NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 42, No. 94
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014
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SOCCER
STUDENT LIFE
Marathon more than doubles donations
Violets end soccer seasons with losses By BOBBY WAGNER Staff Writer
This weekend marked the end of the NYU men’s and women’s soccer seasons as both teams fell in their respective playoff tournaments. The men’s team lost 1-0 at the hand of Rutgers University-Camden in the semifinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference competition, while the women fell 2-0 to Amherst College in the first round of the NCAA DIII tournament. After pulling out a tight game a few days earlier, the men’s team traveled across state lines to Camden hoping to win in similar fashion, with resilient defense and impressive goalkeeping. The stat line of the game was resoundingly similar, as the Violets were outshot 16-7 and were only able to get three shots on net to Rutgers’ five. Unlike the last game, however, NYU’s opponent was able to sneak one goal in past sophomore goalkeeper Lucas Doucette. The Scarlet Knights’ goal came early in the 17th minute of the first half, when opposing forward Mike Ryan got right in front of the net and beat Doucette. Doucette had four saves on the day. The Violets could not rally and only scraped together a few chances at the end of the match. Freshman forward Malcolm Montilus led the team with two shots, and one on goal. His return next season will headline the maturation of a very young team, which had contributions Saturday from many underclassmen, as they have all season. The return of a slew of sophomores, including big minute players Doucette, captain Petter Aasa, forward Bryan Walsh, midfielder Ryan Cerqueria and forward Reece Barton should also help next season’s cause. Montilus, defender Ryan Llorente and forward Tommy Walters are three promising freshmen who played significant minutes this season. The team will certainly miss senior captain Mickey Ingerman and senior defender Justin Suter, but with an 11-7-1 finish for
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By LINGYI HOU Contributing Writer
STAFF PHOTO BY SANG BAE
For 12 hours on Nov. 16, members of NYU’s greek life participated in its second annual dance marathon, raising money for the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation.
More than 500 students gathered in Eisner & Lubin Auditorium to raise money to benefit the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation at NYU’s second annual dance marathon on Nov. 16. The event, which was hosted by New York Dance Marathon, raised a total of $252,757.68 — over double what was raised last year. Founded in 2013 by members of NYU greek life, the NYDM is a yearlong fundraising challenge culminating in a 12-hour dance marathon. The proceeds are used to support pediatric cancer research and provide support for the families of children with cancer. All individuals who fundraised more than $250 during the year were invited to attend the dance marathon. This year’s marathon included more than 250 participants. The children whose treatment
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FEAUTURES
All-female ‘Julius Caesar’ breaks gender lines By DHRITI TANDON Staff Writer
In an attempt to reflect on Roman contemporary politics and modern day interpretations of gender, the Gallatin School of Individualized Study’s Roman Tragedies Festival featured an all-female production of “Julius Caesar.” The production was performed by the all-female Gallatin group, Show Us Womanish, created by junior Katherine Romans and alumna Ashley Thaxton. “We are seven people who are working to tell a story that was written over 400 years ago about an event that happened over 2,000 years ago,” Romans said. “When people ask us ‘Why female?’ we say, ‘Why not?’” The production’s name itself
was inspired by a quote in “Julius Caesar,” which describes their eccentric collection of an all-female cast to present the male-dominated epic. “One day we were in rehearsal and Cassius’ character spoke the lines, ‘And we are governed with our mother’s spirits; our yoke and sufferance show us womanish,’” Romans said. “We decided we liked the irony of the concept ‘show us womanish’ and began to call ourselves that.” The group members hoped to be explicit about their transformations from female to male characters and embodying multiple roles. “We decided very early on in our process that we did not want to hide any of our transformations from the audience,” Romans said. “We never wanted to
COURTESY OF KATHERINE ROMANS
Kelsey Burns practices for her role in “Julius Caesar.” deceive the audience or ‘pretend’ that we are not women ... We are all performing ourselves and our performance sometimes changes
depending on the context.” The members said acting out
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