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Activism | Occupy Wall Street Timeline Becoming familiar with the 99 percent

ERICK MANCEBO Features Intern September 17, 2011: September 17 marked the first official Occupy Wall Street gathering, and featured an estimated 1,000 people. There were reports of NYPD disruption of what the protesters called a “peaceful” protest, by preventing protestors from building tents.

September 24, 2011: The allegedly unprovoked macing of peaceful activists by NYPD officer Anthony Bologna. The image of the young women being maced sparked widespread outrage, and prompted a warning to the NYPD from the online hacker-activism group, “Anonymous.”

October 1, 2011: OWS Protestors move from Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan and march the Brooklyn Bridge, paralyzing traffic on the bridge and eliciting the arrests of at least 700 protestors, and more controversially, a number of journalists covering the story.

All photos by HILDA ADENIJI | The Pace Press

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November 15, 2011: NYPD, with the permission of Mayor Bloomberg, begin a midnight clearing of Zuccotti Park, forcing protestors to vacate the area while they sanitize the park and allegedly dump the protestor’s belongings into dump trucks. The incident sparks a stand-off between NYPD and NYC journalists, who allege the NYPD mistreated and bullied a number of them throughout the course of the night. In response, Gabe Pressman, president of the New York Press Club Foundation, sent a letter to Mayor Bloomberg that read, “The actions of some police officers were not consistent with the long- established relationship between the NYPD and the press.”

May 1, 2012: Occupy Wall Street relaunches with a “May Day” campaign set to re-invigorate the movement with a number of marches and demonstrations around the city, resulting in the paralyzation of motorized traffic in Downtown Manhattan and reports of delays around Union Square.

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Activism | Trayvon Martin The fatal shooting of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla. launched an investigation for justice that spread worldwide. The alleged shooter, George Zimmerman, was charged with second-degree murder on April 11 by the Florida state attorney Angela Corey.

The “Justice for Trayvon” movement has sparked massive public demonstrations and protests in not only NYC but nationwide. The Martin case has also called for the Florida government to analyze their controversial Stand Your Ground law which states that a person is allowed to use deadly force in self-defense without retreating. A 17 member committee consisting of attorneys, community leaders and elected officials, created by Florida Gov. Rick Scott, is in the works for an evaluation of the law that is a major player in the trial.

At his bond hearing, Zimmerman appeared in a suit and made a public apology to Martin’s family saying, “I’m sorry for the loss of your son,” according to Thedailybeast.com. Zimmerman was allowed to leave Seminole County jailhouse on April 23 after posting $150,000 bail. The following day he entered a written plea of not guilty for his second-degree murder charges. His defense team has created a Facebook page, Twitter account and website to garner donations from supporters for a legal defense fund. If convicted of murder, Zimmerman could face a life sentence in prison.

17-year-old Trayvon Martin was fatally shot on Feb. 26 ABCnews.com

Activism | KONY 2012

Activism | SlutWalk Nearly 1,000 women, and some men, in various states of undress were a part of NYC’s SlutWalk on Oct. 1. People of all ages and races came out to support the cause, which is a response to Canadian police constable, Michael Sanguinetti stating, “Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized,” to a class at Osgoode Hall Law School in January 2011.

In April 2011, over 3,000 women in Canada gathered at a local park in Toronto for a walk against Sanguinetti’s statement.

The walk was originally organized to counter the idea that women bring rape upon themselves, but it soon took on other issues such as feminism, racism, sexism and class exploitation.

In just the few months since that very first walk, the idea has been spread throughout the world. While the NYC walk was occurring, multiple walks were happening all around the country from Illinois to Minnesota. People joined in solidarity to protect woman’s rights to their bodies and to dress however they like.

People came from all over the U.S. to join the NYC walk, including people from Vermont and Delaware.

They all shared the same goal of looking to support and hopefully meet others in an attempt to expand.

The organizers of SlutWalk hope to instill the cause in women who have experienced sexual assault and to reassure them that they are not alone in their struggle.

Protesters at Union Square in support of SlutWalk.

Invisible Children is a nonprofit organization that spreads awareness of the harsh reality for child soldiers in Africa. The 30 minute “KONY 2012” video, narrated by Jason Russell, managed to garner over 80 million views on YouTube in just three weeks, sealing Invisible Children’s fate as one of the most successful Internet activism campaigns in recent memory. Millions of people shared the video throughout social media websites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Juniors Sarah Hutton and Olivia Beteta also held an event for the organization that included a former child soldier.

The government has also paid attention to the viral video, gathering 107 signatures from Congress members on bipartisan solutions for aid in Africa and stopping Joseph Kony, head of the Lord’s Resistance Army. 100 U.S Special Operations troops teamed up with African forces in Obo in the Central African Republic to capture Kony. U.S troops hope that their technology and intelligence information will bring them closer to bringing Kony to justice. Local residents will also be a key player in finding Kony in the empty terrain of Obo. A combination of effort from all fronts will make the mission to capture Kony successful and end the terror on the men, women and children of Africa.

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Activism | Sexual Assault Awareness Week Take Back The Night, the annual anti-sexual violence rally, was held on April 19 as a part of the University’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week. The week’s events, which included self-defense classes, a discussion with a member of the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit, a seminar on bystander awareness by Dean of Students Marijo O’Grady, culminated in the rally in front of the school. After a speech by LGBTQA and Social Justice Center Director Kelly Herbert on the sexual assault against trans women, attendees marched through downtown Manhattan, past a variety of University buildings and ended in the South Street Seaport. The yearly rally and march seeks to raise awareness of the women and men affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and rape.

Matt Alvo, Resident Director of St. George Floors 9 through 12, said, “People that we passed gave us the thumbs up or just stopped what they were doing and watched. It was a symbolic gesture of claiming our neighborhood as ours—a place where we can feel safe even after the sun goes down and no matter what we happen to be wearing.”

Alvo continued, “As someone who works for housing I hear a lot of scary and horrible stories of things that happen to students on their way home from bars and clubs and it makes me really sad, angry and upset. I think it so important for our students to remember that NYC can be a scary place sometimes and they need to be there to take care of each other and look out for each other. Take Back the Night is to honor those that have been affected and a reminder for everyone else to take a stand against violence in any form against anyone.”

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1. Students gather outside of One Pace Plaza and hear personal words and stories from fellow students.

2. Signs created by students encourage activism and for students to take a stand against sexual violence.

3. Kelly Herbert and many University community members attend the event.

4. Matthew Alvo and Annamaria Santamaria help coordinate the event. all photos provided by Marijo Russell O’Grady

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University remembers beloved professor OLIVIA BETETA Arts Intern

Originally printed Feb 23rd Performing Arts Professor Anne Lommel taught at the University for over 10 years before passing away at the age of 48 on Feb. 9, after battling cancer. In that time, as the head costume designer, set designer and costume shop supervisor, she grew to be one of the most beloved and adored professors at the University. The performing arts department is planning on an official memorial for Lommel in March.

Dean of the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Nira Herrmann, released a statement announcing the death of Lommel.

In her statement to the University, Associate Chair of the Performing Arts Department Ruis Woertendyke stated, “Anne’s influence on the department will always be remembered not only because all of our acting students have been dressed by her, but because she has mentored and guided many students whose interest has shifted towards costuming because of her influence.

“Her work and dedication on the Costuming focus that has become such an important part of our proposed Design and Technical Theatre BFA Degree program will make Anne a perpetually current part of the Performing Arts Department. She will be greatly missed and always remembered,” Woertendyke said.

Countless students and faculty found friendship with Lommel.

Grant Kretchik, Director of the University’s BFA Acting program, was one of Lommel’s first students when she began teaching at the University in 2000. After numerous projects together, with the most recent being the Tennessee Williams festival this past September, the pair grew very close and their relationship changed from student and teacher to colleagues.

Kretchik wants people to remember who Lommel was and what a huge role she had at the University. “Anne was in a very strange place because she was doing three people’s job[s]…I want people to remember she was a really talented woman who cared for the students as much as her design,” Kretchik said.

Due to her work in both the acting and theater departments, Lommel had a huge student base. Over the four years that performing arts students devote to the University, students got to spend a great deal of time with Lommel and developed very personal relationships.

Freshman Danny Hammond, who works in the University’s costume shop, recounts how often people would just stop by to visit and chat with Lommel. “People would just walk in out of habit just to say hey… She always put others first, always,” Hammond said.

Kretchik also commented on Lommel’s open door policy. One of the things he will miss most about Lommel is stopping by to talk about everything. Lommel would drop everything just to talk and listen to anyone who wanted.

Lommel was not simply a friend to all, she was also an amazing designer and her work was something to be admired. She was responsible for costuming anywhere from eight to 10 shows a year, both within and outside of the University. Her work was known to be impeccable and she would tailor them to the students wearing them.

In her work at a theater in the East Village, she mentored blossoming designers, openly giving them tips and advice.

University alumnus James Bedell worked with Lommel on multiple projects as a lighting technician. “Her creativity was only equaled by her passion for theatrical design and her willingness to do whatever it took to get the job done. Equally skilled at the sketch pad and with a Hudson sprayer, Anne was the consummate theatrical professional and the theater will sorely miss her passion, her creativity and her art,” Bedell wrote on his website.

In honor of her role in the University, students have created a memorial with flowers and notes outside of the costume shop on the 10th floor of 41 Park Row. The memorial is just one way people are choosing to honor Lommel’s memory. The recent “La Mama” show series at the University was dedicated to Lommel. Since her passing, students and faculty have been posting to her Facebook where they have been sharing stories and memories of Lommel with her friends and family.

Lommel had an obvious impact on the University and its students. Before her passing, she was working to develop a new BFA program and she had begun work on costuming the University’s Dance Out Loud performance this upcoming spring. Since her passing she has inspired numerous Facebook groups, blog posts and more, all to honor her memory. Her loss is surely a great one that has had an impact not only on the performing arts department, but the University as a whole.

A memorial located on the 10th floor of 41 Park Row dedicated to Anne Lommel. above photos by STEPHANIE HANSEN | The Pace Press

A costumed designed by Anne Lommel for A Christmas Carol.

Photo courtesy of Aubree Mullally

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Cheap ways to have fun this summer in the BIG APPLE

SARAH AIRES News Intern

Central Park Summer Stage Concerts June 25 - Childish Gambino July 5 - A Tribute to Tito Puente (Free) July 26 - Young the Giant July 16 - Tamia August 2 - Rob Base August 11 - Carolina Chocolate Drops (Free) August 12 - Eric Benet

125th Annual Feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel Williamsburg, Brooklyn July 5 – July 16 A taste of the larger scale St. Gennaro feast in Little Italy in September, the Feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel features street vendors, carnival rides and live music. Check the feast schedule online. Some attractions are slated to occur only on certain days of the festival.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden 900 Washington Ave – Brooklyn Marvel at the beauty the garden has to offer. Have a picnic, take photos with friends all for only $5 for students.

“Take me out to the ball game!”

Catch a New York Yankees or New York Mets game.

Bleacher seats can be found on Stubhub.com for as low as $7 each.

Brooklyn Museum The Metropolitan Museum 200 Eastern Parkway of Art Brooklyn 5th Ave and 82nd – Closed Mondays and Manhattan Saturdays (opened first Closed Mondays Saturday of every month) Suggested donation Suggested donation

Campus Dining Hall Expansion JULIA YEUNG Staff Writer The University and Chartwells Dining Services have announced future renovation plans for the NYC Campus dining experience in Café 101 and Spotlight Café. Part of the renovations will include additional seating at Café 101 and Mike’s Arthur Avenue Deli relocation to the Spotlight Café in order to expand food and beverage selections. There will also be an official Starbucks licensed store at the University. Another major change will include the expansion of the New Café 101 Marketplace.

Renovations will start in May in which Café 101 will be renovated and extended to add additional seating. The additional seating will be a new student lounge added to the outside of Café 101 in the Birnbaum Library entrance hall. The lounge is to include couches and chairs to provide an additional seating area for both Café 101 and library patrons.

Senior Shu Yi Lei said, “I think it’s a great idea to add additional seating, especially when common hours can seem like a battlefield in Café 101.”

Many of the changes are meant to improve the service quality within the dining halls.

Mike’s Arthur Avenue Deli will be relocated from Café 101 to the Spotlight Café to allow the food station to be expanded. This relocation will provide more space for an expanded Outtakes selection using the previous deli space. Available for purchase will be new sandwiches, salads, snacks and a larger selection of beverages and take-out meals.

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Waiting times in the café will also improve as there will be more efficient methods of re-stocking refrigerators that will also help maintain quality control.

Junior Maggie Yip said, “It’s good that they are adding a more wider variety of food selections, this way we can have more choices each time we go down to Café 101, instead of getting the same usual thing every time.”

In Fall 2012, a kiosk will be set to have a full selection of Starbucks products as opposed to only brewed Starbucks coffee. Café 101 as well as the kiosk will have an official Starbucks licensed store with all of Starbucks favorites available including specialty drinks and food. In addition, the kiosk will also have extended hours. Sophomore Oerta Trepca said, “As long as I can get an iced dirty chai during my night class breaks without stepping outside of One Pace Plaza, I’m a happy little college student.”

In the next stage of the renovation process, the faculty dining room will be relocated and expanded to the current Spotlight Café, in which there will be a new Café 101 Marketplace. The Café 101 Marketplace will have all of Spotlight Café’s foods and retail package items located into one place and have extended hours of operation.The planning for this project will begin in the coming fall semester with faculty participation encouraged in the structure and layout of the dining room.

Junior Angie Ip said, “I think it’s great to create to expand Café 101 and have everything in one place. This will be much more convenient and it helps free up some of the student traffic during lunch hours.”

The University’s collaboration with Chartwells has allowed the changes and renovations to occur and will continue to in the University’s campus dining experience.

Executive Director of Auxiliary Services Mary Lieto said, “I am excited about the changes and the plans for renovations that Chartwells has unveiled. Since arriving on campus last April, Chartwells has focused on improving the quality of dining services at Pace University. I look forward to a long partnership with Chartwells; they are committed to providing high quality food and innovative concepts in response to our feedback.”

