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NYU is expanding its role as an incubator of startup companies with the new Mark and Debra Les-lie Entrepreneur’s Lab, which offi-cially opened its doors today. The new eLab is the latest effort from NYU’s Entrepreneurial Institute to foster student and faculty-led startup companies.

“The eLab provides a hub for our students and faculty to come to-gether from across the university when they’re interested in becom-ing entrepreneurs,” NYU Entrepre-neurial Institute executive direc-tor Frank Rimalovski said. “I really think this is a game changer.”

The 6,000-square-foot eLab is lo-cated at 16 Washington Place, and starting this semester it will be offering students and faculty re-sources for getting their startups off the ground. In addition to pro-viding meeting rooms, prototyp-ing workshops and event spaces, the eLab will be staffed by a full-time manager, startup concierge

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The name may not ring a bell, but Jonathan Krisel, an alumnus from the Tisch School of the Arts, Class of 2000, is a prolific comedy director who has worked on some of today’s best comedy shows, with direct-ing credits ranging from “Saturday Night Live” to “Kroll Show.” This year he is nominated for two Em-mys for his work on the IFC sketch comedy show “Portlandia,” which he co-created with stars Fred Ar-misen and Carrie Brownstein.

“Fred and Carrie had been mak-ing little sketch videos together, and they knew they wanted to film the show in Portland,” Krisel told WSN. “I brought the idea of the city being

the unifying concept to the show. I also wanted the filmmaking to be as punchy, indie-feeling and cinematic as the city and as the characters.”

Krisel is currently on set filming the fifth season of the sketch series in Portland, where the cast and crew routinely work 12-hour days, writing and creating on the fly.

Citing Monty Python, the Mon-kees and French New Wave films as his inspirations, Krisel is not one to shy away from experimentation while his crew is on set.

“Fred and Carrie might change costume and wigs five times in one day,” he said, adding that they are open to improvisation. “On a lot of

By hAnnAh treAsure

Everyone has that one, crazy roommate story — it’s a clas-sic icebreaker for parties, espe-cially living in New York City, where you have probably had more than just one strange housing situation. Even pop culture — shows like “New Girl” and “Friends” — focus on the question: can these two or more completely different peo-ple coexist in a tiny room and somehow make the best of it?

CAS alumna Stephanie Wu draws inspiration from the co-existence concept — she sought out the most memorable room-mate stories she could find,

collecting them from over 60 people and then splitting the tales into age-group categories for her new book, “The Room-mates,” published Aug. 5.

The stories are all anonymous, ranging in age and location from where each took place.

“I knew I would get some crazy stories, but I just didn’t know the extent of the crazy which I would get,” Wu said. “The very first interview I did, this girl told me about her fresh-man year roommate who told her that she was keeping a dead hamster in their mini fridge. She said, ‘I’m keeping a dead

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to help groups find resources and entrepreneur-in-residence to advise new ventures.

The Leslie eLab will also host weekly speaking events and workshops and serve as the headquarters for the NYU En-trepreneurial Institute and NYU Innovation venture Fund, which both lead many of the universi-ty’s entrepreneurial programs.

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important not only to students and faculty interested in start-ing companies, but also to the university itself, as an expan-sion of its role as one of the biggest research institutes in the country.

“The university spends over $400 million a year in research across all disciplines and it’s really important that as inno-vations emerge from these de-partments that we bring them

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World hunger initiative furthers program with new appBy lArson binzer

Stern junior Samir Goel and Gallatin junior hannah Dehar-dunwala spent their summers creating an app that aims to decrease world hunger.

The two co-founded Transfer-nation, an initiative designed to combat hunger and food insecurity by connecting cor-porations with social institu-tions, so food left over from corporate events may be re-purposed for those in need.

Dehradunwala said being named resolution fellows at the Social venture Challenge at the Clinton Global Initiative University conference held in March helped create a network of people who were willing to help with problems associated with launching Transfernation.

Goel said the app will act like a Google scheduler.

“Corporations would be able to post all their social events on a calendar and social institu-tions would be able to browse through and select which to pick up from,” Goel said.

Transfernation began its in-ternational initiative in Paki-stan this summer, where Deh-radunwala has been partnering mostly with restaurants to con-tinue the goal of repurposing leftover food.

Although governmental and social structures differ greatly between Pakistan and New York, Dehradunwala said she

and her team have done their best to help those in need near their base in Karachi.

“We adjust our model based on wherever we’re working,” Deh-radunwala said. “Karachi may not be totally ready for tech, but what it does have is an excess of people who are passionate and care about the cause.”

Ayesha Naveed, a fine arts student at the Indus valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi, began working as the regional director for Trans-fernation in Pakistan in July and will continue the opera-tion even after Dehradunwala returns to New York.

“If we are successful in es-tablishing a model here, the outcome will be phenomenal,” Naveed said. “49 percent of Pakistan’s population depends on food assistance and I be-lieve we can help reduce this figure tremendously.”

In New York, Transfernation has plans to continue growing their program with a new web-site and Indiegogo campaign.

“Our goals for the upcoming semester include launching our website, running a pilot program at NYU and beginning our first corporate to social transfers, and above all else creating a tangible impact,” Goel said.

Larson Binzer is a deputy news editor. Email her at [email protected].

to market,” Rimalovski said. Rimalovski added that these

plans were just the beginning and that the Entrepreneurial Institute plans to begin roll-ing out new programs through the eLab as early as the coming spring semester.

Frank Yao, a second-year medical school student and co-founder of Limbr — an NYU startup that designs next gener-ation athletic gear — said pro-grams sponsored by the Entre-preneurial Institute have been instrumental for him and other entrepreneurs at NYU, and Limbr might not have gotten off the ground at another uni-versity. Yao added that the eLab was especially appealing to him because workspaces were rare at the NYU School of Medicine after Superstorm Sandy.

“Just from the med school perspective, just because of Sandy and stuff we haven’t had a good place to work in like that this whole year,” Yao said. “And there’s nothing like what the eLab is offering.”

Stern sophomore Jon Wang said he was also looking forward to the eLab opening and said that he hoped it might one day help him start his own company.

“I definitely see myself po-tentially using both my areas of knowledge to move into the tech startup field with some of my friends,” Wang said. “hav-ing the eLab on campus gives me the ability to learn more about the logistics of gathering

resources for a startup and pro-fessionals to guide me through seminars and events that will be held there.”

John Ambrosio is a news editor. Email himat [email protected].

