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We are proud to present the Winter 2012 issue of
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As only this city would have it, the legendary
Frank Sinatra once crooned, If I can make it there,
Ill make it anywhere. Its up to you New York, New
York! However, today, in order to make it in New
York (and anywhere else in the world) one needs a
proper education.
In this issue of The Educated Observer we provide
an insiders perspective on the citys best offer-
ings for educators, students and their families. We
bring you an insightful feature on the trend sweep-
ing universities-technopolises, dish on the best
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offer a list of upcoming cultural events (to round
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prisingly vibrant campus scene in the city where
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for Design, whos been busy inspiring his students
to put their best foot forward everyday. We also
visited Jason Philips, the head librarian on gender
and sexuality studies at NYUs Bobst Library. Mr.
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teaching, based largely on the idea that learning
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Education often leads to great inspiration. We sat
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By Krista Carter
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Study Abroad: Yes, in four
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BARNARD COLLEGE
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through July 21, 2012. The
courses are co-ed and are open
to high school juniors and
seniors.
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Institute: A one week program
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that explores the relationship
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Eligible for College Credit: No
Deadline: May 7, 2012
Online Courses Offered: No
Study Abroad: No
Website: http://barnard.
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Ithaca, NY
FEATURED PROGRAM:
Cornell Summer College
begins June 23, 2012, and
runs through August 7, 2012.
Programs are either three
weeks or six weeks in duration.
Applicants must have
completed their sophomore,
junior or senior year of high
school by June 2012 in order to
be considered.
Eligible for College Credit: Yes
Deadlines: Applications for
Research Apprenticeship in
Biological Sciences (RABS) are
due by March 16, 2012, while
all other programs must be
received by May 4, 2012.
Study Abroad: No
Website: http://www.sce.
cornell.edu/sc/about/overview.
php
HARVARD
Cambridge, MA
FEATURED PROGRAM:
Secondary School Program
(SSP), running from June 23,
2012, through August 10, 2012,
is open to high school sopho-
mores, juniors, and seniors.
Eligible for College Credit: Yes
Deadlines: The application
period begins on December
8, 2011, and applications are
reviewed on a rolling basis.
Study Abroad: No
Website: http://www.summer.
harvard.edu/programs/ssp/
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By Nitasha Tiku
This article was originally
published to Betabeat.com on
December 20, 2011.
ON MONDAY, THE LOBBY OF
the Weill Cornell Medical College,
which resides on a particular-
ly gray stretch of the Upper East
Side, was crawling with men and
women in wooly blazers dotted
with carnelian buttonsthe
technical name for the maroon
hue that invariably moves Cornell
students to chant some version of
Go Big Red!
Inside the auditorium, as an
assembly of press, pols, and local
technorati waited for Mayor
Bloomberg to appear, a giant
projector flashed a mosaic of the
Cornell University logo.
The news had been leaked to
every major news outlet by mid-
night on Sunday; there was no
point in being coy.
Today will be remembered
as a defining moment, Mayor
Bloomberg told the crowd, offi-
cially announcing that a 50-50
joint proposal between Cornell
and the Technion-Israel Institute
of Technology had won the $100
million grant to build a new en-
gineering mecca and applied
sciences campus. The project is
designed to help New York sur-
pass Silicon Valley as a global
innovation capital, creating
30,000 jobs and as much as $1.4
billion in tax revenue.
For the next hour, a stream of
political operatives, from New
York City Economic Development
Council president Seth Pinsky to
councilmember Jessica Lappin,
who represents Roosevelt Island,
where the 2 million sq. ft. build-
out will stand, took to the podium
to express their breathless excite-
ment at the scope of the $2 billion
initiative.
Cornell president David
Skorton debuted a video of an
aerial rendering of the gleaming
net-zero energy building. Set to
a dramatic score, it looked like a
CGI version of a utopian future
you know, the part in the sci-fi
flick before the apocalypse sets
in. There are visions of sugar-
plums dancing in my head right
now, said New York City Public
Schools Chancellor Dennis M.
Walcott in response to the bit
about Cornell and Technion in-
structing 200 of his teachers in
science education every year.
Of all the applications we re-
ceived, Cornell and the Technions
was far and away the boldest and
most ambitious, Mr. Bloomberg
said of the sweeping offer, which
included a $150 million venture
capital fund, startup accelerator,
and ambitious plans to construct
300,000 sq. ft. by just 2017as
close to the end of his third term
as the mayor was likely to get.
But what should have been an
effortless victory lap for the citys
yearlong plan to remake its econ-
omy for the coming century was
clouded by a note of confusion.
Stanford, after all, was pegged
the front-runner at least as far
back as March, when Mayor
Bloomberg gave a speech in Palo
Alto, noting, Were particularly
pleased that Stanfordwhich has
a top-flight engineering school
is considering the idea. Stanford
batted its eyelashes back by
launching a TumblrNew York
native!featuring a video of
Larry Page and Sergey Brin talk-
ing up the Mayors initiative.
Indeed, as late as Friday morn-
ing, the schools negotiating team
was still locked in meetings with
EDC officials; a few hours later,
news hit the wire that Stanford
had withdrawn its bid. And not
long after that, Cornell issued
a hastily-written press release
revealing that it had received
a $350 million anonymous do-
nation. The largest gift in the
schools history was announced
late on a Friday afternoon.
At the time, it was hard to say
what was chicken and what was
egg. Was Stanford trying to save
face with a preemptive break-up,
or did Cornell win by default?
Surprisingly bitter recrimina-
tions followed from the various
players as everyone tried to spin
the narrative in their favor.
Part of the difficulty of un-
derstanding where negotiations
broke down is a silence clause
stipulated in the request for
proposal (RFP). But numerous
sources, who spoke under con-
dition of anonymity, painted a
picture of tense discussions and
onerous demands that left several
schools wary, including Stanford.
Cornell, eager to increase its
presence in New York City, was
more compliant at the negoti-
ating table and better versed
in what it took to get city ap-
proval, including fundraising
before commitments were made.
Sources said the $350 million gift,
for example, had been secured for
months. We need to expand be-
yond Ithaca, President Skorton
said plainly from the podium.
