Third Meeting Postponed

The College of Staten Island campus will be closed for a Jewish holiday between Wednesday, September 28, 2011 through to Friday, September 30, 2011 which conflicts with our original meeting schedule. Therefore, a makeup meeting will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 1:30 PM in Room 230, Building 1C. Our "Meetings and Events" page has been updated with the changes.

Welcome Back!

It's a new school year, and your mind is probably set on buying textbooks, memorizing your schedule and trying to catch your professor during office hours. If this is the case, you obviously don't know how to prioritize very well you probably don't know that Operation Three-Legged Dolphin is coming back for a sixth issue, and you can get in on the fun!

We are actively searching for new recruits and student contributors to show us their comedic side! We want YOU to draft articles for us, help us plan the layout of our next issue and to promote the madness to the masses just as we are. Where can you find us, you ask? The College of Staten Island is scheduling it's 8th Annual Involvement Fair, where representatives from student clubs, publications, and organizations alike come to present all of the involvement opportunities available to CSI Students. O3LD staff members will be eagerly awaiting your questions about how to contribute to issue #6 of O3LD and beyond!

CSI's 8th Annual Involvement Fair will be held on September 8th, 2011 at the Campus Center (1C) building during club hours, between 1:00 and 4:00 PM. We will be handing out copies of issue #4 and #5 so that you can get a taste of what Operation Three-Legged Dolphin has to offer to you!

Expect It. Soon.

As promised, issue five of Operation Three-Legged Dolphin is on its way to being published via the internet and through print copies that will be distributed campus-wide before the start of the Summer session and during the Fall session.

In addition, the O3LD staff will be handing out paper copies of issues four and five at the CSI Commencement ceremony on Thursday, July 2nd, 2011 along with some of the other student publications at the Campus Center (Building 1C). So come on down, get your copy, and see what the creative minds of your fellow students have in store for you this semester!

A side-note to all CSI graduates:
Starting this Fall, we will start recruiting CSI alumni and returning students as guest contributors for future issues. We feel that involvement should not be limited to undergraduates, and that all members of the College of Staten Island community deserve to take part in supporting both the magazine and their school anyway they can.

Dolphin Vs. Septopus

I have created a piece of Three-Legged Dolphin art for the third annual Arts Night, held each year at the Macaulay Honors Building located at 35 West 67th Street, near Lincoln Center.  The event featured the work of talented CUNY students, who feature their drawing, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, mixed media, and performance pieces (am I leaving something out?)  There is also a live stage component in which singers and dancers perform brief sets to a captive audience.

Arts Night was created by Hunter College students Tyler Alterman and Mary Williams, and the first event was held in 2009.  The Macaulay Septopus, the mascot of Arts Night and opponent of the three-legged dolphin, was designed by Mr. Alterman as well.  I was the College of Staten Island curator during the first year and had the privilege of meeting a number of great people.  Now in its third year, Arts Night is run by the amazing Katie Alarcon, along with Emily Monaco, Natalia J. Donofrio, Jenna Jankowski, and many others I may not be mentioning.  I can't wait to see what they have planned for this year.  I'll be there enjoying the show and distributing issues of O3LD.  Come to Arts Night on April 29th from 4:30 - 9:30 at the Macaulay Building! 

Also, be sure to visit the Arts Night WordPress where you can find event updates.  And don't forget to submit by this Friday, April 8th!