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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

Sustainability has become a marketing tool. Greenwashing tricks customers into spending money on unsustainable products under false pretenses. (Staff Illustration by Alexandra Chan)

Greenwashing: How companies are putting up an eco-friendly front

Greenwashing dupes consumers into spending their hard-earned green on unsustainable and unethical products.
Sam Brinton, Beauty & Style Editor May 6, 2021

This past Earth Day, I opened my email expecting the usual obnoxious junk and spam. What I received was something that annoyed me even more: Earth Day marketing emails. Why were...

Danny DeVito in M&M's Super Bowl commercial. (via Facebook)

Unpopular Opinions: Super Bowl Commercials

In which the Arts Desk gives hot takes on what is the most important of the big game, anyway.

The Super Bowl is one of the most watched TV broadcasts every year, but there is more than one reason hordes of fans tune in to watch teams lose to the Patriots year after year....

Fyodor Golan S/S 2018

Fyodor Golan S/S 2018

London
Veronica Liow, Multimedia Abroad Editor September 18, 2017

  The Fyodor Golan Spring/Summer 2018 runway show made a permanent impression as it explored a unique dystopian future through sportswear aesthetics. The pieces were...

This summer, some of NYU’s most popular dining halls went through some noteworthy changes.

New School Year Brings New Changes to NYU Dining

Wanting Huang, Contributing Writer September 20, 2016
Whether you are a regular at Palladium’s pizza station or frequent Lipton for their chocolate chip cookies, you've probably noticed some changes at NYU Dining halls. Here’s is a quick roundup of the changes.
Ray Rogers - via Flickr.com

University revisits past ban on Coca-Cola

February 12, 2014
Coke was banned on campus from 2005 to 2009.
via flickr.com

NAACP adds voice to Bloomberg soda ban

February 6, 2013
NAACP and the Hispanic Federation have filed an amicus brief with Coca-Cola as the sugary drink debate continues.