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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 […]
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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 […]
Gentrification and Its Effects on Black Hair
Black Women. Black Hair. Salons. Gentrification. [symple_divider style=”solid” margin_top=”20″ margin_bottom=”20″] Black Hair Hair. We all have it. Why the emphasis? Source: U.S. National Archives Black hair has made a huge presence in popular media in recent years. Artists from Princess Nokia to Solange have made odes to its majesty, while films like rom-com Nappily Ever After […]
Better than Yelp? New Website Helps Visitors Navigate Chinatown Like the Locals
By Melvis Acosta, Bryanna Carroll, and Gigi Martinez Think!Chinatown, a community-based organization, launches HowToChinatown.NYC—a new digital platform designed to help visitors discover the hidden gems of the neighborhood.
Phone Banking with the ACLU
Phone banking during election season is a battleground of frustration and enlightenment. But doing so the last stretch of the weekend before the 2018 midterm elections can be a matter of life or death. It’s not easy to get up on a Saturday morning to phone bank for the American Civil Liberties Union at The […]
No Sleep ‘Till Midterms
ASTORIA DISPATCH Astoria, Queens — On the bustling street corner of Ditmars Boulevard and 31st Street, one young woman stands out among the crowd. 26-year-old, Hind Sophia, is spotted wearing a bright blue “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” t-shirt. Running on just a few hours of sleep, she still manages to flash a bright smile and hold a […]
Vanishing New York
“Vanishing New York” covers the opening of a Marshalls next to the iconic Katz’s Deli in the Lower East Side.