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THE EDUCATED OBSERVER 3
We are proud to present the Winter 2012 issue ofThe Educated Observer!
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 ofThe Educated Observerwe 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
neighborhood nooks to take your textbooks and
offer a list of upcoming cultural events (to round
out your resume, of course!). We profile the sur-
prisingly vibrant campus scene in the city where
we meet a remarkable Tom Handley, the vibrant
and energetic professor at Parsons The New School
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.Philips talked to us about his unique approach to
teaching, based largely on the idea that learning
begins with the written word. There is certain-
ly no shortage of learning opportunities available
in New York City, home of numerous prestigious
pre-college programs for high school seniors. The
Educated Observerhighlights five pre-college pro-
grams that are worth some serious consideration.
Education often leads to great inspiration. We sat
down with the extremely inspiring Adam Braun,
who launched his entrepreneurial venture Pencils
of Promise armed with an education from Brown
University and a mere $25.00. Mr. Braun believes
that education is the foundation for creating sus-
tainable and self-reliant communities across the
world, which is why he is passionately dedicated to
building schools and making education accessible
to students all over the world.
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4 THE EDUCATED OBSERVER
By Krista Carter
SUMMER USED TO BE A TIMEdedicated to endless hours atthe beach, when one could revelin the company of friends, reada book for leisure (and guiltypleasure) and catch up onmissed episodes of TV shows;essentially, summer equated tohaving a schedule free of defin-itive plans, commitments andobligations. But those days arelong gone.
Given todays distressedeconomy, there seems to be notime to enjoy lifes frivolouspursuits. One must seize eachand every moment, or carpediem as Professor John Keatingencouraged his students in
Dead Poets Society. As compe-tition among college applicantsgrows fiercer, prospective stu-dents need to find ways to setthemselves apart from theirpeers; one approach could beto show some initiative duringthose two blissful and fleetingmonths of summer vacation. Itis never too early to start think-ing ahead, and high school
students should anticipate thenext step in their academic fu-ture. Although it might not bebreaking news, it is assuredthat college administratorsare looking for applicants whonot only possess exception-al test scores, but who alsoare involved in extracurricu-lar activities; in other words,the well-rounded student isoften the most sought-aftercandidate. While the collegeapplication process can be tax-ing on a seventeen-year-old,there are certain measures one
can take in preparing for suchan occasion.
Select colleges and uni-versities offer pre-collegeprograms to high schoolstudents. Depending on the in-stitution, high school studentsmay be afforded the opportunityto enroll in college-level cours-es, study abroad programs, orseminars. Aside from a focuson academics that aims to sati-ate the intellectual curiositiesof incoming students, pre-col-
lege programs bring the social
aspect of the college experienceto students, allowing them torealize the full scope that rela-tionships and networking haveon ones personal and profes-sional development.
Now is the time to start plan-ning ahead. Here are five toppre-college programs that areworth giving some seriousconsideration:
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Providence, RI
FEATURED PROGRAMS:Summer Session Creditcourses: Rising or graduatedhigh school seniors earncollege credit in seven-weekcourses beginning June 17and ending on August 3, 2012,studying side-by-side withBrown undergraduates.
Pre-College Courses: Studentscompleting 9th-12th grade byJune 2012 are eligible to applyto multiple 1 to 4-week sessionsfrom June 17 August 10, 2012.
Eligible for College Credit:
Summer Session Creditcourses: Yes; Pre-CollegeCourses: No
Deadlines: Applications forthe Summer Session CreditCourses and Pre-CollegeCourses begin in January, andwhile there are no definitivedeadlines, applicants areencouraged to apply early, ascourses tend to fill quickly.
Online Courses offered: Yes
Study Abroad: Yes, in fourlocations: Segovia, Naxos,Ireland, and Rome.
Website: http://www.brown.edu/ce/pre-college/
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
New York, NY
FEATURED PROGRAMS:
Programs are divided betweena Junior-Senior Divisionand a Freshmen-SophomoreDivision and courses can bein either Session I (June 25-July 13, 2012), Session II (July
Summer School ...By Choice?
Columbia University
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17-August 3, 2012) or both.Eligible for College Credit: No
Deadlines: PriorityApplications are due byFebruary 10, 2012 (Note:application fee is waivedfor online applicants), whileRegular Applications areaccepted through April 6, 2012.
Online Courses offered: No
Study Abroad: No
Website: http://ce.columbia.edu/Summer-Program-High-School-Students-NYC
BARNARD COLLEGE
New York, NY
FEATURED PROGRAMS:
Summer in the City: A varietyof liberal arts courses areoffered over a four-weeksession, from June 24, 2012through July 21, 2012. Thecourses are co-ed and are open
to high school juniors andseniors.
Young Womens LeadershipInstitute: A one week program(July 8, 2012 - July 15, 2012)that explores the relationshipbetween gender andleadership. It is only offered tofemale juniors and seniors.
Eligible for College Credit: No
Deadline: May 7, 2012
Online Courses Offered: No
Study Abroad: No
Website: http://barnard.columbia.edu/precollege
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Ithaca, NY
FEATURED PROGRAM:
Cornell Summer Collegebegins June 23, 2012, andruns through August 7, 2012.Programs are either threeweeks or six weeks in duration.Applicants must havecompleted their sophomore,
junior or senior year of highschool by June 2012 in order tobe considered.
Eligible for College Credit: Yes
Deadlines: Applications forResearch Apprenticeship in
Biological Sciences (RABS) aredue by March 16, 2012, whileall other programs must bereceived by May 4, 2012.
Online Courses offered: No
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: YesDeadlines: The applicationperiod begins on December8, 2011, and applications arereviewed on a rolling basis.
Online Courses offered: No
Study Abroad: No
Website: http://www.summer.harvard.edu/programs/ssp/
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Harvard
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By Nitasha Tiku
This article was originally
published to Betabeat.com on
December 20, 2011.
ON MONDAY, THE LOBBY OFthe Weill Cornell Medical College,which resides on a particular-ly gray stretch of the Upper EastSide, was crawling with men andwomen in wooly blazers dottedwith carnelian buttonsthetechnical name for the maroonhue that invariably moves Cornellstudents to chant some version ofGo Big Red!
Inside the auditorium, as anassembly of press, pols, and localtechnorati waited for MayorBloomberg to appear, a giantprojector flashed a mosaic of theCornell University logo.
The news had been leaked toevery major news outlet by mid-night on Sunday; there was nopoint in being coy.
Today will be rememberedas a defining moment, MayorBloomberg told the crowd, offi-cially announcing that a 50-50
joint proposal between Cornelland the Technion-Israel Instituteof Technology had won the $100million grant to build a new en-gineering mecca and appliedsciences campus. The project isdesigned to help New York sur-pass Silicon Valley as a globalinnovation capital, creating30,000 jobs and as much as $1.4billion in tax revenue.
