Posted on 09/17/2020 3:36:04 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
It was a gorgeous August weekend in New York City, and Andy—a college senior at New York University (NYU)—decided to attend a rooftop social gathering with his roommates.
The party was consistent with New York City's Phase 4 COVID-19 guidelines, which allow events of up to 50 people. Many attendees went mask-less, but Andy says he didn't stand in close proximity to anyone other than his roommates—who are also students—and they left after a short while.
But unbeknownst to Andy—whose name has been changed for this article to protect his privacy—someone at the party posted a video of the event on social media. Andy never saw this video, but he knows that he was visible in it. The video was reported to NYU administrators via the university's COVID-19 compliance system. On Sunday, August 23—a day after the party—NYU Director of Student Conduct Craig Jolley sent an email to Andy accusing him of "threatening the health and safety of the NYU Community." By 5:00 p.m. on Monday, NYU had suspended him indefinitely: To return to campus in 2021, Andy will need to write a reflection paper and beg for readmission. Resuming his education might be impossible, anyway, since he relies on a full-tuition scholarship that is now threatened by his disciplinary status.
Andy thinks NYU treated him unfairly. It's hard to disagree. Importantly, he didn't actually put anyone on campus in danger, because he had no plans to set foot on NYU property: He lives off campus, and all his classes were online....
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I shopped wearing a Zorro mask and hat.
Otherwise people might actually be upset by all this.
NYU sounds and acts like a social disease.
He exercised liberty. That is the real crime to the fascist administrators.
It’s all about control.
“NYU estimates that the total cost of attendance for undergraduate students during the 2019-2020 school year is $76,614, including $53,310 for tuition and mandatory fees, $18,684 for room and board, $752 for books and supplies, $1,110 for local transportation (a monthly New York metro card is $127), $2,758 for personal”
Why?
He should have said it was a BLM protest.
We’ve become the old Soviet Union, turning each other in to the authorities.
I learned the hard way with my university kids—way before covid—that the universities have WAY too much control legally and medically over these young adults; for example they give up all legal and medical privacy rights if they go to a university doctor instead of a non-university doctor.
He should have rampaged through the streets during a BLM protest.
This is no different than the tyranny of the old Soviet Union.
If he’s on a full scholarship then he’s getting what he paid for. :-P
Why was he going to NYU?
What a dreadful place, this NYU.
Maybe NYU just turned young Andy here into a conservative
Stay away from any Democrats until 2021 they are crazy.
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