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Rally Launches Start of Black Lives Matter in Ithaca

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Garza and Tometi, who are two of the cofounders of the Black Lives Matter movement, and Janaya Khan, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto, were invited because of the similarities between their movement and the vision of Dr. King.

Over 50 local residents and students gathered together at a local elementary school Wednesday evening to celebrate the launch of Black Lives Matter Ithaca.

The event began with two spoken word performances by members of the Black Lives Matter Ithaca community. To explain the need for the movement, Ithaca resident Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, grad, drew a parallel with the comic books that she enjoyed as a child, explaining that black children need more role models.

“Black girls want to have a hero too. All kids trying to get that mirror view. Cartoons gotta represent my hue” she said in rhythm. “You probably think I’m reaching, but when I started sketching, the first thing I could think of was drawing yellow dresses over pink skin faces.”

Lumumba-Kasongo was followed by Dubian,

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Janaya Khan, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi — three leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement — headlined the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Wednesday evening, calling on audience members to join the struggle against

Psi Upsilon Suspended After Sexual Assault Allegations

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Decisions | Ithaca Common Council members vote on extending the Officer Next Door Initiative, which assigns police officer to live in troubled Ithaca areas.

Council Sets Expiration Date On Police Placement Program

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Writer

The Ithaca Common Council voted unanimously to set a twoyear expiration date for the Officer Next Door initiative — which assigns police officers to live in troubled Ithaca neighborhoods as resources for residents — at its monthly meeting Wednesday.

During the meeting, the council heard feedback from citizens about the initiative which the City Administration Committee approved in a unanimous vote Jan.

21, according to The Ithaca Journal.

Many citizens expressed support for the program saying that they did not always feel their children were safe in their neighborhoods, and describing crimes and drug deals they had witnessed in their everyday life.

Chief of Police John Barber encouraged the council to allow the program to continue running for several more years without amendment. He said residents of See COUNCIL page 5

Psi Upsilon fraternity — the site of a sexual assault that reportedly occurred Sunday morning — has been placed on interim suspension, the office of fraternities, sororities and independent living announced Monday in a statement.

Aside from the operation of its residence, the fraternity is suspended from all chapter operations and activities.

The University previously suspended Psi Upsilon’s social and new member education activities in January 2015 after an alleged incident involving alcohol and illicit substances.

Psi Upsilon also faced a year of judicial probation and a month of social probation after the chapter was found in violation of the University’s Anti-Hazing Policy in the spring of 2011.

In the summer of 2008, Psi Upsilon’s alumni board deactivated the chapter over concerns regarding fraternity members’ safety.

Following the alleged incident of sexual assault, the Interfraternity Council passed a measure Tuesday recommitting

Cornell’s fraternities to preventing sexual assault, according to Blake Brown ’17, IFC president.

The measure, which received unanimous support from the IFC and its 36 chapter presidents, will require all chapters to receive training and education from Consent Ed and Cayuga’s Watchers by the end of

this academic year if they wish to remain recognized as active chapters.

Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun.com.

Crime alert | Psi Upsilon fraternity house is the location of the reported sexual assault incident reported Monday.

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House officers meetings, the first major phase of Interfraternity Week, were held at nine fraternities last night.

The officers meeting were house presidents, social chairmen, pledge masters, stewards, house managers, scholarship chairmen, chaplains, rushing chairmen, and house publication editors.

Concerning themselves primarily with Interfraternity Week’s theme, “Social Life and the Cornell Student,” the house presidents discussed the following areas: 1. The extent to which social conduct at Cornell is a problem. Observing that the administration too often hears only the bad side of fraternity social life, the house presidents felt that drinking and parties, in general, had become more moderate during the past two years.

2. Open versus closed parties. The group favored closed parties, also backing the idea of excluding stags.

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impair Cornell’s public relations. No charge of immorality, however, was made in connection with these parties.

In addition to social conduct, the house presidents briefly discussed deferred versus initial rushing. A straw vote of 28 to 8 with at least ten abstaining showed the group to favor initial rushing even with adequate eating facilities in the dorms.

The only house officers meeting to include women from the sororities, the social chairmen’s meeting dealt mainly with the chaperone problem.

A large majority of both the men and women opposed the WSGA rule requiring chaperones for Sunday dinners attended by coeds.

A “prowl system” was discussed and favorably received at the rushing chairmen’s meeting. One of two suggested changes in the fall rushing calendar, this system would allow fraternities to contact rushees in their rooms before the start of formal rushing.

Support for a “big brother” system of advising pledges both socially and scholastically was voiced at the meeting of pledgemasters.

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Food Trucks and Restaurants Battle Over Hours,Terrain

Mobile food vendors petition to relax policy restrictions

By LAUREN KELLY Sun Staff Writer

The debate between food trucks and local restaurants has been heating up recently, as food truck owners urge the City of Ithaca to relax restrictions on their trucks and restaurant owners accuse food trucks of policy violations.

Under the current policy, food trucks may not operate closer than 200 linear feet from the nearest brick and mortar restaurant.

At or around Cornell , students have access to a number of food trucks that include Louie's Lunch Truck, Dos Amigos, That’s How I Roll, the Hot Truck, Franny’s and Collegetown Crepes. However, many of these food trucks only begin operation late at night to avoid violating policies.

In an effort to address issues facing restaurants and food trucks, a Board of Public Works subcommittee on street vending convened a meeting on Jan. 25 to allow local business owners to air their concerns.

Some of the points discussed at the meeting included

complaints that food trucks were blocking sidewalks and using unauthorized spaces, rules regarding permit fees, and questions about tax payment and enforcement, according to Kathy Servoss, executive assistant in the public works department.

David Farahi ’16, co-owner of the Dos Amigos food truck, located on the corner of Eddy and Dryden St. in Collegetown, is one food truck vendor advocating for a vending location policy change.

Dos Amigos currently operates close to restaurants like Sangam Indian Restaurant and Miyake Japanese Restaurant.

However, so as to not violate the 200 feet restriction, Dos Amigos only starts serving food after 10 p.m. when the bricks and mortar restaurants close.

Farahi said that while many Cornell students still support Dos Amigos during its operating hours from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., being confined to certain hours of operation is frustrating and constricts business.

“It’s a great time to operate, but at the same time the amount of staff on the backend that we have to hire to be

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Louie’s lunch | A classic freshman late night favorite food truck located outside Balch Hall.

able to operate is very difficult” he said.

Farahi also said he thinks it is unfair that food trucks in Collegetown cannot operate during prime hours.

“It’s pretty clear that there is a monopoly in the Collegetown market and some restaurants feel threatened by a thousand dollars in sales that comes from our food truck,” Farahi said. “They are uncomfortable with the fact that some people have found a way to go around high rents that are imposed in Collegetown.”

Some restaurateurs have expressed concerns that the Department of Public Works have discriminatory policies toward bricks and mortar restaurants too.

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Sorority Rush Results Show Drop in Bids University First Bedbug Genome Sequenced at Cornell Scientists at Cornell sequenced the first complete set of the bedbug genome, according to the University.

Spearheaded by researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and Weill Cornell Medicine, the new finding published in Nature Communications on Feb. 2, will help to prevent pesticide resistance in the bugs. The genetic information can provide the mapping of the parasite’s activity.

The scientists collected DNA and RNA from various bedbugs, which allows for discovery on the role of the expressed genes. The study was funded by the Tri-Instituttional Training Program in Computational Biology and Medicine, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Institutes of Health and various foundations, the Cornell Chronicle reported.

Local Mayor Myrick Profiled For Black History Month Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 was selected by NBC News, along with 27 other honorees, to be featured in a special on Black History Month, representing ‘game changers’ with African-American backgrounds, according to The Ithaca Journal. Myrick was selected for being the youngest and first black mayor of Ithaca. Re-elected for a second term, Mayor Myrick has exemplified leadership and impacted the Ithacan community through affordable housing to ad dressing opportunity gaps, the Ithaca Voice reported.

By RUBY YU Sun Staff Writer

Seven hundred and seventy six women returned to Ithaca early last month for sorority recruitment — which officially ended with bid night Jan. 26 — according to Katherine-Rae Cianciotto, assistant dean of students.

The number of women who participated in recruitment this year remained virtually the same as last year, with only a five-person increase, she said.

However, this year’s recruitment numbers reveal a continuing trend of decreased participation in sorority rush. Last year, around 100 fewer women partook in recruitment than the year prior, when there were 871 rushees.

Although the number of participants remained roughly the same, the number of registrants who received bids also decreased from 75 percent last year to 69 percent of rush participants receiving bids.

According to Veronica D’agostino ’15, the

head of recruitment of Phi Sigma Sigma, last because of differing class sizes,” Baer said. “A big year, during the recruitment cycle of 2014, each plus is that it’s much more likely that all the new sorority had to accept a minimum of around 55 members can live in the house.”

