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Puerto Rico struggles with tourism in the midst of a pandemic

NYU freshmen live in ghost town

A Classroom Without Walls

"The Divide Is Clear" by Nicole Ly

“The Divide is Clear”: Young voters on edge on Election Night following recent court rulings

Election 2020 Early Voting Iowa

A Looming Election Casts Shadows Over College Iowans

Michigan Gen Z in 2020 Election: What it Means to be in a Generation of Change

Texas Becomes More Blue in 2020 as Demographics Shift

Election 2020 Wisconsin Voting

First-Time Wisconsin Voters Caught in Bipartisan Fight Hope for a Better Future

PA Polling Place

First-time Voters in Pennsylvania Feel Anxious as They Await Election Results

Young Nevadans Hope to Combat National Divisiveness With Their First Votes

Election 2020 Georgia Voting

First-time College Voters Cast Their Votes in 13 Battleground States, and Now Wait for the Results

Georgian College Students Express Anxiety About The 2020 Election

Election 2020 Arizona Voting

Arizona College Students ‘Want Everything to Change,’ but are Prepared for the Worst

Election 2020 Florida Voting

Young Voters in Florida are Coming Face-to-Face with the Challenge of Voting in a Swing State

vote ballot

College Students Wrestle with the Decision to Vote In-Person or By Mail on Election Day

News literacy isn’t just about reading the news, it’s about reading the correct news

Young Voters May Prove Critical to Presidential Election Outcome

Biden Trump Debate, Source AP Images

Are Presidential Debates Even Necessary Anymore?

youth marching

For Young, Progressive Black Women, Harris’s Race And Gender Are Not Enough

A campaign ad from Settle for Biden, a progressive grassroots organization of former Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren supporters.

‘Settle for Biden’: Gen Z Voters Support the Democratic Party with Hopes of Reforming from Within

Corey Klem photographed by Aiden James Fealy

Political Activism Takes Off on TikTok Amidst the Upcoming Election

TikTok teens

Desperate Gen Zers look for ways to keep TikTok despite looming ban

ruth bader ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a “hero” to many young women

Jaylen Evans

Constant bad news for Black America is taking a toll

george floyd memorial

Minnesota teens of color are stressed out and struggling, but find glimmers of hope

fraternities

Fraternities hold online rushes during pandemic

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Online classes are a struggle for many international students

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NYU students of color struggle under the weight of racial injustice

math teacher

Teaching is not easy during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Independent Film Remains Resilient Despite Pandemic’s Challenges

Puerto Rico struggles with tourism in the midst of a pandemic

December 12, 2020 By Shivani Chauhan

Imagine a room with 100 Covid-free people. Now imagine one idiot with Covid going into that room, infecting everyone else. In this  case, the room is Puerto Rico, and the idiot–Americans.   Puerto Rico has been forced to balance the spread of the coronavirus amongst their densely populated island, while also trying to maintain their economy […]

NYU freshmen live in ghost town

December 9, 2020 By Emma Elizabeth Shores

Every fall, over 26,000 undergraduate students migrate to New York City from all across the globe all to attend New York University and reap the opportunities that come from living in New York. But Covid-19 hit New York harder than any other U.S. city, yet some freshmen happily decided to move to New York and […]

A Classroom Without Walls

December 6, 2020 By Krill Bykanov

Nestled in the sequestered hills of Wilton, New Hampshire, The High Mowing Boarding School is a place founded on community, diversity, love, and individualism. Based on the principles of Waldorf education by the german philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the school offers a plethora of courses that are tightly knit with traditions upheld since the schools founding […]

"The Divide Is Clear" by Nicole Ly

“The Divide is Clear”: Young voters on edge on Election Night following recent court rulings

November 4, 2020 By Nicole Ly

Young Minnesotans fear that voter suppression may impact votes for Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden and continue the state’s pattern of discrimination against its marginalized groups. Following months of Black Lives Matter protests and incidents of police brutality, Minnesota college voters are worried their state will ‘swing Red’ in favor of President Donald Trump after […]

Election 2020 Early Voting Iowa

A Looming Election Casts Shadows Over College Iowans

November 3, 2020 By Zachary Lee

Andrew Thompson, a junior at Drake University studying Political Science, is yearning for a return to normalcy after four chaotic years of the Trump presidency.  “I hope that when I listen to a daily news podcast I can go a week without hearing anything from the Oval Office. That would be lovely,” said Thompson, who […]

