• Question for my college math professor.

    Greetings Professor, I just signed up for a Math class of yours next semester.  The last time I took Math was approximately 25 years ago. I passed the Accuplacer to get into CUNY and that was about it.  I don’t know anything about Math. I’m a journalism major. The reason I’m contacting you is to…

  • Opinion: Email to the Commissioner of NYC Social Services office about my storage room.

    Greetings Commissioner Department of Social Services, First and foremost, thank you and your stellar staff for the help you provide for me and so many others. HRA saved my life. I will never forget that.  I will always act accordingly whenever I interact with any and all staff from HRA. Regardless of what’s going on…

  • Opinion: Email to the Baruch College Bursar’s Office. October 26, 2021.

    Greetings Baruch College Bursar, First and foremost, thank you for the outstanding support you have provided me from the day I started at Baruch College. The support staff at Baruch College could not possibly be doing anything more to aid the Baruch College students in their pursuit for success at school. That’s why I’m succeeding…

  • Opinion: Thoughtful email to the Baruch College financial aid office.

    I wanted to share this email with the blog as an example of how I treat people. I just received an email saying that about $2,000 has been removed from my financial aid for Spring 2022 by New York State (TAP) if I’m correct. This is the email I just sent to the Baruch College…

  • Opinion: Email to Baruch College defending myself. October 25, 2021.

    Greetings Baruch College, The following is the answers to the questions I received from you a few hours ago. Please let me know if you require any additional information.  Dear Mr. Pine – it appears each week I get a complaint or concern reported to me about you.   Can you please share one complaint you…

  • Email to Baruch College about privacy. 10/20/2021

    Greetings Baruch College, One of my professors gave an assignment to go outside of the school with another student for 20 minutes and take pictures of each other without our masks.  I respectfully and politely said I don’t feel comfortable with the assignment.  The professor said I’m going to be reported so I’m letting you…

  • Opinion: Email to RF CUNY about working at Baruch College. 10/20/2021

    Greetings RF CUNY,  Thank you for the amazing opportunity when I was at LaGuardia Community College. It was a lot of fun working for the Research Foundation of CUNY.  Currently, I’m a student at Baruch College. I was curious if RF CUNY is going to be back next semester. I was told by the CUNY…

  • Opinion: Message to the Commissioner of HRA in New York City. October 7, 2021.

    Greetings Steven Banks, Commissioner, Department of Social Services,  First and foremost thank you for the help. HRA saved my life after people I grew up with paid NYC law enforcement to sabotage my web marketing clients. I have no criminal record. I don’t do anything illegal. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I’m a full-time…

  • Opinion: Email to the New York City Council Committee on Education about student interaction.

    10/3/2021 Mark Pine Baruch College CUNY student RE: Student interaction / Student groups.  Greetings New York City Council Committee on Education, I love Baruch College and The City University of New York.  I always treat everyone at Baruch College CUNY with the utmost respect at all times. That includes staff, professors, security guards, and students.…

  • Opinion: We should dedicate one day per week towards improving the world.

    In my opinion we should take one day per week and use it to improve the world and help people. Ideally, I would like for the day to be either Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. Realistically, it would probably have to start on Saturday or Sunday. When it picks up enough steam, we can…