NYU's New Rallying Cry: Get Your Sh*t Together

The ramblings of an NYU professor who just wasn't going to take it anymore have morphed into merch for the student masses. Back in February, Professor Scott Galloway of NYU's Stern School of Business admonished a student for showing up late to his class (and having the gall to try to begin a discussion about it) by sending his response email ripping him to shreds (and clarifying NYU's policy on urinating-on-desks in the process) campus-wide. The email concluded with: "Take to heart what I am about to tell you. Get your shit together."

Never ones to let such golden opportunities pass, three entrepreneurial NYU grad students felt inspired, and adopted "Get your shit together" as their motto. "Everyone we know is completely overscheduled and needs to prioritize everything, from classwork, to getting to the gym, to work with clubs. I am constantly having to motivate myself. And that's the phrase we use: It's like our 'Just Do It,'" said Lisa Zusman, 25. Now they've printed it up on t-shirts ("Get Your Sh*t Together"), so you too can feel like a harried NYU student.

We spoke to Professor Galloway and asked him if he thought the students got the underlying message of his email, "I don't know if they understood the point or not. I can tell you that I'm making an effort to be more respectful of other people's time and have better manners--trying to eat my own cooking." Galloway also said he had been promised a shirt, "Regardless, I'm hoping my 15 minutes are nearly up as I'd like to get back to focusing on teaching--whole thing has been a bit of a distraction."

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By Ben Yakas in News on April 15, 2010 4:13 PM

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l3iodeez

Fuck NYU and everyone go goes or teaches there. They have become a corporate behemoth that doesn't care about its community. I once asked a prof there why a campus was needed in Dubai and why they need to keep building mor and more dorms in historic NYC neighborhoods and she responeded "to remain competitive". What horseshit.

matty

This asshole better not be late to anything ever again. Prick.

eflash

"...trying to eat my own cooking"

looks like he's about to spawn another catch phrase!

MrManhattan

Just as long as we don't have to read about him tossing his own salad.

chlyn

+10000000000

Anakela

I went to school at University of Redlands in CA; the Johnston Center (self-study program) within the University has GYST weekends twice a year, and has since before I attended 10+ years ago...

http://www.johnstoncenter.org/content/self-study

We host specific curriculum-building events twice a year, during fall and spring Get Your Shit Together (GYST) weekend, although discussions and plans for courses take place year round.

imadick

if your shit was together, you wouldn't need cram study sessions, and you wouldn't need an event to do it.

Alamo L7

Wait... I thought professors from the Stern School of Business taught their students to ignore rules and regulations... especially those to do with Mortgages...

Guest

"Get Your Sh*t Together" doesn't sound very stern, either.

kc2slg

Good for the professor, and good for the students who saw the value in the advice.

I'd fire that kid in a New York minute if he behaved like that in an office environment.

jaycjay

" The email concluded with: "Take to heart what I am about to tell you. Get your shit together.""

Actually, that wasn't the conclusion. A whole final paragraph followed.