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TC3 students staff Coltivare, a farm to bistro restaurant that opened Dec. 13. | Page 3

Mark DiStefano ’16 calls Selma a “brilliant and necessary” film.

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Flu Season Peaks With Virulent Strain

Gannett officials urge students to take flu shot, despite low efficacy

By PHOEBE KELLER

only four different variations of the vaccine in a given dose,” he said.

Bullis said that H3N2 — the most widely circulating flu In the wake of a particularly virulent strain of flu that is hit- strain this year — contains enough mutations that the vaccine ting the nation this winter, Gannett Health Services officials said does not offer as much protection as it would against an identical they are encouraging students to take prevenstrain. However, given the complexity of pretative measures. dictions and the frequent mutations of the “Don’t underestimate virus, The efficacy of the flu vaccine has dramatihe said it is impressive how accurate the cally dropped. The vaccine was only 23 per- the power of a healthy vaccine usually is. cent effective this winter, a figure that hovered “[The problem with this vaccine] is an immune system around 60 percent in recent years, according to inevitable consequence of the nature of the illto fight ... the flu.” the Centers for Disease Control and ness and the vaccine, and it is remarkable it Prevention. does not occur more often,” Bullis said.

Sharon Dittman Dr. Kent Bullis, medical director at Despite the modest success of this year’s Gannett Health Services, said preparing vacvaccine, Gannett is encouraging students to cines for the flu season can be a difficult process. Experts take walk in and get either a free flu shot or nasal mist. months to gather information about what flu vaccines circulate Sharon Dittman, associate director of community relations at in a given year and come to a consensus about what strains Gannett, said students should get vaccinated despite the lower should be included in the following year’s vaccine, according to efficacy rates.

Bullis.

“Although this year’s vaccine isn’t perfectly matched with the “Current flu vaccine technology allows a given vaccine to proSee FLU page 4 tect against a limited spectrum of these variations, and to include

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Shots fired | A sign outside of Gannett Health Services advertises the walk-in flu clinic.

Trustee Arrested for Corruption

Silver allegedly amassed unlawful $4 million

By SOFIA HU

one of many Albany-area lawmakers who have been charged with corruption in the past few years, The Times reported.

Sheldon Silver — the speaker of the “As alleged, Silver took advantage of New York State Assembly and the political pulpit to benefit an ex-officio member of from unlawful profits,” said Cornell’s Board of Trustees — FBI special agent Richard was arrested on federal corrupFrankel in a statement. tion charges Thursday morn“When all was said and done, ing, according to The New he amassed nearly $4 million York Times. in illegitimate proceeds and Silver is accused of using arranged for approximately his position as a lawmaker — $500,000 in state funds to be which he has held since 1994 used for projects that benefit— to obtain several million ed his personal plans.”

SILVER dollars in bribes, The Times The University declined to reported. comment as of Thursday afternoon.

The 70-year-old Democrat politician and lawyer surrendered himself to Federal Sofia Hu can be reached at Bureau of Investigation agents, becoming shu@cornellsun.com.

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Home sweet home | The Kappa Delta sorority was one of 13 Panhellenic sororities that hosted recruitment, which officially ended on Tuesday.

Sorority Recruitment Numbers Drop by12 Percent Since 2014

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Staff Writer

Despite earlier expectations that adding a new sorority might lead to an increase in the number of women entering Greek life, only 762 women braved the snow to participate in formal recruitment — 109 fewer than last year.

When the Cornell Panhellenic Association announced in February that it would add a 13th sorority, Phi Mu, many expected that more women would join houses.

“We are getting prepared for the possible influx of women who want to go Greek,” said former Panhel president Erika Whitestone ’15 last year.

However, the number of women registered for recruitment dropped by 12 percent

since last year. Following the end of recruitment on Tuesday night, Kendall Grant ’16, current Panhel president, said the figure was “on par” with what the council anticipated.

According to Grant, the association invited Phi Mu to campus in order to add opportunities for women to join Greek life and “encourage stronger sisterhood, communication and integration.”

Grant said the new sorority is a “great addition” to the Greek community.

“Cornell Panhellenic would love to see the number of chapters grow, but the extension and colonization process is very timely,” she said.

Because fewer women participated in See RECRUITMENT page 4

French Cornellians Reflect On Jan.7 Charlie Hebdo Attack

By PAULINA GLASS Sun Staff Writer

After terrorist attacks in Paris left 17 dead Jan. 7, French Cornellians say they have seen the French community come together in efforts to create a more open discussion about national issues and violence prevention.

Students said they witnessed large scale demonstrations for freedom of speech, both in the United States and abroad.

“These events have clearly united the French people, and it’s beautiful to see, whether on the news or social media,” Adelaide Pacton ’17 said.

French expatriates in

the U.S. said they were also largely supportive of Charlie Hebdo, the satire magazine targeted in the attacks.

“There was an overwhelming response from French nationals living in the U.S.,” Daniel Fines ’15. “I was in the French See CHARLIE page 4

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News, “Risley Residents Shocked By Discovery of Meth Lab in Sub-Basement,” Thursday Speaking about the discovery of a backpack with methamphetamine production materials in Risley “Risley Residential College is a collaborative, tight-knit community and I am disgusted that someone abused the trust and freedom of the community to do something so downright stupid. The action of whoever did it were extremely selfish as they put the health, safety and reputation of the entire community at risk.”

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Pulitzer Finalist: U.S. Free Speech in Flux

By ZOE FERGUSON

University Louie’s Lunch Truck Gets an Upgrade Louie’s Lunch reopened for the spring semester on Thursday night with a new truck, according to a phone call with an employee. The iconic food truck on North Campus last replaced its truck 18 years ago.

Police Computers, Promotional Materials Stolen At Roberts Hall Cornell Police responded to a report of theft of office equipment at Roberts Hall Tuesday. The materials stolen included three laptop computers, six computer toners, printer cartridges, promotional mittens and a humidifier. The equipment was valued at $3,050.

Two Arrested for Possession of Heroin, Crack Cocaine And Marijuana In a traffic stop on Wednesday, Ithaca Police arrested two men — Tyrone Freeman and Christopher Merkley — for possession of heroin, marijuana and crack cocaine, according to T he Ithaca Times. Merkley admitted to police that he had just purchased drugs from Freeman. The two men have been arraigned and are scheduled to appear in Ithaca City Court Monday.

Local Man Sentenced to Jail For Shooting Pet Dog Jeffrey Wood of Newfield was sentenced to 120 days in jail for aggravated cruelty to animals, according to The Ithaca Journal. He pleaded guilty to shooting his dog Lillie twice in the head in the early evening of Sept. 17, wounding but not killing her. Wood also received five years’ probation and a $5,016 restitution fine.

itself “the most First Amendment court in American history.”

He cited recent cases in which the The New York Times columnist Adam Supreme Court ruled that the Westboro Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court in his Baptist Church could protest at veterans’ biweekly column “Sidebar,” spoke on con- funerals and abortion opponents may protest troversies surrounding the First Amendment outside abortion clinics. in a lecture Thursday.

“We have to tolerate quite a lot of ugly Liptak — who was named a Pulitzer Prize speech,” he said. finalist in exploratory journalism in 2009 — According to Liptak, the American posiframed his discussion on the 1905 court case tion on free speech is an example of what he Joseph Lochner v. New York, which struck calls “American exceptionalism.” down labor laws and allowed greater First “The American stance on hate speech is a Amendment freedoms to complete outlier,” he companies.

“We tolerate real“The American stance said.