The number of new members of fraternities new members, The Sun previously reported.

However, this year, Maple Chen ’17, vice presi- is not completely set in stone either, according to Blake Brown ’17, dent of recruitment of Interfraternity Council presMembership of Kappa Delta, said “as far I know, “There’s no real negative ident.

“As of now, 503 new quota — the maximum effect on sororities members have signed bids number determined by because of differing class to join an IFC fraternity,” Panhellenic — was 43.” sizes.”

Brown said. “However, nine Rachel Baer ’17, vice fraternities are participating president of recruitment for Rachel Baer ’17 in second round recruitKappa Alpha Theta, said the ment, so we are expecting 2016 pledge class for her that number to rise in the sorority was also 43 members, but she called this number “approximately coming week.”

He added that that “the numbers [of new the same as last year.”

Some houses’ gradual change to a smaller member recruits in fraternities] have generally class size can have a positive effect on members, remained the same” from one year to the next. creating a more intimate group of girls and a Ruby Yu can be reached closer community, according to Baer.

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Former Army Commander Speaks on National Security

By RUBY YU Sun Staff Writer

General George Casey — former chief of staff of the United States Army and a commander in the Iraq War — spoke about the evolution of national security in a talk Tuesday, hosted by Cornell’s Political Union.

Casey began his talk by analyzing threats to national security, which he said have changed fundamentally in the past few decades. While the U.S. was pri-

marily concerned with fighting other armies in the 1970s, the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001, according to Casey.

“This struggle that we’re involved with ... is with Islamic extremism, it is an ideological struggle,” Casey said. “Because it’s an ideological struggle, it’s not something that can be measured by the length of the war in Iraq or the war in Afghanistan. This is something that’s going to be with us and, unfortunately, with you all for decades.”

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Up in arms | The former chief of staff of the U.S. Army speaks about today’s security environment in Malott Hall on Tuesday.

Casey said he believes the greatest threat to the U.S., and to other developed countries around the world, is the possibility of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorist organizations.

“I believe that we, or a developed country, will be attacked by a weapon of mass destruction — chemical, radiological, biological, cyborg or nuclear — sometime in the next five years,” Casey said.

However, Casey noted that the harmful impacts of terrorist organizations are already visible around the world.

“In a 20 day period, right around the end of October or early November of last year, ISIL was responsible for the deaths of 400 people in Egypt, France, Iraq and Lebanon,” Casey said. “That is significant destruction for a terrorist organization.”

He also warned that, unlike in past wars, the U.S. will not emerge victorious from future conflicts by relying on its military power alone.

“So what do we do about it?”

Casey asked. “One, the U.S. needs to stay engaged. Two, if we

stay engaged we need to lead, but we need to lead collaboratively and three, we need to employ multifaceted, integrated approaches that use all of our national power — military, information, economic and diplomatic.”

However, Casey also emphasized that an outbreak of conventional war is growing less likely in today’s political climate, in all parts of the world except the Korean peninsula and Pakistan.

He added that the threat of nuclear annihilation that has been present since the Cold War has almost completely disappeared, as both the U.S. and Russia have downsized their nuclear arsenals.

Before the event came to a close, the Cornell Political Union surveyed the consensus of the students in attendance and determined that most of them either agreed with all or some of Casey’s main points, with only one student in disagreement.

Ruby Yu can be reached at ryu@cornellsun.com.

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Black Lives Matter Founders Speak at C.U.Event

Headline Martin Luther King Lecture, emphasize similarities in vision with civil rights leader BLACK LIVES MATTER Continued from page 1

“The movement they initiated is a contemporary manifestation of Dr. King’s work to transform American society,” said Rev. Dr. Kenneth Clarke, chair of the King Commemoration Committee and director of Cornell United Religious Works. “[They are] addressing many of the same issues Dr. King grappled with such as racism, police brutality and an inequitable justice system.”

The event, which was hosted in collaboration with Ithaca College and the local community, consisted of a panel formed by the three activists and moderated by Prof. Sean Eversley Bradwell, culture, race and ethnicity, Ithaca College.

During the panel discussion, Khan said she believed that Black Lives Matter is especially resonant today because as a movement it “inherently challenges the beliefs of white supremacy.”

While Khan, Garza and Tometi spoke about the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement today, they also acknowledged the connection the movement had to the struggle of their ancestors.

In particular, they stated that they believed they had taken the reigns from prominent civil rights activists from the Black Panther movement, founded 50 years ago.

“Our tactics have evolved, but the premise and the platforms are the same. We’re still fighting for the same things we were fighting for 50 years ago and 100 years ago and 500 years ago,” Khan said.

“Let’s not be fighting for the exact same thing 50 years from now.”

Garza said that Black Lives Matter’s embrace of the Black Panther movement anchored its ideology in many ways. She added that Black Lives Matter is rooted in love and that it was important to recognize that “not all violence is created equal.”

Rather than regressing to conversations about “black-on-black violence”— a phrase Garza said she hopes will retire — she suggested that people view violence in context and address underlying

issues, one of which is the “double standard” that exists between black and white individuals.

“In white communities, you can be human and make mistakes,” she said. “When it comes to black folks, it’s not about your motivation, it never becomes about that. …. If you really want to address the root causes of violence, then you have to address the systems and structures and policies that make it possible.”

The panel also discussed the acquittal of George Zimmerman, who was charged with the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2013. Garza emphasized that although this was a challenging time for the black community, it also demonstrated the strong bonds

“The implications for what blackness means in this country and around the world impacts everyone.”

Alicia Garza that unite them under one common mission.

“Those words ‘not guilty’ were a real indicator that there’s not love for black people,” Garza said.

“The role of love is to encourage us to challenge what we can actually change. We can love ourselves and each other enough to say ‘enough is enough, this isn’t the way things have to be.’”

Tometi said she was called into action, not only

by Zimmerman’s acquittal but by Garza’s proclamation that “Black Lives Matter.”

“Those three words really set into motion, for me, a new framework, a new paradigm, and what I think has been most moving is the fact that folks have responded to the call,” Tometi said. “We’re being told by our society that we’re less than, that we’re disposable, that our lives don’t matter and so black love has to be the ethos of our movement.”

Beyond the language of the movement, Garza

also said that the past few years have reawoken many to injustices in the U.S. “We’ve been in a period of what has been described as a post-racial society, a colorblind society,” Garza said. “We also have to numb ourselves to get by every single day.”

However, Garza said that repeated instances of police brutality and violence against black bodies, including the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. where Brown’s body was left on the street for several hours, had “demanded that people feel.”

“If [we] can’t feel that, then what have we become as human beings?” Garza asked.

Although they acknowledged their role as leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement, Khan, Garza and Tometi also charged the audience with taking up action.

“It’s not enough to just suggest that we’re sitting up here because we’re remarkable,” Khan said.

She continued saying that Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, Assata Shakur and other civil rights leaders in the past were not simply born gifted, but instead by choosing to fight for freedom, justice and liberation, they chose to be remarkable.

Bringing the conversation back to today, Khan said she often hears individuals ask themselves what they would have done if they lived during the civil rights era.

“You don’t need to wonder,” she said. “It’s happening now.”

Ultimately, however, Khan, Garza and Tometi emphasized that although a major focus of the Black Lives Matter movement is black power and black consciousness, it ultimately is a movement to liberate everyone.

“The implications for what blackness means in this country and around the world impacts everyone,” Garza said. “This is not about you figuring out how you help me. This is about how we figure out how we help we.”

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun.com.

Council Extends Police Program Ithaca Begins BLM Movement Hears community concerns about officer involvement COUNCIL

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West Village — a housing complex where Officer Next Door has already been implemented, which saw over 2,500 crime incidents in 2015 — have said that the program “is making a difference.”

“If the parents are saying that this program appears to be working, and they’re comfortable putting their children outside, how can we ignore that?” Barber asked.

Council members nevertheless debated various aspects of the program, including the cost of the police officers’ free housing and the $10,000 stipend for participating officers.

Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward) questioned the ethics of providing officers with housing and a stipend if they are only living in the community and not on active duty.

“There will be community questions of the appearance of impropriety, questions in terms of who has influences over these officers,” Brock said. “That question of integrity would be very hard to repair once that foundation is put into place.”

The council also raised concerns about allowing officers to access surveillance camera footage in their apartments, which they can do if they feel it is necessary, even if they are not on duty. “[Since the officers are not on duty], it’s just an invasion of privacy,” said Deborah Mohlenhoff (D-5th Ward). “It should be the job of the management to look at the surveillance cameras.”

Barber also addressed concerns about overextending officers, who might feel like they are “on call all 24 hours,” according to Alderperson Seph Murtagh (D-2nd Ward).

