Category: Identity-and-Equity

“This conference on immigration and detention and deportation has become a radical act. It’s sad, but it’s true,” migration scholar and keynote speaker Allison Mountz told an audience of close to 200 people on Wednesday, who stood along the back wall and spilled out the conference room’s double doors.  The radical act in question was…

Diwali, also called the Festival of Lights, is celebrated every year between October and November by South Asian communities across the globe. Although Diwali is widely regarded as a Hindu festival, my family is Jain and celebrates the holiday to commemorate the end of the year and the triumph of light over darkness.  Since last…

55 Washington Square S represents much more than another building students pass on their way to class. Adorned with pride flags and Black Lives Matter banners, Judson Memorial Church has been a gathering place for artists and activists for over a century. Today, it continues to be a hub for social justice advocates and radical…

As the festival of lights approaches, Diwali serves as a moment of community and celebration for NYU’s South Asian community. Traditions such as Diya decorating, cultural dances and the sharing of Indian sweets symbolize the triumph of good over evil. For students who feel disconnected and isolated from their usual traditions of celebrating at home…

As a queer person, coming out as transgender in eighth grade invited a range of responses from both friends and family. Some were immediately accepting, while others took a while, but ultimately, acceptance was something I had to seek from myself. However, coming out and staying out is increasingly difficult for queer youth throughout the…

With viral videos of blue-eyed girls in their low-rise jeans dancing to “The Sweet Escape” by Gwen Stefani, sorority rush season has completely taken over colleges across the United States. However, there is not a single Brown face pictured in the flash mob. This is the perception of rush season that is common among South…

Lots of things don’t translate well from Spanish to English. For example, “Saca tu bandera” literally means “take out your flag,” but that isn’t what people really mean when they say it. The more heartfelt meaning is to express pride in your culture and show that you are proud of where you come from. That’s…

One block away from Lafayette Hall sits a barren construction site, obscured by tall wooden walls, stretching White Street in Chinatown. Aside from the looming gray of the New York County Criminal Court building, the desolate lot is markedly distinct from its surroundings — a mixture of the adjacent senior housing project Chung Pak and…

For Tisch first-year Bo Ebeling, NYU has always been the plan. As a student hailing from Los Angeles and studying recorded music at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, he felt that the city was the best place for him to grow as a musician. It also helped that his brother, Tisch senior Angus…

As exam season approaches, the 15 NYU students taking Making an Exoneree have a different type of final: working to get victims of wrongful conviction out of prison. The class, a four-credit Law and Society elective in the College of Arts & Science, was offered at NYU for the first time this semester in conjunction…