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New Abu Dhabi campus to open amid controversy

NYU Langone awarded grant for Sandy damages By mAritA VlAchou

NYU Langone Medical Center

will receive $1.13 billion as a form of financial support for the damages caused to several build-ings, study spaces and laborato-

ries at the institution by Super-storm Sandy. The grant, which was announced on July 29, is the second largest grant ever given out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Arielle h. Bayer, a fourth-year

medical student at the NYU School of Medicine recalled that during Sandy, school was closed for a week and students and pa-tients were being evacuated from the building.

“The hurricane affected us

The grant will help restore Langone’s research and lab facilities back to pre-Sandy conditions.

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tremendously in many ways, our school was physically in the basement [of Langone hospital], so our classrooms and the stu-dent study space and our library as well were flooded, so it devas-tated our school,” Bayer said.

Bayer also said that she hopes the money can help get ongoing research back on track.

“I think research and the labo-ratories that were affected by the storm are a priority for us, because NYU is such a strong leader in re-search and innovation,” Bayer said.

New York Senator Charles Schumer expressed hope that the monetary aid will help NYU Langone recover and keep serving its mission.

“NYU hospital is a critical non-profit institution that sustained mas-sive damage in Superstorm Sandy, and this award will enable them to fully recover and provide world-class healthcare to countless New York-ers,” Schumer said in a statement.

According to the report Schumer’s office published, 90 percent of the grant will be covered by the fed-eral government, from which $540 million will be spent on repairs for damaged Langone buildings and $589 million will be used as part of the hazard mitigation project, which aims to minimize the damage caused by future storms.

Schumer recognizes that the grant given is substantial, but said he be-lieves it is necessary.

“I am pleased to see this desper-ately needed reimbursement to re-pair and rebuild in a resilient way,” Schumer said in the same statement.

Dean and CEO of NYU Langone Robert Grossman expressed his deep gratitude for the support offered to the institution.

“We are grateful to U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer for his unwavering support in achieving this extraor-dinary federal grant from FEMA, and are also appreciative of Gover-nor Andrew Cuomo’s leadership throughout our recovery from Su-perstorm Sandy,” Grossman said in a statement.

While the recovery process is still ongoing, Bayer said she was hope-ful that NYU Langone and the NYU School of Medicine would be back in the condition it was before the storm soon.

“I think being able to rebuild what was lost is really important in order to continue the momentum that we had,” Bayer said. “I hope the money goes toward that, as well as every-thing that was lost.”

Marita Vlachou is adeputy news editor. Email her at [email protected].

By rAhul KrishnAmoorthy

The start of this academic year marks the opening of NYU Abu Dhabi’s controversial Saadiyat Island campus and the arrival of its first incoming freshman class at its new permanent home. Classes begin Aug. 31.

The joint-project between NYU and the United Arab Emirates has been four years in the making, and as the Washington Square News previously reported there have been numerous allegations of labor violations, which have led to public scrutiny.

the Kafala system

The campus was built by a mi-grant labor force predominantly recruited from Bangladesh, In-dia and Pakistan and financed by the government of Sheikh Khalifa bin zayed al-Nahyan, the Emir of Abu Dhabi.

The U.A.E. has come under scrutiny from international watchdog organizations like human Rights Watch and Am-nesty International for their use of the Arabian Kafala Sys-tem. Ostensibly a system for safeguarding migrant work-ers’ legal status and welfare in Gulf Arab states, the New York Times’ Tahmima Anam de-scribes it as anything but.

“Though Kafala, which ties workers to their employers, is supposed to act as a safety net for workers, abuse is rife,” Anam wrote in a New York Times opin-ion piece from April.

In practice, Anam says the Ka-fala allows contractors to confis-cate migrant passports, withhold wages and force migrants to labor under exploitative conditions by making them legally dependent on their employers.

statement of labor Values

Given the challenging human rights environment surrounding the construction of NYUAD’s Saa-diyat Island campus, the univer-sity enacted an ambitious “State-ment of Labor values” in early 2010. This stringent charter re-quires that contractors fairly pay and accommodate migrant workers, along with leaving them in control of their travel documents and not subjecting them to a recruitment fee.

however, the enforcement of these guidelines was a respon-sibility of the contractors em-ployed by the U.A.E. government to develop the island and build NYUAD’s new campus. Investiga-tions in previous years led by the the human Rights Watch and the Gulf Labor Coalition turned up numerous violations.

mott macDonald controversy

NYU attempted to quash these concerns by cracking down on the violators and bringing on board the independent auditor Mott MacDonald to oversee en-forcement of its labor values.

however, an investigation and activist campaign led by mem-bers of faculty and the student

body involved in the Gulf Labor Coalition and the Coalition for Fair Labor at NYU brought up al-leged continued migrant worker rights’ abuse even after these measures were put in place. In addition, Mott MacDonald was awarded a contract by the Abu Dhabi government to develop the infrastructure of the island.

Professor Andrew Ross, the founder of Gulf Labor, argued against the veracity of Mott MacDonald’s positive findings.

“[We] argued that Mott was not an independent monitor, and we recommended other au-ditors more appropriate for the task,” Ross said. “All indepen-dent investigations — by human Rights Watch, The Guardian and now by Gulf Labor — have un-covered violations that Mott has not been able to find. Clearly, their monitoring methodologies have been inadequate.”

NYU spokesman John Beckman told WSN previously that Mott MacDonald’s involvement in the establishment of the island does not impact its monitoring.

“Their appointment as compli-ance monitor was made through a competitive process, and their contract contains provisions to ensure there are no conflicts-of-interest,” Beckman said.

new york times investigation

With the labor abuse issues sup-posedly put to bed, in May 2014 the New York Times published a critical investigation of the contin-ued migrant worker rights abuse

just months before the expected completion of the campus.

A day after The New York Times ran the article, NYU President John Sexton issued an official apology, vowing that the univer-sity would take greater pains to protect affiliated workers’ rights in the future and investigate al-leged past misconduct.

In the wake of The New York Times article, NYU’s regional partner Tamkeen hired independent auditor Nardello & Company to pursue a ret-roactive investigation into instances of migrant worker rights abuse.

Rahul Karishnamoorthy is a deputy news editor. Email him at [email protected].

Four years after establishment, the portal campus will now be housed on Saadiyat Island.

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Medical school professors file lawsuit over paycut

Professor Marie Monaco’s salary was cut by the administration.

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herbert Samuels is one of the professors filing the lawsuit.

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Two NYU School of Medicine professors filed a lawsuit in July against NYU and the medical school, having been notified that their pay would be cut after they failed to meet expectations for acquiring research grants.

