I have a new favorite thing. It’s called the ccampus police blotter, and it is just fantastic.
Now, I’m not trying to make light out of all on-campus crime—certain kinds of crime aren’t funny at all, obviously—but some of these cases are begging for more coverage. Why, just yesterday, “two NYU students were arrested by the NYPD for disorderly conduct on the corner of 8th Street and MacDougall [sic] Street.” What could they possibly have been doing that was more disorderly than every other student’s behavior on MacDougal on Thirsty Thursday?
Also, drugs: a student on the 6th floor of Rubin was caught possessing “what is believed to be cocaine.” I’m glad our city police force can only maybe guess that something is an illicit substance.
In Florence, meanwhile, public safety learned that “an NYU student had been threatened with bodily harm by her roommate on November 14th.” What the hell were they fighting about? The weather’s been sunny in the sixties over there! Settle down, ladies.
Friday, November 20, 2009 15:50 - by Josh Becker
Jude Law moved onto Washington Square Park. NYU freshmen live on Washington Square Park. As you might imagine, students go crazy when they spot him. Sometimes, Jude throws fruit back at them.
My questions include: why would Jude Law be so stupid as to hurl citrus at students? That’s bad press, dude! (Dude, Jude.) Why did Jude Law move to the park in the first place? And from the looks of that picture, Law wears yoga pants tucked into tube socks. Did he have to fire his stylist or something?!
Friday, November 20, 2009 10:27 - by Josh Becker
Yesterday’s ardent WSN plea for bike storage around campus is not without reason. Getting a spot on a fence or pole near class sometimes requires a quick shanking, and that sort of stuff will make a person feel bad if done too frequently.
Here’s the thing though: the “unit for student bikes behind Tisch Hall” that “the university plans to create… once the construction behind the building comes to a close” actually already exists. And it’s currently fully functional. (That is a real picture of bikes locked there on the left). All you have to do to get access to the glorious bicycle habitat is contact card services (212-443-2273) and ask them to activate your NYU ID to open the rather imposing swipe gate.
Oops. Continue…
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 17:27 - by Lily Q
You’re not going to want to quote the free copy of Darwin’s Origin of Species you picked up outside Goddard this morning in your next biology paper. You see, with the 150th anniversary of the book’s publication coming up on the 21st. So, obviously, former Growing Pains child actor Kirk Cameron had to save us all from this long-dead scientist whose literature has been poisoning our should-be Christian minds for so long. With this noble, Evangelical goal in mind, Cameron’s been part of a project called Living Waters, which has had 50,000 copies of The Origin of Species reprinted in what they’re calling a “150th Anniversary Edition.”
And guess what?! The edition comes with deleted chapters, Creationist preaching and a very special 50 page introduction that illuminates “Adolf Hitler’s undeniable connection” to Darwin’s theory of evolution! Continue…
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 15:03 - by Lily Q
After Thanksgiving break, a few more bus route changes will come into effect. From an email sent by Jules Martin, NYU’s VP of Global Security and Crisis Management:
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:00 - by Lily QEffective November 30, 2009, Route E service – which runs from Washington Square to the Medical Center with stops along 3rd Avenue — in both northbound and southbound directions will be provided on weekdays between 3 PM and Midnight to the bus stop at Third Avenue and 14th Street. Continue…
By the time I graduate next December, I will have saved about $6,500, which is cool. But I could have saved closer to $17,000, and that kind of makes me want to throw things. You see, I spent most of college paying $1,211 per credit instead of $1076, missing out on a prime opportunity to [sort of] Stick It To The Man by stretching my tuition money as much as possible. Don’t let the same BS happen to you.
The other day, Jess illuminated the financial gloriousness of being a part time student. This week, let’s talk about saving a few thousand dollars a year without even changing your enrollment status. (I know we go to NYU, so I apologize for the whole math thing that’s going to happen after the jump.) Continue…
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:53 - by Lily QThree NYU students describe what it’s like to be going into a rapidly changing music industry.
Tomorrow’s Soundtrack from Kaela Rae Jensen on Vimeo.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:00 - by Kaela Rae Jensen
Last week, Suri wrote about a recent column by Stern professor Tunku Varadajaran in which he used the term “going Muslim”–inspired by “going postal”–to describe the shooting at Fort Hood. And yesterday, Washington Square News runs what, if they’re lucky, will go down in history as the most baffling editorial they’ve ever run on any subject, ever. Their argument is that not only should Varadajaran keep his job, but the NYU administration should pretend that nothing happened, because, well, blockquoting is the only way for me to do this justice.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:30 - by Ned ResnikoffHaving said that, we do support Cooley and Sexton’s decision not to penalize Varadarajan. We believe that every viewpoint from students, faculty and administration is just as valid as any other. We wrote as much two months ago in discussing prospective law professor Thio Li-ann, whose stance on gay rights drew considerable opposition among NYU students: “Intellectual discourse is rooted in conflicting opinions, and for this to happen, people of disagreeing perspectives and paradigms must come together to engage one another … No viewpoint will ever satisfy all sides, but each belief is as valid as any other.”
The LA Times reported that NYU had the second most international students (6,761) in the country, according to the annual Open Doors survey released yesterday. Although NYU has been stuck at No. 2 for years, this year’s foreign population is a significant increase from 2008 (6,404).
But once again, NYU trails only USC, which has nearly 7,500 international students on campus. At least we beat Columbia (6,685), albeit by less than one hundred foreigners. Phew, that’s one crowded Bobst Lower Level from being No. 3.
The survey also notes that there are about 75,000 foreign students studying in the state of New York — an increase of 7.3% from 2008 — which is second only to California (again). The top three countries of origin for students are all Asian: India, China, and South Korea. Together, all three countries produce nearly 50% of all international students in the U.S. (and approximately 75% of late-night Bobst dwellers).
In case you haven’t passed Gould Plaza lately, 20.6% of foreign students are studying Business and Management. Engineering, Physical Science, Social Science and Computer Science round out the top five majors.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:15 - by Kenneth Hsu
