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Students share thoughts on the selection of actor James Franco as the convocation speaker. | Page 3

Who will and should win the Oscars? The arts staffers help analyze the awards show.

Cornell will host the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship at Barton Hall this weekend. | Page 12

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Ithaca School District Shuts Off Water Supply Following Detection of Lead

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By JOSH GIRSKY Sun Staff Writer

Following the detection of high levels of lead in Caroline and Enfield schools, the Ithaca school district shut off its water Wednesday until lead and copper testing could be done in all district school buildings, motivated by ERIC THAYER / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and businessman Donald Trump speak at the Republican presidential primary debate in Houston Tuesday, the last debate before Super Tuesday.

Cornell Moves to Introduce Gender-Inclusive Bathrooms President Obama’s Executive Order 13672,” Smith said. “As a world-class institution, we should strive to be at the forefront of inclusion.”

The U.A. passed the resolution last December Single-occupancy gender-specific restrooms will soon become all-gender. By end of March, an that called for the conversion of all single-occupanonline map will be accessible to indicate inclusive cy restrooms from gender-specific to all-gender.

Garrett demonstrated suprestrooms on campus, according port for the U.A. resolution in to the University.

January by approving both the This follows a University gender-inclusive restrooms and Assembly resolution and the Americans with Disabilities President Elizabeth Garrett’s Act standardized signage conshow of support. U.A. execuversions. tive member Ulysses Smith ’14 Ulysses Smith ’14 “It is extremely important presented the resolution and that we not only encourage said that efforts to begin this inclusiveness in our campus community, but also process have been a “long time coming.”

“Our efforts were bolstered by the broader demonstrate it,” said Alexander Thomson, U.A. LGBT rights social movement and a number of initiatives on the federal level — including See RESTROOM page 5

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“We should strive to be at the forefront of inclusion.”

S.A.Discusses Sustainability, Course Enrollment,Online Forum

By KYLE OEFELEIN Sun Staff Writer

The Student Assembly addressed environmental sustainability, the transparency of course enrollment and “Big Red Change” — an online forum for students to create petitions about different University initiatives — at its meeting Thursday.

The S.A. passed a resolution to convert all lighting in Willard Straight Memorial Hall from incandescent to LED. This change is an easy step that will save the University both money and energy, according to Gabriel Kaufman ’18.

“We are actually sitting under about 300 incandescent light bulbs. What that

means is that we are wasting a lot of electricity,” Kaufman said. “We talk a lot about carbon neutrality.

We talk a lot about becoming more sustainable, and I think it is time we put our money where our mouth is.”

The University is about one third of the way See ASSEMBLY page 5

what superintendent Luvelle Brown called “an abundance of caution.”

A previous test of district schools’ water quality released in 2005 revealed levels of lead that exceeded the action level, but district officials are still investigating See LEAD page 4

Administrator Reveals Seven Hazing Investigations Underway This Month The Tri-Council has opened seven active hazing investigations this month, Travis Apgar, senior associate dean of students, wrote in an email to the Interfraternity Council Thursday.

Phi Gamma Delta and Pi Kappa Phi fraternities were placed on interim suspension Tuesday following multiple reports of hazing. The incidents included “intimidation, verbal abuse, harassment, alcohol consumption and calisthenics,” the University announced in a statement.

Apgar noted in the email that Thursday marked the five-year anniversary of Cornell student George Desdunes’ death from a hazing incident while pledging Sigma Alpha Epsilon as a sophomore.

“I implore you to step up and to make sure your chapter is following the approved new member plan which included activities and experiences which honor the values of your chapter, and treat all members and new members with respect and dignity,” Apgar wrote in the email.

With the initiation deadline approaching this Sunday, Apgar cautioned all chapters to abide by the approved new member plan and welcome all new members on time.

“We need to work together to rid our groups of hazing altogether,” Apgar said. “Every student here deserves to be treated with respect, every fraternity and sorority stands for honorable principles, be sure your group is living up to it all.”

— Compiled by Josephine Chu

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Quotes of the Week News, “James Franco Named Cornell’s 2016 Convocation Speaker,” Monday Speaking about selection of James Franco as the 2016 convocation speaker “In Franco, we feel extremely fortunate as he has found success acting, directing, producing, teaching, leading philanthropic efforts, but most importantly staying diligent in his educational pursuits as evidenced by [his] wealth of degrees.”

Zachary Benfanti ‘16, Cornell Convocation Committee chair News, “Mayor Svante Myrick ‘09 Calls for Supervised Heroin Injection Sites in Ithaca,” Tuesday Speaking about proposal to establish legal, supervised heroin injection facilities in city “While much of drug policy is driven at the state and federal level, there is a great deal that municipalities can do to create more effective drug policies.”

Opinion, “Is Big Red Football Sustainable on the East Hill?,” Wednesday Speaking about the future of the University’s football program “On the other hand, how much longer can we sustain a football program with only one winning season over the past 15 years and very meager attendance? Before we pull the plug, I encourage students, faculty, alumni and members of the Ithaca community to attend at least one home football game next fall. “ Mark S. Wolcott ’83 News, “Endowment Chairman Praises Humanities at Cornell,” Thursday Speaking about the value of the humanities today “We have to think again about the meaning of liberal learning. That requires — I think — a fundamentally new and different discussion [about] educating people on the ‘conduct of life’ which includes many things outside of vocation and professional life.”

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Students React to Franco Pick for Convocation

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Convocation Committee faces mixed reviews on its selection

combin[ed] with his experience in the entertainment industry fits the bill for a graduation speech.”

While some praised Franco’s varied talCornell students responded with both enthusiasm and reservation to the ents, other students expressed skepticism Convocation Committee’s announcement about Franco’s suitability as a convocation last Friday that actor and director James speaker. Specifically, several students wonFranco will address the class of 2016 this dered if Franco — given his highly privileged upbringing — could adequately send May. Franco’s illustrious and varied career in the class of 2016 off to a world of which he Hollywood — complemented by his note- knows little.

Miranda Kasher ’19 was not convinced worthy achievements in academia — has that Franco would “give the won him approval from some kind of advice [graduating members of the senior class. seniors] need for their future.”

