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By NIVEA SERRAO Alfred Hitchcock’s film “Psycho”

introduced the world to the now-iconic mother-and-son duo of Nor-ma and Norman Bates over 50 years ago. But it was last year that the pair got a closer look as two of the lat-est characters joined the transition from film to television in the A&E original series “Bates Motel.”

The series begins following Norma and Norman, played by Vera Farmiga and Freddie High-more, respectively, shortly after the sudden death of Norman’s father. This season could even-tually lead to the events of the original film, but the main focus of the show has been developing the unusually close relationship

between mother and son. WSN spoke to Farmiga and Kerry

Ehrin, the show’s executive pro-ducer, about the interesting plot and the show’s future.

“She’s the mother of all mothers,” Ehrin said of Norma. “She’s in an extreme situation. But like every mother I’ve ever known, [she] just [has] this passion for making every-thing okay for [her] kid.”

In exploring the Bates’ backstory, the first season introduced a new family member, Dylan Massett, Norma’s older son from a previ-ous relationship, played by Max Thieriot. His distant and often tem-pestuous relationship with Norma provides a counterpoint to the

By SEAN BILLINGS

The buzzer rang as CAS junior Brandon Jones scored one final takedown to further secure his victory, a first place finish and an automatic bid to the NCAA Wres-tling Championships. In the final match of the day, NYU’s 141 lb. wrestler lived up to the hype and finished the day 4-0, claiming the top spot at the regional qualifier on March 2 at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Penn.

The Violets fielded 10 wres-tlers at the East Regional Qualifier on Sunday, featuring three seniors who were eager to finish their post-season ca-reers on a high note. Among those in the lineup included co-captains and returning na-tional qualifiers Jones and CAS junior Patrick Sheehan.

NYU faced tough competition, but held strong and still had seven wrestlers in contention through three rounds of competition. As the day went on, however, the Vio-lets lost a handful of close bouts, and those wrestlers were forced into consolation brackets. CAS se-

nior Chris Amro and SCPS senior Anthony Chu took sixth place in the 174 lb. and 285 lb. weight di-visions, respectively. Co-captain and LS junior Matt DiGiovanni and Sheehan each took fifth place in the 157 lb. and 184 lb. weight classes. But Jones took the spot-light as he won first place in the region, and he will head to Nation-als for the second year in a row.

“Sunday was a tournament that I needed to compete at a high level in preparation for Nationals,” Jones said. “I saw some tough competition this weekend and wouldn’t be sur-prised to see all three wrestlers out of the East Regional earn All-American honors.”

Jones said his preparation for this season was more focused

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By ANN SCHMIDT

New York state schools may be tuition-free for in-state students in the future.

Assemblyman James Skoufis from New York Assembly District 99 is promoting his proposal to make CUNY and SUNY schools free for in-state students.

If the bill, introduced in late Janu-ary, passes, it would be the only state program of its kind in the United States.

“The core principle of the bill is to make our public colleges in New York more affordable and acces-sible,” Skoufis said.

To apply for the program, stu-dents must serve 250 community service hours. However, students majoring in math or science can serve 125 hours. Students must also remain in New York for five years after they graduate.

“I’ve worked on this legisla-tion for over six months, and I think it’s struck a good bal-

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Concert at the HighlineAs part of Violet 100 spirit week, there will be a concert fea-turing Kiah Victoria, Marnie Stern and headliner Deerhunter. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. in the Highline Ballroom

located at 431 W. 16th St. Tickets are $7.

Harris WoffordHarris Wofford, former U.S. senator and adviser to President John F. Kennedy, will share his experiences during the civil rights movement. He will speak at the Labowitz Theater for

the Performing Arts at 5:30 p.m.

The Role of Mosque SchoolsDana Burde, professor of international education at the Stein-hardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, will be speaking on the role of mosque schools in remote Afghan villages. The event will take place at 295 Lafayette St. at 1:30 p.m.

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What better way to get into the Bayou state spirit than with HBO’s “True Detective?” True, the series, set in the boonies of Louisiana, has drawn criticism for being formulaic and choos-ing style over substance (see Emily Nussbaum’s as-per-usual brilliant review in The New Yorker), but there is a lot of fun to be had here. It is a little like “Twin Peaks” with black comedy instead of campy weirdness, and the Deep South in lieu of the Pacific Northwest. Tune in to the last two episodes of the anthology series, and you are sure to be wowed by Matthew McConaughey’s performance as Rust Cohle. — JAKE FOLSOM

Elvis Presley may be best known for his hip-shaking and his bouffant, but he was as much a performer on the screen as on the musical stage. His acclaimed turn as Danny Fisher in 1958’s “King Creole,” also starring Carolyn Jones and Walter Matthau, is perfect for a Fat Tuesday movie night. The film was partly shot on location in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Watch as the teenaged Danny grapples with family drama, young love and his town’s criminal element, with a bit of hip-shaking thrown in for good measure. — CLIO MCCONNELL

Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” is worth watching any time of year, but the 1951 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh paints a dramatic picture of the American South. Even as the tragedy unfolds, we play witness to the scen-ery and culture of New Orleans’ French Quarter. Take in the shadowy exterior shots and sweltering views of brick buildings and catch a glimpse of that titular streetcar. — CLIO MCCONNELL

An often-overlooked stew in the south, HBO’s now-finished “Treme” is a drama that follows the lives of a community of people living in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, trying to rebuild their homes, lives and relationships. Featuring awesome and authentic Cajun food, music and per-sonalities — including actor Steve Zahn — “Treme” is the real deal. If you are not able to make it down to Louisiana for Mardi Gras, definitely catch up with this show for the spirit of the place and the people who make up the legendary cel-ebration. — IFE OLUJOBI

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ance of providing a real, tangible economic ben-efit to students and their families while also asking them to give back to the communities that are in-vesting in them and their futures,” Skoufis said.

SUNY-Broome Community College freshman Ben Nel-son said spending five years in New York is worth the free tuition, although this proposition may not work for everyone.

“Maybe the five years might pose a problem for some people because their field might require them to move to an area where there’s more opportunity,” Nelson said.

Skoufis said depending on the school, 10 to 20 per-cent of SUNY and CUNY graduates end up leaving New York. By staying in New York, graduates would help improve the economy with their income and sales taxes as well as their dis-posable income, he added.

“Instead of tens of thou-sands of dollars of student loan debt going to big banks to repay student loans, that money is now being spent in local econo-mies,” Skoufis said.

SUNY-Broome freshman Jordan Brunette said the bill is positive for students.

“It will help push young adults to utilize their po-tential,” Brunette said. “It’s

a good chance to get young adults to get involved in their communities and re-alize the differences one person can make.”

While the program will offer economic benefits to the state, it will cost $1.5 billion upfront, which is about 1 percent of the $140 billion state budget.

Nelson said the bill would give opportunities to un-derprivileged students they might not have otherwise.

“If more people could go to school and get educated it would make a better society,” Nelson said.

Skoufis said that while the bill is directed to public universities, it is also rele-vant for private universities like NYU, which is a tuition-driven institution.

“My hope is that this will have an effect on private colleges as well,” Skoufis said. “It’s in their best inter-est to maintain a competi-tive edge with the public colleges. And if SUNY and CUNY suddenly are tuition free, the private colleges are going to have to do a better job of making them-selves more affordable as well so that they can con-tinue to compete with the public colleges.”

Additional reporting byKavish Harjai. Ann Schmidtis a news editor. Email themat news@nyunews.com.

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By RIAZ HOWEY

This past February at NYU Abu Dhabi, students hosted Black History month, a celebration modeled on a similar annual observance in the United States and the United Kingdom. The scheduled events during the month commemorated the his-tory of the African diaspora.

Freshman Nafisatou Mounkaila made the suggestion to start Black History Month at NYUAD.

Mounkaila admitted that the name might be interpreted to mean that the month aimed to educate non-Blacks. How-ever, she explained that it was intended for everyone to par-ticipate. Given the diversity of the Black community, it was a great opportunity for Black people to learn more about their own history.

“I just thought [Black History Month] would be a good … win-dow to tackle [these issues] in the sense that it’s not only, ‘Hey, let

me teach you about my people and what we have to do,’ but rather, ‘Let’s learn too — us within this di-aspora — let’s learn too.’”

The events were intentionally structured to represent the diver-sity of the global Black community.

“Each week was themed. We had the United States, African independence, we had one on African women through his-tory … We kept it diverse,” said freshman Hayat Mohammed. “There was more to do with [Black history] on a global scale than in the U.S.”

Low participation is a com-mon concern at NYUAD, and Black History Month suffered similarly poor attendance, with the majority of participants be-ing from the Black community.

Freshman Ahmed Yacout did not attend any of the events because he did not see the rel-evance of Black History Month in the context of NYUAD.

“I understand [Black History Month] in a U.S. context but not here [at NYUAD],” said Yacout.

“Maybe it was too long and lost momentum,” said junior Jeffrey Mei.

Some members of the organiza-tion committee speculated that low attendance may have been have been caused by poor adver-tising or students’ busy schedules.

Despite these issues, Moham-med believed Black History Month would be a permanent fixture at NYUAD.

“Was I naïve to think that people would actually invest time, to care? … Maybe I was, but you know, that’s not the point. The point is to have a cause and embody it. You just have to do it. You want it to be for other people, but it’s actually also going to help you grow. It gets to the point where you know it’s here. It’s available. The information is there — take it or leave it.”