For the next hour, a stream ofpolitical operatives, from NewYork City Economic DevelopmentCouncil president Seth Pinsky tocouncilmember Jessica Lappin,
who represents Roosevelt Island,where the 2 million sq. ft. build-out will stand, took to the podiumto express their breathless excite-ment at the scope of the $2 billioninitiative.
Cornell president DavidSkorton debuted a video of anaerial rendering of the gleamingnet-zero energy building. Set toa dramatic score, it looked like aCGI version of a utopian futureyou know, the part in the sci-fiflick before the apocalypse sets
in. There are visions of sugar-plums dancing in my head rightnow, said New York City PublicSchools Chancellor Dennis M.Walcott in response to the bitabout Cornell and Technion in-structing 200 of his teachers inscience education every year.
Of all the applications we re-ceived, Cornell and the Technionswas far and away the boldest and
most ambitious, Mr. Bloombergsaid of the sweeping offer, which
included a $150 million venturecapital fund, startup accelerator,and ambitious plans to construct300,000 sq. ft. by just 2017asclose to the end of his third termas the mayor was likely to get.
But what should have been aneffortless victory lap for the citysyearlong plan to remake its econ-omy for the coming century wasclouded by a note of confusion.Stanford, after all, was peggedthe front-runner at least as far
back as March, when MayorBloomberg gave a speech in PaloAlto, noting, Were particularlypleased that Stanfordwhich hasa top-flight engineering schoolis considering the idea. Stanfordbatted its eyelashes back bylaunching a TumblrNew Yorknative!featuring a video ofLarry Page and Sergey Brin talk-ing up the Mayors initiative.
Indeed, as late as Friday morn-ing, the schools negotiating teamwas still locked in meetings withEDC officials; a few hours later,news hit the wire that Stanfordhad withdrawn its bid. And notlong after that, Cornell issueda hastily-written press releaserevealing that it had receiveda $350 million anonymous do-nation. The largest gift in theschools history was announcedlate on a Friday afternoon.
At the time, it was hard to saywhat was chicken and what wasegg. Was Stanford trying to save
face with a preemptive break-up,or did Cornell win by default?Surprisingly bitter recrimina-tions followed from the variousplayers as everyone tried to spinthe narrative in their favor.
Part of the difficulty of un-derstanding where negotiationsbroke down is a silence clausestipulated in the request forproposal (RFP). But numeroussources, who spoke under con-dition of anonymity, painted apicture of tense discussions and
onerous demands that left severalschools wary, including Stanford.
Cornell, eager to increase itspresence in New York City, wasmore compliant at the negoti-ating table and better versedin what it took to get city ap-proval, including fundraisingbefore commitments were made.Sources said the $350 million gift,for example, had been secured formonths. We need to expand be-yond Ithaca, President Skortonsaid plainly from the podium.
Cornell needed it more. ButNYC Tech needs Stanford more,tweeted New York Citybasedventure capitalist David Pakman,alluding to the latters prestigewithin tech circles and facili-ty with spinning out successfulstartups. (Theres a reason Chinaand Russia are trying to buildtheir own Silicon Valley.)
In the end, it seems the citygot a better deal for taxpayers bygoing with the one that wanted itmore, rather than the one it wassupposed to want.
A university source famil-iar with the negotiations said
Stanfords decision to drop outwasnt based on any one issue,but rather due to a whole hostof things that held them liablefor factors outside of [their] con-trol, such as big-ticket penaltiesfor missed construction dead-lines and the citys desire toindemnify themselves for anytoxicity at the Roosevelt Islandsite. Although a Phase II studywas commissioned this year, afull scale analysis of the medicaldump under the hospital can-not be done until the building israzed. Should serious hazards be
uncovered, the school will be onthe hook not only for the clean-upbut also potentially for resultantdelays.You had a lot of institu-tions that wouldnt even applybecause of the terms, and theygot even more severe in the nego-tiation process, said the source.
City officials counter thatsuch stipulations are par forthe course. If we didnt includethese types of commitments,there would be a chorus of peoplesaying: How could the city write
Safety School? As Stanford Says See Ya!Bloomberg Hops in Bed with Big RedHow 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.
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a blank check to a university thatin five years could just decide itwasnt into it?! one official said.Its standard in any kind of long-term land lease or land sale thatthe city would ask the recipientto 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 Stanfordalso balked at the contract. Thelegal document that we got wasessentially, if you signed it, itwould require you to build evenif you didnt hit the [fundrais-ing] target, another universitysource said. If you state that bythis date, youre going to havethis much faculty and this muchbuilding completed, and youdont get it completed, youre leftopen to a legal challenge. It wasenough for our general counsel toraise a red flag to say they are notcomfortable with signing this.
Even institutions that have ne-gotiated to build in New York Citybefore hadnt encountered thislevel of vulnerability to legal ac-tion. There wasnt any contractwe signed that if our endowmentgoes to Madoff and then goes tonothing, were required to build,said another source familiar withland use issues in New York.
The citys aggressive negotiat-ing stance also created friction.As has been reported, Stanforddid not take a shine to Mayor
Bloombergs assertion during atalk at MIT in late November thatStanford is desperate to do it,even if he said the same of Cornell.The bigger stumbling block, ac-cording to our sources, seemsto have been another remark ut-tered during that same speech:According to Mr. Bloomberg,the desperation meant that, Wecan go back and try to renegoti-ate with each one. A universitysource said Stanford had no ideathat everything was back on thetable. The school responded ingood faith, and everything was
changing, said the source, wrylyadding, But apparently Cornellsaid yes to everything.
Seth [Pinsky] famously ne-gotiates every last penny offthe table, and that spookedStanford, acknowledged a NewYork City real estate executive.They thought they had a partnerand were shocked with his hardline. They were told not to worryabout the particulars and that itwould be fixed in the end, but de-spite assurances, they ultimately
felt uncomfortable partneringwith the city.
A city official pointed outthat it was that same aggressivestance that helped Mr. Pinskyclose complicated and thorny
deals on Hudson Yards andWillets Points, which the city hadbeen trying to navigate for years.
In fact, a source with knowl-edge of the negotiation processsaid familiarity with the waythe city does business helpedCornell, which already employsmore than 5,000 New York Cityresidents. There are things thecity is going to ask you to do that[Cornell] was very comfortablewith, its not clear that the otherside was that comfortable, saidthe source before dropping a bitof local trivia, They know what
a ULURP is.ULURP, or Uniform Land
Review Procedure is the citysnotoriously arduous standard-ized review process. In October,Columbia University presidentLee Bollinger told the schoolsnewspaper, Ive been through aULURP process. Nobody in theirright mind should go througha ULURP process more thanonce in their life. Of course, Mr.Bollinger was talking about howthe ordeal might hold back his
competitors for the tech campusRFP, noting that it took Columbiathree-and-a-half years from sub-mitting rezoning plans to gettingmayoral approval to develop inManhattanville. Its something
candidates no doubt had in mindconsidering the penalties fordelays.
