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2 NEWSNEWS May 4, 2011

As the semester comes to a close it’s

worthwhile to reflect on the challenges

and accomplishments of the past year.

And there is no doubt we have a lot to

think about. This has been one of the

most challenging and at the same time

one of the most positive years for Pace

in decades.

Many of you who are graduating in a

few days started at Pace four years ago,

just as I began my tenure as president.

You have a great deal to look forward to

as you begin your professional careers or

move on for an advanced degree.

Your Pace education will serve you

well. Forbes magazine recently told the

world something we’ve known for a long

time – a Pace education helps students

thrive in their careers beyond expecta-

tion. Forbes included Pace in a list of the

“top 20 colleges and universities in Amer-

ica to make you rich.”

We were listed alongside schools such

as Dartmouth, Duke, Stanford, and

Williams. While being “rich” might not be

a primary objective for you, ultimately

Forbes was recognizing the ability of Pace

graduates to excel in all that they do.

You take with you into the world a

unique educational experience. You are

thinking professionals. The blend of pro-

fessional and liberal arts education you

received allows you to understand the

substance and skills of your chosen ca-

reers.

Not only will you hit the ground run-

ning in your first job, but for years to

come your ability to be analytic, to seize

opportunities, and to create innovative

solutions will propel you to great heights.

And you won’t be alone in your journey.

Pace will be there with you. It begins now,

with the support of the best and one of

the biggest career services departments

in the City.

Then, throughout your life, I promise

that you will meet, work alongside, and

connect with Pace alumni who are at the

top of the fields you aspire to lead your-

selves; more than 2,900 of whom hold

high-level executive positions at their or-

ganizations. I expect many of you will be

adding to those numbers in the near fu-

ture. I hope you will turn to Pace over the

years to continue your education and

feed your intellectual curiosity. And don’t

forget to give back to help those future

students who will need your support to

gain that Pace advantage.

While I don’t want to focus on the

past, I do want to recognize the tragic loss

of four Pace students this year: Danroy

Henry, Max Moreno, Luke Arneson and

Aaron Rossman. They left us before ful-

filling their full potential in this world. I

could not be more proud of the entire

Pace community for how we came to-

gether to support each other and to

honor your classmates.

Enjoy these last few days of the semes-

ter. For those of you leaving us after grad-

uation, I wish you the greatest success in

everything you do. For those of you re-

turning to Pace in the fall, I hope you have

an enjoyable and productive summer.

End of the year statement fromPresident Stephen J. Friedman

Stephen J. Friedman became president of Pace Universityon June 4, 2007 and has been re-elected for a new five-year term beginning July 1, 2012.

President Friedman’s office is located on the 18th floor of 1 Pace Plaza

3IN MEMORIAMIN MEMORIAMMay 4, 2011

university senior Max Moreno

was shot and killed in his apartment

in 2 Gold Street approximately be-

tween the hour of 11 p.m. and mid-

night Sept. 29.

According to the New York Po-

lice department (NYPd) deputy

commissioner of Public information

(dcPi) spokesman, “At approxi-

mately 2:02 a.m. police responded to

a call that a male was shot in his

apartment.

“When police arrived they found

a Hispanic male, age 21, with one

gunshot wound to the head. the

NYPd contacted the emergency

Medical Services (eMS) and trans-

ported [Moreno] to Bellevue Hospital

[where he was] pronounced dead on

arrival. the investigation is still on-

going and no arrests have been

made.”

the morning after Moreno’s

death, university President Stephen J.

Friedman released a statement to the

university community in regards to

Moreno’s death. Pres. Friedman said,

“on behalf of all of us i extend our

deepest sympathies to family mem-

bers and friends of Mr. Moreno.”

university Head of Security

richard Abbinanti said, in regards to

heightening on campus security, “it

happened off campus and we haven’t

been informed that any faculty or stu-

dents are in danger. At this time we

do not feel it is a threat to our com-

munity.”

the following day Abbinanti and

the university security sent out a uni-

versity wide email in regards to safety

tips both in and outside of the univer-

sity.

Security has been enhanced at

Moreno’s former residence of 2 Gold

Street. A memo was released by 2

Gold L.L.c. to residents with regard

to the new regulations and guest poli-

cies of whom will enter and exit the

apartment complex.

Moreno was a brother of the fra-

ternity Zeta Beta tau (ZBt) univer-

sity chapter. ZBt President Alex

ravera announced that a candle light

vigil ceremony was held by ZBt in

memory of Moreno outside at one

Pace Plaza oct 2.

Student development and cam-

pus Activities (SdAcA) helped pro-

mote the vigil to the university for

those who wanted to pay their re-

spects to Moreno.

Moreno’s wake was held his

home state of New Jersey on oct. 2

and his funeral on oct. 4. the univer-

sity provided busing to both the wake

and the funeral for students.

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Candlelight vigil to remember Max Moreno outside one Pace Plaza.

PLV campus football star student shot

Junior danroy (d.J.) Henry of the

PLv campus was fatally shot by police

on oct. 17 shortly after 1 a.m. Henry

was a 20-year-old football player from

cambridge, Mass. who studied man-

agement at the Lubin School of Busi-

ness, NYc campus.

Since the incident, conflicting sto-

ries have been released on several

media outlets pending the story of two

police officers, one of whom allegedly

shot Henry and the crowd outside of the

bar including other university students.

Pleasantville police chief Louis

Alagno stated the police were called in

response to a disturbance outside of

Finnegan’s Grill. As police officers

knocked on the window of Henry’s Nis-

san Altima, he allegedly started driving

away.

According to several reports,

Henry’s Altima was parked in a fire lane

and might have been the reason why he

proceeded to drive away. Pleasantville

officer Aaron Hess attempted to stop

Henry from driving away and when he

was struck by the car ending up onto of

the hood, he reportedly fired the fatal

shot at Henry.

Speculation has stirred in light of

police reports and other witness stories

clashing including Brandon cox who

was Henry’s close friend and passenger

in the car at the time of the incident.

“He didn't and we didn't deserve

anything that happened that night,” cox

told the media along with cox’s mother

expressing her own thoughts on that

night. “d.J. started moving because he

knew he was in the 'no parking' zone...

d.J. didn't have time to stop, and hit

him. then they just started shooting,”

his mother told The Journal News.

"Witnesses will be interviewed, all

evidence collected will be analyzed and

video surveillance will be reviewed,”

country district Attorney Janet diFiore

said. dA diFiore is heading the inves-

tigation which also involves the New

York State Police department.

A candlelight vigil was held on oct.

17 to celebrate and honor the life of

Henry at the PLv campus in which stu-

dents, faculty, family and friends at-

tended the walk from the Goldstein

Fitness center to the football field and

ending at the Kessel Student center car-

rying lights in Henry’s memory.

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the Lubin School of Business

has created its first ever Bachelor of

Business Administration (BBA) Arts

and entertainment Management

(AeM) major and minor at the uni-

versity. implemented by dean of the

Lubin School of Business Neil

Braun, the idea for these programs

was sparked by two of the largest de-

partments in the university, arts and

business.

“upon my arrival at Pace, i was

intrigued to learn that the fastest

growing department in the university

is Performing Arts,” dean Braun

said. “i come from a background in

media, entertainment and performing

arts so i understand a fair amount

about what it takes to succeed. in ad-

dition to creative talent, a basic un-

derstanding of how creative

organizations work and make deci-

sions is invaluable to anyone hoping

to build a career in those categories.”

the programs were created with

the Lubin Management department

and dyson Arts and Sciences dean

Nira Herrmann to further develop

new courses and a curriculum to fi-

nalize the programs. dr. James rus-

sell, undergraduate Program chair in

the Management and Management

Science department in Lubin School

of Business, is one of the many who

has helped see these two AeM pro-

grams from start to finish.

“My role is mainly administra-

tive,” dr. russell said. “i’m respon-

sible for guiding the programs and

courses through the stages of being

created, approved by the various

committees and faculty councils and

then sending the concentration to NY

State for approval. i was asked by the

chair of the Management and Man-

agement Science department, dr.

Alan eisner, to work with the faculty

member most familiar with the field,

dr. theresa Lant, to create the new

programs and courses.”

dr. Lant, previously a faculty

member of the Stern School of Busi-

ness at New York university (NYu),

helped to also create programs along

the lines of Arts and entertainment

Management at NYu and has now

helped the university form a program

of its own.

in the Arts and entertainment

programs, students can obtain either

a BBA or minor, following the uni-

versity and Business core curricu-

lums, with the addition of seven new

management classes, created specif-

ically for the programs.

“these courses all focus on vari-

ous aspects of arts and entertainment

management and give students theo-

retical knowledge as well as experi-

ences that will help them in

interviews and on the job,” dr. rus-

sell said. “Most students who want

to work in the performing arts have

plenty of experience in the arts but

very little preparation in the business

side of the industry. Getting into the

field through this route could be a big

advantage.”

Management courses created for

the program include: Arts and enter-

tainment Management, event Man-

agement, Managing creativity,

Managing entertainment Projects,

Governance and Stakeholder Man-

agement in the Arts, technology in-

novation in the Arts and an

entertainment Management Seminar.

“i think the new major and minor

being offered through Lubin is a

smart move. More and more students

coming into our school are going to

want to know more about the enter-

tainment industry just by being in

New York city. With classes that

offer substantial information regard-

ing the industry, [the programs] will

put these kids in the right direction

for future purposes,” junior rex ik-

wueme said.

As a member of an up and com-

ing band and having had experience

in the entertainment industry himself,

ikwueme believes that, “these

courses will give students a better un-

derstanding of the entertainment in-

dustry. there is too much work

involved in show business. A lot of

kids do not know that, and think

everything is all play. there are a

large array of tasks that need to be

done on a daily basis in the profes-

sional entertainment industry.”

With these new programs, the

university hopes they will appeal to

both students enrolled in the business

school and outside of the business

school as well. “First, i hope we will

[help] graduate performing arts stu-

dents who have developed both their

creative talent and a basic under-

standing of the business models that

value it.

“Second, i hope to take advan-

tage of our unique location to build

a Management concentration that

will be a new reason to attend Lubin.

third, in time we have the opportu-

nity to build something relatively

unique that i hope will bring favor-

able attention to Lubin and Pace,”

dean Braun said.

With the program gradually in-

troducing courses into the upcoming

semester course selections, interested

students can already anticipate a few

courses for the Fall 2011 semester.

“two courses are being offered

which can be applied toward the

AeM minor and concentration

[which will be] MGt 396P, event

Planning and MGt 396x, Arts and

entertainment Management,” dr.

russell said.

“these are special topics courses

which are in the process of being

made permanent. the new numbers

will be MGt 312 and MGt 235. the

instructor for event Planning will be

dr. claudia Green, coordinator of

the Hospitality and tourism Program.

the instructor for MGt 396x is Prof.

richard ‘Jeff’ cohen who is teaching

it during spring 2011 and is a play-

wright, producer and director. Stu-

dents interested in the AeM minor

should take BuS 150, contemporary

Business Practice, before taking other

business courses,” dr. russell contin-

ued.

Although it may be too late for

some students who are going to grad-

uate soon to declare an AeM major

or minor, some wish they could. “if i

was doing it all over again, i would

definitely consider it,” junior Lauren

d’elia said.

“these courses will definitely

help students who are looking to get

into the entertainment industry;

whether it be to get into the business

side or the performer side. especially

in this city, there is so much talent

that you need a way to separate your-

self from the pack.

“Learning the tools to help you

navigate through the business [side]

of the entertainment industry is a

great way to do that. Knowing how

to nurture your craft and how to mar-

ket yourself, while staying on top of

the intricacies of the business will

help students protect themselves in

the long run from being taken advan-

tage of in the future. Because you see

that happen a lot in the entertainment

industry,” d’elia said.

the university is constantly ex-

panding the courses and curriculums

they offer to better prepare students

and, by combining business and arts

with the new Arts and entertainment

programs, they hope to merge these

fields into something more.

“in today’s world, each per-

former has to think of him or herself

as a business of which they are ceo,

so learning about how basic business

concepts apply to their aspirations is

an excellent complement to a an ed-

ucation in performing arts.

