On Campus - Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:50 - 3 Comments
NYU and Paul Rudd: Our Hearts Flutter
Yesterday was officially one of the most exciting days of my NYU life, because I was fortunate enough to have had a private moment with Paul Rudd in an elevator. Okay, his manager/agent/publicist may have been there too, but that’s it. So how did this miracle come about?
On Campus - Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:56 - 0 Comments
Release Your Inner Jenny Humphrey and Flaunt Your Designs
If you’re convinced you’re the next Valentino or Yves Saint Laurent but haven’t had anywhere to show off your talent, here’s your chance for fashion fame. The NYU Fashion Expo is holding a contest for designers who want to see their work featured in the EXPO fashion show of 2009.
Presented by the Chinese Student Society at New York, the EXPO is an annual fashion show that features all types of students’ creative work, from student fashion designers and models to choreographers and performers.
This year’s theme is progression, so the contest calls for your best “trashy fashion” – creating fashion wear out of things that would otherwise go in the trash. Aluminum foil, empty soda bottles, plastic bags – use them and flaunt them.
Sketch 3-4 outfits for a chance to win the contest, and download the application on the EXPO website. Got questions? Email nyuexpo2009@gmail.com. The deadline is March 1st.
On Campus - Thursday, February 12, 2009 15:25 - 2 Comments
How Many Times Can We Say ‘Vagina’ in This Post?
If you’re not interested in all the mushy-gushiness of Valentine’s Day but have a vagina, like vaginas, or are just damn curious about what the vagina is thinking, come check out this weekend’s performances of The Vagina Monologues.
On Campus - Monday, February 9, 2009 7:40 - 0 Comments
“Be Seated” On Your Way to Class
The Washington Square Windows, I’ve recently realized, are worth a passing glance on your way to class. The art display, located on Washington Square East, changes every once a few months and the quirky offerings are always a welcome alternative to manic texting and cell phone staring.
“Be Seated,” the current installation by artist Loie Glasser, features rows of little chair sculptures with human legs attached to them. Each quirky chair and its accompanying pair of legs has a distinct personality based on “coordinated furniture design, upholstery fabric, and fashioned footwear.”
Washington Square Windows opened in 1996 with the intention allowing people to look at art without ever having to walk into a building. The exhibits are lit 24 hours a day and this one will be around until April 13th. Stop for a moment to take a look, it’s really not much of a commitment.
Photo by Karina Grudnikov
On Campus, Uncategorized - Friday, February 6, 2009 13:45 - 3 Comments
NYU Undergrads Diagnose Mental Disorders
Regardless of how often our “#1 Dream School” prompts us to whine, one thing that NYU deserves props for is having extremely cool classes, like the one I’m taking now, “Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.”
The introductory course of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health minor, “Child and Adolescent Psychopathology” deals with mental disorders in children and adolescents, teaching students everything from disease etiology to epidemiology and diagnosis. What that means in human words is that students learn about the causes of mental disorders, factors that influence them, ways to identify and diagnose them and everything in between. Learning disorders, mental retardation, eating disorders… you name it and it’s probably covered in this class. Continue…
Featured, On Campus - Monday, February 2, 2009 14:31 - 1 Comment
NYU Student Gets Credit for Campaigning
With the election over, there’s no NYU student who deserves a break quite like Jordan Budd.
Budd, a Gallatin sophomore studying what he calls “dismantling privilege: a combination of race relations, politics, history, and social justice,” could put us all to the shame with the amount of work he did during the campaign. While we were watching debates and cracking jokes at Sarah Palin’s incoherent statements, Budd was on the campaign trail, hard at work for then Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Oh yeah, all the while earning college credit at NYU. Continue…
On Campus - Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:19 - 0 Comments
Watch NYU Grad Students’ Documentaries This Weekend
The NewDocs 2009 Film Festival, a collection of eleven documentary films created by NYU graduate students studying “News and Documentary” filmmaking, is taking place 12pm to 6 pm, on Saturday, January 31st, at 19 University Place. The films deal with a variety of issues from the rise of teenage stabbings in London and young musicians studying classical music to the migration of army deserters into Canada. A schedule of the film screenings is available on the website.
Photo by NYU Journalism
On Campus - Monday, January 19, 2009 11:00 - 7 Comments
Mara Wilson On Child Stardom, Morons Wanting to “Party With Matilda”
“Apparently, I was famous once,” says Mara Wilson, evoking giggles and Matilda-era reminiscing from the audience at her one woman show, “Weren’t You That Girl?” Having starred in films like “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Miracle on 34th St,” and of course, the childhood favorite, “Matilda,” Mara was more than just famous. She was like the poster-child for kiddie stardom in the mid 1990’s.
Regardless of her atypical past, Mara’s a normal college senior now. Excepting that her childhood stories are actually worth retelling. While you and I were making macaroni art, Mara, wanting to be professional, was finishing her lines before bursting into tears when her on-screen “Mom” accidentally kicked a soccer ball into her chest. Continue…
On Campus - Tuesday, December 9, 2008 13:54 - 4 Comments
Grown Up Matilda Puts on a Show
If there’s one thing that gives NYU its “#1 dream school” status, it’s the fact that a bunch of famous people come here to study. From famous actors to the children of famous actors and even British socialites, they are the people whose existence we pretend we’re too cool to acknowledge, but secretly check out (and perhaps even glare at) when they occupy nearby space.
But while NYU celebs like Peaches Geldof and the Olsens attention whore as much as possible, some are a little more low key, eliciting curiosity. Case in point: Mara Wilson, the now grown-up girl who played Matilda, every child genius’s role model. And yet the mere mention of “Matilda” brings out Mara’s wrath (or so I’ve heard). Seems like someone’s been trying to bury her former life as a child actor.
Until now! Continue…
On Campus - Friday, December 5, 2008 11:58 - 0 Comments
Eat for Days and Never Pay
If there’s one thing a college kid loves, it’s free things, especially food. And as temperatures are dropping and the stress levels are rising, there’ll be plenty of opportunities on campus to get some free food and beverages. We’ll keep updating as the week of hellish finals approaches, but here are a few to get you started: Continue…
