University Life
Understanding the Trend of Performance Activism
Many students take to social media to advocate against current policies, but these trends rarely translate into action.
New Wellness Resource Indicates Lack of Accountability by NYU
Though While You Wait seems like a step toward NYU improving its mental health facilities, a closer look reveals multiple problems with the ways that the university resolves student issues.
Statistics Aren’t Everything, NYU
Despite advertising otherwise, diversity at NYU is more complex than the numbers it releases
NYU’s Lack of Consideration for Black Students
NYU only caters to a majority of its students, making minorities feel excluded.
NYU Should Give Students Days Off for Mental Health
New York State has the chance to sign student mental health days off into law for public schools. NYU should follow suit.
NYU Isn’t Doing Enough for Religious Students
The religious exemptions policy places the burden on students, further alienating those who are active in their faith.
NYU Is Neglecting Students’ Health With Dining Hall Failures
By choosing to not tell its students about health code violations at Palladium Food Court, NYU has put the health of its community at risk.
Internships Have Become Intimidation Tactics
Boasting about internships has become an intimidation tactic to signal position in the college hierarchy, and exaggerating internship experience has become more important than the internships themselves.
NYU’s Collusion with Amazon Deforesters
The Amazon rainforest has been burning for months and a member of NYU’s Board of Trustees is partially to blame.
Banning Laptops Is an Accessibility Issue
Despite being a common classroom practice, most professors who forbid laptop use don’t understand the problem this creates for many students.
NYU’s Violent Relationship With Stonewall
On the anniversary of the LGBTQ rights movement’s occupation of Weinstein Residence Hall, it’s important to note how far NYU has come since 1970 — and how far it still has to go.
Navigating NYU Diet Culture With an Eating Disorder
If NYU wants to encourage health and wellness, they need to stop participating in diet culture.
