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Although a recent study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that economically disadvantaged students do not perform as well as their peers in college, Cornell students from underresourced high schools do not struggle as
Finding that high school quality is a key determinant in the variation of college grades, the study predicted that students from high-performing high schools were more likely to earn better grades than students of similar socioeconomic backgrounds from low-performing schools
However, Miller said that Cornell would not be able to do a comparable study due to differences in the University’s admissions process from that of the University of Texas “
“Because we’re so selective, we pretty much know that every student we admit can graduate from here.”
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The study measured college grades of University of Texas at Austin students admitted through a policy in which the top 10 percent of Texas high school students are guaranteed admission
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Miller said
During Cornell’s admissions process, an academic index is calculated for every applicant to Cornell through a formula that is used across the Ivy League, according to Miller The index measures a variety of factors that include a student’s academic background in addition to the quality of the high
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school attended
Because there are many factors that are considered when evaluating applicants to Cornell, Miller said a relatively small weight is placed on high school quality in the admissions process
Students admitted from under-resourced high schools have generally proven “ready” for Cornell despite lacking the “background of other students here,” Miller said
Still, Miller said it is more difficult for students attending disadvantaged high
schools to find their way to college
“It’s just a fact that there are a whole bunch of students that don’t even apply to college, who are good college material, because they went to a high school where nobody goes to college,” Miller said
He added that it is “ very unfair” that students from weak school systems do not receive all the academic advantages of those from higher-performing schools
New Group to Bring Awareness O f C.U. A sexual Community Much of Composted Materials
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approximately 50 percent of material coming from retail dining locat i o n s a n d w a s t e f ro m major events is rejected due to a high concentration of inorganic conta-
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“Finding someone to talk to and figure things out with can be more helpful than just about anything else.”
Food scraps | Sierra Helmann ’16 chooses to compost her leftovers in Trillium
RYAN LANDVATER / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Phil Shapiro MBA ’69 instructs an intermediate level folk guitar class hosted by the Student Union Board in the International Lounge in Willard Straight Hall Monday evening
By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Staff Wr ter
By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Staff Wr ter
By EMMA IANNI Sun Staff Writer
C.U. Will Make Printing Eco-Friendly
S.A. initiative seek s to limit paper consumption and printing costs
By AIMEE CHO
A new resolution passed by the Student Assembly Thursday states that Cornell’s printing system, Net-Print, will undergo several changes to help students save money and paper
The resolution proposes three primar y changes which would make Net-Print more sustainable: lowering the cost of printing on the back side of paper, using 100 percent post-consumer waste paper and changing the default settings on all printers to double-sided
Matthew Stefanko ’16, industrial and labor relations representative for the S A , who wrote the resolution along with Matthew Henderson ’16, agriculture and life sciences representative for the S A , and Emma Jo
Community Life Committee of the S A , said their goal was to protect the environment while helping students save money
“ There’s a lot of people here who print in a way that isn’t environmentally friendly, whether through their own decision or through the way that Net-Print is set up, ” Stefanko said “ We recognized [that] we could cut costs to promote environmentally friendly initiatives ”
In addition, many depar tments have made profits off of the printers in their buildings, despite not being the printing system ’ s original intent, Henderson said
“ The Net-Print system prints about nine million sides per year, so the whole system takes in about $1 million in revenue A lot of high-volume depar tments profit from these printers,” he said
Stefanko said he understands that depar tments need to charge for printing in order to break even; however, he
said the depar tments should not be making profits
“As students, we pay a lot of money to go to this university With the amount of paper that’s being printed, this is a multimillion dollar revenue source for depar tments across the university,” he said “I don’t think these are costs that students should be paying”
The new printing resolution calls for a dual pricing scheme, which would cost $0 09 for printing one side of a sheet and an additional $0 07 for the other, according to Johnston Printing single-sided sheets currently costs $0 09 for each side
“ We wanted to make it so people had an incentive to print double sided Right now, there’s no incentive other than it being the more environmentally conser vative thing to do,” she said Stefanko said one of the resolution’s proposed changes switching to 100 percent post-consumer waste paper would only raise the cost of materials a “negligible” amount
“
from [Cornell Information Technology] is that the paper isn’t what costs the depar tments money; it’s the toner and the maintenance When you ’ re talking about sheets of paper, it’s only a fraction of a penny increase,” Stefanko said Stefanko, Henderson and Johnston will now meet with various depar tments across Cornell to discuss how to implement the changes, according to Henderson Henderson said CIT controls printing prices and settings in the CIT labs such as the ones in Stimson Hall and Uris Librar y but that prices and settings are decentralized for non-CIT labs
Stefanko said switching to 100 percent post-consumer waste paper is a change that depar tments could implem e n
scheme and single-sided default settings would require system-wide Net-Print updates over the summer
Stefanko said the changes could lead to a potential reduction in revenue for some of the University’s academic depar tments
“[But] in terms of bargaining power, we think we ’ re on the right side of things, that extra printing costs shouldn ’ t be passed on to students,” he said
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Saving paper | A student uses Net-Print, which S.A. representatives hope to make more environmentally-friendly
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pre-consumer and post-consumer waste to the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station facility, but the post-consumer waste yields problems, according to Buck Pre-consumer waste is food was never distributed for consumption, whereas post-consumer waste is food that was ser ved to customers but never eaten
Siegrist said large batches of waste from Cornell are rejected from being composted and are sent to landfills because of noncompostable materials like soda cans or plastics which contaminate the batch
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Dining workers scrape post-consumer food waste into a receptacle after plate collection, which leads to few contamination issues
However, at retail dining locations r un by Cornell Dining, such as Trillium or Ivy Room, students divide their waste into containers themselves, according to Siegrist Around 50 percent, of the waste placed into the compost receptacles at these locations is not accepted by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Siegrist said T
“There is nobody to sift through the
materials in the compost, ” she said
There is no set number of contaminants that lead a batch to be deemed non-compostable, since the discretion is left to whomever is collecting the waste, according to Siegrist
“ [ T h e A g r i c u l t u r a l Experiment Station] relies on the students and dining hall staff to minimize contamination; however, there is nobody to sift through the food to take out contaminants, ” she said
The contaminated waste primarily comes from either a la carte dining locations or waste generated at major on campus events, such as Commencement or Homecoming, Siegrist said
According to a 2009 report
reduce inorganic materials in the compost receptacles
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c h include Siegrist and two fellow students, “have created a weekly volunteer rotation to compost monitor in Trillium Dining Hall, where contamination rates are generally really high,” Siegrist said
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ever y day guiding students on the proper bins to discard waste
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makes a real difference,” Siegrist said
Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at sgrinspoon@cornellsun com
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NEW HAVEN, Conn (AP)
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up poor in New York City, described Monday how she navigated new worlds of Ivy League universities and the nation’s highest court
Sotomayor told students at Yale University that she has a competitive drive to improve herself and isn’t afraid to ask questions
Sotomayor, the first Hispanic on the U S Supreme Court, said she didn’t even know what an Ivy League college was when a friend suggested she apply She wound up attending Princeton and Yale Law School
On the Supreme Court since 2009, Sotomayor said it was tough at first as justices made references that went over her head She said joining the high court amounted to joining an ongoing conversation among justices who had served for years
“I figure I may not be the smartest judge on the court but I’m going to be a competent justice,” she said “I’m going to try to be the best I can and each year I think my opinions have been getting better And I’m working at finding my voice a little bit ”
Sotomayor was asked at a talk at Yale Law School later in the day about her use of the term “undocumented immigrants” rather than
the traditional illegal alien
Sotomayor characterized the issue as a regulatory problem and said labeling immigrants criminals seemed insulting to her
“I think people then paint those individuals as something less than worthy human beings and it changes the conversation,”
Sotomayor said
Sotomayor was interviewed by Judith Resnik, a Yale law professor, in front of a large audience and later by Linda Greenhouse, a journalist-in residence and lecturer at the law school The earlier questions focused on her memoir,
“My Beloved World,” published last year
The 59-year-old justice said she quickly left an interview to attend Harvard, feeling she didn’t belong She said Yale students in the 1970s were talking about revolutions in Cuba and other countries while she had attended a Catholic high school where the monsignor suppor ted the Vietnam War
“ This is too progressive for me, ” she said of Yale, sparking laughter “Yeah, strange, right?”
