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NYU unites for annual Relay for Life at Coles

Safety a priority in new drug policies

By Wali Mbekeani NYU hosted the 10th annual Relay for Life at Coles Sports Center last Saturday to honor the fight against cancer and to raise money to fight the disease.

A total of 75 residence halls, fraternities, sororities and other student groups, who began raising money several months ago, sent teams to Coles.

Though fund-raising will continue until Aug. 31, NYU groups have raised over $174,000. Last year, Relay for Life raised a total of $174,274. NYU Relay for Life raised $207,907 in 2007, which is currently the school record. For its for 10-year anniversary, however, NYU Relay for Life hopes to raise $208,000.

The top three fundraisers of the year are currently ZBT Gamma at $25,984, Pi Kappa Alpha at $24,928 and Colleges Against Cancer at $10,406.

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Day of dogs at Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park was once again overrun by the hottest dogs in town on Saturday as part of the biennial Dachshund Day event. The Dachshund Spring Fiesta is a free public event in which dachshund owners come out by the hundreds to socialize and show off their very own wiener dogs. Profits from T-shirt sales benefited dachshund rescue.

NYCFacets deemed most helpful in Big Apps competition

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NYCFacets facilitates navigation through NYC Open Data Catalogue. small step of having a better understanding of the datasets that the city is currently exposing.”

NYCEDC spokesman Patrick Muncie praised NYCFacets as an app that will prove to be fundamental to the development of future apps.

“NYCFacets was selected because it’s an app that makes our datasets more accessible, and in the long run that’s really going to pave the way for other programmers in order for them to make similarly creative applications,” Muncie said.

Using semantics, statistics, algorithms and what Ontodia calls “crowdknowing,” the app amassed close to 2.4 million distinct facts from all of the data in the NYC Open

Data catalog, which will allow app developers to sift through the data more easily.

Natividad noted that though the purpose of NYCFacets is to aid developers, its effects will also reach everyday New Yorkers.

“Instead of spending a lot of time combing and collating the data manually, NYC app developers can quickly find out about resources available in the city’s catalog using our various search mechanisms,” he said.

But Natividad said the developers did not expect to win the competition.

“It really took us by surprise as NYCFacets is kind of wonky and is

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By Olivia George

NYCFacets, an application designed to help other app creators, won the grand prize for Best Overall Application in the NYC BigApps 3.0 competition earlier last month.

The annual NYC BigApps competition, founded by the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications, was designed to incentivize app developers to create online and mobile applications by using public city databases. This year, the competition received a record number of 96 submissions.

Joel Natividad and Sami Baig, the two app developers behind the $10,000 prize-winning app, created NYCFacets to make it easier for app makers to navigate through the convoluted NYC Open Data catalog that stores a plethora of data.

“NYCFacets is but the first offering of Ontodia in its mission to facilitate the city’s vision for New York City to become the ‘Digital City of the Future,’” Natividad said. “With NYCFacets, we realized that this will necessarily have to start with the

After almost two semesters of outreach and research, the Students for Sensible Drug Policy at NYU have succeeded in changing the policy for reporting incidents involving alcohol and drug use at the university.

The policy, which is called “Good Samaritan,” is easier to understand than the original version, “Health and Safety-Related Emergency Considerations.” According SSDP at NYU, students who find themselves in a situation where their health or someone else’s is at risk can ask for medical assistance without facing punishment for alcohol or drug consumption.

The new policy also allows students to avoid criminal charges regardless of the number of previous drug and alcohol related offenses they have had, unlike the previous policy that only allowed first-time offenders to avoid punishment.

When you enter the Imperial Theater, home of “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” you immediately see what Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall wants her audience to focus on.

The conventional theater curtain features the sheet music of the titular song. Though Joe DiPietro has written a wickedly funny book, it is essentially a skeleton meant to prop up the heart of the show, the George Gershwin score.

This pastiche of a Jazz Age musical tells the story of Jimmy Winter (Matthew Broderick), a playboy who is getting married to avoid being disinherited. But the night before his wedding he meets Billie Bendix (Kelli O’Hara), his future love interest. Bendix is a bootlegger who steals Winter’s wallet and stashes 400 cases of gin in the basement of his Long Island mansion.

The score features Gershwin favorites such as “Fascinating

Rhythm” and “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” accompanied by the first-rate, high energy routines expected of Marshall. The cast handles the book with impeccable comic timing, with Michael McGrath shining as a bootlegger disguised as a butler and is in cahoots with Bendix.

Everything about this production’s humor is satisfyingly wellconstructed. The vision of a starryeyed O’Hara singing “Someone To Watch Over Me,” in her gorgeous, honeyed voice as she cocks a shotgun and props herself up Captain Morgan-style is one of the most pristine comic images an audience will ever witness.

As for Broderick, it has been over a decade since he flaunted his musical theater talents in “The Producers” alongside Nathan Lane. And while he is getting older — he is visibly winded at the end of the obligatory ballroom duet — he still radiates his defining and perfectly suited

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Doughnut Plant With the impending stress of finals week, Doughnut Plant provides the perfect opportunity to take a break from studying and replenish your energy with sugary goodness. The shop offers flavors like peanut butter and jelly and tres leches, so there is sure to be something for everyone to enjoy. The doughnuts are made with high-quality natural ingredients, limiting the post-binge guilt you feel after eating four doughnuts instead of studying.

Doughnut Plant is located at 379 Grand St. and 220 W. 23rd St. — Chris Saccaro

Teefury.com/Riptapparel.com Tired of picking from the same dozen pop culture T-shirts every store carries? Look no further than TeeFury and RiptApparel, which offer new, original shirts every day for $10. The shirt options are only available for 24 hours, so each custom design becomes a collector’s item. The options vary so much that there’s something for everyone. “Harry Potter” shirts are the most common, but every brand from “Parks and Recreation” and “Iron Man” has been featured and will likely cause you to buy these great quality tees at least one time.

