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By alyS MuRRayContributing Writer

While some universities are revving up for tailgat-ing and the start of football, many NYU students are look-ing forward to the start of a very different kind of sea-son — the Broadway season. Boasting more stars than the Oscars, this Broadway season will have fans cheering from their seats.

The cool September breeze brings with it a multitude of Broadway openings be-ginning with “The Country House,” which starts pre-views on Sept. 9 and stars

Blythe Danner as the matri-arch of an eccentric family of artists. The next night, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” the West End transfer about a young man accused of murdering his neighbor’s dog, opens at the Ethel Barrymore The-atre. Three days later, “Love Letters” opens — Mia Far-row, Alan Alda, Anjelica Hus-ton and Martin Sheen are just some of the stars who will interpret a lifetime of letters between an artist and a politician.

September will also see the

By dOnald PiERCEContributing Writer

The Grey Art Gallery pre-miered the photography of Ernest Cole, the first black freelancer in South Africa, on Sept. 3. These extremely rare black-and-white gelatin prints capture the oppression of apart-heid, which Cole lived through.

Cole’s photo essay has a unique trait for one that targets oppression because each photo is a profound insight into the psychology of the foe, the friend and the innocent. Cole sought out, like many photographers, rarities and nuances — which, to Cole, was not the occasional

police beating or house raid, but rather daily interactions in the streets.

This provides a rather scien-tific approach to apartheid. The experience is considered not only political, but also psycho-logical, providing an interesting dynamic to Cole’s photography.

“There are two distinct faces of [Cole’s essay]: he captures the brutality and the true sor-row of [the African people] in one, but he also shows how they are getting through it, too,” Tisch junior Ahad Mah-mood said at the exhibit.

Gunilla Knape, curator of the

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By JOhn aMBROSiONews Editor

Coinciding with the beginning of the new school year, NYU released Albert Mobile, a new version of NYU’s online student center that will make it easier for students to access the site on the go.

Albert Mobile boasts many of the same functions as the full site, but in a streamlined, mobile-friendly package. Using the recently launched site, stu-dents can check their schedules, grades and bills, as well as ac-cess university calendars, maps and course catalogues.

University Registrar Beth Kien-le-Granzo said these features are just the beginning of the school’s plans for Albert Mobile.

“We’re just in phase one right now,” Kienle-Granzo said in an email. “If you’ve played with it, it’s pretty basic; there’s go-ing to be more good things to

By MiChaEl thOMPSOnContributing Writer

The 2014 season continues to gain momentum for the NYU men’s soccer team. On Wednes-day evening, looking to start their season with three consecu-tive wins, they took on the Col-lege of Staten Island Dolphins at Gaelic Park in the Bronx.

It was a game that quickly went from a monotonous affair to a dramatic slugfest, an aspect of the sport that can go up and down in the blink of an eye.

The game did not start out ide-ally for the Violets. In a fairly subdued first half, both teams racked up three shots on goal and a combined 12 total shots.

The Dolphins got the upper hand in the 31st minute when sophomore defender Nicholas Bacarella scored with an assist from Horatio Reid. Staten Island went into the locker room with a well-deserved 1-0 lead.

The Violets stormed out of the gates after halftime and quickly answered with a 55th-minute goal from freshman forward Malcolm Montilus, who beat the keeper and a de-fender to score on an empty net. It was his first goal as a Violet. Just one minute later, Montilus racked up his first assist, helping sophomore for-ward Reece Barton give NYU a 2-1 lead.

The team’s second-half mo-mentum continued with a more energized and aggressive style of play that consistently kept the ball in Staten Island’s zone.

But the Dolphins refused to go down easily. In the 83rd minute, Staten Island knotted the score at two with a clutch goal from Horatio Reid.

“We kept our heads up and were confident,” Barton said, despite the letdown.

NYU outnumbered CSI in both total shots (26-6) and shots on goal (12-3), with the Dolphins managing only three shots on goal in the second half against sophomore goalie

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Over the summer, our multimedia editor, Shawn Paik, worked with a highly recognized, unnamed wild-life photography publication, traveling to exotic places and photographing exotic creatures. Displayed are some images from his personal Instagram account showing his photojournalistic journey shooting

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Fall Job and Internship FairThe Wasserman Center for Career Development invites students to meet with potential employers at their largest job fair of the year, today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Kimmel Center for University Life. Students will have the opportunity to explore part-time jobs,

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Faculty in and of the City Yankees Game Join the Faculty in and of the City program to see the New York Yankees play the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium tonight at

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NYU CMEP Open HouseLearn more about the Center for Multicultural Education and Pro-grams at its Open House today in room 804 of the Kimmel Center for University Life from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Meet with CMEP staff and students and enjoy some light refreshments while learning

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By aRSh haRJaniContributing Writer

NYU is expanding their program in Game Design with a new Bach-elor’s degree program, in addition to their already established MFA program in Game Design. The in-augural class of 20 students will start spring of 2015.

