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![The Most Powerful Student on Campus Needs No Introduction](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/jaki-900x600.jpg)
The Most Powerful Student on Campus Needs No Introduction
But you’ll remember her name anyway.
Sakshi Venkatraman, Editor in Chief
• December 5, 2019
![The Final Staff Rants (of the Semester)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/staffrantshorizontal-900x471.jpg)
The Final Staff Rants (of the Semester)
In honor of the semester’s final Staff Rants, we have no theme — only pent-up rage.
Ishaan Parmar, Abby Hofstetter, Sakshi Venkatraman, Melanie Pineda, Ethan Zack, Alexandria Johnson, Fareid El Gafy, Mandie Montes, Sam Klein and Anna-Dmitry Muratova
• December 4, 2019
![The office of Fraternity and Sorority Life located at the Center for Student Life at NYU. (Staff Photo via Darcey Pittman).](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/021518_pigroast_darceypittman-e1518648487908-900x675.jpg)
NYU’s Interfraternity Frats to Stop Recruiting After This Semester
After hazing issues led to NYU suspending or banning most IFC frats from campus, those that are left will pause the recruitment of new members in Spring and potentially Fall 2020.
Sakshi Venkatraman, Editor-in-Chief
• November 14, 2019
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How the Journalism Industry Obstructs Lower Income People
As with many careers, starting as a reporter can come with a high price tag, and it disproportionately keeps lower income people of color out.
Sakshi Venkatraman, Editor-in-Chief
• September 3, 2019
![Steinhardt Dean Dominic Brewer addresses the audience at the school's undergraduate commencement on Tuesday. This is Brewer's last commencement as dean, as he will be leaving NYU after this semester. (via Steinhardt)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-26-at-7.18.24-PM-900x597.png)
Steinhardt Commencement ’19
Sakshi Venkatraman, Editor-in-Chief
• May 26, 2019
![Sharpay had some valid points, OK? (via Disney)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/unpopular-1-900x598.jpg)
Unpopular Opinions: When the Villain Was Right
Our staff gives you some of their best hot takes on some of pop culture’s most notorious bad guys.
Nicole Rosenthal, Dante Sacco, Alex Cullina and Sakshi Venkatraman
• April 23, 2019
![(Illustration by Sakshi Venkatraman)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_8190.jpg)
Photo: Off-Third: NYU to Open Wyoming Campus
Abby Hofstetter, Instagram Editor
• March 31, 2019
![(Photo by Katie Peurrung, Design by Sophia Di Iorio)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/justin-profile-600x900.jpg)
Justin Chae | The Fast-Talking, Fast-Walking Local Canvasser
Sakshi Venkatraman, Editor-in-Chief
• March 13, 2019
![Up & Comers 2019](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/upcomers-bg-1-900x471.jpg)
Up & Comers 2019
Pamela Jew and Sakshi Venkatraman
• March 13, 2019
![Staff Rants: Tech Edition](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/staff-rants.jpg)
Staff Rants: Tech Edition
To quote Patrick from “Spongebob Squarepants”: we have technology! As the WSN staff will soon tell you, it’s an everyday part of our lives that ends up being more frustrating than not.
Sakshi Venkatraman, Pamela Jew, Bela Kirpalani, Melanie Pineda and Yasmin Gulec
• February 28, 2019
![Preparing to Lead WSN Through Journalism’s Darkest Days](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sakshiheadshot-900x600.jpg)
Preparing to Lead WSN Through Journalism’s Darkest Days
Meet WSN’s new editor-in-chief for 2019.
Sakshi Venkatraman, Editor-in-Chief
• January 28, 2019
![While She’s at School, Her Aunt Battles Kavanaugh](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Kavanaugh_SamKlein-4-900x449-900x449.jpg)
While She’s at School, Her Aunt Battles Kavanaugh
Far from the political maelstrom, Christine Blasey Ford’s niece, a CAS sophomore, still feels its effects.