Sotomayor learned how to adapt, finding strength in her culture and getting a broader understanding of the world She compared it to a bird that flies to different places
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e x a c t l y El l i o t w a s a b l e t o g e t o u t o f t h e Mi c h i g a n p r i s o n re m a i n s u n c l e a r Fe n c e s we re e q u i p p e d w i t h m o t i o n s e n s o r s t o a l e r t g u a rd s T h e f e n c e s a l s o c a r r y e l e c t r i c c u r re n t t o s h o c k a n yo n e t h a t t o u c h e s t h e m “ It a p p e a r s t h a t d i d n o t h a p p e n He w a s n o t z a p p e d w i t h e l e c t r i c i t y, a n d h e w a s n o t p i c k e d u p by t h e m o t i o n s e n s o r s , ” Ma r l a n s a i d On c e o u t s i d e t h e p r i s
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Emily Berman 16 DESIGN DESKERS Jayne Zurek ’16 Catherine Leung 16
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LAST FALL’S RUSH FOR COLLEGETOWN HOUSING WAS as fierce as ever, despite the City of Ithaca enacting a new 60-day notice policy it hoped would mitigate the issue Although the City is still working on policies including a plan to rezone Collegetown to reduce the pressure on students to sign leases almost a year in advance, we think alleviating the fall housing rush is a more pressing concern We urge Common Council to prioritize fixing the flaws in the 60-day notice policy so it can best aid students looking for housing
As we noted in an editorial last spring, the 60-day notice policy is a reform in name but not in practice The penalty for violations of this law up to $500 is minimal Many methods exist for landlords to avoid the 60-day waiting period: waiving it in the lease, giving notice during the summer and requiring a deposit well before the end of the waiting period The law also only benefits students who are considering resigning their leases for another year and need time after moving in to make a decision For students coming from on-campus housing without the alternative of living in the same place again, the pressure to sign a lease can be immense, something for which the policy does not account There is also ver y little reason for a student to report a violation of the law, since penalizing the landlord does not change a student’s need for housing
To its credit, the City has been working on ways to reform Collegetown housing for some time City officials say an existing proposal to rezone Collegetown could encourage development, improve the quality of housing and address the dysfunctional market dynamics that drive rental prices up and lead to unfavorable lease terms But the Collegetown rezoning plan has been in the works for years and passage and implementation could take several more years In the meantime, students will continue coming back to school and heading to open houses before they even pick up their books The fall housing rush is a pressing issue and one that demands immediate attention
While efforts to shift the nature of development in Collegetown are welcome as a long-term solution, the City should work on revising its existing legislation so it can aid students sooner rather than later It should continue working with Cornell to ensure that students who are making the transition from on-campus to off-campus housing are not overlooked It should also ensure that the 60-day notice policy incentivizes students to report rental law violations and imposes more stringent penalties for landlords who fail to abide by it Despite the challenges in devising such a policy, we urge the Common Council to work towards finding a solution that could alleviate the pressure for students signing leases as early as next year
Tom Moore | What Even Is All This?
Ijoined my housemates on the couch this Super Bowl Sunday, and was soon confronted with Laurence Fishburne trying to sell me a car In an echo of the classic “red pill, blue pill” scene from his role in The Matrix, Fishburne plays a valet offering a wealthy couple two car keys, one red and one blue “Take the blue key,” he says in that silky Morpheus voice of his, “and go back to the luxury you know Take the red key, and you’ll never look at luxury the same again ”
The man, adventurous American that he is, naturally chooses the red key “This is unreal,” he gasps, suddenly behind the wheel of a brand new Kia K900 and having his mind blown by the upholstery It’s all very chic, as the sci-fi freedom fighter in the back seat tells us, “This is what luxury looks like This is what it feels like ”
Just one car advertisement in, and I was already at risk of being that guy spouting armchair cultural criticism while everyone ’ s just tr ying to watch the Super Bowl Fishburne who had once presented to the world the choice between living in the virtual reality of the Matrix or waking to join in the revolutionary struggle against our machine overlords had just offered me a choice between a brand new Kia K900 or some other less authentically luxurious car I’m left to gape at Kia’s tagline: “Challenge the luxur y you know ” Challenge the limits (of your own consumption), and stretch the boundaries (of your own luxury) The revolutionary aesthetic of the red pill had been appropriated for its marketability
But my bad trip through the stream of increasingly disturbing car and truck commercials had just begun After a brief interlude of anthem singing, flag waving and even a little bit of football, the auto industry was back running the show through the indomitable voice of 10 year-old Quvenzhane Wallis Wallis is best known for her Oscar-nominated role in Beasts of the Southern Wild, an apocalyptic New Orleans coming-of-age drama whose anti-capitalist and anti-state themes are hard to miss In the commercial, however, she tries to sell us a Maserati:
“The world is full of giants They have always been here, lumbering through the schoolyards, limping through the alleys We had to learn how to deal with them, how to overcome them We were small, but fast, remember? We were like a wind, appearing out of nowhere We knew that being clever was more important than being the biggest kid in the neighborhood As long as we keep our heads down, as long as we work hard,
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trust what we feel in our guts, our hearts, then we ’ re ready We wait until they get sleepy, wait until they get so big they can barely move Then we walk out of the shadows, quietly walk out of the dark, and strike ”
If the poem wasn ’ t being read over heroic shots of firefighters, fishermen and factory workers, I’d likely have taken it as an incitement to revolutionary violence, an ode to the power of ordinary people to collectively slay the bloated giants Instead, it’s all been edited into one more chorus of the ode to the American automobile Language of resistance is superimposed on imagery of industrial American pride: Hot metal glows, wrenches spin, a handsome worker lifts up his welding mask and gazes out in satisfaction And, of course, a car drives around really fast
Wallis’ reading of this vaguely insurrectionist poem is thus repurposed to sell luxur y automobiles A strange pitch, but maybe not the strangest pitch I heard on Super Bowl Sunday Chevy was using cancer to sell trucks, Bruce Willis was using hugs to sell cars, Coca-Cola was using athleticism to sell sugar-water, Kwik Fill was using children to sell 100% Nor th American oil, there were hashtags everywhere, and right when I thought the worst was over, I heard his voice
“Is there anything more American than America?”
