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Study finds possible cure for AIDS

Protesters object debt and expansion

South African director revamps 1961 play, ‘Blood Knot’

Students and residents rallied in Gould Plaza yesterday against debt and NYU expansion plans. EMMA PLISKIN/WSN

By Nitasha MaiNdiratta Scientists may be one step

closer on the path to finding a cure for the millions of people living with AIDS worldwide. This month researchers found that the protein SAMHD1 can slow or stop HIV growth by removing cells that form the virus.

NYU Langone Medical Center, the University of Rochester Med-ical Center and research groups from France have worked to-gether for five years to look into the role of SAMHD1 in contract-ing AIDS.

Most recently, they discovered building blocks of HIV virus dis-appeared when the anti-viral protein SAMHD1 was placed in an AIDS-infected cell. As a re-sult, DNA components of the vi-rus replicated slower or stopped replicating.

Nathaniel Landau, an NYU professor and one of the main

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By sarah skirMoNt

Music and chanting emanated from Gould Plaza as protesters gathered for a heated discus-sion about student debt and NYU 2031 yesterday.

Organized by Occupy Student Debt Campaign, NYU for Occupy Wall Street and Graduate Stu-dent Organizing Committee, the event drew about 75 to 100 pro-testers and included students in NYU4OWS, professors and com-munity members.

One of the main topics of com-plaint was the NYU administra-tion’s ambiguity regarding how students and different depart-ments of NYU will pay for the $6 billion expansion.

“NYU4OWS is opposed to the university being run like a cor-poration, putting growth above all other concerns, including af-fordability or education,” said

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By ChristoPhEr GEllErt

“Blood Knot” serves as an uncom-fortable examination of race, class and family in apartheid-era South Africa. Opening at the Signature Theatre Company’s new location, “Blood Knot” is a fitting tribute to director Athol Fugard’s 1961 play as he directs the new version.

The South African director, known as much for his outspo-ken criticism of apartheid as he is for his work as a playwright, is a masterful interpreter of his own work. “Blood Knot” is no po-litical creed, rather it approaches the issues of racism and econom-ic inequality with a deft hand. The contentious topic, however, does not upstage the raw charac-teristics of the actors.

In the first half of the production, a pair of brothers, Morris (Scott

Shepherd) and Zachariah (Colman Domingo) wile away several eve-nings after Zachariah returns from work. In a series of vignettes, their daily life is revealed.

These scenes might be unre-markable were it not for the dis-parity between the two brothers — one of race. While they share the same mother, Morris and Zachari-ah have different fathers. Because Morris’ father is white he can pass as such, unlike Zachariah, whose dark skin makes this impossible. However, their differences extend beyond varying skin colors. Morris is literate and obsessive, allowing his life to be ruled by a wind-up alarm clock while Zachariah is uneducated and more interested in physical realities than Morris’s dreams for their future on a two-man farm in the wide open spaces of Africa.

This conflict between an imag-ined future and harsh reality comes to a head in Zachariah’s desire for a woman. Morris sug-gests a pen pal instead. All of the exposition about this sub-ject and the introduction of the pen pal work as a slow build to the second act’s emotional explosion. This act makes the play — as it brings Zachariah’s resentment for his brother and Morris’ sense of entitlement — and the shared titular blood knot into high relief.

The end of the second act is the most emotionally charged mo-ment in “Blood Knot,” but there is something ultimately distanc-ing about the piece. In some ways, Fugard’s work has not ful-ly reached a visceral level. This is actually a positive aspect of the show; it saves the play from

melodrama and allows the audi-ence a certain amount of subjec-tivity. It gives the spectators a chance to think about the play rather than feel some marginal impact from it.

“Blood Knot” is playing through

March 11 at the Pershing Square Signature Center at 480 42nd St. Tickets are $25.

Christopher Gellert is a contributing writer. Email him at theater@nyunews.com.

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Test-Tube BurgerConsumers may be able to enjoy a unique kind of burger — one made without slaughtering animals. Led by physiologist Mark Post, scientists in the Nether-lands have grown meat from bovine stem cells. The $330,000 project, funded by an anonymous donor, aims to ease the environmental impacts of traditional

animal-rearing methods in the meat industry. Time Magazine reported at a conference in Vancouver on Sunday that Post predicted growing meat in a lab “could reduce the energy expenditure by about 40 percent.” Although the meat

has received approval by PETA, scientists are unsure of how it will taste. — Time magazine

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“I wish U-hall commons was warm.”

