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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

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

Washington Square News

Celebrating 50 years of the Washington Square News - Washington Square News
A stylized illustration of a building with collaged newspaper clippings from old WSN printed issues. (illustration by Aaliya Luthra)
N.Y.U. president Linda Mills wearing a black gown with silver decorative patterning stands behind a podium. She is wearing a large silver medallion around her neck.

Mills announces free tuition for low-income students starting fall 2024

Starting in the fall 2024 semester, students in households that make less than $100,000 will not have to pay tuition at NYU.

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How Stuart Robinson’s misconduct went overlooked for years

For nearly three decades, staff at NYU and students and staff at the State University of New York, New Paltz were allegedly harassed and discriminated against by former athletics director Stuart Robinson.

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Celebrating 50 years of the Washington Square News

2023 marks a half century of NYU’s independent student newspaper. Here’s a look into what’s happened between its start and now.

If you walk into the basement of NYU’s Third Avenue North residence hall on a Sunday afternoon you’ll be greeted by what may seem like utter chaos: furious typing at every desk, a cow bell ringing to signal conference room meetings and the murmuring of editors trying to perfect their stories for the day. This organized chaos makes up the Washington Square News, but there’s a lot behind this day-to-day commotion.

WSN was founded in 1973, the year that NYU sold its University Heights campus in the Bronx and merged with the Washington Square campus most students know today. The student newspapers of each campus — “The Heights Daily News” and the “Washington Square Journal” — combined to make the university’s first daily paper, which still publishes today. Originally called “Washington Square Daily News,” WSN dropped the “Daily” from its name before 1976. This year, NYU’s paper celebrates its 50-year anniversary.

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The front page of the first issue of the Washington Square Daily News on September twentieth, nineteen seventy-three.
The first-ever issue of WSN, published on Sept. 20, 1973. The paper was then named the “Washington Square Daily News.”
Illusration of 5 postage stamps featuring different NYU buildings over the years

‘Manifest destiny’: NYU’s history of expansion in Washington Square

Throughout its nearly 200 years as a university, NYU has been in a constant state of expansion. Its plans for growth have changed drastically over time.

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Violets victorious as NYU’s mascot, WSN survey finds

Most students and faculty said that NYU’s mascot should be the Violets, not the Bobcats.

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