Cornell needed it more. But
NYC Tech needs Stanford more,
tweeted New York Citybased
venture capitalist David Pakman,
alluding to the latters prestige
within tech circles and facili-
ty with spinning out successful
startups. (Theres a reason China
and Russia are trying to build
their own Silicon Valley.)
In the end, it seems the city
got a better deal for taxpayers by
going with the one that wanted it
more, rather than the one it was
supposed to want.
A university source famil-
iar with the negotiations said
Stanfords decision to drop out
wasnt based on any one issue,
but rather due to a whole host
of things that held them liable
for factors outside of [their] con-
trol, such as big-ticket penalties
for missed construction dead-
lines and the citys desire to
indemnify themselves for any
toxicity at the Roosevelt Island
site. Although a Phase II study
was commissioned this year, a
full scale analysis of the medical
dump under the hospital can-
not be done until the building is
razed. Should serious hazards be
uncovered, the school will be on
the hook not only for the clean-up
but also potentially for resultant
delays.You had a lot of institu-
tions that wouldnt even apply
because of the terms, and they
got even more severe in the nego-
tiation process, said the source.
City officials counter that
such stipulations are par for
the course. If we didnt include
these types of commitments,
there would be a chorus of people
saying: How could the city write
Safety School? As Stanford Says See Ya!
Bloomberg Hops in Bed with Big Red
How New York City got a better deal by going with the less prestigious choice
Was Stanford
trying to save face
with a preemptive
break-up, or did
Cornell win by
default?
Bloomberg addresses the press, and anxious techies everywhere.
a blank check to a university that
in five years could just decide it
wasnt into it?! one official said.
Its standard in any kind of long-
term land lease or land sale that
the city would ask the recipient
to agree to certain benchmarks.
(Cornell and Technion are leas-
ing the land for the next 99 years,
at which point they can pony up
$1 to buy.)
However, legal representa-
tion for schools besides Stanford
also balked at the contract. The
legal document that we got was
essentially, if you signed it, it
would require you to build even
if you didnt hit the [fundrais-
ing] target, another university
source said. If you state that by
this date, youre going to have
this much faculty and this much
building completed, and you
dont get it completed, youre left
open to a legal challenge. It was
enough for our general counsel to
raise a red flag to say they are not
comfortable with signing this.
Even institutions that have ne-
gotiated to build in New York City
before hadnt encountered this
level of vulnerability to legal ac-
tion. There wasnt any contract
we signed that if our endowment
goes to Madoff and then goes to
nothing, were required to build,
said another source familiar with
land use issues in New York.
The citys aggressive negotiat-
ing stance also created friction.
As has been reported, Stanford
did not take a shine to Mayor
Bloombergs assertion during a
talk at MIT in late November that
Stanford is desperate to do it,
even if he said the same of Cornell.
The bigger stumbling block, ac-
cording to our sources, seems
to have been another remark ut-
tered during that same speech:
According to Mr. Bloomberg,
the desperation meant that, We
can go back and try to renegoti-
ate with each one. A university
source said Stanford had no idea
that everything was back on the
table. The school responded in
good faith, and everything was
changing, said the source, wryly
adding, But apparently Cornell
said yes to everything.
Seth [Pinsky] famously ne-
gotiates every last penny off
the table, and that spooked
Stanford, acknowledged a New
York City real estate executive.
They thought they had a partner
and were shocked with his hard
line. They were told not to worry
about the particulars and that it
would be fixed in the end, but de-
spite assurances, they ultimately
felt uncomfortable partnering
with the city.
A city official pointed out
that it was that same aggressive
stance that helped Mr. Pinsky
close complicated and thorny
deals on Hudson Yards and
Willets Points, which the city had
been trying to navigate for years.
In fact, a source with knowl-
edge of the negotiation process
said familiarity with the way
the city does business helped
Cornell, which already employs
more than 5,000 New York City
residents. There are things the
city is going to ask you to do that
[Cornell] was very comfortable
with, its not clear that the other
side was that comfortable, said
the source before dropping a bit
of local trivia, They know what
a ULURP is.
ULURP, or Uniform Land
Review Procedure is the citys
notoriously arduous standard-
ized review process. In October,
Columbia University president
Lee Bollinger told the schools
newspaper, Ive been through a
ULURP process. Nobody in their
right mind should go through
a ULURP process more than
once in their life. Of course, Mr.
Bollinger was talking about how
the ordeal might hold back his
competitors for the tech campus
RFP, noting that it took Columbia
three-and-a-half years from sub-
mitting rezoning plans to getting
mayoral approval to develop in
Manhattanville. Its something
candidates no doubt had in mind
considering the penalties for
delays.
Its binding, Mr. Bloomberg
shot back to a question from the
press corps about the contract.
Keep in mind, if were gonna in-
vest, commit this land, turn down
other people who wanted it, and
invest $100 million, you dont do
that unless you have a binding
commitment One of the attrac-
tive things about Cornell is that
they know how to do business
in the city. Just look around, he
added, referring to Weill Cornell
Medical College.
But both city officials and
Cornell say it was the schools
superior offering that clinched
the deal. The catalyst was
that Cornell was beating them
in every single category, said
source close to Cornell, citing the
speed of construction, the size of
the campus, and the amount of
students and faculty it will serve.
Cornell was hungrier, Cornell
was more humble in the pro-
cessI think it helped them win
the proposal, said Charlie Kim,
CEO of Next Jump, a loyalty re-
wards company, who sits on the
advisory committee that helped
select winners. Mr. Kim said the
committee met a thirty to for-
ty-five days ago and then again
last week to go into more detail.
I think probably after review-
ing everything, and this is kind
of my opinion, I felt Cornell-
Technion was the number one
recommendation.
City officials claim the rush to
sign the papers was merely a re-
flection of the way discussions
were being structured. The city
was simultaneously negotiat-
ing with everyone that applied,
trying to move each deal as far
along as possible. When Stanford
dropped out, the deal with Cornell
was already near completion.
And what of the mysterious
$350 million donation? Though
some speculated that the money
had come from Mayor Bloomberg
himself, The New York Times re-
vealed Monday evening it had
been a gift from Cornell alum
Charles Feeney, the Duty Shop
Group entrepreneur and sub-
ject of the book The Billionaire
Who Wasnt: How Chuck Feeney
Made and Gave Away a Fortune
Without Anyone Knowing.