Riaz Howey is adeputy news editor. Emailhim at riaz@thegazelle.org.

All-University Games bring spirit to NYU

By ANJANA SREEDHAR

Students dressed in different colors, streaked their faces with war paint, chanted the names of their schools and cheered for their teammates. The All-University Games had finally come.

Stern School of Business won the night, followed by the School of Medicine in second place and the College of Dentistry in third place.

Students from all of NYU’s schools engaged each other in friendly com-petition, with rounds ranging from volleyball to foosball — even rock-paper-scissors — on March 3. Stu-dents from each school represented their academic origins through cleverly crafted T-shirts, such as Stern’s “Lannisterns,” a play on the rich and powerful fictional family from HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

Gallatin junior Julie Pitter said the All-University Games provided a good op-

portunity to demonstrate camaraderie. “I guess there’s not a lot of places

to show our community at Gallatin and at NYU, so this is a nice presen-tation of that,” Pitter said.

Gallatin junior Jack Richards said NYU typically lacks school spirit.

“I went to a really spirited high school, and so it’s weird to be at NYU where there’s not a lot of school spirit, and so this is the one means to let it out,” Richards said.

CAS senior and Student Coun-cil President Victoria Ettorre said events such as the All-University Games provide an opportunity for students to not only showcase com-munity, but to build and sustain it.

“It’s one of the most well-attended All-University Games that I’ve been to,” Ettore said. “We have a lot of school spirit tonight.”

Anjana Sreedhar is a staff writer. Email her at news@nyunews.com.

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Celebrate National Pancake Day right with tasty flapjacks

By AVERY CHANG

March 4 is the Interna-tional House of Pancakes’ official National Pancake Day. While only IHOP offers free pancakes to the hungry public, other enchantingly delicious options are avail-able around campus as well. Check out these places to get your fix of buttery, syr-upy goodness.

InternationalHouse of Pancakes

IHOP celebrates National Pancake Day by providing patrons with a free stack of their famous buttermilk pancakes any time between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.

In turn, the restaurant accepts donations for the Children’s Miracle Net-work Hospitals in an effort that has raised $13 million since the annual fundraiser began in 2006. While not particularly remarkable, the plain pancakes at IHOP are tasty enough for your National Pancake Day fix, especially since the event is for a good cause. (235 E. 14th St.)

Cafe Orlin

Conveniently located on St. Marks just a few blocks away from campus, Cafe Orlin offers some of the city’s tastiest pancakes. Traditionalists will find joy in Cafe Orlin’s classic buttermilk pancakes. For the more adventurous, ba-nanas or blueberries — or both — can be added. For those who want a little more spice, the cafe offers pumpkin pancakes topped with cinnamon yogurt.

The eatery is trendily designed with brick walls and hardwood floors — a comfortable environment fit for a cozy, late brunch. Outdoor seating is also available for those who

want to brave the cold. (41 St. Marks Place)

Prune

If you are looking for the classic taste of a rich, sweet pancake taken to a new level, look no further. Prune offers Dutch-style pancakes that will fill up even the hun-griest brunch-goer. Baked in an oven rather than a fry-ing pan, these pancakes are thick, heavy and topped with both baked pear slices and powdered sugar. They also come with a side of Canadian bacon to add some variety to the meal. (54 E. First St.)

Avery Chang isa staff writer. Email herat dining@nyunews.com.

Deep-dish pizza makes leap from Chicago to

SoHo at Emmett’sBy NIKOLAS REDA-CASTELAO

Emmett’s, a new pizzeria that re-cently opened in SoHo, specializes in its authentic Chicago deep-dish pizza, a daring move in New York City.

The presence of deep-dish pizza within itself is a breath of fresh air to those who tire of the $1 late-night pizza dives and the high-class, Zagat-rated bistros of the pizza world.

Emmett’s has a simple menu. There are sandwiches, two starter items and four deep-dish pizza sizes ranging from a small ($16) to family size ($28).

Upon entering Emmett’s, custom-ers notice the classic décor. On one side is the quaint and well-lit bar and to the other a small clustering of finely polished tables.

Tisch sophomore Alejandro Sarete said he enjoyed the atmosphere of the restaurant.

“It’s like you’re in a movie in here,” he said.

The fries are well-seasoned and slightly crispy. The main attraction, of course, is the Chicago-style deep-dish pizza, which is slightly spicy, but not overwhelmingly so.

The Chicago deep-dish is always a mess to look at, but no one should care. The messiness implies that the pizza is done right. The unique pie

has nuanced flavors. Although the sauce might be a bit too sweet, ta-bleside pepper and cheese help the diners balance out the flavors for themselves.

Toppings ($2 to $4), especially the green pepper, are flavorful. However, they might be a bit too pricy to be worth it.

Tisch sophomore Victoria Duncan said she liked the different style of pizza offered at Emmett’s.

