Washington Square News | October 21, 2019

4 CULTURE

9 OPINION

Best Affordable Sit-Down Restaurants Near Campus

The Ethical Dilemma of NYU’s Board of Trustees

6 ARTS

10 SPORTS

‘The Lighthouse’ Merges Saltwater Horror With Experimentalism

Men’s Soccer Turns Poor Start to Season Around

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Local Smoke Shops Fear Impact of Proposed Flavored E-Cigarette Ban

By MATTHEW FISCHETTI Contributing Writer New York’s proposed ban on flavored e-cigarettes is meant to protect the large population of young people who vape, but it may be hurting small business owners in its attempt to do so, multiple vape shop employees and managers told WSN. “It’s absolutely going to cut down the business. We cannot pay our costs: rent, employee insurance, taxes. We cannot do that anymore. Maybe we’re going to close,” said Aminan Sam, manager of the 165 Ninth Ave. smoke shop Smoking N Vaping.

Sam joins other concerned vape and smoke store owners and employees in waiting for the New York State Appellate court’s ruling as the future of flavored e-cigarettes hangs in the balance. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s emergency 90-day ban of flavored e-cigarettes was supposed to go into effect earlier this month, but is currently being fought by the trade group Vapor Technology Association that represents manufacturers, wholesalers, small business owners and entrepreneurs in the vaping industry.

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Flavored e-cigarette products at Smoking N Vaping are being sold at a reduced price because if a planned statewide ban goes into effect, the products will be illegal.

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International Students Face Increasing Difficulties Staying in the US, NYU Says in Letter to Congress

By JULIA SANTIAGO and VICTOR PORCELLI Staff Writer and News Editor Gallatin senior Gleb Shcherbakov, who is originally from Russia, reapplied for his student visa last summer. When he submitted the application, he was told that his visa would require more time to process.

“They say administrative processing can

take up to 90 days,” Shcherbakov said. “I’ve been waiting for over a year now.”

International students like Scherbakov have faced demands for more evidence and increased delays when obtaining visas, leading NYU and 57 other New York colleges to write a letter last week asking state representatives to monitor and alleviate the situation.

NYU has the highest international stu-

dent population in the U.S., with over 17,000 students from other countries. New York state is second only to California in total international students. As a result, New York colleges are particularly concerned about policies that have made it more diff icult for international students and staff to continue their education and work in the U.S., according to a press release.

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NYU international students have been having trouble with visas including delayed processing and losing job opportunities because of difficulties getting sponsorships. NYU wrote a letter to New York Congress representatives on this issue.

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Local Smoke Shops Fear Impact of Proposed Flavored E-Cigarette Ban CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Sam says that up to 40% of Smoking N Vaping’s inventory, and up to 80% at other stores, could be illegal under the new law. Currently, Sam said the store is selling all sizes of e-liquid bottles at $10 to recoup his costs and try to break even.

Malik Asad quit smoking cigarettes by switching to the electronic alternative. The co-owner of a CBD and smoke store that opened on Macdougal Street in early September, Asad said Cuomo’s targeting of flavored e-cigarettes is misplaced. “[The real problem] is young teenagers, middle schoolers, people under 21 — they’re all vaping cannabis oil,” Asad said. “Vaping cannabis oil has become a huge trend. And most of them aren’t getting it from a legit dispensary.”

While New York and other states have tried to move forward with e-cigarette bans, the CDC has not given conclusive evidence that they are the culprit behind the 33 deaths

and 1,479 documented lung injuries recently linked to vaping.

“Given the diversity of products reported and frequency of patients using both THCand nicotine-containing e-cigarette products, additional methods such as product testing and traceback could help identify the specific cause of this outbreak,” an Oct. 4 report from the CDC reads.

The report found that 87% of the 86 patients interviewed reported illicit THC use.

Still, it recommends people stay away from vaping products in general as the epidemic is being investigated. THC carts were the subject of a September New York State Department of Health investigation, which found black-market cartridges being cut with Vitamin E acetate.

“If they make it illegal nationwide, and people aren’t able to get flavored stuff, I’m sure they’ll be on the black-market,” Asad said.

“There will still be retail stores that sell it illegally to the loyal customers and on the downlow. People are still going to get that urge to

Juul and vape and are going to pay the price no matter what.”

Asad said nicotine’s addictive quality and the motivation of former smokers to not go back to cigarettes will create a high demand for the banned products. Asad said if states want to cut down on underage use that they should provide retail stores with some kind of machinery to verify if someone is under 21, like an ID card scanner.

Sam says Smoking N Vaping already has measures against underage use, and that a city inspector comes every two months, sometimes every month, to ensure that is the case.

“Either they’re going to regulate it, sell it at a certain price like cigarettes, or if I have to just take everything out,” Asad said, as he pointed to his showcases of vape liquid that will become worthless if the courts rule in favor of the ban.

Email Matthew Fischetti at news@nyunews.com.

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Fifty-seven of these colleges signed a letter to New York Congressmembers raising concerns over delays in processing visas and in a federal job-training program, in addition to increased requests for evidence during the visa application process.

“The bottom line is that current policies have made it harder for foreign students to study and work in the U.S., resulting in many international students choosing to study in other countries,” the letter reads.

“Which not only weakens America’s higher education system, but our overall global competitiveness.”

For Shcherbakov, this policy debate has manifested in his inability to study in the U.S. After reaching out to NYU for help, he was referred to a government liaison and told he could send a request to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to petition the U.S. Embassy to receive his visa.

He got the same response from the senator as the liaison — that his visa was undergoing processing that cannot be expedited.

Shcherbakov also went to NYU’s Immigration Defense Initiative, but received no help.

“It seemed as though they were getting bored with people inquiring about my case,” Shcherbakov said.

Before visas are finalized, they undergo another round of security precautions and review during a period known as administrative processing, the step Shcherbakov is stuck at. The duration of this period has dramatically increased from 45 days to 180 in the past two years, according to the press release.

As a result of delays in processing visas, students like Scherbakov have been unable to complete their

studies in a timely manner and have been forced to miss entire semesters.

The letter highlighted international students’ and workers’ contributions to innovative research and the academic community in general.

“As someone who was educated in three countries and pursued my professional career in a fourth — the U.S. — I can attest to how important openness and mobility are in developing students’ talents,” NYU President Andrew Hamilton said in the press release.

The letter also mentions that delays for Optional Practical Training — a federal program connecting foreign students to job opportunities — have increased, making the transition from student to worker more difficult. OPT gives students 90 days to get a job before they have to leave the country.

2019 Steinhardt graduate Arielle Zhao applied to over 400 jobs between October 2018 and May 2019 while applying for OPT, hoping to be sponsored. While many employers were interested in Zhao’s credentials, she cited multiple instances where the tone changed after they discovered her visa status.

In one instance, she had an interview with Discovery Channel after which the hiring manager invited her to the office to see if she’d be interested in the work they were doing.

“I emailed her and I was just like, I should be up front with her and tell her about my visa status, because that’s what you should do,” Zhao said in a May interview. “So I told her, ‘by the way, I’m international and I would require H1V eventually,’ [...] she got back to me and [said] ‘I’m sorry but we’re not participat-

ing in that, we’re very sorry.’”

Zhao said she experienced similar situations with other companies, where the application and interview process went well until she mentioned her international status, at which point communication would be cut off.

“Even if I do my job better and work harder and am more competent, [companies] have to pay money, they have to send in a lot of paperwork,” Zhao said. “The way it’s set up for them right now, a company would probably just rather hire someone who is American.”

Companies aren’t the only ones required to fill out a litany of paperwork. Zhao said in previous years the application for OTP was two pages long, but by the time she applied it was seven. She said the application takes three months to process.

“I think that just goes to show that every year, it’s still an ongoing thing where it’s getting harder and harder and the government is just putting up more and more barriers for if you want to stay in the United States,” Zhao said.

Zhao said she is disappointed that legal barriers stopped her from getting a job.

“I decided to go to New York; I thought it was very open and there was a lot of cultural diversity here,” Zhao said. “But at this point I feel like there’s sort of this new policy [that] is forcing companies to intentionally squeeze out all the actual interesting perspectives and diversity that it could be including.”

Additional reporting by Sakshi Venkatraman.

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Malid Asad is a smoke shop owner whose store is close to Washington Square Park.

Asad and several other employees and managers describe the tremendous impact the flavored vape ban would have on their businesses.

MoMA Must Divest from Private Prisons: NYU Professors, Others Say

By ROCIO FABBRO Contributing Writer An open letter denouncing the Museum of Modern Art’s connection to companies invested in the private prison system and migrant detention was signed by over 200 members of the art community — including 12 NYU professors — two weeks before the museum will open its $500 million refurbished galleries.

