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Syeda ShahBano Ijaz, a GSAS student, is working on her doctor-ate in politics, teaching two reci-tations of 25 students each and raising her 1-year-old daughter. Ijaz is also involved in the Gradu-ate Student Organization Com-mittee. Ijaz was initially drawn to GSOC because NYU’s child bene-fits provide a subsidy of only $200 per semester that could not cover basic necessities — let alone child care — for her daughter.

Ijaz said if NYU acknowledged the realities of its graduate par-ents by providing daycare, more child subsidy for babysitting, maternity leave or an additional year of funding for doctoral stu-dents, then both parents and

the university would benefit. “[NYU] could get so much more

out of me and out of other gradu-ate parents if they gave such op-tions,” Ijaz said.

In December 2013, 98.4 percent of graduate employees voted to unionize after being without a contract since 2005. GSOC is the first graduate employee union at an American private university to be recognized as a collective bargaining unit and to negotiate a contract.

GSOC and NYU released a joint statement commenting on the contract establishing the union in 2013.

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By STEPHANIE GRELLAStaff Writer

A recent revision of NYU’s Fac-ulty Handbook has raised con-cerns from many non-tenured and contract professors about their academic freedom and right to negotiate.

NYU provost David McLaughlin sent a draft of the handbook — in-cluding tracked revisions — to full-time faculty on Oct. 2. Faculty also received a set of guidelines outlining new clauses pertaining primarily to non-tenured faculty.

NYU spokesman John Beckman said these changes were made to the handbook on Sept. 1 with the cre-ation of two faculty senate councils, one designated for tenure-tracked faculty and the new council for non-tenured employees.

“NYU has taken a major and im-portant step by recognizing full-time, non-tenure-track, contract faculty within our governance struc-ture,” Beckman said.

Ronald Rainey, a master’s profes-sor in Liberal Studies and one of the non-tenured track faculty senators, said these revisions, aimed to tailor policies toward non-tenured faculty, are infringing on contract faculty’s academic freedom. Rainey pointed to one particular clause, which af-fects only non-tenured faculty in the provost’s new set of guidelines.

The handbook reads: “Even in those cases in which a candidate satisfies the appropriate standards of achievement, the decision to reappoint or promote may be im-pacted by curricular and structural changes and improvements in aca-demic programs.”

Rainey said the clause is concern-ing because it elicits fear in non-ten-ure track professors whose contracts are under review every five years.

“You can meet all the criteria that is required for reappointment and still not be reappointed,” Rainey said. “The lack of job security is rather concerning.”

LS professor Michael Shenefelt,

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another LS faculty member, re-cently brought a complaint against two deans, and after the complaint was filed, changes were made to the handbook’s Title IV section, which outlines the protection of complaint procedures.

“I can’t know whether they made these changes to protect deans from investigations,” Shene-felt said. “I can’t know that with-out knowing the secrets of their heart. But I would say the timing is damn suspicious.”

Shenefelt said this change under Title IV was the only revision not visibly tracked in the draft sent by the provost. Beckman said the changes were a mistake.

“To be sure, that was an error,” Beckman said. “It was a totally in-nocent one made during a large revision of the Faculty Handbook. We regret that it happened, but no one should seek to read anything into it.”

Ezra Sacks, a Tisch professor and chairman of the Non-Tenure Track Full Time Contract Faculty Council sub-committee on gover-

nance, said the addition of non-tenured faculty to the University Senate marked a major step for-ward for contract faculty.

“For that full-time, non-tenure track, not having a voice in gover-nance at the university level has always been troubling, so they are excited to now have a seat at the

table,” Sacks said. Despite this progress, Rainey

found it peculiar that several of the handbook’s clauses limit fac-ulty’s protections after the univer-sity gave them a prominent spot on the senate.

“If the contract faculty are being invited to take part of university governance, wouldn’t the issues that pertain to contract faculty be the things we should be expressing

our voices on?” Rainey said.One concern among professors

is the grievance procedure, which now gives non-tenured faculty a shorter period of time to issue a grievance than tenured faculty.

