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Track coach Beverly Kearney uses experience with adversity to help others conquer mental hurdles

November 23, 2022 by Jordan Ruttert

Coach Beverley Kearney looking out in the distance with a hopeful and optimistic gaze

“The only thing I remember is waking up on the side of the road.” Seven-time NCAA track and field title winner Coach Beverly Kearney was involved in a semi-fatal car accident on Dec. 26, 2002. The crash threw Kearney 50 feet from the vehicle, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. After undergoing two five-hour […]

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Community Board 5 offers little hope for pedestrians seeking a reprieve from speeding e-bikes

September 9, 2022 by Talia Barrington

A motion-blurred delivery worker rides his e-bike onto the sidewalk. He wears a blue puffy jacket and carries a red delivery bag on his back.

NEW YORK – The debate regarding unsafe e-bike usage continued Thursday night as Manhattan’s Community Board 5 fielded calls to action on zoom from residents of New York’s most densely populated district. One Midtown resident, who was introduced on the Zoom meeting as Charles, voiced her concerns, saying she has witnessed e-bike riders running red […]

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Buddy the Rat proves you can do anything in New York

August 24, 2022 by Gabriel Vasconcellos

Credit: @jonothonlyons on Instagram

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, […]

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Forest Bathing leaves the forest

May 9, 2022 by Grace Symes

A dozen people stand in two rows facing each other, eyes closed, holding rocks in their palms. Moments later they are traipsing through Central Park, following their guide. They arrive at a boulder-filled clearing and spread out, sprawling over rocks, sitting with their knees drawn up or standing silently. Over the course of a few […]

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Steinhardt student governments make strides in efforts to rename school

May 9, 2022 by kanita tariq

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  After releasing a joint statement on Dec. 8, 2021, the undergraduate and graduate student governments at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development are moving ahead in their efforts advocating for the removal of billionaire Michael Steinhardt’s name from the school. The Steinhardt Undergraduate Student Government and the Steinhardt Graduate Student Organization have […]

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The Pitfalls of Private Funding for New York City Parks

May 6, 2022 by Samantha Ngai

Parks in New York City are slowly becoming revitalized due to billions of dollars of nongovernmental funding after more than five decades of deep cuts to the city’s parks budget. But experts warn that such efforts to privatize much needed green spaces in the city often lead to an unequal distribution of resources tilted toward […]

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M.T. A. to launch pilot program testing subway platform screen barriers

April 21, 2022 by kanita tariq

Riders wait at a subway station

On Wednesday, Feb. 23, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced the launch of a pilot program to test platform screen barriers in subway stations after years of arguing against the idea. These barriers will be tested at three stations: the E line platform at the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station in Queens, the L line platform […]

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Nuyorican Poets Café Brings NYC Creatives Together for Black History Month

March 11, 2022 by kanita tariq

Nuyorican Poets Cafe before doors open.

On Feb. 2, doors opened at the Nuyorican Poets Café at 9:30 p.m. The small crowd congregated outside filed into the intimate, warehouse-style venue, finding their seats as the lights dimmed and the live band on stage played a rhythmic tune. The All THAT! Open Mic Night occurs on the first Wednesday of every month […]

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Expanding Drug Checking in Massachusetts Could Help Prevent Overdoses

February 9, 2022 by Grace Symes

In 2020, an estimated 92,000 Americans died of drug overdoses and fentanyl became the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18-45, beating COVID-19 and suicide. In Massachusetts, fentanyl was found in 92 percent of drug overdoses from January 2020 to September 2021 where a toxicology screen was available. Advocates say this is a powerful […]

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Adora Dayani, a Jewish Meme Queen

January 31, 2022 by Katarina Samper

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Adora Dayani is an NYU student who is extremely fond of her Jewish heritage. So much so that she interns for a Jewish meme account, called @oldjewishmen, that plays on the comical stereotypes of an eldery Jewish man today. After hearing more about her background, we get a sense of where she finds herself in […]

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