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“BioShock” One of the most engrossing experiences of the last decade was this 2007 first person shooter game. Throwing you into the middle of the ocean following a plane crash, the game has you explore the underwater world of Rapture and discover what led to its downfall. The game captures an unparalleled sense of exploration and discovery, and despite the disappointing final level, commands players’ attention the entire way. “BioShock” is one of the most entertaining titles released to this generation; to miss it would be to miss one of the great stories of modern gaming.

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Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” While MTV is now a breeding ground for insufferable reality shows, it wasn’t long ago that the network aired some of the greatest moments in music. At the top of that list is Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged in New York” performance, which aired mere months before Kurt Cobain’s death. While the band performed many hits, the highlight was an eerily gorgeous cover of Leadbelly’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” Cobain and company demonstrated a range beyond their iconic grunge with a historic concert that may never be topped.

— Josh Johnson “Bob’s Burgers” With “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy” disappointing audiences on a comedic front and “The Cleveland Show” never being funny to begin with, “Bob’s Burgers” is the best and most underrated show on Fox’s Sunday night line-up. The dialogue, animation and voice acting work perfectly for this show about a family who runs a burger shop.

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Sing Into Spring

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This performance will feature NYU’s Choral Arts Society, Men’s Glee, Women’s Choir, University Singers, Madrigal Choir and Jazz Choir.

Tickets are $5 for students.

This concert will feature expert marimba drumming by NYU students.

Whether or not you support Occupy Wall Street, today’s general strikes and protests will be a sight to see.

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From heartache to toothache

A dentist in London is facing a jail sentence after removing all of her ex-boyfriend’s teeth. Marek Olszewski, 45, had a toothache so he scheduled an appointment with his dentist ex-girlfriend, Anna Mackowiak. Mackowiak, 35, sedated Olszewski and proceeded to pull out all of his teeth. In an interview, Mackowiak said she tried to remain professional but could not suppress her emotions and decided to seek revenge. She wrapped Olszewski’s head in bandages so he wouldn’t immediately notice the change.

Olszewski realized his teeth were missing when he returned home. His new girlfriend dumped him because she claimed she couldn’t date a man without any teeth. Mackowiak is being investigated for medical malpractice and could face three years in jail.

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NYU community mourns loss of first-year law student

By Amy Zhang Friends and family are mourning the loss of first-year NYU law student Holleh Javidan, 26, after police found her in her apartment on Washington Place last Thursday, April 19.

The New York Police Department initiated the search for Javidan after her concerned mother reported that her daughter had not been answering her messages. The NYPD deputy commissioner’s office said this was an apparent suicide, and the city’s medical examiner is currently investigating the cause of death.

After learning of Javidan’s passing, university officials asked counselors to immediately reach out to Javidan’s law school class and closest friend Mikaela Green, a CAS junior currently studying in London.

In a statement, NYU spokesman John Beckman said her death was a tragedy for the community.

“The friends and loved ones of this student are in our thoughts and our hearts at this sad time,” Beckman said.

He reminded the NYU community that professionals at the Wellness Exchange Center are available 24/7.

Green described Javidan as an ambitious world trav-

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BigApps reveals winner developer-focused,” Ontodia said. “It just didn’t have mass appeal like all those jazzed-up mobile apps in the competition.”

Justin Cappos, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, highlighted the importance of NYCFacets.

“Simply making data publicisnot enough,” Cappos said. “The data needs to be labeled semantically so people and computers can start to make sense of it. This is where NYCFacets comes into play.”

The app is currently available to the public on the web.

Tony Chau is a deputy city/state editor. Email him at tchau@nyunews.com.

eler with beautiful long black hair and an outgoing but complex personality.

Green believes that had Javidan know how many people loved her, she might have chosen a different path.

“She had so many ideas,” Green said, describing Javidan’s travels and initial ambitions to be a pilot. “It would’ve been amazing to see what she could’ve ended up doing.”

According to Green, Javidan traveled extensively throughout her life, graduating from the University of Western Ontario and receiving a business degree in California. She traveled to Bali for a year while coasting to destinations throughout Europe before eventually matriculating to NYU Law School. But because she was constantly in motion, Green said Javidan had many acquaintances and few close friendships.

As a first-year law student, Javidan often told Green that her workload prevented her from forging new relationships and exploring the city. Towards the end, her drive to do well also meant distancing herself from friends and family in order to study. Javidan had also struggled with eating disorders and mental illness in the past.

Thinking back, Green said the

only indications of Javidan’s intentions were her doubts about completing her studies.

“She was really struggling to get through the year and didn’t know if she would be able to do it,” Green said. “To me that just meant that she was going to drop out of law school. Now I realize, that wasn’t the case.”

Despite the community’s loss, for Green, Javidan will always be a best friend like all best friends ­— one who told strangers the two were sisters, complained for weeks about a bad haircut, found their theme song (“Anyone Else But You”

by Moldy Peaches) and would never let a second pass without inventing something for the duo to do.

“There are very few people who could have done more for the world or more for themselves than Holleh could,” Green said. “She had already achieved so much in such a short space of time, and in that sense it seems very unjust and very unfair that this would happen to her and not someone else who didn’t have that same drive.”

Amy Zhang is deputy managing editor. Email her at azhang@nyunews.com.

Bees make a buzz at Midtown hotel

By Kayana Jean-Philippe New York hotels, including the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel, are abuzz with their new guests.

In an effort to pollinate its garden and the surrounding flora, four colonies of bees arrived at the Midtown hotel last week for its second annual beehive installation.

Barbara Bahny, director of public relations of the hotel, said Barclay bases its model of business on responsibility and works to promote a healthy environment.

“We have to do our part, and one way to do this is to bring bees to our rooftop,” Bahny said.

General Manager Hervé Houdré’s passion for sustainable hospitality sparked the idea to install beehives on the hotel rooftop. This year, there are a total of seven bee colonies and an observation hive. A bee cam has also been installed, which provides guests with a live stream of hive activity.