“There’s also not an explicit al-lowance for the contract faculty to be represented by an attorney,”

Rainey said. “There are a number of protections tenured faculty have that contract faculty lost in this new handbook.”

Beckman ensured the change to the grievance clause is an appropriate step for non-ten-ured faculty rather than an ar-bitrary change.

“In this instance, redress should be sought through a grievance pro-cedure,” Beckman said. “This has

nothing to do with any ‘changing of the rules.’”

Shenefelt said these changes sim-ply limit the academic freedom of non-tenured faculty.

“The idea here is that contract faculty should be protected from punishment for their opinions, and what you’re seeing is a change in those protections,” Shenefelt said.

Regarding the new guidelines focused solely on non-tenured fac-ulty, Rainey said his senate coun-cil should have been part of de-veloping these guidelines before their publication.

“If this opportunity to review and comment is meant to be our op-portunity to express our voice, we would have liked that opportunity before the guidelines had been is-sued and posted,” Rainey said.

NYU faculty members are cur-rently reviewing the handbook and sending their feedback before the university Board of Trustees’ vote on Dec. 1.

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By CHRISTINE PARKStaff Writer

The NYU Department of Pub-lic Safety has received reports of eight incidents of larceny and one incident of controlled substance in the past week.

Controlled Substance

At 1:56 a.m. on Nov. 1, public safety confiscated marijuana and drug paraphernalia from a dormitory room at University residence hall. This incident is still under investigation.

Larceny

At 7:35 a.m. on Oct. 30, a stu-dent said that, between 5:15 p.m. and 5:20 p.m., her wallet went missing from her knap-sack at the Dibner Library. The New York Police Department filed a report.

At Goddard residence hall, a student reported at 12:25 a.m. on Oct. 30. that an identity thief made retail purchases us-ing his information. NYPD did not file a report.

At 6:35 p.m. on Oct. 31, a report was filed with Public Safety of a bag stolen while it was in a box near the student’s feet at Starbucks at Faye’s that occurred between 6:10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

A student reported that, be-tween 12:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. on Oct. 31., his bicycle was sto-len on the Mercer Street side of Meyer Hall. NYPD filed a report.

At 2:20 p.m. on Nov. 3, Pub-lic Safety received a report of a pickpocketing incident of a wallet from a student’s bag as she was walking down the stairs at 5 Metrotech Center. The NYPD was notified and ar-rested the thief.

At 7:35 p.m. on Nov. 3, a stu-dent reported his bike missing, despite securing it with a lock before leaving it at 1:30 p.m. The student did not notify the police.

At 5:02 p.m. on Nov. 4, a stu-dent reported that he had se-cured his bicycle to a bike rack near Shimkin Hall at 12:30 p.m. and returned to find his bicycle rim missing at 3:30 p.m. The student did not notify the police.

At 12:35 p.m. on Nov. 5, a student attempting to shop-lift at the NYU Bookstore was stopped by security guards.

All the incidents except those that occurred at 5 Metrotech Center and the Dibner Library are under investigation.

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Local Futures announces green initiativeBy CHRISTINE WANG

Contributing Writer

The environmental nonprofit Local Futures announced its new International Alliance for Localiza-tion, a global network promoting local-first green efforts, during an event at Cooper Union on Nov. 8.

The new initiative will link to-gether diverse groups concerned with protecting community and the local economy, create new local-ization initiatives and shift policies away from economic globalization toward localization.

Helena Norberg-Hodge, the founder of Local Futures, began the keynote at the “Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis” event by dis-cussing the United States’ inabil-ity to understand the workings of the global economy.

“Strengthening local economies worldwide is essential for rebuild-ing the fabric of connection,” Nor-berg-Hodge said. “We must not stay caught in a theater of politics.”

