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

The platform of the uptown local track of the R/W trains at Eighth Street station near NYU. A screen at the platform indicates major delays of the B/D/F and N/Q/R/W lines.

Students frustrated with NYU’s communication following Brooklyn shooting

Messages from NYU Campus Safety and the Tandon School of Engineering dean came hours after a mass shooting disrupted commutes to and from campus and left community members wary of taking the subway.
Kayla Hardersen, Senior Staff Writer April 13, 2022

Gallatin senior Anushka Dhoot woke up on the morning of Tuesday, April 12, to several texts from her family and friends telling her to avoid taking the subway. After seeing in...

I Grew Up in England. I Don’t Understand Gun Culture.

I Grew Up in England. I Don’t Understand Gun Culture.

As a student studying abroad in the United States, staff writer Natasha Jokic reflects upon what she has observed as a strange sense of desensitization in response to gun violence amongst young Americans.
Natasha Jokic, Staff Writer November 12, 2018

As I sat in my regular spot in a local coffee shop, my daily writing session was interrupted by yelling. It appeared that a homeless woman was being asked to leave the cafe, escorted...

American apathy to shootings disgraceful

American apathy to shootings disgraceful

Ryan Najjar, Contributing Columnist November 7, 2014

A freshman at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington state fired six rounds at his fellow students in the school cafeteria on Oct. 24. By the end of the rampage, one student...

U.S. shows numbness toward gun violence

U.S. shows numbness toward gun violence

November 11, 2013
The recent shooting rampage at Bryant Park, which didn't even break into local headlines, raises the important concern of an American desensitization to mass shootings.
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High profile shootings reignite violence in media debate

February 19, 2013
In the wake of the tragedies in Connecticut and now in Georgia, students and professors discuss the influence of violent films and video games on criminal activity.