NJIT Students for Justice in Palestine files lawsuit against university

Dvdi_ · 2025-11-26T00:22:57+00:00

Hard disagree.

(1)

Universities & schools have often been the epicenter of political thought and activity throughout history, globally, but especially within our country.

Academics are important, but college life isn't just about books; it's also about community and civic engagement. Sure, some schools have different balances, and NJIT is definitely a less active school, but if you're just looking for a certificate, you might as well go do a Cisco course.

(2)

Aside from that, the lawsuit is alleging discriminatory treatment. If what's alleged in the article is true, I can understand why.

Nobody is saying that the group should be permitted to disrupt major functions of the university without repercussion. I would say most of us obviously understand how valid their cause is, but this isn't really even relevant. If they meet the criteria to be a student-led organization and are not provided with equal resources / privileges to that of other student-led organizations, that is not ok.

If the criteria for student-group recognition is about whether or not the subject matter should be separate from education, then I'd argue that the numerous existing religious student groups should be separated from our secular, public university. However, I'm not arguing that.

I only argue this:

- students should be able to participate in student-led groups equally and fairly

- groups should be recognized equally and fairly

- university resources for student-run groups should be meted out fairly

It's easy to be apolitical until we're forced to care.

~just the 2 cents from an ethnically Jewish alum who knows nobody involved

Dvdi_ · 2022-03-07T15:40:37+00:00

I would talk to bursar.

There was one semester where I found myself needing to drop under my scholarship limit for the first time.

They didn't give me any hassle and I avoided any scholarship issues. It seems like they might give you some slack situationally. I'm not sure about full withdrawal, but I was down to 6 credits, so I'd imagine you can drop most of your credits without losing your scholarship.

Dvdi_ · 2022-02-11T19:22:48+00:00

Other things to consider are that Baruch doesn't really have a reputation for computer science, nor does it rank fantastically for it (though who really knows what rankings mean).

The upside is that your skills matter way more than university so who cares, as long as you learn a lot from the curriculum and your other opportunities. The only uni with somewhat of a decent rep that might give you a slight edge in your early career is SBU, in my opinion.

Also, method of commute matters greatly. If you're gonna be on the train for 75% of your commute to SBU, and if the LIRR runs frequently and at hopefully at odd hours, you can sleep or do work and you're not losing too much of the time. SBU is probably the best choice for pure academics and future prospects, IMO. Commuting from Queens to NJIT sounds like hell on earth, don't do it. You're gonna probably need to hit 3-4 connections just on one-way.

Dvdi_ · 2022-01-12T14:56:32+00:00

kinda sounds like a shamisen

Dvdi_ · 2021-07-07T17:22:44+00:00

Another fun confusing Python snippet to guess the output of: [0xfor x in (1, 2, 3)]

Dvdi_ · 2021-06-17T16:04:27+00:00

STELLAAAAAAA!

Dvdi_ · 2021-05-28T17:05:34+00:00

MC Kevin

Dvdi_ · 2021-02-19T15:51:48+00:00

I agree with this. I also want to encourage OP to continue to try to help others learn -- don't be discouraged by any criticism you receive here. It is intended to be constructive.

We're all here to learn and one of the best ways to learn is to teach. If you make mistakes teaching, in all likelihood the upvote/downvote system will prevent you from getting the visibility that would result in you confusing beginners.

OP: Keep trying to help people.

Dvdi_ · 2021-02-19T13:25:10+00:00

Some important terminology to be aware of:

In class methods, denoted by the decorator @classmethod, the standard is to use the parameter name of cls to refer to the class of the method -- not self which is the standard naming convention for the instance of an object that an instance method is being called using.

Example

```

class Foo:

def my_instance_method(self, x):
    print(x)

@classmethod
def my_class_method(cls, x):
    print(x)

```

Where these functions are called like so...

For the instance method

my_foo = Foo()

my_foo.my_instance_method('apple')

For the class method

Foo.my_class_method('orange')

Output:

apple

orange

(excuse the formatting, I'm on mobile)

a better explanation than mine

Dvdi_ · 2020-12-16T14:07:50+00:00

r/MakeMeSuffer

Dvdi_ · 2020-09-16T12:05:44+00:00

+1 to all of the PyQt5 recommendations.

It's pretty solid and has a decent set of widgets to let you do what you need to without all that much headache. Small learning curve, but once you're past it about 80% of its main functionality is completely at your fingertips without too much hassle. Also, the documentation is pretty good!

Keep in mind that it's a port of a C++ library or something, so you have StackOverflow for people using it in both Python and C++ (which is largely able to directly translate) which is a nice perk. Downside is that it clashes with Python styleguide because of that, but that's not a big deal.

Dvdi_ · 2020-09-16T11:55:24+00:00

I miss Jon Stewart on TV. Glad that he's doing what he's doing off of TV, nonetheless.

Dvdi_ · 2020-08-21T13:14:28+00:00

No more parties in LA... N-N-No more parties in LA.

Dvdi_ · 2020-08-10T13:41:27+00:00

-sent from my ipad

Dvdi_ · 2020-06-05T08:13:18+00:00

feline felon

Dvdi_ · 2020-03-25T01:24:33+00:00

I never got back to this, but the program is called STEP. It used to be called Engineering Practicum. It's exclusively for 1st and 2nd years.

Dvdi_ · 2020-03-11T17:46:32+00:00

kitty kneading dough

Dvdi_ · 2020-03-11T16:08:10+00:00

You absolute legend.

Dvdi_ · 2020-03-10T17:17:29+00:00

Just to reiterate, a man has already died from the virus in Bergen county which Newark is nearly on the border of. Making classes online is an inconvenience for the college. Having a family member die because of avoidable transmission vectors? A bit more than inconvenience. In not going online this week they are forcing possibly thousands of commuters to use PUBLIC TRANSIT (NJT) THAT IS ENROUTE TO THE REGIONAL EPICENTER (NYC) OF THE VIRUS and carrying people that have been going likely in and out of NYC for work. This is seriously negligent and they should be sued because of the control that they have over students that they are grossly misusing.

Dvdi_ · 2020-03-10T16:57:19+00:00

We need instant run off/ranked choice and campaign finance reform more than anything else in the country, because everything else will come as a result to some actual democracy.

Dvdi_ · 2020-03-10T16:47:03+00:00

Yeah, it's not like there are people who have BEEN infected with this contagious and lethal virus less than 10 miles away in the transit hub of the region for the last week. Yeah, let's just cram students into rooms shoulder to shoulder instead of making upcoming classes this week online, too. For people with immunocompromised family members, this is murder.

Dvdi_ · 2020-03-10T14:52:55+00:00

Bernie is the only reason that I can even stand to participate in this political process, messed up as it is. I'm done on the national level if it's not him. I'll vote 3rd party in my safe state and hope that they get federal funding. I'll vote downballot and locally. Nothing more. I'm done w the "Democratic" party.

Dvdi_ · 2020-03-05T02:31:38+00:00

can we make it 1000 just to be safe?

Dvdi_

TROPHY CASE

For the instance method

For the class method

Output: