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NYU detailsBlackboard phase outat town hall

By Julie DeVito

From Blackboard to a new uni-versity smartphone application, NYU faculty and administrators dis-cussed a number of new and ongo-ing projects at Tuesday’s Inter-Resi-dence Hall Council Town Hall.

BlackBoarDRepresentatives from NYU Infor-

mation Technology Services elabo-rated on plans to phase out Black-board. Earlier this month, NYU announced in an email that it would replace Blackboard with Sakai, a similar course management system that, unlike Blackboard, would be controlled by the university.

“[Sakai is] what we call commu-nity source, which means we are co-owners of the software, and we can develop new things,” said Kitty Bridges, associate vice president for strategic communication and part-nerships at ITS. “It’s very different [from] a corporation controlling the system.”

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NYU prof. to lead London School of Economics

By Julie DeVito

After 16 years at NYU, long-time professor Craig Calhoun will be taking his expertise across the Atlantic as the new-est director of the prestigious London School of Economics.

Calhoun replaces Howard Da-vies, who resigned in March af-ter taking responsibility for the school accepting £1.5 million from a charitable foundation run by Saif Gaddafi, the son of Muammar Gaddafi.

“I felt happy and surprised, honored and humbled at the same time,” he said. “My goal is to combine the highest intel-lectual quality with doing social science that matters for the public good.”

At LSE, Calhoun will be re-sponsible for more than 12,000 faculty and staff, in addition to managing research, teaching, finances, staffing and the estate itself. His term will begin in

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Women’s basketball doomed by turnovers at Mount St. Mary

Super sales expected with closing of Filene’s

By laura Buccieri

A defensive slugfest hum-bled the previously unbeaten NYU women’s basketball Tues-day night as the Violets fell to Mount St. Mary, 49-37.

Now 4-1, NYU trailed Mount St. Mary (4-1) the entire game. While the Violets remained on the Knights’ heels in both halves, they were plagued by 26 turnovers and failed to con-vert big shots and execute vi-tal defensive stops.

“It was a tough loss,” said senior captain and guard Cara Bonito, who had four points and one steal on the night. “We had too many turnovers, and we did not execute on the offensive side of the ball.”

In the first half, NYU shot 21.7 percent (5-23) from the field and 40 percent from be-yond the arc. Senior captain and guard Tana Bertino made the only two three-pointers of NYU’s five attempts.

The first half was also marked by the disciplined play of the Knights, who allowed NYU to attempt only four free throws.

However, NYU would get

ample chances from the line in the second half. The Violets shot 13 of 16 (81.6 percent)

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By MicHelle liM

Say goodbye to $30 Calvin Klein jeans and $25 Michael Kors coats. After being in busi-ness for over 100 years, Filene’s Basement is closing all 26 of its stores across the nation.

The news comes after Syms Corporation, Filene’s parent company, declared bankruptcy earlier this month.

“In the face of very challenging economic conditions, we have for some time been exploring every strategic option available and, finally, came to the conclu-sion that a liquidation was in the best interests of all our stake-holders,” said Marcy Syms, CEO of the Syms Corporation.

With the closest Filene’s Basement to campus on Union Square, NYU students and oth-er smart New York shoppers constantly visit the three-story store.

As part of the bankruptcy pro-ceedings, Filene’s will be having

a going away sale of up to 40 percent through January 2012, when all of the stores are ex-pected to close.

With the Union Square loca-tion already hiring more staff for the season, Filene’s Base-ment is expecting a large, if not overwhelming, turnout for this holiday season.

Syms assured that the sales “will offer the same type of great merchandise you’ve been accustomed to finding in these stores.”

Steinhardt freshman Diana Pawell shared how she feels as an NYU student about the end of Filene’s Basement.

“I think it’s a tragedy, consider-ing I just discovered this chain and its great deals, which are per-fect for a college student like me,” she said, adding that she will be hitting up the holiday sales at the Union Square location.

Michelle Lim is a contributing writer. Email her at fashion@nyunews.com.

Senior guard Tana Bertino led the Violets with 11 points.FILE PHOTO BY DAVID LIN

Fighting HungerOxfam at NYU hosted their annual Hunger Banquet to raise awareness of global hunger. Attend-ees were assigned income brackets, which determined what they would eat that evening.

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And while in the email, the uni-versity said the target completion date would be September 2013, that date was moved up at Tuesday’s meeting. Bridges said Sakai will start to be implemented in January and completed in 18 months. Dur-ing the transition, students will be using a mixture of Blackboard and Sakai.

HouSiNGAccording to Neil Hanrahan, se-

nior director of housing services, NYU will be making some changes to the housing application process this spring.

“We are looking to push Phase I reapplication and deposit dead-line back to the middle to end of March,” he said.

With this, housing applications will be due after the resident assis-

tant and study abroad applications. Hanrahan added that the housing

department may be getting a new server to make the process of apply-ing smoother.

SMartPHoNe aPPlicatioNAdding on to technology news,

vice president for student affairs Marc Wais said the university is working to develop a new applica-tion for smartphones expected to launch by the end of this academic year.

“Essentially it will provide infor-mation about NYU, New York City and directions to and from loca-tions, and it will in fact allow you to facilitate some transactions, whether through Wasserman, Al-bert or the Student Health Center,” Wais said.

ITS was also asked about the issue of poor cellphone service in some of its buildings. Bridges said a new focus group began meeting in Octo-ber to look into solving the problem of dead spots, but she pointed out NYU must first gain support from cellphone providers.

“Technology and service providers come in and put in equipment to boost [the] signal for dead spots in buildings,” she said. “The difficulty in doing this is that these third par-ty providers are very expensive.”

Julie DeVito is a deputy university editor. Email her at jdevito@nyunews.com.

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Smith referred to Calhoun as “an outstanding social scientist and an academic leader.”

“LSE is an institution which was founded on principles of social engagement and his work is a superb example of how aca-demic thinking helps to shape society’s debates and respond to its changes,” he said.

While at NYU, Calhoun led the way in rebuilding the sociology department and creating the In-stitute of Public Knowledge, all while teaching undergraduates and graduates and directing the university’s Social Science Re-

search Center.He has also co-directed a re-

search network called NYLON for NYU and LSE graduate stu-dents in sociology and commu-nications.

Calhoun found similarities be-tween NYU and LSE.

“They are both universities shaped by their centrality to one of the world’s great cities and both are also remarkably global,” he said. “The LSE focus-es on social science and closely related professional fields like law, policy and management and it is among the world’s leaders in these.”

Currently, NYU and the LSE partner in a executive MBA consortium with HEC School of Management in Paris.

Sociology professor Eric Klinenberg called Calhoun an extraordinary institutional leader.

“He’s an inspiring figure and a good friend, too,” Klinenberg said. “I’m delighted that he’s getting this opportunity to lead a world class university and I’m excited to see what he does at the LSE.”

Julie DeVito is a deputy university editor. E-mail her at jdevito@nyunews.com.

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By SaraH FeNG

For one night, NYU students had the opportunity to experi-ence the unequal distribution of the world’s food firsthand at Oxfam America’s annual Hun-ger Banquet last night.

“While many people see pov-erty as something that only ex-ists in countries [such as] Soma-lia, we want people who come tonight to understand ... poverty exists right outside our doors,” said Lauren Singer, a CAS junior and president of Oxfam at NYU.

As part of the event, attendees were randomly assigned to a specific income bracket — high, middle or low — which deter-mined what they would eat and where they would sit for the en-tire evening.

Students sitting on the floor had sparse portions of rice and represented the majority of the world who reside in the lower

income bracket. The 35 percent in the middle income group had rice and beans. The smallest group, sitting at a table enjoy-ing a catered meal, represented the top-tier income bracket.

Gallatin senior Paige Golestan joked that her favorite part of the night was being among the upper class. But she added that the core message still resonated with her.

“There is a serious hunger epi-demic,” she said. “But for privi-leged NYU students, it’s some-thing very distant that we don’t understand a lot about.”

The night was also filled with speakers who addressed the is-sue of world hunger and ways to combat the growing epidemic of global starvation.

Daniel Bowman Simon, an NYU graduate student who founded SNAP Gardens, spoke about the use of gardening as a solution to hunger. His orga-

nization promotes purchasing food-producing plants and seeds with government-issued food stamps.

“There are 45 to 46 million people [living] on food stamps, and they don’t necessarily know that this is a possible use of their benefits,” he said.

Gallatin senior and Oxfam at NYU secretary Marlie Wilson said she felt the event was a success and hopes the banquet ultimately provided a different outlook on resource allocation for students.

“Hopefully, students can walk away from the [banquet] with a new perspective on hunger and its manifestations in a world where we grow more than enough food to feed everyone,” she said.

Sarah Feng is a staff writer. Email her at university@nyunews.com.

Oxfam hosts event to address global hunger

By ace Stelter

Those who know CAS fresh-man James Livengood know to expect the unexpected.

Last month, Livengood claimed first place at the Found-ers Hall Ultra Violet Live pre-liminary by performing a clas-sical violin solo sporting shorts and a hoodie.

Moments later, a few friends ripped off his clothes to reveal a suit underneath, and he con-tinued with renditions of songs by Kanye West and Michael Jackson.

“I don’t get nervous when I play,” Livengood said. “I’ve just been doing it for so long.”

And he has good reason for that. Livengood has been play-ing the instrument for 14 years.

As a child in New Jersey, Liv-engood practiced for hours ev-ery day, with intense motiva-tion from his father.

“My dad loves classical mu-sic but never played,” Liven-good said. “He pushed me and my sister, who plays piano. I had to practice four hours a day. I hated it then because I didn’t really have a childhood, but I’m really happy I have it now.”

Livengood attended the Pre-College Division at the Juilliard School beginning in the fourth grade. As a former orchestra member at Juilliard, Livengood has played at such venues as Al-ice Tully and Avery Fisher halls.

Though he spent nine years at one of the most prestigious music schools in the world, Liv-engood said he doesn’t want to be a classical violinist. Still, he wants violin in his life.

In fact, the math major is looking to transfer into Tisch’s Clive Davis program.

“I never really liked classical music,” Livengood said. “I love hip hop and would love to get into some producing.

Livengood admits that he doesn’t practice much any-more. But when the weath-er’s nice, he takes his violin to Washington Square Park.

“It’s a lot of fun to play in the park,” Livengood said. “On a good weekend I’ll make $50 an hour and I’ll play for two or three hours.”

As for UVL, Livengood said he wants to win the prize money and showcase his tal-ent.

“I’m really excited to play at Skirball [in February],” Liv-engood said. “I’m probably going to add some Lady Gaga to my set.”

Jack Mische, LSP freshman and Livengood’s roommate, witnesses Livengood’s talent firsthand.

“It was jaw dropping,” Mis-che recalled. “He is probably the best violin player I’ve ever seen. It was awesome, electrifying.”

Ace Stelter is a staff writer. Email her at university@nyunews.com.

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By Nicole GartSiDe

Along with her outstanding performances and drop-dead beauty, the late Elizabeth Taylor was also known for her impressive and extensive collection of jewelry. As per her wishes, Taylor’s personal collection of jewelry, along with one-of-a-kind couture pieces, fine art and film memorabilia will be auctioned by the auction house Christie’s in December.

A collection of pieces from the auction has been touring the globe and will be on dis-play in New York City for a 10-day exhibition at Christie’s Rockefeller Plaza headquarters from Dec. 3 to 12. And for those of us who can’t afford to purchase iconic items, the exhibition is the perfect way to witness Tay-lor’s splendor. Tickets for the exhibition can be purchased for $30.

Elizabeth Taylor was considered one of the last major stars to come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was an Acad-emy Award winner, the highest-paid actress of her time and was always regarded as a striking beauty for her elegance and pierc-ing violet eyes. Her personal life was just as colorful as her acting career, jumping from husband to husband and accumulating one of the most renowned collections of cloth-ing and jewelry in the world.

In a press release in September, François Curiel, president of Christie’s in Asia, said Taylor wanted each of these pieces to have a good home after she died. Taylor cared

about each of her items, as is apparent in the personal nature of many of the items. The auction will include her wedding bands from husband Richard Burton, charm brace-lets from her youth, the Bulgari mirror from “Cleopatra” and many more.

With over 450 sales annually, Christie’s was the obvious home for such a momen-tous collection. The auction will take place mostly online, with bidding available from Dec. 3 to 17. Select items will appear at the four days of live auction from Dec. 13 to 17.

Even if you’re not looking to shell out a couple months’ rent for one of her pieces, being able to see what is regarded as one of the greatest private collections ever would be an unforgettable experience. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In this case, the lifetime of Elizabeth Taylor.

Nicole Gartside is a staff writer. Email her at fashion@nyunews.com.

aDD a JacketSuit jackets or blazers go great

with cropped pants. They bring a refined look and allow any man to look groomed. Layer over a simple white tee or button-down and add a pair of loafers for a classic, vintage look. For an edgier take, wear ankle boots with socks and add a light chain necklace.

GraNDPa carDiGaNS For tHe YouNG

For a more casual, but still chic look, wear cropped pants with an oversized grandpa cardigan. The baggy look of the sweater is a great contrast to shrunken hems. Play around with colors and patterns. If you’re wearing a patterned cardigan, wear a simple colored shirt underneath. If your car-digan is rather plain, kick it up with

a graphic tee. Add loafers or oxfords with socks, and you’re good to go.

Go For a SWeaterWith the weather cooling rapidly,

you can finally display your fine collection of sweaters. A cable knit sweater looks great with a pair of cropped pants. Choose a solid for a classic feel. If you think you will still feel cold, add a collared shirt underneath for definition. Finally, polish the look with socks and an-kle boots.

Cropped pants can make a man look like a hip, urban trendsetter or like a hopeless college boy who accidently shrunk his pants in the wash. Make sure you know which you want to represent — ladies al-ways like a well-dressed man.

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Timeless Elizabeth Taylor jewelry to be auctioned off next month

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With the holidays right around the corner, you may already have a mental list of where you plan to shop, but it doesn’t hurt to ven-ture out and try something new. Check out these pop-up hot spots for original gifts before resorting to the traditional department store.

tHe HoliDaY SHoPS at BrYaNt ParkWhat better way is there to get into the

holiday spirit than to indulge in a cup of the renowned hot chocolate from Max Brenner’s pop-up shop, while roaming a maze of festive shops and skating around the famous Citi Pond? You might not think so much holiday bliss can exist in one place, but a visit to The Holiday Shops at Bryant Park will make you a believer. Ooh La La Boutique, which has ev-erything from party dresses to apartment ac-cessories, is just one shop sure to eliminate a few holiday purchases off of your list.

erNeSt alexaNDer HoliDaY PoP-uP SHoPIf you’re on the hunt for refined menswear,

look no further than Ernest Alexander’s holi-day pop-up shop on Clinton Street. The collec-tion impresses, with messenger bags perfect for a day in the office, weekend bags fit for re-laxing getaways, dashing bowties and sophis-ticated iPod carrier sleeves. The prices may not be ideal for a shopper on a budget, but a little window shopping never hurt anyone.

Pace artS keitH HariNG PoP-uP SHoPKeith Haring has teamed up with Nicholas

Kirkwood and Patricia Field to create a can’t-be-missed pop-up shop. Fusing Haring’s eye-catching art with Kirkwood’s modish shoe designs and Field’s quirky and bold clothing and accessories designs, customers are in for a unique shopping experience. If you need any more convincing, visit patriciafield.com to see some of her collaborations with Haring for an idea of what’s to come.

tHe SHiNY Squirrel PoP-uP SHoP Take a trip to Smith and Butler in Brooklyn

to get your jewelry fix until Jan. 4. With jewel-ry from nine different designers — including Elizabeth Knight Jewelry and Cold Picnic — pieces are bound to catch your eye. Although the shop seems to sell predominantly one-of-a-kind jewelry, don’t be surprised to find a few trendy belts and a bowtie in the mix.

DYlaN’S caNDY Bar PoP-uP SHoPDylan’s Candy Bar opened a pop-up shop on

42 Street and Sixth Avenue on Nov. 21. If the promised life-size gingerbread house isn’t in-centive enough to check things out, imagine how much candy will surround you and how much of it you’ll take out the door. This is the ideal spot to find a gift for the candy lover in your life.

Cristina Corvino is a staff writer. Email her at fashion@nyunews.com.

Taylor’s collection will be on exhibit a Christie’s from Dec. 3 to 12.

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

The transition from fall to winter can cause a daily dilemma of choos-ing what to wear. Recently, many guys around campus and the Village have been spotted wearing cropped pants — a seemingly perfect solution for this unpredictable weather. Though con-venient, when paired with the wrong items, cropped pants can be a fashion disaster. To avoid looking like you’re wearing man-pris, follow these tips to successfully style your daily wardrobe with cropped pants.

By Julie ZHaNGBy racHel SaNDerSoN

Although magazines tailored to men’s fash-ion exist, their assortment pales in compari-son to the variety of women’s fashion maga-zines. Women have always been recognized as trendsetters, but men influence modern fashion equally as much. And from the red carpet to Fashion Week’s front rows, these five gentlemen have displayed a singular trendsetting style.

rYaN GoSliNGRyan Gosling is arguably the most dapper

dresser currently on the scene. Whether at a movie premiere or on set, he is always im-peccably styled. Between tailored Gucci suits and T-shirts paired with cardigans and worn boots, Gosling is the epitome of cool.

eD WeStWickAlthough Chuck Bass from TV’s “Gossip

Girl” may choose pinstripe suits, actor Ed Westwick has a style much edgier than his on-screen persona. Having perfected the urban edgy look, Westwick prefers donning skinny jeans and deep V-neck shirts. Reminiscent of hipsters wandering the Village, Westwick’s style undoubtedly influences young men in urban environments.

toM ForDTom Ford has not only influenced the fash-

ion world by way of his designs, but also through his personal style. The always-suave Ford has perfected the art of wearing a suit. Slim fitting, yet still masculine, Ford’s ward-robe is just like his designs: always classic, always chic.

JaY-ZHip-hop heavyweight Jay-Z doesn’t wear

baggy jeans and tall tees; he has transcended stereotypical hip-hop style and influenced the way new artists dress. Jay-Z can be seen wearing fitted cotton T-shirts layered with V-neck sweaters and leather jackets. His sig-nature style is laid back and luxurious, often imitated, though never matched, by artists ranging from Kanye West to Justin Bieber.

JuStiN tiMBerlakeJustin Timberlake’s style has certainly

evolved since his boy band days. Not only did he bring sexy back, Timberlake made the three-piece suit cool again. Frequently layer-ing button down shirts with vests and jack-ets, Timberlake understands how to mix ca-sual with formal. Look around for the many men sporting Timberlake-influenced attire: a fitted vest with a skinny tie and a jacket, classy and cool.

Rachel Sanderson is a contributing writer. Email her at fashion@nyunews.com.

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By rYaN GilMore

Tebowmania (n.): The widespread interest in the spiritual and unorthodox play of NFL quarterback Tim Tebow.

Tebow, who by the way just won again, has been the bane of sports analysts for the past six weeks. His throwing motion is flawed, he’s too big, his football Iq is low, he should be a tight end ... the complaints go on. But it’s all a bunch of smoke if the kid keeps win-ning. Tebow is good for football, plain and simple.

The NFL has seemingly done everything in its power to turn the league into a bland and unexciting spectacle. With new rules that protect the quarterback from any harm (how’s that working out?), football is moving closer and closer to the physical level of ball-room dancing. The hard-hitting nature of the league is mostly gone, roughing the passer is called if the quarterback is breathed on too heavily and the pocket passer has become the clear-cut favorite of the NFL’s idea of the position.

But here’s Tim Tebow, the guy who defies it all. His play isn’t pretty, he’s not great at throwing the football, he loves physical contact, but he still wins games. I realize the emergence of the Denver defense is a key component to his success, but Tebow is not losing. He doesn’t turn the ball over, he makes the big plays, he inspires his team-mates and is simply exciting to watch.

Tebow is interesting — he’s a polarizing figure and he creates news. Lots of people love him and even more people are root-ing for his failure. Who would have thought that the Denver Broncos, a broken and con-

fused organization at the beginning of the sea-son, would be the most discussed team in the league?

Yet, it all makes sense. Look at all the quarter-backs in football right now — Tom Brady, Aar-on Rodgers, Drew Brees, Joe Flacco, Eli Manning — they’re all good to great quarterbacks in their own right, but they don’t bring much to the table other than flashy stats. Tebow acts and plays differently than everybody else; he prays on the field, runs more than he throws and is, as Sarah Palin would put it, “a Maverick.”

