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Student Representation on Board of Trustees Wins in SSC Vote
Students are one step closer to having a seat at the boardroom table. In a 17-8 victory for NYU’s Student Labor Action Movement today — better known as SLAM — the Student Senators Council voted in...
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Five Things We Want to See From NYU in 2018
Last semester, the WSN Editorial Board responded to the issues on campus we felt needed addressing. While some of these problems have been recognized by the administration or are being resolved by...
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University Senate Approves Resolutions for Student and Faculty Representation...
At 10:30 a.m., the University Senate passed three resolutions, two of which would add student and faculty representation to the Board of Trustees, according to the Student Labor Action Movement and...
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Divest and SLAM Suspend Occupation After Meeting With Administrators
NYU Divest and the Student Labor Action Movement have suspended this week’s occupations of the Bonomi Family Admissions Center and the Kimmel Center for University Life following a joint meeting with...
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An Inside Look at the Group Pushing NYU’s Administration
On the morning of Thursday, March 29, the University Senate passed three resolutions that would allow student, tenured faculty and contract faculty representation on the Board of Trustees. The...
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Students Are Shouting, Trustees Need to Listen
Victor Wu This past week has been a whirlwind for members of the student groups, NYU Student Labor Action Movement and NYU Divest, who have made headlines with their week of activism. Whether it is...
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Activists Prepare for Kimmel Occupation After Administration Rejects Demands
NYU Divest and the Student Labor Action Movement are preparing to occupy the Kimmel Center for University Life after NYU administrators denied a series of demands Friday afternoon. NYU Senior Vice...
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Student Activists Rally at Weekend on the Square
On Saturday afternoon, NYU Admissions Ambassadors greeting prospective students had to yell over the chanting of about 50 student activists occupying the opening staircase in the Kimmel Center for...
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105 Professors Express ‘Grave Concern’ Over Administration’s Treatment of...
In response to recent disciplinary threats levied against activists from the Student Labor Action Movement and NYU Divest, a cohort of professors released a letter on April 13 criticizing NYU’s...
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Prospective Students Get a Preview of Protests at Weekend on the Square
Weekend on the Square protests push NYU to be accountable. This past weekend was NYU’s annual Weekend on the Square, during which prospective students come to get a glimpse into campus life and culture...
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Hamilton Denounces BDS, Acknowledges Racism in Stern at Town Hall
Dozens of student activists, student government leaders and NYU administrators gathered in room 802 of the Kimmel Center for Student Life on Thursday evening for a public town hall with President...
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Returning Puerto Rican Students Face Uncertainty
Natalie Chinn From left to right: Alex, Mariana, Sophia and Jamaris sing “Salimos de Aquí” by Fiel a la Vega while hanging out. Dispersed around Sophia and Alex’s room one night, Jamaris and her three...
View ArticleDemocracy at NYU Is Dying
Over the summer, NYU’s Board of Trustees voted to keep the board free of both student and faculty representation. The board rejected three University Senate approved resolutions initiated by three...
View ArticleFrustrated with Setbacks, Student Activists Plan Change in Tactics
In an introductory meeting Wednesday evening, NYU’s Student Labor Action Movement rolled out its plans for a new campaign focused on increasing affordability and reducing student debt. The campaign,...
View ArticleA Semester in Review
As our semester comes to a close, the WSN Editorial Board would like to take the time to reflect on some of the most pivotal issues that have influenced campus life and encouraged student activism...
View ArticleOff-Third: Happy Alumni Weekend From Bill de Blasio
Happy Alumni Weekend from Off-Third, WSN’s satire section. Try not to take us too seriously. Bill de Blasio is the king of New York. At least that’s what he tells me. We’re at the Domino’s on 40th...
View ArticleSLAM Protests NYU’s Past Fair Labor Violations at NYUAD
Chants of “F-ck forced labor! Pay them back!” echoed through Washington Square Park on Monday evening as student activists protested the treatment of workers whose rights were violated under NYU’s...
View ArticleNYU’s Slam Team Welcomes All Poets
Standing in front of a group of strangers and telling them your most personal thoughts and experiences can sound terrifying to some. To NYU’s slam poetry club, it’s just another Wednesday. Slam! meets...
View ArticlePoignant Poetry Grand Slam Sends Five NYU Students to Compete in Finals
It’s no secret that slam poetry leans towards the political, the emotional and the controversial, but this weekend’s Grand Slam, hosted by Slam! at NYU at Kimmel’s Rosenthal Center, was a slam for the...
View ArticleDespite Resistance, SLAM For Student Representation on Board of Trustees
NYU’s Student Labor Action Movement is continuing its efforts to get a student representative on the Board of Trustees, notwithstanding President Andrew Hamilton’s pushback on the initiative in a WSN...
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