Liptak called the case ly vile statements an “anti-canon” Supreme about religious and on hate speech is a Court decision, one that ethnic and other most judges do not refer groups in a way the complete outlier.” to as precedent or even rest of the world doesgive credit. In its landn’t. In fact, the rest of Adam Liptak mark ruling, Liptak said the world can’t underthe Supreme Court decidstand how we can be ed that “liberty of contract” was implicit in thinking this.” the Constitution’s promise of due process Liptak said he did not know “where all and allowed companies greater freedom over this leaves [us]” but suggested that those their employees. It also implied that free making decisions about First Amendment speech of commercial entities is equal to that cases — namely, Supreme Court justices — of individuals, he added. should consider differential circumstances, According to Liptak, commercial speech including the relative political power or has only been recognized as a protected form weakness of the plaintiff. of speech under the First Amendment since “The law might want to be attentive to the 1970s. not only distinctions between commercial Liptak said there are two primary precon- and political speech, but also between powerditions for “Lochnerism”: the regulation ful speakers and powerless ones,” Liptak said. being opposed must be an ordinary regulato- “That distinction is in tension, of course, ry rule and the speech being violated must be with the court’s campaign finance decisions, commercial speech. which have rejected the government’s efforts Liptak said in recent years, some believe to level the playing field of free speech.” that the Roberts Supreme Court has proven Liptak concluded that much of the diffiSun Senior Writer

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Free speech | Adam Liptak discusses the implications of the Joseph Lochner v. New York case at Myron Taylor Hall Thursday.

culty and controversy in interpreting the First Amendment and determining related cases stems from the impossibility of knowing what the writers of the Constitution intended.

“You would think they had political speech on their minds,” he said. “I think, like so much of the Constitution, [free speech] is an opaque little phrase.”

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun.com.

Downtown Restaurant Doubles as Teaching Center

By MOLLY KARR Sun Staff Writer

From the kitchen to the manager’s office, students staff Ithaca’s newest Italian restaurant. At Coltivare, Tompkins Cortland Community College students learn the ins and outs of the restaurant industry through the college’s Farm to Bistro program.

While customers dine on an array of dishes of fresh local cuisine including applewood smoked pork cheek and a charcuterie platter, TC3 students looking to earn a degree in fields such as hospitality, management, culinary arts and sustainable farming learn the skills necessary to manage a restaurant, according to Denis Boucher, director of Coltivare.

Coltivare — which opened Dec. 13 at the corner of South Cayuga Street and Clinton Street — is part of a 17,000 square foot culinary center, according to the restaurant’s website. The center also includes an amphitheater, wine cellar, special event space and culinary labs.

After taking Culinary 101 at TC3, students begin their practicum at Coltivare, where Boucher said they have the opportunity to obtain a preparation role.

“Once they take Culinary 102, [students] can go on to higher levels of practicum, maybe working at the front or back of the house,” Boucher said.

While working at Coltivare, students gain real-life experience.

“The idea is that all of our management — chefs, managers and assistant managers — are teaching the students in a real workplace environment,” Boucher said. “We need to guide [students] in the beginning, or else there will be inconsistencies all over the place.”

Coltivare staff intend to strike a balance between providing a learning experience for students and serving customers fresh food, Boucher added.

“I strive to showcase the natural flavors of the food in its purest form and to let the food tell the story,” said Executive Chef Richard Brousseau in a press release. “I never want to compromise the integrity of the ingredient by using too many ingredients

National Northeast’s First Big Winter Storm Expected This Weekend The first significant winter storm of the season is expected to hit major cities in the Northeast along Interstate 95 this weekend, according to The Associated Press. The National Weather Service said Thursday it was too early to determine the exact track of the storm, but some areas should expect seven or more inches of snow.

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Farm to mouth | Coltivare, a farm to bistro restaurant located in Downtown Ithaca, opened last month. The culinary center provides hands-on learning opportunities to Tompkins Cortland Community College students.

in one dish.”

Boucher said he aims to teach TC3 students sustainable culinary practices, including the value of organic produce.

“We have a large farm with 60 parcels of land that we are going to be producing veggies from,” Boucher said. “We will even be tapping maple trees and have an orchard. All of that will feed into Coltivare.”

Boucher said that in addition to using organic produce, he intends to make the restaurant environmentally friendly using sustainable waste disposal systems, including composting.

With the new restaurant, Boucher said he wants to teach TC3 students a new way of looking at food and hospitality.

“We need to change their idea of the food system and how it relates to the restaurant industry,” he said.

While the restaurant is staffed by students, it is open all year, according to Boucher.

“We need to have a healthy restaurant,” he said. “We are here because of the students, but we do not depend on the students.”

Sophie Cheung ’18, a student of the School of Hotel Administration, said the restaurant’s student staffing is “not a new idea, but a good one.” “[Cornell] students work at Statler for that reason. They want to gain experience and see how they can move up on the ladder before they actually have to work in the real world,” she said. “The hospitality industry is all about social interaction. You learn more from practical work experience.”

Molly Karr can be reached at mkarr@cornellsun.com.

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Phi Mu Fraternity Completes Gannett Officials: Flu Prevention Vital First Recruitment Season FLU

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recruitment, this year’s pledge classes are smaller than past ones. According to Veronica D’Agostino ’15, the head of recruitment of Phi Sigma Sigma, during last year’s recruitment, each sorority had to accept a minimum of around 55 new members.

“I wouldn’t say that these new member classes are small — a member class of 40 plus women,” D’Agostino said. “When compared to other campuses, like Harvard and Dartmouth, whose new member classes do not exceed 40 women, it is clear that our campus is still on the larger side.”

According to Grant, 579 women of the 762 who initially signed up for recruitment received bids to join a sorority. Last year, 676 of the 871 registrants received bids, The Sun previously reported. While the number of women receiving

bids decreased from last year to this year, the proportion of registered women receiving bids stayed roughly the same — at just above 76 percent.

Some women who participated in formal recruitment said they were unsatisfied with the recruitment process.

“You’ll have a great conversation with a girl, and think, I got along well with her,” Abigail Cutler ’18 said. “If you aren’t asked back to that specific sorority the next day, you feel like there is something wrong with your personality.”

However, Annie Riley ’18 said she believed the recruitment process was “well done.”

“It’s really nice to go to every house and meet girls from each,” Riley said. “It definitely helped me find the house right for me.”

Madeline Cohen can be reached at mcohen@cornellsun.com.

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current most widely circulating strain of flu, getting vaccinated can help reduce symptoms if you do get sick with that strain,” Dittman said. “[It] will provide protection against other strains of flu, including H1N1, that may yet become prevalent.”

Dittman said that last year, 395 students were diagnosed with influenza-like illness at Gannett. “[Having the flu] can feel like getting hit by a truck,” she said. “You cannot function normally often for a week or more, and it takes a while to bounce back. Occasionally people do have complications like pneumonia which can become quite serious.”

In order to prevent this suffering, Dittman said she urges students to take further preventative measures.

Students are encouraged to carry hand sanitizer, avoid touching the eyes, nose and mouth, and not share anything that comes near their faces, such as water bottles.

Dittman also said a strong immune system is one of the best methods of protection against the virus.

“Don’t underestimate the power of a healthy immune system to fight down the flu,” she said. “Give yourself the gift of self-care, and yes, that does include getting enough sleep.”

Phoebe Keller can be reached at pkeller@cornellsun.com.

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Embassy [in Washington, D.C.] a few days after the attacks, and even then they were saying they were receiving calls expressing distress over the events that had happened.”

