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Breaking: Dean of Students Resigns

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Breaking: Dean of Students Resigns

  • Joey Bui

In an email addressed to the NYU Abu Dhabi community, Dean of Students Dave Tinagero announced his resignation on Feb. 4. After three-and-a-half...

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Navigating Coolness in South Asian Music

Navigating Coolness in South Asian Music

  • Muhammad Usman

There exists a space in the South Asian music scene that always remains vacant and yearns to be occupied. It can’t be filled up with traditional...

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

  • Andres Rodriguez

I’ve been looking towards this moment for almost four semesters. The 12-hour productions come to an end and so does the dread of Sunday emails filled...

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Reggaeton Is Not The Problem, Misogyny Is

  • Sebastián Rojas Cabal

Changing Attitudes, Not Genres: a Look At Taylor Swift’s "1989"

  • Melinda Szekeres

Meeting the Staff: Virginia Danielson

  • Mario Zapata

Breaking: Dean of Students Resigns

  • Joey Bui

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Attitude Holds Largest-Ever Dance Recital

Attitude Holds Largest-Ever Dance Recital

  • Riaz Howey

40 student dancers and 15 guest dancers performed at Attitude’s, a Student Interest Group, largest-ever dance recital. Dancers and spectators from...

New Policy Change Restricts Student Elevator Access

New Policy Change Restricts Student Elevator Access

  • Zoe H

On the Saadiyat campus, there are certain residential buildings where elevator access spans all floors, from the basement level to the higher student...

Rappers Find Popularity Through Vines

Rappers Find Popularity Through Vines

  • Sam Ball

Editor’s note: The following article includes vulgarity. The use of hip-hop songs in vines has become a trend both in hip-hop and social media. Vines...

This week in pictures

This week in pictures

  • Asyrique Asyraf Thevendran

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Cool Piety

Cool Piety

  • John OBrien

This is an edited extract from John O’Brien’s upcoming ethnography on Muslim Youths in the United States: Growing Up Muslim in America. Highly ...

Faculty's Choice: Best Music

Faculty's Choice: Best Music

  • Andres Rodriguezz

This article is a part of The Gazelle’s series Faculty’s Choice. Every week, we will ask various faculty divisions about the most influential or ...

Meeting the Staff: Virginia Danielson

Meeting the Staff: Virginia Danielson

  • Mario Zapata

I sat with Virginia Danielson, known as Ginny at NYU Abu Dhabi, in her improvised office by the Research Center in the library. It was almost ...

Performance and Memory

Performance and Memory

  • Olivia Bergen

I’ve had the same song running through my head for three months. I don’t know why I haven’t tired of it yet. It’s nothing special. But it’s there....

Impressions: Finding Harmony Within

Impressions: Finding Harmony Within

  • Girri Palaniyapan

“That’s kind of cool. I didn’t know that I loved rhythm in particular when I was so young,” I remarked as I watched footage of myself, as a...

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Defining Realness in Rap

Defining Realness in Rap

  • Chukwuyem Onyibe

Illustration by Emily J Wang/ The Gazelle Editor’s note: The following article includes vulgarity There are many things that spurred the creation of...

Changing Attitudes, Not Genres: a Look At Taylor Swift’s "1989"

Changing Attitudes, Not Genres: a Look At Taylor Swift’s "1989"

  • Melinda Szekeres

Taylor Swift’s shift from country music to pop has been the subject of much discussion. What has been neglected in most reviews, however, is the...

Reggaeton Is Not The Problem, Misogyny Is

Reggaeton Is Not The Problem, Misogyny Is

  • Sebastián Rojas Cabal

Last summer, a group of Colombian graphic designers organized a campaign against reggaeton, a genre that combines various elements of hip-hop with ...

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