Which isnt to say Mr.
Bloomberg wont be opening
up his wallet to see that his leg-
acy-defining project remains
on track. Although Cornell and
Technion have been granted
the full $100 million, the city
left open the possibility of ap-
proving a second smaller-scale
project, like plans from NYU
and the Polytechnic Institute to
transform the derelict former
MTA headquarters into a Center
for Urban Science and Progress,
or Carnegie Mellons proposed
partnership with Steiner Studios
to build a digital media campus
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, both
of which will now likely have to
rely on philanthropic donations.
You assume that when they
make phone calls, Id be on the
list, Mr. Bloomberg said at the
press conference, while trying
not to crack a smile. But I also
have some commitments to some
other educational institutions, as
you know.
Cornell was hungrier, Cornell was
more humble in the processI think it
helped them win the proposal.
Technion President Peretz
Lavie, left, and Cornell
President David J. Skorton
in front of the composite
rendering of the proposed
campus on Roosevelt Island.
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NYUs Brooklyn Tech Campus Is a Top Contender,
But MTAs Jay Street Asking Price Has Grown
By Nitasha Tiku
This article was originally
published to Betabeat.com on
January 1, 2012.
FOR MONTHS, MAYOR Bloom-
berg has dangled the possibility
of picking two winners for the
citys tech campus competition.
He even left the possibility open
while announcing that the New
York City Economic Development
Corporation would give the
full $100 million grant to
Cornell-Technion to build an
applied sciences campus on
Roosevelt Island. Now Crains
is reporting that between the
remaining contestants, NYUs
Downtown Brooklyn proposal
may have taken center stage
over Carnegie Mellons Navy
Yard campus and Columbias
Manhattanville proposal.
Hey, if the Fulton St. Mall can
have its own Shake Shack, why
shouldnt the M.T.As derelict
former headquarters on nearby
370 Jay St. be transformed into
a Center for Urban Science and
Progress?
Although Crains says NYU,
the M.T.A., and E.D.C. all want
to make a deal to help revital-
ize Downtown Brooklyn, but
money is the sticking point.
Back in October, NYU was ask-
ing for $20 to $25 million from
the city and pledged spending
$450 million on the 200,000
sq. ft. space. Now that some-
one actually wants the blighted
building that has frustrated of-
ficials for year, the M.T.A. is
asking for more:
NYU has asked the city for
$20 million to help buy out the
MTA, based largely on num-
bers thrown around during
previous attempts to revive the
beleaguered building, sources
familiar with the proposal said.
But the MTAs asking price has
now ballooned to $50 million to
$60 million.
As Crains reports:
The MTA controls the site
via a master lease and has the
right to stay in the building
as long as it is using it. The
459,000-square-foot property
contains vital communications
equipment, and the negotia-
tions hinge on just how much it
would cost to move or replace
it.
At the press conference an-
nouncing Cornell-Technions big
win, city officials seemed some-
what optimistic about the ability
to find the financing for a second
project, even without any of the
$100 million in play. Obviously
the city budget funds other proj-
ects, said the source, If theres
a way to make it work with other
funding, that could be a possi-
bility. If theres philanthropy we
can do, then we might be able to
get somewhere.
Another City Hall source of-
fered some clarification on the
MTAs position. As we original-
ly mentioned back in October,
the $20 to $25 million that NYU
pledged to build the center was
allocated in part to cover, in-
frastructure improvements
and moving out old MTA equip-
ment. The latter appears to
be the real issue because the
459,000-square-foot property
still contains vital communica-
tions equipment for the MTA.
Its pretty integral signal-
ling equipment, it has to do with
running the train lines, said the
source who believed the infra-
structure was currently in use
by the agency. The tough piece
of 370 Jay has been that that
equipment is there. The source
also noted that it wasnt so much
that the cost ballooned as that
estimates to relocate that equip-
ment has varied through the
years, including when the MTA
was contemplating putting out
an RFP to redevelop the build-
ing. Clearly neither of those
estimates was the citys esti-
mates, said the source, who
also seemed optimistic about
the ability to reach a deal with
NYU and the MTA.
Even if NYUs Downtown
Brooklyn project was selected as
a second winner, that might not
necessarily leave Columbia and
Carnegie Mellon out. I think
were still working on creative
ways to do all of them, said the
source. Even without the $100
million, we wondered? There are
other ways to create incentives for
people to pursue these projects,
the source offered obliquely.
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What are traditionally yellow in
color, more popular as #2 than
as a #1, and when inserted into
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completes the name of a young and
successful non-profit?
A. Bananas
B. Hand-me-downs
C. Pencils
D. Post-its
Answer: [C.] Pencils
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old Founder and Executive Director of
Pencils of Promise (PoP), a 501(c)(3) non-
profit, or what Mr. Braun prefers to call a
for-purpose organization, dedicated to
building schools and making education
accessible to students in developing na-
tions. After graduating
from Brown University
and landing a job as an
associate consultant at
Bain & Company, Mr.
Braun decided to change
career paths, and in
October 2008 launched
Pencils of Promise. To
undertake an entrepre-
neurial venture at 25
(with a mere $25 de-
posit, no less) seems
like a big risk, but in just
over three years, Pencils of Promise has
proven to be one of the fastest-growing
and most successful non-profits in re-
cent years, building 60 schools in Laos,
Nicaragua, and Guatemala. The secret?
Having graduated college the same year
as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg,
Mr. Braun understands, utilizes and ap-
preciates social media as a cheap, yet
highly effective way to get the word out.
He also reveals that using for-profit busi-
ness acumen according to a non-profit
agenda has provided Pencil of Promise
with a sound and strategic business
approach to tackling education in un-
derprivileged Asian and Latin America
countries. (Interestingly, Mr. Braun ad-
mits that finding talent in the for-profit
sector willing to make the switch over
to a non-profit is one of PoPs biggest
challenges.)
Inspired by his time spent travel-
ling abroad in his early 20s, Mr. Braun
saw extreme poverty, most notably in
Northern India. Piqued by curiosity as
a young foreigner, he would ask chil-
dren, If you could have anything, what
would it be? Expecting to hear re-
sponses such as a PlayStation, an iPod or
even a house, he was surprised to hear
much simpler answers: To dance, one
girl had said. Perhaps the response that
resonated with him the most, and from
which the organization gets its name
was, a pencil.
