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The wrestling team will hold Senior Night this weekend, honoring its 11 seniors on the squad. | Page 14

C.U.Releases 2035 Carbon Neutrality Report

By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Staff Writer

President David Skorton released a Climate Action Plan Acceleration Working Group report on Thursday, which recommended steps Cornell should take to become carbon neutral by 2035.

Skorton acknowledged in a statement on Thursday that he pledged nearly eight years ago to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. However, motivated by a 2013 Faculty Senate resolution calling for increased urgency, Skorton said he “recognize[s] the need to accelerate [the

University’s] efforts by embracing the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2035.”

Skorton said he will take action to address those practices recommended in the report that are not already in place.

“Some of the report’s recommendations already are being implemented; others will require further and broader conversations,” Skorton said. “As a first step, over the coming weeks I will engage our deans and administrative leaders in discussions on how best to move forward.”

The report contained 16 specific recommendations,

and prioritized six “key milestones” in particular, saying that “completion or significant progress” on those six initiatives in the next year is vital “for Cornell to be confident in the 2035 target date.”

Among the six key milestones identified are a “comprehensive education and engagement campaign to increase student learning,” purchase agreements for “wind, hydro, and solar projects” and the appointment of a Director of Strategic Partnerships for Campus Climate Action, according to the report.

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TIMELINE S DECEMBER 2007: President Skorton signs the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment to reach carbon neutrality.

SEPTEMBER 2009: Cornell launches the first iteration of its Climate Action Plan, an extensive plan to shift to a low-carbon future.

Cornell Raises $546.1M In Gifts During F.Y. 2014

By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer

Receiving more charitable donations than all but five other colleges in the country, Cornell raised a total of $546.1 million in gifts in the 2014 Fiscal Year, according to the annual rankings released Wednesday by the Council for Aid to Education.

In addition to seeing an increase from the 2013 fiscal year’s $474.9 million in gifts — moving up in the rankings from seventh place for 2013 to sixth place for 2014 — the University

set a new single-year record for cash gifts and also collected from the highest number of donors to date, according to Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development.

“More than 55,000 individuals have given to Cornell this year, including more than 7,300 who gave to Cornell for the very first time,” Phlegar said.

Of the $546.1 million raised last year, $36.6 million was raised by the Cornell Annual Fund, which provides immediate See DONATIONS page 4

FEBRUARY 2014: President Skorton officially accelerates campus carbon neutrality goal from 2050 to 2035.

LATE 2014: The University launches the Snyder Road Solar Farm, proposes building a solar farm in Seneca and agrees to buy all of Black Oak Wind Farm’s energy.

2035: Cornell University will reduce its net campus carbon emissions to zero by 2035.

Soup for the soul

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Students, staff and faculty meet in Sage Chapel for the weekly Soup and Hope gathering. Soup is served and community members share inspirational stories.

Former Student Convicted Of Sexual Abuse, Burglary

Meeting of the minds

Jury still deliberating on first-degree rape charge

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

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Matthew Stefanko ’16 comments on a presentation at the Student Assembly meeting in Willard Straight Hall’s Memorial Room Thursday.

Peter Mesko ’13 was convicted of firstdegree sexual abuse and second-degree burglary Thursday.

The jury is still deliberating on whether to convict the former student and wrestler on a first-degree rape charge.

Following the conviction, Mesko was taken to Tompkins County Jail, where he is being held on $50,000 cash and $250,000

bond, according to The Ithaca Journal.

Mesko allegedly broke into a Collegetown residence in the early hours of March 30, 2013 and raped a female student while she was sleeping.

The minimum sentences for first-degree sexual abuse and second-degree burglary are two and three-and-a-half years, respectively.

The maximum sentences are seven and 15 years, respectively. If convicted of rape, See MESKO page 5

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C.U. Students Create Insect-Based Tofu Local

Ithaca Woman Killed In Enfield Car Accident Ashley Hair, 23, died as a result of a collision between a garbage truck and a pickup truck Wednesday in Enfield, according to The Ithaca Times.

At about 8:30 a.m., New York State Police from Ithaca responded to an accident on Mecklenburg Road. Hair was airlifted to Packard Hospital for massive head injuries and pronounced dead. Two others were also transported to hospitals.

Around the Ivies Harvard Raises $1.16 Billion in F.Y. 2014 Harvard University received $1.16 billion in gifts in Fiscal Year 2014, according to The Harvard Crimson. This is the first time in 10 years that Harvard’s funds raised have surpassed those of Stanford.

Dartmouth Bans Hard Liquor, Institutes Rape Prevention Program In an effort to combat sexual assault, Dartmouth College banned all hard liquor on campus Thursday and said all students will have to participate in a four-year mandatory sexual violence prevention program, according to The Associated Press. The liquor ban will begin at the end of March.

Columbia Students Create App to Report Sexual Assault The Columbia College Student Council approved funding to create Aware, a student-created app that allows students to report sexual assault, according to The Columbia Spectator.

National Senate Passes Keystone XL Bill The United States Senate voted 62-to-36 on Thursday morning to pass legislation authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, according to The Washington Post. President Obama has previously vowed to veto the bill, which proposes an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast.

Team behind ‘C-fu’ will compete for $10,000 seed funding in Portugal

By MELVIN LI Sun Staff Writer

A team of Cornell students developed “Cfu” — a tofu substitute made from one hundred percent mealworm meat — and were recently selected as one of 10 finalists to compete for $10,000 in seed funding at the global Thought for Food Challenge.

According to Lee Cadesky grad, who leads the team behind C-fu, the product was chosen out of 336 other projects for the challenge and that his team will travel to Lisbon in two weeks to compete.

“C-fu is not a just a single product. It’s a versatile food ingredient that can be reprocessed into hundreds of different and new foods,” Cadesky said. “We want to change the paradigm surrounding insect foods from a dystopian imperative to gastronomic adventure.”

Cadesky said he first developed the idea for C-fu after studying a type of imitation crab meat known as “surimi.” According to Cadesky, the precursor to surimi was first

“We want to change the paradigm surrounding insect foods from a dystopian imperative to gastronomic adventure.”

Lee Cadesky grad developed as a way to process unwanted fish species into a desirable product.

“My thesis research has to do with cheesemaking and how milk proteins coagulate to

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Worm food | Students try C-Fu — a tofu-like substance made out of mealworms — in Mann Lobby Thursday.

form the gel network that makes cheese,” Cadesky said. “Similar principles apply to tofu and surimi, so I wanted to explore whether or not we could do the same things with insects.”

Over the course of six months, Cadesky’s team developed a method of extracting and restructuring the proteins of mealworms, crickets, superworms and waxworms.

Cadesky said the finished product was named “C-fu” by combining the Chinese word for “curd” with the letter C for “crickets,” which were the first insects the team experimented on.

“When we made it with crickets, it tasted

awful,” Cadesky said. “We went to superworms for a while and they tasted even worse, and then we went to mealworms and they tasted okay.”

Eventually, the team moved to mealworms, an alternative that Cadesky said provided numerous health benefits.

According to Cadesky, the C-fu made from mealworms consisted of about 13 percent protein and 23 percent fat, with smaller amounts of iron. Cadesky also said that 75 percent of the fats are unsaturated, so C-fu is rich in omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturat-

Alumni Develop Beer Pong-Playing Robot

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Staff Writer

The VERSABALL robot — the creation of two Cornell graduates — played beer pong on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Jan. 16.

According to John Amend Ph.D. ’13 — chief technology officer of Empire Robotics, the Cornell technology startup that designed the robot — the inspiration for the VERSABALL robot came to his team when they were working on a Defence Advanced Research Project Agency Programmable Matters project, which tasked programmers with creating robots that can change shapes to squeeze through passages.

The CEO of Empire Robotics, who helped create the robot, is also a Cornell alumnus — Bill Culley ’06 M.E. ’09 M.B.A. ’12.

“We came up with the jamming gripper technology while I was working with a team under Prof. Hod Lipson, [mechanical and aerospace engineering], at Cornell, along with Prof. Heinrich Jaeger at the University of Chicago,” Amend said.

According to Amend, the aim of Empire Robotics is to “commercialize this jamming-gripper technology.” While most robots need to be reprogrammed in order to pick up a variety of shapes, according to Amend, this jamming-gripper technology involves a squishy balloon-shaped bag of particles with the flexibility to conform to

the shape of the objects within a factory, and then place the object in the desired place.

The robot VERSABALL is a leader in “fundamental change” in the automated manufacturing industry, according to Amend.

“VERSABALL is in the shape of a squishy ball full of loose particles,” Amend said. “Since it’s soft, it easily conforms around its target object — be it gear wheels, light bulbs or plastic components— and then, using suction to remove all air between the particles, VERSABALL hardens around the target enabling it to be picked up.

