As seen in the Washington Square News. Members of the Tuition Reform Action Coalition spray-painted snow in Washington Square Park yesterday afternoon in protest of NYU President John Sexton’s Jan. 31 letter rejecting the coalition’s call to align the rate … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Washington Square News
Crime Files – 1/22-2/01
As seen in the Washington Square News. Jan. 22 4:40 a.m. — An assault was reported at Weinstein residence hall. Jan. 23 9:10 a.m. — A burglary was reported at 25 Waverly Place. 12:40 a.m. — A shoulder bag was … Continue reading
First GAs’ Stipends To Be Cut at NYU
As seen in The New York Times. NEW YORK — NYU will cut the stipends of several striking graduate assistants who continue to abandon their teaching assignments for the spring semester, WSN has learned. Letters indicating the cuts, sent from … Continue reading
J-dep’t unveils new req’s for majors
As seen in the Washington Square News. The journalism department announced sweeping changes to its undergraduate curriculum Friday intended to strengthen students’ reporting skills and counter the department’s reputation as an easy major. Set to launch in the fall, the … Continue reading
Center helps students cope with strike
As seen in the Washington Square News. The Academic Resource Center has been a timely and useful tool since its inception for managing the effects of the graduate assistant strike, NYU students said in a recent informal survey conducted by … Continue reading
NYU official named in racial suit
As seen in the Washington Square News. A federal judge will review a Stanford University alumnus’s lawsuit against two NYU administrators for racial discrimination allegedly perpetrated during their employment at Stanford five years ago, according to a court document obtained … Continue reading
NYU may expand Paris site
As seen in the Washington Square News. NYU and American University are considering collaborating on their Paris study abroad programs, NYU officials said. Discussions between the two institutions are intended to offer better academic opportunities for students at both schools, … Continue reading
Suburbs riot, but Paris’ center calm
As seen in the Washington Square News. PARIS – Storefront glass shattered, car alarms shrieked and the remains of abandoned elementary schools smoldered as groups of young French suburbanites violently expressed their contempt for their government for the 12th night … Continue reading
Paris site attracts record numbers
As seen in the Washington Square News. PARIS – A record number of students are participating in NYU’s study abroad program in Paris this fall, study abroad officials here said. “It’s only in expanding that we can evolve,” student-life assistant … Continue reading
Clive Davis music program cramped but personal
As seen in the Washington Square News. Many awesome things come in the smallest of packages – iPods, condoms and Ferraro Rocher candies, for instance. Also included in this list of tiny wonders is the Clive Davis Department of Recorded … Continue reading
Board OKs park rehab plans
As seen in the Washington Square News. In a meeting that drew more than 150 people, including 30 NYU student protesters, Manhattan’s Community Board 2 voted by a vast majority Thursday night to proceed with the renovation of Washington Square … Continue reading
Panelists: Gender neutral necessary
As seen in the Washington Square News. Gender-neutral bathrooms are necessary to preserve the legal right to gender expression, representatives of various LGBT groups said yesterday at a panel discussion on the implementation of the New York City Transgender Rights … Continue reading