Bob Dylan himself, the man Rolling Stone has called “the guiding spirit of the counterculture generation,” selling the allnew Chrysler 200, with plenty of American Dream thrown in “Yeah,” Dylan sneers, “Detroit made cars, and cars made America ” But it was the final lines of the ad that raised the most eyebrows in my living room:
“When it’s made here, it’s made with the one thing you can ’ t import from anywhere else American pride So let Germany brew your beer Let Switzerland make your watch Let Asia assemble your phone We will build your car ”
Perhaps a moment of silence is in order, another punk of a prophet gone the way of the corporate spokesman
Meanwhile, the Seahawks mercilessly thrash the Broncos, and linebacker Malcolm Smith is named MVP His prize? He is now the proud owner of a brand-new Chevy Silverado! The flags flap and the confetti flies and the American behemoth gleams on the field
Tom Moore is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at tmoore@cornellsun com His column appears alternate Tuesdays this semester
CORRECTION
A Feb 3 business news story, “MBA Classes Add ‘Value’ to Undergraduate Programs,” incorrectly stated that Prof Margaret Shackell-Dowell was a member of the management department In fact, she is a lecturer of accounting
Ross Gitlin | Trustee Viewpoint
Promoting Student Health And Well-Being
In 2010, the President and the Provost formed the Calendar Committee, tasked to explore the possibility of changing the academic calendar The committee, as it was charged, was to reexamine the calendar to address concerns over student mental health and well-being, strengthen educational oppor tunities and continue to abide by Ne w York State’s Depar tment of Education requirements The committee produced a set of recommendations that was approved by the Faculty Senate by a margin of 35-25 in May 2012 The Provost accepted the recommendations in September of 2013 the first since 1984
The changes to the academic calendar created some disagreement among students and faculty Some students questioned whether the proposed changes would accomplish the aim of achieving students’ well-being Among the major concerns were that the proposed changes included a reduction in the number of study days and a shor tened senior week
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President and Executive Vice-President of the SA, Cornell Minds Matter and Senior Week, in addition to other key stake-
As we move through this c Ithaca winter and begin to into the semester, it is esse that we come together to support one another
holders The faculty and administration believed, on the other hand, that the changes would in fact promote student wellbeing
In the coming weeks, we will experience the most critical change to the calendar two days off Monday and Tuesday of President’s week The primar y idea behind this change is to ensure that students do not have prolonged periods of instr uction without a break As a result, this ne w vacation period allows our traditional spring break to be scheduled two-thirds of the way into the semester, thereby breaking the semester into thirds and giving students more time to relax This break is something that students, faculty and the administration agree makes sense It gives students the oppor tunity to unwind in the midst of winter without having to worr y about tests or home work
As the University administration continues to seek avenues to improve student health and wellbeing by enacting policies like the calendar changes or investing in infrastr ucture such as the planned Gannett renovation it is equally impor tant that as students we promote student well-being from the ground-up As we move through this cold Ithaca winter and begin to settle into the semester, it is essential that we come together to suppor t one another As President David Skor ton has said, “Cornell is a caring community because of the effor ts we all make faculty, staff and students to seek help for ourselves and to offer suppor t to others ” It is with this sentiment in mind that we need to continue to look out for one another to notice and respond in times of need Together, as a Cornell community, we can greatly care for each other and make sure that each member of our community has a critical foundation for health, both physical and mental, to be safe and successful on The Hill
There is a wealth of resources available to students on a daily basis through student organizations like Cornell Minds Matter and EARS, resource centers such as 626 Thurston or the Women's Resource Center, as well as through Gannett Health Ser vices The information above is simply a sampling of the resources provided at Cornell, and I encourage you to utilize them
The first revie w of the revised academic calendar will occur in the spring of 2017, three years after the ne w calendar comes into effect But even before that time it is impor tant for students to share their opinions whether the calendar changes are effective
What do you think about the changes? If you have any thoughts or comments with respect to the calendar or as to how the University can other wise improve its approach to promoting health and wellbeing, please reach out to me at rhg68@cornell edu
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“Instructors off the tenure track often are talented and motivated people At the same time, their contingent status places them in an incredibly precarious position. It is not unheard of for contingent faculty to know only a week or so before classes start whether they will even be teaching that semester ”
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Re: University: Non-Tenured Faculty Bring ‘Different’ Skills published Feb 3, 2014
Jacob Glick | Glickin’ It
Cheering for Peace:
The P roblem With the Boycott
As a self-proclaimed politico, Super Bowl Sunday is never the climactic television event of my year I watched it, of course, but my attention was held far more easily by last week’s State of the Union, with its endless comedic interplay between the winking Joe Biden and the dour John Boehner This still would have probably been the case even if there had been an ounce of suspense in the great Broncos’ massacre of 2014
So it comes as no surprise that as I sat within the chicken-wing-graveyard of my Super Bowl party, my interest was suddenly piqued by Scarlett Johansson’s ad for SodaStream While any unexpected appearance of Scarlett Johansson is usually enough to pique my interest, I was likewise drawn in by the declarations being made by my fellow Super Bowl viewers They lauded the actress herself (predictably) and made reference to the controversy bubbling around SodaStream and its status as an Israeli company with production venues located in the West Bank
And this brings us to boycotts
While that one moment of political awareness dissolved as soon as Scarlett began dancing around with seltzer in hand, my Super Bowl par ty did briefly brush against the debate over a boycott of Israel, and thus tapped into an issue that has come to surface not only in the American public psyche, but also and especially in the psyche of the University and of the The Sun itself
In the two weeks since publication began, my fellow columnists, Rebecca John ’14 and Anna-Lisa Castle ’14, made needless-
ly polemic arguments in favor of the American Studies’ Association recent academic boycott of Israel In both these columns, Cornell s opposition to these boycotts was depicted as something barbaric and Machiavellian, leaving the Administration complicit in the greatest moral outrage of the early 21st century I feel very strongly that the best collegiate newspaper in the nation deserves a more nuanced debate than that I do not wish to rehash the basic arguments against boycotts A recent and very much needed letter to the editor makes the case against their strategic utility But it must be said that President David Skorton’s opposition to a boycott of Israel rests on far more
Each moment we waste discussing boycotts gives credence to forces within I who would rather not give cessions to a hostile world
solid ground than a purportedly flimsy devotion to “academic freedom,” as Castle suggests Before our campus is whipped into a frenzy by those who believe that President Skorton in a bid to ensure progress on his Tech Campus has somehow formed a blindly-pro Israel conspiracy with Technion and other American universities, this opinion section deserves a few hundred words of perspective The Israeli-Palestinian crisis, with the help of Secretar y of State John Kerry, is reaching its boiling point The next few weeks will determine whether Israel can endure as a Jewish, democratic state, and whether a Palestinian state can be