With a release of the suction, VERSABALL softens, releases its target and the object is placed.”

Conventionally, creating specialized and diverse grippers for

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Over 1,000 Arizonans Monitored for Measles Arizona health officials are tracking more than 1,000 people, including at least 195 children, who may have been exposed to a recent measles outbreak at Disneyland, according to The New York Times. Arizona had seven confirmed cases of measles on Thursday.

— Compiled by Zoe Ferguson

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industrial production required a great deal of both engineering time and resources, according to Amend.

However, with VERSABALL, Empire Robotics has created an “out-of-the-box, multitask solution” that can be modified with ease to perform a variety of tasks.

“In a matter of minutes, with a fraction of the engineering time and effort, VERSABALL can be programmed or reprogrammed to pick and place parts that vary,” Amend said. “VERSABALL’s great advantage comes with its flexibility in handling the varying parts as contracts change, its ease of integration and its agility as one consistent tool that can be used.”

The clients of Empire Robotics are major industrial production and packaging companies in the markets of industrial automation, according to Amend.

“Our customers use VERSABALL for many kinds of manufacturing, packaging, kitting and assembly of mostly small to midsize plastic and metal parts.”

Amend said the beer pong demos “worked out really well” as promotion for the VERSABALL. “These demos at the consumer electronics show and on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon were meant to draw attention to our products and generate interest in what we are doing,” Amend said. “We’ve seen a great response in the industry so far, but now we’re focused on our industrial customers once again.”

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Attendants mingle at the Stan Taft: Test / Roma exhibition reception Thursday. The exhibit is open at the Johnson Museum through today.

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Official:C.U. Endowment Reflects‘Any Person, Any Study’ DONATIONS

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impact and unrestricted support to the University, according to Joseph Lyons ’98, director of the Annual Fund.

The Cornell Annual Fund includes funds for undergraduate student aid, each of the undergraduate colleges and professional schools and the University as a whole — as well as a fund for some of the university-wide units, such as athletics and Student and Academic Services, according to Lyons.

Lyons said the profitable donation year has impacted the campus on a broad scale.

“Philanthropic support is what helps Cornell be truly exceptional,” he said. “Increased financial aid allows more [students] to have access to Cornell, new and expanded program offerings, support for student teams ... and recruitment and retention of faculty.”

According to Prof. Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations, the amount of money donated to the University highlights a well-documented resource gap between the nation’s wealthiest and less prosperous colleges and universities.

“All the money we raise at Cornell is put to great use,” Ehrenberg said. “But the less fortunate — [in terms of] endowment and annual giving — institutions find it difficult to compete for faculty and for students because they can’t afford to match the offers the richer institutions can make.”

Ehrenberg said this type of inequality is growing and that many public institutions have seen their state appropriations per full-time equivalent student decline over a 30-plus year period.

“While a few [public universities] have large endowments As colleges across the nation increase their efforts to con— Texas and Michigan are two that jump to mind — many nect with alumni through the growth of social networks such lesser publics have very little in the way of endowment or as LinkedIn and Facebook, Cornell has made an effort to conannual giving resources,” he said. nect with its potential donors and graduates through social Phlegar said financial inequality may exist among institu- media, according to Phlegar. tions, but looking at numerical figures alone does not take “More than 60,000 alumni have connected with us on our into account the entirety of the situation. social channels for Cornell alumni,” he said. “The interactions “It’s true that endowment levels vary widely among col- that happen in those communities help us understand what leges and universities,” Phlegar said. our alumni care about, and help them feel “However, those figures don’t tell the connected to the life of the university and “We are tremendously whole story when it comes to undersee the value in investing their time, talent grateful that so many or treasure in helping Cornell succeed.” standing the resources that universities Lyons said he believes it is hard to draw have available to them to carry out donors have expressed a direct connection between the their missions.” their confidence in University’s efforts to reach out to alumni Phlegar added that the University’s on social media and its fundraising sucendowment appropriation fits its Cornell’s future.” cess, but that growing social networks are founding message.

Charles Phlegar “critically important to keeping “Cornell was founded as an instiCornellians engaged and connected with tution where any person can find all that is happening at Cornell.” instruction in any study,” he added.

Although it is too early to make a prediction about the “Our endowment use and financial aid policies support that 2015 fiscal year, Phlegar said he is hopeful about Cornell’s founding notion.”

In addition to last year’s stronger stock market and rela- fundraising efforts for this year.

“We know that there is a lot of optimism about Cornell tively stable economy, Phlegar said a number of other factors converged to encourage people to donate to the right now among alumni, parents and friends, so we are certainly hoping for a strong year,” he said. “We are tremendousUniversity.

“Anticipation for the University’s sesquicentennial ly grateful that so many donors have expressed their confianniversary celebration year has been generating a high degree dence in Cornell’s future and in the difference Cornell can of enthusiasm and participation,” he said. “Excitement over make in the world.”

Cornell Tech in New York City is having a positive effect on Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun.com. fundraising across the University as a whole.”

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ed fatty acids.

Despite these benefits, C-fu requires enormous numbers of mealworms to be produced in large quantities. Cadesky estimated that 10,000 mealworms would only produce a pound to a pound and a half of C-fu at most.

According to Rachel Saputo grad — another member of the team — the mealworms were ordered live by the thousands from Rainbow Mealworms, a pet supply company based in Southern California.

At a public tasting of C-fu at Mann Library Thursday, hundreds of tiny brown cubes prepared the night before were placed onto plates for curious students and faculty members to try. Samplers were encouraged to fill out a brief form afterward to rate the taste of C-fu and answer a few food-related questions.

Cadesky said students at a previous tasting session last November repeatedly told him that insect meat didn’t taste like they thought it would. The mealworms reportedly tasted the best, so the team decided to prepare only mealworms for this session.

Despite its current incarnation, Cadesky said his vision for C-fu extends beyond mealworms.

“The even more exciting potential for C-fu is to discover what the world of insects tastes like,” Cadesky said. “We’ve only experimented with four insect species, but there are 1,900 edible ones. What do they all taste like?”

Melvin Li can be reached at mli@cornellsun.com.

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Mesko Convicted Skorton: C.U.Commitment to Of Sexual Abuse; Carbon Neutrality‘Intensifying’ Jury Out on Rape SUSTAINABILITY

of major universities that already has significantly reduced its CO2 emissions over the past 10-15 years.”

According to Sarah Balik ’15, Student Assembly Prof. Stephen Ellner Ph.D ’82, ecology and president and former S.A. environmental commit- evolutionary biology, was part of the faculty group tee chair, adaptation of the report’s recommenda- that wrote and lobbied for the 2013 Faculty Senate tions could help transform Cornell into a sustain- resolution. Ellner said he is “glad” that the ability leader.

University is taking environmental concerns seri“If we can actually accomplish this goal, Cornell ously. would be at the pinnacle of sustainability comHowever, he also pointed out that comprehenpared to most American colleges,” Balik said. sive sustainability practices should enable Cornell Balik said she hopes that curto become carbon neutral before “Hopefully, these rent conversations on sustainabil2035. ity will prompt increased envi“As far as I’m concerned, [the changes will inspire ronmental awareness from the deadline] is conservative,” Ellner students to really think said. student body.

“Hopefully, these changes will about how they consume Emma Johnston ’16, arts and inspire students to really think sciences representative for the resources.” about how they consume S.A., emphasized the need to resources and teach them how to involve students in the quest for Sarah Balik ’15 make and keep their lives greener carbon neutrality. once they leave the Hill,” she “Further engaging students in said. the climate action plan will empower us to affect Skorton also said that adaptation of the report’s change on the ground, help us expand what we recommendations could have implications beyond learn beyond the textbook, teach us how to encourCornell’s campus. age behavior change among our peers and — most “By intensifying our commitment to carbon importantly — will be absolutely necessary if we neutrality, we have the potential to develop new wish to make this goal a reality,” Johnston said. approaches, applications and technologies that will Cornell has increased its focus on sustainability be valuable on our own campus and globally,” in recent years. The Johnson School of Skorton said.

Management commenced a $2.3-million marine Prof. Brian Chabot, ecology and evolutionary sustainability initiative in 2013, the University’s biology, was a primary sponsor of the 2013 Faculty Snyder Road Solar Farm went live last September Senate resolution which prompted Thursday’s and just last month Cornell announced its decision report. He said he applauds Skorton’s leadership in to purchase all energy that will be produced by the “addressing the climate change issue.”

Black Oak Wind Farm, The Sun previously report“The AWG [report] outlines an ambitious but ed. achievable approach to having Cornell become climate neutral ahead of the original 2050 deadline,” Rebecca Blair can be reached at Chabot said. “Cornell is one of a very small group rblair@cornellsun.com.

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Mesko could serve up to an additional 25 years.