Its binding, Mr. Bloombergshot back to a question from thepress corps about the contract.Keep in mind, if were gonna in-vest, commit this land, turn downother people who wanted it, andinvest $100 million, you dont dothat unless you have a bindingcommitment One of the attrac-tive things about Cornell is thatthey know how to do businessin the city. Just look around, headded, referring to Weill Cornell
Medical College.But both city officials and
Cornell say it was the schoolssuperior offering that clinchedthe deal. The catalyst wasthat Cornell was beating themin every single category, saidsource close to Cornell, citing thespeed of construction, the size ofthe campus, and the amount ofstudents and faculty it will serve.
Cornell was hungrier, Cornellwas 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 helpedselect winners. Mr. Kim said thecommittee met a thirty to for-ty-five days ago and then againlast week to go into more detail.I think probably after review-ing everything, and this is kindof my opinion, I felt Cornell-Technion was the number onerecommendation.
City officials claim the rush tosign the papers was merely a re-flection of the way discussionswere being structured. The citywas simultaneously negotiat-ing with everyone that applied,trying to move each deal as faralong as possible. When Stanforddropped out, the deal with Cornellwas already near completion.
And what of the mysterious$350 million donation? Thoughsome speculated that the moneyhad come from Mayor Bloomberghimself, The New York Times re-vealed Monday evening it hadbeen a gift from Cornell alumCharles Feeney, the Duty ShopGroup entrepreneur and sub-
ject of the book The BillionaireWho Wasnt: How Chuck Feeney
Made and Gave Away a FortuneWithout Anyone Knowing.
Which isnt to say Mr.Bloomberg wont be openingup his wallet to see that his leg-acy-defining project remainson track. Although Cornell andTechnion have been grantedthe full $100 million, the cityleft open the possibility of ap-proving a second smaller-scaleproject, like plans from NYUand the Polytechnic Institute totransform the derelict formerMTA headquarters into a Centerfor Urban Science and Progress,or Carnegie Mellons proposedpartnership with Steiner Studiosto build a digital media campusat the Brooklyn Navy Yard, bothof which will now likely have torely on philanthropic donations.
You assume that when theymake phone calls, Id be on thelist, Mr. Bloomberg said at thepress conference, while tryingnot to crack a smile. But I alsohave some commitments to someother educational institutions, asyou 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.
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPHOTOGRAPHY,JASONKOSKI,DIGITA
LWORKMATTHEWF
ONDEUR
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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 possibilityof picking two winners for thecitys tech campus competition.He even left the possibility openwhile announcing that the NewYork City Economic DevelopmentCorporation would give thefull $100 million grant toCornell-Technion to build anapplied sciences campus onRoosevelt Island. Now Crainsis reporting that between theremaining contestants, NYUsDowntown Brooklyn proposalmay have taken center stageover Carnegie Mellons NavyYard campus and ColumbiasManhattanville proposal.
Hey, if the Fulton St. Mall canhave its own Shake Shack, whyshouldnt the M.T.As derelictformer headquarters on nearby370 Jay St. be transformed intoa Center for Urban Science andProgress?
Although Crains says NYU,the M.T.A., and E.D.C. all wantto make a deal to help revital-
ize Downtown Brooklyn, butmoney is the sticking point.Back in October, NYU was ask-
ing for $20 to $25 million fromthe city and pledged spending$450 million on the 200,000sq. ft. space. Now that some-one actually wants the blightedbuilding that has frustrated of-ficials for year, the M.T.A. isasking for more:
NYU has asked the city for$20 million to help buy out theMTA, based largely on num-bers thrown around duringprevious attempts to revive the
beleaguered building, sourcesfamiliar with the proposal said.But the MTAs asking price hasnow ballooned to $50 million to$60 million.
As Crains reports:The MTA controls the site
via a master lease and has theright to stay in the buildingas long as it is using it. The459,000-square-foot propertycontains vital communicationsequipment, and the negotia-tions hinge on just how much it
would cost to move or replaceit.
At the press conference an-nouncing Cornell-Technions bigwin, city officials seemed some-what optimistic about the abilityto find the financing for a second
project, even without any of the$100 million in play. Obviouslythe city budget funds other proj-ects, said the source, If theresa way to make it work with otherfunding, that could be a possi-bility. If theres philanthropy wecan do, then we might be able toget somewhere.
Another City Hall source of-fered some clarification on theMTAs position. As we original-ly mentioned back in October,the $20 to $25 million that NYU
pledged to build the center wasallocated in part to cover, in-frastructure improvementsand moving out old MTA equip-ment. The latter appears tobe the real issue because the459,000-square-foot property
still contains vital communica-tions equipment for the MTA.
Its pretty integral signal-ling equipment, it has to do withrunning the train lines, said thesource who believed the infra-structure was currently in useby the agency. The tough pieceof 370 Jay has been that thatequipment is there. The sourcealso noted that it wasnt so muchthat the cost ballooned as thatestimates to relocate that equip-ment has varied through the
years, including when the MTAwas contemplating putting outan RFP to redevelop the build-ing. Clearly neither of thoseestimates was the citys esti-mates, said the source, whoalso seemed optimistic about
the ability to reach a deal withNYU and the MTA.
Even if NYUs DowntownBrooklyn project was selected asa second winner, that might notnecessarily leave Columbia andCarnegie Mellon out. I thinkwere still working on creativeways to do all of them, said thesource. Even without the $100million, we wondered? There areother ways to create incentives forpeople to pursue these projects,the source offered obliquely.
NYUs proposed campus at 370 Jay Street.
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Building an Educationfrom the Ground Up
Above, Pencils of Promise in Laos. Right, Adam Braun with a young student in Guatemala.
What are traditionally yellow in
color, more popular as #2 than
as a #1, and when inserted into
___________ of Promise,
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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MEET ADAM BRAUN, THE 28-YEAR-old Founder and Executive Director ofPencils of Promise (PoP), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, or what Mr. Braun prefers to call afor-purpose organization, dedicated tobuilding schools and making educationaccessible to students in developing na-
tions. After graduatingfrom Brown Universityand landing a job as anassociate consultant at
Bain & Company, Mr.Braun decided to changecareer paths, and inOctober 2008 launchedPencils of Promise. Toundertake an entrepre-neurial venture at 25(with a mere $25 de-posit, no less) seemslike a big risk, but in just
over three years, Pencils of Promise hasproven to be one of the fastest-growingand most successful non-profits in re-cent years, building 60 schools in Laos,Nicaragua, and Guatemala. The secret?Having graduated college the same yearas Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg,Mr. Braun understands, utilizes and ap-preciates social media as a cheap, yethighly effective way to get the word out.He also reveals that using for-profit busi-ness acumen according to a non-profitagenda has provided Pencil of Promisewith a sound and strategic businessapproach to tackling education in un-derprivileged Asian and Latin Americacountries. (Interestingly, Mr. Braun ad-mits that finding talent in the for-profitsector willing to make the switch overto a non-profit is one of PoPs biggestchallenges.)