“It was a nice change of pace from the typical New York pizza that we are used to,” Duncan said.

Although Duncan enjoyed the pizza and the space, she said she did not like the openness of the restaurant.

“I wish they had those temporary doors outside of it to keep the cold out,” said Duncan.

Regardless of the cold, Emmett’s promises to be a hot spot for pizza aficionados looking to get a taste of something new, something more Midwestern than a traditional New York slice. From the mouths of Chi-cago to New York, the deep-dish tradition goes strong at Emmet’s, located on 50 Macdougal St.

Nikolas Reda-Castelaois a contributing writer. Emailhim at dining@nyunews.com.

Cafe blends tea taste withcappuccino style near Union Sq.

By DAVID BOLOGNA

Press Tea, recently opened on Sev-enth Avenue, serves uniquely deli-cious tea-based drinks, enticing curi-ous Greenwich Village Residents.

Located just a few blocks from Union Square, this innovative cafe has created a drink of its own. Al-lison DeVane, Press Tea’s market-ing director, explained the drink that co-founders Richard Chen and George Kuan created.

“The idea behind our concept is that we wanted to fuse the concept of both tea and coffee,” DeVane said.

The secret behind the tasty teas is the machine that was invented and tweaked for nearly three years. De-veloped over a long period of time and through a process of brainstorm-ing in a garage, travelling around the globe and hand-picking teas, the final product is a mechanism that utilizes the same technology of a cap-puccino maker to create teas.

With four signature blend offer-ings — black, chai, green and rooi-bos — the level of caffeine starts highest at black, with as much caf-feine as a cup of coffee, and declines with each following blend. Mixed with a choice of milk and flavored syrups like vanilla and rose made in-house, the teas are then made

into the final macchiatos, lattes and other drink forms.

“These [signature blends] have al-ways been our base,” said DeVane. “Most people don’t understand the concept, so we say to think of it as [the blends being] your espresso, and from there you can make your drink.”

The signature hot blends by Press Tea come in an array of flavors from the rose black teapuccino to the green tea latte. They are delicious and reasonably priced.

Iced teas are equally irresistible, es-pecially the refreshing passion fruit Formosa. Some of the iced drinks are even topped with the cafe’s thick mont blanc crème made with a mix of fresh berries.

When paired with a delectable tea-infused pastry, some of the drinks’ flavors are amplified. Flaky crois-sants or Earl Grey infused cookies are certainly worthy complement to the drinks.

Press Tea has been taking extra measures to educate their customers on who they are and what they do, especially to the NYU community. Press Tea is now accepting Campus Cash, and students can text “Cam-pus” to 99000 for alerts on discounts.

LS freshman Leopoldo Gracia said he likes Press Tea’s tasty array of treats.

“My favorite tea is the Caramel Rooibos Latte,” Gracia said. “It’s the perfect amount of sweetness, and you still get the flavor of the tea. The setting was really cool too, so I may go there to do homework.”

Press Tea is located at 167 Sev-enth Ave. and is open Sunday through Thursday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

David Bologna is a staff writer.Email him at dining@nyunews.com.

WSN RECIPES: GIRL SCOUT COOKIES

By HELEN OWOLABI

Once a year Girl Scout troops across America sell coveted boxes of Girl Scout cookies. If you are a die-hard cookie lover, you do not just buy a box or two — you stock up. In celebration of Girl Scout cookie season, and for anyone who needs to use an extra box or 10 of cookies, here is a deliciously easy rec-ipe for all your extra Trefoils. This recipe for a cheesecake and Trefoil parfait requires only a few easy-to-purchase ingredients. It takes about 15 minutes to prepare and serves eight. If you need to buy a box of Trefoils or any of your other favorite Girl Scout cookies, use the Girl Scout website’s cookie finder to find the near-est Girl Scout troop selling cookies near you.

Ingredients

1 box of Trefoils Girl Scout Cookies1 box of instant cheesecake pud-ding mix (the Jell-O brand is a great, affordable option)12 oz. of softened or whipped cream cheese1 pint of strawberries, slicedChocolate syrup

Directions Break apart and crush about

half a box of Trefoil cookies.Mix cream cheese and

cheesecake pudding until it turns into smooth consistency. (Add about 1/2 to 1 cup of milk if needed with your instant cheesecake pudding mix.)

Layer the mixed cheese-cake pudding and crushed trefoils into a cup and repeat layering until about 3/4 of the cup is filled.

Top the pudding with straw-berries (or a mixture of your favorite berries) and two regu-lar Trefoil cookies.

Finish with a drizzle of chocolate syrup.

Helen Owolabi isa staff writer. Email herat dining@nyunews.com.

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closeness between Norma and Norman, while also providing the younger Bates with a close friend and ally.