Mavericks bring public-ity to the NFL. Remember all of Rex Ryan’s bravado and loud mouthing? Like him or not, the Jets are for once relevant and have more fans than ever. Michael Vick is another good example. He killed dogs, people hated him, some PETA activists wanted him dead, but when he returned as the starting quarterback for the Eagles last year it was an amazing story of redemption. Regardless of their stance on Vick, people were interested in his play.

Football needs Tebow. It needs his contro-versy, it needs his gimmicky offense, and it needs something that captivates the general public. Otherwise it’s just Xs and Os. While

people that follow football may find tradi-tional styles of play interesting, the legions of Tebow-lovers that have appeared just don’t.

In this way, Tebow has written his own chapter in the NFL history books. His name will live on as the guy who took the league’s idea of a professional quarterback and defied it in almost every aspect, at least for a while.

Ryan Gilmore is a contributing writer. Email him at sports@nyunews.com. Follow him on Twitter @RGilmoreWSN.

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Mount St. Mary had a more consis-tent offense, making 31.4 percent of its shots from the field, 27.3 percent from beyond the arc and 70 percent from the free throw line overall.

Bertino lead the team with 11 points in 35 minutes. Senior forward Shelby Coon contributed seven points and 15 boards, while senior guard Bianca Storts added six points and eight re-bounds of her own.

“This game was just like all the past NYU-Mount St. Mary battles — tough, physical defense throughout from both sides,” head coach Stefano Trompeo said. “The outcome would be deter-mined by who took care of the ball bet-ter and executed the best, and tonight, Mount St. Mary did a better job than we did.”

The Violets will play again Saturday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. when they travel a few blocks uptown to Baruch College. Ba-ruch reached the NCAA Tournament last season.

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As of today, more than 800 million people across the digital world are logging into Facebook. The social network, whether you like it or not, has be-come an integral part of our daily lives. It is a place where we can catch up with news, gossip and net-work with others to find out what happened the night before. However, the information we insert into our profiles can sometimes leak out into the public with Facebook’s permission — something the Federal Trade Commission has had a growing concern with.

In a list addressing eight specific complaints to Mark Zuckerberg’s empire, the FTC has accused the website of allowing advertisers to take personal in-formation from users for their own benefit, sharing this information with outside application develop-ers and archiving the users’ information even after they’ve deleted their Facebook profile. Facebook, however, did agree on Tuesday to the FTC’s privacy settlement, which did not levy any fines but warned that the company will pay the price if it continues these anti-privacy practices.

When any of us sign up to join Facebook — that point of genesis when our web identities are born — we all have the fear that our profiles are being crept on by unknown users. However, the fear must be met as well with expectations: If you choose to tag yourself in a thousand pictures and constantly update your status, Internet safety should be the least of your problems. Civic responsibility should translate to digital responsibility right when you log in.

But if users do not want their information to be obtained by outside parties, they have all the right to protect it and Facebook has the obligation to ad-here to these demands. However, Facebook admin-istrators have authority in this decision as well. Two weeks ago, the WSN Editorial Board wrote an opin-ion piece on the Stop Online Piracy Act, in which we defended a company’s contractual right on the Internet to regulate its own business. Our opinion extends to that of Facebook. In the end, the website must find a middle ground between protection and exploitation to ensure the interests of both parties, the user and the provider, are taken into consider-ation.

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When we need math help, we need math help now. It is com-monly known that NYU prides it-self in having exceptional faculty. Given the rigor of our courses, it is only appropriate that the tutoring resources available to us be on par with the level of academics. How-ever, this is not always the case.

In recent years, NYU has in-creased the level of tutoring services available for students through the University Learning Center. The tutoring is available at two locations, the first being University Hall, which focuses on the humanities, social sciences and math. The second location is the new Academic Resource Cen-ter, which focuses on the sciences and offers academic skill classes. Tutoring is available for most Col-lege of Arts and Science general courses, including calculus. It is a well known fact that NYU stu-dents pay substantial tuition and it would be appreciated if we not only had tutoring services, but ad-equate tutors.

