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‘Clive’ offers ambitious update to Brecht

By DREW GREGORY

Jonathan Marc Sherman’s new play “Clive,” based on Bertolt Brecht’s “Baal,” is confident in its risks. It may seem absurd to minimize a 100-minute, 21-act play filled with sex, drugs and immorality to a single word, but the play itself is so absurd that it is really the best introduction to the work.

Ethan Hawke (“Before Sunrise”) directs and stars as the predictably eccentric title character. Most of the play follows his per-sonal self-sabotage and descent from de-praved to immoral, all while pondering his existence. He is guided by Doc, played by a scene-stealing Vincent D’Onofrio (“Full Metal Jacket”), who starts off as a devilish mentor before assuming a role that more closely resembles a drinking buddy. Zoe Kazan (“Ruby Sparks”) also stars as many of Clive’s lovers, playing each with a dif-ferent level of vivacious sadness.

In Brechtian fashion, the audience is con-stantly reminded that they are watching a play. The fourth wall is broken, the light-ing calls attention to itself and the char-acters speak the stage direction. At times these elements are incredibly effective, but occasionally they fall flat. Overall, the au-dience is left pondering the seemingly op-posing ideas of Brechtian distancing and a melodramatic demand for emotions.

While Brecht wanted to remind the au-dience that they were watching a play so

they could focus on the ideas instead of sentiments, “Clive” seeks to use these tech-niques to heighten the emotion. Despite this seemingly problematic dichotomy, the play succeeds more than it fails.

Another Brechtian trope is the use of musi-cal interludes. Led by Clive’s guitar, the entire cast often joins in, and in these moments, the play is sublime. The power built up in the surrounding story is felt in the vocals and musicality. These scenes succeed at being the most fun and emotional moments.

Throughout the entire play there is a feeling that this is Hawke’s show. Sherman acts in a few smaller roles, but Hawke’s in-tricate, in-your-face direction and intense performance really make the play. He portrays an unlikable character with a fas-cinating and immediate intensity, but by allowing himself to be vulnerable, he gains the trust and support of the audience.

Not everything in this ambitious pro-duction works. It’s unapologetically elu-sive, and this will frustrate many. But as one of the characters says, “Any story that can be understood is a bad story. Stories should be felt.” “Clive” is hard not to feel thanks to its fearlessly bold execution.

“Clive” is presented by the New Group and is playing now through March 9 at the Acorn Theater, located at 410 W. 42nd St.

Drew Gregory is a staff writer. Email him at theater@nyunews.com.

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Vigil in Union Square remembers Trayvon Martin

By SU SIE PARK

Yesterday marked the first day of TEDxNYU’s TEDActive Campus Takeover, an independently organized event hosted by students, which allowed NYU commu-nities around the globe to come together for the TED 2013 conference. The takeover, which includes students from the Abu Dhabi campus, will run until March 1.

The conference is dedicated to shar-ing ideas of technology, entertainment and design — also known as TED — from the world’s brightest minds.

This is NYU’s third year partnering with TED, and TEDxNYU shows live streams from the TED 2013 conference in Bobst Library.

NYU is one of seven schools in the coun-try chosen by TED to participate in the TED Takeover competition. Schools were chosen by TED based on how strong and well-organized the TEDx groups have been in the past. As one of the top seven

schools, NYU fights for the top spot this week during the campus takeover. The winning school will be awarded $10,000.

Each day includes several sessions that feature a different speaker. Follow-ing the exclusive TED Talk screenings, TEDxNYU hosts activities such as creat-ing “Then and Now” posters, “Banana Tattoos” and “Jeopardy Style” games.

According to Stern junior and TEDxNYU president Griffin Dooling, the screened talks are only shown at the seven TEDx schools and won’t be available to the public for at least another 12 months.

TEDxNYU partnered with several differ-ent student clubs including LiveWellNYU, HashtagNYU, Tech@NYU and the Roosevelt Institute. In total, TEDxNYU is working with 16 clubs in the New York campus as well as student organizations at NYU’s global sites.

