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This London Fashion Week has been truly redefining. Ev-ery designer from Richard Nicoll to Lucas Nascimento took risks by completely changing their brand’s trade-mark looks and playing with new, fun ways to dress the modern woman. Some brands explored the athleisure style and worked with androgynous, comfort-driven pieces, while others kept it very feminine and formal.

One of the biggest looks from London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015 was the boxy jacket. Keep your eye out in the next year because you are sure to see many box-cut trench coats along with other A-line suits and masculine pieces.

To juxtapose the intense-ness that the boxy silhouette brings, a modern take on ath-letic wear seems to be a huge up-and-coming trend as many of the weekend’s lines were filled with athletic wear. Some designers even did away with

heels altogether and went for a more laid back aesthetic. Here were a few favorite collections from the week:

richard Nicoll Richard Nicoll left behind his

previous androgynous style for a much softer, feminine look. The designer, who in the past has stuck to mostly masculine, box-like contours in his clothes, premiered a line filled with silk, tassels and a cool blue palette. The colors in his Spring/Sum-mer 2015 line ranged from a lilac purple to a shimmery sil-ver and the clothing embodied an ethereal glow. The models seemed to float as they walked down the runway in iridescent halter dresses and oversized trench coats. To add balance to the femininity in the pieces, many of the outfits contained loose-fitting A-line coats with strong defined shoulders.

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Parachute’s Sept. 12 con-cert at Irving Plaza was packed with anecdotes from lead vocalist Will Anderson and surprises, including an appearance from members of O.A.R.

Even before Parachute, an alternative pop rock band from Charlottesville, Vir-ginia, came on, the packed room was given an impres-sive show from solo acoustic act Jeff LeBlanc, who opened with a mix of pop, rock and folk. LeBlanc’s raspy falsetto fit his sound well, captivating the crowd in a way that open-ing acts rarely ever do.

LeBlanc’s set was filled with personal stories, in-cluding one detailing his mother’s ecstatic reaction to a song of his that made it to the small screen. The choice of songs for the eve-ning proved to show off his

wide range of talents. Dur-ing “What Do You Got To Lose,” LeBlanc showed off his beatboxing abilities, and he later played an impres-sive rendition of “Mirror” by Justin Timberlake.

Following LeBlanc, Para-chute played a total of 16 songs, from older favorites, such as “She Is Love” and “Kiss Me Slowly,” to their newest hit single, “Can’t Help.”

Anderson also shared sto-ries between songs, includ-ing a long-winded anecdote about living in the Upper East Side of Manhattan for the summer. Anderson added that he even invited a worker from his favorite frozen yo-gurt place to the show.

The band has surely come far from their “Losing Sleep” days. Anderson’s voice has notice-ably gained a bit of an edge, which was especially obvious during “American Secrets.”

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To help students face the ongoing debt crisis, activist group Strike Debt announced this morning that they have purchased $3.5 million worth of student debt through their Roll-ing Jubilee project.

Strike Debt also announced their new student debtors union, the Debt Collective, which will allow students and former students to take collec-tive action against debt.

The debt erased by the Rolling Ju-bilee project belonged to 2,761 for-mer students of the for-profit Corin-thian College and was purchased for nearly three cents on the dollar from creditors who either had issued or purchased the students’ debt from private loans. Levia Welch, a former student at the Corinthian College school Everest College, said she was relieved when the Rolling Jubilee ap-proached her to purchase her debt.

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Although Camus’ greatest work comes in at just under 130 pages, “The Stranger” packs the punch of a thousand-page epic. This odd, unsettling 1942 novel about a man whose life is turned upside down by a crime, is now required reading for any-one studying existentialism or philosophy — but deservedly so. “The Stranger” is by turns horrifying and moving, and it refuses to let go once it winds its way into readers’ minds.