Michigan Gen Z in 2020 Election: What it Means to be in a Generation of Change

November 3, 2020 By Bella Park

Michigan Gen Z voters may have casted their ballots hoping for change, but now they are waiting for what comes next. “The country is so divided right now and I think that what we can do is unite, but unite by understanding that we have more in common than what divides us,” Kamali Clora, 21, […]

Texas Becomes More Blue in 2020 as Demographics Shift

November 3, 2020 By Ivy Zhu

The rising number of young American voters in Texas are tipping the Lone Star State to the left in this year’s election as fewer older generation voters headed to the polls on Tuesday night.  With many more young voters casting ballots for former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, compared to the 2016 election, […]

Election 2020 Wisconsin Voting

First-Time Wisconsin Voters Caught in Bipartisan Fight Hope for a Better Future

November 3, 2020 By Antonio Pelaez

On the night of a Presidential Election unlike any other, student voters across Wisconsin expressed discontent over restrictions like voiding any mail-in ballots received after 8pm on Election Day. “To me, it’s so obvious the people in power right now do not care about their constituents.” said Macie Daley, a sophomore studying Political Science at […]

PA Polling Place

First-time Voters in Pennsylvania Feel Anxious as They Await Election Results

November 3, 2020 By Claire Campbell Fishman

College students across Pennsylvania are anxiously awaiting the results of the 2020 Presidential Election to filter in this evening and in the days ahead, as polls close and votes are counted. During most election years in recent history, the state of Pennsylvania has been thrust into the spotlight as a battleground state that former Presidential […]

Young Nevadans Hope to Combat National Divisiveness With Their First Votes

November 3, 2020 By Matigan King

In Nevada, many young voters have cast their ballots in their first presidential election, which will likely be the most consequential of their lifetimes. The past four years have deeply divided the country, and with this year’s Presidential Election many voters tired of the political divisiveness are hoping to change the country’s trajectory. That’s especially […]

Election 2020 Georgia Voting

First-time College Voters Cast Their Votes in 13 Battleground States, and Now Wait for the Results

November 3, 2020 By Jaime Cao

Across the country, millions of American college students in Red states and Blue states cast their vote for the first time in a pivotal election, marked with a sense of unease and unpredictability.  Issues like racial equality, reproductive rights, climate, and others, drove young voters across the country to turn out in historic numbers for […]

Georgian College Students Express Anxiety About The 2020 Election

November 3, 2020 By Lola Proctor

With Tuesday’s night vote, college students in Georgia are not entirely hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, will win their home state in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are even more concerned about the aftermath of the election and what the next four years may bring.  “I’m super nervous about the fact […]

Election 2020 Arizona Voting

Arizona College Students ‘Want Everything to Change,’ but are Prepared for the Worst

November 3, 2020 By Jaime Cao

College voters in Arizona are bracing themselves for post-election unrest and what a second term for President Donald Trump could mean as polls in the battleground state come to a close on Tuesday night.  Young Arizonians are part of the rapidly growing demographic that could flip the historically Republican state from Red to Blue in […]

Election 2020 Florida Voting

Young Voters in Florida are Coming Face-to-Face with the Challenge of Voting in a Swing State

November 3, 2020 By Jenna Elsetouhy

First-time voters in Florida are bracing themselves that they may not know the results of the Presidential Election in the days, and maybe even weeks, to come.  This uncertainty is not a new feeling for Floridians in this election cycle, who reside in a critical battleground state. They have worried about everything from whether mail-in […]

vote ballot

College Students Wrestle with the Decision to Vote In-Person or By Mail on Election Day

October 30, 2020 By Claire Campbell Fishman

Students at universities across the country are grappling with the time-sensitive decision regarding whether to vote in person or by mail in the upcoming presidential election on Nov. 3. With the election days away and the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in many regions, Americans are faced with two important decisions this November. Not only must […]

News literacy isn’t just about reading the news, it’s about reading the correct news

October 30, 2020 By Ivy Zhu

The rise of misinformation ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election has created a renewed urgency for news literacy around the country. Misinformation has never been as overwhelming as it is right now in all of history. Having this much access to almost any information leads to a concerning issue of whether the content that we […]

Young Voters May Prove Critical to Presidential Election Outcome

October 30, 2020 By Jaime Cao

Youth voter turnout for Presidential Elections hasn’t always yielded mass numbers in the polls, but this year young voters have become a political force. With pressing global issues like a deadly virus that has killed over one million people, systemic racial injustice and the catastrophic effects of climate change at the forefront of their minds, […]

Biden Trump Debate, Source AP Images

Are Presidential Debates Even Necessary Anymore?