Mr. Braun happened to have a pencil
with him and gave it to the young boy,
watching as his face just lit up. The ex-
change made him realize how an act so
simple and so small can make such a sig-
nificant impact. While Mr. Braun views
money as an enabler that will ultimate-
ly keep kids on the streets, he believes
that an education is what will lead indi-
viduals and communities in becoming
sustainable and self-reliant. During his
travels he was approached by parents
who expressed to him a strong desire
for their children to have an education.
Empowered by these encounters, and
with a newfound sense of purpose, Mr.
He ... reveals that using
for-profit business acumen
according to a non-profit
agenda has provided Pencil
of Promise with a sound and
strategic business approach.
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Above and below,
children in Laos.
Braun set out to make a change.
Pencils of Promise collab-
orates with the Ministry of
Education (PoPs first part-
nership), local government
and NGOs in compiling a list of
areas in need of the most edu-
cational assistance; however,
the responsibility of deciding
which areas to pursue is not al-
ways an easy task. While the
list may be organized numeri-
cally, those areas at the top of
the list are not necessarily the
most in need. Because of nepo-
tism, Mr. Braun says, it is good
to have locals on the ground.
With a staff that is 95% local, PoP
can easily discern which villages
are actually in need of assistance
from those that are seeming-
ly in need (oftentimes these are
villages connected to govern-
ment officials). Once a village
is identified, and before build-
ing begins, the village agrees
to provide 10-20% of construc-
tion costs, typically in the form
of raw materials and labor. PoPs
dedication to sourcing local
labor has provided communities
with jobs, especially in the areas
of construction and teaching.
Mr. Braun says, Once they break
ground, it takes approximately
two and a half to three months
to complete a single school.
Undoubtedly, there is a lot to be
done in 2012, especially because
PoP will need to build 40 schools
in order to reach its goal of 100
(60 were constructed in the past
three years) by the years end.
While Mr. Brauns initial goal
for PoP was to build one school,
the organizations influence in
developing countries has contin-
ued to extend even further, and
perhaps one of the biggest chal-
lenges will not be made manifest
At 12-years-old, students will have to face
the difficult decision of continuing their
education or working to help their family.
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until the years ahead when many
of the current pre-school and pri-
mary students will be entering
secondary school, or what Mr.
Braun terms as the drop-out
point. Although PoP under-
takes building middle schools,
such as Pamezabal Bsico
Institute in Guatemala, the ma-
jority of its completed projects
are early-education institutions.
At 12-years-old, students will
have to face the difficult decision
of continuing their education or
working to help their family. But
in anticipating the future, PoP
is already planning to launch a
scholarship program that would
allow underprivileged students
to continue their education with
the following condition: they
must mentor five to ten kids
from their own village as a way
of perpetuating education and
giving back to the community.
So how do Mr. Braun and his
team manage their hectic sched-
ules? His answer was simple:
I listen to music, citing Bob
Dylan, The Rolling Stones and
Radiohead among his favorite
artists. He adds, whether intend-
ing to excite or relax the staff,
there is always music playing in
the office.
Jaded pragmatists might
gawk at the pipe dreams of yet
another twenty-something, but
after having spoken with Mr.
Braun, I interpret his quixot-
ic idealism as charming rather
than nave, and given Pencils of
Promises successful track re-
cord, one can sense how Like
a rolling stone or better yet,
like the Rolling Stones, it will
not be stopping anytime soon.
This might be the first instance,
but it will definitely not be the
last that you will hear of Adam
Braun and Pencils of Promise.
To learn more about Pencils
of Promise and to donate, please
visit the website: www.pencil-
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JANUARY 27
Theatre: Lovers and
Other Creatures
Hunter College, Goldberg Studio
8:00pm
A compendium of performances
produced by the Hunter Theatre
Company, Lovers and Other
Creatures includes a version of
Edward Albees Broadway hit
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? And
is directed by Kevin Maloof. The
Weiner Monologues promises
to be interesting. The play was
conceived and developed by
The Red Couch Group, written
by John Oros and directed by
Jonathan Harper Schlieman.
bhaigler@hunter.cuny.edu
NYU Scientists Band,
the Amygdaloids,
Launch New EP
327 Bowery at 2nd Street,
Bowery Electric
Not an academic event per se,
but just as, if not more inter-
esting will be a group of NYU
Scientists performing with
their band: The Amygdaloids.
The Amygdaloids include NYU
neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux,
director of NYUs Emotional
Brain Institute. Behind, what
for many will be a curious per-
formance is the serious issue
of increasing awareness of
mental health issues. Students
and many interested in neu-
roscience will likely be in
attendance, and with the aid
of rock music as an ice-break-
er, the conversation will at
least provide more stimulation
than a 9am class.
JANUARY 31
Arts: Andy Warhols
Greenwich Village
The New School, Wollman Hall,
65 West 11th St.
6:30pm
Andy Warhols legacy is syn-
onymous with New York and
furthermore, Greenwich
Village. On the 31st Thomas
Kiedrowski and Robert Heide
discuss in detail Warhols con-
nection and involvement to
the arts scene in the area.
They are well positioned to
discuss the 15 minutes of
fame artist, with Heide
having written some of
Warhols screenplays and
Kiedrowski authoring the
book Andy Warhols New
York City.
rsvp@gvshp.org
FEBRUARY 2
Miral: A
Palestinian/
Israeli
Dialogue On and
O Screen
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Room 006
6:00pm-900pm
NYU will host a discussion
on the seemingly, sadly
endless, ideological debate
for hearts and minds on the
Israel/Palestine issue,
as part of their Center
for Dialogues pro-
gram. The discussion
will include Zachary
Lockman, professor
of Middle Eastern
and Islamic
Studies at NYU,
Helga Tawil-Souri,
NYUs Associate
Professor
of Media,
Culture and
Communication
and Rula Jebreal,
author of Miral.
The Panel will be
held after a screen-
ing of Miral, an
adaptation of Ms.