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By VERONICA CARCHEDI

Candles lit the night in Union Square as demonstrators gathered to commemorate Trayvon Martin’s death to prove one year later that his case has not been forgotten.

Dubbed the Million Hoodies Candle-light Vigil, the demonstration reignited protests against racial profiling that sur-faced in Feb. 26 of last year when Trayvon Martin, a black teenager walking home at night, was shot and killed in Sanford, Fla.

Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, spoke at the event, and a moment of silence was held for Trayvon at 7:16 p.m., mirroring the approximate time of the shooting last year. The vigil

also featured a celebrity speaker, Jamie Foxx, and politicians such as District 45 Councilman Jumaane Williams.

“In the midst of all of the swirling, and all the talking points and people standing on different sides, she stood on the side of being a mother, and he stood on the side of being a father,” said Foxx. “Stop worrying about what we believe in politi-cally...Think about that 17 year-old child.”

Although the vigil focused on Tray-von, it also raised racially charged is-sues specific to New York City.

“Being black is not a crime. Wearing a hoodie is not a crime,” Councilman Wil-

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TOM HANKS GETS ‘LUCKY’ The lovable and talented Tom Hanks is making his Broadway debut on Friday in the first preview of Nora Ephron’s “Lucky Guy,” which opens at the Broadhurst Theater on April 1. In the show, Hanks plays real-life New York City tabloid journalist Mike McAlary.

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FIRST NYU EXPANSION HEARING FACES MASS OF OPPONENTS Disputes over NYU’s 2031 plan continued on Tuesday during the first court hearing against the city-approved expansion. Over 100 people, including actor Matthew Broderick, appeared to protest the plan, stating that New York City illegally approved the plan. NYU lawyers said the land in question is not legally considered parkland. The case is set to be heard in court again on March 20.

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ducing four big projects including the Local Project, or-ganized by HashtagNYU. TEDxNYU has over 150 students around NYU’s global sites in six continents that will be re-acting and participating in these events.

“New York is a study abroad site for them,” Dooling said. “The Local Project is a sharing experience that makes NYU unique.”

Abhi Ashutosh, CAS freshman and marketing director of TEDxNYU, has organized a group of around 60 stu-dents from NYU to create TEDxNYU posters and engage in social media.

“NYU is a global school with global ideas, just like TED,” Ashutosh said. “TED has a global spirit and brings ideas from people who are around the world. I can imagine no better place for TEDx than at NYU.”

Rahul Sharma, a Tisch freshman who attended Tuesday’s event, said the event is a good opportunity for students to learn important lessons from the speakers and events.

“NYU is full of smart people [interested] in the talks, so I feel they will be benefited,” Sharma said.

Su Sie Park is a contributing writer. Email her at university@nyunews.com.

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The web push: universities begin to offer credits for online courses

By KLEIN ALEARDI

The world of online education is rapidly changing and universi-ties are playing a key role by part-nering with various sites to offer these courses to students of all ages and levels around the world.

NYU spokesperson Philip Lentz explained that professors can put their lectures or lessons online as a course, but whether a student can receive credit for the course varies among departments.

A few NYU programs do offer de-grees online. For instance, graduate degree programs are available at the School of Continuing Professional Studies, and the Polytechnic Institute of NYU offers master’s and certificate programs online through NYU-ePoly.

Furthermore, there are currently nine free, non-credit courses offered on-line through NYU Open Education. By clicking on the course, anyone can view taped lectures, some available in ap-proximately 40 languages. Students can also join study groups to communicate with other people taking the course.

Other universities have partnered with Massive Open Online Courses providers to make their lectures avail-able for free on the internet. Although NYU is not officially partnered with the organization, Stern professor Aswath Damodaran, who has taught online classes for 20 years, is one of many pro-fessors currently posting his corporate finance and valuation courses online through MOOC provider Symynd.

“My courses are for anyone who

wants to learn, whether it’s a 75-year-old investor who wants to learn why his portfolio is doing so badly or a high school student who is fascinated with stocks,” Damodaran said.

