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Students protest law school response By MARK SOLOGUREN Contributing Writer
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The Coalition on Law & Representation at NYU has recently revealed that students who have expressed support for the Statement of No Confidence in former legal adviser of the State Department Harold Hongju Koh may have been subject to intimidation by faculty, both within and outside NYU. The Statement of No Confidence was organized by over 190 NYU Law students, faculty and alumni, as well as students of other NYU schools and various members of the community and opposes Koh’s presence at NYU Law. The statement criticizes his role as a professor of international human rights law and distinguished scholar-in-residence for the current academic year. Also noted was Koh’s significant role as the legal architect
Heather Lind talks ‘Turn’ The NYU alumna discusses her role on the new AMC series ‘Turn: Washington’s Spies.’ STORY on PG. 4
Food blogs to whet your appetite Want some new recipies? Need to pick a place for dinner? Check out these fun, tasty food blogs. STORY on PG. 5
Opinion: Yelp can protect consumers Editor Tess Woosley discusses the usefulness of Yelp for informing diners of health risks. STORY on PG. 7
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Biopic does not live up to subject By IFE OLUJOBI Senior Editor
Recent international events, including those involving Charlie Hebdo, Pussy Riot and the North Korean threats against Sony, have shown that the basic human right to freedom of expression is under attack. “Desert Dancer,” a new film directed by Richard Raymond, adds another story to the pattern of oppression from Iran — a country with a deep history of censorship. The movie follows Afshin Ghaffarian, an Iranian dancer who risked his life to form an underground dance troupe and put on a performance in the desert, despite surveillance, threats and abuse from the Iranian government. The story
begins when Afshin, played by Reece Ritchie, enters the University of Tehran during the 2009 presidential elections. After gaining illegal Internet access, Afshin searches for dance videos and tutorials, showing them to his new friends, including Tom Cullen of “Downtown Abbey” as Ardavan, who agree to secretly practice dance together. Their law breaking seems mostly harmless until the mysterious Elaheh (Freida Pinto) follows the group to their hideout and auditions for the troupe. They are reluctant to let this stranger in, but her talent and helpfulness earns the group’s trust. At the same time, the elections lead to protests and government crackdowns on illegal
activities, including artistic expression. Afshin and his friends plan a performance in the desert, but their defiance puts government officials on Afshin’s tail, and he must escape Iran before he is killed. Matters are further complicated by Elaheh’s heavy drug use. The real-life Ghaffarian is a hero whose story deserves to be told, but one wishes it was in a film more dynamic than this one. Much of the acting feels stiff and flat, too focused on maintaining a respectful Iranian accent than being emotive in a scene. The only actor who evokes nuanced emotion is Pinto, but even she is limited by the simplistic writing and weak
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NYU Langone affiliates with Lutheran Medical By ANNE CRUZ Contributing Writer
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NYU Law hosted a panel on the classification of sex offenders.
Panel examines sex crimes laws, registry By LEXI FAUNCE Staff Writer
Experts presented arguments against the broad spectrum of classified sex offenders and the stigma attached to the variety of violators at a panel hosted by NYU Review of Law and Social Change on Monday. According to the panel, strict sex offender registration laws have impacted the lives of over 800,000 American children and adults. Since the 1990s, most states have passed laws outlining where sex offenders should live, who they are permitted to see and what jobs they could hold. Panelist David Feige said the number of people classified as sex offenders has increased as a result of the federal government enacting harsher and broader laws. He said even though sex crimes now constitute a wide variety of offenses, the stigma surrounding the sex offender label creates unnecessary biases toward people on the registry who committed non-sexual crimes in childhood. “The sex offender category is expanding in some troubling ways,” Feige said. “From peeing in public to being a serial pedophile, the sex offender label casts an enormous net that traps harmless people into the stereotype of child rapists.” Feige added that these laws are rarely reformed because of the sensitive nature of the subject and a widespread lack of interest in the topic. “Nobody really wants to look at it,” Feige said. “That is why sex offender laws in particular, despite being a wave of change, have been out of reach for most reform discussions.” Panelists also discussed the 2006 Adam Walsh Act, which required offenders to include personal information concerning their cases in the Sex Offender Registry. David Patten, a
