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“I’m not lying when I say half of the people here would prefer us dead,” said Chloe Monette of Czech society’s view on the transgender population. She is the founder and president of Jsem Trans, a Czech NGO committed to education and counseling for the transgender community. “This is a very stressful environment to live […]
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Scrambling for Solutions to Stop the Spotted Lanternfly Invasion
The spotted lanternfly is invading New York, and so far, an array of countermeasures — from vacuums and insecticides to official recommendations to stomp the bugs on sight — don’t seem to be helping much. On a recent Sunday afternoon on a rooftop restaurant in Lower Manhattan, a swarm of the black-and-red winged plant-hoppers, originally from […]
Buddy the Rat proves you can do anything in New York
Jonothon Lyons had just finished live streaming an hour-long Instagram performance that included walking on all fours and climbing trash cans in Washington Square Park. However, he was not Lyons throughout his performance, he was Buddy the Rat. Lyons had finally sat down on one of the many benches that surrounded the park, Buddy’s mask, […]
Athlete to Paralyzed to Walking Again: A Journey Through a Rare Autoimmune Disease
It was the summer of 2017, and 19-year-old Avery woke up unable to move her arm. Half of her body felt like it had caught on fire; the other half felt like it was dumped in an ice bath. Sharp, tingling pain started to spread across her legs and arms. She got herself up, stumbled […]
NYU Student Wins NPR Podcast Competition
In a podcast that won a $5,000 prize, NYU sophomore Aria Young weaves together interviews and personal storytelling to explore how she is reclaiming her heritage through her Chinese name. Young’s entry, “What’s in a Name,” placed first among 10 finalists and entries from 37 states in NPR’s 2022 College Podcast Challenge. The other nine […]
Domestic Violence Became a Dangerous Side Effect of the Pandemic
Underneath the surface of the Covid-19 pandemic lies a “shadow pandemic”: domestic violence. With lockdowns forcing people to stay inside their homes, violence against women has skyrocketed while victims have been silenced more than ever. But social media has helped give them a voice in isolation. High rates of domestic violence reports and Covid […]
During Ramadan, it’s midnight workouts and night shifts for college students
During the holy month of Ramadan, third-year student-athlete Rayhan Kandri wakes up everyday at 4:30 a.m. to have her suhoor, the meal consumed early morning before fasting begins. Regardless of whether she is in the mood or not, the Moroccan-born and Emirati-raised film student from New York University consumes over half a liter of water, […]
After A Year On Zoom, the Toll of Online Learning Hurts Student’s Mental Health
With only one blended class in her five-course schedule, New York University sophomore Andrea Contreras has spent most of her spring semester inside her bedroom. “This semester is the closest I have come to a full Zoom education,” said 20-year old Contreras, who is studying finance and computing and data science at the Stern School […]
NYU International Students Face Additional Pandemic Hurdles
The Covid-19 health pandemic created a new set of hurdles for international students at New York University from travel restriction to securing visas, leaving many bewildered about what to do next and causing enrollment rates to drop. As student lives were abruptly uprooted across the United States last March, more than a million international students […]
Usefulness Of The Useless
“Nothing beautiful is indispensable to life.” – Theophile Gautier, Mademoiselle de Maupin. On the 21st of May 2005, David Foster Wallace, an American novelist, gave a speech to graduate students at Kenyon College. “There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way,” said Wallace, […]