Tom Huntingford, a student who has attended professor Damodaran’s online courses, found the online class to be more effective than those offline.

“I assimilated the curriculum bet-ter than through a normal class as I could do it when it was convenient and could repeat sections I did not understand,” Huntingford explained.

There are many other MOOC providers that partner with uni-versities to make more and more online courses available.

Udacity, one of these MOOC provid-ers, is passionate about making afford-able higher education available for any-one. Last December, Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun was among 12 educa-tors who met to draft a bill of rights to protect the interests of online students.

“Our broad goal is to inspire an open, learner-centered dialogue around the rights, responsibilities and possibilities for education in a globally connected

world of the present and beyond,” said Clarissa Shen, vice president of business development and marketing at Udacity.

As of January, San Jose State Uni-versity offers three for-credit courses through Udacity called San Jose State Plus. These courses will cost $150 each.

“San Jose State University must and will take a leading role in leveraging technology to transform [higher edu-cation] with the goal of making a col-lege degree affordable and accessible to all,” said SJSU President Moham-mad Qayoumi in a press release.

While NYU has not made com-mitments to provide credit for on-line courses, its future in online education could be changing.

“The university is currently evaluat-ing possible opportunities and challeng-es of online learning,” said biology pro-fessor of biology Mark Siegal, whose genomes and diversity lectures are on NYU Open Education.

Klein Aleardi is a contributing writer. Additional reporting by Nicole Brown. Email them at investigative@nyunews.com.

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liams said, addressing the crowd. “Ignoring Stop-and-Frisk is a crime. The things Bloom-berg does and does not do are crimes.”

The trial for Trayvon’s shooter, George Zim-merman, is set for June 2013, but among the demonstrators were some parents who had lost children in cases similar to Trayvon’s. Nicholas Heyward Sr., 56, lost his 13-year-old son in 1994 when he was shot and killed by a New York Po-lice Department officer while he was playing with toy guns in a house in Gowanus, Brooklyn.

“I feel outraged by the Trayvon Martin case,” Heyward Sr. said. “Things like that should not happen.”

The vigil also attracted NYU students like Andrew Donilon, a sophomore in the Liberal Studies Program who spoke out against racism in the United States.

“Trayvon Martin is not an anomaly,” he said. “It happens on pretty much a daily basis for peo-ple who are black and brown in this country.”

Landis Anderson, a 23-year-old from the Bronx, came to the vigil to take a stand against racial profiling.

“What is the justice system worth if it doesn’t try and figure out why this boy was killed?” she said.

Veronica Carchedi is city/state editor. Email her at vcarchedi@nyunews.com.

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Murray’s Cheese Bar now serveslate-morning menu

By CAITLIN SCHNACK

Cheesemongers now have rea-son to rejoice — Murray’s Cheese Bar is serving brunch. From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, you can enjoy your favorite brunch fare with a spe-cial Murray’s Cheese twist.

Murray’s Cheese Bar, which opened in August, began serving this morning meal on Jan. 23. It began of-fering the late-morning meal in re-sponse to what Julia Collins, director of restaurant development, called an “overwhelming request for brunch.”

“Brunch is the perfect plat-form to feature our cheeses be-cause a lot of brunch items are dairy-based,” Collins said.

Collins said Murray’s brunch is about “fun and indulgence,” and

the fun begins with the Flights section of the menu, a collection of cheese plates named after The New York Times Sunday edition sections. Selections include Travel & Leisure ($12), an assortment of cheeses from Italy, Spain and Hol-land, and the Week In Review ($14), an assortment of the staff’s three favorite cheeses from Murray’s un-derground cheese caves that week.

The real stars of the menu, how-ever, are the many unique en-trees. One of the concepts of Mur-ray’s brunch is ramping up both the characteristics of sweet and savory classic breakfast food. For example, the Alpine eggs ($14), Murray’s take on eggs Benedict, features a deeply flavorful three-cheese fondue in place of tradi-tional Hollandaise sauce.