The hotel is also currently powered by 100 percent wind energy, has multiple technologies for preserving electricity, water and paper, and serves natural and organic meals.

The hotel partnered with New York City BeeKeeping for the beehive installation — a nonprofit organization that brings together bee-lovers, mentors beekeepers and provides training for the hotel’s staff members.

James Fischer, an apiarist teacher at NYC BeeKeeping, said he is pleased to work with the Barclay staff.

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InterContinental hotel received four colonies of bees last week. ing green,” Fischer said.

German Perilla, an apiarist and native bee pollinator research biologist from a group called Environmental Studies on the Piedmont Perilla, said bees would thrive on top of buildings as long as there is a proficient beekeeper. He also emphasized the importance of bees to the environment.

“One-third of the food we eat depends on bee pollination,” Perilla said. “Urban centers like New York need to become more green and bees are key stone species in this effort.”

The bees are spreading, too. Bahny said other hotels such as the Waldorf-Astoria will install hives this month, and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts already have properties with beehive installations.

LSP freshmen Caroline Gill thinks a controlled hive is a great way to fully utilize the bees.

“I think this will greatly benefit New York and its residents because bees are a huge part of the pollination process and without them, I think over time, New York’s natural vegetation would seriously decline,” Gill said.

Kayana Jean-Philippe is a contributing writer. Email her at cstate@nyunews.com.

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NYU unites community at 10th annual Relay for Life So far, the Student Undergraduate Government at Rubin residence hall has raised $6,804, making them the hall team with the highest amount.

For CAS sophomore Meredith D’Angelo, the event symbolized bringing awareness to others and celebrating people’s ability to make a difference.

“It’s nice to know that college students can make a change in the world,” D’Angelo said. “We are really committed to doing this.”

Before the Opening Ceremony began, the NYU Pep Band played. The event chairs of the planning committee, joined by American Cancer Society executive Vice President Jennifer Podoll and Matthew Parvin, the founder of Relay for Life at NYU, honored Relay’s anniversary.

Bands, including Town Hall and NowhereNauts, and NYU student singers performed throughout the night.

“I reached out to bands that would provide a good vibe for the event,” CAS junior and entertainment chair of the planning committee Sofia Posternack said. “It is really amazing to watch something coming together.”

Coles’ courts were covered in station tables that offered a range of services like manicures, Hunger Games training and cookies and beverages — all to benefit cancer research.

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A total of 75 student groups gathered at Coles Sports Center last Saturday. losses and overall efforts combating cancer during the Luminaria Ceremony. The Luminaria Ceremony preceeded the midnight Fight Back Ceremony, in which Slam! at NYU performed and the National CUPSI 2012 Winners were brought to the stage.

“I have learned to take life as it comes at you,” said Meghan Gambichler, a Steinhardt freshman and cancer survivor. “I like that everybody is coming out to celebrate. It’s great the young people are becoming aware of it and having that hunger to go out and raise money.”

Many attendees, including LSP freshman Frank Costa, believe the event united the NYU community.

“Everyone has a different definition of what a community is,” Costa said.

“This is how we express ours.”

Wali Mbekeani is a contributing writer.

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NYU establishes new drug-reporting policy Alec Foster, president and founder of SSDP at NYU, said he condensed the previous policy because it was more complicated than necessary.

“While we do not anticipate that any student ever be in this situation more than once, nobody should feel that they are excluded from this policy’s coverage,” Foster said. “I felt that the university was not fulfilling its commitment to prioritize the health and safety of students.”

Zoe Ragouzeos, senior director of Counseling and Wellness services at NYU, said the change also makes the policy easier to search for online.

“Students also advised that the policy be more widely posted on appropriate NYU websites, and we agree, so we are making every effort to make this happen quickly,” Ragouzeos said. “In essence, we don’t want students risking their health and safety in a medical emergency for fear of judicial consequences.”

As an intern for SSDP, Foster was asked to create a database of every university’s policy but had trouble locating NYU’s.

“It astounded me that the only reason I knew about my own university’s policy was because I worked for an organization drafting these policies,” Foster said. “I knew that had to change.”

A Gallatin freshman who commented on the condition of

anonymity once called 911 for a friend with alcohol poisoning. He said the university was lenient about the consequences, but he had to complete alcohol education training.

“It’s important to ensure safety,” the freshman said. “It ensures that the incentive is that people get to the hospital if they need to be there.”

Foster also worked with Ithaca College senior Evan Nison, who helped pass the policy at Ithaca in 2010.

“The vast majority of overdoses occur in the presence of others, yet 911 is called less than half of the time,” Nison said. “The main reason people either don’t call or delay to call 911 during life-threatening drug and alcohol emergenices is the fear of getting in trouble.”

Nison said SSDP is currently working to promote the new law as well as passing similar policies on campuses around the state. On NYU’s campus, Foster is working to do the same.

“Even if just one additional student is empowered to make the call for help for a friend in need, then our efforts will have been a success,” Foster said.

Julie DeVito is university editor.

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SCPS senior talks truck business, dumpling down-low

By Hannah Borenstein Brooke Lieberwitz is completing her studies at NYU at the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management in School of Continuing and Professional Studies, where she is majoring in Hotel and Tourism Management. She shares her experience of working and interning at Rickshaw Dumplings, which has stores in the Flatiron District, Time Square, Grand Central, as well as multiple food trucks that change location on a daily basis.

1. What are your day-to-day responsibilities?

As a Rickshaw food truck operator, you get to the food truck commissary in Brooklyn around 8:30 a.m. and get the truck prepped and ready for the day. You then drive off with your partner for the day to the designated spot, chosen by your supervisor. You arrive at the spot around 10 a.m. and get parked. Get the truck ready and steam some dumplings, rocking out to your favorite music to get pumped for the lunch rush.