Grace Hurley ’16 said she is “[Franco] had such a differexcited to see how the actor’s ent experience in his life, one versatility will color his speech. that might not really relate to a “We know he can be hilari[Cornell] student’s,” she said. ous, we know he can be serious, Still other students voiced we know he’s brilliant and a very concerns about the sincerity of talented writer,” Hurley said.

Franco’s accomplishments.

John Salvagno ’16 added FRANCO Elise Smith ’19, who shares that Franco “brings a lot to the table with respect to his creativity and life Franco’s hometown of Palo Alto, C.A., noted the unglamorous view her commuexperiences.”

“Being from a distinguished academic nity has of the celebrity.

Smith said that Palo Alto residents view background will definitely add more depth to his speech,” Salvagno said. “There is a Franco’s scholarship and artistic pursuits as story to tell for everyone’s journey through artificial, with the community’s consensus life and [Franco’s] academic background purportedly being that Franco “is not realBy DREW MUSTO

Sun Contributor

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Jaqueline Mabey, organizer of the international Wikipedia: Art + Feminism edit-a-thon, discusses the annual event’s mission in a lecture Thursday.

ly that good at any of the [things he tries to do].”

Nonetheless, Smith said that she would be happy if Franco were her own convocation speaker.

In recent years, several of Cornell’s convocation speakers have hailed from politics.

Last year, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords M.R.P. ’96 delivered the convocation address to the Class of 2015, and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), then-Mayor of Newark, spoke to the Class of 2013.

Dan Stoyell ’18, while recognizing that politicians often have “very interesting lived experiences” said that as long as

convocation speakers give “engaging” speeches, whether with comedy or “meaningful conversation,” they will be successful.

Likewise, Salvagno, who witnessed Sen. Booker’s 2013 speech, said that Sen. Booker “hardly talked politics” and instead discussed “his upbringing and the life experiences he found most memorable.”

A good convocation speaker should have “a story to tell,” and Franco’s “creativity and life experiences” satisfy this criterion, Salvagno said.

Drew Musto can be reached at acm287@cornell.edu.

Two Cornell Assistant Profs Named Sloan Research Fellows

By ELEANOR GOOD Sun Contributor

Two of Cornell’s researchers — Assistant Prof. Yimon Aye, chemistry and biochemistry, and Assistant Prof. David Mimno, information science — were recognized among today’s “most promising scientific researchers” when they were awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowships on Wednesday.

In addition to acquiring prestige as members of “the next generation of scientific leaders” in the United States, the fellows will also receive $55,000 administered over two years to support their research, according to the Foundation.

Aye’s multidisciplinary research focuses on the application of chemistry-driven technologies to biological cell signaling in order to

better understand the timing and target specificity that underlie biological communications, she said.

Her lab’s light-activatable ondemand redox-targeting synthetic molecule, named T-REX, is the first of its kind, and Aye attributes her innovative approach to her dual training.

“It was quite a risky idea when we first started,” Aye admitted, but she said the award of the fellowship signaled to the team that they are headed in the right direction.

“The Sloan Fellowship uniquely recognizes our contribution in the area of technological development [and its application],” she said.

Her team plans to use the fellowship funds to purchase a new microscope for the lab and move on to applying the T-REX to a wider variety of settings, according

to Aye. “We wanted this strategy to be really user-friendly,” Aye said. “Any researcher interested in the technique … could use the tool.”

Cornell’s other award re c i p i e n t , Dr. David Mimno, focuses his research on data mining.

He received the PROF. AYE S l o a n Fellowship for his development of new technologies to sort through the millions of digitized texts that Google and the Internet Archive have collected in collaboration with university libraries over the past decade.

“This collection is like a human

genome project for humanities and social science,” Mimno said, “but it is sitting idle.”

Mimno said his work has to circumvent the problems presented by copyright laws and the lack of available tools to work with such a large collection. “ We ' r e f i n ding PROF. MIMNO ways to [engage with the works] without operating directly on the original materials,” he said.

His team is also helping humanities scholars incorporate computational approaches into their research methods and improve their efficiency. This col-

laboration provides his team with helpful feedback.

“The insights we gain from collaborations inform our technical agenda by highlighting which advances will have the most impact on actual practice,” Mimno said.

Both professors recount feeling honored and humbled upon receiving the fellowship.

“This award is really a vote of confidence in me and my colleagues,” Mimno said.

Aye and Mimno are two of the 126 researchers chosen as 2016 Sloan Research Fellows, with other fellows coming from top research universities across the US and Canada, including seven of the eight Ivies.

Eleanor Good can be reached at ekg45@cornell.edu.

Cornell Faculty Explain Changes to In-Class Laptop Policies

By STEPHANIE HENDARTA Sun Contributor

Cornell faculty have begun cracking down on extraneous laptop use in class.

While opinions on the benefits of laptop use in classrooms vary among faculty members, there has been a growing trend toward a more stringent regulation of the practice.

Prof. Robert Thorne, physics, said he started experimenting with different laptop policies about four years ago. After implementing a strict no-laptop policy, Thorne ultimately settled on a more lenient arrangement where students

with laptops are only the negative externality of people checking their eallowed to sit in the back disturbing neighboring stu- mails, working on their talk dents. or other things. It’s extremetwo rows.

“In the late 2000s, I ly distracting.”

“I understand that stuSenior lecturer Dr. Anne dents might have a paper due would sit it on lectures and or have to meet some deadline notice a lot of people with Bracy, computer science, but don’t want to miss lec- their laptops open, watching also mentioned the inherently distractture,” Thorne ing nature of said. “I don’t “I do generally think that laptops tend to electronic ask the reasons, distract, first of all, the students that are using devices within but my policy is a classroom if you’re in the the laptop, and most definitely the people environment. back two rows, sitting around the person with the laptop.”

“I do genyou can do erally think what you Prof. Anne Bracy that laptops want.” tend to disThorne said his primary problem videos or doing other things tract, first of all, the students with laptop use in his class- that weren’t related to the that are using the laptop, room is not necessarily out lecture,” Thorne said. “You and most definitely the peoof concern for students’ see this happen in the pro- ple sitting around the person decreased ability in focusing fessional world as well, at with the laptop,” Bracy said. on the material, but rather conferences and seminars, Bracy said she usually

prefers an airplane-mode policy, but due to the size of her Computer System Organization and Programming course, she said she implemented a no-laptop policy.

Bracy observed that her students were sitting too close to one another to be able to use their laptops productively.