Norberg-Hodge emphasized that the right to fresh food is a funda-mental human right, and he said the United States can preserve this right by putting diversity, natural resources and small communities at the center of its policy agenda.

“Mother Earth is diversity; it breathes diversity and can only survive with diversity,” she said. “But global giants in the form of big unaccountable businesses cannot respect diversity.”

Norberg-Hodge also examined specific problems caused by a lack of localization, such as local food in Mongolia, Tibet and Kenya that is twice as expensive as foreign, chemically infused food. Another example is the unemployment in small Tibetan communities created by globalization.

Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, said he was worried traditional political institu-tions were no longer in the business of promoting the common good. In-stead, he said, the facade of politics

is taking over. “Choreographed and expensive

spectacles, devoid of genuine po-litical content, are more prevalent than true reform,” Hedges said. “Clinton destroyed the last vestiges of the liberal system. The left be-came so far right it became insane.”

Hedges added that individu-als can make strides to reverse this trend.

“Our change will begin with per-sonal, radical choices, such as eat-ing a plant-based diet, to reclaim power over our own lives and our communities,” he said. “We need a re-education of what it means to be a citizen.”

Other speakers, including GRITtv host Laura Flanders, discussed a similar idea, stressing that individu-als can make a difference.

“Our economy is dependent on bigotry and war,” Flanders said. “When we talk about hope, the temptation is to project outside of ourselves, that someone else will do it.”

Trina Paulus, an author and ad-vocate for organic farming who attended the event, said she came because she wanted to support the International Alliance for Localiza-tion’s efforts.

“I constantly question myself,” Paulus said. “Where should I be? Today, I knew I had to be with these people because that’s where my heart is.”

Stanzin Dawa, a senior at Smith College who attended the event, said she felt that local-first efforts could make a differ-ence, despite the influence of global institutions.

“It’s impossible to com-pletely shut down the corpo-rations,” Dawa said. “But at the local level, it’s possible to bring awareness and to ac-complish little things, such as teaching people what can be done to help and how.”

Email Christine Wang at news@nyunews.com.

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will sustain and enhance NYU’s academic competitiveness,” the statement read.

Lily Defriend, a GSAS student working to attain her doctorate in anthropology, is one of the eight elected representatives on GSOC’s bargaining commit-tee. The bargaining committee works to develop a contract with NYU and provide better working conditions for gradu-ate student employees, includ-ing teaching assistants.

In addition to negotiating im-proved healthcare and family benefits, there has been a push for NYU to address the disparity between its Washington Square campus graduate employees and those at the Polytechnic School of Engineering, who are paid as low as $10 per hour and must cover their own tuition and health care expenses.

“TAs and graduate workers do a substantial amount of work that builds reputation as an excellent institution to come get your de-gree, and we deserve compensa-tion that reflects that work,” De-friend said.

Negotiations between GSOC and the university are ongoing.

As students themselves, TAs can often be one of students’ most valuable assets as they nav-igate difficult courses, particu-

larly large ones where professor contact is limited. CAS sopho-more Michael DeLuca attested to this, saying TAs can help stu-dents stay on track and not be overwhelmed by large lectures.

“TAs give a more approachable and relatable alternative to pro-fessors,” DeLuca said. “They’re younger, they sometimes come from interesting and niche fields, and can offer a perspec-tive different from or at odds with the main professor’s, and that’s always a good thing.”

Though there are financial challenges associated with be-ing a TA, there are also many upsides. Amanda Perry, a gradu-ate student studying for a doc-torate in comparative literature, is a TA for a social and cultural analysis class.

Perry makes an effort to teach classes in her field of study, though between school and teaching, she estimates that she reads approximately 800 pages each week.

“Sometimes it can be a pretty happy synthesis where you’re getting paid to learn things you should know anyway, so I actually quite like TA-ing for that reason,” Perry said.

Email Monica Millay at features@nyunews.com.