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Campus Dining Chartwells is rolling back prices at students’ request BREANNA ROMAINE-GUILIANO Contributor The Student Government Association (SGA) held its Spring Semester Community Meeting on April 10. In attendance were students, representatives from several University departments, representatives from dining services, Dean for Students Marijo Russell O’Grady, Dean of the Lubin School of Business Neil Braun and University President Stephen J. Friedman.

The focal point of this meeting was around concerns students had with the newly contracted Chartwells Dining Services. Lackmann was removed as the University’s dining partner after the cafeteria was shut down on the NYC Campus because of health code violations last spring. Chartwells became the University’s provider after a transition period this past fall.

Freshman Class Vice President Jacqueline Kelleher, SGA Programming Committee Chair Francesca Trezza and SGA Executive Secretary Javier Grullon all contributed to the Chartwells satisfaction presentation. This presentation stressed the frustration and daily struggles students faced with the University’s dining services.

Kelleher began the presentation with a soft study she conducted by asking students how satisfied they were with Chartwells services. Among the many questions, 55 percent of students answering the survey said they were somewhat dissatisfied, dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the changes Chartwells made in the spring semester.

Kelleher said, “Personally, I noticed the changes that were made in the beginning of the semester (such as chobani yogurt, silk milk and other new choices), but I wondered what improvements the rest of the student body still expected. I took the initiative to put out a feedback survey and I received back a lot of useful opinions on the dining services.”

Kelleher also shared over 200 comments from students regarding prices, healthy options, staff professionalism and food preparation. “The prices still are too high and you get charged for the wrong things,” read one comment from a student. Another comment read, “They need to improve [the] food quality and have much more of a variety.”

Grullon and Trezza followed Kelleher with highlights

on pricing for food and catering services provided by Chartwells.

Trezza said, “Even after Chartwells came in and made changes, things were still not good enough. It was when I bought a tomato and mozzarella sandwich that I found a piece of hair in and said this is the last straw.” The purpose of the presentation was not to attack the dining services, but to begin to create a partnership so that student concerns could no longer be ignored.

Both students highlighted the high prices that Kelleher’s survey discussed. Among other items, Grullon addressed that Chartwells held the highest or second highest price for a one liter water bottle, cup of noodles, a gallon of milk, Tropicana orange juice and a hamburger with fries. Grullon explained that costs add up when buying overpriced items like orange juice when you are forced to buy them every day from Chartwells.

Trezza further emphasized concerns with catering and the furniture in the café. She also explained that students could not afford current catering prices. This was a problem that was brought up by many organizations and student leaders at the March Organizational Council meeting. While the prices were lower than other catering options in the area, students were still struggling to provide food for their meetings and events.

Greek Council Secretary Hillary Larman said, “Chartwells made it difficult to cater our events. The selection was minimal and expensive for what you got.”

A week later, Chartwells representatives showed up with iTouches in hand to have student leaders at the Organizational Council Meeting on April 18 reply to their café improvement survey. They were eager to respond to the community meeting presentations with 15 changes – they claimed - completed in less than week.

The presentation included short and long-term goals for Chartwells delivered by campus Director Tyrone Ellen. Chartwells began to roll back prices and implement new value programs which include $1 and $5 at every station, excluding the sushi station. They changed the presentation of the pizza, including thicker dough with requested low-fat mozzarella. Some healthy choices they have implemented include humus, brown rice and pasta.

Ellen said, “Just ask the sushi station to use brown

rice. It is now provided for you at your request.”

Kelleher said, “Since the [Organization] Council presentation, we have already seen improvements from Chartwells. I am so excited to try the new whole wheat pizza crust offered in Spotlight, brown rice sushi in [Café] 101 and a single silk container as a drink.”

Student leaders were invited to attend the catering expo on April 25 in the Student Union. This featured the group-friendly items that were released in the new catering menu on April 23.

Kelleher will continue to address student concerns, “I think a stronger relationship between the students and our dining services is important. Being in college, I hear students express so many worries about their eating habits. I will relay those concerns to our partners so that we can see immediate change to meet the demand of the student body.”

Ellen is also open to working with students as well, but cannot do so if students do not share their needs or wants.

Ellen said, “[My] door is always open and whenever a need is not met my team and I will do our best to ensure a resolution that the students are comfortable with. We love to make changes that will bring smiles to students’ faces and make their dining decisions easier. After Org. Council last week, we have implemented over 15 changes that came from student voices; and I am proud to say that we are receiving positive feedback.”

These chains of events show how vital it is for students to come forward and work with administration to resolve problems on campus.

QUESTIONS If you have further questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact : Tyrone Ellen at Tyrone.Ellen@compass-usa.com, Jackie Kelleher at jk56646n@pace.edu, or share your opinion at future Organizational Council Meetings in Fall 2012.

Coffee giant franchise Starbucks set to open in Café 101 ADAM SHERFIELD Contributor As part of upcoming renovations happening at the University’s NYC Campus, a Starbucks kiosk is set to open in the Fall 2012 semester in Café 101. The Café 101 location is expected to accept meal plans, flex-dollars, cash and credit cards.

To bring Starbucks to the University, Executive President of the Student Government Association (SGA) Michael Wellbrock collaborated with the University’s dining services Chartwells to find out what addition to Café 101 students wanted to see the most. With other options that included Dunkin’ Donuts and Nathan’s Famous, Wellbrock said, “Starbucks was most heavily chosen.”

Executive Director of Auxiliary Services Mary Lieto said, “Starbucks was the top coffee choice of students who participated in the surveys and focus groups over the past year since Chartwells took over the food service.” Wellbrock said, “Chartwells reached out to students. They were open to it because it’s what students want.”

As of right now, the NYC Campus will be the only campus to have a Starbucks, but “there may be an opportunity to put a Starbucks store in Pleasantville as well,” Lieto said.

Although the store will be licensed by Starbucks, employees at the

University location will be under Chartwells management. Lieto said, “A Starbucks store requires extensive training,” so students can expect to find the same talented baristas on campus as they would at any Starbucks.

Among those who welcome the franchise to campus is freshman Jess Harlow. Harlow said, “I would dig a Starbucks, but I don’t conform to their sizes. I mean, a venti?” A venti, Starbucks’ third largest drink size, contains 24 fluid ounces, overshadowed only by their trenta, which holds 31 ounces, about half the size of a 2-liter.

Senior Adam Chhab is looking forward to having more choices in Café 101. Chhab said, “Basically anything other than the coffee we have here [would be desirable especially] if we could actually get the manpower to make frappes, lattes and hot cocoa.” Of the variety of drinks Starbucks has to offer, Chhab said, “I’m a fan of the frappes.”

In addition to coffee beverages, Starbucks retail stores sell teas, smoothies, salads, sandwiches, ice cream and some locations even carry CDs. What University students can expect from the Café 101 location is yet to be unveiled, Wellbrock said that Chartwells has student interests in mind. Wellbrock said, “It’s exciting to see this. It’s a really good move by Chartwells to show that they’re dedicated to bringing what students want.”

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University named one of “Top 10 Schools” for internships JULIA YEUNG Staff Writer

Originally printed Oct 12th The University has been ranked as one of top 10 national universities for internship experience by The U.S. News & World Report. The rankings consisted of the top 10 schools that had the highest rate of graduating seniors with internship experience.

It was ranked number nine with 57 percent of its 2010 graduating class having internships sometime during their college career. The University is also the only New York area university to have made it onto the top ten list.

The U.S. News provides “The Short List,” which is a regular series of rankings that provides individual data points to help students and parents find an easier way to locate undergraduate and graduate programs that excel or those that have room to grow in specific areas. The U.S. News also provides lists of rankings annually for the Best Colleges, Best Graduate Schools, World’s Best Universities, 50 Best Careers, etc.

This year, The U.S. News received internship data from about 416 schools. From the data provided, on average 37.6 percent of students part of the 2010 class had participated in internships during their undergraduate years. Of the graduating seniors that provided data from 59 national universities, an average of 30.4 percent had internship experience.

The other top 10 universities ranked by U.S. News in order include: American University in Washington D.C. with 85 percent, Colorado School of Mines with 81 percent, Dartmouth College with 72 percent, University of Pittsburgh with 69 percent, George Washington University with 66 percent, Florida Institute of Technology with 60 percent, South Carolina State University with 60 percent, University of Massachusetts Amherst with 57 percent and the University of South Dakota with 53 percent.

With graduating students facing a competitive job market, many decide to supplement their coursework with internships that will give them the opportunity to experience real life work situations and give them an edge in the job market.

Senior Samantha Bassford who is currently a media relations intern at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

stated, “I really enjoy working at the NYSE Euronext.

A friend of mine who had been interning there since last January thought I was a qualified person to work in the Communication Department. Long story short, she gave me a person to contact in Media Relations. I sent them my resume and I got [the] internship right on the spot when I was interviewing. It’s all about networking.”

Many liberal arts colleges require internship experience as a prerequisite to graduating, so only national universities were considered for the list. Schools that were also unranked by U.S. News were not considered for the report.

“I was very proud to hear the exciting news that our Career Services Office at Pace was ranked among the top 10 schools in the country producing the most interns,” Career Counselor at the University’s Career Services Center Diana Martinez said. “This is a true testament to all the hard work from our staff and to the amazing leadership of our Director Maxine Sugarman. It is an absolute honor to provide Pace students with invaluable pre-professional experience that will hopefully shape their budding careers in a variety of industries!” Martinez added.

Sugarman, interim Executive Director of Career Services, attributes the hard work and dedication of an incredibly hard-working staff to this important recognition.

She says that the Career Services team is focused on assisting every University student to obtain study-related internship experiences that will enable them to explore careers, develop professional contacts, gain marketable skills and create a professional resume before graduation.

The University’s location gives students the competitive edge for future employment given that the school is located near Wall Street, some of the major Fortune 500 headquarters, major publishing and media organizations, not-for profit organizations and many government, technology, fashion and theater groups.

Sugarman’s advice to all University students is, “Don’t delay; get involved today!”

Sugarman also wants students to know to, “Call or stop by Career Services to make an appointment and sign up to attend workshops that will set you on the path to successfully gaining internship experience before you graduate. Don’t forget there is no limit to what you can do; Career Services wants to help you test your limits by planning for your successful career!”

Career Services boasts impressive internship roster Originally printed Dec 14th The Pace Press (TPP): What are some of the most impressive internships students [in any major] have held over the last year?

Helene Cruz (HC): Pace students have had the fortune to land [internships] at the following companies this past academic year for students in majors ranging from accounting, marketing/public relations/advertising, communications, women and gender studies, liberal arts, and technology: Dylan’s Candy Bar, JP Morgan Chase, Esprit, FilmNation Entertainment, Time Out New York, MTV Networks, Food Network Magazine, Camelot Communications, Asia TV USA, Diesel, NBC UniversaliVillage, Joss Technology, National Organization for Women (NOW-NYC), SHARE: Self-Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer, Morgan Stanley and AON Risk Management.

TPP: What are some of the exciting internships opportunities that have come through Career Services in the past?

HC: Because Career Services works with over 400 employers representing a variety of industries, we have many exciting opportunities coming in from the following top firms on a daily basis. This is just a small sample of industries and the firms that posted the most

internships this year: All big four accounting firms plus the small to mid-sized [Certified Public Accountant] (CPA) firms and financial services institutions/banks such as JP Morgan Chase, The Bank of New York Mellon, Morgan Stanley, Lloyd’s TSB Bank, Moody’s, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Brown Brothers Harriman and UBS. Many advertising/media or entertainment/ communications companies such as MTV Networks, Clear Channel Radio, Warner Music Group, Ogilvy, Sirius XM Radio, Hearst, SONY Music Entertainment, Wenner Media, Martha Stewart Living, Omnimedia, NBC Universal, Zenith Optimedia, Condé Nast and MSG. Consumer products/fashion companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, L’Oreal, Kraft Foods, Dannon, Dolce and Gabbana, Lacoste, Fendi North America, Escada, Diesel, Nespresso, and Barneys.

Non-profit organizations/government agencies such as Lighthouse International, Community and Volunteer Mobilization (AmeriCorps), New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Vera Institute of Justice, NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), [Metropolitan Transit Authority] (MTA), NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) and Workforce1.

Getting Started at Career Services Career Services is here to help you explore your interests, develop educational goals, and find career opportunities. We invite you to take advantage of the many resources we offer. There is a lot to accomplish - we can help you take it one step at a time.

SIGN UP FOR AN ORIENTATION Come to learn the basics of Cooperative Educations, eRecruting, and what’s expected of you.

This is the first step in the internship process. This is MANDATORY for participation in Career Services.

To sign up call (212) 346-1950.

ATTEND AN INTERVIEW WORKSHOP Develop the skills to get the job!

Discuss difficult questions asked by employers and learn about the different interview formats.

This is also MANDATORY for participation in Career Services.

To sign up call (212) 346-1950.

SIGN UP FOR ERECUIRTING eRecruiting is Career Services’ online career and event management system enabling you to connect to jobs, employers, on-campus interviews, events, and throughout Pace University’s worldwide network of campuses and employers.

For more information about eRecruiting and to sign up visit: http://pace.experience.com/

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DJ Henry The University remembers DJ Henry at memorial on campus KIM BUI Editor-in-Chief

Originally printed Oct 26th On Oct. 17, a balloon rally was held at One Pace Plaza in commemoration of Danroy “DJ” Henry, organized by senior Lillian Lefkowitz with the aid of the Black Student Union and the Student Government.

“I wanted students to commemorate his death. Not a lot of people know about DJ’s death, so I wanted people to learn about it if they didn’t know, but for those who knew, I wanted them to have a platform to speak about it and to feel that they could do something about it,” Lefkowitz said.

“The Student Government Organization decided to back me on this whole project. I went to SGA meetings and a variety of their committees, so I owe SGA a huge thanks. A variety of their committees backed me and funded me and helped with the [promotion] and helped organize the entire thing and build morale.” Students gathered as they were handed balloons with DJ Henry’s name to be released at 5 p.m.

“What’s interesting is that I had never met DJ in the short term of his life and I sometimes think that’s really strange but really beautiful that someone I’ve never met become so important to me, in that I am very involved in the aftermath of his death even tough I never knew him. But I think that came from a sense of community I felt. I was really affected by his death on a personal note and as an activist. I was just really moved by it,” Lefkowitz said.

