Earlier this January, Liberal Studies Clinical Professor Michael Rectenwald suddenly retired.
Rectenwald became a controversial figure within the NYU community through his Twitter...
To expand on her last piece, this writer explores the importance of free speech at NYU and the need for the student body to be patient with overall political correctness.
Sarah Jackson, Deputy News Editor
• January 29, 2018
Self-proclaimed "deplorable" LS professor Michael Rectenwald is suing NYU and four professors for defamation. The basis of the suit is a series of department-wide emails from last May, in which he was called a racist and sexist, among other things.
Andrew Heying, Deputy Opinion Editor
• February 21, 2017
Just as a doctor learns to call what is often called the funny bone the ulnar nerve, educated people learn that the veil often worn by Muslim women is a hijab, not a funny scarf.