The new Game Center will be a department within the Tisch School of the Arts with core classes in game studies, game develop-ment and game design at NYU’s Brooklyn campus. The applications for current NYU students went live on Sept. 2 and will remain so until Nov. 1.

Following the approach of an art school, department administrator Kevin Spain said the applicants will provide a portfolio, which will consist of a personal state-ment and an interdisciplinary cre-ative project or a game analysis.

Spain said the program is unique because it is part of its own department and not the en-gineering department. Because the program is associated with Tisch, games are considered a cre-ative culture at NYU.

Several faculty members were part of the development of the course and have worked collec-tively to shape the curriculum of the new Bachelor’s program.

“We are very proactive and en-gaged and we constantly work with game developers and with local artists,” professor Charles Pratt said.

Pratt has been teaching classes at the Game Center and has been a full-time faculty member for two years. Pratt said the proxim-ity to the industry was vital to the program.

“Being in New York is going to be a defining feature,” Pratt said. “I am looking forward to the new class and to what they

make and what they think.”Assistant professor Andy Nealen

said he appreciates the format of the program as it allows students to take electives.

“I like the breadth of it,” Nealen said. “The program is so broad that the students will become well-rounded human beings ca-pable of excelling in various fields after they graduate.”

Nealen said the density and pres-ence of varied cultures in New York and the essence of independent art style will allow students to create unique games rather than the spe-cific flavors that seem more promi-nent on the West Coast.

“The barrier to entry is very low here for students and for the pub-lic,” Nealen said.

Spain said the program has at-tracted student interest.

“We have received several emails

regarding the spring term,” Spain said. “We are looking forward to bringing more undergraduate stu-dents to Brooklyn and growing the program with young minds and future creators.”

Email Arsh Harjani at news@nyunews.com.

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By alanna BayaRinContributing Writer

Journalists from CBS News, The Huffington Post, City Limits, El Diario/La Prensa and others gathered last night at the Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Perform-ing Arts for a panel to talk about Mayor and NYU alumnus Bill de Blasio’s record in office.

The event was organized by Re-becca Amato, the assistant director of civic engagement at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and the new Urban Democracy Lab. Amato questioned whether de Blasio is a progressive mayor.

“Everyone is touting him as the new generation of progres-sive mayors, and as the leader of that generation,” Amato said after the panel. “The question is if he really represents a pro-gressive vision or if he’s simply progressive in comparison to his predecessors.”

The event opened with each of the four panelists talking about their concerns regarding the current ad-ministration in New York City.

Jarrett Murphy, publisher of City Limits, said contrary to many crit-ics, de Blasio’s environmental poli-cies in the city have done a lot to promote green policies.

“I think that de Blasio’s repu-tation for neglecting the issue of environmentalism is unfair,” Murphy said during the panel. “The mayor has actually done a bit on environmental sustain-ability. He has updated the city’s pollution control code, he’s ex-panded the carbon challenge program, he’s done stuff with low-flow toilets.”

Other topics discussed at the

panel included culture and the arts. The director of Arts & De-mocracy Project Caron Atlas said the art community was initially disappointed when Mayor de Bla-sio entered office.

“There was a concern from the arts community that his agenda didn’t really involve the arts and culture, and there was a concern that he didn’t name a cultural commissioner for a long time,” Atlas said.

But Atlas added that de Blasio’s record with arts funding was more progressive than previous mayors.

“In the past administration, there was a lot of attention to tourism and economic prosperity from top down in respect to art and culture and not much talk about neighborhoods and their impact on the arts,” Atlas said. “But we were delighted to hear de Blasio talk about how you

can’t have a flourishing democ-racy without the cultural sector.”

After the discussion the panel opened up the floor for a ques-tion-and-answer section, in which they debated issues including the stop-and-frisk program, drug poli-cies and income inequality.

CAS graduate student Ana Deustua said her opinion of de Blasio had changed by the end of the panel.

“I think that a lot of people had a lot of hope for him because peo-ple thought he was open to diver-sity and other people, but after the panel I am kind of disappointed in him,” Deustua said. “I just got here. I’m from Peru, but before this panel I was very hopeful that someone so liberal was becoming the mayor of New York City.”

