Our Insatiable Appetite

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Shortly before her death in June, author and filmmaker Nora Ephron
sat down with Pete Hamill, veteran journalist and distinguished writer-
in-residence at the Arthur L.Carter Journalism Institute, to talk craft
and reminisce about the New York Post. The event can be viewed at
nyuprimarysources.org.
On the old New York Post city room
NORAEPHRON: Itwassodirty.Itwassooodirty.Andithadnoair- HAMILL:Togiveyouasenseofwhereitwas,whereBatteryParkCity
conditioning,ofcourse.Andwhenyoucameintothenewsroom,there is,itwasrightacrossthestreet,75WestStreet.TherewasnoBattery
wasadoorwithglassonitandsomeonehadwritteninthedustonthe ParkCitythen;itwastheUnitedFruitCompanypiers,andinthesum-
doortheword“filthy,”andspelleditp-h-i-l-t-h-y.…Butitwasroman- mertimethewindowswereallopenbecause,asNorasays,[publisher
ticinitsownway,thatroom.Youdidn’tevenhaveyourowndesk,by /owner]DorothySchiffwouldneverpayforair-conditioningforthe
theway.Youhadtotrollforadesk. workingstiffsathernewspaper.Sofromthebowelsofthesefruit
deliveryshipswouldcomethemostgiganticmosquitoesandflies.
PETEHAMILL:Orachair!Theywerealwaystwochairsshort. Andwe’dbesittingthereatourtypewritersgoingwhack[hitstable]and
whack[hitstable].Andwewereneverhappier.AtleastIwasn’t.
EPHRON: Yes,andallthechairswerebroken.Andeveryonesmoked
andyou’dputyourcigarettedownonthedeskanditwouldburninto EPHRON:Ididloveit,Idid.Ithought,“I’mgonnadothisforever.”
[it].Andthatwaspartofwhywealllovedit.Itwasreallyfunbeinga
reporterattheNewYorkPost.
H E A R D
O N CA M PU S
On being a newspaper journalist
EPHRON: IwascleverandIcouldwriteasentence,butIwasvery HAMILL:Thelearningprocess,particularlyonatabloidlikethePost,
luckybecausetheykindofknewIwasanewkidandIwas$98aweek. wasamazinglyquickbecausethestaffwassosmall.Thereweren’tso
MyfirstweekIhadturnedinastoryand[editor]FredMcMorrowcame manyspecialists.Iftherewasafireataschool,youdidn’twaitforthe
overtomydeskandsatdownandletmewatchhimcrossouttheex- educationeditortogetinacabandgooutthere.Youwent.
trawords.Oneofthethingshetoldmewasabsolutelytheoppositeof
whatIlearnedinmyjournalismclassinhighschool.Hesaid,“Never EPHRON:WhenIwasthereaboutfouryears,theyaskedmeifIwant-
startastorywithaquote.Wealwayswanttoknowwho’ssayingit.” edtobeacolumnist,andIdidn’tknowhowtowriteacolumn.Four
Thatkindofthingwassogreat,butitwasalongtimebeforeIreally years[afterthat],IwaswritingacolumnatEsquire.SoI’mjustabig
knewhowtowriteastory. believerinassemblingitlittlebylittle…tryingtoputyourselfinsome-
placewhereyoucanwriteandwriteandwriteandwrite…andthen,
eventually,youcanwrite.
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behavioralscience types of prejudice could exist in Romneycampaignsaresmart,they working but also to figure out goingtotrytocultivate.”
opposition to one’s beliefs. Until shouldhaveteamsofpeoplework- ways to counteract them.” In his Amodio is less optimistic. He
W I N N I N G recently, these kinds of questions ing on this sort of thing already,” own work, Van Bavel has found believes that impulses registered
werecomplicatedbyarelianceon Amodioadds.“Wejustdon’tknow that the amygdala responds to inthebrain’samygdalaareindeli-
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often-flawed self-reports—people aboutitbecausethosepeopledon’t emotionalsignificance,andwhen ble, but that a candidate may ap-
simply feel uncomfortable admit- publishinscientificjournals.” a relationship changes, the auto- pealtopeopletoactmoreinline
T H E R A C E ting bias and are sometimes not McIlwain, the co-author of nomic response to that person withtheirbeliefs.“Thebeststrat-
even conscious of it. But today, Race Appeal: How Candidates In- changes as well. “The moment egy for overcoming these auto-
McIlwainandAmodiohavecome voke Race in U.S. Political Cam- you’repartofamixedraceteam, matic responses is likely teaching
together in a timely pursuit. As paigns (Temple University Press), suddenlyyoufeelpositivetoward people to be really effective at
Q black and white team members,” controlling[them],”hesays.“And
heexplains.“Itreallyseemstobe thehumanbrainisgreatatthat.”
