The N.Y.U. Protest: All Over the Place

Student activists are easy targets. They're young, smug and inflamed with the fervor of unassailable beliefs. So when dozens of students staged a three-day demonstration—they referred to it unironically as "The Occupation"—at the university's student center last week, not only did their actions rivet the media, but they prompted gleeful bloggers to reward them with Read More

The NYU Protest: All Over the Place

Student activists are easy targets. They’re young, smug and inflamed with the fervor of unassailable beliefs. So when dozens of students staged a three-day demonstration-they referred to it unironically as “The Occupation”-at the university’s student center last week, not only did their actions rivet the media, but they prompted gleeful bloggers to reward them with Read More