While she is open to exploring different options of laptop use regulation, Bracy said she is uncompromising when it comes to cell phone use in her class.

“I have a strict no-cell phone policy. Cell phones distract me,” Bracy said.

“When I am teaching, sometimes I can see people using

their phones. … I can see them reading something, laughing a little bit. Students don’t realize how it actually really throws off the professor.”

In 2003, Prof. Geri Gay, communications, co-authored a paper on the effects of laptop use on classroom environment that addresses the inherently distracting nature of electronic devices.

“We learned that if students scanned online and stayed at a superficial level, they still did well on the recall and retention tests about the recent lecture,” Gay said. “But if they became more engaged See LAPTOP page 5

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Ithaca School Investigates Lead Content of Water Supply Parents express concern for their childrens’safety

the United States, my family is asking local officials to look into the lead levels in our infrastructure.”

Jim Bryan ’86, another employee at World Water whether any action has taken place since then, accord- Solar, said he expects more parents around the country to be concerned. ing to The Ithaca Journal.

“This to me is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of This discovery follows on the heels of the Flint water crisis andongoing public health emergency. the concern that’s going to be generated in the public,” Drinking water containing high levels of lead has left he said. “If I were a betting man I would say you are thousands of children in Flint, Mich. at risk of serious going to see measures taken across the country and you’re going to hear bad news across the country in health problems.

Brown said in an email to district parents that the some cases.”

It is ironic that this cridistrict will quickly take sis is happening so close steps to evaluate the “This to me is just the tip of the iceberg to Cornell, according to water’s quality. in terms of the concern that’s going to Bryan.

“Immediately, we will “There is a well begin a thorough updated be generated in the public.” endowed school with water testing and evaluasome of the brightest tion process in all district Jim Bryan ’86 minds teaching and facilities,” he said. matriculating at the In the meantime, water bottles will be distributed to teachers and stu- school some of the most privileged students and academics and yet just miles away we have a third world dents, according to the email.

“Bottled water will continue to be provided in each water problem,” he said.

Bryan also said that there are similarities between building until we have verified that the water meets Ithaca’s water problem and Sierra Leone during the applicable environmental standards,” Brown said.

The school district’s actions, however, have not put Ebola Crisis.

“I don’t want to presume to make a perfect analogy parents’ minds at ease. Parent Carolyn Colella, a former Ithaca resident and employee at World Water Solar — between Sierra Leone and Ithaca, New York — it a company that advises on water management — said would be irresponsible,” he said. “But on the other she feels “incredibly disturbed and concerned” about hand, the situations are similar in that you have water that is harmful, if not extremely harmful over time, and the possible risk to her son.

“My child was a student starting as a four year old it needs to be addressed and cleaned up or there’s going in the Universal Pre-K classes at South Hill Elementary to be serious health consequences.” and he too could have been subjected to poisoning,” Colella said. “Like probably every other parent across Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun.com.

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online — reading an article, writing to friends about the weekend — they did not do well on the test about the lecture.”

Thorne, Bracy and a growing number of Cornell faculty are interested in how classroom environment will be further affected by the growing prevalence of laptop and electronic device use.

“The evidence is that people just can’t multitask. These devices and their apps have been designed to suck us in,” Thorne said.

“Maybe we’ll evolve as a culture over time. Maybe students will be able to focus more, and become less easily distracted. We’ve only been living with this technology for about 10 years, so you never know.”

Gay said that she also sees an opportunity in the future for professors to integrate technology to improve learning environments.

“I have seen successful examples where professors encourage students to comment on readings on blogs and projecting those comments during classes … [by] linking to articles, examples and interactive activities rather than passively listening,” she said.

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President Barack Obama, with Secretary of State John Kerry, holds a news conference at the State Department after a National Security Council meeting about the Islamic State group and Syria Wednesday.

Stephanie Hendarta can be reached at sah368@cornell.edu.

University Moves Forward on Gender-Inclusive Restrooms RESTROOM

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individuals with disabilities,” he said. “We have to continue to do our best to ensure that these and other populations are supported at Cornell.”

Brian Patchcoski, associate dean of students and director of the LGBT Resource Center, said this resolution is an important step toward ensuring equality not just for the Cornell community but also for visitors to campus.

“While this is [just] one step toward greater inclusion related to gender and sexual diversity, it is a step that we can take pride in while continuing to move Cornell and our policies forward,” Patchcoski said.

“While this is [just] one step toward greater inclusion related to gender and sexual diversity, it is a step that we can take pride in while continuing to move Cornell and our policies forward.”

Executive Vice Chair. “No one should have to fear intrusive questions or accusations about their gender identity when they go to the bathroom, and we hope the addition of more all-gender facilities will help to prevent such uncomfortable situations.”

No one is forced to use the gender-neutral facilities, but its proponents are requesting the addition of a formal policy specifying that anyone can use their preferred facility without having to show proof of transition, according to Thomson.

“It’s amazing how something as simple as being able to use the restroom — something that many of us take

Ulysses Smith ’14 for granted — can really impact a large group of people,” Smith said.

He added that the University should take increasing measures to accommodate the growing LGBT community on campus.

“We know that we have an increasing LGBT population, and we know that we have a large population of

Alexa Eskenazi can be reached at aeskenazi@cornellsun.com.

S.A. Promotes Academic Univ. of Missouri Assistant Prof Fired After Transparency, Creates Confrontation With Student Journalist Online Student Forum ASSEMBLY

the financial structure for colleges here is definitely to get syllabi out there.” through the process of switching Shea Belsky ’18 also gave an from incandescent to LED lights, update on “Big Red Change,” sayaccording to Mark Howe, director ing that the online forum should of campus energy. be fully operational by the end of The S.A. also passed a resolu- the semester. The website will tion to promote increased acade- allow students to sign petitions for mic transparency during the various causes, according to course enrollment process. The Belsky. change will give students access to Belsky added that S.A. memcourse syllabi bers will be able during open to add respons“Professors who aren’t enrollment. es from The resolu- uploading their syllabi online Cornell’s tion will also administration, allow professors won’t have students enroll in where applicato post syllabi ble, in order to their courses as much.” on an opt-in ensure that Gabriel Kaufman ’18 basis, allowing issues are seen students to and are access both a addressed by course description and syllabus the appropriate people. before pre-enroll, according to “My personal motivation to see Kaufman. this project through was getting “Professors who aren’t upload- the ability to facilitate an open ing their syllabi online won’t have forum for important topics, students enroll in their courses as events, and discussions that speak much,” Kaufman said. “With the for Cornell students, faculty, staff, economic structure of our uni- and alumni,” Belsky said. versity, colleges and administrations are actually paid per stu- Kyle Oefelein can be reached at dent that enrolls in the course, so koefelein@cornellsun.com.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri on Thursday fired an assistant professor who had been suspended after run-ins with student journalists during protests last year, including a videotaped confrontation where she called for “some muscle” to remove a videographer from the Columbia campus.