The amygdala, a part of the brain
AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT RUNS
something like ‘who’s with me’ McIlwain says that public vigi-
FOR REELECTION, RESEARCHERS EXAMINE linked to processing fear and versus‘who’sagainstme.’” lanceisessential,andseesprogress
THE SUBLIMINAL INFLUENCE OF POLITICAL ADS threat, activates within milli- He believes that this provided in today’s media compared to
ahugeboostinthe2008election 24yearsago,whenthediscussion
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than his opponents: “Whether it saying it had a racial overtone
the first African-American presi- has seen research over the past was conscious or not, he was and others arguing it did not.
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olinaSenatorJesseHelmswas appeals in political ads by turning theyviolatesocialnormsofequal- group.” If he can do that again, when[racism]rearsitsheadinan
trailing challenger Harvey toneuroscience. ity.Buthehasobservedanuptick VanBavelsays,itmay“helpover- election, then people need to be
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who supported affirmative process information in different the past few years, especially dur- that certain political groups are determination.”
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on the hands of a white person offer scientists new ways of un- BarackObamaportrayedasamon-
holding a letter, the narrator said: derstandingourresponsetostim- key—become considerably easier Year of the
“You needed that job, and you uli. In their study’s initial phase, to make when a candidate, says
were the best qualified, but they McIlwain and Amodio have used McIlwain,can“getathirdpartyto Social Worker
hadtogiveittoaminority.”Helms electroencephalography to meas- do[their]dirtywork.”
Rwentontowintheelection. ure brain activity as well as elec- Amodio notes that psycholo-
Inanotherfamousappeal,anad tromyography, which records gistsfoundlongagothataftersee- CHINA RACES TO TRAIN
forthe1988Republicanpresiden- micro-movements in muscles as ing the face of a black person MILLIONS BY 2020
tial candidate George H.W. Bush people view political ads with ei- flashed subliminally before them,
featuredthemenacingmugshotof ther overt or subtle racial mes- Americansubjects,whetherblack by Sally Lauckner / GSAS ’10
convicted murderer Willie Hor- sages. They next plan to measure orwhite,wouldidentifynegative
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EAfrican-American had committed changesinperspirationonthefin- ones. And recent neuroimaging t seems these days that the almost10-foldoverthenexteight
assault while on furlough from a gertips and palms, which indicate has shown that the amygdala, a eyesoftheworldareperpet- years. According to the Chinese
Massachusetts prison—a program different response channels of the part of the brain linked to pro- ually pointed east, toward MinistryofCivilAffairs,thereare
supportedbyMichaelDukakis,the autonomic nervous system, the cessing fear and threat, activates China. Over the past two currently about 200,000 social
state’sgovernorandtheDemocrat- involuntary and mostly uncon- within milliseconds of seeing a decades, the country has workers in China, and the gov-
icpresidentialcandidate.Bushwon scious system that regulates many black face. His advice: “If you’re rapidlyrisentotheroleofpower ernmenthopestogrowthatnum-
thepresidencyinalandslide. organs and muscles in the body awhitecandidaterunningagainst player in the global economy, bertoastaggeringtwomillionby
It was into this environment and triggers the so-called “flight a black one, you could probably scientificresearch,energyconser- 2020. One of the most pressing
that Charlton McIlwain, associate or fight” response. “It could be be quite successful in running a vation methods, space travel, and problemstheywillfaceisamam-
professor of media, culture, and your explicit thoughts about the lotoffear-basedads.” even the art world. Now the moth aging population. China is
communication at the Steinhardt ad that matter most,” Amodio This is why Jay Van Bavel, as- government is transforming itself theworld’smostpopulouscoun-
SchoolofCulture,Education,and ILLUSTR says. But he cautions that many sistantprofessorofsocialpsychol- intoafront-runnerinyetanother try,withsome1.3billionpeople,
Human Development, came of Around the same time, David conscious biases. Now an NYU ATIO people vote their “gut feeling,” ogy,callsMcIlwainandAmodio’s arena:socialwork. and life expectancy rates are on
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luting lanterns to cook by, study thelocalfundi(theSwahiliversion
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million grant in the 2012 Hult believe that charity is not a solu- sityclub,theNYUSlamPoetryTeam,
GlobalCaseChallenge(withpart- tion,” Islam says. “The rural peo- SLAM! at NYU, won the national
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ing on to Uganda and Tanzania, competition,heldatCalifornia’sUniversityofLaVerne,NYUbeatout
and eventually some 40 countries CHESSCHAMPS 45otherteamswithgrippingandcandidperformances.