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come. Step one was just getting it into people’s hands. We hope to have more transactions, like access to NYUHome and changes with the interface.”

Kienle-Granzo also added that the new mobile site was created in response to students.

“Students were asking for a more mobile-friendly [way] into the Albert system, and we know that students spend a lot of time on their phones, so it was important to create a bet-ter mobile platform,” Kienle-Granzo said.

CAS freshman Yesenia Bram-bila said this was the exact rea-son she was interested in using the mobile platform.

“[I plan to use Albert Mobile] so I won’t have to use my com-puter for everything, and [I

like] making it more accessible for when I’m on my phone,” Brambila said.

Students have already begun using the new mobile version, which Kienle-Granzo said had 15,000 unique users before the end of the first day of classes.

CAS sophomore Nico Van de Bovenkamp said while he has been able to use Albert without any serious problems, he hopes for improvements over the exist-ing Albert site.

“In general most college in-terfaces with classes and stuff are very clunky — and [Albert] is clunky,” Van de Bovenkamp said. “I hope the mobile version is better.”

Email John Ambrosio at jambrosio@nyunews.com.

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By ERika BuzzEllContributing Writer

Two CUNY School of Professional Studies professors recently released their yearly report on the state of unions in the United States. The study’s authors, Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce, said despite the steady decline in union member-ship in previous years, the appear-ance of unions in the workforce is beginning to rise in the New York City area.

“New York ranks first in union density among the nation’s fifty states, with a unionization rate more than double the U.S. aver-age of 11.3 percent in 2013-14,” the study reads.

NYU professor Andrew Ross said this trend of union density is reflected at NYU, as NYU has had a gradual increase in non-instruc-tional union since 2000 across four of NYU’s five unions. However, Ross added that there has been re-sistance to membership expansion in the fifth union.

“[The Graduate Student Organiz-ing Committee-United Auto Work-

ers], the graduate employee union, won the right to collective bargain-ing in 2000,” Ross said in an email. “That right has been bitterly con-tested ever since by the administra-tion, and, despite the recognition of the union for the second time last fall, GSOC members still don’t have a contract.”

Ross also said incidents like these indicated that NYU’s admin-istration has been unfriendly to-ward unions.

“From what I know, the Sexton administration is often quite in-transigent at the bargaining table, and, through its high-profile re-sistance to the establishment of GSOC, acquired the reputation of being a union-buster,” Ross said.

NYU spokesman John Beckman, however, challenged Ross’s char-acterizations, pointing to the more amicable dealings NYU has had with unions.

“That quote is just inaccurate,” Beckman said. “In the first place, let’s remember that NYU has sev-eral thousand employees in five unions with which it has repeat-edly successfully negotiated con-

tracts through the years.”Beckman added that NYU did

not challenge the unionization effort of its adjunct faculty. Beck-man also said NYU contacted their union to reach an agreement to recognize a bargaining unit for graduate students who teach and has continued to meet with their union and bargain in good faith.

While the state of unions at NYU is still discussed, Milkman is not confident in the longevity of the trend at this point, despite all indications that there is a resur-gence in unions throughout the state of New York and specifically New York City.

“[It’s] too soon to know what the jump in unionization means for the long run,” Milkman said. “In the short run it reflects the growth of employment in long-unionized sectors, especially con-struction, that declined after the 2008 crash.”

Additional reporting by John Ambrosio. Email John Ambrosio and Erika Buzzell at news@nyunews.com.

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Images of apartheid captured in new Grey Art Gallery exhibit

Ernest Cole’s retrospective presents a story of South African strife.photo By reeCa soriano

exhibit and a research consul-tant at the Hasselblad Founda-tion, agrees that the inclusion of everyday life under apartheid in Cole’s work sets him apart from other photographers of this subject.

“According to what I have gotten to know, from people I have met, Ernest was not very political,” Knape said. “He was politically interested, but he didn’t really cope with any of the political parties … When he took his pictures, he tried to show what was happening in South Africa. He tried to show how the black people had to deal with life under apartheid.”

Most importantly, Cole wanted the world to know his commu-nity’s pain. But in order to be successful in traveling and pub-lishing his work, Cole tricked the Race Classification Board into believing he belonged to a more privileged strata of “col-ored” people — under apart-heid, “colored” Africans had

slightly fewer restrictions than “black” Africans — in order to be granted more economic mobility.