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy Managing Editor
• October 1, 2018
![The logo of NYU's sketch comedy group After School Improv.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0332.JPG.jpeg)
Student-Performers Dispel Misconceptions About Improv, Sketch Comedy
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy Managing Editor
• September 24, 2018
![The exterior of the Stern School of Business.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DSCF9454-900x600.jpg)
Stern Admin Outlines Plan of Action to Correct Inclusion, Diversity Issues
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• May 1, 2018
![The Courtyard Cafe at Third North.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dining_katie-1-1-900x600.jpg)
Looking at Alternative Food Providers to Aramark
Sakshi Venkatraman and Kristina Hayhurst
• April 30, 2018
![A closed down movie theater in the center of town.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_4517-900x600.jpg)
Fairfield, Connecticut
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• April 23, 2018
![A Muslim student standing in the lobby of the Henry Kaufman Management Center. Stern has recently gained attention from the larger NYU community due to instances of Islamophobia and discrimination.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/042318_stern_echo-chen-900x600.jpg)
Racial Discrimination and Islamophobia Pervasive in Stern
Jemima McEvoy and Sakshi Venkatraman
• April 23, 2018
![A gazebo on a grassy field is a popular spot for locals to picnic.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_4468-900x600.jpg)
Talk of the Towns
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• April 22, 2018
![Artist Frank Ocean](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/arts-recs-900x540.jpg)
Staff Recs: Best Frank Ocean Songs
Ryan Mikel, Connor Gatesman, Molly Dolan, Paola Nagovitch, Jemima McEvoy and Sakshi Venkatraman
• April 12, 2018
![Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to speak at NYU's 186th all-university commencement.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-02-at-3.11.41-PM-900x505.png)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Speak at 2018 Commencement
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• April 2, 2018
![NYU Student Witnesses Kidnapping Near Washington Square Park](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Crime-Log-logo-e1535227454864-900x257.jpg)
NYU Student Witnesses Kidnapping Near Washington Square Park
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• April 2, 2018
![NYU Student Government passed a resolution for greater transparency surrounding NYU Tel Aviv.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/student-government.png)
SGA Passes Measure for Transparency at NYU Tel Aviv
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• March 29, 2018
![Downstein Dining Hall, home to '90s and early 2000's throwback songs. (Photo by Echo Chen)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DSCF6723-900x600.jpg)
NYU Presents Timeline for Evaluating Potential Aramark Replacements
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• March 27, 2018
![Broome Hall Investigates Shoebox of Feces Thrown in Garbage Chute](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/broome-outside-2-900x596.jpg)
Broome Hall Investigates Shoebox of Feces Thrown in Garbage Chute
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• March 20, 2018
![On Mar. 8, the Graduate Student Organization Committee held a rally at NYU Bobst Library. Lynne P. Brown, Senior Vice President for University Relations and Public Affairs talks to protesters on the 10th floor.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_2758-900x675.jpg)
GSOC Protests for Paid Family Leave in Bobst
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• March 9, 2018
![Othmer Residence Hall, where students reported flooding and water damage.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/022618_othmer_Alana-Beyer-900x600.jpg)
Tandon Students Feel Neglected in Wake of Othmer Hall Flooding
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• February 26, 2018
![The second floor lounge in Lipton Residence Hall.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_4700-1044x783-1-900x675.jpeg)
Photo: More Hate Symbols Found in Lipton Lounge, Security Cameras to Be Installed
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• February 22, 2018
![Weinstein Hall](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/weinstein_samcheng-3-900x600.jpg)
Weinstein Hall
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• February 22, 2018
![The second floor lounge in Lipton Residence Hall](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_4700-900x675.jpeg)
Photo: ‘Offensive’ Symbols Discovered in Lipton Residence Hall
Alex Domb, Deputy News Editor
• February 21, 2018
![NYU professor Bradley Garner (left) has been fired due to sexual misconduct allegations.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-10.56.08-PM.png)
Steinhardt Adjunct Professor Fired After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• February 9, 2018
![The homepage for Coinbase, one of the most popular platforms for buying and selling bitcoin.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/020318_bitcoin_alanabeyer-900x550.jpg)
Students Pay Tuition through Cryptocurrency Investments
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• February 5, 2018
![A sample mask, featuring Leslie Bernstein, administrator for the Hansjӧrg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery and Face Transplant Program at NYU Langone Health.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/image001.png)
Langone Pioneers ‘Death Masks’ for Deceased Facial Donors
Sakshi Venkatraman, News Editor
• January 23, 2018
![George Ciccariello-Maher appearing on MSNBC in 2015. Ciccariello is controversial for his opinions on white genocide and has recently been named a visiting scholar at NYU.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/white-genocide_yotube-900x440.png)
‘White Genocide’ Drexel Professor Taken on as Visiting Scholar
Sakshi Venkatraman and Mack DeGeurin
• January 22, 2018
![RJ Khalaf, president of the NYU Muslim Student Association, spoke at the Emergency Rally Against the Muslim Ban today in Kimmel Center.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_4025-900x675.jpg)
