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The LGBTQ community and the New York Immigrant Coalition both held marches to Trump Tower (Fifth Avenue location) this past weekend.
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The Power of Fashion
Inspired by his love of culture, identity and ‘othered’ beauty, NYU Gallatin fashion student Victor Leonard looks to the outside world, today’s political climate, his black identity and the power he finds in otherness as he prepares for his premiere collection in this spring’s NYU Gallatin Fashion Show. By Jennie Neufeld
Cuba after Fidel
A Cuban American NYU student, Reynaldo Madiedo, discusses Fidel Castro’s rule and reactions to his death. He also tells the story of his grandparents, who were Cuban exiles. By Revathi Janaswamy and Kilee Alexander
The Podcast Activists
Who says college students these days are too busy looking at their cellphones to embrace activism? Maritza Rico and Audrey Parry challenge the notion of the passive millennial with their podcast, Murder Weather, a platform for dialogue, getting involved and making a difference. By Lucy Yeho Hwang
The Social Climber
With the addition of rock climbing to the lineup for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, the sport has risen beyond a weekend adventure or lifelong hobby. Brooklyn Boulders offers visitors a chance to scale heights of up to 28 feet on half an acre of climbing surface. For some, it’s just a good way to […]
The Bargain District
Monique Sinha is the owner of The Bargain District, a vintage shop located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Having quit her former job as a Bahasa Indonesia language professor at Columbia University for this business, she hopes to bring an element of the past to the present. Hear what she has to say about running her business […]
The Manhattan Transfer
High schoolers on college tours are encouraged to find their “home”. They’re told to pick a school that they are comfortable in – a place where they feel they belong. But sometimes the place they choose turns out to be the wrong choice and they have to decide: to transfer or not to transfer? NYU transfer […]
Shattering Stereotypes With Tattoos
Tattoos are stories of their own, a permanent trace of who we are as people. Erin Shore, an NYU junior, tells us about her tattoos, their meaning and how they shape her life. By Verena Toh and Lucy Hwang https://soundcloud.com/user-78438869/tats-for-chats
Exciting Everyday: Nurses
Exciting Everyday hosts, Moira Donohue and Ryan Shoushani, discuss America’s highest paying post-college graduate profession, nursing. In an interview with NYU nursing student, Monica Lopez, shares her dreams of becoming a nurse as a small girl, her experiences in nursing school, and what may lie ahead. Produced by Moira Donohue and Ryan Shoushani
Two Companies at a Time
Kristie Karnadi, 25, juggles her time between her studies at Columbia University in New York and two companies back home in Indonesia. She founded an online marketplace for secondhand luxury goods called Hunt Street (www.huntstreet.com) and a flower catering business called The Flower Bar. By Dhika Himawan