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Goddard Hall is the University's only Residential College for first-year students, located right on Washington Square Park--literally steps away from three different dining halls, Bobst Library, most classrooms, and the Kimmel Student Center. We probably don't need to add that we're at the crossroads of NYC's liveliest neighborhoods: Greenwich Village, SoHo, the East Village, and the Lower East Side!
The Residential College at Goddard is organized around the vital theme of citizen engagement--think volunteering, social entrepreneurship, civic spirit, and the like. That commitment manifests itself in dozens of opportunities, from group conversations about big local and national issues (the 'Arab Spring' uprisings, for example) to service-learning trips across NYC and to places as far away as New Orleans, where 35 of us spent spring break on a "green build" volunteer trip in the Katrina-devastated Lower Ninth Ward.
Our 200 students (we're the smallest first-year residence hall, permitting a closely-knit community) affiliate with one of six themed "streams," which range from social issues like environmentalism or "Poverty & Affluence" to affinity-based streams devoted to "Writing New York" or "All the World's a Stage" (for you budding actors, writers, directors, dancers, and producers). In each stream, NYU faculty experts organize dozens of events like free Broadway shows, talks by visiting notables, and behind-the-scenes tours of NYC institutions like the UN, Stock Exchange, Metropolitan Opera, and on-line 'zines just now coming into existence.
*All the World's a Stage
This stream is for students who want more than just tourist-trap, commercial musicals. The goal of ATWAS is to turn students into theater omnivores – adventurous audience members willing to see, understand and enjoy the full variety of performances that exist in the Theater Capital of the world. We'll see everything: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway; new plays, revivals, adaptations, musicals; operas, modern dances, improvised comedies, filmed performances, performative restaurants, burlesques, competitive poetry slams, drag shows, hipster storytellers, avant-garde art installations; we'll even throw in some sports, probably a roller derby. Theater, dance or film training isn't required; but a desire to expand your idea of performance – of what it can be, where it can take place, and how it can bleed into your everyday life – is.
*Global New York
New York City has long been referred to as the quintessential "melting pot," an energetic and colorful urban utopia that both celebrates and thrives on multiculturalism. Practically every borough, every neighborhood, and every street in NYC possesses some cultural significance, and Global NY stream members will regularly explore the city and its offerings through an inter-national lens. From guided tours of Ellis Island and the Brooklyn Bridge, to indulging in authentic ethnic cuisine, to experiencing film, theater, and live music from around the globe, students will be actively engaged in ongoing cultural dialogues in order to learn more about each other, themselves, and the surrounding world NYC so richly represents.
*Poverty and Affluence
More than six billion humans live on the earth. Perhaps a tenth of this number are affluent and overfed, while nearly half live on a daily income of $2 or less. Such inequities are inextricably linked with, among other things, the societal constructions of race and gender. Through films, workshops, compelling conversations with professionals and community service projects, students will examine dimensions of and responses to inequality, with a special focus on the manifestation of these issues in New York City. The stream will offer a reflective space for students to consider poverty as more than just a problem "out there," as well as an empowering environment for taking action.
*Writing New York
E.B. White claimed in his seminal essay "Here is New York" that there are several ways to know this city. The first is the experience of those who have been born here. The second is the tidal familiarity of the commuter. The third is New York as it is for those who have come from somewhere else looking for something. "Of these three trembling cities," he writes, "the greatest is the last, the city of final destination, the city that is a goal." Is there a more exciting, more inspiring place to begin a writing life than New York City? WNY stream members will travel through and write about this extraordinary location that has inspired hundreds of writers, past and present—as well as meet a sampling of the city's most interesting writers today.
(Social) Justice League Stream
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." –Martin Luther King, Jr.
In an effort to avoid that silence, the (Social) Justice League Stream exists to explore issues of diversity and social justice that lie within the exploration of race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, spirituality, socioeconomic class, ethnicity, national origin, and their intersections. (Social) Justice League Stream Members will engage in conversations about various social issues through a series of panels, speakers, and group dialogues. We will also travel through New York City, exploring social identity issues at various theatrical, musical, and artistic exhibitions. To do that, we will partner with various offices around campus including the Center for Multicultural Education and Program, the Center for Spiritual Life, the LGBTQ Student Center, the Office of International Students and Scholars, and the Moses Center for Students with Disabilities. Because a huge part of social justice is equal participation, stream members will also have the opportunity to design and propose programs about issues salient to them throughout the school year.