Melissa Click’s actions were “not compatible with university policies and did not meet expectations for a university faculty member,” Pam Henrickson, chairwoman of the university system’s governing board of curators, said during a conference call with other top administrators.

Henrickson said Click’s conduct demanded “serious action.”

More than 100 state lawmakers had called for the dismissal of the 45-year-old assistant communications professor, who last October also was recorded telling police to get their hands off students during a protest, then hugging the students and cursing at an officer who grabbed her.

Click, who was suspended last month, has said she regretted her actions. A message left Thursday with her St. Louis attorney wasn’t returned, and her home telephone has been dis-

connected.

But in a document released Thursday by curators, Click insisted her actions were to try to keep black protesters “safe from retaliation.” She said the widely circulated video clips of her at protests didn’t reflect the “tense” atmosphere.

“While some would judge me by a short portion of videotape, I do not think that this is a fair way to evaluate these events,” she wrote, adding that those moments “deserve to be understood in a wider frame of reference.”

Henrickson said lawmakers’ outrage had no bearing on the curators’ 4-2 vote to dismiss Click during a closed meeting Wednesday night. Henrickson, who along with fellow curator John Phillips cast a dissenting vote, declined to discuss her rationale, saying that she supports the board’s action.

She said Click would receive no parting severance package.

Click has until March 4 to appeal the decision.

According to documents released Thursday by the curators, Click was represented by an attorney both times she was questioned by university-hired investigators.

A video clip that went viral

showed Click calling for “some muscle” to remove a student videographer during protests on Nov. 9 that were spurred by what activists said was administrators’ indifference to racial issues on campus. The Columbia chancellor and system president resigned after the protests escalated, with one student’s hunger strike and an announcement by members of the football team that they would refuse to play.

Click later was charged with A assault. misdemeanor Columbia prosecutor ultimately agreed to drop the case if Click completed community service, but the case prompted curators to order an investigation of her by its general counsel.

More recently, police body camera footage was released from the October homecoming parade that shows Click’s confrontation with police after demonstrators blocked the vehicle of Tim Wolfe, at the time the university system’s president.

The video shows Click telling police to “get your hands off the children” and cursing at an officer who grabbed her shoulder. As Columbia police pushed protesters onto the sidewalk, Click hugged students and spoke with them before stepping between an officer and a student.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Sun’s Oscar Predictions WILL WIN:

SHOULD WIN:

ALICIA VIKANDER Alicia Vikander is spectacularly haunting as Gerda — a painter and wife to Lili Elbe (previously Einar Wegener) in The Danish Girl. Confusion and utter denial glow from Vikander’s eyes as she painstakingly crafts a wife whose struggle is just as valid as her husband’s. What transcends Vikander’s performance from noteworthy to Oscar-worthy is the undeniably real crisis she endures through her soft spoken, altruistic attempt to understand and reconsider the idea of identity — setting aside her desires and preconceived notions to let her husband be free. It isn’t easy to flawlessly portray a flawed person, one who goes beyond the scope of the dialogue to shudder in real worry and dismay at losing the essence of a loved one, but Vikander was up for the challenge.

— Tim Rehm

SHOULD WIN:

THE BIG SHORT

The Big Short is arguably the definitive cinematic response to the Great Recession, virtuously animating the financial catastrophe of 2008 with a socially-conscious accessibility. Aided by its charismatic ensemble cast, the film demonstrates a tonal nuance superior to that of other post-Recession films: over its enthralling run-time, it amalgamates the political anger of Inside Job (2010) with the existential emptiness of Margin Call (2011) and the raucous fun of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Shot without visual pretense, the film's maturely impartial style allows our anger to build gradually, alongside those of our sympathetic protagonists as the fascinating procedural structure uncovers each new revelation of financial irresponsibility.

It is ultimately director Adam McKay's ability to combine this respect for his audience's intelligence with a keen ability to summarize the complexities of banking within a tautly-edited two hours that ensures The Big Short avoids the condescension which usually accompanies accessibility.

— Lorenzo Benitez

THE NEW YORK TIMES

WILL WIN:

ROONEY MARA

THE REVENANT

In one of the year’s most graceful, enigmatic performances, Rooney Mara communicates a powerful expression of innocent affection in Carol. Not to be outdone by Cate Blanchet’s equally compelling melancholic seductiveness, the younger Mara balances her costar’s mature screen presence with a doe-eyed innocence that is at once fiercely controlled, yet totally naturalistic and devoid of any extraneous artifice. Mara consistently demonstrates a stillness that evinces the internal conflict between her burgeoning passion for another woman and the painful knowledge that to do so would lead to societal condemnation.

— Mark DiStefano

The tale of a frontiersman (Leonardo DiCaprio) out to seek vengeance on the man who left him for dead (Tom Hardy) is a simple yet intense storyline. The Revenant is beautifully shot — thanks to Emmanuel Lubezki — with vast shots of nature and landscapes. This is much more aesthetically pleasing than the long, sweeping shots throughout backstage Broadway in Birdman. The storyline is compelling, and since it has been nominated for 12 Oscars overall, it’s fair to say the Academy is pretty favorable to it. It has also been an award show favorite this year, so the odds of it winning are almost guaranteed.

— Marina Watts THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brie Larson has hidden under the radar for years, but she is one hell of an actress. In Room, she captivates earnestly and marvelously in a very emotionally difficult role.

Alongside her brilliant young acting partner Jacob Tremblay, Larson stars as Joy Newsome, a kidnapped girl who has given birth to a son while in captivity. Now that he is five, she decides they have a chance to escape together. Larson takes what must have been an exhausting and psychologically draining role and tackles it with fearlessness and vibrance. Her performance choices are bold and fierce, and she and Tremblay create such gravitas, warmth and love in the face of abject circumstances that the movie becomes a harrowing, moving testament to the relationship between mother and child.

