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Tisch Hall was filled Friday and Saturday for NYU’s first Entrepreneurs Festival, which featured talks, panels and freebies from startups launched by members of the NYU community. Frank Rimalovski created the festival and runs the NYU Innovation Venture Fund, a part of NYU that finances businesses created by students, faculty and researchers. He said he hopes to see the festival turn into an annual event. “Because NYU is such a big school and a diverse school in terms of its schools and its research, it totally lends itself to startups,” Rimalovski said. “Entrepreneurship doesn’t just come from a business school or a design school or a tech school, it comes from all of those together.”
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Anthony Boccardi streaked toward the goal post with the Quaffle firmly in hand at this weekend’s Quidditch World Cup. By Julie DeVito Muggles — armed with brooms, butterbeer and Bertie’s Every Flavor Beans — took over Randall’s Island this weekend for the fifth annual Quidditch World Cup. And in
their first showing as an official club, the NYU Nundu faced off against some of the top beaters, chasers and seekers in the country. NYU got off to a rough start on Saturday and was quickly eliminated, losing three match-
es in a row, against the University of Miami, Texas A&M and Vassar College, respectively. In all three games the Nundu looked overmatched, facing more organized and physical opponents. But despite their losses, CAS junior and cap-
tain Sarah Landis said she was proud of the team and that she was happy, especially with the way they played their toughest opponent, Texas A&M. “I left the [game] happy with
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Violets complete surprising season with ECAC championship By Daniel Hinton
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A trophy was hoisted and a championship banner unfurled as the NYU women’s soccer team defeated Richard Stockton College on Sunday for the second ECAC Metro Championship in school history. “We wanted to make the NCAA Tournament, but winning the ECAC Tournament was the next best thing,” junior midfielder/ forward Serra Tumay said. To reach the championship match, topseeded NYU had to get past the semifinal match on Saturday against New Jersey City University. The Violets’ offense started the action right away. Only 1:20 into the match, Tumay bent a corner kick from the left side into the far post. Ten minutes later, junior forward Erin Haggerty and sophomore forward Leslie Smith connected for NYU’s second goal. After Jersey City tied the game, NYU regained the lead in the 55th minute, when sophomore forward Erin Ahmed headed in the game-winner with her team-leading eighth goal of the season. Tumay and sopho-
more midfielder Natalie Beach set up a giveand-go off of a corner kick. With her teamleading eighth assist, Tumay then crossed the ball to Ahmed in the box, where she finished the play and put the Violets back in the lead. The victory left the Violets one win from a championship, with only Richard Stockton standing in their way. The Ospreys defeated Mount St. Mary College, 3-0, on Saturday. Just as they did the day before, the Violets went up by one early in the first half of the championship match. In the sixth minute, freshman midfielder/forward Cami Crawford kicked the ball into the upper-left corner for the first goal. With just over five minutes remaining in the first half, Tumay scored her second goal in as many games. Similar to the first goal, Tumay received a backward pass from freshman midfielder Claire Shanahan and put the ball in the top left corner of the net. NYU maintained control of the ball throughout the first half, but Richard Stockton created more chances in the second half. The Ospreys outshot the Violets by a total
of 8-7, but freshman goalkeeper Meg Patton made five saves to complete the shutout. Crawford iced the match when she scored again in the 71st minute. However, this time the goal was unassisted as Crawford sprinted from midfield to the left side of the box and put the ball past sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Hinkle for her eighth goal of the year, tying with Ahmed. “Everything we’ve been working on all season came together,” Tumay said. “Our defense and forward movement were great tonight.” Tumay received the Most Outstanding Player award for her performance in the tournament. “This feels great,” Tumay said. “Everyone around me made me better.” Her season total of eight assists ties the single-season school record, and her 22 points are the fifth-highest NYU single-season total. The Violets’ 14 wins for the season is their most in school history. Daniel Hinton is a deputy sports editor. Email him at dhinton@nyunews.com.