Inspired by his time spent travel-ling abroad in his early 20s, Mr. Braunsaw extreme poverty, most notably inNorthern India. Piqued by curiosity asa young foreigner, he would ask chil-dren, If you could have anything, whatwould it be? Expecting to hear re-sponses such as a PlayStation, an iPod oreven a house, he was surprised to hearmuch simpler answers: To dance, onegirl had said. Perhaps the response thatresonated with him the most, and fromwhich the organization gets its namewas, a pencil.
Mr. Braun happened to have a pencilwith him and gave it to the young boy,
watching as his face just lit up. The ex-change made him realize how an act sosimple and so small can make such a sig-nificant impact. While Mr. Braun viewsmoney as an enabler that will ultimate-ly keep kids on the streets, he believesthat an education is what will lead indi-viduals and communities in becomingsustainable and self-reliant. During histravels he was approached by parentswho expressed to him a strong desirefor their children to have an education.Empowered by these encounters, andwith a newfound sense of purpose, Mr.
He ... reveals that using
for-profit business acumenaccording to a non-profit
agenda has provided Pencil
of Promise with a sound and
strategic business approach.
Above and below,
children in Laos.
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Braun set out to make a change.Pencils of Promise collab-
orates with the Ministry ofEducation (PoPs first part-nership), local governmentand NGOs in compiling a list of
areas in need of the most edu-cational assistance; however,the responsibility of decidingwhich areas to pursue is not al-ways an easy task. While thelist may be organized numeri-cally, those areas at the top ofthe list are not necessarily themost in need. Because of nepo-tism, Mr. Braun says, it is goodto have locals on the ground.With a staff that is 95% local, PoPcan easily discern which villagesare actually in need of assistancefrom those that are seeming-ly in need (oftentimes these arevillages connected to govern-ment officials). Once a villageis identified, and before build-
ing begins, the village agreesto provide 10-20% of construc-tion costs, typically in the formof raw materials and labor. PoPsdedication to sourcing locallabor has provided communities
with jobs, especially in the areasof construction and teaching.Mr. Braun says, Once they breakground, it takes approximatelytwo and a half to three monthsto complete a single school.Undoubtedly, there is a lot to bedone in 2012, especially becausePoP will need to build 40 schoolsin order to reach its goal of 100(60 were constructed in the pastthree years) by the years end.While Mr. Brauns initial goalfor PoP was to build one school,the organizations influence indeveloping countries has contin-ued to extend even further, andperhaps 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 theireducation or working to help their family.
Guatemala
Laos
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Explore graduate programs
focused on learner-centered
education.
Becoming a Teacher:A Forum for CareerChangers
Monday, January 26
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Graduate SchoolOpen House
Thursday, February 2
5:15 - 7:00 pm
RSVP: [email protected]
212.875.4404
Bank Street College
Graduate School of Education610 West 112th Street, New York, NY
to 110th Street
www.bankstreet.edu/explore
Bankstreet
Graduate School
of Education
until the years ahead when manyof the current pre-school and pri-mary students will be enteringsecondary school, or what Mr.Braun terms as the drop-outpoint. Although PoP under-
takes building middle schools,such as Pamezabal BsicoInstitute in Guatemala, the ma-
jority of its completed projectsare early-education institutions.At 12-years-old, students willhave to face the difficult decisionof continuing their education orworking to help their family. Butin anticipating the future, PoPis already planning to launch ascholarship program that wouldallow underprivileged studentsto continue their education withthe following condition: theymust mentor five to ten kidsfrom their own village as a wayof perpetuating education andgiving back to the community.
So how do Mr. Braun and histeam manage their hectic sched-ules? His answer was simple:
I listen to music, citing BobDylan, The Rolling Stones andRadiohead among his favoriteartists. He adds, whether intend-ing to excite or relax the staff,there is always music playing inthe office.
Jaded pragmatists mightgawk at the pipe dreams of yet
another twenty-something, butafter having spoken with Mr.Braun, I interpret his quixot-ic idealism as charming ratherthan nave, and given Pencils ofPromises successful track re-cord, one can sense how Likea 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 thelast that you will hear of AdamBraun and Pencils of Promise.
To learn more about Pencilsof Promise and to donate, pleasevisit the website: www.pencil-sofpromise.orgEL
IZABETHM
ITARO/COUR
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JANUARY 27
Theatre: Lovers andOther Creatures
Hunter College, Goldberg Studio
8:00pm
A compendium of performancesproduced by the Hunter TheatreCompany, Lovers and OtherCreatures includes a version ofEdward Albees Broadway hitThe Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Andis directed by Kevin Maloof. TheWeiner Monologues promisesto be interesting. The play wasconceived and developed by
The Red Couch Group, writtenby John Oros and directed byJonathan Harper [email protected]
NYU Scientists Band,the Amygdaloids,Launch New EP
327 Bowery at 2nd Street,
Bowery Electric
Not an academic event per se,but just as, i f not more inter-esting will be a group of NYUScientists performing with
their band: The Amygdaloids.The Amygdaloids include NYUneuroscientist Joseph LeDoux,director of NYUs EmotionalBrain Institute. Behind, whatfor many will be a cur ious per-formance is the serious issueof increasing awareness ofmental health issues. Studentsand many interested in neu-roscience will likely be inattendance, and with the aidof rock music as an ice-break-er, the conversation will atleast provide more stimulation
than a 9am class.