“I wish for a lifetime supply of masala dosa from Thiru Kumar’s cart in Washington Square Park.”

“I wish to write a song that will make people think.” — Ellie

Halevi, Tisch freshman

— Reena Chojar, CAS sophomore

“I wish I had paid more attention when I was in NYU.”

— Paul Littman, NYU alumnus and NYU grandparent

“I wish that inner city youth believe and know that they are capable of great things.”

— Paige Noel, resident assistant at Broome Street residence hall

By haNqiNG ChEN

“K through CUNY, education is a right,” read the banners across City Hall as CUNY students convened in front of the building for the State of the Students address on Monday.

Organized by Students United for a Free CUNY, the State of the Students address press conference mirrored other public official addresses like the State of the Union. Conducted by mul-tiple students, the speech pinpointed issues facing the New York public edu-cation system. Topics ranged from the poor preparation of K-12 students for college to the rising economic burdens that public university students within the CUNY system face.

“We’re not looking for handouts,” CUNY student Kenneth Cruz said. “In fact, we’re looking for a hand up so we can rise to the challenge of moving this nation forward. If the next generation is not educated, there is no way we can solve the problems that are impacting our society.”

Speakers emphasized that public ed-ucation funding had taken a back seat in budget priorities and that they were tired of hearing the empty rhetoric of public officials.

“They say there’s no money, but there is money,” CUNY graduate stu-dent jamie Yankovitz said. “If we took the stock exchange tax, and take a lit-tle bit and funnel that to CUNY, then that’s enough.”

But Yankovitz added that it is not all about the money: “Teachers are completely overwhelmed, and stu-dents have no incentive to learn,” Yankovitz said.

She said the New York public schools must continuously look for more in-ventive ways to inspire students. But the structure of the education system prevents teachers from doing so, she said.

NYU Stands with Occupy Wall Street representative Christy Thornton, who was also in attendance at the press

conference, said NYU students should stand in solidarity with CUNY students even though they are private univer-sity students.

She said NYU-affiliated officials were directly involved in causing tuition hikes at CUNY universities.

“Members of NYU’s Board of Trustees are actively involved in making CUNY less affordable and less accessible for our brothers and sisters in two-year and four-year CUNY colleges,” Thorn-ton said.

According to Thornton, five mem-bers of the NYU Board of Trustees sit on public advocacy groups that advo-cated for the slashing of CUNY public funding.

But NYU spokesperson john Beck-man challenged Thornton’s logic.

“CUNY has its own board that makes its own decisions about CUNY’s financ-es,” he said. “It seems like a significant and unlikely intellectual reach to try somehow connect NYU trustees to CUNY decisions because some of them may or may not belong to the Citizens Budget Commission, which is a civic group that is independent of NYU, CUNY and the city government.”

He added that the rising cost of public higher education is a complex subject.

“It does demonstrate that there are pressures on both public universities and private universities that cause tuition to rise, ranging from cuts in public subsidiaries to the rising cost of energy to the rising cost of medical in-surance,” he said.

The conference culminated in the signing of a pledge against further slashing of public education funding. City councilman Charles Barron was present to sign and show his support as a member of the New York legislature.

“I’ve been so impressed by this pre-sentation,” Barron said. “everybody in the city must respect and protect our students.”

Hanqing Chen is investigative editor. Email her at hchen@nyunews.com.

Stuart Schrader, a NYU4OWS member and a GSAS doctoral candidate. “The university is opaque on issues such as how the project will be funded, what burdens it will place on students in the future finan-cially and otherwise.”

Steinhardt professor Mark Crispin Miller said there are many faculty members who openly op-pose the issue, as well as quieter opponents behind the scenes.

“There are several hundred people who have threatened res-ignation,” Miller said.

Another topic broached at the discussion was NYU’s place-ment as a university with one of the highest student debts in the nation.

“I am here today because I am questioning NYU’s use of an in-creasingly gigantic student debt load to fund capital expansion projects that directly contribute

to student’s educational expe-riences at NYU,” GSAS student Ariel Acosta said.

NYU spokesman john Beck-man said as a tuition-dependent university, NYU has always been mindful of the impact these proj-ects have on student’s tuition.

He said if the university did not believe projects were affordable, they would not pursue them.

Protesters also questioned the distribution of student tuition throughout the university.

“It is an expensive school, and there is great faculty here, but how much of the money that they are spending goes to educational resources like small class sizes, and how much is going towards expansion projects?” Acosta said.

