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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

Dunkin Donuts is among the restaurants raising concern for heavy antibiotic use in their meat.

Fast Food Can Make You Sick(er)

Kaitlyn Wang, Contributing Writer October 3, 2016
Last week the Chain Reaction II report gave many popular restaurants around NYU including Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, and IHOP “F” grades for their high use of antibiotics in their food.
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.
Seafood is readily available around New York City, but its sources may be more questionable than you think.

Exploring NYU’s Seafood Practices

Anna Chen, Contributing Writer September 19, 2016
Managed by NYU vendor Aramark, Lipton uses sustainable fish farms to source its meals, including the baked Alaskan Pollock fillet cooked with lemon, parsley and thyme it served last Friday. But at what cost do we get these fish?
Students have worked to reduce the amount of food waste produced by NYU’s dining services, including the sample plates at the counters in dining halls.

NYU’s Food Waste Isn’t Actually Going to Waste

Taylor Nicole Rogers, Dining Editor September 6, 2016
To combat food waste on campus, Two Birds One Stone, led by CAS Senior Mac Hughes-Cromwick, uses uneaten food from NYU Dining Halls to combat hunger.
One of the fun activities one can do over the summer while staying in NYC is to visit Smorgasburg and try the new raindrop cake.

Staying in NYC This Summer? Here’s Your Guide

Catalina Gonella, Staff Writer April 25, 2016
Check out our guide to help you make the most of your summer on campus.
According to NYU, there have been trackers installed in the dining hall cutlery all along.

Fork ‘Em Over: NYU Cracking Down On Dining Hall Crime

Ankita Bhanot, Dining Editor March 31, 2016
It turns out the silverware in NYU dining halls actually has tracker chips installed in each one of them, so students stealing them will now be caught and punished!

Transparency Essential in Fight Against Food Waste

Jennifer Kim, Contributing Writer March 8, 2016
Even though there’s a lot of issues when it comes to putting leftover food to good use, NYU should still be considering ways to reduce and prevent food waste.
The Dining Issue

The Dining Issue

Ankita Bhanot and Kendall Levison February 1, 2016
Your guide to NYU Dining.

Is NYU Dining Healthy?

Angela Liao, Contributing Writer February 1, 2016
How healthy are NYU Dining halls?
App uses extra meal swipes for good cause

App uses extra meal swipes for good cause

Tiffanie Hwang, Staff Writer December 7, 2015
Get rid of your extra meal swipes before the semester is over with this NYU club.
NYU Dining has begun offering reusable to-go boxes to become more environmentally friendly.

Eco-friendly to-go option off to a slow start in dining halls

Diamond Naga Siu, Contributing Writer October 5, 2015
NYU Dining is now offering reusable containers for $5 at Hayden, Weinstein and Third North.
It’s raining cookies! Hallelujah, Hayden!

It’s raining cookies! Hallelujah, Hayden!

April 1, 2014
Hayden cookies will be served from an armored cookie carrier in Washington Square Park.