All content by Elif Kesikbas
![Gallatin senior Ingrid Amelia Apgar is a circus artist training and performing at Circus Warehouse of NYC. Apgar shapes her studies around movement and physics, and works as a technician at the Labowitz theatre, taking interest in all aspects of her performing art. (Photo by Yechiel Michael Husarsky)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/culture-trapeze-900x600.jpg)
Gallatin Senior Defies Gravity and Expectations
Circus life and college life? Ingrid Amelia Apgar can do both.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• March 29, 2020
![CAS junior Sabine Rizvi co-founded Dormzi to help students exchange services across a single platform.
(Photo by Li-Chun Pan)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2-900x680.jpg)
CAS Junior Launches a Service-Exchange App
Task-completing app Dormzi is made for students, by students.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• November 20, 2019
![Brenda Liang, Liberal Studies Sophomore, will soon launch her own brand Siren Basics to provide cute, comfortable but affordable underwear. (via Instagram)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-10-at-6.55.29-PM-841x900.png)
With ‘Private’ Underwear Company, Sophomore Wants You to Feel Good
Brenda Liang was just online shopping — now she has her own brand.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• November 11, 2019
![Sosena Bekele, a Steinhardt sophomore and founder of Lash Fantasy. (Photo courtesy Sosena Bekele)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FullSizeRender-1.jpg)
Sophomore Fosters Empowerment With Dorm Lash Business
Sosena Bekele has been doing lash extensions since high school, and now she’s making a profit out of her dorm.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• September 30, 2019
![Gallatin 2015 alumna Jordan Scott created idk tonight, scheduled to release in October. (Photo by Li-Chun Pan)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_2941-720x900.jpg)
Alumna Develops Couples’ Dating App for ‘Life After the Swipe’
With Jordan Scott’s idk tonight, you’ll never run out of date night ideas.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• September 23, 2019
![After five years with Spoon University, Bite Club transitioned away from the organization into their own publishing and social media outlet. (Photo by Cecilia Chen)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/biteclub-900x601.png)
Bite Club Gets a Taste of Independence
The first rule of Bite Club is: You talk about Bite Club.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• September 8, 2019
![NYU Stern alumna Caroline Tseng’s all-natural plant-based smoothie freezes from her store Sweet Nova located on 265 Canal Street. (Photo by Tomer Keysar)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Image-4-600x900.jpg)
Stern Alumna Reimagines Ice Cream With New Smoothie Company
Caroline Tseng, Stern ’09, combined entrepreneurship with healthy habits to create a superfood smoothie blend.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• March 31, 2019
![The Fourth Wall Cinema Club after a screening, in the intermission before the beginning of its sister Club, The Witching Hour. (via Facebook)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/FourthWall-1-2-900x506.jpg)
Friday Night Movies on VHS at Tisch
Fourth Wall Cinema, a Tisch club, screens movies weekly — all on VHS.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• March 24, 2019
![Recent Stern graduate Rachel Lee. (Staff Photo by Alina Patrick)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Culture_Cannabis_01-900x601.jpg)
The Stern Student Who Chose Maui Over Wall Street
Rachel Lee is blazing her own path at a Hawaii cannabis distillery.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• February 19, 2019
![Rachel Lee shows off her tattoo. (Courtesy of the writer)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image1-1-900x665.jpeg)
A Lifelong Contract, Inked in Skin
Things to think of before you ink.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• February 15, 2019
![Taoray Wang F/W 2019](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Taoray-wang_kim-13-900x600.jpeg)
Taoray Wang F/W 2019
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• February 10, 2019
![A view of NYU Florence campus from Villa Natalia. (WSN File Photo)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_2247-900x675.jpg)
Maximizing Your Study Away Experience
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• February 1, 2019
![Baskya began Elliphs after being disappointed with the lack of options for vegan kefir. (Courtesy of Esin Baskya)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/c889ce03-5713-48f4-af1b-724a20b31e3a-675x900.jpg)
The NYU Student Bringing Vegan Kefir to the Market
Yes, they do have oat milk.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• December 3, 2018
![(Graphic by Katie Peurrung; images via facebook.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nyusecrets_web-900x675.jpg)
Meet the New NYU Secrets Admins
Running the popular Facebook page is now a team effort.
Elif Kesikbas, Staff Writer
• November 5, 2018
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Oktoberfest: 16 Days of Beer in New York
Elif Kesikbas, Contributing Writer
• September 19, 2018
![The Burberry Bear in Astor Place.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/burberrybear_Katie-900x600.jpg)
The Short Life of Astor’s Burberry Bear
Burberry paid tens of thousands of dollars to place an inflatable bear in Astor Place.
Elif Kesikbas, Contributing Writer
• September 11, 2018
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Graylin Lucas, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
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Jake Christy, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
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Brian Sanchez, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
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Vaishnavi Girish, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
![(Ivy Chan for WSN)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/arts-visual-framing-fashion-1200x800.jpg)
Skylar Boilard, Staff Writer • February 11, 2025