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Steinhardt sophomore plans to occupy beyond Wall Street By Rachel Hawatmeh Behind the chants of “We are the 99 percent” and the hundreds of faces that gathered in Foley Square last Friday was Steinhardt sophomore Itamar Lilienthal. For Lilienthal, who has been a part of OWS from day one, the movement has offered him a new perspective on change and encouraged him to move his own ideas forward. “Wall Street is a ground that anyone from around the world can voice their concerns,” he said. “We all know that the system is not working, but what we don’t know is how to go about changing it.” In October, Lilienthal began shaping his plan for Occupy Central Park, which gradually came together as he committed several hours a day to meeting with people and organizing the event. Working with Paul Sladkus of Good News Planet and East Village organizer John Penley, Lilienthal hoped to create an environment of positive change. “We needed room to grow, and Central Park was the perfect place to occupy,” Lilienthal said. Lilienthal’s brother, Alan, arrived in New York a week ago to assist his sibling with OCP.
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But the city notified Lilienthal a few days before Friday’s event that it would not permit him to continue his plan at the park, so the event was moved to Foley Square. OCP was originally designed to be a peaceful event with small bands and cultural festivities. But when Lilienthal got the news, he redesigned the event to be a rally for Veteran’s Day and the 99 percent. Energy and passion filled the Foley Square nonetheless. “All we are saying is give peace a chance,” said Penley, who also spoke at the event. “The city should be working for us.” Raina Hamner, a participant of the rally, said she believed in everything happening in Foley Square. “The part I like the most is how peaceful it is,” she said. “There’s a lot of positive energy in everyone.” Lilienthal said he thinks what matters the most is the message behind the event: creating what is new instead of complaining and living in the past. “It was a big learning experience,” Lilienthal said of Friday’s event. “If you want something right, you’ve got to do it yourself.” Alan’s thoughts mirrored those of his brother. “We have the power to create a new system, people bought into this idea that we have no control over our economy, but we can create whatever we want to create,” he said. As for the future, Lilienthal said he does not have concrete plans. “We’ve realized that the best way of bringing change is starting from the ground up,” he said. “We’re going to start making popup events throughout the city.” Rachel Hawatmeh is a staff writer. Email her at university@nyunews.com.
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NYU’s World Cup dreams vanish our performance,” she said. But NYU’s luck changed with its fourth and final game on Sunday. The Nundu came out fighting and their fortunes turned as they managed to eke out a win against Ithaca College, 70 to 50. Tisch junior and seeker Jeffrey Bryce caught the snitch. “I feel very, very good because we hadn’t won a game yet this weekend, so it was a good experience for all of us,” Bryce said. “We played that match really well. Everybody was on the ball today and we definitely picked up from the beginning yesterday.” This year’s World Cup was twice the size of last year’s, with an increase from 46 to 94 teams and nine playing fields instead of four. By Sunday night, only Florida and Middlebury remained, with Middlebury pulling out a close contest for another World
Cup title. Vassar senior Aaron Suzuka is a four-year veteran of the world cup. He has played for the Vassar Butterbeer Brewers since his freshman year and has seen the growth of the sport. “I think we all just worked really hard,” Suzaka said. “For us, it’s remembering why we’re playing the game, that we’re playing it because we love playing Quidditch.” Despite its early elimination, NYU is looking forward to getting better as a team. And with the Nundu’s new status as an official NYU club, the team was able to fund uniforms for the World Cup players. “Every time we play, we improve,” Bryce said. Julie DeVito is a deputy university editor. Email her at jdevito@nyunews.com
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NYU students organize a walk for a cure By Aliza Katz
About 150 students and families made their way from NYU’s Bronfman Center for Jewish Life, all the way up to 59th Street and back again on Sunday to raise awareness for familial dysautonomia. Organized by NYU students in support of the Dysautonomia Foundation, the event raised $26,000, according to walk coorganizer Sarah Strongin, a senior in the College of Nursing.
Also widely known as the Riley-Day syndrome, familial dysautonomia is a genetic disease that causes dysfunction of the autonomic and sensory nervous system. Those inflicted commonly experience motor delays and an inability to feel and react to pain. The most common patients are Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern European descent, one of every 27 of whom will be a carrier of the recessive gene that transmits the disease.