MoMA has been criticized because CEO of BlackRock, Inc. Larry Fink is on its board of trustees. Fink, who is also an NYU Board of Trustees member, is a major investor in two private prison companies through BlackRock: GEO Group and CoreCivic.

The letter was written by New Sanctuary Coalition, an immigrant-rights advocacy group, and calls on Fink and MoMA to divest from both companies and reallocate funds towards local and global community-oriented programs.

“We denounce MoMA’s connections to mass incarceration, global dispossession and climate catastrophe,” the letter reads. “[We] demand that MoMA’s Board member Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, divest from prison companies, the war machine and the destruction of the global environment.”

In a statement from BlackRock, spokesperson Melissa Garville said most investments in the companies are made through index funds, which invest in a set group of companies based on their performance and are not dictated by the funds’ owners.

“The vast majority of our equity assets are held in index funds — which are designed to track the investment results of third-party indices, which our clients choose to invest in.” Garville said.

However, it is not only BlackRock and Larry Fink from which activists are calling on MoMA to divest.

MoMA’s pension funds are managed by Fidelity Investments, which is a large shareholder in private prisons.

“It’s not just about Larry Fink, it’s also about the institutional DNA of MoMA itself,” NYU Italian Studies professor Ara Merjian, a signatory of the letter, told WSN. Merjian said the timing of the letter was crucial.

“It’s obviously a moment to call public attention, in the midst of this celebration of its reopening, to where the museum is putting some of its money and where it’s getting some of its money,” Merjian said.

NYU Professor of Media, Culture and Communication Nicholas Mirzoeff, another signatory, said for many years, the practice of “artwashing” — in which those who acquire their money in unethical ways divert

attention by donating to artistic and cultural institutions — was commonplace.

Now, Mirzoeff said, more attention is being brought to where donors’ money is coming from.

“We are at a point now where we want to see our institutions be consistent,” Mirzoeff said to WSN. “That is to say that, not only front of house where we are looking at something beautiful, inspiring and creative, but how did that object get there? Under what circumstances? Who paid for it? How did it come to be where it is?”

On Friday, a coalition of activist groups including CODEPINK, Sin Fronteras, New Sanctuary Coalition, Decolonize This Place, Movimiento Cosecha, Close the Camps and others organized a protest at the doors of the MoMA. Protestors chanted “Larry Fink has got to go” and “Fink divest.”

“MoMA is actively complicit in what Larry Fink is doing because he’s on their board, he’s on their big decision-making body, he legitimizes them that way,” said 2019 CAS graduate Rose Asaf, who attended the protest.

Activists say that investments in private prisons are inherently racist due to mass incarceration’s disproportionate effect on minorities.

Similar movements have been successful. This past summer, Warren Kanders resigned from the Whitney Museum’s board of trustees after protests called for him to step down due to his involvement in the production of tear gas used at the U.S.-Mexico border.

At NYU, students protested the university’s food service provider, Aramark, due to its own ties to private prisons. Aramark lost its contract with the university last semester, although NYU’s current provider, Compass Group, also has ties to private prisons.

Mirzoeff said he supported students, such as members of the Incarceration to Education Coalition, that protested Aramark.

“This all seems to us to be of apiece — these are not separate issues,” Mirzoeff said. “They run through the same individuals over and over again. We like to think of NYC as a liberal town. It ain’t. It’s run by 20 billionaires.”

When it comes to MoMA, Mirzoeff doesn’t think their current practices are acceptable.

“The Museum of Modern Art and other institutions that want to represent what they think is the best and the finest of human product can’t do that, in our view [...] if they’re doing it on the backs of human suffering,” Mirzoeff said.

Email Rocio Fabbro at news@nyunews.com.

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Bernie Looks to Revitalize Campaign With Queens Rally

By MATTHEW FISCHETTI Contributing Writer With AC/DC’s “Back in Black” blaring in the background, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) took the stage on Saturday morning to convince a nation, and a crowd of over 25,000 at Queensbridge Park, that he’s ready to win the 2020 Democratic Presidential nominee.

“We are going to win because the American people want fundamental changes in our national priorities,” Sanders said. “They are tired of the 1% getting richer while they are struggling to put food on the table — that’s why were going to win.”

Sanders spoke against the backdrop of the Queensbridge Housing Development, the largest public operating housing project in the U.S. During his speech, he touched on many cornerstone issues of his campaign: income inequality, Medicare for All and the Green New Deal; he also discussed issues most relevant to New Yorkers, like homelessness.

Former Ohio State Senator and two time Sanders campaign surrogate Nina Turner poised the primary as an opportunity to make history. “[It’s an opportunity to] elect the most progressive candidate in our lifetime,” Turner said.

“One who will not sell us out or sell us down the road. One who doesn’t say one thing in the primary and do something else in the general.

We gonna elect somebody who understands there are disparities within the disparity. And if you are black, if you are brown, if you are indigenous, if you are poor, this system is rigged, and it is rotten to the core. And we are gonna unrig it.”

Between a recent heart attack, the Working Families Party endorsing Senator Elizabeth Warren and getting eclipsed by Warren in the polls, the “Bernie’s Back” rally was an opportunity for Sanders to reset his campaign in an attempt to gain momentum.

During the rally, Sanders brandished a new slate of endorsements that ranged from Oscar-winning director Michael Moore, to former Queens DA candidate Tiffany Cabán, to leftist lightning rod and freshman Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. His newfound endorsers didn’t just highlight his progressive policies but painted him as the only candidate who has gone to bat for them.

“When I was a child that relied on [Children’s Health Insurance Program] so that I could see a doctor, Bernie Sanders fought for a single-payer healthcare system,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “When the federal government decided to discriminate and abandon my queer family and friends, Bernie Sanders was putting his career on the line for us. When I was a waitress and it was time for me to graduate from college with student debt, Bernie Sanders was one of the only ones that said no person should be graduating with life-crushing debt at the start

of their lives.”

While Elizabeth Warren has been dubbed as the “progressive with the plans” and one of the farthest left-leaning candidates in the field, some attendees and Sanders supporters said the two candidates are not as comparable as they are made out to be.

Tisch sophomore and member of the Young Democratic Socialists of America organizing committee Simon Cadel cited Sanders’s support for the complete erasure of student debt and a universal job guarantee as two policies he feels separates Sanders from the rest.

“Bernie is more focused on radically changing our political and economic system in a structural way, while Warren is more focused on reform, but not fundamentally altering the economic system,” Cadel said.

As a member of YDSA, Cadel has canvassed around the NYU campus for Sanders and other local New York City candidates.

One of NYU for Sanders campus corps leaders, CAS senior Natalie Carranza, said she was apolitical during the 2016 election but it was Sanders’s “courage, compassion, and dedication to people like me” that led her to support and organize for the campaign on campus.

“This rally proved that Bernie is back, he is healthy and he is ready to continue the fight for everyday Americans with every day,” she said.

Email Matthew Fischetti at news@nyunews.com.

Activists Call for More Action on Menstrual Health. Period.

By LISA COCHRAN Deputy News Editor Protestors parted a Red Sea of T-shirts and signs on Saturday, sporting the color for the first New York National Period Day rally outside City Hall meant to bring awareness to often-stigmatized topics surrounding menstruation.

Organized by PERIOD inc., a menstrual equity advocacy group founded by two 16-yearolds, National Period Day aims to increase accessibility to menstrual products and draw attention to issues such as period poverty — when low-income individuals cannot afford menstrual products — and gender equity. Rallies took place in every state across the U.S. on Saturday.

“There still is this idea that a period product is a luxury item, which couldn’t be further from the truth,” New York National Period Day organizer Heneen Attal told WSN. “For this rally, we’re raising awareness just so that we can continue the movement to end menstrual poverty and the tampon tax around the world.”

Thirty-four U.S. states still tax tampons, not considering them a necessity worthy of tax exemption. New York is among the 16 that do not, and a few weeks ago, it became the first state to require menstrual product companies to disclose the ingredients used in their products as they can contain toxic chemicals.

Activists say New York still has much to improve on in terms of increasing menstrual product accessibility for marginalized communities and providing more free hygiene products in schools.

New York State Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal — who first introduced legislation to remove the tampon tax in 2015 — said that she applauded participants for their willingness to talk about menstrual issues, citing the pushback she faced when she first debated the bill on the floor.