“Having been a police officer who lived in the City of Ithaca for a number of years … people know you live there, and whether you’re officially on duty or off duty, you’ll always get a neighbor who has a question for you or a concern,” Barber said.

Due to these concerns, the council voted to limit Officer Next Door to two years of operation before evaluating the program further.

Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun.com.

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who declined to be identified by his full name. He gave a similar performance, making several references to various racial protests that have occurred over the past several years.

“Never have we screamed so loud…Loud like 500 strong in Baltimore throwing stones into windows,” he said. “There is protest in living.”

After Dubian’s performance he spoke about the motivation behind the founding of the Black Lives Matter Ithaca movement.

“There have been many protests, rallies and candle-lit vigils,” he said.

“Black Lives Matter is a call to action and a response to the anti-black racism that permeates our society.”

Prof. Russell Rickford, history, spoke about the contradictions that exist in our society and how he believes they led to the formation of the Black Lives Matter movement.

“The main contradiction of black life today is on one hand, legally equality and superficial inclusion, and on the other hand economic uncertainty,” he said. “It is this paradox that has produced the national Black Lives Matter movement … Now a group of black organizers from all walks of life have come together to form Black Lives Matter Ithaca.”

Phoebe Brown, a local activist and one of the event organizers, said she would represent the people who could not be present at Black Lives Matter Ithaca meetings.

“If I’m in the room I’m representing [the voices that are not usually heard], because that’s where I come from,” she said. “I was born and raised in Harlem. I was around for a lot of movements. And I represent them when I come.”

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The Cornell Daily Sun and Cornell history To the Editor: History is never finished. The past is always rediscovered and historical texts revived.

So it is even with Cornell history. We write to right an omission in our recently published Cornell: A History, 1940-2015. At the center of this revision is The Cornell Daily Sun. In our book we describe President Hunter Rawlings announcing on October 8, 1997, to the surprise of many in the Cornell Community, that he had “mandated that within three years all freshmen be housed on North Campus.” We gave the impression that this resolution of the vexing perception of a white West Campus and a black North Campus was his idea — and his alone.

It was certainly a bold exercise of presidential leadership that would forever change undergraduate life at Cornell, leading eventually to the creation as well of the West Campus House system. But what we did not know when writing our History was that the idea of an all freshman North and an upper-class House system on West had already been advanced in The Sun by Editor in Chief Hilary Krieger ’98.

Three weeks earlier Krieger had published a lengthy editorial entitled “Housing Solution.” In it she wrote: So what might be a dramatic yet constructive solution? We offer one. It is by no means the only viable one, but it signifies the type of thinking and action necessary in order to realize real progress. In order to link the contrasting cultures of North and West, students must literally come together. By putting all the freshmen on North campus, all students could interact, live and learn from each other.

For good measure, Krieger’s editorial added: Furthermore, such an arrangement would free up the U-Halls for a housing option unavailable to students at Cornell — a type of dormitory which students attending Harvard and Yale consistently cite as a decisive factor in choosing their school — residential colleges.

In addition to eating and living together within their dorm, students also have common gathering areas, libraries, tutoring and support services and workout facilities.

President Rawlings told us he does not remember whether he had read that Sun editorial. But an all-freshman North Campus was an “idea in the air” then, he recalls.

Indeed, it was. Let history be revised to include the role of The Cornell Daily Sun, and Hilary Krieger in particular, in putting it there.

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he arrival of 2016 signalled the beginning of a new year and a fresh start. Of course, that also meant scribbling down some thoughts on the back of an already-used piece of paper and calling them my “New Year Resolutions.” On the list, I had written down some of the same things I’d written every other year. I told myself to eat healthier, concentrate more on school work and remember to look at the bigger picture. The unfortunate truth is that, like other years before, while I remembered my resolutions, I tended to break them right away. Had I already eaten ice cream for four days in a row? Of course. Had I already put off buying my textbooks from

being sure of who one is. But allowing events to change you means accepting that events help you grow. I can instantly think of places I have traveled to, people I have met and specific life events that have changed me as an individual. Allowing events to change you opens the doors to opportunities you would not have experienced if you were not willing to change.

3. Process is more important than outcome.

I remember listening to an NPR interview with Margaret Atwood, a Canadian poet, novelist and essayist. She explained how older people are more confident and at ease with themselves because they have experienced life already. They know more

As scary as it may seem, don’t be afraid to dive deep and uncover parts of yourself that would have remained hidden if you were too scared to take the chance. class to delay the readings I had to do?

You bet. And had I dwelled on the smallest details and blown up situations far more than they had to be? A resounding yes. Basically, resolutions were things I tried to adhere by. Sometimes I was successful, other times not so much.

A few weeks after I shoved the small slip of paper I had written on New Years in the bottom of my desk drawer, I attended an art exhibit at the Perelman Building — the annex of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Bruce Mau, creative director of Bruce Mau Design and cofounder of Massive Change Network, had created 24 principles of Massive Change Design to help people change the way they see things, create innovative solutions and set goals. He showcased his work in “Work on What You Love: Bruce Mau Rethinking Design.” In this artistic exhibition, he allowed viewers to learn important life principles and demonstrated to the power of design in order to produce positive change in the world using graphics, videos, objects and interactive digital displays.

The most important principle of Massive Change Design is “Work on What You Love.” It’s a concept that suggests connecting our energy to our passion and allows us to devote our time to work that has meaning and a positive impact. Mau’s belief is that by demonstrating so-called “selfishness” — working on things we are passionate about — we end up contributing one of the greatest things humans can offer: love.

In “An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth,” another part of Mau’s exhibit, he displays 43 points, printed on an enormous wall, on how one can sustain a creative, meaningful life. Although I found all the points to be intriguing and thought-provoking, a few stood out.

1. Allow events to change you.

In today’s society, I feel as if people are not just afraid of change, but of being changed. They seem to think that remaining true to themselves is of the utmost importance, and “changing” means not

or less how their life will turn out. Young people, however, are afraid of their future.

There is no guarantee on how events will unfold, where they will end up and who they will become. They tend to focus more on the end results than the process of getting there. But the process is equally as important as the outcome. Making mistakes and trying new things is part of becoming a creative and thoughtful individual.

5. Go deep.

This is one of my favorite points Mau makes. It is a fundamental aspect to life that enables one to find meaning and value. Superficial conversations don’t lead to substantial experiences. In Mau’s words, “The deeper you go the more likely you will discover something of value.”

As scary as it may seem, don’t be afraid to dive deep and uncover parts of yourself that would have remained hidden if you were too scared to take the chance.

41. Laugh.

Although we need to know when to take things seriously it is similarly important to know when not to. There should never be a day when we haven’t smiled or laughed at something someone has said or something we’ve done. Laughter releases stress. It allows us to realize that things will be okay. Laughter shows how comfortable we are with ourselves.

My family’s spontaneous decision to attend Bruce Mau’s exhibit was one that inspired me more than I thought possible.

Maybe it was my love for the artistic and visual portrayal of his ideas, or the reassuring feeling I had that these points and principles were actually realistic in helping me lead a life of creativity and meaning. Since then his principles have guided my words and actions and have led me to create my own principle: use what you learn to inspire others. And that is exactly what I’m trying to do.

Gaby Leung is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached atgl376@cornell.edu. Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Kevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

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n Monday, after nearly a year of polls that documented Donald Trump’s meteoric rise, Iowa voters cast the first ballots of the 2016 presidential election. And he lost.

This defeat, of course, marks the beginning of the end of his candidacy, the restoration of order to the Republican Party and paves the way for a nominee who can win in November. Or at least that's how some pundits have portrayed it. Yet, as Trump has just learned, repeatedly saying something still doesn’t make it true.

In fact, all three of those propositions have a complicated relationship with reality.

First, losing in Iowa does not necessarily spell doom for Trump. After all, he was competing on highly unfavorable turf. The Republican electorate in Iowa is dominated by evangelical Christian voters — a poor fit for a Manhattan billionaire. Over the past several months, Iowa has consistently been the only state to show weakness in Trump’s polling lead. His last-minute leads were perhaps a diversion from earlier signs of solid support for a more religious choice — initially Ben Carson, before switching to the eventual victor, Ted Cruz. Moreover, the Iowa caucus is often won through superior organization, while Trump has predicated his campaign on a national, media-heavy strategy. If there’s a place Trump would lose, it would be Iowa.

Indeed, no one should forget that Trump retains a massive lead in the next contest, New Hampshire. Although his blunted momentum from Iowa will likely diminish his advantage, it remains doubtful that another candidate could close the gap over the next week. Renewed by a triumph in

New Hampshire, who knows what route the Trump campaign could take? Ever since his initial declaration in June, Trump has defied all expectations — and he may continue to do so. Make no mistake, his odds of obtaining the nomination have been dealt a notable blow, but they remain higher than anyone could have anticipated.