There are math tutors available through the University Learning Center in U-Hall and ARC, in ad-dition to help that is available in the math tutoring center on the fifth floor of the Courant Build-ing. Most of the tutors are either upperclassmen or graduate stu-

dents and math majors. Although tutoring help is on a first-come, first-serve basis, being among the first to arrive doesn’t always guar-antee that you will be adequately helped. At U-Hall and ARC, you need to cross your fingers before you enter and hope that your as-signed tutor will know what he or she is doing. I initially refused to believe this disappointing review of the University Learning Cen-ter, but after my session at these centers, I was greatly dissatisfied. During one visit to U-Hall, the tu-tor took 45 minutes attempting to answer a question she did not understand. From the remarks of other students, ARC tutors me-chanically recite that they are “not answer keys.” How is one to understand a math problem if an answer is not generated?

If we were rating the tutors, the student math tutors at Courant would pass with flying colors, re-ceiving 5 out of 5 for helpfulness. Yet despite their helpfulness, there is not sufficient space. The room in Courant, room 524, where math tutoring is held, could barely fit a twin bed, let alone a handful of students des-perately seeking math help. Why do the inadequate tutors at U-Hall and ARC have state-of-the-art facil-ities, while the effective tutors at Courant struggle in a tiny room?

NYU needs math tutors. Profes-

sors and adjuncts are available during lecture and office hours, yet a subject like math needs much practice and occasionally this leads to questions, which could more appropriately be an-swered by a tutor if your professor or adjunct is unavailable. Clearly, NYU acknowledges the need for tutors by the development of the University Learning Center, how-ever, this will never be effective if the services provided by tutors are not effective.

Money cannot continue to be thrown at projects like the Uni-versity Learning Center without beneficial results. The centers should issue surveys via email to each student after their session to gauge whether the tutor was help-ful, then make changes accord-ingly. The university should look into expanding the Courant tutor-ing as their services are responded to well by students. There is noth-ing worse than the uneasy feeling of an unanswered math problem. NYU should do us all a favor and remedy this by providing us good math help because we need it now.

Liz Beras is a columnist. Her column, “Lifeis Pricey,” is about the consequences of economic decisions and appears every Wednesday. E-mail her at opinion@nyunews.com.

By BeN Miller

Two days ago, my congressman Barney Frank announced his re-tirement from the House of Rep-resentatives.

By “my congressman,” I don’t just mean the elected represen-tative of my district, I mean the person in Congress who most ex-emplifies what I think the role of a congressman should be: an outspoken voice who’s willing to stop talking, get off cable news and fight in the trenches. He is someone willing to fight passion-ately for his beliefs, but still fun-damentally willing to prioritize the functioning of Congress over ideological purity. Tea Partiers, learn from Barney, if not from his values, then from his ability to combine incendiary language with hard cross-aisle work on im-portant issues.

The retirement of Rep. Frank means that one of the last pre-

television national political fig-ures has just left the arena. Frank doesn’t wait for seven teams of consultants to cross-check what he says and he never tried to con-form his left-handed gay Jewish background to the predominantly working-class Catholic district he represented. He spoke from the heart and head and, for that, was vilified by his opponents and dei-fied by his supporters. Congress-men no longer feel free to speak their honest minds about often-unpopular issues. There are few thoughtful leaders left in Con-gress and we just lost one.

Additionally, Frank may be the last-ever national political figure who couldn’t be a lead actor in a sitcom. He’s frankly unattractive, his voice is the opposite of mellif-luous. He’s not outwardly grace-ful. The grace of Frank comes from the way he fights for issues he cares about. His voice will be missed in Congress, especially

if one of the typical partisan dronebots is allowed to sweep the primary and head into a multi-term period in which Mas-sachusetts’ Fourth is yet another district represented by someone elected for the letter after their name to be a reliable party vote.

Those of us in my district need to make sure that doesn’t happen and other politicians should look hard at Barney Frank’s success and career. The vast majority of congressmen are from safe districts, and when you are, like Frank was, it’s possible to go out on a limb and fight for real things that may be momentarily unpopular but that are definitely necessary.

That’s what Barney Frank did for 16 terms.

Ben Miller is a columnist. His column, “The Observationalist,” contains musings on society, culture and politics and appears every Wednesday. Email him at opinion@nyunews.com.

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