member of the panel said the act limited individual freedom. “These harsh laws have now become layered on top of already strict conditions such as probation requirements and federal and state regulations,” Patten said. “Some of the most extreme cases may even require offenders to wear GPS tracking devices and prohibit the use of smart phones. These people walk around with this label every minute, of every day, with a sense that they are never fully free.” Nicole Pittman, an expert on the effects of sex offender laws on children, said 200,000 of the 800,000 members on registered sex offender lists in the United States are under the age of 18. She said placing children on the list creates a barrier that limits opportunities for education, employment and housing. “We need to get children off of these registries,” Pittman said. “But lawmakers could never understand the harm it is causing. It’s not have we gone too far, or where do we need to go, it’s how we find our way out. We have completely annihilated generations of children and their families by placing minors on registries.” NYU Law student Gia Park said the stereotypes involving sex offenders were not justifiable, and the discussion advocated for the fair treatment of minors. “Lawmakers need to establish more suitable regulations in order to combat truly dangerous offenders while giving children a rightfully deserved opportunity for life outside the stigma of being a sex offender,” Park said. “Strict policies will not make neighborhoods safer when they are being implemented on peaceful groups.” Email Lexi Faunce at news@nyunews.com.
After months of working with governmental regulatory agencies, NYU Langone Medical Center was approved to become an affiliate with the Lutheran Medical Center on Wednesday. The plans for affiliation were announced by the two hospitals in November, and have since begun collaborating in pediatric care in preparation for the full integration. Lutheran Medical Center, located in southwest Brooklyn, now operates as NYU Lutheran and has been incorporated into the NYU Langone healthcare network. Langone and Lutheran will operate as independent hospitals, but Langone will now have the authority to influence who serves on Lutheran’s board, approve their operating and capital budgets, approve sales or acquisitions of assets and repeal or adopt by-laws. Lutheran includes a main medical center, a family health center and other points of access for outpatient care, rehabilitation and medical housing. Lutheran medical center also offers residency programs and graduate medical education programs in partnership with NYU’s College of Dentistry and other accredited universities. Langone spokesperson Lisa Greiner said the new affiliation al-
lows local residents to get higher quality care in a quicker. “This affiliation paves the way for both institutions to address the changing healthcare environment by providing the standard of care New Yorkers expect and deserve conveniently within their own neighborhoods,” Greiner said. “Brooklyn residents who currently travel to Manhattan for primary and specialty care can now benefit from early and more frequent interventions locally from NYU Lutheran specialists.” NYU Lutheran also boasts strong cultural competency, offering liaisons for Arabic, Chinese and Orthodox Jewish communities. They also offer special services for Arab, Chinese, Jewish, Russian, Spanish and LGBTQ patients and their families. In a press release from Langone released Wednesday, Lutheran president and CEO Wendy Goldstein said the affiliation would enable the hospital to continue providing quality service to its patients. “We are extremely excited to affiliate with the great faculty and staff at NYU Langone,” Goldstein said. “This new chapter for Lutheran is an important step in delivering the highest quality care possible to one of the New York City metropolitan area’s most diverse communities.” By expanding to an outer bor-
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Grossman, left, of NYU Langone and Goldstein of NYU Lutheran. ough, the Langone Health System hopes to bring high-quality healthcare to those who would otherwise travel into Manhattan for treatment. Because of the affiliation, Langone can now provide its services to patients located in underserved areas near Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The affiliation could also open more opportunities for medical students hoping to secure residencies or observations in a hospital with NYU’s name. LS freshman Victoria Porada said the merging of the two hospitals could be advantageous to NYU students. “I think that the affiliation between NYU Langone and the Lutheran Medical Center could be really beneficial to both hospitals if done right,” Porada said. “I think that both of the hospital staffs can learn from each other and it will provide NYU students with more medical resources, whether for premed, med students or students who are seeking out care.” Email Anne Cruz at news@nyunews.com.
