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CORNELL TO CREATE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Proposed college will merge programs from Hotel, Dyson, Johnson schools BY THE NUMBERS

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Staff Writer

The University seeks to establish a new College of Business to be launched at the start of the next academic year, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced Dec. 14.

The new college, which will require approval through a charter change by the Board of Trustees this week, will consist of programs from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the Johnson Graduate School of Management. Each school will continue to maintain its own identity, according to Kotlikoff.

Kotlikoff asserts that three main benefits will come out of the new college: enhanced opportunities for all members of the college,

a better environment for research for faculty and an overall more effective structure among Cornell’s business programs. The new college will also allow Cornell to expand its initiatives and programs at home and abroad.

The new college will include 145 research

“A unified College will advance Cornell’s mission to apply knowledge for the public purpose.”

Michael Kotlikoff faculty members and 2,900 undergraduate, professional and graduate students, making it a “top 10 business school in terms of scale and impact,” Kotlikoff wrote.

“Cornell intends to establish a single, uni-

fied College of Business, with the goal of cementing the University’s position as a world-class center of teaching, research and engagement for business management and entrepreneurship,” said Joel Malina, vice president for university relations, in a statement.

Soumitra Dutta, dean of the Johnson School, will become dean of the College of Business, while Chris Barrett, director of the Dyson School, will become deputy dean and dean of academic affairs for the college.

While the University seeks to unify its business programs, it does not intend for the integration of the schools to cause them to change their operations.

“Each school will maintain its unique identity and mission, while its already strong stature, scope and impact will be markedly See COLLEGE OF BUSINESS page 5

145

The number of research faculty members in the proposed College of Business.

2,900

The proposed college’s total number of undergraduate, professional and graduate students.

700

The number people who have liked the “Keep Cornell Hotel School Independent” Facebook page.

Alumni Threaten to Pull Donations Amid Concerns About New College

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

Alumni are threatening to pull the University’s endowment funding if the Board of Trustees votes to approve the proposed College of Business at the end of this week.

Plans for the College of Business —

which were announced Dec. 14 — would merge programs from the School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.

“Within the new College of Business, the distinctive nature and excellence of each school, brought together with the other

accredited business schools to take advantage of integration for the benefit of students and faculty, will be the defining feature of the business program at Cornell,” President Elizabeth Garrett said in a Dec. 21 statement.

While the administration hopes that the Board of Trustees will decide to formally recognize the new college, many alumni and

faculty members have voiced concerns over the proposed college’s funding and structure.

Faculty Senate Votes to Table

Just two days after the proposed College of Business was first announced, the Faculty Senate unanimously passed a resolution See ALUMNI page 4

CUPD Investigates Vandalism

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By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Staff Writer

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Multiple incidents of graffiti were reported at various locations around campus during the winter break, according to the Cornell University Police Department crime log. Much of the graffiti contained similar themes, symbols and phrases.

The crime log indicates that CUPD officers were dispatched to take reports of spraypainted graffiti — listed under the category of “criminal

mischief ” — on Goldwin Smith Hall, the A.D. White statue, the base of Baker Flagpole, Milstein Hall, Balch Hall and the Risley Hall bus stop. Balch Hall and Goldwin Smith Hall reported multiple incidents. The crime log indicated that graffiti was also spray painted at the intersection of Cornell Avenue and University Avenue.

A hammer and sickle, a common communist symbol, was spray painted on both a statue of A.D. White on the Arts Quad and Baker

Flagpole on West campus. “Cornell won’t save you” was also written in red paint on the flagpole and at a bus stop adjoining Risley Hall. Graffiti on the side of Sigma Pi’s fraternity house on University Avenue read “Kill your rapist.”

All incidents listed in the crime log are still under investigation, according to Chief Kathy Zoner of the CUPD. Zoner declined to comment on active cases in detail.

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Dunbar’s Closes Doors After 36 Years in C-Town

Dive’s departure from Collegetown follows multiple bar closures last year

By ANNIE BUI Sun Managing Editor

This story was originally published online on Dec. 31.

After more than 36 years in operation, Dunbar’s is the next Collegetown watering hole to shut its doors, according to former manager Brian Rettger.

A Collegetown fixture established in 1979, Dunbar’s is known to many Cornellians for its dive bar atmosphere, with ceiling tiles and walls scribbled on in permanent marker and six-dollar “Group Therapy” special.

Rettger told The Sun Thursday that owner Dave Pepin had decided to close the establishment over break, and that the “timing is unfortunate.”

Though Rettger was unable to provide details on the reason for the bar’s closure, Pepin had decided to put the bar up for sale in 2013 due to his desire to spend more time with family, The Sun previously reported.

The closure of Dunbar’s follows the shuttering of a number of Collegetown bars in recent years. The building that housed Pixel Lounge was demolished this summer to make way for a new residential and commercial develop-

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Another one bites the dust | Dunbar’s becomes the latest Collegetown bar to close its doors.

“Pep has been a long time supporter of wrestling and ment on Eddy Street. Stella’s Restaurant, Bar and Café — located at 403 College Ave. — also closed this year, and is hockey, as well as a big fan of all athletics at Cornell,” he said. “Several alumni brought the Stanley Cup to the bar now occupied by StartupTree.

The iconic Chapter House pub was destroyed in an during the time he owned the place. I know those are fond early-morning fire on April 14, though management has memories for him.”

For Rettger, who stayed in Ithaca after graduation but stated that they hope to reopen by next August. The Royal Palm Tavern — known as “The Palms” — closed in has since moved away, Dunbar’s “was always a bit like comFebruary 2012, and both Johnny O’s and Dino’s shut their ing home.”

“And the jukebox. Loved the jukebox,” he said. doors the year before.

Rettger said that for him and Pepin — who both attended Ithaca College — Dunbar’s was their connection Annie Bui can be reached at to Cornell and the community. managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

Tsai Ing-wen LL.M. ’80 Elected President of Taiwan

By ISABEL LING Sun Staff Writer

This story was originally published online on Jan. 18.

Taiwanese citizens elected the country’s first female president, the Democratic Progressive Party’s Tsai Ing-wen LL.M. ’80, to office in a landslide victory Saturday.

Tsai Ing-Wen is the second Cornell grad-

uate to become the president of Taiwan. The first was Lee Teng-hui Ph.D. ’68, who served as president of Taiwan and the chair of the Kuomintang party from 1988 to 2000.

According to the Taiwan Central Election Commission, of 99 percent of votes counted, Tsai Ing-Wen had gained a 56 percent majority of the vote. Eric Chu, incumbent party Kuomintang’s candidate, gained

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Victory | Tsai Ing-wen LL.M. ’80 (center) attends a rally in Taipei on Dec. 25, 2011. She is the second Cornell graduate elected president of Taiwan.

31 percent of the vote.

Tsai’s election as the fourth directly elected president of Taiwan marks a significant political transition as the Democratic Progressive Party also gained control of the Taiwanese legislature, occupying 68 seats of the 113 seat legislature after Saturday’s elections for the first time in history.

Traditionally, the Democratic Progressive Party has been associated with Taiwan’s identity as a sovereign country. The incumbent party, Kuomintang, associates with the “One China Principle” which identifies Taiwan and China as one entity. Tsai’s stance on sovereignty and cross-strait relationships played a factor in the last presidential election in 2012 where she narrowly lost to the Kuomintang candidate, Ma Ying-jeou.

“I will build a consistent, predictable, and sustainable cross-strait relationship,” said Tsai in her victory speech on Saturday.

“Following the will and consensus of the Taiwanese people, we will work to maintain the status quo for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.”

“I also want to emphasize that both sides of the strait have a responsibility to find mutually acceptable means of interaction that are based on dignity and reciprocity …

Our democratic system, national identity, and international space must be respected.

Any forms of suppression will harm the stability of cross-strait relations,” she warned her Chinese counterparts.

Tsai has spent her electoral campaign advocating for the reform of government institutions and judicial systems in order to improve education, economic growth, and communication between the public and the government.

“Only by giving our all to advance reform can we face the past, undertake the present, and challenge the future,” Tsai said in a campaign speech in August.

This push for reform stems from a disillusionment with the incumbent party and its trade negotiations with China. In response, the Sunflower Movement was formed in 2014, inciting protests and a legislative sit-in, demanding more transparency on policy from the government. Tsai has promised to move beyond the political division.