The protest, however, was not just about the expansion’s con-sequences on students and pro-fessors, but also on community members including SoHo resi-

dent Andrea Swan, 64.“This expansion is a part of a

vanishing city, the whole new city is globalization, an attack on established communities where we have no say,” Swan said. “I have been attending meetings trying to counteract this expan-sion plan since early january.”

But Beckman said NYU 2031 will balance long-term academic space needs with the concerns of its neighbors.

“It seeks to maximize the use of NYU’s existing footprint for new development by using land NYU already owns — rather than purchasing new properties in the Village — and by developing considerable space (nearly half) below grade, all while avoiding tenant dislocation and the use of eminent domain,” he said.

Sarah Skirmont is a staff writer. Email her at cstate@nyunews.com.

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Research finds possible cure to AIDS

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researchers of the study, said the discovery will lead to new under-standings of HIV.

“It may lead to mechanisms or ways to boost the immune sys-tems response,” he said. “It will not cure somebody, but it will al-low the immune system to con-trol the violence [of AIDS].”

But Landau said these new findings cannot be seen as a cure for HIV.

“This tells us how the immune system tries to fight the virus and how the virus tries to escape from the immune system,” he said. “Now we have to think about how to prevent the virus from escap-ing. A cure for HIV will not be coming up soon.”

However, Landau said the group will research further to under-stand the idea of attacking the HIV infection.

Pablo Tebas, director of the adult

AIDS Clinical Trials Unit research site at the University of Pennsyl-vania, said the study is an inter-esting mechanism to fight against viral infection.

“The cells of the body have de-veloped multiple mechanisms to fight viral infections and prevent the virus for taking over,” Tebas said. “It seems that the investiga-tors identified another protein that is part of that system.”

Sita Awasthi, a researcher of Infec-tious Disease Division at Penn, said finding the function in relation to HIV infection was groundbreaking.

“[The] HIV-1 field will [now] be exploring therapeutic potential of this [SAMHD1] finding in control-ling HIV-1 infections,” she said.

Nitasha Maindiratta is a staff writer. Email her at university@nyunews.com.

Contestant Caroline Getz brings disinct voice to UVL

By Julia dEVito

For CAS sophomore Caroline Getz, there is no better feeling than sharing music. Tomor-row, Getz will compete as the representative from Gramercy Green residence hall in Ultra Violet Live by expressing her-self through song.

For her audition, Getz sang an original song called “She Said,” which she wrote when she was 16.

“I tried to communicate the experience of feeling life pass by too quickly, of wanting to take time to appreciate things like reading books, drinking lemonade, sitting on the front porch, being in the country,” Getz said.

Getz, whose mother is a

singer, has been playing the piano and singing for as long as she can remember. In the third grade, she wrote her first song, which was a theme song for an imaginary TV shows.

She said she is inspired by Kanye West, Neil Young and Sara Bareilles, among others.

For UVL, she is covering one of her favorite songs: “Thinking About You” by Frank Ocean.

“My favorite thing about this song is the contrast be-tween the verse, where the singer sounds confident in his relationship, and the cho-rus, where he shows that he has very human doubts and insecurities about love,” Getz said. “I love the duality of feeling and the way perform-

ing allows you to express all the facets of human emotion through music.”

A comparative literature major with a focus on eng-lish and Spanish literature, Getz came to NYU because of its location.

“The music scene here is like nowhere else in the world,” Getz said. “There are so many opportunities to perform — at small venues, open mics and shows like UVL. There are so many talented students here.

“It’s been great to meet and collaborate with my fellow students on music-related projects,” she added.

Peforming is a cathartic ex-perience for Getz, who has been preparing for UVL with helpful feedback from her suitemates.

“I think the hardest part about performing in some-thing like UVL is that you only get one shot to say everything you want to say,” Gertz said. “You have to express to the audience how you feel— and hopefully touch something in them that will allow them to feel too.”

Maya Hubbard, a Tisch soph-omore and Getz’s roommate, said watching Getz on stage is a relaxing experience.

“The best part about watch-ing her perform ... is that you feel like she’s singing directly to you,” Hubbard said. “And sometimes she looks up and she smiles and it’s like she can only see you. She just has such amazing confidence and sweetness on stage.”

Julia DeVito is university editor. Email her at jdevito@nyunews.com.

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By JuliE ZhaNG The upcoming 84th Annual Academy Awards will

indubitably be a time to shine. Not only is the presti-gious ceremony an opportunity to praise the actors, directors and writers for their contributions to the film industry, it is an arena for fashion designers to show off their latest red carpet spectacles.