Murray’s French toast is given the cheesy treatment to make it un-like the average egg custard-soaked toast. Pullman bread is soaked in brûlée custard before being pan-fried, so the toast is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The dish can be served four ways, in-cluding the Illegal Donut ($12), which sandwiches cream cheese and bacon between two French toast slices and is drizzled with maple syrup. For those desiring a more traditional selection, Murray’s offers the Farmer’s Breakfast ($15), Farmstead cheese, egg, salami and bread with butter and jam.

While it is renowned for of-fering cheeses from around the world, Murray’s prides itself on supporting other local business. The restaurant offers several lo-cally sourced items, including Ben’s Cream Cheese, Stumptown coffee (roasted in Red Hook) and Brooklyn’s own P&H soda.

Jordana Weiner, a freshman in Steinhardt’s food studies program, said the use of cheese fondue in the Alpine eggs dish is a “brilliant twist on an overdone classic.”

Whether you are a self-pro-claimed cheesemonger or a brunch enthusiast, Murray’s has the potential to become a go-to spot for a weekend breakfast.

Murray’s Cheese Bar is located at 264 Bleecker St., between Cornelia and Morton streets.

Caitlin Schnack is a contributing writer. Email her at dining@nyunews.com.Shrimp and grits are part of Murrary’s new brunch menu.

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Casa Gusto offers authentic Italian treats

By DANIEL YEOM

Alphabet City is now offer-ing a scrumptious selection of Italian desserts. Casa Gu-sto, which opened on Feb. 1, specializes in authentic des-serts, all imported directly from Turin, Italy.

Owner Christine Huynh wants to provide New York with the “good stuff.” The prod-ucts Casa Gusto offers reflect Huynh’s personal favorites.

“One day, my husband re-turned from a business trip in Italy and brought me choc-olate,” Huynh said. “I fell in love.”

After a year-long search for the perfect brand of authentic Italian sweets, Huynh settled on chocolate products from Venchi, an Italian chocolate brand renowned for its origi-nal recipes. Chocolates are delicately wrapped in foil and sold by the piece. Huynh rec-ommends the “classic Giandu-jotto” ($1.25), a soft hazelnut-flavored chocolate.

Global Liberal Studies fresh-man Susan Lee loves the delec-table sweet.

“[The Giandujotto] is really smooth and feels like fudge,” Lee said.

Macarons ($2.50) are equally tempting. Casa Gusto’s maca-ron flavors include salted cara-mel and raspberry.

Gelato is also a popular

choice. Favorite types of ge-lato include chocolate, dulce de leche and coconut. Next month, Casa Gusto will offer an additional eight flavors.

The store also offers a few beverage options, including Casa Coffee ($4.25) and the Venchi hot chocolate ($4.25). Huynh is planning to expand the drink menu.

Though the store opened only recently, customers are already frequenting it.

“People who like chocolate keep coming back for the chocolate, and people who like gelato keep coming back for gelato,” Huynh said.

Casa Gusto is located at 199 Av-enue A.

Daniel Yeom is a contributing writer. Email him at dining@nyunews.com.

Casa Gusto sells macarons in a variety of delicious flavors.

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Delicious markets to expand your palette TOP5

Kim Buesser is a contributing wrier. Email her at dining@nyunews.com.

By KIM BUESSER

There is something about the rustic and homey nature of markets that people find comfortable. New York City has everything from superb farmer’s markets to indoor markets, supplying the best and freshest produce and the most delicious baked treats. Here is a list of the mar-kets that are definitely worth visiting.

CHELSEA MARKET | 75 NINTH AVE. This indoor market houses ev-erything from fresh pastas to local dairy. Stop by the Green Table, which serves meals from local, sustainable farms. Specialties include organic, pasture-raised chicken potpie with seasonal vegetables and three types of locally produced cheeses and macaroni. Also make sure to visit Sarabeth’s for delectable fresh pastries, warm loaves and artisan jams.

GRAND CENTRAL MARKET | 105 E. 42ND ST.This is a perfect place for com-muters to stop for a quick, healthy bite. Conveniently locat-ed inside the station, the market has a great variety of cheeses, fresh fish, grass-fed beef and prepared foods. Check out the selection of soups and grain sal-ads at the Greenwich Farmstand or grab chicken parmesan from Dishes at Home, a stand that sells healthy, ready-to-eat meals.