Americans showed sympathy for the satirists at Charlie Hebdo, Fines said.

“The majority of the sentiment expressed was concerned with the fact that this sort of terrorist action against the freedom of speech could in no way be condoned,” he said.

Clémence Bernard ’15 said she was in Casablanca, Morocco at the time of the attacks, where she said she heard from the local Muslim community, who were “deeply affected.”

“It was very interesting to be in Morocco at that time,” she

said. “It really gave a new dimension to my perspective, especially considering Morocco and France’s history and present relationship.”

Some students said while they witnessed a large anti-terrorist response after the attacks, they did not feel that cultural nuances of the situation and its aftermath had been appropriately addressed. At least 26 mosques in France have been firebombed, shot at, vandalized and threatened in recent weeks, according to British news site The Independent.

Bernard said she believes the retaliatory attacks demonstrated a general reliance on violence.

“Recent attacks on Jews and Muslims in France as a response to Charlie show that people

choose to simplify this issue and aim their anger or sadness towards innocents through violence,” she said.

Bernard said she hoped the terrorism and reaction would

ernment has not addressed for the past thirty years,” Bernard said. “Instead of fostering more violence through acts of hatred, as French citizens we need to educate ourselves and address the problem in all of its complexity.”

Pacton said she thought the public reaction was disproportionately “ethnocentrically” focused on the attackers. Instead of viewing the attack as a religious or ethnically motivated one, she said people should “take into account the importance of caricature and satire in the national character of France that has been around since [19th century caricaturist Honoré] Daumier.”

Eleonore Grant ’16 said she was initially surprised by Islamic extremism and terrorism in

“Seeing people from all backgrounds come together with ‘Je suis Charlie’ was uplifting.”

Eleonore Grant ’16 serve as a “wake up call” for French citizens to come to solutions peacefully. “‘Je suis Charlie’ is representative of a more complex web of societal deficiencies that our gov-

France.

“With the Muslim population in France growing, I always assumed that meant France was seen a safe haven,” Grant said.

“Then again, especially compared to the States, France is really a conformist culture so immigrants definitely don’t receive the warm welcome they may expect.”

Grant said she found the French community’s response “uplifting.”

“Seeing the people from all backgrounds come together with ‘Je suis Charlie’ was uplifting,” Grant added. “It made me feel as though being French was reason enough to come together, which is a feeling you don’t typically feel walking down the streets of Paris.”

Bernard said she was encouraged by the Jan. 11 March for Democracy, which drew over 1.5 million Europeans to the center of Paris.

“It hurt me deeply to see how desolate France seemed, but I was also encouraged by the appearance of unity on the march,” she said.

Grant echoed Bernard, saying the march was inspiring.

“What really touched me was the March for Democracy,” Grant said. “The whole ‘I will not walk in fear’ [message] was really powerful, and it was nice to see the support extending beyond France’s borders, although I guess it didn’t make it across the Atlantic.”

The student-run Cornell French Society will hold a forum for discussion about the attacks in the next two week, according to Bernard, co-president of the organization.

The Society has not yet set a date for the meeting, but students said they are confident that increased visibility around social issues in France will have a positive outcome.

“As to whether these attacks will induce real change remains to be seen, but at least it has people thinking about fundamental societal issues and will hopefully lead to positive change,” Bernard said.

Paulina Glass can be reached at pglass@cornellsun.com.

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Pipeline protest Jenni Harrington outside her family’s barn, plastered with signs with slogans like “#NOKXL,” in protest of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which could run under their property if approved, near Bradshaw, Nebraska, Jan. 13. Harrington fears that construction of the pipeline could threaten her livelihood and a family farming tradition that dates back about 150 years, to when her greatgreat-grandfather settled on the plot.

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Shiite Rebels Push Yemen President to Resign, Parliament Speaker to Assume Position SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s United Statesbacked president quit Thursday under pressure from rebels holding him captive in his home, severely complicating American efforts to combat al-Qaida’s powerful local franchise and raising fears that the Arab world’s poorest country will fracture into ministates.

Presidential officials said Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi submitted his resignation to parliament rather than make further concessions to Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, who control the capital and are widely believed to be backed by Iran.

The prime minister and his cabinet also stepped down, making a thinly veiled reference to the Houthis’ push at gunpoint for a greater share of power. Houthis deployed their fighters around parliament, which is due to discuss the situation on

Sunday.

Yemeni law dictates that the parliament speaker — Yahia al-Rai, a close ally of former autocratic ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh — will now assume the presidency. Saleh still wields considerable power and is widely believed to be allied with the Houthis.

There were conflicting reports suggesting that authorities in Aden, the capital of southern region of Yemen, would no longer submit to the central government’s authority. Even before the Houthis’ recent ascendance, a powerful movement in southern Yemen was demanding autonomy or a return to the full independence the region enjoyed before 1990.

Southerners outrightly reject rule by the Houthis, whose power base is in the north. The Houthis are Zaydis, a Shiite minority that makes up about a third of Yemen’s population.

Republicans Push Abortion Bill Through House WASHINGTON (AP) — With thousands of abortion protesters swarming the city in their annual March for Life, Republicans muscled broadened abortion restrictions through the House on Thursday after a GOP rebellion forced leaders into an awkward retreat on an earlier version.

By a near party-line 242179, the House voted to permanently forbid federal funds for most abortion coverage.

The bill would also block tax credits for many people and employers who buy abortion coverage under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

A White House veto threat and an uncertain fate in the Senate mean the legislation has no realistic chance of becoming law. But on a day when crowds of anti-abortion demonstrators stretched for blocks outside Capitol windows — and hours after the embarrassing GOP

stumble on another abortion measure — Thursday’s vote let party leaders signal that the Congress they now command is at least trying to end abortion.

Obama, in the West to promote his State of the Union economic and education agenda, embraced the same 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion that the protesters were vilifying.

He said that decision “reaffirms a fundamental American value: that government should not intrude in our most private and personal family matters.”

He said the House-passed bill would “intrude on women’s reproductive freedom and access to health care and unnecessarily restrict the private insurance choices that consumers have today.”

Republican House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio praised the marchers in a written statement that also seemed to acknowledge discord among Republicans.

Disneyland Measles Outbreak Draws Attention to Anti-Vaccine Campaigns LOS ANGELES (AP) — A major measles outbreak traced to Disneyland has brought criticism down on the small but vocal movement among parents to opt out of vaccinations for their children.

In a rash of cases that public health officials are rushing to contain, at least 70 people in six states and Mexico have fallen ill since mid-December, most of them from California. The vast majority of those who got sick had not gotten the measlesmumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccine.

While still a scourge in many corners of the world, measles has been all but eradicated in the U.S. since 2000 because of vaccinations. But the virus has made a comeback in recent years, in part because of people obtaining personal belief exemptions from rules that say children must get their shots to enroll in school.

Others have delayed getting their children vaccinated because they still believe now-discredited research linking the measles vaccine to autism.

“Some people are just incredibly selfish” by skipping shots, said Dr. James Cherry, a pediatric disease expert at the University of California, Los Angeles.

As cases mount, several newspapers have criticized the antivaccine movement.

Measles “is a disease that has been beaten by modern medicine. That makes it all the more

frustrating that anti-science stubbornness has proven, in the case of the Disneyland-related measles, that when it comes to contagious diseases, it’s a small world after all,” the Los Angeles Times said in an editorial last week.