The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards and the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards have set the style tone for this year’s season of ceremonies. At the Golden Globes, esteemed designer brands Gu-cci, Armani and Versace were a hit with A-listers jessica Alba, George Clooney and Angelina jolie, re-spectively. Their elaborate long gowns and tailored suits dazzled the red carpet.

While the nominee lists for the SAG Awards and the Golden Globes are usually similar, the fashion of the red carpet certainly differed. At the SAG Awards, Brad Pitt and Kristen Wiig both sported Balenciaga, showing the versatility of the brand’s established designers. jessica Lange and jane Lynch stole the spotlight wearing David Meister, proving his popularity at red carpet events.

While designer gowns and precious jewels are not for everyday wear, red carpet trends can certainly be translated into any wardrobe. Accessories are a fundamental addition to the styling and aesthetic of an overall outfit. Departing from the excessive state-

ment necklaces and large cuffs, this award show sea-son emphasizes the minimal look. Simple studs and bangles in gold or silver create a sleek, clean-cut look. Bejeweled clutches may be appropriate for a night-time event, but for daytime opt for the on-trend over-sized clutch. Large enough to hold a day’s worth of supplies, the clutch provides elegance with ease.

Another trend seen on celebrities this season so far are bright, solid colors. As Tilda Swinton — in a Haider Ackermann periwinkle dress — and Natalie Portman — in a Lanvin magenta gown — demon-strate, it is time to welcome spring with radiance and shake off the dark and gloomy winter weather. Stand out like red carpet celebrities by experiment-ing with these bright colors.

With the Oscars approaching, excitement brings ex-pectation and anticipation for any fashionista.

“I want to see more Donna Karan or Zuhair Mu-rad,” CAS junior Sidrah Syed said.

“I want to see more newcomers such as Altuzarra in the spotlight,” said Tisch freshman Brinda Dixit, who prefers lesser-known designers.

To see which designers and trends walk the red carpet, the Oscars will air live at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26 on ABC.

Julie Zhang is a contributing writer. Email her at bstyle@nyunews.com.

Red-carpet trends set stage for Oscars

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By BliMa GottliEB

CAS sophomore Susan Cheng has an eye for swagger. Last year, she began interning for fashion website Swagger New York, which focuses on the street styles of New York City. Sian-Pierre Regis, a Bostonian who started the site’s Paris coun-terpart in 2009, launched Swagger New York in 2010.

Swagger New York is a hub where trendsetters come together to share their personal styles in fashion and music. What makes Swagger New York different from other fashion sites? In Cheng’s words: “I think we’re a little more daring.”

The Swagger New York team pounds the pavement in search of swagger.

“I find inspiration when I spot somebody wearing something unique, that even I wouldn’t dare to try to pull off,” Cheng said. “If I see someone and think that, then it’s like a red flag.”

Though Cheng has a keen eye for spotting red flags, she says that it is not innate.

“I had to learn this at first, it’s not just what looked good to me,” she said. “Sometimes it’s more so about who is breaking the rules and at-tempting something different than who is keeping up with trends.”

Swagger New York is a fast-grow-ing website. At the start of 2011, it had 90,000 followers on Facebook. Three months later, the number had reached 120,000.

Cheng said she believes this

growth is only the beginning. Swag-ger New York is expanding its ho-rizons by incorporating aspects of lifestyle and culture. Recent chang-es have included adding sections de-voted to technology, celebrity and fashion news, music exclusives and local hot spots.

Swagger New York strives to be an interactive website as it seeks to reach out to their followers. It held a competition last year among schools in New York City, including NYU, The New School and the School of Visual Arts. In the contest, the website sought students with swagger, and their pictures were posted on the Swag-ger New York website. Followers had the chance to vote for their favorite fashionistas.

Cheng’s responsibilities as an in-tern include administrative tasks and editorial work. But her favorite part is interviewing the trendset-ters she finds on the street.

“I never would have talked to the people I had to interview if I passed them on the street,” Cheng said. “This allowed me to meet so many people. It’s crazy because I’ll think these people are native New Yorkers but they’re from all over the world.”

The Swagger site has gone global, and with New York at the helm, the possibilities are limitless. Log on, join the commotion and see what all the noise is about.

Blima Gottlieb is a contributing writer. Email her at bstyle@nyunews.com.

Student flaunts fashion with Swagger internship

For Susan Cheng, Swagger emphasizes unique style.