The FD walk, now in its second year, was organized by Strongin, CAS senior Jessica Raab, CAS junior Shira Falk and Hunter College junior Tova Cohen, all Jewish students who feel personal attachments to aiding those with the fatal disease. Strongin, along with Raab and Cohen, worked with a child with FD at a camp over the summer that brought children with chronic illnesses on vacations.“Spending time with these kids really taught [us] a lot about what the disease means to these kids and these families,” Strongin said. As board members of “Shalhevet,” NYU’s club for Orthodox Jewish Student life, Strongin, Falk and Raab wanted to create a charity event. “Shira came up with the idea of having a charity walk and it happened to be right after the first time I was dealing with FD kids, so I thought, why not do it for dysautonomia?” “It’s such a rare disease, and now so many people are aware of it,” Falk said. Mandy Bergenfield, the aunt of a child diagnosed with FD, was appreciative of these students’ initiative to raise awareness and funding for research. “It’s up to family, friends and all of the Jewish community and those outside to realize that we need to help these kids,” she said.
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The march began at NYU’s Bronfman Center and ended on 59th Street.
NYU Florence students give back to city By Gentry Brown
Eight NYU Florence students took time out of their weekends to help improve the lives of Italian children. The students volunteered at Dynamo Camp, which provides ten-day sessions of fun outdoor activities to children ages seven to 16 with serious, chronic or terminal illnesses. The camps are funded by private donors and are free of charge to participants and their parents. It was NYU Florence’s first Alternative Break trip and the university’s second such trip for an abroad site. The group assisted in necessary preparations at the camp, including maintaining stables that house animals used primarily for recreational therapy. Alexa Farah, the programming and events coordinator at NYU Florence, said the trip was designed to give students an opportunity to contribute to a worthy cause. “Due to logistical issues related to Italian language skills, training times and schedules, NYU Florence students have not yet been able to volunteer with the children at the camp,” Farah said. “However, students have found a way to dedicate their time and energy to fundraise for Dynamo Camp and to do their part to ensure that the camp is
ready for the children’s arrival.” Farah said NYU Florence has been collaborating with Dynamo Camp since 2007. Caitlin Schaer, a first-year Italian Studies graduate student, said that the camp was her favorite of all the volunteer activities she has completed so far in Florence. “Many students decide to spend time abroad for many various reasons, but I think it is also very important to remember to give back to the community you are getting to be a part of,” Schaer said. “It was a great way to show a different side to American students and Americans to the Italians.” Schaer attributed her fond feel-
ings to the sense of community she felt toward Dynamo and is already looking forward to a trip back. “While we got to participate in many great activities, my favorite part was getting to know this amazing community that dedicates their lives to helping ill children have a ‘normal’ childhood experience, and they bring so much joy and hope to so many kids,” she said. According to Farah, another Alternative Break trip back to Dynamo is in the works for Spring 2012. Gentry Brown is a deputy university editor. Email her at gbrown@nyunews.com.
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Students brought smiles to children’s faces with games and activities.
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Festival fosters budding entrepreneurs at NYU Rimalovski had help from students in organizing the event. Gallatin junior Samantha Smith helped keep the event lively to encourage students to join. “When you have a community that’s so young and vibrant, the last thing you want to do is turn people off,” she said. The two-day festival was packed with panels, such as “Our Eduardo & Zuck: Roommate & Classmate Startup Successes” — an ode to Facebook creators Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Speakers throughout the festival included Foursquare cofounder Dennis Crowley, an alumnus of NYU’s graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program, and CAS graduate
Don Katz, the founder of Audible.com. Many of the companies that attended the festival were made up entirely of NYU graduates. Socialbomb, a social technology agency, was founded by three alumni. The group creates social media apps for companies like Fisher Price and HBO. “We did an integration between Blu-ray and Facebook and Twitter for “True Blood” for HBO that won the CLIO this year,” Socialbomb co-founder Scott Varland (ITP ’08) said. The CLIO is a prestigious award for advertising and design. Attendees of the sold-out event paid $20 to see the panels and meet the entrepre-
How to celebrate Trans Week at NYU By Jessica Littman Today marks the beginning of NYU’s seventh annual Transgender Awareness Week. Organized by the LGBTQ Student Center, Trans Week aims to raise awareness of issues facing transgender students and their allies. The week will feature events hosted by the Center about a number of key issues and culminate with National Transgender Day of Remembrance on Saturday — an event that seeks to honor those who have been killed because of their gender nonconformity. Below are just a few of the week’s events.
Monday Trans 101 Workshop 12:30-1:45 p.m. | Kimmel 602 Attend this workshop for an introduction to transgender issues and to learn how to serve as an ally to the transgender community. One of the main goals of Trans Week is to bring transgender issues out in the open, and these workshops create a forum to discuss those problems with individuals who want to be allies but may not know how. Lucas Silveira Acoustic Show 8-9 p.m. | Kimmel 802 Lucas Silveira, the transgender lead singer of the band The Cliks, will perform at the Kimmel Center for University Life. Silveira will host a question-ananswer session with the audience after the show.