By LAUREN CRADDOCKStaff Writer

Horror stories from people who work in retail for tireless hours in low-paid conditions have become commonplace. This is not the case, however, for CAS sophomore Michael DeLuca, who currently works at Club Monaco, and CAS se-nior Raquel Montagne, who worked at Abercrombie & Fitch for eight years. Working in retail has proven to be a fun learning experience for both of them.

DeLuca and Montagne chose to work in stores to expe-rience the retail industry. Like the jobs of many NYU students, DeLuca and Mon-tagne’s retail experiences of-

fer reasonable pay and part-time hours that work with their class schedules.

DeLuca said another benefit is working at a brand he likes to wear.

“The combination of finding a way to afford the clothes I like and make a little money in the meantime led me to Club Mo-naco,” DeLuca said.

One of the downsides to working in retail are tedious duties like folding clothes.

Montagne worked at a num-ber of Abercrombie & Fitch lo-cations, including the flagship store on Fifth Avenue. She said the environment was always busy and fast-paced. From tour-ists to natives and from the trend followers to the fashion-clueless, retail employment in New York

City has put her in contact with a diverse customer base.

“I loved the international clien-tele,” Montagne said. “I got to learn

and speak several languages.”Working around 20 hours

per week, both students found the fast-paced environment to be positive — no shift was too slow or uninteresting. Like

any day in New York, every shift brought something new to the job.

“It’s fun to deal with the peo-ple that come in and talking about clothes is a nice change of pace from my politics classes,” DeLuca said.

Overall, their experiences working in retail have been positive, and the relationship between the staff allowed for an encouraging team. At Club Monaco, DeLuca found that working side-by-side with his supervisor disproved the idea of a controlling boss who stays away from the dirty work.

“Seeing your boss do the same work you’re doing keeps you from starting to think like a basketball player when they see their coach on the side-

lines like, ‘He has us running 20 laps when he couldn’t run one,’” DeLuca said.

Montagne had a similar expe-rience with supportive staff at Abercrombie & Fitch.

“I made a best friend from working at Abercrombie, and all of my managers and cowork-ers were great,” Montagne said.

Working in retail provided customer service skills that have created memories for both DeLuca and Montagne, as well as offering them many lessons.

“Retail is retail. You make of it what you want,” Montagne said. “I learned a lot about myself as a person during that time.”

Email Lauren Craddock at features@nyunews.com.

By EMILY HARRISStaff Writer

Students will be able to sign up for the spring semester class The Future of The New York Times, taught by CAS professor of journalism Jay Rosen. This course will look into the struggle of The New York Times to find a secure and sustainable future in a radically changing world.

At first sight, the scope of the class may seem narrow. The main focus of the weekly, four-hour long class is only one publication.

“I don’t see it as narrow at all,” Rosen said. “Because in order to understand the fu-ture of The New York Times, you have to understand every-thing that is happening to the news business and the craft of journalism today, especially the digital transformation of the press and the struggle for a new business model. Those are big subjects. But we’ll be looking at them through the

lens of a single institution.”A unique aspect about this

class is that it will allow students who do not enroll in the course to follow along through various, student-created features.

“One thing that might be a little different is that I want the class to have a public fac-ing component, which the students will also work on,” Rosen said. “That could be as simple as webcasting parts of it so people around the web who are interested in The New York Times can follow along.”

The Times has adapted to keep up with the ever-changing modern world of how readers consume their news. It is us-ing Twitter, Facebook and other platforms that are more easily accessible than print. Similarly, Rosen wants to incorporate Twit-ter into the course.

Enrollment for this class is also somewhat unconven-tional. Instead of enrolling through the online portal, NYU students will only be admitted into this class by personally

emailing Rosen and describing who they are as a student and what exactly their relationship is to the Times.

CAS senior Lauren Klingen-smith said the appeal to the course ranges further than just to students interested in journalism.

“I feel like this is a cool class to just take,” Klingensmith said. “I don’t think you necessarily have to be a journalism major to get the benefits of taking a unique course like this one.”

Conversation has already started to flow about the topic.

