Audrey Deng joined WSN thinking it stood for Whoa, Snacks’n Naps. Alas, it turned out to be a newspaper organization, of which she now serves as Arts Editor. On weekends, she enjoys roaming art galleries and listening to Prairie Home Companion. On weekdays, she goes to classes for her English major and drinks lots of tea. On weak dais, she might stumble. You can follow her on Twitter @DengAudrey.
I have found ways to rebel against May 16; methods of countering commencement. I am a future ex-student in denial. This is how my resistance toward the scheduled end has manifested...
Audrey Deng, Deputy Managing Editor
• May 17, 2016
Undergraduates from the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development held their commencement ceremony on May 17 in the infamous Beacon Theatre.
There are two ways to interpret the word "generation:" as the collective of people born during a certain era, or as a production of something. As a university, NYU has experienced...
Audrey Deng, Deputy Managing Editor
• February 29, 2016
It is the phenomenon that exists in empty elevators, darkened parks, odd Bobst nooks and penultimate subway stops: quiet. In a city where noise penetrates every wall and loudness...
The students of the University of Missouri protested on Nov. 9 over the lack of response addressing racism on campus. As a result, their president resigned. One week later, NYU...
JR JR's latest album "JR JR" marks a minimalist watershed in the indie-pop band's career. Band member Joshua Epstein talks about Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and the band's upcoming performance at Webster Hall on Nov. 4.
NYU Tisch Artist-in-Residence Pharrell Williams participated in a retrospective discussion with NYU Clive David Professor Jason King about his prolific career in the music industry, from the 2003 hit "Milkshake" to Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." Despite all these hits, Williams revealed that he never viewed himself as an artist.
"La Haine," a film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, has haunted me ever since I watched it in my French class at NYU. The film condenses 24 hours in the suburbs — the banlieues...
SNL celebrates 41 seasons of late-night sketches, cold openings and Weekend Updates. Reminisce the many generations of actors with these sketch picks from the WSN staff.
The Barclays Center filled with the purple and silver-accented robes of Polytechnic School of Engineering students as their 160th Commencement Ceremony began on Thursday morning....
Audrey Deng, Entertainment Editor
• April 16, 2015
The 2015 Gallatin Arts Festival launched this week, as a gallery that showcases NYU students' socially conscious interactive multimedia and photography.
Audrey Deng, Entertainment Editor
• March 10, 2015
The new Tom McCarthy-directed film, "The Cobbler" features Adam Sandler, is strengthened by its creativity, but is weakened by its racist undertones and ambiguous message.
The duo that hosts the U.K. radio show “The Infinite Monkey Cage” will be performing at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on March 5. Before the show, Robin Ince, of the pair, spoke with WSN.
Audrey Deng, Entertainment Editor
• January 29, 2015
The “Re[intent]ion: Adaption + Subversion of the Wearable” exhibit at NYU will be on view through Feb. 5. The 80WSE Gallery One exhibit aims to examine the socioeconomic implications of clothing.
![Ariele Elia, assistant curator costumes and textiles at the Museum at FIT, speaks during a discussion at Pless Hall after the opening of "Re[intent]ion: Adaption and Subversion of the Wearable."](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Reintention-900x600.jpg)
