May 19th, 2013

What In The World Does Shonda Rhimes Have In Store For Us Tonight?

May 16th, 2013 by Ben Murray and Hannah Orenstein

Build your coffin and dig your grave, because if you’re under the spell of ABC’s Shonda Rhimes, then you’re probably going to die tonight.

As many of you may know, tonight marks the night of the Season 9 finale of Grey’s Anatomy, as well as the Season 2 finale of Scandal, airing on ABC at 9 PM and 10 PM, respectively. Rhimes is the showrunner for both of the dramas, and no one in the industry does season finales quite like she does.

Scandal‘s first season finale — which featured a public accusation of presidential sexual harassment, as well as a revelation that the President’s Chief of Staff put a hit out on an innocent girl — may be unparalleled. But remember: neither was the first season finale of Grey’s. Subsequent Grey‘s finales have featured a disgruntled patient’s husband shooting up the hospital, as well as six main characters crashing in an airplane in the middle of the woods, among other insane travesties. With tonight’s season finales being hyped as extremely shocking, we couldn’t wait to watch, so we made predictions for each. Check them out.

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It’s Definitely Gatsby, It’s Just That The “Great” Part Is Debatable

May 16th, 2013 by Chris McEwen

It isn’t all that surprising that Baz Luhrmann’s expectedly gaudy, confetti-laden 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby is most entertaining when it least resembles The Great Gatsby. Yet what is rather stunning – considering the prominence of Luhrmann’s maximalist, modern stylization at work (get out ya seat, Hov) – is just what a literal adaptation this is.

No, it’s not enough for Tobey Maguire (increasingly endearing as the film goes on, but nevertheless out of place) to read large swaths of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s prose as part of a clunky framing device; those words literally pop out in front of the green light, and dissolve over the audience in three glorious dimensions. For a movie so dedicated to translating Fitzgerald’s depictions of decadence word by literal word, it goes very far out of its way to miss the point.

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Lulls And LOL’s: The 25 Best Things To Do Between Finals And Graduation

May 16th, 2013 by Melissa Cronin and Sophia Melas

Graduation is fast approaching! But never fear—there are still six full days before D-Day. So, seniors, this is your moment to fully bask in your NYU-ness, enjoying all the best things about our little slice of the Village, without the worst – homework, tests, pesky professors. We here at NYU Local want you to enjoy your weeklong lull before graduation as a carefree millennial with days to fill and drinks to imbibe. So we’ve compiled the 25 best ways you can spend the next week. It’s never too late to have some lol’s in your lull.

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Local Stops: What Does James Franco Think Of The Great Gatsby? Oh, That’s Interesting…

May 15th, 2013 by NYU Local Staff

- Would you pay 2 million dollars for a painting of naked Bea Arthur? 

- The New Yorker enters the leaks business

- What did James Franco think of Gatsby? Oh, that’s interesting

- Why can’t we go back to the old days when the IRS would harass gay rights organizations instead of Tea Party groups?

- The  new Newsweek is puuuuuurtty

Photo of the Day by Erin Janosik.


How To Write A Stellar Application To The Mars One Program

May 15th, 2013 by Elizabeth Preza

Are you trying to avoid finals in to the most productive way possible? Does this time of year make you dream about leaving NYC in the dust and escaping to a faraway land? Are you pretty sure you’re the real-world incarnate of Jimmy Neutron?

Well, folks, it’s your lucky day. The Mars One program – a private space flight that hopes to establish a colony on the red planet – is accepting applications for astronauts to complete a mission to Mars by 2023. You can submit your application online to test your chances at becoming one of the universe’s first ever intergalactic settlers (we think.)

Here is the definitive guide to gaining the coveted title of Mars One Colonist. May the force be with you.

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Good Riddance, NYU: 50 Things We Will Not Miss About Our Time Here

May 15th, 2013 by Leah Clancy, John Surico, and Myles Tanzer

Fellow seniors: have you been feeling ultra nostalgic lately? Have you been belligerently screaming to your friends “I can’t believe it’s oveeeeeeeeeeeer!” every night you go out for the past five months? Are you currently scrolling through old Facebook photos of Hayden parties to arouse some sort of internal reconciliation that yes, college is over and it’s time for you to put your real-world pants on? Well, stop. Please.