“Last fall semester I had a class I had to film a documentary [for], I decided to film it around DJ’s death. So filming it on DJ’s death, was sort of an idea, but I wanted to show how we rise up from a situation like his. …it’s hard for me to even articulate the pain that I witnessed of DJ’s friends, family and the [University] community. And how moved I was that everyone was organizing after his death. It ended up being a really inspiring sort of life changing process, filming this documentary.”

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Recently, a District Court in New York ruled for evidence in the Henry case to be made public. The evidence consists “of the release of some witness statements, audio, and video previously protected under a confidentiality order,” according to myfoxboston.com. In response, the Henry family has called for a federal investigation into the matter. The Justice Department will review the case for any potential Civil Rights violations.

Documentaries

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This year, University students were apart of two documentaries that raised awareness about the cork manufacturing and shrimp farming in Belize.

The award winning class, “Producing the Documentary,” course taught by Dr. Maria Luskay filmed “Linda Thorton: Seeking Availability One Shrimp At A Time.”

Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding at the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies. Andrew Revkin, also helped students with the 15-minute film, focused on Linda Thorton’s successful and ecological shrimp farms in Belize.

Another documentary done by the “Producing the Documentary” class surrounded the unseen look behind the cork industry in Portugal. The film shows the association between cork harvested for wine and “the forests that are repositories for wildlife across Southern Europe and parts of North Africa,” according to a University press release.

The “Black Maybe” documentary filmed by the Black Student Union (BSU), examined the meaning of being black in college and the development of the individual. The films also features prominent speakers and individuals who share their thoughts and opinion on the topic.

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Most University students will be on campus when the elections take place this November, so it is important to register to vote so your voice can be heard this year.

Registering in New York is a fairly simple task. To be eligible to vote, you must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of New York City for at least 30 days, be 18 years of age as of the election date, not be serving a jail sentence or have a felony conviction, and not be registered to vote outside of NYC. If you aren’t looking to vote in New York City, or you are registered to vote

in your home state, you can still vote via Absentee ballot. An absentee ballot is a voting ballot for special cases where people who would still like to vote print out and mail a voting ballot to their home state before the election date. It is important to receive your absentee ballot months before the election date. Each individual state has their own regulations regarding absentee voters. In order to find your home state’s absentee registration guidelines, simple google your home state’s voting information and your state’s voting registration office.

TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN NYC Visit the general voting office at: 32 Broadway 7th Floor New York, New York 10004 To print out a registration form visit: vote.nyc.ny.us/register.html

Flexbucks | Update SARAH AIRES News Intern Flex Bucks was a new meal plan add-on given to all full-time students to allow them to spend meal-plan dollars at local eateries around campus with their Pace One card. The amount given to students is dependent upon their meal plan. The Flex Bucks dollars are redeemable at several restaurants in the Financial district including Rosella’s Pizza, Chipotle, Panini & Co., Subway (the John Street location), Hot Clay Oven and online at Campusfood.com.

The following vendors accept Flex Bucks in Downtown NYC Chipotle 101 Fulton Street New York NY 10001 Hot Clay Oven 101 Maiden Lane New York NY 10038 Rosella’s Pizza 164 William St. New York NY 10038

Subway 112 John Street New York, NY 212-566-4841 Panini Co. 168 William Street New York, NY

Type Commuters Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Grad. & Law Yellow Green Blue

Meal Plan Rates: Total $125 $1,550 $1,650 $1,850 $2,050 $450 $600 $375 $1,050

Flex Bucks $25 $100 $125 $150 $175 $$100 $25 $100

Note: Silver, Gold and Platinum are optional plans and additional Flex Bucks can be purchased for these.

Fulbright Scholarship What is the Fulbright U.S. Student Program?

The Fulbright Program is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. Fulbright offers fully-funded grants to graduating college seniors and graduate students who wish to study/conduct research or teach English abroad. In addition, a number of Fulbright grants are available to artists (i.e., painters, photographers, sculptors, dancers, musicians, and more).

To be eligible for a Fulbright U.S. Student Fellowship you must: 1.

Be a U.S Citizen 2.

Be a graduating college senior, or hold a Bachelor’s degree There is no GPA requirement. However, it is recommended that applicants demonstrate strong academic achievement.

Diversity is fundamental to the mission of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs looks for applicants who are from traditionally underrepresented audiences. These audiences include, but are not limited to women, persons belonging to racial and ethnic minorities, persons living in underserved geographic locations, persons belonging to religious minorities, persons of lower socio-economic status and person with disabilities.

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Since 2002, Pace University has been awarded 32 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grants.

HOW TO APPLY, PACE INSTITUTIONAL FULBRIGHT PROCESS: All current undergraduate or graduate students apply to Fulbright through Pace University. (Fulbright requires Pace recommendation) Schedule an appointment with Dustin Gee, Coordinator of Prestigious Fellowships (dgee@pace.edu) Those interested in applying must submit the online Intent to Apply form by June 8, 2012. (This is not the official application.)

Visit the Pace Prestigious Fellowship website to learn more about Pace Fulbright deadlines, upcoming presentations, and application development workshops.

The official 2013-2014 Fulbright Student Application will be available after May 1, 2012.

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Giants Parade | University celebrates the Super Bowl

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The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots 21 to 17 to win Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. To celebrate the Giants victory, a ticker-tape parade was held on Feb. 7 in the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan.

Approximately one million fans lined NYC streets to watch the parade, which started at Bowling Green and ended at City Hall. Throughout the parade, various Giants players and coach Tom Coughlin took turns hoisting the Lombardi Trophy up in the air for fans to see.

Once the team was at City Hall, a ceremony was held on the team’s behalf.

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with former Giants player Michael Strahan, presented each member of the Giants organization with a key to the city.

After City Hall ceremony, the Giants organization had another celebration at their stadium, MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, N.J. Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants celebrated with a Ticker Tape parade adjacent to the University.

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University theater major Marissa von Bleicken stars in reality show The Pace Press was able to talk with Bleicken about her experience on the show and her time spent at the University.

KIM BUI Editor-in-Chief

Originally printed Sept 21st This summer, the reality show “The Glee Project,” filled the musical void for Gleeks everywhere as the world watched 12 young contestants compete for a featured role on the upcoming season of the cult favorite show, “Glee.”

One of those contestants was theatre major student Marissa von Bleicken, who took a leave of absence from the University during her sophomore year to be a part of the show.

Out of the thousands who auditioned, Bleicken made her way to the final 12 and onto the show. Each episode of “The Glee Project” began with a weekly “homework assignment,” where individual contestants had to make themselves stand out of the crowd in a group performance for “Glee” casting director Robert Ulrich and a surprise guest judge. The winner of the homework assignment would then get the opportunity to have a oneon-one lesson with the guest judge of the week, being one of the original cast members of “Glee.”

Next, the contestants experienced the rigorous production cycle as they would while working a real episode of the show. The performers went through recording in the studio with vocal mentor Nikki Anders, learning choreography with choreographer Zach Woodlee, and lastly, acting and filming with music video producer Erik White.

Through the pressure and long hours of performing, Ulrich, Woodlee and creator and head writer of “Glee,” Ryan Murphy served as judges for final callbacks as they got closer and closer to choosing their next “Glee” star.

One phrase frequently heard from Murphy was “I can write for that,” referring to each contestants’ unique personality that they brought to the stage.

As the show continued, Bleicken was shockingly eliminated after the sixth show, having won the homework assignment earlier in the same episode.

Many fans were surprised, as the elimination had no real precedent to Bleicken not moving forward in the competition.

In the live finale on Aug. 21, contestants Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen were both awarded the prize of starring in seven upcoming episodes of “Glee,” as runner-ups Alex Newell and Lindsay Pearce both earned roles on two episodes for the upcoming season.

The Pace Press (TPP): The third episode, ‘Vulnerability,’ was a big episode for you personally. Can you expand on what this particular episode meant to you?

Marissa von Bleicken (MVB): The challenge of vulnerability I think was very essential for the acting portion of it, but it was also very difficult because so much of what we endured was [sic] real pain and struggles. It was very challenging but I do think I grew as a person from it.

TPP: What pushed you to change your board at the last minute, and how did that feel to you to really open up and share that about yourself and with your cast mates?

MVB: It was a very scary decision but I’m glad I made it because for one, the word I had before was essentially the point of the entire assignment. It was “flawed,” and everyone’s flawed.

The point is picking out those distinct flaws and utilizing them. It was difficult to open myself up more, but watching Alex (Newell) be so brave with his board, it gave me the courage to change it.

TPP: You were very brave in doing that.

What do you think viewers took from what you did and how they would be able to relate?

MVB: I was terrified about how the viewers would react. I was certain that it was going to shock and hurt a lot of people and I tried to put that thought aside, honestly, in order to just stay true to myself…whether it was going to be on national television or not and [I did not want to be] emotionally dishonest because that would also have rightfully sent me home. I just think it was the right thing to do for both myself and the competition, and I’m glad the viewers didn’t condemn me for it; rather they have been very supportive.

TPP: I see that you made a Twitter account after starting “The Glee Project” and by being on television your personal life has been on display for the public eye, where you’ve developed your own following and support from fans. How has your life changed since the show started?

MVB: I’m definitely more connected.

I have so much more communication with people — not just on a broad scale — but I think it’s brought me a lot closer to the people who I already had in my life. It’s made me cherish those who love me for just me beforehand and it’s not like I walk around everyday and someone’s like “Oh! It’s you from ‘The Glee Project!’” It’s not to that extent or anything. I still lead a very normal life…I’m trying to best to respond to everything and handle it all.

I’m still on a leave of absence, technically. I just have to get all of that stuff sorted out.

TPP: Was it that you started your sophomore year and then started “The Glee Project?”

MVB: Midway through my sophomore year was when all the “Glee” stuff started. I finished my first semester of sophomore year and then I had to go on a leave of absence for the second semester.

TPP: Can you talk about your interests in acting and singing, and how that led to attending Pace?

and what do you want viewers to take from you experience?

MVB: “Glee” is a very unique show.

It represents the underdog. It really showcases people you would never think would be performers and I like what it stands for. I like the dialogue; I think it’s very witty. And of course you can’t beat having a musical score to a TV show. I think “Glee” has a very groundbreaking cult TV series and to earn a part on that, honestly, would be the best job in the world.

TPP: Being from a large performing arts

MVB: I grew up in New York City and for high school my family moved out to Massachusetts. While I was up there, in terms of looking for colleges, one of the biggest requirements was for it to be in the city because I ended up moving back in the apartment where we used to live, so I am a commuter.

But also the fact that Pace was one of the only schools that seemed to have a very open theatre department in terms of if someone gets a job — such as what happened to me. It’s not as if you’re just booted from the program and chastised for not continuing with the curriculum, it’s more celebrated I think. And I appreciate that.

TPP: Is there anything specifically that you felt your experience at Pace helped you achieve performance wise and what your experience here meant?

MVB: One of the biggest things that helped me was just building up confidence, honestly. Learning that so much of acting is teamwork and learning from your peers, so honestly that’s probably what helped me the most — building up my confidence to perform and in front of others in general.

TPP: From the show, the writers of “Glee” really wanted to embrace your originality: What do you think it is that you would have brought to “Glee” and what would your character have brought to the cast?

TPP: And one of the interesting things is that you attended Pace.

MVB: Since I grew up in New York City and then I moved for high school to the small town in Massachusetts, it was very difficult to fit in at first. I was the “weird city girl” but then of course who accepted [me] but the music department, so I’d like to think I had my very own real life “Glee” experience and I think I could bring some sort of parallel to “Glee.” I could bring some kind city girl flavor, kind of mysterious...and they also don’t have a redhead in the show choir group yet.

MVB: Yeah, I did for a year and a half.

TPP: What does “Glee” mean to you

Oxygen.com school, do you have any advice for students who are interested in pursing careers in the arts?

MVB: I can hardly give advice because any one of them could have been in my position…the chances of getting this opportunity are through the roof. I know that a lot of people auditioned, I think some Pace students [did] too, and any one of them could be where I am. I know a lot of them are great performers from experience and I don’t think I could really offer any words of advice. I’m just lucky, that’s really all it is. Keep doing what they’re doing is all I [can] say.

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HOMECOMING CONCERT 1.

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Wynter Gordon, Big Sean, and headliner Busta Rhymes were all on hand for the Homecoming Concert to help University students get into the homecoming spirit on Oct. 13. The concert, which was presented by Pace Programming and Campus Entertainment (P.A.C.E.) Board, was part of a variety of events lined up for the annual Homecoming Week.

Students attending the concert were first greeted by the sounds of Hot 97 FM’s Street Team, which included DJ Spynfo, who was spinning hits from the late ’90s and early ’00s to much applause. As the audience grew in numbers, DJ Spynfo played more contemporary hits such as LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem.”

Once the crowd was amped, DJ Spynfo introduced Wynter Gordon. Gordon made her way onstage in a Mickey Mouse jacket and fur hat. Opening her set with “Til Death,” the first track off her EP With the Music I Die, she proved that she’s much more than just a pretty face with her great live vocals. Gordon also debuted her live band at the University’s homecoming, a great addition to the heavily electronic vibe of her music.

Gordon continued her set with her biggest single to date, “Dirty Talk” and “Drunk on Your Love,” before performing a brand new song for the first time ever. The audience seemed to enjoy her new material, and was especially impressed when she performed an acoustic cover of Katy Perry’s “E.T.” Before finishing her set, Gordon took pictures with fans by jumping off stage and posing in front of the barricade. Some diehard fans shouted for Gordon to perform “Toyfriend,” a track from David Guetta’s One Love which Gordon co-wrote and sang vocals on, but Gordon’s time was up.

After a short intermission, Big Sean hit the stage. Fans were shouting for Big Sean from the moment Gordon had left the stage and were finally treated to a glimpse of the rapper when he jumped on stage, sending his fans into an absolute frenzy.

After performing a couple of his hit songs, Big Sean slowed things down to address the crowd personally. Speaking of his success he said, “It was cool because my mom never really had money, and since we was [sic] 13-years-old, she was gathering money for my studio sessions … but having her roll up in a nice ass car in New York City in the middle of Times Square and her seeing ‘Big Sean— Sold Out’ across the marquee, that shit really touched her... I swear I’m [going to] prove that I was born to do this shit.”