“Together, we will overcome the challenges that this country faces. We will not be divided by an election,” she said during her victory speech Saturday. “Instead, we will become even more united because of our democracy.”

Isabel Ling can be reached at iling@cornellsun.com.

I.C. President Announces Retirement Following Protests

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Assistant News Editor

This story was originally published online on Jan. 14.

Ithaca College President Tom Rochon announced plans to retire Jan. 14, following months of protests over his administration’s handling of racial incidents and demands for his resignation.

Rochon announced in a statement that he plans to retire in July 2017, after completing the 2016-17 academic year. The search for a new Ithaca College president will

begin this summer.

“I am proud of the progress and accomplishments achieved by the college over what will be a nine-year tenure as president,” Rochon said. “I look forward to working with the college community over the next 18 months ... [to] make progress on issues of diversity, inclusion [and] shared governance.”

Rochon called the hiring of a new president a “fresh start” for Ithaca College and a chance to address challenges on campus in a different way.

“I recognize that colleges

evolve through eras defined by new opportunities and challenges,” he said. “I believe it is best for I.C. to be led in the future by a president chosen by the board specifically to make a fresh start on these challenges.”

On Nov. 11, hundreds of Ithaca College students participated in a walkout, expressing solidarity with student movements at Missouri and Yale and protesting Rochon’s handling of racial incidents on campus. These incidents included alleged racial profiling by police officers, a “Preps

and Crooks” themed fraternity party and racially insensitive remarks at a college event.

In November, 72 percent of 3,756 participating students voted that they had “no confidence” in Rochon as president in a vote organized by Ithaca’s Student Government Association. In December, 78 percent of the college's faculty also voted “no confidence” in the president.

“The message that has come through to me in the form of the student and faculty votes has been a difficult one to hear, but I am listening,”

Rochon said after the vote, according to The Ithacan. “I understand that many people on our campus are frustrated with the pace of change and with my own role in effecting it.”

POC@IC, the group that led the fall protests and calls for Rochon’s resignation, celebrated the announcement in a Facebook post.

“There is power in the collective,” the post read. “We did it!”

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

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Proposed College of Business Draws Concerns

Faculty,alumni ask Board of Trustees to table college proposal for further development ALUMNI

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requesting that the Board of Trustees table the proposal.

“Resolved, that the University Trustees table the consideration of the creation of the College of Business until the Faculty Senate can deliberate on the proposal,” the full resolution states.

In a Jan. 4 letter to the Faculty Senate in response to the resolution, President Elizabeth Garrett said the “only pending action” regarding the College of Business is a request for the Board of Trustees to formally recognize a new administrative unit.

“Provost [Michael] Kotlikoff and I determined that it was important first to engage the Board of Trustees on this initial question of organizational structure, and, once that decision is reached, to engage deeply with all the involved constituencies, especially faculty, as key educational decisions are reached collegially,” Garrett wrote.

‘We Don’t Know How the College Is Going to Operate Yet’

Although the Board of Trustees will vote

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on whether to approve the proposed College of Business next week, how the college will function remains largely unknown.

“We don’t know how the college is going to operate yet,” said Prof. Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations.

“We are led to believe from what the provost said that all arrangements about the college will have to be discussed by the faculty of the three units and some agreement will come.”

The upcoming Board of Trustees vote will concern only whether to create a new administrative unit for the College of Business and does not address how the proposed college would be funded.

As part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management receives state funding. However, the School of Hotel Administration and Johnson School of Graduate Management are privately funded.

If these different funding sources are all used to fund the College of Business, the deans of each individual program may lose budgetary authority, according to Ehrenberg. Individual programs within the three merged schools may need approval of all three schools to spend reserves or allocate

endowments to professors, Ehrenberg said.

Ehrenberg’s concerns about the mixing of state and private funding will become relevant if the Board of Trustees approves the proposition for the College of Business.

“Over the next several months, the deans and directors of the three schools and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will work with faculty to develop the academic process that will be critical to achieve our aims of faculty integration and individual school identity,” Garrett said.

Many alumni have also expressed a desire to table this issue in order to further develop the details of the new college before its creation is put to a vote by the Board of Trustees.

Funding Questions

Some faculty and alumni are asking to table the proposal in part because there is little information available about how the new college will be funded, including changes to the budgets of the three previously independent programs.

“It appears that [in the new college] the dean of the Hotel School and who will become the dean of the Dyson program are

going to lose budgetary authority. Without it, they’re not really in control of their own destiny,” said Erik Hansen ’71, who with his wife Vanessa Hansen endowed a scholarship to the School of Hotel Administration in 1994.

Garrett stressed that the formation of the College of Business would not affect the money alumni provide to each individual school.

“All gifts designated for a particular school, including scholarships, will stay so designated, and future gifts can be similarly designated,” Garrett said.

After expressing his concerns about the proposed College of Business, Hansen received a personal phone call from Garrett.

However, Hansen said he does not feel reassured and plans to write Cornell University out of his will altogether if the merger is approved by the Board of Trustees.

“I’m not happy at all,” Hansen said. “If the school ends up no longer an endowed college, than my wife and I plan to take the University out of our will. We’re not going to do anything precipitously here. We want See ALUMNI CONCERNS page 5

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Alumni Want Hotel School to Stay Independent ALUMNI CONCERNS

The Sun about the College of Business.

“There was no pre-announcement. There were no courtesy calls given out.” to make sure that our hard work is used Cantor is part of an email chain group in a way that we think is appropriate and that he said began between over 100 will do some good.” alumni from several colleges, including If Hansen does not exclude Cornell the School of Hotel Administration and from his estate plan, his gift will have the Dyson School. Members span from accumulated up to an eight-figure dollar the Class of 1953 to the Class of 2007. amount and would be used to cover “When the alumni learned about this, scholarships. Hansen has informed the a number called the administration office University that he and his wife plan to at Day Hall to get more color on the prodonate their money elsewhere if the pro- posed merger,” Cantor said. “Many of posed College of Business is approved. them did not receive a call back or The University declined to comment received very limited answers that were vague at best.”

In the chain email, alumni their concerns, expressed “Why would you combine three schools, and including that this merger waste time, money, and resources in Ithaca, would end the industry-speto boost the performance of one?” cific character of the Hotel School.

Ari Cantor ’05 “As a successful alumnus, what is the impetus for me to recommend this new school on alumni’s decisions and threats to to my children when they can choose retract donations from endowments. from hundreds of other business schools like it?” Federico Castellucci III ‘07 com‘There Were No Courtesy Calls’ mented in the email chain. “The Hotel Hansen is not the only alumni to School has always been known as a express surprise and concern about the unique program that is one of a kind.” proposed plans for the College of Because the Board of Trustees meeting Business. is closed to the public, alumni have been “The alumni learned of this when the sending emails to the dean of the Hotel article came out,” said Ari Cantor ’05, School as well as the office of alumni referring to a Dec. 14 story published in affairs to express their dissatisfaction, Continued from page 4

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CUPD has directed patrols towards addressing these incidents, according to Zoner. The case of graffiti on University Ave is being investigated by the Ithaca Police Department, all other incidents are being handled by the CUPD. “We take crimes such as these seriously,” Zoner said.

In an official statement released in an email on January 15th, Zoner emphasized the need to balance free expression with lawfulness.

“Freedom of speech is an essential cornerstone to academic freedom and it is our job to

according to Cantor. He and other alum- petition created along with other alumni, ni are hoping this will allow their voices urging the Board of Trustees to vote to be heard. down the college. The petition had about “Why would you combine three 500 signatures. schools, and waste time, money, and “The inclusion of SHA in the College resources in Ithaca, to of Business is bewilboost the performance of dering,” the petition one?” Cantor said. stated. “While SHA Alumni from the “What is the impetus for markets its curricuSchool of Hotel lum as a business me to recommend this Administration also said program, all of its new school to my they were worried that the core classes have a children when they can heavy focus on the Johnson School’s lower ranking — 16th in choose from hundreds of hospitality industry.

Therefore, it is Bloomberg Business — other business schools unclear as to how could bring down the future generations other schools. like it?” of students at SHA “Why not relocate the Erik Hansen ’71 can benefit from a Johnson School, which is generic business the program that seems to program offered by have the lowest ranking of the College of the three, to Manhattan to the new Long Island City Tech Business.”