With this new classification, Cole was able to send his work to Magnum Photos on West 31st Street. The company was so impressed that they offered Cole a book contract. Soon af-ter, Cole released his first and only photo essay, “House of Bondage,” which is available for viewing in the basement of the exhibition at the Grey Art Gallery. His photo essay was immediately banned from South Africa and ultimately led to his exile.

Cole’s photo essay makes a lasting impression on its au-dience as his black-and-white prints are one of the few graphic ways to bear witness to the consequences of the South African conflict. The exhibit will run until Dec. 6.

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By EMily haRRiSContributing Writer

Trying to emulate hairstyles seen on runways can often seem like a daunting task. However, the tex-tured and messy looks that are popular in the fashion world right now make having runway-ready hair much easier.

the topknot

Marchesa featured the ever-popular topknot with extra volume to create a look that was simultaneously high-fash-ion and easy-going. Using Not Your Mother’s Beach Babe Sea Salt Texturizing Spray ($5) can help you achieve the texture needed to make the topknot look truly effortless. Spray an even amount into your hair, pull your hair into a high po-nytail and wrap it into a messy bun using bobby pins to hold it in place. Unfortunately, grav-ity takes its toll over time, and hairspray is needed to keep this messy ’do alive. Give your top knot a quick dust of Moroccan Oil’s Luminous Hairspray ($9) to keep your bun in place and give it extra shine. Wear this style with second-day hair and it will be even more textured and easy to work with.

Braids

Another style that made its mark while still being DIY-friendly is braided hair. Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall/Winter ’14 added an extra twist by putting them into pig-tails. All you need for this look are hair ties and Batiste’s Dry Sham-poo ($8). Dry shampoo is great for those days when you are in too much of a rush to wash your hair, and it creates the perfect texture needed for a tight braid look. Us-ing tiny elastics that match the color of your hair can prevent hair ties from distracting people from your look, but hair accessories can also work well with this style. Marc by Marc Jacobs kept it clean and classic with a black headband.

Braided Bun

A dramatic hair trend created by Carolina Herrera, the braided bun, combines the two styles above to create a braided and stacked bun that resembles a hat Herrera want-ed to use for her collection. To prep your hair, a healthy dose of OGX’s Coconut Milk ($6) will add shine and give your hair a silky smooth texture, making it easy to work with and look flawless by the time you are done. Gather your hair into a high ponytail and tie it off with a hair elastic. Pro-

ceed to braid your hair whichever way you prefer — French, fish-tail or any other type of braid will work. Make sure to secure the braid and stabilize the bun. Then, gently pull out some hairs

from the braid to loosen it up and create more volume. Similar to a regular topknot, pull the braided section into a bun and secure it with bobby pins. You can also do several sections of your hair in

smaller braids, rather than one large one, to play around with the look and volume.

Email Emily Harris at bstyle@nyunews.com.

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Replicate runway looks with simple, trendy DIY hairstyles

Opt for comfort when attending Fashion Week events

A braided bun gives the simple topknot a new look.staff photo By raChel liquindoli

By JEnnifER nEufEld Contributing Writer

As New York’s Fashion Week begins, many students hope to get a glimpse of the runways.However, they may be dread-ing what attending show after show in high heels might do to their feet.

Luckily, with trends intro-duced during the Haute Cou-ture and Resort Spring/Summer ’14 seasons, jazzing up any out-fit with a comfortable pair of shoes is possible.

Many brands and stores have been following in the footsteps of Chanel and Dior after both premiered a line of sneakers at their Haute Couture S/S ’14 shows this past January. While their sneakers are out of a typical college student’s price range, a pair of Chanel sneakers can be swapped out for a less ex-pensive pair such as the Brown Leopard Print Runner Sneakers from River Island ($50).

Many stars, including Rihanna and Alexa Chung, have also been embracing their New Balance sneakers. Chung was seen at Febru-ary’s NYFW in a pair of the brand’s WI574 Black Blue Trainers.

Those looking for a clean and comfortable sandal will be sur-prised to learn that the summer shoe of 2014 is the Birkenstock. The German company’s leather

Arizona sandal has been em-braced by celebrities, models and stylists, and has also been recreated by companies in-cluding Steve Madden, Asos, Topshop and countless others

around the world. It is not so surprising that the shoe has be-come massively popular — few people can turn down great arch support.

