NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
washington square news Vol. 40, No. 15
OWS celebrates Valentine’s Day
wednesday, february 15, 2012
nyunews.com
Short fire on second street; students evacuate
By Emily Yang Occupy Wall Street occupied Saint Valentine’s Day. Washington Square Park became a base for Occupiers who gathered to celebrate Valentine’s Day in a different way. Revolutionary Games, a group of Occupiers dedicated to building revolutionary and non-violent games online and in public, set up a mattress in the middle of the park as part of their Who Are You In Bed With event and spent the afternoon relaxing on and around it. Alexandre Carvalho, a graduate of the NYU master’s program in global public health, helped to haul in the mattress. He said the group uses games and art as a way to bring attention to the movement. “We create games that are potentially viral, creative, non-violent and still revolutionary because our struggle is on the plane of culture,”
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Over 33 units responded to the Second Street fire. Students were evacuated with no NYU injuries reported. By Julie DeVito and Amy Zhang A fire broke out on the second floor of the building adjacent to NYU’s Second Street residence hall shortly after 11 p.m. yesterday. Over 138 firefighters responded to the alarm, extinguishing the flames at 1:30 a.m. today. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, and three civilians were treated at the scene.
No members of the NYU community were harmed. Residents of Second Street said they smelled the smoke long before the alarm sounded in the building. Shortly after midnight the on-scene fire chief asked for the residence hall to be evacuated. Many students were already preparing for bed when they heard the alarm sound.
Exhibit honors fashion’s history By Heather Mundinger The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology held a press preview last Thursday for a new exhibit entitled IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA, which opened to the public the following day. Co-curated by Patricia Mears, deputy director of The Museum at FIT, and Diane von Furstenberg, president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America and designer extraordinaire, the exhibit showcases some of the most influential works in American fashion produced over the past half-century. It is one thing to view an exhibit of this magnitude alone, but when experienced through the guidance of the curators and designers featured in the exhibit themselves, it be-
“At 11:30 I smelled something, but I just thought that it was waffles because I was hungry,” CAS senior Emma Celano said. “I went to bed and woke up at 12:15 to the alarms.” According to firefighters, the flames spread from the second floor of 21 E. Second St., through a shaft to the fourth floor of the building. Firefighters forced three rooms of the
CFDA exhibits influential fashion from the past 50 years. comes an entirely new experience. Von Furstenberg walked through the exhibit pointing out her favorites, among which was a stunning animal print jacket by Donald Brooks. Also in attendance were Donna
Karan, Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta and Tory Burch, all of whom had pieces featured in the collection. From the casual cool designs of Michael Kors
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Globetrotters embrace Valentine’s Day spirit
By Mary Jane Dumankaya
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NYU residence hall open to ascertain whether the fire had spread between the buildings, NYU spokesman John Beckman said. No fire damage to residence hall was reported. After seeing the flames, Tisch junior Sean McIlraith said he ran up to his room to grab his laptop. Other students stood
The first 100 women to walk past the top steps of Penn Station at 12:30 p.m. on Valentine’s Day received a big surprise. Paul “Tiny” Sturgess and Herbert “Flight Time” Lang of the Harlem Globetrotters handed out valentines to female pedestrians, most of whom were attending the Westminster Kennel Club 136th Annual Dog Show at 34th Street and Seventh Avenue. “We’re just out here doing a little promoting and making some ladies happy for Valentine’s Day,” Lang said. The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that puts on a performance for
the audience with comedy, theatrics and tricks. “It was pretty cool because they’re famous,” said Colton Bourne, the youngest son of one of the lucky women. At the Valentine’s Day surprise event, Sturgess dwarfed his 6-foot3-inch teammate, Lang. Sturgess is the world’s tallest professional basketball player, standing at 7 feet 8 inches tall. Dressed in the classic star-patterned uniform, Sturgess could be seen from blocks away. The British native joined the Harlem Globetrotters last year with Jonte “Too Tall” Hall who, at 5 feet 2 inches tall, is the shortest player on the Globetrotters.
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