Pop Culture Pulse
Baruch & Proud
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Starr Career Survival Kit
Accounting / Finance
100

This 2025 film based on a legendary video game sparked theater mayhem, causing disruptions inspired by a viral TikTok trend.

What is a Minecraft Movie?

100

This is the name of Baruch College’s mascot.

What is the Bearcat?

100

This food is what NYC is mostly known for.

What is a PIZZAAA?

100

This online platform, exclusive to Baruch students, lists thousands of job and internship opportunities annually.

What is Handshake?

100

This is the financial statement that shows a company’s revenues and expenses over a specific period.

What is the income statement?

200

This artist was metaphorically “destroyed” during the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, after another artist's searing performance reignited their very public feud.

Who is Drake? 

200

This Baruch building features elevators known for testing your patience.

What is the 17 Lex Building? 

200

This is the tallest building in NYC. 

What is the One World Trade Center (1776 feet)?

200

This person is the Director of the Starr Career Development Center

Who is Ellen Stein?

200

This is the fundamental accounting equation.

What is Assets = Liabilities + Equity?

300

In 2022, this actor won a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife. 

Who is Johnny Depp?

300

These are the three deans leading Baruch College's schools.

Who are Bruce W. Weber (Zicklin School of Business), Jessica Lang (Weissman School of Arts and Sciences), and Sherry Ryan (Marxe School of Public and International Affairs)?

300

What's the phrase New York City is known for?

What is the The Big Apple?

300

Baruch students unsure about their career path or major can use this online platform, offered by the Starr Career Center, to explore their strengths, interests, and potential fields. 

What is Focus 2

300

This government form, often associated with tax refunds or existential dread, is filed by most U.S. taxpayers by mid-April.

What is the 1040?

400

This stuffed animal brand, known for its quirky food-shaped characters and impossibly soft textures, has taken over TikTok, selling for hundreds of dollars.

What is Jellycat?

400

The top three undergraduate majors at Baruch College are:

What are Finance, Accounting, and Marketing?

400

This is the estimated number of rats currently thriving in NYC

What is 3 million?

400
These are the times students can walk in without appointments.  
Tuesday 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Wednesday 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Thursday 3:00pm - 4:30pm

400

This language is known as the language of business.

What is accounting? 

500

You’ve just been handed a mixtape or a monk came up to you and put a bracelet on your wrist in Times Square and asked for a “donation.” In New Yorker terms, this is called:

What is a tourist trap?

500

In this year, Baruch College was renamed in honor of Bernard M. Baruch.

What is 1953?

500

You’ve just been handed a mixtape or a monk came up to you and put a bracelet on your wrist in Times Square and asked for a “donation.” In New Yorker terms, this is called:

What is a tourist trap?

500

This competitive Starr program for sophomores includes career coaching, employer site visits, and professional development workshops.

What is the Rising Starr Sophomore Program (RSSP)?

500

What does EBITA stand for? 

Earnings before income tax and amortization expense

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