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behind the Obama administration’s drone program, which has been increasingly scrutinized throughout its six-year operation for its lack of transparency. The program has drawn further criticism for its purported culpability for thousands of civilian casualties in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Students advocating against Koh claim they have been receiving private emails from professors, advisers and program managers soliciting withdrawal of their support. On April 3, the CoLR released a letter criticizing the alleged intimidation tactics employed against the students, as well as reiterating the value of their engagement and opinion. “We are troubled by the faculty’s tactics because they worked,” the letter reads. “We spoke with students who withdrew or withheld their support not because they disagreed with the statement, but because they were concerned with reprisal. At least one prominent faculty member has repeatedly denounced the petition to his class, leveraging his authority as a leader and a professor to silence the issue in exactly the environment in which it should be freely discussed.”
Student signatories on the Statement of No Confidence have been removed from the public version of the document and will be added once the petition is delivered, after the grading period. Koh himself said the private correspondence with WSN was the first time CoLR’s letter had been made known to him. “As far as I know, faculty originally reached out to students to tell them they had gotten their facts wrong,” Koh said. “Apparently, they viewed that as intimidation.” NYU Law public affairs director Michael Orey said the university guarantees freedom of expression for all its members, adding that requesting students to take into account a different approach is not a threatening tool. “We fully respect and support the rights of members of our community to express their views,” Orey said. “Some members of that community — including NYU Law faculty and administrators — have voiced individual support for Harold Koh in the wake of a studentled statement of no confidence in him. Asking others to consider different perspectives should not be regarded
as intimidation.” NYU Law Dean Trevor Morrison also reached out to the law school community, addressing the allegations made by students against faculty. He accepted that the accusations were made in good faith, but ultimately said they were unfounded and the product of miscommunication and misunderstanding. “I am confident that no member of our faculty intended the expression of his or her opinions to be construed as intimidation,” Morrison said. “Certainly I did not. To be clear, no student faces any penalty for supporting the statement.” Morrison, on behalf of the administration, invited students to provide information about alleged intimidation. “Academic freedom requires space to express contrary views,” Morrison said. “Just as all members of our community, students and faculty alike, enjoy a broad freedom to voice opinions on matters of public concern, so too do they enjoy a right — truly, an obligation — to contest, challenge and dispute the views with which they disagree.” Email Mark Sologuren at news@nyunews.com.
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By MARY ANN ODETE Contributing Writer
NYU alumna Heather Lind returned to her alma mater for a screening of the first two episodes of “Turn: Washington’s Spies’” second season. Set during the Revolutionary War, “Turn” follows farmer Abe Woodhull (Jamie Bell), dramatizing his involvement in the Culper Ring, a spy network tasked with finding information on the British. Anna, played by Lind, is the Ring’s headstrong, intelligent female member. WSN: How does coming back to NYU feel? HL: It feels great, this school’s done amazing things for me as a person and as an artist and I feel it is always here to nurture me. WSN: What drew you to your character, Anna Strong? HL: Initially, what drew me to her was really how little I knew about her. I did not realize she was a real person or that this character was based on a real
person until about the third audition I had for it. So I was really excited about this heroine in history I had never heard of, and I always kind of liked to look at parts as puzzles, and I liked not having a lot of info and having to kind of search it out. I really admired her strength of purpose and her bravery and what she was willing to risk for what she believed in. It really inspired me.
WSN: What should we expect this season? HL: This season, you can expect a lot more action. I think last season we found a way to develop the characters and make the spy ring kind of complete, and this season it feels like we are just pressing all the boundaries. We’re going beyond Long Island, to England, to Philadelphia, and we are kind of expanding the conflict into a broader place, and there is a lot more risk taking. WSN: Why should people watch? HL: I think what it does is it make history current, and
I know it sounds like a nerdy thing to say, but I think in the time where our culture is really contemporary and kind of pop-y and trendy and fast, I think it’s helpful to remember the revolutions and the changes that happened before us. Beyond that, it’s just a really relatable story about people and love and family. The way we understand history is that it’s a lot of old people with white hair making these decisions and actually there was a group of really young people that we’re telling this story about. I think all revolutionaries begin some way as rebels. It’s kind of a story about what it is to grow up and participate in your society and your world. WSN: What are your future plans? HL: I’m doing a play, starting rehearsals next month at MTC [Manhattan Theatre Club] and have a film coming out in the fall, but mostly just keep working and finding new things. Email Mary Ann Odete at entertainment@nyunews.com.