“We also realized that there are a

great number of applicants to the per-

forming arts program that have the

academic qualifications but don’t

make it past the audition; a business

education in arts and entertainment

management is an excellent way to

prepare for working in creative or-

ganizations in an executive role and

we hope to attract some of those stu-

dents,” dean Braun said.

“the university would like to at-

tract strong students and then give

them a satisfactory experience and an

excellent education so they are suc-

cessful once they have graduated,”

dr. russell said.

“By offering a minor in Arts and

entertainment Management for non-

business students, we can give the

students in theatre arts, dance, com-

munications, etc. something different

and useful so they stand out com-

pared to the thousands of other stu-

dents graduating in those fields. if our

graduates are successful, the univer-

sity is successful.

“By offering a major concentra-

tion in Arts and entertainment Man-

agement, we can attract students from

around the country who want to work

in the business side of one of the

largest industries in New York. this

type of student might not have

thought of Pace as a potential college

before this program was introduced,”

dr. russell said.


Fulton�Transit�Center�continues�to�connect�transit�hubs�in�Lower�Manhattan

in 2005, the Metropolitan tran-

sit Authority (MtA) began con-

struction on the Fulton Street

transit center. the $1.4 billion

project will connect 12 subway

lines, the PAtH and 300,000 com-

muters to Lower Manhattan.

upon completion, the project

will create a new transit facility at

the southeast corner of Fulton Street

and Broadway. there will be an im-

proved mezzanine and platform on

Broadway-Nassau Street and an un-

derground connection between the

r line at church Street to the 4/5

line on Broadway.

it will also provide easy access

to the PAtH, World Financial cen-

ter, South Ferry terminal and a pas-

sage way between the r line at

cortlandt Street and the e line at the

Wtc Station according to the

MtA’s website.

Alliance for downtown New

York president elizabeth H. Berger

said in a statement regarding the

overall goal of the Fulton Street

transit center, "the Fulton transit

center will provide additional ca-

pacity, commuting options and

shopping and dining opportunities

for Lower Manhattan’s residents,

tourists and workers and better con-

nect Lower Manhattan to the re-

gional work force."

to date, construction was com-

pleted on the 2/3 line at Fulton

Street in 2006 and on the southern

entrance for the 4/5 line at Fulton

Street in 2007. the northbound side

of the r line cortlandt Street station

was opened, while complete

restoration on the southbound side

of the station is still underway for

2011.

“the new Fulton transit center

is a great addition to the downtown

area because of the shopping out-

lets, restaurants and attraction it will

bring,” sophomore Johanna ro-

driguez said.

Most recently, the main building

site on Fulton Street and Broadway

has undergone changes. contractor

Schiavone/Plaza construction in-

stalled all the steel needed for the

project while Skanska construction

began working on a new entrance at

Fulton Street and William Street to

be finished in 2012.

residents and commuters in

Lower Manhattan can see the visi-

ble steel rising from the foundation

on John Street and Broadway indi-

cating that the construction is going

according to schedule.

r train rider and sophomore

Samantha Braga believes that the

center is "a great idea, with all 12

lines connected it can be a big help

getting into the city. it's economi-

cally good as well with all the

restaurants and shopping."

this summer a new entrance at

135 William St. will open. the east-

ern entrance will have escalators

and elevators for the 2/3 line. Also

another entrance will open on 150

William St. later in the year.

For 4/5 train riders, construction

is still ongoing on the platform and

roof. the interior and exterior work

on the corbin Building will be com-

pleted in Fall 2012.

the southwest corner of Broad-

way and dey Street is undergoing

construction on an entry-way that

will be completed in 2012.

despite all the construction that

has been going on since 2005, the

project is seven years late and

around $650 million over budget

according to a New York Times re-

port. Most of the center will be open

for all commuters, tourists and visi-

tors to take advantage of in 2012

with the center to be completed in

2014.

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World�Trade�Center�site�progresses�by�becoming�apart�of�NYC�skyline

the World trade center (Wtc)

site, which is currently still under-

going restoration, will feature five

new skyscrapers along with a 1,776

feet tall skyscraper, which will be

known as the Freedom tower when

completed.

As of dec. 2010, the Freedom

tower’s foundation was completed

along with 50-stories and is also

being encased by the outer shell. it

is becoming a part of the NYc sky-

line and can be viewed from Brook-

lyn, Manhattan and Jersey city,

N.J.

there will be a national Sept. 11

memorial and museum, a retail

complex and a new subway station.

the memorial will commemorate

and honor the 3,000 people who

died in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001

and Feb. 26, 1993.

the memorial will contain two

large fountains, which will be the

footprints of the late twin towers,

and they will be the largest man-

made waterfalls in the country. the

names of those who were killed in

the Sept. 11 attacks and the Feb.

1993 Wtc bombing will be in-

scribed around the edges of the

fountains.

the Wtc retail complex will

be in tower 4 on church Street and

will contain six levels of shops and

services. it will be a world-

renowned shopping destination and

is expected to be finished by 2014.

Although funding to build a Per-

forming Arts center is still being

negotiated, the sponsor for the cen-

ter, Joyce theatre, plans to build a

1,000-seat dance theater.

the memorial museum will

present a sequence of experiences

through a historical narrative. visi-

tors to the Museum will enter

through a Pavilion that contains an

auditorium for public program-

ming, a multi-purpose area for con-

templation and a private suite

reserved for victims’ family mem-

bers.

the new transportation hub will

include a multi-story central transit

hall designed in the style of Grand

central terminal, the adjoining of

MtA transit stations and accessible

locations around the Wtc area in-

cluding the Hudson river ferry ter-

minals and 13 subway lines.

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Photo 1: Freedom Tower by Marie CyphenPhoto 2: World Trade Center Memorial by Ivonna Thompson

Photo 3: World Trade Center Tower 4 by Ivonna ThompsonPhoto 4: 9/11 Memorial Preview Site on Vesey Street by Marie Cyphen


Pres.�Obama�announces�the�death�of�Osama�bin�LadenNew Yorkers rally and commemorate those who lost their lives on 9/11

President Barack obama an-

nounced to the American public on

May 1 at 11:35 p.m. that Al-Qaeda

leader osama bin Laden was killed

by u.S. military operatives. Pres.

obama discussed how he launched

the mission to capture or kill bin

Laden at the beginning of the week-

end.

during the mission to take ac-

tion, bin Laden was killed on his

compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan

and was shot in the head and the

chest. After the shootout, u.S. mili-

tary operatives took custody of the

body and performed a dNA test to

confirm that the body was bin

Laden. An islamic funeral was per-

formed and his burial was done put-

ting his body “at sea.” it is an

islamic tradition to bury the body

within 24-hours of death.

Pres. obama said, “today, at my

direction, the united States launched

a targeted operation against that

compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

A small team of Americans carried

out the operation with extraordinary

courage and capability. No Ameri-

cans were harmed. they took care to

avoid civilian causalities.”

in regards to the u.S. govern-

ment beliefs and notions on the reli-

gion of islam Pres. obama

dismissed the negative stigmas. He

said, “As we do, we must also reaf-

firm that the united States is not —

and never will be — at war with

islam. i’ve made clear, just as Pres-

ident Bush did shortly after 9/11,

that our war is not against islam. Bin

Laden was not a Muslim leader; he

was a mass murderer of Muslims.

indeed, al Qaeda has slaughtered

scores of Muslims in many coun-

tries, including our own. So his de-

mise should be welcomed by all

who believe in peace and human

dignity.”

After Pres. obama’s speech, ral-

lies began in the Northeast to com-

memorate those who lost their lives

in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. u.S.

citizens celebrated in locations that

included times Square, the World

trade center (Wtc) site, Washing-

ton d.c. and Philadelphia, Pa.

throughout the night, social net-

working sites such as Facebook and

twitter were booming with com-

mentary on bin Laden’s death all

around the world.

The Pace Press covered the rally

at the Wtc site after Pres. obama’s

speech. New Yorkers filled the

streets with candles, u.S. flags and

signs. there were chants of “uSA,”

“Yes we did,” “winning,” “America,

fuck yeah” and “Yes we can.” the

crowd also sang “God Bless Amer-

ica” and the “Star Spangled Banner”

(National Anthem). Some people

climbed the light posts and held

American flags in the air as the

crowd clapped and cheered.

one climber in particular an-

nounced that he was a Marine and

thanked the crowd for all of their

support of the soldiers’ efforts in the

recent wars.

The Press caught up with Bravo

vice President of original Program-

ming development and “Watch

What Happens Live” host Andy

cohen. cohen shared his thoughts

on the announcement and gathering

of New Yorkers at Wtc. “it’s just a

great night for America, just so

beautiful to see people singing

songs…celebrating, it’s so crazy,”

cohen said.

the university’s Student Gov-

ernment Association (SGA) repre-

sented the university by

commemorating those who lost their

lives on Sept. 11 with lit candles.

SGA executive vice President

caitlin Meuser said, “i think there is

a really strong sense of unity down

here a sense of unity that was felt on

9/11 except we’re celebrating.”

While Meuser was speaking with

The Press, a wave of the “Star Span-

gled Banner” overtook the inter-

view.

The Press also caught up with

university political science major

and senior colin Seeberger. “What

worries me is the fact that Pakistan

is supposed to be our ally in this war.

Why is it that Pakistan [that] is sup-

posed to be helping us not harbor

terrorists is allowing the number one

public enemy of the Middle east as

well the united States to live within

a hundred miles of its capital…that

baffles me,” Seeberger said.

“this is a great symbolic night;

this is a great victory against terror-

ist’s organizations in the world.

However we have to be really cau-

tious over the next month especially

as New Yorkers. We have to have

extra caution and not be shocked

when we go into the subway and

want to check our bags, you just

have to understand that security is

going to be extremely high within

the next month or few months or

so,” Seeberger added.

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coPY editor

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NeWS editor

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With the announcement of

osama bin Laden’s death May 1,

there have been growing concerns

about national security, as well as

security within NYc.

though bin Laden’s death has

stirred emotions and brought

about a sense of patriotism around

the country, many fear of a possi-

ble retaliation effort from Al-

Qaeda — the militant extremist

islamist and jihadist group

founded by bin Laden in the late

‘80s — in response to the an-

nouncement of his death.

“the threat to our state and

our nation unfortunately does not

die with osama bin Laden. We

must remain vigilant in prevent-

ing terror acts and continue to do

everything to keep our state and

nation safe and secure,” New

York State Governor Andrew

cuomo said in a released state-

ment.

in response to President

Barack obama’s May 1 press con-

ference, New York city Police

department (NYPd) commis-

sioner ray Kelly announced en-

hanced security in areas around

NYc, including increased police

presence within the NYc subway

systems.

Port Authority executive di-

rector chris Ward also announced

that Port Authority will increase

its police presence within World

trade center (Wtc) and its other

facilities “out of an abundance of

caution,” according to

Bloomberg.com.

in a statement released by

Kelly, the Police commissioner

stated, “While there is no infor-

mation indicating a specific threat

to New York city, members of the

service are reminded to remain

alert in the aftermath of the an-

nouncement that osama bin

Laden has been killed,” according

to Ny1.com.

“As of now, there are no new

immediate threats against our city.

But there is no doubt we remain a

top target, and the killing of bin

Laden will not change that. Nor

will it distract us from a mission

that remains our absolutely high-

est priority: defending our city

and country against all those who

use violence to attack freedom,”

NYc Mayor Michael Bloomberg

said during a May 2 press confer-

ence.

From an international security

standpoint, the u.S. department

of State, Bureau of consular Af-

fairs, released a statement May 1

urging Americans residing in for-

eign countries to be on high alert.

“the u.S. department of State

alerts u.S. citizens traveling and

residing abroad to the enhanced

potential for anti-American vio-

lence given recent counter-terror-

ism activity in Pakistan,” the

press release reads.

“Given the uncertainty and

volatility of the current situation,

u.S. citizens in areas where recent

events could cause anti-American

violence are strongly urged to

limit their travel outside of their

homes and hotels and avoid mass

gatherings and demonstrations.

u.S. citizens should stay current

with media coverage of local

events and be aware of their sur-

roundings at all times,” the state-

ment continued.

university students have vari-

ous opinions on the established

security measures being instated.

