NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 41, No. 60
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
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Student Activities Board tightens club regulations By KAIDIA PICKELS AND AFEEFA TARIQ
This year, students aiming to form an All-Square club will have a new club application process, requiring them to submit a sample event calendar and a petition with 100 signatures. All existing clubs will also be subject to a new audit this fall. The Student Activities Board reviews all applications for All-Square clubs. The SAB decided to make these changes to the New Club Development program this summer. Chair of SAB and CAS senior Mason Dettloff explained that these new requirements are added to the application used in previous years, which requires general information about the club — a club name, a mission statement, examples of the club’s uniqueness and a list of similar NYU clubs — and a list of four founding members of the new club. With a hypothetical budget of $500, the sample event calendar must include three events for the fall semester and three events for the spring semester. “The additions to the application were done to enhance the application process and to provide a higher quality pool of applicants to the NCD program,” Dettloff said.
CLUBS on PG. 3
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Potatopia allows customers to design their own potato-filled combination dishes
With several styles of potatoes and side options, this new restaurant offers a unique take on a classic item. STORY ON PAGE 4
Cop comedy invokes classic sitcoms in impressive debut by BOB TEOH
A highly enjoyable mix of “The Office” and “Psych,” with a dash of “Chuck,” FOX’s new sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” has the potential to join the line of successful comedic hits. Creators Dan Goor and Michael Schur (“Parks and Recreation”) successfully transfer the charm and hilarity of the traditional workplace comedy into an eccentric New York City police squad. The show’s premise, a throwback to ‘70s sitcom “Barney Miller,” follows talented but immature Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) and his team of quirky police officers. Even though Peralta’s colleagues have always grudgingly
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Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher give hilarious performances as the leads of “Nine-Nine.”
tolerated his antics, the arrival of a by-the-book chief, Captain Roy Holt (Andre Braugher), forces Peralta to adapt to Holt’s no-nonsense style. Like its predecessors, “Nine-Nine’s” success stems largely from an impressive comedic cast. Samberg fits comfortably into another incarnation of the goofball persona he perfected with “Saturday Night Live” and comedy group The Lonely Island. With his icy, cool looks and deep, grandiose voice, Braugher is excellent as the dignified foil to Samberg’s Peralta. Bent on making the 99th Precinct the cream of the crop, he refuses to tolerate Peralta’s childish behavior. Credit must also be given to the show’s promising supporting cast. Terry Crews plays Sergeant Jeffords, whose timid interior clashes with his macho exterior. And with a cast rounded out by Melissa Fumero, Chelsea Peretti and comedic veteran Joe Lo Truglio, the precinct is filled with eclectic yet entertaining characters. Despite its promising cast, “Nine-Nine” demonstrates a few flaws out of the gate. As with any genre hybrid, the show faces a major balance issue. Though the workplace comedy works well, the actual police drama is somewhat lacking. With most of the pilot dedicated to the squad’s hijinks, the show has no choice but to rush through the episode’s major case. This glossing over leaves viewers wondering exactly how little police work is done in the 99th Precinct. Like “Barney Miller,” once a comedy commits itself to drama, its appeal should draw from both genres. By devoting too much time to the comedic aspects, “Nine-Nine” not
BROOKLYN on PG. 5
Women’s volleyball player profile: Allie Williams By KATHRYN JONES
Gallatin junior Allie Williams made nine kills in the volleyball match Thursday, helping NYU win three sets against Baruch College, but off the court, the middle blocker hopes to spike the economies of developing nations after college. Williams is concentrating in international politics and global health at the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies and intends to attend business or law school. She plans on becoming involved with social justice, nongovernmental organizations, international business and microfinance. Williams said going from sports to politics relies heavily on the influence of different cultures, Williams said. “That’s also kind of what the basis is for my major, the culture behind the political science and global health, and the intersection between the two,” Williams said. “I find that culture is much more indicative of how you should help people rather than control studies and things like that, that they try to predict.” She considers herself a combination of a jock and a nerd because she loves reading, especially about different cultures, which has taught her about diversity. Reading “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy inspired Williams to attend NYU. The Russian culture expressed in Tolstoy’s novel influenced Williams to originally pursue a Russian Literature concentration at Gallatin.
WILLIAMS on PG. 8