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NYU Is Standing by James Franco, the World's Second Best Entertainment Blogger

Taylor Berman · 11/28/12 08:57PM

James Franco, the World's Second Best Entertainment Blogger, officially has the support of NYU, one of his 407 former colleges. The famous blogger/actor's former professor, Jose Angel Santana, filed a lawsuit against Franco last year, claiming he was defamed after giving Franco a "D" in his film studies class. As we noted at the time, the barely passing grade seemed generous considering Franco only attended 2 of the fourteen classes.

NYU Student Accidentally Hits Reply All to 40,000 Students, "Replyallcalypse" Ensues

Taylor Berman · 11/27/12 08:57PM

When NYU sophomore Max Wiseltier received an email from NYU's Bursar office last night about a new, electronic tuition form, he wasn't sure what to do so, naturally, he forwarded the email to his mom. "do you want me to do this?" was his exact response. There was one small problem, though; instead of hitting "Fwd" he clicked "Reply all," accidentally sending the message to all 39,979 NYU students on the list.

Obscure Poetry, Student Filmmakers, and Chloe Sevigny: It's the James Franco Project

Leah Beckmann · 05/15/12 02:08PM

Puff of 1920's French salon smoke James Franco is in the midst of adapting two books of poetry for two different films. Stephen Dobyns' Black Dog, Red Dog will feature Olivia Wilde, Chloe Sevigny and Whoopi Goldberg, while Tar, by the great C.K. Williams, stars Mila Kunis and Jessica Chastain alongside Franco himself. Big stars, small budgets, lots of Tisch student participation.

The Crazy Department-Wide Emails That Everyone at NYU Is Talking About

Max Read · 01/06/12 04:40PM

At around 3:17 on Wednesday morning, every student in NYU's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis received a bizarre "open letter" to NYU President John Sexton, from a student who claimed she'd been "forced" to do an ethnographic assignment on Occupy Wall Street. It was 2,800 words long, oddly typeset, and quickly followed up by another five equally eccentric emails. Someone sent us the full set of emails, which everyone at NYU—and elsewhere—was talking about. Want to read them?

Protester Stages Surprise Police Brutality Slideshow for NYPD Commissioner

Adrian Chen · 11/29/11 06:17PM

When NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly stopped by Columbia to answer questions for a class taught by former New York Mayor David Dinkins, an Occupy Wall Street sympathizer whipped out a projector and started displaying images of police brutality. Hey, it's more fun than a Powerpoint.

New Yorkers Can't Afford Cocaine Anymore

Brian Moylan · 09/26/11 11:42AM

We all know the economy is bad, but how bad is it? So bad that New Yorkers can't afford to shovel blow into their faces like its closing night at Studio 54. Damn, that's really bad. But is it true?

Hilarious "I am NYU" Spoof

Chrystina Orlando · 11/21/10 03:05PM

The cast of the College Podcast "Student Loans For Beer Money" decide to poke fun at the typical students that attend New York University. Is it accurate? We'll let you be the judge of that!