forged with the pen rather than with the sword This is a moment of hope, however tremulous, and the result of such a moment hinges on the ability of the public to encourage its leaders to embrace that hope, rather than retreat to their usual tropes of fear and paranoia
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under fire from his farright coalition allies for the mere suggestion that a peace plan 40 years in the making may actually be viable what gall! all our newspapers, from The New York Times down to The Sun, ought to be tempting him with the heroic allure and political necessity of peace If the American public desires peace, it must
do it all it can to force Israel, the stronger of the two parties, to prepare for the possibility that these long-dismissed negotiations may actually succeed And discussing the threat of boycotts only enables conservative elements of the Israeli political spectrum, already wary of peace, to legitimate their own narrative of isolation and obstinance Instead of shifting Israel’s conservative policies, boycotts may ver y well entrench them
Boycotts are neither anti-Semitic, nor even necessarily “anti-Israel,” and I do not wish to suggest that my fellow columnists harbor unseemly resentments of any sor t But their endorsement of boycotts,
at this moment in time, undermines their own stated goals When John bemoans the Palestinians’ suffering under a “genocidal state apparatus I will leave the abhorrence of that statement for my readers to ponder and when Castle more reasonably states that the Palestinians need a movement to make their “dignity inevitable, both columnists endorse the necessity of a Palestinian state Yet they go on to polarize the debate in such a way that forces us to choose sides rather than choose peace Each moment we waste discussing boycotts gives credence to forces within Israel who would rather not give concessions to a hostile world Each word we read denouncing Israel (or Palestine) as a nation beyond redemption is another nail in the coffin of peace It is not productive To whomever wishes Palestinian sovereignty to be not a feverdream of human rights activists but a reality attainable by our Secretary of State, leave behind boycotts for this moment Think of how Israel and Palestine might move forward together, rather than rage over the ugliness of their present If we, as a campus and a nation, are more interested in achieving a dignified peace than in airing dissatisfactions and anxieties with the Jewish State, we should discuss how Israel can make good on its commitment to Western, democratic values and not how we might punish it for supposed violations of these values We may not get another chance
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February 14: A Day of Binge-Watching
BY SEAN DOOLITTLE Sun Staff Writer
Democracy is so overrated
Such is the motif of the critically-acclaimed Netflix original series House of Cards When the digital media streaming giant dropped all 13 chapters of the first season at once last February, broadcast television trembled The revolutionary new distribution model to release an entire season ’ s worth of episodes at once changed the television game Learning a lesson that the music industry never quite picked up on, executive producers Kevin Spacey and David Fincher decided to provide their content to audiences in their preferred format at a reasonable price This move, meant to cut down on the rampant piracy that struck music distributors in the early digital age, proved to be wildly successful for both Netflix and the show’s creators In just the past year since Netflix began releasing original content (including Orange is the New Black, Arrested Development and Lillyhammer), the service gained over 2 3 million subscribers and commensurate praise
Many of the most popular political dramas in recent memory from The West Wing to 24 provoke fanatical patriotism, depicting a utopian view of government and politics in which our nation’s elected are resolute and selfless leaders with our best interests at heart House of Cards, based on a British miniseries of the same name, is most definitely not one of those shows The original BBC production followed Francis Urquhart M P as he wheeled and dealed his way to absolute political power In this adaptation Urquhart becomes Underwood, but the plotting and scheming remains With dismal congressional and presidential approval ratings and pervasive national distrust in government, the United States that we all know is much more Frank Underwood than it is Josiah Bartlet
Frank Underwood, played fiendishly well by Kevin Spacey, is an anti-hero emblematic of the current state of our nation, á la Walter White A House Majority Whip from South Carolina, Underwood lends his practical brand of menace and intimidation to move along the partisan gridlock that halts the political
process When the president-elect overlooks Frank for a compensatory position in the new administration, the spurned congressman vows to undo the entire organization, leaving only destruction in his wake Spacey is at his career best as the diabolical representative, taking wicked delight in his own machinations and reveling in his own magnificence As off-putting as his narcissism is, it is impossible to not respect his efficiency, intelligence and never-ending well of zingers and put-downs
One of the show’s hallmarks is the frequent breaking of the fourth wall by Underwood, who often addresses the audience via Shakespearean aside, revealing his inner monologue as he interacts with Washington’s other inhabitants The ease and speed by which Spacey makes his aside transitions between faux-geniality and unbridled malice is impressive and often hilarious to watch The gimmick may seem unnecessary at first, but it becomes an essential aspect of the show, granting the audience insight into one of the most repulsive men on television While the show devotes most of its time to Underwood and his dealings, it would be an absolute travesty to ignore the supporting cast of allies, enemies and underlings that Frank deals with in each episode Claire Underwood, the congressman ’ s philanthropic wife and partner-in-crime, is easily one of the most multi-faceted, complex characters in the recent fiction Robin Wright, was recently awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Drama for her performance as Claire in House of Cards, beating out other impressive competitors like Kerry Washington and Taylor Schilling Wright is per-
fectly cast as Frank’s Lady Macbeth, simultaneously emasculating and empowering the congressman The dastardly couple seems to be a perfect match Frank says of his wife, “I love her more than sharks love blood,” proving that even declarations of affection can unsettle
How appropriate it is, then, that the show will return for its second season next week on Valentine’s Day Perhaps Frank and Claire’s atypical relationship will inspire some romantic rendezvous I, for one, will be spending that Friday in bed, indulging in the best revenge, manipulation and murder Netflix has to offer I hope you can find the time to do the same (Approximate binge-time: 676 minutes ) House of Cards returns for its second season Feb 14, when it will be available in its entirety for streaming, along with its freshman season
Sean Doolittle is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at sdoolittle@cornellsun com
Broad City : Love in the Time of Lil Wayne
BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Sun Staff Writer
When Abbi Abrams’ (Abbi Jacobson) alarm clock goes off at 7 a m in the opening shot of Comedy Central’s Broad City, it’s not a snooze button or a contact case that she reaches for it’s her laptop (to meet up with her best friend via web cam) and a neon purple dildo (complete with a reminder sticky note reading “Tuesday, 7 a m ”) On Skype with said BFF, Ilana (Ilana Glazer), Abbi realizes that her friend is distracted not only by the Lil Wayne record blaring in the background but also by the fact that she is having sex with a mutual friend, Lincoln (Hannibal Burress), while they are talking Ilana is bemused by Abbi’s shrieking disgust and then sharlpy tells her that she needs to loosen up: “ you plan everything, you probably plan when you ’ re going to jerk off ”
