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Opinion: Coverage of Brooklyn shooting ignores lessons of previous mass shootings

Mainstream media coverage following last week's Brooklyn shooting has failed readers on multiple counts, focusing on the alleged attacker rather than the victims and failing to use trigger warnings.

Steph Wittstruck, Contributing Writer • April 18, 2022

Content warning: This opinion piece discusses gun violence and trauma. When I opened Instagram on Tuesday morning, I was met with a barrage of unsolicited images of people bleeding...

How NYU Should Approach Free Speech and Trigger Warnings

Sarah John, Contributing Writer • October 1, 2018

An institution as tolerant as NYU should better implement trigger warnings on campus and in the classroom.

Anti-PC Professor in High Demand

Diamond Naga Siu, News Editor • November 7, 2016

Even in light of recent controversy, it seems that many students are still interested in taking Michael Rectenwald's classes.

Letter to the Editor: Liberal Studies Rejects @antipcnyuprof’s Faulty Claims

Members of the Liberal Studies Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group • October 26, 2016

A group of Liberal Studies faculty, staff and students reacts to the Deplorable NYU Professor and what he stands for.

University of Chicago’s Letter Restricts Academic Speech

Abraham Gross, Contributing Writer • September 6, 2016

In an effort to preserve ‘academic freedom,’ the University of Chicago administration has limited the control of itstheir professors over their own classrooms.

Campus suicide should not be a Halloween decoration

WSN Editorial Board • November 2, 2015

Given NYU's history with suicide, the office of student affairs should be sensitive in their fall ball decorations.

Political meddling is real threat to free speech

Richard Shu, Deputy Copy Chief • March 25, 2015

While trigger warnings are often attacked for being the antithesis of free speech, politicians meddling in education issues is much more serious.

Universities sheltering students betrays ideals

By WSN Editorial Board • March 24, 2015

Universities must not betray their ideals of introducing students to opinions different from their own by sanitizing important discussions at the university.

Debate over trigger warnings in classrooms hits campus

Monica Millay • October 20, 2014

Trigger warnings have recently come under fire in the realm of academia as to whether or not professors should include them in their syllabi.