October 30, 2020 By Matigan King

An unruly first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden raised serious questions about the efficacy of traditional debates, prompting a call for stringent rules to maintain decorum. It appears it may have worked—at least this time. Last week’s Thursday night debate, the last ahead of the Presidential election on Tuesday, […]

youth marching

For Young, Progressive Black Women, Harris’s Race And Gender Are Not Enough

October 30, 2020 By Lola Proctor

Young, Black women voters in America are not convinced that Kamala Harris will save them. While the California senator’s historic nomination as the first Black woman to serve as the Democratic vice presidential nominee came as a welcomed “shock” to some, not all have fully embraced her candidacy, pointing to her past record as district […]

A campaign ad from Settle for Biden, a progressive grassroots organization of former Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren supporters.

‘Settle for Biden’: Gen Z Voters Support the Democratic Party with Hopes of Reforming from Within

October 30, 2020 By Nicole Ly

With the presidential election less than a week away, Gen Z voters are urging one another to ‘Settle for Biden’ and avoid third-party voting despite disagreeing with some of the Democratic Party’s platform and policies. While former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, may not be their first choice, Gen Z voters have […]

Corey Klem photographed by Aiden James Fealy

Political Activism Takes Off on TikTok Amidst the Upcoming Election

October 28, 2020 By Emi Bonet

Corey Klem photographed by Aiden James Fealy Corey Klem has 80,000 followers on TikTok despite only joining the app around February, or “right before the turn of 2020” as he puts it. His account started off with comedy videos, which made sense given that he’d been a stand-up comic and a ghost writer for comedians. […]

TikTok teens

Desperate Gen Zers look for ways to keep TikTok despite looming ban

September 26, 2020 By Shea Grant

Some teens and young adults across the U.S. have purchased Virtual Private Networks (VPN) in response to the Trump Administration’s order to ban TikTok which is currently waiting for a judge to decide. “I am considering getting a VPN,” said Jay Izzo, 21, of the Bronx. “If Trump is scared enough to ban TikTok, what’s […]

ruth bader ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a “hero” to many young women

September 23, 2020 By Michael Campanella

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week at 87 after complications with metastatic pancreatic cancer, changed the way the law sees gender and in doing so, inspired generations of women to fight for their ideals.  Ginsburg became an unlikely pop culture icon in her 80s. She was affectionately dubbed the “Notorious RBG” which allowed her […]

Jaylen Evans

Constant bad news for Black America is taking a toll

September 22, 2020 By Vanessa Handy

What is Blackness: Who owns it?  Cassi Quayson,19, a Ghanian-American writer studying “Language and Liberation” at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study muses on these questions.  She’s often caught up with innermost examinations of Black life while the rest of the world watches. In 2020’s cataclysm of the coronavirus pandemic and pervasive racial injustice, it’s […]

george floyd memorial

Minnesota teens of color are stressed out and struggling, but find glimmers of hope

September 20, 2020 By Emma Elizabeth Shores

The police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, have spurred protests globally and left Minnesotan teens of color stressed out and struggling. But the support from their community has renewed their hope for change. “The exhaustion comes from when everyone wants to now understand and puts the effort on the people of color, the […]

fraternities

Fraternities hold online rushes during pandemic

September 20, 2020 By Michael Morris

As the Covid-19 pandemic looms large, New York University fraternities are keeping the rush process alive by using social media and online platforms like Zoom.  According to the NYU Interfraternity Council (IFC), the governing body for most fraternities, all official fraternity events and activities must be done online to stop the spread of Covid-19. Delta […]

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Online classes are a struggle for many international students

September 18, 2020 By Bry Leberthon

Back to school for international students in their home countries means Zoom classes in the middle of the night and a fight to stay awake.  Vish Yadav, an New York University student  is back home in Pune, India and dealing with time zone changes that make attending and being alert for classes a struggle. He […]

racial justice protest

NYU students of color struggle under the weight of racial injustice

September 18, 2020 By Addison Aloian

NYU students of color  are struggling months after the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and having to face head on the cries of racial injustice that are sweeping the country and the backlash.  Sonali Burns, a junior,  said that the heaviness of the murders didn’t impact her at first because she […]

math teacher

Teaching is not easy during the COVID-19 pandemic

September 16, 2020 By Vanessa Handy

When 26-year-old Teesha Robinson logged on to Zoom for her first day of remote teaching, on August 24, she was hesitant. As she prepared to welcome her fifth grade students to their virtual classroom, a sudden crash on the east coast Zoom network halted all operations. This left Robinson unnerved, scrambling to reassure parents and […]

