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Posts published in November 2013

Lou Reed is Dead

Karibi Dagogo-Jack, MBA Class of 2014

KaribiA week after the CMJ music festival, Lou Reed died. Lou Reed was the creator of the stunningly influential proto punk band, the Velvet Underground. Brian Eno once quipped that everyone that bought VU’s first album started a band. Mr. Reed was also a convenient analogy for New York City. His age was clearly etched in his features, but so was his vitality. Like so many of The City’s institutions, he was a disorienting and reassuring blend of permanence and transience. His work often punctuated the simple and stark with moments of florid beauty – like catching Washington Square Park in your periphery.…

Rizzo Reviews: Kurt Elling at Birdland

Courtney Rizzo, MBA Class of 2015

If you have not seen live jazz in New York City yet, go. Hearing and seeing good jazz inspires you to be more creative in every part of your own life. There are venues with great historical significance to the jazz scene within steps of NYU, namely the Blue Note, but my outing was up in Midtown, at Birdland.

Most jazz venues like Birdland are a date night package put together for you. It’s a cultured night out at fraction of what a Broadway show costs, and you can eat and drink through the performance.…

Notes From KW

Krystal Walker, MBA Class of 2014

In honor of the Oppy’s Music issue I decided to describe the last year and a half of my life via a playlist. . It’s a mix of Drake, Chaka Khan, Miley Cyrus, Gotye, Guns N’ Roses and Beyonce… you’re welcome.

Getting into Stern

Getting off the waitlist and being accepted into Stern
Song: “Love on Top”
Artist: Beyonce
Key Lyrics: “Baby, baby, its you, you’re the one I want, you’re the one I need, you’re the only I see. Come on baby it’s you…when I need you, you make everything stop, finally you put my love on top.”…

One Veteran’s Perspective

Lindsey Melki, MBA/MPA Class of 2015

I grew up in New Jersey, but never heard of West Point until my junior year of high school.  I was shopping around for colleges when I met a West Point cadet.  Sure, the physical, mental, and emotional challenge, the idea of being part of something bigger than myself, were all reasons why I was drawn to West Point.  But coming from a middle class family, the whole truth is that a free, world-class education coupled with a guaranteed job after graduation sounded terrific.  Plus, in 2000, the year I began my journey at West Point, the world was as close to peace as we may ever see in our lifetimes. …

Mistaking Value for the Price

Shani Spivak, MBA Class of 2014

Paul Simon said it best (the song is “So Beautiful or So What”), probably because he made it rhyme with something.  If you want to find the true value of anything, look away from the price tag. Social enterprises have always clung to the hope that consumers understand this and will be willing to pay more for social value. Net Impact is an organization trying to tackle the work of engaging students and professionals in social impact so that this value becomes more evident. Every year they bring together social enterprises, nonprofits, students and corporate social responsibility (CSR) professionals for a Net Impact Conference.…

Personalitini: What is the Deal with Deal Breakers?

Liz Batsche, MBA Class of 2014

Picking the right mix of traits in a potential partner is challenging. It is *almost* as difficult as picking an exciting course load at Stern without several night classes. Interestingly enough, both of these scenarios include compromise. The SGov survey explored many of these dilemmas but not with sexy alternatives. It seems often in these scenarios that there are extremes. Would you prefer a 9am class or a 6pm class? What happened to the middle of the day? My experience in online dating has largely encompassed these extremes. A date is either incredible or awful.…

CMJ Music Marathon 2013

Dan Gidycz, MBA Class of 2014

As I mentioned elsewhere, I spent the bulk of October 15-19 ignoring all obligations personal and academic to attend the 2013 CMJ Music Marathon, which claims to be “NYC’s largest music event”, with 1,400 live performances spanning 80ish nightclubs and theaters, not to mention a pretty significant series of panel discussions and conference events. They’re mostly on the music industry and its ongoing changes, as well as info for managing and breaking unsigned bands into the industry.  It’s a buffet and crash course in all the things a young band needs to know to get sucked into the swirling blades of the Cuisinart that is the music business and spit out as a smooth, marketable pop-rock paste.…

A Very Oppy Thanksgiving

Chelsea Colby, MBA Class of 2015

Well, it’s already November again, and your cooking skills have somehow neglected to miraculously improve themselves in time to impress your new friends/romantic companions/family members/that one weird family friend who is always invited to Thanksgiving dinner even though he never shuts up about his pet parrot’s stress-induced Rosacea.

But fear not!  I’m better at explaining cooking tips than I am at avoiding run-on sentences, and I’m here to help.  I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite holiday dishes, each appropriate for one of life’s many weird Thanksgiving scenarios.  If you’re serving more than 5-6 people, you’ll probably want to double these recipes.…

The Government Wants to Be Your Customer

Sebastian Vanderzeil, MBA Class of 2015
Executive AVP, Government and Business Association

The signal of governments can be hard to discern amidst the noise of the political cycle. But as future business leaders, understanding governments as regulators and consumers is essential. In 2012, consulting firms Deloitte LP and Accenture, organizations that perennially recruit from Stern, generated $1,089 million and $900 million respectively as contractors for the Federal Government*.

This essay is not a discussion about the size of government, despite this being an important conversation in its own right. Its purpose is to look beyond the budget negotiations, debt-ceiling standoffs, and recent healthcare debates.…

Interview with Sonia Marciano

A conversation with Professor Sonia Marciano on her career, Lean In, and the future of television – Part 2

Brett Baptist, MBA Class of 2013
Conducted on April 2, 2013

SM: I think this is a fair question: Do genders exhibit proclivities in one direction or another?  I believe the research is pretty confounded – but I like the question.  Perhaps there is justifiable gender bias – I think if we each perform the jobs in which we exhibit above average ability in key success drivers for that job, everyone is better off.  This conversation could be read all wrong, so let me be clear – I don’t know if there are gender-based proclivities. …

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