JANUARY 31
Arts: Andy WarholsGreenwich Village
The New School, Wollman Hall,
65 West 11th St.
6:30pm
Andy Warhols legacy is syn-onymous with New York andfurthermore, Greenwich
Village. On the 31st Thomas
Kiedrowski and Robert Heidediscuss in detail Warhols con-nection and involvement tothe arts scene in the area.They are well positioned todiscuss the 15 minutes offame artist, with Heidehaving written some ofWarhols screenplays andKiedrowski authoring thebookAndy Warhols NewYork [email protected]
FEBRUARY 2
Miral: APalestinian/IsraeliDialogue On andOScreen
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Room 006
6:00pm-900pm
NYU wil l host a discussionon the seemingly, sadlyendless, ideological debate
for hearts and minds on the
Israel/Palestine issue,as part of their Centerfor Dialogues pro-gram. The discussionwill include ZacharyLockman, professor
of Middle Easternand IslamicStudies at NYU,Helga Tawil-Souri,NYUs AssociateProfessorof Media,Culture andCommunicationand Rula Jebreal,
author of Miral.The Panel will beheld after a screen-ing of Miral, an
adaptation of Ms.Jebreals semi-auto-biographical novel,directed by JulianSchnabel (TheDiving Bell and theButterfly)[email protected]
FEBRUARY 3
Mormonism AndAmerican PoliticsConference
Columbia University, Morningside
Campus, International Affairs
Building: Room 1501
With the recent exceptionallevel of media coverage devotedto Mormons in the public eyedue to two would-be Mormonpresidential candidates,Columbia University takesa broad look at the history
of Mormon participation inAmerica life, with a particu-lar focus on political life. Goingright back to Joseph Smiths1844 run for the presidency tothe Reed Smoot trials of theearly 20th century, the confer-ence will give those with verylimited knowledge of the sub-
ject a fascinating insight loadedwith information. RandallBalmer, Claudia Bushman andRichard Bushman are amongthe speakers.
Our Picks That WillHave the Town Buzzing
BY STEPHEN DUFFYEVENT
NYU will hold a discussion with Thomas Kiedrowski and Robert Heide on Warhols time in the East Village.
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Great Thinkers of OurTime-Steven Pinkerand 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 GreatThinkers of Our Time series,Hunter College brings StevenPinker and Rebeccer NewbergerGoldstein. The speakers willallow time for questions andanswers afterwards and alsoconduct a book signing. Bothspeakers have written recentacclaimed books, Mr. PinkersThe Stuff of Thought: Languageas a Window into HumanNature, and Ms. NewbergerGoldsteins Thirty-SixArguments for the Existence ofGod: A Work of [email protected]
Poetry and Visual Arts
NYU: The Lillian Vernon Creative
Writers House, West 10th St.
2:00-4:00pm
Mixing visual art and poetrytogether, and at the same time whatever will these kids thinkof next?! Quench your curios-ity by going along to the poetry
and visual arts roundtable atNYUs Creative Writers Houseon Feruary the 17th. Six practi-tioners of this newly evolvingart form will take part in thediscussion: Somner Browning,Mark Leidner, Mahendra Singh,Bianca Stone and Paul Tunis. Itwil be moderated by MattheaHarvey.
FEBRUARY 22
Linguistic Diversitywithin the LatinoPopulation in theUnited States:IndigenousLanguages, Migrationand LanguageEndangerment
The City College of New York,
160 Convent Ave.
Since Noam Chomsky camealong and worked his magic,linguistics has become a mat-ter of infinite interest. Thislook into linguistics focusesthe Latino U.S. population andis presented by Prez Bez.
Dr. Bez is the curator of lin-guistics at the SmithsonianInstitutions National Museumof Natural History. Most ofher work has emphasized fac-tors of language maintenance
and endangerment.212-650-6731
FEBRUARY 23
Writers inConversation:Nathan Englander
NYU: The Lillian Vernon Creative
Writers House, West 10th St.
7:00pm
Nathan Englander, whosedebut short story collection
For the Relief of UnbearableUrges won widespread criti-cal acclaim, will read from hishighly-anticipated new shortstory collection, What We Talk
About When We Talk AboutAnne Frank, at NYUs CreativeWriters House. Mr. Englanderis an accomplished author, ap-pearing in The Best American
Short Stories on numerous oc-casions. Mr. Englander willbe in conversation with DarinStrauss, a faculty memberin NYUs Creative WritingProgram.
www.cwp.fas.nyu.edu
FEBRUARY 24
Washington SquareLaunch Party
NYU: The Lillian Vernon Creative
Writers House, West 10th St.
Those looking out for the fresh-est literary talent in the city willbe making their way to NYUsCreative Writers House on the
24th. This is the event where youcan find and meet the literati oftomorrow as they read their lat-est fictional works from recentNYU graduates in their self pro-duced publication Washington
Square.
FEBRUARY 28
BLOWING MINDS:The East VillageOther, the Rise ofUnderground Comix,and the AlternativePress, 1965-1972.
Running in NYUs Arthur L.Carter Journalism Institute foran extended timeFebruary28th through March 16thyouhave no excuse not to make avisit to this exhibition of theunderground press. The exhi-bition will be of equal interestfor those of an older persua-sion who will remember The
East Village Otherand thosewho are students of the press.The opening night will coincidewith a discussion with The NewYork Times Claudia Dreifus,
The New York Times columnistSteven Heller, and Alex Gross,allEast Village Otherwriters.Additionally, on display will beseminal Village Otherpapersand artifacts.
MARCH 5TH
An Evening with DavidPatrick Columbia,
Hunter College, West Building,
8th Floor
Bound to be an evening of fas-cinating insight into how theother half lives, Hunter Collegewill host a night with NewYorks main man, David PatrickColumbia, on all things so-cial. Mr. Columbia is editor ofQuest Magazine andThe NewYork Social Diary. Both titles areknown to be the de facto recordon the lives of Manhattans [email protected]
CALENDAR
Cover of East Village Other.
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Nathan
Englander
ROBERTCRUMB
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The Best Places to Study
HOUSING WORKS
BOOKSTORE CAF
Neighborhood nooks to cook your books
I love coming here with justthe intention of getting work
done and wind up leaving with
a newly purchased book.
Keeler Sandhaus
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STUMPTOWN COFFEE ROASTERS
ORENS
DAILY
ROAST
Although it may be a bit pricey compared
to other coffee joints, this is one of the
coolest places to come and relax. Tastiest
coffee I know in New York.
Michael DeGennaro
Nothing starts my day
off better than sitting
here in the morning with
a fresh cup of Orens
roast in my hand.
Jonathan Capecci
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REGISTER TODAY FOR SPRING 2012 CLASSES!
Featuring: Master ClassesAlison Espach- Fiction Daphne Merkin- Memoir
Bruce Jay Friedman- Comedy Marty Panzer- Lyrics
Plus many more writing, literature, and specialty courses
Writing | Literature | Cultural Events
FREE!Upcoming Events at
Best Selling Author SeriesStacy Schiff January 12, 2012 | 7:00
Alice McDermott February 28, 21012 | 7:00
Alan Furst March 27, 2012 | 7:00
Susan Isaacs April 24, 2012 | 7:00
Stuart Woods May 21, 2012 | 7:00
Great Thinkers of Our Time Series
Steven Pinker & February 17, 2012 | 7:00Rebecca Goldstein
John Donoghue April 3, 2012 | 7:00
Seth Lloyd April 16, 2012 | 7:00
Lisa Randall May 3, 2012 | 7:00
An Evening with David Patrick Columbi
David Patrick Columbia March 5, 2012 | 7:00
An Evening with the Kleiers
Michelle, Sabrina & April 12, 2012 | 7:00
Samantha Kleier
To RSVP for events e-mail [email protected]
See our complete list of Spring 2012 courses at
www.hunter.cuny.edu/ce/the-writing-center
ewis Frumkes, director
SPRING2012
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BIRCH COFFEE
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
between classes.