“When I introduced the bill to ax the tampon tax in 2015, using words like ‘blood’ and ‘gush,’ there was silence and there were snickers,” Rosenthal said in a speech. “If you say you bleed and you might need a menstrual product,

that should be perfectly normal because it’s a biological function, nothing to be ashamed of.”

Activists emphasized a need to address stigma when discussing menstruation, an issue 2019 CAS graduate and founder of Catcalls of NYC Sophie Sandberg works to eradicate through her chalk art.

Catcalls of NYC is an Instagram account and activist movement that draws attention to the issue of verbal harassment on the street. Members document real catcalls by writing them on city sidewalks in chalk. Sandberg did a series of menstruation-related chalk drawings at the event.

She started this initiative four years ago as a first-year at NYU. The account has garnered nearly 200,000 followers since.

Sandberg said a lot of the issues mentioned during the rally are parallel to those that arise from harassment.

“The thing about sexual harassment and the thing about period poverty and stigma is that people don’t talk about them enough,” Sandberg told WSN. “I’m really passionate about creating space for people to share stories publicly on the sidewalks, and that works for catcalling but [it] also works for people talking about their periods.”

New York City-based artist Ada Reso, who attended the rally, uses artwork to raise awareness for menstrual health by painting with her own period blood. “[My paintings are] dancing figures that I created in response to my cycles and trying to become better connected to my body as a sort of political and social resistance,” Reso told WSN. Reso said she came to the event because she felt that menstruation intersected with issues such as transphobia and misogyny in healthcare, hoping to draw attention to the fact that menstruation is an issue that does not just apply to cisgender women.

In an interview with WSN, PERIOD inc. Policy Coordinator Ameer Abdul echoed the sentiment that periods are not just a women’s issue.

“This is a human rights issue, something we should be pushing forward,” Abdul said.

“[Menstrual products are] arguably just as important, if not more important, than toilet paper.”

The issue of menstrual hygiene product accessibility is long-running at NYU. In 2016, NYU Student Senators Council passed a resolution that proposed a budget to provide free menstrual products across campus. The resolution came after WSN published an oped written by NYU Students for Sexual Respect Co-founders Josy Jablons and Megan Racklin and a petition circulated that had over 3,000 signatures.

The Student Health Center website lists 10 restrooms and seven offices that supply free menstrual products for students. Students are instructed to take only what they need from restrooms, while at offices they can stock up on supplies for long-term use. Some of the listed bathrooms may be mislabeled, such as one on Kimmel’s seventh floor, which as of February 2018 still charged 25 cents per product.

Gallatin junior Rebecca Samet, who participated in New York National Period Day, agreed that menstruation is a human issue and found speakers’ anecdotes to be personally relatable.

She recounted having to make makeshift pads out of toilet paper when menstrual products were not freely available, an experience mentioned during several speeches at the rally.

She added that she believes New York’s legislation on period product accessibility needs to be more strictly enforced, mentioning that she still often has to leave university buildings when she is on her period as most NYU facilities still charge for menstrual products in their bathrooms.

“When I go to the Bobst Library at NYU there are still those 25 cent machines and it’s completely unacceptable,” Samet said. “It’s one thing to actually pass legislation and say ‘Yeah, it’s here, we don’t have this tax anymore it’s amazing,’ but it’s another thing to make sure it’s actually implemented in all these buildings.”

Email Lisa Cochran at lcochran@nyunews.com.

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Two Students Fight, Break Dishes in Weinstein

By CRIME BOT Robot Reporter From Oct. 10 to 18, the NYU Department of Public Safety received one report of Criminal Mischief, five reports of Drug Law Violations, six reports of harassment, three reports of harassment/ criminal mischief, 10 reports of larceny and six reports of Liquor Law Violations.

Criminal Mischief On Oct. 11 at 2:30 p.m., a staff member reported vandalism in Shimkin Hall. The case is open and under investigation.

Drug Law Violation On Oct. 16 at 8:05 p.m., Public Safety responded to an allegation of a drug law violation and recovered a small amount of marijuana in Lipton Residence Hall. The case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 14 at 9:40 p.m., Public Safety reported to a drug law violation allegation and confiscated a small amount of marijuana in Founders Residence Hall. The case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 17 at 11:53 p.m., a student reported that she was harassed in 19 University Place. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

Harassment On Oct. 17 at 9:45 a.m., a student reported being harassed in St. George Clark Hall. The case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 16 at 1:03 p.m., a student reported being followed and shoved by an unidentified person at MacDougal and West Third Streets. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 13 at 6:38 p.m., a student reported being harassed by an unknown male in Lipton Hall. An arrest was made and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 12 at 6:30 a.m., a student reported being harassed outside of 370 Jay St. A police report was filed and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 17 at 6:26 p.m., two students were involved in an altercation involving the breaking of several dishes in Weinstein Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 15 at 3:04 p.m., a student reported being harassed at West Third and Sullivan Streets. His phone was damaged. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

Harassment / Criminal Mischief On Oct. 18 at 8:33 a.m., a student reported a missing iphone in Brittany Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 16 at 4:02 p.m., a staff member reported a missing bike from the bike racks outside of 721 Broadway. The case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 16 at 1:40 p.m., a staff member reported a larceny in 1 MetroTech. Police notification was declined and the case is open and

under investigation.

Larceny On Oct. 16 at 1:49 a.m., a student reported a missing jacket in Bobst Library. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 15 at 10:01 a.m., a student reported a missing phone and keys in Bobst. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 14 at 1:44 a.m., a student reported missing clothing from a laundry room in University Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m., a student reported a missing laundry basket in Brittany Hall. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 12 at 8:50 a.m., a student reported that an unidentified person attempted to take something from her bag in Waverly Place. The case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 10 at 4:41 p.m., a student reported a missing set of headphones in Weinstein Hall. A police report was filed and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 13 at 4:57 a.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession and a small amount of marijuana in Third Avenue North Residence Hall. Public Safety was calle and the case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 14 at 12:30 a.m., an RA reported underage alcohol possession in Third North. The case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 13 at 10:10 p.m., an RA reported underage alcohol possession in Third North. The case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 12 at 11:45 p.m., an RA reported underage alcohol possession in Third North. The case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards.

Liquor Law Violation On Oct. 12 at 11:27 p.m., an RA reported underage alcohol possession in Third North. The case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 13 at 12:23 a.m., an RA reported underage alcohol possession in Third North. The case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 12 at 9:15 p.m., an RA reported underage alcohol possession in Rubin Residence Hall. The case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 12 at 12:15 a.m., an RA reported underage alcohol possession in Founders Hall. The case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards On Oct. 10 at 11:02 p.m., an RA reported underage alcohol possession in Carlyle Court Residence Hall. The case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 11 at 1:30 a.m., an RA reported underage alcohol possession in Lipton Hall. The case was closed and referred to the Office of Community Standards.

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Trend Report: Fall Edition

By CAROL LEE Culture Editor ‘Tis the season when one day you might sport a T-shirt with a pithy slogan like “I love cats,” and the next you’re forced to dig out your warm — albeit a little basic — Canada Goose.

Read on to find out what NYU students are wearing in this time of temperature ambiguity.

Straight Leg Jeans Yet another denim trend.

Yeah, yeah, I said flare jeans were in just a couple of months ago, but catch up. Straight leg jeans are the NYU student population’s latest denim darling.

Lengthening and slimming with their high waistlines and — you guessed it — stick-straight structure, they’re just about as flattering as pants get.

Cardigans I’ll wear your grandma’s clothes.

Cardigans had already been creeping into fall wardrobes, but Katie

Holmes’ iconic cashmere cardigan and bra combo has inspired a full-on revolution. If you take a gander down University Place, there’s no doubt that you’ll see quite a few of these knitted garments oh-so-effortlessly falling off shoulders, casually unbuttoned to reveal the slightest hint of a lacy bralette.

Conservative clothing turned sexy.

oversized blazer from your favorite overpriced consignment store. Put one on to dress up your favorite T-shirt and denim combo, or if you’re especially courageous, button it up and wear one as a dress. Like red lipstick, there’s a version for everyone.

From classic plaid to edgy leather, just take your pick.

Oversized Blazers Business casual is the new casual.

Enhance your ensemble with a new

Oversized Button-Up Shirts That I-stole-this-from-myboyfriend vibe.

Students seem to be quite enamored

Whistle & Fizz: Combining Coffee and Carbonation

By GABY BALDOVINO Staff Writer With a fast-moving revolving door of fads rotating through Greenwich Village rental spaces, we no longer have the power to assume permanence or take any fact of food for granted. For example, coffee is not carbonated, right? Wrong.