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would be foolish to deny his ability to connect with an audience and inspire them. Shortly before finishing his set, Big Sean jumped off the stage to take pictures with every section of the audience. Before leaving the stage he said, “My grandma, 91-years-old, she’s paralyzed in a wheelchair and she’s got a smile on her face every day, and it’s because she set out goals in her life and she accomplished every single one of them.”

After Big Sean left the stage, DJ Spynfo spun a few of the latest hip-hop hits before Busta Rhymes was finally announced. The audience was so riled up by this point that the barricades, which had moved several feet from their original placement, had to be readjusted.

Busta Rhymes took to the stage and the crowd went absolutely insane.

Like the two performers before him, Busta Rhymes had a special talent for connecting with and exciting the audience. From the moment he took to the stage, he captivated the everyone. As a special treat, he performed his verse from Chris Brown’s hit single “Look at Me Now,” an insanely fast-paced rap that most people couldn’t even hope to imitate. After the verse, Spliff Star, Busta’s sidekick said, “That shit ain’t just in the studio... This shit is live on stage!” to many roars from the audience.

Busta Rhymes’ performance was successful because of his ability to entertain the audience, as well as become a part of the audience seamlessly. At one point between songs, he looked over to his DJ and said, “I feel like dancing. Gimme my dancing music,” before dancing by himself on stage while the rest of the audience cheered on. While engaging the audience and asking which song he should perform for his finale he complained, “I got so many hits I can’t even choose.”

By the end of the night, everyone in the audience was still dancing along to the rapper’s greatest hits. “I think the show as a whole was great performance wise,” freshman Samus Cho said. Cho says she was surprised that she enjoyed the performances from Wynter Gordon and Big Sean as much as she did, “I loved it, it was nice.” However, like most University students, she appreciated Busta Rhymes’ performance the most, “He did a lot of throwback songs, which was when he was at his peak so it was good to hear all of them.”

Buzz after the show was extremely positive and Gordon was a standout. After the concert, Gordon wrote on her Twitter, “Had the best fucking time at Pace!! The crowd was live!”

As the headliner though, much of the praise at the end of the night was for Busta Rhymes. As freshman Nourin Lalezari stated, “Busta Rhymes was the best! He definitely had the best performance!”

1. Homecoming King David De Rosa and Homecoming Queen Stephanie Miles.

2. Wynter Gordon reaches a high note during her opening set.

3. Spliff Starr & Busta Rhymes perform some of Busta’s greatest hits. all photos by HILDA ADENIJI | The Pace Press

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Inside the Actors Studio DAMIEN MORGAN Creative Intern

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University students have been treated to a number of appearances by actors filming appearances on “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” which is filmed in the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts. Throughout 2011-12 academic year, students were able to use their University ID’s as tickets to see stars like the cast of AMC’s “Mad Men,” Brad Pitt and the cast of FOX’s “Glee.”

Pitt had nothing less than a packed auditorium to hear him talk about his achievements and acting roles on Jan. 31. As the room grew quiet and host James Lipton gave his usual profound introduction, the crowd went wild as Pitt walked onto the stage with a relaxed pose and hop in his step.

The show began with questions about Pitt’s parents and childhood. To the surprise of some, the 48-year-old star grew up in Oklahoma and then in Missouri, nowhere near a usual place for an actor to come from.

Lipton proceeded to ask about Pitt’s early acting career.

He responded by stating that he left the University of Missouri shy of a few credits with only $325 in his pocket, in search of something bigger.

When he arrived to Los Angeles, he tried his luck at being an extra in commercials, movies and television shows. While striving for greatness, he had to support himself by having many odd jobs, one of which was driving strippers around. As glamorous as this job may sound, Pitt eventually had to quit, but on his last day one of the girls had mentioned something about acting classes.

Being at the right place at the right time, this was the moment that Pitt learned about his future acting coach, Roy London. He then soon starred in the film No Man’s Land and television shows such as “Growing Pains” and “Dallas.”

A Yugoslavian film, The Dark Side of the Sun, gave Pitt his first leading role in a movie, but it wasn’t until his supporting role in the film Thelma & Louise that he was truly recognized.

Another turning point for Pitt’s career was his part in the film 12 Monkeys. For this character, Pitt had to play alongside Bruce Willis as a fellow mentally ill patient in a psychiatric ward. A clip of Pitt’s performance was shown to the audience and in comparison to his other acting roles; he really brought a wild, yet disturbing characteristic to the part. By taking this risk, Pitt won a Golden Globe Award and received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

As the interview was coming to a close, many questions were asked about his cult classics and his more recent films.

Before he left, Pitt said how happy he was to be able to come to the University, talk about his life and answer everyone’s questions that the students had to offer. His appearance left many of the acting majors in the crowd with the hope that if a poor kid from Missouri can make it big, anyone can.

Days before the March 25 season five premiere of “Mad Men,” the cast, including Jon Hamm, January Jones, John Slattery, Christina Hendricks, Vincent Kartheiser, Jared Harris and Kiernan Shipka stopped by to tape an episode of the show.

Earlier in the academic year, the cast of the hit FOX show “Glee” made their way onstage with Lipton to much fanfare from the audience.

After the show, Lipton wrote of the cast’s visit to the show on his blog on the Bravo channel website, writing, “The episode is a non-stop cascade of revelation, confession, songs and dances — on the screen and live on our stage.”

Lipton continued writing, “I admit to a bias toward this episode and these people and ‘Glee’ because of the world from which I came to ‘Inside the Actors Studio.’

It’s precisely the world to which Rachel Berry, Finn Hudson and Kurt Hummel aspire and from which Lea [Michele] and Matthew [Morrison] come — the Broadway musical theater, they on the stage and I behind the scenes as the lyricist and book writer of two musicals, Nowhere to Go but Up and Sherry!”

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The cast of “Glee” visited the University.

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ITS | Overview This year has been a time of immense change for Information Technology Services (ITS) as the department welcomed Thomas Hull, former Siena College Chief Information Officer, as its Vice President and CIO of ITS for both campuses.

When asked about his plans for ITS, Hull said, “We are improving several areas of technology services in our strategic plan this year including academic uses of new software, distance and distributed learning solutions, video technology, new opportunities for high performance computing, digital signage around campus, more web applications and mobile computing support, enhancements to Blackboard, Banner and strategic business intelligence for decision support.”

Since Hull’s appointment, he’s seen the Office of Student Assistance’s (OSA) paperless transition, using ePortfolio as an educational tool and the introduction of ECHO 360, a tool to record lectures for students. Hull and his team continue to strengthen the University’s technological infrastructure as the University grows.

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Jonel Gonzalez

University freshman Jonel Gonzalez lost seven members of his family on April 29 in a fatal car crash on the Bronx River Parkway. The SUV, which tumbled over a guardrail, held his mother, sister, aunt, two cousins, and grandparents.

Hundreds lined the streets outside of the Church of Saint Raymond in the Bronx as all seven family members were put to rest at a funeral ceremony on the morning of May 4.

After the funeral, Gonzalez’ grandparents, who were visiting from the Dominican Republic, were flown back to the country to be buried.

Within 24 hours of the crash, Gonzalez’ fraternity brothers at Lambda Upsilon Lambda created an online fundraiser using wepay.com to raise at least $100,000 for funeral costs.

Using Twitter and Facebook to spread awareness of the fundraiser, the site caught the eye of reality television star and future Mrs. Chad Ochocinco, Evelyn Lozada. At press time, the site had raised $117,425. Fordham University, where Gonzalez’ mother and aunt worked, started a fund for the family as did the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, of which Gonzalez’ father is a member. As a result of their efforts, the funeral was completely paid for by donations.

HELP To donate, please visit: www.wepay.com/ donations/159168 and www.supportjonel.com Community members hold a candlelight vigil for the Gonzalez family.

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LGBTQA IVONNA THOMPSON Managing Editor Since the first LGBTQA & Social Justice Center promotional event in 2010, the Taskforce has helped the Center obtain spaces on the NYC Campus. The Center, which has also recently expanded, will be offering employment and internship opportunities in Summer and Fall 2012.

LGBTQA & Social Justice Center Coordinator Kelly Herbert discussed the future of the expansion of the Center and upcoming additions that are being planned. Herbert said, “I think a big push of the Taskforce is going to be [getting] a sister Center on the PLV Campus. I think that’s going to be one of the main goals for the Center and for the Task Force to promote an LGBT Center on the PLV Campus.”

Herbert added, “The idea is to have a full time staff person in a designated space that we’re going to call an LGBT and Social Justice Center, to serve students, to provide support, visibility, [along with] a place to create a community….and to have someone who is consistently programming full time for LGBTQ students and Allies on the Westchester Campus.”

The Center is also responsible for holding a variety of events, such as the bi-annual “Breaking the Silence” which seeks to bring light to LGBT issues on the steps of One Pace Plaza. It’s become an integral University event since the first “Bringing Awareness to build a Center” in which many members of the University community on the NYC Campus signed a petition to help get a space for an LGBT Center on the NYC Campus.

Following its expansion, the Center held its first University Ally Week, which spread awareness and appreciation of allies of the LGBT Community. Herbert said, “A lot of LGBT Centers nationally and specifically some of the urban benchmarks that we work with and collaborate with do Ally Weeks. The idea of Ally Week is that it’s not just a week, though there is a concentration on the amount of programming it’s to connect allies to our Center and services year round.”

For its upcoming expansion on the NYC Campus, the Center has obtained a second space and will be offering more extracurricular activities and opportunities for the University. Herbert said, “We have a lot of really good marketing campaigns coming up. Other things include getting folks into the Center. Once we get the second space fixed up and nice [we’ll have] more programs, arts and crafts, fun stuff [that] brings the community together but also advocacy work [such as] getting allies involved in organizations that the Center is connected with like the Ali Forney Center, or working with other LGBT homeless youth centers, the LGBT Center [in the West Village who] we’re collaborating with in the fall, and different programs with NYU as well.”

The LGBT Center also offers tips on safer sex and discussion groups to provide an open dialogue for students to learn approaches to safer sex. Herbert said, “We use the word safer to infuse the idea that there are risks that people are taking when you’re engaging in sexual activity with another person. I think the main thing is safer sex sort of let’s you know that you’re taking a risk and it depends on what risks that you are comfortable with and what precautions have you taken prior to engaging in whatever actions you are engaging in.”

Herbert also revealed plans for one of the Center’s upcoming collaborations: “We’re planning on collaborating with the Health Care Unit who also provided the condoms and dental dams to us on a safer sex education workshop in the fall with a queer focus.”

The Center collaborated with the Birnbaum Library to create LGBT literature and movie availability.

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facebook.com opportunity to access and order any materials needed online. Herbert said, “At the Center we have books that were donated to us, and we’re planning on over the summer [to build] the library into more of a robust collection of offerings.”

“In the meantime, the Pace library offers many LGBT and Queer Studies specific books and in fact created a website specific to the Queer Studies minor, which is listed on our website. It lists items by issues, what books we have, what books to order and there is also a program Patron Driven Acquisition program at the library, which basically has a list of over 500 queer and LGBT focused books and if Pace students click on the books to take them out the library will buy [the electronic books and e-readers].”

The Center will be doing is also introducing a new marketing team to promote its campaigns and presence at the University using social media and its website.

Herbert said, “Our new intern Leora Cohen-Rosenberg is working on a campaign to get to know the Center staff and interns. [It’s about] what we do here but then also to put on promotional videos of what happens in the Center. “ With regard to the Center’s NYC Campus employment opportunities, there will be student aide positions offered by the Center in the fall. Herbert said, “We’re looking to have some student aide positions so those will be paid positions opening and those will go out soon. We’ll probably be hiring over the summer for the fall and if not early fall for the two to three positions at the LGBTQ Center,” Herbert said.

Some of the Center activities will even include integrating activities out in NYC to help students with LGBT history. Herbert added, “We’re going to do a lot of outside things next year [such as] picnics and tours of the city. We’re actually going to be doing a tour of the city’s LGBT historic cites this semester. There is a push to have LGBT Center and Pace Pride t-shirts and paraphernalia available in the fall either for purchase or through the Center. Our social media and marketing intern position will be filled and we’re going to have individuals blowing up the Tumblr, the Pace Queer magazine, the newsletter will be more regular and even a Center blog.”

Academically, the Center has also worked with the newly added Queer Studies minor, which is offered through the Women’s & Gender Studies Department.

Herbert said, “In terms of working together with the Queer Studies minor, I try to collaborate with professors. I work

closely with Prof. Nancy Reagin and Prof. Stephanie Hsu on promoting the minor and getting folks to sign up. [One of] the internship positions is community outreach and it involves students who will be collaborating with other student organizations as well as departments academic and Administrative on campus. That will probably be a good area for folks to collaborate, we’ve already done stuff with the Queer Studies minor folks, we promote their events, they promote our events.

“There’s also the potential of an honorary degree ceremony for the Queer Studies minor for individuals like in my [graduating] class who took every single queer studies and LGBT related courses at Pace, but there was no Queer Studies minor. One of the things we are planning is to have an honorary Queer Studies minor and to bring back some alums in that way for next semester.”

The Center has also collaborated with the Office of Housing and Residential Life to help create awareness of LGBT issues and to promote unity in the residence halls and student life. Herbert explained, “There’s going to be a new residence club or hall counsel called the ROAD, which is Residents Organizing Against Discrimination. It will be in the works over the summer in terms of getting membership, but also promoting it. The organization will be a unified organization of residents on campus in all of the major dorms in Brooklyn and Manhattan coming together to create social events and programming they bring from dorm to dorm.”

With its rapid growth and collaborations, the Center has become an integral department and continues to become an institution in its own right at the University.

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New York Needs You New York Needs You continues helping first generation students

Fellowship program helps young NYC professionals gain success in the workplace Originally printed Dec. 14th NAZARY NEBELUK Web Editor New York Needs You is a non-profit two-year fellowship program that helps first generation college students realize their career potentials.

As the program continues growing, it hopes to expand its partnerships with more businesses and reach out to more fellows.

Speaking with CEO PJ Kim he commented on how the “current class of fellows has laid a strong foundation “for the program” and that they plan to expand it to other states. New Jersey Needs You will be launching this fall and there have been talks with partners in Detroit and other major urban centers.

Each year the program selects fellows from across the New York State area that demonstrate leadership potential and a commitment to academic pursuit.

