Special Issues
![(Illustration by Susan Behrends Valenzuela for WSN)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/welcome-home4x3-900x675.png)
![The logo of WSNs 2022 While You Were Here graduation-themed special issue.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/WYWH-2022-hehe_4x3-newsletter-900x675.png)
While You Were Here
May 6, 2022
![A portrait of Phoebe Tan standing in front of a beach and a portrait of Laura Derbonne standing in front of a cherry blossom tree at Washington Square Park.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UTA-900x675.jpg)
Not according to plan: From college major to career path
Nikkala Kovacevic, Staff Writer
• May 6, 2022
![On the NYU basketball court, the NYU Women’s Basketball team stands in a line. Players are clapping the other basketball team’s hands as they walk in the opposite direction.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/featured-image-900x600.jpg)
Graduating from school and from sports
Kiersten Dugan, UTA Portraits Editor
• May 6, 2022
![A group photo of (Left to right, top to bottom) Jake Capriotti, Caitlin Hsu, Charitssa Stone, Sabrina Choudhary, Isabella Armus, Sho Matsuyama and Max Tiefer in front of the WSN logo in the WSN office.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/wsn-senior-photo-900x600.jpg)
Meet WSN’s 2022 graduates
May 6, 2022
![Illustration with a pink background and two sheets of paper. On the first sheet of paper, the first section of WSN editor Caitlin Hsus college application essay. On the second sheet of paper, partially hidden by the first, is WSN editor Aleksandra Goldbergs college application essay.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/nyu-admissions-01-900x675.png)
Our admissions essays, four years later
May 6, 2022
![UTA Publishing Editor Caitlin Hsu in a red and blue striped shirt with her sticker-filled laptop against the WSN red background.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Caitlins-personal-piece-1-900x675.jpg)
Letter from the soon-to-be former editor
Caitlin Hsu, UTA Publishing Editor
• May 6, 2022
![Declassified: An NYU Survival Guide](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ft-image-01-900x675.png)
Declassified: An NYU Survival Guide
April 18, 2022
![A Tiffany-blue Fender Stratocaster, two slices of pepperoni, a disco ball and an old TV with antenna against a light-pink background.A tiffany-blue Fender Stratocaster, two slices of pepperoni, a disco ball and an old TV with antenna against a light pink background.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/underthearch-survivalguide-lastfridaynight-900x675.png)
How NYU students spend their weekends
Students from various backgrounds share their Friday night activities: the highlights, the lowlights and everything in between.
April 18, 2022
![An illustration of a black-and-light-purple direction pole against a dark purple background. The pole has five different signs that individually read: “What is L.S?,” “G.L.S.?,” “Transfer?,” ‘Major?” and “r/nyu.”](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/liberal-studies-susan-900x675.png)
The case for Liberal Studies
One Liberal Studies first-year on the program that so many newly accepted NYU students find themselves in.
Mellak Abduelal, Staff Writer
• April 18, 2022
![A collage of icons symbolizing college social life (from top to bottom, left to right): a simple “what’s up” text message, a symbol for joining Greek organizations reading “I pledge ZTA”, a room plaque and notes.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/how-to-make-friends-uta-mini-Susan.png-900x675.png)
How to win friends at NYU
Forming meaningful connections in the big city is no small task. Here are a few ways to meet people.
Nikkala Kovacevic, Staff Writer
• April 18, 2022
![Illustrations representing different academic majors. A music note combined with a vinyl record in front of a line graph, a plant sprouting from a vial, math operations symbols, the silhouette of a human head combined with swirling leaves and a globe covered in electronic devices connected by wires.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/change-major-Aaliya-900x675.jpg)
The truth about changing your NYU major? It’s not that bad
WSN staff members explain the reasons they changed their major and whether they regret it.
April 18, 2022
![A purple N.Y.U. flag hangs on a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-childaistudy-1200x800.jpg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
![A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dopico.jpeg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
![A woman dressed in red and holding a purple sign that reads NYU is Complicit in Genocide.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RallyForHesen-3-1200x800.jpg)
Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024