Whistle & Fizz Coffee and Tea Bar, located on the corner of Greene Street and Waverly Place, is reinventing traditional coffee shop menu, and NYU students have front row seats.

NYU alumni Jamie Wong, Kevin Kong and Ping Lu opened Whistle & Fizz in May, right around the time last spring semester’s finals rolled around.

With coffee sourced from Greenwich Village-favorite Stumptown and tea from TeaSource, they set out to build a non-traditional cafe. Whistle & Fizz offers drinks with not only unique flavors, but also unique textures. Everything is made and pressurized with their inhouse draft system. “[With] coffees and teas, not much has changed over the last many, many years. We wanted to do something different,” Wong said to WSN. And that is certainly the vibe I got when I sat down to sample a flight of tea-based drinks from their menu. Three of the drinks — the Nitro Mango, Black Gold and Red Berries ($4.50 each for a size small) — came from the Whistle menu, the name of which is derived from

the sound of the nitrogen-infusion lever.

These drinks are unexpectedly creamy despite the fact that they’re tea-based.

I especially liked the Red Berries drink, which comes with hibiscus notes and a berry puree at the bottom.

From the Fizz menu, I sampled four drinks: the Green Apple, Yuzu Mint Lemonade, Grapefruit and Cold Brew Lemonade ($4.50 each for a size small).

All of the drinks on this menu are carbonated and sparkly, hence the name Fizz.

Although I didn’t expect to like it, the Cold Brew Lemonade had a slightly caramelized flavor that made it very pleasant, perfectly blending the seemingly antithetical flavors. I later learned from Wong that the lemonade brings out the subtle citrus and sweet flavors in coffee, which then makes the end product lighter than a traditional cold brew coffee or latte. Apparently, I’m not the only NYU student pleasantly surprised by the Cold Brew Lemonade.

“During finals week when we first opened, we would have people come in and order two or three Lemonade Cold Brews,” Wong said.

Inspired by the Fizz menu’s theme, Whistle & Fizz recently created an offmenu, NYU-inspired drink called the Lavender Butterfly. Knowledge of this drink is spread through word of mouth among NYU students. The Lavender Butterfly changes from purple to a light fuschia after a special syrup is added.

This fizzy beverage is perfect for warmer

weather, with its refreshing, fizzy texture and crisp taste of lavender, but without the heavy aftertaste of corn syrup-based drinks like Coke or Pepsi.

Towards the end of my visit, I was able to taste some of the more traditional drinks on the menu, such as the Black Sesame Latte and my personal go-to, the Iced Oat Milk Latte ($5 each). The Black Sesame Latte tasted like liquified Chinese sesame balls, which worked for me but may be on the sweeter side for some.

I personally liked how bold the roast was in the iced latte. It was a little on the bitter side, but after adding some simple syrup, it was perfect.

Other classic drinks on Whistle & Fizz’s menus include the Nutella Latte and Matcha Latte ($5 each). Wong’s personal favorites are the Black Gold Whistle with Brown Sugar and the Grapefruit Fizz. Lu always goes for the Cold Brew Lemonade and Kong’s go-to is either the Black Gold Latte or Matcha Latte.

In the future, the trio hopes to work on a baking program that stays on-brand by incorporating different textures and different flavors, making the traditional coffee shop pastry more adventurous.

Whistle & Fizz is perfect for when your daily routine of grabbing coffee from the closest bodega gets old, and its proximity to the heart of NYU’s campus is a convenience that can’t be overlooked.

Email Gaby Baldovino at dining@nyunews.com.

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Whistle & Fizz, a coffee shop located on Greene Street, is branded as “the next generation of coffee and teas,” according to its website.

of oversized, shapeless silhouettes. To board this trend train, simply take a dress shirt several sizes too large and pair it with some handy dandy denim or some splendorous slacks. You can tuck it in to accentuate your waist, or you can tuck one side in for an effortless “I got dressed in such a hurry this morning but don’t I still look so chic?” look. If you really want to embrace that this shirt is not your size and you don’t care, just let it all loose.

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Best Affordable SitDown Restaurants Near Campus

By MARVA SHI Deputy Multimedia Editor When it comes to sit-down restaurants in New York City, NYU students can be plagued by a fear of the bill. In an attempt to avoid the big ticket restaurants, a coffee shop might seem like the spot for a casual date or a catch up with friends.

However, this comes with the inevitable struggle of prowling for a table, hoping someone will f inish up so your party can sit down and enjoy lackluster sandwiches. In addition to a hefty price tag, you’d be hard-pressed to f ind a restaurant without lines out the door (looking at you, Saigon Shack) come meal time. But have no fear — there are some sit-down restaurants without waits where you can eat on your own dime.

Tortaria ($13-15; all prices include tip and tax) 94 University Place This Mexican restaurant on University Place serves up tortas for days — order one of these sandwiches, and you’ll def initely end up feeling full and satisf ied. If tortas aren’t your jam, Tortaria also offers other affordable and delicious Mexican dishes. With its relaxed atmosphere, decorated interior and casual food, this sit-down restaurant is the perfect spot to spend an evening laughing with friends, even after the bill comes.

Tipsy Shanghai ($13 lunch special + tip and tax) 228 Thompson St. Located conveniently next to GCASL, Tipsy Shanghai is a traditional Shanghainese restaurant that opened last year. The restaurant serves up tantalizing bowls of hot noodle soup, as well as dishes like whole fresh f ish and tasty vegetables, which are available to order family-style. Their lunch special is a must-try, as it includes a drink, xiaolongbao or dumplings and an entrée for $12.95 on any weekday.

The Yangchow fried rice is offered every day of the week and is also a tasty, affordable dish.

3 Giovani ($16-19) 548 LaGuardia Place 3 Giovani is the cute little Italian place of your dreams. As in white roses on every table, vintage picture frames decorating the walls and great service. Not for the faint of heart or lactose intolerant, their mushroom ravioli is a delicious and creamy must-try dish. On the lunch menu, meal prices range from $1216 plus tax, and dinner is $3-4 more.

Although this is a bit more expensive than the other suggestions on this list, the cost is def initely worth it considering the standard price of gourmet Italian food in the city tends to be steep.

Pelicana Chicken ($12-14) 52 E. Eighth St. Pelicana is a Korean fried chicken chain that recently opened a new location next to Cantor Film Center.

The most affordable combo on the menu is the chicken for one, which includes a large portion of boneless chicken drizzled in a sauce of your choice, a generous scoop of rice and a side salad. Pelicana has another location in Koreatown’s famous Food Gallery 32, but this one comes more highly recommended due to its proximity and cheaper prices.

Hello Saigon ($11-13) 180 Bleecker St. Located just two blocks away from Kimmel Center for University Life, Hello Saigon never seems to be crowded. However, this is certainly not indicative of its quality, as the food is on par with Saigon Shack and PhoBar. Easy to get a table and enjoy cheap, delicious food, Hello Saigon will always have your back when your friend’s schedule aligns with yours at the last minute.

When you’re looking to enjoy a meal with friends, dining halls are def initely not the most exciting destination, nor do you want to risk eating a f ilth fly. With this list of affordable sit-down restaurant suggestions, you’ll no longer have to feel guilty after paying for dinner instead of using a meal swipe.

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‘The Lighthouse’ Merges Saltwater Horror With Experimentalism

By ETHAN ZACK Music Editor

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“The Lighthouse,” a thriller movie directed by Robert Eggers, released on Oct. 18.

“The Lighthouse” could have been nothing more than a novelty. The stylish black and white veneer of the film that harkens back to early cinema ensured a unique visual treat at the very least, but if it didn’t have meaningful substance to match, it risked being little more than an aesthetically enticing yet shallow piece.

Thankfully, Robert Eggers’s second directorial outing runs as deep as the ocean blue itself, offering a deliriously thrilling piece of psychological horror.

Somewhere, out on an island in the Atlantic Sea of the late 1800s, live two unhappy lighthouse keepers. With nowhere to go, no one to talk to besides each other and nothing to do but work and get drunk, the unlikely duo have little but the other’s begrudging companionship. With this basic plot frame, “The Lighthouse” defines itself a disturbing study of passive aggression, selfishness and how many put-downs one can tolerate before they snap.

Robert Pattinson’s Ephraim Winslow and Willem Dafoe’s Thomas Wake serve as perfect foils to one another, with Winslow as the meek, quietly resentful working man and Wake as the irritating, superstitious (and surprisingly gassy) veteran. The main source of the levity in the narrative comes from the two spending the entirety of the film attempting to figure each other out and their constantly changing dynamic, flipping from enemies to friends to enemies once again. At its core, “The Lighthouse” centers around this power struggle. From their first few interactions, it’s already clear that these two characters are barreling down a course bound for collision and the tension never lets up.