During the trial, which began Jan. 20, the defense argued that the victim’s actions following the alleged rape indicate that she was not sexually assaulted, The Ithaca Voice reported.

The victim had contacted Gannett Health Center and gone to Cayuga Medical Center for a medical evaluation hours after the alleged attack.

In his closing statement, defense attorney William J. Dreyer said that the victim — who appeared in court during the trial — did not immediately call police following the attack, a reaction that he said suggests that she was not raped.

Tompkins County Assistant District Attorney Wendy Franklin disputed Dreyer’s argument by noting that the victim sought help.

Franklin also said in her closing argument that male DNA was found on the victim and underwear, though there was not enough to test whether the DNA was Mesko’s.

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com.

Mexico City Hospital Gas Explosion Kills Two MEXICO CITY (AP) — Injured and bleeding, mothers carrying infants fled from a maternity hospital shattered by a powerful gas explosion Thursday, and rescuers swung sledgehammers to break through fallen concrete hunting for others who might be trapped.

At least two people were killed and 73 injured, Mexico City officials said. The known dead were a woman and a child.

Officials earlier said at least four people had been killed.

About 75 percent of the hospital collapsed, officials said, and the priority was to continue digging in search of any trapped survivors. Authorities said they had confirmed that none of the children registered

in the hospital were missing, but said it was possible that others who had come for appointments could be trapped.

The city’s health secretary, Armando Ahued, said the adult victim was a 25-year-old woman and the child was a newborn, between 2 and 3 weeks old. He said 21 babies were injured, and nine of those and seven adults were in serious condition after being rushed to other hospitals.

Thirty-five-year-old Felicitas Hernandez wept as she frantically questioned people outside the wrecked building, hoping for word of her month-old baby, who had been hospitalized since birth with respiratory problems.

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CAUGHT THE FLU? HERE’S WHA T TO DO : Flu season is here, and the best way to avoid getting sick is to go down to Gannett Health Services and get the flu shot, The Sun reported last Friday. However, if you’re like most of us who already have the flu, the shot won’t do zilch for you. In fact, the vaccine is only 23 percent effective this winter anyway, according to the Center for Disease Control. So just embrace all the extra downtime you’ll have once you get it. To figure it out, we asked our best Berry Patch reporters to investigate what fun things to do when you already have the flu — besides sleeping and hydrating, of course — but they all claimed to be sick. So here’s what we came up with:

Go to Terrace or Trillium: By far the most useful part about getting sick is the fact that no one wants to go near you. Use this to your advantage and dine at the busiest eateries on campus. Once you’re in line, hack up a lung and watch as the sorority girls flee to the Big Red Barn and you ascend victorious to the front of the line.

Polar Plunge in Beebe Lake: You’ve always wanted to jump into this semi-frozen lake and show off how brave you are, so just do it now that you’re already sick. There’s nothing to be afraid of (besides hypothermia).

Open-Mic Night: Show off your super sexy, raspy singing voice at one of the many open-mic nights around Ithaca, like Lot 10, KHouse Karaoke Lounge or Loco on a Tuesday.

Party: Since you’ll be bored from staying home and ditching classes all day (and re-watching Friends for the fifth time on Netflix), why not party it up at Pixel or Dunbars? You’re already sick, so no worries if someone drinks from your cup. Well, at least not for you.

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pproximately five years ago, Dr. department, we recognize and underG. Peter Lepage, dean emeritus of stand the frustration of the faculty, who the College of Arts and Sciences, were told by their academic peers and penned a guest column in the The Sun. leadership that their discipline was not He, in response to several articles pub- considered as important, or as necessary, lished in The Sun regarding his decision as others within the University. to cut roughly $1 million from the budWhile it may be true for some stuget of the then department of theatre, dents that “performance is definitely a film and dance, wrote that he and his marketing tool to get [them] to declare colleagues had “decided to invest strate- the major,” many find meaningful ways gically across our departments because to engage in the practice of our diverse we will emerge stronger than we would and often misunderstood craft. Saying if we uniformly reduced everything we otherwise mischaracterizes and trivialdo. The University must remain com- izes the creative work faculty and stupetitive.” dents contribute to the campus. The The academic leadership of the question should not be whether perforUniversity had decided that the per- mance exists on campus, but instead forming and media arts (PMA) — whether it is of an acceptable quality, specifically the applied arts of perfor- both professionally and academically. mance and production — were not as Undeniably, the quality of undergraduimportant as other academic depart- ate education in the theatre, film, and ments. Aside from dramatically reduc- dance disciplines has suffered in recent ing the number and scale of the perfor- years. There are fewer classes, fewer mances put on by the Schwartz Center, chances to practice the craft and, most the cuts also forced the department to importantly, fewer educators available to lay off about 18 staff members. The teach and engage students. In this case, residual effects of these cuts are only possibly unrecognized at the University now being fully felt, and have resulted level, the quantity of experience — on in miscommunication, misunderstand- the stage, behind the camera or even in ing and, in some cases, mistrust within a professor’s office — can directly affect the performing arts community and the quality of education. greater Cornell Students who community. choose to pursue In her recent an education in An arts education is different the opinion piece, performing “The Problem than one based in science and arts, during both with the PMA the tenures of the technology, but in no way Department,” Department of is it lesser.

S i o b h á n theatre, film and Brandman ’17, a dance and the student actor on Department of campus who recently performed in performing and media arts, do not Paula Vogel’s M.A. ’76 The Mineola attend Cornell because they are interTwins, expressed her frustrations and ested in gaining a pre-professional, highlighted problems that have been felt conservatory-style training. They desire across all students in the performing arts an education rooted in the liberal arts community. She is certainly not alone that will make them better performers, in the irritation she identified in her directors, designers, writers, dancers, guest column. We greatly appreciate and filmmakers and artists through an applaud her desire to call attention to understanding of each and every comthe University’s deplorable treatment of ponent of performing arts. They desire the performing arts discipline. learning how to think critically and We would like to call attention to analytically within the performing arts. some points she made and further dis- Even PMA graduates who choose not cuss the degraded quality of undergrad- to pursue the performing arts profesuate education in the performing arts. sionally benefit immensely from the Surprisingly, even with the cuts made by skills they gain as undergraduates; Lepage, the number of PMA majors is including the ability to collaborate not dwindling. Recent enrollment data with a variety of people, to find innovindicates at least a sustained number of ative solutions given a finite number of majors in comparison to combined resources, to time manage efficiently enrollment of the theatre arts, dance and to express themselves articulately and film majors. Further, we have seen and effectively. students from all corners of the Cornell does support some of the University experience greater access to arts. But that, simply put, is not the classes taught in the Schwartz enough. It must be supportive of all Center. We believe that the “problem” aspects of the arts. Supporting only with the PMA department is not com- some of the subjects that comprise “the placency, but a lack of support from the arts” would be like claiming to support greater University leadership and a lack “the natural sciences” and only supportof understanding about the numerous ing biology, but not chemistry, astronobenefits of an education in the perform- my or physics. Contrary to what our ing arts. academic leaders believe, we argue that It is important to point out that any no academic discipline is more imporsuggestion that the entire PMA faculty tant or worthwhile than another at a does not care about their students is University that preaches “any person, misinformed and undermines the faculstudy.” ty members who are incredibly passion- anyWe upon student leaders from ate about their work with undergradu- across call the campus, leaders of the ate students. A single interaction with College of Arts and Sciences and the one instructor should not be called administration to help fix the issues that upon to generalize an entire discipline’s cause the frustrations of many PMA stufaculty. Personally, we have had resoundingly positive experiences with dents. The performing arts at Cornell faculty and have engaged with them have been treated frivolously, a notion often on a one-on-one level to learn the that is counterproductive to higher edunuances of their respective disciplines in cation’s goal of providing young minds with well-rounded educations. An arts an intimate setting.

That being said, there are without education is different from one based in question some members of the faculty science and technology, but in no way is who have become disillusioned with it lesser.

Cornell’s treatment of theatre arts, and Chandler Waggoner is a senior, Laura Dera is a this estrangement from the University junior and Brian Murphy is a junior at has definitely been felt by many under- Cornell. Guest Room appears periodically this graduate students. As students in the semester.

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Net-Neutrality: Comment of the day Beware the Easy Path Barely Legal

“The most important thing we can do is to stick to our principles and reinforce the idea of tolerance. We don’t necessarily need to force immigrants to completely assimilate and lose their culture, but they can’t bring the ideas that speech can be censored or their way of life can be forced on others.”

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ast June, the debate over “network neutrality” literally broke the Internet. Well, at least part of it. The night before, late night talk show host and Daily Show alumnus John Oliver delivered a scathing indictment regarding the potential loss of “network neutrality” at the hands of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). And at the end of his segment, he ordered any viewers who made a habit of commenting on Internet websites to petition the FCC to put in place new rules restoring network neutrality. Or, as Oliver put it, “Monsters … For once in your lives, focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction.” Oliver’s call did not go unheeded.