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characterization in a subplot that is at best one of a rote love interest and at worst a reductive portrait of addiction. In terms of biopics, this one picks a riveting time in Ghaffarian’s life to dramatize, but the plot turns are too easily anticipated and thus lose their emotional impact. Viewers’ sympathies remain with the protagonist, but it is difficult to be immersed in his escape knowing that he leaves behind friends who sacrificed their safety to protect him. Some of the film’s problems are masked by well filmed dance sequences. The titular desert dance, for example, is a prolonged centerpiece for the film that is symbolic and lovely to watch. Raymond has an eye for capturing movement in abstract, lyrical shots, even though the music selection sometimes distracts from the subtlety of the camera work and the dancing. “Desert Dancer” is a film that, based only on the merit of its subject matter, deserves attention. In practice, the film is an unexceptional drama, and an hour of Internet research into
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Toro y Moi’s “What For?” is his fourth studio album.
Toro y Moi departs from shoegaze sound By LOGAN BAKER Staff Writer
Chillwave creeped into mainstream indie music in 2011, when producers like Neon Indian and Washed Out began releasing remixes of popular songs that were slowed down and looped with ambient synthesizers and filtered vocals. Toro y Moi stands at the forefront of the genre, continuing its success with the April 7 release of “What For?” Chaz Bundick, the musician behind Toro y Moi, diverged from the roots of the trippy genre he helped promulgate with 2013’s psychedelic, neo-soul tinged “Anything in Return.” On “What For?,” Bundick wanders even further from that label into a ’70s-inspired collection of tunes closer to an Electric Light Orchestra B-Side than the former shoegaze-inspired sound. Ditching the synth and electric piano for a more classic band set up, Bundick recruited Unknown Mortal Orchestra guitarist Ruban Nielson and singer-songwriter Julian Lynch to help record an album that blends Bundick’s familiar voice with strippeddown instrumentation that could not be further from the dreamy sound he is known for. Drawn-out riffs on album closer “Yeah Right” would not seem out of place looped around the production in his 2010 debut “Causers of This.” Singles “Buffalo” and “Empty Nesters” balance well-orchestrated drum snaps with a swirling mix of guitars and Bundick’s trademark melodic vocals. Bundick places
his voice alongside the flow in short simple bursts of wisdom, showing prowess as a vocalist as well as a musician and a producer. The standout single “Empty Nesters” deals with the logistics of leaving for tour and leaving home for an extended period of time. The refrain deals with feelings of leaving the only place you know for greener pastures, a topic most can relate to. With lyrics like “Did you meet with your adviser?/Do you still draw in the margins?/Bubble letters reading ‘What for?’/ And I wish I had a stand-in,” listeners hear an artist reflecting on the difficult transition into independence that comes with growing up. The result is astonishing and true to Toro y Moi’s past while pushing Bundick in a new musical direction. While the album does have impressive highs that fans of Bundick will be able to appreciate, “What For?” suffers from the occasional lackluster moment. The 10-track album runs slightly under 40 minutes and has moments that fail to propel his sound forward. When an artist tries to achieve the sonic diversity Bundick wants, moments such as “Lilly” and “Half Dome” only serve to confuse the listener. Although not as successful as previous albums, “What For?” is another interesting development from the mind of Bundick, and as far as transition albums go, it stumbles rather gracefully. Email Logan Baker at music@nyunews.com.
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Union Square eatery offers fresh meals, deals By CRISTINA FRAGA Contributing Writer
If you are looking for a fresh, healthy place to eat near Union Square, Darrow’s Farm Fresh Takeout should not be missed. Darrow’s, which offers the opportunity to taste organic products from the local Union Square Greenmarket, opened two months ago and is already available on Seamless, Caviar and Tapingo. Owner Peter Darrow created the restaurant to honor his father, who was diagnosed with cancer when Peter was 22 years old. Julie Starr, the restaurant’s nutritionist, plays a huge role in choosing what the best options are for a nutrient-rich and healthy meal. Take out is available on the first
floor, where one can see the entire kitchen. The lunch menu comprises different salads, burgers and sandwiches, and you can build your own meal, which can contain both hot and cold items mixed together. The dinner menu has more options, including main courses with side orders and desserts. Gluten free and plant-based meal options are offered as well. If you want to do some shopping before or after your meal, check out the Darrow’s Market area. This section of the restaurant sells organic products such as kale chia chips, teas and other healthy items. There is also a juice bar that offers different types of healthy, nutritious juices and smoothies on tap where you do not have to wait in long lines.