Open at 11 a.m. and serve any New Yorker who comes your way. Close up shop at 3 p.m. to drive back to the commissary.

Make sure the truck is clean, everything is restocked for the

next day and the water tank is full and you are good to go.

2. Why do you think food trucks have become so popular?

Food trucks are trending right now because they are fun and new. Since when could you get an order of chicken Thai basil dumplings with peanut sauté sauce on the corner of 50th and 6th? Moving food service is almost something futuristic because 10 years ago it was limited to the hot dog and pretzel. They also are a showcase of the creativity of the men and women in the food and beverage industry here in the city.

3. Where do you see the food truck culture heading?

I believe that the food truck culture here in New York is in a good place right now.

Many trucks are doing good business and not bothering too many stand-alone restaurants. Although, because of the trendiness of the trucks, more and more are being built and brought to life everyday. I feel like the fleet is growing and will reach its plateau soon, probably within the next five years.

4. How difficult is it to start a food truck? How difficult is it to stay afloat now?

There are a ton of logistics when working with food trucks from where it will sleep

College students frequently are faced with difficult decisions, but choosing between a chocolate bar with nuts or candy no longer has to be one of those tough choices thanks to Chocomize. Chocomize eliminates the difficulty of choosing between a spectrum of uninteresting chocolate bars by letting customers create unique, customized treats online at chocomize.com.

Eric Heinbockel, Fabian Kaempfer and Nick LaCava, the young entrepreneurs behind Chocomize, met while studying at Columbia University. After graduating they started thinking about new, untraditional career options, which led them to the idea of a creating a website for customizable chocolate bars.

“We were always interested in other companies that offered a custom product, like NikeId ... it was a trend,” Kaempfer said. “People wanted to be unique. They wanted something fun and that aspect was missing in the chocolate industry.”

As Mother’s Day quickly approaches, college students do not need to fret about what to get their mothers. While picking a gift can be a daunting task, Chocomize makes the process fun and allows one to be creative. With 300 pos-

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Rickshaw Dumplings’s trucks change locations every day. at night to who will work it, when, what spots are good to go to, will the menu change, etc. At the moment, the food truck economy is still profitable. You just need to know where to look for good spots.

5. What other interesting things about the business do you think we should know?

Although food trucks look fun and cute, they are still an operational business that makes money. There is hard work that needs to be done other than just serving ice cream to families who walk by. Also, the food truck community is really nice.

Most of the trucks know each other and help each other out in times of need or reference.

There is a ton of food truck food to try in New York City, and I encourage you to try it if you haven’t before. It tastes great.

Hannah Borenstein is dining editor. Email her at hborenstein@nyunews.com.

Customizable candy to show mom you care

By Rachel Sanderson

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sible combinations and over 100 ingredients, ranging from candies to rose petals, anyone’s mother would be delighted to receive a thoughtful and one-of-a-kind chocolate bar.

Kaempfer described a Chocomize chocolate bar as a great way to say thank you to your mom.

“People in general aren’t very creative,” Kaempfer said. “Here you can make something that on one end is affordable and on the other hand is unique and something personal that your mom knows you put a lot of thought into.”

As opposed to spending too much money on a bouquet of flowers, a custom chocolate bar made on chocomize.com starts at $4.50, a feasible price even for college students on a budget.

If creating a custom gift for your mom sparks your interest, making a chocolate bar with Chocomize is definitely the route to go. Not only is the process easy ­— Kaempfer says you can do it straight from your iPhone ­­— it is affordable and fun.

Be on the lookout for advertising by Chocomize. The company is reaching out to college campuses in the New York area.

Rachel Sanderson is a staff writer.

Email her at dining@nyunews.com.

Question: How can we determine our individual caloric, vitamin, carbohydrates, fats and other intake requirements per day based on our own individual weight, height and lifestyle?

Answer: You can’t. You will have to be satisfied with estimates based on measurements performed years ago on a small number of study subjects.

We require calories and nutrients — 40 to 50 separate substances that our bodies cannot make, we must get from food. Because these interact, studying one at a time gives results that may well be misleading.

Early nutrition scientists got “volunteers” ­­­­— in quotes because study subjects often were prisoners — to consume diets depleted in vitamin C, for example. They waited until the subjects began to develop scurvy, a sign of vitamin C deficiency. Then they fed the subjects the smallest amount of vitamin C that would eliminate symptoms.

Because individuals vary in nutrient requirements, scientists used this data to estimate the range of nutrient intake that would meet the needs of practically everyone.

The Institute of Medicine compiles such data into Dietary Reference Intakes and presents the estimates by sex and age group. You can look up your requirements in DRI tables. DRIs account for the needs of 98 percent of the population. If your requirements are average, you will need less.

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Few American adults show signs of nutrient deficiencies, but if you are worried about your own intake of nutrients, you can take a multivitamin supplement. Note, however, that we have no evidence to show supplements make healthy people healthier.

You can estimate calories by looking up everything you eat or drink in food composition tables, but it is easier to weigh yourself at regular intervals. If you are gaining weight, you are eating too many calories for your activity level.

With nutrition, it’s best to get comfortable with estimates and probabilities.

Fortunately, eating a healthy diet takes care of nutrients without your having to give them a thought. Eat your veggies!

Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development. She is the author of “Food Politics” and, most recently, “Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics.” Each week, she will answer student questions about nutrition, health and food.

Marion Neslte is a contributing columnist. Email her questions at dining@nyunews.com.

Save appetite for summer food festivals

By Nicola Pring

During the hot summer months, food festivals spring up around the city. Whether you are looking for authentic French food or delicious southern barbecue, be sure to check out these top five New York food festivals this summer.

1. Mex Fest on the Seaport The Mex Fest food truck festival will take place at the South Street Seaport on May 5 in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.