The original 2010 group of fellows consisted of 50 students ranging from Borough of Manhattan Community College to Cornell University.

The 2011 class doubled to a 100 students. The 2012 program hopes to attract another pool of 100 such qualified fellows.

The University recently became a partner with the program and they hope to attract many students from the NYC and PLV campuses.

The program was founded by Robert Reffkin, a highly successful investment

banker and a Vice President at Goldman Sachs. He saw the unique challenges faced by first time college students and wanted to help them achieve their dreams.

First generation college students have a dropout rate of 89 percent, which is five times more than their peers and earn 10 percent less after graduation.

The program hopes to address this issue by providing the fellows with a support network that encourages them to pursue their dreams as well as access to resources, such as English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, test prep courses for graduate programs and essay writing workshops.

The main component of the New York Needs You program is the mentorship program. Early in the program, each fellow gets paired with a Mentor-Coach who volunteers their time for the program.

The Mentor-Coach helps the fellow find internship opportunities and provides any advising that the fellow might need.

The program hopes to expose first generation college students to the multitude of opportunities available to them upon graduation and helps them develop a professional network.

By exposing fellows to young NYC professionals, the program offers a glimpse at the futures available to them once they finish their education and enter the workforce.

New York Needs You hopes to help high achieving first generation college students achieve their dreams and gain high level leadership positions in a variety of professional fields.

“2010 Fellow Karim Abouelnaga represents his nonprofit “Practice Makes Perfect” which was invited to the 5th Annual Clinton Global Initiative University Conference for their commitment to serve 200 low-income students across New York City this summer” photo provided by Karim Abouelnaga

MORE INFO ABOUT NYNY: Visit Newyorkneedsyou.org or get involved on campus by contacting Carmela Pastore at cpastore@pace.edu

Nursing Lenhard School of Nursing to participate in Joining Forces

Program headed by First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden to help veterans AUTUMN FOX Staff Writer The University’s Lienhard School of Nursing has been invited by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to participate in Joining Forces, an event that plans to service veterans and their families in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other combatrelated disorders.

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health center, nurses are often the first people we see when we walk through the door. Because of their expertise, they are trusted to be the frontline of America’s health care system. That’s why Jill and I knew we could turn to America’s nurses and nursing students to help our veterans and military families get the world-class care that they’ve earned.”

More than 500 nursing schools including the University have planned to further educate current and future nurses in recognizing and treating service members and veterans who are experiencing combat-related issues.

These issues include PTSD, traumatic brain injury, depression and suicidal thoughts.

Former Dean of the University’s Lienhard School of Nursing, Harriet F. Feldman stated in a University press release, “Our veterans have given their all in support of countless missions, and we owe them the opportunity to be whole again, in body, mind and spirit. Pace has a longstanding commitment to educating

and supporting veterans and educational initiatives such as this build on support.

I look forward to working closely with Dr. Gerrie Colombraro, Interim Dean of the Lienhard School, and our faculty to ensure that we meet the curriculum objectives of the project.”

This is not the University’s first time helping military veterans. The University’s nursing program, being one of the 12 programs to join, participated in the Veterans Affairs Nursing Academy when Feldman was Dean of the nursing school.

Though many veterans receive care within the Veterans Affairs health system, they often seek care from hospitals in their own communities as well. Since veterans are often more comfortable with their local nurses, Joining Forces is not only providing significant health care for these veterans, but a new way to live their lives comfortably.

Not only is this program very beneficial for the veterans and their families, but for the University’s

nursing students as well. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing plans to works closely with the schools that have agreed to take part in the Joining Forces program. They have planned a creative curriculum and experience for students who are interested in caring for veterans.

The students will be provided with knowledge of up-to-date information that pertains to disorders such as traumatic brain injury and PTSD, as well as being trained through unique clinical challenges and practices that are associated with caring for veterans, service members and their families.

Sophomore Amber Rhabb said, “I think this opportunity is not only great for veterans, but extremely useful. They try to function normally but can’t because they are truly traumatized from war. I am so happy that Pace has committed their nursing program to helping our veterans.”

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The University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, OMA, promotes diversity throughout the campus. During the academic year, OMA sponsors programs and events that range from inclusion, community building, social justice, mentoring, academic scholarship and the arts.

One of the programs OMA offers is their mentorship program, which helps racial minority students transition into college life by setting up students with a mentor.

The mentorship program entails mentor and mentee relationship building to aid students’ college experiences that include academic support, networking opportunities for future occupations after college, and resume building.

Mentors can also offer advice to students who are interested in applying graduate and professional studies.

In conjunction with the City University of New York, OMA helps gather and publish student testimonies through the blog entitled, Telling My Story: Reflections on Race, Culture and Identity. In this blog students have the opportunity to submit their firsthand accounts of shaping their identities through race, culture, gender and sexual orientations.

OMA host events throughout the year and along with Telling My Story and the mentorship program year round.

All semester announcements for events and programs are listed on their website at Pace.edu/multicultural-affairs.

For more information contact OMA Director Denise Santiago at dsantiago@pace.edu and Assistant Director Melanie Robles mrobles@pace.edu.

OSA | Update IVONNA THOMPSON Managing Editor The Office of Student Assistance (OSA) has changed its policies and has consolidated departments and contact availability.

One of the new features is the Student Solutions Center, which has consolidated and introduced the OSA Help Desk and main phone line for students who need help with OSA, financial aid and Higher One. This past year, OSA conducted a Satisfaction Survey, which included responses from students, faculty and staff. The results included Student Satisfaction at 71 percent and Staff and Faculty Satisfaction at 89 percent.

According to the Student Satisfaction Survey OSA conducted, phone efficiency ratings have increased over 90 percent and email and help desk inquiry response times occur within less than 24 hours.

For those who need to contact OSA via phone there is an automated centralized call distributor system to improve response time and for students to obtain live help. The system is monitored on a daily basis to implement improvements and maintain student satisfaction.

In addition, there is a new liaison program in which Academic and Administrative offices can be contacted through OSA and will help with developing students’ schedules and helping out with any conflicts.

The bill and refund offices have also overhauled their processes in the timeliness of refunds. The OSA staff has been crossed trained in processing student refunds. There’s more than one person on all campuses that can provide full time assistance.

The initial refunds will take place two times a week and three a week if there are a larger number of refunds.

The billing system has been redesigned and has transitioned to an online system that includes notifications on when the bills and refunds have been mailed.

As part of the refund process, students are now able to see their account summary term balance in real time on Pace Portal.

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Pat Woodward | The University remembers an amazing professor Originally printed April 27th

Woodward in recent years enjoying the warm weather. photo provided by Kirk Woodward

Woodward and friends rehearsing for a show at the University in the ‘70s.

Performing Arts Department staff and adjunct faculty member Patricia Woodward passed away April 2 at the age of 62. Prof. Woodward received her Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts from the University in 1976.

As a University alumna, she began working as a secretary at the University shortly after graduating. Prof. Woodward began teaching at the University and quickly became a vital member of the University’s community.

Over the 40 years Prof. Woodward spent at the University, she built a name for herself. She was known as a firecracker and it was her fiery personality that attracted so many people towards her. Chair of the Performing Arts Department, Jorge Cacheiro, remembers when he first got the job at the University a year ago.

Cacheiro said, “One of the first things people asked me was have you met Pat yet?

It’s because Pat had this vital life force in her and I think it is because she really loved her job.”

Prof. Woodward was more than just a member of the Performing Arts Department, she was the heartbeat. Director of the BFA Acting Program, Grant Kretchik, described her as “a recruitment coordinator extraordinaire.” In addition to teaching acting classes, Prof. Woodward was in charge of recruitment, first year advisement and graduation audits. She would see students as they entered the department and as they left and she also personally knew many of the students and built relationships with them.

A memorial service for Prof. Woodward was held April 9 at Central Presbyterian Church in her hometown of Montclair, N.J. In addition to her work as a professor and administrator for the Performing Arts Department, she was a member and leader of the Torchbearers Club here at the University. She was responsible for the theater group at Central Presbyterian Church and directed programs at both Montclair High School and Clifton High School.

Woodward often commuted into NYC from her home in Montclair with Professors Bill Offutt and Nancy Reagin. It was on those train rides that the three had been taking together for over 10 years that a friendship emerged. Both Prof.

Offutt and Prof. Reagin can attest to the pillar that Prof. Woodward was within the community not only at the University, but also in Montclair.

Prof. Reagin said, “[Woodward] helped to ‘hold up the sky’ in several communities: the range of her interests, responsibilities, and friends was staggering”.

Prof. Offutt felt much the same way. Prof. Offutt said, “It is hard to describe all the ways our lives intersected—taking the train together, working on advising students together, seeing her at the high school at shows she helped direct. The number of different things she was able to do—all at the same time— staggered me, as well as the quality with which she did them.”

Everyone who knew Prof. Woodward discussed her amazing ability to take on vast amounts of work and somehow manage to complete it all with poise. Through her dedication to the University and the craft of acting, Prof. Woodward left a great impact both inside and outside of the University community. With her immeasurable devotion to her work, she grew to develop many relationships with students and faculty alike and she will be greatly missed.

A great friend and teacher to many, Prof. Woodward was also an avid “Lord of the Rings” fan and an Anglophile. She was an incredible actress and singer and starred in many shows. She played guitar and loved to garden, but all of that comes secondary to the amazing leader and companion she was.

Prof. Woodward’s long-time friend, adjunct professor of Entertainment Business, Mary Ellen Bernard, described her best. Prof. Bernard said, “In theater we talk about triple threats, people who are actors, singers and dancers. Well, Pat could act, sing, dance, write, direct, produce, do costumes the list goes on. She could create with such style and organize with such practicality that you’d wonder how any organization could possibly get along without her showing everyone how it should be done.”

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I’ve heard it said that you are a lucky person if through the course of your life you can name a few, very close friends. I am fortunate to have been able to call Pat Woodward a dear friend for almost 35 years. My first job at Pace was as Pat’s student assistant – and my first full time job was filling in for her when she was on maternity leave. Through the years she directed me in plays, and I directed her in plays, and we acted side by side. When you work in the theater, you get close to people fast, but they can leave your life just as fast when the final curtain falls. Pat was one of those true friends who stuck around.

What followed were weddings of our own preceded by the usual girlfriend bonding of serious talks, analyses of relationships, mild disagreements, always having each other’s back, and abundant laughter. Pat told you like it was, whether or not you wanted to hear it. But she did it out of a desire for you to succeed. She really wanted you to “get it.” And it was tough to argue with her because she had the talent and intelligence to back it up. I learned many things from Pat...But what I learned most from her is the importance of family. For all her tough, wise cracking, “wake up and smell the coffee” ways, I witnessed her joy when she spoke of her husband Kirk, and her three children Erin, Heather, and Craig. When I met my life partner (who by the way, Pat played a significant part in our meeting) it was Pat’s and Kirk’s love for each other I kept as my role model. I was indeed fortunate to have her as a friend.

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Performing Arts Building Originally printed Feb. 8th ERICK MANCEBO Features Intern

The University on Jan. 6 signed a 21-year lease for 140 William Street, a building that will be used for the Performing Arts Department. The 47,200 square foot space will include, “rehearsal spaces, classrooms, a television studio and a 100-seat theater,” according to the University’s press release.

Renovations are to be completed for the space and opened in time for the upcoming fall semester. According to The Wall Street Journal, $1 million was granted from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to help with renovations.

The building will be taking over 41 Park Row as the home base for the Performing Arts Department, leaving a significant amount of space to be occupied by offices or other departments in the 16-story building which sits steps from One Pace Plaza.

“This was a rare opportunity for Pace University to secure an entire building of ideal size and layout in a strategic location,” University Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer William McGrath stated in an press release on the University’s website. “The new space is mostly an expansion due to the success and growth of our performance arts programs,” McGrath added.

“That is a good thing that they’re investing in something besides business...I’m not in the business program, so I feel like the business major[s] [are] getting all the perks of like going here. If you’re not in that major it feels

like you don’t belong here. So even though it’s not my major…at least somebody else is getting some attention [from the administration],” junior Chloe Buckner said.

Freshman Shannon Palsma agreed, stating that she is also happy that the University is taking the time to help expand and grow other majors. “When people hear that you go to Pace, they automatically assume that you’re in the business school….It’s not like business is the only thing they have here. It’s not like you can put all of your money into that [program] just because it’s your most common major,” Palsma said.

The school’s new Performing Arts Program has found success on the NYC Campus, averaging over 1,000 yearly applicants for only 100 open spots. The program has also grown in the last decade from only 100 students to nearly 400.

“They [do] not have good practice rooms….they [can] hear each other really well and…[I’ve heard there are] really terrible acoustics. So they kind of really need a good space,” Palsma said.

Although the University did not release financial details of the deal, the University’s press release did state that the annual asking rental rate for the new property reached $1.7 million with the rate being $20 per square foot.

“I mean it probably is a lot of money. It’s probably expensive. It is...going to impact the price of certain things here, but you have to put money into it [the Performing Arts Department] if you expect something to come out of it,” Buckner said.

With the addition of the new building at 140 William and the construction of a new residence hall at 180 Broadway, the school will occupy eight buildings in Lower Manhattan. The Performing Arts Dance Program will

Professors at the University ERICK MANCEBO Features Intern English Professor Sarah Blackwood, who is also heading up the American Studies Department, is doing a lot of interesting work in her field these days. In the midst of her speaking engagements and work on two books, The Pace Press sat down with the busy professor for an indepth interview on her work, her plans for the American Studies Department and the incorporation of her research into her classes.

The Pace Press (TPP): So you gave a talk this past week about the role of the heroine in contemporary fiction.

How was that?

Sarah Blackwood (SB): It was really fun, it was great. I have this interest that continues to develop about young adult fiction and what we culturally expect from female heroines in contemporary young adult fiction. So I actually… I really like Twilight, and I know that it’s kind of [weird], especially for intellectual types who kind of like [dislike]…Twilight, because it’s poorly written and Bella is such a passive character, but I think it’s actually just really interesting text.

I’m interested in it mainly because it’s so popular — I’m always interested in things people like and wonder why they like it. I’m less interested in telling people, ‘You shouldn’t like something.’

