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Attack of the 26-story NYU dorm

Students Protest Washington Square Park Redesign

Second Avenue Met Foods Threatened by NYU Rent Increases

NYU Graduation Sale on the Bowery

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Clip Job: Dorm Discrimination

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesFebruary 8, 1962, Vol. VII, No. 16Bias in NYU HousingThe Congress of Racial Equality is currently investigating claims of discrimination against Negroes in housing owned by Columbia University and New York University. According to James Farmer, n ... More >>

NYU Caf Occupation Covered Live by Floor-Cam

Just weeks after the student occupation drama at the New School, NYU has an occupation of its own, in the Kimmel Center cafeteria. The occupiers' demands start with amnesty, but generally have to do with financial transparency for the university -- not a bad idea, considering how badly it was burne ... More >>

NYU Occupation Floor-Cam Uprises!

The Kimmel Center Occupation Force has lifted its camera! Representatives confirm that they are "staying in the building until all their demands are met," and lead from the balcony (from which they have dropped a banner) onlookers in shouts of "Whose school? Our school!" and "Take back NYU!" and c ... More >>

NYU Floor-Cam Back On, Slightly Raised

The NYU protestcam is back on. We were made privy to a discussion about a bucket. Some protesters were worried that a bucket on a rope they were using, presumably for ingress of supplies, would be seized by police. "Yeah, the bucket didn't work out," says one. In the chat window, someone keeps aski ... More >>

NYU Protest Update: No to Concessions, Yes to Nudity

Protesters say they met with NYU representatives and told them they refused to leave the caf until their first two demands (protester amnesty, workman's comp) were met. Negotiations broke down there. Press conference just ended, chatters at webcam are upset that they're not showing it. Update: fee ... More >>

NYU Protest Update: Clash

twitpic via nullsleep NYU Local's late night thread: "1:04 - We've been offered a chance to leave now. I can't leave. I've been following this story for over 28 hours straight. I know you all are waiting to hear what happens. I got you. I'm in it for the long haul." The feed is black but someone ... More >>

NYU Protest Update: Negotiators Reported Suspended

twitpic via nullsleep Our Man on the Outside tells us, "Student occupiers claim they sent a five-person delegation to negotate with the administration this morning, and the students were immediately suspended and not permitted to return to the occupation." Oops! We thought suspensions were out. ( ... More >>

NYU Protest Update: The Final Four

Photos, legwork by Robert Sietsema. There are only a few students left inside the Kimmel Center, which has been occupied since Thursday in the Take Back NYU protest. Those are the final four in the picture, reported by NYU Local's twitter feed to be Ryan Olander -- an intern at the Washington Peac ... More >>

Suspended NYU Protesters Rally Tomorrow

As we heard during those memorable nights last week, ain't no power like the power of the people 'cause the power of the people don't stop. Take Back NYU, the org that occupied NYU's Kimmel Center, and got played by the University and basically defeated last week, tells us that tomorrow, February 24 ... More >>

NYU Protesters Not Giving Up, Defend Suspended Students

There were plenty of police barricades at the top of Washington Square Park last night. Cops had violently clashed with demonstrators there the week before, and were taking no chances with the "rally/press conference" that Take Back NYU, that protests' organizers and occupiers of the ill-fated Kim ... More >>

NYU Activists Cut Deal, Suspensions Dropped

NY1 says that the Take Back NYU student protesters suspended for occupying the Kimmel Center last week were given "until the end of the day to accept" a deal that would allow them back to classes on Monday, with a time-served one week suspension. Washington Square News further explains that the tra ... More >>

NYU Admits, Then Rejects, 500 Students

First came the good news: nearly 500 students received acceptance emails into NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service last Wednesday. A half hour later came the bad news: it was all a horrible mistake and the hundreds of prospective public affairs buffs were really rejected. So ... More >>

Fashion Victim

Mike Gallagher claims NYU is threatening his famous vintage magazine empire. And he wants some payback.

