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Like many of her peers, New Yorker Trina Thompson has struggled to land a job since graduating from Monroe College in April with a degree in IT. But instead of blaming the recession, she is suing her alma mater to recoup $70,000 in tuition fees, accusing the school's career-advancement office of failing to, well, advance her career. Monroe's defense? It's impossible for any college to guarantee employment--"especially in this economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

...9/11, I was in school, far uptown. My family had moved to New York two weeks earlier. I wasn't a New Yorker, then, and it didn't feel like my tragedy. It wasn't my city—well, not yet, anyway...

Author: By Emily C. Graff | Title: A Girl's Guide to Subway Etiquette | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...Whiskey, a Travelogue Q & A: How to Win the New Yorker Caption Contest

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis Great Rod Laver | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

...often had you submitted captions before you had success? A while. I think I submitted an entry to the first weekly contest. The New Yorker's records show that I've submitted 38 times, but I think it's gotta be more than that. I would've guessed about every other week [out of 192]. The guy I'm tied with, Carl Gable, from Norcross, Ga., won the first annual contest and two of the weeklies; I've won three weeklies. In the annual contest, editors announced the one they liked best, rather than holding an online vote. I actually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Win the New Yorker Caption Contest | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...think the ones I've submitted that were selected as finalists were as strong as some that were ignored. I don't mean to sound ungrateful. I'm so happy that three of mine were selected as finalists. The last thing I want is for the New Yorker to say, "That ungrateful bastard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Win the New Yorker Caption Contest | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

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