Jebreals semi-auto-
biographical novel,
directed by Julian
Schnabel (The
Diving Bell and the
Butterfly).
info@centerfordia-
logues.org
FEBRUARY 3
Mormonism And
American Politics
Conference
Columbia University, Morningside
Campus, International Affairs
Building: Room 1501
With the recent exceptional
level of media coverage devoted
to Mormons in the public eye
due to two would-be Mormon
presidential candidates,
Columbia University takes
a broad look at the history
of Mormon participation in
America life, with a particu-
lar focus on political life. Going
right back to Joseph Smiths
1844 run for the presidency to
the Reed Smoot trials of the
early 20th century, the confer-
ence will give those with very
limited knowledge of the sub-
ject a fascinating insight loaded
with information. Randall
Balmer, Claudia Bushman and
Richard Bushman are among
the speakers.
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NYU will hold a discussion with Thomas Kiedrowski and Robert Heide on Warhols time in the East Village.
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FEBRUARY 17
Great Thinkers of Our
Time-Steven Pinker
and Rebecca Goldstein
Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue,
West Building, 8th Floor
This is bound to be a popu-
lar event so be sure to RSVP!
As part of an ongoing Great
Thinkers of Our Time series,
Hunter College brings Steven
Pinker and Rebeccer Newberger
Goldstein. The speakers will
allow time for questions and
answers afterwards and also
conduct a book signing. Both
speakers have written recent
acclaimed books, Mr. Pinkers
The Stuff of Thought: Language
as a Window into Human
Nature, and Ms. Newberger
Goldsteins Thirty-Six
Arguments for the Existence of
God: A Work of Fiction.
twcce@hunter.cuny.edu
Poetry and Visual Arts
NYU: The Lillian Vernon Creative
Writers House, West 10th St.
2:00-4:00pm
Mixing visual art and poetry
together, and at the same time
whatever will these kids think
of next?! Quench your curios-
ity by going along to the poetry
and visual arts roundtable at
NYUs Creative Writers House
on Feruary the 17th. Six practi-
tioners of this newly evolving
art form will take part in the
discussion: Somner Browning,
Mark Leidner, Mahendra Singh,
Bianca Stone and Paul Tunis. It
wil be moderated by Matthea
Harvey.
FEBRUARY 22
Linguistic Diversity
within the Latino
Population in the
United States:
Indigenous
Languages, Migration
and Language
Endangerment
The City College of New York,
160 Convent Ave.
Since Noam Chomsky came
along and worked his magic,
linguistics has become a mat-
ter of infinite interest. This
look into linguistics focuses
the Latino U.S. population and
is presented by Prez Bez.
Dr. Bez is the curator of lin-
guistics at the Smithsonian
Institutions National Museum
of Natural History. Most of
her work has emphasized fac-
tors of language maintenance
and endangerment.
212-650-6731
FEBRUARY 23
Writers in
Conversation:
Nathan Englander
7:00pm
Nathan Englander, whose
debut short story collection
For the Relief of Unbearable
Urges won widespread criti-
cal acclaim, will read from his
highly-anticipated new short
story collection, What We Talk
About When We Talk About
Anne Frank, at NYUs Creative
Writers House. Mr. Englander
is an accomplished author, ap-
pearing in The Best American
Short Stories on numerous oc-
casions. Mr. Englander will
be in conversation with Darin
Strauss, a faculty member
in NYUs Creative Writing
Program.
www.cwp.fas.nyu.edu
FEBRUARY 24
Washington Square
Launch Party
Those looking out for the fresh-
est literary talent in the city will
be making their way to NYUs
Creative Writers House on the
24th. This is the event where you
can find and meet the literati of
tomorrow as they read their lat-
est fictional works from recent
NYU graduates in their self pro-
duced publication Washington
Square.
FEBRUARY 28
BLOWING MINDS:
The East Village
Other, the Rise of
Underground Comix,
and the Alternative
Press, 1965-1972.
Running in NYUs Arthur L.
Carter Journalism Institute for
an extended timeFebruary
28th through March 16thyou
have no excuse not to make a
visit to this exhibition of the
underground press. The exhi-
bition will be of equal interest
for those of an older persua-
sion who will remember The
East Village Other and those
who are students of the press.
The opening night will coincide
with a discussion with The New
York Times Claudia Dreifus,
The New York Times columnist
Steven Heller, and Alex Gross,
all East Village Other writers.
Additionally, on display will be
seminal Village Other papers
and artifacts.
panuska@nyu.edu
MARCH 5TH
An Evening with David
Patrick Columbia,
Hunter College, West Building,
8th Floor
Bound to be an evening of fas-
cinating insight into how the
other half lives, Hunter College
will host a night with New
Yorks main man, David Patrick
Columbia, on all things so-
cial. Mr. Columbia is editor of
Quest Magazine and The New
York Social Diary. Both titles are
known to be the de facto record
on the lives of Manhattans upper
crust.
twcce@hunter.cuny.edu
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Cover of East Village Other.
Nathan
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HOUSING WORKS
BOOKSTORE CAF
Neighborhood nooks to cook your books
I love coming here with just
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a newly purchased book.
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STUMPTOWN COFFEE ROASTERS
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Although it may be a bit pricey compared
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coolest places to come and relax. Tastiest
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JOE THE ART
OF COFFEE
I love to come here in between class to
grab some of the best coffee Ive had in
New York and do some work. They always
have the best music playing too.
Gabriela Small
My favorite place
to grab a quality
cup of coffee
and light snack
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Ellen Treiman
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Being that theyre
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lot more enjoyable
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pull that all-nighter
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diner-style food helps
tremendously with
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Nick Robbins
An Open Letter to New York City Parents
New York City is losing its teachers.
Morc than 66,000 havc cithcr rcsigncd or rctircd sincc Mayor 8loombcrg took control ol
thc schools.
Tcachcrs lcavc onc ol thc toughcst jobs in Ncw York City lor a varicty ol pcrsonal and
prolcssional rcasons, but thc most common singlc rcason is a lack ol support lrom
supcrvisors and thc cpartmcnt ol ducation.