Ellen Treiman
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Being that theyre
open 24 hours a
day, this place is alot more enjoyable
than the library to
pull that all-nighter
in. The option to get
diner-style food helps
tremendously with
the studies as well.
Nick Robbins
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Bank Street
Founded in 1916, Bank Street College
of Education has a rich history of
innovation and of learner-centered
education. Bank Streets pioneering
ideas about developmentally
appropriate practices, the value
of observation and reflection, and
the importance of discovery and
experiential learning have influencedsuccessful teaching and learning
approaches in schools, museums, and
other learning environments across
the nation. The College includes both
the Graduate School and a lab school
called the School for Children.
Bank Street graduates become
educators who facilitate learning,
create community, aim for
developmentally appropriate
educational objectives, and encourage
learners to engage fully in the
process of discovery and of creating
understanding. The masters degree
programs engage students throughactive participation in small classes
and discussion groups, combined with
extensive supervised fieldwork and
advisement. Course work focuses on
human development, curriculum and
inquiry, ways of engaging children as
active learners, and the foundations
of education. Theory and practice are
integrated in all components of a Bank
Street education.
Bank Streets masters degree
programs include child life, teacher
preparation, special education,
literacy, museum education, bilingual
education, and school leadership.
Many programs lead to initial and
professional certification to work
with children in early childhood
education, elementary or childhood
education, preparing individuals towork in general education classrooms
or in special education settings.
Those graduate students with initial
certification from undergraduate
programs will find a full range of
graduate programs that will lead
them to professional certification,
including curriculum and instruction
and teacher leader in mathematics
education.
Brown UniversityPre-College Programs at BrownUniversity: Summer 2012A True Residential College Experience
Summer@Brown attracts serious
college-bound students from around
the world. As a student, youll live in a
Brown University residence hall, eat at
Verney-Woolley, or other Brown dining
halls, and join your fellow students on
The College Greenjust as you would
if you were a Brown undergraduate.
You will be surrounded by peers from
diverse backgrounds and culturesall
sharing a passion for high-level
academics and a desire to succeed
at a selective institution like Brown
University. A student who completes
a Summer@Brown course is better
prepared, more confident, and better
positioned to succeed during one of the
biggest transitions of his or her life: the
move to college.
Brown University: 250 Years ofAcademic ExcellenceBrown is known in the Ivy League for
an innovative open curriculum that
challenges students to be actively
engaged in their own intellectual
development. Summer@Brown is an
opportunity to explore this stimulating
learning environment. Academics are at
the programs core, with more than 250
courses in one- to seven-week sessions.
Dive deeper into a subject you love or
a new area of learning you may never
have considered. You will face exciting
challenges and accomplish more than
you can imagine.
Come to Summer@Brown to prepare forcollege success and experience life inthe Ivy League.
Brown University O
ce of ContinuingEducationProvidence, Rhode Islandwww.brown.edu/summer
Cornell University
Summer CollegePrograms for High School Students
An unforgettable, life-changing
summer.
One of the longest running and most
highly regarded precollege academic
programs in the United States, Cornell
Universitys Summer College gives
academically talented high school
sophomores, juniors, and seniors the
chance to experience the excitement
of college life at a world-class Ivy
League university.
Every summer, nearly one thousand
students from around the world come
to Cornells beautiful campus in the
heart of the Finger Lakes to get a headstart on their college education in one
of our acclaimed three- and six-week
programs. Enrolled in courses taught by
world-renowned faculty, students earn
college credit while exploring academic
majors and making new friends.
Programs are available in architecture;
art and design; business; college
success; engineering; environmental
studies; history and politics; hotel
management; humanities; law and
government; medicine; psychology;
research and science; and veterinary
medicine and animal science.
Within a challenging but supportive
environment, students explore life at
Cornell and gain confidence that they can
succeed at college. And with the help of
a college fair, admission workshops, and
one-on-one consultations, participantsget a better idea of what they want in
a college, where to apply, and how to
create the best application.
Truly priceless is how Summer College
2011 parents Sean and Helen Dunlea
describe the program. We would highly
recommend it.
For more information, call 607.255.6203,e-mail [email protected], orvisit www.summercollege.cornell.edu/
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Hofstra Universitys
Frank G. Zarb
School of BusinessOers Graduate Students Flexibility
Recently ranked as the 5th part-time
M.B.A. program in the Northeast and49th in the country by Bloomberg
Businessweek, listed among the nationstop M.B.A. programs by Forbes, andrecognized by The Princeton Reviewand U.S. News & World Report, HofstrasFrank G. Zarb School of Business
provides professionals with the skillsnecessary to excel and advance intodays fast-paced and ever-changingbusiness world. Our students benefit
from an intensive education withreal-world application, in a variety ofindustries, all within close proximity tothe nations top media and business
market New York City.
What We Oer
Hofstra oers traditional classes aswell as the opportunity to earn coursecredits online, giving students theflexibility they need to succeed. Our
online M.B.A. program allows accessto Hofstras world-class faculty,technology and course work from thelocation of your choice, on your time.
In addition, the 20-month ExecutiveM.B.A. program is for those individualswho hold middle- to senior-levelmanagement positions in privateindustry, government, and the not-
for-profit sector. Classes are heldfrom 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Saturday,giving professionals the opportunity
to pursue a degree while maintainingtheir job responsibilities.
The traditional Zarb M.B.A. may be
completed either part-time in theevening or full-time during the day, and
students can choose from among 11concentrations.
No matter the program, Hofstrasdynamic business faculty sharebusiness theory that has been tested
and proven through real-worldexperiences.
Explore the possibilities at hofstra.edu/zarb.
Hunter College
Want to set yourself apart from thecrowd? Continuing Education at
Hunter College has your answer. Weoer a variety of Certificate Programsand courses that will provide you withthe tools and credentials needed for
your job search. Choose from ourcertificates in the following fields:Fitness Instructor, Medical Coding& Billing, Legal Studies, Legal Nurse
Consultant, Graphic Design, Real EstateSalesperson, Marketing, Translation and/or Interpretation, Gerontology, InteriorDesign, Microsoft Oce, Oce Assistant,
Web Programming and/or Web Design,and Small Business & Entrepreneurship.