Garrett and Kotlikoff also addressed Campus?” Cantor said. “It is a hub for finance with Wall Street, biotechnology some of the alumni and faculty concerns research with the Weill College, and the in a Dec. 21 statement.

“We expect that the new College of tech sector with Google, Pinterest, Facebook, etc. Think of the marketing Business will elevate Cornell as a leading potential for executive education, work- university in the study of business at the ing MBA candidates, and the recruit- undergraduate and graduate levels, and each school will maintain its unique ment of faculty.”

Alumni also created a Facebook page identity and mission,” the statement called “Keep Cornell Hotel School said.

Independent” on Dec. 17, and it has since garnered over 700 likes. Elaine Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at Liang ’14 used the page to promote a jrudolfsky@cornellsun.com.

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protect it,” Zoner said in the statement. “We are also sworn to uphold the law which prohibits the damage and destruction of property and to enforce university policies addressing proper postering.”

Zoner said the motivation behind these acts remains unclear and police are still investigating the possibility that these incidents could be linked.

“At this point, only the perpetrator of these crimes could explain what their motivation is and what exactly they were hoping to communicate,” Zoner said.

Maxwell Dopsch can be reached at mdopsch@cornellsun.com.

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enhanced by its combination with faculty, curricular offerings and programs in a cohesive College of Business,” Malina said.

Additionally, Dyson students who are New York State residents will continue to enroll at the contract college tuition rate, Malina said.

Malina said the University will invite “key stakeholders” to give input for the new college ahead of the Board of Trustees’ meeting. If approved, faculty

and academic leaders will “develop the details of the new integrated structure” following the meeting.

“A unified college will advance Cornell’s mission to apply knowledge.”

Michael Kotlikoff Kotlikoff said he believes the creation of a College of Business brings about a long-needed addition to the Cornell community.

“A unified College will advance Cornell’s mission to apply knowledge for public purpose and educate the next generation of leaders and creators to benefit society and solve some of the world’s major challenges,” Kotlikoff said. “I look forward to the exciting changes to come and working with all of you, as a community, to advance the academic excellence of our great University.”

Zachary Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun.com.

Ahead of Delayed Peace Talks BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian groups opposed to President Bashar Assad are still sharply divided on who should represent them at peace talks which were scheduled to begin Monday in Geneva but now appear to be delayed.

Opposition officials said Friday there was no agreement on a delegation as a new wave of air raids in eastern Syria killed at least 40 people.

The U.N. special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has the final say on the delegation and who will receive invitations to attend the talks.

U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq indicated Friday that the talks probably will not start on Monday, telling reporters that the U.N. envoy would hold a news conference in Geneva that afternoon to talk about

next steps. Others have said the talks may be delayed by a few days.

“Where we stand on this right now is that Staffan de Mistura, expects to at least roll out the process a bit on Monday,” Haq said. “How that happens will become more clear on that date.”

At the Geneva news conference, he said de Mistura will “give some more details on what will happen next.”

Many in the opposition say Russia wants to add names to the delegation that opposition groups backed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar announced this week by the Saudis.

Abdul-Basit Sieda of the Saudibacked opposition said they reject Russia’s desire to add names to the opposition list.

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Now, I know you’re going to object. been investigating literature, math, philosophy and government since the You should. Obviously, software is not bronze age. Isn’t science as important as only about abstraction. Hardware is incredibly important to software. any of these subjects?

I could see why someone might think Software obviously gets better as transismy observation isn’t a big deal. To be tors get smaller and require less power. fair, people have been curious about the Knowing about electromagnetism, a physical world for more than 300 years. branch of physics, generally makes hardPenicillin, the internal combustion ware design easier.

However, there’s a engine and refrigerareason people sepation are all barely 100 rate software from years old. There are also crazy things What I’m saying is that hardware. As long as the abstractions are going on right now: The Republican pres- scientists used to have a consistent, the underlying mechanisms idential nominee will probably be a psy- monopoly on the whole don’t matter. For example, two comchopath, and the puters that manipustock market crashed inventing thing. The late transistors using a few days ago.

Maybe I should be easiest way to invent slightly different electrical processes can more preoccupied something used to run the same software with those things. programs. In fact, a But I’m not. Why require things like test computer which did it take so long for encodes data using people to learn about the world by observ- tubes, needles and the the spin of an electron can still run ing it formally? It is mind boggling. The like. However, that’s no some of the same as a computinternal combustion longer the case. These ersoftware with transistors engine, penicillin and quantum refrigeration are all so days, the easiest way to (Google computing, if you’re young because we needed science to invent something is to interested).

So don’t misinterinvent them. Science pret my argument. has driven nearly all get a computer.

I’m not saying science of the marvels of isn’t important — recent history because it is — and because inventing involved tinkering with the physical I'm not saying science can’t make the world through science. What if that world better — because it can. I’m also not saying there isn’t an interplay won’t always be the case?

What if it already isn’t the case? between the physical sciences and Think about some of the most impor- abstractions like software. That would tant inventions of the past 20 years: just be wrong and stupid. If you want to social media, peer-to-peer file sharing, hear that kind of rhetoric, you are better the Internet. These things are software off watching the Republican primary programs. Our understanding of the debate.

What I’m saying is that scientists used physical world doesn’t immediately contribute to the development of software. to have a monopoly on the whole Software is the opposite of tangible. It is inventing thing. The easiest way to an abstraction. Unlike the internal com- invent something used to require things bustion engines or vaccines, knowing like test tubes, needles and the like. more about the physical world doesn't However, that’s no longer the case.

These days, the easiest way to invent necessarily make software better.

In fact, sometimes knowing less is something is to get a computer. I don’t better. Think about your cellphone. know about you, but I find that crazy.

Does knowing about its internal work- That’s my schtick and I’m sticking to it. ings help you use it? Knowing that your Welcome back and stay tuned alternatphone is a collection of transistors ing Mondays this Spring for more! encoding data as high or low charges doesn’t help you make a call. People use Eric Schulman is a junior in the College of Arts and sliders, home screens and buttons to Sciences. He may be reached at ehs82@cornell.edu. make calls. However, sliders, home Schulman’s Schtick appears alternate Mondays this screen and buttons are just concepts we semester.

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Aditi Bhowmick | Abstruse Musings

The Opium Of the People

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arl Marx’s famous and, to an extent, hackneyed speech which describes religion as the “opiate of the masses” are pithy, profound and still captivate the world we live in today. However, there was more to what he said: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” His profound words are often brandished as an ideological weapon by atheists validating their belief.

However, most people fail to note that Marx did concede the tremendous power of religion which brought societies together across the world.

The word religion itself stems from the Latin word ‘religare’ which means to bind together, and it is applicable if we come to think of how churches have been the epicenter of life in several societies for decades. Whether it is celebrating birth and marriage or remembering the deceased, the church is paramount. Similarly, synagogues, temples and mosques have served as centers of learning and social cohesion. Karl Marx was accurate when he described religion as the opium of the people. Like opium, the positive effects of religion are being overpowered by its negative effects — intolerance, fundamentalism and dogma.

However, it is crucial to remember before my point spurs a tirade against Islamic extremists that the concept of bloodshed in the name of salvation is not a new aspect of human history. The Crusades were by no means bloodless. There are no indefinitely violent and inadvertently peaceful religions.

For instance, Buddhism is often considered synonymous with

Moreover, it baffles me that religious antagonism is growing simultaneously with technological progress; it almost seems like an anachronistic anomaly It is unfair and makes absolutely no sense to discriminate, shun, kill and destroy everything that humanity is trying to achieve in the name of something which was supposed to be constructive. peace and tolerance. In Myanmar, however, Buddhists are immolating Rohingya Muslims, who happen to be the minority. Like I said, religion is in fact, acting as the opium of the masses today, and people have lost the ability to reason.

I was talking to my mother one night and I told her I just don’t understand how people can despise each other or be scared of each other because their ‘Gods’ appear different in form. I visit Sage Chapel every day, have been to the most beautiful mosques in Delhi (India), a synagogue in my city (Calcutta, India), Gurudwaras, Jain temples and Buddhist monasteries, and I am absolutely certain I felt the same sense of awe and peace when I visited each of these places of worship. I do not quite understand how so many can revere one while being absolutely terrified of the other.