The event will feature items from some of New York’s most popular food trucks, including Luke’s Lobster, Gorilla Cheese, Kelvin Slush and Wafels & Dinges, but with a south-of-theborder twist: Each food truck will offer at least one Mexicanthemed dish. Visitors can also enjoy Cinco de Mayo games and activities and purchase Mex Fest merchandise.

2. Ninth Avenue International Food Festival This year’s Ninth Avenue International Food Festival will feature local merchants serv-

ing a variety of ethnic foods.

Different cultures in New York City will be represented including Polish, Italian, Spanish and Greek cuisine. The festival will span Ninth Avenue from 42nd to 57th Street and will feature live music and dance performances. Patrons will also be able to purchase jewelry, clothing and handcrafted items from over 200 city vendors.

The free event will take place on May 19 and 20.

3. 5 Boro PicNYC 5 Boro PicNYC is a two-day food festival that will take place on May 26 and 27 on Governor’s Island. The festivities will include a grilled cheese cook-off featuring chefs from Earl’s Beer and Cheese, Tom Cat Bakery, and others. There will also be a hot sauce tasting, 20 stations offering food from local markets and restaurants, live jazz music and more.

4. Big Apple Barbecue Block Party The 10th Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party will take place in Madison Square Park

on June 9 and 10. The event features award-winning barbecue and southern-inspired food, along with live rock, blues and soul music. Admission to the block party is free and patrons can purchase dishes prepared by some of the best barbecue chefs in the country for $8 per plate.

Attendees can even purchase authentic barbecue sauces and cookbooks and attempt to barbecue like the pros.

5. Bastille Day on 60th Street Celebrate French culture with this year’s Bastille Day on 60th Street on July 15. The event includes food tastings, live music and entertainment, French cooking classes for beginners and more. French delicacies, including bread, cheese, macaroons and crepes, will be available for purchase from authentic vendors. Entrance to this three block street festival is free.

Nicola Pring is a staff writer. Email her at dining@nyunews.com.

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Theatrical tension, a lesson in race

By Alexander Tsebelis Bruce Norris’s “Clybourne Park” opens with Perry Como’s “Catch a Falling Star,” as Russ (Frank Wood) and Bev (Christina Kirk) prepare to move out of their home and on to bigger and better things.

But one can immediately see something is amiss on the set: Wood doors are mere paintings. The actors’ performances are fake and self-conscious.

Como and the actors’ dialect belong in the ‘50s. But despite its first few minutes, “Clybourne Park” is not a bad

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Clybourne tells of a colored family moving to a white neighborhood.

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play — it’s not even entirely a period piece.

Russ sits in an armchair eating Neapolitan ice cream, prompting an argument with his wife about the origin of the term. Failing to reach an agreement, Bev says, “If knowledge is power, then I choose to remain powerless.” Russ wisely agrees, saying, “What’s the point?”

Their maid, Francine (Crystal A. Dickinson), reminds one of “The Help,” but this is not a moral pickme-up for the liberal, fair-minded audience. As the play picks up speed, it turns into a searing critique of that entire attitude.

The issue at hand is the possibility of a colored family moving to Clybourne Park. This is a problem for the 1959 white, Chicago neighborhood. One of the town’s councilmen, Karl (Jeremy Shamos), fears whites will flee and real estate values will plummet.

As it turns out, Karl is absolutely correct. The setting for the play’s second act is 2009, and in the years between the two acts Clybourne Park became a ghetto.

In 2009, the wood stickers have been pulled off the doors, revealing

sheet metal. Roles are reversed, and now the modern-day black family worries about the arrival of a new white family, played by the same actors who played Russ and his wife in the first act.

Things unsaid in Act One rise to the surface. The self-aware doubling of dialogue, structure and roles is meant to distance the audience’s emotional engagement, seemingly seeking to employ the theater as a tool for teaching and not entertainment.

But “Clybourne Park” is absolutely entertaining. The first act’s socially acceptable discrimination is replaced in the second with a battle of racist jokes — jokes almost unbearable to hear in public.

But even the inappropriate jokes are simply a distraction from what people really want to say, allowing the audience to realize that some truths will remain buried.

“Clybourne Park” is playing now through July 8 at the Walter Kerr Theater, 219 W. 48th St. For tickets and more information, see clybournepark.com.

Alexander Tsebelis is a contributing writer.

Norah Jones reenters spotlight with ‘Little Broken Hearts’

By Daniel Fuchs

In the decade since her critical and commercial hit single “Don’t Know Why,” Norah Jones slowly faded from the public eye. In the past few years her releases have performed well on a critical level, but nothing has come close to her breakout song.

However, with her newest LP “Little Broken Hearts,” Jones explores a more soulful, energetic musical direction — thanks to production from Danger Mouse — on her most exciting album in years.

Though Danger Mouse brings a new flavor to Jones’s music and pursues his signature production style, he never overshadows Jones. “Little Broken Hearts” has a soul-tinged sense of airiness, much like Danger Mouse’s collaborations with Gnarls Barkley and Broken Bells.

“Good Morning,” the album’s opener, is a chilling, hazy track. Jones’s smooth vocals shimmer over a twinkling piano track and a quiet acoustic guitar. “Say Goodbye” is one of the more signature Danger Mouse tracks, with bubbly synthesizers and guitars accompanying the vocals. The haunting bass-line and surf era guitars of “Little Broken Hearts” add gravitas and drama to Jones’s voice.

“Take It Back,” a simple piano ballad with a gradual crescendo, fits better with Jones’s general aesthetic. The album’s highlight, “Happy Pills,” is a bright track with an infectious, catchy beat. It is interesting to see how many directions Jones is willing to go — exploring new genres and production tactics on the back of Danger Mouse’s unique and compelling instrumentals.

But Jones’s strengths and skills as a songwriter shine through in her lyrics.