A movie poster for "Bleed With Me" -- a woman's face superimposed over a forest -- above the logo for Nightstream Festival

The Best Efforts to Adapt Still Leave Festivals and Filmmakers in Limbo

January 4, 2021 By Aadil Cheema

Amelia Moses was excited to have her first movie, “Bleed With Me,” premiere at Fantasia Film Festival, a Montreal-based genre festival, in July. Moses and the crew, who live in Montreal, were going to reunite with the Toronto-based cast for a special celebration of their work. It took two years for the 27-year-old and her […]

Running on fumes

January 4, 2021 By Mikaela Gegelys

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Puerto Rico struggles with tourism in the midst of a pandemic

December 12, 2020 By Shivani Chauhan

Imagine a room with 100 Covid-free people. Now imagine one idiot with Covid going into that room, infecting everyone else. In this  case, the room is Puerto Rico, and the idiot–Americans.   Puerto Rico has been forced to balance the spread of the coronavirus amongst their densely populated island, while also trying to maintain their economy […]

NYU freshmen live in ghost town

December 9, 2020 By Emma Elizabeth Shores

Every fall, over 26,000 undergraduate students migrate to New York City from all across the globe all to attend New York University and reap the opportunities that come from living in New York. But Covid-19 hit New York harder than any other U.S. city, yet some freshmen happily decided to move to New York and […]

A Classroom Without Walls

December 6, 2020 By Krill Bykanov

Nestled in the sequestered hills of Wilton, New Hampshire, The High Mowing Boarding School is a place founded on community, diversity, love, and individualism. Based on the principles of Waldorf education by the german philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the school offers a plethora of courses that are tightly knit with traditions upheld since the schools founding […]

"The Divide Is Clear" by Nicole Ly

“The Divide is Clear”: Young voters on edge on Election Night following recent court rulings

November 4, 2020 By Nicole Ly

Young Minnesotans fear that voter suppression may impact votes for Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden and continue the state’s pattern of discrimination against its marginalized groups. Following months of Black Lives Matter protests and incidents of police brutality, Minnesota college voters are worried their state will ‘swing Red’ in favor of President Donald Trump after […]

Election 2020 Early Voting Iowa

A Looming Election Casts Shadows Over College Iowans

November 3, 2020 By Zachary Lee

Andrew Thompson, a junior at Drake University studying Political Science, is yearning for a return to normalcy after four chaotic years of the Trump presidency.  “I hope that when I listen to a daily news podcast I can go a week without hearing anything from the Oval Office. That would be lovely,” said Thompson, who […]

Michigan Gen Z in 2020 Election: What it Means to be in a Generation of Change

November 3, 2020 By Bella Park

Michigan Gen Z voters may have casted their ballots hoping for change, but now they are waiting for what comes next. “The country is so divided right now and I think that what we can do is unite, but unite by understanding that we have more in common than what divides us,” Kamali Clora, 21, […]

Texas Becomes More Blue in 2020 as Demographics Shift

November 3, 2020 By Ivy Zhu

The rising number of young American voters in Texas are tipping the Lone Star State to the left in this year’s election as fewer older generation voters headed to the polls on Tuesday night.  With many more young voters casting ballots for former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, compared to the 2016 election, […]

Election 2020 Wisconsin Voting

First-Time Wisconsin Voters Caught in Bipartisan Fight Hope for a Better Future

November 3, 2020 By Antonio Pelaez

On the night of a Presidential Election unlike any other, student voters across Wisconsin expressed discontent over restrictions like voiding any mail-in ballots received after 8pm on Election Day. “To me, it’s so obvious the people in power right now do not care about their constituents.” said Macie Daley, a sophomore studying Political Science at […]

PA Polling Place

First-time Voters in Pennsylvania Feel Anxious as They Await Election Results

November 3, 2020 By Claire Campbell Fishman

College students across Pennsylvania are anxiously awaiting the results of the 2020 Presidential Election to filter in this evening and in the days ahead, as polls close and votes are counted. During most election years in recent history, the state of Pennsylvania has been thrust into the spotlight as a battleground state that former Presidential […]

Young Nevadans Hope to Combat National Divisiveness With Their First Votes

November 3, 2020 By Matigan King

In Nevada, many young voters have cast their ballots in their first presidential election, which will likely be the most consequential of their lifetimes. The past four years have deeply divided the country, and with this year’s Presidential Election many voters tired of the political divisiveness are hoping to change the country’s trajectory. That’s especially […]