Tuesday Scavenger Hunt: Gender Neutral Bathrooms Across NYU! 12:30-2 p.m. | Meet at Kimmel 602 Students who participate in this event will spread out around NYU to find bathrooms that are gender non-conforming. The LGBTQ Student Center will then create a database of these restrooms for use by transgender people.
neurs. Dana Morgan, a second year School of Continuing and Professional Studies Masters student, came to the festival to find other developers to help her create new apps. Morgan has already created an app called “The Melody Book” to help musicians streamline their music files. Other students, including NYU-Poly freshman Rimma Mayzus, just came to find out more about entrepreneurship in general. “We want to get a head start,” she said. “We want to learn about starting a company.” Jessica Littman is a staff writer. Email her at jlittman@nyunews.com.
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The speakers at the event included the co-founder of Foursquare.
NYU librarian curates visual poetry exhibit By Hannah Borenstein In Lady Gaga’s song “Black Jesus Amen Fashion,” the pop star sings, “concrete poetry to feed my mind old symbolism was left behind.” While Gaga has yet to monopolize the culture of concrete poetry, the influence of her lyrics encouraged Marvin J. Taylor, director of the Fales Library, to curate a new exhibit called “Concrete Poetry to Feed My Mind: Images from the Fales
and Special Collections at NYU.” “Her interpretation was deadon,” Taylor said. “We believe it is important to note that we preserve materials for the object value, too.” Concrete poetry, a subsect of verbo-visual poetry, began as a post-World War II movement to express the meanings of words in a more visual and multi-dimensional way. There is no universal way to characterize concrete po-
Thursday Student Roundtable: Trans Health Care at NYU 2-3:30 p.m. | Kimmel 602 This event is open for students to discuss issues they have with NYU’s Student Health Center treatment of transgender people. SHC representatives will be there to answer questions and take suggestions from transgender students and their allies about the health care needs of the trans community.
Friday “Still Black: A Portrait of Black Trans Men” film screening 12:30-2 p.m. | Kimmel 602 This black-and-white experimental film consists of six segments that profile six transgender black men as they explore their personal issues with race and gender. Many in the trans community feel that race is ignored when discussing trans issues, which this film seeks to remedy. A full list of events can be found at nyu.edu/life. All of the events are equally open to transgender and gender non-conforming people and to allies.
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Concrete poetry seeks to tell its story in a more visual way.
etry — the works Taylor selected ranged from a poem titled “Individuality,” in which there is a long series of the letter “l” in chart-form, to a work done by Mary Ellen Solt, titled “FORSYTHIA,” which is written perpendicular to the content with letters and dashes branching out to create a flowering image. Taylor studied and worked with Solt at Indiana University, where he became invested in the contemporary art form. All of the works featured in the exhibit were taken from Solt’s anthology, “Concrete Poetry: A World View.” “[Solt] believed each form had its own physical shape, unique to the ideas of the given poems,” Taylor said. “I had been collecting a lot, and when I was given the opportunity to put on a display, I thought concrete poetry would be a great way to show how these things can really do justice occupying a public space.” While the art form is modern, influences of concretism have come from various places throughout time. Taylor took works by concrete poets coming from Brazil, Germany, the United States and Austria to show how artwork should aim to examine the entire world. “[Concrete poetry] requires a very close and unique analysis that is a skill you can use for the rest of your life,” Taylor said. “Unfortunately, in an academic setting, you don’t learn about contemporary poetry or fiction, which is really a shame. It’s a lifetime pleasure for me.” The exhibition will be shown until Jan. 31, 2012 at the Open House Gallery at 528 LaGuardia Pl. It is free and open to the public. Hannah Borenstein is a staff writer. Email her at features@nyunews.com.