“I should make something clear: the class is not science fiction or dreaming about possible futures,” Rosen said. “It’s about what The New York Times is doing right now to secure its future, and invent a workable path for itself in the years ahead.”

Disclaimer: Jay Rosen is a member of the Washington Square News board.

Email Emily Harris at features@nyunews.com.

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Seniors send women’s volleyball team to final victory By BOBBY WAGNER

Staff Writer

The NYU women’s volleyball team closed out the season on a high note on Nov. 7 thanks to a strong performance from a trio of seniors to beat Brandeis University in straight sets with scores of 25-20, 25-15 and 25-22, finishing the season 20-18.

The match was played at Carn-egie Mellon University, which hosted the UAA’s end-of-the-year conference tournament. Senior middle blocker Sonya Bray tied for the lead in kills, racking up

10 in her final match as a Violet, and senior setter Katie Robinson totaled 18 assists and also add-ed eight kills of her own to go along with Bray’s. The third of the senior trio, middle blocker Allie Williams, buried the final kill of the match to take her to-tal to four on the afternoon. The Violets were never in danger of losing a match to Brandeis, which had a record of 7-24. With this win, they finished seventh in the UAA championship, one spot above their opponent.

It was a positive end to a sea-son that did not play out as

well as expected. After reach-ing the NCAA tournament’s second round last season, Vio-let players and coaches were hoping for a similar success story, only to be disappointed by missing the postseason. However, the season was not a complete loss, as NYU finished two games over .500.

Many of the team’s losses came in matches that, even when dropped 3-0 or 3-1, con-sisted of games decided by five points or fewer.

The team saw its highs and lows throughout the season,

stringing together a streak in September when they won nine out of 10 matches. Just over a month later, they would drop 10 of their next 12 down the stretch of the season, and virtually eliminate any chance of a deep playoff run.

Junior Nicole Frias was the leader in kills with 237, while Williams led the team by notching 472 assists. Sopho-more libero MaTia Hughes, not surprisingly, led the team in digs with 594 on the campaign. She also was the team’s best statistical server, totaling 48

service aces on the year.Next fall seems promising, as Frias

and Hughes will be returning to the Violets. They will also get back freshmen Brooke Tannahill and Zoe Prince and sophomores Josie Luck and Gigi Morally, who were all key contributors this season.

With the opportunity to im-prove their skills and become ac-customed to the team as well as college volleyball, these young talents will likely deliver stellar performances next season.

Email Bobby Wagner at sports@nyunews.com.

By KYLE LUTHERStaff Writer

WrestlingThe wrestling team recorded 99.5

points and finished in fifth place over the weekend at the Ithaca Col-lege Invitational. Freshman Steven Nogradi won all five of his com-petitions en route to winning the 133-lb. bracket. Freshman Raymond Jazikoff was able to advance to the finals of the 157-lb. bracket.

Men’s Swimming and DivingThe men’s swimming team fin-

ished in first at the NYU Invitational over the weekend. The Violets finished the meet with a total of 1,045 points. Senior co-captain Jerry Crowley broke two pool records on the second day of the meet when he won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 49.66 and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 44.81. Fresh-man Austin Palmer also broke the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:08:82.

Women’s Swimming and DivingThe women’s swimming team

finished in first ahead of the three other competitors at the NYU Invita-tional over the weekend. The Violets

finished the quad-meet with a total of 1,064 points. Second place was awarded to Stevens Institute, who totaled 836 points. Freshman Elise Gibbs won the 100-yard breaststroke with 1:07.39, breaking a previous pool record she set earlier this year.

Men’s Cross Country The NYU men’s cross country

team finished in 13th place among 43 teams that competed in the ECAC Championship over the week-end, also in Westfield. This was the first time NYU had competed in an ECAC Championship race in over a decade. Senior Justin Turlip was the Violets’ top performer with a time of 26:47.6 and a 43rd-place finish.

