NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 40, No. 8
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
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Graduation rates higher for foreign students
NYU financial aid fund doubles
A recent study found that immigrant students have slightly higher high school graduation rates than American students. The report, which was conducted by a non-partisan group called Independent Budget Office, surveyed 72,500 students in the class of 2009. This number does not include discharged students, which the IBO defines as students who left the school system without graduating or dropping out. About 20,000 of these students were born outside of the United States. According to the IBO, which monitors the New York City budget and school system, about 67 percent of immigrant students graduated from New York City high schools in four years, compared to 61 percent of students born in the United States. Those from Europe, Asia and Africa averaged a rate close to 80 percent, significantly outperforming the 47 percent average among
NYU raised a record-high $120 million for financial aid fund during 2011-2012 year. University spokesman Philip Lentz said this figure is double the amount that was raised for the previous fiscal year, which begins on Sept. 1 and ends on Aug. 31 each year. He added the $120 million is the most that has been raised to date for the university’s financial aid fund. The fund has made a dramatic jump within the past two years, Lentz said. “This compares with $61.3 million raised for financial aid in the 2010-11 fiscal year and $42.7 million in the 2009-2010 fiscal year,” he said. Other universities have also increased their financial aid. According to the Boston Globe, Boston College will spend $90 million on financial aid this year, and Northeastern
By ANDERS MELIN
GRADUATION continued on PG. 3
By NEELA QADIR
FILE PHOTO BY ACE STELTER
OWS anniversary recalls movement as impetus of change Today marks the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. A WSN columnist argues that although the movement never made substantive policy changes, it has had a positive, progressive effect on America’s political landscape.
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Violets break seasonal record with latest win By FRANCISCO NAVAS
By defeating Baruch College at the Metropolitan Oval in Maspeth, N.Y., NYU men’s soccer team surpassed their seasonal record to a historic 6-0-0 start. The team, ranked 17th, broke the former record set by current head coach Joe Behan’s 1994 squad. This is the Violets’ second consecutive 4-0 win, and the fourth shutout this season for goalies Jonas Poster and Forrest Sexton. They have now kept a clean slate for 287:42. The Violets kept a clean defensive game and a strong offensive game with a 23-9 shot advantage over the Bearcats. Senior forwards Kyle Green and Paolo Luciano com-
bined for three goals, while sophomore midfielder Mickey Ingerman scored his first goal of the season. Luciano put his team on the scoreboard in the 20th minute as he beat Baruch’s goalie Peter DiBona with an unassisted goal. Although senior captain Niki Chow’s penalty kick in the 32nd minute hit the goal post, Green made up for the miss a minute later by putting a pass from junior midfielder Chris Ramirez into the back of the net. The last two goals were also scored by Ingerman and Green within 46 seconds of each other in the first half. “I’m very pleased with the finish,” said head coach Joe Behan. Green’s two goals and an assist
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AID continued on PG. 3
NYU Grads open Tribeca art gallery By EMILY MCDERMOTT
From messenger service to gallery space, a TriBeCa storefront was recently transformed, allowing two NYU grads to co-operate a business and curate their first art show. Graduates of the art history department Alex Ahn and Ari Lipkis, both 23, opened the gallery TEMP, a collaborative space for young artists, on Sept. 8. The current show, “Working On It,” features large-scale installations by 12 artists who represent the 20-something generation. No piece is simply a painting or sculpture, but rather each artwork requires space — something many young artists are not given. The installations revolve around central themes of our
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Alex Ahn and Ari Lipkis open TEMP gallery for young artists. generation’s thoughts: technology and preservation of youth. Photographs reveal rooftop bars, dancing topless in the subway, fire escapes and studio apartments. A success tent offers advice such as “question what
you think is natural.” As one walks through a spiral of plexiglass painted with people clad in cocktail dresses and suits, the space becomes narrower —
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