Our programs take anywhere from one
to two years to complete and are taughtby prestigious faculty who are dedicatedleaders in their field and take an interestin each student. There are several
payment plans available to you for thecertificate programs. Please call us fordetails.
We oer professional development classesin financial investment, digital media,
foreign languages, sustainability, computersand much more! Self-enrichment classesin literature, history, music, visual arts,and dance are also available. We are also
proud to present Talking Movies withJerey Lyons and Roberta Burrows. Thisexciting film series allows participantsto see movies before they are released.
After the private screening, youll havethe opportunity to engage with actors,directors and producers in a question andanswer session.
Join us for one of our Open Housesto learn more about our certificate
programs and courses. Springsemester begins February 2012. Call usat: 212 650-3850 or visit our website:http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ce
Hunter CollegeThe Writing Center, part of the
Continuing Education department atHunter College oers a wide-range of
special literary and cultural events whichare free and open to the public. Our Best
Selling Author Series begins with StacySchi on January 12, followed by AliceMcDermott, Alan Furst, Susan Isaacs, and
Stuart Woods. The Great Thinkers ofour Time Series features Steven Pinkerand Rebecca Goldstein, John Donoghue,Seth Lloyd, and Lisa Randall. In addition,
there will be two special evenings: onewith The Kleiers, hosts of the hit TV showSelling New York, and another withDavid Patrick Columbia, editor of Quest
Magazine. A question and answer sessionplus book-signing and reception followseach lecture.
In addition to events, The Writing
Center oers many exciting workshops.Master classes will include Memoirwith Daphne Merkin, Comedy Writingwith Bruce Jay Friedman, Fiction with
Alison Espach, and a new Songwritingclass with master lyricist Marty Panzer.New this spring is a class on finding aliterary agent with Katharine Sands, and
the Introduction to Social Media classtaught by Elyssa Goodman.
The Writing Center will host its second
annual Writers Conference at HunterCollege
on June 9, 2012. The conferenceincludes an extensive array of literaryenthusiasts who will be sharing theirknowledge, experiences, and advice.
Keynote speakers are Carol HigginsClark, Mary Higgins Clark, and ColsonWhitehead.
For more information about all of TheWriting Center oerings, please visitour website at: www.hunter.cuny.edu/ce/the-writing-center
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By Krista Carter
TOM HANDLEY IS ONE OF THEmost popular professors in NewYork City, especially in the world
of public relations. He can be de-scribed as a super hero characterof sorts, with the strength of aneducator, a mind full of big ideasand a heart of gold, a beacon ofhigh hopes to to many up-and-coming stars in New York City.But it is his superb memory thatserves him the best, in that hehas no difficulty rememberingall of his past students names,their hometowns and their spe-cific undergraduate university.
Recently, The EducatedObserver experienced all of
these traits firsthand. It is easyto see that Toms vibrant energyis a driving force in inspiring hisstudents to put their best footforward when stepping into the
job market.
Krista Carter: What do you enjoymost about teaching?
Tom Handley: Being able toempower others to step into thenext level of their career. I am not
just a professor and have takenon the role of a mentor to many
of my students. I have been inthe industry for so long and caneasily help students look out forthat bump in the road and can
provide more insight for them tosucceed.
KC: Why did you choose to be-come a professor?
TH: In my late 20s and early30s, I did not know what I waspassionate about but it turnedout my passion is teaching andempowering otherswhich issomething that I do everyday asa professor.
KC: If you could have chosen anyother profession, what would itbe?
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 walkaway with a marketing portfo-lio from projects in the class thatthey can ultimately use on jobinterviews.
KC: What is your biggestfrustration?
TH: People in the industrywho do not want to help or evenunderstand how they can em-power others.
KC: What do you usually ex- pect out of a student taking oneof your classes?
TH: I expect students to be fo-cused, creative, inquisitive, andto show a skill-set. Sometimesthe answer is not always google-able, and students need to beresourceful.
KC: What do you do with yourtime away f rom Parsons?
TH: I LOVE coffee! On Saturdayor Sunday afternoons, I can usu-ally be found at my favorite
neighborhood coffee shop, Joethe Art of Coffee. I nickname theone by my apartment FashionJoe because there is alwayssomeone in the industry at thecoffee shop doing work, conduct-ing interviews, having coffee,etc. It is also my office and myhome away from home.
Also I am an avid foodie.Currently my favorite Italianrestaurants are Zio (17 West 19thStreet) and Pepolino (281 WestBroadway). For Asian restau-
rants I am a regular at Laut (15East 17th Street), a Michelin starrestaurant owned by one of myformer students and for sushi,
Blue Ginger (106 8th Avenue) isthe best.
KC: What do you think of thecurrent economy and how is itaffecting students today?
TH: Facing the current econ-omy for my students was achallenge at first - but now thereis greater opportunity for stu-dents to get internships thatcall for strong roles, which wereusually assigned to entry-levelemployees.
KC: If you could have dinne
with anyone (dead or alive), withwhom would you dine?
TH: Dead: Edith Head andCristobal Balenciaga
Alive: President Obama,Warren Buffet and MayorBloomberg
KC: If money were not an issue,what would your trip itinerarylook like?
TH: Not necessarily in thisorder: Honolulu, Sydney, HongKong, Mumbai, Dubai, Florence,
Handley
One-on-OneWith Tom HandleyProfessor at Parsons
The New School of Design
Q & A With Campus Personalities
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Paris, London, and Reykjavik
KC: What can you NOT livewithout?
TH: Coffee, great food, friendsand family
KC: What is your favorite NYCdestination?
TH: Joe the Art of Coffee
KC: What is the one thing thatmost people dont know about
you?TH: I am the youngest of six
and great up in the town in theMidwest with a population of2,200. Also, right before collegeI was a paid actor and did sum-mer stock theatre.
KC: Who do you most respect inthe industry?
TH: Lance Isham, my mentorat Ralph Lauren and current-ly the Executive Chairman andCEO of Faconnable S.A.S. Prior tothis he served as the President ofPolo Ralph Lauren Corporation.He is brilliant, just brilliant!
KC: What is your best NYCmoment?
TH: In 1996, after returningfrom Hawaii (rather tan), I left aSaks Fifth Avenue and two teen-age girls came running towardsme with their autograph booksflailing in the air. I scribbled inthe 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 theythought I was.
KC: What advice can you give toensure 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 ofthe past, I suggest students do apitch letter instead. Dont spendall your time applying to jobs on-line (if its online, chances are alot of others are applying too).Instead create a database of com-panies that you want to work for.
AND differentiate yourself; sendsomething to the company inthe mail such as a hand-writtenletter.
Most importantly make surethat you read everything youcan online and in print. And ofcourse, 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 librarianon gender and sexuality stud-ies at NYUs Bobst Library,answers some of our questionsconcerning what it means tobe a librarian t hese days.