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Brad Bitt in Balenciaga & Angelina Jolie in jenny Packham

Reese Witherspoon in Zac Posen Natalie Portman in Giambattista Valli Haute Couture

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takes a toll on a delicate face. Re-vive skin with this lush moistur-izer that will leave you hydrated without feeling weighed down. Apply it in the morning, and it will work all day to keep you looking visibly well-balanced and refreshed.

2. lush Breath of fresh air toner ($20)

A spritz of this sea salt toner will have you instantly revital-ized and soothed. The seawater works to refresh dry, tired skin as it softens and hydrates — a key function for the winter. Use after washing your face or throughout the day for a little skin pick-me-up. This toner will leave skin dewy and oh-so-soft.

3. fresh sugar lip treatment sPf 15 ($22.50)

Lips need attention, too. Harsh winds leave lips dry, cracked and peeling. The gentle sugar crystals in this lip balm work to exfoli-ate chapped skin. A blend of oils and waxes go beyond your basic chapstick, leaving lips delectably moisturized and kissable.

4. lush oatifix soothing oat and Banana Mask for

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even more with an all-natural facemask with calming oats and exfoliating ground almonds to slough away flaky skin. Fresh ba-nanas also help the skin retain moisture throughout the day. Use after cleansing your face, and finish with a spritz of toner to lock in moisture.

5. kiehl’s Crème de Corps Body lotion ($11-72)

There’s a reason this body crème is so wildly popular. Dry, cracked skins begs for this densely rich, hydrating, unscented body mois-turizer. Slather on every inch of your body after a shower to re-ally stay moisturized.

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Skin care tips for winter

Street Style: Student talks beauty routineBy kEErthi harishaNkar

sEoyouNG JaNG, Cas freshman

Question: How are you keep-ing your skin moisturized this winter?

Answer: I moisturize with snail cream. I know people are protest-ing against it, but my friend got it for my from Chile and it’s great for skin repair. After I’ve let that sit, I put on Clinique moisture cream and Biotherm sun block.

Q: What is your beauty routine?A: I get up two hours before

class, which means 7:30 every morning, to do my makeup. As I let my hair air dry — I don’t blow dry because it’s bad for your hair. And after I’ve mois-

turized, I apply a Laura Mercier foundation. Sometimes it can get pretty thick, so I like to mix it with my moisture cream. I like to spread it with my fin-gers. You could use a brush for that but if you do it can leave brush strokes, and I’m too busy to fix that in the morning. For class I don’t do a mascara, I usually just use a curler for my lashes. For my eyes I use MAC eye shadow in Honey Lust, it has a nice natural look to it. I like finishing my eyes with the cat eye trend. I use Makeup For-ever’s brown waterproof eyelin-er because black can sometimes go on too strong.

Q: Do you have any makeup ap-plication tips?

A: When I mess the cat eye up, which is often, I dip a cotton q-tip into my moisture cream and

then just go over it. I like to use waterproof eyeliner because it doesn’t smudge as much as the regular ones. I still haven’t per-fected the eyeliner. It’s hard to master. When I use a bronzer to highlight for my face, it’s really easy to apply if I just pucker my face and highlight the parts that stand out.

Q: How do you adjust your rou-tine for acne?

A: If I have blemishes I still use my normal foundation, but then I use a pencil foundation to cover the acne because it’s more precise.

Q: What spring beauty trends do you want to try out?

A: I want to try some color. This winter I’ve been doing a lot of neutral tones. For spring I think I’ll try out yellow eye shadow and

maybe also gold and silver. I feel like silver is the new color for spring. just a pop of silver eyelin-er I think will really stand out.

Keerthi Harishankar is a contributing writer. Email her at bstyle@nyunews.com.

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By hilary PrEslEy

The combination of outdoor winter winds and heat at home combine to wreak havoc on your skin. The num-ber one savior this winter is moisturizer. Winter sucks all the moisture right out of skin, leaving it cracked, chapped and all-around dry. Here are the top five products that will save, replenish and revive skin to create that healthy glow all year round.

Jojoba oil

This all-natural oil is most similar to naturally pro-duced skin oils and provides all-day moisture. just a few drops added to any facial moisturizer will cre-ate a powerful super-moisturizer, combating flaki-ness and leaving skin super soft without weighing it down.

lemon Butter Burt’s Bees Cuticle Cream ($6)

Don’t forget about your nails. even cuticles and nails get dry and frail in the winter. The sweet almond oil and cocoa seed butter will re-plenish and soften cuticles and brittle fingetips for healthy nails.