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Darrow’s features a number of healthy dishes such as avocado toast, pictured on the right. If you want to dine in at the restaurant, the second floor contains many small tables. During lunch, iPads are placed at each table so customers can look over and order from the menu virtually. Darrow wanted to incorpo-
cated at 18th Street between Park Avenue and Irving Place, and is quickly becoming a favorite for NYU students. Email Cristina Fraga at dining@nyunews.com.
Food blogs highlight best food in city
Skip Pret to make your own granola pot
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By KENDALL LEVISON Staff Writer New York City is full of chains that specialize in grab-and-go food. While they can be convenient, they are often pricey. With just a bit of effort, however, you can recreate these foods on a budget. Take the Blueberry Granola Pot from Pret A Manger, for example. The combination of Greek yogurt, fruit compote and granola makes for a great light breakfast or afternoon snack. But for $3.59, the treat can become an expensive habit. Luckily, all its components are cheap and easy to make, so you can make the dish yourself. Homemade granola is not only simple, but also healthier than most storebought varieties, which are loaded with sugar and fat. The blueberry compote calls for inexpensive and readily available frozen berries, and you can use the extra as a topping for pancakes and ice cream or in a smoothie. Making this dish at home gives you more flexibility because you can control the proportion of each ingredient yourself. The recipe below makes enough for about six granola pots at a price of $1.51 per serving. That is less than half of what you would pay at Pret, with a savings of $2.08 for each serving.
rate some aspects of a traditional restaurant experience, however, so the dinner menu is offered on paper. Darrow’s is a great deal for NYU students because it accepts Campus Cash. It is conveniently lo-
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The blueberry granola pot is an easy dish to recreate. Better-Than-Pret Blueberry Granola Pots Cook Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes Ingredients: 3 cups rolled oats 1 1/2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut 1/2 cup cashews, coarsely chopped 1/4 cup shelled pumpkin seeds 2 tbsp. olive oil 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 cup honey 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 large egg white 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1 bag frozen blueberries 1/4 cup sugar 2 tbsp. lemon juice Greek yogurt, for serving 1. For granola: Preheat your oven to 300 degrees. Combine all ingredients except the egg white and cranberries in a large bowl, stirring to combine. Whisk the egg white in a small bowl with a fork until frothy.
Many of us resort to using Yelp or Google when we are in a pinch for finding a the best nearby restaurant or a good recipe, but sometimes a blind search is unreliable. Referring to food blogs can solve this problem. Whether you need a recipe on a budget or want to know if that new restaurant is really worth its prices, food bloggers do the hard work for you and can give you answers. Try turning to these five New York City food blogs so you won’t have to waste your time, money or appetite again.
Food by Skyler Add to the other ingredients, making sure to mix well. Spread the mixture in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. 2. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes. Halfway through baking, stir the granola carefully while trying to keep larger clumps together. When it is evenly browned and feels dry to the touch, the granola is done. Cool completely, then stir in cranberries. 3. For the compote: Combine half the blueberries with sugar and lemon juice in a small pot. Cook over a medium heat for about 10 minutes. Add the rest of the blueberries and cook for 8 more minutes, stirring frequently. Cool completely. 4. To assemble pots: Add a few tablespoons of compote to the bottom of a small bowl or jar. Top with about half a cup of yogurt, then sprinkle on as much granola as you would like. Email Kendall Levison at dining@nyunews.com.
NYU alumna Skyler Bouchard began her blog in October 2012 to show off her cooking and dining experiences as a student in New York City. Since then, she has gained a tremendous following on her website and Instagram @nycdining, later beginning NYU Spoon, a branch of the website Spoon University that answers all food-related questions for college students. Both websites offer relatable and reliable advice on cooking and dining for college students in New York City.
