Concrete Jungle: Big bites in the Big Apple

Graphic by Jennifer Chung

Welcome to Concrete Jungle — a biweekly series where Brooklyn native Madison Black helps you navigate the ins and outs of NYC as a college student. Think of it as your personal survival guide, if you will. This week, we’ll get into big bites in the Big Apple.

Student senate ends funding of individual students under new guidelines to bring financial practices into IRS compliance

Update guidelines bring student senate funding into compliance with IRS guidelines and university policy. Photo by Jordan Fong

Students can no longer depend on the University Student Senate to fund the university’s Student Emergency Fund or their individual projects.  Following administrators’ concerns that funding in these…