March 30, 2023
Volume 79 | Issue 6
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“Honesty and Objectivity”
Telfar Clemens announced as 2023 Commencement speaker and honoree MARCH 10, 2023
The University announced on reading “Not for you — for everyone. March 9 that fashion designer Telfar Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Dr. Bruce H. Mann were also Clemens (‘08) will be the main speak- announced as honorary degree recipients of the Haub Law School, er at this year’s Commencement on May 15. He will also receive the former of whom will speak at the school’s ceremony. Warren, an honorary degree at the ceremony celebrating the class of 2023. a Democratic representative for Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Dr. Bruce H. Mann, Aldris Enis and Ivan since 2013, ran in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries G. Seidenberg (‘81) will also speak at specific school ceremonies. Clemens is a Liberian-American fashion designer who founded his namesake brand TELFAR while studying at the University in 2005. The luxury brand is best known for its iconic Shopping Bags made with faux leather and capped at affordable prices, unlike other luxury handbags. For its accessible price tag and popularity in Brooklyn, the Shopping Bag has been dubbed “the Bushwick Birkin” and can be spotted on the shoulders of students across the New York City campus. Clemens received a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in business management from the Lubin School of Business in 2008. Simar Kaur, the President of Pace Profashionals, was ecstatic about Clemens’s nomination. “I remember finding TELFAR my senior year of high school and trying for months to buy a bag. Right before I got to the University, I finally was able to buy one and it became my favorite bag ever! I use it for school, overnight trips, fashion internships, picnics, the list goes on and on! It’s just perfect!” “It feels so full circle that Clemens is now speaking at my graduation ceremony! I am so beyond excited, especially as I [have] worked on establishing the Profashionals my whole time at the University.” In 2017, the CFDA granted Clemens the American Fashion Fund (a value of $400,000) and once again awarded him in 2019 and 2020 as American Accessories Designer of the Year. Clemens’s success has spread to pop-up shops at NYC Rainbow locations and collaborations with UGG, Converse Credit: @paceuniversity on Instagram and White Castle, the latter of which all profits before endorsing her competitor President went toward supporting institutionalized teenagers’ Joe Biden. She first advanced the creation of bail funds on Rikers Island. In 2021, he designed the uniforms for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and her main the Liberian Olympic team at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. TEL- focus as a legislator is economically-angled and functions as a FAR prides itself on being a unisex and inclusive brand, its slogan mouthpiece for middle-class families. Her husband, Dr. Mann, has
taught at Harvard Law School since 2006. Aldrin Enis is the President of One Hundred Black Men (OHBM), a non-profit founded in 1963 located in Harlem, which seeks to enrich and empower Black youth through personal, intellectual and economic development, as per their company mission. After his appointment in 2020, Enis reframed aspects of OHBM to focus on Black adolescent mental health. He will speak to the Lubin School of Business graduates and receive the Opportunitas in Action Award for his involvement with OHBM. Ivan G. Seidenberg graduated from the University, earning his MBA in 1981. He previously served as the chairman and CEO of Verizon from 2000 to 2011. After donating $15 million to the University, the Seidenberg School of Computer Science was inscribed in his honor. Seidenberg spoke at the class of 2000’s commencement, where he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters due to his subsequent philanthropic endeavors. At last year’s Commencement, Mayor Eric Adams spoke at the main ceremony and his nomination received significant backlash from the student body. Throughout his mayoral service, Adams has been criticized for reinstituting plain-clothed NYPD officers, increasing police presence, an uptick in crime despite his “tough on crime” approach and clearing of homeless peoples’ encampments. Several students stood up and turned their backs to Adams during his speech in protest. In contrast, this year’s lineup has already drawn remarkable excitement and praise. “Compared to last year, this is such a big improvement. I felt so bad for the graduating seniors, given how much negative feedback Adams’s nomination was receiving. It is nice that the University listened to the people and picked someone who everyone is excited to hear speak,” Kaur said. Clemens’s return to the University and his hometown in Queens is likely to be a memorable Commencement. Commencement will take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, NY on May 15. For more information concerning Commencement 2023, visit the University’s graduation-dedicated website.
Onwards and upwards! New facilities planned to open at 15 Beekman in the fall of 2023
Which dorm building is for you?
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Credit: @paceuniversity on Instagram The University’s newest building, 15 Beekman, is scheduled to open in the fall of 2023. According to President Marvin Krislov’s State of the University Address, the building will include a new dining space, a new library and “a full set of state-of-the-art classrooms and faculty, study and collaboration spaces, including a new home for the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems.” On the floors above these facilities, Krislov stated that the building “will include a residence hall with almost 500 beds in modern, suite-style arrangements.” In the same address, Krislov shared that “[the University] will be moving nearly everything that’s currently in [the east side of One Pace Plaza] over to 15 Beekman, and then we will be shutting it down for an overhaul.” Jennifer Rosenstein, NYC library director, has stated that the east wing of One Pace Plaza will close for renovations in the fall of 2023 in conjunction with the opening of 15 Beekman. Both the University and the Architecture Research Office, the designer of the first 11 floors of the building, have architectural renders and further information on 15 Beekman on their websites. The provided conceptual renders offer some idea of what the building will look like, but it’s important to note that the final building may differ from the images that continued on PAGE 2 have been provided thus far.
Dorm life is an assured immersive experience of college life; the first dip into the eternal void of independence and adulthood. For many, a dorm room provides the first encounter of life without parental or guardian figures conveniently near at all times for guidance, support and maintenance of living conditions. As time progresses, living on campus within a residence hall offers a trial run for adapting to self-sufficiency and growing proficient in tasks demanded by inevitable adulthood. Dorm buildings serve as a home, a place to foster relationships within the University community, as well as a space to study, exercise, complete chores, sleep, relax and eat. Along with the basic requirements needed to sustain a comfortable living habitat, each dorm building at the University has its quirks and quandaries. According to University enrollment statistics recorded in 2019, 38 percent of full-time undergraduate students on the New York City campus reside in University housing. The four residence halls at the University currently occupied are Maria’s Tower, 55 John St., 182 Broadway and 33 Beekman. Beginning in the upcoming fall semester, the University will take Maria’s Tower offline for refurbishment and subsequently unveil 15 Beekman, which contains a new residence hall and will be the home to approximately 460 first-year students. The building will offer predominantly double and triple occupancy rooms in suite configurations, with varying size opportunities. 15 Beekman will render sizable suite-style living, each enabling a capacity between five and 11 students, complete with a communal gathering space comparable to a living room. As for the presiding housing operations offered at the University, varying amenities and locations contribute to skewed opinions on the comfort, convenience and atmospheric experience residing within each. continued on PAGE 10
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