Following damage to their re-search projects after Superstorm Sandy, associate professor Marie Monaco and professor herbert Samuels said they lost data neces-sary for grant applications. The professors said while this greatly impacted their ability to acquire outside funding, the suit focuses on a larger issue with the School of Medicine’s salary reduction policy.

The School of Medicine policy expects all faculty to earn back at least 60 percent of the por-tion their salary set aside for re-

search. Failure to acquire at least 20 percent of this amount can result in salary reductions.

In their petition to the New York State Supreme Court, the professors said the salary reduc-tion policy goes against the NYU Faculty handbook and the guar-anteed tenure that protects aca-demic and economic freedom.

“The handbook defines tenure as ‘a means to certain ends, spe-cifically: freedom of teaching and research; and a sufficient degree of economic security to make the profession of teaching attractive to men and women of ability,’” the petition said.

In response to the suit, NYU spokesperson Lisa Greiner said the policy was started in 2008 by the School of Medicine and its Fac-ulty Council to keep its job perfor-mance standards in line with that of other of other medical schools.

“All faculty researchers are re-quired to obtain research grants,” Greiner said. “Faculty are advised annually if they are meeting ex-pectations or not. In 2014 only a very few faculty, no more than 15 out of a total of 350 faculty, failed to meet standards. Of these, fewer than half had salary reductions.”

The professors said the policy applies pay cuts without consid-ering the merit of an individual’s research and overall involvement in the medical school.

“This is not only unfair to the in-dividuals affected, but it is a very detrimental approach to the ad-ministration of an academic insti-

tution which should be rewarding hard work and innovative research regardless of how much external funding is available to support that research,” Monaco said.

The doctors believe the salary reduction policy strips faculty of their rights to academic free-dom, which should allow faculty to pursue research regardless of its popularity or economic potential. In an Aug. 5 press re-lease, Samuels said he was con-cerned about the ways in which this policy would affect future medical discoveries.

“By forcing medical school fac-ulty to pursue only research which receives funding that would pay their salaries, many areas of medi-cal science will be neglected, and opportunities to make important breakthroughs in medicine will be lost,” Samuels said.

The School of Medicine is cur-rently the only NYU school that implements this kind of sal-ary reduction policy. Monaco said she fears that should the school be successful in reduc-ing their salaries, a precedent would be set for other schools at NYU to implement a similar kind of policy.

While a hearing date has not yet been scheduled, NYU Langone Medical Center plans to respond to the professors’ claims in court.

Valentina Duque Bojaniniis a news editor. Email her at [email protected].

NYU Accra, NYU Tel Aviv closed for fall 2014By John Ambrosio and

VAlentinA Duque boJAnini

Earlier this month, NYU an-nounced their study away cam-

puses in Accra and Tel Aviv have suspended coursework for the Fall 2014 semester over concerns for students’ health and safety. The sites are two of 11 interna-

tional study centers that make up NYU’s study away program.

Students enrolled at NYU Tel Aviv for the upcoming semes-ter were notified via email on

Aug. 4 that the program would be postponed until January amid concerns over violence between Israel and Gaza. The ongoing conflict has killed more than 2,000 people since Israel launched its offensive against Gaza in early July and has in-creasingly placed Israeli cities like Tel Aviv in the sights of Ga-zan rockets.

NYU spokesperson James Devitt said both the students and the university were concerned about the situation in Tel Aviv, and the decision to suspend coursework was not made lightly.

“This was not an easy decision to make, but we tend to err on the side of caution first and fore-most with respect to the health and safety of our students, but also with respect to whether we think the full academic program we intend for our students may be disrupted,” Devitt said.

Following this announcement, students planning on studying away in NYU Accra were in-formed on Aug. 7 that the cam-pus in Ghana is also closing be-cause of concerns over the West Africa Ebola outbreak.

Students were informed in an email from vice president of Global Programs Nancy Morrison that while NYU did not have rea-son to believe the epidemic would

spread to Ghana, it is taking every precaution to ensure that students are not placed in harms way.

“We believe that we cannot risk sending [students] into an environment in which the future is so uncertain, and in which you would have encountered signifi-cant regional travel restrictions, and potential limitations with community service projects,” Morrison said in the email.

The university plans to reim-burse students for the cost of travel and vaccinations made in anticipation of their trips and the Global Programs staff has helped them find alternative ar-rangements for the semester.

For those with a U.S. passport, Devitt said that students in both programs were offered Abu Dhabi, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Lon-don, Sydney and Washington D.C. as alternative study away sites. however, some students were of-fered different site options.

“Students with non-US citizen-ship were offered different alter-natives based on the immigra-tion requirements of the host country,” Devitt said.

NYU hopes to resume classes at both locations this coming January.

John Ambrosio and Valentina Duque Bojanini are news editors. Email them at [email protected] over the Ebola crisis caused NYU Accra to close for the fall semester.

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hamster in there, and I want to do taxidermy on it and then at-tach it to a hot air balloon.’”

Although many of the anec-dotes in “The Roommates” are outlandish incidents and un-believable situations, some are also about roommates who be-come best friends, as Wu her-self did with her freshman year roommate at NYU in University Residence hall.

None of Wu’s personal roommate stories are included in her book, but she dedicated the entire collection

to that first college roommate.“Especially that freshman year, I

found community at NYU through the dorms,” Wu said. “If I wasn’t hanging out with my roommates in my room, I was down the hall in a friend’s room napping on their bed or studying in their liv-ing room. [Your floormates] are so important. That’s a group of ready-made friends down the hall to hang out with.”

Wu hopes that readers will not only be entertained by the book, but also take away an un-derstanding of the level of coop-eration required when forced to live with someone.

“Be open about how you’re going to live,” Wu said. “habits change in college … understand your room-mate will change too … Just be honest with one another. Don’t let passive-aggressiveness start.”

Regardless of some of the slightly horrific scenarios in her book, Wu advocates for stu-dents to dorm with someone new to them, especially their freshman year.

“I think it’s important to meet someone from a totally differ-ent background,” she said. “It’s a chance to see how people live, to understand them better.”

Hannah Treasure isfeatures editor. Email her at [email protected].

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Wu’s book explores idiosyn-crasies of roommate life.

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Alumna’s book shares roommate stories

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New Stern council focuses on social impact, community By bAiley eVAns

Stern’s Social Impact Council sheds a different light on op-portunities available to Stern students outside of what are thought to be typical business careers. Charisse Tay, Social Impact Council president, said Stern students are often fo-cused on careers in finance and marketing and pay little atten-tion to careers with “social im-pact,” which she defines as “any activity that manages to effect positive social change, whether it generates profit or not.”

The council brings together Stern students who know the importance and value that social impact work can do for a community.