So yeah, I think that I sort of gave this talk about Twilight, I had a long section in the talk called “Against Empowerment,” and I actually think it’s really interesting to get away from reading literature with this requirement that it provide role models and kind of simplistic models of how to be for young adults because I actually think literature is not the place where you encounter role models, but it’s a place where you can explore really interesting ideas.

And so that’s why I think Twilight is so fascinating, because it’s kind of about the death drive, it’s about the trauma of birth, the way that women’s bodies are kind of managed in the world; It’s a lot of really dark material that, [but valuable] especially for the female readers of

the series…they’re going to encounter [these themes] in their lives, and I think that’s part of what really [makes the books and movies so popular], in addition to you know, all the romance stuff, the two really handsome, fit male figures fighting over her, that’s also exciting.

So I gave this talk and it was super fun, it was a really good time and I felt like the reception was pretty good and people were with me, they weren’t arguing the same old argument of ‘Well, Bella’s so passive,’ or ‘She’s boring,’ or ‘She doesn’t have any hobbies,’ or ‘She’s only defined in relation to the men in her life’ — which are all true, but I also think that that’s just on the surface and underneath there’s this crazy like gothic energy to the text. …All this weird stuff happens but then it’s like, but you know it’s just this happily ever after ending, I’m married, I have a baby and that’s a very conservative conventional thing, but I don’t think it — I still think all that weird energy is still there.

TPP: After your focus on the Twilight books, an interesting thing happened in that you sort of became an expert of young adult fiction.

SB: Well I ended up — because I wrote this essay on Twilight, when The Hunger Games came out, people… [asked], ‘Oh, we’ll contact you for a quote, because you’re thinking about young adult fiction and especially young adult fiction that is aimed at young women or features female heroines — so yeah, I ended up kind of talking about The Hunger Games, which I also really love that series, too.

TPP: With all of these ideas brewing in your head, you must incorporate them into your classes or the American Studies Department somehow.

SB: Well I do a fair amount [of incorporation]…when I work on the contemporary material, actually the first time I taught The Hunger Games, two years ago here, I taught it in a class that I teach that’s called American Literature and Visual Culture and in that class we kind of start around 1839, which is when the photograph gets invented, and then we read stuff from that period up until The Hunger

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Games was out last book.

And so in that class we were really looking at the issue of spectacle and we were focusing on in The Hunger Games, the whole thing is televised. And so we’re focusing a lot more on that rather than necessarily the question of being a heroine, or the question of gender or romance even, we were talking about visual culture and I thought that was an interesting way to end the class because The Hunger Games is so interesting and so self reflexive in like, it’s not just a romance that the characters are having, it’s the performance of a romance for a camera.

And so it has a lot of interesting things to say, I think, about the way that new technologies now for us — in the 19th Century that technology being the photograph — but now for us, the Internet, surveillance technologies, Facebook, the way that we all understand ourselves to be constantly plugged in to this system that ‘We represent ourselves, but also we’re reshaped by how we’re presenting ourselves.’ So we were talking about the novel in that context.

TPP: You must have a lot planned for the American Studies in the coming year, can you tell us about that?

SB: Well, I am always looking for new majors, it’s a great double major and a great kind of way to prepare for — a lot of American Studies majors go into law school, they go into working for cultural institutions like not-forprofits, they go into academia… they go into teaching.

I’m going to be kind of refreshing the curriculum and starting to run…an upper-level [American Studies] course that will kind of rotate around different topics each year. Usually once a semester we’ll do an event. This past semester we did one with [writer] Edith Zimmerman and [Communication Studies professor] Emilie Zaslow.

I actually like that model of somebody from Pace paired with somebody from outside of Pace who is very successful in his or her field, or profession or whatever.

So I’m kind of thinking through possible events—we’ll probably do some events around the presidential election in the fall.

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Barbara Friedman The Pace Press interviewed Prof. Friedman where she talked about her love of art, reaching all the way back to when she was a little kid and was interested in fiction books, along with doodling during math class.

When asked why she wanted to teach art at a University, Prof. Friedman stated, “It was an easy decision. I actually love talking about art and to people in general. Also looking at other peoples work, that was natural.” She also taught in a high school while working on her degree.

Prof. Friedman expressed that her passion goes beyond art by helping to inspire her many students.

Her greatest accomplishment as a professor is getting to see every day, that light bulb turn on in somebody’s eyes when interest is generated.

As an instructor, Prof. Friedman wants everyone to take a sense of commitment and discipline but to also, “realize there is a way to do it. There are rewards and expediential possibilities,” Friedman said.

Fine Arts Professor William Pappenheimer is exactly one of these professors. Teaching digital design, digital imaging, video animation, desktop publishing, digital illustration, project studio and flash animation. Prof.

Pappenheimer displays his vast knowledge in both fine arts and new media arts.

Starting at a young age, Prof. Pappenheimer began his interest in art with the simple desire to draw something on a piece of paper that gradually grew into something more. Like many others, once seeing other artist’s work, he was inspired to further pursue a career in art. He then went on to get degrees at Harvard and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts of Tufts University. Afterwards, following multiple projects, he began teaching here at the University.

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Pappenheimer talked about what teaching at a university means to him. “Teaching is something that comes along with loving the subject, being very committed and it is at manifestarblog.wordpress.com a more conveying level” Pappenheimer said.

Pappenheimer teaches a wide variety of new media art. One may generally think of art as just a drawing or a painting hung up in the Metropolitan Museum of Originally printed Dec. 7th Art, but in this new age of technology, new media art is growing with the times. Film, photography, animation, digital software and even the internet are giving artists a Lauren Gaul greater canvas in which to express their ideas and to create Teaching performing arts students at the University is not something new that no one has ever seen before.

As a founding member of the artist collective the only thing keeping dance instructor Lauren Gaul busy this holiday season. For 10 years, Gaul has been dancing with the Manifest.AR, Fine Arts Professor William Pappenheimer famous Radio City Rockettes in the Radio City Christmas was recently awarded the ARtSENSE Commission at Spectacular. In its 79th year, the show features holiday The Foundation for Creative Technology in Liverpool, favorites such as the “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” “The England.

Living Nativity” as well as a new 3D live scene.

Since 2007, the tap, theater dance and jazz teacher has been utilizing her experience as a professional New York performer in the commercial dance field to help expand the University’s new commercial dance program and to pass valuable advice on to her students.

When asked what she plans to do after the Rockettes, Gaul said, “My future plans or dreams are hopefully to be a full time member of the Pace University dance faculty. I actually took a two year hiatus from the Rockettes to return to graduate school to gain my Masters of Fine of Arts in dance performance and teaching in hopes of being a part of dance in higher education.”

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Linda Herritt Professor Linda Herritt, who teaches painting, sculpture and project studio, has her own gallery exhibition “Brushstrokes Like the Wrinkles on a Devil’s Face,” located in the Fingesten Gallery at the University.

With a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Montana and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio State, Prof.

Herritt has been featured all across the country for her multiple one person exhibitions and art related awards in PS122 Project Space Studio, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, International Artist in Residence and many more.

At first look, this single piece looks as though it was painted onto the whole white wall, corner to corner, but at closer look it reveals that this art work is made of tiny nails holding fringe to the wall along with materials like burlap. Standing out amongst the other pieces this piece really references graffiti or a retro ’60s rock band poster, in which Prof. Herritt said were some of her influences.

Andrew Revkin Andrew Revkin, Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding at the University psiee.psu.edu and “Dot Earth” blogger for The New York Times, became the first two-time winner of the National Academies Communication Award honored by the Originally printed Oct 5th National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine. There were over 300 entries published or aired in 2010 that were submitted for consideration for the award.

The National Academies Communication Award is considered to be arguably the most prestigious award in science journalism. It recognizes “excellence in reporting and communicating science, engineering, and medicine to the general public,” according to Nationalacademies.org. A $20,000 prize is awarded in each of the four categories for communication through books, newspapers, and magazines, the Internet, television and radio, and film.

Revkin has spent more than 20 years involved with the topic of the environment and climate change, producing more than 500 magazine and news articles, two books, a prize-winning Discovery Times documentary Artic Rush and hundreds of posts on “Dot Earth.”

“I’m really excited this fall because I created my first Pace courses from scratch—Blogging a Better Planet.

I’m co-learning with my great batch of students how to use the Web to make the world a better place—an effort that will always be a work in progress,” Revkin said.

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Queer Studies Minor | Update University students interested in Queer Studies can now declare a minor in the subject through the Women and Gender Studies Department. The new minor will allow students interested in the subject to take 15 credits from a number of new course offerings.

Speaking of the new minor, Professor Stephanie Hsu said, “Numerous faculty, staff and students at Pace have been working for years to make the QS minor into a reality. A vast majority of the courses that are required for completion of the minor already exist in our course catalogue – in other words, enthusiastic faculty members have successfully developed and taught these popular classes in LGBTQA topics, semester after semester.”

The minor will also allow students to focus extensively on a variety of topics that revolve around human sexuality, unlike the focus of the study at some other schools.

According to the Queer Studies’ page on the University’s website, “The new Queer Studies minor is organized around the insight that sexuality is at the center of the human experience, from the formation of the individual to the organization of diverse societies. Our courses examine the significance of same-sex desire or cross-gender identification throughout history, and across a variety of

global cultures.”

Professor Hsu emphasized the focus on a global study of queerness, stating, “Under the aegis of the new QS minor, the WGS Department has already begun offering exciting courses in new or redesigned formats on subjects that have never been taught at Pace before, including Transgender Studies and LGBTQ History. …There’s also a commitment to bringing a transnational focus to QS courses so that students and instructors can learn together about sexual and gender-based rights, freedoms and cultural practices beyond what might be familiar to us in the U.S. context.”

The focus on general human sexuality is also emphasized with course offerings like Historical and Modern Sexual Revolutions (WS 270), Gender and Sexuality, Italian Style (ITA 154T), and Human Sexual Behavior (PSY 234).

Senior Beth Hernandez was excited to hear about the new offering, stating, “It’s great that there is a recognition that gender and sexuality studies are lacking. …There should be an effort to fill in the gaps.”

The focus on the sexuality aspect of Queer Studies was off-putting to Hernandez, however, who added, “It

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Existing programs should be improved.”

The minor attempts to preemptively temper this complaint, however, offering additional course like Introduction to Queer Studies (WS 196Q), QueerStories (WS 250), The Gay Male Experience (WS 296W), and Queer Cultures (INT 297Q), for a total of 17 available courses.

The Women and Gender Studies Department said it would continue to add to the course roster with each passing semester, with the hope being that the program grows in number and scale. Students interested in the new minor can contact Professor Stephanie Hsu at shsu@pace. edu or by stopping by the Women and Gender Studies office in Room 1502 in 41 Park Row.

Resident Halls OLIVIA BETETA Arts Intern Incoming freshman often wonder where they are going to live when they come to the University, yet few realize the multiple choices they have when it comes to picking a room.

The most common choice for first year students is the freshman only residential hall Maria’s Tower. Located at one Pace Plaza. Floors five thru 17 are dedicated solely to housing incoming freshman and creating an all inclusive environment for them. Events catered to the freshman not only introduce them to the University, but also to the city. Each floor is a little community in which freshman can make friends and learn about the city they now live in.

Maria’s Tower offers the true freshman experience with communal bathrooms, free laundry and co-ed floors. It also offers an easy transition from high school to college. Everything from the café to classes is only a short elevator ride away from those living there.

John Street offers a different style of housing. Located at 55 John St., it is one of the two EHS buildings the University leases. Each room, whether it is a double or a triple, is decked out with a flat screen T.V, DVD player, refrigerator, microwave and a personal bathroom. The building offers a home to students of all ages making it easier for students when it comes to events and planning. Another amenity the building offers is a moderately sized kitchen and lounge located at the very top of the residential hall. The kitchen and lounge offers a place to gather and hang out other than a dorm room.

106 Fulton St. is the other off-campus dorm located in Manhattan.

This residential hall is home to mostly upperclassman with freshman rarely nabbing a room. Rooms in this building are apartment style, making it extremely competitive when it comes to getting into this coveted building. Each room has its own bathroom, kitchen and sitting area to be shared between four to six roommates. The building is also marked by its many lounges, a fitness center and even a room for performing arts majors to practice without bothering their neighbors. The rooms in Fulton are the closest the University offers to apartment style living.

The St. George Residence is the only residence hall not situated in Lower Manhattan. Located in the center of Brooklyn Heights, it offers a unique experience to those students looking for something a little different. The rooms look similar to those in 55 John St.; however the St. George Residence offers a full kitchen complete with booths and tables.

There are also numerous lounges and rooms in which students can study, watch movies, play pool or just hang out. The dorm is just a few minutes from the scenic Brooklyn Heights promenade and the Brooklyn Bridge.

Also nearby is Montague Street with has many restaurants and shops to fulfill every students every needs. With a free shuttle between the dorm and the University, the St. George Residence is a possibility for every student.

With so many places to choose from, it can be hard to pick where a students wants to live. Every dorm offers its own conveniences and it is simply a matter of what lifestyle the student wants most. Whether it’s in Brooklyn at the St. George Residence or One Pace Plaza in Maria’s Tower, there is a room fitting for every student.

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Seidenberg School of Computer Science With the advances in technology, cyber-bullying has become a concern throughout many universities.

Cyber-bullying is defined as any behavior done through digital media that communicates aggressive or hostile messaging that has the goal of inflicting discomfort or harm onto others. The form of digital media used to harass others may be in the form of emails, social media sites, cellular messaging or discussion boards. Through these various outlets, students among others may be repeatedly victimized by perpetrators through cyber-bullying.

In Spring 2011, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems professors Jim Lawler and John Molluzzo began an anonymous sample survey of perceptions of cyber-bullying of 121 students enrolled in Introduction to Computing at the University. From the survey, Prof. Lawler and Prof. Molluzzo gained insight on the student’s knowledge on the condition of cyberbullying at the University.

The following information was collected through Prof.

Lawler and Prof. Mulluzzo’s survey: -80 percent of the respondent students are aware of cyber-bullying on the Internet -10 percent of the students believe cyber-bullying is an issue of seriousness at the University -10 percent of the students know of cyber-bullying incidents at the University, with one to three incidents noted by each of these students

-Almost 10 percent of the students surveyed were actual victims of cyber-bullying by other University students -10 percent of the students surveyed were perpetrators themselves -20 percent of the students were victims of cyberbullying outside of the University, mostly during high school, with “countless” to “individual” incidents of victimization noted by each of these students -The largest number of students who were victims of cyber-bullying at the University were gay and lesbian students followed by female students.

