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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

NYU Strawberry Festival 2025

Strawberry Fest returns with live music, local vendors, games and a giant 170-foot strawberry cake.
Maya Joy Randolph, Video Editor May 7, 2025

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(Kiran Komanduri for WSN)

5 beauty product recommendations from AAPI-owned brands

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, here are some products that deserve a spot in your beauty routine.
Joanne Lee, Contributing Writer May 7, 2025

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month shouldn’t be the only time to uplift AAPI communities, but one meaningful way to celebrate during May is to purchase from AAPI-owned...

(Kaleo Zhu for WSN)

6 restaurants near campus for your post-graduation celebration

The tassel was certainly worth the hassle — it’s time to celebrate with some of the best restaurants in town.
Kyra Mehta, Contributing Writer May 7, 2025

Graduating from college is an achievement that must be celebrated, and what better way to celebrate such a special occasion than with dinner on your parents’ card? Whether you’re...

(Dani Biondi for WSN)

Off the Radar: ‘City Lights’ challenges both sight and sound

Off the Radar is a column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “City Lights” is available to stream on Kanopy.
Dani Biondi, Film & TV Editor May 7, 2025

If TikTok existed in the silent film era, editors would’ve had a field day with Charlie Chaplin — he was the first Hollywood it-boy, after all. The multihyphenate found global...

On the Street: Reflections

On the Street: Reflections

On the Street is WSN’s photo column, published biweekly.
May 7, 2025

(Courtesy of Courtney Hirsch)

Mills and Dopico appoint new dean of libraries

Kristina Rose, who stepped into the position on May 1, said she plans to upgrade NYU’s archives and databases to better accommodate emerging research methods.
Lekhya Kantheti, Deputy News Editor May 7, 2025

President Linda Mills and Provost Georgina Dopico appointed Kristina Rose as dean of NYU Libraries, closing an eight-month search and continuing Rose’s over two decades of service...

(Ethan Li for WSN)

The Met’s newest exhibition puts visitors in the place of a Parisian art critique

“Sargent & Paris” is currently on display through Aug. 3.
Siobhán Minerva, Deputy Arts Editor May 7, 2025

In the 19th century, scandal wasn’t found on social media, it was exhibited in art galleries. Artists who broke the rules of representation with new painting techniques or challenged...

(Jason Alpert-Wisnia for WSN)

Off Topic: Foreign films aren’t foes

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign-produced films only serve to further the interests of Hollywood executives at the detriment of menial workers and foreign filmmakers.
Noah Zaldivar, Opinion Editor May 7, 2025

President Donald Trump shocked film fans across the country with his nonsensical announcement on Truth Social that he’d be ordering a 100% tariff on all films “produced in...

(Courtesy of Alex Foster)

NYU Creative Writing alum on his debut sci-fi novel

Alex Foster spent his time in NYU’s Creative Writing master’s program working on his debut novel, which will hit bookstores on May 13.
Eleanor Jacobs, Music Editor May 7, 2025

In writing a novel conceiving of a world that keeps on moving faster, it’s only natural that Alex Foster got around to ruminating on the concept of time. In general, the writer...

(Isabel Albors for WSN)

Wagner’s urban policy program keeps top spot in US News ranking

Other public service schools nationwide applauded the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service for its master’s degree program in urban planning.
Amelia Hernandez Gioia, Deputy News Editor May 7, 2025

NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service ranked No.1 in urban policy in the U.S. News and World Report’s analysis of 268 graduate schools nationwide — marking...

Making an Exoneree students from NYU, Georgetown University and Princeton University at a conference in Princeton (Courtesy of Sullivan Gaudreault)

These NYU students are getting the wrongly incarcerated out of prison

In Making an Exoneree, students produce documentaries on victims of wrongful conviction.
Lauren Ng, Culture Editor May 7, 2025

As exam season approaches, the 15 NYU students taking Making an Exoneree have a different type of final: working to get victims of wrongful conviction out of prison. The class,...

(Kyra Reilley for WSN)

A letter from WSN’s sports editor

As my tenure as the paper’s sports editor wraps up, here are my top five favorite stories we covered over the school year.
Sidney Snider, Sports Editor May 7, 2025

Serving as WSN’s sports editor this past academic year, I was given the opportunity to watch and report on NYU’s sports scene — whether from a front row seat or on a livestream...