Best job market in years, but are grads getting jobs?

Higher education a family affair for many Islanders

Noble Maritime Collection elects trustee

Learning the steps to success

Forum warns against ticks, Lyme disease

Group solicits ideas on how to spend U.S. transit dollars

West Brighton business inducted into hall of fame

Oops! Transit study kills 'we pay more' theory

Fair lends support to Island's disabled community

Islanders to be polled on participation in organizations

We must get moving on transit problem

A Fein choice for CSI's AD

CSI grads urged to be trailblazers

Former cop, 65 others graduate CSI's nursing program

Todt Hill resident lauded for online business creation

A special night for the Glennersters

Bob Glennerster Sr. wiped away tears of joy last night during the annual athletics awards banquet at the College of Staten Island.

Glennerster, a cancer survivor who had a brain tumor surgically removed five years ago, watched his 21-year-old senior twins -- Bob Jr. and Dana -- win multiple awards. [full story]

500 high school students learn a better way to disagree

Fifteen-year-old Yeison Lopez admitted he had negative preconceived notions about his peers.

"And when people bring it up, I feel bad about it. If it weren't for being here today, I would have never noticed it and tried to change that," the Petrides student said. [full story]

CUNY honors SI Bank & Trust official as a 'Friend'

Betsy Dubovsky, executive director of SI Bank & Trust, was honored yesterday by The City University of New York's Office of Special Programs, during a luncheon at the university's central offices in Manhattan. [full story]

Celebrity decorator helps celebrate influential Islander

Celebrity decorator Mario Buatta, known as "The Prince of Chintz," entertained a group of Staten Islanders yesterday with a slide show that combined humor, education and a glimpse into the lives of the rich and famous. [full story]

Lenore Schwartz

After Sept. 11, Ms. Schwartz' company, like many other businesses throughout Staten Island and the rest of the city suffered devastating economic setbacks trying to stay afloat. [full story]

Concerts Make Heavenly Music In Island's Backyards

On April 22 at 8 p.m. at the Concert Hall in the Center of the Performing Arts at the College of Staten Island, I attended a performance of the Philharmonic with my wife, Kathleen. They performed three pieces of music from Ludwig Van Beethoven flawlessly. [full story]

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Concert Was Wonderful Entertainment 

How do I describe the sheer joy and exhilaration that both my wife, Thelma, and I experienced on Friday evening, April 28, at the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert at the College of Staten Island? [full story]

Arirang's chef packs house with hibachi-style cooking show 

Dickie Yee streamed oil and vodka onto raw onion rings stacked on a grill which he set afire. Later, he flicked zucchini toward the open mouth of someone's mother-in-law. (It slapped her in the chin.) And somewhere in this very busy hibachi-style restaurant one recent Saturday night, a birthday triggered a spinning disco ball of lights and a speeded-up version of "Banzai Song," ending with a gong. [full story]

Dolphins keep the trophy home 

The three seniors -- Jamie Lee, Matt Stefanski and Pat Smith -- held the championship trophy high in the air while flashing four fingers on their free hands. [full story]

CSI Friends host Mario Buatta 

The Friends of the College of Staten Island and the CSI Foundation will feature designer Mario Buatta and honor Sally W. Williams at its annual luncheon, May 17, at noon; the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield. Tickets $75. Reservations required by May 10, at 718-982-2365.  [full story]

Craig Manister: Artist dabbles in many genres 

When he was in junior high school, Craig Manister was told by an art teacher that he had absolutely no talent. Today, he spends his time immersed in the world of art. As curator of the art exhibits at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and director of the Art Gallery at the College of Staten Island, Manister — a fine artist who is now teacher himself — is willing to share his love with anyone who comes within his reach. [full story]

Former deli salesman is now pitching science 

He learned his 1, 2, 3s and -- with greater difficulty -- his A, B, Cs, in Staten Island public schools, but Deric Borrero says he gained his most important life lessons in Danny's Deli, his dad's grocery store in Brooklyn's Fort Greene section. [full story]

CSI marks Bring Your Child to Work Day   

Eleven-year-old Genna Zieff got a taste of college life yesterday.

"I like being here; it makes me see that I have so many different options in life," she said. [full story]

CSI gets $9M, but property tax rebate lost after budget vetoes   

The state Legislature finished overriding most of Gov. George Pataki's budget vetoes yesterday, ensuring a windfall for college students but leaving homeowners in the lurch. [full story]

Best and brightest compete in the Academic Olympics   

A team of students from St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, Huguenot, captured top place in Staten Island's 19th annual Academic Olympics competition.  [full story]

Marchi to end record tenure    

In a bombshell announcement that marks the end of an era, state Sen. John Marchi, 84, the father of the secession movement who was instrumental in saving the city from bankruptcy in the mid-1970s and shutting the Fresh Kills landfill, told the Advance yesterday that he will not run for re-election in November. [full story]

City outlines proposal for 2,200-acre park at Fresh Kills   

Transformation of the former Fresh Kills landfill into a sprawling park takes a step closer to reality next month, when the city kicks off a year-long environmental review process. [full story]

Stuffed duck makes a splash at college job fair   

Some potential employers dangled pens, and some candy; some stood in front of their booths, chatting as if at happy hour, and some stood behind them, beaming like cherubs. And one played the giant-stuffed-duck card. [full story]

Babies, snakes… campaign finance   

What’s up, doc? Pose that question to academic researchers, and you’ll get wildly ranging answers. [full story]

Mystery odor sends CSI staffers, toddler to the hospital   

Four staff members and a toddler from the College of Staten Island’s Children’s Center spent several hours at the hospital for observation yesterday afternoon, after complaining of sore throats caused by a mysterious odor. [full story]