Moreover, it baffles me that religious antagonism is growing simultaneously with technological progress; it almost seems like an anachronistic anomaly. It is unfair and makes absolutely no sense to discriminate, shun, kill and destroy everything that humanity is trying to achieve in the name of something which was supposed to be constructive. I think especially today, with widespread Islamophobia, Islamic fundamentalists waging war on Western cultures and women’s rights, growing intolerance in a secular country like India, it is important to reconsider the role religion is playing in the way political, social and cultural interactions are taking place in our society. I think it is important to think about religion and mitigate the effect of the “opium” before we sanction more hatred and intolerance.

Aditi Bhowmick is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at ab738@cornell.edu. Abstruse Musings appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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My Abortion Story Editor’s Note: This story is being And then it was done. I was no ing that I wanted to see it, though published anonymously for the safety longer pregnant. I was out and the reason why is complicated and and protection of the author and about that evening. The next day I somewhat beyond my own underthose involved. woke up early, worked for five standing. Sure enough, there was a hours in the morning, ran for and grainy silhouette of a spherical n November 27, a man was elected to an executive board head and oblong body, not at all stepped into a Planned position in one of the organiza- in the shape of a child, but more Parenthood in Colorado tions I’m involved with in the than just a blob.

Springs. He killed three people afternoon and helped with an Perhaps this came through earand wounded nine others in the event for my sports team that lier, but I strongly desire to be a name of life. Exactly one week evening. I survived my finals and mother. I want to have kids and later, I stepped into the Planned went home. give them everything I can. My Parenthood in Ithaca to have my There is only one lingering heart throbs when I see pregnant abortion procedure. effect from my abortion. While women or parents walking around I discovered my pregnancy just driving yesterday, I saw a car with with their children, and when I two days after the shooting, after a “Choose Life” license plate back- imagine my future family. missing a second period. The fol- ground and started crying. It’s not But I looked at the ultrasound lowing morning, I went alone to due to sadness or regret. It’s that image … and felt nothing. This the Ithaca Planned Parenthood. I my alternative reality, what truly was not meant to be my child. needed an ultrasound to deter- could have happened to me, is all This was not my future. I know, I mine how far along I was. As an too real. know that people can learn to love athlete, I miss periods a couple of I pictured my body getting their mistakes. Maybe in another times per year. Before I confirmed larger, forcing me to drop my three months that image would that I was pregnant, I had no sport. I saw my parents struggling have made my heart throb, too. other symptoms besides my two with my medical expenses on top But in that moment it made no missed periods. I couldn’t even of sending me to school here, I difference and still doesn’t to me. I think of a time when it might watched my summer internship realized that having a child now, have hapwhen I am in pened; in my absolutely no memory there place to supwere no broken port it, is the It doesn’t matter to me what your condoms, no biggest risk to sex without religion is or what your personal values the future I protection. I want to give are. If you do not believe in abortion, thought that I my children. was nine or ten There is one don’t get one. Make sure your sex life important weeks along … per“ Tw e l v e son I have not reflects your values, too. But your weeks and four yet mentioned. days.” “What?”

Who was the values have no place in my uterus.

“You are 12 guy? He’s my weeks and four boyfriend. I days pregknew he was nant.” Suddenly, I felt an enor- opportunities dwindle as I pre- amazing before, but he proved mous weight on my shoulders and pared to have a baby around the himself to be truly incredible durlump in my throat; the alternative middle of June, a baby I wouldn’t ing this process. He didn’t ask for reality of carrying a baby to term be able to support, a baby I would a say in my decision to have the became very real. The cutoff for a have to give up for adoption, or abortion and eased my stress first trimester abortion procedure give up my own future in order to instead of exacerbating it. Since is 13 weeks, and the Ithaca be a mother. then, our relationship has only Planned Parenthood is only It terrifies me that my story — grown stronger. He doesn’t understaffed to carry out abortion pro- where I received only support stand how incredible this is to me; cedures on Fridays. My last chance from those around me, I was able I expected, at minimum, that this to have a first trimester abortion to get the abortion I needed when would be a rocky point for us, but was that coming Friday when I I needed it, I was not harassed and we remained smooth, steady and would be at exactly 13 weeks. faced no adversity and I was able loving.

The procedure that Friday was to carry on with the life I wanted I supported Planned safe and easy, lasting only about to have — seems atypical; there Parenthood before my abortion, 10 minutes; still, I hope that I are so many people who want to but now I am a true believer. never need to have it again. For prevent anyone from having the Before my abortion, I prepared one thing, though not particularly care that I received. myself for hate and judgment painful for me, it still involved a It doesn’t matter to me what from even my loved ones, but now lot of things being put in my vagi- your religion is or what your per- I pledge to return and pass on the na that I never wanted in there. It’s sonal values are. If you do not incredible love and support they very uncomfortable. For another believe in abortion, don’t get one. gave me. I am so happy to have thing, I don’t want to be in that Make sure your sex life reflects regained control over my life and situation again. While the abor- your values, too. But your values body. That is my abortion story. tion provided the solution to my have no place in my uterus. situation, becoming pregnant was After my ultrasound, I asked if Guest Room appears periodically this still a mistake, an accident. to see the image. I went in know- semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Anything But Lovely: The Hateful Eight

BY MARINA WATTS Sun Staff Writer

New Year’s Day brought the world Quentin Tarantino’s latest bacchanal, The Hateful Eight. The bloody and suspenseful events of this character piece keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. It is a traditional western with the all the Tarantino flair we know and love. Originally, the script was leaked in January 2014 and Tarantino called it off, however, after a successful reading of the script and persuasion from his muse, Samuel L. Jackson, he changed his mind. The result: the eighth film Tarantino has directed — named for just the occasion.

The film is broken down into six chapters, narrated by Tarantino himself. This division of the film makes it easier to process the layers of detail and the build up of suspense.

The Hateful Eight takes place over the course of a single day. A bounty hunter and his captive (Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh, respectively) are on their way to the captive’s hanging in the town of Red Rock. On their way, they pick up another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson), and the alleged sheriff of Red Rock himself (Walton Goggins) in their carriage.

As an ongoing blizzard exacerbates their journey, they stop at a haberdashery and meet four others who have ulterior motives that may not be so distant from those of the weary travelers they encounter.

The Hateful Eight delivers. Its typical Tarantino quirk is evident throughout, even with its slower start. Though the exposition drags on, it creates a stronger sense of anticipation once things get interesting about an hour in. Not a word is wasted and I could not help but to laugh, despite the raised stakes and morbid moments throughout. Jackson runs the show and it is captivating from start to finish.

The cinematography of the film is incredible. The intense winter backdrop sucks you in, and as the wind whistles you feel as though you are no longer in your local cinema. Some of the sets were refrigerated at 30 degrees, so the chills were a mutual feeling on and off the silver screen. There is also impeccable detail put into the sets and costumes, which further draws audiences in. His two major cinematic influences for this film were The Thing (1982, which he showed to the cast for inspiration) and his very own Reservoir Dogs (1992).

Tarantino was also inspired by the Western television shows

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Bonanza, The Virginian and The High Chaparral. According to Deadline Hollywood, Tarantino pays homage to the way that during the seasons of such shows, characters would reveal their true identities and intentions. He says that, similar to the sitcoms in The Hateful Eight, there are “a bunch of nefarious guys in a room, all telling backstories that may or may not be true.

Trap those guys together in a room with a blizzard outside, give them guns, and see what happens.”

Of Tarantino’s films, The Hateful Eight is the first film to use its own original score, composed by Ennio Morricone.

Previously, Tarantino’s films would include an original score and other music for its soundtrack. Morricone’s score received a Golden Globe this January.

As per usual, Tarantino delivers intense gore that is as artistic as it is nauseating. It wouldn’t be a Tarantino film without the occasional wincing through violence that lasts for about three hours.

The brutal force the characters use on each other shows Tarantino’s utter lack of limits or boundaries. As much as you want the three hours to be over, you also cannot wait to see what will happen next, and what the next scene to make your stomach churn will be. Originally, the film was planned to include a complete overture and intermission. Either way, it is the longest of Tarantino’s films (unless you combine both parts of Kill Bill).

Rumors circulated prior to the release of the movie that it was the sequel to Django Unchained. Originally, Tarantino was working on a sequel to that film called Django in White Hell. He abandoned the idea, since audiences would already know of Django’s disposition and start guessing the film’s outcome. Even though the film does occur in a historical period similar to that of Django, there is no connection between the two. In this film, the timeframe is the 1870s (a few years after the Civil War) in Wyoming, according to the script.

