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Letter from the editor: On change
Welcome to Washington Square News, NYU’s independent undergraduate newspaper.
Manasa Gudavalli, Editor-in-Chief
• August 4, 2023
![Your Love-Hate Relationship with Bobst](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_0624-1200x800.jpg)
Your Love-Hate Relationship with Bobst
The good, the bad and the ugly of your new home away from your dorm.
Samson Tu, Creative Director
• August 4, 2023
![Taylor Swift stands on a black platform onstage with a microphone in hand, surrounded by smoke and red light. A white spotlight shines on her as she performs, wearing a black bodysuit with one pant leg and sleeve as well as black boots.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/taylorswift-gudavalli-17-1-900x600.jpg)
What to know before you go: The Eras Tour
Swifties, here's the ultimate survival guide to seeing Taylor Swift in all of her eras. “1, 2, 3, let’s go bitch!”
Natalie Thomas and Manasa Gudavalli
• May 26, 2023
![A photo of Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer eating ramen against a bookshelf.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nico-900x725.jpg)
In favor of smallness
Four years of editing the Washington Square News’ arts coverage have convinced me my task was trifling, but meaningful.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Arts Editor
• May 5, 2023
![An interior space surrounded on all sides by bookshelves. In the middle are two red chairs. In the background, a person wearing a black shirt stands in front of a bookshelf.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PT-knit_SUSAN-1-900x600.jpg)
Independent bookstores that are better than the Strand
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on April 29 with some of our favorite local stores.
Susan Behrends Valenzuela, Natalia Palacino Camargo and Leila Anderson
• April 28, 2023
![An illustration of a light blue Cooley jukebox and a box of vinyl records labeled “ten dollars each.”](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/arts-record-store-day-900x675.png)
The best NYC record stores participating in Record Store Day
On April 22, celebrate your favorite record stores and artists with over 300 exclusive vinyl releases.
Ashley Simons, Contributing Writer
• April 21, 2023
![The façade of Judson Memorial Church, which has columns made of red bricks, stained windows and a cross at the top.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feature-3-900x600.jpg)
Greenwich Village church that supported abortion access in the ’60s continues activism
Judson Memorial Church, which has historically provided women with reproductive health care referrals, remains vocal in a post-Roe v. Wade world.
Clara Scholl, Arts Editor
• April 18, 2023
![An illustration of three burritos with different packaging against a pink circle with a checkered, green-and-white background.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/burritos-feature-900x675.png)
8 NYC burritos worthy of the West Coast
The endless hunt for good burritos on the East Coast can be exhausting. Here are some spots around the city that might just stop your search, just in time for National Burrito Day.
Clara Spray, Staff Writer
• April 6, 2023
![Koda Fraga and Leo Koulish sit together on the grass in Washington Square Park with the sun shining on them. They are holding each other and smiling at the camera.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/feature-1-900x675.jpg)
Love in a time of transphobia
Five T4T couples talk to WSN about what love looks like, what the Trans Day of Visibility means to them, and how they navigate a world that increasingly seeks their erasure.
Adrita Talukder and Sasha DuBose
• March 31, 2023
![Two people walk past an entrance of an building used by N.Y.U’s Tandon School of Engineering.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ops-tandonsustainability-900x600.jpg)
Guest Essay: The demise of NYU’s sustainability major
Students in the Sustainable Urban Environments major have been left in the dark by administration, while professors are hard at work fighting to keep sustainability a part of the curriculum.
Elaine Ly
• March 10, 2023
![The Hall of Languages, Hall of Philosophy and Gould Memorial Library serve as the original neo-Classical complex completed by Stanford White.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/wide-shot-900x601.jpg)
‘More like college’: When NYU had a campus in the Bronx
NYU's expansion of its Washington Square campus prompts reflection from a ‘62 alum of NYU's first female class at its campus in the Bronx neighborhood of University Heights.
Derek Kamakanaaloha Soong, Identity & Equity Editor
• February 27, 2023
![Alan Grossman is pictured, wearing jeans, a navy blue quarter-zip sweater, a blue-and-white button-up shirt and clear glasses. He is sitting on a brown leather couch and holding a map. Behind him is a window with a white curtain facing the street.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/pe-susan-Map-Man_-31-900x600.jpg)
‘Where is Greenwich Village?’ A mapmaker’s mission to document a storied neighborhood
Take a trip through the home and life of Greenwich Village’s mapmaker.
Susan Behrends Valenzuela, Editor-at-Large
• February 23, 2023
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Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor • February 14, 2025
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Aditte Parasher, Contributing Writer • February 14, 2025
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Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor • February 14, 2025
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Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta, Staff Writer • February 14, 2025