“Many of us in the council have been greatly impacted by our experiences serving the community and seeking to ad-vocate for social change,” Tay said. “We’d like to see more undergraduates at Stern experi-ence the same.”

Their endeavours range any-where from nonprofits to social entrepreneurship.

“The world of business in-cludes a whole breadth of oppor-

tunities we don’t realize — the most notable of which is social impact business,” Social Impact Council member and Stern soph-omore Susmitha Ganagoni said. “Social impact is often vastly un-derrated, when in fact it brings a bigger perspective to business than just profit — it highlights the profit in doing good.”

The council also seeks to reach out to Stern students through the Social Impact Spot-light which acknowledges stu-dents for their work in social impact businesses.

“The SI Spotlight was created for the upcoming fall semes-ter to recognize accomplished students in the social impact field,” Ganagoni said. “This pro-gram is created to bring those students into the spotlight and inspire other students to follow in their footsteps.”

The Social Impact Spotlight will further the council’s goals of rais-ing awareness to students about social impact business by bring-ing attention to those who have already made an impact through their work. The spotlight will recognize its first student at the beginning of the semester, and it

will continue to distinguish a stu-dent each month.

“Oftentimes, social impact is overshadowed by other, more conventional career paths, and students who go out of their comfort zone, take risks and get involved in truly innovative SI projects go unnoticed,” Gana-goni said.

Stern sophomore Lori Beren-berg, although not in the coun-cil itself, said she is excited for how the Social Impact Council can affect Stern as a whole.

“The Social Impact council is an incredible opportunity for meaningful leadership at Stern,” Berenberg said. “The current leadership team has worked really hard to get this off the ground, and I can see it turning into an essential part of Stern student leadership.”

Stern students will be show-casing their social impact busi-nesses during an Alumni Min-gle planned by the council. The event is scheduled for Oct. 2 at the Stern School of Business.

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cafe GitaneArguably the restaurant that

started it all, Cafe Gitane serves its seven-grain toast topped with just avocado, lemon juice, olive oil and chili flakes to create a pho-togenic favorite. With a location nearby campus on Mott Street by Prince Street, there is no reason to skip this trendsetter. 242 Mott St.

the butcher’s DaughterAvailable in a single or double

portion, this health-conscious eatery pairs its avocado toast with the unexpected flavors of curry, lime and mustard seed. Grab a fresh juice to go with your healthy breakfast when you visit The Butcher’s Daughter, located on the corner of Kenmare and Elizabeth streets. 19 Kenmare St.

bluestone lane coffeeServing what it calls the

Avocado Smash, Bluestone makes it easy to consume heart-healthy fats. The Avo-cado Smash is served on bread from Balthazar Bakery and gives diners the option to add a poached egg to make a more substantial meal. 30 Broad St.

le Pain quotidienCalled a tartine at this arti-

sanal chain, Le Pain’s take on avocado toast includes chick-peas, hemp seeds, baby greens and is served on top of organic wheat levain. A gluten-free op-tion is also available, making this restaurant — at multiple locations — great for those with dietary restrictions. 10 Fifth Ave.

the commons chelseaThis trendy Chelsea restaurant

sets its avocado toast apart by adding a unique twist of cumin and offering optional smoked salmon. As an added bonus, The Commons Chelsea now offers delivery from Seamless, so you can enjoy your avocado toast without ever leaving home. 128 Seventh Ave.

Resort and menswear season brings unique trendsBy DAViD boloGnA

While park dwellers tanned and fans seemed to be eternally set on high, summer brought in a season of high fashion to look forward to in the coming year. This season, women’s resort and spring menswear collections begged to be worn with aesthet-ics from a melange of decades, eras and worlds.

Florals continue to sow their roots into 2015’s resort season. Thom Browne grew a vibrant garden of motifs with three-di-mensional embroidered flowers flanking knee-high socks. hand-painted knits mingled with silk floral jacquards for a truly whim-sical vision of Eden.

In a sea of resort collections, Tibi stood out with some of the most maritime apparel that was also ready for the streets. Sweat-ers polished with rope lace-up closures gave the looks a perfect, beach-ready finish. Tailored navy blazers branded with single-arm stripes understated a nautical look in a chic urban style.

Following the mod madness of fall 2014, early ’70s retro is back with a modern twist. Narrow-fit polo shirts in warm palettes were paired with belted A-line suede skirts in Derek Lam’s nos-talgic looks. Marni ensured a

retro-tinged collection of belted long-sleeved shirts, flared pants in chunky florals and geometric shift dresses.

A few surprise trends wove their way into the summer col-lections. Tie-dye proved its chic potential in the likes of Alexan-der Wang’s silk printed tees and Michael Kors’ flared-leg pants. An overall relaxed fit is this sea-son’s must-have trouser. Culottes from Tome and Rosie Assoulin billowed in monochromatic wonder while oversized knee-cropped shorts adorned Rag & Bone’s resort pieces.

In the world of menswear, a slew of trends will make for an interest-ing spring season. hemlines are receding and welcoming a much-needed reprieve from the restric-tion of floor-length pants. Short shorts have shot their way into the male wardrobe with some of the best executions in the likes of Salva-tore Ferragamo’s simple khakis to Dolce and Gabbana’s printed pops.

Suede for spring seems to be an unusual but welcomed aesthetic with looks from Burberry Pror-sum. The British house’s plum-licked coats and forest-hued blaz-ers were refined in the unique suede finish to elevate the spring season with an air of supple style.

The true menswear winner this season was Saint Laurent. Effort-

lessly bringing boho back, this spring was filled with printed ponchos and fluttering neck-ties. Embroidered skinny pants paired perfectly with leather blazers, languid silk shirts and low-hanging pendant necklaces to create a bohemian free spirit.

The most shocking and endear-ing menswear trend was found in Louis vuitton’s exceptional one-piece jumpsuit. Also fea-tured in versace’s one-piece busi-ness suit, it seems that the time has finally come for the boys to borrow from the girls.

From culottes and jumpsuits to tie-dye and the ’70s, the coming seasons in 2015 are filled with end-lessly fashionable possibilities.

David Bologna is beauty/style editor. Email him at [email protected].

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In the world of Instagram food photos and Pinterest boards, the latest food trend is a simple yet surprisingly tasty item known as avocado toast. New York City has a variety of restaurants that serve variations of this dish, so be sure to check out these locations to get your daily dose of omega-3s.

