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Haley Quinn (left) and Vishnu Bachani (center) of NYU’s Student Labor Action Movement speak to prospective student Elliot Waxman (right) about raising student worker pay to $15 an hour in front of the NYU Welcome Center on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015.

Student-workers angry at payroll backup

Thomas Peracchio, Contributing Writer October 10, 2015
SLAM occupied the Welcome Center on Friday afternoon to ask the university to rectify a payroll hangup.

College Democrats, Republicans talk immigration, education

Lexi Faunce, Deputy News Editor October 9, 2015
The NYU College Democrats and Republicans hold their fall debate on the topics of Economics of Immigration and School Vouchers.

Airbnb CEO talks his roots, entrepreneurial success

Alice Zhang, Contributing Writer October 9, 2015
NYU and Newsweek partner up to interview Airbnb CEO, Brian Chesky.
The Black Student Union presented The Black Presence Campaign in Kimmel.

[PHOTOS] Students work to raise awareness of black culture

Alex Bazeley, News Editor October 9, 2015
The Black Student Union presented The Black Presence Campaign in Kimmel.
NYU Poly was recently renamed NYU Tandon.

NYU Reacts: Poly becomes Tandon

News Team October 8, 2015
Members of the NYU community react to the donation to and name change of NYU's engineering school.
Andrew Hamilton made his final keynote address at Oxford on Tuesday.

Hamilton: UK conservatives threaten universities

Alex Bazeley, News Editor October 7, 2015
NYU's president-to-be Andrew Hamilton gave a speech on Monday discussion proposed budget cuts to U.K. universities.
The new purple dot anti-smoking campaign has seen limited success amongst students.

Tobacco-free initiative struggles to spark among students

Dan Moritz-Rabson, Contributing Writer October 6, 2015
Following up on NYU's Purple Dot anti-smoking campaign.
The MTA is taking steps to reduce the number of crashes caused by buses.

MTA experiments with new tech to prevent bus crashes

Thomas Peracchio, Contributing Writer October 6, 2015
MTA has approved new measures to prevent bus accidents.
An NYU bus hit a pedestrian at the intersection of 3rd avenue and 10th street.

NYU bus strikes pedestrian

Alex Bazeley, News Editor October 6, 2015
An NYU bus struck a woman on Third Avenue.
After a $100 million dollar donation, NYU Tandon continues to receive more funding.

Engineering school name change brings mixed feedback

Alex Bazeley, News Editor October 6, 2015
The NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering was renamed the NYU Tandon School of Engineering on Monday after receiving a $100 million donation.
NYU Dining has begun offering reusable to-go boxes to become more environmentally friendly.

Eco-friendly to-go option off to a slow start in dining halls

Diamond Naga Siu, Contributing Writer October 6, 2015
NYU Dining is now offering reusable containers for $5 at Hayden, Weinstein and Third North.
NYU ranks 30th in the World University Rankings for Journalism.

NYU impresses in World University rankings

Lexi Faunce, Deputy News Editor October 5, 2015
A look at how NYU ranks among the most competitive universities in the world.