“i think the security measures

are good… i think it's better that

we're safe rather than sorry. i per-

sonally, have no issues with living

in the city at this time, i really did

just shrug it off, but both of my

parents are worried and are glad

i'll be home soon,” sophomore

Karlie colangelo said.

When asked how she felt

about the increased security meas-

urements, sophomore caitlin

richardson said, “Well, it was ex-

pected. our nation can't kill a man

who is in charge of the largest ter-

rorist group in the world and not

expect security precautions and

consequences. i must say the con-

stant helicopters circling New

York are not pleasant, but it’s

what needs to be done.

“there is a line though and it

has been crossed already as can be

seen as the lack of privacy at air-

ports now but it’s a risk that needs

to be taken in order to preserve

the safety of our people. As i

stood last night at Ground Zero, i

realized that there were many po-

lice officers and security officials

ensuring the safety of everyone

but they were not the only ones

who provided a new sense of se-

curity. i think now, the American

people themselves will provide

fellow Americans with a sense of

safety,” richardson continued.

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United�States�to�increase�national�security�for�civiliansRemoval of top terrorist threat causes concern over a retaliation attack

bRIAn RenTAs

ArtS editor

I personally

have no issues with

living in the city at this

time, I really did just

shrug it off, but both

of my parents are wor-

ried and are glad I’ll be

home soon.

-Karlie Colangelo, student

“

Photos by brian Rentas / The Pace Press

1. U.S. Army soldier holds up a sign symbolizing Pres.Obama’s recent successful mission.

2. A World Trade Center rally attendee live video chats viaiPad to show the crowd from his location.

3. Street light climber gears up to wave the American flag.

4. Drivers show their patriotism by honking their hornsand waving the American flag while they drive on Broadway.

5. SGA commemorates those who lost their lives on the9/11 attacks with candles.

6. A U.S. Marine thanked the crowd for their support ofthe soldiers in the past decade from the Church Street andVesey Street intersection light pole.

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Lynn Rickert Editor-in-Chief

Senior, English

Fact: She is the co-owner of Futurebaddecisions.tumblr.com

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Meet The Press 2011-2012

May 4, 2011

Natalie Gavilanes Executive Editor

Senior, Communication Studies and English

EDITORIAL BOARD2010 - 2011

Kim Bui Associate Editor

Junior, Communication Studies

^_^

Kaitlynn Blyth Managing EditorJunior, English“Oh My God, — I left Frank outside!”

Hilda Adeniji Digital Illustrator


“Wait! Put a subheadline!”

Ivonna Thompson News EditorJunior, Philosophy / English“The editor that the Administration warnedyou about.”

Brian Rentas Arts EditorSophomore, Communication Studies“If it’s not Taylor Swift, I don’t like it!”

Katherine Riley Features EditorSenior, Communication StudiesFact: She was Avril Lavigne for Hal-loween... and every other day of the year.

Kate Hamzik Copy EditorJunior, Communication Studies“She’s bigger than Miley and has a secretmansion at the Hollywood sign.”

Leucepe Martinez Ads ManagerJunior, International ManagementHe had no idea Oprah had her own television show.

DJ Hopson Web EditorSenior, English/Forensic Science“Get your binoculars ready to see this oneawkwardly lunge her way across the stageat Lincoln Center!”

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Nazary Nebeluk Distribution Manager

Sophomore, Biochemistry

Fact: He was born in the Ukraine and admits that he has a fun

accent!

Mark McSherry Faculty Consultant

Professor, Journalism

"Don't bring me namby pamby arts and features and reviews —

bring me real, hard NEWS stories."

Betty Fermin Copy Intern

Sophomore, International Management

Fun Fact: Betty love books so much that she wants to own her

publishing company in South America one day :]

Stephanie Hansen Arts Intern


"Technology seems to have taken over our world, but it can't

take over art. Watch out technology...I'm the new arts editor! "

Craig Held Features Intern

Junior, American Studies

“Craig is an aspiring Real Housewife of New York.”

Fotini Sachpatzidis News Intern

Sophomore, English

Fotini’s alter ego is a Greek poet.

PacePress Interns 2010-2011

The Pace Press had the pleasure of working with these four

amazing students who dedicated their time and talent to learn

the ins and outs of producing a student newspaper.

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Ruveena Virk

Freshman, English and Communication

Studies

Abbey Beatson

Freshman, Psychology

Amanda Schiavo

Senior, History

Julia Yeung

Sophomore, Business Economics

Mel Bailey

Senior, English

Bethany O’Grady

Junior, English

Staff Writers 2010-2011

Alex Rufino

Junior, Communication Studies and Fine

Arts

James Ryder

Junior, Sociology/Anthropology and

English

Quinn Wasson

Senior, Communication Studies

OPINION AND EDITORIALSOPINION AND EDITORIALS

DIsClAImeR:These opinions are expressed by specific editors and do notrepresent the opinions of The Pace Press, the members of The Pace Press

staff, or Pace University as a whole and are solely the opinions of the said edi-tor only. The Pace Press is not responsible and expressly disclaims all liabilityfor damages of any kind arising out of use of relevance to any information con-tained in this section.

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kim bui

Editor-In-Chief

kaitlynn blyth

Associate Editor

Ivonna Thompson

Content Manager

Fotini sachpatzidis

News Editor

Craig Held

Features Editor

stephanie Hansen

Arts Editor

kate Hamzik

Copy Editor

Hilda Adeniji

Creative Director

brian Rentas

Web Editor

leucepe martinez

Advertising and Marketing Manager

nazary nebeluk

Circulation Manager

The Pace Press 2011 - 2012 Editorial Board

When i moved into Maria’s

tower on my 18th birthday, Sept.

2, 2007, i never dreamed that i

would end up where i am now. i

knew i wanted to write for the

school newspaper. i knew i was

obsessed with becoming the next

(female) chuck Klosterman. i

knew the first Pace Press meeting

that year would be the following

Monday at 12:20 p.m. in room

902 of 41 Park row.

Walking into that first meet-

ing, i knew i was at home. i

started off writing album reviews

for Laura delarato, the 2007-08

Art editor, my mentor and a great

friend. Soon i started reviewing

movies and concerts, which gave

me the chance to explore new

parts of the city and experience

what other college students

couldn’t because Laura had ac-

cess to invites from publicists for

all kinds of events. Since that fall,

i’ve been to tiny clubs to see

local bands perform, huge the-

aters to see pre-screenings of

popular movies and even the red

carpet at the vMA’s.

Aside from the events, i put in

a lot of hard work that first year,

i started coming in on weekends

to layout and edit the paper as

Laura’s intern. By May 2008, i

was named Arts editor and, after

another year, editor-in-chief.

the past two years as eic

have been the most stressful years

of my life so far, but i wouldn’t

trade them. i may not have en-

joyed spending every waking

minute in the office, but it

seemed all that mattered was if

the paper got out on time. i

dreaded having to call our printer

at 10:55 p.m. to explain that due

to unforeseeable circumstances

—Quark not working, stories

coming in late, news breaks,

server trouble, snow days — the

paper wouldn’t be in until the

next day.

While i learned a lot in my

classes, most of what i know now

about journalism, graphic design,

leadership and communication

has come from the nights and

weekends i’ve spent in the Press

office. i’ve learned to cope with

the stress of a full course load,

part-time job, internship and this.

i’ve put a lot of dedication —

let’s face it, a lot of my life —

into this job, but i also got a lot

back.

i wasn’t expecting much from

my college experience. through-

out my senior year of high

school, i thought i wanted to go

to a state school in the middle of

nowhere and only applied to two

schools in the area.

thankfully, when the time

came to submit my deposit, my

subconscious remembered that

i’d fallen in love with New York

at age eight and i ended up at

Pace. When anyone asked my

why i wanted to go to school

here, i just said, “i don’t know.

it’s in the city.” Now i say, “i

don’t know. it was in the city. i

stayed for the paper.”

to sum up my experience at Pace

Press would mean i’d keep writing to

fill a full page. unfortunately, i can’t

so i will just say this: everyday has

been a lesson. thursday will teach you

how to expect the unexpected, while

Monday can enlighten you about the

wonders of Murphy’s Law: every bad

thing that can happen, will. By the time

you get to Friday you’ll realize that

you need to keep your eyes open and

accept the reality — no matter how

good or bad it is. this newspaper gave

me ample opportunity to grow as a

writer and editor and it’s also become

a microcosm of endeavors that i have

yet to “smack my pretty little head

into” (cue Miranda Priestly). As i’m

taking my leap into the abyss of career

validation, i realize i might be ready

for more things than i thought, just by

being at The Pace Press. By being a

part of an organization where you have

to create something out of nothing, you

learn to take charge when no one else

will and think further than possibly

anyone else. While many may say they

wish they had done more, i can say

i’ve done more than enough and now

my time is up, my work here is done. i

live by a few certain beliefs that i could

pass on to future students, but one in

particular that i have held close to my

heart: it is better to say too much, than

not enough.

oh, room 902, how you have

stolen my heart and my mannequin.

i remember coming into freshmen

orientation with one goal in mind: find

the editor-in-chief of the university’s

newspaper, and make it very clear i

wanted to do layout. For me that mind-

set was out of character because i usu-

ally timidly approached people i didn’t

know and slowly stated my point. Yet,

in 2006 i was in a new city, surrounded

by new people, and i was in love with

newspapers and the idea of getting

down and dirty with different fonts.

Luckily, the current eic, Neelofer

Qadir, was an orientation leader and

happily invited me to the first Pace

Press meeting of the semester to meet

the current Production Manager, tyler

davis.

the rest is history. i eventually in-

terned with tyler, became Production

Manager (2007-09), Associate editor

(2009-10), and finally Wed editor

(2010-11). over the past five years i

have seen five different editorial

Boards with different team dynamics.

i came in with a strong passion for

driving people to do their best, and i

ended up training others how to push

people to do their best. i have been for-

tunate enough to attend crazy events

such as multiple conferences on the

West coast, and to interview Less than

Jake’s chris demakes.

The Pace Press office has been a

safe place where ideas and thoughts

can bounce around without judgment

and coffee can be guzzled as if the in-

dustry was going out of business. it has

been a place where multiple break

downs over white space, missing con-

tent, absent pictures or personal issues

have taken place. But it has also been

where other editors have been there to

put you back together. i will forever be

grateful for the editorial Boards from

2006-present and future because i

would have never had the opportuni-

ties i have had without this organiza-

tion.

My one plea to anyone reading

this is get involved. even if it is just

once article a month. this newspaper

will make employers look twice at

your resume and will give you an an-

chor here at Pace university.

oh, and i’m stealing my man-

nequin, Bob, back and moving him to

Queens with me.

As i sat down this weekend to

write my last Pace Press story, i could-

n’t help but re-visit all of my old arti-

cles from the beginning. the

improvement and quality of my writ-

ing is undeniable. i am excited to look

back at my Pace articles in the future

to see how much i have improved

since i graduated and started my ca-

reer.

Before entering college, i knew

that journalism and reporting is what i

was best at and meant to do. Many col-

lege students decide on a major and

then after taking courses in that field,

change their mind due to it not being

the right fit.

once i took my first journalism

course (Journalism 101) with Profes-

sor Mark McSherry, however, y my

aspirations and goals were confirmed.

throughout my studies previous to

Pace, i enjoyed taking classes and

what i was learning…but i couldn’t

help question: what’s the point of me

learning this? As soon as McSherry

mentioned the syllabus and all of the

different journalistic elements we

would be learning throughout the year

i was practically at the edge of my seat

in excitement. Finally, i was in a class

that was going to teach me “what i

wanted to do for the rest of my life.”

isn’t that what college is all about?

thank you to all of the other edi-

tors and staff writers on TPP this year.

nATAlIe GAvIlAnes

executive editor

DJ HoPson

WeB editor

kATHRIne RIley

FeAtureS editor

lynn RICkeRT

editor-iN-cHieF

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Graffiti has always been disre-

garded as pointless and illegal in na-

ture, as nothing more than

mischievous behavior but it has be-

come so much more than that — it is

now an art form.

All over urban cities, people are

greeted with massive works of art

plastered on the sides of buildings.

NYc especially has a rich history

when it comes to graffiti. in the ’70s,

NYc was famous for its graffiti cov-

ered subways.

After the subway system was

cleaned up, it seemed that graffiti was

left to the amateur delinquents run-

ning around and “tagging” buildings

with their bubble letter “pen names.”