Those not willing to break a

foot can easily replace a high-heeled boot or stiletto with a flat boot or kitten heels. The Chelsea boot, a flat leather ankle boot, has been welcomed by the elite of street style with

open arms. Its chic design can easily dress up any outfit, and its almost nonexistent heel al-lows for constant comfort. As an alternative to the Chelsea boot, the combat boot, which reemerged in mainstream fash-ion in 2013, is big, bulky and adds texture and depth to any outfit without pain.

Thanks to its continued pres-ence on runways, the kitten heel offers an almost life-sav-ing replacement for the back-breaking stiletto. With the heel typically less than two inches, the kitten heel is safe to walk in while still adding the bit of height many desire. Several high-end designers have em-braced them in their 2014 col-lections, including Stella Mc-Cartney and Giorgio Armani.

With the fast pace of fashion week, no one wants to get left behind. Thankfully, comfort has become a major presence in this year’s footwear with the flat boot, the high-fashion sneaker and the trendy, leather sandal.

While trends of painful stilet-tos have caused suffering for the uncoordinated, there are few protesting this year’s new relaxed craze. Here’s hoping this comfortable trend is here to stay.

Email Jennifer Neufeld at bstyle@nyunews.com.

Instead of wearing heels, many are choosing more comfortable looks for Fashion Week.

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Artist, musician travels across America, explores tattoo culture

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By alExa SPiElERMusic Editor

For Pete Armour, also known as indie rocker and artist Tat-too Money, tattoos are not just ink on skin.

An advocate of tattoo culture, Money spent August headlin-ing the Inked in America Tour. Along with his performances, he visited tattoo parlors where he discussed the subculture and its nuances.

The concept of the Inked in America Tour, which concluded at the Mercury Lounge in New York (Money’s hometown show), is different from what many other artists are doing. The focus of the tour was not on Money’s artistic creations, but rather on the people that he met while traveling across America.

In a phone interview with WSN, Money discussed his tour.

“We wanted to do some-thing to show the differences of people in different cities,” Money said. “One of those things is in tattoo culture.”

Money was struck by the idea of making a documentary while on the road to further show each city’s people and their differences. No footage has been released yet, but Money revealed that he will premiere some of the film’s footage during his perfor-mance at the Inked Out New Jersey Tattoo Convention on Sept. 12. Currently, the film has no distributor, so it does not have a release date yet.

Money said he enjoyed learn-ing about the trendiest tattoos in the cities he visited, and what he discovered was unexpected.

“It’s funny because any city says the same thing — the in-finity symbol,” Money said.

One particularly memorable visit for Money was at a tattoo parlor across the street from Ohio State University.

“That was interesting be-cause the manager talked about all the different people that come in there,” he said. “It’s a big college and not ev-eryone there is from Ohio, so you have cultures from all these kids, every year, coming in to get a tattoo.”

Money encourages people to research before they get a tat-too. He does not recommend walking into any parlor and getting just anything inked.

“Make sure you research your artist,” Money advised. “Don’t get a trend. Try for something that’s personal to you or get something that you just think is cool.”

Money shows no sign of slow-ing down in the upcoming year. Fresh off the release of his sin-gle “Mexican Coke,” for which he filmed and directed the mu-sic video, Money plans to re-lease his album next month.

He explained that his album is about love, lust and social aspects of life, such as dealing with friends.

“Everybody has plans and nobody has time for each other,” Money said. “I think that’s the hardest thing.”

Despite his heartache, Money will keep working on his new album.

“The album will be out in Oc-tober and, after that, I’ll be back out on tour again,” he said.

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“The Leftovers” season finale airs this Sunday, Sept. 7. via faCeBook.Com

By alEx GREEnBERGERArts Editor

“The Leftovers,” a profound study in grief, plays like “Lost” in reverse. Instead of being interested in what happened to the people who vanished, it focuses on what would happen to the friends and family of those who disappeared.

In the HBO show, based on Tom Perrotta’s novel of the same name, the characters are grief-stricken by a strange, Rapture-like event that caused 2 percent of the world’s population to disappear. The De-parted — the people who left on a day just like any other — may or may not be dead. Or, they may have been abducted by aliens, as some conspiracy theorists explain on the show. Creators Tom Perrotta and Damon Lindelof never make what happened clear to viewers, nor does it seem to be relevant to the show as a whole.

Taking a cue from “Twin Peaks,” the central mystery sur-rounding “The Leftovers” is barely touched upon, and with one episode left in the 10-epi-sode season, it is unlikely that any closure will be given. Rather than being concerned with what happened to the Departed, the show is a beautiful meditation on losing faith, dealing with loneliness and coming to terms with invisible forces.