The next day, concerned citizens launched over 45,000 comments on the FCC’s website, overloading it and causing it to crash.

To understand why Oliver’s monologue struck such a nerve, some background is necessary. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the Internet has been governed under a network neutrality system. Network neutrality, at its core, means that all content on the Internet is treated equally. Especially salient in the network neutrality debate is the issue of “anti-discrimination.”

Here, “anti-discrimination” means that Internet service providers — the Comcasts, Verizons, and AT&Ts of the world — are not allowed to arbitrarily decide what content providers (e.g., websites) receive better connections or speeds at the expense of other content providers. So, for example, Comcast cannot charge Netflix a higher amount for maximum data streaming speed than it charges Hulu.

The United States has been living under this anti-discrimination, network neutrality regime for the past 20 or so years, and the Internet has flourished during that time. That regime, however, may be nearing its end. The government agency charged with patrolling network neutrality, the FCC, recently lost a case in federal court regarding network neutrality. There, the judge found that the FCC, in enforcing network neutrality, was acting beyond the limits of its powers.

The lawsuit was brought by Verizon Wireless, an Internet service provider (ISP). ISPs, as one might imagine, are generally anti-network neutrality. The FCC was the named defendant because Congress created the FCC to administer the 1934 Telecommunications Act, the act that regulates the Internet.

So we currently sit in limbo, with the FCC poised to make a decision in February on the future of network neutrality. Network neutrality advocates, of which I count myself, have generally coalesced around one solution, with which I disagree: The FCC should redefine the Internet as a public utility, such as electricity or roads. Such a reclassification would place network neutrality back squarely within the auspices of the FCC’s power. Interestingly, the entire reason the FCC lost the recent court case was because the agency’s current position is that Internet is not a public utility. But that’s the amazing thing about government agencies: A line of Supreme Court cases has held that agencies can reinterpret a statute they are in charge of at any time, even if it flies directly in the face of their long-held, previously iron-clad interpretations.

As alluded to above, many network neutrality advocates are pushing for the FCC to take a fresh interpretation of the Telecommunications Act and find that Internet service is a public utility. Such adherents to the reclassification cause include President Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Tim Wu (the man credited with coining the term “network neutrality”).

But there is an unintended consequence of reclassification that some, including myself, find troubling. While the FCC does have authority over the Telecommunications Act, which grants wide authority in this area, it is not the only government agency that can regulate ISPs — at least not yet.

Another governmental agency, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), can also bring actions against ISPs if they violate certain consumer protection policies that the FTC has put into place. The FTC has long been in the business of protecting consumers. For example, the FTC recently brought an action against AT&T for slowing down customers’ mobile Internet if they used more than an AT&T-imposed data limit, despite being grandfathered into an “unlimited” data plan. However, if the FCC does reclassify the Internet as a public utility, the FTC will lose its jurisdiction over ISPs. This is because companies that control public utilities are recognized as common carriers, and the FTC is explicitly prohibited from regulating common carriers.

Thus, a move to reclassify broadband would take the FTC out of the fight against ISPs that may violate consumer protection norms. This is a problem for a couple of reasons. First, it’s simply better for more agencies to protect the public. But perhaps more saliently, the FCC hasn’t exactly been the poster child for taking strong stances against the communications industry. Quite the opposite — one watchdog agency has stated that the FCC “might as well be a subsidiary of Comcast, once you map out the [organizational] chart.”

A few examples should suffice: The current head of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, was the head of two major telecommunications lobbying groups.

He still keeps in contact with, and sends advance copies of speeches to, the new head of one of the lobbying groups, The National Cable Television Association (NCTA). The current head of the NCTA is Michael Powell, who is, of course, a former chairman of the FCC. Indeed, the term “revolving door” may be a bit of an understatement between the FCC and the communications industry. As Jay-Z once queried, “And this is with whom you want to place your faith?”

I agree that the Internet must remain a place where ideas have free reign to be discussed and tested without giant ISPs giving advantages to some content providers and hindering others. But I think it is equally important that we do not simply pick the politically expedient solution when such a solution carries with it the seeds of its own destruction.

Kevin Quilty is a student at Cornell Law School. Responses can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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Sacrificing Diplomacy For Theatrics

n Jan. 21, make you get a sense of realRepublican House ly how, forgive me, wicked Speaker John this whole thing is, the Boehner announced that he Secretary of State John Kerry had invited Israel Prime met with the Israeli Minister Benjamin Ambassador to the United Netanyahu to address a joint States for two hours on session of Congress in late Tuesday, Ron Dermer. The February. The session, which ambassador never menwill enable Netanyahu to rail tioned the fact that against President Barack Netanyahu was in negotiaObama’s nuclear negotia- tions and finally agreed to tions with Iran, has now come to Washington, not to been moved to early March, see the president, but to go two weeks before elections to Capitol Hill, speak to a are scheduled in Israel. joint session of congress and While the move itself is not criticize the president's poliunprecedented — cy. I have to say I'm Netanyahu previously stood shocked.” before Congress in 2011 — Boehner must be aware this most recent invitation that Obama will not reverse transpired without the his strategy regarding Iran knowledge or blessing of simply because Netanyahu is anyone in the Obama coming to town. In effect, administration, a blatant the move accomplishes infringement of U.S. foreign nothing more than allowing policy.

Boehner to score some easy Typically, U.S. protocol points with his already fracdictates that visits from for- turing party. The invitation eign heads of state emerge undercuts American leaderfrom within the White ship for the sake of political House. In this case, however, B o e h n e r Rather than continuing negotiations arranged the and the multilateral sanctions ... invitation with Ron Boehner elects to place politics over D e r m e r , diplomacy and security.

I s r a e l i Ambassador to the United States, behind grandstanding. Rather than the back of the White continuing negotiations and House. Boehner invited the multilateral sanctions Netanyahu to speak simply that brought Iran to the because the pair oppose table in the first place, Obama’s nuclear negotia- Boehner elects to place politions with Iran, instead tics over diplomacy and favoring an end of negotia- security. If negotiations were tions and the implementa- to collapse and/or Iran was tion of new sanctions. Aside to walk, the blame must from this egregious breach of clearly and undoubtedly fall decorum, granting a foreign on Iran in order to permit leader the House floor with the U.S. to move forward the express purpose of bash- with whatever future maning a sitting President is a dates may be necessary. This baffling exploit. This disbe- attempt to embarrass the lief is not a partisan disbelief. President may threaten any Consider this quote from looming sanctions and Chris Wallace, host of the empower Iran.

Sunday show on Fox News, a As for Netanyahu, it’s not network that is typically quite clear what he seeks to sympathetic to Republican accomplish, other than makviewpoints (i.e. slapping new ing a mockery of American sanctions on Iran), “And to protocol. With Israeli elec-

tions occurring only two weeks after the joint session and many detractors claiming that Netanyahu has damaged relationships with the U.S., it is possible that Netanyahu is simply hoping that a few, cheap standing ovations from the House will convince swing voters in Israel that the relationship is as alive as ever.

Yehuda Ben Meir, an expert in public opinion at The Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, states that surveys suggest a declining relationship with the U.S, along with a nuclear-armed Iran, are the two largest threats in the minds of Israeli citizens.

While Netanyahu may gain a handful of sound bites to impress the Israeli electorate, it will be interesting to observe how the voters react to Netanyahu alienating some congressional Democrats, not to mention the leader of the country and Israel’s most powerful ally.

Even if Ne t a n y a h u were to persuade the House to pass a new sanctions bill, Obama would almost certainly veto the legislation. Furthermore, as Israeli intelligence has confirmed that Iran is already pulling back on stockpiles of highly enriched uranium, new sanctions may only serve as a catalyst to the breakdown of negotiations.

Despite one’s belief on the impact new sanctions may have on relations with Iran, Boehner’s invitation to Netanyahu, and subsequent dismissal of U.S. foreign policy, does nothing more than sacrifice diplomacy in the name of theatrical politics.

Jake Forken is a junior in the College of Human Ecology. He may be reached at jrf285@cornell.edu. My Forken Opinion appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Hiking Through the Psyche: Wild

her shoes and socks, Cheryl begins to fiddle with her foot. Just as I begin to wonder what she might be doing, a close up of her bloody, swollen toe When I went to see Wild a couple weeks ago at appears on the screen. Then, in agoCinemapolis, I had no idea what to expect. Other than the nizing clarity, she rips off her toenail. two sentence plot synopsis and 90 percent fresh rating on We’re definitely too close, I thought Rotten Tomatoes, my knowledge of the film and its incep- again. When she pulls the nail off, she tion was zero. All I really knew was that Reese Witherspoon also knocks one of her shoes off the played a broken woman going on a very, very long walk. cliff. I sat with anticipation. What was What I eventually learned is that Wild is based on she going to do with just one shoe?