— Mark DiStefano

What you saw in Mad Max: Fury Road — a confluence of cinematography, editing, story structure, visual/practical effects and emotion all working in concert together to create a synergistic chorus of wonder and amazement — that’s great directing. More than any other filmmaker this year, George Miller brought the best out of his technicians and master craftspeople while they shot for eight months in the Namibian desert, and shaped their efforts into one of the best action movies ever made. Ask yourself: when are action movies nominated for Oscars? When are they embraced so thoroughly by the critics and the public alike? Show me a better demonstration of said skills on the big screen this past year, and I will write you a check for a hundred dollars.

— Mark DiStefano

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Sylvester Stallone often gets mocked for being a dumb lug. And to be fair, he sometimes has embraced this image. But this is also the dude who wrote and directed Rocky. He’s smart, and he also can be a really thoughtful, understated actor when that’s what the role calls for.

Stallone is at his best in Creed. The mumbling affect and showmanship disappear. When Rocky gets a piece of sad news in this movie, there’s no histrionics.

He just sadly puts away the paper with the bit of bad news in his pocket, and moves on. He’s an old man who knows his time is up, and is content to be training a young fighter. Stallone’s generous and subservient acting here may mimic real life; he’s happily passing down his beloved franchise to Coogler and Jordan, knowing the next generation is in good hands.

— Jesse Weissman

SHOULD WIN: MICHAEL FASSBENDER As troubled as Steve Jobs is as a film, what redeems Danny Boyle’s agitated direction is Michael Fassbender’s compelling performance. As the focused, meticulous, abrasive Apple co-founder, he embodies Jobs’ well-documented idiosyncrasies with a conviction that beguiles and disturbs. While the film’s clunky, three-act structure quickly tires in its second act, Fassbender’s ability to concurrently maintain a continuity of personality throughout while also evolving in accordance with Jobs’ personal growth salvages Sorkin’s flashy, but empty, script by charging it with an acceptable semblance of character development. We witness the gaunt, ruthless Apple dictator gradually transform himself into the mature, turtle-neck wearing savant we remember him for. Fassbender doesn’t allow us to forget the original Jobs and his ability to convincingly animate Jobs’ fiery personality makes Fassbender a worthy recipient of the Oscar for this category.

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WILL WIN: LEONARDO DICAPRIO Anyone who knows me well can attest that I’ve been campaigning for Leo long and hard, but this year is he’s going to win an Oscar — if only as a consolation prize. While The Revenant is by no means his best film, he will ultimately win this award for putting himself through physical and psychological anguish in preparation for his role as Hugh Glass. The man ate raw bison, slept inside an animal carcass and took regular swims in freezing water. The Academy loves this kind of commitment to a role. In addition, Glass gives him a very simple motivation. He is stripped down and barren, which is different from DiCaprio’s history of the charismatic Howard Hughes, Jordan Belfort and Frank Abagnale, Jr. DiCaprio’s been sweeping every award show since January for The Revenant. The Internet is just waiting for his win so the Leo memes can commence in celebration.

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Oscar Bait Doesn’t Stick

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n 2006, a film called Crash took the Oscar for Best Picture home, prompting a surge of outrage. It is now best remembered as the punch line of jokes about unwarranted Oscar-winners and is perhaps more reviled than is necessary. Is it a bad film? No. But while it is only somewhat clunky and rough around the edges, it is not — in my humble opinion — superior to Capote, Brokeback Mountain, A History of Violence and even Cinderella Man. The Academy has been making these types of “mistakes” for years — King’s Speech won out over Social Network, Artist won out over Tree of Life, Argo beat Zero Dark Thirty — and it makes them in every category from Supporting Actress to Screenplay to Makeup. By “mistakes,” I am referring to what we film buffs call snubs and timid voting — not just on a level of racial politics, but with film as an art form. There is, of course, no objective or correct choice for what should win on Oscar night, but there is a sense that many of the films the Academy chooses during the heat of the moment are not the ones the public reveres years later. They are not the films that remain firmly etched in the zeitgeist of that decade. Sometimes these films are forgotten as rapidly as two years after their release. More often than not, the Oscars are a better barometer for ephemeral popularity than for cinematic quality.

Last year, Best Director winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu graciously took the stage after embracing fellow nominees Bennett Miller and Richard Linklater. He declared, “Ego loves competition, right? Because in order to win, somebody has to lose. But the paradox is that true individual artistic expression cannot be labeled … Our work will be judged, as always, by time.” Yes, time and time again, studios churn out an awards-season product meant to capture the hearts of critics and promote Hollywood as an industry of quality, but when the dust settles, the films are often viewed as mere pale shadows. That’s not to say that Birdman was such a film, but as enthralling and enjoyable as it was, a more maverick choice might have been Boyhood. That said, at least Birdman was a much more radical and deserving choice on the part of the Academy than such serviceable period pieces as The Imitation

Game or Theory of Everything.

The point is, the Academy tends to go with “comfort food choices” — not films that change the game or those that are innovative, but those that are soothing, reassuring and in some ways, formulaic. They do not choose the film most likely to make a lasting cultural impact, but the one that seems to have the broadest appeal for the moment. This has been especially true over the past 10 years when the Academy switched to a method of runoff voting. (For more on that, watch the Vox video.)

Let’s take a look at 2008, a year whose nominations were so contested that the next year the Academy decided to expand its Best Picture category to 10 nominees. Which films do you remember from that year? I cannot judge for the public, but I would hazard a guess that WALL-E, the ground-breaking, revolutionary animated film from Pixar, is one of them. The film is unique in that its first 40 minutes are silent and that despite being a children’s movie, it garnered more love from critics than any serious drama that year made for adults. While I’m not even a big fan of the movie, I am sure that it would be high atop many people’s lists when they think about 2008 in film.

Another choice would almost certainly be The Dark Knight, a film I believe people give excessive credit. Due to Heath Ledger’s mesmerizing performance, that film blasted an impact crater in the zeitgeist so large that the Joker has become one of the most memorable cinematic characters in recent history. The film itself revolutionized the tone and style which superhero movies and summer blockbusters have tried to mimic since that time. A good movie, for sure, although it is not my favorite superhero film — but again, I feel confident in wagering that it is a top choice for many people when they reminisce about 2008 films.

