Last Friday afternoon, I hopped off the 4 train with a handful of friends and dashed over to The Battery to hear Greta Thunberg speak following the New York City Climate Strike. She had been the talk of campus for a few days — how could she not be? A teenage girl taking matters into her own hands, sailing across the Atlantic from Sweden to New York because she practices what she preaches, all because she's realized the people in power aren't going to do anything for her. I was thrilled to get to see her in person.