Regardless, even if Trump fails to win the nomination, the Republican Party will not suddenly be cleansed of his influence.

Instead, the constituencies that he has attracted may continue to push the party in a Trump-like direction. Trump has revealed a potent populist streak in the Republican base; his supporters may be antiWashington, but they are also uncomfortable with corporate power and the traditional conservative establishment. While the Trump base does substantially overlap with the Tea Party, it is not a perfect fit.

Future candidates will take notice of this inconsistent, perhaps substituting ideological purity for the populist flourishes of Trump.

His hateful rhetoric, too, cannot be neatly put away. The dangerous effects of Trump’s tirades against ethnic and religious minorities will persist in the national conversation. Once a presidential candidate can remain a frontrunner after proposing to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, the door has been opened to proud demonstrations of Islamophobia and racism as part of our political debate. Beyond the bluster and entertainment, this remains as a genuinely regrettable facet of the Trump campaign.

These ideas will linger. And so, too,

might Trump. It is not hard to imagine that a losing Trump would demand a primetime speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, possibly with a revived threat of going third party. He might even do it — depending how well he did in the primary race — but he could hurt the GOP even if he doesn’t. Throughout the fall campaign, he is to likely remain a presence in the media, as a walking reminder of the Republican Party's current strains of extremism.

That brings us, finally, to Trump’s alternatives. Let’s consider the winner of the Iowa Caucus, Senator Ted Cruz. He rode a wave of conservative energy to win, reflecting his intensely ideological record. During his time in Congress, he has emerged as the leading voice for the GOP’s Tea Party faction, and played a major role in the 2013 government shutdown. Due to his willingness to attack the purity of his fellow Republicans, he has earned the ire of his Senate colleagues. It doesn't stop there: his views on abortion, same-sex marriage and climate change, to name just a few, all fall far outside of the American mainstream. If Cruz is the nominee, it seems clear that he will stick to his guns — literally — and run an unabashedly conservative campaign. Do Republicans really want to bet the White House on a hope for record turnout from the party’s right flank?

But maybe there is one more potential savior. Florida Senator Marco Rubio — who has enjoyed the most hyped third-place finish in Iowa caucus history — has often been heralded as the Republican Party’s moderate savior from its Trump woes.

Rubio is charismatic, young and Hispanic;

the perfect contrast to Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Further, his life story is compelling, and he tends to give measured, sensible responses to voter questions. Yet, he is not the candidate he is depicted as.

After all, Rubio won his Senate seat in 2010 as a Tea Party candidate, and over the course of the Republican primary, he has returned to this conservative posture.

Indeed, his views do not substantially differ from Cruz — they both oppose abortion with no exception for rape, they both oppose marriage equality and they both reject climate science. Even on immigration, Rubio has jeopardized his appeal to Hispanic voters by flip-flopping on his prior support of comprehensive immigration reform. Indeed, Rubio’s perception as a moderate comes down to little more than tone. It will be difficult to maintain this under the spotlight of the general election.

Is he the strongest candidate to put up against Hillary or Bernie? Probably. Is he as strong as perceived? Definitely not.

In the end, it’s difficult to resist the urge to make the results from Iowa more important than they actually are. Yes, they change the race, but they do not completely remake it; Trump is still a contender. And no matter what happens, he has already defined and shaped this election. That, perhaps, is not a small consolation prize: for better or worse, we now live in a world where our history books will have to mention Donald J. Trump.

Kevin Kowalewski is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at krk78@cornell.edu.

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THROWDOWN THURSDAYS Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

The End of the Beginning D

uring the depths of the Second World War, the British army in North Africa secured a decisive victory over Nazi Germany in the Battle of El Alamein. In response to the victory, Winston Churchill delivered one of the most lyrical orations of the 20th century: “The Bright Gleam of Victory.” In this speech, Churchill uttered one of the most famous lines of the war: “Now is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” As we emerge from the national variety show that was the Iowa caucuses, Churchill’s words echo loudly.

Monday night’s caucus represented the end product of months of campaigning, over $70 million in advertising and almost a dozen debates. As the politicos navigate the waters of a post-Iowa world, one can only come to the conclusion that Monday was the end of the beginning. Just as El Alamein was a decisive turning point for the Allies, so too was Iowa a turning point for the 2016 race. Iowa put the first serious dent into the Trump political machine, suffocated many of the candidates out of viability (Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina and Martin O’Malley), put several candidates in the endangered species category (Chris Christie, John Kasich and Jeb Bush) and established potentially vicious rivalries (Hillary vs. Bernie and Cruz vs. Trump vs. Rubio). Iowa was the first major turning point of the 2016 race, and thus the end of the beginning.

With just under 40 weeks until the election draws to a close, the race seems poised to be aggressive, nasty, expensive and long. With this in mind, I’d like to make a few comments on some of my fellow Republicans.

Marco Rubio: Throughout the campaign, Marco’s strategy has been ridiculed, mocked and lambasted. The youthful senator has played a risky strategy of not focusing on a single early voting state. Instead, Rubio has campaigned in each of the four early states (Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada). Furthermore, Rubio has worked tirelessly to avoid

peaking at the wrong moment. Instead of seizing on potential momentum, the Florida senator has aggressively worked to tamp down expectations and avoid the spotlight until the moment is right. Through harshly ridiculed, Rubio’s performance on Monday night showed that this strategy might just work. Though the senator only came in third place, it was a very close third place –– a virtual tie with Trump.

Now a great question looms over Rubio: can he consolidate enough establishment support to power him through New Hampshire and South Carolina? If Rubio is able to successfully steal a healthy amount of support from Kasich, Bush and Christie in Iowa, the sena-

Overall, it is clear that Iowa has changed the game. A blitzkrieg of Trump through all of the early voting dates has failed to come to fruition. tor could easily be competitive with Trump in New Hampshire. And if Rubio is able to secure a strong showing in the Granite State, the 44 year-old will be a very strong contender for the nomination.

Jeb! Bush: Jeb is the biggest loser in Iowa that no one is talking about. Of course the former Florida governor was never expected to do well in Iowa, but there was hope that the Bush political machine could bring down Rubio. Bush and Rubio occupy the same establishment circle –– and only one will be able to successfully harness the power of that circle. The Bush campaign hoped that a massive blitz of attack ads would sink the Rubio campaign. According to some estimates, the

Bush campaign and its Super PAC spent over $10 million on ads attacking the Florida senator. Obviously, it backfired. Not only did the attack ads miserably fail to bring down Senator Rubio, the charismatic leader is now the clear favorite among establishment Republicans. In the end, Iowa cost Jeb a total of $14 million and depleted any possibility of regaining a foothold in the race to be the establishment favorite. If Jeb wants to prevent Trump or Cruz from getting the nomination, he should abandon his hopeless race for the nomination and get behind Rubio. If not, Jeb will only be delaying the inevitable and will be hurting the chances of an establishment figure to secure the nomination.

Donald Trump: While some in the establishment would like to think Monday was Trump’s Waterloo, anyone who has been watching the past six months knows that Trump isn’t going anywhere. Trump has faced adversity throughout the race, and Iowa has never been the business magnet’s stronghold. However, New Hampshire will be critical for the Donald. If Trump is unable to pull a victory in the upcoming primary, he will certainly lose most of his credibly as a candidate. The entire premise of “Make America Great Again” is that Trump is a winner. However, if Trump succumbs to the forces of Cruz or Rubio on Tuesday night, the real estate mogul will have lost any perception he holds of being a winner.

Overall, it is clear that Iowa has changed the game. A blitzkrieg of Trump through all of the early voting states has failed to come to fruition. Instead, the Republican party is locked in a grueling three-man match that will likely last months. Truly, Monday night was only the end of the beginning of what will likely be a very long race.

Michael Glanzel is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mg786@cornell.edu. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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hile some Cornellians are still mourning the loss of Stella’s Café, with its array of spice-infused, creamtopped concoctions, surprisingly poetic menu and thoughtfully crafted latté art, Ithaca’s current café and coffee shop scene is far from hopeless: What it lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality, and experiencing this is merely a matter of venturing past Collegetown. If you’re looking to sit and think, or just sit, check out these local gems: a warm mug of something nice, chill vibes and free wifi included.

snag an insta pic, the snug abode rocks the hippest of orange and green floor tiles and mustard yellow walls. The effect is decidedly magical.

The Shop serves espresso drinks, French press, aero-

minimum, and the no-frills menu makes ordering — a process that can sometimes be overwhelming — a breeze.

Gimme! Coffee At Gimme! Coffee — both the flagship store on West State Street and the original location on North Cayuga — you’ll find swanky jazz music, spacious tables and industrial accents, as well as exceptionally crafted espresso drinks and coffee. Though born and bred in Ithaca, and a local favorite, the brand can be found in seven other locations around New York City and upstate New York. Its newest installment is in Cornell’s own Gates Hall.

