Broken Promises for Affordable Housing

Broken Promises for Affordable Housing

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
May 23, 2013

Williamsburg- Greenpoint residents, elected officials and city-wide housing activists gathered at the East River water front on May 22 to call out Mayor Bloomberg for guaranteeing 3,500 affordable housing units back in 2005 and not living up to the promise. … Continue reading →
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Children Rally For NYC Libraries

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
May 23, 2013

Local council members, activists and children rallied on the steps of city hall on May 22 during a press conference demanding that Mayor Bloomberg restore the proposed $106 million budget cuts to libraries throughout New York City. Council members Jimmy … Continue reading →
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Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson on Improving NYC Public Schools

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
May 19, 2013

Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson outlined his vision for the future of New York City public schools on May 15 at New York University where he discussed his plan to focus more on early- childhood education. Thompson, who attended Brooklyn public … Continue reading →
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Angelight Films Third Annual Fundraiser

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
May 2, 2013

Angelight Films held their Third Annual Fundraiser on May 1st in Manhattan where children with brain and spinal tumors had the opportunity to present their own short films. The founder of Angelight Films, Stephanie Angel, created the non-profit organization in … Continue reading →
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Children’s Center Research in Moldova

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
April 23, 2013

Social work major Irene Hanna discussed her experience while visiting a children’s center in the Republic of Moldova during York College’s Student Research Day on Apr. 18. Hanna traveled to Moldova, along with three other students and York College Professors … Continue reading →
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Plan B for All Ages

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
April 10, 2013

Brooklyn Federal Judge Edward Korman ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make the Plan-B morning-after pill available over the counter to females of all ages. Prior to the Apr. 5 ruling, any teen under age 17 was required … Continue reading →
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Award-Winning New York Daily News Photographer Visits York College

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
April 3, 2013

Award-Winning New York Daily News photographer Todd Maisel visited journalism students at CUNY York College on March 21st to share his journey as a photojournalist and to offer students advice about being successful in the field. Maisel’s presentation consisted of … Continue reading →
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Young Mom of the Week

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
March 20, 2013

Week of March 18th Meet Ingris Diaz! A 21-year-old mother from Long Island, NY who juggles school, work and a 5-year-old daughter named Natalie. Ingris had Natalie at age 16, and found it extremely difficult to take on all the … Continue reading →
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Shameful NYC Teen Pregnancy Ads

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
March 6, 2013

On March 4th, The NY Daily News posted an article on its website by Erin Durkin titled “SHAME CAMPAIGN: NYC ad campaign on teen pregnancy marshals crying babies.” The article discusses the New York City Human Resources Administration’s new Teen … Continue reading →
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School Cliques- Final Project

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 20, 2012

For my final project, I decided to do a supercut on school cliques in movies and TV shows. I began searching YouTube for videos of a bunch of different movies and shows that represent school cliques. The movies I used … Continue reading →
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Recess Gets Rained On

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 18, 2012

This Audio Assignment is called Sound Effects Story. For this assignment, I had to create a story using strictly sound effects with no verbal communication. I used six different sound effect videos that I found on youtube. The story I … Continue reading →
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Final Reflection

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 17, 2012

As the fall semester comes to an end, my time with ds106 will also come to an end as well. Overall, I found the course interesting. It was different than what I thought it would be but I still enjoyed … Continue reading →
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Lindsay Lohan through the years…

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 10, 2012

The mashup assignment I decided to do was Actor Transformation. I decided to mashup a video of some of Lindsay Lohan’s most famous movies from her childhood up until this current year. I searched youtube for clips of Lindsay Lohan … Continue reading →
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Henchmen are Bad Shots!

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 10, 2012

For this supercut assignment, I began by googling common movie cliches. I came across a cliche where the bad guys tries to attack the good guy in some way but always seems to miss. I liked this idea because so … Continue reading →
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Final Project Idea!

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 10, 2012

For my final project, I’m not 100% sure about what I want to do but I’m leaning more towards creating a second radio show since I enjoyed doing the first one. I’m thinking of making another bumper that would give … Continue reading →
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Jim Grooms Archive Discussion

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 10, 2012

I found Jim Grooms discussion on archives very interesting. What we put on our facebook pages, blogs, flickr, twitter, instagram etc is a reflection of the person. When people look you up, they get a sense of who you are … Continue reading →
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I was a traveler

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 4, 2012

The design assignment that I chose was “What I did when I was Younger.” This is a picture of me when I was younger, probably about 3 or 4 years old. When I was younger, my mom used to take … Continue reading →
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106ness!

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 3, 2012

This Visual Assignment is called Cogdog’s Illustrate 106. When I thought of an image that represents the number 106, the first thing I thought about was a famous show in New York called 106 & Park. Growing up, 106 & … Continue reading →
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Pretty Puppy

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
December 3, 2012

This visual assignment that I chose to do was “Makeup your pet.” I chose this assignment because I thought it was really cute. I actually don’t have my own pet, but I did always want a Golden Retriever. I used … Continue reading →
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Light & Dark

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
November 27, 2012

For this Visual Assignment, I had to change a photo from light to dark or dark to light. I did from light to dark as you can see. Using Adobe photoshop, I placed the photo side by side. Using curves, … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates- Nov.12-16

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
November 19, 2012

Last week I did two of the daily create assignments. The first assignment I did was drawing a circle and filling it in with a color that represented how I felt that day. I used the highlighters I had in … Continue reading →
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Battle of the Sexes Radio Show: Halloween Edition

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
November 13, 2012

Hey guys! This radio show is about killers in horror movies and whether women or men are the better killers. The halloween theme is a little late due to Hurricane Sandy, but we hope you still enjoy it. We created … Continue reading →
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Battle of the Sexes Radio Bumper

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
October 22, 2012

Battle of the Sexes…look out for our radio show!! We’re going to be discussing male and female roles in horror movies..STAY TUNED! By: Elizabeth Ortiz, Darrel Bestwadley, Delvona Tyler. Check it out..let us know what you think! lizrecordings_mixdown
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Radio Bumper

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
October 22, 2012

trying to put together a good bumper for my teams radio show! Stay tuned…
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Pick up my new album!

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
October 10, 2012

I used a mixture of wikipedia, quotes, and flickr, put them all together in photoshop and here is the finished project…but “don’t ask me how” I did it!!
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Flowers Brighten Up Sad Days

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
October 1, 2012

The Visual Assignment for this picture is called Splash the Color. I used Adobe photo shop to make the color splash. I decided to just leave color in the flowers because everything at a cemetery is usually dark and gloomy. … Continue reading →
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Articles!

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
September 27, 2012

As I mentioned on my About Me page, I am a journalism major. Check out a few of my articles from the school newspaper! Support and comment. 7th Annual Men’s Conference on Stop and Frisk SGA Operates Project E.R.
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Daily Creates!

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
September 24, 2012

I really enjoy doing the daily creates because it allows you to do things that you may not think of doing on your own. I enjoy doing daily creates that involve the outdoors because you learn to appreciate nature a … Continue reading →
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First Week of DS106

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
September 3, 2012

The first week of DS106 seemed complicated at first, but I feel like I am starting to get the hang of things now. So far I have learned how to create my own web hosting page, but I have also … Continue reading →
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Reflecting on No Digital Face Lifts

by Elizabeth Ortiz

| Syndicated
September 3, 2012

After watching Gardner Campbell’s No Digital Facelifts, I think the idea of becoming my own “sys admin” is very cool and interesting. Now that I have my own web hosting page, I’m excited about all the different things I can … Continue reading →
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