What about Slumdog Millionaire, which swept the Oscars that year with eight wins? When people talk about Danny

Boyle, who this year helmed Steve Jobs, the consensus seems to be that his early British films — the cult classics he made early in his career — are better. It might be that I’m a poor judge of popular opinion, but it just seems to me that people like Trainspotting better — they certainly talk about it more — and I am in agreement. It is a vastly entertaining, grungy ride of a film that tackles the tough subject matter of heroin addiction and consequently, one the Academy would not want to be associated with casting their vote.

Guest When all is said and done, it appears that the Column Oscars do not reward innovation. They prefer the tried-and-true to the experimental; the safe to the risky. Occasionally, there are exceptions; 12 Years a Slave is a notable one — especially because of its primarily black cast and crew. Why did it take so long for Scorsese to win? Why did he win for a milder film and not for Raging Bull or Goodfellas (overshadowed by Ordinary People and Dances with Wolves, respectively)? First slights like this are perplexing, but when you think about the consistently milquetoast voting record of the Academy, it does not seem outlandish.

So in this season, where many have taken issue with the snubs and the narrow-mindedness of the Academy, we have to remember that unfortunately, this is a longstanding tradition in Hollywood. Remember when Driving Miss Daisy won Best Picture over Do The Right Thing, which wasn’t even nominated in 1989? Or when Kramer vs. Kramer won over Apocalypse Now in 1979? It is evident that in many cases, the Academy does not represent the preferences of the moviegoer.

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

Introducing a New Oscars Category: Best Scene

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here’s almost nothing I love more in life than hating to love — to hate — to love to hate The Oscars. There’s nothing quite like hundreds of old rich white guys dressing up in tuxedos to award themselves little gold statues.

When you consider what the Oscars are about — ranking our favorite movies of the year — they should really be a lot more fun. So let’s drop some boring categories (I am sure everyone would be absolutely devastated if we omitted Best Song and Best Makeup and Hairstyling), and add some fun ones, like Best Practical Effects, Best Low Budget Picture and Does Your Picture Have a Blind Man Wearing Red Pajamas and Playing a Flame-Throwing Electric Guitar on Top of a Moving Truck?

I think the most interesting new category would be Best Scene.

First, it would give the Academy an opportunity to nominate more action movies with thrilling sequences that they couldn’t nominate for Best Picture because they weren’t ploddingly-paced period pieces. Second, it would lead to great debates, which we all want more of (except political debates … I mean, once a month should be enough, right?)

What should take home the trophy for 2015? Let us contemplate for a moment. It was a solid year for movies, but not quite as strong for memorable scenes when compared to years like 2014 (the final concert in Whiplash), 2011 (Tom Cruise scaling the Burj Khalifa in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) or 2008 (The Dark Knight Interrogation). This year, Kingsman’s hilariously over-the-top church brawl, Agu executing an innocent man in Beasts of No Nation, the walk from The Walk, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’s opera fight and the dinner utensils scene from Love & Mercy — the year’s most underrated movie — all just missed receiving nominations.

2) Spy — Jason Statham is a “Real Spy” In a perfectly cast parody role, Statham plays an incompetent secret agent. When Melissa McCarthy’s character is assigned to an important mission instead of him, he recites a list of increasingly ridiculous stories to prove that he’s more qualified: “During the threat of an assassination attempt, I appeared convincingly in front of Congress as Barack Obama.” Thanks to sharp screenwriting enabling his deadpan delivery, Statham steals the show.

6) Mad Max: Fury Road — Final Car Chase Yes, one could argue that the entire movie is a single scene, but director George Miller redefined the term “nonstop action” in the final 17-minute chase by expertly keeping our heroes vulnerable. When I saw the Doof Warrior’s guitar incorporated into the fight in the theatre, I almost peed my pants it was that inspiring.

3) Creed — One Take Fight The year’s most impressive moviemaking feat was director Ryan Coogler shooting an entire boxing fight without a single cut. Round one ended, and I was immediately thinking: “Okay, you can cut now,” but then the continuous shot just kept going through the break and into the second round.

I cannot comprehend the Guest choreography that must Column have gone into this fiveminute scene, and the camera work and sound design put us right there in the ring.

7) The Hateful Eight — Samuel L. Jackson Monologue Nobody but Jackson could have pulled off this scene whereby former Union soldier turned bounty hunter Marquis Warren tells old Confederate General Sandy Smithers the tale of how he tortured and killed his son, revealing graphic details little by little over the course of four full pages of screenplay. Bruce Dern shows Smithers’ reaction to the horrifying story using only facial expressions. Throw in Ennio Morricone’s mysterious score and you have a dramatic sequence. It’s ingenious that we don’t know whether Warren actually did the things he says he did or if he’s just toying with Smithers. But it almost doesn’t matter as both scenarios make his character equally terrifying. Few artistic pieces of cinema could beat such a wellcrafted scene.

4) Inside Out — Sadness Comforts Bing Bong During the poignant ending and that scene you probably thought I was going to choose, tears streamed down my face so fast that they were in my mouth before I could wipe them away. When Sadness takes over when consoling Bing Bong after his rocket ship is thrown away, it is the first hint of the story’s beautiful and sophisticated theme that it is acceptable to feel the emotion of sadness. Phyllis Smith and Richard Kind would have certainly been nominated in another of my fictitious categories: Best Voice-Over Performance.

And the winner of Best Scene goes to: Furious 7 — Skyscraper Car Jump!

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5) Sicario — Time to Meet God” [SPOILER ALERT!] Incredibly underrated, director Denis Villeneuve gives a lesson in creating suspense visually thanks to brilliant composition and lighting from cinematographer Roger Deakins.

Hitman Alejandro, played perfectly by Benicio Del Toro, tracks down the Mexican drug lord responsible for his family’s death and murders his wife and children right in front of him at the dinner table. It’s intense. I wasn’t blown away when I first saw Sicario, but thinking back, three other scenes could have easily made the cut too (the border traffic jam ambush, the tunnel raid and Alejandro hiding in the

1) The Revenant — Bear Attack Instead of using quick cuts and chaotic editing, director Alejandro G. Iñárritu forces us to watch the brutal mauling of frontiersman Hugh Glass through long takes, and the result is heart-pounding, even when the bear — which looks unbelievably realistic — takes a break in its attack. The opening battle between the fur-trappers and Native Americans is a remarkable technical achievement in its own right, but the bear mauling was the memorable scene.