More recently, however, true artists

have been redefining what graffiti is.

Possibly the most well known

street artist is english-born Banksy,

who’s works have been featured in

galleries in Los Angeles and New

York.

Another popular artist goes by

the pseudonym Neck Face. the cal-

ifornia born artist attended the

School of visual Arts in NYc but

dropped out after two years. His

works are seen throughout San Fran-

cisco and New York.

A lot of street art can be seen

right in Williamsburg, a popular area

within Brooklyn.

on the side of a small restaurant,

there is a huge mural dedicated to

anti-smoking. the mural features a

fetus with a cigarette, rats smoking

and a play on the words coughin’ and

coffin.

on the roof of the apartment

building located on Berry St. and

North 11th St. in Brooklyn, one can

see the water tower on top of the

building across the street. the water

tower features a piece by Neck Face

and his signature right next to it.

Graffiti can also be used to adver-

tise. the Bagel Store, on Bedford

Ave. and North 3rd St. in Brooklyn,

features a huge abstract mural com-

prised of colorful geometric shapes.

there are also representations of ro-

bots holding bagels. it’s a clever way

to set a business apart from the clutter

of storefronts in the neighborhood.

Some graffiti isn’t just done by

one artist but is recreated by people

everywhere — a prime example of

this would be the popular uFo graf-

fiti that can be seen all over the city.

uFo is extremely easy to imitate be-

cause it is simply an octopus looking

creature in a spaceship that looks like

a skirt with its tentacles sticking out.

even though graffiti is gaining

popularity and being recognized as

true art, it is still considered deface-

ment. Graffiti often makes political

statements and is used to express so-

cial commentary. For example, one

of Banksy’s most well known works

consists of graffiti that looks like cave

drawings being washed away with a

power washer, effectively using graf-

fiti to portray the removal of graffiti.

Neck Face takes a lighter ap-

proach when it comes to his graffiti.

When Batman Begins billboards

were everywhere, Neck Face tagged

the advertisements with a Batman-

like creature and covered Batman

with the words “Neck Face.”

even though graffiti is vandal-

ism, there are people, like Banksy

and Neck Face, who are changing

people’s mind about whether or not

their work is “defacement.”

Graffiti

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1. Berry and North 11th above KCDC

skateshop

2. Bedford Ave.

3. Berry and South 4th.

4. Wythe between North 11th and North 12th

5. Bedford and North 7th Salvation Army store

6. Berry and North 5th

7. Berry and South 4th

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ARTSARTS

College Music Journal Music Marathoncomes to NYC music venues


Guitar cases, hipsters and bright laminated badges — all the majoraspects of CMJ! College Music Journal (CMJ) Music Marathon 2010took over hundreds of NYC venues in October. With over 1,000 dif-ferent artists performing, CMJ badge holders were able to experiencemany great performances — on top of all of the individual musicshowcases, CMJ hosted film festivals, panel discussions and even anevent entitled CMJ Play that celebrated the intersection of music andgaming. With events hosted everywhere from dive bars in Brooklynall the way to the enormous Madison Square Garden, the varietywithin the line up allowed music fans to find their own niche.

2011’s CMJ Music Marathon is just around the corner, and judging bythis past year’s lineup, The Pace Press can guarantee a great experiencefor any music lover.

1- Jesse Gabriel of The Narrative2 - Zach Gehring of Mae

all photos by kim bui/The Pace Press

Terrible ThingsBY KIM BUI

A new project composed of for-mer taking Back Sunday guitaristFred Mascherino, coheed and cam-bria drummer Josh eppard and Hotrod circuit vocalist and guitaristAndy Jackson called terrible thingsperformed at Gramercy theatre oct.20.

the band is currently on the"Goodbye, Goodnight" farewell tourfor indie band Mae.

Mascherino, eppard and Jacksoncame together to bring us a new rocksound with their debut album Terrible

Things released this past August. With pounding drums and an-

them-like guitar riffs, their sound sup-ported Mascherino's claim that rockisn't dead.

the band intertwined varioussongs throughout their set. "terriblethings," the self titled song is the per-fect example of what this band is allabout. the catchy chorus had crowdmembers singing along, "We're doingterrible things/ Just doing terriblethings."

their latest single "revolution"was also a crowd favorite. With guitar

solos, faster tempos and group cho-ruses, the song really does feel likechants to a youth's revolution.

"Been Here Before," and "Lul-laby" were dramatically softer, whilethe strong lyrics belted byMascherino's voice were full of emo-tion.

Although the band’s membershave been around for a while, they aretogether under a new name and arebringing a new sound.

virginia natives Mae took to thestage after their performance, deckedout in twinkling christmas lights andprojected colors.the floor graduallyfilled with audience members as thetime neared for Mae to begin playing.

the band played songs off of allof their albums: Destination: Beauti-

ful, The Everglow and Singularity.With keyboardist rob Sweitzer

hitting the few introduction keystrokes to "We're So Far Away," theaudience went wild. Singing from thevery first line, "remembering every-thing about my world and when youcame."

Frontman dave elkins did not

even need to join in until later becausefans carried the song themselves, likethey did with many that night.

Mae played song after song, in-cluding "Suspension," "the ocean,""Giving it Away" and "Summertime"to name a few.

elkins used a xylophone sporad-ically to add light twinkling chimes tosofter tracks as guitarist Zach Gehringwould move about the stage duringfaster songs. Gehring and elkinswould even play their guitars in a duellike manner, playing nonstop guitarriffs and showing that this tour is allabout just having fun.

cutting out the middleman ofhaving to leave the stage with the au-dience shout for an encore, Mae de-cided to play straight through untiltheir stage curfew.

As this was the only New Yorkdate on their farewell tour, many diehard fans were present that evening.one concert goer proudly showed histattoo featuring Mae lyrics to the bandafter the show. "Your song helped meget my girlfriend!" another fan ex-claimed.

innerpartysystem performed a

jaw-dropping set at the Music Hall

of Williamsburg oct. 20. combining

their potent brand of electro-rock

with an amazing stage presence and

some killer stage lighting, the three-

piece originally from Pennsylvania

set the bar high for other perform-

ances throughout the week.

the venue acted as a perfect

nightclub setting for this band, who

have a sound that is equal parts

thought-provoking and dance-ensu-

ing. Blasting through hits from their

self-titled debut as well as their latest

single, “American trash,” and unre-

leased material, innerpartysystem

kept up the pace with their set, con-

stantly laying out epic live remixes

and samples.

one song that stood out from the

pack would be “Last Night in

Brooklyn,” a slower song with a

heavy rhythm. the song incited huge

dance pits within the packed venue.

Adding to the already edgy song

were three light panels displayed on

the stage, which, when used in con-

junction with house lighting, led to a

display that meshed well with the

music.

While they played an extremely

impressive set, the band served as

only openers for Head Automatica,

which started as a side project for

Glassjaw frontman daryl Palumbo,

showed off their electro-pop flair to

the audience, who craved the chance

to see this band live. While innerpar-

tysystem did perform astonishingly,

Head Automatica stole the show for

most of the audience.

INNERPARTYSYSTEM BY BRIAN RENTAS

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Fanboys�and�fangirls�rejoice�over�New�York�City�Comic�Con

deadpools, Na’vi and Yoshis, oh my! if one

of the frequently asked questions on an event’s

website is “can i bring a sword?” you know

you’re bound to see some interesting things.

this past weekend from oct. 8 through 11,

the Jacob Javits convention center was the host

to this year’s New York comic con (NYcc) and

Anime Festival (NYAF). Having started in 2006,

NYcc is the largest pop culture convention on

the east coast, attracting attendees from all over.

despite its name, the convention is not only

for comics, but covers everything pop culture,

including the latest in movies, television, graphic

novels, anime, manga, video games and toys.

Panels allowed fans to sit in on discussions

with some of their favorite creators, artists and

industry insiders. these varied between the more

serious, like “Breaking into comics the Marvel

Way,” to the more not so serious panels, like

“How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse.”

the men of the weekend included former

president and chairman of Marvel comics Stan

Lee and Keystone guests John romita Sr., best

know for his work on “the Amazing Spider-

Man” comics and John romita Jr., his son who

is also an artist for Marvel.

Show floors throughout the center hosted a

spread of exhibitors, vendors, artists and demo

areas. included in this were over 400 companies

on the main floor, 300 individual artists in the

Artist’s Alley showcasing their work, and Auto-

graph Alley, where fans could meet entertain-

ment guests, artists and more for personal

autographs.

demo booths had the highest turnouts with

games like the highly anticipated Final Fantasy

xiv and the new dancing game for Wii,

“Michael Jackson: the experience” available at

the fingertips of fans with the touch of a con-

troller.

NYcc also served as an early Halloween

with people in costumes and cosplay, short for

costume play. usually more dominant in the

world of anime and manga, attendees’ costumes

ranged from all over the pop culture spectrum.

there were many in Japanese Lolita fashion

and a few could be seen as the iconic ramona

Flowers from the “Scott Pilgrim” comics. Bat-

man, Superman and Spiderman are always pop-

ular choices, and even internet memes and the

old Spice guy found their way into the

mix somehow.

dressing up for NYcc, how-

ever, is not just fun and games.

Many plan their costumes and out-

fits months in advance. A man

dressed as a Na’vi from Avatar

took his costume to new heights —

literally — by wearing stilts, bring-

ing him to about seven or eight feet

tall.

this year’s convention also featured

“the cultyard,” new to NYcc, bringing un-

derground art, fashion and pop culture to the con-

vention. Featured this year were brands like

tokidoki, toy tokyo, myplasticheart, and de-

signer uSB brand Mimoco.

the three-day event was a fanboy and fan-

girl’s dream. For only its fifth year, and with the

estimated amount of over 77,000 attendees the

previous year, one can only imagine the antics

and characters that will show up next year.

Next year’sNew York Comic Con is scheduled for

Oct. 14 through 16

kIm buI

ASSociAte editor

For more information visit:Newyorkcomiccon.com

1. Children weregiven free admission to the

convention, with many in cos-tume. Sora from the game“Kingdom Hearts” was apopular cosplay character atthe convention.

2. The New York Anime Festi-val held on the lower floor ofthe Jacob Javits Center had ahigher cosplay turnout thanany other.

3. Angry internet memes findtheir way into the convention.

4. A Na’vi from Avatar wasspotted towering over thepeople of Comic Con.

5. Game demonstrations hadhigh turnouts, with somewaiting hours to get theirhands on a controller to getthe chance to play before a

game’s release.

all photos by

kim bui/The Pace Press

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The Pace Press was able to catch

up with comedian Bo Burnham as he

prepared for the conflict of interest

party. He may not have his own show

just yet, but he is quite the punny fel-

low.

The Pace Press (TPP): So where do

the ideas for your material come from?

Bo Burnham (BB): i try and take

vague subjects like love or irony or

something…religion, and start writing

as many jokes as i can. i never draw

from real life experience.

TPP: Why’s that?

BB: i don’t know. i’ve never been a

good story teller. My life isn’t that in-

teresting, and i think i’m too young to

express my viewpoints on life. i feel

like it would come off as a little dis-

tasteful and unappealing, so instead i

just write lots and lots of jokes.

TPP: is there any reason you gravitate

more towards those subjects?

BB: Yeah. i think they’re more rich for

my kind of voice, which is a bit sar-

castic. there’s never really a topic

that’s off limits…it’s more just trying

to tear down the meat of all those

things. it’s kind of just reducing

everything to meaningless jokes so

that everything becomes really silly. i

like making serious things silly.

TPP: is there any sort material you’re

maybe trying to push yourself more

towards?

BB: Maybe a little more poetry, in-

stead of doing more stand up and

songs. i want to just push the poetry of

it. And more than that, i want to focus

more on the subjects rather than the

jokes. Not any particular subject

where i’m like ‘oh, i want to write a

political bit,’ but try and make bits that

really synthesize the jokes but also

make a point at the same time than just

a series of one liners.

TPP: Are there any instruments that

you don’t know how to play or want

to learn and incorporate into your ma-

terial?