Over the past four years, we, NYU Local co-EIC Myles Tanzer and Editors Leah Clancy and John Surico, have been collecting our grievances with the “community” here on Washington Square Park. Yes, of course, it’s sad that you can’t throw up on the bar at Coyote Ugly and use college as an excuse anymore. And it’s sad you won’t feel a part of the campus that you’ve called home since September of 2009. But replace despair with relief. Because there’s a lot of things we’re very, very happy to see come to an end.


Alternative (and Legal?) Ways To Enhance Your Studying Potential

May 15th, 2013 by Chelsea Beeler

Finals week is the bane of every student’s academic career. It’s the time when we all flock to the library to read everything we should have read earlier in the semester. It’s the time when we all spend hours browsing J-Stor looking for the perfect PDF to supplement an eight-page paper. It’s the time when we all hate everyone and everything.

If you’re one of those people that are lucky enough to have a “study-enhancing drug” prescription, then perhaps none of what you’re about to read will be of interest. However, if you’re one of those people who’s non-stop texting/emailing your “drug dealer” for Adderall or scouring through your purse/backpack/tote-bag like a lunatic looking for that loose Concerta you know you had, then keep reading. Following are five alternative ways to enhance your studying potential—if you know of any others worth sharing, feel free to comment below.

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[PHOTOS] Why You Should Care About Digital Projection

May 15th, 2013 by Caleb Savage

 


Film Forum’s marquee on Houston Street. The theater shows contemporary and classic films, using both digital and analog projection.

We went to chat with Chad Bolton, general manager of art house theater Film Forum, on the subject of digital projection in cinemas. In the past few years, traditional 35mm projection has rapidly been replaced by new digital systems in movie theaters all over.

Film Forum installed digital projectors about two years ago, at a cost of approximately $75,000 per screen. For a three-screen independent theater, this was a heavy financial burden— especially considering the possible swift obsolescence of the computer systems involved. Chains like Regal or AMC have large corporations behind them which help absorb the cost of new equipment, but smaller theaters have to shoulder the cost independently.

The conversion is happening swifty and from the top down. Studios, quick to rid themselves of the high cost of producing and distributing physical copies of film, are pushing digital cinema heavily. Some are no longer producing film prints of new movies, and the rest won’t be doing it for much longer. Theaters must convert or die. Many small theaters which couldn’t afford a digital retrofit are gone already, or will be in the very near future.

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Talking Points: The Final Buzzer or, Sport’s Greatest Procrastinations

May 15th, 2013 by Joe Kozlowski

Pierre McGuire of NBC always ends his pregame interviews with a simple line, “Have fun out there.” In 2006, Ilya Bryzgalov, then on the Anaheim Ducks asked reporters, “That’s only hockey, it’s only a game. Why you have to be mad?”

While those quotes may seem silly, they’re onto something. Sports are supposed to be fun, but then people like me mess that up. Everything has to be broken down and analyzed. Why did we lose? What did that player do wrong?

Well we’re not doing that here today. Instead of some thousand-word column waxing poetic about some big (used comparatively, of course) issue, it’s the other end of the spectrum: some of the wackiest videos from around the world of sports, with editorial notes, because hey it’s final’s week and I have to feel like I’m working. You might not like these leagues, but at least they can make you laugh and (let’s be honest here) procrastinate. Read more…


BREAKING: Free Printing In Bobst LL1

May 14th, 2013 by Eric Silver

Today, from 5pm until 1AM, the Student Senators Council will be offering free printing for any and all NYU students. Stationed in LL1 of Bobst, the newly elected SSC members are rolling in with pounds of paper and ink cartridges. This is totally free; those who spent their total printing credit are doubly invited.

The printing is brought to students ITAB a committee under the Student Senators Council. The committee is chaired by Griffin Dooling, an alternate senior at large 2012-13, and full at large senior for 2013-14. “We see this as a way to help students during a stressful time of year by offering a service in addition to the energy drink handouts we’ve done in the last few years,” says Dooling. ITAB brought their own laptop, so students send their papers to themselves and print away. Along with the printer, they’ve set up a study lounge area with other academic helpers. Red Bell may also make a rumored appearance.

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