It doesn’t take long into the narrative

for things to get trippy either, as Winslow’s sanity quickly starts to wane. The movie’s frequent hallucinatory, dreamlike scenes are thoroughly chilling and add a pronounced sense of dread. These sequences introduce several fantastical elements that would ordinarily require a little more justification for existing in a non-supernatural world, but their abstract nature offers a sort of out, allowing the film not to frame them as definitive truths. Much of the story is told from the perspective of Winslow, who, with his increasing dependence on alcohol and his own secrets to hide, hardly constitutes a reliable narrator. This ambiguity grants a delightful amount of room for the viewer to speculate about which events did and didn’t happen, allowing them to make up their own mind about the significance of each scene.

But perhaps the biggest treat of the movie is how lovingly it crafts its murky atmosphere. The set design feels wonderfully aged, evoking the weather-beaten, sand-bleached fixtures of old, rickety beach houses. You can practically smell the salty sea air as it smothers the claustrophobic island and living quarters of the two main characters. The sound design of creaky, dilapidated floors, waves lapping on craggy island shores and ever-watchful seabirds screeching in the distance set the mood flawlessly. “The Lighthouse” drips with coastal horror stylings and effortlessly recreates the mysterious atmosphere of classic nautical folklore and ghost stories.

The technical design of the movie must not be understated either. Returning to monochromatic visuals, mono-audio design and an aspect ratio that’s nearly square all make the movie feel genuinely analogue, as though it were a classic film lost to time that has finally been rediscovered for all to see. Its soundtrack, which also

somewhat harkens back to classic horror and suspense films, is downright spine-tingling and complements the eerie backdrop of the film well.

So are there any problems with “The Lighthouse” at all? Well, you might not understand it. Not in the snobby, abstract cinema way either. You literally might not understand it. Both characters, Wake especially, speak in Northeastern American sailor jargon true to the time period, paired with classic nautical accents. It sounds great and helps set the briney tone of the film, but it can often be hard to discern the actual dialogue of the characters. Even when you can make out their words, their frequent use of bizarre expressions may leave you feeling even more lost. This is used for comedic effect — Dafoe’s character often erupts into nonsensical soliloquies that last for minutes on end — but that doesn’t change the fact that it muddles the narrative at times. You probably won’t know exactly what’s happening at certain moments of the plot, which helps add to the movie’s disorienting nature, but also gets frustrating at points where you just want to know what the hell is going on.

Any minor nitpicks are easily forgiven though, because “The Lighthouse” offers one of the most unique cinematic experiences coming out of the industry today.

It’s bold, it’s experimental and, above all, it’s downright weird. Employing classic cinematic design on top of the film being a period piece almost lends it a sense of fragility. It’s a new movie, but it also comes pre-aged, and it takes so many risks that any substantial missteps might have broken it apart altogether. Fortunately, “The Lighthouse” feels antique in all the right ways.

Email Ethan Zack at ezack@nyunews.com.

‘Jojo Rabbit’: Not Your Typical Coming-of-Age Story

By KAYLEE DEFREITAS Deputy Arts Editor Most children have an imaginary friend growing up. For Jojo, that imaginary friend just so happens to be Adolf Hitler.

The f ilm follows 10-year-old Jojo (Roman Griff in Davis), a member of the Hitler Youth, and his coming-of-age in Nazi Germany. He is a loyal member of the Nazi Party, but after he discovers his mother, Rosie (Scarlett Johansson), is hiding a young Jewish girl, Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie), in their home, he begins to grapple with the sinister beliefs that have been put into his mind by the extremism around him.

“Jojo Rabbit” is the newest f ilm by “Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi. He takes on the role of the imaginary Hitler in the movie, alongside writing and directing it.

Davis’ performance as Jojo is nuanced and engaging. He has superb comedic timing, but is also able to break hearts in more emotional scenes.

While Waititi’s over-the-top and buffoonish portrayal of Hitler exemplif ies the satirical element he

was going for, there are many more notable performances in the f ilm.

One such performance is that of Archie Yates as Yorki, Jojo’s second-best friend after Hitler. He is an absolute scene-stealer and owns each scene he is in through his humorous performance. Another noteworthy performance is Thomasin McKenzie as Elsa. She portrays pain and power with a lived-in feel and gives the character a history beyond the text.

“You’re not a Nazi, Jojo, you’re a 10-year-old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and wants to be part of a club,” Elsa says. There lies the f ilm’s main message: this naive young boy has become so caught up in fanaticism and the desire to belong to something that he has become blinded by lies. Throughout the f ilm, the audience sees him come of age and take control of his life as he challenges everything he knows and starts to see the world more clearly.

Waititi does a nice job of balancing the tone in the f ilm. Since it is a satire, it has a mainly comedic tone throughout but is not without drama and tension. The f ilm’s signature move seems to be making the

audience let their guard down right before a tragic or tense moment. It then proceeds to shock them from laughter into immediate silence.

Nevertheless, there are times where the f ilm feels almost too funny and whimsical for its own good.

The f ilm’s didactic elements ⁠ — its message about the susceptibility of youth to blind fanaticism and takedown of Nazis and their sickening beliefs ⁠ — are front and center. Yet one can’t help but feel that, while the jokes toe the line with their raunchiness, the director played it safe. He avoids dealing too directly with some of the horrors of the time period and focuses more on how war destroys the innocence and hope of young people.

“Jojo Rabbit” is a new take on Nazi satirization that many have done before in f ilms like “The Producers” with a message that is pertinent for all generations. While the f ilm is as hilarious as it is heart-wrenching, it doesn’t quite go all the way with the material. Ultimately, what could have been a stand-out is just good.

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Foy Vance Makes Tour Stop at Skirball

By DESTINE MANSON Staff Writer

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Foy Vance performed at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on Oct 15. After a two-year break from the road, Vance is back on tour in North America and the UK.

Veteran musician Foy Vance continued his triumphant return to live touring with a stop at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts stage.

After two years off from touring, the singer came out swinging with an energetic performance and powerful vocals set to a diverse set of old and new material.

As the audience waited in their seats, drinks in hand, Vance took the stage. He sported his signature gray ascot cap and blue jeans. It may have been a sit-down concert, but the adrenaline in the room could be felt from the orchestra seats to the balcony as the crowd excitedly murmured.

Vance opened with “I Was Born,” the opener from his latest album “To Memphis.” His smokey voice rang out and hushed the eager crowd as his fingers navigated the piano keys.

The song perfectly represented the set to follow: calm, emotional and energetic all at once.

Vance frequently conversed with the audience as he switched between various instruments during song breaks. The Irish singer nodded to songs from the United States that inspired his covers of classic country and soul artists bred in the South. He performed covers of Keith Urban and the

hit song “FourFiveSeconds” by Kanye West, Rihanna and Paul McCartney.

Of course, Vance’s own pieces were the centerpiece of the show. Each song, most drawn from “To Memphis,” filled the theater with warmth as the audience sat comfortably in their seats and bopped their heads to the music.

It was relaxing and heart-thumping.

Lighting and smoke effects on the stage added to the hazy atmosphere of the show. Fans laughed, cried and even stood up when they couldn’t resist the infectious choruses of songs like “Wind Blows Chloe.” They kept singing along after the drums and Foy’s guitar had ceased.

Vance’s decade-plus experience in the music industry shone through as he gave a deftly balanced live show.

His powerful yet understated songs moved the audience, a perfect representation for the feelings brought on by his latest project.

The singer has recently been a supporting act for star performers like Ed Sheeran and Elton John, but Vance’s new tour marks a return to his own music as the main feature.

His next show will be on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue.

Email Destine Manson at music@nyunews.com.

NYU Lamplighters Lights the Way for Children’s Theater

By DANI HERRERA Staff Writer While student theater groups abound at NYU, only one group caters specifically to young audiences. This group calls itself NYU Lamplighters.

According to Emily Carpenter, Gallatin junior and current president of the club, the founders set out to make theater that was free and easily accessible to children.

“We identified a need for young people’s theater and for educational theater,” she said.

NYU Lamplighters is a student-run theater group that performs live shows specifically targeted for people under 18. In the past six years, the organization has grown “exponentially” according to Steinhardt senior and Lamplighters director Eric Gelb, and the members are continuously working on new techniques to appeal to wider audiences, along with outreach initiatives to connect with children outside of NYU. Gelb reflected on the group’s growth and on his personal experience.

When he started, he said 30 people attended the show, which filled the room’s capacity.

