President Has the Student Vote / Queens College's Russell Hotzler reaches out to his constituency
Two months before he was scheduled to start his new job as interim president of Queens College, Russell Hotzler visited the campus to chat with people he considered to be VIPs. Those Very Important Persons were student leaders Rifka Libman, president of the Student Association, and vice president Neema Nicholas.Coming to see them, Hotzler scored a good first impression with Libman, 20, a pre-med junior majoring in Jewish studies."We were the first meeting he had on campus,...
Sports talk makes great icebreaker
With all the holiday parties on your list (I'm waiting for the invitations to come rolling in any day), you might want to go prepared to meet and chat with people you don't know and won't ever see again. Politics can be dangerous, messy and upset your stomach worse than fruit cake. Religion can eventually harm the furniture at your hosts' house. Sports? Now there's a nice ice- breaker. Here are some tips to getting a lively discussion...
SENIOR SERVICE
I'm a 61-year-old who is new to the Internet. I'm having trouble locating good chat sites that are reasonably clean and would enable me to chat with people who share similar interests. I have tried several seniors' sites in the US, but have trouble getting some to work properly. * The Third Age site (www.thirdage.com ) seems fairly quick. It has a friendly chat area with some organised discussions and general nattering. Its lengthy but reasonable terms and...
Screen names picked for a reason
I love the sound of my computer chiming, "You've got mail!"With the click of a button, I'm connected to the vast world of cyberspace. I can instantly chat with people across the street or across the world. We're all hiding our identities behind a code name that tells us apart from the rest of the world.Screen names are unique, personal and fun. They're easy to change and fun to use. I was curious about why people...
DALLAS
Mayor invites the public to chat Dallas Mayor Jim Fairchild will hold an open-door chat with people in the community today at The Place restaurant, 608 Main St.The mayor will have an open agenda, City Manager Roger Jordan said."Anybody can stop by and talk about any issues in the community," he said.The meeting is part of Fairchild's attempt to hold monthly meetings with the public, Jordan said.The meeting will run from 7 until 8:30...