All that may sound familiar be-cause those are the same themes that Lindelof explored in his pre-vious television effort, “Lost.” But because “The Leftovers” is an HBO show, Lindelof is finally given free creative reign, and “The Leftovers” feels like the show Lindelof always wanted to make. It is more sophisticated than “Lost” — a show with richly developed characters that got oc-casionally tripped up by its sub-

plots — because it is finally able to focus on the characters.

The two best episodes of “The Leftovers” so far are character studies — one about a priest (Christopher Eccleston of “Doc-tor Who” fame) who is about to lose his church and another about a woman (Carrie Coon) whose job is to find out why these people “poofed.” These are standalone episodes, with the priest’s arc barely being touched upon again. And yet, these epi-sodes are the most wrenching because they almost answer the questions of the viewers, but deny them at the last min-ute. Like the characters on the show, viewers are left question-ing what they just experienced and feeling the unexpected pain of life without 2 percent of the world population.

“The Leftovers” has been criti-cized for being both too miser-able and too reliant on symbol-ism. It is guilty on both counts. In one particularly overblown case, Kevin — the show’s tortured pro-tagonist and town sheriff (Justin Theroux) — finds meaning in a burnt bagel. Be that as it may, the show’s writing is sharp and often uses symbolism to get at some-thing deeper and sadder than most other TV shows.

Because this is a show interested primarily in character develop-ment and symbolism, there is not much to “The Leftovers’” plot. Very little has happened in the nine epi-sodes since the pilot, and very little is expected to happen in its up-coming second season, but that is alright. This is an intelligent show that dares its audience to think hard. In that way, it is unlike any-thing else currently on television.

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opening of the second musical of the season (the first being the already-shuttered “Holler If Ya Hear Me”), “On the Town.” A revival of the classic Jerome Robbins production, the musi-cal follows the story of three young sailors on leave for one day in New York City. This mu-sical will also star Broadway darlings Alysha Umphress and Jay Armstrong Johnson, as well as winner of this season of “So You Think You Can Dance,” Ricky Ubeda, and opens for previews on Sept. 20 at the newly renamed Lyric Theatre.

“How I Met Your Mother” fans will be happy about Josh Radnor’s Broadway debut in Pulitzer Prize-winning “Dis-graced,” which starts previews on Sept. 27. Fans of British rock band The Police will be pleased

to hear Sting’s original musical “The Last Ship” will be dock-ing at the Neil Simon Theatre on Sept. 30, closing out the fall season’s busiest month of Broadway openings.

While September might wel-come the most shows, October is debatably the month of star power. Ewan McGregor faces off with Maggie Gyllenhaal in Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing,” a play about sexual pol-itics and the fictions or reali-ties that they create. They are joined by Cynthia Nixon and Josh Hamilton on the Ameri-can Airlines Theatre stage on Oct. 2. Later, on Oct. 20, Glenn Close, John Lithgow and Mar-tha Plimpton will strike “A Delicate Balance,” an Edward Albee play about two marriages that are falling apart.

Classic musical fans need look no further than “Side Show,” based on the true story of vaudeville legends Daisy and Violet Hilton, which will be revived at the St. James The-atre after being reimagined in a production at La Jolla Play-house and The Kennedy Center.

Bradley Cooper will open a new version of “The Elephant Man” in November. He is joined by Patri-cia Clarkson in this Williamstown Theatre Festival transfer smash. “Honeymoon in Vegas,” the new-est offering from the Broadway gi-ant Disney Theatricals, will begin previews on Nov. 18.

This season on Broadway is full of exciting options for fans of all types of shows.

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Top competitors in NFL may mirror last season

By ChaRlES SuREttEStaff Columnist

The 2014 NFL season officially kicks off tonight, with 32 teams playing for the chance to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy next February. Last season’s Super Bowl matchup, AFC’s Denver Broncos and NFC’s Seattle Seahawks, stand

poised to emerge as conference champions once again.

Denver, led by renowned quar-terback Peyton Manning, was an offensive juggernaut in 2013 and finished with a 13-3 record and an AFC Championship victory over the New England Patriots, capping off a campaign that saw Manning shatter records for both

passing yards and touchdown passes. The Broncos were thor-oughly embarrassed in Super Bowl XLVIII, however, losing 43-8 to the NFC Champion Seahawks.