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After a summer dominated by Jeff Koons’ high-meets-low kitsch antics and Kara Walker’s sphinx-mammy sugar sculpture, it was easy to forget that there was hope for artists who lay outside the canon. A wave of Latin American art exhibitions brought a much-anticipated Lygia Clark show to the Museum of Modern Art and an ambitious survey of Latin Ameri-can photography to the Interna-tional Center for Photography, while the work of Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern Minimalists were finally exhibited as part of “Other Primary Struc-tures” at the Jewish Museum.

The fall brings more fresh per-spectives to the contemporary art world beginning in September with the Asia Society’s Nam June Paik retrospective, “Becoming Ro-bot.” Starting on Sept. 5, this exhi-bition — the first New York show of the Korean-American artist’s work since his death in 2005 — fo-cuses on Paik’s use of new media from his zen Tv sculptures, often combined with magnets to create wave-like images on Tv screens, to his larger-than-life “Tv Ro-bots” made of stacked televisions. Though the “father of video art” has received several major retro-spectives, the Asia Society’s show is his largest in over a decade.

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When the historic Roseland Ballroom closed in April, the New York music scene took a hit, as it was forced to relinquish a venue that was a favorite for many art-ists since 1958. The iconic venue may have been shut down, but Live Nation, the same company that owned Roseland Ballroom, recov-ered from its brief absence in the New York music scene in July with the opening of its latest Manhattan venue — JBL Live at Pier 97.

With a 6,000-person capacity, Pier 97 nearly doubles the capacity limita-tion that Roseland Ballroom had with an added bonus — it is an outdoor

venue. Located on 57th Street and the West Side highway, the venue will be open throughout September.

While acts like The Fray per-formed at Pier 97 earlier this sum-mer, the new outdoor venue will hold a handful of shows through-out September.

On Sept. 13, electronic rock duo Phantogram will perform there, and on Sept. 14, “Royals” singer Lorde and the Canadian indie pop band Majical Cloudz perform to-gether in conjunction with Lorde’s two other New York performances at the United Palace Theatre on Sept. 15 and 16.

The hudson River Park partnered with Live Nation to provide these

strictly general admission concerts, which are usually more expensive than Terminal 5’s concerts — no seating will be available, and lawn chairs are prohibited. Picnics are not allowed either, and outside food and drink as well as blankets are not allowed into the venue. All concerts throughout the Pier 97 concert se-ries will be over by 10 p.m., and all will happen rain or shine.

In competition with the riverside venue is a fan-favorite and artist-favorite venue, Terminal 5, located only a few blocks away from Pier 97.

Terminal 5, however, has a capaci-ty half that of Pier 97 and is indoors.

Last summer, a partnership had emerged with New York City’s hud-

son River Park and Live Nation to create the other riverside venue, Pier 26, which was located in Tribeca.

According to an April 9 Billboard article, noise complaints from neigh-boring residents forced the riverside venue to close for the summer.

Pier 26’s sold-out performances from such popular artists as fun. and OneRepublic had made it a successful venue until then.

Pier 97’s future seems brighter than Pier 26’s, however, as it faces the hudson River and is mostly sur-rounded by industrial buildings.

When Billboard spoke with Jason Miller, the president of Live Nation New York, he noted that Pier 97 strives to provide something differ-

ent for New Yorkers and has already been embraced by the marketplace.

Recent complaints from New Jersey residents indicate that the outdoor venue may not be as successful as Miller believes it is, because it has the unexpected effect of sending sound waves across the hudson.

Until Live Nation fixes that prob-lem, JBL Live at Pier 97 is going to have to deal with annoyed New Jer-seyans — as well as a flood of per-formers who will surely give lively shows at this up-and-coming venue.

Alexa Spieler is music editor. Email her at [email protected].

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giving New Yorkers the chance to rediscover women artists in Oc-tober. At El Museo del Barrio on Oct. 9, there will be a retrospec-tive of Marisol, the venezuelan-American Pop artist who, like her male colleagues, used sculpture to question the connection be-tween commercial objects, sexu-ality and violence. Yet, unlike Jasper Johns whom she is often compared with, Marisol was in-spired by folk art and sometimes used life-sized wood humans to restage Christian iconography, bringing a historical element to her work and merging high and low cultures in the process.

At the Brooklyn Museum, “Judith Scott — Bound and Un-bound,” the first major U.S. ret-rospective of the little-known outsider artist, will open on Oct. 22. Critics have found Scott’s work enigmatic, mostly discuss-ing her Down syndrome as a creative force rather than her fi-ber-wrapped found objects them-selves. The show, mounted by the museum’s feminist art center, will change all of that, making viewers think about the mystery and strange charm of Scott’s de-ceptively simple sculptures.

No museum’s fall slate is more ambitious than the Guggenheim Museum’s, which will mount “zERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s-60s” and “v.S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Process as

Life” in October. The former’s name refers to the zERO group — a German group of artists that com-bined radical materials with move-ment. Both shows will be the first U.S. retrospective for their respec-tive artists.

The Metropolitan Museum of

Art’s “Death Becomes her” show looks to be one of the strangest and best shows of the season. Starting on Oct. 10, the show will chart the history of mourning gowns during the 19th century. Compared to major El Greco cel-ebrations at the Frick Collection

and the Met opening just after this, “Death” may not be main-stream, but, as with the aforemen-tioned exhibitions, a little explora-tion never hurt anyone.

Alex Greenberger is arts editor. Email him at [email protected].

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sets there is a bad attitude about modification and change, how-ever, our crew is so nimble and positive that we can really make things great,” Krisel said.

Though he’s been nomi-nated before for “Portlandia,” Krisel was still surprised by his two nods this year, one for Outstanding Directing and an-other for Outstanding Writing (along with Armisen, Brown-stein, Graham Wagner and Karey Dornetto), both in the variety Series category.

But despite his success in the genre, Krisel is not limiting him-self to variety, branching into more narrative projects soon, including the upcoming FXX dating comedy “Man Seeking Woman” and another pilot star-ring zach Galifianakis and pro-duced by Louis C.K.

With that said, Krisel’s pas-sion remains the sketch format of “Portlandia” — a passion that started while working on his

By Jesse JAmes reAD

“Starred Up” is a striking pris-on film. It always feels real, and is rarely anything less than grip-ping. But in between all the pris-on politics and morally ambigu-ous inmates, the film loses its footing when it becomes predict-able. Still, its plot, dark as it may be, is massively entertaining.

Directed by David McKenzie, the British film follows 19-year-old Eric (Jack O’Connell) as he copes with the transfer from a youth institution to an adult pris-on facility. he is caught between hostile guards, vicious fellow in-mates and his own imprisoned father (Ben Mendelsohn).