“It was very ragtag in a really good way,” Gelb said.

He said about 120 students auditioned for the most recent show, “Beauty and the Beast.” In auditions, said Gelb, the group gives prominence the impact of its outreach programs. They are not interested in self-promotion.

“This opportunity is not for you to be the best Lumiere or Belle or Mrs. Potts, but it’s to use as a gift that you’ve been given and make it into something positive and not self-fulfilling,” Gelb said.

The group also places great emphasis on diversity, aiming to inspire young performers and provide them with a supportive environment to express themselves freely.

“It doesn’t matter where you come from, what background you’re from, that this is a place where everyone is welcome,” Gelb said.

While many assume that children’s theater consists solely of children’s stories, the group tries to appeal to adults in the audience as well. The Lamplighters will put on shows that they feel are appropriate for children and have a message worth sharing with all audiences. Previous shows have included “The Cat in the Hat” and “Legally Blonde.”

The group performs at the Kimmel Center for University Life and at public schools throughout the city. Carpenter explained that the cast not only performs for kids, but also engages with them through

games and exercises.

“It’s a different and very, very cool and personal way to get involved with kids in an educational theater setting,” Carpenter said.

This year, Gelb says he eats, sleeps and breathes NYU Lamplighters. After graduation, he is going to work for Disney, and he credits Lamplighters for helping him build the work ethic that has got him to where he is now.

“I am like this because of Lamplighters,” he said.

As Gelb moves on to bigger and better things, new members like Steinhardt first-year Alex Oleksy are just beginning their journey with the club. Oleksy, who is currently stage manager, said that his goal

is to be a teacher or to direct and produce shows that are educational in some capacity. He thinks joining Lamplighters is a good way to start and that he is learning a lot from Gelb.

Carpenter started out as the secretary, and was eventually offered the position of director. “I jumped at the opportunity, and said yes,” she recalls.

She said that the leadership role has had a large impact on her plans for the future, as she is now seriously considering pursuing a career as a teaching artist.

Moving forward, the group will continue to reach out to children in schools around the city. They even plan to bring the kids to NYU and give them the opportunity to perform with NYU actors.

For their latest show, NYU Lamplighters is putting on a production of Beauty and the Beast on Nov. 8 and 9.

“We’re just so much more than ever before, we’re actually engaging with young people, and I think that’s absolutely incredible,” Carpenter said.

For those interested in auditioning, Carpenter said that they look for excitement, enthusiasm, kindness and passion.

Though they recruit cast members for performances, the group also collaborates with student makeup artists, choreographers and engineers — so there’s a place for all kinds of talent.

The Lamplighter’s next performances are Nov. 8 and 9 at the Rosenthal Pavilion.

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Statistics Aren’t Everything, NYU

By KENZO KIMURA Staff Writer Two months ago, I stepped into Radio City Music Hall along with thousands of other first-years for the Presidential Welcome. As we all shuffled into the amphitheater and watched a succession of events, ranging from a speech by NYU President Andrew Hamilton to a musical about NYU’s Center for Student Wellness, my ears were filled with the same phrase: “The

Class of 2023 is the best, the brightest, as well as the most diverse.”

As a first-year student, I’ve realized how prevalent the use of statistics is in NYU’s advertisements. Whether they be statistics on our student body’s diversity, its 16% acceptance rate or how many global campuses it has, NYU seems conspicuously aware of its numbers. However, as impressive as the statistics are, I’ve realized that NYU tends to hide a lot of its other numbers as well.

As accepting as we’d like to think we are, white supremacy and discrimination are still rampant throughout a student body as “bright and diverse” as NYU’s. Cases involve students being made to feel like outsiders on campus simply because of their identity or religion.

Incidents like these are not outliers in a supposedly progressive school like NYU

— discriminatory accounts (both reported and unreported) have been occurring for years at our separate NYU schools, and especially in residence halls. But the administration often says nothing. The closest response an NYU school had to accountability was in February of this year.

The Silver School of Social Work acknowledged complicity in their response to graduate student Shahem Mclaurin, whose account of a classmate telling him they wouldn’t feel comfortable with a “black presence” went viral.

In 2018, WSN reported multiple accounts of racial insensitivity and Islamophobia present within the Stern School of Business and the Tisch School of the Arts.

Although outlined plans of action were created by these schools’ administrations, discussions of acknowledgment and reformation only happened because of student

groups actively pushing for change.

As much as our school likes to pride itself on subjective statistics on diversity and progressiveness, NYU lacks accountability and fails to protect the students who are already here. One would think that NYU would hold itself accountable and acknowledge its faults — and sometimes, it does. But if the university wants to continue advertising its diversity and rankings through pie charts and percentages, it must also acknowledge the students behind those numbers, and stop ignoring their concerns. NYU compares itself to other prestigious universities, and as long as other institutions of higher education don’t address their own systemic problems, NYU won’t either.

What is the point in NYU quantifying its first-generation students if more privileged students still look down on those with less resources? What is the point in

promoting a socially “woke” school if the underrepresented remain marginalized?

Yes, some efforts to make students feel welcome have been demonstrated by NYU, in the form of outlets for students of color, LGBTQ students and students with disabilities.

But microaggressions and discrimination are still heavily rooted within even the most progressive spaces — and NYU’s handling of inclusivity has at times been passable. But one thing that we, as a student body, must push for is NYU’s acknowledgement that statistics aren’t everything, and that cases of discrimination are not always outliers. There is a systemic problem at hand, and we must push for the resolution.

Email Kenzo Kimura at opinion@nyunews.com.

CITY

Instead of Demonizing Bootlegs, Make Professional Recordings Available

By ALEXANDRA CHAN Staff Writer As a fan of Broadway musicals, it was fantastic to come to New York for college.

I watched a matinee of “Beetlejuice” with my dad before I started school and fell in love with the show after seeing it live. It was a privilege to do so. Paying for a plane ticket, food, lodging and show tickets racks up thousands of dollars of expenditure for anyone, and even more so for those who live overseas. Broadway-quality shows are only consistently put on in New York and London, so theater fans often have to turn to bootlegs.

Bootlegs are illegal recordings of shows that are sold or released online. These recordings are often the only way for many theater fans to get a glimpse of a show.

There’s an intense disdain for bootlegs by Broadway actors and playwrights, who say that they detract from the theater experience and cheat staff out of their salaries.

But Broadway shows shouldn’t be locked away from members of the theater community — be they online viewers, local play companies or high school kids who look to these shows for inspiration in life and art. Bootlegs exist because of a desperation for the arts, to see representation and because musicals are an outlet for self-expression.

The reaction to people asking for recordings of shows shouldn’t be angry, self-righteous indignation. Those who are offended should try to see that this art form is inaccessible to many people, and we should work to make it more accessible. Many shows close before they go on tour, and oftentimes the tours do not leave North America. And for the fans of shows that do tour, it can be difficult to scrounge up the time and money required to go watch a show — especially when the closest show to wherever a fan lives could be hours away by public transit.

Now, shows are professionally recorded — they’re just not available for public con-

sumption. Instead, they’re often used as commercials. The natural next step should be to release those recordings online.

Releasing professionally recorded shows doesn’t put these productions at a disadvantage; it helps to expand the fan base, publicize the show and draw attention to its quality. Fans who love the show will come to see it in person whenever possible. After all, they idolize these works so much they are willing to try to watch something blurry shot on an iPhone hidden behind a jacket just to get a taste. We can spend hours listening to the soundtrack over and over again trying to imagine the performance, but we know it’s not the same. The actors certainly deserve the admiration they receive, but pro-recording shows can give more appreciation for set designers, choreographers, light design, sound technicians and the orchestration. High quality recordings can display the extent of these people’s work and present it as they intended it to be seen. This can be done at minimal cost to the production — since most shows already have existing professional recordings — with great returns.

Putting shows online widens their au-

dience. “Newsies” on Netflix made a big impact in the theater community and made the show accessible to new fans, though it regrettably left the streaming service in March. People love watching filmed shows. Team Starkid is an independent show production company that puts up their shows on YouTube for free a few months after the show runs and they garner millions of views online. A few Broadway shows — such as “Into the Woods” and “Sweeney Todd” — are available on DVD and BroadwayHD, but most of them were recorded before this decade.

Accessibility makes the arts thrive; imagine what putting shows online could do for everyone?