Overall, there is a similar feel between the two films.

A gorgeous character piece that will keep you guessing until the end, The Hateful Eight is probably the fastest three hours you will ever experience.

Marina Watts is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at mcw236@cornell.edu.

Joy: Mopping Up an Androcentric Hollywood

BY GWEN AVILES Sun Staff Writer

PSA: Sexism still exists, especially in the entertainment industry! After watching Carrie Fisher, the actress who starred in the original Star Wars trilogy reprise the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, viewers attacked her appearance across social media and stated that she is “too old to be acting.” After watching Brad Pitt, an actor with gray hair who has clearly aged since his first hints of stardom in The Big Short, viewers hailed him as “the rising star of political cinema.” Quite the discrepancy, if I do say so myself. To be fair, I don’t think any actors should be judged for their looks, but rather for their job: their acting. However, this seems to be an idealistic and unpopular view.

Fisher addressed the reductive and insulting comments about her age and perceived attractiveness on social media with a Twitter post of her own, in which she stated: “Youth and beauty are not accomplishments, they’re the temporary happy biproducts of time and/or DNA.” The story deservedly has garnered attention from both major and minor media sources.

However, this story is being told from a specific angle; Fisher’s strong responses are meant to inspire readers and, while they fulfill that job, the conversation should not end with the reverence of one woman’s retort.

The vile comments about Fisher’s appearance highlight the plight of female actors in the movie business. Remember the Bechdel Test (or was that just a passing trend)? While it is far from comprehensive or flawless in its execution, the Bechdel Test indicts the limited representation of women in film. According to Fusion, 45 percent of movies that were released in 2015 passed the test. Though that may seem like a high percentage, we must ask how much traction these movies have. Of the eight films nominated for the 2015 Oscar Awards, two of the films passed the Bechdel Test and none of the

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films were female centric. This year may be a little better with many critics agreeing that Carol, which chronicles the friendship and blooming romance of two women in the 1950s, is a major contender for both an Oscar nominee and win.

Another female-centered movie that is not as widely hypothesized for a nominee, but perhaps should be, is Joy. Joy, released Christmas Day, is a holiday miracle. Starring Jennifer Lawrence as the brazen titular character, Joy’s opening scene alerts us that the movie is “inspired by the true stories of daring women. One in particular.”

That one woman is Joy Mangano, the trailblazer who invented the Miracle Mop and subsequently built her own business empire. Success wasn’t a swift journey for either the fictional or real life Joy, however.

The movie, narrated by Joy’s grandmother (Diane Ladd), follows Joy from her early beginnings as a precocious child inventor of paper toys and dog collars through her years as a middle-aged woman with broken dreams. Joy is the matriarch of her family. Unfortunately, this position has proved itself to be more overwhelming than empowering because she is expected to rescue everyone, including her own parents. Her mother (Virginia Madsen), who has never recovered from her divorce from Joy’s father, spends her days locked in her room watching soap operas. Joy’s father, Rudy (Robert De Niro), is largely unsupportive of Joy and her lifestyle, yet calls upon Joy whenever he is in financial straits. Joy also has two children of her own to support while her ex-husband lives in her basement and does not contribute to the family financially. With an inundation of bills and demands, Joy does not have the time or resources to pursue her dream of becoming an inventor. That is, until the ordinary meets the extraordinary and the grueling household task of mopping up glass and cutting her hand leads Joy to envision a self-wringing mop.

Viewers who came to the movies expecting to see great on-screen chemistry between

Lawrence and Bradley Cooper (who plays Neil Walker, a television executive for the Home Shopping network) will be sorely disappointed.

In fact, if one did not know any better, one would think that this is Lawrence and Cooper’s first time working together. Their lack of rapport in Joy is not at all reminiscent of the affinity they had for each other in Silver Linings Playbook and Serena. Perhaps their restrained relationship is not completely their fault, however. Cooper does play Lawrence’s boss for the majority of the movie, a relationship that does not always lend itself to camaraderie. More likely, though, is that the relationships portrayed in Joy are simply the result of lazy writing.

There is no doubt that many of the characters are mere pawns in director David O. Russell’s attempt at a modern day fairytale.

Rudy, for instance, is simply the evil father with no depth to him. After Joy goes bankrupt, he laments that it is his fault because he “gave her the confidence that she was more than an unemployed housewife.” Meanwhile, after she becomes successful, he leeches off her, without so much as an apology. The only characters that are not written one dimensionally are Joy and her ex-husband, Tony (Édgar Ramírez).

Through her painstaking journey, Joy reflects humanity in all its paradoxes with her vulnerability and strength. Tony is equally complicated; he may be irresponsible and infuriating at times, but he does not adhere to the quintessential evil ex-husband role that viewers would expect him to. In fact, he is one of Joy’s biggest supporters and even arranges an interview for her with one of his influential friends. Their relationship as compassionate partners is refreshing.

While this dynamic characterization is not pervasive in Joy, the movie’s effort to represent minorities is an impressive and worthwhile reparation. Joy’s marriage to a Venezuelan man is woven so naturally into the movie, but viewers are aware that the exhibition of biracial relationships in Hollywood movies is not a regular

practice (and when it does occur, it is often accompanied by an exoticization of actors of color). The same praise can be given to the casting of Dascha Polanco as Joy’s best friend, Jackie. Polanco, best known for her portrayal of Daya in Orange Is the New Black, may simply be seen to some as Joy’s sidekick in this movie; she is certainly capable of bigger roles. But Polanco’s humor and talent is not eclipsed by her supporting role and her inclusion in a tale of staunch female friendship not only speaks to her talent, but to the diverse nature of representation in Joy. Finally, the melding of Joy Mangano’s story into a film is an exercise of radical representation in itself. Steve Jobs has already had six films made about his life. One may argue that Apple is more relevant to our lives than the Miracle Mop. While this is admittedly true (no one’s typing on their mops in Olin), it is also true that the lives of female inventors, engineers and scientists are not presented in films as often as those of their male counterparts. Thus, Joy presents us with what it still a radical idea: Maybe there is something worthwhile about women beyond the symmetricality of their faces and the curvature of their bodies after all.

Watching Joy is somewhat indulgent. It requires you to remember why you first started watching movies in the first place. Maybe you wanted to enter a new dimension. Maybe it was to feel good, to believe in the possibilities of life, to experience some sort of magic. Many of the stories that used to feel magical to us as children, specifically fairytales, have become problematic and unrealistic in our disillusioned minds (I’m looking at you, Disney). Joy is a reminder that the greatest rags to riches stories can actually occur. They may not be the norm — in fact, they are far from the norm, but they do exist.

The American Dream was not always dead.

Gwen Aviles is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gfa28@cornell.edu.

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Sisters: Unreconciled Cinematic Family Dysfunction

BY GWEN AVILES Sun Staff Writer

Of course three minutes isn’t enough time to give audience members a complete view of what an upcoming movie is about. To capture the essence of a twohour movie in a condensed trailer must be a nearly impossible task, akin to describing yourself in one word or choosing a favorite band. As a result, many production companies are guilty of marketing movies in completely inaccurate ways. The trailer for the 2011 movie Drive gave viewers the impression that the feature is simply a violent action packed film in which leading man Ryan Gosling drives around town dangerously and fights drug dealers. One Michigan woman found this trailer so misrepresentative of Drive, a film she says in actuality has “very little driving,” that she sued the production company and the movie theater where she saw the film.

My hope was that the movie Sisters was also suffering from RMTS: Reductive Movie Trailer Syndrome.

While it’s true that I was forced to watch the trailer more often than Trump makes a disparaging remark about minorities (thanks for the commercials Hulu) and movie trailers automatically become less funny the more you see them, I was alarmed at how little entertained I was by the trailer. The only riveting things about it were Tina Fey’s shiny hair and the fact that the actor Ike Barinholtz, who plays the vaguely unkempt and witless Morgan in The Mindy Project, is now being rebranded as the attractive boy-next-door leading man in the movie. I didn’t even crack a smile when Amy Poehler fell through the roof of her home, apparently in a misguided attempt to be sexy.

Despite my doubts, I went to go see Sisters with none other than my own sister (basic, I know). In the movie, Katie (Tina Fey) and Maura Ellis (Amy Poehler) are two adult sisters who are trying to get their lives in order.