This opening scene is more than appropriate as a thesis statement for the new AmyPo e h l e r - p ro d u c e d c o m e d y i t i s unabashed, often gross and genuinely surprising, revealing of an intense intimacy between its two main characters However, the big punch lines, like the slow Skype camera pan down from Ilana’s face to the man lying under her, just aren ’ t as funny as the moments that come up organically in the show’s exceptionally comfortable dialogue Glazer and Jacobson have been working together since they met at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade (comedy superstar whelping pen and theatre of origin for the likes of A m y Po e h l e r, A z i z A n s a r i , Ed He l m s , Donald Glover) in 2007 They’ve been accumulating material for Broad City’ s bantercentric dialogue since 2009 the show started as a popular web series by the same name, which consists of thirty-eight two-tofive-minute episodes The web series is still a va i l a b l e t o w a t c h o n YouTube, and it is clearly low-rent, with handmade title cards (ostensibly referenced in the Comedy Central version’s opening credits) and cheesy stock music, but the potential for a great show is there for obvious observation
The New York Times h a s re m a rk e d “f e m a l e characters are increasingly as entitled to be as indolent, selfish and incompetent as males ones, ” and while part of what Glazer
and Jacobson attempt surely is a portraiture of this slacker lady, the “broad” in boxer shorts and holding a pipe, they also take a sure step outside of Girls’ hackneyed “I’m awful too ” one-note Glazer and Jacobson have an ease that makes this the show about female friendship which actually feels like it is actually cares about showing a believable and healthy friendship not utilitarian living conditions and feeble class structure commentary (Two Broke Girls) or a mess of self-centered hyper-neuroticism (Girls) And while some moments are gross just because they can be, the grime is somewhat refreshing on a network that leans 60 percent male and curtsies to the coveted 18-24 male demographic, this is a show that focuses tightly on its free-wheeling female co-stars, giving us girls who end their pilot drinking Jack on a stoop and don’t call it a failure
The second episode is loosely adapted from one of the episodes of the web series
The web series episode was called “Abbi Gets Back Into Pot,” but the Comedy Central expansion is titled “Pu$$y Weed,” in reference to the fact that Glazer, at one point, hides her marijuana stash from a drug-sniffing dog by stowing it in her vagina In episode one Ilana posts to Craig’s list that they’re just “ two Jew girls looking for a quick buck,” setting off a ridiculous scene in which the girls strip to their underwear to vacuum and dust an intensely creepy mustachioed man ’ s (Fred Armisen) apartment The goal is enough money for Lil Wayne pop-up concert tickets and the booze and weed that type of outing demands and it is the most effort the girls are shown putting towards anything, including jobs, relationships, or bal-
anced meals, in any of its sixty miutes to date There is no patent leather and no dreams of a career in publishing, there are no shiny, beautiful boys and no tears over shiny, beautiful boys obviously this is not a “ two bright-eyed gals take on New York” story It’s something much better
These sketches of off-the-charts ridiculousness put Broad City into a similar categor y as Portlandia, except they’re fueled much more by raw aggression than grating irony It’s clear that the girls are playing comic versions of themselves, so the big question here is how long Abbi and Ilana are going to continue seeing themselves as a dynamic duo of shiftlessness and boozeswilling This question is what makes it too soon to say that their chops for improvised banter will be enough to keep a show that is navigating such obnoxiously-familiar territory afloat
After two episodes, though, I’m charmed by these girls and their pursuit, which is not so ambitious as it is just plain fun there are no stabs at social or political context, as these two wander around their personal hazy Wonderland In short, they’re weirdos, and much of what they do and say is lost on the plain Jane faceless New Yorkers swarming around them It’s a documentary of the grand romance that is female friendship, but this time there are no outtakes It’s a love story in the city of “pu$$y weed ”
Broad City airs on Wednesdays at 10:30 p m on Comedy Central
Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junior in the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun com
A r t by A l g o r i t h m : Po r t ra i t s a t H a r t e l l G a l l
BY MADELINE SALINAS Sun Staff Writer
On January 21, nine iconic portraits were projected in their original form across the walls of the John Hartell Gallery in Sibley Hall and programmed to begin their month-long evolution Each image in Portraits is generated by an algorithm that causes the pixels of an image to respond to the characteristics of surrounding pixels, having an effect that slowly distorts the original image This is the first time Portraits has been displayed and it is set to run continuously for one month, with each image changing approximately once every twenty minutes
The artist, Andrew Lucia, is a visiting lecturer in architecture with expertise in computational design The concept for Portraits was inspired by the ambiguity of intellectual property, due to which art and its visual representations are subject to digital reproduction and manipulation Original works of art, or precise representations, are now as accessible to digital artists as any tangible medium However, the line between allusion and plagiarism is fine As Lucia puts it, these exhibit forces viewers to question, “When is [art] somebody’s and when is it not?” As Portraits powerfully communicates, allusions to previous works can resonate strong cultural significance, which could be a critical factor in shaping modern art, or, for the time being, the debate that surrounds it
BLucia first used his algorithm on a triptych of photographs of Damion Hirst’s diamond-encrusted skull sculpture, “For the Love of God ” Intrigued by the distortion of such a popular work, Lucia expanded the concept to a larger series of works From the triptych of Hirst’s work sprung the religious association of three and, thus, a triptych of depictions of Jesus followed by a self-portrait of Rembrandt and Andy Warhol’s painting of Marilyn Monroe
Lucia says he primarily tried to select images that people would recognize in order to quickly understand that it is dissolving Pointing to a blotchy red and blue silhouette, Lucia says, “Everyone can walk in and see that’s Michael Jackson,” and though the exhibit is only one quarter of the way over, the blurred and pixelated images are shockingly easy to identify Varied in style and subject, each portrait stands out to a different group of people depending on their generation or background though, Lucia notes, Michael Jackson is by far the most quickly identified by viewers across the board
While the images retain some semblance of their original form, the abstract distribution of color is, in itself, intriguing In particular, the gray scale of a Chuck Close self-portrait and fragments of turquoise background that have begun to carve out Michael Jackson’s silhouette could stand alone as modern works of art In fact, Lucia had initially intended for Portraits to consist of a series of prints, to apply his algorithm to images and display select stills of the picture as it evolved Several of the initial prints, including the interpretation of Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe accompanying the exhibition’s publicity, are also on display in Sibley Hall
All of the pictures began as high-resolution images As varied as their styles are ranging in medium from oil to photography and in genre from pop art to realism the selections are chosen from works of sharp imagery, avoiding styles such as impressionism, to distinctly portray their distortion
In the weeks leading up to the exhibit, musician and DMA graduate student Taylan Cihan collaborated with Lucia to cre-
ate a sound installation to complement Portraits Portraits, as well as several of Lucia and Cihan’s past collaborations have been guided by the correlation between sound and image Lucia actually created the algorithm used in Portraits while creating a visual work to accompany one of Cihan’s orchestra compositions, which inspired his current exhibition The sound for the exhibition was guided by the space, with chords stretched to match the bass frequency of the gallery