Playwright and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda is one of the most vocal individuals about bootlegs — namely, about how they disrespect his craft. But of all people, he should know that the arts need to be more accessible. His most famous work, “Hamilton,” as well as his earlier shows, “In the Heights” and “Bring It On,” center around young people rising out of poverty and poor situations to do great things. But the cheapest “Hamilton” ticket is $250, and orchestra seats run into the thou-

sands. The only way for someone of lower income to actually see the show is to win its ticket lottery. Who, then, is theater’s inspiring message really for?

“Slave Play” and “Lightning Thief”, shows that are both currently on Broadway, make sure their tickets start at $39 for the sake of accessibility. Productions have the ability to make their shows accessible to the public without compromising on quality.

The arts suffer when the public has no way of appreciating them. Broadway was seen as a dying art form and then there was a revival in popular culture because of technology, including music and video streaming services and social media platforms like Twitter to discuss it. Don’t demonize the people who want to appreciate the show through bootlegs. Instead, look at why people make bootlegs and fix that problem by releasing professionally shot recordings.

As the new season of Broadway shows hits New York, we must bear in mind that musicals and performing arts should be available for all, not only the wealthy.

Email Alexandra Chan at opinion@nyunews.com.

CULTURE

To Condemn Serial Killers, We Must Stop Glorifying Them

By ASHLEY WU Staff Writer In an era where documentaries about serial killers are so palatable that people throw watch parties with snacks and bottles of wine, it’s no surprise that millennials have a morbid fascination with the gruesome aspects of existence and the perpetrators of

gruesome crimes. For some, this fascination extends far beyond curiosity.

Earlier this year, a slew of biopics on brutal serial killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer hit our screens, including “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” starring Zac Efron, a Hollywood sex symbol. Women across the country doubted their own moral aptitudes as they found themselves attracted to a prolific serial killer with at least 36 murders under his belt.

Hybristophilia is a sexual paraphilia in which an individual seeks sexual partners who have committed an outrage or crime.

This attraction is symptomatic of a larger issue within our society: toxic masculinity and regressive behaviors. When women find themselves drawn to men who kill, they are

unconsciously perpetuating the expectation of a hypermasculine, violent man.

This community of serial killer enthusiasts is especially active on Twitter, manifesting itself in popular accounts like (TW: graphic content) @DailyKillerFact and @ TrueCrimePolls. The followers of these account are predominantly women, and many of them have the word “feminist” in their bios. There are also extensive online communities where young women self-identify as hybristophiles. On tumblr, the hybristophilia hashtag has thousands of posts and a popular fandom called the True Crime fandom allows people to fantasize about murderers. Despite claiming to be feminists, they are inexplicably drawn to figures whose objectification of women

became deadly.

In an era that seems to be defined by the U.S. mass shooting, it is surprising that these criminals warrant any modicum of admiration, especially from school-age women, but even school shooters are regularly glorified.

After the horrific Columbine shootings, a new fandom called Columbiners arose ripe with fan art, fiction and posts dedicated to Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. Furthermore, James Holmes, the perpetrator of the Aurora Theater mass shooting, was able to create a collage of dozens of suggestive pictures women sent to him in prison.

The outpouring of fetishization directed towards murderers on social media outlets is related to the way the media portrays them.

By picking actors like Zac Efron or Ross

Lynch from “My Friend Dahmer,” to portray killers, media organizations are making their crimes digestible. In the biopics starring these two actors, no killing is shown on screen and emphasis is placed on their perceived charisma or their bad childhoods, reducing accountability.

As we continue to push for equality for all genders and sexualities, it’s important to leave our fascination with serial killers behind us. Morbid curiosity will always be a subject of art and a part of the human experience, but we must separate fascination with murder cases from fascination with murderers.

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New Wellness Resource Indicates Lack of Accountability

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By ABBY HOFSTETTER Opinion Editor NYU’s Wellness Exchange recently launched While You Wait, a resource to combat the notoriously long times that students have had to wait between sessions from the Counseling and Wellness Services. The resource is a pilot program that allows students with CWS wait times longer than two weeks the opportunity to participate in a “weekly toolkit — a series of workshops led by counselors designed to help students develop skills that enhance personal, academic, and social well-being,” according to the university. On the surface, it seems that While You Wait is a step forward in self-accountability for NYU’s lack of mental health resources, and the resource seems great as an interim solution until the university is able to shorten the wait times.

But looking deeper, While You Wait’s launch reflects a host of issues — both with NYU’s mental health facilities and its marketing methods.

A closer look at NYU’s announcement of While You Wait’s implementation reveals that NYU hasn’t developed a new program — they’ve simply taken their toolkits program, which already existed through CWS, and rebranded it. Additionally, NYU hasn’t advertised the resource at all since its inception. Considering the university’s history of failures in providing and marketing mental health resources to students, this is especially reprehensible. NYU is pretending to have solved their student mental health crisis.

The university’s announcement of While You Wait’s inception says that the program will provide students with the chance to participate in a toolkit, then simply describes the toolkits program in detail — in language that mirrors the toolkits program’s own webpage. NYU has highlighted the fact that toolkits are accessible within a short period of time, categorized by topic of discussion and available at no charge to enrolled students, making it seem like these are major improvements, but these features have existed as long as the program has, since at least 2015. In truth, NYU has neither launched a new program nor made any visible strides toward improvement.

NYU is not known for its excellent mental health facilities. Though the university likes to brag about the awards that its mental health facilities have won, these accolades haven’t been given to NYU in years. Students consistently report disillusionment with CWS and its prolonged wait times, the Wellness Exchange and NYU’s weak efforts to boost mental health with short-term and short-sighted solutions.

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Last academic year saw two first-year students die of suicide, and the university has shirked responsibility. When asked in a 2016 interview with WSN if the Student Health Center was understaffed, Assistant Vice President for NYU Student Mental Health Zoe Ragouzeos insisted that CWS provided adequate services. “The International Association of Counseling Services recommends one full-time-equivalent professional staff member per every 1,000 to 1,500 students,” Ragouzeos said. “We are doing better than that.” In May 2019, WSN found this to be accurate, but to a fault — the SHC has approximately one wellness professional for every 1,189 students, meaning that if each staff member were to work for 24 hours straight, they would only be able to provide each student with eight minutes and 28.5 seconds of counseling per week. The SHC does provide multiple counseling services, including recovery resources, the S.A.F.E. program and S.P.A.C.E., many of which are available free of charge. But many of them are also minimally advertised, and students cannot access resources that they do not know about. This phenomenon applies to While You Wait as well.

Since its inception, While You Wait has been mentioned once by NYU, which was when it announced the resource’s implementation. No email to the student body has mentioned While You Wait. A search for “While You Wait” on nyu.edu prompts no results regarding the resource. Counseling and Wellness Services’ webpage does not mention While You Wait, nor does it direct students to the resource. (It does direct students to toolkits, but not as a solution for long wait times, and the toolkit webpage mentions neither While You Wait nor wait times.) This under-marketing is disappointing, but not surprising — especially in light of recent news which found NYU to have under-advertised multiple invaluable resources.

It should not be our responsibility to hold NYU accountable for its own mistakes. We attend this university and pay tuition in exchange for both education and protection. But we have had to fight for our right to adequate healthcare, to transparency, to eat safely and even to eat at all.

I want to feel safe on campus; I want to feel that if I am falling, NYU will catch me. But I don’t feel safe, and I don’t know what will happen if I fall. There are sexual predators in positions of power on campus because NYU has allowed them to stay here. There were health hazards in a dining hall and NYU did not tell us. The Wellness Center’s wait times are a major problem, and NYU has simply pretended to solve it.

The long wait times still exist; the Wellness Center is still understaffed. Rebranding a service that already exists does not help students in need — it gives them hope for change that hasn’t yet come.

STAFF EDITORIAL

The Ethical Dilemma of NYU’s Board of Trustees NYU’s Board of Trustees has the final say on all university decisions. Despite being a mysterious body, largely detached from the day-to-day of university life, the Board’s role and authority remain central to NYU’s functioning. Individual members have received publicity when their high-profile wrongdoings come to light, but often the university fails to take action. Michael Steinhardt, NYU trustee and namesake of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, was found guilty of sexual harassment in an NYU investigation; despite this, he remains on the Board and his name remains on the school. Steinhardt isn’t the only trustee who has been involved in controversies completely antithetical to what NYU represents, including the Board-created Code of Ethical Conduct. Specifically, trustees Larry Fink, John Paulson, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak and William Berkley have been complicit in a wide array of abuses and scandals, failing to act “in accordance with the highest professional and community ethical standards.”

The Amazon is burning and an NYU trustee is profiting. Larry Fink is the chairman and CEO of BlackRock, which has investments in companies that have stolen Brazil’s natural resources — from oil to agriculture — contributing to ecocide in the global south.