Women’s Cross CountrySeveral members of the NYU

women’s cross country team participated in the ECAC Cham-pionship on Saturday in West-field, Massachusetts. Because NYU did not have a full seven members, they were not scored in the team category. Only three Violets participated in the 6K race. Junior Becky Turlip fin-ished with the best time for the Violets at an impressive time of 24:01.9, which was good for

47th place out of 338 athletes.

Men’s SoccerThe men’s soccer team fell 1-0 to

Brandeis University in the season fi-nale on Saturday at Gaelic Park. The Violets finished the season with a record of 11-6 and said goodbye to seniors Mickey Ingerman and Jus-tin Suter. Sophomore goalie Lucas Doucette kept the Violets in the game with seven saves, but it was not enough for a win.

Women’s SoccerThe women’s soccer team ended

the season with a 0-0 tie in double overtime against Brandeis University at Gaelic Park. The Violets finished the season with a record of 11-5-2, which earned them third place in the UAA standings and the best fin-ish for tenured head coach Michele Canning. Sophomore goalie Cassie Steinberg recorded 12 saves, which was four more than her career-best. An announcement later today will decide whether the Violets get a bid to play in the NCAA DIII Tournament for the Eastern College Athletic Con-ference Championship.

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SOCIAL ISSUES

Dismissive responses to catcalling problematic

Literature and tech enriching when mergedEDUCATION

By ANNIE COHENStaff Columnist

It is a safe bet that by now most peo-ple in the NYU community have seen the infamous video of a woman being catcalled as she takes a low-key stroll through different parts of New York City. The video immediately went viral and has since triggered further discus-sions about street harassment. While catcalling is largely acknowledged as distasteful and intrusive, American society as a whole struggles with how to address it. Proposals to criminalize catcalling have been raised, to which opponents have voiced concerns about potential First Amendment violations. Conversations about street harass-ment have also honed in on issues of race and class. Minorities are often depicted as the prime perpetrators of this type of behavior, when men of all races catcall. While public debates con-cerning street harassment may reach different conclusions, they must be substantive. Street harassment does not exist in a vacuum and to effectively address it, discussions cannot have dis-missive tones.

After the video was released, promi-nent public figures reacted in an un-

informed and unsympathetic man-ner. Comedian Michael Che, who recently became the new co-anchor of “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live,” found himself in hot wa-ter after posting a response to the cat-calling video on Facebook. In what he has since dismissed as a “joke,” Che compared women being sexually ha-rassed on the street to fans recogniz-ing and approaching him in public. His statement was tactless. Further-more, the controversy indicated how some males struggle to empathize with and comprehend the plights of harassed women.

But the most repugnant com-mentary arguably came from Steve Santagati, an author and self-proclaimed expert on dating and women. During a CNN segment about the catcalling video, Santa-gati said, “There is nothing more

that a woman likes to hear than how pretty she is,” before saying, “The bottom line is this, ladies: you wouldn’t care if all these guys were hot.” Santagati went on to suggest that women who were un-comfortable on the street should consider carrying a gun or moving away from places like New York City, where this sort of behavior is most prevalent. While Santagati’s opinions are not necessarily reflec-tive of the general male popula-tion, they are nonetheless worri-some. It is damaging to society for even a small portion of people to feel this way, as it counteracts the efforts of men and women work-ing to end street harassment.

Despite the controversy sur-rounding it, the catcalling video has generated awareness about an issue that women in New York City face on a daily basis. Public debates about street harassment cannot remain ignorant or passive. Re-sponses that discount catcalling as a negligible problem are counter-productive to combating the issue.

Email Annie Cohen at opinion@nyunews.com.

By SCARLETT CURTISStaff Columnist

My Gallatin first-year writing seminar conducted an experimen-tal project last week in which we live-tweeted our in-class reading. The students of my seminar, Think-ing and Writing Through New Me-dia, were asked to read the novel “Oryx and Crake” and tweet their thoughts and literary observations as they read, using the hashtags #nyufyws. The project was in-spired by prolific tweeter and au-thor of “Oryx and Crake” Margaret Atwood. My fellow students and I were encouraged to tweet @Marga-retAtwood if we had a direct ques-tion regarding the text.

