A face-reading of President Schapiro. It's okay, Morty, we like your asymmetrical eyes.
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The NBN magazine is out this week, and the web editors got Schapiro talking. So, what’s on our President’s mind? Richard Gere wouldn’t be the one to play him in a biopic, he wants to see our basketball team at the NCAA tournament, he can’t remember the craziest thing he did as an undergrad at Hofstra, and while he thinks that “our campuses would be safer if we had an 18-year-old drinking age,” he doesn’t support the Amethyst Initiative. [NBN]
Any strong opinions on NU’s direction? You have until Dec. 1 to review the latest ten-year plan and submit your comments and suggestions. The provost unveiled the strategic framework on Friday, and it looks like the next decade will bring more of the same, with the University focusing on attracting the best faculty and students, improving the out-of-classroom experience, and fostering diversity.
The race debate continues today over in the Daily’s Forum, with both of the letters to the editor on the topic of last Thursday’s blackface forum. But while one of these letters calls Thursday night “a first step,” questions the meaning of diversity, and challenges NU to move forward, the other strongly critiques a moment during the forum when one student was laughed out of the room for expressing his views. Looking at the two letters side by side, we’re struck by what the second author aptly labels as “irony.” [The Daily]
Improv skills can come in handy at an awkward party, so NBN asked NU’s own Titanic Players for some tips. The highlights: Hide behind a tall person when you spot your ex, do the “potty dance” to bail on a bad convo, and avoid talking about Star Wars at all costs. [NBN]
Well ladies, who are you going to be tonight? Blair Waldorf, Kim Kardashian, or Taylor Swift? According to Monday Daily columnist Jill Mahen, if you dress like one of these, er, cultural icons, you’ll be treated that way as well—as a sophisticate, a sex kitten, or the girl-next-door, respectively. But what if you’re a laid-back girl at heart who happens to like a high pair of heels? In that case, says Mahen, you’re just a “peacock.” [The Daily]
When I read the paper edition of the Daily today, I was appalled to see that those two insightful letters to the editor had been placed next to such a piece of trash. I guess it’s fine to advocate judging people by their clothes right alongside efforts to stop judging them by their skin color.