Katie is a hot-headed hairdresser who continuously quits the salons she works at. When we meet her, she is running shoddy salon services in her friend’s bathroom and is given an ultimatum by her teenage daughter who is sick of her being irresponsible. Maura, on the other hand, has a full time job as a nurse, but is portrayed as too self-sacrificing. She dedicates her life to helping others, but neglects her personal life and has not dated since her divorce two years previously. When their parents decide to sell their childhood home, the sisters travel to Orlando and, overcome with nostalgia, invite all their high school friends to one final party in the house.

Like most of the jokes, the plot of Sisters works theoretically, but its execution paled in comparison to its potential. Perhaps the movie could have been better as a drama, a realistic exploration of what overcoming arrested development entails rather than being delivered as an attempt at comedy. At times, it seemed like this movie didn’t know what it wanted to be. The final scene when Maura realizes she needs to learn how to let others take care of her is completely corny (and not in an endearing way). Viewers are confused as, after depending heavily on caricatures, the movie attempts to present fuller arcs of its characters in the last five or so minutes.

While their characters are largely undeveloped, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler remain a dream team. Their undeniable chemistry makes us invested in their siblingship and most of the time Sisters is still a testament to their ability to make us laugh. One particular moment of levity is when Maura, the overzealous saint, sprays who she perceives to be a homeless man with

sunscreen so he won’t get burned, only to find out that the man is a construction worker. Another is when Katie is throwing shade at her high school nemesis Brinda in the middle of Big Lots. However, these moments are not enough to keep Sisters afloat.

In the end, Sisters relies too heavily on jokes that are crass simply for the sake of being crass. Ribaldry may invite hilarity, but it does not ensure it. Maura’s love interest James (Barinholtz) does some gardening, which prompts dirty jokes about “working on other people’s bushes” and wacking his “weed,” innuendos too easy to garner a smile. When later in the movie James slips on hair gel and gets a ballerina music box stuck in his butt, we cringe even further. The scene was completely unrealistic, which would have been fine had the actors embraced how unrealistic it was. Yet, because the moment was executed so seriously, it lost its humor (and the idea of someone getting a music box stuck in their ass is admittedly hilarious). An additional moment of failed comedy is during the climactic scene when Katie and Maura’s mother tells them that she is selling the house because she wants to be free from them and that she probably has more sex than the two of them combined. Do older people have sex? Yes. Is writer Paula Pell looking to gain some cheap laughs?

Yes. Sisters is not fully without merit, but it is a movie unlikely to leave any sort of lasting impression on its viewers. If you’re looking for some mind-numbing escapism and an excuse to eat some buttery movie popcorn, this may be your best bet. Otherwise stick to watching Poehler and Fey on SNL. Gwen Aviles is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gfa28@cornell.edu.

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f all who give and receive vinyl, such as they are the wisest.

Everywhere they are wisest. They are the deejays.

I spent this New Year’s celebrating Christmas. My girlfriend, Kaitlyn, arrived midday and we immediately took to opening our presents. We exchanged our gifts, two moderately-sized boxes each accompanied by a few smaller, flat, wrapped-and-bowed boxes, all adorned in reds and greens and golds. Panic swept over me.

“Bud, did we just get each other the same gift?” And we had. Two turntables, one faux wood and one robin egg blue, procured from a pleasant man from Craigslist outside Tiffany and Co. who turned out to not be a serial killer after all.

We were a walking holiday cliche, almost ripped from the pages of O. Henry. Yeah, yeah, it’s not a perfect comparison — irony and coincidence, yadda yadda yadda — but it was undeniably mawkish, true-spirit-of-Christmas-y.

Since then, I have developed a vinyl collection 20-strong, thanks mostly in part to a few raids on my dad’s musty attic collection (“People still listen to these?”) and some choice purchases at the local record store. Now that we’re back in Ithaca, we should all visit Angry Mom Records together. That’d be fun.

A few days ago, Nielsen released its annual Year-End Music Report, which contains no more and no less than three photos of cheery people wearing headphones, an extended Adele advertisement, and some lovely graphs and statistics about our music consumption habits for the past year. Some trends are to be expected; digital and C.D. album sales

continue to fall as streaming skyrockets, nearly doubling 2014’s numbers. Others are more noteworthy: 2015 was the first year (ever?) in which catalog album sales were higher than current album sales, and vinyl album sales have actually increased nearly 33 percent in the last year alone.

Now, that doesn’t mean that David Bowie, Praise Be His Name, May He Rest In Peace, was more popular than Taylor Swift. You have to remember that this number only applies to actual sales of albums; that is, among people who still buy albums, older music is more popular for once. And by older, Nielsen doesn’t even mean that old; “Catalog” albums include anything that is over 18 months old, ancient to music industry execs, but still kind of recent to the average consumer. I mean, think of all the great music to come out over a year and a half ago. good kid, m.A.A.d. city! Red! Revolver!

The numbers speak more to the prolific rise of digital streaming (woah, like, Spotify is popular, huh?) than the fall of pop music, but it’s still an interesting moment to think about, the moment in which album Pulp sales sort of just … stopped FictSean mattering and the music industry began pursuing the almighty stream count. Game, set, match, T-Swift.

I find the recent vinyl revival, which is a fun phrase to say, to be a little more intriguing. Vinyl was proclaimed dead by most forecasters sometime between the mid-’90s and early 2000s, but, like Elvis, vinyl isn’t dead. It just went home.

So why are people all of a sudden (read: for the last five years, at least) flocking to record stores?

Now, I’m only the latest in a long line

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of vinyl trumpeters, a total wannabe poser with a cheap turntable. I don’t claim to be an audiophile or a hipster or a cool person at all. But listening to vinyl is fucking neat. That’s why.

For one, it sounds awesome.

Proponents say that vinyl captures the “full” sound of a song, that there’s a certain “warmth” to the music that a digital recording can’t replicate. Now, I have never administered a Voight-Kampff Test to an mp3 file, and my speakers are not of the highest quality, but I think I can hear the difference. And even if that’s just a placebo effect — which it very well could be — I like the folksy authenticity of a record’s crackle. Sue me.

Perhaps more important to its appeal, the vinyl aesthetic is simply glorious. For decades, one of the selling points of an album was its cover art and the additional materials enclosed with the album.

Today, art for digital music is often relegated to a thumbnail in the bottom lefthand corner of Spotify. When you hold a

physical L.P. in your hands, admire the art, and open it up, you feel a certain intimacy with the music, almost as good as smelling an old book before you read it. Heck, even watching an album spin on as it plays is mesmerizing, like watching a washing machine that just so happens to play music. What more could you ask for? And don’t even get me started on colored vinyl …

The last month has been such a wonderful experience that I felt like I should share it with you, in the hopes that you might join me. Not to venture too far into the realm of the hyperbolic or sentimental, but as I listen to Pet Sounds for what feels like the first time, I feel a bit like my journey into the world of music has suddenly diverged, and for the better. It’s a marvelous thing.

Sean Doolittle is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at sdoolittle@cornellsun.com. Pulp FictSean runs alternate Mondays this semester.

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Denver Halts New England’s Bid for Return to Superbowl DENVER (AP) — No, you’re not seeing things.

That really was Peyton Manning lumbering his way down the field for a 12-yard gain and a first down Sunday.

And thanks to his defense, that will be Manning — the 39-yearold quarterback who was supposed to be on his way to a retirement party — and not Tom Brady playing in the Super Bowl two weeks from now.

Ol’ No. 18 engineered a 2018 victory over the Patriots — not settled until Broncos cornerback Bradley Roby picked off Brady’s pass on a 2-point attempt that would have tied it with 12 seconds left.

The Patriots had to go for 2 after Brady hit Rob Gronkowski in the back of the end zone because Stephen Gostkowski missed his first extra point in 524 tries in the first quarter.

Aqib Talib stepped in front of Brady’s pass and deflected it skyward.

Roby, who forced the gamechanging fumble in last week’s victory over Pittsburgh, made the pick. The Broncos (14-4) recovered the onside kick and the celebration began. Manning is now 6-11 in his vaunted series against Brady, but 3-1 when it has counted the most — with the AFC title on the line.

“Well, it’s been a special rivalry over the course of my career against the Patriots, the entire organization,” Manning said. “To play four times in the AFC championship with so much on the line, those games have been very special.”