Fink’s wrongdoings aren’t restricted to other countries. BlackRock became one of the largest asset managers in the country in the aftermath of the Great Recession, when it was contracted by the U.S. government to help clean up and manage most of the toxic funds acquired by the government. It’s important to note that Fink is also one of the early advocates of mortgage-backed securities — the same assets that triggered the subprime mortgage crisis.

What makes matters worse is the potential conflict of interest used to determine BlackRock’s contracts, as there was no competitive bidding process for the contracts. Fink also had a close relationship with Timothy Geithner and Henry Paulson, who each served as Secretary of the Treasury in the Obama and Bush administrations, respectively. In addition to his shady financial past, Fink also has investments in the ongoing construction of the southern border wall, making himself complicit in President Trump’s anti-immigrant policies.

Fink isn’t the only trustee with ties

to Trump. John Paulson — one of Trump’s most vocal supporters — was an early Wall Street endorsement for Trump and later helped shape his economic policy. Paulson also made a fortune following the recession, which an analyst from his company predicted in 2005. From then until economic collapse, Paulson bet against the housing market, which earned him billions following the recession. Paulson’s method of acquiring his post-recession fortune is suspicious at best. The same analyst that helped formulate Paulson’s investment strategy later testified that Paulson planned to bet against mortgage packages he asked bankers to create. Making millions off of bad policy seems to be Paulson’s overall business strategy, as his wealth has grown by almost $500 million following Trump’s election.

While Paulson’s and Fink’s entanglement with governments has seen their profits skyrocket, no one is more familiar with this than Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, a businessman from the United Arab Emirates and an NYU trustee. Al Mubarak is the CEO of Mubadala Investment Company, the UAE’s sovereign wealth fund, which means their $500 billion worth of assets remains protected by the state.

Beyond this profitable arrangement, Al Mubarak has significant influence in the UAE government. According to the UAE government, Al Mubarak was “instrumental” in the development of NYU Abu Dhabi, which is concerning seeing as nearly a third of workers involved in the construction of the campus faced abuse or were unpaid. Given that NYU Abu Dhabi is fully funded by the UAE government, the university is complicit in the government’s abuses.

In a country where human rights abuses occur commonly, Al Mubarak’s ability to make a change and his refusal to do so is particularly revealing — the same must be said of NYU. The Board’s billionaire Chairman, William Berkley, has his own issues to contend with. He made his fortune from student loans — more specifically, offering students expensive loans from his private company after they had exhausted federal options. As of 2007, the average interest rate on a loan from Berkley’s corporation was 11%, while the interest rate on federal loans was 6.8%. Berkley began profiting from student poverty via his seat on the board of private student loans firm First

Marblehead Corporation in 1995, the same year that he joined NYU’s Board.

University spokesperson John Beckman said this did not constitute a conflict of interest, and when Berkley was appointed as the Board’s chair, he continued to insist that the university had made the right choice, telling NYU Local, “Let me note that Mr. Berkley has donated many millions of dollars to this University, including for financial aid.” However, First Marblehead spent millions lobbying congress to make it harder for students to get federal loans, and fought against bills H.R. 5715 and S. 2815, which would have made student loans easily accessible during a recession.

In addition, the William R. Berkley Corporation directly insures the oil and gas industries. This introduces another conflict of interest regarding a 2016 University Senate resolution to divest from the fossil fuel industry, which passed and was swiftly rejected by the Board. The Board’s official rejection of the motion was written by Berkley himself. Berkley’s involvement in these industries is, at the very least, morally questionable; that his direct involvement in multiple organizations that work against NYU students is not enough to warrant a conflict of interest is morally unacceptable.

The Board’s collective power at NYU cannot be overstated. According to their website, NYU’s Board is responsible for overseeing major aspects of the university’s administration, including financial health, legal obligations and appointing the president. While our university’s structure is similar to other private universities, trustees have also vetoed multiple resolutions for student representation on the Board, effectively ensuring that the university remains an undemocratic institution.

Pulling back the curtain on just a few members of NYU’s Board reveals the deep contradictions of the university’s code of ethical conduct. In total, there are 83 members of the Board of Trustees, including 27 non-voting members.

Those featured in this article represent just under 5% of the entire board. Using the board’s ethical code, highlighted members fail to “respect the rights and dignity of others,” “avoid conflicts of interest” and “conduct business with honesty and integrity.” If the university cannot hold its board members accountable to their own code, how can we dream of accountability from NYU?

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Men’s Soccer Turns Poor Start to Season Around

By BIN CHO Staff Writer The Violets endured a tough start to the season, losing their first four games.

While the team struggled offensively, only scoring two goals during that period, it also allowed nine goals on the defensive side.

“I think it was just the chemistry of the team, just trying to find a starting 11,” SPS first-year and goalkeeper Luca Mancuso said. “We didn’t really have time to take those two losses in the first weekend, and get back together, regroup and go out again. We just had to go weekend to weekend.”

With 11 first-years on the team this year, the young Violets took some time to adjust to the higher level of play.

“We had some freshmen on the field and that inexperience of a first college game really showed in that first match we played against Ithaca,” Head Coach Kim Wyant said.

Last season, the team finished with a 12-4-3 record and made its first NCAA

postseason appearance since 2010. Naturally, expectations were high coming into this year. Despite their early struggles, the Violets’ faith never wavered.

“No one lost confidence,” Wyant said. “Everyone knew that we were a very good team, and that it was just a matter of figuring it out. Which we did.”

Now, with two weeks left in the regular season, the Violets’ record sits at 6-5-1. Before Sunday’s narrow 1-0 overtime loss to the No. 5 nationally-ranked University of Chicago, NYU was riding a six-game winning streak.

The atmosphere surrounding the team since its improved performances is palpable both in the locker room and on the field.

“The overall mood is different,” LS first-year and forward Ethan Pizano said. “The first four games were tough mentally. That was pretty much the toughest issue. But once that first win came, I think it just clicked.”

“We’re definitely clicking a lot more,” Mancuso agreed. “We’re making better passes. We’re a better

team altogether.”

Following last season’s success, the players and coaching staff now aspire to qualify for the NCAA tournament every year.

“We feel like that’s the level of the program now,” Co-captain and CAS senior Owen Smith said. “We should be in contention to make the tournament every single season.”

However, with the memory of those early losses still fresh in their minds, the Violets are not taking anything for granted this season.

“It’s just one game at a time.” Manusco said. “We’re not supposed to get cocky, we’re supposed to keep going, but I think we have a very good chance.”

“In some ways, I think [the losses] hardened us, and they set us up pretty well for the results we are seeing now,” Wyant said.

The Violets’ next game is on Oct. 26 against Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. VIA NYU ATHLETICS

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SPS senior Sergio Monton scored the game-winning goal on Friday night.

NYU Predicts: NBA Edition

By ARVIND SRIRAM Staff Writer After an offseason rife with player movement and drama, the 2019-2020 NBA season looks wide open. Los Angeles’ teams made the splashiest moves this summer, but the Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers also added to their already successful rosters. The general managers have had their chance to vote on their predictions — now, NYU students try their hands at it.

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The sleeper team is probably the 76ers because they will have an easier road to the NBA finals. If Ben Simmons actually has a developed shot, they should be able to compete with either the Clippers or Lakers, who will probably win the West.

LESLY HONORE CAS Sophomore

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I think that this year, LeBron James will be the MVP of the NBA. With the new partnership with Anthony Davis, he’s going to have many assists inside the paint and he’s going to be able to drive and score at the rim. If he averages anywhere near his usual 28 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, I don’t see anybody playing better than that on their new teams.

ARCHIT REDDY CAS First-Year

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I think Giannis Antetokounmpo will get MVP because no one can match his combination of physical attributes and athleticism and he’s improving his long range shooting.

If he can start to stretch the floor, he will be unguardable.

WILL ROJAS CAS First-Year

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The Clippers are a close call because of Kawhi, but Paul George is not on the same caliber when matched up with Anthony Davis or LeBron, so their duo isn’t as dynamic. Clippers are tough, but their playoff experience as a whole doesn’t compare to the Lakers. For the East, I’m leaning toward the Bucks, but depending on how Al Horford fits with Philly and how well Ben Simmons shoots, Philly could take it as well.

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HANJIE LI CAS First-Year

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LeBron [ James] and Anthony Davis complement each other really well and are the best duo in the league, and the West is relatively open now and the Lakers are definitely capable of beating the Clippers.

Also, the Sixers can lock down any team in the East if they click.

ARCHIT REDDY CAS First-Year

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