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Adora Dayani, a Jewish Meme Queen

January 31, 2022 by Katarina Samper

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Adora Dayani is an NYU student who is extremely fond of her Jewish heritage. So much so that she interns for a Jewish meme account, called @oldjewishmen, that plays on the comical stereotypes of an eldery Jewish man today. After hearing more about her background, we get a sense of where she finds herself in […]

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March 11, 2020: The Day Everything Changed

March 11, 2021 by Jack Gordon

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On the morning of March 11, 2020, the headline story was expected to be Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing. However, what followed turned out to be the most hectic days of the coronavirus yet. On that Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus to be a global pandemic, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive, which […]

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Protests Against Local Laundromat’s Union Busting Tactics

March 9, 2021 by Izzy McMahon

March is Women’s History Month. It’s also the anniversary of the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in 1911 that killed almost 200 people, mostly young women, and girls. It inspired a massive strike for better working conditions. On March 27th, 2021, protesters gathered around the very same place, which is NYU’s Brown building on […]

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Female Skateboarders are Taking Over

February 9, 2021 by Izzy McMahon

Girl skaters at Tompkins Square Park.

If this pandemic has brought anything good, it’s the rebirth of hobbies. With the extra time and empty parks, skateboarding is a perfect match for quarantine restrictions, as the once male-dominated world of skating is seeing more women pounding the pavement.    

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RIP FNYU – COVID causes cancellation of “Forbidden NYU” musical parody

February 9, 2021 by Izzy McMahon

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 “Forbidden NYU”, or “FNYU“,  the musical parody put on by the CAS theatre club, was canceled this year. Last year’s director and current senior at NYU, Maxine McCormick, gives us a low down on what the show was all about.  

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Protests Escalate in Brooklyn Over Pipeline Construction

February 9, 2021 by Izzy McMahon

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A new pipeline is set to carry fracked gas under Brownsville, Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint, ending at a National Grid Depot on Newton Creek. Opponents are calling to end the construction immediately, concerned for the safety of their communities and the nearly 200 million price tag for ratepayers. Izzy McMahon and Jack Peterson caught […]

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Social Psychologist Says COVID-19 Has Impacted Social Norms — and We Won’t Go Back to “Normal”

February 2, 2021 by Natalie Rule

Dr. Mica Estrada answers questions about how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting society on a psychological level. She focuses on how social behaviors are changing while describing how norms relating to relationships before the pandemic contrast with how people are currently behaving in the midst of it. Estrada highlights the effect of social changes on […]

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Election Uncertainty in NYC

November 6, 2020 by Izzy McMahon

Election 2020 Protests New York

In the days leading up to the announcement of the election of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, feelings of anxiety and uncertainty hang in the air. Izzy McMahon caught up with some New Yorkers in Washington Square Park to hear how they’re feeling in this charged moment.

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Janet Kalish, Fighting Food Waste in NYC One Dumpster-Dive at a Time

December 11, 2019 by Jennifer Sanchez

Photo by Meliddy C. Members of the Freegan Community dig through trash left out on the curb in NYC.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure… or groceries. About 3.9 million tons of New York food makes its way into landfills each year. Some people, like Janet Kalish, have made it their mission to fight food waste by scavenging through garbage left on the curb.

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Odd Job: David’s Shoe and Watch Repair

November 19, 2019 by Roberto Bosoms

  David  Solovyov has been fixing clocks and watches in Lower Manhattan for 37 years. David is one of the few repairmen left in the city since smartphones took over the watch industry. David’s shop is like a time machine to the Manhattan of the 1900s.

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