Election 2020 Georgia Voting

First-time College Voters Cast Their Votes in 13 Battleground States, and Now Wait for the Results

November 3, 2020 By Jaime Cao

Across the country, millions of American college students in Red states and Blue states cast their vote for the first time in a pivotal election, marked with a sense of unease and unpredictability.  Issues like racial equality, reproductive rights, climate, and others, drove young voters across the country to turn out in historic numbers for […]

Georgian College Students Express Anxiety About The 2020 Election

November 3, 2020 By Lola Proctor

With Tuesday’s night vote, college students in Georgia are not entirely hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, will win their home state in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are even more concerned about the aftermath of the election and what the next four years may bring.  “I’m super nervous about the fact […]

Election 2020 Arizona Voting

Arizona College Students ‘Want Everything to Change,’ but are Prepared for the Worst

November 3, 2020 By Jaime Cao

College voters in Arizona are bracing themselves for post-election unrest and what a second term for President Donald Trump could mean as polls in the battleground state come to a close on Tuesday night.  Young Arizonians are part of the rapidly growing demographic that could flip the historically Republican state from Red to Blue in […]

Election 2020 Florida Voting

Young Voters in Florida are Coming Face-to-Face with the Challenge of Voting in a Swing State

November 3, 2020 By Jenna Elsetouhy

First-time voters in Florida are bracing themselves that they may not know the results of the Presidential Election in the days, and maybe even weeks, to come.  This uncertainty is not a new feeling for Floridians in this election cycle, who reside in a critical battleground state. They have worried about everything from whether mail-in […]

vote ballot

College Students Wrestle with the Decision to Vote In-Person or By Mail on Election Day

October 30, 2020 By Claire Campbell Fishman

Students at universities across the country are grappling with the time-sensitive decision regarding whether to vote in person or by mail in the upcoming presidential election on Nov. 3. With the election days away and the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in many regions, Americans are faced with two important decisions this November. Not only must […]

News literacy isn’t just about reading the news, it’s about reading the correct news

October 30, 2020 By Ivy Zhu

The rise of misinformation ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election has created a renewed urgency for news literacy around the country. Misinformation has never been as overwhelming as it is right now in all of history. Having this much access to almost any information leads to a concerning issue of whether the content that we […]

Young Voters May Prove Critical to Presidential Election Outcome

October 30, 2020 By Jaime Cao

Youth voter turnout for Presidential Elections hasn’t always yielded mass numbers in the polls, but this year young voters have become a political force. With pressing global issues like a deadly virus that has killed over one million people, systemic racial injustice and the catastrophic effects of climate change at the forefront of their minds, […]

Biden Trump Debate, Source AP Images

Are Presidential Debates Even Necessary Anymore?

October 30, 2020 By Matigan King

An unruly first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden raised serious questions about the efficacy of traditional debates, prompting a call for stringent rules to maintain decorum. It appears it may have worked—at least this time. Last week’s Thursday night debate, the last ahead of the Presidential election on Tuesday, […]

youth marching

For Young, Progressive Black Women, Harris’s Race And Gender Are Not Enough

October 30, 2020 By Lola Proctor

Young, Black women voters in America are not convinced that Kamala Harris will save them. While the California senator’s historic nomination as the first Black woman to serve as the Democratic vice presidential nominee came as a welcomed “shock” to some, not all have fully embraced her candidacy, pointing to her past record as district […]

A campaign ad from Settle for Biden, a progressive grassroots organization of former Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren supporters.

‘Settle for Biden’: Gen Z Voters Support the Democratic Party with Hopes of Reforming from Within

October 30, 2020 By Nicole Ly

With the presidential election less than a week away, Gen Z voters are urging one another to ‘Settle for Biden’ and avoid third-party voting despite disagreeing with some of the Democratic Party’s platform and policies. While former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, may not be their first choice, Gen Z voters have […]

Corey Klem photographed by Aiden James Fealy

Political Activism Takes Off on TikTok Amidst the Upcoming Election

October 28, 2020 By Emi Bonet

Corey Klem photographed by Aiden James Fealy Corey Klem has 80,000 followers on TikTok despite only joining the app around February, or “right before the turn of 2020” as he puts it. His account started off with comedy videos, which made sense given that he’d been a stand-up comic and a ghost writer for comedians. […]

