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

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

Washington Square News

NYU All-University Commencement 2015

NYU All-University Commencement 2015

The Class of 2015 graduates at Yankee Stadium.
Up-and-Comers 2015

Up-and-Comers 2015

John Ambrosio, Assistant Managing Editor March 12, 2015

When I came to NYU, the first thing I noticed was the disconnected nature of the campus and its students. During my time here, I have realized that there are two ways to navigate...

Emma Spett is the vice-president of EarthMatters.

Emma Spett

Marina Zheng March 11, 2015

Three days before the People’s Climate March this past September, Emma Spett stood in a crowd of 400 NYU students at Kimmel to hear the event’s organizer Bill McKibben speak...

Jake Rosenberg is an award winning playwright and one of the youngest authors of a work to have been accepted into the National Holocaust Theater Archive thanks to his most recent off-Broadway production in NYC, the self directed Muse of Fire.

Jake Rosenberg

Nina Jang March 11, 2015

Behind the massive, intricate doors of Lillie’s Irish pub, Jake Rosenberg sits in a booth with burgundy velvet seats surrounded by a collection of Victorian-era ornaments and...

Luke Lindenbusch is working with the ACLU's LGBT project on the Supreme Court case with strong potential to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

Luke Lindenbusch

Sam Del Rowe March 11, 2015

Luke Lindenbusch was in eighth grade when he was first called to activism. Proposition 8 had just passed in his home state of California, eliminating the right of same-sex couples...

Camaley Jennings is a member of NYU's Student Government as Steinhart’s Co-Programming Chair and has been an Undergraduate Admissions Ambassador since her freshman year.

Camaley Jennings

Kyle Luther March 11, 2015

On the first Monday of the fall semester this year, Camaley Jennings got an email from the White House. The message informed her that needed to be in Washington, D.C. by the following...

Josy Jablons is the treasurer of the Feminist Society as well as the founder and president of Students for Sexual Respect.

Josy Jablons

Marita Vlachou March 11, 2015

Even before founding Students for Sexual respect this spring, Gallatin sophomore Josy Jablons met frequently with the administration to ensure the university maintained prevention...

Samir Goel was most recently awarded the Dalai Lama Fellowship in addition to becoming a Resolution Fellow for his work on his social venture, Transfernation.

Samir Goel

Alex Bazeley March 11, 2015

After spending an hour in the Leslie Entrepreneurs Lab with Samir Goel, I was getting ready to leave when he turned his attention to me and asked me the same question I had asked...

Samantha Gerson has been a huge part of the Shutdown Logan River Campaign, which is helping put an end to institutional abuse.

Samantha Gerson

Ife Olujobi March 11, 2015

Samantha Gerson has always been interested in the treatment of trauma, but it wasn’t until she worked with traumatized adults that she realized children suffering from these...

Chloe Chik is the campaign director of the College Democrats at NYU.

Chloe Chik

Alanna Bayarin March 11, 2015

Politics can be grueling and unrewarding. The endless canvassing, phone calls and press releases make a career in politics nearly impossible to balance with everyday life. Despite...

Vanessa Castro co-directs the art gallery at the DIY space Silent Barn.

Vanessa Castro

Larson Binzer March 11, 2015

In the front of a lecture hall in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Vanessa Castro sits in the center among three other panelists receiving the Gallatin Dean’s Award...

New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 Collections

New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 Collections

September 6, 2013
WSN presents exclusive coverage of Spring/Summer 2014 collections from New York Fashion Week.