GSOC’s Newest Fight for Survival
On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board proposed redefining graduate students as nonworkers, effectively stripping them of their right to unionize. The proposal wouldn’t...
Voting in New York Almost Got Harder
In early September, Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed changing the date of New York’s 2020 presidential primary from April to February, claiming he wanted to...
Navigating the First-Year Cultural Shift
Growing up Japanese-Brazilian, people always asked me, “What type of food do you eat?” I usually replied, “Imagine meat, rice and beans, except the...
Regulation, Not Prohibition
During Prohibition, the United States banned the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol. As a result, the U.S. saw the rise of an illegal...
The US Needs a General Strike
Three years ago, graduate students earned the right to unionize. A new proposal from the National Labor Relations Board seeks to take that right...
The Plight of International Student Journalists
As an aspiring journalist from Bangladesh residing in the United States, it feels reassuring to me to see organizations like the “National Association of...
Staff Rants and Raves: NYU Dining
Rants
On Serving Sizes
By Alexandria Johnson, Deputy News Editor
One thing I have noticed with Chartwells, the new dining provider, is that the serving size options...
SNL’s (Mis)Representation of Asian Americans
When Saturday Night Live announced its new cast members, I, along with many other Asian Americans, were proud to see Bowen Yang joining the...
Lauren Duca, Natalie Beach and Performative Activism
NYU’s administrators aren’t the only ones who get bad press. Yesterday, I read Buzzfeed News’ profile of Lauren Duca. Aside from being a “progressive...
Off-Third: NYU Debuts New Resource to Protect Sexual Predators
President Andrew Hamilton revealed Sunday afternoon that the university will be rolling out a new resource to provide protection for members of the NYU...
How Framing Directs the Democratic Debates
The Democratic debates have come and gone, and once more they have utterly failed to create the comprehensible and substantive discussion that voters long...
Unionize College Sports
California Governor Gavin Newsom will soon sign into law the “Fair Pay to Play Act,” which would let a college athlete profit off of...