For the most part, this premise revels in the patterns of a prison film. There are the usual fights with sharpened toothbrushes, and routine illicit weaponry; there are scenes in the yard, the shower and solitary confinement; and there is gang politics with the full rosters of head honchos, corrupt guards and shifty side characters who will act out of line as expected.

“Starred Up” sneaks in much more than standard prison-movie fare, however. Rupert Friend’s character, an unconventional prison therapist running small group sessions, teases Eric and the audience with glimpses of re-demption and escape from the vi-olent anarchy of the prison. Eric’s

relationship with his father hints at a depth of psychology not usu-ally touched upon in genre films.

In both the film’s original bits and its stock scenes, Friend’s performance, paired with the performances from Mendelsohn, O’Connell and the rest of the cast, is worthy of all the praise it has gotten. Especially admirable is Friend as the prison therapist. Where O’Connell, Mendelsohn and most of the cast provide glimpses of tragic figures simply trying to survive, Friend’s char-acter embodies a strange offer of salvation for the inmates. Yet Friend still seems to exhibit some form of anger, violence and de-spair, making the audience ques-tion whether he can really help the inmates or if he himself is be-ing dragged deeper into the bru-tal world of prison.

O’Connell’s protagonist is phys-ically, intellectually and emotion-ally muscular. Eric’s presence is as much, if not more so, commu-nicated through physical stature, eye movements and tastefully re-strained facial expressions than through his words and actions, and the result is terrifyingly real for the audience. Mendelsohn’s father figure is similar — he of-ten teeters, even within the same scenes, between an ineffectual-yet-deeply-loving father and a monstrous product of years in a hostile closed environment.

The film makes several stabs at authenticity — the screen-play was written by Jonathan Asser, who has experience as a prison therapist, and MacKenzie required his crew to live within the prison while filming. Many times, the film’s unflinching re-alness pays off, and it becomes difficult to watch without feeling as if it were a real prison with real prison drama.

The pitfall, however, is that pris-on films are genre films — they do not depict real prisons with real prison dramas. You can sit down to watch “Starred Up” and guess probably about a third of the events of the film, simply due to genre constraints. Although “Starred Up” fails to revolution-ize the prison film, the antics of this particular prison are sure to entertain.

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New Yorkers love to be busy all the time, and it is hard not to notice, especially when it comes to the arts and, in par-ticular, concerts. Live music is one of New York City’s best of-ferings — between Aug. 24 and Aug. 29 alone, there is a wealth of concerts worth seeing.

Whether it is at smaller venues such as Webster hall, Irving Plaza, Gramercy The-atre and the Mercury Lounge, or larger ones like Madison Square Garden and the Bar-clays Center, city-dwellers nev-er encounter difficulty when searching for a concert.

Several worthwhile live music events will happen si-multaneously today. For those looking to go to big concerts, Grammy Award-winning indie pop-rock band Arcade Fire will conclude its three-day takeover of the Barclays Center. Also tonight, at Tompkins Square Park, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival will finish its free two-day festival and feature up-and-coming East village tal-ent. Meanwhile, at a more in-timate setting, the 250-person capacity Mercury Lounge will be hosting indie folk band Par-sonsfield — formerly Poor Old Shine — and Steamboats.

On Aug. 25, Arlene’s Grocery will host Bootleg Glory and She Said Fire. For She Said Fire, the performance is a continuation of the rock band’s free shows at Arlene’s Grocery on every Mon-day throughout August.

As for the following night, pop-rock indie bands Reckless Serenade and Marina City will

Must-see concerts this week

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surely captivate the crowd at Ar-lene’s Grocery. Meanwhile, Rubble-bucket will take over the Mercury Lounge and Sarah Darling will play before Joe’s Pub’s audience. For the self-described “wild art-pop band” Rubblebucket, its performance on Aug. 26 follows the band’s release of their album “Survival Sounds,” which is due out Aug. 25.

The next night, Aug. 27, the Mer-cury Lounge will remain a hot spot as British electropop band Fenech Soler will be performing at the venue’s early show, only for British alt-pop duo ThUMPERS to play the venue’s later show.

On Aug. 29, rounding off an eventful week, various venues, in-cluding The Studio at Webster hall,

Joe’s Pub, Arlene’s Grocery and the Mercury Lounge, will host shows worthy of checking out. Most no-tably, Emily’s Army, an emerging rock band currently signed to Rise Records, will perform in The Stu-dio at Webster hall. Competing with that show will be British alt-rock band Runaway Saints at the Mercury Lounge, soulful hip-hop singer Carolyn Malachi at Joe’s Pub and Brooklynite folk singer Brett Saxon at Arlene’s Grocery.

There will never be a night with-out exciting, fresh live music so be sure to check out one of these great venues.

Alexa Spieler is music editor. Email her at [email protected].

thesis at NYU. “I saw a lot of short films in col-

lege that were ‘calling cards,’” Krisel said. “They were little mini feature films, and they were bor-ing. I liked the short films that played with the format.”

Krisel also looked to video art and experimental film because these formats could produce comedy that was “more punk rock and less hin-dered by schmaltzy lesson learning and other sitcom tropes.”

In addition to comedy, Krisel also wants to try making a drama and loves a good mix of the two genres.

“I admire a good solid truth or a relatable scene just as much as something funny,” Krisel said. “I’d love to be able to achieve both.”

And for anyone looking to achieve success in funny business like Krisel, he has some words of advice.

“First off, never refer to it as the funny business,” he said. “It’s funny biz. Next, keep a day job. Make stuff in your spare time.”

And though getting started may

be slow and tedious, Krisel believes that a career in comedy is ultimately a blast.

“Making something funny is never a grind. Parts of it can be, but overall if you aren’t having a good time, it won’t be funny.”

Ife Olujobi is entertainment editor. Email her at [email protected].

By JAKe folsom

Aunt Ida and her nephew Gater are having a serious talk about lifestyle choices, and on a cursory listen her words sound familiar — all the ex-pected cliches are in place.

But then: “I’d be so proud if you ... had a nice beautician boy-friend. I’d never have to worry,” she says with concern in her eyes. “I worry that you’ll work in an office, have children, cel-ebrate wedding anniversaries. The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life.”

This scene is from John Wa-ters’ seminal work, “Female Trouble,” and it is one of the more warm-and-fuzzy mo-ments in the writer-director’s subversive filmography.

While academia is filled with scholars like Judith Butler and Bell hooks who offer thoughtful prose theories about queerness, the Film Society of Lincoln Cen-ter’s John Waters retrospective, running from Sept. 5 to Sept. 14, offers a decidedly less polite alternative. Waters — an NYU alumnus, albeit one of many artists who dropped out after just two months — keeps things plainspoken, satirical and, most of all, honest.

