Students Need Long-Term Reliable Internet Access
As the coronavirus pandemic has forced public and private schools across the country to move to remote learning, the number of students who don’t...
It’s Time for University-Wide Pass/Fail
After University President Andy Hamilton announced that residence halls would be closed and students should move out, my sole focus was packing up my...
The Rural Public School Crisis
In 2018, Keshia Speight, a third-grade teacher at a public school in rural North Carolina, reported that most years, she spends approximately $1,000 of...
The Inadequacy of Sex Ed
“Don’t have sex, because you will get pregnant and die.” So begins a well-known scene from 2004 teen comedy “Mean Girls,” where a coach...
Participating in the Classroom
Every time I write a weekly discussion post for my English class, I’m grateful that my professor understands that participation can be measured in...
NYU Exploits Academia’s Permanent Underclass
In 2013, Margaret Mary Vojtko, an adjunct French professor at Duquesne University, died from a heart attack at 83 years old after being laid...
Master’s Students Need More Financial Aid
With the first semester of my sophomore year coming to a close, I am beginning to feel the pressure of endless postgraduate options. I...
A Semester in Review: NYU Continues to Prioritize Itself Over Students
Throughout the semester, we’ve been trying to understand NYU’s treatment of its students — more specifically, whether NYU is implicitly pro- or anti-student. A...
Sugarcoating White Supremacy in US History Needs to Stop
Growing up on the East Coast of the U.S., learning about Thanksgiving consisted of creating hand-turkeys, cutting out paper leaves in hues of red...
Protect Black Girls Before It’s Too Late
Samaya Dillard was a seven-year-old black girl from Sacramento. In December of 2013, Dillard’s second-grade teacher dragged her by her chair outside into the...
Off-Third: Hamilton Ends Affordability Initiatives, Bans ‘Broke B-tches’ From Attending
NYU President Andrew Hamilton has decided to end his affordability initiative, saying that the student body has “too many broke b-tches.” Hamilton accidentally let...
The College Club Pressure Cooker
My childhood was busy, to say the least. Whether I was at Taekwondo practice late into the evening or hastily finishing the homework assigned...