Cheryl Strayed’s memoir, published in 2012, 17 years after She pauses for a moment before pickher 1100 mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail, to rave ing up her other shoe and flinging it reviews. In her book, she describes the harrowing and reve- off the cliff screaming, “Fuck You!” latory experience in visceral and poignant detail. Her moth- The audience bursts into laughter. er died in 1991, and Strayed, completely devastated, cheat- This first scene sets the tone for both ed on her loving husband, Paul (Thomas Sadoski), with the film and its heroine. It is the permyriad men, and eventually began experimenting with fect example of the many obstacles heroin. In 1995, after a few Cheryl must overcome during her jouryears adrift, she decided to ney. It is the perfect example of the Wild hike the Pacific Crest Trail, type of heroine Cheryl is, both defiant through desert heat, icy Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and a survivor (she ends up creating mountains and rainy mock-hiking shoes out of duct tape Starring Reese Witherspoon, forests. She walked from and sandals). It is the perfect example Mojave, California, to the Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski of the way the movie treats the story as Bridge of Gods, which is on a whole. It's dark. It’s gritty. It’s conthe Oregon-Washington templative. But, in between the border. despair and drama, there are moments A few friends and I ran of levity that cut through the darkness. late to the movie. While we This humor, more often than not, feels stood in line outside in the like the shock of cold water suddenly freezing cold, a man walked out saying that Inherent Vice being dumped on you, but through this shock, the film was sold out, but there were still plenty of tickets for Wild. elicits emotions from the audience that they may have never I sighed with relief. That’s good, I thought. Yet, once we got realized they had. the ticket and walked into the small, cozy theater I was conAlthough this is a film adaptation, directed by Jean fused by what the man meant when he said plenty of tick- Marc Valee (Dallas Buyers Club) with a screenplay by Nick ets. The theater was packed. My friends and I shuffled to Hornby, it feels very close to Strayed’s book. The film, like the front row and sat down with our heads bending back so the book, depicts a tale that, although infused with shots that we could see the whole screen. We’re too close, I of beautiful landscapes and exhilarating views, is largely thought. I can't enjoy this. But, it was too late. The theater’s internal. Her story slowly materializes with layer upon lights dimmed. layer of flashbacks peeled back as she walks along the trail.

The film opens, like the book, in the middle of Cheryl Strayed keeps a journal where each entry as well as the Strayed's (Reese Witherspoon) hike. It begins with the occasional chance encounter with a stranger, sets off memsounds of Cheryl's loud breathing and huffing followed by ories of her devoted and incredible mother (Laura Dern), a shot of her sitting down atop a cliffy peak with a breath- her husband and various other men. The film intersperses taking view of the mountains behind her. After taking off the memories in mostly short scenes, sometimes just a flash REUT ODINAK Sun Contributor

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of images, and occasionally a back and forth between the past and present. This visual method is a way to keep us inside Cheryl’s head and it, by and large, succeeds in its endeavor. While there are mesmerizing shots of the hike, the flashbacks of Cheryl with her mother center the story.

At one point in the film, Cheryl tells her sick mother, played wonderfully by Laura Dern, “you are the center of me.” The same goes for their relationship and the movie. It is this relationship that grounds Cheryl’s flighty and sometimes acerbic behavior.

Reese Witherspoon, in one of her richest and most compelling performances to date, abandons her cheerful, Legally Blonde persona before picking up her 75 pound pack and tackling Cheryl Strayed’s character with spirit, pulling you in from the first scene (remember that toenail?). She carries the film with true emotion and a whole lot of moxie. The film itself eschews many conventions of commercial storytelling and opts for a complex structure that puts plot at the bottom of the hierarchy. Instead, it favors images and emotions as the vehicle used to reach Cheryl Strayed’s truth. By the end of the night, I had forgotten just how close I was to the screen. I had been so enmeshed in the story that I felt like I had been with Cheryl on the Pacific Crest Trail, rather than a few feet away from Reese Witherspoon’s face in a small theater in Ithaca.

Reut Odinak is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at rodinak@cornellsun.com.

A Lost French Classic Remembered AMY LIN Sun Staff Writer

It is difficult to fully appreciate Studio Ghibli’s richly animated and delightfully scored films without an understanding of their origins. Cited by both Studio Ghibli cofounders Hasao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata as a great influence in their work, The King and the Mockingbird is a film that spans the world of 1950s animation and 1980s symbolism – containing allusions to the medieval French town of Carcassonne and a certain infamous German dictator. Hailed as a masterpiece of French animation, Le Roi et l'Oiseau or The King and the Mockingbird has been called a satirical rollercoaster of fantasy and adventure.

Largely unknown to the English-speaking world, the film only became available with English subtitles when it was restored in October 2013, with critics declaring it a “gorgeous lost classic.”

The film was initially named La Bergère et le Ramoneur, after the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep. It was intended, by director Paul Grimault and screenwriter Jacques Prévert, to be a loose adaptation of the fairytale. However, the film’s producer, Andre Sarrut, released the unfinished film in 1952 against both Grimault and Prévert’s wishes. In what I imagine to be a battle royale over rights to the film, Grimault regained possession of

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the film in 1967 and finally completed it 30 years after it was started under the new name, Le Roi et l'Oiseau.

Traces of the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale reveal themselves only at the beginning of the film, while the rest of the film focuses on the dynamic between the cross-eyed king of the fictional kingdom of Takicardia and

ments. However, unbeknownst to him, she and the chimney sweep in the adjacent portrait have been carrying on a secret affair at night while he is sleeping. Sending his bumbling police officers on a wild chase, the king attempts to catch the two painting escapees as they traverse the 296 floors of the palace and encounter countless obstacles. Playing like a

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the mockingbird narrator. Ironically named, King Charles V+III=VIII+VIII=XVI is an avid hunter despite being cross-eyed. Often missing his target, the king uses the mockingbird’s children for target practice, causing the bird to develop a distaste for him and mock him at every turn.

The main pitfall of the film emerges when the king falls in love with the shepherdess from the painting hanging in his secret apart-

vintage Disney work, The King and the Mockingbird is regarded as a nimbler and freer animated classic than most of its time.

The subtlety of the lovers’ clasped hands between the picture frames, the surrealism of statues leaping into paintings and the optical illusions present in every scene are all hallmarks of Grimault’s unusual and delightful animation style. It is easy to see how Grimault’s films have inspired Miyazaki in his

Japanese creations. Most notably, it is evident that Studio Ghibli and the French studio, Les Gémeaux, both share a love for the bizarre.

Takahata reveals, “If I had not seen this film, I would have never imagined entering the world of animation.” Expanding on the admiration he and Miyazaki have for The King and the Mockingbird, Takahata says that Grimault “achieved better than anyone else a union between literature and animation.”

The most significant similarity in my mind between Grimault’s and Miyazaki’s films that I observed while watching Le Roi et l'Oiseau was the musical score. Tastefully expressive music written by legendary Polish composer Wojciech Kilar beautifully accompanies Grimault’s fairytale animation, making for a dramatic telling of the shepherdess and chimney sweep’s love story. I could not help but be reminded of Joe Hisaishi’s masterful compositions in many of Miyazaki’s films. I have such a long-standing admiration for Hisaishi’s talent in conveying the complex range of emotions felt by Miyazaki’s character that hearing Kilar’s music in Grimault’s work is enormously invigorating, invoking nostalgia of my childhood.

Cornell Cinema will be showing The King and the Mockingbird this weekend: The English-dubbed version on Saturday and the subtitled, original French version on Sunday.

Amy Lin is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at alin@cornellsun.com.

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After the surprise New Year’s release of “Only One,” Kanye West’s excellent collaboration with Paul McCartney, rumors began to swirl that the song was merely the first taste of an entire collection of music created together by the two cultural icons. Underrated singer-producer Ty Dolla $ign heightened the already feverish anticipation by announcing the release of a new Paul-Kanye collaboration featuring himself and Rihanna. This star-studded roster set expectations for another “All of the Lights,” an essential Kanye track from 2010’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy that combines the talents of Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Fergie and Sir Elton John. Never one to pander to expectations, Kanye instead released “FourFive Seconds,” which is more of a feel-good pop sing-a-long than a triumphant hip-hop anthem. The song undoubtedly belongs to Rihanna (her name appears first in the credits), and will likely appear on the Barbadian pop star’s upcoming L.P. rather than Kanye’s. While it is notably more upbeat than any track off of her dark 2012 effort, Unapologetic, “FourFive Seconds” works perfectly as a showcase for her singular singing talents. Kanye himself plays her foil in the song’s relationship narrative, opting not to Auto-Tune himself and instead allow his naturally shaky tenor to stand alone. From a strict hit-the-rightnotes standpoint, plenty of others could out-sing Kanye on the track, but his braggadocio public persona makes lines such as “See they want to buy my pride/But that just ain’t up for sale” infinitely more impactful. Paul once again refrains from the limelight, providing cheery guitar strumming and emotive organ playing as backup to the two younger musicians’ vocals. While not as affecting or unique as “Only One,” “FourFive Seconds” is an infectious pop single from some of the most talented people working, and it’s a hell of a lot better than just about everything else on the radio.