Manning surpassed his boss, John Elway, as the oldest quarterback to take his team to the Super Bowl. The Broncos will play Arizona or Carolina, who met later in the NFC title game.

Whether it’s been Manning lining up under center, or Brock Osweiler, who took snaps while Manning was injured for six weeks toward the end of the season, the Broncos have depended

on a defense that gave up the fewest yards this season and came up with game-saving plays time and again.

Von Miller finished with 2 1/2 sacks and an interception.

The Broncos harassed Brady all day. He finished 27 for 56 for 310 yards. After being shut out twice inside the Denver 20 late in the fourth quarter, Brady lobbed a 40-yard pass to a double-covered Gronkowski to keep a desperation drive going on fourth-and-10.

Then, on fourth-and-goal from the 4 with 12 seconds left, Brady found Gronkowski — again double-covered — in the back corner of the end zone.

The tight end stepped in front of Chris Harris Jr. for the catch, and the game came down to one play.

The Broncos defense made it once again, and the franchise is now headed to its eighth Super Bowl. This marks No. 4 for Manning, who could become the first quarterback to lead two different franchises to titles.

“The one thing we’ve done all year long is we just grind as a football team,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “Our fans are great to play for. Defensively, we played our tails off all year long and we found a way to win another tough one.”

Was it vintage Manning? Not quite.

Vintage Manning has never been known for taking off when the field is clear, the way he did with 9:49 left in the third quarter and nothing but air between him and the first-down marker on the Patriots sideline.

The 17-for-32 performance certainly won’t go in his top half, nor will Owen Daniels go down as one of his top 50 alltime favorite receivers. But 17 completions was enough, and it was Daniels, the tight end who has played his whole career somewhere with Kubiak, who caught both of Manning’s touchdown passes.

No. 2 North Carolina Escapes Virginia Tech for 12th Straight Win BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Brice Johnson and North Carolina are hardly worried about moving back into the top spot in The Associated Press poll.

They’re focused on playing better.

Johnson scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Sunday, leading the No. 2 Tar Heels over Virginia Tech 75-70 for its 12th straight victory.

With No. 1 Oklahoma losing to 19th-ranked Iowa State this week, North Carolina (18-2, 7-0 ACC) could find itself back atop the poll Monday, a spot it held at the beginning of the season but quickly lost.

“It doesn’t matter,” Johnson said. “We’ve still got to come out and be ready to play every day.

That’s nice to have it (the ranking), but at the same time, we’ve still got to play. We’ve got a bullseye on our back now with that No. 1 ranking.”

Roy Williams earned his 350th victory with the Tar Heels and a unique place in basketball history, becoming the first NCAA coach to win at least 350

games at two Division I schools.

He won 418 games at Kansas before joining North Carolina in 2003.

North Carolina, which is off to its best start in the conference since the beginning of the 200001 season, led by as many as 20 in the first half. The Tar Heels were up 57-49 with 11:01 remaining but the Hokies went on a 12-2 run and took a 61-59 lead on a basket by Kerry Blackshear Jr. with 8:05 remaining. It was their only lead of the game.

Seth Allen made two free throws with 19.2 seconds left for the Hokies (12-8, 4-3) to pull to 72-70, but Marcus Paige hit two free throws with 17.8 seconds remaining to push the lead back to four.

After Virginia Tech’s Justin Bibbs missed a 3-pointer with 8 seconds to go, the Tar Heels’ Johnson made one of two free throws with 6.5 seconds remaining for the final margin.

Zach LeDay led the Hokies with 17 points. Jalen Hudson added 14.

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Three Freshmen Start in Loss to Columbia M. BASKETBALL Continued from page 16

shot attempts. In today’s game, Lo sliced through Cornell’s defense, requiring the Red to collapse its defense, each time he drove to the hoop.

In the second half, the defense began

to let up, allowing Columbia to shoot 60 percent from the field, including six of nine on threes.

“We didn’t have necessarily the defensive intensity we normally would have, or that we wanted to have, guarding them in the second half,” Courtney said.

Columbia began to build its lead as

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Slicing and dicing | Without Ivy League leading scorer Robert Hatter, freshman guard Matt Morgan scored 26 points against Columbia Saturday.

the first half ended, taking a three point lead after 20 minutes of largely back-andforth play. After halftime, the Lions came out firing, outscoring the Red 8-0 in the first two and a half minutes of the second period. Junior guard JoJo Fallas made a three to stop the run, but Columbia answered right back with a three of its own.

Freshman guard Troy Whiteside’s layup with 13:38 left in the game, cut the Columbia lead to five, the closest Cornell would get for the rest of the game.

Following the layup, the Lions went on a 7-0 run and held a 55-43 lead with under 12 minutes left.

With Whiteside filling in for the injured Hatter and Davis replacing junior guard Darryl Smith in the starting lineup, Cornell started a total of three freshmen.

Just like last week, the freshmen’s impact was apparent. Along with Stone Gettings and Matt Morgan, all four freshmen who played scored at least five points.

Over winter break, Cornell played seven games, winning two of them. The Red opened break with a road loss to perennial powerhouse Syracuse. Cornell battled with the Orange, trailing by just four points at the break and pulling ahead early in the second half, before Syracuse went on a run and dispatched the Red, 67-46.

Following Syracuse, Cornell welcomed Monmouth and its wild bench antics.

The Red hung with the Hawks, one of the top teams in the mid-majors, for most of the game before Monmouth pulled away. Hatter scored 27 points in the loss.

The Red got its first victory of break when the team traveled to Jersey City to play Saint Peter’s. Sophomore guard Wil Bathurst was key in the victory, scoring 18 points and pulling down five rebounds.

In the first game in the New Year, the Red lost to Albany at home, despite a combined 27 points and eight assists from Hatter and Morgan. The Greyhounds held a 14-point lead with just over six minutes left. Cornell fought back, cutting the lead to three, before eventually losing, 74-70.

The team picked up one more victory in a road trip against Howard, weathering a late run from the Bison to move back to .500 with a 84-81 victory. Hatter shined again, scoring 27 points. Smith also chipped in 10 points, the seventh time this season he’s been in double figures for scoring.

Up next, the Red will search for its first in-conference wins when the team goes on a road trip to Dartmouth and Harvard, the five-time defending conference champions.

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornell.sun.

In Life,Sometimes Lessons Can Be Learned From Sports LEE

are times we want to throw everything at the TV and walk away, but then you remember XLII, I experienced involuntary the good times (unless you’re a flashbacks of the image of Cleveland sports fans) and you David Tyree catching a football come crawling back. We spend against his helmet as the hopes so much time with these teams of the Patriots’ undefeated seaon our televisions, on the son slipped away.

Internet, in our newspapers.

In the grand scheme of Sometimes you can’t help but things, sports is really just a crefeel as if a team is like a part of ation by people as a your family. And I think money-making entity, there’s a very big portion I think there’s a very big portion of a system that is used of diehard sports fans to generate revenue diehard sports fans who would prefer a who would prefer a ,like much of championship over getchampionship for their favorite team America. But unlike a ting laid. lot of things in the I remember the thing over getting laid.

US, people develop that got me past the (irrational?) attachPatriots’ Super Bowl was ments to their teams for a wide ter, Summer. falling head first in the Celtics’ range of reasons. My emotional The relationship of many playoff run that year, and well-being during the winter sports fans mirrors an actual watching Kevin Garnett, Paul months is very directly tied to relationship frequently; there Pierce and Ray Allen raise Continued from page 16

the performance of the Patriots.

The contrast between my state of happiness directly parallels the scene in (500) Days of Summer that contrasts Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character, Tom, the morning after he gets laid and the morning after he spends a night sulking around following his rough breakup with Zooey Deschanel’s charac-

Please Recycle This Paper in one of the recycling bins located on the Cornell Campus.

Banner 17 in the TD Garden happens, I try to take the situa(yes, I know I’m a spoiled tion as an opportunity to build Boston sports fan) and the idea character or take a lesson to store in the that Tom Brady, memory objectively one to of the most The structure of sports bank apply at a handsome peoinherently inspires later point in ple on planet Earth, had sev- situations of redemption. time. The structure of eral years left in There’s always another sports inherhis prime to e n t l y bring the play, another game. inspires situPatriots another ations of Super Bowl. It’s really easy to block out the big redemption. There’s always picture after a big loss, especial- another play, another game, ly in a big playoff game, but another season. When shit hapthere’s something new just pens in life that I don’t know around the corner, to either how to deal with, I always hope infuriate you to the point that that it’s similar. the sadness doesn’t matter anymore, or bring you happiness.

