Protest at NYU (Important Update)

The leaders of tomorrow.

Heaven help us.

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They should be making Nazi signs and posing with Michelle Malkin like real American heroes.

So am I reading this right, we're protesting a school NOT increasing tuition?

Phyllis, this is from their list of demands:

"9. That annual scholarships be provided for thirteen Palestinian students, starting with the 2009/2010 academic year. These scholarships will include funding for books, housing, meals and travel expenses.
10. That the university donate all excess supplies and materials in an effort to rebuild the University of Gaza."

http://takebacknyu.com/2009/02/19/nyu-occupied/

Thank you, Cy. And I agree with Goth. Scholarships for Palestinian youth would be a disgrace. Imagine - educating those people?

I disagree. NYU needs to come down to the common people and realize normal people cannot afford 20-40K a year in tuition AND live in New York City. They extended their Grad. Application deadline twice. People just aren't applying like they used too.

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nexttoelectric,
They want the school to freeze tuition rather than have it increase as much as it has been.. it's ridiculous the way they raise the prices.

justabwaybaby,
I am not sure of the scpefics around it, but I do that geographically speaking, NYU and the New School are extremely close neighbors, literally side by side, and the students at New School have been protesting the school administration and calling for the removal of the University president. Many faculty members of the New School are publicly, and vocally, supporting their students. It seems to be the students of New York City are banding together across university lines to call for education reform.. I don't see that as a bad thing, though how it is being handled is open to debate.

As far as NYU goes, I very much wated to go there. I am glad I didn't. The entire mind set behind the NYU machine is disgusting. Columbia heralds the fact that you can enjoy there campus within the vibrant Upper West Side neighborhood of manhattan, while NYU says that Greenwhich Village IS their campus. Those simple statements speak so much. NYU, more than Columbia, believes that it has absolutely right to do whatever it wants in the neighrborhood and that no one should be able to stand in their way or tell them otherwise. They shout from the roofs about the feel and mood of the village, yet they constantly demolish historical buildings because they want to build a glass megadorm that is completely out of character with the area. Pretty soon, those glass structures will BE the area. EVERYWHERE you go around there you see the NYU banners and maps and see how much of it they own, and you can't walk 10 steps without encountering a pretentious brat with NYU gear who feels far too entiled to everything in the world and that it should be handed to them on a silver platter. Not all of the students are like that, but enough of them are.. I can't stand wandering around that area anymore.

Oh yes, indeed they are.. and should be taken to task for that. I find them to be the less of the two evils though.. Columbia should be held to task as much as anyone. I did not inded for my posting to seem as though I believe them to be good neighborhoods or the white knight of the universities in NYC. Quite the opposite. I just find to be NYU to be a bit more blatant in their distaste for the city around them.

Scott,
In full disclosure, as I said, I didn't mean all students, but what I find to be a great number. I know plenty of current and former students that I love dearly!

It's over and the few students who refused to leave may face suspension.

NYU put out this statement after the whole thing ended. The last sentence is perfection.


NYU STATEMENT ON EVENTS AT UNIVERSITY’S KIMMEL CENTER

New York University is pleased to report that the students who sat in the Kimmel Center’s cafeteria and disrupted services have peacefully exited the building.

Robust dialogue is a customary, normal, and expected part of the interaction between students, faculty, and administration at NYU. But it is not appropriate for it to take place while there is an ongoing violation of university rules.

Despite the protesters’ stated principles that the protest was to be non-destructive and non-violent, the protesters, despite specific warnings to stay off the Kimmel Center balcony, broke the lock to gain access to the balcony. The protesters also injured an NYU security officer during a scuffle. These actions dishonor NYU’s commitment to free exchange of ideas, reasoned debate, and legitimate forms of protest.

From the outset, the University made clear to the protesters that they were violating the University rules and engaging in improper activity. Nonetheless, the University offered to sit down and have a dialogue with the students if they left the cafeteria early the night of February 19.

The 18 students who stayed through the night of February 19–after rejecting the University’s offer to leave the building–have been suspended pending the outcome of the university’s disciplinary process.

No students who were participating in the demonstration in the Kimmel Center cafeteria were arrested by the New York Police Department.

None of the students’ demands was met.


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James Devitt
Office of Public Affairs
New York University
jd104@nyu.edu


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