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![With so many cultural differences between NYC and Ghana, a study abroad trip to Accra can be greatly eye-opening.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1012116_ghana_DejarelleGaines-600x900.jpg)
Ghana: Learning to Love my Dark Skin
Dejarelle Gaines, Highlighter Editor
• October 12, 2016
![Kubo and the Two Strings is an animation that took a risk in diversifying Hollywood.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kubo_Facebook.jpg)
Risk-Taking ‘Kubo’ Pays Off
Dejarelle Gaines, Highlighter Editor
• September 6, 2016
![The Best and Worst Songs of Summer 2016](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bestandworst-youtube.com_-900x445.png)
The Best and Worst Songs of Summer 2016
Dejarelle Gaines, Highlighter Editor
• August 28, 2016
![Peter Dowlings film, Sacrifice, opens in NYC at the IFC on Friday, April 29.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sacrifice_facebook.jpg)
‘Sacrifice’ Portrays The Evil of Patriarchal Societies
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• April 28, 2016
![Smorgasburg has some great food on the weekends, including the new and viral raindrop cake.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/weekend-900x900.jpg)
Weekend: Ditch Your Dorm, Take Advantage of the Weather
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• April 15, 2016
![Centering around the death of Isabelle Reed, LOUDER THAN BOMBS is the story of a familys attempts to unearth the mystery around the fatal car crash.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/louderthanbombs-900x333.png)
“Louder Than Bombs” Experiments With Time Successfully
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• April 8, 2016
Screening Room Fails College Students
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• April 7, 2016
![Director Trey Edward Shults presents his new film Krisha, a story of addiction and family turmoil.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/krisha_facebook-609x900.jpg)
Visually Stunning “Krisha” Only Tells a Hackneyed Story
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• March 24, 2016
![Jenny Jiao Hsia](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/jenny1-900x600.jpg)
Jenny Jiao Hsia
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• March 10, 2016
![Marguerite tells the story of Marguerite Dumont as she follows her love for singing, while lacking the talent.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Marguerite_wikipedia.jpg)
“Marguerite” is a Surprising, Off-Key Delight
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• March 8, 2016
The Gender Neutral Housing Option
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• February 25, 2016
Greenwich Hall
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• February 25, 2016
![From novel to the big screen, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is in theaters this Friday.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/zombies_facebook.jpg)
Zombies Take a Chomp at Austen’s Classic Novel
Dejarelle Gaines, Copy Chief
• February 4, 2016
![The NYU New Visions and Voices Festival celebrates Tisch talent at its Finalists Screening & Awards Announcement on November 12, 2015. The finalists include Nadia Fedchin, Mitchell Lazar, Kira Dane, David Fu, Andreas Hadjipateras, Barak Barkan, Sachin Dharwadker, Braulio
Lin (from left to right).](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Visions_TiffanyChen_03.jpg)
NYU film fest shows New Visions, New Voices
Dejarelle Gaines, Staff Writer
• November 16, 2015
![“The Peanuts Movie unites audiences of all ages.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/peanuts_facebook.jpg)
Classic comic strip graphics preserved on screen in ‘Peanuts Movie’
Dejarelle Gaines, Staff Writer
• November 12, 2015
![‘Entertainment’ not very entertaining](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/EntertainmentMovie_Twitter.jpg)
‘Entertainment’ not very entertaining
Dejarelle Gaines, Staff Writer
• November 11, 2015
![The Hallow is set in rural Ireland, where a conservationist Adam Hitchens (Joseph Mawle), his wife Claire (Bojana Novakovic) and their infant son Finn have recently moved.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hallow_facebook.jpg)
Monsters scare in ‘The Hallow’
Dejarelle Gaines, Staff Writer
• November 3, 2015
![Director Jason Mann and producer Marc Joubert during a Q&A following a screening of their new film, “The Leisure Class” on the 28th of October, 2015.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mann_Abraham-Gross.jpg)
Winner of ‘Project Greenlight’ deserves red light
Dejarelle Gaines, Contributing Writer
• November 2, 2015
Oscars, Emmys get no awards for diversity
Dejarelle Gaines, Staff Writer
• October 22, 2015
![Freeheld is a 2015 American drama film directed by Peter Sollett, NYU alumni.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sollett1.jpg)
NYU alum Peter Sollett talks ‘Freeheld’
Dejarelle Gaines, Contributing Writer
• October 5, 2015
![Moore and Page defend gay rights in ‘Freeheld’](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/freeheld.jpg)
Moore and Page defend gay rights in ‘Freeheld’
Dejarelle Gaines, Contributing Writer
• September 29, 2015
![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