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Hillary Addresses NYU Commencement at Yankee Stadium

We don't know why those NYU kids are protesting. Look, Hillary Clinton came all the way to Yankee Stadium to deliver what appears to have been an anodyne commencement speech to graduates of the expensive university today. ("We can retreat into cynicism, and we know what the result will be," blah bla ... More >>

ON THE REBOUND

NYU takes on Emory University

Tonight! Neon Indian, Atlas Sound, and Sisters; Questlove; Cold Cave and Nite Jewel; and Japanther

Today is de facto back to school night: Neon Indian, Atlas Sound, and Sisters will be performing at NYU's Kimmel Center, the very building that Take Back NYU! took over a year ago this month. Fortunately, tonight's excitement will involve woozy chillwave, tingling euphoric pop, and lo-fi rocking, ... More >>

FALES SAFE

Forget all your cares and go downtown

NYU Wants Space? Here's How to Win Our Approval

​NYU has money, NYU needs space, NYU says it wants to work with the community. OK, so here are five things NYU can do, only two of which require new construction: 1. Relocate nursing school to St Vincent's and establish a second teaching hospital on site. 2. Assume responsibility for the ... More >>

This Week in The Voice: NYU's Snuff Film

​An undergraduate was killed during the making of a student film for NYU's highly-esteemed and well-regarded film program. What could've been done to prevent it? Why isn't anyone talking about it? And just how dodgy has NYU been over this? Village Voice staff writer Steven Thrasher investigate ... More >>

NYU to Continue Semi-Hostile Land-War Takeover of Manhattan

​Tonight NYU, the Dread Pirate Roberts of Greenwich Village, will unveil its 25-year growth plans at an open house at the Kimmel Center, reports Crain's New York

Alec Baldwin, The NYU Interview: On Political Run Potential and Mamoun's Falafel

​Seminal New York 30 Rock actor Alec Baldwin's apparently speaking at NYU's graduation. Hopefully it'll be like that time he screamed on the cell phone to his daughter, because I mean doesn't it feel like that kind of mildly terrifying Mamet-esque outrage could benefit the outgoing NYU class o ... More >>

NYU May Grab Ground Zero Real Estate in its Plan to Expand by 40 Percent

​NYU Vice President Lynne Brown requested a meeting with Lower Manhattan rebuilding officials to learn which downtown sites are available for the school's expansion, the New York Post reported today.

You Pretty Much Have to Be a Genius to Go to NYU Abu Dhabi

via The New York Times​New York University's Abu Dhabi satellite campus accepted just 2.1 percent of applicants for its inaugural class of 2014, compared to Harvard, which admitted 6.9 percent. Yep, these kids could probably kick ass at any spelling bee in any language in any country in the ev ... More >>

Spitzer Side Chick and Playboy Star Ashley Dupre Tries NYU Real Estate School

​Ashley Dupre, the face (and breasts) of the fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, is back in Manhattan, thankfully. She spent some time on the West Coast -- likely chasing Hollwood-style fame after her thrilling Playboy shoot, which Runnin' Scared brought you early and exclusively (!!!) -- ... More >>

NYU Presents Expansion Plans For Long After You're Dead

NYU met with Community Board 2 last night, to present its plan to add six million square feet of space to their New York City campuses by 2031. Some highlights of what NYU plans to do in the next 21 years, a few of which were made public for the first time last night:

NYU Neighbor Cries Foul After Being Covered in Vomit and Showtunes

​An anonymous Greenwich Village resident has finally had it with living among the students of NYU. He submitted a letter to Brick Underground today that addresses several of his complaints about sharing his neighborhood with kids that make him "feel like a grandpa." As a current NYU student, I ... More >>

NYU Plans to Build Mammoth 400-Foot Tower in Greenwich Village

​NYU unveiled a major part of their "NYU: 2031" expansion plan this week. The plans loosely detail the construction of a 400-foot tall dorm and hotel as part of the Silver Towers complex at Bleecker and West Houston.