The espresso bar specializes in artisanal brews and the fair trade coffee beans are airroasted in small batches, ensuring a richness and fullness of flavor in every cup. In line with Ithaca’s socially and environmentally conscientious spirit, Gimme! Coffee invests in its relationships with coffee bean farmers and in sustainable practices.

If you’re looking to sit and think, or just sit, check out these local gems: a warm mug of something nice, chill vibes and free wifi included.

The Shop With twinkling Christmas lights, hanging plants scattered, local art and a tattoo parlor tucked in the back, The Shop is cool, comfy and cozy.

More than a trendy spot to

press and pour over coffee which is handcrafted with tender love and care. The menu also includes fresh juices, loose leaf teas and a variety of locally-baked treats.

One of my favorite beverages is the Ginger Vanilla Latté, which, coupled with a dinosaur shaped shortbread cookie, is a killer combination. The baristas are friendly, the lighting is warm and the caffeine is quality.

Press Café Even on the dreariest of Ithaca days, the vast window panes and stark white walls of this tiny shop make it feel bright, light and airy. A relatively recent addition to Press Bay Alley, Press Café believes that less is more. Minimalist in almost every sense, the establishment boasts a simple selection of dinks, including espresso, brewed coffee and herbal tea, in addition to a small assortment of pastries.

Distractions are kept to a

Ithaca Coffee Co. Part market, part tavern, part café, Ithaca Coffee Co. offers much more than the name lets on. I walked into the Gateway Commons location — one of two in town — expecting just coffee and a standard selection of muffins and scones. Instead, I was met with a variety of fancy snacks (think charcuterie, specialty chocolates, cheese), craft beers, tavern in back, freshly

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baked goods, sandwiches, and yes, coffee. Ithaca Coffee Co. generates quite a bit of foot traffic, and given the limited seating, is best suited for a quick bite and coffee to-go.

Coal Yard Café In a town replete with brunch establishments, Coal Yard Café can get lost in the shuffle, but to overlook this neighborhood gem would be a mistake. With rustic furnishings, leather chairs, a cast iron fire place and vestiges of the building’s past life as an actual coal yard, the quaint cafe provides easy comfort and coffeehouse classics.

Coal Yard Café offers traditional brunch fare, sandwich-

es, daily specials and an array of pastries baked in house, in addition to a shamelessly decadent assortment of specialty mochas and lattés. The Ithaca Mud (mocha brought to a higher level with a generous dose of chocolate syrup and whipped cream) and the Nutella (espresso with hazelnut syrup and again, lots of chocolate) are two crowdpleasers. The Snickers is a candy bar in liquid form. This caramel latté topped with whipped cream and chopped peanuts is deliciously sweet and surprisingly filling.

Kay Xiao is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at kx28@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Big Short Supplies What Viewers Demand It was a treat to see four of my favorite male actors in the same movie. The entire cast could not be more on point, nor could their wigs. Ryan Gosling is hilariously over-the-top as the polished, well-dressed trader Jared Vennett who narrates the film to perfection. He looks like he is having the time of his life in The Big Short. If he were an economics professor at Cornell, I would be an econ major. Steve Carell is also perfect as Mark Baum, a hedge fund manager disgusted with all the corruption around him on Wall Street and eager to profit off the banks’ dis-

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The man behind Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy may seem like an unlikely choice to helm a film educating its audience about the economic principles behind the American real estate market. But The Big Short — an adaptation of Michael Lewis’s nonfiction book about the 2008 collapse of the housing bubble that left the country in financial crisis — is exuberantly directed by Adam McKay, who COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES absolutely nails the telling of this tragic story. McKay succeeds by turning a distressing topic into, at points, a comedy.

The Big Short follows three separate stories of investment experts who bet against the housing market. Whereas everyone else believes the market to be rock solid, it is actually supported by high-risk loans doomed to fail. As the characters investigate further, they discover that the problem is being compounded by outright fraud and ignorance by nearly everyone on Wall Street. While we watch them peel back the market’s layers, McKay invites us to join him in wondering, “How could this have happened?”

When a director is this passionate about his work, you can tell, and what McKay does with The Big Short is incredibly creative. He pulls out all the stops, knowing that he honesty. Carell’s chemistry with Gosling is still there from could easily lose his audience with a script comprising almost Crazy, Stupid, Love four years ago, and the two feed off each exclusively of office meetings and phone calls about a technical other’s energy in several scenes involving witty, fast-paced and subject matter. McKay throws in montages of real music videos often blatantly offensive dialogue. and news clips to give us a better sense of the time period. To Christian Bale is, if not the best actor working today, cermake the action feel more authentic, he uses the unrefined doc- tainly among the most versatile. He is also the master of physiumentary style of filming, with the camera abruptly zooming in cal transformation. In the span of ten years alone he portrayed and out of people’s faces. Timely fourth wall breaks give us a a 120-pound insomniac (The Machinist), Batman, a 145-pound chance to catch up to his frenetic pace and make sure we under- ex-boxer and drug addict (The Fighter), Batman again and a stand what the heck is going on. Furthermore, celebrity cameos 230-pound 1970s con man (American Hustle), in that order. In that serve to explain complicated terminology make for some of The Big Short, he plays his first character with a normal BMI. the most memorable scenes. Consider, for example, chef Bale totally loses himself in the role of Dr. Michael Burry, a Anthony Bourdain showing up to describe how a collateralized number-crunching hedge fund manager with Asperger's debt obligation is just like throwing lots of old, unsellable fish Syndrome who recognizes the instability of the U.S. housing into a brand new seafood stew. (It makes perfect sense now!) market as early as 2005. Bale fully embodies Burry’s eccentric

Future Purple Reign Freebandz

The shtick that has turned Future into one of hip hop’s biggest superstars casts him as a drug-addled club rat, drinking lean to numb the pain; this was more or less the premise of his last album, DS2, which was a huge critical and commercial success. The updated hipster take on Future is that he’s a doomed, lovelorn soul who turns his druggy misery into art like a sizzurp-sipping Cobain. This kind of revisionism is necessary in order to listen to such mindless music without irony, because Future’s songs are unbelievably repetitive and dreary.

But in a recent interview with The Source, Future as much as admitted that his persona is a fabrication designed to sell records. “I’m not like super drugged out or [a] drug addict,” he said. “My music may portray a certain kind of image […] because I feel like that’s the number one thing everybody likes to talk about. It’s a catch.” His fans have responded to this, bizarrely, by trying to ignore it. If Future isn’t really a drug addict, the hipster take is wrong and he’s just a craven opportunist who parlays trapped-out nihilism into record sales. You have to engage the music on its own merits; it can’t be an authentically interesting portrait of drug abuse because Future himself admits that it’s not authentic.

So how you feel about Purple Reign, his new mixtape, will pretty much come down to whether or not the trap-god persona he’s created appeals to you, because one thing he doesn’t do is innovate. Lyrically, he sticks to pills, lean, guns, strippers and the mean streets of Atlanta — few rappers have less range. He expresses contempt for everyone he knows, everything he spends his time doing and, by proxy, himself,

Lev Akabas is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at la286@cornell.edu.

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yet socially inept personality to the extent that he even forces one of his eyes to not move so that he appears to have a glass eye. He is incredible.

Brad Pitt is uproariously funny as the constantly paranoid Ben Rickert, a banker coaxed out of retirement by two young investors, Charlie Geller (John Magaro) and Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock), to help them get rich by betting against the housing market. The film’s trailer leads you to believe that he is a main character even though he is really only appears for comic relief (although every character provides comic relief at one point or another). He does, however, deliver the essential line of the movie when he reproaches Geller and Shipley for celebrating their financial success while disregarding the unemployment and suffering that the impending collapse of the American economy will bring.

The film’s protagonists aren’t your traditional heroes — their achievement is making millions of dollars for themselves off the economic failures of the country. Most of their personalities come off as fairly detestable, although they are so hysterical that you want to like them anyway. Making his main characters morally reprehensible is yet another way McKay outlets his palpable anger towards the greed and deceit that took place on Wall Street in the years leading up to the crash.

Amidst all the gimmicks, the movie never forgets to remind us of the countless lives that were ruined by fraud. We get a glimpse of a homeless family transporting everything they own in a minivan. Baum sits in silence on a rooftop feeling guilty about accepting his profits. The Big Short is most effective in these brief moments. You will leave the movie frustrated, not only because you’ve been informed about the immorality of what really happened, but because McKay just made you laugh at it for two hours. You actually watched a horror movie disguised as a comedy. Worthy of winning Best Picture, The Big Short is, in the words of the understated Ben Rickert, “Kinda brilliant.”

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Therefore, when pulled out of the song and onto the page, his lyrics are almost comically stupid: “I pull up wherever I want, I do whatever I want / You take her on dates and I won’t, you holding her hand and I won’t / You do whatever I won’t and I do whatever I want.”