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While the length of John Stein-beck’s “East of Eden” may initially put off some readers, this master-piece of California-centric litera-ture is an English-class classic for a reason. An epic tale that follows the trials and tribulations of two generations of Californian farm-ers, this novel centers around the biblical trope of the prodigal son and the ultimate quest for forgive-ness for past injustices. Filled with tragedy, crumbling family ties and a hint of hope, Steinbeck’s prose immerses readers in the lives of the characters within his intricate plot.

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On the surface, James Joyce’s “Dublin-ers” might come across as a disparate series of short stories united only by the characters’ titular location. It can be bor-ing for a ninth-grade English class, or even for the casual reader, but through thoughtful examinations and class dis-cussions, it becomes hard not to realize the profound themes of aging, death and paralysis that run throughout Joyce’s work. Joyce’s ability to tell stories while still letting the reader personally explore his characters’ world makes each of the 15 vignettes intriguing, eventually mes-merizing and ultimately unforgettable.

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Well written, thought-provoking and dizzying in scope, “Going After Cac-ciato” uses a heady, fractured writing style to explore some of the most uni-versal themes — duty, escape and love. Working with the framework of a Vietnam war epic, the novel almost immediately splits into two distinct stories — the stark, realistic “Listening Post” chapters that follow Paul Berlin’s night on watch duty, and the fantastical “Road to Paris” chapters that follow the transglobal journey of Berlin’s squad. Throughout, O’Brien weaves together the smaller vignettes found in each section into a larger story, which reveals Berlin’s dissolution and struggle to find purpose as a soldier in a purposeless war.

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stating that Everest was [treating stu-dents unfairly],” Welch said. “And I think it was $696 that they paid off for me, so they said I don’t owe that at all. It’s pretty good.”

The goal of debt buys like these is not to effectively reduce the esti-mated $1.2 trillion of student debt, but to raise awareness of student debt and the secondary debt market, Social and Cultural Analysis profes-sor and Strike Debt member An-drew Ross said.

“We use the publicity to shine a light on particular household debt, until now it’s been hospital debt, but now it’s student debt,” Ross said.

Strike Debt organizer Thomas Gokey said the Rolling Jubilee proj-ect may not do many more debt buys like this. The group’s efforts are shifting away from small scale debt buys and toward a model of collec-tivization, Gokey explained.

“We intentionally stopped raising new funds at the end of last year, be-cause the Rolling Jubilee was always intended as a temporary project,” Gokey said. “We want to pour our tactics into things that can really make changes.”

Those tactics, Gokey said, in-clude Strike Debt’s new Debt Collective. Gokey said the new project will provide students with resources to collectivize.

“It’s sort of similar to a workers union; workers were able to orga-nize and take action not as a bunch of individuals, but as a group,” Gokey said. “In a lot of ways, the debtor’s union is a lot like the worker’s move-ment in the 21st century. Debt is a form of wage theft where they’re actually stealing your future wages.”

Ross added that the Debt Collec-tive, which will set up chapters at schools around the country, will pro-vide students with other resources, including legal counseling and IT support, to help them resolve their debt problems.

Ross said the project began this summer with the same students who were involved in this most re-cent debt buy, but added that the project’s larger roll out is still be-ing planned.

While NYU students have not been involved in any of the Rolling Jubilee’s debt buys, Ross said the is-sue of student debt is important on

NYU’s campus. “Students debtors at NYU are still

stigmatized,” Ross said. “But we hear more and more about students at NYU who are just leaving because they’re just not prepared to have their futures foreclosed. To over-come that isolation we need to be in contact with other people who share their predicament.”

Members of Student Labor Action Movement agreed, and said in a statement that the issue of student debt was one that can only be solved as a group.

“SLAM supports RJ’s Debt Col-lection campaign, and not just be-cause our own Lucy Parks dropped out of NYU for these same financial reasons,” the statement read. “We support RJ because the problem they’re fighting is systemic and has or will affect all of us here in the 99 percent — it is only through ev-eryone’s united struggle to combat the debts imposed on us that we will win a significant victory; and we will win.”