Quidditch World Cup Comes to New York City in November

​Perhaps one of the dorkiest things to hit college campuses since the first physics club, Quidditch, the mythical sport from the Harry Potter series, is now an actual mainstream event, apparently. This years' fourth annual Quidditch World Cup will be held in New York in November, with 50 teams ... More >>

John Sexton, NYU President, Says NYU Cares More About the Village Than Anyone

​John Sexton, the president of NYU, cares what Villagers think. During a town hall meeting for NYU students held yesterday, he answered our question, "How do you feel about animosity you face from Villagers about NYU expansion?" with an eight-minute-long response.

NYU Gets Memo That Students Might Be Annoying, Sends Memo in Return

Crazy kids!​NYU, apparently, feels bad about something. Direct from the Office of Community Standards and Compliance and the Office of Residential Life & Housing Services, there is this e-mail, sent today, entitled "Respecting our NYC neighbors," which alludes to "reports of incidents in which ... More >>

Fucked Up

Crazy kids!​NYU, apparently, feels bad about something. Direct from the Office of Community Standards and Compliance and the Office of Residential Life & Housing Services, there is this e-mail, sent today, entitled "Respecting our NYC neighbors," which alludes to "reports of incidents in which ... More >>

Hawk Cam Streaming Live From NYU Library

This is New York University giving back to the community, or something. On the 12th floor of Bobst Library at NYU, two red-tailed hawks have set up a nest on the ledge, just outside university president John Sexton's office. The New York Times blog City Room has set up a live video stream where you ... More >>

NYU's Class On Punk Is Open To The Public

This summer, NYU's Clive Davis Institute for Recorded Music is offering a class on punk taught by Voice contributor (and decorated journalist), founding Flying Lizard, and all-around brilliant lady Vivien Goldman. The class will be open to anyone who wants to pay the tuition (anyone in the city, tha ... More >>

The NYU Hawks Are In Trouble

via City RoomNote Violet's swollen leg. ​There's a riveting story coming out of NYU right now, full of danger, suspense, love, heartbreak, and the promise of new life. It's the story of Violet and Bobby, the redtail hawk couple nesting on top of Bobst library, and their struggle to hatch their ... More >>

Sigma Burger Pie Will Soon Bring Fratastic Food to NYU

Lauren ShockeyThe big question: Will you be able to do keg stands?​New York University isn't known for having a prominent Greek scene, but Sigma Burger Pi is looking to change that, at least from a culinary point of view.

Irate iPhone Asshole Goes on Tirade Against Bus Driver [NSFW]

Well, every MTA rider has, at one point or another, been too close to a temper tantrum, but now thanks to the internet, we can all experience the unpleasantness together from the comfort of our own computers. Whereas the haughty NYU girl on Metro-North was laughably arrogant but unthreateningly angr ... More >>

NYU Donates Furniture, Trash to Grace Church School, the New Tenant at Cooper Square

Ward HarkavyDiscarded chairs at Cooper Square​Did you hear? NYU got a Gold STARS rating for its stellar environmental practices this year! Awesome! Greenwich Village neighbors and preservationists, you can rest easy -- the potential transformation of your neighborhood, however scary, is at lea ... More >>

Online Education's Net Worth

E-Learning is starting to take off at NYC universities, but are all the bugs worked out?

NYU Planning Massive Silvery Towers for Downtown Brookyn

NYU wants to add an expansion to the existing Metrotech campus. There are some new renderings of what the above might look like. Drumroll please: it's going to look like a big glass tower thing. Two possibilities: ​

Students Say "Fuck Ass-Kissing" and Other Highlights From The OWS Student Walkout

Gennady Kolker (The Nation Magazine)/Twitter​Hundreds, if not thousands of college students gathered at Union Square yesterday for a mass student walk in tandem with Occupy Wall Street's Day of Action and they had choice words for the establishment that keeps them drowning in debt and without ... More >>

Chick-Fil-A Protest Spawned on NYU Campus Over Opposition to Gay Marriage

​Anti-gay Chick-fil-A flourishes in Greenwich Village, the home of the Gay Rights movement. Bisexual NYU freshmen and Santa Monica, CA native Hillary Dworkoski has launched a protest of Chick-fil-A's presence on the Greenwich Village campus via a petition on Change.org. Quoted in a press re ... More >>