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Hilary Presley is a staff writer. Email her at bstyle@nyunews.com.

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‘Pineapple Grenade’ takes readers on wacky adventureBy JaMMy su

In a frenzy of political conspiracies and international espionage, “Pine-apple Grenade” takes readers on an-other wacky adventure with protago-nist Serge Storms — a patriotic lunatic, fearless Florida vigilante and, this time, self-proclaimed double spy. In Miami, where the sun is never too bright and the cover stories never too outlandish, a series of miscellaneous events takes place as the city prepares for an inter-national summit between the United States and Latin American nations.

A carjacker is found dead with his chest cavity inexplicably hollow, a mysterious arm shows up in the stom-ach of a dead shark thrown in the streets by local fishermen and a fireball blooms near the Miami International Airport. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security holds multiple press conferences to raise the national

threat level to unprecedented degrees.Storms, with his drug-addict sidekick

Coleman, hops into a green and orange Plymouth Road Runner to take part in every burning incident that is about to wreak havoc on the city of Miami.

Though the plot of “Pineapple Grenade” is interesting enough, the story displays an impression of Mi-ami grounded in the evening news, where crime and danger seem to thrive beyond actuality. Non-Florida residents should not take the frantic assertions in the narrative too seri-ously, and real Floridians may find this dramatic device unbearable.

The story is a mix of dirty humor, eccentricity and comical descriptions of spies, CIA agents and armed rebels with Florida’s atmosphere at the fore-front of the novel. It serves as a major component of Storms’ quirky patrio-tism, as evidenced when he spews his inner passions for the Sunshine State.

Storms’ plans to manipulate the workings of security systems is at first difficult to buy as they seem to be too grand for an amateur. As the story develops, the reader’s doubt will gradually increase. All of Storms’ schemes work according to plan, with every other dim-witted charac-ter jumping into the pits Storm has dug for them.

The element of surprise is one of the story’s main sources of dramatic mo-mentum. But those surprises fall flat. The plot is possible only because char-acters other than Storms are extremely idiotic in their actions. Overall, “Gre-nade” is a good read when used as an escape from everyday life. Though for anyone who thinks the CIA deserves to be regarded with much respect, it’s best to avoid this one.

Jammy Su is a contributing writer. Email him at books@nyunews.com.

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U.S. perpetuates injustice in the West Bank, Gaza StripBy GlEN PiNE

Israel’s occupation of the Palestin-ian West Bank and Gaza Strip is not a complicated, far-away conflict. It is a straightforward injustice facilitated by the U.S. government and U.S.-based corporations. Americans at an elite U.S. university like NYU have a respon-sibility to take a firm stance against oppression committed in our name.

Mainstream human rights orga-nizations have meticulously docu-mented the occupation’s brutal-ity, and the International Court of justice has deemed it illegal. But despite 45 years of Palestinian resis-tance and near-universal global con-demnation, the occupation persists — because of U.S. support.

Without continued backing by the United States as a global superpower, the occupation would be crippled and quickly ended. The ongoing U.S. and Israeli economic and physical blockade of the Gaza Strip has rendered it an open-air prison, with 70 percent of the population living in poverty. Israel actively prevents the 1.7 million Palestinians in Gaza — including roughly 800,000 children — from obtaining enough drinking water, let alone equipment to build an economy. During Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s most recent major action in Gaza, the Israeli military killed 1,397 Palestinians, mostly civilians. Palestinians killed three Israeli civilians during the operation.

Lopsided body counts are normal for the occupation. This fact is not surpris-ing given the stark power imbalance between the parties involved. Opera-tion Cast Lead also featured extensive damage to Palestinian infrastructure, including hospitals and schools. Im-portantly, Cast Lead occurred against a relatively unarmed population already starving under the blockade. Israel faced almost no resistance.

In the West Bank, Israel is involved in the long-term project of destroy-ing indigenous Palestinian communi-ties and replacing them with illegal jewish-only settlements. Aided by U.S. corporations like Motorola Solutions, Israel couples these settlements with an extensive system of controls over the basic freedoms of Palestinians. The occupation impacts all aspects of the lives of Palestinians living in the West Bank, from going to school to getting married to putting food on the table.

The United States facilitates Is-rael’s militarism, using Israel to extend and deepen control over the neighboring region. The U.S. treats Israel like a giant American mili-tary base strategically located in the heart of the Middle east. As paymas-ter and political enabler, the U.S. exercises significant leverage over Israel’s military decisions.