Tcaching is a cralt that is acquircd ovcr timc, and tcachcrs dcspcratcly want to improvc thcir
skills. Tat is why thc Unitcd Fcdcration ol Tcachcrs lcd thc campaign to crcatc a bcttcr
tcachcr cvaluation systcm, onc that put a priority on hclping all tcachcrs do thcir job bcttcr.
Tc UFT's rolc was critical in crcating thc ncw systcm, and in going to Vashington, .C. to
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dcsigning thc ncw systcm.
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thc ncw systcm, but thc administration has rcluscd to cngagc in mcaninglul talks about tcachcr
and principal improvcmcnt. !nstcad it has locuscd on cnsuring that administrators havc unlim
itcd powcr ovcr thcir cmployccs. !l wc agrcc, it will mcan that supcrvisors' dccisions can ncvcr
bc propcrly rcvicwcd, much lcss ovcrturncd. Tis would bc truc cvcn il thcir ncgativc rating ol
a tcachcr or a principal can bc provcn to bc thc rcsult ol thcir rclusal to inappropriatcly changc
a studcnt's gradc or to givc studcnts crcdit lor courscs thcy havc not propcrly complctcd.
Makc no mistakc about it. Tc administration has put trcmcndous prcssurc on principals to
makc thcir schools appear to bc succcsslul. 8ut any claims ol succcss ring hollow in thc light
ol national tcsts that show vcry limitcd studcnt progrcss lor thc systcm as a wholc, and statc
mcasurcs that show that whilc thc high school graduation ratc is incrcasing, thc numbcr ol
graduatcs rcady lor collcgc is only about onc in nvc.
Te sad truth is that Mayor Bloomberg's reform" agenda - raising class size across
the system, closing schools and warehousing" the neediest students, pushing art and
music out of the schools to make room for more test prep, turning a deaf ear to parents'
concerns, and appointing a completely unqualihed publishing executive to be Chancellor
- hasn't made our schools better.
A rcal tcachcr cvaluation systcm that hclps all tcachcrs improvc whilc providing chccks
and balanccs is a critical stcp toward stopping thc hcmorrhaging ol our tcaching lorcc and
making our schools morc ccctivc. At thc samc timc it would hclp cnsurc that tcachcrs who
cannot succccd in thc classroom lcavc thc prolcssion.
Vc havc an opcn ocr to thc administration to continuc our ncgotiations on this issuc, or
cvcn to takc it to binding arbitration. !t's timc thc administration sat down with tcachcrs
and principals to comc up with an agcnda that will actually hclp our childrcn lcarn.
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Bank Street
Founded in 1916, Bank Street College
of Education has a rich history of
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Bank Street graduates become
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Many programs lead to initial and
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Those graduate students with initial
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Brown University
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Summer@Brown attracts serious
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You will be surrounded by peers from
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An unforgettable, life-changing
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Businessweek, listed among the nations
top M.B.A. programs by Forbes, and
recognized by The Princeton Review
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provides professionals with the skills
necessary to excel and advance in
todays fast-paced and ever-changing
business world. Our students benet
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real-world application, in a variety of
industries, all within close proximity to
the nations top media and business
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Hofstra oers traditional classes as
well as the opportunity to earn course
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to Hofstras world-class faculty,
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In addition, the 20-month Executive
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who hold middle- to senior-level
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The traditional Zarb M.B.A. may be
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No matter the program, Hofstras
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Hunter College
The Writing Center, part of the
Continuing Education department at
Hunter College oers a wide-range of
special literary and cultural events which
are free and open to the public. Our Best
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there will be two special evenings: one
with The Kleiers, hosts of the hit TV show
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David Patrick Columbia, editor of Quest
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plus book-signing and reception follows
each lecture.
In addition to events, The Writing
Center oers many exciting workshops.
Master classes will include Memoir
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New this spring is a class on nding a
literary agent with Katharine Sands, and
the Introduction to Social Media class
taught by Elyssa Goodman.
The Writing Center will host its second
annual Writers Conference at Hunter
College
on June 9, 2012. The conference
includes an extensive array of literary
enthusiasts who will be sharing their
knowledge, experiences, and advice.
Keynote speakers are Carol Higgins
Clark, Mary Higgins Clark, and Colson
Whitehead.
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By Krista Carter
TOM HANDLEY IS ONE OF THE
most popular professors in New
York City, especially in the world
of public relations. He can be de-
scribed as a super hero character
of sorts, with the strength of an
educator, a mind full of big ideas
and a heart of gold, a beacon of
high hopes to to many up-and-
coming stars in New York City.
But it is his superb memory that
serves him the best, in that he
has no difficulty remembering
all of his past students names,
their hometowns and their spe-
cific undergraduate university.
Recently, The Educated
Observer experienced all of
these traits firsthand. It is easy
to see that Toms vibrant energy
is a driving force in inspiring his
students to put their best foot
forward when stepping into the
job market.
Krista Carter: What do you enjoy
most about teaching?
Tom Handley: Being able to
empower others to step into the
next level of their career. I am not
just a professor and have taken
on the role of a mentor to many
of my students. I have been in
the industry for so long and can
easily help students look out for
that bump in the road and can
provide more insight for them to
succeed.
KC: Why did you choose to be-
come a professor?
TH: In my late 20s and early
30s, I did not know what I was
passionate about but it turned
out my passion is teaching and
empowering otherswhich is
something that I do everyday as
a professor.
KC: If you could have chosen any
other profession, what would it
be?
TH: It would have to be some-
thing within the same field.
KC: After taking your classes,
what do you wish for your stu-
dents to walk away with?
TH: I want students to walk
away with a marketing portfo-
lio from projects in the class that
they can ultimately use on job
interviews.
KC: What is your biggest
frustration?
TH: People in the industry
who do not want to help or even
understand how they can em-
power others.
KC: What do you usually ex-
pect out of a student taking one
of your classes?
TH: I expect students to be fo-
cused, creative, inquisitive, and
to show a skill-set. Sometimes
the answer is not always google-
able, and students need to be
resourceful.
KC: What do you do with your
time away from Parsons?
TH: I LOVE coffee! On Saturday
or Sunday afternoons, I can usu-
ally be found at my favorite
neighborhood coffee shop, Joe
the Art of Coffee. I nickname the
one by my apartment Fashion
Joe because there is always
someone in the industry at the
coffee shop doing work, conduct-
ing interviews, having coffee,
etc. It is also my office and my
home away from home.
