This article takes an almost pseudo-scientific approach to the recurring conflict reported between the liberal arts and engineering students on the CCNY campus.

The piece has a more conservative tone when it comes to the liberal arts students versus the engineering ones, with more regard being given to the industriousness of the latter, and relating the opinions expressed as those of the students, not those of the paper. However, the images used suggest a view of engineering students as more serious and liberal arts students as less engaged. They are represented by a young man with a floppy haircut with a somewhat dumbfounded expression.

This debate, formerly cordoned off in small paragraphs of larger articles, has expanded to stand-alone reporting in the Times. The protests on campus seem to have brought it more into focus.

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