Had I had the chance to see all of the portraits in their original form on the first day of Portrait’ s display, the exhibit would have without question appeared entirely plagiarized
However, just a week later, their spotty resemblances are hardly criminalizing and Lucia recommends, “You have to come in several times ” Seeing each work at different stages in distortion may be the most direct way to decide when an image has transformed beyond ownership or to realize how arbitrary the line is between the two In the fleeting images lies the exhibition’s conceptual strength, in helping to define the boundaries of intellectual property
Madeline Salinas is a sophomore in the College of Agriulture and Life Sciences She can be reached at msalinas@cornellsun com
Grammy Gatekeeping and Macklemore
y winning four awards (Best New Artist, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Album) at the Grammys, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis appropriately capped The Heist Unfortunately in doing so, they gained little while they confirmed their wide scale popularity, their presence in the hip hop community went from minor annoyance to legitimately upsetting
T h e v i r t u a l l y a n n u a l a w a rd s - s h owfuror among hip hop fans was unusually fer vent due to the fact that rap ' s golden child, Kendrick Lamar, left the ceremony undecorated, despite entering the night with seven nominations (including nomin a t i o n s i n e a c h o f t h e c a t e g o r i e s Macklemore won) Kendrick’s good kid, m A A d city was hailed as an instant classic by many, but apparently lacked appeal to Grammy voters, who certainly trend older and, not coincidentally, white Ideally,
t h i s w o u l d b e a n opportune time for us
t o c o l l e c t i v e l y i g n o r e the Grammy awards as o u t o f d a t e a n d i l linformed (in virtually
a l l g e n r e s ) How e v e r,
t h e y s t i l l c a r r y t o o m u c h w e i g h t a s a n indicator of the state of music in the national conscience for that too happen
Macklemore that my mother not only is aware of him, but that she likes his m u s i c K e n d r i c k’s m u s i c d i f f e r s f r o m
Macklemore’s, with drugs, crime and violence as central aspects of an incredibly cohesive album, and I can appreciate that it is not as accessible However, I find it indefensible that Grammy voters cannot at least check Wikipedia to get an idea of how the albums compare among people that actually take the time to listen
Unsurprisingly, Macklemore’s success
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k’s
i t y unleashed a torrent of criticism among Lamar fans Macklemore attempted to preempt the backlash by sharing a text he had sent Kendrick where he stated that Kendrick “ got robbed” and apologized for winning This public pandering is both a little pathetic and sad (albeit accurate) First, Macklemore should not feel a need
As a credit to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, The Heist is not awful, and I commend Macklemore for doing so well as an independent artist But at the same time, it is certainly not great It had several catchy, quirky songs that lend themselves well to pop radio The language is relatively clean and songs contain clear, if shallow, themes Ultimately, it is both an a c h i e v e m e n t a n d a n i n d i c t m e n t o f
to apologize he did not do anything to Kendrick, he cannot control the voting Second, it demonstrates that Macklemore feels pressure to conform within rap He obviously desires acceptance among the wider rap community, a community that looks down on him as an interloper, a white pop star masquerading as a rapper I disagree with that assessment, accepting that Macklemore may use some unconventional sounds and themes, but recognizing that rap can appear in many forms
Of course, rap as a genre still carries a chip on its shoulder due to its own exclusion Despite its widespread popularity among diverse demographics, gatekeepers, such as the Grammys and traditional print media, have continued to disrespect and misrepresent rap A recent article about Macklemore in the The Dallas Morning News called him “intellectual” but threw shade at the rest of rap, calling it a “ genre marked by homophobia, violence and a m i n d n u m b i n g o b s e s s i o n w i t h we e d , booze and bling ” Obviously, this blatant generalization reeks of ignorance, but it still hurts, as does the frequent award show snubbing The only albums that hover near rap and have won the Grammy for Album of the Year are Speakerboxxx/The Love Below and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill So while the soundtrack for O Brother Where Art Thou? and Taylor Swift have each won, Kanye West, Jay Z and a host of others have all been passed over for the
crown jewel of music
Ultimately, given that failing to come through in the big categories is nothing new, it is especially painful for rap to lose its namesake awards (which are astoundingly not even part of the televised broadcast) to a white artist that makes mediocre music Ever y aspect of it hurts this is only barely preferable over a joke like Pitbull winning Nonetheless, fans of any artist have no reason to bash Macklemore f
Ma c k l e m o re owe a n yo n e a n a p o l o g y Rappers of all kinds must continue to explore the boundaries of the genre and making the interesting, exciting music that has characterized hip hop of late, even if it goes unrecognized by upsettingly staunch traditionalists
Calvin Patten is a junior in the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com
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a f t e r w i n n i n g t h e Su p e r B ow l , Se a t t l e
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll already was talking about getting started on next season
“ The first meeting that we’ll have will be tomorrow Our guys would be surprised if we didn’t,” Carroll said Monday morning “ We really have an eye on what’s coming, and we don’t dwell on what just happened We’ll take this in stride ”
He appeared at a news conference at a Manhattan hotel with linebacker Malcolm Smith, the MVP of Seattle’s 43-8 victor y over Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos on Sunday night
Carroll oversees a team with the four th-youngest roster for a Super Bowl champion, with an average age of 26 years, 175 days, according to STATS The youngest champs ever were the Pittsburgh Steelers who won the 1975 Super Bowl, and they collected a second consecutive title the next year
and people tr ying to come after us ” Smith became the third linebacker to earn Super Bowl MVP honors, thanks to a 69-yard touchdown return off an interception of regular-season MVP Manning in the first half and a fumble recover y in the second half
He said that during the game, some of his teammates were telling him, “You might be the MVP ”
“And I was like, ‘No way No way Not me ’”
“We don’t dwell on what just happened. We’ll take this in stride.”
P e t e C a r r o l l
Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson just wrapped up his second season in the league, as did Jermaine Kearse, the receiver who caught one of the QB’s two touchdown passes Sunday night Doug Baldwin, who caught the other, is only three years into his pro c a re e r, a s a re s t a r c o r n e r b a c k R i c h a rd Sherman and Smith, who at 24 is the fourthyoungest player to be the Super Bowl MVP “ We’ve seen the effort that it takes to get to this point, and, obviously, we’ll tr y to replicate that and do it again” Smith said “ We’re looking for ward to the next challenges and guys having a target on their back
avoid the problems that can make it hard to repeat as NFL champions Since
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1999 game, only one team has won two Super Bowls in a row, the New England Patriots in 2004-05
There’s the need to replace players who leave via free agency The need to pay other players with new, better-paying contracts
“John Schneider has done an extraordinar y job of structuring this roster contractually, and with the vision of looking ahead, so that we can keep our guys together,” Carroll said “One of the things that happens ever y so often is teams have a big fallout after they win the Super Bowl We’re not in that situation ”
Carroll was reminded during Sunday’s game of some of his blowout victories in college football bowl games when he was a championship-winning coach at Southern California
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“It’s going to be great for me because it’s really my last [Masters].”