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The album focuses on broken hearts and loneliness and has a darker feel than her earlier work. “Happy Pills,” the album’s first single, is one of the few exceptions, but the hint of sadness still remains, focusing on the happiness of losing a rotten partner. Lyrics like “With you gone, I’m alive/ Makes me feel like I took happy pills/ And time stood still” reveal that Jones — or her persona — is struggling with her identity and is lost in a world of despair and betrayal.

Jones is one of those names that any modern listener will recognize, but in the past few years it seemed she was on the verge of disappearing completely. With “Little Broken Hearts,” Jones and Danger Mouse breathe new life into her work, crafting an incredibly compelling album that will hopefully bring the songwriter back into the spotlight.

Daniel Fuchs is a staff writer.

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‘Nice work’ is predictable but charming jazz-age pastiche

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DiPietro’s “Nice Work” fuses charisma and jazz. boyish charm. His deadpan delivery both entertains and indicates the show is purposefully over-the-top and silly.

In this romantic comedy of a musical, the predictability of punch lines and plot twists are part of the charm. With Broderick as a frontman, it is easy to imagine that Marshall and DiPietro are aiming to follow Mel Brooks’s advice

to “Keep it happy, keep it snappy, keep it gay.”

“Nice Work If You Can Get It” is currently playing at the Imperial Theater, located at 249 W. 45th St. Student rush tickets are available for $36.50.

Olivia George is a staff writer. Email her at theater@nyunews.com.

Artistic author’s latest work advances the comedic novel

By Jason Bowers

“Sacré Bleu’s” billing as “a comedy d’art” proves to be accurate advertising. Christopher Moore, through his prior experience, has honed his comic timing to the degree that his humor rarely feels separate from the other elements of the novel. It is occasionally jarring, but thankfully his more juvenile jokes are rare.

Instead, the novel has plenty of art. An unexpected and finely detailed map is included, depicting Paris and its monuments. The faux creases and old-time font contrasts nicely with the slick cover art. The action of the novel begs to be traced on the map of 19th century Paris.

Aside from the consistent wit, the novel’s best asset is that it is drenched in history. Many of the players are famous Impressionists.

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec assumes the role of sidekick to the fictitious protagonist, Lucien Lessard. Moore involves more famous artists, such as Renoir, Manet and Monet, but never alienates readers because of its heavy artistic influence.

Readers of every expertise will feel transported to the novel’s setting.

What truly engulfs the reader is the simple but wildly effective choice to include the paintings referred to in the novel. Placed alongside the text, these numerous selfportraits help the reader visualize conversations, making up for Moore’s often unmemorable visual descriptions.

Moore’s capacity for humor and set description cannot always prevent the novel from wallowing at times. The book is nearly 400 pages long and, though it reads quickly, it lacks the proper amount of genuine plot to sustain engaging conflict. Flashbacks offer inventive alternate views of history and expand the fiction of Moore’s premise, but they rarely provide an authentic revelation.

The cost of Moore’s constantly humorous tone is

that the plot can never be tense or tragic enough to make the action believable. As with any mystical plot, some suspension of disbelief is necessary, but Moore’s style extends that mandate into the psychology of his characters, so the reader is not fully acquainted with the cast by the peak of the novel’s climax.

For example, true romance plays a key role in motivating Lucien, but it is entirely unbelievable.

Still, Moore’s world is easily inhabitable, and if not particularly insightful, “Sacre Bleu” at least provides a wholly unique take on the mysteries of painting.

Jason Bowers is a contributing writer. Email him at books@nyunews.com.

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OPINION

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abroad

Exploring Bolivia’s mosaic of culture, color

By Taylor Viens Buenos Aires — Bolivia is a country of exploration. From the untamed jungles of the Amazon to the limitless salt flats of Uyuni to the cloud-parting peaks of the Andes, Bolivia has it all, including an undeveloped form of transportation to access these gems.

Buses drive through Bolivia on a network of roads that run through the country like veins. Only these veins would fail to deliver enough blood to the dying Bolivian heart.

The bus remains the primary means of Bolivian domestic transportation, collecting an eclectic mix of pilgrims.

Those who can afford seats enjoy this luxury, whereas most of the travellers occupy the armrests, aisles, and have even been seen squatting on the roof.

It is also the most economic form of transportation. A 16-hour bus ride will run you around 50 bolivianos, or eight U.S. dollars. Nota bene, buses do not have bathrooms.

These buses also serve as a moving agency for many Bolivians, with their hulls filled with furniture ranging from lamps and couches to six-foot-tall Jesus idols. This cheap alternative to U-Haul even carries family pets, with some honorable mentions being hogs, dogs, chickens and frogs. These buses traverse the Bolivian pampas, encom-

passed by the rolling foothills of the Andes, whose snow-covered peaks interrupt a Carolina-blue sky. Breezing by the red fields of quinoa interspersed with green fields of cocoa, yellow fields of flowers of the sun, brown-mudded flood plains bordering vibrant blue rivers, black, jagged rock faces, gold pampas of wheat and purple champs of carnations is like gazing upon a terrestrial rainbow. This rainbow leads to La Paz. A celeste sky surrounds the snowcovered peaks of the encompassing Illimani tri-peaks of the Andes.

Sprawling below is the unplasteredbrick and cracked-concrete metropolis. Scrap tin roofs, every color of Joseph’s Technicolor Dreamcoat, constitute the surface of landlocked Bolivia’s only ocean. Under this ocean of undulating scraggly peaks, La Paz is a coral reef — a civilization found in the most unlikely of places (as high as 4,100 meters), but it thrives famously. La Paz is as biodiverse as a coral reef, rich with not only its own vibrant culture but also the cultures it attracts. Whether it be tourists, indigenous or locals, they all coexist in this dynamic mountain reef perched in the Andes.