Barbara Loe Fisher, director of the National Vaccine Information Center, a Virginiabased nonprofit that favors letting parents decide whether to

vaccinate, said, “I don’t think it’s wise or responsible to blame” unvaccinated people for the Disney outbreak. She noted that a small number of those stricken had been fully vaccinated.

Health authorities believe the outbreak was triggered by a measles-stricken visitor to one of the Disney parks who brought the virus from abroad last month.

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elcome to a new semester of Ezra’s Oracle!

Ezra’s Oracle welcomes inquiries from all members of the Cornell community about anything and everything related to the University. We seek out answers to campus mysteries, research rumors and investigate issues of relevance to Cornellians.

Not sure where to find the answer to your Cornell questions? Too lazy to use Google? Siri can’t help you? Ask Ezra’s Oracle.

Did a Cornellian really invent chicken nuggets? (Yes.) Will campus construction be finished before you graduate? (No.) Does Cornell actually have a secret weather-controlling machine in Bradfield Hall? (Maybe.) Ezra’s Oracle has the answers.

Questions can be submitted via email to ezrasoracle@cornellsun.com. Or whisper them in the ear of the Ezra Cornell statue on the Arts Quad.

Q: I heard there’s a Cornellian in the Super Bowl next weekend. How often does that happen?

–– Touchdown the Bear ’15 A: Alumnus Bryan Walters ’10 is returning for his second Super Bowl as a wide receiver with the Seattle Seahawks, having won last year’s game against the Denver Broncos. He’s only the third Cornellian to appear in multiple Super Bowls. Legendary running back Ed Marinaro ’72 played for the Minnesota Vikings, losing the Super Bowl in both 1974 and 1975. More recently, Kevin Boothe ’05 won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants in 2008 and 2012. The only other Cornellian to make it to the big game is Derrick Harmon ’84, who won Super Bowl XIX in 1985 with the San Francisco 49ers.

Q: With the Academy Award nominations released last week, are there any Cornell connections to the nominees?

–– Silver Screen ’16 A: Ezra isn’t aware of any Cornellians among this year’s nominees, but there are at least a few connections among the Best Picture candidates. In The Imitation Game, Peter Hilton — one of the primary codebreakers — went on to become a professor of mathematics at Cornell in the 1960s. The film tells the story of mathematician Alan Turing, who is the namesake of the Turing Award, which is considered the highest honor in computer science. At least four Cornell professors or alumni have won the award.

Speaking of biopics about British geniuses, The Theory of Everything about Stephen Hawking also includes a Cornell-affiliated character. Hawking’s doctoral advisor, Dennis Sciama (played by David Thewlis), was a visiting professor at Cornell in the 1960s and often returned to lecture at the University. Hawking’s famous book, A Brief History of Time, also included an introduction by renown Cornell professor Carl Sagan.

Hawking’s book would become the best selling science book, surpassing Sagan’s own Cosmos (the film Interstellar also had some significant Sagan influences but didn’t make the Best Picture cut).

American Sniper includes Cornellian actor Brian Hallisay ’00 portraying Captain Gillespie. While I don’t know of any Cornellians who appeared in Selma, many of the actual march’s leaders spoke at Cornell in the 1960s and 70s, including Martin Luther King, Jr., James Bevel, Hosea Williams, and John Lewis. And I’m guessing someone at The Grand Budapest Hotel is a Hotelie and that Birdman consulted the Lab of Ornithology … Anyone know of Cornell connections for those films or the other Best Picture nominees, Boyhood and Whiplash?

Perhaps the biggest Academy Award-nominated film with a Cornell connection is Inherent Vice, the first film adaptation of a novel by Thomas Pynchon ’59.

At least one Cornellian was also nominated for a Golden Globe this year. Will Gluck ‘93, director of the new Annie adaptation, was nominated for Best Original Song as one of the writers of “Opportunity” from Annie.

Q: Is East Avenue really still closed?

–– Seriously Tired of Detours ’16 Yes, get used to it. It’s expected to stay that way until at least April.

Curious about Cornelliana? Looking for Cornell lore behind a legend? Submit your questions to ezrasoracle@cornellsun.com. Ezra’s Oracle appears alternate Fridays this semester.

A string of what appear to be Breaking Bad-inspired methamphetamine production labs, like the ones found in the Green Street parking garage in April 2013, on Maple Street in October and in the basement of Risley Hall Tuesday morning, are popping up around Ithaca faster than local food trucks.

With such nefarious activity taking place in Risley, we at The Sun decided to send out our best Berry Patch columnists — who were otherwise busy tanning on the Arts Quad, basking in those mid-January rays — to see what else students think could be buried in the dungeon of this residence hall.

A Jan. 22 news story, “Former Student Witnessed ‘Systemic Racism’ in Prison,” incorrectly stated that Keri Blakinger ’11 said the reason why the University allowed her to return after serving time in prison was because she was white. In fact, Blakinger said in her Washington Post column that she believed Cornell would have offered her the same opportunity, regardless of her race.

A Real Starbucks: Possibly the best kept secret on Cornell’s campus — until now. Toss out your Breakfast in The Fingerlakes, make room Witches Brew, because Jamaican Me Crazy, Goldies. “Gimme” some Starbucks coffee on campus!

Happy Dave’s Happy Cave: Ever wonder where the man who has it all goes to kick back? When he’s not serving up smiles and M.C.-ing the tunes for Club Oakes, Dave can be found here relaxing his cheek muscles and eating a to-go box of his favorite dishes.

Dunbar’s Redux: If you thought the original Dunbar’s was fun, think again! This new and “improved” Dunbar’s is equipped with everything you love about the first — an incredibly long line spanning three Ithaca blocks in the sub-degree weather and, of course, an out of place pool table — but instead of a popcorn machine, Risley’s Dunbar’s funnels its popcorn directly from their theatre and down the laundry chute. Talk about yum!

The Sun’s Annex: Did you actually think we could convince freshmen to walk all the way down to the Commons? Neither did we. Rather than waste one of those precious free bus swipes, we decided to give the frosh a break and set camp up North (also, it doesn’t hurt to be close to Dunbar’s).

Guest submissions may be sent to opinion@cornellsun.com.

Letters to the editor must be in response to a piece in The Sun, while guest columns can be on any topic chosen.

All opinions welcome.

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Moving Beyond The Ebola Stigma

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imply mentioning the word “Ebola” will have many Americans mentally conjuring up an image of doctors and nurses in bright yellow protective equipment and face masks carrying patients out of hospitals across West Africa. An October poll by the Harvard School of Public Health revealed that nearly half of American adults fear a massive Ebola outbreak and nearly one third fear a family member may become infected.

Nationwide, people continue to associate Ebola with death and a lack of treatment, building on their own fear and anxiety toward the disease.

The fear of Ebola is not simply confined to the United States and Western Europe. Many community members are apprehensive toward Ebola survivors even after they have been declared free of the virus. These fears are not unfounded. According to an October report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ebola can be detected in the semen of survivors up to 101 days after symptoms begin. In other bodily fluids, the virus has only been detected up to a third of that time: 33 days in vaginal swabs, 21 days in blood, 15 days in breast milk and eight days in saliva.

However, the rate at which Ebola is spreading in West Africa is on the decline. Although the Washington Post and the World Health Organization both report a consistent decline in the number of confirmed cases per week from a peak of over 300 diagnosed cases to a recent low of fewer than 30 cases per week, the stigma of being associated with Ebola within these communities continues to affect patients and their families long after treatment ends.

If we fail to unlink the entities of infection and death, can we ever expect survivors to rejoin their communities as free, productive members of society?

