WSN120511

Page 1

NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper

washington square news Vol. 39, No. 47

University sends most students abroad

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011

nyunews.com

An off-season turning of tassels for CAS grads

By Tony Chau

In an attempt to shift from being “in and of the city” to “in and of the world,” NYU got some good news last month. In a recent report by the Institute of International Education, NYU ranked first in sending students abroad and third in the number of international students. With a total of 7,988 international students in 2010, NYU fell just three students shy of second place to the University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign. Both were behind the 8,615 international students at the University of Southern California. In the last seven years, the number of international students at NYU has steadily increased from just over 5,000 students at the start of the period. Director of the International

R INTERNATIONAL continued on PG. 3

david lin/wsn

The NYU Pipes and Drums played to the 308 CAS graduates at the Baccalaureate ceremony in Skirball yesterday afternoon. By Hanqing Chen It may be too cold to jump into the fountain, but over 300 students from the September 2011 and January 2012 classes turned their tassels and graduated from the College of Arts and Science yesterday. Yesterday afternoon in the Skirball Center for Performing Arts,

308 CAS students participated in the Baccalaureate Ceremony. After acting Dean Gabrielle Starr’s opening remarks, Dean Emerita of the Graduate School of Arts and Science Catharine Stimpson spoke of the incredible pressures placed on today’s graduates. Despite the uncertain job market and economy, Stimpson was

CAS junior spreads eco-friendly action By Jessica Littman

courtesy of erin schrode

Schrode enables youth to pursue education via The Schoolbag.

CAS junior Erin Schrode has been an activist and self-proclaimed eco-renaissance woman since she was 13. That’s when she co-founded her first non-profit after growing concerned about the environmental effects of skin care and beauty products. “A study came out linking effects of beauty products to negative reproductive health issues, and at age 13 that was nothing I wanted near my body,” Schrode said. “There’s a certain naivety when you’re 13 that you think everything’s being taken care of and then you find out that it’s not and you say, ‘Wow, we have to stop this.’” Schrode’s naïvety led her and her mother to start Teens Turning Green, which educates children on the potentially harmful chemicals

SCHRODE continued on PG. 4

confident that NYU students have the skills, ambition and resolve to succeed. “I speak today with hope for and faith in your promise,” she said. Stimpson also said that intellectual liberation will allow students to express their ideas freely and reach their goals. “You are intellectually and imagi-

natively free, and you escape from dogma,” she said. CAS senior Sarah Kolinovsky addressed her fellow graduates and spoke of how her experience at NYU has prepared her for her life post-graduation. “We haven’t been isolated in

R GRADUATION continued on PG. 3

Wrestlers impress at Ted Reese Invitational By John Axelrod The NYU wrestling team had an impressice showing Saturday, placing second of 11 teams at the Ted Reese Invitational in Gorham, Maine. The field included teams from Division I, Division II and Division III schools. The Violets posted a team score of 95.5, just 4.5 points behind the first-place winner, Trinity College. Three NYU wrestlers came away with individual titles at the tournament. Senior David Rice won all five of his matches in the 165-pound division and was named the tournament’s most outstanding wrestler. His most impressive victory came in the semifinals when he beat Ronnie Tetreault of American International College. Tetreault

is the eighth-ranked wrestler in Division II. Rice remains unbeaten with a 12-0 record on the season. He is currently ranked eighth in Division III. “David Rice wrestled very well,” head coach Bruce Haberli said. “He beat two great wrestlers to win the tournament and remain undefeated.” Junior Janik Santana-Quintana was able to win his second individual title of the season, winning in the 125-pound class. Santana-Quintana easily won his first two matches before being slated to wrestle freshman teammate Alex Becker in the final. But the decision was made not to have the teammates wrestle each other and Becker withdrew.

R SWIM continued on PG. 5


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.