Email john Ambrosio at jambrosio@nyunews.com.

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The Presidential Search Com-mittee held the first of four lis-tening sessions yesterday in the Eisner and Lubin auditorium and invited all NYU faculty to discuss the search process.

The meeting was not open to the press and student senators council chair Jules O’Connor, the only undergraduate student on the committee, was not in attendance. Three other members of the com-mittee did not respond to emails from WSN seeking comment.

NYU spokesman John Beckman said the meeting was closed to stu-dents and media in order to keep the event as candid as possible and allow for uncensored contribution.

“The faculty on the committee felt that the session should go for-ward without a press presence — their feeling was that it wasn’t a press event, but an opportunity for NYU faculty to speak and be heard, and that the presence of the media can have the effect of reducing the kind of candor and forthrightness they’re seeking,” Beckman said in an email.

After the hour and a half meet-ing, CAS faculty member David Vintinner noted the low atten-dance rate.

“It’s a shame more faculty did not come,” Vintinner said.

Ellen Schall, the coordinator of the search committee, said prog-ress was made inside the listen-ing session.

“We had a very productive meet-ing,” Schall said.

Both Vintinner and Schall de-clined to comment further on the listening session.

Kait Mitchell, a third semester journalism graduate student who was at the meeting, said there were only five faculty members in atten-dance — two professors, two deans

and one member who did not iden-tify himself.

“It’s quite a statement from the faculty obviously, that there was no one there,” Mitchell said. “And [a faculty member even] said it was a statement.”

Mitchell said the faculty mem-bers used the meeting to voice their concerns about the search process. She said one of the fac-ulty’s chief concerns was their belief that NYU’s president should not have a business background, but instead be an academic who is among the top in his or her field.

Mitchell added that the commit-tee rarely responded to the facul-ty’s concerns.

“They stated that they were not there to answer questions,” Mitchell said. “They were just there to hear concerns, so they re-ally didn’t get much of a response from them overall, they just tried to accept graciously these very negative concerns.”

Mitchell also said some fac-ulty, whose names she did not hear, voiced concerns over the distrust between faculty and administration.

“The dean from Tisch made the point that her own faculty that work under her at Tisch don’t even trust her anymore,” Mitchell said. “They think she’s part of the ad-ministration, being the liaison be-tween the administration and fac-ulty. And they’ve stopped inviting her to faculty meetings. Everyone talked about this huge distrust be-tween faculty and administration.”

There will be three more listen-ing sessions this month, one for students on Sept. 19 at 11 a.m., another for faculty on Sept. 30 at 12:30 p.m. and one for staff on Sept. 30 at 2:30 p.m.

Additional reporting by Alanna bayarin. Email them at news@nyunews.com.

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Employees and customers of the Strand Bookstore on 12th St. and Broadway were evacu-ated yesterday at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Strand customer Reagan Rodri-guez said she and her friend were caught off guard by the evacuation.

“[My friend and I] were just inside reading and [my friend] heard people coughing and all of a sudden I felt like some-thing was stuck in my throat,” Rodriguez said. “I just started coughing and we noticed ev-erybody was doing the same thing so we just got up because we were scared. We didn’t know what was going on.”

Rodriguez remained outside the bookstore after the evacu-ation to learn what caused her to start coughing.

“Some people are saying that it was pepper spray,” Ro-driguez said. “Nobody knows yet. We are just waiting to find out, because you want to know what you were exposed to.”

A spokesperson from the New York City Fire Department con-firmed around 7 p.m. that the evacuation occurred because something was sprayed into the air, possibly pepper spray.

Four large fire trucks and three command vehicles were at the scene.

Large groups of employees and patrons crowded across the street from the store.

There was caution tape sur-rounding the portion of the sidewalk in front of the book-store. Only New York Fire De-partment employees and Strand administrative staff were al-lowed within the boundaries of the yellow tape.

