NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 41, No. 65
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
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Unemployment grows in New York By AFEEFA TARIQ
Gerard Baker offers insight into business journalism, new media
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The university’s business and economic reporting program hosted The Wall Street Journal managing editor and Dow Jones editor-in-chief Gerard Baker, who spoke about the future of journalsim at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
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The unemployment rate in New York City increased to 8.6 percent in August from 8.4 percent in July, while unemployment in New York state increased to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent in the same time period, according to data released by the New York State Department of Labor on Sept. 19. The higher rates come despite the addition of 22,700 private sector jobs in the state, a 0.3 percent increase and higher than the nationwide growth rate of 0.1 percent. According to a press release from the Department of
Labor, these increases in unemployment stemmed in part from the state’s growing labor force, which grew by 24,500 in August, as more New Yorkers gained confidence about finding a job and rejoined the labor market. Bohdan Wynnyk, deputy director of the Division of Research and Statistics for the Department of Labor, said in the press release that the state economy experienced its largest monthly jobs gain since January 2013. “New York remains just one of nine states to have regained all of the private
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King brings signature Medical school enrollment rises scares to ‘Shining’ sequel By KAIDIA PICKELS
By CHARLIE SPECTOR
What can possibly be said about Stephen King that hasn’t been said already over the last four decades? King stands as one of the most literary and culturally prolific authors in the history of American letters — any new work that he publishes is often regarded as a sparkling edition to his astounding literary canon. This tradition is more than fulfilled with “Doctor Sleep,” King’s long-awaited sequel to “The Shining.” A popular work of horror in both cinematic — thanks to Stanley Kubrick’s wonderfully surreal 1980 film adaptation — and literary spheres, the book manages to take us to dark places we never thought we’d go, and King’s bold yet familiar style guides the way. King starts the readers out right where the Torrance family left off in the original 1977 novel. In the prologue, the effects of a harsh winter in the Overlook Hotel have left Wendy, Danny, Dick Holloran and even poor little imaginary Tony shocked to their cores. Their various reactions to their time in the Overlook are all touched upon, but it’s eventually Danny that the book settles its focus upon. Early on, Danny realizes his shin-
ing will never disappear. This realization causes him to drown in alcoholism. Here is where the book eventually finds a middle-aged Dan, with several arrests on his record and an Alcoholics Anonymous tour across King’s favorite playground — New England. Hoping to start fresh, Dan eventually finds a job in a New Hampshire hospice using his shining to comfort the elderly as they pass on, thus acquiring the position that gives the book its title. Meanwhile, across the country, a teenager named Abra Stone is also developing the shining — although neither she nor her parents have any idea what it is and simply classify it as a childish matter that will cease as she grows up. While both of those stories are being explored, King also takes the reader on a tour of elderly RV owners that may not be as innocent as their quaint motor homes designate them to be. Little more can be said without spoiling the tale. Indeed, the twists and revelations that the book brings about are both familiar, such as the recurrence of “The Shining’s” infamous “REDRUM,” and surprising. You’ll never think of the word “steam” the same way again.
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Enrollment in New York City’s medical schools is increasing, and because of this, Associated Medical Schools of New York projected a physician shortage in coming years. “New York’s health care landscape is changing rapidly due to an aging population, rising costs and policy changes at the state and federal level,” president and CEO of AMSNY Jo Wiederhorn said in the press release. “As a result, the demand for physicians has intensified.” According to a press release from AMSNY, 2,424 new students enrolled this fall in the state’s 16 medical schools, a 5 percent increase since last year. In 2002, AMSNY called for a 30 percent enrollment increase in medical schools to accomodate for a projected shortage of medical practitioners. NYU Langone spokesperson Deborah Haffeman said 162 new students began their studies at the NYU School of Medicine this fall. According to AMSNY, 16 of those students are part of the school’s streamlined three-year program, in which students begin classes
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NYU Langone’s applicant pool increased in recent years. six weeks early and have continuous training between undergraduate medical school and graduate residency. Haffemen also said the enrollment rate has not increased at the medical school despite an increase in applications in the last five years. While the number of enrolled students has hovered around 160 since 2009, the number of applicants has grown from 6,810 in 2009 to 8,835 in 2013. “New York is not on its own in terms of increasing enrollment, and not
all medical schools in the city have seen an increase in enrollment,” AMSNY spokesperson Crystal Mainiero said. “Schools that have seen an increase have worked very hard to do so.” James Feng, a student in the medical school, said that while more people show interest in the medical field, residency positions are not always available at New York hospitals. “There is no shortage of individuals who want to be doctors, but rather [there]
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