The Infatuation This blog and Instagram has become one of New York City’s most trusted sources for restaurant suggestions. What started as a blog by music industry workers Chris Stang and Andrew Steinthal, who wanted to document the various restaurants they visited, turned into an entire empire that also caters to crowds in San Francisco, Denver and Chicago. Though the blog has grown,
the writers pride themselves on not being professional food critics and their simple writing style for “anyone who is serious about food but doesn’t take food too seriously.”
Not Eating Out in New York There are many reasons to avoid eating out, especially when you are on a budget or are health-conscious. Cathy Erway decided to escape the New York City restaurant scene, and created her blog in an attempt to preserve the creativity and art that can be found in food. All of Erway’s recipes are original and contain mainly local, seasonal and healthy ingredients.
Eating in Translation As one of the most diverse cities in the world, New York City represents many countries and cuisines in its restaurant scene. Dave Cook began his blog in 2005 as a collection of field notes to cover food from all over the world that can all be found in or near the city. Cook tries food that is foreign to him and lets readers know if it is worth giving a try.
Smitten Kitchen As college students living in New York City, most NYU students do not have a lot to work with when it comes to cooking. Deb Perelman began her blog from her 80-squarefoot kitchen to show off how many cooking creations could come out of such a small space. Perelman avoids excessive and pricey ingredients, even featuring a section of recipes on her website for those who are on a budget. Email Natalia Barr at dining@nyunews.com.
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Department of Health should utilize Yelp By TESS WOOSLEY Opinion Editor
Yelp helps consumers across the country find restaurants that fit their needs based on customer reviews and basic information, such as hours or location. In some cities, namely San Francisco, the website has gone a step further by including health inspection scores for eateries on their Yelp pages. These scores have been available on many city or county websites for years, but not having them on Yelp, which has 135 million visitors every month, is a missed opportunity. This publicity would create a higher incentive for restaurant owners to stay up to code. Health departments across the country should aim to use Yelp and other social media to better public health. Despite the fact that Yelp consulted with New York City officials when creating the format for inspection results, restaurants in the city do not yet have these scores on their Yelp pages. However, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is successfully using the site to identify unreported foodborne illnesses by contacting Yelp users who post reviews complaining of food poisoning
or stomach problems. This identification can help shut down dangerous restaurants and minimize costs associated with public health investigations. All cases of food poisoning are required to be reported in New York City, but this rarely happens. Many people are unaware of reporting methods or elect to wait out minor foodborne illnesses instead of going to the doctor. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that there are 48 million foodborne illnesses nationally each year, yet less than two percent of these cases are directly reported to the agency. Consumers have turned to Yelp to report their illnesses, and it is up to health departments to adapt. Even though Yelp’s system of reporting is not without problems, New York City should still proactively include health inspection scores. San Francisco formerly did not list the date of inspec-
tion for the health scores, which understandably angered some restaurant owners who had worked to correct the violations. But Yelp quickly adapted by posting the date along with the score. In contrast, city governments are large bureaucracies that cannot update or change websites as quickly. San Francisco also has a more intuitive rating system than most cities where restaurants are given a score out of 100 that mimics school assignment grades. Under New York’s system, a perfect score is zero and an “A” rating corresponds to a score of zero to thirteen with varying numbers of points added for different violations. This is far less descriptive for the average consumer. A universal ratings system across the country, in addition to its other benefits, would make posting scores on Yelp fairer and minimize confusion. Health departments should recognize that private companies have provided a more efficient platform for both distributing information and reporting illnesses caused by restaurants. Working with these services will save them both time and money. Email Tess Woosley at twoosley@nyunews.com.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Military alone will not stop terrorism
By KENNY KYUNGHOON LEE Contributing Writer
Despite global military efforts to thwart extremist groups worldwide, numerous organizations have continued to gain traction by brutally competing for more attention. AlShabab’s recent attack in northern Kenya is another reminder that radical terrorism cannot be stopped by military interventions alone. In response to this attack, which claimed nearly 150 innocent lives at Garissa University College, the Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to respond to the attack “in the severest way possible.” However, waging retaliatory wars may not be the best way to cripple radical terrorist organizations. The Western world has generalized these organizations simply as different branches of radical Islam, given their similarities in policies and tactics, but they emerged from very distinct situations of turmoil. Al-Shabab, for instance, originates from the prolonged chaos of state collapse in Somalia, and Boko Haram has its roots in chronic poverty in northern Nigeria. As long as these regional prob-