Around 4:53 p.m., Strand manager Eddie Sutton said ev-erything seemed to be okay.

“The fire department has checked it out,” Sutton said. “They are turning the [air-con-ditioner] on.”

At 4:57 p.m., the evacuation was over and employees and patrons were allowed back in the store.

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with very bright, sporty pieces. As Cara Delevingne opened the show and strutted down the run-way, it was clear the brand was leaning toward a younger, more playful look for the season. Filled with retro-styled cloth-ing, the brand stuck to a color palette of dark blues and wine reds. Structured A-line skirts paired with a range of anoraks made for a stark contrast in the color scheme.

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don collection was all about the comfort — every look was completed with a pair of can-vas sneakers. Additionally, ver-satility was key as the line was

full of interchangeable sepa-rates and daywear suits. The line leaned away from feminin-ity and toward sexy androgyny with flared trench coats and ambiguous silhouettes. The collection was comprised of a muted color palette mostly containing whites, blacks, and earthy reds.

From playful palettes to sil-houettes that allow for chic comfort on the go, the Spring/Summer 2015 collections from across the pond certainly made an anticipated splash for the coming season.

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By madiSON rEiSContributing Writer

From their adorable accents to their love of tea, there seems to be an obsession with the British. With London Fashion Week in full swing, we are provided with a chance to appreciate the unique beauty of some of Great Britain’s most famous faces.

Cara Delevingne’s eyebrows sparked a craze for a powerful, bold

look. Ditch the tweezers and wax, and keep your brows their natu-ral thickness to achieve Delev-ingne’s look.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s lips are full and luscious. After three of her Victoria’s Secret fashion shows, Huntington-Whiteley even ex-panded her career, delving into act-ing for “Transformers: The Dark of the Moon.”

The gap tooth phenomenon, started by Georgia May Jagger,

caught many off guard. But after countless magazine covers and makeup commercials that dis-played her iconic gap tooth, Jagger made a name for herself and her teeth.

The most influential of them all is Kate Moss. Moss created a revolu-tion with her small frame and de-fined cheekbones.

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As fashion week sets in New York, it is just rising in London. The designers, the models and the stars will all shine again on the runways, but that is where the similarities end. Ra-chel Wang is spending her se-mester in London through the Gallatin School of Individual-ized Study’s Program in Global Fashion. Wang gave us some insight into the differences between the fashion weeks in each city.

WSN: What school are you in, what is your major and what year are you?

RW: I’m a junior in Gallatin and concentrating in medieval art his-tory, specifically in gothic archi-tectures and the image of the ma-cabre. That and fashion design.

WSN: Describe the program you are a part of in London.

RW: I am in the Gallatin Fashion Program, where I am taking Fashion Industry, Fash-ion History and Fashion Body. It’s a well-rounded program to explore fashion as an interdis-ciplinary discipline. I am also taking Seeing London’s Archi-tecture, where I will be sketch-ing London’s architectures throughout class.

WSN: What is your ultimate goal for a career?

RW: My dream job would to be my own boss. Ultimately, I want to become a creative de-signer of a brand. I would be fine with it being either my own brand or another label. Either way, I want to have cre-ative freedom.

WSN: How does the street style of London differ from that of New York?

RW: Londoners seems to care more about tailoring — jack-ets, vests, etc. — along with

well-crafted garments. I rarely see anyone with prints, and the colors tend to be more neutral. Especially since it’s autumn, people are wearing more tans. The most drastic difference would be men’s street style. Where in America, a tee and jeans are the com-mon look, London men tend to wear slightly more formal clothes, with trousers or kha-kis and sometimes a jacket. Wearing a casual suit roaming about seems to be the norm.

WSN: Which do you like bet-ter? Why?

RW: It’s hard to say because in New York, every neighbor-hood has its own street style. Downtown is an all black street look, uptown is all la-bels-chic. In London, the styles vary sometimes, but generally are about the same. I like both, to be honest.