BB: Maybe like little silly instruments.

i incorporated a triangle in my last

one, and i’ve looked at a million of

those little percussive instruments and

those are fun, but i think piano is the

best. i don’t even know if i would

want to pick up a guitar again. i think

piano is the most expressive and easi-

est to create a mood with just one per-

son. Maybe an electric guitar for a

song could be funny, or a harmon-

ica…that would be nice. Maybe a xy-

lophone on something. it depends if

the joke comes first. i won’t like, pick

up an instrument and then try to make

a joke out of it. the joke has to come

first.

TPP: So, if you were stuck on a desert

island, what three comedians would

you bring with you and why?

BB: i think reggie (Watts) would be

one. this young dude, Anthony Jesel-

nik, and someone that looks like they

could do a lot of stuff….like Ben Bai-

ley from ‘cash cab.’ Because he’s big,

and he’s strong and looks like he could

cut firewood.

TPP: i actually asked Nick Swardson

the same thing once and he said he

would bring carrot top to try and

make props to get off the island.

BB: that’s a good call. [laughs] that’s

why he has a t.v. show and i don’t.

TPP: [laughs] Well, you never know.

BB: No, not until i can quip like that.

TPP: is there any advice you’d like to

give to any aspiring comedians or mu-

sicians?

BB: i don’t know what i’m doing.

What’s worked for me is to just write

as much as you can and research as

much as you can. if you love a come-

dian or musician, research them as

much as you can. Find out why they

do it and how they do it and just write

and constantly try and challenge your-

self to do something different. the

moment you get comfortable doing

something, switch. that could be

wrong. i mean, that’s what i did but i

could be wrong.

TPP: is there anyone you look to or

listen to for inspiration? When you’re

stuck, is there anyone in particular

whose stand-up you watch or bands

that you listen to?

BB: Maybe George carlin, radiohead

or something. When i’m worried

about doing something new, [i look to]

people that weren’t worried about

doing something new, and i’m always

thinking ‘Well, if this comedian

screws up, that’s alright because i did

something that people i really look up

to did,’ which is what i try to do. But

usually i just walk around my house.

i’m a wanderer, totally. i wander when

i think. i like to pace…Pace.

TPP: [laughs]

BB: Look! Maybe i will get a show!

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pace…Pace.

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on the University


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on top of being one of the youngest

writers to ever work for NBc’s hit show

“30 rock” and being a lead actor in the

truthfully funny show “community,” don-

ald Glover has worked to add rapper to his

resume with his side project childish Gam-

bino.

Glover introduces us to the follow up to

his Summer 2011 release Culdesac with

EP. the opening track “Be Alone” starts

off with a grand intro with snippets of bass,

pounding drums and violin between lyrics

like “Music was my side chick/ But now

we’re movin’ in together,” and “We are just

some rappers/ Got no luxury of subtlety/

No subtext when we’re rappin’/ We say it

like we hear it/ i put it on a track/ and i

hope you get the spirit.”

With Glover’s music gaining popularity

amongst fans of all types, from television

fans to music lovers, many of his lyrics re-

flect his personal life like any other musi-

cian; except his personal life includes

having worked with tina Fey, being on a

hit NBc show and breaking into the music

scene under childish Gambino.

Glover wastes no time, jumping right

into “Freaks and Geeks.” A chanting chorus

gives it a primitive, tribal vibe with

Glover’s biting lyrics overtop.

“My Shine” is a bit slower with a stead-

ier chorus. Many of the lyrics hint at his

many talents, like “Listen to the Culdesac

and know that was an ultimatum/ Man,

why nobody wanna admit they like me just

a little bit?/ Won’t be on the freshmen list/

Guess i’ll just keep spittin’ shit,” and “i

was hopin’ they would see me just for me,

dope rhymer/ they do me like my first

house, no co-signer/ See you usin’ quali-

fiers, you don’t even know/‘i guess he

good for a rapper who on a tv show!’”

Glover impressively speeds through

segments of rapping on “Lights turned

on” with down tempo choruses, quick syn-

thesizers and drums.

the closing track “Not Going Back”

featuring Beldina Malaika, opens with

piano and strings heard more acoustically

than the other tracks. the song builds in

suspense from Glover’s clever lyrics and

into Malaika’s slower verse. the two then

close out the track as a duet.

the five-track EP is sure to attract lis-

teners old and new. Where Culdesac seems

playful with lyrics, EP brings it up a notch

with more production experimentation in

additional to Glover’s continuously witty

lyrics.

A few notable tracks off of Culdesac

that any Glover/childish Gambino fan

should listen to include “difference,”

“Hero,” “do Ya Like” and “Put it in My

video.”

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Starting college can be an exciting

and sometimes difficult experience.

Meeting new people, managing your

goals and being on your own can be tire-

some, so here are five albums for incom-

ing freshmen to reduce stress, relax your

mind and maybe even inspire you.

Teen Dream by

Beach House —

this is the third

album by the Balti-

more-based indie

rock duo band con-

sisting of vocalist

and keyboard player victoria Legrand

and guitarist Alex Scally. the band’s

music has a dreamy edge to it due to its

intense and sometimes slow rhythmic

beats, haunting lyrics and ’70s vibe.

Songs like “Zebra” or “Lover of Mine”

will take you to another planet.

21 by Adele — this

english singer-song-

writer never fails to

mesmerize with her

heavenly voice. She

delivers soulful and

empowered piano in

the background like in “Someone Like

You” or a dynamic beat like in “rolling

in the deep.”

New Amerykah Part

Two (Return of the

Ankh) by erykah

Badu — With her

poetic and thought-

provoking lyrics, the

dallas-born singer-

songwriter delivers charismatic r&B

music in the format of spoken word with

a jazz edge. Songs like “Window Seat”

will definitely help you escape your

stress.

Phobia by Breaking

Benjamin —

consisting

of Benjamin Burnley

(vocalist/songwriter),

Aaron Fink (lead

guitarist), Mark Klepaski (bass guitarist)

and chad Szeliga (drummer), this alter-

native metal rock band delivers their

heavy rock music through the gentle but

strong vocals of Burnley. Songs like “the

diary of Jane” and “Breath” are favorites

of the album.

Dreaming of Re-

venge by Kaki King

— With her impres-

sive light vocals,

King’s guitar solos

tell a story through-

out the album. the Atlanta born musician

delivers her deep acoustic filled music

with songs like “2 o’ clock” and “Pull

Me out Alive.”


university students will be host-

ing the Keds cross-country cam-

paign, “How do You do?” in which

they hope to raise $5,000 for Free

Arts NYc on May 5 in union

Square.

Keds, the All-American canvas

shoe brand established in 1916, takes

to the highway for their “How do

You do?” tour.

the catch phrase is a reflection of

the brand and spirit that is not only a

greeting but a question to what in-

spires students to do what they do.

in each city the campaign goes

to, Keds will partner with a local

charity and showcase local musicians

and artists. For every “tweet” that an-

swers “How do you do inspiration?”

or “How do you do NYc?” with the

hashtag #KedsHdYd_NYc or

#KedsHdYd, Keds will donate $1 to

Free Arts NYc.

Free Arts NYc is an organization

that provides creative art programs

for homeless, abused and neglected

children. the program works

with schools and shelters to

create a combination of

mentoring programs

and educational

arts to help

c h i l -

dren build trust

and courage through creative arts.

Keds Ambassadors senior ellen

Sea and senior Alexandra Barrette, as

well as shoe artist senior Heather

Montemarano, have put together an

all-day event that not only promotes

art and inspiration within the univer-

sity’s community, but also among

children in the metropolitan area.

“When i heard that Keds was

using inspiration as the core part of

their campaign, my attention was

drawn in. What led me to want to

work with Keds was recruiting the

artistic, musical and modeling talent

that they wanted to feature as the at-

tractions to the event, Barette said.”

“Keds is supporting local artists

and musicians and i knew it would be

fun and exciting to help them get

everything together,” she continued.

the event will have a giant inter-

active shoebox where attendees can

learn about the history of Keds.

Local artists will be featured

and performances by local

musicians and dance teams

will take place.

Attendees can join local

artists to create a giant mural con-

veying the inspirations of university

students and design their own shoes.

there will be a student organiza-

tion competition in which $50 will be

donated to a charity for every 20 peo-

ple the organization can get to attend.

A fashion show with seven univer-

sity students will also take place dur-

ing this fun-filled charity event.

“i look forward to having Pace

students collaborate with Keds on

this amazing campaign to help en-

courage creativity in the city. i look

forward to hearing many young peo-

ple tell us their inspirations in life,”

Sea said.

“the event will definitely

show that there are many cre-

ative individuals at Pace

who love art and

would love

to encour-

a g e

art in any way.

it’s great to have the school be in-

volved with Keds because it shows

that students at Pace are willing to

represent their university. As a stu-

dent, this is a unique opportunity you

don’t get often, and i’m glad Pace is

a part of it,” Sea continued.

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tious vocals,

New Zealand’s the Naked and

Famous had a great debut with

Passive Me, Aggressive You. one

listen to the closing song, “Girls

Like You,” will make anyone fall

in love with this band — trust me.

-Brian Rentas

Animal collective’s album Sung

Tongs features

fun, upbeat yet

quirky tracks.

the obscure

nature of

songs like “We

tigers” and “Sweet road” reflect

the indie/underground music that

gives NYc it’s reputation for cre-

ativity and outside of the box arts.

Sung Tongs was a big part of my

freshman year soundtrack. -

Stephanie Hansen

taylor Swift’s Speak Now: We all

know her as

the singing

s w e e t h e a r t

with enough

sass to leave

the men who

did her wrong crying in the corner

ashamed of their actions for

weeks — and sometimes even

years. the 20-year-old country

starlet’s third full-length album is

titled Speak Now. Swift has

claimed it to be her most personal

album yet. Swift is sure to keep

the attention of her fans and will

gain some new ones with this

album! -Kaitlynn Blyth

Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale:

the perfect

album to listen

to when you're

trying to finish

that awful Lit

paper and the

perfect album to listen to when

you give up on said Lit paper to go

dancing instead.

- Craig Held

Ke$ha’s Cannibal: Cannibal, the

follow-up eP

to her first

album, Ani-

mal, is defi-

nitely an

album that will

want to make you get up and

dance. Make sure to put your glit-

ter on and crank up the volume to

“We r Who We r.” -Kate

Hamzik

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fan-

tasy by Kanye West: Kanye West

released an album of wonder and

awe post his Hawaiian isolation.

His most recent album is sure to

please the ear

with a variety

of artists and

instrumentals

featured.

- Ivonna Thompson

Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers is a perfect

response not

only to the

current state

of the hip-hop

industry but

also, the poli-

tics and problems surrounding our

country. -Hilda Adeniji

the Hold Steady’s most recent

album Heaven

Is Whenever

sadly does not

include former

keyboardis t

Franz Nicolay,

but makes up for what it lacks

with craig Finn’s infamous story-

telling lyrics. -Lynn Rickert

to say Laura Stevenson and the

can’s Sit Re-

sist is one of

the better al-

bums in recent

m e m o r y

would be an

understatement. this album im-

presses me more and more with

each listen. - Brian Rentas

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one of the greatest advantages

of living in NYc is the abundance

of entertainment options on any

given night. there are countless

ways one can spend their nights in

the Big Apple, with some New

Yorkers agreeing that the music

scene is well worth checking out.

there are more concert ven-

ues in Brooklyn and Manhattan

than one could possibly imagine,

but outlined here are venues that

host some of the best concerts in

the tri-state area. the list in-

cludes not only major venues, but

also great local venues that have

helped countless artists get their

start.

Smaller venues can offer the

most authentic New York experi-

ences and are great places to start

the night off with. the Knitting

Factory in Brooklyn, located at

361 Metropolitan Ave., has hosted

great up and coming local bands.

Best coast even played here be-

fore blowing up with their self-ti-

tled debut album.

