NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 40, No. 13
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
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Protests abroad affect NYU students
Gordon Brown addresses NYU
By MEGHAN O’CONNOR
By SIDDHI SUNDAR
BUENOS AIRES — On the evening of Sept. 13, metallic harmony sounded throughout the streets of Buenos Aires. Thousands of Argentinians took to the streets with kitchenware in the protest of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Banging pots and pans together is a form of protest used in Argentina that has been used since 2001, when an overwhelming economic crisis mostly hit the lower classes. However, on this particular Thursday the subject of protest was more political than economical. Kirchner, once a political favorite, quickly lost favor as involvement in corruption and issues with increased crime and inefficient economic restrictions have raised questions of her competence. With swiftly
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Brown stressed the importance of global collaboration in his speech Monday afternoon.
A sparkling debut for Kaling’s ‘Mindy’
By KEERTHI HARISHANKAR
Fox’s highly anticipated new comedy, “The Mindy Project,” delivers with its series premiere; topnotch writing paired with comedy veteran Mindy Kaling in the starring role proves to be a winning combination. Not only is the writing clever and relatable, but audiences are also sure to find Kaling charming, making “The Mindy Project” a likely hit. In the series premiere, Kaling plays Mindy Lahiri, a 31-year-old obstetrics and gynaecology doctor who doesn’t quite have her life together. The show begins with Kaling describing her love of romantic comedies and her desire for her life to become one. It’s a dream
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivered an address on the global economy to an eager audience of NYU students and faculty in the Kimmel Center for University Life early Monday afternoon. Brown’s speech, which was based on statistics, theory and social philosophy, boiled down to two trajectories. The first projected the fate of the international market within 20 years — predictions primarily based on Brown’s anchored belief in the potential of constantly evolving education and innovation. The second delved into the roadblock Brown believes is most critically inhibiting economic growth: a lack of global collaboration. “It’s wrong to see ourselves as threatened by the rise of a new middle class in Asia,” Brown said.
shared by many young women, and immediately establishes Kaling as an every-girl heroine. However, what makes the scene memorable is when the audience realizes that she is telling this to a police officer while explaining a series of drunken escapades following her ex-boyfriend’s wedding. The rest of the episode properly establishes that Mindy has issues in every aspect of her life, and she is very much a work in progress — making the show’s title rather apt. Also introduced in this episode are Mindy’s best friend Gwen (Anna Camp), her smug co-worker Danny Castellano (Chris Messina), and sexy British doctor Jeremy
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NY honors mollusks of Manhattan
By CAROLINE JOHNSON
In a city where festivals are devoted to a variety of exotic cuisines, it is refreshing to come across a celebration of the city’s indigenous foods. The first-ever New York Oyster Week kicked off Sept. 22 and will continue through Sept. 29. Oyster Week is an event to celebrate the oyster not only as food but also for its connection to the history of New York City. Kevin Joseph, one of Oyster Week’s creators and co-founders, explained the rich history between New Yorkers and the mollusk. “For 100 years, the oyster was the most commonly consumed form of protein of all classes of New Yorkers because the New York harbor was so full of
them,” Joseph said. “No other place consumed a single food for so many years, in the same exact way [as New York has with oysters]. It just doesn’t happen anywhere else.” The unique relationship the city has with oysters goes back to when the Dutch called New York City “New Amsterdam.” The shellfish continues to be a staple in the diets of New Yorkers of all budgets. Oyster Week will host special events in and around Manhattan. The kick off event at the Stone Street Oyster Festival on Sept. 22 was an amazing fusion of good food — crab cakes, mac and cheese and, of course, oysters — good music and good company. The streets of lower Manhattan were bustling with people enjoying the
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Oyster Week began Sept. 22 and will last until Sept. 29. last warm, sunny days with their fellow food lovers. The following day featured an Oyster social, where local bluegrass bands played while diners enjoyed the mollusk and mingled with other people.
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