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NFL O wners Begin Fight To
Host 2019 Super Bowl
PHIL ADELPHIA (AP)
Ready, set, bid
Now that the first Ne w York/New Jersey Super Bowl was a smashing success for everyone except the Denver Broncos and their fans, NFL owners in other cold-weather cities are sure to be lining up to try to bring the Big Game to their stadiums
Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Ne w England and Denver are among the places that can make a case to host it The next three Super Bowls are set for Glendale, Ariz (2015), Santa Clara, Calif (2016), and Houston (2017), and the 2018 field has been narrowed to a domed home in Indianapolis, Minneapolis or New Orleans
So, the next chance for an outdoor Super Bowl in a cold climate is 2019 Then again, it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be cold It was, after all, 49 degrees in northern New Jersey when the Super Bowl kicked off Sunday night
Meanwhile, the temperature reached 54 degrees in Philadelphia on Super Sunday, 62 in Landover, Md , and 51 in Foxborough, Mass
“Philly would be a great place to host it It has everything,” Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said last week “All the infrastructure, fourth largest city in the country, state of the art stadium and great fan base ” Get in line, Jeff
“We want a Super Bowl here, we deserve a Super Bowl here,”
Redskins owner Daniel Snyder said last fall “It’s the nation’s capital, it makes all the sense in the world ”
Patriots owners Robert Kraft feels the same
“We would love one day to hold it,” Kraft said “I’m a great supporter of playing this game in all elements ”
In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has already begun lobbying NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on behalf of the Bears Chicago was the host city for NATO’s 2012 summit, an event Emanuel has compared to hosting the Super Bowl
Goodell was noncommittal when asked on Friday about the league choosing another coldweather venue for its championship game
“We know there’s interest in other communities hosting the Super Bowl,” he said “I think the ownership we’ll all sit back and review that when we ’ re done, but we have a very aggressive process in how to select cities
The ability to host a Super Bowl is more and more complicated, more and more complex, because of the size of the event and the number of events So, the infrastructure ’ s incredibly important
We’re well over 30,000 hotel rooms needed even to host the Super Bowl So, there’s some communities that may not even be able to do it from an infrastr ucture standpoint, but we know the passion’s there ”
Seattle quarterback, originally a third-round draft pick, makes mark as both top player and role model
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issues, Richard Sherman’s outspoken personality, Macklemore’s diehard Seahawks fandom and Peyton Manning’s quest to equal his younger brother in championships, Russell Wilson was preparing to cap off a dominant year by leading his team to a Super Bowl title
A n d h e d i d In b l ow o u t f a s h i o n , Wilson joined the elites in Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger as the only quarterbacks to win the Super Bowl in their second seasons After all the pre-Super Bowl shenanigans were forgotten following Seattle’s destruction of the Broncos, people began to realize that Wilson, who has not missed a game in his professional career, was just drafted, like, in 2012 Thus the question emerged: How did we all miss this guy?
Back to the 2012 draft, where the reasons Wilson was overlooked appear as bright as the quar terback’s contagious smile First, Wilson showed up to the c o m b i n e m e a s u
inches taller, and aside from players like Drew Brees, few “short” quarterbacks have fared well in the NFL But short often means fast, right? Mobile quarterbacks have become more and more valuable in t
However, the three top QB prospects in 2012 were all fairly mobile Wilson’s speed did not standout in comparison to Luck, RGIII and Tannehill He showed a strong arm, but his lack of physical credentials left him as just another guy, good enough to get drafted, but at nowhere near the top
of the field
Football is not all physical, though, especially with quarterbacks Guys like JaMarcus Russell were physical freaks coming out of college but lacked the brains needed to succeed Russell Wilson showed scouts that he had the mind needed to play one of the most high-pressure positions in sports He impressed several scouts during pre-draft inter views His composure and positivity tr uly blew scouts away But again, he proved to be a star among stars, unable to outshine the others because guys like Luck and RGIII were similar in their
football, life and the overall balance of the two
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when looking at two of his press conferences: in 2013 after losing to the Falcons in the playoffs, and in 2014, just two weeks ago, after defeating the 49ers in the NFC Championship
After the heartbreaking loss to Atlanta, a rookie Russell Wilson stood at the podium Someone who was unaware of the circumstances would have had no idea that W i l s o n h a d l o s t t h e g a m e B e t w e e n smiles, a beaming Wilson said, “I was telling my quarterback coach after wards, Coach Smith, that I’m so excited man, I can ’ t wait to get to the offseason and just work, and work, and work and get ready f o r t h e s e a s o n ”
[Russell Wilson’s] accomplishments, both on and off the field, are achievements that many ten-year veterans have not done
Mind you that this w as a ro o k ie w h o had just been eliminated from the playoffs, yet his reaction following the game seemed reminiscent of Tom Brady postp l a y o f f l o s s : c o mposed, positive and not phased by one misstep along a path towards greatness
He only speaks of himself when asked to d e s c r i b e c e r t a i n p l a y s He e p i t o m i z e s what it means to be a team-player and a class act
Throughout Seattle’s playoff run, many people familiar with Wilson noted that one cannot help but feel happy and positive when merely in the same room as the man He is that kind of guy His personality is echoed in his weekly visits to Seattle Children’s Hospital, his visits with soldiers, his annual youth football camp, his donation of the football camp ’ s proceeds t o
Association, his ambassadorship of the aforementioned Diabetes association that is devoted to improving the lives of those suffering from the disease that Wilson lost his father to, his founding of The Power of Mind Foundation that helps underprivileged youth and his pledge to donate $2,000 to the foundation for ever y touchdown he scored during the 2013 regular season and postseason
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we eliminated their time and space with the puck and we were just all over them and relentless with our work ethic ”
A l l s i x C o r n e l l g o a l s w e re scored by different players, making it the first time since 2012 that six different players scored in a g a m e Ba l a n c e d s c o r i n g i s a n essential feature of any top team, Saulnier said
“It was really important for us to have a lot of people scoring,” she said “Any good team needs to have a full team effort, so it was nice to see ever yone contributing ” Cornell continued its strong performance against the Bears the following day Although the team could not take a lead in the first, the Red broke through with three goals in the second period and
Russell Wilson is one of those people for whom writing simply cannot fully show the kind of person he is You must watch, or at the least listen, to the 25ye
y understand what I mean why my level of respect for the young man is superior to most professional athletes, and even most people I have met in my life Wilson’s model personality is best demonstrated
never looked back Goaltenders
Lauren Slebodnick and Steffanie Mo a k t o g e t h e r e a r n e d t h e shutout
According to Campbell, the Red utilized its speed to dominate control of the puck throughout the game and earn the win
“I think we did a ver y good job in our defensive zone We just eliminated their time and space, stepping up on pucks and playing a g g re s s i v e , f o re c h e c k
rd [and] not giving them any chance to take control of the play,” she said “I think that worked to our strengths, because I think we ’ re one of the fastest teams in the NCAA and when we play to our strengths, a lot of teams have a hard time gaining control of the puck against us ”
Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowitz@cornellsun com
And then a couple weeks ago, after leading a ferocious comeback to defeat the 49ers I see no difference in Wilson’s demeanor in comparison to his rookie playoff exit He begins his press confere n c e b y a s k i n g , “ Ho w ’ s e v e r y b o d y doing?” while looking around the room smiling at all of the repor ters He goes on to display his deep respect for football, his teammates, coaches and the 49ers He constantly defers to his teammates for making key plays and gives credit to the 49ers time after time for playing a great game and causing problems for Seattle
This is a guy who is just two years removed from college His accomplishments, both on and off the field, are achievements that many ten-year NFL ve
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y, Wilson has been drafted in the MLB multiple times, and though he intends to continue his football career, he plans to join the Texas Rangers this year as a motivational speaker As his career progresses and his accomplishments continue to pile up, more and more parents will encourage their children to dream to be like Russell Wilson
Ben Shatzman can be reached at bshatzman@cornellsun com
Red Adds Two More Wins
To Undefeat ed Rec ord
By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Wr ter
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w a s c r u c i a l i n t h e b a t t l e t o w i n a 1 2 t h
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d a y a g a i n s t t h e Ti g e r s S o p h o m o r e
Na h s h o n Ga r re t t a n d f re s h m a n Ma rk Gre y w o n b o t h o f t h e i r f i g h t s i n u n d e r t w o m i n u t
“Even though the team as a whole is pretty young, we know that we can wrestle with the top teams in the nation.”