“FourFiveSeconds” Def Jam Records

— Chris Stanton

Chris Stanton is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at cstanton@cornell.edu.

“Fuck your Ivy League sweater,” wails the chorus of Diet Cig’s second ever release, the power-pop anthem that is “Harvard.” You, the Cornell Daily Sun reader, could (and probably will) go on about how Harvard sucks and proceed to throw a fish at the newspaper, but we Cornellians are almost as much this song’s target as its namesake university. Just like the band’s first single, “Scene Sick,” implores us to drop the pretentious bullshit at shows and dance like idiots, “Harvard” calls out graduates of prestigious universities for being too mind-numbingly boring.

Alex Luciano, singer of the New Paltz, N.Y. duo, sets out on a mission to prove that she’s more exciting than her ex’s new stick-in-the-mud girlfriend by way of Cambridge. Whether or not she believes it herself, we’re left convinced by Diet Cig’s energetic, danceable cry of independence. “Harvard’s” motivational defiance makes us feel like we’re the coolest fools on campus despite Cornell being written across our shirts, and until February’s upcoming Over Easy E.P., the track’s endearingly messy guitars and infectious hooks will be plenty to keep us dancing.

Diet Cig “Harvard” Father/Daughter Records

— Mike Sosnick

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

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On Bad Espresso and Paris Café Worship

here is no such thing as “study abroad” without some arbitrary connection to the world back home. Commentaries on the mindblowing experiences of a semester abroad always pose the same question of whether the wealthy European city they’re inhabiting for the semester is better than a small, selective, privileged northeastern American college town for the Western student. For the American student, the glamour of a five-euro bottle of wine and a newly-developed incorrigible smoking habit automatically makes for a “best-time-of-my life” semester abroad — whether they’ve actually immersed themselves in the culture or not.

That said, I have been in Paris for two and a half weeks, and I’d like to say that I’ve already familiarized myself with the notion of Parisian café culture.

Considering the many hours I’ve spent nursing a small two-euro cup of bitter French espresso in cafés to keep out of the cold Parisian wind, I could say it constitutes an education in itself. Before I got to Paris, I had somehow convinced myself that the French sit around in cafés all day, smoking cigarettes and heatedly debating politics and philosophy in a way that only the French could. “I’m going to sit in cafés and study like a true French intellectual,” I bragged to my mother, putting on my best Carey Mulligan British francophile schoolgirl face. Clearly, I believed that sitting in a café with a book would automatically morph me into some reincarnated JeanPaul Sartre. A certain arrogance possesses the young American who enters into a café, expecting that a certain ambiance will overwhelm her and transform her into some sort of superhuman philosophical goddess.

The wake-up call came in the form of a shot of espresso, served in a petite chipped “Café Richard” mug with a side of sugar. Having accustomed myself to Cornell’s two-dollar large coffees with unlimited free cream and sugar, the frustration with European coffee standards hit me faster than that tiny espresso.

Most basic café espressos taste like American coffee left on the burner for five hours, cooled and then reheated.

Suggestion: If you’re feeling brave, as I did on my first day, try shouting at the waiter in broken French as he rushes by that you’d also like a drop of milk. Now, on top of an almost three dollar coffee, you’ve got yourself a tiny, still burnt, unmilky and now lukewarm disappointment — and now it costs 50 cents more.

Still, caffeine is caffeine. And after the coffee is finished and the waiter has dis-

of its present.

Just as the Eiffel Tower represents the symbolic existence of Paris internationally, the café represents Parisian life at its most admirable.

Before walking into a café for the first time, I almost expected it to feature bearded men in tweed jackets writing into Moleskine notebooks while a man plays jazz piano in the corner. Instead, I saw an angry-looking old man, frowning at anyone who looked at him. Still charming, but not the ethereal kind of charm that permeates outsiders’ discussions of Paris, where they half expect to sit down and realize that’s exactly where a famous American expat writer had sat almost a century ago. The city enjoys its legendary romanticism, as it embraces the idea that the cafés were the birth of the French Revolution, and the birthplace of many literary masterpieces.

But all of this hype leads to a shock when a newcomer walks in and realizes “wow, a café is just a place where they serve coffee.”

It takes some time to realize that Paris isn’t Narnia, and there isn’t magic in every street or corner café. Not everything in Paris is flawless: The coffee is

Guest Room Yana Lysenko appeared once again, I’m thinking about that time I read Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast, as he talks about sitting two tables away from James Joyce and paying next to nothing for his luxurious daily café crème. Considering all of the cafés that Hemingway frequented are now the city’s most expensive establishments, obviously those early 20th century fantasies of the café as an affordable intellectual haven has become another aspect of Paris’ romantic history, living off what it once was but simultaneously embracing the past as a necessary aspect

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often not great, the streets don’t smell of Chanel No. 5 and there isn’t a man playing an accordion on every terrace. In reality, the metro is no better than New York City’s Subway in look or smell (and everyone, even the Parisians, know how much New Yorkers love to complain about the MTA), but it’s efficient. The cafés vary in price, size, and character, but they do their job — that is, to serve Parisians and excited tourists and to disappoint blinded romantics who think there’s poetry in every corner. Paris is the City of Love, Light and whatever else the foreigners have come up with, but realistically, it’s still a city. Parisians love it, and love to complain about it. Victim of its hype, but also its own holistic experience.

And the wine’s cheap.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Marshawn Lynch changed and Wednesday, seemed frustrated that they were still trying. the script and fired back at his critics.

“I’m here preparing for a game. And y’all want to After two days of giving only scripted answers, the Seattle Seahawks’ star running back gave his ask me these questions, which is understandable. I most extensive comments of Super Bowl week, could get down with that. But I told y’all. I’m not mostly telling reporters why he won’t talk to them. about to say nothing. ... All of my requirements are “I don’t know what story y’all trying to get out of fulfilled.”

Lynch praised his teammates, his hometown of me. I don’t know what image y’all trying to portray of me,” Lynch said Thursday. “But it don’t matter Oakland, California, and his Family First what y’all think, what y’all say about me because Foundation. When asked who the best player on the Seahawks was, he when I go home at said: “All of them.” night, the same people As he has all week, that I look in the face — “I don’t know what story y’all are trying Lynch stayed five minmy family that I love, to get out of me. I don’t know what utes before leaving. that’s all that really matAt Media Day on ter to me. So y’all can go image y’all trying to portray of me.”

Tuesday, Lynch repeatmake up whatever y’all ed: “I’m just here so I want to make up Marshawn Lynch don’t get fined” while because I don’t say talking to reporters. enough for y’all to go On Wednesday, he replied to all questions with: and put anything out on me.”

When Lynch arrived at the podium, a man with “You know why I’m here.”

Singer Katy Perry borrowed Lynch’s catchphrase a reporter’s credential who said he was a teacher during her news conference to discuss her halftime asked him to give his students a “shoutout.”

But Lynch wouldn’t bite and began his unscript- performance.

Asked which player she has her eye on, Perry ed statement.

“Y’all shove cameras and microphones down my said: “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”

Lynch has a history of avoiding reporters. In throat,” Lynch continued. “But when I’m at home in my environment, I don’t see y’all, but y’all mad at November, the NFL fined him $50,000 for violame. And if you ain’t mad at me, then what y’all here tions of the league’s media policy in addition to colfor? I ain’t got nothing for y’all, though. I told y’all lecting the $50,000 fine that was imposed against Lynch for violations last season. The fine from 2013 that.”

Lynch, who had spurned reporters’ efforts to get was held in anticipation of future cooperation from him to talk at mandatory news conferences Tuesday Lynch.

Florida Panthers Notch Win Over Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sean Bergenheim scored the goahead goal late in the third period to help the Florida Panthers get a much-needed win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2 on Thursday night.

Aaron Ekblad and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for the Panthers, and Roberto Luongo made 30 saves.

Florida snapped a five-game loss streak, won at home for the first time in seven games, and beat Columbus for the first time since a 5-2 road victory on Nov. 21, 2007 — a span of 11 games.

Alexander Wennberg and

Jack Johnson scored for the Blue Jackets and Curtis McElhinney stopped 29 shots.

Bergenheim broke a 2-2 tie when he deflected a shot from Dmitry Kulikov into the net with 6:52 left in the third.

Kulikov shot from the blue line on the left side, and the puck deflected off Bergnenheim's stick, hit the ice in front and bounced in. The goal was upheld after a video review to determine if it was a high stick.