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back of a police car).

YES! We got the `Franchise an Oscar! I’m not joking with this award selection. Think about it this way: If I had told you 12 months ago that either Furious 7 would win an Oscar or we’d have a potential Donald Trump-Bernie Sanders general election, you would have put your money on the Franchise whose chronological order goes 1-2-4-5-63-7.

Furious 7 never quite works as a movie, but it is certainly laden with epic scenes. This absurd, over-the-top sequence where our two precision-driving protagonists drive a car through mid-air from one skyscraper to another, somehow survive to have a repeat performance was simply the most unforgettable movie moment that I viewed last year. The fact that the immortal Vin Diesel was prominently involved shouldn’t prevent it from winning an Oscar.

Lev Akabas is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at lakabas@cornellsun.com.

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Towards A Healthier Community BEYOND A SUPERVISED HEROIN INJECTION FACILITY, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick’s ’09 proposed drug policies include opening an Office of Drug Policy and establishing a law enforcement program that diverts drug users into a social service system instead of jail.

The Ithaca Plan recognizes that the current system has not been effective in addressing heroin use. At a press conference on Wednesday, Myrick said, “The war on drugs … has failed.” His attempt at finding a better approach — by forming a municipal drug strategy committee and engaging over 200 Ithacans for the past two years — is bold and community-oriented.

However, several concerns remain regarding the proposal’s cost and legality.

The Ithaca Plan contains no mention of cost or sources of funding. For a city whose budget is “finally reaching stability,” the financial burden of Myrick’s new proposals must be carefully assessed before any work to implement the injection facility begins. Lastly, the Ithaca Plan proposes no system to review its progress.

Few statistics are available on specific rates of heroin use and overdose in Ithaca and Tompkins County. With little data of the current situation to compare to, how will the City of Ithaca and its citizens be able to critically evaluate whether this new system works? This is just one of many questions that the lofty Ithaca Plan does not answer.

Despite these concerns, the proposal remains an ambitious initiative that will make Ithaca one of the nation’s leaders in combating drug use — an issue that we can no longer afford to ignore. Nationally, opioid overdose rates doubled from 2000 to 2014 and heroin overdose rates tripled from 2010 to 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Local trends mirror this national pattern. Between 2012 and 2015, the Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services saw a 126 percent increase in number of people being treated for heroin addiction, according to The Ithaca Journal. Cornell is not isolated from these troubles. Not only do heroin-related incidents occur on campus — for instance, Cornell Police arrested a man for the possession of 250 bags of heroin last year — but also, the health of our local community and the health of our university are strongly tied.

Admitting that the current system has failed to combat heroin use is a courageous step, but it is only the first of many. Community members — including Cornellians — must remain critical of and engaged with implementing the Ithaca Plan for this comprehensive proposal to truly improve the health and safety of our community.

The Five People You Meet on theTrain

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hen you travel abroad, people are going to talk to you on trains. It’s like you’re wearing a big shining badge that screams “I’m an American” (or maybe it’s the jeans/sneakers combo and the giant backpack, who knows). When Eurorail is your transportation of choice, you get to meet people of all nationalities. And because most of Europe is familiar with the English language, those people want to hear where you’re from and where you’re going.

First, you meet two women from Brussels travelling through the Swiss Alps on a ski trip. Your friend compliments them on their outfits and they ask you what you’re studying. To your surprise, you don’t parrot out your major but instead say the thing you really want to be when you grow up, the real job description, not that corporatized title. After all, to these women you could be anything at all. You real-

because she wants to remember what she sees, not what the photographs show. “It’s like reading a book,” she goes on. “When you read, you can picture whatever you like.” You think about this, and resolve to allow more than one perspective as valid.

Fourth, you come across two Londoners on a train through Spain (though not on a plain). They’re both jovial and displaying impressive facial hair. You listen to their conversation for a while — they’re laughing about how newspapers have gone to rubbish reporting silly local stories. They get off two stops before you do, and they leave their copy of a local newspaper, probably pilfered from a nearby hostel.

Many of the news stories are about American politics and American culture. You remember how the cafes and grocery stores play Top 40 songs, how the movie theatres show more American films than European, how

People are going to talk to you wherever you go — sometimes meaningfully, mostly perfunctorily. ize that the labels you have at Cornell don’t translate unless you want them to, and you resolve to talk to everyone with the confidence of someone who could be anything at all.

You meet a Parisian man on an express train second. He doesn’t even ask you if you’re American, he just leans in and asks you if you want a piece of advice. You nod. “Wrong,” he says. “You don’t want any advice.

Advice is just a person’s past, dug up and dusted off and recycled into a life lesson that is more for them than for you. You want people’s stories — that’s where the real advice is.” You think about all the stupid inspirational quotes on your Instagram feed, and resolve to find a bookstore on your way home.

The third person you meet on the train is woman born and raised in Florence, traveling to Milan for an art show. She tells you that she speaks six languages and you are overwhelmed by the urge to apologize for knowing only your own — it seems selfish. She’s a painter, she says, and she goes to New York for art shows. To her, New York is a city. She whips out her sketchbook and asks if she can draw you. While you wonder what your hair looks like today — you’ve been sleeping on a train, after all — she explains that she carries a sketchbook everywhere

the bookstores display American novels. So much of Europe relies on American culture, you note, and you resolve to notice where you come from before you leave and not after.

Fifth, there is a old Scottish man who tells you he has travelled with the military; he looks grumpy and uncompromising but perks up as you ask him about the history of the town you’re passing through. He lives in a fancy Oxford neighborhood, he tells you, next door to “that American actor George Clooney.” His eyes light up as he launches into an account of the time he met the princess of Scotland, his whole face changed by the happy memory. You wanted to believe that you knew after just five minutes of his company. You resolve to make less judgments.

When you travel abroad, people are going to talk to you on trains. Hell, people are going to talk to you wherever you go — sometimes meaningfully, mostly perfunctorily. And sometimes what you talk about is going to mean something else to you, something bigger. The important thing is to be willing to talking to the strangers on trains.

