NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 41, No. 72
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013
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Violets cross country ranks nationally
Students react to gay hate crimes
By SYDNEY PEREIRA
Four meets into the season, the NYU men’s and women’s cross country teams are nationally ranked, 11th and 16th respectively. In the atlantic region, they are also ranked first and third. “When we came in this season, none of us were quite sure what to expect,” said Dylan Karten, men’s team captain and CAS senior. “Since I got here, we had a lot to look back at.” “Some of the work ethic was lost, and being back at square one has humbled us a little bit,” he said. “It made people work harder to get to the level we were once at. Now, there’s no taking it for granted.” In their last meet, the Dickinson College Long and Short Invitational on Sept. 28, both sides beat teams that were originally ranked higher than the Violets. The women’s team finished first with combined scores from the 6-kilometer and 4-kilometer races, while the men finished second behind host Dickinson College with combined scores from
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By LARSON BINZER
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Reddit co-founder talks entrepreneurship, inspiration at Tisch Hall. Drawing on the example of a Gallatin alum, Alexis Ohanian encouraged aspiring tech wizards and entrepreneurs to adopt a go-getter attitude in the social media business age in a discussion yesterday.
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Miley Cyrus delivers unpredictable, impressive mix of songs on ‘Bangerz’ By MACKENZIE BRADY
The self-proclaimed “new and more mature” Miley Cyrus made her album debut with the release of “Bangerz.” With it
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comes bad news for her detractors — it’s not Hannah Montana hits the club. As much as the pop culture world tries to pin her down, “Bangerz” proves that there is more to Cyrus than we give her credit for. If this album is a train wreck, it’s a train wreck in which the listener doesn’t mind being along for the ride. There are songs about twerking, popping molly and house parties, but, perhaps shockingly, those do not make up the majority of the album. Cyrus knows what people expect from her, and she is determined to do the opposite. The album seems content to flip from the hip-hop heavy “Do My Thang,” where
Gay hate crimes have been on the rise in New York City, including one high-profile incident that occurred near NYU. On May 18, 32-year-old Mark Carson was fatally shot at point-blank range while walking in Greenwich Village. The New York Times reported that by May 2013, gay hate crimes in New York City were 70 percent higher than in May 2012. In addition to Carson, same-sex couples have also been targeted over the past several months. On May 5, a gay couple that was holding hands was beaten by a group of men near Madison Square Garden. Another gay couple was attacked outside a Chelsea movie theater on Aug. 14, after the assailants insulted their sexuality. Hate crimes against same-sex couples have affected gay couples at NYU in terms of their comfort with going out into the city together.
Cyrus asserts how much she has grown up, to a ballad, “Maybe You’re Right,” that sounds clean and innocuous enough to fit in with her Disney days. As soon as you think you know where she’s going, Cyrus belts out an Amy Winehouse-esque “FU.” She crosses genres without apology and, more often than not, pulls it off. The exception is the weakest song on the album, “4x4,” which is so ridiculous no parody could prove more ludicrous than the track itself. It is difficult to believe that this song was made in earnest. Listeners will cringe when they
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Greenmarket vendors celebrate 35 years of service
Intelligent robots needed in modern work force
After serving Union Square patrons for over three decades, vendors reflect on the martket’s impact.
Too much time is spent fearing robotics and not enough time is spent developing the technology.
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