Sidewalks abutting all Big Apple parks would be smoke-free zones under new legislation being considered by the City Council.
The bill introduced by Sandra Ung (D-Queens) last week would extend an existing ban prohibiting smoking on parkland, part of a larger anti-smoking crackdown signed into law in 2011, to cover all sidewalks bordering the greenspace.
Ung drafted the bill after her office fielded many complaints about people puffing weed and cigarettes on benches and other areas just outside local parks and playgrounds. Read More...
Mysterious Plane Crashes
by Lexi Krock In the year 1020, Oliver of Malmesbury, attempting to fly, donned a homemade pair of wings and leapt from the top of an English abbey. He broke both his legs. Though humans have harbored the sometimes perilous dream of flying for millennia, they succeeded in achieving sustained flight only in the past century. In the nearly 100 years since Orville Wright's first shaky, 12-second aircraft flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, airplane travel has become a way of life, allowing millions of people each day to zigzag from coast to coast and continent to continent at greater speeds and higher levels of comfort and safety than ever before. Read More...
Department: College of ScienceClassification: GMU Worker
Job Category: Part-Time / Hourly Wage
Job Type: Part-Time
Location: Manassas / Sci-Tech
Salary: The hourly rate is $21 to $30 per hour, depending on experience.
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The George Mason University School of Systems Biology (SSB), within the College of Science (COS), invites applications for a part-time, Research Administrator position in the Kashanchi Research lab. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages applicants who will enrich Mason's academic and culturally inclusive environment. Read More...