Sequestered in the polyps of this city are very unexpected elements waiting to be stumbled upon. The La Paz Witches’ Market sprawls across the

northern alleyways of this elevated ecosystem, rambling into dark labyrinths of confusing cross streets. Under a canopy of loosely hanging electrical wires, the walls are shelved with some of the most morbid articles imaginable. Hanging like bushels of bananas, the dried fetuses of llamas are the first thing to catch the eye. Hip-level inspections of the shanty’s stalls reveal dried toad carcasses atop roving rows of unmarked apothecaries, brown vials containing concoctions for every malady, containing blood and mucus from all animals attainable. Equally exquisite stalls stretch multilaterally in this sea of scrap metal, manned — in a vast contrast to the physical proximity of this city — by vertically challenged indigenous hawkers adorned in traditional colors, who refuse to have their photos taken.

This incredible ecosystem hanging in the undulating hills and ridges, which house summits that look like they came from the mind of Tim Burton, defies reality. And whether its inhabitants prosper by selling maize from a pushcart, hawking shrunken heads or a simple nine-to-five, the fact that they exist is a testimonial to human will overcoming nature.

Taylor Viens is a foreign correspondent.

Email her at opinion@nyunews.com.

Expansion

NYU2031 will enrich, but lacks transparency

By Atticus Brigham In the context of NYU’s global expansion, it is comforting to see President John Sexton reaffirm the university’s commitment to the growth of its main campus with the ambitious undertaking that is NYU 2031. This initiative will enrich student life at the university, yet it has been poorly presented.

NYU’s vagueness lends itself to suspicions that real estate interests on the Board of Trustees, and not university interests in the area, are behind the campaign. The administration would do well to act with greater transparency and dispel doubts about the project’s integrity.

NYU must also put to rest worries on the prudence of significant expenditures in a time of economic downturn and claims that tuition hikes will fund the project in its entirety.

A partial solution to these problems would be to sell remaining building, departmental and lecture halls naming rights to the highest bidder among vain or magnanimous alumni. Whatever financial course the administration chooses to pursue, it cannot do so while wholly ignoring its critics and forcing a fait accompli of reckless architectural design on an area rich in historic significance.

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on the community are currently insufficient. Measures such as erecting shoddy soundproof material, relocating residents to a hotel during construction and giving rent discounts all underestimate the impending inconveniences NYU 2031 will cause. A construction period longer than the lifetimes of current students will undoubtedly impose undesirable living conditions. The consequences of prolonged construction warrant more than perfunctory gestures intended to silence resistant residents.

Despite the NYU 2031’s shortcomings, and those I have mentioned are far from exhaustive, the project is an admirable effort to improve student life. NYU owes its students adequate accommodations within comfortable walking distance of their classes and close to each other. The university will continue to expand minds while expanding its campus. This endeavor is essential to creating a stronger campus community, an imperative to best serve subsequent students.

Though there are many reasonable grievances regarding the project, the project’s supporters must not succumb to short-sighted and self-interested opposition emanating from ivory and silver towers alike.

The administration can address pending problems without capitulating to local troglodytes who regard NYU as more of an invading force

of disruptive and transient students than the job creator and intellectual beacon it is. NYU 2031 is neither an anschluss nor an inevitable architectural blight, but a great investment in the university’s future.

It is a reality that the NYU’s Superblocks will fundamentally change the area between west Third street and Houston street and LaGuardia place and Mercer street at the expense of its current inhabitants. It is time for those who live off the university to make sacrifices for it. Those affiliated with this institution ought to embrace its evolution instead of obstructing progress, the end result of which they may not live to see. While considerations of the practical problems that the project poses must be made, the university cannot appease natives who cling to complacency, token greenery and the outdated notion of a regional commuter college.

To realize NYU 2031’s lofty goals in time for the university’s bicentennial, NYU must prioritize this project and focus its resources on it.

NYU 2031 will benefit generations of students and help retain the university’s position of preeminence through this decade and the next.

This project and those causes will be Sexton’s lasting legacy here.

Atticus Brigham is a deputy opinion editor. Email him at abrigham@nyunews.com.

staff editorial

Tactless ad could hurt Obama’s campaign

In light of today’s one-year anniversary of the raid on Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, the Obama campaign team released a 90-second ad highlighting the President’s decision to go forth with the mission. The ad features a rosy-cheeked Bill Clinton commending the hard and fast decisions of the president, as well as iterating the difficulty of being commander-in-chief.

Despite its intentions to sway voters towards Obama, the tasteless direction of the ad has the potential to do the opposite.

The ad derives its momentum indiscreetly from smearing Romney and glorifying Obama’s choice to take down bin Laden.

Whether or not this choice was a good one, the needless politicization of this decision is more divisive than uniting. It seems to be an obvious and gaudy ploy to woo voters far removed from his base, highlighting one of his greatest triumphs.

The Huffington Post’s Arianna Huffington has contributed to the dialogue by referring to the Obama campaign’s ad as “despicable.” Even the members of Seal Team Six have criticized the president’s campaign for “using them as ammunition” to further his political ambitions. The true error in the campaign strategy lies in the fact that it takes a serious and sensitive foreign policy decision and makes light of it, reducing its importance to a mere accolade of Barack Obama.

More than anything, the ad reveals a huge difference between 2008 and 2012 Obama.

“Change You Can Believe In” has evolved into “Hey, Remember When I Killed Bin Laden,” masqueraded as the new slogan rolled out yesterday — “Forward.” Without focusing on issues such as health care reform, Obama chooses an issue that seems to reveal more similarities between the two candidates than differences. The past statements the campaign unearthed from Romney are former positions taken by Obama himself, and as Romney correctly asserted in his response today, even Jimmy Carter would have approved that mission.

It is clear that the progressive wing of Obama’s base, without a better alternative, won’t waver no matter how far Obama attempts to appease the other side. As such, this may very well turn out to be a calculated, effective ad. Regardless of its efficacy, it is possible the president will pay for this campaign’s misstep.

Email the WSN Editorial Board at editboard@nyunews.com.

