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

Washington Square News

House Editorial

What Does Impeachment Really Mean?

What Does Impeachment Really Mean?

The House of Representatives has begun the impeachment process against President Trump. But why now?
WSN Editorial Board September 30, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi launched an impeachment inquiry on Tuesday into President Donald Trump. Pelosi, who has long believed that impeachment was too divisive a process...

GSOC’s Newest Fight for Survival

GSOC’s Newest Fight for Survival

Following a new National Labor Relations Board rule, graduate students’ right to organize is at stake. What does this mean for graduate student organizers in NYU’s Graduate Student Organizing Committee?
WSN Editorial Board September 23, 2019

On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board proposed redefining graduate students as nonworkers, effectively stripping them of their right to unionize. The proposal wouldn’t...

NYU Is Protecting Abusers

NYU Is Protecting Abusers

By rehiring Professor Avital Ronell and keeping Michael Steinhardt on the Board of Trustees, the university has sided with perpetrators of sexual misconduct.
WSN Editorial Board September 16, 2019

After an investigation that lasted less than five months found billionaire and NYU trustee Michael Steinhardt made inappropriate comments to students, NYU’s Board of Trustees...

Why Is NYU Hiding Its Resources?

Why Is NYU Hiding Its Resources?

By choosing not to advertise programs they’ve created to help their students, NYU shows that they’re not as committed to solutions as they say they are.
WSN Editorial Board September 8, 2019

Most NYU students know the phone number of the Wellness Exchange, the successful result of an intense and consistent advertising campaign to make sure students are aware of the...

NYU, We Need to Talk

NYU, We Need to Talk

NYU says it has open lines of communication between its students and the administration, but that's far from the truth.
September 3, 2019

As NYU students, we would hope for our administration to listen to us. Since NYU is the largest private university in the U.S., it has a particular responsibility to listen to...

Overcoming Oppression Through Corrective Education

Overcoming Oppression Through Corrective Education

In the midst of our current confrontation with white nationalist terror, we must use our position at a university to reconcile our past and work towards a better future.
WSN Editorial Board August 24, 2019

Last June and July were the hottest months ever recorded around the world, and with that heat came a wave of unrelenting violence inspired by bigotry. Recent shootings in California,...

A Semester in Review

A Semester in Review

The Editorial Board reflects on the important issues reported by WSN this past semester.
WSN Editorial Board May 6, 2019

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 of responsibility to speak on issues that...

Allowing for Ronell’s Return Creates Culture of Contradiction

Allowing for Ronell’s Return Creates Culture of Contradiction

NYU’s decision to allow Professor Avital Ronell to teach again directly conflicts with its own clearly stated stance on sexual misconduct.
Editorial Board April 29, 2019

This past week, WSN reported on a professor returning to teach at NYU this coming fall after she was accused of sexual harassment by former graduate student Nimrod Reitman. Avital...

Commemorating Lives Lost in the Attacks in Sri Lanka

Commemorating Lives Lost in the Attacks in Sri Lanka

As privileged university students, we must take the time to recognize the tragedy in Sri Lanka.
WSN Editorial Board April 22, 2019

The world awoke on Sunday to the news that at least 290 people had been killed, and more than 500 had been injured, in what can only be described as a disaster of horrific human...

Language for a Changing World

Language for a Changing World

With modifications being added to the AP Stylebook every year, it’s important to acknowledge how language is evolving alongside the ways we cover news.
WSN Editorial Board April 8, 2019

The question of how to fairly write and talk about race in journalism has come under controversy in journalism in the last few years. This debate has permeated the culture of our...

NYU Moves Away From Aramark — But Not Far Enough

NYU Moves Away From Aramark — But Not Far Enough

As NYU ends its contract with Aramark and transitions to Chartwells, the university is coming to terms with a lack of solutions.
April 1, 2019

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 racially stereotyped Black History Month...

NYU Needs to Rename Steinhardt

NYU Needs to Rename Steinhardt

Michael Steinhardt has clearly brought shame to our university’s name. It is only appropriate that NYU remove his in response.
WSN Editorial Board March 25, 2019

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 largest graduate school...