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When Your NYU Community Doesn’t Respect You

When Your NYU Community Doesn’t Respect You

An editor gives her insight into the viral tweet regarding a racist incident at NYU’s Silver School for Social Work.
Sarah John, Deputy Opinion Editor February 19, 2019

NYU is the first community I have truly chosen to be a part of. I love this community, and the people in it. I smile at people in my dorm’s elevator. When I share a table with...

The Changing Face of Journalism

The Changing Face of Journalism

What does it mean to major in journalism during times of massive job cuts and the death of print publications?
WSN Editorial Board February 4, 2019

Every outlet — from WSN’s editor-in-chief to the Washington Post— is talking about it. The so-called death of journalism as we know it is upon us. With major layoffs of talented...

The Contradictions of a Catholic Education

The Contradictions of a Catholic Education

Read one writer’s take on the Covington Catholic incident and what that says about the Catholic education and the Catholic Church as a whole.
Cole Stallone, Deputy Opinion Editor February 4, 2019

Like many, I was disgusted by the incident that occurred during the Indigenous People’s March just a few weeks ago; a group of Trump supporting teenagers surrounded and mocked...

Putting Geography Education on the Map

Putting Geography Education on the Map

Why geography education could be the answer to creating a generation of more informed citizens
Hanna Khosravi, Opinion Editor February 3, 2019

Back in high school, I had a substitute teacher that showed up relatively often to fill in for any history, science or math teacher. Or anyone, really, that was absent for a day...

Standing Up Against Secretary of Education’s New Regulations

Standing Up Against Secretary of Education’s New Regulations

Students for Sexual Respect, Contributing Writer December 5, 2018

On Nov. 16, 2018, under the leadership of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, the United States Department of Education revealed its newly proposed regulations regarding schools’...

NYU’s LA Campus: An Attempt to Rise up the Ranks

NYU’s LA Campus: An Attempt to Rise up the Ranks

NYU’s developments in LA are the latest in the university’s push to rise to the top.
WSN Editorial Board November 18, 2018
NYU’s developments in LA are the latest in the university’s push to rise to the top.
Diverse in Race, Diverse in Thought

Diverse in Race, Diverse in Thought

Colleges aren’t sacrificing intellectual diversity by focusing on racial diversity. They are helping to create it.
Sarah John, Contributing Writer November 1, 2018
Colleges aren’t sacrificing intellectual diversity by focusing on racial diversity. They are helping to create it.
Girls Who Code Isn't About Stealing Jobs From Men

Girls Who Code Isn’t About Stealing Jobs From Men

Serena Vanchiro, Columnist October 16, 2018
After a jarring conversation with a fellow Tandon student who invalidated the Girls Who Code movement, our columnist Serena aims to explain what the Girls Who Code movement is and what it isn't, while incorporating her own experience with the organization.
How NYU Should Approach Free Speech and Trigger Warnings

How NYU Should Approach Free Speech and Trigger Warnings

Sarah John, Contributing Writer October 1, 2018
An institution as tolerant as NYU should better implement trigger warnings on campus and in the classroom.
Foreign Language Placement Exams Need Fine-Tuning

Foreign Language Placement Exams Need Fine-Tuning

The foreign language placement exams don't do a thorough job of measuring proficiency.
Sima Doctoroff, Contributing Writer September 28, 2018
One student's experience being misplaced by a placement test.
I Should Have the Right to a Paid Internship

I Should Have the Right to a Paid Internship

Natasha Jokic, Contributing Writer September 23, 2018
An international graduate student's take on why international students should have the right to work paid internships during their time at school.
The Labor of Student Loans

The Labor of Student Loans

Dyshere Logan, Columnist September 20, 2018
The story of a drama student and her overwhelming debt gives insight into the lack of economic diversity at NYU and the insidious effects of money on the pursuit of higher education.