Joon Lee is a junior in the College of I generally see myself as an Agricultural and Life Sciences. He can be optimist; when something bad reached at joonlee@cornellsun.com.

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and fell on top of ourselves,” said freshman forward Mitch Vanderlaan.

Schafer said he sees the failed comeThat is until Harvard took back the back as something the team can learn wheel and peppered in four more goals from. With 10 more games left, all of while holding Cornell scoreless. them in-conference, the Red will look to The Crimson answered back a couple maintain consistency in its play, someof minutes later, when thing the team has Harvard’s Wiley struggled to do this Sherman made a oneseason.

“When we started to timer from the blue it was 3-2, come back ... I think we we “When line, a shot that got excited but we may have got a little Schafer said “typically got away from doing doesn’t go in for us.” the things that made anxious.”

Harvard would add us climb back into 3on one more goal later Mitch Vanderlaan 2,” Schafer said. “We in the period and an got to learn our lesson open net goal at the with that, and we will. very end of the game.

We’ll address some things and become a “When we started to come back better hockey team after this weekend.” there, when we got the second goal, I With a full week of practice coming think we may have got a little anxious up, Cornell will attempt to iron out Continued from page 16

many recently-formed weaknesses.

“We got away from our game a few times there,” Vanderlaan said. “We stopped being physical at times. It’s definitely back to the drawing board for us, we’ll move forward from here.”

The loss extends Cornell’s winless streak to four games. After starting the season 11-2-1, the team is 0-3-1 since mid-January, including Friday’s 3-0 home loss to Dartmouth.

“It was a frustrating week of hockey,” Schafer said. “We valiantly tried to battle back in the game, but they’re a good hockey team and we dug ourselves too big a hole to overcome.”

The Red travels to Clarkson and St. Lawrence next weekend to try to get back on track in the ECAC. Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornell.sun.

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Coming up short | For the first time since 2012, No. 8 Harvard topped No. 10 Cornell at Lynah Rink, blasting past the Red, 6-2.

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Roller coaster | The Red had an upand-down winter break, highlighted by a victory over reigning national champions, Providence.

Cornell also struggled at times, losing to Ohio State, 8-0.

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Crimson Takes Down Red in Classic Rivalry

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

First came the fish. Then came the goals.

In the latest installment of the storied rivalry, it was Harvard who came out on top, cruising past Cornell to its first victory at Lynah since 2012. The Crimson stormed into Lynah, scoring a power play goal only minutes after the ceremonious fish had been cleared off the ice.

Throughout the next 58 minutes of play, No. 8 Harvard (11-4-3, 7-3-3 ECAC) held control of the game, pumping in five more goals on route to a dominant 6-2 victory over No. 10 Cornell (11-5-3, 6-4-2).

The Crimson added two more unanswered goals in the first period, each time silencing the sellout crowd which had been so raucous at the start of the game.

Harvard’s third goal of the period was another power play goal. The Crimson would add one more man-up goal later in the game.

“Obviously, our penalty killing let us down tonight in the course of the game,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “[Harvard] has a great power play, they’re

number 2 in the country in the power play. We knew we couldn’t take any penalties and we took them. We have to be more disciplined with that, which we have been all year long.”

Facing a 3-0 deficit, Cornell began to methodically work its way back into the game, getting on the board just before the end of the first period. Sophomore defenseman Ryan Bliss one-timed a pass from senior forward John Knisely into the back of the net. The shot reinvigorated a crowd that had been quieted following Harvard’s fast start.

“It was huge,” Bliss said about scoring his first goal of the season. “It was nice to get it out of the way but at the same time it was at a pretty big part at the end of the first period. It was a nice momentum swing to get us started in the second.

Knisely came around the net with his head up and made a nice pass.”

The Red continued strong play early in the second period, stymieing Harvard’s offensive attack for the first half of the second period. Cornell also did a good job of turning its defense into offensive opportunities. About three minutes after the first intermission, junior goalie Mitch Gillam ignited a fast

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Coming up short | A 3-0 run from Harvard to start the game proved too big of a hole for Trevor Yates and the Red to climb out of.

break opportunity by knocking the puck out to sophomore forward Alex Rauter.

Rauter found sophomore forward Trevor Yates on the break and Yates easily hammered it home to cut the deficit to just one goal.

With the home crowd at Lynah getting back into the game, it seemed as though a comeback for the ages was afoot.

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Without Hatter,Cornell Falls to Lions The Intersection Sharp second half shooting from Columbia critical to its victory Of Life and Sports I

By ADAM BRONFIN

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

With Ivy League leading scorer Robert Hatter watching from the bench, Cornell dropped its second-straight game to Columbia, this

time by a score of 7968. Without Hatter, once again, freshman guard Matt Morgan lead the team in scoring, finishing with 26 points. Junior forward David Onuorah was the only other player for Cornell

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Youth movement | Freshman Troy Whiteside attacks the basket in Saturday’s loss to Columbia.

Whiteside was one of four freshmen who saw play time against the Lions.

who had double digit big men, trying to sively. Then they points, scoring 10 pull Cornell back were able to run their points and pulling into striking distance. offense a little betdown eight rebounds. But the Lions kept ter.”

In the first half, The Red fell vic- making shots, sendtim to Columbia’s ing the Red to its sec- the Red battled with sharp-shooting, giv- ond in-conference Columbia, playing smothering defense ing up 54 percent loss of the season.

Morgan also right out of the gate. shooting from beyond the arc. The showed poise playing Nine minutes into Lions were 13 of 24 point guard, tying a the game, two free on 3-point field career high with four throws from freshgoals, compared assists and turning man guard Joel Davis with the Red’s fove the ball over only gave Cornell a 17-12 of 26, all but one of twice, four times lead. The Lions, howwhich came from fewer than in the ever, exploited the Red’s four-point loss sometimes over-zealMorgan.

“Give [Columbia] at Columbia last ous defense and used quick ball movement credit for making week.

In that game, the to lead to wide open shots,” said head coach Bill Courtney. Red played more shots. Three straight 3-point “They’re a top scor- consistent perimeter made allowed ing team in our defense limiting the jumpers Columbia to league with take a 21-12 some of the best “We did a much better lead.

3-point shooters The second in our league. job last week of flying at of the trio of We took that shooters, contesting away the first threes came shots.” time, we didn’t from Maodo take that away Lo, Col umbia’s Bill Courtney tonight.” star guard, who Morgan led ended with 18 all scorers but Lions to just 30 per- points on 7 of 11 required 23 shots to cent shooting on 3- shooting. Last week, do so, connecting on point field goals. the Red did a much “We did a much better job of containnine of them. After a first half in which he better job last week of ing him, forcing him was more of a facilita- flying at shooters, to miss eight of his tor, towards the end contesting shots,” 13 shot attempts. In of the game the fresh- Courtney said. “I Saturday’s game, Lo tonight, sliced man began to attack thought through the basket on nearly because of foul trouevery play, going ble, we had to back See M. B-BALL right at Columbia’s off a little bit defenpage 14

’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of loss lately and what it means to lose something or someone. Near the end of last semester, a kid from my graduating class in high school passed away in a car accident and the news hit me a lot harder than I thought it was going to. I didn’t know him that well and our interactions during school generally

Joon Lee Sports Joonalism ranged from a friendly head nod to a cursory conversation about whatever game was on the night before. Knowing that at any point I could forever be 20 years old in the minds of others and that this guy from my grade was now nothing more than a memory made me sink into a pit of sorrow.

And there’s the prospect of loss in life; as the days that separate me from my cap and gown slip away, so slips away my sense that I’m free to make careless, even reckless, mistakes as the sense of every single one of my actions having ramifications continues to loom large over my shoulder. And as I get older, the idea of losing family members grows by the day, namely my grandparents who live halfway across the world.

That gnawing feeling I felt in my gut is something I’ve really only felt in sports. I remember in 2007 when, for days, I couldn’t turn on the television, read the newspaper or turn on the radio. The pain of loss was way too strong. In the aftermath of Super Bowl See LEE page 14