A Semester in Review
This past semester, we’ve strived to accurately and critically cover the state of NYU. As the Editorial Board of WSN, we have a sense...
Allowing for Ronell’s Return Creates Culture of Contradiction
This past week, WSN reported on a professor returning to teach at NYU this coming fall after she was accused of sexual harassment by...
Commemorating Lives Lost in the Attacks in Sri Lanka
The world awoke on Sunday to the news that at least 290 people had been killed, and more than 500 had been injured, in...
Language for a Changing World
The question of how to fairly write and talk about race in journalism has come under controversy in journalism in the last few years....
NYU Moves Away From Aramark — But Not Far Enough
Aramark is on its way out the door after a host of controversies, including last year’s health inspection of Lipton Dining Hall and the...
NYU Needs to Rename Steinhardt
Over the break, the nation’s headlines were filled with the name Steinhardt. Michael Steinhardt — a retired hedge fund manager and namesake of NYU’s...
Analyzing the Administration’s Affair With Amazon
Last semester, Amazon announced its decision to build its second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. After several protests from local residents and activists,...
Stonewall Celebration: Moving Forward by Recognizing Our Past
Why NYU’s choice to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the transformative Stonewall riots is a crucial step towards the recognition of our history as an NYU community.
What NYU Gets Wrong About Confronting Racism
Last week, graduate student Shahem Mclaurin posted a tweet — which has since gone viral — about racial discrimination he experienced in one of...
Lessons From the Shutdown: Local Organizing Still Works
While we were on break, so too was the government. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history paralyzed the nation over the alleged issue...
A Semester in Review
The Editorial Board reflects on some of the most important NYU topics of the semester and our stances on them.
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.
