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

Washington Square News

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

Washington Square News

Lee Morgan, the legendary New York jazz trumpeter, poses with his wife and murderer, Helen More. The new documentary by Kasper Collin, “I Called Him Morgan,” retells the life of the musician.

Jazz Meets Murder in Documentary

Daniella Nichinson, Staff Writer March 20, 2017
Opening soon at the Film Society at Lincoln Center, "I Called Him Morgan" gives proper credit to one of the most tragically underrated jazz trumpeters, Morgan Lee, whose life was cut short at age 33 when his wife shot him during a show in the East Village.
A dozen albatrosses were slaughtered and photographed dead in Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve in 2015. Tisch sophomore Christian Gutierrez has been charged with the crime along with two others, who are minors.

NYU Student Accepts Plea Deal in Albatross Killings Case

Jemima McEvoy, News Editor March 20, 2017
Tisch sophomore Christian Gutierrez has accepted a plea deal in a case involving the murder of a dozen albatrosses — an endangered species — at a Hawaii nature reserve in 2015.
With their series called Gimme Shelter: Hollywood North, Anthology Film Archives is trying to bring back tax shelter films.  These films are usually characterized as being incredibly realistic despite their low budgets.

Anthology Revives Tax Shelter Films

Daniella Nichinson, Staff Writer February 22, 2017
In its new series highlighting films made during the rush of production following Canada's revolutionary Cost Allowance Act, the Film Anthology Archives is showing "Blood Relatives," a murder mystery with grits and twists abound.
NYU students will find the setting of PHDeath especially relatable, it being the NYU campus.

‘PhDeath:’ The NYU Murder Mystery

Alexandra Pierson, Theater and Books Editor November 21, 2016
NYU professor James P. Carse's riveting new novel "PhDeath" creates a murder mystery out of a subject he knows better than almost anyone - NYU itself.

American Psycho is coming to Broadway on March 24 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

‘American Psycho’ Kills Broadway With Sexual Flare

Laura Casado, Staff Writer February 29, 2016
The Wall Street murderer Patrick Bateman is coming to Broadway in an "American Psycho" musical.
Omars Oration: Race matters in Floridas court rooms

Omar’s Oration: Race matters in Florida’s court rooms

February 18, 2014
Recent cases in Florida call the "stand your ground" law into question.