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WHILE YOU WERE HERE
vol. 42, no. 50 // monday, may 12, 2014
letter from the editor
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
At this point, you are pretty much done. You’re finishing up your finals, not that they make a big difference anymore. There’s no more registering for classes on Albert. There’s no more panicking when your NYUCard isn’t in your pocket or your bag.
But, at the same time, there’s no more walking through Washington Square Park, our makeshift quad, to get to class. There are no more Hayden cookies, no more Ultra Violet Live and, depending on where you go from here, there may not be random people singing or dancing in the street as you walk by. You have stories you can tell now, whether you are telling them to coworkers, family members or old college friends you’re reconnecting with. Other graduating students may tell you stories from various football games they went to, but you will tell New York stories. A New York story isn’t flowery or sweet, but it’s always interesting. Chances are, you have picked up your share of New York stories over the past four years.
You may have picked up a New York story about surviving Hurricane Irene or Hurricane Sandy. You may have a New York story about a celebrity you randomly ran into. Or a New York story involving Occupy Wall Street, regardless of whether you were involved in the protests. New York always makes for the best stories. And, just in case you have a New York story you are trying to recall, one that is stuck on the tip of your tongue, you may find it here in this special issue of the Washington Square News. Whether day or night, pouring rain, falling snow or blinding sunlight, something is always happening at NYU and in New York, so take this as a guidebook to remember what happened while you were here.
And of course, no matter what you do next, never stop picking up stories to tell.
JONATHAN KESHISHOGLOU assistant managing editor
YEARS IN REVIEW B e f o r e y o u c a m e t o N Y U, the radio always played
Then you finished freshman year and realized your childhood had ended because of
and after two years your musical taste matured with
Yo u w e r e e x c i t e d f o r Justin Timberlake’s return to music with
Every party you went to played
O v e r t h e s u m m e r, a l l you heard about was
and your Thursday nights junior year were spent watching
and first thing senior year you had to part ways with
and you became addicted to but you were reminded of your high school days by
When you came here, you started bonding with new friends over how much you liked or by the midnight premieres of
But freshman year can be difficult, and you spent some nights crying to
Yo u b o r r o w e d y o u r friend’s Netflix account to watch
but you learned to l e t i t g o.
and
and sometimes you wondered if you’d ever be as successful as the guys in
Yo u a l w a y s related to Shoshanna on
When you watched the O s c a r s, y o u r o o t e d f o r
Even though you’re l e a v i n g, y o u ’ l l a l w a y s return to the city like
SEPTEMBER2010
7 21 29
NYU ABU DHABI opens as a four-year institution. NYU announces its plans to EXPAND to SYDNEY, Australia, in partnership with the University of Sydney. HUGH JACKMAN visits the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in association with the GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT to end extreme poverty.
OCTOBER2010
7
NYU announces all-university commencement will take place at YANKEE STADIUM instead of Washington Square Park.
6
The men’s soccer team wins its first ever UAA championship in a match against Brandeis.
2
The university unveils its ONLINE BUS and SAFE RIDE TRACKING FEED.
NOVEMBER 2010 DECEMBER 2010 FEBRUARY2011
17 MARCH2011 28 APRIL2011 6 19 29
NYU Law Fellow NIR ROSEN resigns after tweeting offensive remarks about LARA LOGAN, a journalist in Cairo who had been sexually assaulted.
NYU chooses SHANGHAI as the location of its next portal site.
Two HAWKS begin nesting outside of NYU President John Sexton’s office on the 12th floor of Bobst Library. Following intense public interest, a hawk cam is installed for viewers. Opponents of the NYU 2031 plan say the Washington Square Village site may be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and cannot be developed.
Stars of Fox’s “GLEE” film in Washington Square Park, drawing the attention of passersby and NYU students.
MAY2011 3
Graduate students PROTEST IN BOBST LIBRARY, calling on the administration to allow them to unionize.
JUNE2011 24
2010-11
New York LEGALIZES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
welcome to NYU
SEPTEMBER2011
6 17
University residence hall opens BURGER STUDIO. The dining hall becomes a popular spot for students in the lower level of U-Hall. Protesters gather in the Financial District’s Zuccotti Park, initiating an international movement later called OCCUPY WALL STREET.
NOVEMBER2011
17
Over 100 students PROTEST TUITION HIKES outside of Stern School of Business and march down Fifth Avenue to continue the protest with Occupy Wall Street protesters.
