney Lefkoe, Financial Aid

Irving Markovitz, Poly SciJohn O’Brien, Hist.Terrence Quinn, ECPMark Rosenblum, HistIslena Salazar, B&GMichele Salles, MathLauren Seiler, Soc.Abraham Simon, Acct.Rena Smith-Kiawu, Financial AidFrank Zwilinske, B&G

RECENT RETiREES

LOST RETiREESFirst class mail addressed to the following individuals was returned to QCRA.

Do you know where they now are? If you do, please let QCRA know.

Lillian Blankfein, Muriel Devack, Janet Ezair, Zdzislaw Ozimkowski, Alan Rosenberg, Alice Sims, Anna Tapalansky, Roosevelt Whitted

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miscellaneous I’m trying to clean out my files. Here is a sample of things that have been sent to me over the last several years.

wEll Known lawS Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

Law of Public Speaking - A closed mouth gathers no feet.

Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal; someone always answers.

Murphy’s Law of Lockers - If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes) the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.

old cEmEtEriES’ tomBStonESHarry Edsel Smith of Albany, NY - Born 1903 - Died 1942. Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was.

On a grave in Dalhousie in Nova Scotia - Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102. Only the good die young.

Anna Hopewell’s grave in Enosburg Falls, VT - Here lies the body of our Anna/ Done to death by a banana/ It wasn’t the fruit that laid her low/ But the skin of the thing that made her go.

Nantucket, MA - Under the sod and under the trees/ Lies the body of Jonathan Pease/He is not here, there’s only the pod/ Pease shelled out and went to God.

And finally, in a cemetery in England - Remember man, as you walk by/ As you are now, so once was I/ As I am now, so you shall be, Remember this and follow me. (To which someone replied by adding: To follow you I’ll not consent/ Until I know which way you went.)

apHoriSmSA good time to keep your mouth shut is when you’re in deep water.

Scratch a cat ... and you will have a permanent job.

Why is it at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks

The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket

No one says “It’s only a game” when their team is winning

lEXopHilESWhen fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.

The batteries were given out free of charge.

A boiled egg is hard to beat.

When she saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she’d dye.

Acupuncture is a jab well done. That’s the point of it.

wHY SomE mEn liKE airplanES oVEr womEnAirplanes come with a manual to explain their operation

Airplanes don’t care about how many airplanes you’ve flown before

Airplanes don’t mind if you look at other airplanes

Airplanes expect to be tied down

The QC baseball field was recently named after Dr. Charles Hennekens, ‘63, still the only person selected to both the Achievement and the Athletic Hall of Fame for QC. He tells the story of talking to a classmate, Paul Simon, ‘63. Simon asked if Hennekens remembered him. He said “I remember you sitting on the steps of the library, playing your guitar; but I was pre-med and playing two sports and I barely had time to breath much less study. Simon said that he had played baseball at Forest Hills High School and had tried out for the QC team. He was told he was too small but he said that he had followed the team. Simon said he wanted to be just like Hennekens, to which Hennekens laughed and said Paul had wound up turning the tables.

SuccESSAt age 4, success is Not piddling in you pants

At age 12, success is Having friends

At age 17, success is Having a driver’s license

At age 35, success is Having money

At age 50, success is Having money

At age 70, success is Having a driver’s license

At age 75, success is Having friends

At age 80, success is Not piddling in your pants

Health tipsthe centers for disease control and prevention lists Stroke Signs and Symptoms.

This applies for both men and women.

■ Sudden numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body.

■ Sudden confusion, trouble speaking, or diffi culty understanding speech.

■ Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.

■ Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, or lack of coordination.

■ Sudden severe headache with no known cause.

Note the key word in the above list: SuddEn. You now have three hours. Act F.a.S.t.

F = Face Ask the person to smile. Does one side of the face droop?

A = arms Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?

S = Speech Ask the person to repeat a simple phrase. Is their speech slurred or strange?

T = time If you observe any of these signs, call 9-1-1 immediately.

CDC advises that you not drive to the hospital. Call for the ambulance. Trained medical personnel can begin life-saving treatment on the way to the emergency room. Some treatments only work if given in the fi rst three hours. Act F.a.S.t.!

Ah, the symptoms have disappeared. I’m okay. Well, no. You may have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA), a temporary cut off in blood supply to the brain. This in itself shows you have a problem that will not disappear without medical help. And TIAs are often followed by the real thing!

a new way to rank collegesCollegeNet has ranked more than 900 colleges and universities based on how well they improve economic mobility and provide affordable education to disadvantaged families. Check out socialmobilityindex.com. There are fi ve variables in the SMI formula. The greatest sensitivity of movement within the rankings is based on changes in tuition and changes in percentage of students withing the student body whose family incomes are less than the national median of $48,000. These are factors that are easiest for a college to control.

The next two factors are early career salary and graduation rate which are ½ the sensitivity of

tuition and family income. The fi fth is endowment which has a negative effect. The assumption is that the college is hoarding its funds rather than using them effectively. The result:

Rank SMI Institution1 135.1 CUNY- Baruch5 97.1 CUNY- City6 91.6 CUNY- Staten Island14 72.2 CUNY- Hunter23 63.9 CUNY-Queens

The Cal State System and Univ. of California system also make strong showings. Reduce college loan debt. Follow the CollegeNet rankings.

The editors of the QCRAnews wish everyone a veryHAPPY and HEALTHY New Year.

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