Ehrin said the second season will further explore the relation-ship between Norma and Dylan.

“It’s the story of a lost son,” Ehrin said. “He has a longing for a family that he’s never had… and he’s very much deal-ing with that.”

This is not the only family dy-namic that will be featured this season. “Bates Motel” will also bring in Norma’s brother, intro-ducing another aspect of her mys-

terious and painful past.Farmiga’s performance as

Norma earned her a Golden Globe nomination this year. How-ever, the actress credits her per-formance to her fellow actors.

“I just rely on my scene part-ners,” Farmiga said. “There are times, literally in a scene with Max [Thieriot], where I just for-get to say my lines because I’m so enthralled with his performance that I’m watching him. And it’s like I’m just in awe. So it’s just try-ing to be present with them.”

Despite the audience know-ing the ultimate end of the Bates’ story, Ehrin feels there is much more to discover within the characters’ relationship.

“There’s so much great story to go,” Ehrin said. “This is such an exciting show to work on because there’s something about the rela-tionship with Norma and Nor-man that just keeps on giving.”

The second season of “Bates Mo-tel” premiered Monday, March 3 on A&E.

Nivea Serrao is acontributing writer. Email herat entertainment@nyunews.com.

By IFE OLUJOBI Sunday’s 86th annual Acad-

emy Awards went off without a hitch. After Seth MacFarlane’s controversial hosting gig last year, Ellen DeGeneres was a welcome change of tone and pace, presiding over an evening filled with beautiful dresses, heartfelt speeches and count-less retweets.

DeGeneres came out for her opening monologue dressed in a stylish velvet suit jacket and delivered several minutes of tame but entertaining jokes about the weather, the awards and Liza Minelli. Throughout the show, she continued to en-tertain with her special brand of anti-joke.

The night’s running gag came in the form of food, when De-Generes asked several celebri-ties in the audience if they were hungry. The joke got a little tired, but kudos to her for carry-ing it through by ordering three pizzas and handing out slices to stars including Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey and Martin Scorsese. Later in the show, DeGeneres collected real money from vari-

ous actors (and the one and only Harvey Weinstein).

As for the actual awards, it was a relatively dull night, with most of the categories unoffi-cially locked well before March 2. The first award of the night, Best Supporting Actor, went to Jared Leto, who gave a sweet and heartfelt speech about his mother. He set the tone for the night, as every winner that fol-lowed delivered an equally elo-quent and grateful address.

Best Actress Cate Blanchett’s speech was a standout, as she took time to recognize the success of women in film. In one of the night’s more suspenseful catego-ries, the stunning Lupita Nyong’o won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress over Jennifer Lawrence, and gave a graceful speech to in-spire young girls everywhere.

Perhaps the most surprising part of this year’s Oscars was that almost no one got played off stage during their accep-tance speeches. This made a huge difference in the night’s mood, even if it did add a bit of time to the proceedings.

The usually laborious musical numbers were largely entertaining

this year, with Pharrell Williams’ infectious and crowd-pleasing per-formance of “Happy,” nominated for Best Original Song. Karen O and Ezra Koenig put on an intimate rendition of “Moon Song” from “Her,” and U2 performed “Modern Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.”

Unfortunately, the talented Idina Menzel struggled through her performance of “Let it Go” from “Frozen,” though the hit still went on to win Best Origi-nal Song.

Pink also gave a beautiful tribute to “The Wizard of Oz,” and after the In Memoriam trib-ute, Bette Midler performed a touching version of “Wind Be-neath My Wings” to a standing ovation from the audience.

This year’s Academy Awards were pleasant, although not particularly riveting. Thanks to DeGeneres and her antics — in-cluding a photo-retweet that sup-posedly “broke Twitter” — this Oscars broadcast at least had the biggest web presence in history.

Ife Olujobi is thefilm editor. Email herat iolujobi@nyunews.com.

By WARREN WOLFE

When Pharrell Williams an-nounced a couple weeks ago that he would be releasing his first solo album since 2006, there was no shortage of excitement surround-ing the news.

The producer has backed many hits in the past few years, seem-ingly working only behind the scenes. But after his success at this year’s Grammy Awards, where he won Producer of the Year, Re-cord of the Year (Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”) and also had a role in Daft Punk’s Album of the Year win, it is safe to say Williams is becoming a household name.

His new project, “G I R L,” opens in a grand and sweeping fashion with “Marilyn Monroe.” A beau-tiful string overture begins the track, followed by a smooth drop into a funky, guitar-filled groove. The song makes a great first im-pression — the production and drums are high quality, as usual, and Williams, who sang on the most famous hooks of last sum-mer in Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” has a voice that stands well on its own.

The next song, “Brand New,” is a duet with Justin Timberlake that de-velops into a brassy, upbeat song. Both Williams and Timberlake show off their trademark falsettos on this

track, which has the potential to be a massive commercial hit.

