NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 40, No. 16
Pro bono required by aspiring lawyers
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012
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Shooting outside Alumni hall, NYU uninvolved
By ANDREW KARPAN
Starting in 2015, a new state rule will require all New York state lawyers to perform 50 hours of pro bono work before receiving license to practice law in the state. The ruling, made by Jonathan Lippman, chief judge of the state of New York, will take effect for all first and second-year law students next year. Associate Judge Victoria A. Graffeo, who co-chairs the Advisory Committee on New York State Pro Bono Bar Admission Requirements, developed the recommendations upon which Lippman acted. “[Judge Lippman] is deeply concerned with the lack of legal resources for the poor and underserved in the state,” Graffeo said. “There’s hundreds of thousands of underrepresented litigants who have no representation in the court system at all.” Judge Gerald Lebovits, a full-time judge in the New York City Civil
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An altercation outside Alumni Residence Hall yesterday evening resulted in gunshots, but no injuries were reported. By BRIDGETTE DORAN and AMY ZHANG An altercation yesterday evening erupted across Third Avenue between two unidentified groups. The dispute ended when shots were fired outside Alumni residence hall between Ninth and 10th streets. No injuries were reported, and according to NYU spokesman John Beckman, no
Closing of classic venue ends downtown music era By JENNIFER LU When Patrick Kenny opened Kenny’s Castaways in 1967, the New York City downtown music scene was at its peak. Nearly half a century of musical history later, the Castaways closed due to economic difficulties on Oct. 1. Kenny’s original venue opened on 84th Street between Second and Third avenues in an attempt to bring the ’60s downtown music scene to an uptown crowd. “It was a music scene that needed to be created up there,” said Maria Kenny, Patrick Kenny’s daughter. A few years later, in the mid’70s, the venue relocated to Bleecker Street in Greenwich
Village. In these early days, Kenny’s was home to famous acts like Yoko Ono, Aerosmith and Bruce Springsteen. The venue welcomed new and established musical talents and served as a place for musicians to grow and support each other. Other notable performers at the downtown location have included the New York Dolls, Rod Stewart and Patti Smith. They played a wide variety of music, from folk to jazz to rock ‘n’ roll. At first, Patrick booked performers, but soon after the venue’s opening the musicians were coming to him.
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member of the NYU community was involved. “The shots were fired away from the direction of Alumni hall,” Beckman said. “Police are investigating very vigorously to find the identities of those involved and make arrests.” Pia Brar, a sophomore Global Liberal Studies student and Alumni hall resident, reported hearing gunshots at approximately 10:20
p.m. from her room. Ameer Muhammed, a sophomore in CAS, reported hearing five to six shots. The exact number of shots is unconfirmed. “My window faces West Third Avenue, across Duane Reade,” Brar said. After hearing the shots, Brar approached the window to look outside. “There’s this pedestrian signal on Third and Ninth, and every-
one in that area was running away and some people were screaming,” she said. Shortly after, the New York Police Department arrived and blocked off the intersection. “There were a bunch of cops that pulled up, and they were placing little cups on the street next to what looked like shell
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Men’s soccer continues perfect record By FRANCISCO NAVAS In the Violets’ first University Athletic Association conference match on Saturday, Sept. 29, sixthranked men’s soccer defeated the Case Western Reserve University Spartans 3-1 in Cleveland, Ohio. This victory improved the squad’s historic run to an amazing 9-0-0, making them the only team in their conference with a perfect record. The previously undefeated Brandeis Judges tied the University of Rochester Yellow Jackets in their UAA opener. “I’m pleased with our performance against Case because it was a big test to see how we would be on the road, and we rose to the challenge,” senior forward Kyle Green said. NYU had a strong, offensive
first quarter in which they scored two of their three goals. Green did not fail to fulfill expectations; scoring twice with one goal in the seventh minute. He is the team leader with eight goals and 19 points so far this season. Green’s in-the-box tap started at sophomore midfielder Mickey Ingerman’s feet. “As far as being effective offensively, I have to give props to great service from Ryan Horch and Mickey Ingerman for the fantastic balls they played me that really make putting them away much easier,” Green said. Case forward Chris Cveko tied up the game in the 34th minute to snap Violets goalies senior Jonas Poster and sophomore Forrest Sexton’s 501:17 minute shutout. NYU has six shutouts for the season and
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Men’s soccer triumphed over Case Western on Saturday. only three goals scored against them, vindicating Coach Behan’s use of a five-man midfield.
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