Similarly, Arlene’s Grocery

located in the Lower east Side at

95 Stanton Street, was where the

Strokes got their start. it is a hip

venue where local bands try to

make a name for themselves.

if you are into the small venue

atmosphere, definitely check out

Brooklyn’s Shea Stadium. Not to

be confused with the baseball sta-

dium, it is a wild party of musi-

cians and fans alike almost every

night. Shea Stadium’s indie band

line up is the perfect location to

check out bands that may one day

be huge. the venue is located at

20 Meadow St.

if you would rather take a

break from trying to remember

every obscure artist’s name at

small shows and are interested in

seeing any indie artist worth men-

tioning, there are four places you

should check out: the Bowery

Ballroom located at 6 delancey

St. on the Lower east Side, the

Music Hall of Williamsburg lo-

cated at 66 North 6th St. in

Brooklyn, terminal 5 located at

610 West 56th St. and Webster

Hall located at 125 east 11th St.

these four venues are NYc music

scene staples and host general ad-

mission shows for both large

scale and obscure talents each

night.

everyone from Born ruffians,

Neon indian, Fleet Foxes, Bruno

Mars and even Kanye West have

all performed at Bowery Ball-

room to sold out crowds. Webster

Hall is hardly different with per-

formances form Snoop dogg, the

drums, Wavves and chris Brown

being some of the many high-

lights.

the inside setup of Webster

Hall is almost identical to Bowery

Ballroom’s and the artists they

host hardly vary from Bowery’s.

one difference between Webster

Hall and Bowery though is the

consistency of shows. Webster

Hall usually hosts less shows per

month in its grand ballroom than

the Bowery Ballroom, but surely

makes up for that factor in the

amount of smaller scale shows

usually consisting of local bands

hosted in the Studio at Webster

Hall, conveniently located in the

venue’s basement.

the Music Hall of Williams-

burg hosts a bit of a different

crowd and most often the artists

performing at this venue are of

typical hipster fashion. the

artists are usually already quite

popular but are still developing a

larger fan base.

terminal 5 hosts artists with

large followings like Julian

casablancas, the Walkmen,

Panic! At the disco and some of

Lcd Soundsystem’s last shows.

it’s always a tight space, but al-

ways enjoyable.

in addition to all of these,

NYc is home to the world’s most

famous arena, Madison Square

Garden. there is nothing quite

like sitting in a sold out show

with 20,000 other people adoring

the same artist.

You may be wondering how it

would be possible to keep track of

the multitude of shows available

for New Yorkers. As a music fan,

The Pace Press recommends

checking out sites like ohmy-

rockness.com and Last.fm, both

of which are always chock-full of

upcoming shows.

Whichever venue you choose,

amazing music is guaranteed. the

wonderful thing about New York

is that the options are limitless

and there is always great talent

waiting to be discovered.

“one can always find a vari-

ety of talented artists anywhere in

the area. there is no shortage of

musical creativity in NY,” fresh-

man Nora Kennedy said.

Staying in NYc for the sum-

mer gives you many opportunities

to enjoy different types of con-

certs and events — the best part is

that some of these events are

often free.

SummerStage hosts a wide va-

riety of events throughout the

summer at central Park’s main

stage. Night at the caravanserai:

tales of Wonder featuring Yo-Yo

Ma, his Silk road ensemble and

students will take place on June 7.

the students are sixth graders

from a variety of schools like ed-

ward Bleeker JHS 185, Frederick

douglass Academy iii, Granville

t. Woods MS 584 and PS/MS 161

Pedro Albizu campos School.

SummerStage continues with

Passion of tap on June 10 in Her-

bert von King Park, which would

seem like just a jazz concert but it

turns out to be full dance produc-

tion that ends with an entertaining

jam session. omar edwards is the

artistic director who draws from

years of training and a career that

goes from the worlds of music to

even television, theater and film.

the 9th cine Fest Petrobras

Brasil NY: Mart’nália / Screen-

ing: Elza is being held outdoors at

the main stage on June 19 and

will pay tribute to the best of

Brazil’s creative cinema. the doc-

umentary is about one of Brazil’s

original samba superstars, elza

Soares, and how her songs have

transcended all generations.

After the documentary is

screened there will be a live per-

formance by Mart’nália, who is

one of Brazil’s most exciting

artists and considered the “Queen

of Samba.” Her rhythms and

smooth, lilting voice will make

you get your dancing shoes out.

the variety is carried on by

comedian Jim Gaffigan with spe-

cial guest John Pinette on June 29

as part of comedy central Park.

Back for its fifth year, it will be

an evening of laughs that you’ll

want to come and enjoy.

Gaffigan has proven himself

to many audiences for his clever

stand-up comedy, acting and writ-

ing. Pinette has also been enter-

taining audiences for over 20

years in television, film and stage.

these are only some of the

events of the myriad that will be

at SummerStage. For the full

lineup , check Summerstage.org.

Another event that is continu-

ing this summer is the river to

river Festival from June 19 to

July 16 in Lower Manhattan. For

their 10th anniversary, the theme

is iconic NY artists including

Patti Smith, the New York city

opera and Laurie Anderson.

Music, theater, film, dance are all

aspects of this festival.

For more information, visit

rivertorivernyc.com.

if that isn’t enough of a selec-

tion, head on over to Governors

island, which opens up for the

season on May 27.

No Longer empty presents

“the Sixth Borough” from June 5

to oct. 10. it is an exhibition that

“features a series of site-specific

installations and explores the par-

adox of the parallel realities of the

mainland and the island, which

exist in spatial proximity but in

different states of being,” accord-

ing to Governors island’s website.

Governors island also offers

Flying trapeze Lessons from the

trapeze School New York

(tSNY) in collaboration with the

Big Apple circus. classes are of-

fered on Saturdays and Sundays

on Parade Ground.

one of the best summer

events is happening the first day

of summer, June 21: Make Music

New York (MMNY). As a precur-

sor to the event, Governors island

will be transforming into Punk is-

land with dozens of performances

throughout the day before on June

20 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

MMNY won’t only be on

Governors island though. it is a

one of a kind festival with free

concerts everywhere in NYc.

their website states, “from 11 in

the morning to 10 at night, musi-

cians of all ages, creeds and mu-

sical persuasions — from hip hop

to opera, Latin jazz to punk rock

— perform on streets, sidewalks,

stoops, plazas, cemeteries, parks

and gardens. From high school

bands to marquee names, MMNY

is open to anyone who wants to

take part [and] enjoyed by every-

one who wants to attend.”

Summer 2011 will definitely

be a summer to remember with

everything from dance parties,

swimming lessons, art fairs, festi-

vals and many artists performing

anywhere and everywhere. don’t

miss out on what is sure to be a

good time.

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TOP REASONSTo Take Advantage of FreeNYC Summer Events

1. You’re a college

student and you’re broke.

2. It’s a great way to get a

tan!

3. Maybe someone will

realize how awesome you

are and make you

famous, too!

4. It’s the #1 cure for the

summer blues.

5. It’s better than cleaning

your apartment.

Interested in getting some Flying Trapeze Lessons?

Check out their website:newyork.

trapezeschool.com

TRAPEZE


Students in NYc are often asked

to attend museums for class projects

or art reports, most of whom are not

inclined to attend museum galas oth-

erwise. one could derive that the lack

of museum attendance by the student

body can be attributed to the fact that

they are unaware of which museums

are available, but above all else,

which are financially feasible to at-

tend.

When one thinks of the most fa-

mous museums in NYc, the Metro-

politan Museum of Art located at

1000 Fifth Avenue and the Museum

of Modern Art (MoMA) located at 11

West 53rd St. immediately come to

mind. Both offer suggested donations

and discounts for students, but NYc

and its five boroughs offer plenty of

museums which are not as publicized

but are still great.

NYc museums can be catego-

rized into subject areas such as art,

history and cultural heritage. Most art

museums around the city offer stu-

dent discounts on select days or annu-

ally. the Museum of Arts and design,

located at 2 columbus circle, offers

a pay-as-you-go fee on thursdays

from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. the museum

specializes in objects which reflect

contemporary and historic innovation

in craft, art and design, which is a

change from the typical run of the

mill museums flooded with long lines

of tourists.

the Brooklyn Museum of Art is

said to offer its viewers the best col-

lection of egyptian Art in the world,

but best of all is their student discount

— only $3 for admission with valid

student identification. the museum is

located at 200 eastern Parkway and

is open Wednesday through Saturday

from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the first

Saturday of every month its doors are

open until 11 p.m.

if you feel inspired to acquire

some more scientific knowledge, the

American Museum of Natural His-

tory, located at central Park West at

79th St., is a nice stop for after a stroll

around the park.

For 125 years, the museum has

been one of the most preeminent re-

search science institutions for stu-

dents.

there is a suggested donation of

$7.50, but if you can only spare a

quarter the museum will still wel-

come you with open arms.

the addition of the rose center

for earth and Science also makes sci-

ence, specifically astronomy and as-

trophysics, more accessible to the

public.

No matter your culture, NYc

may offer a museum to enhance your

knowledge of your own culture or

others. visit the Jewish Museum, the

largest Jewish museum in the western

hemisphere. the museum, located at

1109 Fifth Avenue, holds exhibits on

the top two floors detailing the life of

Jewish people from more than four

thousand years ago.

the Museum for African Art at

593 Broadway only costs $2.50 for

students. the museum’s goal is to “in-

crease public understanding and ap-

preciation of African art and culture,”

according to the museum’s website.

At a fee of $15, students can visit

the Lower east Side tenement Mu-

seum, located at 108 orchard St., a

landmark tenement that was home to

over 7,000 people from 20 nations be-

tween 1863 and 1935.visitors can

learn about the living styles of past

european settlers.

Just for fun, the American Mu-

seum of the Moving image houses the

most important collections of motion

picture and television artifacts. exhi-

bitions illustrate how art and the craft

of moving images are inseparable.

For just for $5.50, students can have

the chance to enhance their perception

of the moving picture. the museum

is located at 36-01 35th Ave. in Asto-

ria, Queens.

the buzzword on Broadway

this spring is — fun. the three

most nominated musicals for the

recently announced outer critics

circle Awards are just that — a fun

time and not too out of reach for

students to enjoy. they are dance

and joke-heavy, but in all cases

drive home that good old Broad-

way feel good message.

The Book of Mormonthis is the musical to see, that

is, if you can get tickets. this is the

smash-hit new musical by the cre-

ators of South Park, trey Parker

and Matt Stone. the show tells the

story of two young Mormon mis-

sionaries sent off to spread the

word in a dangerous part of

uganda. The New York Post re-

ported that audience members were

“sore from laughing so hard.”

Filled with crude humor, inappro-

priately hilarious jokes and a raved

about score, this musical is a must

see.

Anything GoesSutton Foster and Joel Grey

star in the revival of this cole

Porter classic, which fans of old-

school musical theater will really

enjoy. it is filled with some of the

best music from the 40s, including

“i Get a Kick out of You” and

“easy to Love.” despite the fluffy

and at times weak plot, the rewrit-

ten script and incredible arrange-

ments will most certainly distract

you from the many holes in the

original script. Four-time tony

Award Nominee Foster is astound-

ing as reno Sweeney, and Joel

Grey, most famous for winning

both the Academy Award and tony

Award for his portrayal of emcee

in cabaret, proves himself once

again to be a comedic legend.

Sister Actthe musical based on the

beloved Whoopi Goldberg movie

of same name has been altered just

a bit, but is just as funny and heart-

felt as the original. this musical

got rave reviews on London’s West

end and with that energy was able

to move to NYc this spring. Patina

Miller stars as deloris van cartier

and the incredible victoria clark

plays Mother Superior. Filled with

dance, fun and incredible cos-

tumes, this musical is great for all

ages. Leading the group with nine

outer critics circle Nominations,

this is definitely one to see.

With the incredible success of

The Book of Mormon, Anything

Goes and Sister Act, tickets are a

hot commodity. Here is the break-

down of the rush policy for those

three theaters:

Anything Goes: the Stephen

Sondheim theater 124 West 43rd

St between 6th Ave. and 7th Ave.

this is probably the hardest

ticket to get as there is no standing

room policy. General rush is two

tickets per person and only about

six are given out. Get there early

before they open as you may not be

the first person there waiting. tick-

ets are $30 a piece.

The Book of Mormon: the

eugene o’Neil theater 230 West

49th St. between 7th Ave. and 8th

Ave.

they give away 12 tickets in a

lottery two hours before the show.

You can put your name into the lot-

tery once, indicating how many

tickets you want, with the maxi-

mum being two. the lottery starts

taking names two and a half hours

before the show. the tickets are

$27 and in the front row. there is a

standing room line for $27 for the

back of the theater with a maxi-

mum of two tickets per a person as

well. People begin lining up in

front of the theater usually around

four hours before curtain.