WSN: Do people in London regard London Fashion Week similarly to how New Yorkers, or people everywhere for that matter, regard NYFW?

RW: I think it depends. Of the four fashion capitals, New York is probably the most com-mercial, while London’s charm is the designer’s individuality. It really depends on what you like and look for during the week, I suppose.

Just about 3500 miles sepa-rate these two fashion capitals, so it is no surprise that they contrast in style and culture. New York has its multitude of neighborhoods while London has its rich history. New York-ers wear black and Londoners wear tan. It is these differences that make the fashion industry truly a global community.

Note: Edited for clarity and syntax.

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It is that time of year again for every budget-conscious fash-ionista to become an animalistic shopper at their local Target. It is time for Target’s next de-signer collaboration, this time with the 2014 Council of Fash-ion Designers of America Wo-menswear Designer of the Year, Joseph Altuzarra. The highly an-ticipated collection, comprised of nearly 50 pieces, priced $18 to $90, recently became avail-able on Sept. 14 in Target stores nationwide and on Target and Net-A-Porter’s websites.

The collection is centered around the modern woman by combining sexiness with so-phistication and allowing her to easily transition from school

or the office to date night. It fea-tures a mix of peasant sleeves, pencil skirts, high slits, python prints, trench coats and even a few gowns. The pieces can be deconstructed, mixed and matched with countless other items throughout the line, eas-ily allowing for dozens of out-fit combinations. The range also includes some highly cov-etable accessories, including waist-cinching crocodile belts, stilettos and a pair of thigh-high boots.

Target has collaborated with designers since 2003, begin-ning with Isaac Mizrahi, and followed by designers such as Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, Missoni, Jason Wu and Phillip Lim. Altuzarra is Target’s latest line and will no doubt lure the crowds of adoring fans as all of

the prior collections have. While it does not feature

quite as large a range as the Missoni collection and does not have any signature handbags like the 3.1 Phillip Lim line, the media buzz for this collection has been just as high, if not higher, as all of the past collec-tions. Fashionistas across the country are preparing to line up hours before store openings just to be the first to get their hands on those limited edition pieces, notorious for selling quickly and never to be seen again. The frenzy is a bit mad-dening, but completely worth the wait to buy a designer item for under $100.

Target’s designer collections are heaven for any college stu-dent. Gone are the days of sacri-ficing the coveted high-fashion

shoe for that overpriced text-book. With Target, students can now afford both. Some industry professionals have questioned these Target collaborations in the past, not wanting to merge fashion with affordability for fear of it becoming too main-stream and cheapening the de-signer’s name.

But for college students ev-erywhere, these collections are much needed. The collabora-tion with Altuzarra maintains all of the designer’s signature feminine silhouettes and chic prints, but at a price point that a student can actually afford. It is a win-win for everyone and well worth the early morning trip to Target.

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“I think a good cat-eye polishes [the look] off. That’s probably my number one when I want to look fashionable. I’m into high-lighter; I’ve been using Benefit. It’s good, especially for fashion week when you’re possibly put-ting it on at 9 a.m. and may not have the time to go to the bath-room and touch it up.”

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“I wanted to take advantage of fashion week as a space to play with clothing and the ver-satility of clothing...I had a cool headpiece, some awesome gi-ant sunglasses and heels. I just celebrated the fact that it was a space where I could do that with-out people thinking it’s strange.”

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“I follow suit with the editors of major publications — usu-ally minimalistic, low-key look. I went for a fresh-faced look. I went with a sleek high pony-tail — it always looks good, if you’re going for a simple, clas-sic style.”

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“When I realized I’d have to be maneuvering and standing in a crowd of photographers, I decided to change my outfit because I wasn’t going to have a seat...I also accessorized mini-mally because I knew I was go-ing to be taking photos and I didn’t want long earrings get-ting caught on anything.”