In a recent interview with NPR, Elizabeth Boakarie, a hospital counselor in Sierra Leone, discussed how many survivors are prohibited from using water from shared taps and selling food in community markets. Many Ebola survivors also suffer from loss of employment as a result of having the illness. One example of this is Zena, a 24 year-old schoolteacher in Guinea. After suffering from Ebola, Zena told the authors of a July 2014 report by the World Health Organization that she received a phone call informing her that she was no longer allowed to teach, because she might contaminate the school.

Sometimes, the community reactions are more violent. In October, the BBC reported that one man was attacked in Liberia after being cured of Ebola. He was thrown to the ground by a crowd that thought he was lying about successfully receiving treatment, even though all survivors are given a card certifying their recovery. This is just one of the many instances of violence against Ebola survivors.

To combat the mistreatment of survivors in these communities, we must recognize that Ebola is not a life sentence. While a Jan. 5 issue of The New York Times reported that 70 percent of those afflicted in West Africa have died, only five out of 24 people treated for the disease in Western countries have passed away from it. This marks a major discrepancy in outcomes between the nations, but also provides hope for those currently infected as aid from NGO’s and Western nations continues to strengthen West African healthcare systems. Further development of treatments and vaccines also contributes to this hope and may help reduce the stigma surrounding survivors and those infected with Ebola.

As more survivors re-enter their communities, we must examine the struggles they may expect to encounter and the lifestyle they may expect to lead in an environment plagued by apprehension and fear. If we fail to unlink the entities of infection and death, can we ever expect survivors to rejoin their communities as free, productive members of society? Will we always view Ebola as a life-long illness?

Nicholas Campalans is a sophomore, Prerana Chatty is a junior and Samson Hennessy-Strahs is a junior at Cornell. Responses may be sent to associateeditor@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

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lient communication is a topic that is emphasized throughout our veterinary curriculum. We have lectures about it, talk through scenarios in small groups, have ourselves filmed while talking to a client and even have an outside actor come in and act as a client so that we can practice different scenarios and have our performance critiqued by our peers. During my non-clinical years, I often thought that client communication was possibly over-emphasized. I knew that it was one of the most important aspects of veterinary medicine, but I’ve always liked to talk to people (especially about their animals), and I thought that most of the things we were learning were c o m m o n sense. Now, during clinics, I finally understand why there was such a focus on communication.

W e ’ r e taught that we need to temper down medical jargon to a level that the client can understand. When I began vet school, I couldn’t imagine that I would ever be able to speak in a way that other people couldn’t understand. I thought I was pretty smart (and modest too, clearly) and had never had a problem conveying ideas to people before. For example, the technical term for “x-ray” is “radiograph,” so we learn that we should say “x-ray” to clients instead of “radiograph.” I used to feel that I would always be most comfortable using the word “xray” anyways, so it wasn’t something I would have to consciously force myself to do. Basically, I assumed that veterinary medicine would eventually be similar to a foreign language — like Spanish — that I was proficient in. I became fairly fluent in Spanish when I was an undergraduate, but I usually found myself thinking in English even when I spoke

in Spanish. Similarly, I thought I would always think in English and use veterinary jargon as a reference for me to speak in when required.

Clearly, since I’m now writing this article, things have changed.

We’re encouraged to speak in professional terminology among each other at school, and it took me a few years to realize this but it’s really a highly efficient way to speak — you can use the least words to convey the largest amount of information just because the words are so specific.

Moreover, they build on each other: First you learn that a neutrophil is a type of white blood cell that is most active in a fresh (“acute”) inflammation and is the major component of pus (“puru-

how knowledgeable they might be about biomedical topics. They might be geniuses in their field, but that doesn’t mean they know what a white blood cell is. Then you have to figure out how to quickly and clearly explain things to them in what is now a foreign language for you while at the same time making them feel like you are intelligent and capable at your job. Definitely not as commonsensical as I had once imagined.

I’ve known for a long time that veterinary medicine is often more about the people than the animals — to be at all successful as a general practitioner you have to like talking to people because they’re the ones who decide what happens with their animals. But the real skill is not just being able to talk to Veterinary medicine is often people commore about the people than fortably, it’s the animals — to be success- being able to read them. ful as a general practitioner Does that couyou have to like talking to ple need some people because they’re the time alone in ones who decide what hap- the room so that they can pens with their animals. make a decision, or would they get angry lent material”). So, say you take a if you left them? Does that man sample from a mass on a cat by want you to continue to pursue simply sticking a needle into the treatment on his very sick pet, or mass and see many neutrophils is he ready to talk about euthana(you may call this sample neu- sia? If you don’t know the answer trophilic) — you know this to these questions, can you come means that this mass is probably up with a tactful way to find out? an abscess, an area of infection I wrote a column two and a half that the body has walled off, and years ago entitled “The Next Best needs to be drained. How do you Thing to Dr. Dolittle,” where I explain to the client that a simple said that part of a veterinarian’s needle stick could diagnose the job was to help owners undermass? What if they ask what a stand how their animals may be white blood cell is? My first reac- feeling. Now, it’s becoming clear tion would be “part of the to me that in addition to being immune system.” But then, Dr. Dolittle, or a horse-whisperwhat’s the immune system? er, arguably an even larger part of Okay, part of the body’s natural the job is being a “people-whisreaction to fight off infection. perer.”

That might work. But that process certainly required much Nikhita Parandekar graduated from more thought than I had antici- Cornell in 2011 and is a third-year veterinary student in the Cornell College of pated.

Veterinary Medicine. She may be reached at I’ve noticed now that talking nparandekar@cornellsun.com. Hoof in to clients is really kind of an art Mouth appears alternate Fridays this form. First, you have to gauge semester.

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8 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | Friday, January 23, 2015

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT A Great Film, and a Necessary One: Selma

Jr. (David Oyelowo) in the mid-sixties is bringing black people the right to vote as voter intimidation and other supremacist barriers have made that right all but impossible for African Americans. After President Lyndon B. Johnson (an excellent Certain films about racial prejudice take their subjects as an Tom Wilkinson) refuses to put voting rights before his Great occasion to become issue films. They burst out of the gate with Society program, MLK and his co-organizers decide on methintense anger and outrage. They attempt to collar their viewers ods of demonstration and protest in Selma, Alabama, to get their and force them to be spectators of moral injustice to engineer message across. Their actions raise the ire of many in that state, change. There is nothing wrong with this truculent approach, especially Governor George Wallace (Tim Roth), a supporter of but it halts the viewer from truly experiencing the outrage, the appalling police brutality that erupts when the protests take indignation and humiliation victims of prejudice have experi- place.

It is a period of what can only be described as lawless and enced, because the film is entirely wrapped up in its own agenda. Other kinds of issue films will attempt to lecture, composing morally decadent, and we are made witness to it in all its atroca long list of cinematic speeches dictating the ins and outs of its ity. However, DuVernay keeps the camera relentlessly trained message. Selma is not such a film. What makes it great is direc- on each one of the flesh-and-blood faces being clubbed and tor Ava DuVernay’s resolute refusal to immortalize her lead char- shot at during the many riot scenes that the film portrays so well. Despite the acters or to treat them as anything other than film’s PG-13 ratordinary human beings. This is a film that Selma ing, it contains makes you feel what it’s like to be a povertyscenes of violence stricken mother suddenly deprived of a child Directed by Ava DuVeray that are far more and shot during a riot in the 1960s Deep South.

