Christina Coleburn is in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, concentrating in politics and journalism. This is her second semester serving as a senior editor for WSN. In the past, she worked as the opinion editor, a deputy opinion editor and a staff columnist. She is looking forward another phenomenal semester with the WSN team. When she isn’t at the office editing articles late into the night, she enjoys writing, running, theatre, frequenting NYC eateries and binge-watching old seasons of “House of Cards.”
Excitement was palpable at the Theater at Madison Square Garden on the morning of May 20, where students, families and faculty gathered to celebrate the graduation of the Leonard...
Fewer millennials are married or in serious relationships, but this trend does not necessarily stem from a rejection of commitment. For many, the decision to stay single longer is a matter of practicality.
Students need to begin playing a greater role in campus politics. Every day, decisions that profoundly affect the student body pass by without student say, particularly in recent years.
Freshmen should not let their fears and insecurities hold them back from enjoying NYU as fully as possible. Life begins, as they say, at the end of your comfort zone.
While liberals may outnumber conservatives at universities, the lack of instances of legitimate indoctrination and increasingly corporatized model of higher education demonstrate that the collegiate “continuum of leftism” is not as genuine as D’Souza suggests.
The bursting student loan debt bubble equates to far more than partisan divides for students and families across the nation, including many on this campus.
The NYU website states that the university intends to reach its 2017 target of reducing the number of students who take non-prescribed prescription drugs from 13 to 11.7 percent.
The recent stabbing of Virginia senator Creigh Deeds by his mentally ill son, who was turned away from a hospital because of a lack of psychiatric beds, brings to light the insufficient funding of state mental healthcare systems nationwide.
Following Neshaminy High School's editorial announcing a ban of the word "Redskin" in their newspaper, the principal should have encouraged the valid student discussion, rather than shoot down the debate.
The New York City Council's vote to raise the tobacco-buying age from 18 to 21, while an honest push for public health, would infringe on the rights of New Yorkers ages 18 to 20 who are considered legal adults.
The LA Times' recent decision to reject anti-climate change letters reflects an objective to uphold ethics and a journalistic standard of accuracy, rather than a denial of free speech and attempt to censor one side of a controversial issue.
In wake of Slate columnist Emily Yoffe's article claiming women are responsible for rape prevention, staff columnist Christina Coleburn makes the case that prevention efforts should target aggresors, not victims.
The lack of coverage of last week's anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing is emblematic of an exclusion of domestic terrorism from our national conversation.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's characterization of mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio's ad campaign as racist reveals the current mayor's double-standard when it comes to race.