Sister Act: the Broadway the-

ater 1681 Broadway between 53rd

St. and 54th St. it has the same

rush policy as Anything Goes.

of course, there are also some

musicals on Broadway that you

should pass on.

Wonderland: this musical is a

take on author Lewis carroll’s

“Alice Adventures in Wonderland.”

Kate Shindle, known for her por-

trayal of vivienne in Legally

Blonde on Broadway, and Janet

dacal, previously of In The

Heights, are two of the stars in this

musical. unfortunately, even they

could not salvage this show as it

was a mess — a musical train

wreck at its best.

Spider-Man: Turn Off the

Dark: even if you have money to

throw away, this show is literally

bad for your health. With their di-

rector and creator Julie taymor re-

cently fired, and Bono’s

much-criticized score not getting

any better, it does Wonderland a

favor by being so unbeatably bad.

You’ve heard the jokes, and the

scary injury stats: with actors fly-

ing over the audience, you could be

the next scary statistic.

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sutton Foster’s performance in Anything Goes is one to not miss out on.

20 May 4, 2011

When Harry Tries To Marry,

the brainchild of many university

students and faculty members,

sold out its premiere at the AMc

theatre in times Square April 19.

the independent film is a tongue-

in-cheek romantic comedy about

an indian-American college stu-

dent who wants to have an

arranged marriage after witnessing

his parent’s failed “love marriage.”

the film won three awards at

the London Asian Film Festival in-

cluding Best crossover film, Best

New talent for rahul rai and the

audience award for Best Film.

the film puts a refreshing new

twist on stereotypical cross-cul-

tural films and leaves the audience

laughing and shocked at the unex-

pected ending. the success of the

film is credited to the life altering

determination of director Nayan

Padrai, its brilliant casting and the

support of producer Sheetal vyas.

“in Bollywood movies, the

typical story is that the boy and

girl fall in love, the parents don’t

want them to get married, or want

them to marry other people, but

they end up marrying and living

happily ever after. No one ever

tells the point of view of happy

arranged marriages. there are a lot

of guys who want that — no one

ever told that perspective,” Padrai

said.

university sophomore rai

plays lead character Harry. His

award for Best New talent was

much deserved as his acting is nat-

ural and convincing, which cou-

ples powerfully with the talented

Stefanie estes, who plays his

American love interest theresa.

osvaldo Hernandez is hilari-

ous in the character of Louis,

Harry’s best friend, who attempts

to talk him out of having an

arranged marriage. Harry’s father

dev (tony Mirrcandani), is

equally hilarious, a perfect indian

version of Jack Nicholson.

the university is used as a

backdrop in the film, with many

university students having small

parts within the film. “We were

also looking for a university to

shoot at, preferably in a five to 10

mile radius of our office in down-

town Manhattan. We also wanted

to shoot the opening and ending

scene in front of the fountain at

city Hall Park. Pace was our first

choice, and most importantly, Pace

wanted us,” vyas said.

When asked about the movie-

making experience in india, the

cast laughed and simply said,

“chai dada!” in india, the men

who fetch tea and coffee for the

actors expected them to yell out,

“chai dada,” which is a regular

india expression. the cast was sur-

prised to find that while they

thought this was rude, it is actually

proper etiquette in india.

When Harry Tries to Marry is

Padrai’s directorial debut and the

world-wide recognition it has re-

ceived is more than he expected.

He wrote the script for himself but

was told by an agent that he could

not play the role of Harry because

he didn’t have an indian accent.

He then decided that he would not

let anyone tell him what to do, so

he chose the next best thing to

being an actor — direct the movie

himself.

“i wanted to make When Harry

Tries to Marry before i turned 35.

After my 34th birthday, i left my

job and gave myself one year to

make it happen. People would ask

me, ‘What’s your job?’ i would

say i’m a director. they’d say no,

what’s your real job? i’d tell them

that’s my real job. even when

you’re struggling with your pas-

sion, it doesn’t feel like work,”

Padrai said in a question and an-

swer session following the pre-

miere. He encouraged students to

pursue creative careers. “Acting is

a dream that many people have,

but few people follow,” Padrai

said.

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StAFF Writer

impawards.com

Laura Stevenson and the

cans, a five-piece band hailing

from the ever-familiar land of

Brooklyn, NY, have released their

sophomore full-length album, en-

titled simply Sit Resist.

Brooklyn is known for its

deeply talented music scene —

MGMt, dirty Projectors,

Yeasayer and many more all call

the borough of Kings their home-

town — but it is always a treat to

hear of a band that displays musi-

cal talent and virtuosity that also

comes from a borough of NYc.

it is another thing, however,

when a band who’ve you been

following for some time finally

gets a crack at ‘making it big,’ and

they take no prisoners in doing so.

to put it simply, Stevenson and

her four cans have put out a spec-

tacular record. Sit Resist could,

and very well should be, an early-

bird contender on every music

aficionado’s “Best of 2011” list.

Stevenson, the ever-timid

front woman of the folk pop

group, is an inspiring singer/song-

writer. Growing up in a musical

family, her grandfather being the

composer of “the Little drummer

Boy” and her grandmother being

a vocalist for the Benny Goodman

orchestra, Stevenson first

grabbed attention with the 2008

release of the band’s first album,

A Record.

Being a simple folk album

with a hint of indie rock, it was

Stevenson’s perfect voice that

grabbed attention — powerful,

somber, sweet and impressive all

at the same time. Her voice fit

seamlessly with the album’s

music.

With the band signing to don

Giovanni records, known for the

bands Screaming Females and

Shellshag, in 2010 and the subse-

quent announcement of Sit Resist,

fans of A Record waited with high

expectations for the band’s new

record. the wait was completely

worth it.

the band developed hugely

within the time gap between the

two records — they have never

sounded better, and the 13 songs

that comprise Sit Resist show off

this talent.

it is only seconds into the first

track of the record, “Halloween

Pts. 1 & 2,” that the idea of an

album that is destined to become

greater than anticipated hits the

listener’s mind. A humble starter,

it is when Stevenson’s voice is

combined with the rest of the

band’s orchestration — horns, ac-

cordions, guitars, bass and drums

— when the magic flourishes.

it is the simple nature of the

song that grabs attention — miss-

ing are the electro synthesizers

and the layers of auto tune that

sometime seem to plague modern

music; instead, the song show-

cases a band of immeasurably tal-

ented musicians headed by a

young woman who has one of the

best voices in recent memory

coming together to weave a sim-

ple story.

the next song, “Master of

Art,” is the lead single off the

album and for good measure; a

jovial delight of a song, it is one

of the many songs on the album

that the listener will be coming

back to, and will be singing along

at the top of their lungs.

the one thing that any review

could not stress enough is the

power behind Stevenson’s voice,

and this song emphasizes that im-

mensely. Starting off with a famil-

iar drumbeat that morphs into a

melody with cheerful guitars and

tambourines, the song reflects a

love story full of patience: “All i

could pray for is that you’d please

wait for me/ until i am a Master

of Art/ until i have done every-

thing.”

“the Healthy one” is a stand-

out song with an upbeat tune that

is actually rather morbid — “And

you will live long/ You will bury

them all in the ground/ And your

body will grow/ it hurts to be the

healthy one!” is a chorus that will

be sung rather loudly by fans, but

most likely after feeling a bit sin-

ister.

immediately following is

“Finish Piece,” which allows

Stevenson to use that talented

voice with a simple piano back-

drop; rather somber and slow, it’s

a perfect ballad.

A personal favorite is “8:08,”

as it takes one listen to understand

the beauty emanating from this

song. Stevenson’s voice on this

song is passionate and superb, and

it is songs like “8:08” that tug at

an emotional heartstring, which is

intensified with the voice behind

the 27-year-old Long island na-

tive.

it is hard to Sit [and] Resist

the temptation to write on and on

about how good this album is.

Laura Stevenson and the can’s

Sit Resist deserves one listen at

the very least.

For those who are interested,

the band announced a very special

piece of information — celebrat-

ing the release of the album. Sit

Resist is completely free to down-

load up until May 26. this means

simply one thing — any music lis-

tener has literally no excuse to

pass up listening to this album.

You owe it to your ears.

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21FEATURESFEATURESMay 4, 2011

colleges and universities rely on their measured worth

to drive up the rates of admissions. Prospective students

use factors such as location, price, degrees and acceptance

rates to determine a school's value.

Alumni influence is an equally important basis for

school assessment. it is a determining factor however, that

is easy to overlook and underrate. Looking at a college or

universities alumni record can reveal a lot about the overall

success of the school. Statistics about graduation rates and

post-grad income can display a degree’s value in the “real

world.

the university has an interesting portfolio of alumni.

A profile on recent alumni can give a current depiction of

the value of the university. two alumni that can help attest

to the university’s motto of "work towards greatness" are

rachel chopra and danny estrada.

chopra is a '08 alumna. during her time at the univer-

sity she was an active member in student life: a member

of ALPFA, Project Pericles and President of multiple hon-

ors organizations.

For the past three years, chopra has been a junior fi-

nancial analyst at Goldman Sachs. Apart from the business

world, she is the founder of oreY (organization reaching

for the empowerment of Youth). oreY is a non-profit or-

ganization that is dedicated to aiding children devastated

by Hurricane Katrina and providing educational help for

New orleans, La. students.

For the last four years during spring break, chopra,

oreY and approximately 30 university students have

spent their Spring Break in New orleans volunteering as

an alternative spring break. the project was first started as

a collaborated trip with a professor at the university. this

"alternative spring break" now provides university stu-

dents and other volunteers with a unique way to give back.

oreY is on a mission to empower teens in New orleans

“to become leaders in their own communities.”

chopra explained how her double major in Finance and

Accounting at the university helped her obtain great skills

to run a non-profit organization. She extends the opportu-

nity to volunteer to anyone who may have interest and can

be contacted at [email protected]

danny estrada is a ’06 alumnus who now has his own

company, estrada entertainment Group (eeG). in ’06,

estrada and business partner Ambrose olson founded

eeG, a full service entertainment marketing, public rela-

tions and talent management firm. eeG’s client list in-

cludes: Kim Kardashian, singer Sasha, Mtv, ABc, NBc,

oxygen, AoL and the Wall Street Journal.

estrada’s company handles brands and clients for both

American and Hispanic markets. While at the university,

estrada had several leadership roles such as being an ori-

entation Leader and a resident Advisor.

these two alumni are only two examples of university

success stories. they not only show individual achieve-

ments; but they represent the ever-growing community of

the university. the willingness of these alumni, along with

many others, to come back and continue to positively im-

pact and aid their collegiate community shows how the

university fosters great teamwork and leadership.

Alumni�who�are�truly�“Working Towards Greatness”HIlDA ADenIJI

diGitAL iLLuStrAtor

No�reservations�needed�for�NYC’s�“street�meat”

they are found on almost every block

and have become a staple of NYc streets —

food trucks. these vendors depend on

tourists and native New Yorkers, but can

carry a stigma of selling dirty and artificial

food that is extremely unhealthy for con-

sumers. the New York city Food truck As-

sociation (NYcFtA) is now working to

combat this negative view.

the NYcFtA consists of the 32 gour-

met food trucks owners that sell everything

from cupcakes to lobsters. the owners

formed this association to change the way

food is sold on the street and to change the

laws that inhibit the expansion of these new

gourmet food trucks.

“We think the nature of street vending

has changed and we are looking to advocate

for laws that reflect those changes,” co-

owner of the rickshaw dumpling truck

david Weber said in an interview with The

Wall Street Journal.

these laws include the right to park and

vend at metered spots and faster licensing.

According to WSJ, NYc prohibits vending

at metered spots, leaving very few spaces

for food trucks to park legally. it also takes

between six to eight weeks to receive a mo-

bile food-vending license.

New gourmet food trucks, which are

often run by restaurant owners, are trying to

reinvent the street food market. the Steak

truck on 47th St. and Park Avenue sells

reasonably priced streaks. Berry Froyo in

union Square rivals Pinkberry on both taste

and cost. then there is Patacon Pisao on

202nd St. between 9th Ave. and 10th Ave.

that sells deli sandwiches. instead of grab-

bing poorly made food on a rushed lunch

break, anyone can get these well made

foods on the go.