The guy’s not trying to make Illmatic here, what he’s aiming for is bangers. And he’s written a few good ones, like “Jumpman” and “I Serve The Base,” which were two of 2015’s best. Nothing on Purple Reign is that good, but the highlights hit hard. “Inside The Mattress,” about Future’s favorite stash spot, has a nice premise, and on “All Right” his autotune is hooky and melodic. The best beats on the album are the ones that give Future’s voice a little space to work with. Metro Boomin’s minimalist beat on “All Right” showcases the verse well, and “Run Up,” produced by DJ Spinz, forces Future out of his comfort zone. But most of the beats are more or less an interchangeable stew of 808s, snare rolls and twinkly keyboards, so Future’s voice ends up fading into the mix. The songs have little replay value and “Drippin How U Love That,” which sounds like a bad Fetty Wap impression, is a particular lowlight. It’s not that I don’t like the trap sound in and of itself, but Future compares unfavorably to the baroque, experimental work of, say, Travi$ Scott.

Trap can be — and has been — done better.

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I suspect that a Future fan would say that my criticisms of Purple Reign completely miss the point. This fan, I imagine, would argue that Future’s music isn’t designed to be critically scrutinized, it’s designed to slap in the club. The success or failure of Purple Reign as a work of art would depend on how it fares at high volume, not when hyper-analyzed through headphones. I don’t think this perspective is entirely wrong — I bet that’s how Future sees it, at least — and when judged by that standard, Purple Reign is a moderate success. It’s hard to criticize an album for doing what it sets out to do.

But I don’t think that’s a particularly lofty goal, and I think it’s been done way more artfully by many other rappers. I don’t think Future is authentic, which I could live with if I liked the persona he’s created for himself. To like Future, you either have to listen without paying close attention or resort to complicated justifications for why he’s cool. I don’t think he’s cool, and despite its occasional high points, I don’t think you should download Purple Reign.

Max Van Zile is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mfv23@cornell.edu.

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ver winter break, while you were doing something normal like watching the Bill Murray Christmas Special, or something, my friend Zach and I spent two days watching something decidedly more intense: Claude Lanzmann’s 1985 Holocaust documentary, Shoah.

To say that one does not watch, but endures, Shoah, Claude Lanzmann’s nine and-a-half hour documentary about the Holocaust, is not meant to denigrate the film in any way. It is uncompromising, nauseating, obsessive — and required viewing for anyone who wishes to grapple with this stain on human history and the horrifying absence left in its wake.

The film comprises of interviews with survivors, witnesses and German perpetrators, as well as footage from Polish extermination sites and surrounding areas. Lanzmann often used hidden cameras and other forms of deception to capture the testimony of those who, for obvious reasons, preferred not to have their role in systematic murder broadcast to international audiences. In addition, Lanzmann interviews Raul Hilberg, author of The Destruction of the European Jews, arguably the greatest historical explanation of the evolution and enactment of the Final Solution ever written.

In the film, Hilberg explains that his approach to historical research “[Never begins] by asking the big questions,

because I was always afraid that I might come up with small answers.” Instead, he prefers to “address these things which are minutiae or details in order that I might then be able to put together in a ‘gestalt,’ a picture which, if not an explanation, is at least a description, a more full description of what transpired.” Lanzmann’s approach is also best understood in this way. In each interview, he employs a persistent, unwavering questioning style, so that every detail, from the seemingly meaningless to the unbearably painful, might be teased out. In so doing, he achieves, if not something comprehensible or accessible by the imagination, then at least something truthful.

Sam Bromer No Place Like Brome At one point, Lanzmann interviews a former SS guard of the Treblinka extermination camp. After the man describes, in detail, the extermination process, the two engage in a debate over the exact number of prisoners gassed per day in the camp.

Lanzmann argues that the number must be 18,000, citing testimony from the Nuremberg trials; the interviewee insists it was no more than 15,000.

In another scene, Lanzmann interviews

Abraham Bomba, who was forced to cut the hair of women entering the Treblinka extermination camp before they were gassed. At the time of the interview, he worked as a barber in Tel Aviv, Israel. At one point, the man describes how, one day, another barber was forced to cut the hair of his wife and child before they entered the gas chamber.

The man pleads with Lanzmann to allow him to stop telling the horrible story; Lanzmann refuses.

Shoah is not only a superlative document of the Holocaust in its own right; it is also a cinematic masterwork — it is among the greatest films ever made. As critic Kent Jones notes in his recent review, critics have, in the past, tended to focus on the film’s runtime, as well as Lanzmann’s refusal to employ archival footage, treating the viewing experience as “the responsible thing to do, like attending a funeral.” But, as he notes, such criticisms ignore the richness of what actually appears on screen. Rather than bringing the events of the Holocaust “to life,” the film viscerally presents the absence that remains. Seemingly endless panning shots of the extermination sites; a tracking shot that slowly and inexorably moves towards the gates of Auschwitz; dimly lit images from inside the crematoriums — such

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deliberately composed and executed images, often overlaid with the testimony of survivors who experienced such conditions firsthand, demonstrate the past to be inscribed into the present. At the same time, they represent a historical dead end, a void which threatens to render null all that follows.

As the grandchild of a survivor of Auschwitz, I struggled to watch this film.

Even now, I struggle to write about it.

But, even if trauma is something that is never fully assimilated in the mind, and even if the stories passed down from one generation to next are never fully grasped, we all must sometimes to try and understand the impossible.

Sam Bromer is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. No Place Like Brome appears alternate Thursdays this semester. He can be reached at sbromer@cornellsun.com.

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Nathan M. Lyman, who represents Ithaca Renting and some of its restaurant tenants, listed some examples in an opinion published by The Ithaca Voice after the subcommittee meeting.

“Property owners have to pay a sidewalk maintenance fee to the city, but the food trucks get to use the sidewalk for free. Restaurants that utilize outdoor tables on city sidewalks are charged a per square foot permit fee by the city,” Lyman wrote. “Food truck patrons stand on the sidewalk to access the food truck, but the city discriminates in favor of the food truck because there is no corresponding per square foot fee to food trucks for sidewalk usage.”

Lyman also argued that the amount of time the city spends regulating food trucks costs taxpayers unnecessarily.

While Servoss admitted that regulating food trucks did take “a significant amount of time,” she added that the City of Ithaca did not have any unfair policies against either brick and mortar stores or food trucks.

“There’s enforcement, addressing complaints, making sure food trucks have all their paperwork and making sure signs are put on correctly so they can be carried out,” Servoss said. “But we are being fair. We are giving the food trucks a chance. We are giving brick and mortar restaurants a chance. We are not discriminating against either of them.”

Lauren Luciani ’18, who said she loves to eat at both restaurants and food trucks in the Collegetown area, believes that both types of food establishments promote local business.

“More choice is better for the consumer and both establishments have different purposes,” Luciani said. “Sometimes I want to sit down at a restaurant, but others I just want good food on the go.”

Farahi also agreed that food trucks and restaurants should be working harmoniously.

“We are not direct competition, and it’s a shame that we can’t be open for longer hours,” Farahi said. “In other places food trucks have the ability to vend in normal operating hours. It’s insane the amount of time we put into preparation of our food to only be able to serve from 10 p.m. to two a.m.”

The Jan. 25 meeting was only the beginning of the debate surrounding food truck policies, with another subcommittee meeting scheduled for Feb. 18, according to Servoss.

Lauren Kelly can be reached at lkelly@cornellsun.com.

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Uptempo Pacers Drop Nets On Strong Performance From Miles NEW YORK (AP) — Once the Indiana Pacers starting pushing the tempo in the second quarter, the Brooklyn Nets ended up in a hole that was just too deep.

C.J. Miles had 27 points, Paul George scored 17, and the Indiana Pacers sent the Nets to their fifth straight loss, 114-100 on Wednesday night.

“I got some open 3s, I got to the basket,” Miles said. “I was able to play off of what the defense was giving me. I felt like I just had a good rhythm tonight.”

George Hill added 13 for the Pacers. Brook Lopez had 21 points and Joe Johnson had 20 points and nine assists for the Nets.

Indiana opened the game on a 17-9 run. Brooklyn then missed its first eight shots to start second quarter. Indiana outscored the Nets 36-20 in the second and went up 62-43 at the half.

In the third quarter, Joe Johnson and Thaddeus Young combined for 21 points to help Brooklyn trim the deficit to 8777 at the end of the third.

Indiana’s bench outscored Brooklyn’s by 42 points in the victory.

“They brought great energy,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel said.

“Solomon Hill with his energy, C.J. with his scoring, Joe Young

made some big buckets, Lavoy Allen had a strong performance.

They were a big part of the victory.”

With Rodney Stuckey and Ian Mahinmi due back from injury, George believes Indiana should be considered a contender in the East.