At this point in “G I R L,” the mood transitions from celebratory to sug-gestive. Songs like “Hunter,” “Gush” and “Come Get it Bae (featuring Mi-ley Cyrus)” seem to blend together in terms of their groove and overall straightforward sexual messages.

Sandwiched in between these tracks is the infectious “Happy.” Originally made for the soundtrack of “Despicable Me 2,” the song en-courages the release of inhibition through lyrics like “Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof.”

On the latter half of the album, Williams returns with “Gust of Wind,” a collaboration with Daft Punk that features the duo’s elec-tronic vocals in the chorus.

“Lost Queen” switches up the vibe with a very cool African-influenced beat provided by hand drums and mellow harmonies.

“G I R L” has a strong start and fin-ish, despite a lull in the middle. Some tracks seem likely to be received well both critically and commercially, in-cluding “Brand New,” “Gust of Wind,” “Freq,” and “Know Who You Are.”

Most importantly, “G I R L” proves that Pharrell has more than enough talent to stand on his own as an artist.

Warren Wolfe is a contributing writer. Email him at music@nyunews.com.

By JOSEPH MYERS

Over the past few years, Broad-way has been featured in non-theatrical media, from NBC’s “Smash” to the movie adapta-tion of “Les Misérables,” and more recently “Submissions Only,” a webseries created by Broadway stars Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate Wetherhead. The series launched its third season on March 3.

Keenan-Bolger and Wether-head met working on a pro-duction in 2010, during which they began shooting backstage videos together. Wetherhead’s husband noticed the duo’s col-laborative abilities and sug-gested that they elaborate on the project. When Wetherhead mentioned this suggestion to Keenan-Bolger, he had already been thinking the same thing, and they began writing the first “Submissions Only” episode the next day.

With only their pilot script, a video camera and a cast of a few friends, the two actors under-estimated the amount of time and effort needed to create their series at first, particularly in re-gards to editing.

“It has all been trial by fire,” Keenan-Bolger said. “Over time we learned from our mistakes.”

Wetherhead said it was easy to run a tight ship with her co-creator, though.

“Andrew and I are a two-man band,” Wetherhead said. “We share a brain and both have a clear vision of the final product and don’t get too precious about stuff [that needs to be cut].”

After BroadwayWorld.com picked up the second season of “Submissions Only,” its budget expanded, which allowed the co-creators to expand their cast, crew and equipment.

“[Having a sponsor] helps the show gain legitimacy,” Weth-erhead said. “It increases the show’s value, which meant that we had to step up our game.”

To some fans, the Broadway audition sequences portrayed in “Submissions Only” seem outrageous and silly, but Keenan-Bolger said most of these sequences were “fright-eningly similar” to and mostly based on his and Wether-head’s true experiences.

The actors have had grueling and uncomfortable experiences with auditions but are not bit-ter. Instead, they put a comedic spin on the awkward, embar-rassing situations.

In the upcoming season, fans can expect an array of guest stars such as Audra McDonald, Judith

Light, Bobby Cannavale, Kelli O’Hara, Linda Lavin, Joel Grey, Joanna Gleason, Brian d’Arcy James and many more.

Both Keenan-Bolger and Wetherhead agreed that they are most excited to look back on the first season and see how much the series has changed.

“It’s really inspiring to see how far we have come,” Keenan-Bolger said. “It really shows that if you stick to something, you will succeed.”

Joseph Myers isa contributing writer. Emailhim at theater@nyunews.com.

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Obesity should be classified as diseaseSCIENTIFIC SOCIETY

By OMAR ETMAN

Vladimir Putin does not care what the West thinks. All post-Cold War truces seem to be more or less off the table. Since the Winter Olympics ended, Putin, rarely agreeable to begin with, has intensified his hostile behav-ior by further separating himself from the United States and the European Union. By invading Ukraine, Putin made a shrewd po-litical move, the impact of which will be felt far beyond Eastern Eu-rope. As other leaders are falling flat, Putin is storming ahead.

In the buildup to the Olympics, Russia instituted a strict anti-gay policy. The timing of the bill was surprising — why introduce such controversial legislation right before an international event in-tended to paint Russia in a posi-tive light? Putin’s reasoning is clear: to underline his “I don’t care what others think” agenda and, in doing so, re-establish Rus-sia as a dominant world power. If Putin held any regard for the opinions of participating coun-tries, he would have revoked the

discriminatory law. By choosing to stand firm, however, he frus-trated established powers that had no choice but to remain largely neutral in light of the up-coming Olympics.

Ukraine is in turmoil. Its for-eign reserves are running low, its former president is in hiding, and Independence Square no longer resembles its former state. Yet, Ukraine matters — it is Putin’s last remaining hope in developing his dream of a Eurasian Union. Mili-tary intervention is necessary if the United States plans to prevent Russia from gaining this degree of international dominance.