Bergenheim also took a stick to the face from a Columbus player on the play.

The Panthers went ahead 21 on a slap shot from Ekblad

from the high slot that got passed McElhinney and went high into the net at 11:26 of the second. Ekblad now has 28 points.

The Blue Jackets tied it at 2 on an odd goal by Wennberg, who pushed in the puck off his stick after it bounced off the crossbar with 1:26 left in the second. The play was reviewed and it was determined Wennberg hit the puck below the crossbar and the goal was upheld.

Columbus took a 1-0 lead on the goal by Johnson. His one-timer from the point got past Luongo on the glove side at 1:08 of the second.

OSU Defeats Maryland by More Than 20 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State coach Thad Matta has been wondering about his team’s toughness.

Not anymore.

Marc Loving matched his career high with 19 points and D’Angelo Russell added 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead Ohio State to an 80-56 victory over No. 16 Maryland on Thursday night.

The Buckeyes (17-5, 6-3 Big Ten), at times a timid bunch on the boards this season, dominated the Terrapins (18-4, 6-3) on the glass (51-32) and on defense.

“We played tougher,”

Matta said. “We were quick to the ball. For the most part, guys did what they were supposed to.

We rebounded the ball well, we rebounded out of our area. We did a good job of the rotations defensively and walled guys up.”

The doubts now belong to the Terrapins.

“I guess we weren’t tough enough,” swingman Evan Smotrycz said. “It’s as simple as that.”

Coach Mark Turgeon added, “I don’t know if I’ve ever had a team get outrebounded like that.

I’ll have to look. I doubt it.”

Jae’Sean Tate, starting his third game in a row, added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Buckeyes, who have won three in a row — including the last two over ranked opponents at home.

Loving was benched last week after a sorry defensive effort. He responded by hitting all five of his 3-pointers as the Buckeyes went 10 of 17 behind the arc.

“My role didn’t change,” he said of not starting. “It was a good night. I was able to knock some shots down.”

Russell, the nation’s

leading freshman scorer, flirted with a triple-double. He also had six assists and two steals, and didn’t commit a turnover in 34 minutes.

He had an easy explanation for his rebounding.

“The ball bounces to me a lot,” he said.

“That’s something that I decided to take upon myself, to rebound better as a 6-foot-5 guard.

I’ve got to do something down there.”

Ahead by eight points at halftime thanks to a 12-0 run, the Buckeyes took control early in the second half.

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Red to Hold Cancer Belichick and Lynch Are One Fundraiser Saturday And the Same at Press Events HOCKEY

“RPI has always been one of the Continued from page 16 tougher, grittier teams in the league and you’re going to expect a physical and Kaminsky recently combined for battle every time you play against six points in Union’s two games those guys,” she said. against RPI last weekend.

Cornell’s senior forwards Emily The contest against Union will Fulton and Brianne Jenner have led take place on Friday at 3 p.m. and will the way for the Red’s offense, scoring be the annual Do It For Daron game. 28 points and 24 points respectively.

The event is in honor of Daron On Saturday, they will both look to Richardson, junior defender Morgan find the back of the net against the Richardson’s brother, who Engineers. Cornell, currently passed away in 2011. The ranked No. 4 in the ECAC Cornell DIFD Organization was in terms of goals for, is avercreated to help spread aging 3.1 goals per game. awareness about mental Anchoring the defense will health issues and start a be goalie Paula Voorheis and conversation about the freshman defender Erin vs. subject. Fans are encourO’Connor and junior aged to wear purple and defender Cassandra Poudrier. there will be fundraisers Voorheis, along with Fulton, and other activities at the was player of the week two game. weeks ago, capturing her first On Saturday, Cornell shutout of the season against Union will take on RPI. Last seaYale on Jan. 16.

Today, 3 p.m. son, the Red won both Saturday’s game is part of Ithacae, N.Y. games against the engithe annual Big Red vs. neers. The team won the Cancer Fundraiser. This first game, 3-1, however, Cornell Athletics initiative the second game was much more helps raise money for cancer research. intense. The Engineers completed a That day, from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m., two-goal comeback by scoring with there will be tables open in Bartels to 30 seconds left to tie the game, 5-5. sign up for the Bone Marrow Donor Sophomore forward Hannah Bunton Registry. Fans attending the game netted the game-winner a minute into against RPI are encouraged to wear overtime to give the Red a 6-5 victory. pink or orange in support of the While RPI has mustered just a 5-17-4 event. record this year, Bilodeau expects a similar competitive atmosphere at Adam Bronfin can be reached at Saturday’s game. abronfin@cornellsun.com.

LEE

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Chicago Tribune, had an article on his website under the headline “Boycott Skittles: Marshawn Lynch monetizes mocking of media.” And if you didn’t think the headline alone wasn’t ridiculous enough, take a look at what Sherman had to say.

“Sports journalists unite: It’s time to boycott Skittles. Don’t let your kids eat them anymore,” he wrote. “Forget about handing out those small packets for Halloween. Skittles should be considered poison to any sports journalist who asks for respect in dealing with athletes.”

That’s not even the worst part.

“Frankly, Skittles aren’t that good anyway,” Sherman wrote.

“Bad texture and way too sweet.

Also, while there aren’t any documented studies, eating Skittles reportedly makes your leads much duller.”

Saying Skittles aren’t good at being candy is like saying that The Beatles weren’t good at making music. Or like saying that Ted Williams wasn’t good at hitting baseballs. Or like saying that Tom Brady isn’t incredibly handsome. The worst part for Sherman is that

his opinion on candy is just the tip of the iceberg of horribleness in his coverage of Lynch.

Lynch, very clearly, is making the life of these writers a lot harder by not providing any insight in his press conferences.

Deciding not to tell the media anything is equivalent, from a writer’s perspective, to a customer at a convenience store standing at the register refusing to pay the cashier for his shampoo — it doesn’t help anyone in the situation get anything accomplished. Lynch explained to Mike Silver of NFL.com why he refuses to talk to the media.

“I've never seen anybody win the game in the media,” Lynch said. “But at the same time, I understand what it could do for you, if you wanted to be someone who talks a lot.

But that's not me.”

It’s hard to imagine being in Lynch’s place, especially if you’ve never had a mob of people surrounding you, sticking microphones in your face and demanding you answer questions. What bothers me most about Sherman’s complaints is that what Lynch is doing is no different from New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, refusing to say anything substantive to the media day after

day.

Most of the time, Belichick is less blatantly rude when he says things such as, “I don’t know,” or, “We’ll see how it goes,” in response to questions during his daily media sessions.

But let’s think. Does this provide any more insight than Lynch repeating himself over and over again instead of answering a question? At least Lynch’s antics — as opposed to Belichick’s uninsightful nonanswers — actually gave Sherman something to write about.

The media hypocrisy with the Marshawn Lynch story has been over-the-top and unnecessary. Maybe it’s Lynch making a show of saying nothing to the media at the Super Bowl that has made this a big deal, but Belichick behaves the same way with the Boston media every single day. The only difference here is that Belichick never makes staying quiet into a big deal.

Lynch and Belichick are one in the same, yet, somehow, I don’t anticipate any writer drumming up a storm of hyperbole anytime soon telling people to boycott hoodies with hastily cut-off sleeves.

Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee2@cornellsun.com.

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Wrestling to Take On Loch Haven and Penn

By HANNAH NOYES

captain, Villalonga will be joined by 10 other senior men in their final dual at Cornell and one final chance to wrestle on The Cornell wrestling team had much to their own mat. celebrate Monday morning, after a weekend “I am looking forward to putting as of successful matches against the University many seniors on the mat as possible on of Pennsylvania and Lehigh University. Senior Night,” said Head Coach Robert Coming off of two solid victories, the men Koll. “We have ten seniors and I hope to began to look forward to the upcoming have eight wrestle against Loch Haven.” meets against Currently, Princeton Loch Haven “I am looking forward to putting as University and holds a 4-9 Lock Haven many seniors on the mat as possible on record comUniversity this to pared Senior Night.” weekend.

Cornell’s 10-1.

Additionally, as While it is easy Robert Koll the regular seato assume sucson comes to cess with an end, the seniors of the squad are gearing Cornell’s strong performances this season, up for their final chances to perform on Koll does not look at this weekend as an easy their home turf. victory.

Team captain and senior Chris “Just because we feel confident as a team, Villalonga will be walking into Senior Night does not mean that we are favored in every with a personal record of 18 wins and two match with the dual meet. For this reason, losses this season. Although the only senior we can never have a laissez-faire attitude Sun Contributor

BRIAN STERN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Last mat | Senior captain Chris Villalonga, along with the 10 other seniors on the team, will wrestle for his last time at Friedman Wrestling Center tonight.

toward the competition,” he said.

