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

Washington Square News

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Former student arraigned for fire

Amanda Morris, Contributing Writer January 26, 2015
Former NYU student faces charges for setting classmate on fire.

Conflicts continue between NYPD, mayor

Alanna Bayarin, News Editor January 26, 2015
The gap between the NYPD, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and NYPD Commissioner William Bratton continues to grow.

Discussions on scheduling, full tuition remission at last University Senate meeting of semester

Alanna Bayarin, Staff Writer December 5, 2014
The last University senate meeting of the semester, held in GCASL on Dec. 4.
Justin Lanier

Rape through the lens of a survivor

University suspends student guilty of rape
Felipe De La Hoz, Staff Writer December 4, 2014
Trigger warning: rape, sexual assault, PTSD
Four police officers restrain a protester.

Protests follow Garner decision

News Team December 4, 2014
Thousands marched through NYC to protest the grand jury decision not to charge the NYPD officer for the death of Eric Garner.
Benjamin de la Pena, director of community and national strategy of the Knight Foundation talks about the future of cities and transportation.

Future of transportation discussed

Christine Wang, Contributing Writer December 4, 2014
The NYU Rudin Center for Transportation hosted an event discussing the future of cities with mobile taxi applications and self-driving cars.
Chains like Pret A Manger will be required to show calorie counts for all their menu items.

FDA calorie rules to go into effect

Christine Park, Staff Writer December 4, 2014
The FDA issued new rules requiring restaurants and vending machines to post calories counts.
via NYU

Concerns over labor at NYU Shanghai

John Ambrosio, News Editor December 3, 2014
NYU has begun investigating labor conditions at NYU Shanghai.
NYU plans to build on the superblocks shown above as part of the 2031 Expansion Plan.

2031 plan brought to Court of Appeals

Alanna Bayarin, Staff Writer December 3, 2014
Petitioners are appealing the NYU 2031 decision, which was ruled in favor of the university's expansion.
NYU GSOC waved a piñata pig on Tuesday representing NYUs 2013 profits off of students.

GSOC protests over contracts, benefits

Larson Binzer, Deputy News Editor December 3, 2014
GSOC held a rally to protest NYU's lack of a contract to extend benefits and higher pay to working graduate students on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
SJP hosts discussion on Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

SJP hosts discussion on Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

Alex Bazeley, Deputy News Editor December 2, 2014
The NYU Social and Cultural Analysis department hosted an event to discuss the Palestinian led boycott divestment and sanctions movement in the US.
Journalist speaks on  privacy, Internet

Journalist speaks on privacy, Internet

Suebin Kim, Staff Writer December 2, 2014
The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute hosted journalist Adam Tanner for a discussion on personal data and privacy.