![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
A look at ‘Bobst Boy’ 20 years later
Steve Stanzak, the student who lived in Bobst Library for nearly eight months while at NYU, shared his experience and where he is now with WSN.
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor
• June 18, 2024
![An illustration of three girls in a dorm playing Monopoly. The girl on the left looks shocked, the girl on the right is laughing and the girl in the middle is watching and smiling.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/culture-roommatesrelations.png)
Tackle tense roommate relations with these 4 bonding activities
Your roommate relationships can make or break your college experience. Here are activities to help you break the ice and ease tensions with your living companions.
Noor Maahin, Staff Writer
• February 8, 2024
![A woman in a black shirt wearing multiple necklaces looking down as she places her hand down. She is looking towards another hand sitting on the table under a white device emitting purple light.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/culture-dormbusinesses-2-1200x800.jpg)
Small spaces, big ideas: Running small businesses from NYU dorms
From a fresh set of braids to custom nails, these dorm-preneurs offer affordable beauty services to students on campus.
Noor Maahin, Contributing Writer
• December 11, 2023
![A dorm room with a girl laying down in the lower bunk bed. Another girl sits at an adjacent desk, wearing blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and pink headphones. The girl at the desk is looking at her computer screen.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Photo-Essay-2ndStreet-20220927-Natalia.Kempthorne-Curiel.-06-900x600.jpg)
Low-cost housing doesn’t mean low-quality living
A photographer captures how residents in lower-cost housing turn their small rooms into cozy homes.
Natalia Kempthorne-Curiel, Contributing Photographer
• October 19, 2022
![A man sits in an apartment full of house plants, smiling, wearing a blue knit sweater and holding a potted plant.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/culture-plants_ManasaGudavalli-3-900x599.jpg)
NYU plant fanatics and the roses, buds and thorns of indoor gardening
Two avid plant lovers discuss why they own plants and how they take care of them while living in the urban jungle.
Polina Belova, Contributing Writer
• October 5, 2022
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Opinion: Restored visitor policy ignores campus security failures
As NYU reinstates its pre-pandemic visitor policies, the university administration has ignored implications regarding campus safety.
Shamon Lawrence, Deputy Opinion Editor
• September 14, 2022
![A Victorian couch sits on top of a pile of trash in the 49th Street subway station.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ops-offthird-hamam-onemanstrash_Susan-1-900x675.jpg)
Off-Third: The city streets are New York’s hottest department store
One man’s trash is another man’s bean bag.
Matan Hamam, Staff Writer
• September 13, 2022
![Martin Fritsche stands outside Bobst Library holding a white rose.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/culture-WSProsesguy-900x675.jpg)
Q&A: Meet the guy behind the rose cart
The street florist who’s been selling roses outside of Bobst since September has much more to say than just “roses, roses.”
Alex Tran, Culture Editor
• February 22, 2022
![A break-in occurred at a room in Lafayette Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 3. The intruder claimed that her roommates had locked her out and she had nowhere else to go. (Photo by Mariana Trimble)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/culture-ie-breakin-900x675.jpg)
‘Can I lay in bed with you?’: How a stranger got into my dorm room
I felt safe living in an NYU dorm — until a stranger pretending to be an NYU student knocked on my door and tried to get in bed with me.
Mariana Trimble, Staff Writer
• November 12, 2021
![The Arno river cuts through the city of Florence, the site of NYU’s campus in Italy. NYU’s limits on off-campus student housing options diminish financial accessibility at abroad locations — and impede students from fully experiencing their global study experience. (Staff Photo by Arnav Binaykia)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ops-han-offcampushousingabroad-binaykia-900x625.jpg)
Opinion: NYU should expand off-campus housing options abroad
NYU’s limitations on students choosing off-campus housing while studying abroad restricts financial accessibility.
Michelle Han, Deputy Opinion Editor
• October 22, 2021
![The NYU Office of Residential Life & Housing Services has recently changed policy regarding the role of RA’s in order shift RA responsibility away from dealing with student crises towards fostering a real community for students in university housing. (Photo by Sirui Wu)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/RC_SiruiWu2-2-900x675.jpg)
RAs will no longer be required to respond to crisis situations
The Office of Residential Life & Housing Services outlined changes to RA responsibilities as well as new policies for the upcoming academic year.
Saurabh Kumar, Staff Writer
• May 5, 2021
![COVID policy signs are taped on the door of Brooklyn dorm Othmer Hall’s lounge. NYU dorm lounges are reopening across campus and many are worried about the increased risk of COVID-19 spread. (Staff Photo by Jake Capriotti)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSC_2892-900x601.jpg)
Students share mixed feelings about reopening the university
After last month’s spike in on-campus COVID-19 cases, residence hall lounges are reopening, but students are undecided on whether that is the right decision.
Saurabh Kumar, Staff Writer
• March 12, 2021
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Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor • February 14, 2025
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Aditte Parasher, Contributing Writer • February 14, 2025
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Amanda Chen, Deputy News Editor • February 14, 2025
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Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta, Staff Writer • February 14, 2025