Under the Arch
Welcome to Under the Arch, WSN’s magazine. Under the Arch publishes editions with a unique theme each month. For more information or to contribute, please contact [email protected].

Beneath the stars, stripes
Jason Turner and friends reconstruct patriotism through their lens, finding pride, power and promise in the tortured history and present reality of Black Americans.
Jason Turner, Contributing Writer
• September 20, 2021

Voicemail Message #1: Burnout
The first part of a two-part poem about cut ties and lost connections in the digital age.
Bianca de Ayala, Contributing Writer
• September 13, 2021

Conflict in the search for permanency
New Exposures Editor Julian Hammond Santander presents a California suspended between nostalgia and reality, accompanied by a selection from Krishnamurti.
Julian Hammond Santander, UTA Exposures Editor
• September 3, 2021

From Walter Reed to Ph.D.: How a motorcycle crash catalyzed an NYU professor’s chemistry career
A motorcycle crash took John Michael Halpin out of the Army and led him toward becoming the first in his family to go to college. Five academic degrees later, Halpin is a distinguished chemistry professor at NYU and an inspiration to hundreds of students.
Ivy Zhu, Under the Arch Senior Editor
• August 30, 2021

Flaca o gorda: My struggle with pandemic weight gain
My journey dealing with the effects of weight gain due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lorraine Olaya, Copy Chief
• August 30, 2021

Exposures: Jake and Alex capture Times Square in 2020
Two WSN photographers revisit a mid-pandemic photo shoot at New York City’s iconic Times Square from one year ago, diving into the thought process behind the photographs
Alexandra Chan and Jake Capriotti
• August 29, 2021

Slices of Home
Places in New York City that remind us of home, or otherwise hold a special place in our hearts.
Ashley Wu, Caitlin Hsu and Alexandra Chan
• August 25, 2021

While You Were Here 2021
May 7, 2021

Finishing college from home: students reflect on a remote final semester
Three seniors reflect on the disappointments and silver linings of spending their last semester of college at home, studying remotely.
Caitlin Hsu, UTA Managing Editor
• May 7, 2021

Before and After: seniors give advice on their time at NYU
Seniors reflect on their four years and give advice to future students.
Sydney Barragan, UTA Deputy Editor
• May 7, 2021

How Do You Zoom?
This is how four students set-up their layout for Zoom classes this semester.
Vaishnavi Naidu and Ivy Zhu
• May 7, 2021

Six-Word Memoirs
Seniors sum up their experience at NYU in six words.
Mariam Khan and Vaishnavi Naidu
• May 7, 2021


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