Putin’s hostility toward the West has rendered any political and economic alliance impos-

sible. The United States needs to drive out Russian influence in Ukraine to keep the country afloat. If Ukraine joins the Euro-pean Union, Russia will become a nation independent of West-ern allies. Although this scenario runs the risk of resembling the Cold War era, Putin needs to feel pushback now so that he be-comes tangibly aware that he is not the only president capable of playing offense.

Putin is on a campaign for un-adulterated power. Display af-ter display of his bravado have yielded subdued international response, proving that his Machi-avellian efforts are succeeding. All the while, Russia continues to be a global player. Discount-ing Putin’s capacity for harm is a mistake — as it has before, one man’s hubris can bring down a nation. At this point, diplomacy is an insufficient means by which to bring Putin to his end.

Omar is a deputyopinion editor. Omar’sOration is published every Tuesday.Email him at oetman@nyunews.com.

By TESS WOOSLEY

The American Medical Association classified obesity as a disease last sum-mer. The decision was in opposition to a study of the issue by the AMA’s Council on Science and Public Health. Due to flaws with the Body Mass In-dexing system used to characterize people as obese, the council recom-mended against designating obesity a disease. They voiced concerns about those with metabolic problems who are not classified as obese by the BMI and those who are obese but seem healthy. However, an increasing num-ber of studies have shown the healthy obese as a societal misconception. The AMA made the progressive and correct choice, despite some critics’ claims to the opposite.

Recent studies by Crystal L. Hoyt and Jeni L. Burnette have examined the psychological effects reclassification may have. They found that those who know obesity is a disease reported a higher body satisfaction and felt that attempting to lose weight was futile. These participants also chose to eat higher-calorie foods. But it is impor-tant to remember that these studies only looked at the short-term, psycho-

logical effects on obese people of read-ing an informative article.

The social stigma surrounding obe-sity implies that obese people lack self control and discipline. Hoyt and Bur-nette thought their results showed that the AMA’s decision encouraged the stigma — because participants felt better, or less responsible, about themselves, they were less likely to make healthy choices. But this is a stigma that should be changed, not accepted as motivation for the obese to lose weight. Characterizing obesity as a disease works to fight this psycho-logically damaging stigma.

It is critical that obesity continues to be considered a disease within the medical community. Obesity is a precursor to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, but has negative health effects of its own. The primary

effects are joint damage and a chronic state of inflammation, the latter of which can contribute to hormone imbalances and metabolic syndrome. These are serious conditions and need to be treated accordingly. Health care professionals should be educated early on about the severe risks of obesity in order to better advise their patients who are headed down that path. If being overweight is seen as developing a disease, those affected by it will take more serious measures.

Classifying obesity as a disease is an important step in quelling the epidemic. The severe and immedi-ate consequences of chronic obesity need to be constantly monitored and discussed by those in the health care industry. Although the decision’s ben-efits are hard to see in the short term, labeling obesity as a disease will help the medical community better fight and prevent the problem.

In response to Christina Coleburn’s “Obesity should not be classified as a disease.”

Tess Woosley is astaff columnist. ScientificSociety is published every Tuesday. Email her at opinion@nyunews.com.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in Hall v. Florida, a controversial case that once again brought the issue of capital punishment to the high court’s attention, on March 3. Freddie Lee Hall was tried and convicted of kidnap, rape and murder in 1978, and subsequently sentenced to death. Hall’s attorney’s filed an appeal, citing his multiple diagnoses of mental disabil-ity and long history of low IQ test scores. Over a decade ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia that convicted criminals who are deemed mentally retarded cannot be sub-ject to capital punishment. It was an important step forward in the country’s slow progression toward cleaning up the criminal justice system, but the Supreme Court made a major mistake — giving free rein to states in governing the method by which an inmate is determined mentally retarded.

Prior to 2002, execution of mentally disabled individuals was legal under Penry v. Lynaugh, which held that capital punish-ment of those suffering from mental disabilities did not vio-late the Eighth Amendment. However, Atkins overturned the prior ruling, noting that the Eighth Amendment was subject to change in accordance with evolving standards of decency in society. When deciding Hall’s fate, the justices should ask themselves if defining mental disability by IQ is in accordance with the evolving standards of decency in society.

Hall’s measured IQ has fallen between 65-75 over his life-time, overlapping Florida’s hard cutoff line of 70 for mental disability. However, IQs in the 70-84 range have been labeled as borderline retarded in some versions of the test. More im-portantly, no justice system should rely entirely on a test that fails to recognize the scientific margin of error in its results. Hall has other markers of a mental handicap: his former teach-ers have described him as mentally disabled, and his speech is not always intelligible. These factors need to be taken into account when deciding a person’s mental state in a fair trial. Furthermore, IQ tests generally have a margin of error of five points, which means that a result as high as 74 could techni-cally qualify Hall as mentally disabled in Florida.