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38 Exclamation point’s key-mate

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40 Big name in outdoor gear

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46 Oblong pastries

47 “You take credit cards?” response

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50 Excellent, as a job

51 L.B.J. in-law

52 Doctor’s penmanship, stereotypically

56 Home to Samsung

59 Smoke or salt

60 Bring in

61 Kept in the cellar, maybe

63 Jenner of reality TV

64 Israeli air hub locale

65 Big club?

66 Times V.I.P.’s

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By Sam raSkiNContributing Columnist

Given the number of throwing injuries in baseball, some viewers are under the false impression that pitchers simply cannot handle the pain or that the throwing motion is unnatural. However, these common misconceptions ignore the severity of elbow injuries that many pitch-ers sustain. As baseball players have gotten stronger over the years, the number of injuries has also risen. Getting stronger may help a pitcher throw faster, but it also places more pressure on the ligaments in his elbow. The Tommy John surgery, a procedure that replaces the torn ul-nar collateral ligament in the elbow with another tendon from the body, has grown in popularity over the past years. A torn UCL is extremely painful and cannot be handled with toughness alone.

There are arguably two main causes for this misapprehension. The first is that the way a player is recruited or signed to play at the next level has changed. In addition to college coaches attending high school games during the spring,

there are now several large tryout and tournament style showcases taking place all year round. These showcases are meant to exhibit a player’s skills to several coaches at once. As a result of the many showcases baseball prospects at-tend, they solely play baseball, instead of playing other sports during what was once the baseball off-season. A specialization in base-ball results in a higher quantity of pitches thrown, making overuse of the elbow more likely.

Furthermore, the average pitch is now thrown at a higher veloc-ity than in the past. One explana-tion for the higher velocity is that players partake in strength and conditioning programs. The aver-age weight of an MLB player has in-creased from 186 pounds in 1960, compared to 209 pounds in 2010.

Although it may seem counterintui-tive to think that a stronger, larger body is more injury-prone, the real-ity is that the harder the body will allow one to throw, the more force the UCL absorbs. Similarly, throw-ing in competition from mounds increases the speed with which a pitcher can throw, also contribut-ing to pressuring the UCL.

Casual tosses over the summer have been replaced with 17 year-olds’ adrenaline-powered heaves off mounds at showcases. The profes-sional pitchers today are stronger, harder throwing and have more wear and tear on their arms than any pitcher from the past. Beginning in high school, pitchers are forced to perform in a highly competitive field that demands year round prac-tice. Moreover, the increase in size and strength of players only makes them more likely to injure them-selves, not less. Pitchers are not taken out of games because they are not tough, but because they have sustained a serious injury caused by the evolving world of baseball.

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Grade inflation at Ivy League uni-versities has been a growing prob-lem. Harvard University professor Harvey Mansfield was the first to report to the Boston Globe about the unrestrained grade inflation at the undergraduate college at Harvard. According to The Econo-mist, Harvard’s average grade was a C+ in the 1950s, while now the median grade is an A-. Grades may be higher now than in the 1950s simply due to changing academic standards. Nevertheless, about half of Harvard students receive As and 82 percent of them graduate with honors. A startling figure, which raises the question — why is it even called honors?

Although students may find this grading system appealing, it is detrimental to many students. With no way to differentiate one’s self, a possible employer will find it difficult to notice the difference between an average student and a star student, espe-cially if that employer is unaware of the rampant grade inflation.

The most qualified applicant might not always be the one that gets hired. If the employer does not know of the grade inflation, then Ivy League students have an unjustifiable advantage over stu-dents at schools that do not over inflate grades. Employers will compare the inflated grades from Ivy Leagues with those from non-Ivy Leagues, and favor students with a higher GPA.

