

Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
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The Soapbox: Journalism under attack
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Dec 10, 2021










The Soapbox: the omicron variant, Barbados, Ukraine
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Dec 3, 2021


Black trans activist Raquel Willis talks resistance and remembrance
NYU’s LGBTQ+ Center began Trans Awareness Week with a panel featuring Raquel Willis, an award-winning writer and activist.
Kristian Burt and Suhail Gharaibeh
• Nov 16, 2021










The Soapbox: Poland, Ethiopia, COP26 climate summit
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Nov 12, 2021


Bomb threats at NYU force evacuations
NYU received bomb threats targeting the Stern School of Business and the Center for Neural Science. Buildings across campus were evacuated, but are now clear to reenter. Classes will proceed as normal on Nov. 12.
Arnav Binaykia, Kristian Burt, Rachel Cohen, and Suhail Gharaibeh
• Nov 11, 2021


Bomb threats force evacuations at Brown, Columbia, Cornell
Brown, Columbia and Cornell Universities are the latest in a slew of bomb threats targeting universities across the United States this past week.
Arnav Binaykia, Kristian Burt, Rachel Cohen, Rachel Fadem, and Suhail Gharaibeh
• Nov 7, 2021


The Soapbox: COP26 climate summit edition
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Nov 5, 2021










The Soapbox: Myanmar, Sudan, Palestine
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Oct 29, 2021










The Soapbox: Bannon and Jan. 6, Haiti, global COVID spikes
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Oct 22, 2021










The Soapbox: Philippines, European migrant pushbacks, Beirut
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Oct 15, 2021


Law students push for NYU to cut ties with legal databases over ICE links
Students from more than 20 law schools across the country, including NYU Law, have launched a week of protest calling for their administrations to cut ties with two legal databases that provide immigrants’ personal data to ICE.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Oct 8, 2021










The Soapbox: Ethiopia, Ecuador, Germany
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Oct 1, 2021










The Soapbox: Haitian migrant crisis, West Bank, Sudan
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Sep 27, 2021










The Soapbox: Russia, Philippines, Tunisia
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Sep 20, 2021


Explained: ‘Simple assault’ and the confusion surrounding NYU’s alert emails
The term "simple assault" is not so simple. Recent communications from the university left students wondering what the term means and why it is being used to refer to serious attacks.
Rachel Cohen, Rachel Fadem, and Suhail Gharaibeh
• Sep 20, 2021


Alleged serial groper arrested
The suspected assailant in a string of downtown Manhattan gropings has been taken into custody on sex crime charges.
Rachel Fadem and Suhail Gharaibeh
• Sep 15, 2021










The Soapbox: India, Congo, Afghanistan, vaccine inequity in Africa
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Sep 13, 2021


Another student groped on campus as string of sexual assaults continues
The fourth incident in a string of sexual assaults raises questions about security at NYU — particularly for women, who make up 58% of the undergraduate student population.
Arnav Binaykia, Rachel Cohen, Rachel Fadem, and Suhail Gharaibeh
• Sep 11, 2021


‘A city grieves’: How the Sept. 11 attacks upended life at NYU
A review of WSN’s archives from the days after 9/11 reveals an aftermath of collective sorrow, despair and disbelief and shows how the NYU community scrambled to respond.
Arnav Binaykia and Suhail Gharaibeh
• Sep 11, 2021






The Soapbox: Belarus, Tigray, Guinea, Brazil
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Sep 8, 2021






The Soapbox: Kabul, Hurricane Ida, Nabisco strike
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Aug 30, 2021


‘A propagandist’: NYU trustee Maria Bartiromo peddles pro-Trump lies on Fox shows
Once a journalism student at NYU, Maria Bartiromo has recently turned to amplifying baseless right-wing claims about the 2020 election and Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol — all while serving as a voting member of NYU’s Board of Trustees.
Arnav Binaykia and Suhail Gharaibeh
• Aug 25, 2021






The Soapbox: Pussy Riot, Haiti, US-Mexico border, climate crisis
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Aug 16, 2021






The Soapbox: Ghana, the Mediterranean, Hungary
The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Aug 10, 2021


‘Large knife resembling a machete’: NYU dorm stabbing followed argument about COVID-19 protocol
Frantz Arestyl, the NYU employee accused of stabbing his supervisor at the Broome Street dormitory on July 24, has been charged with attempted murder. He was previously named a recipient of NYU’s Service Award for his 15 years as a Public Safety employee.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Aug 9, 2021






The Soapbox: Delta Variant, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Olympics
The Soapbox is a new weekly column by WSN’s news desk, examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Aug 4, 2021


NYU safety officer in custody after stabbing supervisor at Broome Street dorm
Administration called the brutal attack on a Public Safety officer by another Public Safety officer “unprecedented.”
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Jul 25, 2021


NYU faculty, administration spar over non-cooperation with Tel Aviv campus
More than 400 members of the NYU community signed an open letter pledging non-cooperation with NYU Tel Aviv, drawing reproach from the university administration.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• Jul 1, 2021


Protesters decry NYU event with former Colombian president
NYU’s Brademas Center invited Álvaro Uribe Vélez, a former president of Colombia, to speak at an NYU event about sustainability and climate politics. During the event, which met significant backlash online, more than 100 people attended a protest outside Bobst Library.
Suhail Gharaibeh and Ruqaiyah Zarook
• May 6, 2021


NYU Politics professor denies anti-Asian sentiment then asks for retraction
For the second time in a year, a professor at NYU’s Politics Department expressed unsubstantiated beliefs about race in America. Now he’s requesting a retraction.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Staff Writer
• Apr 26, 2021


Photo: Editorial: Protect New York’s street vendors
Apr 26, 2021


Steinhardt professor awarded Guggenheim fellowship
Susan Murray, a professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, will focus her research on the history of CCTV technology.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Staff Writer
• Apr 16, 2021


SCA students argue for reparations at NYU
Six students in the Justice Lab course wrote an open letter to NYU leadership demanding they take concrete actions to address the lasting effects of slavery.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Staff Writer
• Apr 8, 2021


Rallies in New York City call attention to anti-Asian violence
In recent rallies, New Yorkers have called for action and solidarity in response to anti-Asian hate crimes.
Roshni Raj and Suhail Gharaibeh
• Mar 22, 2021


NYU Plans Return to Classroom Instruction for Fall 2021
With widespread vaccination on the horizon, the NYU administration is cautiously preparing for on-campus and in-person teaching next semester.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Staff Writer
• Mar 8, 2021


Sheridan Smith, Staff Photographer • Apr 9, 2023


Ania Keenan, Features Editor • Feb 6, 2023