The third floor of Kimmel has been cleared and no arrests made. None of the 13 demands of TBNYU! have been met and there were never any extensive meetings with the administration about meeting them All roads lead home download.
Updates to follow as we continue to sort this out – it’s been a wild ride.
All information on housing has been moved to this post.
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Haha, the funniest thing out of all of this were those two girls who went topless outside of Kimmel. That was worth it. Something to show the kids later in life aye. So dumb
@ Logic
Completely agreed. It’s good to hear a voice of reason.
“If standing up for justice, demanding ethics, and preventing extremism are for hippies, I’d rather be a hippie than have to say on that fateful day of Judgement that I did nothing tangible for my fellow human beings.”
I wouldn’t necessarily call half of the things they did as being “FOR their fellow human beings”
They occupied their fellow students’ space, restricting access to everyone but themselves. They gave a bad name to NYU students and lost the school some respect. Their first demand was about themselves and nobody else. I understand that they were trying to accomplish something for the “greater good”, but if they had really wanted to get NYU to agree to their demands, they would have chosen a more civil way of doing it.
OR, they could have raised money for Gaza and the Palestinians themselves. OR go out and do some community service! A little help goes a long way.
@Peter
I personally don’t agree with the method of TBNYU’s actions or with some of the excessiveness of their demands. However, you continue to mention how students’ decision to attend NYU somehow correlates with not questioning the expenses associated with such attendance. I am glad I decided to attend NYU and expected (rightly) to pay a hefty sum as NYU is a private, distinguished institute situated in New York City. However, I don’t think that it is too much of a request to expect a certain amount of exposure with regards to the budget and how exactly my “attendance” money is being spent. Surely, this request holds even more validity in light of the economic crisis and should probably be addressed by the administration (albeit through negotiation and not excessive “protesting” attempts)
Gaza was never forgotten. Thank you for that.
NYU should make the TBNYUers clean up the 3rd floor.
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and this is a good lesson learned.
It’s actually a lesson that could be no more easily learned anywhere than in postwar Germany. Every single one of the many supportive cogs–with a few rare exceptions–did far better than the average member of resistance. Time spent in jail or the camp didn’t increase your pension, while producing the gas or other helpful material as a loyal employee, or escorting Jews out of their houses surely did.
It’s also very interesting, that the authoritarian conformity supporters span the whole spectrum from left to right . Preaching the necessity of looking for himself first and foremost (Kentucky – that’s how must felt under the Nazis) and helping the homeless (Gauss ) instead of protesting. … Then and now.
Unfortunately this was to be expected. Harsh repressive treatment will keep other students in line.
And no I am not making comparisons between Nazi-Germany and the US. But the authoritarian mindset is pretty constant over the ages.
Yes, we cannot. Yes we can, what we always could be selfish.
If you don’t like what John Sexton does with your money, why give it to him?
@ PETER:
You smell. Alright I’m warmed up now.
You say that these kids should have investigated how the school they’re applying to spends their money, how they KNEW the rules and policies of the school, and yet they’re whining…. So you think these kids WENT to NYU just to complain about it?
Do you realize that everything that anyone ever protested were issues of a larger system that THEY ARE A PART OF. Rosa Parks probably KNEW how they were going to treat her, so she probably shouldn’t whine about it… Peter, you’re a fucking douche.
First off, their demand for transparency is not much to ask for–> they have a few things that they don’t like, so they’re taking action to have their voice heard. Granted the way they went about it did not turn out too well for them, but that’s what happened during protests. And you say they don’t have brains? Well, WAKE UP, if you go to a college that costs you thousands of dollars, wouldn’t you want to make sure that what you do won’t get you expelled? These kids can’t be Ghandi and ignore the consequences because they actually HAVE something to lose–> their future.
So let’s get it straight, peter goose is WHACK and the protesters, no matter what way you look at it, risked A LOT to just be heard by NYU.
P.S. He’s also a fucking, immature, ignorant, fuckfaced prick who thinks he’s the fucking shit–> he’s so rich he probably should have better things to do than argue on the internet–> but he likes the thrill, cuz his life is so fucking boring, he doesn’t have beef with anybody face to face, all those who support him, you guys are fucking cool!
BUT I… on the other hand, have an amazing life so I don’t argue on the internet… You know how you watch a movie, and want to FUCKING PUNCH THAT GUY IN THE FUCKING FACE???
I thought I would give it a try tis all–> all great comments everyone.
him name is green frog
have you seen my green frog
Anybody know anything about the 5 students supposedly “tricked” into leaving who were supposedly suspended and detained?
“John Kentucky
Feb 20, 2009 15:10
black, white , purple or blue, we all have a right to stand up for ourselves, to stand for our injustices, whatever that may be,”
Then how come these protesters were supporting Hamas, one of the most misogynostic, homophobic regimes in the world?
Okay,
So here’s the thing. I’ll admit that I have little or no idea what the 13 “demands” set out by the protester’s are (though it seems like a horrible idea to demand anything from those whom control your potential future), I understand the reasoning behind their protests.
I understand that they are unhappy with the costs of one of the world’s most expensive cities, and were caught apparently unprepared by costs which anyone else would have seen coming. The chances are, protesting seemed like the prolific thing to do for them and with little or no thought as to what might actually be accomplished sought out to be heard. Now, they only succeeded in looking like douche bags and hurt themselves more than anything with misguided conditions for an institution which could care less about the financial situation of it’s indiviual students. (Because let’s be honest here, NYU is a business like any other.)
@Peter. I understand where you’re coming from, but the fact of the matter is these are children experimenting in the only way they knew how. They had seen the videos of powerful speeches by MLK and the steel in Rosa Park’s defiance and had aspirations to remind the world that the dream of a country full of people free to speak their mind still exists.
@John. I just want you to realize that you’re now using a newspaper forum to launch personal attacks on people. How sad for you.
@Peter Gauss is WHACK. Changing your SN doesn’t make you any less of a douche, John.
@ EVERYONE ELSE WHOM IS AT NYU.
There is nothing wrong with protest so long as it is constructive, nonviolent, and nonintrusive.
You want to make your point? Set up a communty “college sale” and give out / sell clothes and items no longer wanted by students. Old clothes, c.d’s, shoes ~ anything and everything you can think of.
Draw local media to your cause. Do something to help your fellow human beings WHILE you make a point. Pass out flyers on the street corner as people enter or leave and keep it a fresh issue in everyone’s mind. The key will be numbers.
It’ll work much better than trenching yourself in someone else’s building with no supplies and no purpose.
I swear to fucking god, if these kids sue the school and one fucking dime of my tuition money has to go towards paying for legal representation for the university, i will go apeshit. They want to see a line by line budget? how about NYU tells them how much fucking money they had to waste on dealing with this stupid “occupation.” that’ll shut them up.
Wow, all (not all, but most people who have posted here) need some serious anger management. I have never seen anyone blow-up on a blog like I have seen on here. Especially that Peter prick. I hope you don’t ever hire any NYU students at all, that way I won’t ever by chance have you as a boss. And on that note, you can say good-bye to a large applicant pool. And by the way, if you don’t go to NYU, then how does this even affect you? Why don’t you get to work on those bigger problems you were talking about instead of hanging around an NYU-related website…
eff the haters. these kids had fun. good for them.
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