“If C.J. gets hot like he was in November, I get hot like I was in November, Monta (Ellis) continues to play well, Myles (Turner) steps up and continues to play at a high level like he’s doing, we get Ian back from injury, we get Stuckey back from injury, this team can be pretty scary,” George said.

Pacers: Coach Frank Vogel praised the play of rookie Myles Turner who is averaging 17.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game over his past eight games. “I don’t know if I’d call it a big surprise,” Vogel said.

“We have great belief in this young man. If there’s a surprise, it’s how quickly it’s coming to him, maybe. When we selected him in the draft this year, we had very high hopes.” ... Vogel also praised the return of Paul George after missing most of last season with a broken leg. “It’s a miracle he’s on a basketball court.” ...

Rodney Stuckey (ankle) did not dress.

Curry Remains Unstoppable As Warriors Zip Past Wizards WASHINGTON (AP) — Following one of his worst offensive games this season, reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry stopped thinking about basketball and recalibrated his mind. It worked out just fine.

Curry was all systems go Wednesday night as he made 11 3pointers and scored 51 points to lead the Golden State Warriors past the Washington Wizards 134121 for their eighth straight victory, which came in spite of a monster performance from John Wall.

Wall scored a season-best 41 points in the shadows as Curry shot 13 of 14 for 36 points in the best first half of his career. After scoring just 13 points Sunday at New York, Curry was in a zone, tying Gilbert Arenas and Michael Jordan for the Verizon Center record and reaching 50 for the second time this season.

“The shots that you know feel good go in, and some of the shots that you’re like, ‘Oh that’s off,’ they end up going in,” Curry said.

“It’s a fun feeling, and you want to ride that until you can’t anymore.”

Curry looked human when he missed seven of 10 shots during the third quarter but was dominant most of the night as the Warriors (45-4) matched the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers for the best 49-game start in NBA history.

“It’s like Kobe (Bryant) when he had 81,” Wall said. “He couldn’t miss. You keep defending the best way you can. We challenged some shots. He didn’t have too many open looks. He just made them.”

Curry’s 5 of 17 shooting performance against the Knicks was all forgotten by the end of this game. Not like coach Steve Kerr was worried.

“I didn’t know Steph was in a slump,” Kerr said. “Steph’s never

in a slump.”

Curry made his first six shots from the floor and was feeling it, especially from 3-point territory.

He came one 3 short of tying the single-game record, and though it was on his mind, he didn’t start popping shots just to reach it as the game got out of hand.

“I was kind of searching but not trying to force with where the game was,” Curry said.

“You can’t mess around with the basketball gods trying to chase a record if the game doesn’t call for it.”

The game called for plenty of baskets because of 18 Golden State turnovers, including seven from Curry. Kerr said that needs to change if the Warriors want to defend their NBA title.

Many of those turnovers turned into points for Wall, who shot 17 of 25 and added 10 assists to set the tone for the Wizards (21-26), who led early but never got closer than two after the first quarter.

“I was just being aggressive and doing whatever shots I had,” Wall said. “It was just a fast-paced game. (I was) also attacking the basket and getting to the rim a little bit.”

Wall was doing all those things, but Curry was doing it all. He finished 19 of 28 and 11 of 16 from 3 but was still kicking himself for the turnovers more than reveling in the points.

“It’s one of those games I think I had probably three of them that I shouldn’t have had — just a couple lazy passes, telegraphed passes,” Curry said. “It happens, but it’s frustrating because when they happen, that’s when they got back in the game and you don’t want to give them any life with transition or easy fast-break opportunities where we can’t get our defense set and I was the culprit plenty of times.”

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Women’s Squash Posts 2-1 Record at Yale Round Robin Men come up short against George Washington and Drexel, set for Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend

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Making a racket | Junior Rachel Scherman won two of her three matches including a victory in Cornell's victory over No. 9 Drexel. the weekend after when we play Princeton, we could still end up in the A Division, so that’s our main goal,” Hare said. “That being said, KThe men’s and women’s squash teams even if we don’t make the A Division, we deftraveled down to New Haven this past week- initely want to fight for a B Division title … end to compete in the Yale Round Robin tour- so hopefully we’ll make the A and everything nament. The No. 12 men’s team finished the is open.” weekend 0-2, dropping matches to Drexel and The team has an important weekend ahead, George Washington. The No. 8 women’s with Ivy League matches against Harvard and squash team finished the weekend 2-1, beating Dartmouth.

Drexel and George Washington but losing to “We learn from our mistakes [and] move powerful No. 4 Stanford. forward into the future,” Hare said. “If we “Overall, the women's squash team rose to keep up the good work and come through at the occasion to play three tough teams over the right points and the right times we can the weekend,” said sophomore Margaux Losty. come out on top in both matches, especially The toughest match for the team was the Dartmouth match, which is one our against GW, according to Losty. The match biggest rivalries of the year.” took place on Sunday after the team had The women’s team has high hopes for the played two difficult matches on Saturday. end of the season - remaining in A Division “The hardest match mentally and physical- contention - and wants to perform well at ly for the team was probably Sunday morning nationals. against George Washington because it was our “One of our goals as we start to approach last match of the weekNationals is to figend after playing two ure out a way to very competitive teams “Despite the unfortunate results, I think climb back up to the day before,” Losty the whole team came together [and] our previous ranksaid. “In order to get a ing of No. 6 in the had a great atmosphere.” win Sunday morning first division from against GW we went No. 8 where we Liad Hare into the match with a are now,” Losty strong and positive said.

“Another mindset knowing this was a crucial match that important goal is to be in the best shape poswas also a very possible win.” sible for nationals so over the next few weeks Losty won all three of her matches over the we should expect to have some extra physically weekend, she’s now 6-4 on the season. tough practices.”

The men’s team was not as successful but Nationals are Feb. 26-28, so the Red still played two very good teams and took away a has about a month to prepare. Doing well will number of positives from the weekend. not be easy given the high quality of the 30Sophomore Liad Hare’s performance was team College Squash Association, but Losty one of the highlights. Hare, who usually plays said she and the women’s team are confident at the No. 8 position, finished undefeated. they can regain their sixth place ranking and “Despite the unfortunate results I think the use that momentum to improve over the next whole team came together [and] had a great month and perform well in the postseason. atmosphere,” he said. “We were there to fight The women have three matches this weekfor every game and every match [and] I think end — against Harvard, Dartmouth and as a team we acted and behaved appropriately.” William Smith. Harvard is ranked No. 1 in Almost all of the team’s individual matches the country and on paper may seem like the were close, with only three players losing in Red’s toughest opponent of the weekend, but straight sets over the two matches.

Losty emphasized that it is really hard to pre“The whole team was just pushing each dict how any collegiate squash match will turn other, cheering each other,” Hare said. “We out. had some really close matches and unfortu“There is no team out there anymore that nately they didn’t go our way,” Hare said. can be considered an easy win,” Losty said.

The two losses dropped the men’s team’s Women’s and men’s play begins this weekseason record to 3-6, decreasing the likelihood end at 12 p.m. Saturday against Dartmouth at of the team ending up in the A Division. the Belkin International Squash Courts.

Nevertheless, there is still hope for the Red, according to Hare.

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at “If we do well this weekend, and do well sdhaliwal@cornellsun.com.

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be fate.

Take any Super Bowl champion over the past decade and it’s obvious that fate was the reason for their success. The 2007 New England Patriots were the greatest football team ever assembled. How could they not win the Super Bowl that year? Well, Spygate was responsible for negative fate points. You can’t cheat and win the Super Bowl in the same year. That’s a basic proponent of The Fate Theory. It was impossible for the Giants to lose that Super Bowl. You really think it was physically possible for David Tyree to make that catch? C’mon, it has to be fate.

But let’s look outside the realm of football. In 2014, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. Actually, they didn’t just defeat the Heat, they absolutely destroyed them. This was fated to happen. After the heartbreaking ending of the 2013 Finals, the Spurs gained all of the fate energy in the universe. There’s no way that the sports gods would let Tim Duncan finish his career with a loss to the Heat, the villains of the NBA. Nope, it was only fate that the Spurs would come back stronger than ever before and avenge their previous season’s defeat.

It’s now probably obvious to see that the Royals were destined to win the World Series this year. After their heartbreaking loss in the World Series the previous season, it was only fate that the Cinderella’s of the MLB reward their fan base with a championship.

In 2011, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the heavily favored Miami Heat in the NBA Finals to win their first NBA championship. Were the Mavericks really better than a team featuring LeBron James, Dwyane Wade in his prime and Chris Bosh? Of course not. But once again, negative fate points (also referred to as bad karma) reared their ugly heads.

LeBron decided to embarrass Cleveland on national television, and as a result, he cost his team a championship.

What if both teams going into a title game have compelling storylines?