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Tisch senior brings lifelong passion to dream school By Nicola Pring
At first glance, tall, fairhaired Tisch senior Chris Duggan could be any NYU student, rushing through the city streets to make it to class on time. But underneath his typical 21-yearold look is a talented rock guitarist and singer who already has a promising, full-time music career. Duggan has been writing and performing original songs with his band at local venues such as The Delancey, Wicked Willy’s and Lit Lounge since his freshman year at NYU. In the fall of 2009, the band performed at The Bitter End, where the group recorded its first live album, which Duggan described as “in-yourface rock.” They are hoping to complete their sophomore album this spring, which will have “kind of a punky attitude” in combination with the rock sound of the band’s first album, according to Duggan. The new album will be Duggan’s fourth to date. The senior began making music at age seven, when he asked his parents for an electric guitar. “They asked me if I wanted an
acoustic guitar, and I said ‘No way, get me an electric guitar and an amplifier,’” he recalled with a smile. But it wasn’t until his freshman year of high school that Duggan discovered his talent for singing. He decided to sing in his school’s choir and was a member of several bands throughout his high school career. In the summer of 2009, he founded the Chris Duggan Band. Duggan is now in his fourth year at NYU, which was the Ohio native’s dream school. He’s known he wanted to come to the city since he was three years old, playing in Central Park with his father. “I pointed to the skyline and said ‘Someday, I’m going to live there,’” he said. The guitarist and singer enrolled in the Liberal Studies Program four years ago, and he discovered the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at Tisch in his freshman year. Duggan transferred into Clive Davis in his sophomore year, a move that he said has provided him with a well-rounded music education. “It’s not just artistry, or just theory, or just business,” he
said. “It’s all of them wrapped up into one.” Balancing a full school schedule and a demanding career isn’t always easy for the musician. “It’s a little crazy, but it’s manageable if I use my time wisely,” said Duggan, who spends his free time writing new music. The artist writes all of the chords and melodies for his songs first, and his bandmates fill in parts for their instruments based on his structures. “The lyrics always come second,” Duggan said. “It’s easier to write if you have the chord progression playing behind you.” Duggan hopes to go on tour after graduation and eventually perform at Madison Square Garden. But for now he plans to just keep doing what he loves. “It’ll be a wild ride on the way,” he said. Duggan and his band will be performing at The Trash Bar in Brooklyn on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 9:30 p.m. For more information, visit Duggan’s website, cdrocks.com. Nicola Pring is a contributing writer. Email her at features@nyunews.com.
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Loud music not worth damage to health and hearing By Richard Zhang Even though we don’t see her, we know she’s coming because we can hear the Lady Gaga blaring through her earbuds. Her music is so loud that you can hear it from fifteen feet away. Everyone knows someone like that — especially at NYU, where people turn up the volume to cover the background noise. As I’m writing, the woman sitting in front of me — with her earplugs in — is listening to Rihanna. Please do stop the music. High volume not only annoys your neighbor in the library, but it also can kill your ears. “As sound travels through the ear canal, it ends up in the inner ear, or cochlea,” audiologist Brian Fligor said. “When it’s too loud, tiny hair cells, which send sound information to the brain, are damaged or destroyed, resulting in hearing loss.” According to Dr. Fligor’s research, the average person listens to music at the same acoustic level as the noise of a lawn mower. And 80 percent of people listen to music at a danger-
ous level. Still, the maximum volume that an iPod can reach is between 105 to 110 decibels, which is higher than the that of a helicopter. Imagine what would happen if the sound of a helicopter was blaring in your eardrums. Overexposure to loud music can also cause depression. According to an article in Newsweek by Andrew Weil, “Our hearing has evolved to attend to and analyze changes in the complex acoustic patterns of nature, like those of forests, running water, rain and wind. Evolution did not prepare us to endure the kinds of man-made sounds that pervade our ... lives today. Noise strongly and negatively affects our emotions.” In other words, we are more used to hearing natural sounds than artificial ones. Part of the “nature-deficit disorder,” a term coined by the writer Richard Louv, happens when we are overwhelmed with human-made sounds, like rock music, and have little exposure to natural noises. The nature-deficit disorder directly causes problems in our nervous systems, resulting in depression.
All these problems can be solved by simply turning the volume down. A good rule of thumb is that if other people can hear your music, it’s too loud. Fligor suggests that the music volume should not go over 75 decibels, which is about the loudness of the roadside traffic. When your music can cover the noise on the street, it’s too loud. In addition, you should listen to natural sounds, like the flow of water and the singing of the birds, which can be found online. The peaceful noises will calm your nerves before the next big test and help your concentration as a result. Trust me, you don’t want to listen to loud music until your ears start ringing and everything sounds muffled. If this happens, you should probably consult the nearest audiologist. Richard Zhang is a columnist. His column, “A College Student’s Handbook,” is about contemporary college issues and appears every Monday. Email him at opinion@nyunews.com.
