Holiday Train Show at Grand Central Terminal
The holiday season in New York City is a magical time. Unfortunately, it’s also an expensive one. But every once in a while, you’ll stumble upon a scene that fills you with holiday cheer, while also...
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel, The Hobbit, has captured the imaginations of young readers for decades. Therefore, in typical Hollywood fashion, the novel has been adapted for the big screen in three...
View ArticleAaron Swartz–The Death of a Genius and Birth of a Martyr
Aaron Swartz, a brilliant internet activist and freedom fighter who developed the tools that allow the internet to function as it does today, took his own life a few days ago at the promising young age...
View ArticleLetters from a Knicks Fan: What Civil War?
Among the basketball fans across the city, there has been a small debate going on; check it out: In the city that never sleeps, there is only one sport that really matters– basketball. When the...
View ArticleFlatironHot! App Review: Guru Magazine
This week FlatironHot! took some time to test the Guru Magazine app. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to try it out within an iOS environment, but it worked beautifully on a Nexus 7 device, and left us...
View ArticleArtists in a New Era: Tenement Street Workshop
In an age when conventional theatrical groups are struggling to stay afloat, there is one artist collective that refuses to throw in the towel. Tenement Street Workshop began in 2008 as an artist...
View ArticleStop the Frisking: When Stop and Frisk Crosses the Yellow Line
By Shaun Persaud – Edited by the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff I would like to begin by saying I respect the right of police officers to search a citizen they believe to be suspicious. The...
View ArticleAnarchy or Oligarchy? Finding a Reasonable Middle Ground on Internet Policy
“Global electronic, unmediated communication, often masked by encryption, has collapsed time and space. Global communication and organization by non-elites is stimulating a reaction by elites. Powerful...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Surveillance Reform
Earlier today, President Obama gave a speech in which he announced some big changes to America’s government surveillance programs. The changes offer a promise to protect the privacy of American...
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