Opinion: Student activism in the age of Trump
President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed policies and rhetoric surrounding protests on college campuses threaten the safety of protestors and the efficacy of the First Amendment.
Editorial: NYU is stifling protest in an attempt to control its image
In a bid to keep pro-Palestinian protests at bay, NYU is putting up physical barriers to limit congregation, an attempt to keep student activism out of view — and out of headlines.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters march across Manhattan
NYU students joined hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Washington Square Park on Thursday criticizing heightened campus security and demanding that universities divest from pro-Israeli companies.
Administrators stop pro-Palestinian demonstration at Bobst
Around 20 NYU students and faculty gathered in the lobby of Bobst Library to read pro-Palestinian poetry before two university administrators and a group of Campus Safety officers confronted them.
Village residents threaten to sue NYU if local Morton Williams isn’t saved
Greenwich Village residents demanded that NYU and city authorities preserve the Morton Williams supermarket near the Paulson Center — which is at risk of being demolished — on Sunday afternoon.
Pro-Palestinian protesters continue weekslong call for Tel Aviv site shutdown
Members of various student groups took part in a rally at Washington Square Park in solidarity with Palestinians during the ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
Columbia RAs take to president’s mansion, demand union recognition
Dozens of students and resident assistants gathered at Columbia University on Monday, Feb. 20 in protest of the university’s refusal to recognize the RAs’ union.
Iranian students from NYU, Columbia refute New York Times reporting
Students from NYU and Columbia University protested the publication’s recent coverage of the Iranian human rights movement on Wednesday, Dec. 7.
