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Adjunct professors voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike. They are demanding health benefits, annuity benefits and course cancellation fees, among other desires.

Adjunct Professors in Favor of Strike

Natasha Roy, News Editor February 21, 2017
Adjunct professors have voted in favor of going on strike to fight for more benefits from NYU.
The Tandon School of Engineering and NYU Law are working together on a new master’s program in Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy.

NYU’s New Joint Degree in STEM and Law

Greta Chevance, Contributing Writer February 21, 2017
Students and faculty discuss the option to earn a collaborative master's degree from NYU Law and the Tandon School of Engineering.
Over the past few months, NYU College Republicans have invited three controversial guests to speak at NYU: Milo Yiannopoulos, Gavin McInnes and Lucian Wintrich.  The cancellations and controversy of these speakers brings people to question what constitutes free speech.

Timeline of Controversial Figures at NYU

Sayer Devlin, Deputy News Editor February 21, 2017
Recently, several controversial figures have been invited to speak at NYU. This timeline presents the circumstances and the reactions to these speakers.
Crime Log: Feb. 11 to Feb. 20

Crime Log: Feb. 11 to Feb. 20

Miranda Levingston, Coco Wang and Htoo Min, Deputy News Editors February 21, 2017
A look at the crimes on campus between Feb. 8 and Feb. 20.
Peter Henry is the dean for NYU's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He has been a member of the board of directors for Citibank since 2015.

Stern Dean Pipes Money Into DAPL

Miranda Levingston, Deputy News Editor February 17, 2017
Stern Dean Peter Henry is a member of the board of directors for Citibank, one of the banks funding the Dakota Access Pipeline. Some students were unsettled by this connection between an NYU administrator and Citibank.
SCC voted on whether or not to propose allowing students on the Board of Trustees to the University Senate.

Student Representation on Board of Trustees Wins in SSC Vote

Sayer Devlin, Deputy News Editor February 16, 2017
In a 17-8 victory among the Student Senators Council, SLAM succeeded in its first step to have a student representative on the Board of Trustees.
The Black Student Union gathered for the Black Solidarity Conference in February, 2016. The Black Student Union is working with African History Month this year to organise a range of events that celebrate African heritage.

Students See Black History Month as More Important Now Than Ever

Sayer Devlin, Deputy News Editor February 16, 2017
The African Heritage Month planning committee has lined up a series of events to celebrate Black History Month. Students believe that the celebration to unify the NYU community.
NYU Students for Justice in Palestine is a Palestinian advocacy group. Last month members received an email threatening to release their personal details, including information on their friends and family.

NYUSJP Working With University to Maintain Members’ Safety

Arushi Sahay, Contributing Writer February 16, 2017
After NYUSJP received a threatening email in January, both the university and NYPD are working to keep students safe.
A digital rendering of the hyperloop system to be established at NYU Shanghai. The project has been run by a team from NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering.

Tandon Students Help Design Hyperloop at SpaceX Headquarters

Coco Wang, Deputy News Editor February 16, 2017
A group of Tandon students succeeded in the Hyperloop design competition in 2016. They traveled to California in January to compete at the SpaceX headquarters.
The NYU administration postponed Lucian Wintrich's appearance in order to prepare for expected disruption and harassment.  Lucian Winterish is a White House press correspondent for the Gateway Pundit.

Administration Postpones NYUCR’s Guest Speaker Lucian Wintrich Due to Security Concerns

Jemima McEvoy and Natasha Roy February 15, 2017
NYU College Republicans learned that their event with guest speaker Lucian Wintrich would be postponed due to security concerns, which left some NYUCR members frustrated and annoyed. 
Elmer Holmes Bobst library in darkness following a power outage on Tuesday 14th, February 2017.

Blacked Out Bobst

Jemima McEvoy, News Editor February 14, 2017
Blackouts at Bobst Library and Tisch Hall have led classes to be cancelled and students to be evacuated by Public Safety officers.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, in the age of a Trump administration, breeds uncertainty in the future of the media and the press.

How Will Sean Spicer Affect NYU Students?

Arushi Sahay, Contributing Writer February 14, 2017
NYU professors and students discuss Sean Spicer's effect on the freedom of the press the at universities.