NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
washington square news Vol. 40, No. 8
Monday, february 6, 2012
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NYU Law uncovers anti-Islam NYPD film
Co-located classes connect campuses
Since the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law exposed police documents two weeks ago, Muslim organizations have been calling for the resignation of police commissioner Ray Kelly and top aide Paul Brown for screening the film “The Third Jihad.” The BCJ obtained documents which revealed that the film was screened to over 1,000 New York Police Department officials during their training sessions. Though the NYPD investigated how the film was shown to trainees, they did not disclose their findings to the public, The New York Times reported. The 72-minute film accuses Islamic groups of attempting to infiltrate and overthrow the American society, The Times said. It also included an interview with Kelly who, according to The Times, discussed the threat of nuclear or biological terror at-
Students sitting in New York City’s Washington Square Park and Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island are closing the global gap this semester. Since spring 2011, NYU has been developing a series of co-located classes, bringing students and their ideas together from across the globe. To bring students faceto-face with their global counterparts, three courses have used videoconferencing technology, including Skype and Gchat. Two classes began the global connection last spring. Students in the Translation as Multimedia Practice and Metaphor class conversed with each other about the different translations of cultural texts in their respective countries. This semester, Mary Kallilea, an environmental studies professor collaborated with marine biology professor John Burt in a parallel class that examined
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Students in the U-Hall Commons Cafe celebrate the New York Giant’s 21-17 Super Bowl victory.
Men’s basketball triumphant By John Axelrod
NYU men’s basketball improved to 17-2 after winning both away games this weekend at Carnegie Mellon University and Case Western Reserve University. On Friday, the Violets avenged their loss last week to the Carnegie Mellon Tartans with an 8876 victory. NYU built a 12-point lead with 1:34 remaining in the first half, but Carnegie Mellon cut their deficit to six by making two three-pointers before the halftime break. The game was tied at 49 with 13:40 left on the clock. The Violets took control of the game with a 12-0 run and held the lead for the rest of the game. NYU continued to shoot well from the field, making 62.8 percent of their shots. Junior captain Kyle Stockmal and junior forward Carl Yaffe combined for 43 of the team’s total points. Yaffe made 8 of 10 shot attempts and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Stockmal, who plays guard for the Violets, recorded a team-high three steals. Senior captain and center Andy Stein
and sophomore guard Ryan Tana also reached double figures in points. Stein contributed 15 points, five rebounds and five assists while Tana scored 10 points and recorded five assists. Yaffe and Stockmal had another great game against the Case Western Reserve Spartans
yesterday. With a career-best 36 points, Yaffe scored the secondhighest point total by an NYU player in the past 22 years. The third-year forward also led the team with seven rebounds. “We were able to get the ball to Carl when he was open and he shot extraordinarily well,”
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Alum leads cancer support organization By Brittany VanBibber At just 16, Tommy Head was on a medical mission. The Stern graduate started the Childhood Cancer Society, a nonprofit organization that supports families with children who have cancer through gift donations and helps with medical bills. Two other current NYU students, Tisch senior Adam Butterfield and Steinhardt senior Chelsea Cohen, work with Head, who graduated last spring. Butterfield volunteers as chief fundraising officer, while Cohen is the fundraising coordinator. Cohen also created the Good Vibes T-shirts that CSS sells for donations. “Our main goal is to help families struggling with childhood cancer in whatever way we can,” Head said. “We focus on donations that directly help the family and the patient.” Head’s interest in childhood cancer began at age seven, when he was diagnosed with a low platelet count. Originally,
doctors thought Head had leukemia, so he spent a lot of time in hospitals around children with cancer. After extensive blood work, lab technicians determined Head had Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, a condition of having abnormally low platelet count of an unknown cause that is not cancer. Head then realized he wanted to help children afflicted by cancer. “People really do feel good about what they’re [donating] because they know that the people involved truly believe in the message and the cause,” Head said. “It’s not a business. It’s very much so a cause that we believe very strongly in.” Last week, the CCS team participated in the Showtime Walk of Shameless competition, where they each walked on treadmills for 12 hours at a time to raise money. People from all over texted and tweeted for the participants
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