With 10 whole days of filth, this is much more than a stan-dard midnight screening of Wa-ters’ cult classic “Pink Flamin-gos.” The extravaganza covers everything from Waters’ gritty, early independents (“Mondo Trasho,” “Eat Your Makeup”) to his mainstream breakthroughs (“Cry-Baby,” “hairspray”).

The retrospective feels well-timed. While Waters has not re-leased a new film since 2004’s “A Dirty Shame,” he has been pro-

lific over the last year. In June, Waters released a new book called “Carsick,” which chron-icles his journey hitchhiking across the United States. This past year also saw the release of “I Am Divine,” a documentary that profiles Waters’ muse and best known troupe member, the drag queen Divine.

Divine will be well-repre-sented at the Lincoln Center retrospective. She is particu-larly known for her roles in transgressive films, like the aforementioned “Female Trou-ble.” In this film, Divine plays Dawn Davenport, a juvenile de-linquent-turned-guerrilla per-formance artist. Those looking for a safer Divine/Waters clas-sic can see her in “hairspray,” playing the role of Baltimore mother Edna Turnblad — the same character harvey Fier-stein later played in the Broad-way version of the musical.

Waters’ films are often called “gay classics,” but that is not exactly accurate. On multiple occasions, Waters has said his are films for people who are “outcasts from their own minority.” These are quintes-sentially queer films, mocking tropes, clichés and any sem-blance of mainstream society. They revel in ironic fun rather than just gay pride.

And now viewers, too, can join in on the filthy humor that runs throughout Waters’ oeu-vre. viewers are asked to set aside their inhibitions for a mo-ment and join Aunt Ida in her sentiment: being different is not equivalent — it’s far better.

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Sexual assault on college campuses is nothing new. however, the is-sue has only recently dominated national news, making conversation unavoidable. Fueled by years of ignored pleas for help and rejected ap-peals for justice, sentiments on college campuses have evolved from hushed frustration to resounding anger. To preserve image, American universities have been quietly complicit in the crisis and students should no longer stand for sluggish action. Change must come, with or without government support.

The May 2014 federal recommendations urge colleges to conduct anonymous surveys on sexual assault and adopt stricter policies to help victims. While well-intended, the effort will fail without colleges’ strong support. If universities do not cooperate, the federal recommen-dations cannot evolve into sustainable plans for action. True reform must come from the university level, which NYU should introduce in the 2014-15 school year. Rutgers University and Florida Gulf Coast University, schools with prior sexual assault cases, have made steps in the right direction. Rutgers will include a sexual assault simulation for students during orientation and FGCU will offer education on sexual assault to supplement alcohol education. Welcome Week and subse-quent weeks are an ideal time to offer similar guidance to NYU fresh-men beyond what is usually mentioned in the annual Reality Show.

In developing this program, NYU should aim to confront obstacles that regularly hinder universities’ efforts. While the federal recom-mendations make a notable effort, colleges must meet them halfway. An ideal program would explain absolute consent to students and further apply it to settings involving acquaintance rape, drugs and alcohol. Students need to be explicitly informed about precautionary measures beyond what is learned through AlcoholEdu. Students must join the fight with bystander intervention, and NYU must make clear that effective prevention is contingent on both male and female stu-dents sharing responsibility for campus safety. These education efforts, coupled with other means, could improve campus safety for students and faculty alike.

Reform also rests on implicit messaging. College environments must be hospitable to victims rather than hostile. Sexual assault complaints should be met with appropriate referrals for support and thorough examination of options, not unsuitable adjudication that leaves stu-dents vulnerable to their attackers. The consequences of being sexu-ally assaulted are devastating. Rape survivors are 13 times more likely to attempt suicide than people who have not been raped. Estimates indicate that 40 percent develop sexually transmitted infections as a result of the attack and 80 percent suffer chronic psychological and physical problems over time. The consequences of raping, in contrast, are minimal — 97 percent of rapists will never spend a day in jail. It is time universities increased sexual assault education and resources as a duty to students, not a federally mandated inconvenience. NYU can lead the way.

Sexual assualt education program needed at NYU

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Adjusting to college life in New York

Internships should not require creditchristinA’s cAse

By omAr etmAn

My brother graduated from the University of Connecticut in May. For the non-ESPN watching set, UConn is home to one of the strongest NCAA basketball programs in the nation. In early April, UConn won the men’s and women’s national championships.

I watched the men’s championship game from my dorm room with my basketball-crazed roommates. When it became clear that UConn’s victory was secure, I screamed for three min-utes. My RA, who lived across the hall, texted me during the final seconds of my celebration to remind me of quiet hours, curtailing my excitement.

In the months building up to my freshman year, I reveled in my ro-mantic prejudgements of a place I had never visited. I liked the way I thought New York City smelled. I re-joiced in the way I thought I would feel walking home to my Fifth Ave-nue dorm. Unfortunately, my tumul-tuous first semester at NYU demon-strated the extent of my delusion.

The mawkish tenderness that car-ried me to New York withered within weeks of my arrival. College is hard, especially first semesters — and

that’s before the extremes of New York City are taken into account.

Learning to love NYU, I quickly discovered, would come from accep-tance of trade-offs. Sure, New York City doesn’t afford me X, but at least I can do Y, I would remind myself. Attempts at justification, however illogical, preserved my spirit, espe-cially when gloating social media postings from friends at more tradi-tional universities left me in despair. During bad days I, like many teenag-ers, dutifully disguised my struggle in cheerful Facebook postings. The shared insincerity of happiness pro-vided a momentary stopgap of real feeling, but it did little to benefit my long-term satisfaction. Only when I sacrificed the self-serving pretense of happiness was I able to move for-ward and seek out that which would ultimately be fulfilling.

By the end of my first year, I had sought and found community in small groups, rejoicing in the company of intramural volleyball players and Washington Square News staffers. While I still may not feel as united with NYU as my peers from home do at their uni-versities, I feel connected to the people that make it great and the city that makes it challenging.

As the year progressed, I found myself rationalizing NYU to friends less frequently. I was telling college stories without qualifiers excusing NYU of its Division III status and unconven-tional campus. I proudly shared my experiences of waiting in line at “Saturday Night Live” and using our dorm’s B stairwell as a meeting place for mischievous minds. That’s what made the dif-ference for my relationship with NYU — authentic interactions.

I checked my phone again before I went to sleep. My RA had texted. “Congrats on the win.”

Omar Etman is a deputy opinion editor. Email him at [email protected].

