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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 […]
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New York Legalizes Marijuana
On March 31, 2021, New York legalized the use of recreational marijuana. See what people in NYC’s Washington Square Park think about the new legislation. By Laura Beard, Rachel Fadem, Jack Gordon, and Kiana Turner
A Long Intermission for New York Actors May Not Be Over Just Yet
New York City’s actors have been on a year long intermission and consensus holds that this summer promises more of the same. After a year defined by dark stages and unemployed actors, a handful of New York City theaters have announced goals to reopen this summer. Among them is the Public Theater, which plans to […]
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, […]
Dianne Morales’ Community-Based Approach to Defunding the Police
For New York City Mayoral candidate, Dianne Morales, calls to “Defund the Police” is more than just a slogan — it’s her campaign promise to the city. Morales, former counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio, has laid out a multi-prong platform to reform how the city approaches policing in the city. “We’ve got to move […]
How the Planet is Affected By the Covid-19 Pandemic
It’s no secret that landfills and oceans have long been overrun with single-use plastic and manmade pollution. So with March 13 marking one year since Covid-19 shut down New York City, it’s worth considering just how much damage the pandemic has caused, not only to us but also to our planet. As it turns out, […]
Beekeeping in Ohio
How did professional beekeepers in Ohio adapt to teaching their craft during the pandemic, and why is this hobby so important to maintain?
NYC Mayoral Candidates Vow to End Exclusive Admissions Tests
New York City’s leading Democratic mayoral candidates are pledging to end the use of all exclusive admission screens at Thursday’s Teens Take Charge forum. And NYC’s teens, who attend high schools among the most segregated in the nation, plan to hold them to it. Students, experts, and advocates have worked for years to dismantle the […]
Meer’s Pies: A Pandemic Business
Meer’s Pies: A Pandemic Business Laura Measher Amira Daoud, like many, started “quarantine baking” during the COVID-19 pandemic. But then they took it a step further. In a time of economic struggle, particularly for small businesses, they opened Meer’s Pies, an Instagram-based pie shop for pick-up and delivery in NYC.
Post-Covid, Students Wrestle If Going Abroad or Staying Home is the Better Choice
A year ago, ninety, bleary-eyed New York University students living in Paris were told they had 48 hours to get on a flight home or risk being stuck in France as a deadly virus spread like wildfire. Fast asleep in their dorms, they were awakened at 3:00 a.m. with phone calls, furious knocks on dorm […]