Comments on: Financial Aid Flyer Hoax Courtesy of “Students Creating Radical Change”

By: Michael Stasiak

Michael Stasiak — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:26:12 +0000

@ Farah:

I love that what constitutes an “important” statement, and shows that an online newspaper is “coming along” is a sentence that strokes your group’s egos and aims. And yet wisecracks at your group’s expense are “tasteless” and clearly show “evidence of ignorance.” I suppose it IS better for the student press to jump on the bandwagon of any tired student resistance organization with tired tactics to institute the same tired changes that they’ve wanted for almost 50 years, rather than remain skeptical of vapid student rebellions.

By: Jessica Roy

Jessica Roy — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:41:56 +0000

Bravo, D! I’m glad you guys pulled it off. This was a great way to get the discussion going on financial aid issues; I hope people realize what a huge problem this is.

By: Lily Q

Lily Q — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:16:10 +0000

@Farah:
1) From Duncan’s email: “the TBNYU! coalition of groups (there are 16 groups right now, SCRC is just one).”
2) Whoa calm down. The formality of the way that he said it was very amusing. That said, Duncan was very helpful and coherent in his interview. He, unlike some, did not come across as obnoxiously enraged and whiney.
3) Aww, thanks.

By: Farah Khimji

Farah Khimji — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:57:28 +0000

“NYU is shrugging off more than the flyer scheme here. They’re shirking the whole financial aid issue.”

Bravo, you actually managed to say something of importance in this article! You are coming along!

By: Farah Khimji

Farah Khimji — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:56:45 +0000

And as for this tasteless comment:

“Careful not to call him the leader, he’ll tell you that “both organizations are non-hierarchical and we do not assign leadership roles” and you won’t be able to stop laughing”

Your attitude towards non-hierarchical organizing is evidence of your ignorance. Duncan is not the leader of either of those groups, any more so than I am. All of our members work together to reach decisions through consensus, and it works out fantastically. It is unfortunate you can’t conceive of a group that doesn’t depend on one leader to function, and that your only reaction to this is an (unsuccessful) attempt at sarcasm.

By: Farah Khimji

Farah Khimji — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:50:10 +0000

SCRC is not an “arm of Take Back NYU!”, we are a separate student organization that has been at NYU for several years. Take Back NYU! is a relatively newer organization – it does not have “arms”, it’s a coalition of dozens of student groups on campus. We have explained this distinction countless times. Why is this fact so difficult for you “journalists” to understand?