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signedbySolarAid,havebeenfit- recruits, and no scholarships, the ’14),AzizaBarnes(TSOA’14),SafiaElhillo(GAL’13),JosephAmod-
tedwithabatterythatcanbeeasily NYUChessTeamisdefinitelyan ei(TSOA’13),ConnorSampson(TSOA’13),andEricSilver(CAS’13). musiceducation ACROSSTHEETHER,DIRECTEDBY
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ers—a feature that the NYU Abu world. However, in December at GallatinprofessorBrianDillon,theyoungpoetsheldforthonsuch CONCERTS ACROSS INCORPORATEDMUSIC,VIDEO,AND
Dhabi students pushed for. Com- the Pan-American Intercollegiate variedsubjectsassmallbunnies,overbearingmothers,sandwiches, LOTSOFDANCING.
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the multinational team of stu- wasamongthefinalfourwhoqual- aunthadpassedforwhiteovertheyears.“Gina,”shesaid,“let’s BillRayner(STEINHARDT’97),
dents—NYUAD juniors Madhav ifiedtocompeteforthePresident’s meetattheocean,whereIamnolongerbrowngirl…whereyouare who taught private lessons to
Vaidyanathan, Songyishu Yang, Cup. Rounding out the finalists nolongerpassingforanything.ThesaltofthePacificmayburnabit, Manuel Nivia (NYUAD ’14) in
MuhammadAwaisIslam,andGary were: the University of Texas at butGina—it’sjustskin.” —N.H. by Eileen Reynolds / GSAS ’11 thespring,marveledathoweasyit
Chien, and Neil Parmar (GSAS Dallas,theUniversityofMaryland S was to demonstrate chords and
techniquestoapupilontheother
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overage60.LynnVideka,deanof in China’s future with a third lems.“China[isexperiencing]what for HIV, for major social prob- ture, Education, and rapidlytransmittedacrosstheEarth, In April, students in the NYU verywell,andwecouldevenim-
the Silver School of Social Work, global campus in Shanghai set to alltheindustrializedcountrieshave lems,” she says. “But in China, Human Develop- andtheJackTripaudioconferenc- Abu Dhabi new music ensemble, proviseandplayjazztogether,”he
saysthisisakeyreason,alongwith welcomeitsinauguralclassin2013, beenthrough,”saysWen-JuiHan, there is a greater reliance on self- ment are giving a ingsystemensuresthatperformers led by Celina Charlier (STEIN- says.“Ineverfeltthathisnotbeing
theone-childpolicy,thatChinese buttheuniversityalsoplanstoopen professor at the Silver School and sufficiency and privacy within the whole new meaning to the term canhearoneanotherclearly,with- HARDT ’01, ’10), joined Gilbert intheroomwasaproblem.”
authorities are prioritizing social ajointsocialpolicyresearchcenter co-director of the NYU-ECNU family.” Videka notes that social “world music”—by collaborating outfeedbackorevenahalf-second and Beyer’s students in an Inter- So,whatisthebiggestchallenge
work.“Chinaisarapidlyagingso- betweentheSilverSchoolandEast Social Work and Social Policy workers must develop interven- withartistsinliveconcertsthatspan delay. John Gilbert, who teaches net2-powered concert with addi- for long-distance music-makers?