Speaking of... Hannah Ghorashi: In your
opinion, what does it mean tobe a librarian today?
Jason Philips: Our currenttime is one of uncertainty forcertain. Theres always compe-tition from likes of Google, theInternet in general, etc. whichis a good thing. We also live ina time of diminutive trust ingovernment institutions, andpublic universities will be theresulting academia. Its veryexpensive to go to university,whether private or state, and ifinstitutions come under attackfrom a lack of funding, we haveto ask ourselves, What doesthat mean for libraries? Andhow are we using the money wedo get to support scholarship?
I spend a lot of time working
with constituents, the studentsand faculty at NYU. A lot oftimes this means helping themwith research. But Im also al-ways collecting, and lookingfor materials that will help stu-dents and faculty with theirown work. I also look into ma-terials that will help studentsand faculty at other schoolsbesides NYU. We have a profes-sional ethos of cooperation andwere always looking to helpeach other out: in teaching,consulting, collecting, and pre-serving, determining whats
the best space, and how we canmost easily provide informa-tion. Its really a job fraughtwith difficulty, sitting in NewYork in a library that is burst-ing at the seams in terms oftotal volume (also one of thebiggest in the country), and weusually compare ourselves toother research libraries, not
just college libraries.
HG: How has technologychanged the job of a librari-
an? What are the positives andnegatives of this?
JP: The primal thing thatschanged is user expectations,so users often think that all in-formation is digitized. Digitalformat takes money to store,migrate, and takes resourc-es to describe it. With allthe immediacy, access, andemerging technology, expec-tations are rising higher andhigher. NYU specifically hasmade great headway in pro-
viding electronic access thatis better than other institu-tions. Not everyone can keepup. But we can always do bet-ter. I dont think there wil l be atime when everything is madeavailable online, at least in mylifetime. Both print books anddigital books can be equal-ly expensive. When you buy aprint book you have to pay forthe book, pay for the climateof the book, pay for the shelfspace, and pay for the rent of
the space. With going digi-tal, you have to pay somebodyto digitize it, someone has tokeep the digital copy, and ITpeople and librarians have toprovide an electronic descrip-tion of that book. It can varyfrom title to title, but theresalways 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 havethat mentality, its probablynot the right job to help peo-ple come to an insight or assistthem with further research.A challenge is that we live ina world of social and econom-ic upheaval, the way peoplecome into the building and in-teract with you, and this canresult in licentiousness thatmakes it difficult to preserve
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collections and spaces. Patronscan be greatest ally and thegreatest problem. With 9,000people coming in each day, ev-eryone has a different agenda.Sometimes being the gatekeep-er can be difficult. In a librarythere are very few completely
illegitimate goals, and balanceoften falls to the librarian. For alibrary 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 thisjob?
JP: Im personally like a lotof academic librarians. I hada scholarly intent, but I neverfinished a PhD. A lot of librar-ians have a library degree butthey may not have finishedtheir postgrad. Those peopleare right to be academic librar-ians, they have a commitmentto study and research. I was ina PhD program and didnt fin-ish because I got sick, took a jobat NYU, and have been here foralmost a decade. I have no ideahow that represents my col-leagues though.
There are different types oflibrarians: archivist, conser-vationist, special collectionslibrarians, special librarylibrarians, IS academic librar-ians, public school librarians,childrens book librarianslike
different specialties of doctors.Many have a masters degree inlibrary science and a mastersdegree in their personal field. Ihave qualifications to be a socialsciences librarian, a day l ibrar-ian, and also a psychologist.
HG: Being an authority on gen-der and sexuality, what kind ofqualifications did you need?
JP: I studied gender and sex-uality from a social standpoint.People come to me and I canspeak their language and un-derstand their field, and with
my librarian hat and scholarlyhat on we can move forward ona subject of research.
I dont work personally withany students on their research.Its most appropriate to beworking as a consultant, as inworking with students closelybut for a very short time frame.I offer no opinions on what theystudy, I just try to point them inthe right direction for materi-als. Discussion on the projectitself 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 partof the university institution, weare an i nstitution dependent onprivate tuition, and we are sup-ported by the dollars that ourstudents pay. They definitely
pay a premium, and I libraryleadership has made gooddecisions. Were in a good posi-tion. Were still able to supportscholarship and teaching at ahigh level and NYUs global net-work only strengthens librarycollections.
For example, NYUs satellitecampuses in Abu Dhabi and
Shanghai are 3,000+ milesaway. It makes us think moreintelligently about electronic re-sources, and it makes us think
about work flows and teachingand research. I dont personal-ly spend a lot of time on globallibrary concerns, we have pro-fessionals in place who arethinking everyday about that.The work that I do helps users onWashington Square, and I liketo think this diffuses throughour global network. Have I beenasked to offer an opinion? Yes.
Do I help change things for allstudents? In a sense, but itsnot something that I deal witheveryday.
HG: Did you ever consider beinga librarian when you were
younger?JP: It wasnt something I con-
sidered when I was younger, butat the time I started I consid-ered it a thoughtful choice andit was an opportunity that pre-sented itself. We were also just
coming out of a recession, andIm fortunate that having I havethis position in New York, andthat we have the capital we havebeing in this particular city atthis particular institution. Itwas a considered choice.
HG: What are the differences inbeing a specialized universityvs. a regular librarian?
JP: Were in a very good situ-ation at NYU, and I find myselffeeling fortunate that I do mycraft here. I worry about otherinstitutions, where trainingand money is cut back. I worryabout whether or not were mak-ing the right decisions, becauseeveryone has to do more withless. The best thing I can possi-bly do is to keep in mind that Imat an elite institution at a verygood position. We wont cometo a place where librarians area waste and superfluous. I liketo think I bring value on tuitiondollars, on scholarship, and onthe business of information. Imhoping that scholarship and theuniversity will survive. Wereall hurting. Theres a growingrealization of how important itis to preserve.
HG: Whats your opinion onusing more unofficial methodsof research, such as Wikipedia?
JP: I use Wikipedia and
Google everyday, and my hopeis that I learn to use themintelligently. Ive had the op-portunity to teach as a gradstudent and as a librarian, andI sometimes ask students whattheyre using to get the ma-
jority of their informationThey try to be polite, and saythings like JSTOR, ProQuest,LexusNexus, etc., but theresno shame in using free infor-mation. Its a question of howwell youre using it and if youunderstand what the limita-tions are. Its similar to picking
up a book at a library and say-ing this is a good book, wellsourced, well written. I look ata Wikipedia article and manyof them are well written andwell sourced. NYU has millionsof books, and not all of themare great. Whats importantis that individuals are taughtto appraise and critique in-formation. Thats the value oflibrarians: well always needpeople to teach students howto 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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