Also I am an avid foodie.
Currently my favorite Italian
restaurants are Zio (17 West 19th
Street) and Pepolino (281 West
Broadway). For Asian restau-
rants I am a regular at Laut (15
East 17th Street), a Michelin star
restaurant owned by one of my
former students and for sushi,
Blue Ginger (106 8th Avenue) is
the best.
KC: What do you think of the
current economy and how is it
affecting students today?
TH: Facing the current econ-
omy for my students was a
challenge at first - but now there
is greater opportunity for stu-
dents to get internships that
call for strong roles, which were
usually assigned to entry-level
employees.
KC: If you could have dinner
with anyone (dead or alive), with
whom would you dine?
TH: Dead: Edith Head and
Cristobal Balenciaga
Alive: President Obama,
Warren Buffet and Mayor
Bloomberg
KC: If money were not an issue,
what would your trip itinerary
look like?
TH: Not necessarily in this
order: Honolulu, Sydney, Hong
Kong, Mumbai, Dubai, Florence,
Handley
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Professor at Parsons
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Paris, London, and Reykjavik
KC: What can you NOT live
without?
TH: Coffee, great food, friends
and family
KC: What is your favorite NYC
destination?
TH: Joe the Art of Coffee
KC: What is the one thing that
most people dont know about
you?
TH: I am the youngest of six
and great up in the town in the
Midwest with a population of
2,200. Also, right before college
I was a paid actor and did sum-
mer stock theatre.
KC: Who do you most respect in
the industry?
TH: Lance Isham, my mentor
at Ralph Lauren and current-
ly the Executive Chairman and
CEO of Faconnable S.A.S. Prior to
this he served as the President of
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation.
He is brilliant, just brilliant!
KC: What is your best NYC
moment?
TH: In 1996, after returning
from Hawaii (rather tan), I left a
Saks Fifth Avenue and two teen-
age girls came running towards
me with their autograph books
flailing in the air. I scribbled in
the books and the girls respond-
ed, Oh my God! Thank You!
And then I jumped into a car. To
this day, I have no idea who they
thought I was.
KC: What advice can you give to
ensure success in New York City?
TH: Go out there and get ex-
perience and not just the degree.
Intern at 2-4 different places
Cover letters are a thing of
the past, I suggest students do a
pitch letter instead. Dont spend
all your time applying to jobs on-
line (if its online, chances are a
lot of others are applying too).
Instead create a database of com-
panies that you want to work for.
AND differentiate yourself; send
something to the company in
the mail such as a hand-written
letter.
Most importantly make sure
that you read everything you
can online and in print. And of
course, always be nice to every-
one you meet.
KC: Any last words?
TH: Do what you love with
people you enjoy.
Twitter: @PRProfessor
By Hannah Ghorashi
Jason Philips, head librarian
on gender and sexuality stud-
ies at NYUs Bobst Library,
answers some of our questions
concerning what it means to
be a librarian these days.
Speaking of...
Hannah Ghorashi: In your
opinion, what does it mean to
be a librarian today?
Jason Philips: Our current
time is one of uncertainty for
certain. Theres always compe-
tition from likes of Google, the
Internet in general, etc. which
is a good thing. We also live in
a time of diminutive trust in
government institutions, and
public universities will be the
resulting academia. Its very
expensive to go to university,
whether private or state, and if
institutions come under attack
from a lack of funding, we have
to ask ourselves, What does
that mean for libraries? And
how are we using the money we
do get to support scholarship?
I spend a lot of time working
with constituents, the students
and faculty at NYU. A lot of
times this means helping them
with research. But Im also al-
ways collecting, and looking
for materials that will help stu-
dents and faculty with their
own work. I also look into ma-
terials that will help students
and faculty at other schools
besides NYU. We have a profes-
sional ethos of cooperation and
were always looking to help
each other out: in teaching,
consulting, collecting, and pre-
serving, determining whats
the best space, and how we can
most easily provide informa-
tion. Its really a job fraught
with difficulty, sitting in New
York in a library that is burst-
ing at the seams in terms of
total volume (also one of the
biggest in the country), and we
usually compare ourselves to
other research libraries, not
just college libraries.
HG: How has technology
changed the job of a librari-
an? What are the positives and
negatives of this?
JP: The primal thing thats
changed is user expectations,
so users often think that all in-
formation is digitized. Digital
format takes money to store,
migrate, and takes resourc-
es to describe it. With all
the immediacy, access, and
emerging technology, expec-
tations are rising higher and
higher. NYU specifically has
made great headway in pro-
viding electronic access that
is better than other institu-
tions. Not everyone can keep
up. But we can always do bet-
ter. I dont think there will be a
time when everything is made
available online, at least in my
lifetime. Both print books and
digital books can be equal-
ly expensive. When you buy a
print book you have to pay for
the book, pay for the climate
of the book, pay for the shelf
space, and pay for the rent of
the space. With going digi-
tal, you have to pay somebody
to digitize it, someone has to
keep the digital copy, and IT
people and librarians have to
provide an electronic descrip-
tion of that book. It can vary
from title to title, but theres
always an ongoing cost.
HG: What are some challeng-
ing/rewarding parts of the
job?
JP: The most reward-
ing part is helping people.
Librarianship is a service pro-
fession, and if you dont have
that mentality, its probably
not the right job to help peo-
ple come to an insight or assist
them with further research.
A challenge is that we live in
a world of social and econom-
ic upheaval, the way people
come into the building and in-
teract with you, and this can
result in licentiousness that
makes it difficult to preserve
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Librarian a Young Mans Game
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Columbia University
The School of Continuing Education
at Columbia University is a resource for
those who wish to take their lives in new
directions, with a mission to transform
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The School oers thirteen applied
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The Postbaccalaureate Studies program
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Working with advisers, each student
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The School also oers certicate
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programs in New York, Barcelona and
Jordan, and a program for learning
English as a second language.
Though the oerings are diverse, they are
unied by a mission to mount innovative,
instructional programs that meet
Columbias standard of excellence, take
good advantage of its resources, and
produce positive educational outcomes
for the members of the student body.