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Loss of likeability may be Cain’s downfall By Matthew Hughes Herman Cain had made it. After months of little media attention, his campaign had finally caught fire. Assuming the not-Romney mantle from the sputtering, stuttering Rick Perry, Cain emerged as a legitimate contender and frontrunner almost overnight. His 9-9-9 plan was the talk of the town, and with his skyrocketing name-recognition came insatiable media interest and coverage. But as Cain would soon learn, you can’t always have your pizza and eat it, too. In late October — only weeks after his meteoric rise — allegations arose that he sexually harassed multiple women while he was head of the National Restaurant Association. As the controversy has continued to brew well into November and new women have stepped forward with alarming regularity, Cain’s poll numbers have taken a bit of a beating, with Romney reclaiming the top spot and Newt Gingrich creeping ever closer to taking second. Nothing about Cain’s campaign has changed. He still shills 9-9-9 with vigor and charm, and his policies have remained the same. He’s the same person that he was before the allegations.
The only thing that’s really changed is people’s perceptions of him. He was once thought of by many as a likeable fellow with simple solutions. His solutions haven’t changed. That means that his plunge in the polls can be owed to one thing: likability, or lack thereof. It’s something we often pretend doesn’t matter. We’d like to think that our primary motivation for supporting a political candidate or leader is their qualifications or ideas. We’d like to believe that we are dutiful citizens who focus only on the personnel and not the personal. But, ultimately, as in all aspects of life, we can’t always think with such professional detachment. How much we like a politician and his or her personality matters more than we’d care to admit. Just ask Mitt Romney. He’s certainly more qualified and intelligent than most of his primary opponents. He handily out-debates the field and has the experience to back it up. He comes closest to beating President Barack Obama in head-to-head polls and is far and away the most electable Republican candidate on paper. Even still, there’s a widespread sense of discontent with him and a palpable desire among Republicans to find someone else — anyone else
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even. It’s not so much his policies as his personality. He’s a bit too haughty and a tad uptight for their tastes, lacking the fiery passion the Tea Party base loves to see. Simply put, they just don’t like him. Likability can also work in a politician’s favor. Look no further than Obama, whose poll numbers could easily be lower right now. With persistently awful economic forecasts, Obama’s re-election chances should, in theory, look a lot bleaker than they do. His high personal ratings give a fuller picture of the situation. People like him, and they want to like the job he’s doing. They give him the benefit of the doubt even when they doubt him. There’s nothing wrong with that, nor is there a problem with taking likability into account. There’s often a reason why we like people in the first place, and we don’t have to ignore those gut instincts. But we should learn from Herman Cain that personality isn’t everything. Matthew Hughes is a columnist. His column, “Campaign in the Membrane,” is about the sociology of politics and appears every Monday. Email him at opinion@nyunews.com.
Prof’s definition of sexual harassment inadequate
An article published in Saturday’s New York Times, written by NYU journalism professor Katie Roiphe, argued that our current definition of sexual harassment is a product of our puritan heritage. According to Roiphe, the broad definition of harassment creates a hostile environment towards men, which ultimately leads to a “drab, cautious, civilized, quiet, comfortable workplace.” Roiphe said that our current legal definition of sexual harassment encompasses innocuous flirtation, dirty jokes and risque remarks. By so doing, Roiphe ignored the fact that sexual harassment, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is defined as an unwanted verbal or physical advance of a sexual nature that “unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.” This conflates serious transgressions — such as those presidential candidate Herman Cain has been accused of — with normal parts of work life, such as asking a co-worker out for a drink without aggressive sexual undertones. Roiphe writes that our current sexual harassment policies propagate an outdated view of women as creatures of sensitive sensibilities being preyed upon by lecherous colleagues. While it is true that the percentage of women in the workplace has increased, it is still the case that the majority of leadership positions are occupied by men. Roiphe also argues that legal protection against sexual harassment victimizes women by making them “delicate creatures.” She argues that women don’t need legal protection because they can handle unwanted advances on their own. This argument treats sexual harassment as an individual aberration instead of a structural issue produced by a patriarchal system. Sexual harassment comes in many different degrees of severity, and offenses should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. At the end of the day, our question is: Are there more cases annually of men and women being wrongly accused of sexual harassment and subsequently fired or substantially adversely affected, or of men and women who are guilty of sexual harassment facing no consequences? Email the WSN Editorial Board at editboard@nyunews.com.
