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A beret, a top hat, a cowboy hat, a floppy hat and a sun hat against a light green background.

Through the looking-hat: What we as a society can learn from hats

My journey from hattraction to hatdiction to hatving no more puns to put in this description.
Max Tiefer, Copy Chief and WSN’s Unofficial Rabbi May 4, 2022

You all read the headline. You know what I’m about. Yes, for the past semester, I have embodied that most loathsome of college archetypes — second only to the fiscal conservative...

(Staff Illustration by Manasa Gudavalli)

Ranked: NYU meme pages

Don’t let your memes be dreams <3
Joey Hung and Sabrina Choudhary December 6, 2021

We have to admit, the NYU meme page offerings are lackluster. Maybe NYU students are too self-conscious about their image to say the out-of-pocket things that make less cringeworthy...

The self-dubbed ‘modmin’ team manages NYUMSFBT, approving posts and moderating comments. (Illustration by Jinny Hwang)

NYU Meme Page Bans Some International Student Memes, Citing Stereotyping

NYU Memes for Slightly Bankrupt Teens will more strictly monitor content having to do with international students.
Matthew Fischetti, Contributing Writer November 5, 2019

Memes that use the term “international students” will be more heavily monitored on NYU students’ go-to meme page to avoid thinly-veiled racism against East Asians, according...

(Illustration by Sophia Di Iorio)

Founder of Viral McMansions Blog Talks Sustainability, Architecture

Kate Wagner, the founder of the blog McMansion Hell, gave a talk in GCASL last week on the absurd nature of McMansions.
Marie-Louise Onga Nana, Contributing Writer February 26, 2019

McMansions are a staple of upper middle class suburbia. Notoriously built with a disregard for architectural consistency, the large houses have become the joke of the modern neighborhood. Kate...

A reply from the NYU BobChat system. (Via facebook.com)

Students Meme BobChat — and BobChat Memes Back

BobChat, a chatbot intended to answer questions about NYU, initially led to concerns and memes, but NYU has since ironed some of those kinks out.
Akiva Thalheim, Social Media Editor February 14, 2019

NYU's launch of new chatting service, "BobChat," has resulted in a wave of memes made by students interacting with the surprisingly witty bot. Available through Facebook...

(Photo by Katie Peurrung)

Arystan Tatishev | How ‘Memebers’ Create Community

Alejandro Villa Vásquez, Deputy Managing Editor December 6, 2018

The coffee shop on Mercer Street where I met Arystan Tatishev was bustling, despite it being a Friday night. No one would expect the international student studying Mechanical...

Although denim has found its way to be a part of everyone’s closet, popular brand Levi’s recently found itself the subject of an SNL skit.

When Fashion Gets a Sense of Humor

Liv Chai, Staff Writer October 23, 2017
Fashion parodies and memes make fashion less exclusive, while also opening up creative possibilities.

Where Do You Meme?

Jordan Reynolds, Arts Editor October 16, 2017
How do NYU students get their memes? Why do some opt for Facebook and others for Twitter? Read more to find out.

A Walk Down Memeory Lane

Pamela Jew, Copy Chief October 16, 2017
Bella Hamid may be the latest meme, but where did the meme phenomenon begin?

NYU’s Favorite Memes

Natasha Roy, Assistant Managing Editor October 16, 2017
Read on for a roundup of NYU students' favorite memes.

Memetic Warfare at NYU

Abigail Weinberg, Editor-in-Chief October 16, 2017
Meme pages have sprung up at elite colleges across the nation, and NYU Memes for Slightly Bankrupt Teens is NYU's iteration of the trend.

What Happens in Lana Del Rey VEVO Doesn’t Stay There

Fernanda Nunes, Copy Chief October 16, 2017
Lana Del Rey VEVO is a Brazilian Facebook group which has spawned countless memes.