JANUARY2012
3
The Department of City Planning certifies NYU’s EXPANSION plans for the superblocks in Washington Square Village.
FEBRUARY2012
5 23 24
Giants win the SUPERBOWL.
The GLOBAL CENTER FOR ACADEMIC AND SPIRITUAL LIFE opens on West Fourth Street. Students react to the news that the NYPD had been monitoring Muslim student groups on college campuses such as NYU by holding a ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION.
M A R C H 2 0 1 2 Students protest to ban CHICK-FIL-A on campus in response to the company’s support of anti-gay groups.
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APRIL2012 LIL B gives lecture at NYU. Over half of the 15 residence assistants at HAYDEN RESIDENCE HALL are terminated after a breach of contract involving underage drinking. Ten departments in the College of Arts and Science and the Tisch School of the Arts have voted for resolutions of the NYU 2031 plan. These votes come between protests from Greenwich Village residents.
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MAY2012 BOBST LIBRARY installs NEW BARRIERS in the staircases as part of renovation plans, prompting the media to speculate on whether recent student suicides factored into the decision. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYU President John Sexton announce the creation of the NYU CENTER FOR URBAN SCIENCE AND PROGRESS in Brooklyn, N.Y.
18 23
2011-12
26
NYU postpones freshman move-in day to Monday, Aug. 29 in anticipation for HURRICANE IRENE hitting New York City.
picked a major yet?
AUGUST2011
The university starts to phase out the Blackboard system in favor of NYU CLASSES.
3 4
NYU SYDNEY holds its first day of classes for 22 students in its first semester.
JAMES FRANCO teaches his first class, “Directing the Thesis I,” to a group of Tisch students.
6 26 27
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA is RE-ELECTED to a second term after running against Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Stern sophomore Max Wiseltier accidentally causes a REPLYALLCALYPSE, drawing media attention.
15 29
The university’s unofficial TIMEKEEPER, John Votta, passes away at age 70.
NYU P SEXTO will not after 20
Students from the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music upload a cover of “DIAMONDS,” which becomes a viral hit.
BRITT HALL reno
AUGUS
JANUARY2013
DECEMBER2012
15
12 14
NYU S for its
25
A student from the class of 2015 founds the NYU SECRETS Facebook page to establish community at NYU.
SE P T E M B E R 2 01 2 N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 2 OCTOBER2012
28
The Roots drummer QUESTLOVE begins teaching a course in the Tisch School of the Arts called “Classic Albums.”
MA R CH20 1 3
10
The Faculty of Arts and Science is the first of five NYU faculties to vote NO CONFIDENCE in NYU President John Sexton.
11
An option for GENDER-NEUTRAL HOUSING appears on the housing application in a university-wide effort to promote LGBTQ acceptance.
HURRICANE SANDY hits New York City, resulting in a pause in classes and the evacuation of many student dorms.
2012-13
alm the ..
2
Seven NYU DIVEST students are ARRESTED in Washington, D.C., after participating in a protest against the construction of the KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE.
SHANGHAI opens first semester.
21-27
PRESIDENT JOHN ON announces he t seek a new term 016.
TANY RESIDENCE L reopens following ovations.
ST2013
5
BILL DE BLASIO is elected mayor of New York City. He is the first Democrat in two decades to be elected to the position.
NOVEMBER2013 M A R C H 2 0 1 4
SEPTEMB ER 2 013
22
4
The University Space Priorities Working Group releases its final proposal for how space should be allocated in the NYU 2031 Expansion Plan.
DRAKE is interviewed at NYU.
most ere ..
Members of the NYU STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE delivered MOCK EVICTION NOTICES to residents of Palladium and Lafayette residence halls, sparking controversy on campus.
APRIL2014
M AY 2 0 1 4
JANUARY2014
1
24
SENIOR WEEK.
BILL DE BLASIO is officially inaugurated as the 109th mayor of New York City.
The Polytechnic Institute of NYU finalizes its merger with NYU, changing its name to the POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING.
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NYU cuts ties with JANSPORT after repeated protests from the STUDENT LABOR ACTION MOVEMENT about workers rights in Bangladesh factories.
HAYDEN RESIDENCE HALL is closed for renovation, sending many incoming freshmen to Palladium residence hall, while NYU rents out Affinia Hotels for upper classmen.
2013-14 the end
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CLASS OF 2014
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