As various media outlets reported yesterday, NYU student Bernard Goal was arrested on Monday for the illegal possession of air rifles. According to police, Goal was charged with five misdemeanor counts of violating a local law which bans the possession or sale of such weapons.
A maintenance crew made the initial discovery during a visit to Goal’s 17th floor Lafayette room. The workers informed campus security guards, who then called the police after they found the Airsoft rifles. The weapons were out in the open, which meant they were well within NYU’s jurisdiction.
But Goal’s roommates said that people had been too quick to sensationalize the incident. “It definitely got extremely blown out [of proportion],” one roommate told NYU Local. “As far as I’m concerned, from what I hear about it, it’s just a hobby.” Read more…
Cabs are everywhere in this city. Bridges, tunnels, avenues–you can’t avoid them, even when they’re 
Last time we 
Last time a big storm slammed New York City, things didn’t end so well. Sandy hit just over three months ago, but you can still see her devastation all over the city: the Rockaways, Breezy Point, and Coney Island, to name just a few, are still recovering from the surging waters and high winds. And then came that other storm, because, well, why the hell not?
Dr. José Vázquez, a professor of the sciences in the Liberal Studies Program, passed away last weekend due to natural causes. Dr. Vázquez, who was a Master Teacher in the program, received both the Liberal Studies Excellence in Teaching Award and the Liberal Studies Faculty Mentor Award in 2010.
Almost 52 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke at NYU, delivering a call for civil rights and the value of nonviolent protest. The 32-year-old Dr. King’s speech, which was entitled “The Future of Integration,” came more than two years before his “I Have a Dream” speech, but many of the same ideas and themes found in the earlier speech were also present in his most famous call to action.
There are plenty of things to love about America. The thought that you can do anything, at any time, in any place. The potential for education, and the ability for political and social change. Don’t forget the burgers, either, or the sparkling white teeth that seem to shine out of every mouth. Baseball, the Bill of Rights, the national parks—all are things that find their way into the minds of many when they think of the stars and stripes.
We’ve all seen them. They watch us as we walk to classes, as we study, as we sit and talk. They hover above us, dressed in robes and suits, some stone-faced, some smiling.