***Artistic New York: Past, Present, Future
There is no single path through the dynamic world of the arts in New York City. The arts scene of New York is at once historical and contemporary; it is both local and global. This city houses some of the most significant works of art produced across the globe throughout time, while at the same time it has given birth to artistic movements of intensely local origin. This stream will explore the artistic world of New York from all of these dimensions. We will venture into iconic museums – such as the Metropolitan Museum, the Rubin Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art – through the side door to speak with curators about how, and why, they bring arts from around the world to the city, and we will attend contemporary reformulations of historical theatre. We will also explore rich local artistic resources, even just around the corner from Goddard with a visit to the Fales Library "Downtown Collection," which documents the downtown arts scene that evolved in SoHo and the Lower East Side during the 1970s through the early 1990s. We will attend events that continue to define New York as a center for the arts, including the Brooklyn Book Fair and the Whitney Biennial Show, and we will hear from writers who choose this city as the only home for their craft.
*** Note that this stream will be attached to a Goddard Liberal Studies course. You do NOT have to be in LS to be a part of this stream, but LS students who are placed in Goddard may be administratively per-registered for this special Goddard-specific Course 1 (Fall Semester) and 2 (Spring Semester).
**Attached to a Goddard Liberal Studies Writing Course, but you do not have to be an Liberal Studies student to be in this stream.
*These Streams are attached to a "Writing the Essay" Course but you do not necessarily have to be enrolled in the course to be a participant in the stream.
The following streams are affiliated with a theme-based Writing the Essay course.
"Writing the Essay" is a course that is required of most First-year students at NYU. Additionally, students in the Liberal Studies program are required to take a specific writing course as part of their curriculum. The sections of these courses taught as part of the Goddard Residential College experience are uniquely integrated with stream programming experiences.
Advantages for Goddard students who take one of these courses is that these sections are taught in Goddard (our own classroom is conveniently located on the second floor) by the same Stream Faculty Affiliate – you really get to know your instructor well. Taking the class with fellow Goddard residents (and stream-mates) leads to very rich in-class discussions!
Experience confirms that students enrolled in these Goddard sections are more connected with their faculty members and are very satisfied with their required writing course experience.
The streams listed above are connected to one of these courses. (Because of space limitations, not all stream members will be in the attached Goddard-specific writing course, though they'll be able to participate fully in stream activities.) We will notify your academic advisors and academic school of your enrollment prior to your registration/academic orientation.
The community at Goddard is one of the most socially engaging on campus. From hosting its own week-long series of programs during Welcome Week to karaoke nights, pizza parties, park picnics, museum and ice skating trips, and visits to famous NYC landmarks (Statue of Liberty, Top of the Rock, etc.) during the year, there's always something fun going on in Goddard. We're also a force to be reckoned with at various friendly hall-wide competitions that take place throughout the year. We may be the smallest hall by numbers, but we're the biggest when it comes to pride and energy; we're regular winners at these events! Only in Goddard will you regularly find students hanging out in the hallways, laughing and discussing everything imaginable. Goddard is NYU's most connected community for first-year students.
Along with our terrific Residence Hall Director, Taris Mullins, Residence Hall Assistant Director Justin Lerner, and six amazing Resident Assistants, Goddard's "Faculty-Fellow-in-Residence" Carley Moore is a visible and active member of the Goddard Res College community. Other recent Fellows include renowned playwright Tony Kushner, Citigroup CEO Richard Parsons, esteemed linguist/political philosopher Noam Chomsky, and the Sundance Green Channel creator Simran Sethi.
If you are already an NYU student (or transferring from another institution) and are interested in joining the Residential College, check out more information on the Upperclass Residential College community at Broome Street.
In short, there's a whole host of reasons to check out the Goddard Residential College as your first-year NYU home. Goddard is large enough to provide residents a fascinatingly diverse community, but small enough that the staff and Faculty know students by name (and more) and every resident knows they're an important part of a strong community.
With our intimate size, unsurpassed location, amazing Faculty & Staff, and unique, NYC-integrated programming, we can guarantee that participating in the Residential College at Goddard will provide first-year students a terrific home to establish a solid footing for a successful NYU student career.
Incoming students may access the Residential College application through the NYU Housing application (available through NYUHome: Housing Forms).
You will receive an e-mail with your Residential College community placement information in mid-June. You will receive your room assignment in early August. If you are placed in a stream that is affiliated with Writing the Essay, you will be informed prior to your summer orientation, as it will affect your class registration.


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BGA Preview: Jets at Titans
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I've been charting games for some of the Jets' upcoming opponents, enabling me to break down what to watch out for on gameday, so I'll be here every Sunday morning with an in depth breakdown of the Jets' opponent for each of the remaining games this season.
