“NYU GlamourGals” follows the NYU club GlamourGals that gives manicures to elderly residents at an uptown senior center.
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A Day in the Life of a Blind Brooklyn Athlete and Rapper
A Day in the Life of Jahron Black Brooklyn local Jahron Black relaxes in his backyard before heading to the New York Association for Blind Athlete’s goalball practice, a sports game specially crafted for the visually impaired. As the president of this organization and a visually impaired man himself, Black prides himself in the awareness […]
Dynamic Profiles of Shanghai’s Longtang
Longtang is a public alleyway or a series of interconnected lanes found in traditional neighborhoods in Shanghai. Just like any other urban metropolis, Shanghai tells a tale of two cities. Even in some of its most expensive housing districts such as Nanjing East Road and Laoximen, there remain Longtang dwellers living in poor conditions and cramped […]
LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Look For a New Life in the US
Alex needed a place to escape. With only one year left in his University studies, he could no longer stand the threats and physical violence he faced in his home country, even if that meant leaving his family, friends, and entire life in Russia behind. Now, just a few years later, Alex, who did not […]
These Activists Won’t Stop Talking About Menstrual Equity, Period
“As women I know it’s hard to deal with the world and men because we’re perceived as different,” said New York University sophomore Jhenelle Marson, reading aloud her letter to a homeless woman. Next to her, 20 other members of the NYU club WEST –Women of Excellence, Strength and Tenacity– were also handwriting letters to […]
NYU students show little interest in supporting student athletes
It is a brisk Friday night in December at New York University. Despite the low temperature outside, students are buzzing around campus. Some are headed to Bobst Library to begin preparing for their finals. Others are walking to Weinstein dining hall to grab a quick bite for dinner. But very few students are making the […]
Uncertainty plagues DACA college students
With exams, papers, and presentations looming, Carlos Alvarez, 20, sat tucked away in his Dallas, Texas, community college library away from all of the noise. Notes, pens, and the odd Starbucks coffee cup could be seen strewn across the table, making Alvarez’s workspace identical to all of those around him. But Alvarez is very different […]
As fare hike looms, subway riders are fed up
The 6 Lexington Avenue Local subway cars rattled into the 110th street station, the rusted brakes shrieking loudly. The rats on the rail lines squirmed and scurried away and the piles of trash on the tracks disappeared as the train rolled in. The train is late as usual. The cars are all packed tightly with […]
College transfer students get a second chance to follow their dreams
As the fall school semester comes to an end once again, frantic high school seniors are submitting college applications, crossing their fingers, and dreaming of getting in to their dream schools. What they don’t know is that come next year, they might be going through the same stressful process all over again as transfer students. […]
The Reality of the Emotional Support Animal System
Noah DeFranceschi has hay and chewed-up cardboard under his dorm bed. When he buys items, he leaves the boxes on the floor if they do not have too much tape or ink on them. This habitat below his bed is for his emotional support animal (ESA), Chai, a brown and white bunny who loves to […]