ciety, and an unintended effect of ChinaNormalUniversity(ECNU). Research Institute. “Social issues, tionsthatrespectthisdifferenceand multiplecontinents.Eachsemester, thecoursewithTomBeyer(GAL tional performers in London and That would be coordinating re-
theone-child policyisthatthere’s Beginningin2014,thetwoschools suchaspoverty,inequality,anddis- cites, by way of example, a pro- graduatestudentsintheCollabora- ’98, STEINHARDT ’06), says: SouthKorea.Andthisfall,Charli- hearsals and performances across
ashortageofpeopletocareforthe willofferadegreeprogramthatal- ability due to injuries on the job, gramformotherswhohaveexpe- tiveProjectsinthePerformingArts “It’salittlebitlikeputtingonaTV er and Gilbert are co-teaching a multipletimezones,saysJulieSong
elderly,”Videkaexplains.“There’s lowsstudentstospendoneyearin mayunsettlethesocietalorder.” rienced the loss of a young child. course team up with international productionorarockshow.”Some collaborativecoursefromtheirre- (STEINHARDT ’11), a music
alsoashortageofwomenforyoung Shanghai and one in New York Dean Videka says that NYU “In America, we would use psy- partnerstodevelopworksincorpo- studentsshowuponthefirstdayof spective campuses. Charlier has education graduate student who
mentomarry,becausemoremale City, and they will graduate with intendstoberespectfuloftheways chotherapy for those parents,” she ratingmusic,video,andmovement classnotknowinghowtosetupa also arranged for students in Abu served as production coordinator
babiesareborntherethanfemale.” an internationally focused MSW that Chinese and American cul- explains. “But in China, the focus designedtobeperformedsimulta- tripodbut,bytheendoftheterm, Dhabi to take classes, workshops, for the spring 2012 Collaborative
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of his or her pearly whites. A breakthrough study at the AccordingtoWolff,“Asimplelectureonbrushingisn’tgoingtoimprove lookat,butinthiscase,it’srealis- thewaterandswimagainstcur- R.Leonard,seniorresearchscien- screened, about half were found
CollegeofDentistryshowsthatverbalorphysicalaggres- things.Youhavetochangeparentingbehaviors.”Theteamisnowfocus- ticmovementthatcounts.Abat- rents,andartificialintelligence, tistsattheNYUCollegeofNurs- eligibleforstudies,andnineoutof
sioninthehomecanleadtoanincreaseinchildhoodcaries. ingonaninterventioninthematernitywardsofStonyBrookUniversity tery inside the robot sends a whichwillallowthemtorespond ing,setouttoidentifyintervention 10 of those enrolled. “These are
Theresearch,whichwaslaunchedbytheFamilyTranslationalResearch HospitalandBellevueHospitalCenter,wheretheyseekoutnewbornsat currenttotheflexiblebackend, tothemovementsoflivingfish. strategies to address that ethnic huge effects for behavioral
Groupwithinthedepartmentofcariologyandcomprehensivecare,joins highriskforcaries(basedonfamilyincomeandeducation)andenrollthe causingthetailtobendjustlike Porfirihopeshisrobotswillsome- disparity.Between2008and2010, intervention,” Gwadz says. She
the work of psychologists Amy Smith Slep and Richard Heyman, with parents in a program that promotes conflict resolution and oral care. themusclesinarealshiner. dayactasaquatic“sheepdogs.” they recruited 540 HIV-positive describedoneskepticalparticipant
associatedeanMarkWolff,whowereawarded$1millionbytheNational At 15 months, the children will receive a dental exam, which the re- Inoneexperiment,Porfiri’s “Ifyouhavepollutionorsome NewYorkersfortheACT2Proj- whoarrivedatthefirstsessionand
InstitutesofHealthin2009.Heymansays,“Therearetwohypotheses searchershopewillshedlightontheintervention’seffectsandprovide teamplacedindividualgolden othermajorproblem,”hesays,“it ect,apeer-driveninterventionin declared,“I’dratherdiethanbea
about how oral health is affected by parental discord.” One theory is ideasforfutureprevention.Heymannotes,“[Ouraim]istolowerriskfac- shinersintoawatertunneland wouldbenicetobeabletoguide which the African-American and labrat.”Bytheendofthestudy,he
that negligent parenting, caused by conflict, results in children eating torsandgetmessagesoutongoodpreventivehealthcare.Notjustoral foundthatwhentherobotbeat agroupoffishaway.” Latino participants, in a series of volunteeredtogetscreened.
sugaryfoodsandnotbrushingregularly.Theotheristhatyoungchildren health,butallhealth.” —N.H. itstailatacertainfrequency,60 —EileenReynolds interactive small-group sessions, —E.R.
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