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Who moved our cups?
1182 metal cups out of 3000 are missing. This is the shocking report from Malcolm Shu, the Co-Founder of Sproutworks, who said, “I hope everyone can do their job. If only 10% do and 90% don’t, that doesn’t work.”
Open Classrooms
It is not an uncommon sight, especially around this time of year: depleted pens strewn undiscarded, loose papers askew on tables, comatose laptops left half-open, abandoned bookbags defending scarce seat spaces, the crack of dawn breaking on a jam-packed library, and (of course) the ubiquitous legion of napping student
Behind the Carnival — “Unseen Terrors”
For this report, we had a conversation with Mengjie Shen, the Director of Events Committee and sophomore at NYU Shanghai, about the whole process of preparing and organizing this year’s “Carnival of Terrors.”
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Left-Behind Children in China Need More Help from Non-State Actors
Why do the left-behind children still seem to be helpless? Why is the education gap between urban and rural areas still being enlarged? Why is it that the number of students coming from rural areas is continuously decreasing in the leading universities in China? Why does it seem that the left-behind children are still repeating their parent’s fate?
Who moved our cups?
1182 metal cups out of 3000 are missing. This is the shocking report from Malcolm Shu, the Co-Founder of Sproutworks, who said, “I hope everyone can do their job. If only 10% do and 90% don’t, that doesn’t work.”
Open Classrooms
It is not an uncommon sight, especially around this time of year: depleted pens strewn undiscarded, loose papers askew on tables, comatose laptops left half-open, abandoned bookbags defending scarce seat spaces, the crack of dawn breaking on a jam-packed library, and (of course) the ubiquitous legion of napping student
Behind the Carnival — “Unseen Terrors”
For this report, we had a conversation with Mengjie Shen, the Director of Events Committee and sophomore at NYU Shanghai, about the whole process of preparing and organizing this year’s “Carnival of Terrors.”
A Brief Introduction to “Centrism”
Continual concessions by the Left, paired with the expansion of the Right, means that we currently have a political spectrum that is shifted so far to the right that, in essence, today’s Democrats are yesterday’s moderate Republicans.
Study Away Diaries: Paris Part 1
Kai Zheng offers her first-hand experience at NYU Paris, offering readers her insight into life abroad in Paris.
Professor Profile: Barbara Edelstein
Ziqi Lin sat down with Professor Barbara Edelstein to discuss her background, inspiration, and experiences living and teaching in Shanghai.
How to Be a Pen Pal
Sophomores Lichen (Jennifer) Dong, Zixin (Harry) Wang, and Guangyu (Tim) Wu talk about their experiences being members of the Pen-Friend club as part of the PEERXNYUSH chapter.
An Investigation of NYU Shanghai’s Finances
After NYU Shanghai’s financial records were audited for the year ending December 31, 2016, the report (财务报表计审计报告 or Financial Audit Report) was made available to the public. The main finding is that there was nothing dodgy in the audit report, even though NYUSH reported a loss. But, the main lesson from reading through NYUSH’s financial disclosure is long term viability.
Left-Behind Children in China Need More Help from Non-State Actors
Why do the left-behind children still seem to be helpless? Why is the education gap between urban and rural areas still being enlarged? Why is it that the number of students coming from rural areas is continuously decreasing in the leading universities in China? Why does it seem that the left-behind children are still repeating their parent’s fate?
A Brief Introduction to “Centrism”
Continual concessions by the Left, paired with the expansion of the Right, means that we currently have a political spectrum that is shifted so far to the right that, in essence, today’s Democrats are yesterday’s moderate Republicans.
Study Away Diaries: Paris Part 1
Kai Zheng offers her first-hand experience at NYU Paris, offering readers her insight into life abroad in Paris.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Shanghai
OCA Contributor Emma Rosensaft reviews Shanghai BJJ and their martial arts classes.
Celebrate Women’s Day in Shanghai
Celebrate Women's Day at these events in Shanghai, curated by OCA City Lights Editor Haley Sadoff.
My First Chinese New Year
"When a dish is finished, you don’t take it off the table, you stack the next dish on top of it, and it seemed that night that Bill’s father was determined to stack our dishes to the ceiling." Senior Sevi Reyes chronicles his trip to his freshman year roommate 陈震宇 (Bill)'s hometown over Chinese New Year.
对话凌昱恒:不疯魔·不成活
This is the first installment of OCA's collaboration with the NYUSH section of 围炉. You can follow them on WeChat by scanning the QR code at the bottom of the article
勾搭文化
在我们这所中美文化交互共存， 碰撞融合的上海纽约大学，中国学生对Hookup Culture的态度与看法也随着他们在上纽的生活发生着转变。
夜谈——在那扇门后的世界
“学校开学一周了，7天的orientation还未结束，却感觉踏入了一个全新的世界”…… 大一新生进入上纽以来对新集体，新环境，新身份的追问。