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Opinion: NYU students have the privilege to start fighting for the ideals we preach

Some of the NYU students that identify with leftist ideals are the bourgeois they speak against.

Caitie Drucker, Contributing Writer • September 14, 2022

On the first day of classes at NYU, my literature professor opened the course saying “You know, you guys are just paying to be in the bourgeoisie, right?” Everyone in the class...

Opinion: AOC’s Met Gala stunt and the frivolous performance of class solidarity

AOC’s Met Gala dress was tone-deaf, but what do the surrounding arguments reveal about NYU students’ own ignorance regarding class and privilege?

Srishti Bungle, Deputy Opinion Editor • September 23, 2021

On the evening of Sept. 13, the Met Gala was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Among the many distinguished guests were acclaimed actors, renowned artists,...

NYU’s Facade of Financial Support

Despite promoting socio-cultural diversity, NYU continually sabotages and fails to accommodate lower-income students.

Emily Dai, Deputy Opinion Editor • February 10, 2020

When Joshua Jackson applied to NYU, he didn’t expect to get full exposure to its financial classism. Jackson, a senior at Brown University, wrote to request an application fee...

The Wealth Gap and Canada’s Golden Goose

Victor Porcelli, Contributing Writer • February 16, 2018

The wealth gap is steadily increasing in the United States, as is interest in luxury fashion.

Lack of need-based scholarships for state universities hurts lower-income students

October 2, 2013

Public universities nationwide need to better allocate financial aid to its students by providing more need-based scholarships in order to address growing income inequality that has so far been exacerbated by a superfluous appropriation of merit-based awards.