Every storyline can be assigned a certain magnitude. The team with the highest aggregate total of magnitude is given the advantage. For example, Team A may feature a star player who overcame a rough childhood in Compton, but Team B features a star player who escaped from a communist country and provided a plentiful life for his family. Team B wins every time.

Now, why will the Broncos win the Super Bowl? It’s actually quite obvious once you really analyze the situation. John Elway, GM and former quarterback of the Broncos, was a perennial loser. He made it to four Super Bowls in the 80’s and 90’s and lost them all. But Elway retired on top of the world, winning Super Bowls in his final two seasons as a Bronco. And now we come to Peyton Manning. Manning is known for his Super Bowl struggles, and has been mocked for his inability to win big games. All signs point to a Manning retirement after this game. And all signs point towards Manning winning this Super Bowl and riding off into the sunset, just like the former Broncos’ quarterback Elway did. This is Manning’s Elway moment. The parallels are unbelievable. Sorry Cam, but there’s literally nothing you can do. It’s fate.

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

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said. “[Quinnipiac] works so hard, and they are tenacious. They have a great offense and it comes from their work ethic. At the end of the day we have to be willing not just to match their work ethic, but to supersede it.”

Syer, who served as an associate head coach for Quinnipiac for 12 years, also noted how it can get nostalgic whenever he sees the Bobcats on the schedule.

One of the few players who has remained consistently reliable for the Red has been Gillam. This past weekend, Gillam kept the Red competitive against Clarkson and St. Lawrence, totaling an impressive 66 saves on 70 shots in two games.

“The more shots you get the more you feel in the game,” Gillam said.

“We’ve been coming out pretty strong I feel. Even though we are giving up more shots I feel pretty confident in the way I’m playing.”

One of the biggest problems the Red has faced through this tough skid has been, undoubtedly, scoring. Seven goals in the past six games, including being shut out twice, is not an ideal situation to be in.

The second game on the weekend comes against a struggling Princeton team (5-14-2, 3-9-2), who has only been able to muster one win in its last nine games. If Cornell is not able to pull off the upset on the Bobcats, Princeton could be the perfect opportunity to get the momentum back with only league play left on tap.

Schafer was not available for comment after taking a puck to the head during practice, according to Syer, but he has remained involved with the team and should be good to go by this weekend.

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

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Men Look to Snap Out of Slump Against Quinnipiac In the middle of a six-game winless streak, hockey set to face Tigers and Bobcats over weekend

By ZACH SILVER Sun Staff Writer

Going through a losing skid is never easy, especially when that skid includes losses to rivals at home. But that hasn’t put a dent in the Red’s confidence going into a crucial weekend, according to associate head coach Ben Syer.

“From a physical standpoint I think our guys are pretty fresh,” Syer said. “It does take a little bit of a toll on you when you lose some heartbreakers like that. But [head coach Mike Schafer ’86] has talked about this all year long. We have a great group of guys in that locker room and they showed up to work yesterday with smiles on their faces, ready to get after it.”

Along with coaches, players remain confident in their game. According to junior forward Jake Weidner, it is the little things here and there that will turn the skid around.

“The feeling in the room is that we are still confident in what we can do and accomplish,” Weidner said. “We haven’t lost our effort nor will to win. We are giving ourselves opportunities to win and unfortunately for us it hasn’t worked out

lately.”

After a disappointing weekend against Dartmouth and Harvard, the Red had a chance to bounce back against lesser opponents in Clarkson and St. Lawrence, but dropped both games in overtime losses.

“A couple minor breakdowns this past weekend and some pucks in the back of the net,” Syer said. “Friday night was an unfortunate bounce with the puck going in off our own player. I thought on Saturday we rebounded really well. …

We’re close, and you can’t fault the guys for competing and wanting it.”

The weekend’s first game, which will be broadcasted on SportsNet New York, comes against the No. 1 Quinnipiac (201-5, 11-0-3 ECAC), who the Red (11-7-3, 6-6-2) lost to earlier in the season, 5-4, in overtime. In that meeting, the Red had the opportunity to pull off the upset, leading four to one at midway through the second period. In the end, Quinnipiac’s high power, fast-paced offense was too much for the Red to hold its lead.

“I think we just have to stick to our gameplan and worry about ourselves,” said junior goalie Mitch Gillam. “If we play our game and use our systems I think we

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Reeling Red | Junior defenseman Holden Anderson and Cornell will try to knock off No. Quinnipiac this weekend to break out of a midseason slump. are one of the best teams in the country.

We need to use our size and get on Quinnipiac.”

The biggest threat in the Bobcat lineup is first liner Sam Anas, who has recorded 17 goals and 15 assists, leading the team with 32 points. He recorded five points in

the team’s last three games and is heating up at the worst possible moment for the Red. “We will be well aware of [Anas],” Syer See M. HOCKEY page 15

GYMNASTICS

The Fate Gymnasts Score 192 in Third Straight Meet Theory W

By SHANE LEWIS

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The gymnastics team scored over 192 points for the third straight meet to open the season, breaking a school record in the process. Still, the effort was not enough to earn a victory this past Sunday against Bridgeport. The Red fell by a score of 194.175 to 192.225 against the Knights.

Cornell broke another record in the defeat, scoring a 48.775 on beam to surpass the previous record of 48.700 in 2004. Cornell placed the top three performers in the event. Freshman Kaitlin Green took first place with a 9.875, and freshman Lyanda Dudley and sophomore Joy Gage tied for second place with a score of 9.775. For Green and Dudley, this is their second straight meet finishing in the top two positions. Five of Cornell’s gymnasts finished with scores above 9.675, a mark of impressive consistency.

Cornell outscored the Knights by .275 in the event.

As for the vault, the Red fell to Bridgeport by a score of 48.200 to 47.575. Senior Alicia Blair was the lone standout for the Red. She finished in second place with a score of 9.650. Five Bridgeport gymnasts rounded out the top six, all of whom scored a 9.600 or

“During our preseason practices, we started working on getting our routines together.”

Sara Schupp above. All of the competitors in the event were able to manage scores over 9.300, the only event at the meet where the gymnasts were able to do so.

On the bars, the Red was again unable to achieve victory against a talented group of Bridgeport gymnasts. The Knights took the top two positions, and placed five of their competitors in the top seven. Green and junior Elana Molotsky

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Valiant vaulting | Senior Alicia Bair finished in second place at vault as Cornell lost to Bridgeport, 194.175-192.225

placed in the third and fourth position with scores of 9.750 and 9.725 respectively. The Red lost the event by a score of 48.525 to 47.950.

Finally, Cornell was thoroughly outmatched on the floor exercises, losing by a whole point to Bridgeport. The Knights posted a staggering 48.950, a number that Cornell was nowhere close to approaching. Bridgeport claimed the top five spots of the event, with all of their competitors scoring a 9.725 or above.

Molotsky and Dudley were the lone gymnasts for the Red that were able to crack into the top eight of the event. The Red finished the event with a team score of 47.925.

Although the Red came up short, the gymnasts showed an impressive amount of consistency, according to senior Sara Schupp. Schupp attributes this consistency to the team’s effort during practice.

“During our pre-season practices, we started working on getting our routines together earlier and practicing consistency on each event,” Schupp said. “This hard work spent in practice was seen.”

Dudley was the only gymnast for the Red to qualify for the all-around, and she fell to Bridgeport’s Kelsey Campbell by a score of 38.100 to 37.850. While Dudley outscored Campbell in beam and on floor, she was unable to compensate for the 8.900 she scored in bars.

This weekend, the Red will host Penn and SUNY Cortland at Teagle Gymnasium. This will be the team’s first home event of the year.

“It is always nice to have a big meet in your home gym because we can get a large crowd to support us,” Schupp said.

The Red will look to extend its record setting streak at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

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

hat are you guys more excited for?

The release of Kanye’s Waves in the upcoming weeks, or Sunday’s Super Bowl 50? The correct answer is Waves, but I’ll forgive you for saying the Super Bowl. That should be pretty awesome too. In light of the biggest sport event of the year, I think it’s the appropriate time to unveil the biggest sport’s theory of all time, philosophized by yours truly. I offer you, The Fate

Shane Lewis Sportstradamus Theory. Using this theory, I can almost certainly guarantee that the Broncos will win the Super Bowl this upcoming Sunday. How did I conclude this? Well, let’s dive into The Fate Theory, my friends.

Almost every sports champion of all time has had some sort of storyline surrounding the circumstances of their championship. I’m going to argue that the magnitude of these storylines can accurately explain past champions and predict future champions. For example, the 2012 Ravens were destined to win the Super Bowl that year. Why? Because Ray Lewis announced that he was going to retire before the postseason. You can’t have the greatest middle linebacker of all time not win the Super Bowl in his final year. It has to See LEWIS page 15