NYU says don’t wear those iPod headphones

About the same time last year we posted about the supposed rash of muggings that were happening to people wearing those ubiquitous white headphones that Apple ships with the iPods (and they're even still included with the iPods).

However, those reports didn't seem to credible, but AppleInsider, that paragon of journalistic integrity, is reporting that
NYU is urging students not to wear the tell tale earbuds of their precious iPods because New York thugs are hip to them. Where the white earbuds appear an iPod is sure to follow.

Are there any NYU students reading this that can confirm that the University is posting fliers to make the student body aware of the dangers of the buds?