Hall’s crime is one that deserves punishment, but not ex-ecution. His condition should not excuse him from being held responsible for his actions, but a death sentence cannot be car-ried out without violating the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

Hall v. Florida represents an opportunity for the Supreme Court to improve its decision in Atkins. When a law appears to be arbitrary in its nature, it most likely is. In Florida’s case, a multipronged approach is required, taking into account the standard errors of measurement within IQ tests. By deciding to hear the case, the justices will have to confront whether a constitutional definition of ineligibility for the death sentence is necessary. For the sake of many on death row, they must.

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compared to last season’s. “I was still making the

transition to NYU and adapting to the demands of both wrestling and aca-demics,” he said.

After compiling a 15-1 team record last season, finishing in the top 25 and sending two wrestlers to Nationals, the Violets came into this season expecting to pick up where they left off. Their tourna-ments this year included the Grapple at the Garden, the second wrestling event ever held at Madison Square Gar-den, and the NCAA National Duals in Des Moines, Iowa.

However, the Violets got off to a less-than-stellar start, going 3-7 in their first 10 matches. The team turned it around the sec-ond half of the season, go-

ing 7-2 and finishing above .500 after claiming the UAA Championship with wins over the University of Chi-cago and Case Western Re-serve in mid-February.

Jones said he felt a mix of emotions following the conclusion of Sun-day’s tournament.

“I was disappointed with how our season ended so abruptly,” he said. “I was almost certain that we would formulate a strong dual record and send five guys to Nationals.”

Jones said his goal to be a national champion has not wavered. He will com-pete again in two weeks.

Sean Billings is acontributing writer. Emailhim at sports@nyunews.com.

Jones dominates the ring, sets sights on national field

JONES continued from PG. 1Usual suspects expected to lead in March Madness tournament

By CHARLES SURETTE

When turning the calendar page to March, two things are readily appar-ent: both spring and the NCAA’s an-nual basketball tournament will soon be upon us.

With Selection Sunday looming on March 16, college basketball programs across the nation will look to finish their seasons on a high note with the hope of being selected as one of the 68 best teams in the country to com-pete for the National Championship. The winner of the Big Dance will earn the right to cut down the nets at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, marking the sport’s most celebrated achievement.

In a tournament known for up-sets and Cinderella runs to the Final Four, this year’s tournament is likely to be dominated by traditional pow-ers. Several teams are loaded with NBA-level talent, while others look

poised to make deep runs as they hit their stride.

Leading the way is storied Kansas, Big 12 conference regular season champions for the 10th consecutive season. The Jayhawks are led by a pair of freshman standouts, forward An-drew Wiggins and center Joel Embiid, who are both expected to be selected in the top five of June’s NBA Draft. Wiggins has lit up Kansas with his scoring ability and athleticism, while Embiid, standing a full 7-feet tall, has terrorized opponents in the low post with his rebounding and shot block-ing prowess. With both players ex-pected to lead the way for Bill Self’s squad, Kansas will be tough to beat.

Not far behind are the Syracuse Or-ange, led by their own dynamic duo, point guard Tyler Ennis and forward C.J. Fair. Alongside Fair’s sound offen-sive game, Ennis has emerged as Syra-cuse’s best playmaker and late-game

finisher, sinking clutch baskets and free throws to lead the Orange to a 25-0 start. Aided by Trevor Cooney’s three-point shooting, Syracuse is likely to enter the tournament with a high seed and is a heavy favorite to make another deep tournament run.

Not to be overlooked are the vaunted Duke Blue Devils and their leading freshman, Jabari Parker. Like Wiggins, Parker is a scoring wizard, capable of singlehandedly leading his team to victory against tough Atlan-tic Coast Conference competition. Beyond merely scoring points, Parker crashes the boards as well, averaging nearly nine rebounds per game in ad-dition to his 18 points. With the con-tinued leadership of head coach Mike Krzyzewski and a supporting cast of Rodney Hood, Quinn Cook, Rasheed Sulaimon and Andre Dawkins, the talent-rich Blue Devils will look to overcome previous tournament mis-fortune to reach their 16th Final Four.

Although lacking in headline-grab-bing talent, the likes of North Caro-lina, Florida and Arizona are sure to feature in the late rounds of the tournament as well. For all the talk of bracket-busting Wichita State, look for the tournament to be tilted in fa-vor of college basketball’s old guard. With rosters stocked with impressive talent, college basketball’s perennial contenders are sure to lead the way to the Final Four in Arlington.

Charles Surette isa contributing writer. Emailhim at sports@nyunews.com. Jones is the only NYU player advancing to Nationals.

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