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NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 41, No. 52

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2013

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Cast opens curtain on Reality Show By DANIEL HUANG

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The cast of the Reality Show rehearse all summer before performing for incoming students at the Presidential Welcome.

City theaters offer range of indie, mainstream films By CHARLIE SPECTOR Cinematically inclined freshmen will likely be wondering what movie theaters will soon become their filmic hot spots. New York City has a wide variety of movie theaters, with films ranging from independent to mainstream, and spread out across all five boroughs. A few select names, however, deserve attention for their contributions to the New York film community and must be acknowledged by any film-obsessed student. For those in the immediate area of Washington Square Park, it’s a cinematic must to check out the IFC Center. Home of the old Waverly Theater, this independent mecca hosts a litany of repertoire screenings, midnight showings and exclusive Q&As with celebrities, from Fred Armisen to Christopher Nolan, all while displaying the latest in independent

and foreign cinema. It’s $13.50 for a single admission; however, student memberships can lower that price by a whopping $5. It may not sound like much, but every dollar counts in this city. If you’re looking for mainstream hits as well as the occasional indie, look no further than the Regal Union Square. By far the biggest theater in regard to the number of screens in the immediate NYU area, this four-story behemoth specializes in the latest that Hollywood has to offer. Nestled on Broadway and 13th Street, the theater’s location is also extremely convenient. It also offers fine dining options such as hot dogs and burgers, and even onion rings. For a mainstream theater, the indie films it often carries can be pleasantly surprising. Despite its location all the way across the East River, film fans

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When the lights go down and the curtains rise at the Beacon Theater on Monday night, it will be time for the freshman class of 2017 to experience the Reality Show — an hour-and-a-half performance that captures the joys and traumas of college life through song, dance and comedy. Now in its eighth year as an NYU-run performance, the Reality Show is commonly viewed as the highlight of Welcome Week. The show kicks off this year at 2 p.m. on Aug. 26 with a welcome from NYU President John Sexton. “It was hands down the most memorable thing I went to all week,” said Gerianne Perez, a 2013 Tisch graduate and cast member of this year’s show. “As

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Chow down on new dining options By FAY LIN

This year, NYU Dining is opening on-campus options that include a Jamba Juice, Starbucks kiosk and convenience store while the Rubin dining hall is closing. Owen Moore, assistant vice president for Business Development in Campus Services, said the Jamba Juice will open in September in Weinstein Food Court and will accept both Dining Dollars and meal exchanges. Moore also described a twopart process for the convenience store construction. “NYU Dining is adding a convenience store adjacent to Peet’s Coffee in Upstein for the fall semester and planning an expansion for the spring,” Moore said. He said a new Starbucks kiosk will open on the second floor of the Kimmel Center for University Life in the spring semester. It will accept Dining Dollars and remain open on weekends. LSP sophomore Nira Martinez

expressed uncertainty about the new programs. “I don’t know if the convenience store will make much of a difference since the Space Market is nearby,” Martinez said. “Jamba Juice seems like a nice ad-

dition, but Starbucks at Kimmel seems unnecessary. You have one right by Goddard, and the staff is always friendly. So why have another one literally yards away?”

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Jamba Juice will be coming to Upstein this semester.


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