'Impressionism,' minus the color   

If Impressionism is all about turning color, light and fresh air into paint on canvas, then how could there be any such thing as black-and-white impressionism? [full story]

A push to preserve Willowbrook's legacy   

A push is on to secure historic status for the College of Staten Island and an adjacent campus used by the developmentally disabled community, one month after CSI dropped a contentious plan to build dormitories on the land used by disabled young people - a site many consider sacred ground today. [full story]

CSI's Office of Disability Services fully committed to serving the disabled   

In response to recent commentary in the Advance regarding the College of Staten Island's services to persons with disabilities, I would like to detail, as director of CSI's Office of Disability Services, what we do. [full story]

With population at 464,573, Island's growth slows   

Staten Island's population expansion slowed last year, with 1,878 new residents bringing the total population to 404,573. Still, the small increase bucked the trend of population loss elsewhere in the city. [full story]

Way Out West   

Inspired by the recent pop-culture surge of western movies and fashions, members of the College of Staten Island's Foundation staged a country-western casino bash on Feb. 26. [full story]

Annadale woman vies for 'Millionaire' title   

Lisa Juarez is on game shows all the time - in her living room. The 24-year-old from Annadale has regular game nights in which she and family and friends challenge each other on trivia and vie for bragging rights. [full story]

Nascar traffic plan questioned

Staten Island drivers heading toward Brooklyn would be blocked from getting onto the western half of the Staten Island Expressway during summer afternoons of NASCAR race weekends under the track developer's current proposal. [full story]

Wet workouts harder than they look

Water exercise classes are not “patty-cake” aerobics, maintains Pat Mahoney, instructor at the College of Staten Island as well as at the YMCA in West Brighton. [full story]

Rustle up a game of Texas Hold’em at the Mall

The center court of the Staten Island Mall in New Springville will be transformed into a casino with a country-western theme for the College of Staten Island’s (CSI) third annual Casino Round-up on Sunday from 7 to 10:30 p.m. [full story]

Shanghai University officials visit CSI

Representatives from Shanghai University yesterday visited the College of Staten Island, Willowbrook, to discuss the CUNY/Shanghai University Exchange Program. [full story]

Anxious eyes tracking DOOMSDAY ASTEROID

It's been said the only two things in life that are certain are death and taxes. If an asteroid aimed frighteningly close to the Home Planet keeps to its path on April 13, 2036, then well, forget the taxes. [full story]

Dolphins really made themselves at home   

The joint was rocking. The CSI Sports and Recreation Center at the College of Staten Island had been awarded the CUNY Conference Basketball Tournament, and the hometown Dolphins of CSI had advanced to the championship game. [full story]

School, 3 organizations, receive grants from bank   

SI Bank & Trust Foundation presented grant awards totaling $180,000 to PS 57 and three organizations that provide services and programs at the school: The Staten Island YMCA, the Staten Island Mental Health Society and the College of Staten Island. [full story]

CSI changes plan for dormitories   

College of Staten Island officials are abandoning their efforts to build student housing on state land occupied by the developmentally disabled community and will instead seek to find space on their own 204-acre campus, according to CSI President Dr. Marlene Springer. [full story]

CSI says goodbye to 3 scholars  

The College of Staten Island is bidding farewell to a delegation of Chinese scholars -- three up-and-coming government leaders from the city of Shanghai -- as its six-month-long New Leaders for the 21st Century Training Program draws to a close. [full story]

Making history  

They've swung low with Lyle Lovett. Climbed octaves with Diana Ross. And added their heavenly pipes to Bono's brogue with U2. [full story]

Advocates for disabled voice concern over CSI housing plan

Extra security guards were at the Elizabeth Connelly Resource Center yesterday to direct cars to parking spots around the Willowbrook complex. [full story]

Merritt Leaving CSI Post

College of Staten Island athletic director Harold Merritt is about to change schools -- and hats. [full story]

CSI's $80M dorm plan hits a snag

The College of Staten Island's proposal to expand classrooms and build student housing on land adjacent to its Willowbrook campus is being flatly opposed by the state agency that controls the property, but school officials have vowed to continue their pursuit. [full story]

From perfect strangers to a perfect fit

You would think that a pair of baseball lifers like Bill Cali and John Scrivani would have gotten acquainted over the years. [full story]

Molinaro targets transportation

Pledging to improve transportation on Staten Island in his second term, Borough President James Molinaro held an inauguration ceremony yesterday at the College of Staten Island. [full story]

Putting the pedal to the metal on NASCAR plan

Among those Islanders caught up in the excitement of the proposed racetrack are Marge Halvorsen of Annadale, who posed in front of a NASCAR truck during an autograph session with NASCAR drivers in front of the Vanderbilt in South Beach. After a year of set-up and strategic opening moves, 2006 will be crunch time for the proponents of a NASCAR track on Staten Island. [full story]

A second to be added to the clock

2006 is coming later than you think. This year, champagne corks will already be flying, streamers will already be fluttering and lips will already be locked when Mother Earth tosses her tinsel in celebration of a new year, thanks to the leap second, an extra blink occasionally added to the world clock to cover up the planet's tardiness. [full story]

Tournament of Heroes brings Nesci close to home

New York University men's basketball coach Joe Nesci didn't say he jumped at the chance to bring his team to the College of Staten Island's fourth annual Tournament of Heroes. Not in those words, anyway. [full story]

Ferries, trains, cars helped Islanders through transit strike

It's a common lament that Staten Islanders have some of the worst commutes in the country. So where was the chaos on the Island when a strike shut down the city for 60 hours this week? [full story]

CSI Unveils Plans For New Dorms