Seattle also finished with a 13-3 record, reaching the Super Bowl thanks to its league-best defense, headed by cornerback Richard Sherman; safeties Kam

Chancellor and Earl Thomas; and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player linebacker Malcolm Smith. With an offense featur-ing dynamic young quarter-back Russell Wilson and pow-erful running back Marshawn Lynch, Seattle outplayed Den-ver on nearly every front, sty-mying Manning and his receiv-ers to secure the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl victory.

Although both appear favor-ites to return to the conference championships, Denver and Se-attle will not go unchallenged. Denver added wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders and corner-back Aqib Talib in free agency, but it lost wide receiver Eric Decker and cornerback Domi-nique Rodgers-Cromartie to the New York Jets and New York Giants, respectively. The team also might be without receiver Wes Welker, who sus-tained his third career concus-sion during the preseason in addition to being suspended for four games due to his use of banned substances.

Questions remain about Den-ver’s defense and reliance on an aging Manning to win games, despite the addition of Talib and defensive end DeMarcus Ware. Denver will also face an

improved New England team, which will feature a healthy Rob Gronkowski as tight end and Pro Bowl cornerbacks Darelle Revis and Brandon Browner on defense as the team looks to avenge last year’s 26-16 AFC Championship loss and chase an elusive fourth Super Bowl.

On the NFC side, Seattle has largely retained its offensive and defensive cores — save for wide receiver Golden Tate — but will once again battle division rival San Francisco; led by quarter-back Colin Kaepernick; wide receivers Anquan Boldin and Mi-chael Crabtree; tight end Vernon Davis; and running back Frank Gore on offense, with linebacker Patrick Willis leading a top-five defense of his own.

With Denver and New Eng-land clearly the top of the AFC, the two teams will likely meet again in the conference cham-pionship. Although the NFC may feature more top-to-bot-tom talent and tighter compe-tition, look for Seattle and San Francisco to once again be the last two teams standing in Janu-ary for a rematch of the NFL’s Final Four from last season.

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Lucas Doucette, who had re-placed junior Nick Cantor.

Even with the stats in NYU’s favor, the game was tied after 90 minutes. The two teams played two extra 10-minute pe-riods, and finally the Violets’ opportunity arose.

With an assist from sophomore midfielder Hector Rojas, sopho-more forward Bryan Walsh bod-ied in the deciding goal in the 106th minute to give the Violets a dramatic 3-2 victory.

“We played very well for the majority of the game but made

some stupid mistakes,” Barton said. “Before overtime we really united and were all over it.”

The Violets find new ways to win every night and, as the sea-son continues, more attention will be focused on a team that at this point seems to have a knack for pulling out victories.

The Violets will look to make it four wins in a row when they take on the City College of New York on Sept. 10.

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By adaM fazliBEGuDeputy Opinion Editor

By the end of my Welcome Week, I thought NYU was a huge mistake. Meeting dozens of strangers was not only exhaust-ing, but extremely stressful. Un-til college, I had a close circle of friends. I never had a need to awkwardly shuffle around a room trying to make small talk in order to find common interests with others. What I did not realize at the time was that NYU offered me a chance to explore new oppor-tunities that I never would have considered otherwise.

After several weeks of mindlessly completing online math assign-ments and reading cryptic poetry for Writing the Essay, I thought I had a sense of what my college life would entail. I attended meetings for several business-oriented clubs and spent a lot of time at the library. Falling into my old routine was the easiest thing to do — not much had changed since high school.

By the time sophomore year rolled around, most of my ex-tracurricular activities felt stale.

It was not until my roommate mentioned the school newspaper that I even considered writing in my free time. I always excelled in quantitative courses and dreaded the occasional mandatory essay. Nonetheless, I decided to con-tribute several articles — which I actually enjoyed writing. I stayed with Washington Square News for the rest of the year and wound up spending more time on writing than I did in clubs from the year prior.

Taking a risk paid off, so I de-cided to use the same philosophy later in the year when I was ap-plying for summer internships. After combing through hundreds of job postings online and writ-ing dozens of cover letters, I came across an opportunity at a bank’s compliance department. I had

never considered compliance as a career path, but I sent in my re-sume anyway. A short while later I interviewed at the firm and was offered a summer position, so I decided to take a chance and ac-cept the offer. My summer in-ternship turned out to be a great experience, defying all my previ-ous expectations of working in a bank. My superiors were friendly and supportive — a far cry from stereotypical Wall Street.

Looking back, my only regret is that I waited a year before I was willing to try something to-tally new. It was all too easy for me to ignore new opportunities. Now that I am entering my pen-ultimate year of college, I know I will continue to take risks and keep an open mind toward all of the opportunities NYU has to of-fer. So, if you just finished your first week of classes and already hate NYU, don’t give up yet. Take a risk and you might discover something that you never knew you enjoyed.