Meanwhile, the U.S. -Israeli relation-ship siphons billions of our taxpayer dollars to corporations — like weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman — that provide the tools for Israel’s ag-

gression. Cynically, U.S. government and corporate officials who benefit from Israel’s militarization posture that Israel is perpetually on the defen-sive. This charade provides cover for Israel as it expands its occupation.

Misinformation abounds in the U.S. about the occupation precisely be-cause the population is so strategical-ly well-positioned to end it. But with enough pressure from people like us on our government and the implicat-ed U.S. corporations, the occupation will have little chance for survival. This fact places a heavy moral burden on privileged Americans to take ac-tion. There are limitless ways to help, from simple actions like informing your friends of labor-intensive actions like becoming a campaign organizer.

Speaking out against the occupa-tion does not mean taking the side of one people over another; it means taking the side of justice over injus-tice. As NYU community members, we cannot be neutral on this issue. Our own government and corpora-tions are profoundly implicated, and they are using our money and acting in our name. We must use our education and privilege to speak out against this injustice.

Glen Pine is a doctoral candidate in the sociology department in the Graduate School of Arts and Science and an organizer with NYU Students for Justice in Palestine. Email him at opinion@nyunews.com.

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Universal health care will hurt current situationBy liZ BEras

In a country where 16.3 percent of the population is uninsured, it is no wonder Americans have such a negative perception of their health care. Blame is usually directed to-ward the health care system or health care providers; the problem, however, lies neither in the system nor in the providers but rather in the government. The worst part of this current health care debacle is that the Obama administration is attempting to mend the problem by instating universal health care — a program that will simply worsen the current situation.

America prides itself on being diversely innovative; this is no dif-ferent in the field of medical care. Americans are responsible for a sig-nificant number of health care ad-vancements: The top five hospitals in the United States conduct more clinical trials than all the hospitals in any given developed country. Not to mention, Americans on average spend less time waiting for care from specialists than their counterparts in places like Canada or Britain with nationalized health care systems.

But Americans have a higher mor-tality rate for common cancers than individuals in europe. The quality of

care in America is unarguably one of the most exceptional in the world; however, this care is incredibly ex-pensive and inaccessible to many.

Individuals in the United States most likely obtain medical insur-ance through their employers. Com-panies offer their employees insur-ance plans as a benefit; employees can elect a plan and put forth con-tributions from their compensation. Having insurance makes health care virtually affordable with manage-able paycheck deductions and co-pays for prescriptions.

The problem in America is that health care is contingent on many factors, one being that the individ-ual is employed by a company large enough to offer health care benefits. With an unemployment rate at a low 8.3 percent, it seems health care is not a feasible option for many.

It is much easier to critique our cur-rent health care than to look at it criti-cally. America has some of the best health care providers in the world, but the availability of health care is contin-gent on having insurance. This is not a flaw of the health care system but rather a problem of the economy that has impacted the medical industry. If there was more job creation, individu-als would have access to insurance plans. Despite public belief, universal

health care is not the solution.Individuals are different, and a

uniform health care system will not tailor treatment to all. even if the system is able to accomplish multi-farious care, it is not socially and ec-onomically sustainable. Americans do not pay uniform tax rates and thus higher-paid individuals will be paying more for care than indi-viduals with lower incomes. In ad-dition, universal health care would put America at risk for abuse of the medical expertise in the country. Individuals who do not pay taxes could take advantage of the health care by returning to the U.S. solely for free medical care.

If all Americans were employed or were in a country with ubiquitous healthy food options, for example, health care would not be a great concern. Individuals would have ac-cess to affordable care, and certain health conditions could be avoided.

Overall, American health care is one of the most exceptional in the world. Do not blame the health care system. Blame the politicians and those in power who have failed to evolve it with the ever-changing cir-cumstances of our time.

Liz Beras is a staff columnist. Email her at opinion@nyunews.com.

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Abigail Fisher who has claimed that her refusal of admission to the University of Texas in 2008 was be-cause of unconstitutional race discrimi-nation. When Fisher, a Caucasian female, applied to University of Texas, she had a 3.59 GPA and a combined math and criti-cal reading SAT score of 1180. At the time, the University of Texas practiced a race-conscious admissions policy.

The Courts most recently addressed the issue in 2003 when former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote for the majority “that student body diversity is a compelling state interest that can justify the use of race in university admissions.” In this case, Grutter v. Bollinger, O’Connor stated that the accommodation was meant to last 25 years — it has only been nine. If the Court were to reverse this ruling, race could no longer be considered as a factor in college admissions.

