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Staff Rants & Raves: High School Edition

Staff Rants & Raves: High School Edition

Did you hate the days you only had five minutes to get to each class? Or maybe you miss actually being able to see your friends every day? Either way, the WSN staff has you covered.
WSN Staff March 7, 2019

Staff Rants On Advocating For and Against an All-Girls Education By Anna de la Rosa, Deputy Culture Editor I’m forever indebted to my parents for spending the extra...

How College Helped Me Let Go

How College Helped Me Let Go

Aleksandra Goldberg, Contributing Writer October 3, 2018
As a first-year, the anonymity that NYU gives you is incredibly freeing.
Liberal Studies Professor John Ward Regan

LS Professor No Longer Teaching After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Surface

Alex Domb and Yasmin Gulec April 26, 2018
Liberal Studies Professor J. Ward Regan no longer has teaching responsibilities at NYU after news emerged of sexual relations he had with a 15-year-old student in a class he was teaching in the early 1990s.
Protestors at a previous National School Walkout.

Gun Violence Walkout to Be Held in WSP Tomorrow

Kristina Hayhurst, Deputy News Editor April 18, 2018
In light of recent school shootings and in remerance of the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, scores of high school and university students prepare to join together for a walk out.
Record High School Graduation Rate Is Not Meaningful

Record High School Graduation Rate Is Not Meaningful

WSN Editorial Board October 19, 2016
The number of high schoolers graduating on time is not an accurate measurement of the success of the nation’s education system, or its future workforce.
PBS’s Point of View documentary series features “All the Difference,” a film that follows two Urban Prep high school students, on Monday, September 12.

PBS Documentary “All the Difference” Highlights Urban Education

Natalie Whalen, Contributing Writer September 12, 2016

PBS’s Point of View documentary series will feature the stirring “All the Difference” this Monday, Sept. 12. The film follows the respective paths of two Urban Prep high...

The WSN staff recommends their favorite high school movies.

Staff Recs: High school films

Zach Martin, Maddie Pazzani, Audrey Deng and Anne Cruz November 5, 2015
Reminisce your high school memories with these staff-recommended high school movies like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Heathers."
With liberty and justice for all

With liberty and justice for all

Zahra Haque, Staff Writer March 30, 2015
The recent controversy about the pledge of allegiance recited in Arabic at a New York high school deserves a stronger response from politicians.
via Facebook

Strive for College reaches out to high school students

Bryna Shuman, Features Editor February 3, 2014
The national organization, which pairs low-income high school mentees with university students to guide them through the college application process, recently launched at NYU.
via facebook.com

Students to mentors program arrives at NYU

February 10, 2013
Let's Get Ready gives high school students a mentor during the college application process.