This advantage results in dis-gruntled non-Ivy League stu-dents, cynicism and employers slowly losing faith in grades as indicative factors of applicant potential. Without the ability to distinguish students from one another, employers could resort to other methods of hiring that may not be fair — such as as-sessing applicants based on their

personal connections. In response to an article entitled

“Don’t Send your Kid to the Ivy League,” by William Deresiewicz, Harvard professor Steven Pinker said the best solution to this di-lemma is standardized testing. Although in theory standardized testing would resolve the issue on entirely meritocratic grounds, this is not always the case. As Profes-sor Pinker admits, standardized test results highly correlate with socioeconomic status, as families with more money can afford the time and cost of studying. At the same time, it also seems unfair to set a nationwide quota on As given by each college. An A from MIT has different value than an A from the University of Massachu-setts, which makes it difficult to compare the two. Perhaps a mix of greater emphasis on standard-ized testing and more interuniver-sity grading policies would lead to greater meritocratic hiring. In the meantime though, Ivy leagues could try to reduce grade inflation.

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For the first time in years, the number of New Yorkers who smoke has surpassed 1 million people. New data from the New York City Department of Health shows that 16.1 percent of adults identified themselves as smokers last year, which is a significant increase from the 14 percent in 2010. This is the highest number of smokers in New York since 2007. City of-ficials blame anti-smoking campaign budget cuts for the rise. Given that the budget cuts for anti-smoking campaigns is a national trend, it is more important than ever for New York to dedicate resources to tobacco control programs.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s budget for anti-smoking programs has been cut to $7.1 million, about half of its 2009 funds. In 2012, New York State spent only 16 percent of the $254 million recommended as an anti-smoking budget by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meanwhile, New York State has the highest cigarette taxes in the nation, earning about $1.5 billion in 2012. Given this level of revenue, New York should be able to lead the nation in tackling the issue of high smoking rates.

At a time when cigarette smoking is on the rise, New York City’s budget must be adjusted accordingly to combat this trend. Anti-smoking legislation, such as advertisements and other programs that help people quell their addictions, must be given a higher priority in the city’s budget. Specifi-cally, these anti-smoking campaigns must be aimed toward younger generations and infrequent smokers, as they are more likely to start smoking. New York City has implemented campaigns, such as offering free nicotine patches and adver-tisements that discourage smoking. However, Christine Cur-tis, an assistant health commissioner, notes that the strate-gies have not been as aggressive as they were since before the budget cuts. Given the success of the city’s anti-smoking campaigns in the past, it seems logical that the city would continue to invest in tobacco control programs.

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Multitalented band member Kit French often took breaks from his spot at the keyboard for saxophone solos. New mem-bers of the touring band were featured on multiple songs as well, including a new song ti-tled “The Other Side.”

During their 13th number of the night, “Something to Be-lieve In,” members of O.A.R., the first band that Parachute ever toured with, came to the stage to play along.

The guitarist and saxophon-ist of O.A.R. both took turns playing solos, blending in with Parachute as if they always had been members of the band. The

band returned to play again for the last song of the night, “She Is Love.”

The crowd’s enthusiasm brought back Parachute for an encore less than 30 seconds after they had left the stage.

The stage was flooded in plum and orange lighting, mimicking a sunset and setting the perfect mood to end the night. Each and every moment seemed flawlessly planned out, and the concert offered an amazing experience to every-one in the crowd.

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By cliO mccONNEllEditor-at-large

Theater is at its best when it tells the truth, and if “Man in the Moon” is anything, it is painfully honest. Featured at Origin Theatre Company’s seventh annual First Irish play festival — “the world’s only all Irish theatre festival” — Pearse Elliott’s semiautobiographical script manifests as a pitch black comedy about suicide in Belfast.

Ciaran Nolan stars as Sean Doran in this one-man show, performing on a stage that is bare except for a lonely park bench. Over an hour and a half, Sean sits, slumps, stands and dances on this bench, recount-ing the good old days, which he spent with friends in the very same park.

Yet he is haunted by the un-timely deaths of his young comrades, many of whom took their own lives.

