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Molly Eadie

Massive Open Online Uncertainty

by Molly Eadie May 1, 2013

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    Carol Yeager first entered the world of “massive open online courses,” or MOOCs, in 2008. “I dipped in, lurked and left,” she said during a Google Hangout, which she uses to talk to students—who ...

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Take This Test . . .

by Molly Eadie April 24, 2013

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Roger Green’s third-grade daughter has had a rough week. Usually when she comes home from Albany’s Pine Hills Elementary school, Green works with her on some math, science and reading homework, which he says gives ...

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Ride for the Future

by Molly Eadie April 24, 2013

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Preschoolers from Castle Island Bilingual Montessori School took a rest after riding their tricycles for the last short stretch of the Earth Day Bicycle Parade on Monday (April 22). The six-mile ride began in Lafayette ...

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Money Speaks for Money

by Molly Eadie April 17, 2013

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On Monday (April 15), Todd Allocco, of Albany, disguised himself as the Walmart smiley face known from the company’s advertisments, and left bags of fake money outside the office of Senate Co-Leader and Independent Democratic ...

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Justice Served

by Molly Eadie April 11, 2013

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  There is very little “Ken Burns effect” in his new documentary. His daughter, Sarah Burns, and her husband and co-producer, David McMahon, visited Page Hall at the University at Albany on Friday, April 5, where they ...

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Equalize It

by Molly Eadie March 28, 2013

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  Jenni Rivera-Landers, Michelle Rivera-Landers, and their daughter, Dakota attended a vigil on March 26, outside of the James T. Foley courthouse to show support for national marriage equality. The couple were married at the First ...

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All in the Family

by Molly Eadie March 28, 2013

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  When the Manory family opened their restaurant in 1913, they might not have thought that 100 years later, it would be Troy’s oldest restaurant . And even if they could have imagined Twitter, they couldn’t ...

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Fighting Mad

by Molly Eadie March 6, 2013

Thousands of people gathered in West Capitol Park on Thursday (Feb. 28) to protest Gov. Cuomo's Secure Ammunition and Firearms (SAFE) Act, signed in January. Buses carried people in from across the state for the ...

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Oppose fracking . . . and oppress gays and women?

by Molly Eadie February 13, 2013

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After a screening of his pro-fracking film Fracknation at the Egg on Monday (Jan. 11), filmmaker Phelim McAleer took questions from the audience. At one point the Q&A got heated as McAleer shamed “liberals” for ...

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Battleground

by Molly Eadie February 13, 2013

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“Gov. Cuomo says, 'Well, they'll feel better after they read the law and they understand it,'” said Terry Bernardo, Ulster County chairwoman. “Do you feel better now that you've read it?” The crowd, gathered at the ...

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Vaguely Urgent

by Molly Eadie February 13, 2013

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  During his first semester of college, Mark met Tom, both 18 at the time, at a party and they exchanged numbers. They left the party separately, but texted each other when they got back to ...

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In Recognition

by Molly Eadie February 6, 2013

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  “For four years I was awarding this recognition to other people, and it's an honor to be recognized,” said Corey Ellis on Monday evening (Feb. 4) after the Albany Common Council recognized him and 16 ...

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Pin It Down

by Molly Eadie January 31, 2013

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In the old days, brides-to-be might have cut out pictures of dresses, flowers or cakes to stash in a box or on a bulletin board. But this is the digital age, and social-media sites have ...

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Occupy Albany Anniversary

by Molly Eadie October 25, 2012

  On Sunday (Oct. 21), one year after Occupy Albany set up camp, from which they were eventually evicted, Occupiers marched to Academy Park to review the year and celebrate. While they've moved out of the ...

It Got Better

by Molly Eadie August 2, 2012

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Twenty years ago, Jason Gerber played the role of the Street Singer in a production of The Threepenny Opera at RPI. This summer, he performed on national primetime television as a very different character, one ...

Asian Invasion

by Molly Eadie July 26, 2012

On the corner of Lancaster and Dove streets in Albany’s Center Square, bright yellow signs attached with purple ribbons hang from the neighborhood’s two ash trees. The signs warn that these trees, along with all ...

Strange Bedfellows–Or Maybe Not

by Molly Eadie May 30, 2012

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Despite the popular assumption that the Occupy and Tea Party movements are firmly at opposite ends of the political spectrum, Occupy Albany and the Albany Tea Party have found common ground and joined forces against ...

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