Tomorrow night, the Jets face the Tennessee Titans, a team that has struggled this year, but is still regarded as a step up in quality from their last two opponents. However, the Titans are 4-9 this year and that makes them worse than every team the Jets faced before their current two-game winning streak. The Jets are 4-1 against sub-500 teams this year with their only loss being at home to the 5-8 Dolphins.
After the jump, I break down the positional groupings (BGA-style!) to try and highlight what the Jets need to look out for.
Jake Locker will face the Jets for the first time on Sunday. Statistically, he's a below average quarterback, but he does have an ability to extend plays and gain yardage with his legs, something the Jets have struggled to contain at times this season. Locker is 2-6 in his eight starts this year, but has shown flashes of potential, including on Sunday against the Colts where he was 15-for-20 for 213 yards and a touchdown at halftime (before going just 7-for-15 for 49 yards with two interceptions in the second half). The Jets' complex blitz schemes will hopefully confuse Locker, who completes 63% of his passes when not under pressure, but only 38% when pressured.
If Locker gets hurt or benched, veteran Matt Hasselbeck will step in.
Offensive Line
The Titans offensive line, which is above average when at full strength, has been decimated by injuries in recent weeks. Four starters are now on injured reserve. Michael Roos missed one game, but has otherwise started every game at left tackle and is a solid blindside pass protector. Fernando Velasco is the only player to start every game, but even he has had to move positions, sliding over from center to left guard last week to accommodate youngster Kevin Matthews. Right guard Deuce Lutui, once considered an elite prospect, hasn't lived up to his potential. However, he is now in his seventh season and will be making his 78th career start so he has plenty of experience. At right tackle, Mike Otto is basically a career backup, although he hasn't done too badly filling in over the last couple of weeks.
In pass protection, this unit has held up reasonably well, even in light of all the injuries, but their run blocking has been inconsistent. Their offensive coordinator (Chris Palmer) came under criticism during the offseason for putting together an offensive line that had a lot of size and weren't ideally suited to their zone blocking scheme. He lost his job three weeks ago. Dowell Loggains was promoted from QB coach to replace him.
Running Backs
The Titans running game depends almost entirely on Chris Johnson. However, some Titans fans feel that Johnson can't break tackles like he used to, so when the offensive line isn't creating holes, his impact is lessened. From 2008 to 2010, Johnson averaged 42 broken tackles per season, but since then has had only 51 in almost two years. He still has speed though, so the Jets will have to ensure they set the edge and maintain contain, something which could be a challenge if Bryan Thomas can't play. Behind the patchwork offensive line against the Colts, Johnson gained just 44 yards on 19 carries. The Jets, of course, ran for 252 yards against the same team.
Johnson will play virtually every snap, just bringing himself out for a snap or two when he needs a blow. The Titans occasionally go into a no-huddle spread offense, but Johnson will still stay in the game and split out wide. He does have over 220 career receptions, but seems to get most of these out of the backfield.
When Johnson does go to the bench, Darius Reynaud, who has playmaking ability himself, will fill in for him. Quinn Johnson is a reliable enough fullback, but doesn't play a great deal.
Perhaps Tennessee's most dangerous receiving threat is tight end Jared Cook. After a 2011 campaign where he caught 49 passes for almost 800 yards, he looked set to break out and become a superstar. However, he hasn't really emerged as expected in 2012, with 44 catches but only 523 yards. He's still an athletic big play threat, although he has only had one play go for more than 30 yards since the opening weekend. EDIT: Actually, Cook just landed on injured reserve with a torn rotator cuff, so that's one less guy to worry about.
Their most established wideouts are Kenny Britt and Nate Washington. Britt is on his way to a career year in terms of receiving yards, but is averaging less than 13 yards a catch after having averaged over 17 yards per catch in his first three seasons and has been slowed by injuries. Washington has always been a good deep threat and has caught 39 passes on the season, one less than Britt. Rookie Kendall Wright leads the team with 59 receptions, although he's averaging less than 10 yards per catch and hasn't had a 40-yard play or a 100-yard game yet.
The Titans didn't use the no-huddle against the Colts last week, other than in a two minute drill at the end of the first half, but used it extensively against the Texans two weeks ago. I wonder if they see that as a way to counter a complex attacking defense, or just avoided using it because of the lack of preparation time, specifically for the offensive line. Either way, facing the Jets on Monday Night Football could be a situation where they might reintroduce this. If they do, look for Cook and Johnson to be in the game with three receivers.
Damien Williams is out with an injury, so the current fourth receiver on the depth chart is Mike Preston, a 2011 undrafted free agent who made his first ever appearance on offense in a NFL game last week. The backup tight ends are Craig Stevens (an all-round player who will often start) and Taylor Thompson, a blocking specialist.