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Karten, Evans pace cross country teams By Sara Levy
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Senior Maeve Evans
The NYU men’s and women’s cross country teams had an incredible weekend, both finishing in the top five in the NCAA Atlantic Regional 8k Championship at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., on Saturday and earning at-large bids in their respective NCAA Division III Championship meets on Sunday. For the men, junior Dylan Karten led the Violets, finishing in ninth place with a time of 25:25.8. Also scoring points for NYU were seniors Ryan Boyd, who came in 13th place at 25:47.6, and Andrew Zitek, who finished in 14th place at 25:47.9. “I’d like to work on my finish,” Karten said. “I gave up four spots in the last 100 meters, which is a little unnerving.” Junior Kevin Bonilla, who placed 25th with a time of 26:11.5, and freshman Sebastian Oja, who came in 42nd place with a time of 26:28.7, were the last two to score for the Violets. Overall, St. Lawrence won the race with a total of 85 points, with SUNY Geneseo coming in second with 95. NYU, in comparison, had 103 total points, earning third place. “We all ran really well, [especially] Sebastien Oja,” Boyd said. “It’s not often that freshmen contribute at the NCAA level, and he really stepped it up this year.” On the woman’s side, senior Maeve Evans guided the team, finishing in fifth place with a time of 22:16.2. Even though she did well enough
Wrestling stumbles in early-season dual meet By Ryan Gilmore
Saturday was a rough day on the mats for the NYU wrestling team in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Following a convincing leadoff 19-5 victory against Oneonta State, the Violets dropped their dual meet to Wilkes University, 38-9 and then lost in a heart-wrenching tiebreaker to King’s College. In the first meet against Oneonta, NYU was led by junior Janik Santana-Quintana (125), who pinned Oneonta freshman Nick Oliveto. Senior David Rice (165) tacked on another four points in a major decision, while freshman Matthew DiGiovanni (149), senior Gregg Martino (174) and junior Jake Pawlowski (184) each put up three points in their respective wins by decision. The rest of the day, however, saw NYU lose all but two of its matches against Wilkes University. Rice earned a second win by major decision, and Martino won by a technical fall.
Against King’s College, the Violets started out hot with decision wins by Santana-Quintana and sophomore Piotr Puchalski, who notched his first collegiate victory. The team also got a victory by forfeit. Rice and Martino would add to the lead with a pin and a win respectively, but King’s grapplers stormed in the last three matches with back-to-back pins and a win in a tiebreaker. “We didn’t get it done today,” head coach Bruce Haberli said. “It’s going to be a tough one to rebound from, but we have a young team and will keep working.” Great individual performances by Rice and Martino, each going 3-0 in the meet, were highlights of the day. Rice is now 6-0 to lead off the season. NYU will look to improve upon this performance when it visits The College of New Jersey at the TCNJ Open on Nov. 20. Ryan Gilmore is a contributing writer. Email him at sports@nyunews.com
to qualify for Nationals, Evans wasn’t satisfied with her performance. “The race went out really fast, and I didn’t get out well,” she said. “I spent the rest of the race playing catch up and passing a lot of girls throughout the rest of the race.” Senior Paige Zelinsky came in 11th place, finishing in 22:27.1. The final three scorers for the Violets were junior Hannah Satzke in 41st place at 23:17.1, senior Laura Santoski in 48th place with a time of 23:23.1 and junior Georgina Norton in 63rd place at 23:41.7. Despite the absence of junior Kirsten Keller with a knee injury, the Violets managed to place fifth overall, 91 points behind winner and host St. Lawrence College. “Everyone did what they needed to move on to next week,” Evans said, noting the looming NCAA Championships. Satzke agreed and said each player recognized the importance of the race. “The fact that we still qualified for Nationals despite not having [Kirsten Keller] shows just how strong this team is,” she said. Next weekend, both teams will travel to Winneconne, Wisc., to participate in the NCAA Division III Championships which will take place on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Lake Breeze Golf Course. Last year, the women placed 28th and the men placed 10th in this event. Sara Levy is a staff writer. Email her at sports@nyunews.com.