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Men’s tennis places seventh, women last at UAA Championships

By Sebastien Van Heyningen

After ending the regular season on a four-match win streak, NYU men’s tennis placed seventh at the University Athletic Association Championships in Altamonte Spring, Fla. As for women’s tennis, the season was filled with injuries, and they went into the UAA Championships looking for their first win of the year. Unfortunately the women’s team was unable to win a match in their final tournament of the spring. NYU suited up only four women for their final match of the season against Case Western, which started them out in a 3-0 hole. The Violets could only afford to lose one match to stay in the competition but were unable to come up with any. All but five women’s tennis players are currently freshman and the other two are sophomores, so the team should have a solid foundation to build upon next year.

In the first round on Thursday, April 26, the seventh-seeded men’s team was matched up against Carnegie Mellon University, who is ranked 13th in NCAA Division III by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The Violets gave the Tartans all they could handle but fell just short, losing the match 5-4.

In doubles competition, NYU went down by two early, but the number

one duo of junior co-captain Connor Witty and sophomore Steven Wu were able to get them back in the match with a hard-fought victory against Tartans junior Duke Miller and freshman Will Duncan.

The two teams battled it out from there until it was tied 4-4 with one match to play. Freshman Ting Yee Lai stepped up with a chance to send his team forward. Lai’s match lasted three sets, but he eventually fell to junior Jooho Yu 5-7, 6-3 and 6-1. The temperature in Florida was higher than any of the Violets’ previous matches. Lai seemed unable to sustain his intensity for the entire match and fell victim to cramps in the third set.

“We were used to practicing indoors all season, and the sudden change of temperature really showed that there was a lot we could do to improve our fitness levels,” Lai said. “If we had played indoors it would have been a different story.“ On Friday, the Violets were paired up with Brandeis University in the consolation bracket and lost a close match, 5-4. Again, NYU went down 2-1 in doubles matches and came up just short in singles play.

That loss put NYU into the seventhplace match against the University of Rochester. Under the warm Florida sun, the Violets earned their first

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Sophomore Bowen Xu won his doubles match on Friday. victory of the weekend, 8-1. NYU dominated Rochester, and only two singles matches went to three sets.

The Violets finished the season 10-7, and with such a young team the future looks promising.

Sebastien Van Heyningen is a staff writer. Email him at sports@nyunews.com.

McKinney wins 400, NYU sixth overall

By Amy Rose Ramapuram

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Junior Daniel McKinney won the 400-meter dash on Saturday.

The NYU men and women’s track and field teams each placed sixth out of seven schools in the University Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships over the weekend. The championships were hosted by Carnegie Mellon University and took place on April 28 and 29.

On Saturday, one of the best performances from the men’s team came from junior Brian Broderick in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. He placed third with a career-best time of 9:32.45. This was a huge leap from his previous personal best of 9:53.73.

The 4x800 relay team consisting of freshman Zac Kish, sophomore Grayson Kopperud, freshman Dharen Kadiyala and junior James Patterson turned in an impressive performance. The team came in fourth place with a time of 8:12.66.

Junior Daniel McKinney had a great showing in both the 400and 200-meter runs. He won his race in the 400 with a time of 48.51. This was the third time McKinney has won this race in the UAA championships. McKinney placed third in the 200,

finishing with a season-best time of 22.42.

The Violets’s 4x100 relay team excelled on Sunday. McKinney, freshman Ramon Perez, sophomore Gilson Cortes and freshman Jon Simon were the members of the 4x100 that placed second overall, finishing with a time of 43.13.

The women’s team gave an equally impressive performance at the UAA Championship.

Senior Maeve Evans was strong in the 5,000-meter run. She came in third out of 16 with a time of 17:31.20.

Also impressive was junior Georgina Norton’s fifth place finish in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:46.25.

On the field, the Violets had success in the discus and javelin throws. Freshman Nikki Hill placed in fourth in the javelin with a throw of 35.52 meters, and senior Vanessa Ortiz had a career-best throw of 31.82 meters in the discus.

The men’s team finished the competition with a total of 64 points while the women’s team accumulated 45 points.

Amy Rose Ramapuram is a contributing writer. Email her at sports@nyunews.com.

Violets finish fifth at Williams

by Mary Jane Dumankaya In the last tournament of the season, NYU women’s golf competed against seven of the best teams in the Northeast at the Williams Spring Invitational. NYU finished in fifth place with a total score of 727 at Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown, Mass.

“We finished how we expected to finish,” assistant coach Matt Huck said. “The Williams golf course is one of the best, most highly ranked college golf courses in the country. It was a treat just to be invited and to compete with these teams.”

The golfers faced rough weather conditions in the second round, and the Violets consequently shot a season-worst score of 373 strokes.

“Sunday was difficult, not just for us, but for everybody,” head coach Todd Kolean said. “The wind was blowing 40 miles per hour at times.”

Williams College, which hosted the invitational, earned first place with a two-day total of 652, only 10 strokes ahead of second-place Middlebury College.

With a total of 168 — the best score among NYU golfers — sophomore co-captain Kristina Shal-

houp tied for ninth place out of 40 competitors.

Junior Jiye Kim placed 23rd with a two-day total of 180 strokes, and following her were freshmen Shannon Leonard with a 188 and Deanna Lee Jia Yi with 194.

After improving on the second day with 96 strokes for the round, senior co-captain Meaghan Kenny finished her golf career at NYU with a twoday total of 196.

“Meaghan Kenny dedicated four years to this team,” Huck said. “She never missed a practice. Her dedication epitomizes what it means to be a student athlete.”

Kolean was also proud of his senior athlete, who will graduate at the end of the semester. “[Meaghan Kenny] was one of the originators of the NYU golf team, and she got better year after year,” Kolean said. “She will be missed. We’re proud of her.”

Kenny was the only senior on the roster for the 2011-2012 season, and the other six golfers plan to return in the fall.

Mary Jane Dumankaya is a staff writer. Email her at sports@nyunews.com.