ESSEX STREET MARKET | 120 ESSEX ST.This downtown market is home to many specialty shops. Be sure to stop by La Tiendita, which has everything from cupcakes and cookies to granola and ginger-bread. If you are craving brunch, the Essex Restaurant cooks up de-licious shrimp and grits, challah French toast and “the Aristocrat,” potato pancakes topped with their house-cured salmon, caviar, sour cream and a poached egg.

UNION SQUARE GREENMARKET | UNION SQUARE PARKOpen year-round, this outdoor farmer’s market has a vast array of local produce, sustainably raised meats, homemade pickles, jams and baked goods. Stop by Lynnha-ven Goat Farm for creamy goat cheese or try the truffle-infused spread for a sharp burst of deca-dent flavor. Don’t forget to pick up some fresh cider from Breezy Hill Orchards — perfect to warm you up on cold, winter days.

ARTHUR AVENUE | 2344 ARTHUR AVE.This avenue in the Bronx is an Italian culinary hotspot. The mar-ket is filled with everything from fresh mozzarella, Italian meats and bakeries overflowing with cannoli. Stop by Casa Della Moz-zarella for bocconcini, or small bite-sized mozzarella balls, which are perfect for a small snack. Don’t leave before stopping by DeLillo Pastry Shop for delicious Italian pastries.

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‘Leviathan’ makes waves without using dialogue

By SANCHEEV RAVICHANDRAN

Throughout its 87 minutes, “Leviathan” paints a picture of a gritty universe that may have ex-isted but could have never been imagined. Its vis-ceral and up-close nature allows the film to por-tray a distinct beauty in an eerily ominous world.

The film is a documentary that takes us aboard a fishing vessel, the Leviathan, off the East Coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The ship, the ocean and even the marine life are kept in full view throughout the beautiful story. However, “Leviathan” is certainly not for everyone. There is no dialogue, and everything is presented ob-jectively. Though some will find these aspects truly refreshing, they are not meant to come together to deliver a crowd pleaser.

While watching “Leviathan,” you may wonder about the documentary’s purpose, but once you sit back and absorb the film, the depths to which it proves immersive will surprise you. Viewers travel alongside the crew, and the film gives each aspect of the story its due. “Leviathan” makes no effort to tell a coherent story but still effortlessly draws us into the atmosphere of a unique world that is at peace with itself.

The cinematography and sound work carry the film. Covering most of its shots at night, we see the wretched circumstances in which these fishermen have to do their job. We see the constant mix of yellow, orange and white colors juxtaposed against the dark-ness that envelopes the Leviathan.

The camera does not hesitate — it moves hanging on a chain that draws a net out of the water and into a pile of dead fish facing imminent beheadings at the hands of the fishermen. The stellar, deep sound quality heightens the sense of exhilaration. The nat-ural ambiance of the ship creaking, fish flop-ping and birds flapping their wings as the viewers are thrust in an out of the water with

the camera all create a captivating score. Do not try to understand “Leviathan.” The

dedication provides a rewarding explanation for its ambling pacing and unfocused narra-tive. The film is made for the fishermen, the sailors and everything else that is a compo-nent of East Coast fishing. “Leviathan” is a documentary that reveals — like a window that constantly breaks and tries to let us touch what is behind the glass.

Sancheev Ravichandran is a contributing writer. Email him at film@nyunews.com.

The gorgeous cinematography of air and sea creatures is the film’s greatest strength.

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Slow pacing weighs down ‘Unspeakable’

By MARISSA ELLIOT LITTLE

While family drama is a familiar trope in many films, Dan Sallitt’s “The Unspeakable Act” hopes to explore a darker side of the theme. The small film confronts a big topic, diving in right from the opening lines: “I had somehow thought that [my brother] and I had an unspoken agreement that we belonged to each other, which was really pretty stupid of me.” This line is spoken by the character Jackie Kimball, who utters these words as the film be-gins to investigate the incestuous rela-tionship of a brother and sister during a turning point in their lives.