Muslim Students and Allies Rally After Trump Travel Ban Upheld
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• December 5, 2017
![According to one NYU Dining employee, Lipton had maintained an A grade by the DOH until their Nov. 14 inspection, for which they received a low C for failure to meet minimal health standards](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lipton-1-of-1-900x600.jpg)
UPDATE: Aramark Fires Lipton Hall Manager Over Poor Inspection Results
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• December 5, 2017
![Crime Log: Nov. 24 to Nov. 30](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-04-at-2.13.15-AM.png)
Crime Log: Nov. 24 to Nov. 30
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• December 4, 2017
![Graduate and Ph.D. students gathered in Union Square on Nov. 29 to protest the proposed GOP tax reform bill.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_3113-e1512007823502-900x675.jpg)
Graduate Students Protest Tax Reform
Miranda Levingston and Sakshi Venkatraman
• November 30, 2017
![NYU’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing ranked number ten on Nursing School Hub’s “Top 30 Cutting Edge Nursing Schools.”](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nursing_nyu-1-900x570.jpg)
Nursing Students Feel Neglected
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• November 27, 2017
![Controversial conservative Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely spoke to an invitation-only audience at GCASL on Nov. 7.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/hotovely_insta-890x900.jpg)
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Visits
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• November 20, 2017
![Crime Log: Nov. 3 to Nov. 9](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-13-at-1.51.38-PM-900x323.png)
Crime Log: Nov. 3 to Nov. 9
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• November 13, 2017
![LaMar P. Miller, founder of The Metro Center, passed away at the age of 92.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/obit_metro-center-489x900.jpg)
NYU Metro Center Founder LaMar P. Miller Dies at 92
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• November 8, 2017
![Crime Log: Oct. 27 to Nov. 2](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-2.27.22-AM-900x344.png)
Crime Log: Oct. 27 to Nov. 2
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• November 6, 2017
![Student Activities Board is an organization which composes three committees that are allocations, development and governance. Allocations Committee is in charge of funding all-university clubs on campus and among all these clubs, the most funded clubs tend to be the cultural clubs and the debate clubs.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/club-fund.png)
NYU Clubs May Face Funding Changes, Says Student Activities Board
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• October 23, 2017
![On Oct. 19, 800 colleges and universities around the U.S., including NYU, signed a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to protect immigrants while DACA is in the process of a repeal.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/DACA_Courtesy-of-the-American-Council-of-Education-688x900.png)
NYU Among 800 Colleges to Urge Congressional Protection of Dreamers
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• October 23, 2017
![Crime Log: Oct. 13 to Oct. 19](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Crime-Log-900x320.jpg)
Crime Log: Oct. 13 to Oct. 19
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• October 23, 2017
![The Article L. Carter Journalism institute launched its First Amendment Watch website earlier this week.The site will analyze and contextualize key news events relating to freedom of speech and press.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WNYU-Newsroom.jpg)
Journalism Institute Launches First Amendment Watchdog Site
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• October 16, 2017
![Crime Log: Oct. 5 to Oct. 12](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Crime-Log_online-01-1-900x600.jpg)
Crime Log: Oct. 5 to Oct. 12
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• October 16, 2017
![Crime Log Sept. 29 to Oct. 4](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Crime-Log-logo-e1535227454864-900x257.jpg)
Crime Log Sept. 29 to Oct. 4
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• October 10, 2017
![NYU Primatology’s quest to to check up on a monkey sanctuary hit by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico sparked a relief campaign.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-03-at-7.40.23-PM.png)
NYU Primatology Aids in Puerto Rico Relief Effort
Sakshi Venkatraman, Deputy News Editor
• October 3, 2017
![On Aug. 14 NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn opened a new center specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-25-at-10.53.27-PM-2-1200x756.png)
NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn Opens New Epilepsy Center
Sakshi Venkatraman, Contributing Writer
• September 26, 2017
![NYU Divest Vigil for those who lost their lives to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/091917_divest-vigil-1333x1000.jpg)
NYU Divest Vigil Highlights Impacts of Climate Change
Sakshi Venkatraman, Contributing Writer
• September 20, 2017
![NYUCD is the College Democratic Chapter for NYU. They serve as a liberal voice pushing for change and a voice for the left.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1556253_522918704490995_822791770_o-1000x1000.png)
College Democrats Form Task Forces
Sakshi Venkatraman, Contributing Writer
• September 18, 2017
![18 Below is a new dining hall underneath Torch Club with fancy features such as a flavored water station.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/090917_18-Below_Alyssa-Craig.jpg)
18 Below Falls Short in Authenticity
Sakshi Venkatraman, Contributing Writer
• September 11, 2017
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Amelia Hernandez Gioia, Deputy News Editor • February 12, 2025
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Steven Wang, Staff Writer • February 12, 2025
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