TikTok teens

Desperate Gen Zers look for ways to keep TikTok despite looming ban

September 26, 2020 By Shea Grant

Some teens and young adults across the U.S. have purchased Virtual Private Networks (VPN) in response to the Trump Administration’s order to ban TikTok which is currently waiting for a judge to decide. “I am considering getting a VPN,” said Jay Izzo, 21, of the Bronx. “If Trump is scared enough to ban TikTok, what’s […]

ruth bader ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a “hero” to many young women

September 23, 2020 By Michael Campanella

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week at 87 after complications with metastatic pancreatic cancer, changed the way the law sees gender and in doing so, inspired generations of women to fight for their ideals.  Ginsburg became an unlikely pop culture icon in her 80s. She was affectionately dubbed the “Notorious RBG” which allowed her […]

Jaylen Evans

Constant bad news for Black America is taking a toll

September 22, 2020 By Vanessa Handy

What is Blackness: Who owns it?  Cassi Quayson,19, a Ghanian-American writer studying “Language and Liberation” at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study muses on these questions.  She’s often caught up with innermost examinations of Black life while the rest of the world watches. In 2020’s cataclysm of the coronavirus pandemic and pervasive racial injustice, it’s […]

george floyd memorial

Minnesota teens of color are stressed out and struggling, but find glimmers of hope

September 20, 2020 By Emma Elizabeth Shores

The police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, have spurred protests globally and left Minnesotan teens of color stressed out and struggling. But the support from their community has renewed their hope for change. “The exhaustion comes from when everyone wants to now understand and puts the effort on the people of color, the […]

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Fraternities hold online rushes during pandemic

September 20, 2020 By Michael Morris

As the Covid-19 pandemic looms large, New York University fraternities are keeping the rush process alive by using social media and online platforms like Zoom.  According to the NYU Interfraternity Council (IFC), the governing body for most fraternities, all official fraternity events and activities must be done online to stop the spread of Covid-19. Delta […]

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Online classes are a struggle for many international students

September 18, 2020 By Bry Leberthon

Back to school for international students in their home countries means Zoom classes in the middle of the night and a fight to stay awake.  Vish Yadav, an New York University student  is back home in Pune, India and dealing with time zone changes that make attending and being alert for classes a struggle. He […]

racial justice protest

NYU students of color struggle under the weight of racial injustice

September 18, 2020 By Addison Aloian

NYU students of color  are struggling months after the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and having to face head on the cries of racial injustice that are sweeping the country and the backlash.  Sonali Burns, a junior,  said that the heaviness of the murders didn’t impact her at first because she […]

math teacher

Teaching is not easy during the COVID-19 pandemic

September 16, 2020 By Vanessa Handy

When 26-year-old Teesha Robinson logged on to Zoom for her first day of remote teaching, on August 24, she was hesitant. As she prepared to welcome her fifth grade students to their virtual classroom, a sudden crash on the east coast Zoom network halted all operations. This left Robinson unnerved, scrambling to reassure parents and […]

History of Filipinx Nursing Migration in the United States

December 23, 2020 By Margaret Guzman

In response to the disproportionate effects of the coronavirus on Filipinx and Filipinx-American nurses across America, Margaret Guzman traces the history of Filipinx nursing migration in the context of two health crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and the AIDS epidemic.  

The Rink at the Winter Village at Bryant Park.

Winter Village at Bryant Park

December 23, 2020 By Margaret Guzman

Margaret Guzman and Lauren Gruber documents the 2020 Bank of America’s Winter Village at Bryant Park.

Pandemic and General 2020 Chaos Caused Increasing Participation in Wilderness Survival Courses

December 15, 2020 By Andrew Califf

JACKSON, OHIO-The sheer multitude of roaring fires and rolling smoke adding to the haze of the chilly morning drizzle conjures up thoughts of a viking ceremony, but this was merely an early morning deliverable for the Pathfinder School’s basic survival course: get a self sustaining fire going within five minutes.  The Ohio based school usually […]

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More Than a Punter: The Inside Story of Citadel Football’s Swiss Army Knife

December 15, 2020 By Manning Farnsworth Snyder

Depending on who you talk to, Matt Campbell is not Matt Campbell. To some teammates and coaches, he is ‘Matty Ice.’  To a few classmates, he is ‘Matt the Engineer.’ But those really close to Campbell know him by one name: ‘Matty Ice…Cream.’ The 6’1”, 227-pound junior Citadel punter is not overweight. Cheez-Its, not ice […]

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