“Unspeakable” is a character study of Jackie. The film follows her during and after her older brother Matthew’s final summer before college. The summer is brief, and Matthew heads to Princeton University, leaving Jackie to explore life without their relationship.

Though deemed an incest mo-vie, “Unspeakable ” does not de-pict a forbidden relationship be-tween a brother and sister. Jackie’s love for Matthew is pure, and her fantasy does not involve a sexual relationship, rather the ability for them to be together. He is aware of his sister’s feelings and even discusses them with her, yet he never reveals his feelings. He does not discourage Jackie, as he holds hands with her in public, but he also feels free to date other girls.

Matthew is a fascinating character. He acts robotic and distanced, which leaves the audience to wonder whether the ac-tor’s portrayal is profound or if he is a

poorly written character portrayed by an uncertain actor.

Despite the unfamiliar territory, “Un-speakable” is dull. Although it is only 91 minutes long, those minutes crawl by. Most of the monotony stems from Sallitt’s use of voice-overs. At times, it is appropriate and even a strength for the film, but at other times the technique turns the film into a slideshow of the family home played to the sound of Jackie ramblings.

Minutes are wasted on voice-overs, ex-traneous shots and auxiliary plotlines. While these devices are not distracting, they are unnecessary. For example, the audience accepts that there is not a fa-ther, and the source of the mother’s in-come is questionable — it wastes time to even mention them.

Sallitt attempts to bring life to the film with characters’ unprovoked out-bursts of anger, and he succeeds in scenes involving Jackie and her friends. The director deserves praise for either knowing how adolescent girls think or for loosening the reins on his actresses and allowing them to improvise.

Tallie Medel, who plays Jackie, shines in the therapy sessions. She embodies the awkwardness of an insecure teen-ager, but her performance matches her brilliant, sometimes comedic lines.

“Unspeakable” is a real and careful film, but ultimately, it is a forgettable one. Sallitt’s vision is muddled, but he and Medel demonstrate enough prom-ise to give hope to future projects.

Marissa Elliot Little is a contributing writer. Email her at film@nyunews.com.

Imagine Dragons, Atlas Genius impress energetic audienceBy ALEX PASTRON

The view from the sidewalk out-side the Roseland Ballroom last Sat-urday set the scene for a memorable night. As audience members forced their way into the sold-out venue, the energy in the room was already mounting. Fans were excited and restless for Nico Vega, Atlas Genius and Las Vegas indie-rockers Imagine Dragons to take the stage.

Nico Vega were incredibly en-ergetic. Lead singer Aja Volk-man climbed all over the stage, a vibrancy highlighted when she jumped off an empty oil drum with the band’s name on it. Their short set was the perfect way to start off the night and keep an-ticipation high.

Following Nico Vega’s perfor-mance, men in white jumpsuits and masks, presumably the members of Atlas Genius, took the stage and began to tune their instruments. After tuning, the Australian Jeffery brothers and English keyboardist Darren Sell re-emerged, now smar-tly dressed in button-down shirts with elegant ties. Frontman Keith Jeffery wore a fedora.

Unlike other venues in New York City, the Roseland Ballroom did not hesitate to turn the volume up, and neither did the audience. The screams of approval were deafening as Atlas Genius opened with “Symp-toms” from their recent debut al-bum, “When It Was Now.” Keith Jeffrey’s voice flowed smoothly as he sang “On A Day,” captivating the audience like a seasoned performer.

About halfway through the show, the band got the crowd moving with “Electric,” thanks to Sell’s enthusiastic keyboard. After the song, Keith Jeffrey jumped off the stage in the middle of “Don’t Make A Scene.” He performed a guitar solo in front of the barri-cade, which elicited screams from the fans in the front row.

The band closed with their hit single “Trojans,” and Michael Jef-fery’s impressive work on the drums turned the popular track into an epic finale. By this point, it was impossible to think Atlas Genius were only billed as an opening band.

