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NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 41, No. 34

MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013

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Hepatitis A reported in local restaurant By NEELA QADIR

RACHEL LIQUINDOLI FOR WSN

Annual pillow fight hits Washington Square Park Thousands of people toting pillows, some wearing costumes, converged on Washington Square Park on Saturday for the eighth annual New York pillow fight. The fight is part of International Pillow Fight Day, which takes place in 22 cities around the globe.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: BEST OUTDOOR HIKING FINDS FOR FITNESS:

Get some fresh air, explore the outdoors and get fit with these great hiking spots in and near the city. VIA FACEBOOK.COM

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NEW NYU LAW SCHOOL DEAN ANNOUNCED:

Columbia law professor Trevor Morrison will replace NYU Law dean Richard Revesz at the end of May. COURTESY OF NYU

Alta, a Mediterranean bistro located in the West Village, has come under scrutiny after reports revealed that a restuarant food handler tested positive for hepatitis A. Customers who ate dessert at Alta between March 23 to April 2 have been warned by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to get the hepatitis A vaccine as a precaution. “We are working closely with the health department to ensure the safety of our customers. This is an isolated incident, and the infected employee is no longer on premises,” said Alta owner Christopher Chesnutt in a press statement. Yesterday, the univeresity sent an email notifying students about the Health Department’s investigation into the restaurant. The email provided students and faculty with locations where they could receive a hepatitis A vaccine. The university recom-

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ONLINE VIDEOS CAN BE USED FOR EDUCATION:

Though many believe YouTube videos merely provide entertainment, some channels are valuable educational tools. CICCONET on PG. 7

University rugby team rises in popularity By FRANCISCO NAVAS

Rugby football, a game of elegance and aggression, originated in the early 19th century and is played worldwide. The same basic rules apply to rugby union and rugby league, two distinctive forms of rugby: get the ball over the line for a 5-point try. Started in 1996 by a group of Stern graduate students and later combined with other NYU graduate schools, the Stern Rugby Football Club kicked off competitive rugby play in NYU. Since then, the NYU rugby scene has been steadily growing as interest expands. After years of being only adjuncts to the graduate team, Old Violet — led by senior and team captain Yuriy Trimba, and until recently coached by SCPS graduate student Gary Mc-

Cormick — has been trying to organize its team of undergraduates to become an official school club. It continues to seek members. Playing officially as a sevens team — a truncated form of rugby with seven players on each team instead of 12 or 15 — since the 2012 spring semester, the men completed their first tournament in late November of that year, where they were knocked off in the semi-finals by a stiff Canadian side. “We finally got to play undergrads … and got a taste of real college rugby. It was also a fun experience to be the sole leader on the field,” said Trimba, who usually shares his captain duties with a graduate student when they play joint 15s, rugby with 15 players. Old Violet is comprised of play-

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JEREMY STEBENS FOR WSN

NYU rugby players race across the field in heated competition.


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