For information, go to
www.ce.columbia.edu
email, ce-info@columbia.edu
or call (212) 854-9666.
Lman Manhattan
World Views from Every Classroom
An interview with Drew Alexander,
Head of School, Lman Manhattan
Preparatory School. Drew Alexander
previously headed schools in Moscow
and Cairo.
Q. What excites you most about
Lman Manhattan?
First, we are a new school creating our
own traditions. And we are empowering
students to participate in the process.
Not many students applying to a
university can write an essay about
creating the future of their school.
Secondly, we are located in downtown
New York surrounded by history -
Federal Hall, where George
Washington took his oath of
oce, Trinity Church, Ellis
Island, The Statue of Liberty.
Its an amazing place to teach
and learn.
Q. What does the phrase
world views from every
classroom mean?
A. Our student body is
represented by over 40
nations so we truly are
an international community. And
our students participate in learning,
leadership, athletic and art programs at
our sister campuses in Europe, Asia, Latin
America and throughout the US. This
develops a real-time cultural exchange
that will prepare them to lead and
succeed in a global world.
Q. Critical thinking is
the focus of Lemans
curriculum. Why is this so
important?
Today, its not enough to
know who, what, where and
when. You need to be able
to analyze and interpret
information to understand
why. This is essence of critical
thinking. Its what colleges
are looking for and what
the world needs to solve its
complex problems.
To learn more visit,
www.lemanmanhattan.org or contact
Janet Barrett, Director
of Admissions (212) 232-0266 ext. 259.
jbarrett@lmanmanhattan.org.
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collections and spaces. Patrons
can be greatest ally and the
greatest problem. With 9,000
people coming in each day, ev-
eryone has a different agenda.
Sometimes being the gatekeep-
er can be difficult. In a library
there are very few completely
illegitimate goals, and balance
often falls to the librarian. For a
library to be vital or important,
it has to be a social, cultural, in-
tellectual center for all users.
HG: How did you end up at this
job?
JP: Im personally like a lot
of academic librarians. I had
a scholarly intent, but I never
finished a PhD. A lot of librar-
ians have a library degree but
they may not have finished
their postgrad. Those people
are right to be academic librar-
ians, they have a commitment
to study and research. I was in
a PhD program and didnt fin-
ish because I got sick, took a job
at NYU, and have been here for
almost a decade. I have no idea
how that represents my col-
leagues though.
There are different types of
librarians: archivist, conser-
vationist, special collections
librarians, special library
librarians, IS academic librar-
ians, public school librarians,
childrens book librarianslike
different specialties of doctors.
Many have a masters degree in
library science and a masters
degree in their personal field. I
have qualifications to be a social
sciences librarian, a day librar-
ian, and also a psychologist.
HG: Being an authority on gen-
der and sexuality, what kind of
qualifications did you need?
JP: I studied gender and sex-
uality from a social standpoint.
People come to me and I can
speak their language and un-
derstand their field, and with
my librarian hat and scholarly
hat on we can move forward on
a subject of research.
I dont work personally with
any students on their research.
Its most appropriate to be
working as a consultant, as in
working with students closely
but for a very short time frame.
I offer no opinions on what they
study, I just try to point them in
the right direction for materi-
als. Discussion on the project
itself is most appropriate for
student and teaching faculty.
Im very clear about that.
HG: How has the economy af-
fected your job?
JP: NYUs libraries are just part
of the university institution, we
are an institution dependent on
private tuition, and we are sup-
ported by the dollars that our
students pay. They definitely
pay a premium, and I library
leadership has made good
decisions. Were in a good posi-
tion. Were still able to support
scholarship and teaching at a
high level and NYUs global net-
work only strengthens library
collections.
For example, NYUs satellite
campuses in Abu Dhabi and
Shanghai are 3,000+ miles
away. It makes us think more
intelligently about electronic re-
sources, and it makes us think
about work flows and teaching
and research. I dont personal-
ly spend a lot of time on global
library concerns, we have pro-
fessionals in place who are
thinking everyday about that.
The work that I do helps users on
Washington Square, and I like
to think this diffuses through
our global network. Have I been
asked to offer an opinion? Yes.
Do I help change things for all
students? In a sense, but its
not something that I deal with
everyday.
HG: Did you ever consider being
a librarian when you were
younger?
JP: It wasnt something I con-
sidered when I was younger, but
at the time I started I consid-
ered it a thoughtful choice and
it was an opportunity that pre-
sented itself. We were also just
coming out of a recession, and
Im fortunate that having I have
this position in New York, and
that we have the capital we have
being in this particular city at
this particular institution. It
was a considered choice.
HG: What are the differences in
being a specialized university
vs. a regular librarian?
JP: Were in a very good situ-
ation at NYU, and I find myself
feeling fortunate that I do my
craft here. I worry about other
institutions, where training
and money is cut back. I worry
about whether or not were mak-
ing the right decisions, because
everyone has to do more with
less. The best thing I can possi-
bly do is to keep in mind that Im
at an elite institution at a very
good position. We wont come
to a place where librarians are
a waste and superfluous. I like
to think I bring value on tuition
dollars, on scholarship, and on
the business of information. Im
hoping that scholarship and the
university will survive. Were
all hurting. Theres a growing
realization of how important it
is to preserve.
HG: Whats your opinion on
using more unofficial methods
of research, such as Wikipedia?
JP: I use Wikipedia and
Google everyday, and my hope
is that I learn to use them
intelligently. Ive had the op-
portunity to teach as a grad
student and as a librarian, and
I sometimes ask students what
theyre using to get the ma-
jority of their information?
They try to be polite, and say
things like JSTOR, ProQuest,
LexusNexus, etc., but theres
no shame in using free infor-
mation. Its a question of how
well youre using it and if you
understand what the limita-
tions are. Its similar to picking
up a book at a library and say-
ing this is a good book, well
sourced, well written. I look at
a Wikipedia article and many
of them are well written and
well sourced. NYU has millions
of books, and not all of them
are great. Whats important
is that individuals are taught
to appraise and critique in-
formation. Thats the value of
librarians: well always need
people to teach students how
to appraise good information.
It wasnt something I considered when
I was younger, but at the time I started I
considered it a thoughtful choice and it was
an opportunity that presented itself.
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