The most prevalent method of cyber-bullying recorded through the surveys was message posting on social networking sites. 85 percent of students noted cyber-bullying to be wrong; however surprisingly only 70 percent of them noted cyber-bullying to be a violation of privacy. Moreover, most of the students who responded to the survey were freshmen, with 60 percent being female and 40 percent being male students responding to the survey.

Of further interest are the findings from the survey that 45 percent of the students noted that the University acknowledges the presence of cyber-bullying, but only 20 percent of the students surveyed noted that the University is especially sensitive to cyber-bullying as an issue to students. More than 70 percent of the students recommended that cyber-bullying should be presented in

the UNV 101 course taught at the University.

An interesting result of the survey was that 20 percent of students stated they would contact best friends or parents if they were victimized by other students at the University. University organizations were not cited exclusively as a contact outlet surveyors thought to contact in the case that they were victimized by students.

The survey conducted by Prof. Lawler and Prof.

Molluzzo reiterates that cyber-bullying is an important issue that should be recognized within the University.

Students seem to want the University to do more to publicize it. Although the survey was only limited to a sample of CIS 101 students in Spring 2011, Prof. Lawler and Prof. Molluzzo initiated a new survey that was e-mailed last month to all students and all faculty of the University to gain more insight on the issue. The results of the new survey will be finalized by the professors in Fall 2012.

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Those interested in the initial Spring 2011 study may contact : Prof. Lawler at lawlerj@aol.com or Prof. Molluzzo at jmolluzzo@pace.edu.

Strategic Plan Master Plan in the works to transform PLV and NYC Campuses

New changes underway for students to increase social and academic efficiency Originally printed Dec. 14th JULIA YEUNG Staff Writer As part of the University’s master plan, the PLV and NYC Campuses are undergoing renovations that will further the University’s academic mission and to improve the overall campus experience for students.

Though the plan for the two campuses involves different strategic goals, the common goal for both campuses is similar. The goals include to be able to accommodate the increasing amount of academic programs being offered at the University and to support the increasing residential student population at both campuses.

The official PLV Campus Master Plan’s goal is to improve the atmosphere of the 200-acre campus.

Currently, the Briarcliff Campus residence halls, athletic facilities and faculty offices are all planned to be moved to the PLV Campus. Three new resident halls including a renovated Martin Hall and three new townhouse-style residence halls, will increase the number of student residencies from 690 to 1,400. It reflects the increasing amount of PLV undergraduate students living in the residence halls.

The plan will also rearrange the parking facilities in the central part of the campus to be moved to the perimeter. This will create the aesthetic appeal of a quad and walkways at the core of the campus.

Artificial turf, bleachers and lighting will also be added to the already existing football field and baseball field. Also to be added to the campus is a new softball field, tennis court, a field house with bathrooms, concession space, weight rooms and locker rooms.

The official NYC Campus Master Plan involves

A rendition of a design for One Pace Plaza. accommodating the growing number of students who want to be able to walk to the University from their residence hall. The NYC Campus has about 1,900 students who dorm with about 600 students commuting daily from the St. George residence hall in Brooklyn.

The plan is to bring all of the NYC Campus students within walking distance to One Pace Plaza.

This is already underway with construction currently happening at Broadway and John Street with the new residence hall to open in Fall 2013.

Other renovations include a welcoming Student

pacemagazine.com Center on the first floor of One Pace Plaza where student services like admissions and the Office of Student Assistance (OSA) can be found in one location.

The Master Plan also includes focusing on clearly representing two separate identities for the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences and the Lubin School of Business.

The plan is to have each building, 41 Park Row for

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The majority of the PLV Campus Master Plan will be financed through the revenue made from the new residence halls that are to be built. Additional financing will come from the lower operating costs of the Briarcliff Campus.

Regulatory approval from the Mount Pleasant town, planning and zoning boards is expected to take approximately 18 months. This means that construction could begin as early as 2013.

“The new implemented master plan to renovate Pace buildings will definitely create a state-of-the-art image. This master plan is without a doubt beneficial to the Pace family,” junior Angie Ip said. “However, it is unfortunate that I will not be able to experience the new learning environment because the plan will be

continued from PAGE 25 Dyson and the east side of One Pace Plaza for Lubin, have their own lobby and entrance. The two buildings will also receive aesthetic improvements to enhance the looks of both the outside and inside of the buildings.

The area surrounding the University will also be transformed and will include new entryways, walkways and courtyards.

“The master plans will update our campuses and pull them together. In their different ways, they will make it easier than ever for students to learn lifelong lessons and make lifelong friends,” University Executive Director of Public Information Christopher

completed after I graduate,” Ip added.

For the NYC Campus, the near-ending lease for the St. George residence hall allows the University to be able to afford the development of a new residence hall. The University will be taking out a 30 year lease on the residence hall in Lower Manhattan with other renovations to be started in the next five to 10 years.

The NYC campus renovations are expected to increase the University’s imprint in Lower Manhattan and help develop a positive traditional student campus life experience.

The Master Plan for the PLV and NYC Campuses is expected to bring about positive gains for students in their academic and social experiences here at the University.

TeachLivE program assists future teachers in the classroom

The digital students of the TeachLivE program interact via avatars to simulate a classroom experience.

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Originally printed Feb. 15th The University’s School of Education implemented TeachLivE at both the NYC and PLV Campuses last month. The program, which was created at the University of Central Florida, utilizes digital student avatars with differing personalities that mimic the experience of student teaching.

Originally known as TLE, the program began as a way to prepare student teachers to interact with middle school students in math and science classes without placing the students in an actual classroom.

It “is an iconic example of a best practice in education, using innovative technology to provide pre-service and inservice teachers the opportunity to learn teaching skills and to craft their practice without placing ‘real’ students at risk

during the learning process,” according to the TeachLivE website.

The digital students have personalities and back-stories with names such as Cyndi, Ed and Keith and allow student teachers to use critical thinking and problem solving in a safe environment. Students make an avatar to teach the class while using objects in real life that the program recognizes like a white board. The program allows students to encounter a variety of digital student situations such as “typically developing or not-typically developing students, depending on the objectives of the experience.”

TeachLivE also provides the opportunity to in-service teachers who wish to experiment with new techniques without worrying that the new method will come at a detriment to their actual students. Where actual students would become bored and unruly, the digital students from TeachLivE can be reset until the user is satisfied with the outcome.

mclserver.eecs.ucf.edu With programs already established at Florida State University, Miami University, Old Dominion University, University Center of Greenville, University of Kansas, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Utah State University, Western Michigan University and West Virginia University, the implementation of TeachLivE at the University is the first in the northeast and will set the scene for others to adopt the new practice.

TeachLivE is already making headlines around the country and has even been presented at international technology conferences in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, piquing the interest of potential overseas participants.

With a number of other universities and institutions interested in TeachLivE, the program has the potential to change the way teachers learn how to educate forever.

Tutoring Center For many students it is difficult to fully learn a subject in the hour or so of a class. Those who don’t grasp the topic in that short time are often left to teach themselves and for most this can be a nearly impossible feat. To help students close the gap between what they learned in class and what they still don’t understand, the University offers the Tutoring Center.

Located on the 2nd floor of 41 Park Row, the Tutoring Center offers help and support for a variety of courses including accounting, biology, chemistry, economics, finance, French, Spanish and many more.

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Free and open to all University students, it is definitely a good place to go to if a student finds themselves lost in their course whatever it may be. It is open Monday thru Saturday, with sessions beginning as early as 10 a.m. and closing as late as 8 p.m. There are times that work with every student’s schedule.

In addition to the assistance the center offers in specific courses, there are also a variety of study skills workshops. The workshops aim to teach the necessary skills to becoming a better student. The three workshops the center offers are in time management, note taking from lectures and note taking from books. The workshops are offered habitually throughout the year and are also free of charge. Most workshops last no more than 50 minutes and usually they are held during common hours. The aim of the center is simply to teach the skills every student

needs to succeed. Just as the center says, doing well in college isn’t just about being smart; it’s also about having the necessary skills to record, organize, recall and use information. For those who never mastered these abilities, the Tutoring Center is more than happy to teach them.

CONTACT The Tutoring Center is located on the 2nd fl. of 41 Park Row Hours include: Monday-Wednesday: 11 a.m - 8p.m Thurday: 10 a.m - 6 p.m Friday: 11 a.m -3 p.m Saturday: 12 p.m - 5 p.m

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Uday Sukhatme appointed as the new University Provost Administration holds meet and greet to enhance transparency and innovation ANGELICA RAZACK Contributor

Originally printed Feb. 15th University President Stephen J. Friedman announced on Jan. 18 that Uday Sukhatme has been named as the University’s new provost. His resume includes being a quantum physicist and Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He will officially assume his duties as provost on May 21.

At a “Meet the Provost” reception for Sukhatme on Feb. 8, Pres. Friedman provided a brief introduction of Sukhatme and talked about the qualities that make him beneficial to the University community, “He has great talent…and is very valuable to us, to which I am grateful… he is thoughtful, flexible and decisive,” Pres. Friedman said.

After Pres. Friedman’s introduction, Sukhatme then provided faculty and students with a few words on his feelings towards his appointment as the new provost, as well as how he will execute his new position.

“I am excited to learn more about what is going on at Pace…you need multiple skills to be successful… when you come to a new place, you come with new ideas, but not all ideas will work…having the will and desire to improve is what makes this job fun and I do welcome new ideas,” Sukhatme said.

The Pace Press had the chance to interview Sukhatme about his plans for the University.

The Pace Press (TPP): As the new provost, what will be your general duties and responsibilities?

Uday Sukhatme (US): My responsibilities include looking after the academic affairs at Pace, such as new degree programs, faculty hiring and promotion tenure and student

Uday Sukhatme, the University’s new Provost. success, meaning student retention and graduation.

TPP: What plans do you have for the University?

US: To maintain and enhance its strengths as well as eliminate the sources that hold back its progress, which could be teaching loads or salary space. I would like to enhance research on more opportunities and give Pace an international flow by providing more study abroad programs and encourage “2+2” programs, in which students spend two years abroad and two years at Pace, perhaps in China or India.

TPP: How will you impact their [students’] college experience directly?

US: I will try to enhance the educational experience of students by increasing the opportunities for research, study abroad, internships and other real-life co-curricular

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activities. At any large university, excellent communication channels are very important between faculty, staff, students and Administration. We will all work together collegially on innovative ideas and implement them whenever possible.

TPP: What improvements do you think need to be made and what will you do to improve them?

US: Improvements in research opportunities and retention and graduation of students will play a central role.

TPP: What can students and faculty expect from you?

US: Students can expect more open communication and innovation.

UNV 101 Courses aid in transition from high school NICOLE MORALES Features Intern

Originally printed Feb. 23rd It may be difficult to leave the warmth and familiarity of high school to begin a new chapter in one’s life. There are many new things to adapt to such as new environments, people, schedules and responsibilities. Although these are some of the lessons that are learned through firsthand experience, the University is doing its best to make sure students make a smooth transition into college life.

All University students, with the exception of transfer students, are required to enroll in a University 101 (UNV 101) course during their freshman year.

The course is meant to teach students the basics of navigating through the University as well as how to enroll for classes online and utilize the University online resource Blackboard.

Professors, however, have the ability to personalize the course for their students as they see fit. Some professors opt for group activities while others prefer to make the most of the school’s location and utilize the surrounding areas as a learning tool.

Communication Sciences and Disorders Professor Abbey Berg prefers to incorporate an unconventional teaching strategy, opting to show students around the Lower East Side rather than focus on assignments. “I do not have students complete ‘formal’ assignments although I try to incorporate tools (e.g. ePortfolio) that they will be using and I feel are useful…I also

conduct walking tours of various areas of NYC (e.g.

Financial District, East Village, Chinatown) and then have them go out in groups to other areas (e.g. Tribeca, SoHo, Lower East Side, High Line and Chelsea, East and West Village) and report back on interesting facts regarding the area (boundaries, cheap eats, shopping, architecture, etc).”

In addition to the exploratory portion of Prof.

Berg’s class, she makes sure that students are aware of the University resources at their finger tips by bringing in representatives from the Tutoring Center, Career Services and Counseling Center to show students how to utilize the various resource outlets they have to offer.

Most importantly, she gives lessons to ensure students know how to properly register for classes.

Prof. Berg’s class structure is one of many found offered at the University. Some professors choose to omit the field experience aspect. In addition, UNV 101 courses utilize student peer leaders to help create a relatable environment for incoming students. These peer leaders are available during office hours for peer counseling and advice, as they too were freshmen the year before. “[University] freshmen students find the role of the peer leader to be very useful. The peer leader becomes someone that guides them through the new college environment,” sophomore peer leader Katherine Morales said.

The course although helpful, does not seem to benefit some students. “It was a waste of time. They didn’t teach me anything, honestly. They taught me how to schedule [classes]. They gave me workshops,

but other than that it was a waste of time,” sophomore Kimberly Pizarro said.

Prof. Berg feels the most beneficial lessons she teaches her UNV 101 students are, “How to communicate appropriately to professors, how to manage their time, avoid procrastinating, taking responsibility and staying safe; keeping healthy (e.g. hand washing, trying to get enough sleep, regular exercise, etc.); the importance of participating in activities outside of the classroom (e.g. Pace clubs, activities and lectures) and to think of NYC as part of their educational curriculum and networking and making connections from the beginning.”

UNV 101 professors have multiple advantages with the University’s convenient Downtown location.

City resources are a subway ride away, while school resources are readily available. Although some students may not have the advantage of an exciting three hour UNV 101 session each class, they are able to learn fundamentals of University life.

College may be a hard transition for most students, so UNV 101 courses help smooth over the stresses of University life seamlessly into one’s everyday routine.

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University named ‘Military Friendly School’ by G.I. Jobs Magazine SARAH AIRES News Intern

Originally printed Oct. 4th G.I. Jobs magazine recently awarded the University with the title ‘Military Friendly School’ for 2012—a distinction only given to 20 percent of colleges and trade schools across the U.S. The University was one of 1,518 schools chosen by a Military Friendly Schools Academic Advisory Panel, who conducted surveys to determine the list.