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lems remain, even if Al-Shabab or Boko-Haram is defeated, other radical groups will continue to emerge. Nonetheless, military intervention seems necessary in the face of crimes against humanity committed by extremist organizations. When the videos of ISIS militants destroying the priceless artifacts in Mosul Museum in Iraq appeared in March, the United Nations Security Council strongly denounced the inaction of global powers. It is indeed the responsibility of world leaders to take more active roles in bringing any individual or organization committing such heinous acts to justice. However, they should be cautious when using force as a reactionary policy because it often exacerbates the existing political situation without tackling the systemic issues. The military interventions of U.S.-
led coalition forces in Iraq failed to enforce peace and stability in the region, creating instead a political void that gradually disintegrated into disorder. The sectarian conflicts in northern Iraq in the wake of this turmoil gave rise to ISIS. Precedents have shown that without addressing the root cause of extremism, eradicating an existing extremist group by force will merely lead to a rise of another. Finding the true causes of extremism is challenging, but a 2013 study by Vision of Humanity, a think tank for global peace, found hostility between identity groups, high levels of political instability and weak government authority as three common factors within countries of higher levels of terrorism. Military interventions may thwart imminent threats, but to put an end to the persistence of extremist ideology and organizations, world leaders must find a way to help establish the political stability, intergroup cohesion and legitimacy of the state in their neighboring nations. Email Kenny Kyunghoon Lee at opinion@nyunews.com.
STAFF EDITORIAL
Flubbed story shows need for campus reform Rolling Stone has retracted its controversial November 2014 story “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA” following the results of a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism independent investigation published Sunday. The report found that issues at every stage of the reporting and editing processes contributed to the magazine’s mishandling of the story. Doubts of the story’s accuracy originally arose when the Washington Post published a piece presenting facts that essentially made the story implausible as told in the article written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely. Unfortunately, this sort of gross mishandling negatively affects the way people perceive victims’ stories. Procedures for reporting and investigating sexual assault on college campuses must be amended in order to better deal with these situations and make sure that both those falsely accused and actual victims see justice. The editors at the magazine chose to go ahead without confirming the attacker’s identity in any way, but named the fraternity where the attack supposedly occurred — Phi Kappa Psi. The UVA chapter of the national fraternity is now, rightfully, planning to sue Rolling Stone for damaging its reputation. This decisively shifts responsibility to the magazine instead of to the alleged victim. The co-authors of the Columbia report also stressed that Rolling Stone was at fault for the inaccuracies in the story, not Jackie, the story’s subject. This incident highlights the importance in protecting the identity of both the accused and accuser until a full investigation is completed by either the university or police. With the recent revelations about sexual assault on college campuses, many colleges, including NYU, have clarified descriptions of sexual assault, intensified punishments and increased awareness of options and safe spaces. NYU has updated its sexual misconduct, relationship violence and stalking policy to clarify forbidden activities, streamlined reporting processes and expanded support. The newly established Center for Sexual Misconduct Support Services provides a single point of contact, which is designed to support victims and protect their confidentiality with help from dedicated counselors, support facilitators and trained investigators. NYU’s new sexual assault training is part of this initiative. Erdely’s concerns about retraumatizing the victim led to unverified facts and accounts. Ultimately, a story that was meant to shed light on the very real issue of campus rape ended up causing harm. Managing editor Will Dana, in Rolling Stone’s initial response to claims questioning the veracity of Jackie’s story, published an apology wherein they said “there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie’s account” and “our trust in her was misplaced.” In implying that Jackie was not trustworthy, Rolling Stone participated in the culture of victim-blaming that they claimed to condemn. Although the magazine later revised the wording of this statement, the damage had already been done. Here, journalistic failures are to blame, not the victims. Despite this failure, the fallout from this particular highprofile example should not discourage other victims from coming forward.
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