But Imagine Dragons were nothing short of epic. Lead singer Dan Reyn-olds made sure he had the already

ecstatic crowd’s attention by open-ing with “Round and Round” from Imagine Dragons’ freshman album, “Night Visions.” Reynolds punctu-ated his performance by pounding on a giant, upright Taiko drum.

The stage was set with large cut-outs of trees with leaves dangling in front of a giant screen which intermittently projected images of clouds and desert landscapes. The show reached its peak about half-way through the set during the re-cently popular “Radioactive.” The audience screamed the lyrics back at Reynolds with so much vigor, it was a wonder the band could be heard at all.

Even after an incredible and memorable performance by Imag-ine Dragons, there was no question that the headliners were not the only band fans were talking about all the way home. Atlas Genuis have already shown they can produce a quality album, and now they have proven they can also rock the stage. It is only a matter of time before they start their own headlining tour.

Alex Pastron is a staff writer. Email her at music@nyunews.com. Dan Reynolds sings to a full crowd at Roseland Ballroom.

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By PETER KEFFER

The Western media has brought about some ill-minded and un-founded commentary in the months that have followed the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi, India. Certain publications have blamed mi-sogyny in India on Islam and the supposedly radically different be-lief Muslims have compared to the rest of the world. Much more than simply a fanciful claim, it is ungrounded. All five men who are accused of carrying out the attack are Hindus and, according to the 2001 census, only 13.4 percent of the country is Muslim — hardly a majority. Using Islam as a scape-goat here is unjustifiable. Rather than blaming one cultural founda-tion or another, one should pursue the means to real change.

The rape that occurred late last year is not the first to receive na-tional publicity in India. In 1979, two policemen, who were later acquitted because the victim was not a virgin at the time, raped a 16-year-old girl. But, after large-scale protests and coverage from

India’s media, there was a signifi-cant change to the law. In 1983, a provision was made to the Evi-dence Act, which states that if a woman says sexual intercourse was not consensual, then the court is to take the statement at face value. Such a victory should not be seen as minor. Not only does this provision show the power that protest holds for real legal and social change, but it also empowers female victims to point out their attackers and identify them as rapists.

Since 1979, India has grown in affirming the status of women. 1984 marked the end of the 15-year premiership held by Indira Gan-dhi — the world’s longest-serving female prime minister — and the years that followed saw the cre-ation of numerous non-governmen-tal organizations concentrating on women’s rights. Furthermore, the government declared 2001 the Year of Women’s Empowerment, and in 2010 it passed the Women’s Reser-vation Bill, which retains a mini-mum of 33 percent female mem-bership in parliament and other state legislative bodies. These mile-

stones reflect the growing trend towards equality in India, and they affirm that the catalyst for substan-tive change is real, legal action as opposed to criticism of outdated cultural foundations.

What is true is that India is a deeply divided country. Cultures of misogyny and patriarchy are prevalent with some, but the ide-als of equality and egalitarian-ism across the sexes are preva-lent with many more. In trying to explain the cultural cause for misogyny in India we always find ourselves lacking an explanation. The demonization of cultural foundations does nothing to solve this real social problem — in fact, it explains it away. If India is to enjoy substantive reform, and if the West wants to help the coun-try achieve it, then what we need to do is support the protesters who are calling for a judicial sys-tem that represents the beliefs of the growing majority. Anything else would be damaging.

Peter Keffer is a contributing columnist. Email him at opinion@nyunews.com.

By EDWARD RADZIVILOVSKIY

Earlier this month, world-renowned legal philosopher and NYU School of Law professor Ronald Dworkin passed away at 81.

I reached out to Thomas Na-gel of NYU’s Department of Phi-losophy, a professor who worked closely with Dworkin.

He said, “Ronald Dworkin was not only the leading legal philosopher of our time but one of the most creative and original contemporary moral and political philosophers, as well as a ma-jor figure in the nation’s public intel-lectual life. He helped make NYU an internationally recognized center.”

In the latter half of the 20th century, a great debate in legal philosophy arose between three heavyweights: H.L.A Hart, Lord Devlin and Ronald Dworkin. The debate helps to summarize con-temporary competing legal principles, but it also provides a deeper insight into Dworkin’s ideas.