Starring David Oyelowo, Tom gut-wrenching and It makes you feel what it would have been like Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo disturbing than to be a member of a movement that at times those in most R looked doomed and of a demographic that was features. On the heinously oppressed. And it makes you feel the other hand, we are burden and the heartbreak of a minister in never allowed to Alabama struggling to support his cause with lose sight of the nonviolent protest, while his friends and family ideals these people are being murdered in the street.

I could go on, but you can already see why Selma is a special stood for, the progress that they made and the good that they film. There’s a quote by Rosa Parks, “I didn’t get on the bus to accomplished. DuVernay, an independent filmmaker with a get arrested, I got on the bus to go home,” which the film per- powerful command of the form, uses hotblooded jazz music, fectly embodies. It shows us the grit, the nobility and the foibles precise framing and many other techniques to place us directly of a bunch of normal people whose lives happen to intersect in the soles of the shoes of the people who marched from Selma with brutally oppressive times, take it upon themselves to change to Montgomery in 1965, and the impact is simply enormous. their circumstances and end up doing something great. The out- Oyelowo, an extraordinary English actor who has recently been seen as a supporting actor in such works as diverse as Interstellar, rage is all there, but so is the humanity.

The story focuses on primarily one year in the life of a pre- A Most Violent Year and The Butler, sinks into the role of Dr. eminent historical figure. But unlike in Lincoln, the battle Martin Luther King, Jr. and affects not only the preacher’s against discrimination in Selma is fought in the streets, rather Southern drawl but his oratorical prowess flawlessly. To hear than in Congress. The foremost priority of Martin Luther King, him deliver Dr. King’s sermons in chapel after the Birmingham

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church bombing or the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson is a riveting, deeply moving experience. These sermons were rewritten by the filmmakers after licensing issues with Dr. King’s estate, and they perfectly capture the tone and intention of the real man without using his words. As the congregation rises to its feet, stirred by the minister’s speech, the audience is able to share in their revelation. The current climate into which Selma was released makes the film all the more relevant, but the truth is that this would have been a necessary and important film even if the protests surrounding Michael Brown and Eric Garner hadn’t been developed so recently. Selma would have touched a raw nerve under any circumstances. It tops such admired films as 12 Years A Slave, The Butler, The Help and even the wonderful Fruitvale Station in its portrayal of bigotry against African Americans, and carries its weighty themes with great delicacy. It tears your heart out in its depiction of the Birmingham church bombing, the Edmund Pettus Bridge attack and the murder of countless innocents protesting for their rights.

And yet, it lifts you up as it constantly reminds you of the progress so many, including MLK himself, died for, and how much further we have to go before we fully do justice to his life’s work. At the end of the movie, blotting away my tears, I and the others in the audience spontaneously broke into applause, which is a rare occurrence in my many years of movie-going.

Mark DiStefano is a unior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun.com.

Blackhat: An Inventive if Flawed Start to 2015

BY ZACH ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer

The problem with Rotten Tomatoes and the good-bad polarization it has wrought on the wide release of films is that movies like Blackhat slip through the cracks. Movies like Blackhat: narratively suspect, baldly miscast, frequently silly and profoundly cinematic. Screened before solemn awards fare, Blackhat’s trailer only magnified those first three qualities at the expense of the fourth, which can only beam from the film proper. You need to actually watch the movie, go figure, with its rhythm and texture and flawed yet mindful visual schema. Blackhat is indeed needlessly lunkheaded at times, but then again so are most Michael Mann films and that does not stop any one of them from being essential viewing.

Director of Manhunter, Heat and Miami Vice, Mann shares the mantle with David Fincher as the Hollywood filmmaker exploring the aesthetic boundaries and philosophical implications of digital cinematography. He has long been able to capture human movement in thrilling, strangely emotional ways, as anyone who has seen the ending of The Last of the Mohicans or The Insider can incoherently testify. Since 2001’s Ali, Mann has shot with obviously digital handheld cameras, producing images replete with noise and motion smearing. It is a style offensive to those who look to James Cameron as the future, which might be one small reason among many as to why Blackhat turned in less than $4 million last weekend, certifying it as the year’s first, and possibly worst, bomb.

Or perhaps no one could buy Chris Hemsworth, mighty Thor, as the genius hacker protagonist, introduced reading Baudrillard’s The System of Objects in his prison cell and doing handstand push-ups a minute later. I offer no defense for the realism of Hemsworth’s character, Nick Hathaway, nor can I even claim he is a cogently awesome creation. His dinner table oratory about the surveillance state coexists with shots of him coding on his laptop, blue shirt hanging open, ripped

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chest exposed. Nothing wrong with that, but with the love interest, Chen Lien (Tang Wei), falling for him the moment she sees him and her brother, Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang), also Hathaway’s best friend and a Chinese cyber warfare expert in his own right, convincing the U.S. and Chinese governments that Hathaway is their Foucault-reading savior, the film takes his appeal for granted without including the suffering or neuroses or bed head to clarify that he is actually human.

Which is not to say that Mann fails to do anything with Hemsworth’s presence. Upon his release from prison, arranged so that he may track down a cyber terrorist who is using code he co-authored years before, Hathaway stares

Blackhat Directed by Michael Mann Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei

down his freedom, quite literally, in Mann’s trademark coolguy-with-sunglasses-looking-off-into-the-distance move, but it’s not phony in the least. Immediately succeeding his contemplative pause is a long shot with Hathaway wedged at the top left corner, a sea of grey tarmac below him. Instead of endless sky, Mann gives us concrete ground, foreshadowing the tactile trials to come and dwarfing his hero not against nature but the man-made structures surrounding him. It’s an impressive moment, not redeeming of Hathaway’s haphazard characterization but mapping him onto this hostile world.

The globetrotting that follows incorporates its Chinese players to an organic degree atypical of American block-

busters, with a substantial amount of subtitled dialogue that other films with East Asian box office ambitions should seek to emulate, even if they won’t. At one juncture where Chen Dawai suggests their next move, the camera pans from him to Hathaway to FBI agent Carol Barrett (Viola Davis, deadly) as they nod in agreement, a swift paean to and marriage of both globalization and bodies coming to decisions in intimate space.

For all its talk of digital warfare and unseen systems, Blackhat is a devastatingly physical film, where high-energy chase scenes and shoot-outs come to startling, silent ends.

When a key character expires from an unexpected volley of bullets, Mann juxtaposes their frozen face with a distant skyscraper reflected in a now-lifeless eye, driving home, in a just a couple seconds, the totality of human life lost, the indifference of the modern cityscape and the possibility of salvation.

Mann packs a million little metaphors like this into Blackhat’s brisk two-hour, 10-minute runtime, spinning action poetry out of admittedly silly material. The opening, in particular, is a roller coaster: We start in space, gazing at an Earth carved by its electronic networks, and get gradually closer and closer, soon riding along an Ethernet cable and finally zooming down an information superhighway of 1s and 0s.

The film’s climax realizes this special effects sequence in human form, as Hathaway closes in on the bad guys by cutting through streams of worshippers observing a Hindu festival in Jakarta. The representational politics are anomalously regrettable (so the faceless Indonesians might as well be code?), but the sequence affirms Mann’s commitment to telling his story, almost purely, through movement, as only expressive, hyperreal digital photography can. It’s not like he has much choice, the script being what it is, but Mann’s authorship makes Blackhat the first work of cinematic art of 2015, as inventive as it is flawed.

Zach Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun.com.

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ASAP Yams: Top of His Hip-Hop Class

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hough he passed a few months early to be considered a true member of the 27 Club, ASAP Yams (née Steven Rodriquez) has unfortunately joined Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Brian Jones as another musical visionary to leave this world too soon. In fewer than eight years, Rodriguez and his ASAP Mob reshaped both hip-hop and pop music so effortlessly that many didn’t even notice.

