NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
washington square news Vol. 40, No. 28
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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Islamic leaders support NYPD
Coastal cities face higher risk of flooding By Kristine Itliong
By Eric Benson
New York City may see another storm sooner than previously expected. A recent study found that global warming and rising sea levels along the Northeastern coast will put coastal cities at risk for flood damage from different storm surges and hurricanes at a pace twice as fast as the global rate. To analyze the effects of this climate change, four researchers surveyed models of New York City — one of many coastal cities at risk. Located at the vertex of the right angle made by Long Island and New Jersey, Manhattan is a prime location for hurricanes and storm surges. “Although New York is a very dense metropolitan area, people may not be well aware of the risk, as hurricanes don’t come to this region often,” said Ning Lin, a
The American Islamic Leadership Coalition, a group of North American Muslim leaders and organizations, held a press conference at the New York Police Department headquarters yesterday. They expressed their support of recent NYPD-sponsored surveillance that investigated Muslim organizations in the New York area, including student groups at NYU. Speakers denounced civil rights groups including the Council on American-Islamic Relations that have condemned the NYPD‘s recent surveillance of Muslim communities. “We are not here to criticize the NYPD, but rather to thank them for the monitoring of extremists that the Muslims should be doing,” said M. Zuhdi Jasser, founder and president of the
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NYU holds panel discussion on documentary filmmaking Female filmmakers shared their experience of working in the industry last night.
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New burger joint is a job well done OVERALL Affordibility
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‘Yemen’ overcomes middling plot
By Clio McConnell
Service Atmosphere Quality of Food Menu Variety
By Michelle Lim The already raved-about burger chain, Five Napkin Burger, has made its grand entrance at Union Square. It syncs perfectly with the youthful atmosphere of 14th Street and is minutes away from several NYU dorms. In 2003, founders Andy D’Amico and Simon Oren started out by opening their first Five Napkin Burger on the Upper West Side. They quickly became popular with their specialty and gourmet burgers. On Feb. 20, Five Napkin added its fourth New York location to one of the city’s most populous and busiest areas. This is the chain’s seventh total location. The chain offers eight different burgers, all carefully and precisely grilled to order. Its most famous selection is the Original Five Napkin Burger: 10 ounces of fresh ground beef garnished with gruyere cheese, caramelized onions and rosemary aioli. CAS sophomore Da-
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Five Napkin Burger sits conveniently between four NYU dorms. vid Chang tore into his Bacon-Cheddar burger and uniquely seasoned Tuscan fries. “The food is pretty expensive, but it tastes so good,” Chang said. “The patty is such high quality —
almost steak-like.” Paired with its original fries, the meal comes out to be $13.95, but these burgers are definitely not
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With one of the strangest movie titles this year, “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” has a plot that is similarly bizarre. Thankfully, firstrate performances by Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt will have audiences falling for it hook, line and sinker. Based on Paul Torday’s 2007 novel, Academy Awardwinning Simon Beaufoy adapted “Yemen” to the screen. The film is about making dreams come true, but largely manages to avoid causing a feeling of nausea. Any character’s success from matters of love to politics to parenting is earned through significant hardship. Indeed, to bring salmon fishing to the Yemen — a typically arid region of the Middle East — is an endeavor which necessitates obstacles. The undertaking is the pet project of Sheikh Muhammed (Amr Waked), who believes that importing a
fishing industry to his desert is equivalent to bringing peace. Blunt plays Harriet Chetwode-Talbot, the sheikh’s representative in Britain, who delivers the same sass and biting humor of Blunt’s character from “The Devil Wears Prada.” Blunt plays her role in “Yemen” as gracefully as she did alongside Meryl Streep. McGregor also succeeds as Dr. Alfred Jones, a thoroughly adorable Scotsman. Alfred is England’s top fisheries expert, and he is the epitome of a stick in the mud. McGregor can compete even with cinema’s other Jones — his skill with a fishing rod rivals Indy’s proficiency with a bullwhip, and he fills out the safari gear nearly as well. From his first contact with Harriet, Alfred decides that the sheikh’s ambition is no better than a lavish practical joke. But Alfred finds that he is forced to cooperate
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