November 20th, 2009
 

Rally in support of UC protests ends with two NYU student arrests

Arrested students are members of Take Back NYU; the march began with a "dance party" in Washington Square Park.

11/20/2009

 
 

Preservation society hopes to avoid South Village modernization

Hoping that the South Village will receive landmark status in the near future, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation is making efforts against new buildings.

10/22/2009

 

Village Ghost Tour offers ghoulish frights

Uncle Sam's New York Tours is offering a special Halloween tour through the West Village, focusing on haunting histories and spooky stories.

10/22/2009

 

Coalition promotes atheism in subway stations

The Big Apple Coalition of Reason, composed of several atheist groups, has come together to advertise in New York subway stations.

10/22/2009

 

Prestigious institutions receive more black scholars, study finds

A professor at Seton Hall University found that the number of black scholars in social sciences is concentrated at certain colleges.

10/22/2009

 

Anne Frank tree to be planted at WTC

The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation will plant a sapling derived from a tree that was often written about by Anne Frank while she was in hiding from the Nazis.

10/21/2009

 

Fiction from a soapbox

Authors stood atop a soap box and read their work to the passing crowd yesterday in Washington Square Park as part of Electric Literature magazine's "The Soap Box Reading Series."

10/21/2009

 

Annual festival of nonstop music, film

CMJ's annual Music Marathon and Film Festival starts tomorrow and will last through Oct. 24. This year, the festival will be based out of NYU's own Rosenthal Pavilion in Kimmel.

10/20/2009

 

NYU alumna lands role in 'Mamma'

For 22-year-old Liana Hunt, starring as Sophie Sheridan in the national tour of "Mamma Mia!" requires hard work and adapting to life on the road.

10/19/2009

 

Brooklyn plans first LGBT community center

Although no specific date has been set, city officials are working toward opening an LGBT community center in Brooklyn.

10/19/2009

 

NYU-Poly looks to eliminate anxiety in cyberland

Cyber security is a field that has become increasingly necessary over recent years, and efforts are being taken to raise the number who take part.

10/15/2009