We at WSN editorial Board posit that not con-sidering race as part of a holistic evaluation of applicants would decrease the percentage of minority students in American universities. While we do not believe that race should in it-self be a reason for acceptance or rejection, as it was during the segregation era, admissions offices must look at the student as a whole. Race is only a part of that whole.

Given the Supreme Court’s make-up has changed since Grutter was handed down, it is likely that the Court will favor equal-ity in admissions at the expense of diversi-ty in campus communities. Such a reversal ignores race as an aspect of an individual’s identity worthy of evaluation. While the practice of race-conscious admissions is characteristic of the larger problem of ra-cial discrimination in America, it is obvi-ously an effort to solve, not perpetuate, that racial bias.

Until harmful stereotypes based on ig-norance and bigotry cease to exist, con-siderations of race in admissions must be made. Yet, while the extent to which rac-ist stereotypes continue to exist is unclear, economic disadvantages are clearly a very significant barrier to some students’ ac-ceptance. The country would be better served if we addressed economic dispari-ties instead of racial inequality. Neither are desirable influences, but the former is a more pressing issue for students today.

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Pitching remains key on road to OmahaBy ColE rilEy

Pitching was a prevalent theme during last year’s Col-lege World Series of Omaha as right-handers Matt Price and Forrest Koumas and left-hander Michael Roth brought the CWS trophy to the University of South Car-olina after defeating their Southeastern Conference rivals, the University of Florida. This year the fates of the top college teams will primarily rest again on the successes and failures of their pitchers.

The best team in the country still resides in Columbia, S.C. Despite being picked up by Major League franchises in the 2011 draft, Price and Roth returned to campus and will now seek their third consecu-tive CWS title with the Game-cocks. Price, who was selected in the sixth round by the Arizona Di-amondbacks, recorded 20 saves in 59 innings last season with a 1.83 eRA. This year the senior righty will move from the bullpen to the starting rotation, joining star se-nior Roth, a 31st-round selection by the Cleveland Indians.

Do not overlook South Caro-lina’s hitters. Last year junior first baseman Christian Walker slugged 10 home runs with 62 RBIs and a .358 batting average in 69 games. Recently, Walker re-corded two hits and two RBIs in the Gamecocks’ 13-1 rout of the Virginia Military Institute Key-dets last Saturday.

Further south, the University of Florida Gators have only im-proved since their second-place finish last season. Analysts are comparing Florida, currently ranked No. 1 in the nation, to the California State Uni-

versity, Fullerton team who went 57-9 and won the NCAA champi-onship in 1995. The Gators have seven position players and nine pitchers returning, and 14 play-ers are projected to be drafted in june. juniors Hudson Randall, who held South Carolina score-less through 7.2 innings in Game 1 of the 2011 CWS, and Brian johnson, a first-team All-SeC se-lection as a designated hitter last year, headline a starting rotation overflowing with talent. Sluggers Mike Zunino, the 2011 SeC Play-er of the Year, and Preston Tuck-et (.308 BA, 15 home runs and 74

RBIs in 2011) are also returning to Florida for another run at the CWS title.

On the West Coast, the Stanford Cardinal will try to re-establish the Pac-12 as the supreme conference in college baseball. At 6 feet 5 inch-es tall, starting pitcher Mark Appel is a power righty on the mound and is projected to be picked first in this year’s MLB Draft. Appel’s fastball — which topped 100 miles per hour in the first inning of Stan-ford’s 2012 opening game versus Vanderbilt University — and his presence on the mound makes him comparable to the 2009 first

overall selection and cur-rent Washington Nationals pitcher, Stephen Strasburg. The junior righty (6-7, 3.02 eRA, 110.1 innings in 2011) is a potential super-star despite diminished velocity through seven in-nings against Vanderbilt and having an inconsistent slider.

Meanwhile, junior third baseman Stephen Piscotty started all 57 games last year for the Cardinal and batted a team-best .369 average

with 35 runs and 40 RBIs. Head coach Mark Marquess is hoping the Cardinal’s combina-tion of hitting and pitching will lead them back to the CWS for the first time since 2008.

However, no team in the coun-try — not even Stanford — can challenge the supremacy of the juggernauts from the SeC. Al-though pressure looms over both programs, Florida and South Caro-lina feature too much talent to fall before meeting in Omaha again.

Cole Riley is a deputy sports editor. Email him at criley@nyunews.com.

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