In 2007 — back when ASAP only stood for “As Soon As Possible” — New York rap was resting on its laurels. Hip-hop coming out of the city that invented it had run stale and the seat of dominance had long ago shifted to the south and west. A dedicated student of rap, young ASAP Yams recognized that sticking to the paths of Nas and Biggie had become worn out.

Blending New York rap with the sounds of Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles and more was the way forward.

Yams, along with ASAPs Bari and Illz, did what seems like idiocy but could be nothing other than calculated brilliance: They formed a

his brain and disseminating them via his highly influential tumblr account.

As the world began to catch onto Yams’ keenly curated hip-hop picks coupled with cutting, no-holds-barred commentary, Yams caught onto Rakim Mayers, now better known as ASAP Rocky. With the Internet looking to him as an opinionated rap encyclopedia, Yams revolutionized many fans’ hip-hop consumption. He simultaneously influenced Rocky’s taste, and the two worked together to form an empire. New York didn’t need another Rakim (and/or Eric B), but they did need someone that could be as innovative as Rocky’s namesake.

Without Yams, we wouldn’t have the ASAP Rocky we know and love today: true East Coast edge with some Southern chill, carrying West Coast-level blunts in a Y-3 bag fresh off the runway.

Thanks to the massive trust he had already generated through the Internet, Yams shot Rocky to stardom. As soon as “Peso” hit the web, every hip-hop head worth his or her salt knew about Rocky and the entire ASAP Mob. At the time, “Peso” didn’t sound like it came squarely from one rap scene or another. In terms of lyrics alone, the track touches on such disparate themes as Harlem, guns, Rick Owens and weed. For the world, this came as a pleasant shock. But for the ASAP Mob, Mike Sosnick this was just life.

As we’d soon come to know, hip-hop collective without any rappers or pro- this sound did come squarely from a scene, but ducers. Instead of making music, Yams contin- one that Yams and his crew had created. “Peso” ued to voraciously consume every obscure piece is the sound of the New York hip-hop renaisof rap ephemera he could, storing them in the sance that is still continuing to this day. While

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still not the definitive capital, the City has come back into its own as a viable hip-hop center.

Joey Bada$$ and his Pro Era crew (co-founded by another talent lost before his time, the late Capital Steez) ran with the groundwork laid by Yams to spearhead the “Beast Coast” rap movement, promoted by other such stars as Flatbush Zombies, Bodega Bamz and The Underachievers. New York went from imitating to innovating in just a few short years, and credit is largely due to ASAP Yams.

Just as everything converges in New York, rap’s cultural significance emanates around the country. Of course Rocky and Ferg wouldn’t be in the nation’s headphones without Yams, but his fingerprints don’t end there. Although most of its listeners still haven’t ever heard of Yams, “Wild for the Night” legitimized non-pop rap’s

pairing with EDM, pumped through hit radio stations and blasted at raves. After an extended hiatus, casual hip-hop fans were finally listening to New York rap again.

ASAP Yams wasn’t a producer or a rapper.

He was simply a student of the game so welleducated that he started to run it. He saw what was broken and he fixed it: New York has always been a crossroads, and Yams realized that making a parallel melting pot of hip-hop was the way forward for the new Empire sound. His death means the death of one of the greatest influencers and curators in rap history, and the void seems impossible to fill.

Mike Sosnick is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at msosnick@cornellsun.com.

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Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once.

Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name.

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If Cornell were to beat the Crimson, its game on Saturday might be the perfect trap game. While Dartmouth’s overall record is nothing impressive, it has fared surprisingly well against some of the best teams in the country. The Green has knocked off Top-20 teams Denver and Boston College, and shutout powerhouse Boston University earlier in the season. Dartmouth also tied Harvard in its season opener.

The Green has no bad losses so far this season and its below .500 conference record is simply a result of playing in the loaded ECAC. The team has the capability of beating anybody on any given night, and this is a by no means a game that the Red should take lightly.

But unlike the Harvard game, the Red can ride the coattails of a solid defensive performance to

victory against the Green. Dartmouth struggled offensively against Yale and Vermont this year, two teams that rank up there with Cornell in terms of defensive efficiency. Two goals should be enough for the Red to notch a win.

Two victories this weekend would be huge and might be the springboard needed for the Red to close out this season strongly. The Red must be ready to battle with a dominant Harvard team and not overlook a Dartmouth team that can play with the best of them.

“If we play our style of hockey, and impose our will on the other team, limiting our mistakes and their scoring chances and capitalizing on our offensive opportunities, we will win us the pair of games this weekend,” Hillbrich said.

Shane Lewis can be reached at slewis@cornellsun.com.

Red Looks to Miller This Weekend headed in the right direction.

It’s nice to see us continuing to improve throughout the course of the season, especially heading matchup, it is clear to the coachinto Ivy League play full time,” es, and to anyone who has seen Courtney said.

Miller play this year, that he is a Columbia made headlines much improved and effective when it challenged No. 1 player this season. It is reasonKentucky early in the season able to assume that Miller’s before ultimately losworkload will remain ing, 56-46. Since then, fairly high offensively, “Since the beginning of the season, the Lions have gone 5so do not expect him to ease his aggression [Shon] has really stepped up his game. 3 and have an overall record of 9-6. With when called upon to He has gotten into great shape, and that the top two scorers in score on Saturday. the Ivy League, Shonn While the Red strughas allowed him to play effectively.”

Miller and Maodo Lo gled to find the net in Bill Courtney (16.1 ppg), pitted its first match against against each other for Columbia, the team the second time in a succeeded in forcing 24 the season, the squad has been week, expect more scoring and turnovers throughout the game.

The quickness and outstanding able to keep itself in games with more efficiency from both lateral movement of the Cornell stout defense and a solid offen- sides. If history is any indicaguards allowed the Red to dis- sive play, focused on constant tor, this will be a close game, rupt the offensive flow of the movement and spreading the and is as important as an early Lions’ backcourt, and subse- ball around. The Red staff season game can be for the quently led to positive trips on seems confident and will con- Red. tinue to utilize its same game the offensive end.

Amir Patel can be reached at For a team that is so guard plan.

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are natural. The Red does not have the luxury that a squad like Duke has with a player like Jahlil Okafor that can score at any time. Because of that, it has to expect that there will be nights where the ball simply does not fall from the outside.

Despite this, for the majority of

On the Basketball Court, All Things Are Equal CHIUSANO

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good crossover before, but to be in that one guy’s shoes seemed sacrilegious A few months later “the girl with the handles” was part of our crew, and a year after that, her friend came along. Both were integral parts of our co-ed intramural basketball team. Still, though, when either one of them matched up against a guy in a pickup game at the gym, there was a notable deflation of ego in him. No one feels comfortable guarding a girl. It’s a lose-lose situation — either you blocked her and looked like a jerk, or she scored on you and you were the butt of endless jokes. What I noticed was that it was only a matter of repetition before guys, including myself, smartened up.

If we were scored on once, shame on us. If it happened a second time (which it always did), then it was all business from there on out. No more jokes and no more mercy. The drive of competition was blinding; it didn’t matter who you were on the court anymore. Just as it should be.

An article in the Sunday New York Times featured a fifth-grade basketball league in Illinois where an all-girls team is 8-1 in an otherwise all-boys league. A point guard for the girls team, in an undoubtedly memorable quote, said, “We’d walk in, and all the boys would be like, ‘We’re playing girls?’ Then we’d beat them. Some of them cried.” The coach of the team stresses toughness and physicality; the girls don’t back down from anyone.