Initially the debate arose between Hart and Devlin over the legalization of prostitution and homosexual activity.

Hart argued that one must drive a wedge between law and morality. Ac-cording to this view, laws are to be un-

derstood as social rules and not cultural values, and they are valid only when authorities enact them. Instead of searching for a common conception of morality to justify laws, Hart turned to John Stuart Mill’s famous harm princi-ple, which stated that an act is illegal if and only if it produces harm to society.

Lord Devlin countered Hart, arguing that law — particularly criminal law — can further the moral sensibilities of society. The reason something is a crime is because society does not condone or endorse it. Therefore, there exists a no-tion of public morality. The only way to codify certain principles in criminal law is to base them around this common conception of norms. Thus, according to this view, engaging in certain activities — even in private — can constitute an attack on societal laws.

Ronald Dworkin countered both of these views, arguing that neither pro-vided an adequate conception of law. In order for law to be truly justified, we need to invoke certain moral notions. Dworkin’s philosophy does not come up with substantive moral concepts but instead points to broad notions like integrity, equality and liberty.

Additionally, Dworkin talked about scenarios in which judges are faced

with particularly hard cases in which there is an incompleteness of law. Such forks in the road require a special type of judge — a herculean judge — who can reach beyond the law to certain back-ground moral conceptions, expanding our conception of equality and liberty.

A common objection to Dworkin’s theories is that he advocates for a normative approach to law and even a type of judicial activism — instead judges should try to understand law as it is rather than interpreting it through specific lens. But by denying the idea that law and morality are and should be separate entities, Dworkin places himself in the camp of natural law theorists, arguing that standards of law and morality are derived from the nature of human beings and that morality and law necessarily intersect.

Aside from his powerful impact in the esoteric legal world, professor Dworkin contributed to society as a public intellectual. Dworkin wrote very clearly and intelligently, giving basic and meaningful insights on how to cre-ate a decent society.

Edward Radzivilovskiy is deputy opinion editor. Email him at eradzivilovskiy@nyunews.com

Marshall Sahlins, a leading American anthropologist, re-signed last week from the National Academy of Sciences. This may come as a shock to the scientific community and even to students at NYU. Anyone taking an introductory course to anthropology at NYU, for example, is bound to encounter several readings of Sahlins’s work. Among his more influential works are “Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities,” a case study of the murder of Captain Cook in Hawaii and how it was the result of underlying social factors. Normally, when a scientist or scholar re-signs from such a prestigious position, one assumes that he probably committed an irrevocable and egregious error that forever taints their credibility as an academic. How-ever, our assumptions sometimes deceive us. If we explore the reasoning and motivations behind Sahlins’s resigna-tion, we may arrive at deeper insights of the issues at play.

Sahlin resigned for two reasons. First, the NAS’ decision to admit Napoleon Chagnon as a member. Second, the scientific community’s role within the military-industrial complex, which included the increasing proportion of funding from the military for scientific projects.

Perhaps Sahlins’ resignation is understandable. The mili-tarization of anthropology recalls those days when it was standard practice for the OSS — the precursor to the CIA — to hire anthropologists as spies. Presumably, this was because of their foreign language fluency and the travel necessary for their field work. All of this ended, of course, when anthropology took a decisive position against the Vietnam War. It was at that time that Sahlins published his powerful article “The Destruction of Conscience in Vietnam,” which called out against the militarization of anthropology. Ever since then, anthropology has had tenu-ous relationships with the U.S. government — except for those Sahlins is now criticizing.

Beyond this, every day we are hearing more about the ap-plications — many of which are militaristic in nature — of scientific discoveries. Of course, there is nothing inherently bad about this — machine learning helps Netflix suggest movies more accurately, anthropology is being used to smooth relations between the U.S. military and Iraqi citizens and game theory can predict election outcomes. But it is im-portant to note that a heavy focus on application can impede scientific research. Ultimately the goal of science should be to seek explanation, not application.

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