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Online classes are a struggle for many international students

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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 […]

NYU students of color struggle under the weight of racial injustice

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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 […]

Teaching is not easy during the COVID-19 pandemic

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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 […]

The Rising Toll of Online Learning

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U.S. colleges switching to online learning is sending those who choose to continue their studies to some very dark places.  “I’ve never been more depressed,” laughed Gisele Martin, 18, an New York University sophomore studying remotely from her home. “I have never been so directly challenged as I have by this pandemic…it’s crazy that I […]

Crowds at Washington Square Create Worry About the Potential Spread of COVID-19 at NYU

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After months of isolation and social distancing, most NYU students want a safe, secure school year— but multiple weekend parties at Washington Square Park raise some concerns about the potential spread of COVID-19 on campus. “I was shocked that people could even think about throwing these huge parties in the middle of a pandemic,” CAS […]

NYU’s poor meal planning is a struggle for quarantining students

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Students under NYU’s mandatory quarantine utilized their social media platforms to expose the university’s poor meal service and time management in the weeks before classes officially started.   “I wanted to make sure I wasn’t the only one who wasn’t eating the meals,” Edgar Gatsinzi, an NYU junior said. “When a salad composed of chunks of […]

Good Money, A Little Time, and A Great Cause: the Commercial Plasma Business Guarantee

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Laredo, Texas – Mexicans in search of a stable income during an economic downturn, aggravated by a global pandemic, have resorted to crossing the border twice a week to have their blood drawn at US plasma centers.  Commercial plasma centers are attracting men and women from across the border in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, by advertising […]