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By lena rawleyStaff Columnist

At the 2014 Video Music Awards, Beyoncé stood in front of a screen with the word “feminist” radiating behind her and confidently rede-clared herself a feminist.

Beyoncé’s statement was audacious, beautiful and — given the way female celebrities with similar star power have butchered feminism in the past few months — exactly what the movement needed.

Lately, celebrity reception has been rough for feminism. Lana Del Rey told Rolling Stone she was more inter-ested in space travel than feminism. Shailene Woodley said she was not a feminist in an interview that mistak-enly implied that feminism rejects the notion that the sexes should be equal. Additionally, Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson have all pub-licly rejected the feminist label.

Feminism should not be this difficult to understand. It is very simple to de-fine: equality between the sexes. It has been well-documented that the femi-nist goal of women having as much au-tonomy over their personal and profes-sional lives as men does benefit society

in many ways. For example, women’s increased political participation re-duces corruption and their economic engagement boosts the GDP. Beyon-cé’s performance explicitly illustrated the idea using activist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s powerful TEDx Talk, which encourages men and women alike to join this cause.

Despite feminism’s simplicity, a great number of people — not just Del Rey and Woodley — mischaracter-ize feminism. Many still see feminism as an aggressive bra-burning push for the elimination of all men. This false perception does not help considering that the strength and success of any movement only occurs with mass support. This support cannot accu-mulate if feminism is incorrectly per-ceived as detrimental to men.

Del Rey and Woodley’s confusion does not help fix this perception. In

fact, it makes matters worse. Soci-ety places celebrities like Del Rey and Woodley on a pedestal. What they say cannot be ignored or taken with a grain of salt.

Their words and opinions have incredible power — no matter how ridiculous that may seem — which is why it is incredibly unproduc-tive when these women open their mouths and mischaracterize femi-nism. With public perception of femi-nism already shaky, a flawed defini-tion skews already misguided ideas even further, detracting even more from the movement.

Beyoncé’s public statement is the kind of action that needs to be taken by female celebrities. These women need to educate themselves about feminism, not make ill-informed declarations about the concept. Fig-ures like Del Rey and Woodley must realize that feminism, as a move-ment that has strived to bridge the gap between the sexes for far too long, deserves its name displayed with shining lights — not falsified in magazine interviews.

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Class of 2018 Facebook groups were created with the goal of building community among the incoming fresh-men. All were established to help students prepare for life at NYU, but the focus of some drifted toward the elections for the 2018 Class Activities Board. The Office of Under-graduate Admissions manages its own CAB18 Facebook page featuring candidates and election news. However, administrators of some unaffiliated groups are freshmen students. Complaints were waged about the tone of one of these closed groups — named “NYU Class of 2018,” same as the official CAB18 page — which was used as a promo-tional platform for many of the candidates. With CAB of-ficers being announced today, the nasty comments seem to have come to a close. But NYU students — particularly those looking to lead their peers — need to remember that their online presence leaves a trail.

Welcome Week is an opportunity to leave a positive first impression and become part of the NYU community. Unfor-tunately, students lose this opportunity to connect when they show hostility toward others online. There are approximately 6,000 students in the freshman class across all campuses, but there is no anonymity when everyone is in the same Facebook group. The student group previously mentioned has nearly 8,000 members — far more people than who are actually in the class. The bitter comments and arguments on this page do not help NYU in its struggle to build community.

The students posting these obscene comments in the class of 2018 group clearly do not understand that what they post on public forums is unlikely to remain con-tained. Privacy is an unreasonable expectation on the In-ternet, regardless of whether a Facebook group has closed settings. Nearly anyone can access a Facebook page, in-cluding employers, professors, parents and peers. Even if a user posts within a closed group, there is still a high potential that outsiders can find inappropriate material or that fellow group members can take screenshots.

NYU is a prestigious school due to its consistently ex-cellent and respectful student body and faculty. In the competitive world of college admissions, public percep-tion matters, especially for prospective students search-ing for a new place to call home. This particular Facebook group — and the anger it has caused — is not representative of the larger NYU community and has managed to sully the im-age of the entire freshman class. The incident reflects poorly on the students involved, and is also counterproductive to building a positive campus environment. In response to the controversy, one admitted student who chose to at-tend elsewhere wrote on Facebook, “You know, there are days when I legitimately regret not attending NYU. Not today, though.”