I was challenged by the assign-ment at first. I am an obsessive reader and have long found my-self torn between the two argu-ments regarding the merging of technology and books. I love the smell, feel and weight of a paper book and believe that, in an over-ly stimulating world, books can be an escape from the constant barrage of social media and elec-tronic devices. However, when

it comes to merging technology and books in regards to academic reading, I am a definite convert.

Assigned class reading can be difficult. Often, the text is not one you would have have chosen to read yourself. The temptation to use SparkNotes and spend your precious time watching Netflix in-stead can be compelling. The act of tweeting while reading meant that not only did I actually finish my reading, but also I managed to feel engaged and stimulated throughout the entire process. I know I am not alone in saying that Twitter is one of the ways I pro-crastinate from doing my work. However, by incorporating Twit-ter into my homework, I finished my work in a faster and more pro-ductive manner than I would have had I tried to sit down in Bobst Li-

brary and power through 10 chap-ters at once.

My newly purchased e-reader has also been extremely helpful with assigned reading. As much as I romanticize paperbacks, the reality of lugging three books around in my bag all day is not practical. Having a Kindle means I can cut away at my weekly read-ing anywhere, including the in-sanely long line at Starbucks in the morning.

Making the leap from paper book to e-book has been hard, but the innovations in reading technology are making electronic literature an increasingly entic-ing world. Embracing technology in my reading habits has not only meant that I actually finish my homework, but also made the act of academic reading a more en-riching experience. As an added bonus, Margaret Atwood tweeted my class back, which was enough to make me more hopeful about the merging of literature and tech-nology, especially in academia.

Email Scarlett Curtis at opinion@nyunews.com.

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The New York Post published an article on Nov. 9 re-vealing that NYU’s tech-work program is currently sup-plying cheap labor for startup companies, paying gradu-ate students only $10 an hour. Despite the fact that the students’ electrical engineering and computer program-ming skills enable the startups’ development, the stu-dents are compensated meagerly. NYU has been actively bargaining over pay with graduate students since Febru-ary and has been accused of labor abuses on its campuses globally in the past.

Poly’s labor practices compromise the spirit of the global network university that the administration strives to foster. The New York Post piece focuses on the Poly-technic School of Engineering’s treatment of interna-tional students. The low wages for these students is particularly reprehensible. Most student visas prohibit students from working off-campus during their first aca-demic year, limiting them to on-campus opportunities. It is on the backs of these vulnerable students that NYU seems to be cashing in.

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order on Sept. 30 to increase the living wage of New York City work-ers from $11.90 to $13.13. This increase was intended to compensate for the high cost of living and fight growing income inequality. The fact that a worker at a fast food chain would earn over $3 more than a graduate student studying engineering is disconcerting. The mayor has rec-ognized that $11.90 an hour is not enough for a New York City resident to live on. It is troubling that NYU adminis-trators believe otherwise — or worse, are unaffected by this reality. Moreover, many of NYU’s students must take out crippling loans in order to cover their tuition costs, which is around $17,000 per semester for graduate stu-dents at Poly. NYU’s pitiful wage is only compounding the financial burden it places on international students.

In the Post article, NYU spokesman John Beckman dis-missed the severity of the situation. “Our graduate assis-tants don’t all do the same things, and they aren’t all at the same level of graduate study,” he said. “Their unwill-ingness to acknowledge these differences is why ... we still have made so little progress.” Beckman’s response sidesteps the issue. NYU aggressively promotes its global network. Celebrating diversity of geography while simul-taneously mistreating international graduate students is depressingly hypocritical. These students are conduct-ing cutting-edge research, work that has generated more than $250 million in economic activity through Poly’s In-cubator initiative — their pay should reflect this.

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