Tragedy is layered with com-edy, revealing that Sean’s life has taught him to hope for the best and expect the worst. El-liott presents the topic of sui-cide with due seriousness, but that is not to say there are no light moments. Sean is a man who has faced extreme hard-ship and still does not know how to appropriately respond, but Nolan’s sincere delivery excuses any lines that seem too lewd or too harsh.

As Sean traipses down mem-ory lane, he takes on the voices of multiple characters, show-ing us the ghosts of relation-ships past.

Among the deceased are friends, family members and community legends, all of whom had lived their trun-

cated lives in the park where Sean now sits — a park which has seen better days itself.

There is a miniscule flicker of hope in Sean, but Nolan’s portrayal is mostly suffused in grief, anger and incredulity. He stubbornly refuses to suc-cumb to the destructive force that overtook most of his ac-quaintances, and the ending of the show surprises no one

more than Sean himself.There are innumerable black

box theaters in New York City, many of which go unnoticed or even unused. “Man in the Moon,” presented by Brass-neck Theatre Company, is proof that productions do not have to be flashy or star-stud-ded to be affecting. No matter how narrow or how small the audience, which numbered

somewhere around a dozen members last weekend, the-ater aims to reach its viewers, and it would be near impos-sible not to be moved by this candid show.

Though most of us are hope-fully not so intimately ac-quainted with suicide as the playwright, this play does a wonderful service by open-ing up discussion on such a

morbid subject. It may sound like a depressing premise, but “Man in the Moon” is a play much more about living than it is about dying.

“Man in the Moon” is play-ing at the Times Square Arts Center, 300 W. 43rd Street, through Sept. 28.

Email Clio McConnell at cmcconnell@nyunews.com.

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At his book talk at the Union Square Barnes & Noble on Sept. 12, Nick Offerman, of NBC’s hit sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” had much to say about an array of matters in-cluding ballet, meat, theater and woodworking.

The event was held to promote the release of his memoir, “Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man’s Fundamen-tals for Delicious Living,” which will be released Oct. 1. The book consists of anecdotes and advice straight from the life and mind of the com-edy star.

The event was packed with Offer-man’s fans, who looked forward to a new side of the talented actor. The majority of the crowd was there to see the man behind Ron Swanson, the director of the fictional Indiana city of Pawnee’s parks department in “Parks and Recreation.”

The talk started with Sarah Vow-ell — an American author and jour-nalist who played the voice of Vio-let Parr in the popular movie “The Incredibles” — asking him about his childhood and inspirations, leading Offerman to talk about his upbringing in rural Illinois. Unable to experience diversity at home, he set out to find something dif-ferent and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to study acting. After graduating, he started his career in theater and eventually moved into televi-sion. All of the details of which are chronicled in his book.

Amongst Offerman’s anecdotes of manliness and his love of meat were references to how his favorite litera-ture influenced him and a recitation of a haiku from his memoir. In an explanation of his book’s title, Offer-man talked about his business as a wood craftsman and boat builder.

Offerman also named a few ballet positions and claimed to be able to execute them as well, setting him apart from his character in “Parks and Recreation,” who would con-sider such frivolities a waste of time. “I know all that shit,” Offerman said, concluding his discussion of ballet in his usual blunt tone.

The second part of the event was an audience question-and-answer session. Offerman responded to a question about his relationship with his wife, “Will & Grace” star Meghan Mullally, and its resemblance to their characters’ relationship in “Parks and Recreation” (where Mul-lally has a recurring role as his sec-ond ex-wife, Tammy 2). Offerman said they are quite boring in real life.

With “Parks and Recreation” re-turning for its seventh and final season next year, Offerman’s book talk left fans wanting more of his deadpan humor. Until then, they will have to read “Paddle Your Own Canoe” when it comes out on Oct. 1.

Email Anubhuti Kumar at books@nyunews.com.

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“Man in the Moon” is a one-man show starring Ciaran Nolan.