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

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Alisia Houghtaling

Alisia Houghtaling, Multimedia Editor

Alisia Houghtaling is a sophomore originally from Moscow but lives in New Orleans and is studying applied psychology. You can find her flipping through The New Yorker to look for cool illustrations and inspirations for the cover she’ll make one day. She has an addiction to tea and the Breaking Bad franchise. You can find her at @_alisiart_ on Instagram.

All content by Alisia Houghtaling
A collage of book illustrations featuring: An illustration of a book cover titled “Ben and Beatriz,” by Katalina Gamarra, with two silhouettes over a colorful background of abstract shapes; An illustration of an orange book titled “The Bodyguard,” by Katherine Center. Two people stand in a garden with their backs toward each other; An illustration of a brown book titled “home body” by “Rupi Kaur,” with green leaf patterns surrounding the texts, placed on a dark green background; An illustration of the cover of “The Song of Achilles,” by Madeline Miller, with an ancient Greek gold helmet in the center with a dark turquoise background; An illustration of a book titled “The Thursday Murder Club” by Richard Osman, with a red border and a dog-like animal looking back in the middle.

Photo: 5 books to curl up with this winter

Tess McLafferty, Contributing Writer February 7, 2024

(Illustration by Alisia Houghtaling)

An illustration on a green and red split background that reads "in" on the green side and "out" on the red side. Various small drawings, like a backpack, a coffee cup and a bag of chips, are on either side of the image.

Photo: Everything in and everything out this semester

February 6, 2024

(Illustration by Alisia Houghtaling)

An illustration of two long brown coats, one long green coat, one long black coat and one short black coat scattered on a blue background.

Photo: The trendiest winter coats to brace New York City winter

January 25, 2024

(Illustrations by Alisia Houghtaling)

An illustration of a screenshot of an Albert "Grades and Transcripts" page where the "Midterm Grade" column is covered by a sticky note. On the sticky note there are three checkboxes that say “strong progress,” “satisfactory progress” and “concern with progress.” The "satisfactory progress" box is checked with a green marker.

Photo: Opinion: Midterm progress reports are the change we needed

January 25, 2024

NYU announced the decision to switch to Midterm Progress Reports rather than traditional letter grades for the spring 2024 semester. (Illustrations by Alisia Houghtaling)

An illustration of three purple silhouettes on a light purple background, with the words “Forbes Thirty Under Thirty” written on the silhouette.

Photo: 20 NYU community members make Forbes’ annual ‘30 Under 30’ list

January 23, 2024

(Illustration by Alisia Houghtaling)

A yellow trophy with multi-colored confetti on a purple background.

Photo: Staff Recs: la fin.

December 4, 2023

(Illustration by Alisia Houghtaling)

A collage of four pairs of different outfits on brown, pink, green and blue backgrounds.

Photo: Serve up style with these Thanksgiving outfits

November 21, 2023

(Illustration by Alisia Houghtaling)

A collage of four pairs of different outfits on brown, pink, green and blue backgrounds.

Photo: Serve up style with these Thanksgiving outfits

Brianna Ly, Contributing Writer November 21, 2023

(Illustration by Alisia Houghtaling)

(Illustration by Alisia Houghtaling)

Photo: Staff Recs: Caw-caw!

(Illustration by Alisia Houghtaling)

A collage of four illustrations of books titled "Acts of Service," "Couplets," "everything I know about parties, dates, friends, jobs, life, love," and "Stay True."

Photo: Books beyond Bobst: A novel in verse, a Pulitzer-winning memoir and more

October 30, 2023

(Illustration by Alisia Houghtaling)

A collage of four illustrations of books titled "Acts of Service," "Couplets," "everything I know about parties, dates, friends, jobs, life, love," and "Stay True."

Photo: Books beyond Bobst: A novel in verse, a Pulitzer-winning memoir and more

“Couplets,” by Maggie Millner (Alisia Houghtaling for WSN)