They play methodically and under control, and they win games. It is a triumph for these girls and a victory for women’s basketball in general. The losses are sure to bring some of the fifth grade boys off of their high horses, but it’s unclear if any lessons are being learned. After the game the boys are crying, not because they lost, but because they lost to girls.

I think the best way to solve this problem is by bringing everyone together, not by clear separation. A former Harlem Globetrotter named John Howard created the Mixed Gender Basketball Association (MGBA), a professional co-ed league that pays both men and

women who are unwilling to give up the sport. This is a step in the right direction and I hope to see it grow. “Playing in an otherwise segregated model is not what I’m talking about,” Howard said in a November, 2013 New York Times article.

“My model is not antagonistic or just competitive. It’s collaborative.” If young kids could someday watch co-ed professional basketball on television, matching up against a girl in a pickup game would no longer be such an anomaly.

My group of basketball friends has stuck together since freshman year. Our friendships have extended past the court, but despite sore joints and old knees, we still meet together more than once a week to play.

It’s a welcome fantasy world when we step in the gym, one in which we can put troubles aside and pretend once again, that we are playing for something. We’ve learned a lot in four years, about ourselves, about each other. It’s a judgment-free zone. It’s why I love the sport.

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.

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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Icers to Take On Crimson, Green

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Staff Writer

While most students were enjoying a break away from campus, the Red hockey team was going about business as usual. Cornell (7-8-2, 5-5 ECAC) played six games over the break, going 2-3-1 overall and 2-2 in conference games. The Red easily handled two of ECAC’s middle tier teams, Clarkson and Union, but struggled when playing higher quality opponents. The Red was shutout, 0-3, against No. 9 Miami and were outscored, 6-1, by ECAC contenders RPI and St. Lawrence.

If the Red wants to make a late season push for the NCAA tournament, it will need to be almost perfect over its last 10 games of the season. The push for victory starts this weekend, when the Red will have critical back-to-back games that may determine the team’s season. Cornell takes on the Harvard Crimson (11-3-2, 7-2-2 ECAC) Friday night, and then battles the Dartmouth Green (6-8-3, 3-6-1 ECAC) on Saturday.

As the Lynah Faithful know, there is no bigger game during the season than when the Crimson visit Lynah Rink. The rivalry makes for one of the most anticipated games for the Cornell team and coaches alike.

“We definitely have this game circled in our calendars from the start of the year,” said sophomore forward Matt Buckles. “We had success against them last year, beating them twice, so we know they are going to be hungry to get back at us.”

The Red narrowly edged Harvard in those two meetings

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Skating Red | Sophomore forward Matt Buckles, pictured above, says he is confident in his defensive line and hopes for a repeat of last year’s victory against the Crimson.

last year, winning both, 3-2. But this year’s Crimson team is a different animal and will be a much tougher test. The Crimson has a juggernaut of an offense that has averaged almost four goals per game and outscores opponents by nearly two goals per game. Harvard is led by junior forward Jimmy Vesey, who ranks 8th in the country in points. The squad also boasts six players with double digits in scoring.

However, the Crimson are in the midst of a mini-slump, dropping two of its three most recent games. Every time Harvard lost this year, which has not been often, one element has been the same — the offense has struggled. In its last three losses, the Crimson has averaged only a goal per game. This bodes well for the Red, who boasts the number two scoring defense in the nation. When the Red loses, the problems usually reside in the offense as well. Cornell has been held to two goals or less 12 times this season.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Red to Face Columbia Lions for Second Contest Within OneWeek

By AMIR PATEL Sun Staff Writer

With the Ivy League season heading into full swing, the Red will be matched up against familiar foes from here on out, beginning with a matchup against the Columbia Lions on Saturday. A week after falling just short to the Lions at Newman Arena, 48-45, the Red hits the road to take on the

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Star power | Senior forward Shon Miller has been the Red’s strongest player this season.

New York City squad on its home court. Cornell went 3-5 over the course of winter break, giving it an overall record of 8-9 heading into the second half of the regular season and the remainder of Ivy League play.

The story of last weekend’s matchup can be almost entirely told through a single statistic: Columbia shot 44 percent from the field, while Cornell shot just 25 percent. Despite this stark difference in field goal percentages, the Red managed to remain within striking distance throughout the game. The squad cut the Lions’ largest lead of 12 points down to just one with 18 seconds left, before ultimately losing by three. Sophomore guard Robert Hatter carried the team down the stretch, scoring seven points in the final minute of the game. Hatter lead the scoring with 17 points, ahead of a team where no one was able to score more than nine points. That will have to change if the Red are to knock off the Lions this weekend.

Senior forward Shonn Miller, who currently leads the Ivy League in both scoring (16.6 ppg) and rebounding (8.0 rpg), was held to just eight points on 3/13 shooting. Miller has made himself a frontrunner for Ivy League Player of the Year mainly because he is so efficient and versatile offensively.

Despite this, the Lions’ did a tremendous job of stifling his ability to hit shots from the outside, made evident by his 1/8 shooting night from beyond the arc. Regardless, Head Coach Bill Courtney has called upon Miller time and time again.

“Since the beginning of the season, he has really stepped up his game. He has gotten into great shape, and that has allowed him to play effectively for extended periods of time. He has worked to improve his skills across the board, and it is showing in games,” Courtney said.

Despite his subpar performance in the previous See BASKETBALL page 11

“Our offensive performance this season has been hot and cold,” said senior forward Christian Hillbrich. “There are not many goals scored in typical Cornell Hockey. What is going to win us this game is our power play.”

The formula appears clear for the Red. To pull off an upset over their archrival, the team needs to remain aggressive on the offense. Although there is no team in the nation capable of shutting out the Crimson for 60 minutes, the Red defense should be able to keep them partially in-check.

Cornell must then be able to generate goals off of the power play and utilize an efficient offensive game plan.

“We are confident that if we stick to our game plan — that is a physical, defensive team that is good in transition — we will have success,” Buckles said.

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Varsity Athlete No More

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here’s something about stepping into a pickup basketball game at this school that transcends all barriers. It sounds sappy, but if you haven’t done it yet, it’s something you should try. The basketball courts are places on campus where everyone is welcome regardless of race, sex or talent

amongst a much more talented and athletic group of basketball players. They also became some of my closest friends.

We were a diverse group — like The Sandlot of pickup basketball — and in keeping with that classic movie’s failure of a sequel, our most groundbreaking additions were girls. It all started

Scott Chiusano Who’s on First level, and with so much wrong in the professional sports world, it is comforting to see that at the root of a beautiful sport, there is still some good to be found.

When I came to Cornell, I was a washed up high school basketball player who had averaged two points per game off the bench of my varsity team and was damn proud of it. I could barely touch the backboard and was never the most fleet of foot, but the one thing I had going for me was the three ball. In pickup games to 11, where a shot from beyond the arc was worth two points, my one skill luckily turned out to prove valuable

with a broken ankle — not the real kind, but the one where a crossover move so quick and smooth makes your ankles buckle like a cheap beach chair. We watched this happen to one of our friends at the hands of a girl, and we went wild. She became a legend, a staple in the pickup basketball network that we so preciously coveted. The girl with the crazy handles. Only in retrospect have I realized how ignorant we were. Why was it so extraordinary that a girl should cross up a guy? Every one of us had been made a fool at the hands of a See CHIUSANO page 11