“Normally i would never try street

meat, or any food from street vendors for

that matter,” freshman Patrick Samtani said.

“it makes me nervous because i don’t

know who is making the food or what it is

made of,” he added.

Freshman Mike Biyad had a similar

opinion. “if i’m going to spend my money

on food then i don’t want to waste it on

something that doesn’t taste good and looks

awful,” he said.

Gourmet food trucks have changed

some people’s previous views on eating

“street meat.” “i don’t consider those trucks

to be in the same category as the dirty pret-

zel and hot dog stands. these are actually

like real restaurants but on wheels,” Biyad

said.

“i actually have tried a lot of new foods

eating at these trucks, i relied on them when

the cafe shut down,” Samtani added.

these new upscale vendors are so pop-

ular that most have their own twitter and

Facebook accounts to track where they will

be and when. With so many fans of these

new gourmet food trucks, whose goal is

merely to improve the city’s food, it is hard

to believe that there would be anyone who

would not approve. the older vendors who

are losing business and city officials who

have to deal with overcrowding in the

streets think otherwise.

“As long as people have a need to eat,

there will always be street vendors,” Biyad

said. “So why not have them sell gourmet

food? this should not be an issue to anyone.

the new gourmet food trucks are only

changing NYc for the better.”

Abbey beATson

StAFF Writer

I actually have tried

a lot of new foods

eating at these trucks,

I relied on them when the

cafe shut down.

-Patrick Samtani, student

newyorkstreetfood.com

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it is 3 a.m. and you have a

seven page paper due in a few

hours. So far, you have written

only a few words but have man-

aged to download 10 new songs

and comment on your best

friend’s entire new Facebook

album. this situation may sound

familiar as we have all been dis-

tracted by the internet while try-

ing to study or finish homework.

the internet is not the real

enemy — it’s our natural instinct

to prefer things that give us pleas-

ure over work. the internet has

developed programs that can

keep you off of certain websites

and help you organize your to-do

list, notes and even send you re-

minders. these useful tools could

save your GPA.

the website,

Keepmeout.com, is coming to the

aide of student procrastinators

everywhere and is simple to use.

it asks users for the urL of the

website they want to stay out of

and the amount of time you want

to stay out of it for. it allows you

to go on the website once during

the time frame, but warns you if

you go on more than that.

You can also set the block on

a certain website as a bookmark

for easy access for next time. if

you do try to go on the blocked

website, it takes you to a web-

page that gives you a warning.

“You visited Facebook just 5

minutes ago…why not come back

in 28 minutes and 5 seconds?”

“i think it [www.keepmeout.

com] can help, but at the same

time i feel like it can worsen the

problem because then a student

will be counting down how much

time until they can 'take a break'

and get back on Facebook or

Youtube. But i feel like the in-

tention is good, and if students

can really stick with it then it can

help them focus and be more pro-

ductive,” sophomore rudy Luna

said.

organization is the sole thing

that can save your college career

or destroy it. Students know the

drill, at the beginning of the se-

mester you buy a planner and

vow to write every assignment on

a calendar dry erase board. to-

wards the end of the year, you

often have to dig through your

binder for a syllabus, almost for-

getting an assignment is due until

someone in the class mentions it.

Another student savior is the

website evernote.com. it is a

downloadable program that

works both on your computer and

on smart phones to help your or-

ganize. evernote is a simple to

use program that allows you to

take notes, save images, create

to-do lists, view PdF’s and even

open and save photos directly

onto the program.

You can take notes directly on

evernote — with a simple blank

document format or a lined note-

book background. it even allows

you to take a webcam note. You

can tag notes to group them to-

gether and create separate note-

books for separate subjects. the

to-do list allows you to check off

tasks as you go. You can also

print your notes; attach files to

them and the program even syncs

back and forth between your

computer and phone so you are

never left without your notes or

reminders.

the question remains if web-

sites like these can help college

students work more efficiently.

While keepmeout.com has the

potential to cure college students

of procrastination, a skill they

have been developing since high

school, evernote can help even

the most disorganized of students

pull themselves together and

avoid late assignments.

RuveenA vIRk

StAFF Writer

Americans and Britains alike

tuned into watch the royal wedding

on April 29 to see Kate — now

catherine — Middleton marry Prince

William, son of Prince charles and

the late Lady diana Spencer, in West-

minster Abbey. the wedding marked

the first large-scale royal wedding to

garner so much American attention

since the wedding of William’s par-

ents in 1981.

the ceremony, which lasted

exactly one hour and 15 minutes, was

timed down to the minute with Mid-

dleton walking down the aisle for ex-

actly three and a half minutes. the

long time girlfriend of the man who

stands to become the King of eng-

land, wore a gown designed by

Alexander McQueen’s right-hand

woman and current head of the late

designer’s eponymous label Sarah

Burton.

With a classic victorian silhou-

ette consisting of a satin corset bodice

and padded hips, the newlywed

wowed fashionistas and commoners

alike. the dress is reminiscent of

Grace Kelly’s and even Queen eliz-

abeth’s wedding gowns. the couple’s

website stated that Burton’s team

washed their hands every half hour in

order to keep the lace on the upper

bodice and sleeves at its whitest and

changed their needles every three

hours to ensure the precise detailing

that the dress required.

Middleton’s dress wasn’t the only

fashion to come out of the ceremony

though — the hats and fascinators

that adorned female guests were

newsworthy in themselves. in British

culture, it is customary for hats to be

worn to formal events, most created

at the hands of famed haberdasher,

Philip treacy. of course, treacy is

more prevalent in the zeitgeist thanks

to his work with Lady Gaga, yet his

craftsmanship has spanned genera-

tions of international royalty.

For the average provincial

watching the wedding, a number of

cultural aspects are just lost on our

monarch-less society. the largest col-

lective “huh” is centered on Middle-

ton’s position within the royal family.

While it is easy to consider her a

princess, she is technically just a

duchess. A princess can only offi-

cially bear the title if she is born into

royalty; one cannot simply become a

princess.

When Middleton married Prince

William, she became “Her royal

Highness Princess William Arthur

Philip Louis, duchess of cambridge,

countess of Strathearn, Baroness

carrickfergus,” but she will be

widely known as “Her royal High-

ness the duchess of cambridge.”

Yet, these are not the only titles

Middleton could hold. She is, after

all, married to the man who is second

in line to the throne. As Prince

William’s wife, she could eventually

become Queen, but only in name.

Much like Queen elizabeth’s mother,

Middleton will be known as a Queen

consort. She will hold no official

power and in the event Prince

William dies or abdicates, she will

lose her title. this marks the first time

in 350 years that a commoner with no

aristocratic ties stands to become a

consort within the monarchy.

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23FEATURESFEATURESMay 4, 2011

Six Flags and disney World will never

compare to New York’s coney island.

New Yorkers don’t go to coney island

for the white sandy beaches or crystal blue

waters, but it is a popular summer destina-

tion complete with over 50 rides and attrac-

tions, a boardwalk and the first Nathan’s

Famous Hot dogs.

the cyclone roller coaster has been

thrilling city goers for over 80 years. over

time the cyclone has won many awards.

reorganization including consecutive years

of winning the Golden ticket Awards: Best

Wooden coaster and Mitch Hawker’s Best

roller coaster Poll: Best Wooden-tracked

roller coaster. the first drop during the

ride plunges 85 feet and accelerates to

speeds up to 60mph.

According to visitbrooklyn.org, “Time

Magazine once quoted charles Lindbergh

as saying that a ride on the cyclone was

more thrilling than his historic first flight

across the Atlantic ocean.”

in May 2010, Luna Park opened its

doors taking over Astroland amusement

park, which closed in 2008 due to financial

problems.

this is the second time around for Luna

Park. the amusement park was once a fa-

vorite destination for visitors before it

burned down in 1944. the design of the

new park is inspired by the once loved and

visited “Luna” of the past.

A popular attraction at Luna Park in-

cludes the Beach Shack; a ride that stimu-

lates being on top of a whirling tornado.

the electro Spin resembles Astroland’s old

Pirate Ship, as it rocks riders at the bottom

of a sweeping arc; adding the twist of spin-

ning people on a rotating disk.

All of the new rides were made by ital-

ian ride manufacturer Zamperla. central

Amusement international, which operates

Luna Park, has at least 12 out of the 19

rides that twist, rotate, twirl, rotate, or re-

volve. visitors should consider eating

lunch after they experience the rides.

the newest feature at the park this year

is the Scream Zone and the anticipated

Sling Shot; which shoots you up over 150

feet into the air at over 90 mph and then

free falls you back to the ground.

it would be a shame to go all the way

to this part of South Brooklyn and not visit

deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park.

the main attraction at this part of coney is-

land is the Wonder Wheel; a 150 foot high

Ferris wheels providing priceless views of

the Atlantic ocean and coney island

beaches. this small amusement park fea-

tures mostly children’s rides with only a

few rides for adults.

if going on rides or eating hot dogs

does not get you to hop on the subway and

travel all the way to coney island, the

Mermaid Parade will. this Brooklyn pa-

rade is the nation’s largest art parade and

one of the city’s most popular summer

events.

the Mermaid Parade this year is being

held on June 18 and begins at 2 p.m. this

day pays homage to coney island Mardi

Gras of the past, which lasted from 1903 to

1954. Attendees will see participants

dressed in hand-made beautiful costumes

representing Mermaids, Neptunes and sea

creatures. the procession of the parade also

includes marching bands, drill teams and a

grand finale yacht pulled on a flatbed.

each summer, a different celebrity

“King Neptune” and “Queen Mermaid”

rule over the proceedings, riding in the pa-

rade and at the end cutting through ribbons

representing the seasons.

don’t tire yourself out at the parade; the

celebration is followed by the Mermaid Pa-

rade ball. the event is where costumed pa-

rade participants and spectators gather to

listen to live music, purchase raffle tickets

and watch burlesque and sideshow acts.

coney island is more than just a beach;

it is a unique coastal attraction for all ages.

“coney island has always been a nice place

for families to spend time together. it has

been there for so long and has become a

part of New York’s history,” junior christa

tandana said.

SideShowNew York City’s

Upcoming events:May:Saturday 7th: “Boardwalk Barrels of Fun”.

Art competition and family fun day event.

Saturday 21st: Brooklyn Half-Marathon;

cheer on runners through Brooklyn on a

course that starts in Prospect Park at ends in

Coney Island.

June: Friday 17th: Fireworks Friday! First

evening fireworks of the season light up the

sky.

Friday 17th: Karaoke on Fireworks Friday!

Sing karaoke with friends and family on the

Boardwalk in front of Deno’s Wonder Wheel

Saturday 18th: The 29th Annual Mermaid

Parade

Saturday 18th: Brooklyn Cyclones Season

Opener!

Saturday 19th: Father’s Day Karaoke! Free

T-Shirts for Dad and Child duets!

Friday 24th& Saturday 26th: Karaoke on

Boardwalk

July:Friday 1st: TNA Wrestling at MCU Park

brought to you by Brooklyn Cyclones

Sunday 17th: Grimaldo’s Mile (swim race);

one mile ocean swim starts at Coney Island

and finishes at Brighton Beach

August:Saturday 6th: The 21st Annual Sand

Sculpting Contest

Every Friday throughout the summer: “Pay

What you Wish to See the Fish” – Free admis-

sion to The New York Aquarium, at Coney Is-

land

kATHRIne RIley

FeAtureS editor

Visit Coneyisland.com tofind out dates and times

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The Pace Press held its first ever “Best Of” photo contest, where students submitted photos that truly

represented their school year. Congratulations to the following people for their winning entries:

Ron Comstock (1, 2), Samantha Bassford (3), Anastasia Foss (4) & Muge Cokgoren (5)

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1. Resident Advisors (RA) of the Maria’s Tower Residence

Hall created their signature initials during RA training.

2. The Green Floor in Maria’s Towers went on an excursion

to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.

3. Junior Samantha Bassford poses with Dean for Students

Marijo Russell O’Grady while sporting her Homecoming

Queen crown.

4. Students completed a community service course by

teaching elderly citizens how to use technology.

5. These students took advantage of the many opportunities

to study abroad at the University and went to Rio De Janeiro

Brazil.

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