C h r i s Vi l l a l o n g a a n d Mi k e Ne v i n g e r w e r e a l l v i c t o r i o u s a s w
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y g o o d p e r f o r m a n c e s a t m a t c h e s , re m a i n i n g u n d e f e
c o n f i d e n c e a s a t e a m , ” Ne v i n g e r s a i d “ Eve n t h o u g h t h e t e a m a s a w h o l e i s p re t t y yo u n g , we k n ow t h a t we c a n w r e s t l e w i t h t h e t o p t e a m s i n t h e n a t i o n ”
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a n d a h a rd w o rk e t h i c , De a n s a i d “ My u l t i m a t e g o a l e ve r y d a y i s t o g e t a l i t t l e b e t t e r a n d i m p rove a l i t t l e m o re
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w i n n i n g a n d l o s i n
C.U. Ends Home S eason With ‘Electric’ Meet
By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Wr ter
T h i s Sa t u rd a y, t h e m e n a n d women ’ s swimming and diving team competed at home in Teagle pool against Brown University, and the team put together a strong performance in its final home meet of the season to send the seniors out on a high note
The women ’ s team won its meet, 166-134, to solidify its first winning Ivy League Dual record since the 1991-1992 season The Red’s record is now 6-3, with a Ivy League record of 4-3 On the men ’ s side, the team ended a 21-meet Ivy League losing streak with a win over the Bears With a final score of 152-148, the men now move to a 3-6 overall record, with a 1-6 Ivy mark
Not only did the women ’ s team win, however, it also featured excellent times for this part of the season
The Red won 12 of 16 events, set two pool records and notched a school record as well
So p h o m o re Je n n a Im m o r m i n o won three individual events, taking home first in the 50 and 100 free and the 100 fly Immormino set a pool record in the 100-meter free s w i m w i t h a t i m e o f 4 9 8 9
Freshman Currie Murch Elliot set the school record in the 1000 free with a time of 10:07 09 and set the pool record in the 500 free with a time of 4:55 99
“Not only did we beat Brown, which was incredible, but the times t h a t p
insanely fast for being just a few
records be broken this weekend, especially by our impressive freshman class ”
For the men, the win over Brown in the final relay of the day was a tremendous way to snap its loss record The Red now has the confidence necessar y to have an extremely successful showing in the Ivy League Championships, junior diver
Thomas Hallowell said
“ The wins this weekend were a huge confidence booster going into championship season The team is i n c re d i b l y m o t i v
t e d a n d f e e l i n g great after a win like this weekend,” he said “During Ivies season, it’s important to have confidence and feel good about your ability to compete with other Ivy League teams
The fact that many of us just had our first Ivy wins since coming to
Cornell is really great as we go forward into the final part of the season ” Ju n i o r s w i m m e r Ti m o t h y
Satterthwaite added that the experience against the Bears was a memorable one
“Ever y close meet is exciting, and this meet came down to about the last five yards of the last relay to determine the winner I have never been in a pool with so much electricity and energy during that last relay so getting a win was the most gratifying feeling in the world,” he said “I think that the teams are
“The wins this weekend were a huge confidence booster ”
rolling into their final meets excited and with our confidence restored with a win It sends the message that we are going to be gunning for D a r t m o u t h a n d Br ow n a t Iv i e s Going into the final three weeks of the season, I think the team can really focus on the end goal and ride the high of the win ”
Hallowell noted that both teams aim to keep up the momentum gained from the weekend
“For the girls, it was nice to watch them end their season on a high note, especially with so many girls setting records On the guy ’ s s
biggest moment of my career here at Cornell,” he said “ The junior class had never won an Ivy meet, and it felt amazing to do so at home during the senior meet It came down to the last relay and could not have been a more exciting day The atmosphere in Teagle was electric, and pushed us to our win I think the team is ver y confident and excited to be heading into the final stages of the season with such great momentum ”
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S afe Super Bow l Ad s Yield Mixed Reactions
NEW YORK (AP) What Super Bowl ads will people discuss over the water cooler a day after the big game?
There were no crude jokes Sexual innuendo was kept to a minimum And uncomfortable scenes were missing
In short, there wasn ’ t much shock value
Sure, RadioShack poked fun at its image by starring 80s icons like Teen Wolf in its ad And Coca-Cola struck an emotional chord by showcasing people of different diversities in its spot As did Chr ysler, with its “Made in America” message
But with a 30-second Super Bowl commercial fetching $4 million and more than 108 million viewers expected to tune in to Sunday night’s game, advertisers tried to keep it family friendly with socially conscious statements, patriotic messages and light humor After all, shocking ads in previous years have not always been well received (Think: GoDaddy com ’ s ad that featured a long, up-close kiss was at the bottom of the most popular ad lists last year )
“A lot of brands were going with the safety from the start, ” said David Berkowitz, chief marketing officer for digital ad agency MRY
Viewers had a mixed reaction to the ads Keith Harris, who was watching the Super Bowl in Raleigh, N C , said he appreciated the safer ads “ The ads are less funny, but it’s easier to watch the Super Bowl with your family,” he said
Conversely, Paul Capelli, who lives in West Chester, Pa , found most ads dull: “ The best spots were like a Payton Manning-to-Wes Welker pass play they were there, but too few and those that connected left you wanting something a bit more spectacular ”
Many advertisers played it safe by promoting a cause or focusing on sentimental issues
Chevrolet’s ad showed a couple driving through the desert in remembrance of World Cancer Day And Bank of America turned its ad into a virtual video for singing group U2’s new single “Invisible” to raise money for an AIDS charity The song will be a free download on iTunes for 24 hours following the game and Bank of America will donate $1 each time it is downloaded to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS
Meanwhile, a Microsoft ad focused on how its technology helps people in different ways The ad is narrated by Steve Gleason, a former prof football player who is living with ALS, a disease of the ner ve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntar y muscle movement He uses a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet running eye gazer technology to speak
And an Anheuser-Busch “Hero’s Welcome” ad was an ode to U S soldiers The spot showed how AnheuserBusch helped prepare big celebration that included a parade with Clydesdales as a surprise for a soldier returning from Afghanistan
Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun
Mat domination | During the Red’s 31-0 victor y against Penn, the team held the lead for the entire duration of ever y bout except one
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Red takes down Yale, Brown to return to
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