It is safe to say that this attitude has served the Red well this year. One would assume that the team has bonded throughout the entirety of the season. However, with a slew of injuries plaguing the team, it took the men some time to heal and have a full starting lineup on the mat.

“We finally had a complete team effort against Lehigh,” Koll said. “[The men]have taken a little while to ‘gel’ as a team.”

With a more cohesive team and all play-

ers currently uninjured, it is the hope of Koll the entire squad that the team stays healthy.

“This late in the season, I am always concerned with injuries,” Koll said. “We are finally putting a complete team on the mat and it is my goal to keep it that way.”

The men will begin their Senior Night on Friday, Jan. 30 at the Friedman Wrestling Center.

Hannah Noyes can be reached at htn27@cornell.edu.

Basketball to Face Yale and Brown in Two Away Games BASKETBALL

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Haven, Connecticut to face to take on Yale. Last year, in the series against the Bulldogs, each squad managed to notch one win. In the first meeting Cornell won, 65-56, but was beaten by Yale, 60-52, during the second time they faced off. Last year, Allyson Dimagno ’14 and Shelby Lyman ’14, were important contributors in the games against Yale and their presence will be missed on the court. However, forwards Marshall and sophomore Nicholle Aston will be more than capable of filling their shoes.

Last weekend, Aston was named Ivy League Player of the Week and Marshall has received that honor three times already this season. The two women will be matched up against a couple of strong Yale players that have been getting a lot of attention recently. Yale guard Tamara Simpson received Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors last week after Yale’s two victories against Brown. Battling against Aston and Marshall in the paint is center Emmy Allen who scored a career high 17 points in the second game between Brown and Yale. That last contest saw the Bulldogs and the Bears have a combined 47 fouls, and Cornell will have to amp up the intensity to handle that kind of physical play. This weekend will set the tone for the rest of the in-league play for the Red. Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun.com.

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Women: Senior Sobhy Sweeps Again at F&M T

he Harvard women’s squash team has started its season well, notching four wins and droping a sole loss to Ivy opponent Penn. The squad sits in third place in the league standings, but has the chance to change that this weekend, when it will take on Cornell and Columbia on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

The Crimson’s most recent win came against the Franklin and Marshall Diplomats last weekend. The team swept F&M, 9-0, boucning back from its only loss of the season against Penn the previous day. Senior Amanda Sobhy, who currently holds the No. 1 position on the squad, earned her third consecutive sweep after her 3-0 win against the Diplomats.

The Red, who the Crimson will face in its first of two competitions this weekend, remains tied with Harvard in TINA CHOU / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER third place for the Ivy League.

Squashing Red | The Crimson, Columbia, who Harvard will pictured left in a match against the Red, see in its second game, sits just behind the two teams in fifth. will face Cornell this weekend in Boston.

Both teams are tied league play.

— Compiled by Anna Fasman

Men: Crimson to Fight for First This Weekend I n its most recent match at Franklin and Marshall, the Harvard men’s squash team came out on top, 9-0, dropping only two of the matches and sweeping the diplomats on F&M’s own courts.

CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Although the team struggled out of the gate, only winning one of its first three games of the seaCrimson boast | The son, the Crimson has notched victories in its last Harvard men’s squad, three competitions on the road, including its most recent F&M victory. The team holds a solid 4-2 pictured here in a match record and remains undefeated in the Ivy League, against the Red, holds a standing in first place alongside the Columbia solid 4-2 record for the Lions. season thus far. The team’s The Crimson will battle against its first place only losses came against St. competitors on Sunday after it takes on the Red on Lawrence and Rochester.

Saturday. The Red has struggled in League play, only winning one of its three Ivy games this season and sitting in fifth place alongside Penn. Columbia, on the other hand, is fighting for first place with Harvard and has defeated Cornell, Yale and Brown during Ancient Eight play.

The Lions will prove to be a tough opponent for the Crimson, having already competed against 10 schools this season and holding an overall record of 9-1. While the two Ivies’ record may remain the same in league play, Harvard only has four season wins under its belt, while Columbia has five more to its name.

The two teams will face off in Boston, Massachusetts this Sunday at 12:00 p.m.

— Compiled by Anna Fasman

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The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Sports

FRIDAY JANUARY 30, 2015

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Red Attempts to Extend Winning Streak on Road

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer

Tonight, the Cornell women’s basketball team will travel to Providence, Rhode Island to play Brown, then to New Haven to play the Bulldogs at Yale. This is a big weekend for the Red since it will be trying to uphold its strong winning Cornell streak. The women have won their past five contests, including both games in the series against Columbia to open its Ivy season. Its victories against the Columbia vs.

Lions make Cornell undefeated in league play thus far, and put the squad in a great position to continue its rise to the top of the League.

Though it walked away with the Brown victory, the Red had a tough fought battle last week.

Tonight, 7 p.m.

Although the team has seen sucProvidence, R.I. cess on the court, sophomore forward Nia Marshall notes that the team has

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Golden Ivy | The women’s basketball team, whose starting five are pictured above, remains undefeated in the Ivy League. struggled to keep up its level of play while in the lead.

“For improvement, we need to work on playing a full 40 minutes and not letting up even when we have a lead,” she said.

Cornell’s first opponent, the Bears, are coming off their own Ivy season opening. Last weekend, Brown played Yale for the second time in two weeks, losing once again against the Bulldogs. Their first game, played on Jan. 16, ended with a close loss, 59-52, while their second contest against the Bulldogs finished at 79-69. The Bears’ star

players, guard Jordin Alexander and forward Natalie Ball, put up a combined 41 points in the second game against Yale. The all-time series between Cornell and Brown stands at 47-23 in favor of the Bears, though in the last 20 years, the record is even at 20-20. Current Head Coach Dayna Smith has beaten the Brown Bears in four out of her last five meetings with the squad.

After Brown on Friday, Cornell will travel to New See BASKETBALL page 14

Lynch in the Women to Face Union and RPI at Media Spotlight Home,Try to Bounce Back From Loss P WOMEN’S HOCKEY

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Staff Writer

After a loss to Harvard ended the Red’s two-month long undefeated streak last Saturday, the women’s ice hockey team welcomes

Union and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to Lynah Rink this weekend.

Associate Head Coach Danielle Bilodeau explained that she sees a lot of positives in the recent streak that the team has put together and

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Senior status | Senior forward Brianne Jenner has scored 24 points for the Red so far this season.

believes that the team is ready to go this weekend.

“There have been a lot of good things [in terms of ] defense, attention to detail, awareness of our responsibilities and commitment level to those responsibilities,” she said.

After a successful road trip, Cornell now sits at 10-7-3, 8-3-2 in the ECAC. The Red was able to defeat Union last year twice. In the first matchup, Cornell blasted Union, 81. The second game featured strong defensive performances from both sides, but Cornell hung on for a 20 victory. This year, Union (4-18-4, 1-12-1 ECAC) has struggled to score, averaging about 1.2 goals per game offensively, the fewest in the ECAC. On the defensive end, the team has had limited success as well, surrendering 2.8 goals per game. Bilodeau admits, however, that the game will be no walk-inthe-park for the Red. “[Union] Coach Claudia Barcomb always has got a high level of commitment from her kids,” she said. “You watch the level of execution on tape from those guys and it’s always very high level, even though maybe they don’t get quite the results they were looking for.”

Union’s offensive attack will likely come from forwards Kathryn Tomaselli and Jessica Kaminsky, both of whom have 14 points this season, leaving them tied for first for the Dutchwomen. Tomaselli See HOCKEY page 13

ut me down as someone who never expected to hear the words, “Shout out to my real Africans out there,” spoken at a press conference, let alone during a media session leading up to the biggest sporting event in the world. However, Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch did just that during his media session on Thursday, before the Super Bowl.

The amount of coverage that Lynch’s antics have received, within itself, is ridiculous to begin with. By going into these meetings with the media ready to share amazing insights such as, “I’m just here so I won’t get fined”, Lynch is, after all, precisely following the Ron Swanson life lesson of, “I like saying no. It lowers their enthusiasm.” While Lynch has been hesitant to talk to the media, living by this motto has never been a bad decision.

But for the first time ever, a Swanson principle backfired.

Joon Lee Guest Room The number of over-exaggerated media #HotSportsTakes that have been thrown around the dungeons of the interwebs has crept close to the number of times I’ve complained to the television higher beings about how How I Met Your Mother had one of the worst endings ever. In essence, way too many times for my own sanity. The opinions, ranging from generally sane to incomprehensibly stupid, have overflowed my Twitter feed for the last couple of days.

Instead of talking to traditional media outlets, Lynch, a self-professed lover of Skittles, set up a faux-press conference talking about his love of the candy sponsored by, no other than, Skittles. In response, Ed Sherman, a longtime sports media critic and former writer for the See LEE page 13