The award recognizes the University’s desire to assist veterans in their educational endeavors and for its commitment to support its military student population.

The University has several scholarships available to veterans looking to receive their undergraduate or graduate degrees, including the Veterans Tuition Scholarship, which covers half of tuition for those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan after Sept. 11, 2001.

The University is also a supporter of the Yellow Ribbon Program. This program gives assistance to veterans of the war in Afghanistan without the unexpected out of pocket expenses that financial aid may

not cover.

The University’s website features ‘Tips for College Veterans,’ outlining the process of applying to the University, including everything they may need to know about the application process, information about scholarships and how to connect with their fellow veterans on the campus of their choice.

The University assists all veterans who are eligible for benefits under the recently amended G.I. Bill. According to Military.com, the G.I. Bill was created to assist U.S. military veterans in their pursuit of higher education. The bill helps to provide veterans with a college or vocational education and loans for veterans to start their own businesses or purchase homes or property.

The student run military organization, U.S. Military Veterans of Pace University, a chapter of the Student Veterans of America, is also represented on campus.

Their goal is to ensure that all veterans studying at the University, will “receive all the benefits they are entitled to, facilitate communication and interaction between fellow veterans, support their colleagues in reaching their full academic potential and lobby at both the state and federal level for more

accessible benefits for veterans,” as stated on Studentveterans.org.

Treasurer of the University’s U.S. Military Veteran’s Club, Shane Kirk, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He is now a sophomore studying in the Lubin School of Business for a degree in information technology with a minor in criminal justice.

When asked if he felt satisfied with the University’s handling of Military students he stated, “I was a little skeptical at first because I had seen a few vet students have financial problems or paperwork troubles, but this past August when Congress changed the post 9/11 G.I. Bill and stripped away much of the available funding to vets attending private schools, Pace really stepped up to support us. They are paying more out of their own pockets to subsidize our costs. If it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t be able to be here learning, so I feel blessed and very thankful.”

Criminal Justice and Security Department Chair Dr. Joseph Ryan voiced his opinion about why it is so essential for the University to help veterans pursue the education they deserve. “While I do not believe that veterans will affect the student body, I do hope that their presence in the classroom will engender a spirit of

Student Veterans of America march in the 92nd annual Veterans Day Parade SARAH AIRES Staff Writer

Originally printed Nov. 16th The University’s Student Veterans of America (SVA) marched in the annual NYC Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11. The University’s SVA was represented by both the NYC and PLV campuses.

The SVA runs solely on the work and dedication shown by its veterans, who work to provide the necessary support for fellow veterans who may need help in their journey to pursue a higher education. The growing presence of the veteran population at the University has made an impact on the campus community, as it was recently named one of the most “Military Friendly Schools” in the country.

“The U.S. Military Veterans of Pace University has already made a lasting move to embed themselves forever in the Pace Community by simply establishing their club. It seems that a person will always be leaving the military at some point and going

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back to school. The Veteran Club will be around to help that person transition into the academic life,” Secretary of the NYC campus SVA Dustin Shyrock said.

The University’s military population represented in the parade showed a high level of organization, and dedication to raising awareness of the efforts by the SVA to make their presence known not only amongst those at the University, but also in the surrounding community. The organization wanted to pay their respects to those veterans who are unable to represent themselves in the parade.

“It is important that all veterans be represented in the parade. Since this is not possible, the veterans at Pace will be marching in honor of all of those who cannot. It is important for Pace to see that the veterans on campus are united and willing to join together to accomplish a task,” Shyrock said.

Annually, Nov. 11 is the day the U.S. assembles to respect and honor those who served in the U.S. military.

The NYC Veteran’s Day Parade dates as far back as 1919, making it the oldest and largest Veterans Day parade in the country. This year’s parade opening ceremony began with a wreath laying in Madison Square Park. The parade then continued up 5th Ave. between 26th St. and 56th St. This Veterans Day is especially memorable for veterans throughout the country as this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Vietnam War.

pride for the American way of life.”

“In 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt stated that ‘...there is a total lack of comprehension that an educated people is the real defense for a democracy.’

We are following Roosevelt’s idea by helping veterans continue their effort to defend our way of living. I believe every American should have the right to an education, especially veterans since they have risked their lives on our behalf. We need to make an extended effort to ensure that they have an opportunity for an education that will help them transition back to civilian life,” Dr. Ryan said.

As a result of the University’s many programs designed to help military students pay for their tuition, the degrees offered and the abundance of extracurricular activities, it is only right to distinguish the University as a promilitary campus.

Hopefully the acknowledgement of the school’s support of military students will encourage more students to enroll and pursue higher levels of education, and more importantly, make that education more accessible to those who truly deserve it.

Military documentary aims to shed light on PTSD OLIVIA BETETA Arts Intern Every year, thousands of men and women enlist in the military to defend their country. Most people do not think about the military personnel who sacrifice their time and lives for the U. S. unless it is a direct friend or family member. The documentary Striking A Cord aims to bring the soldiers back to the forefront, or better yet it aims to bring people to an army base in Iraq.

The documentary shows what life is really like for the brave men and women on the frontlines. However, unlike other military documentaries, the film focuses on the daily lives of soldiers, the isolation, loneliness and the effects of constant deployment on soldiers.

The documentary shows post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a way it hasn’t been seen before. It brings to light the need for programs and care that soldiers need after returning from war. In most of the war themed blockbusters, the movie ends before the viewer sees what happens to the soldiers after the battle. For a long time, many psychologists believed PTSD was a made up illness and veterans did not receive the care they needed.

Striking A Cord shows how very real PTSD is and the huge effect it has on the everyday life of almost every soldier. When musician Nell Bryden and her band come to visit the base, viewers can see the effect music has on the soldiers. For many, the music is a release and much needed relaxation in a place where there is not often time to unwind. The soldiers flock Bryden for the chance to ask questions or talk to her in an effort to extend their time away from fighting just that much more.

It is the music that acts to help them treat their disorder and “heal their invisible battle scars.” The film shows how very important it is that PTSD be recognized and the shame associated with it must be eliminated so soldiers can begin treatment as soon as they get back from the war.

Serving in the military is often refereed to as a thankless job and the needs of those who fight are often forgotten, Striking A Cord hopes to remind people of the sacrifice that soldiers make to defend their country.

The documentary screening will be held at the Tribeca Cinema on May 16 and hosted by The Rotary Club of Wall Street New York. The night’s festivities include a Q&A with director Susan Cohn Rockefeller and a reception for the attendees. The ticket sales from the event will be donated to the The Bob Woodruff Foundation which aims to help returning soldiers and, “has impacted well over 1,000,000 service members, veterans, family members, and support personnel,” according to the foundation’s website.

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Welcome Week 2012 One of the signs of fall semester starting is Welcome Week. From University events to exploring the city, the University and student organizations work to make it a week for students to get that last taste of summer before starting the semester. Below are some of the planned events for Fall 2012, with many more to be come!

Labor Day Barbecue September 3rd, 2012 at 4 p.m Dance Off Competition September 3rd 2012 at 5 p.m Welcome Week Target Night TBA (around Labor Day Weekend) Mets Game September 7th, 2012 at 7:10 p.m Yankees Game September 14th 2012 at 7:05 p.m Tentative events include movie nights and pancake/ice cream socials.

For more information, please contact: Jonelle Waldropt jwaldropt@pace.edu

Writing Center STEPHANIE HANSEN Arts Editor Writing during college is inevitable. Everything from essays to lab reports come up throughout a student’s college career, but writing does not come easily to all. For those students who need a little extra help getting their thoughts onto paper, the University has the Writing Center. There, students have access to tutors, podcasts and can learn to utilize ePortfolio.

Students can register for an in-person tutoring session online, but for students who can’t make it during the time available, there are also podcasts available. According to the University’s website, “The MP3 format allows them to be listened to on any computer, portable music player or even an MP3 cell phone! Best of all, [students] can get tips from our tutors in no time and at [their] own pace.”

The ePortfolio allows students to access answers to any of their writing questions online as well.

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World Trade Center | Update OLIVIA BETETA Arts Intern The World Trade Center (WTC) continues to push forward in construction as the 2013 deadline for some of the buildings to be completed quickly approaches.

In addition to the five new buildings, the complex presently holds the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and looks to add the WTC transportation hub, 550,000 square feet of retail space and a performing arts center. All these facilities will hopefully breathe new life into the Downtown area that suffered a major loss with the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

One, two, three, four and seven WTC will be the office towers of the complex. One WTC is the most ambitious of the five, hoping to reach 1,776 feet, making it the tallest building in the U.S. The building will take up a staggering 2.6 million square-feet. All that space will be divided to encompass an observation deck, world-class restaurants and broadcast and antennae facilities in addition to office space. The building is the work of David M. Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and is set to open in 2013. Currently the building is very close to completion with the steel installation on 100 of the 104 floors.

Two WTC looks to be equally impressive with its diamond shaped summit. The skyscraper, designed by Foster and Partners, aims to be 88 stories and the second-tallest skyscraper in NYC at 1,349 feet topped by an 80-foot antenna. The building will be directly east of the performing arts center and north of the WTC transportation hub. The completion date for both this building and three WTC have not been released and little work has been completed thus far. Both structures are presently equal to street level.

Three WTC will be slightly smaller than its two predecessors. The brainchild of Pritzker Prize winning architect Richard Rogers, it will rise 80 stories and include 2.8 million square-feet of office space divided among 53 floors and five trading floors. The building will also host a variety of retail stores situated on the first five floors.

Four WTC plans to reach 72 stories, a quieter building than the ones before it. Located at 150 Greenwich St., it will face the WTC memorial park. At 977 feet, the building will also host five levels of retail space with the remaining floors providing a home for commercial offices.

Designed by Maki and Associates, the building has already been fitted for a stop on the 1 train. The building hopes to open in 2013 around the same time as one WTC. Seven WTC was completed in 2006 and is already home to a variety of businesses. Located at 250 Green St., the building sits adjacent to the former WTC site.

Little work has been completed on the retail space and transportation hub. The foundation of the hub has been set along with some the walls of the structure being erected. No date of completion has been released for these two buildings as of yet.

The preforming arts center is still in the planning stages. All that has been determined is that Frank Gehry will be heading the design for the 1,000-seat space at the corner of Fulton and Greenwich Street. The center will serve as the home for the Joyce Theater.

The memorial is currently open to the public but due to the ongoing construction in the area a timed reservation system has be enacted.

Reservations can be made online or by phone. Each reservation is for a half hour and runs on a donation basis.

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To obtain a pass for the 9/11 Memorial please visit: 911memorial.org/visitor-passes Advance registration necessary Tickets are available daily from 10 a.m-7 p.m Fee is donated based Views of the progress on the World Trade Center expected to be completed by 2013. all photos from wtcprogress.com

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XXX Olympiad CRAIG HELD Features Editor Although NYC lost its chance to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, the world is watching as London becomes the first city to ever host the games three times.

The highly anticipated opening ceremony, which will take place on July 27, is set to be directed by Danny Boyle, the director of such films as 127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire and 28 Days Later.

While the specifics of the ceremony are still under wraps, rumors have been swirling for months that include the rumored reunion of the Spice Girls. Famed British boy band, Take That, is also rumored to make an appearance with former member Robbie Williams in the opening ceremony.

Of course, the reason everyone will be watching is to see who will take home the most gold medals this summer. Even though baseball and softball have been dropped as Olympic sports, there are plenty of events to look forward to: Swimming: Michael Phelps’ win of the most gold medals in a single Olympics is still one of the most talked about aspects of the 2008 games in Beijing. It’ll be interesting to see if Phelps can repeat his success in another venue. The Beijing National Aquatics Center, where swimming events took place in 2008, was deeper than most Olympic venues which allowed for many records to be broken.

Gymnastics: After the controversy surrounding whether or not members of the Chinese team were underage, the world is eager to see who will come out on top this year. The U.S. team is gearing up to compete as well with 2008’s stars Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and Alicia Sacramone returning to the team.

Fencing: University alumnus Tim Morehouse, who won the silver medal in men’s sabre in 2008, will return to the U.S. fencing team for this summer’s games. This marks the third Olympic Games for Morehouse as he attempts to finally get the gold in London.

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University alumnus Tim Morehouse received the silver medal in Men’s Sabre in 2008.

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U.S gymnast Nastia Liukin receives the Gold Medal for Women’s Individual gymnastics in 2008. blog.mlivr.ocom xarj.net Michael Phelps after winning in the 2008 Olympics.

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YES Awards

The University has implemented a creative reward system for hardworking students and faculty.

The YES (Your Excellence Shows) Awards is meant to recognize daily achievements. Members of the University community can nominate anyone they feel deserves recognition for their exceptional work in their daily roles. Any staff member or student at the University is eligible as a candidate for a YES award. The awards are small tokens of appreciation of the winner’s efforts and contributions to the school. The monthly prize is four movie tickets, while each campus receives $500 as an annual award. The Human Resources Department has also added a textbook scholarship open to YES award winning student workers. The funds of this scholarship

will come from the proceeds raised through the sales of student-designed bookmarks at University events.

One annual scholarship will be awarded to a Yes award winning student working each January.

If you are interested in nominating a student of staff member of the University for a YES award, a form is found on the University’s website.

Included information should be: -The staff member/student worker’s name -Your name -Your email address -The department, company or other affiliation you have with Pace University

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Zumba STEPHANIE HANSEN Arts Editor Zumba is the new fitness fad that has been flooding gyms, studios and even video game consoles. Now the University is offering a summer course in Zumba.

Zumba is a Latin inspired dance-fitness program that came to be in 2001. It is high energy and cardio heavy. Over 11 years later, Zumba has become the world’s most successful dance fitness program. According to Zumba.com, “more than 12 million people of all shapes, sizes and ages taking weekly Zumba classes in over 110,000 locations across more than 125 countries.”

There are a number of types of Zumba from the plain old Zumba fitness that will be taught at the University to Zumba designed for older and younger patrons as well. There is also aqua Zumba and Zumba toning.

GET INVOLVED The course will be offered on Mondays, May 21 - June 25 7:00 p.m to 8:30 p.m The course will be taught by certified Zumba instructor Birchchum Wilkins and the course costs $50.

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