By christinA coleburn

Summer internships are quickly drawing to a close. Colleges continu-ally stress the importance of intern-ships for post-graduation employment, a notion met with both consensus and criticism. From the legality of unpaid labor, limited workplace rights and barriers for lower-income students to the cost of financing internships and disparity in quality, structural short-comings have raised controversy. Given that many universities allow internships for credit, NYU included, these issues now extend beyond out-side outlets to college bursars. Univer-sities should not charge students for internship credits, as the inevitable fluctuation in quality fosters a climate where students’ educational value can be compromised for universities’ fi-nancial profit.

Some students will return to campus with meaningful internship experi-ences that offered mentorship and educational supplement. Others will have engaged minimally with the sub-ject matter they intended to explore. Some interns will have been paid, but many more will not. While most in-ternships do involve menial tasks, they

should not comprise the majority of the experience, especially if a student intends to seek academic credit. This issue also applies to prestigious outlets. Interning for a senator may look spec-tacular on a resume, but educational value is lacking if the student largely made coffee runs instead of engaging with legislative affairs.

Under NYU’s current standards, a student who was paid for an extraor-dinary experience would pay the same rate as a student who was paid noth-ing for a mediocre experience. While the latter student has been excessively billed for an ineffectual internship, it is likely that charging for credit would also hurt the former student as the cost of the credits would easily out-weigh his or her earnings.

In charging for these varying expe-riences, universities are compensated for a service in which they have no

substantial involvement. For instance, students seeking credit through Galla-tin are required to keep a journal, write an essay and submit a brief per-formance evaluation to their advisors. however, the academic value remains questionable. There are no lectures, no recitations and no university facilities used. Moreover, the process still lacks enough oversight to ensure that the in-ternship was as worthwhile as a class would have been.

While student activism resulted in greater transparency to identify “ille-gal, exploitative unpaid internships” on the Wasserman Center for Career Development website, CareerNet, more is necessary. Under current stan-dards, NYU could be compensated for an internship that would be disquali-fied from CareerNet had the student applied to the internship using alter-nate means. With tuition costs and insufficient financial aid, NYU should make efforts to maximize opportunity for educational experiences. Charging for internship credits does not advance this goal.

Christina Coleburn is opinion editor. Email her at [email protected].

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By michelle trAn

As another school year begins, NYU Athletics prepares itself for the changes that come with the finalized NYU and the Polytechnic School of Engineering merger that occurred at the beginning of Janu-ary 2014.

The influx of more athletes, coach-ing staff and other athletic faculty has created a new atmosphere with-in the NYU Athletics Department.

Roster sizes for men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s tennis will increase ap-proximately three to five people, as Poly athletes make their way over to the NYU campus.

Pros and cons can both be found in the wake of this merger. Roster size increases can help foster good competitive energy in order to cre-ate the best starting line-ups or first teams. however, the increase in student-athletes under one fully merged program can also inhibit players from having the chance to see minutes or playing time.

The increase in roster size leaves potential for an increase in athletic faculty. While NYU administration has offered some new positions to provide opportunity for the coach-

ing staff of Poly Athletics to continue their work within their respective sports programs, this may not be the case for all sports.

Not only is there an increase in student-athletes, but an increase in the potential participation in new sports programs as well.

As Poly Brooklynites merge with their campus counterparts, they also bring their baseball and softball program to the Washing-ton Square campus. NYU, which has not seen a varsity baseball program since 1974 and never held a softball program, will now offer new baseball and softball recruits the chance to partici-pate in this varsity sport.

With all aspects of the merger wrapping up, Poly, having previ-ously participated in the Skyline Athletic Conference, will now compete in the University Ath-letic Association under the same membership as NYU.

having discussed the possibility of this merger since the begin-ning of 2008, NYU and Poly have finally seen their work come to-gether six years later in the unifi-cation of both programs.

Michelle Tran is a staff writer. Email her at [email protected].

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Reece Barton burst on the scene last season as a freshman leading the violets with six goals on 32 shots from the forward position. Now a sophomore in SCPS, Barton will look to ex-pand on his rookie campaign and once again be the team’s pri-mary striking option as they look to improve on a 6-8-3 2013 campaign. Barton will have to work with his midfielders such as Mickey Ingerman and Petter Aasa, a CAS senior and sopho-more, respectively, to create dynamic scoring chances by using his speed down the middle of the pitch.

Reece Barton, Men’s Soccer

hailing from University Park, Texas, CAS sophomore Kait-lyn Read really did do it all for the violets in her first season at NYU. Averaging just under 28 minutes a game, Read chipped in 13.8 points a contest on 45.8 percent shooting. She led the team with an astounding 75 steals and was second on the vio-lets with 87 assists and 151 rebounds. A truly dynamic player, Read can keep defenses honest with her abilities in various skill areas. She will be crucial if the violets are to once again reach the NCAA tournament.

Kaitlyn Read, Women’s Basketball

CAS junior and wrestling co-captain Brandon Jones brought home a third-place finish at the Division III NCAA champion-ships last season, which is tied for the third highest finish ever for an NYU wrestler. If that was not enough, he was also named a University Athletic Association Outstanding Wrestler and an All-American in the 141-lb. weight class. Jones boasted the best record on last year’s team at 23-3. When wrestling season comes around in November, look for him to lead the team once again through their conference and NCAA sched-ules with his notable statistics.

Brandon Jones, Wrestling

The trio of Gallatin junior Evan Kupferberg, Stern junior Max Ralby and SCPS junior Costis Gontikas are sure to scare opposing defenses this season. Ralby figures to be the top distributer with the departure of Ryan Tana, and Gontikas will use his 6-foot-9 frame to post up on defenders and block those looking for easy baskets inside. The mark of a good basketball player is being able to majorly contribute in mul-tiple categories. Kupferberg is the team’s prolific scorer, averaging 17.5 points per game last season and was the second leading scorer in the UAA. Kupferberg was also second on the team in blocks behind Gonti-kas with 18 and also racked up 33 steals. Kupferberg certainly can fill multiple stat categories, and the coaching staff will be leaning on him as the team tries to make the NCAA tournament.

Evan Kupferberg, Men’s Basketball

Melissa Menta, an SCPS junior, spearheaded the violets’ at-tack last season and was one of only five players to start all 18 games for the squad. Not only did she rack up a team-leading seven goals, but also four of them were game win-ners, demonstrating her propensity to come through in the clutch. With a strong returning class, Menta will be at the center of the team’s quest for that elusive NCAA Tournament berth as they look to get consistent goal scoring to pair with solid play in net.

Melissa Menta, Women’s Soccer

Chris Marcotrigiano is sports editor. Email him at [email protected]

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