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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

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Mills breaks silence 15 hours after start of ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’

NYU president Linda Mills criticized protesters in her first statement regarding the encampment, issued alongside Campus Safety head Fountain Walker.
Yezen Saadah, Deputy Managing Editor April 23, 2024

Around 15 hours after students set up the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in Gould Plaza, and only two hours after the New York City Police Department arrested dozens of protesters,...

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Dozens arrested after NYU authorizes NYPD to sweep Gould Plaza

NYU asked the New York City Police Department to remove protesters from Gould Plaza and take action “accordingly up to and including arrest” in a letter on Monday.
Carmo Moniz and Yezen Saadah April 23, 2024

The New York City Police Department arrested dozens of protesters at the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in Gould Plaza at around 8:30 p.m. Monday, after the university authorized...

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Alumni, activist groups to provide legal support for protesters

NYU Alumni for Palestine and the NYU Palestine Solidarity Coalition said they are ready to “take legal action” for protesters at the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” in an announcement on Instagram.
Carmo Moniz, Managing Editor April 22, 2024

NYU Alumni for Palestine, a group with the support of 2,410 university alumni, and the NYU Palestine Solidarity Coalition announced that they are “organizing to offer legal support”...

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NYU changes admissions tours to avoid ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’

The university told student admissions ambassadors to use routes that avoid Gould Plaza, where the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” has continued since early this morning.
Carmo Moniz, Managing Editor April 22, 2024

In an email sent at around 10:30 a.m. obtained by WSN, administrators told student admissions ambassadors to use two routes that avoid Gould Plaza, where the “Gaza Solidarity...

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LIVE: Students and faculty set up pro-Palestinian encampment at Gould Plaza

The demonstration follows similar encampments at Columbia University and Yale University, where student protesters have been arrested.

This is a developing story, check back for updates. Update, 3:50 a.m., April 23 Arrested protesters are being released from NYPD headquarters downtown in groups of two to...

An illustration of purple players participating in volleyball, basketball, soccer and track on a yellow background.

Men’s volleyball advances to Final Four for the first time, tennis sweeps on Senior Day and other news

Here’s what you need to know from the past week in NYU athletics. This week: April 15 - 21.
Jonathan Mak and Sidney Snider April 22, 2024

Baseball The baseball team played a four-game series against Case Western Reserve University at its home field in Staten Island this weekend. The Violets started out strong with...

The N.Y.U men’s volleyball team celebrates by huddling together and jumping with their hands raised.

Men’s volleyball win UVC Championship

The men’s volleyball team won its first conference title since 2017.
Sidney Snider, Staff Writer April 19, 2024

NYU men’s volleyball won the United Volleyball Conference for the second time in program history. This conference win, the first since 2017, earns the Violets an automatic bid...

NYU womans basketball team celebrated their historic win at the University Senate meeting on March 28. (Manasa Gudavalli for WSN)

‘Symbolic and celebratory’: NYU places No. 1 in D-III winter standings

Following a rather successful winter season, the university is now at the top of the 269 Division III programs across the country.
Jonathan Mak and Yezen Saadah April 18, 2024

NYU Athletics is looking down upon the best NCAA Division III programs in the country, now sitting atop the Learfield Directors’ Cup winter standings. The university, after “a...

A dorm room with two beds in University Hall.

Ranked: First-year residence halls

Rats and roaches and hospital lighting, oh my! It’s about time we dove into the good, the bad and the ugly of NYU’s first-year dorms.
Annie Emans, Staff Writer April 18, 2024

First-year dorming at NYU is an experience. When you are just starting college and the entire city is deemed your campus, living in a building filled with hundreds of fellow NYU...

The front facade of the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires.

Tips and tricks for your time abroad at NYU Buenos Aires

From partying with the locals to the desserts you have to try, here’s what you should know about Argentina from someone who’s been here for two semesters.
Sandy Battulga, Staff Writer April 17, 2024

About 100 students make the trip to NYU Buenos Aires each year, prepped only with a handful of tips from an NYU orientation on Argentina's capital city. Nothing prepares you for...

Three men dancing and clapping while a woman sings on a stage. Light up letters are at the front of the stage spelled “ARAB.”

NYU Arab Festival vibrantly celebrates Middle Eastern and North African cultures

With performances, food stations and a fashion show, the event brought students together to highlight the diversity of Middle Eastern and North African countries.
Leila Anderson, Contributing Writer April 17, 2024

On Monday, April 15, in the Kimmel Center for University Life's Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, the Arab Students Association hosted the Arab Festival. The event was a spectacular...

A giant gorilla wielding a spear.

Review: In ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,’ Godzilla is nowhere to be found

The newest installment of the MonsterVerse franchise is a try-hard successor of “Godzilla vs. Kong.”
Kaitlyn Sze Tu, Contributing Writer April 16, 2024

The MonsterVerse movie formula seemed impossible to get wrong. How could you mess up bringing together two of cinema’s most iconic monsters? The opening scene delivers...