Defensive Line
The Titans' defensive line definitely has the ability to generate pressure. On Sunday, they had 33 total pressures. By contrast, the Jets had 21 on Sunday against the Jaguars and that was their season high. Defensive ends Derrick Morgan and Kamerion Wimbley have combined for just 8.5 sacks officially, but Cameron Wake is the only 4-3 defensive end in the league with more QB hits than Morgan and Chris Long and Michael Bennett are the only ones with more pressures than Wimbley.
Against the run, the line is anchored by tackles Jurrell Casey and Sen'Derrick Marks. However, Wimbley struggles at times to get off blocks, so the Jets might look to run at him.
The Titans employ four backup linemen that don't play very much. The most interesting of these is Karl Klug, who last year had a sensational rookie season as a situation interior pass rusher. This year he hadn't been getting much playing time, but made a big impact against the Colts with two sacks, a hit and three pressures in just nine pass rush attempts, so he could be set to get a bigger role.
The Titans play with a four man front virtually all of the time. The only real exception to this (other than when they go to a prevent defense) is when Akeem Ayers comes up to the edge of a three man line on passing downs, although he sometimes plays with his hand in the dirt when he does this. Ayers is their most talented linebacker and capable of contributing as a pass rusher. With Colin McCarthy out, they've been rotating veterans Tim Shaw and Will Witherspoon at middle linebacker. Rookie Zach Brown will play most of the time at the other linebacker spot.
Since their front four is so good at generating pressure, the Titans will only blitz their linebackers (other than Ayers) a couple of times a game.
Defensive Backs
The Titans don't bother to match their cornerbacks up. Jason McCourty (Patriot Devin McCourty's older brother) plays on the left and Alterraun Verner plays on the right. Verner hasn't been beaten for a touchdown all year, whereas McCourty has given up six. Rookie Coty Sensabaugh (Cowboy Gerald Sensabaugh's cousin) has been the third corner in recent weeks, although the Titans do also run some three-safety sets.
At safety, the Titans have been weak. Michael Griffin will usually play every snap, but he's had a terrible season, with 20 missed tackles. Griffin is totally unpredictable from year to year. He was awful in 2009, average in 2010 and great in 2011. Jordan Babineaux gets most of the reps alongside him, although the Titans have been rotating some other guys in over the last few weeks.
Special Teams
As we've seen in recent weeks, the Jets are susceptible to special teams breakdowns and the Titans are just as capable of exploiting that as any of the Jets' recent opponents. Reynaud is a fine return man and they've always been a team that is a threat to block a punt. The kicking game is fine too, with reliable veteran Rob Bironas connecting on 82% of his field goals this year and the underrated Brett Kern 3rd in net average for punting.
I'll be back on Tuesday to recap the game!
Stats from PFF were used in the completion of this article.

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LISBON The Town Council adopted a code of ethics and an ethics board last week in an attempt to increase governmental accountability.
The new board will be composed of one council member and two volunteer members of the community. The Town Council will discuss whom to appoint to the board at the June 12 meeting.
I dont know that there are a lot of problems with local communities but we certainly know within the federal government and state, theres problems, Town Supervisor James W. Armstrong said.
Mr. Armstrong said the board essentially is an attempt to give residents more of a voice in the local government.
The ethics board will serve as an advisory committee available to town employees and the Town Council and will investigate whether or not ethical violations have been committed.
They have no police powers, but they can investigate, Councilman Alan D. Dailey said.
The code of ethics will govern the actions of local government officials. It is an attempt to avoid potential conflicts of interest, including ensuring town employees dont use their position to gain unwarranted privileges.
Part of the code states that town employees must conduct themselves in a way that will not raise suspicion among the public that he/she is likely to be engaged in acts that are in violation of his/her trust.
Anyone found in violation of the code of ethics could face fines, suspension or removal from office or employment.
It will be useful if you catch someone stealing or something like that, Mr. Dailey said. I cant imagine, in a town our size, someone being stupid enough to steal.
Mr. Dailey said that while enforcement of the code may be difficult, its a good idea to have it on the books.
Its uncharted waters, he said. There are going to be growing pains with it. We do have to have something on the books because, if you dont, what are you going to do if you catch someone? At least this gives us a guideline to get us through if we get in this situation.
Furthermore, Mr. Dailey said, the mere fact that the town now has a code of ethics is a step in the right direction.
Im hoping for all of us that, now that we have the rules and regulations in print, itll be enough of a deterrent not to violate the public trust, he said.
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