NYU swimming teams impress at Wheaton By Briana Hanratty The NYU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams dismantled their competition en route to winning the tri-meet at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. The women’s team defeated both Wheaton and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 211-82 and 198-99, respectively. Notable contributions came from senior captains Molly Rippe and Patti Meringer. Rippe, along with fellow senior Marisa Ayvaliotis, placed first and second in the 1,000-yard freestyle, with times of 10:54.71 and 11:05.54. Meringer dominated the 200-yard butterfly at 2:16.27. “It’s a great feeling being able to look at my supportive teammates and be so proud and so deserving of their accomplishments,” Meringer said, inspired by the team’s strong performance. “Yesterday truly reminded me why we all have a passion for the sport.” In diving, senior Kelly Dietz, a two-time University Athletic Association Athlete of the Week honoree, won the one-meter and three-meter dives, continuing her undefeated streak
this season. The men handily defeated host Wheaton College 24058 but had a nail-biting victory against the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 149-147. Senior captains Bryson Naylor and James Bedell both secured victories in the 200yard breaststroke and 100yard butterfly, respectively. Sophomore Cole Talbott won both the 200-yard and 500yard freestyle, while sophomore Charlie Wu won both the 200-yard backstroke and 200-yard IM. Freshman Matt Kendall finished behind Wu in second place in the 200yard backstroke. On the diving side, freshman wunderkind Austen Blease demonstrated why he has earned UAA Athlete of the Week twice, winning both the one-meter and three-meter dives. The women emerged from this weekend with a 3-2 overall record, while the men have a 2-3 overall record. The Violets will host The College of New Jersey this Saturday, Nov. 19, at their home pool in Palladium Athletic Facility. Briana Hanratty is a staff writer. Email her at sports@nyunews.com.
Volleyball falls short of ECAC crown
By Mary Jane Dumankaya
Bogle, had 40 assists. Junior Kaylee Schanda had 14 digs A disappointing season came to and four service aces this game. In the finals, NYU was up against an end this weekend as the NYU women’s volleyball finished second top-seeded Elmira College (28-8), in the ECAC Division III Metro/Up- who beat Ramapo College (28-7) in state Women’s Volleyball Champi- the semifinals. NYU won the first set 26-24, only onship with a title game loss to host to lose the next two 25-19 and 27-25. Elmira College. NYU defeated Mount St. Mary The Violets stepped it up to win the College in three straight sets in fourth set 25-20 and tie the game, Wednesday’s quarterfinal match to 2-2. The fifth and final set proved advance to the semis. NYU was the just how much both teams wanted the championship, as second seed, with an the teams’ scores stayed overall record of 21-16. within points of each The opponent, Fairleigh other the entire set. Dickinson UniversityThe score was 14-13, Fordham, was the third with NYU down by seed at 29-9. only one point when The Violets won the an Elmira block gave first two sets against the Soaring Eagles the FDU-Fordham, 25-19 winning point and the and 25-21. NYU then championship. The set dropped the third set finished 15-13. 20-25 but won the last Sophomore Jenn Koset 25-18 and ultimately rte had six kills and the match, 3-1. two digs. Freshman Sophomore Alex Mao Sarah Buckingham had 15 kills and 24 digs. added 19 kills and 17 Freshman Laurie Goodman, who was subbing file photo by david lin digs of her own. Senior captain Kolby in for the injured capSophomore Alex Mao Warren had 11 kills, tain sophomore Hope
one service ace and five block assists in her final collegiate game. Bogle was able to play in the final, capturing two service aces and 43 assists. “It was heartbreaking not winning the championship, but we’ve come a long way and ended in a good place for next year,” sophomore Alex Mao said. “We played with a lot of heart and really well considering all of our injuries, and we’re really looking forward to next year.” NYU had a hitting percentage of .536 in the fourth set, which was the highest of the match for both teams and a vast improvement from the .167 and .189 percentages of their second and third sets. Both teams had only three errors in the fifth set. “It was disappointing to end the season with a loss, but at the same time we played with more heart than I’d seen our whole season,” senior captain Kolby Warren said. “I’m sad that it’s over but we’ve grown a lot as a team and you can expect great things from the girls next season.” Mary Jane Dumankaya is a staff writer. Email her at sports@nyunews.com.