Ruth Weissmann is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at raw287@cornell.edu. A Word to the Weiss appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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our body is teeming with bacteria. Recent found decreased cognition, memory and social and even autism.

Scientists aren’t sure how bacteria are influencstudies estimate that 39 trillion bacterial cells interactions in germfree mice — and all these live in and on the human body, with over effects were reversed when bacteria were re-intro- ing our moods but there are some theories. One is 1,000 species living in your gut alone. To put that duced. One study showed that germ-free mice even that these bacteria are influencing our immune sysin perspective, the average human body has only had a preference for fatty foods and ate higher tems, which in turn release chemicals called amounts of calories from fat. Others have shown cytokines that are known to affect the brain. about 30 trillion human cells.

But don’t worry — having all that bacteria is a that an altered microbiota affects anxiety, depres- Another theory is that the bacteria are directly interacting with neuronal cells in the gut. Our good thing! The bacteria inside of you, also known sion and the response to pain.

Though the amount of research done on the intestines are home to something known as the as your microbiota, are essential to your health.

Disruptions to the microbiota are associated with human microbiota-brain connection is limited, enteric nervous system, a collection of about 100 obesity, allergies, liver disease, inflammatory bowel there have been some initial promising studies that million neurons with extensive connections to our diseases and autoimmune diseases. Recently, suggest changing your microbiota can have cogni- brains. Chemicals released by bacteria could be directly travelling to the brain and researchers have come to understand affecting us that way. Certain bacteria that the bacteria inside of you are not are even able to make neurotransmitonly physiologically important, but also ters such as GABA, norepinephrine, play a crucial role in the way you think, [Scientists] have found decreased cognition, serotonin, dopamine and acetylfeel and behave. choline — molecules that are central In 2004, Japanese researchers at memory and social interactions in germ-free to brain functioning.

Kyushu University and Tokai University mice — and all these effects were reversed Before you run out and buy probiin Japan decided to look at the effect that otics, keep in mind that we still know gut microbes had on stress. To do this, when bacteria were re-introduced. very little about the microbiota-brain they raised what are known as germ-free connection. We don’t even know mice — mice grown in a completely which bacteria of the 1,000+ species sterile environment with no bacteria in their GI system. When the mice were restrained — tive effects. A randomized, placebo-controlled in our gut are the most important for brain funca stressful event for a mouse — they had signifi- study demonstrated that taking a probiotic, or sup- tioning. More research will have to be done before cantly higher levels of stress hormones compared to plement containing bacteria, decreased psychologi- we can confidently alter our microbiotas for normal mice. Somehow, the bacteria in normal cal distress and anxiety. When other researchers improving brain function. What is becoming mice were reducing the amount of stress they felt. looked at fMRI scans of the brains of people taking increasingly clear, however, is that what we have The researchers took it one step further by intro- probiotics, they saw a change in how their brains long thought of as the things that make us most ducing bacteria into the germ-free mice and were processed negative emotional stimuli. Patients with human — our thoughts and emotions — are influable to show that the stress response went back cognitive impairment from a disease known as enced by some of the least human organisms on the hepatic encephalopathy showed cognitive improve- planet. down.

This study sparked a huge interest in the scien- ment when their microbiotas were altered with tific community. Since 2004, dozens of researchers antibiotics that selectively affected the gut. There is Tasher Losenegger is a first-year MD candidate at have conducted similar studies in animals. Their currently active research investigating the potential Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He findings have consistently linked the microbiota role that bacteria play in certain diseases such as may be reached at tal2014@med.cornell.edu. with a wide range of cognitive effects. They have Parkinson’s disease, chronic pain, mood disorders What’s Up, Doc? appears periodically this semester.

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nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

In other words, according to the clause within the 13th Amendment, being convicted of a crime can subjugate you to indentured servitude and even slavery. Put simply, we must frame the issue of imprisonment as slavery. Because how we frame the problem will help us work towards solutions.

We can paint a picture with our words about unspeakable injustices against racial groups however, unless we have the right picture frame, that vividly painted picture will remain on the floor.

Based on the 13th Amendment, as long as a citizen exhibits good behavior, follows all societal laws, does not make a mistake and does not get convicted of a crime, they are free. However, I find it interesting that in the American news when a member of a racial minority group makes a mistake or commits a minor offense, the first reaction is to demand judgment or justify imprisonment.

Although we must demand justice, we must also admit that the problem with the previous statement is the following: Everyone makes mistakes sometimes.

Cornell is currently being confronted on one mistake — investing in the private prison industrial complex. However, there is still time to change. There is time for Cornell to learn about its mistakes and for us to re-educate ourselves. There is still time to teach empathy, a lesson that seems to be lacking in our classrooms. On other words, what we need is a higher education than we have right now. We need an education that equips us to go out in the world and be global shapers, change makers, policy makers, doctors, engineers, critical thinkers and thought leaders. We need an educational curriculum for our global leaders that will enable them to be able to understand social justice and what their role can be in solving the challenges of tomorrow, today. We need the vocabulary to talk about the tensions, the hurt and the suffering we experience within our various communities.

We need a diversity requirement for students before they leave Cornell.

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s Cornellians we are called to highest level of intellectual introspection and reflection.

One step towards understanding ourselves is realizing that the American society pushes us to establish our identity through “othering”: the act of labeling people as “others” different from ourselves. Our ontology is formed using an “us” versus “them” system. “We” are “us” because “they” are “them.” Through residential segregation we distanced ourselves. Our suburbs emerged through the creation of ghettos. Our peace is defined in relation to the violence that surrounds another place. Our modernity is based on the primitiveness of other’s societies. Our society creates phrases such as, “hashtag first world problems.” Our vision is based upon the other’s blindness. When we scroll down our newsfeeds or turn on the news we tell ourselves, “My situation is bad, but other people have it worse. At least I’m not a *insert racial minority*.” Our equality is based upon the system of inequality that exist abroad.

Our selectivity is based on looking at the rejection of others. Our quality of life is based less so on our happiness to the health disparities of other patient populations. Our blessings are based on the degree to which other people’s disadvantage. One example is the way we socialize children with phrases like, “You know you are so blessed to have food!

Don’t waste what you have. Not everyone is as privileged as you. Don’t you know there are hungry children in *insert continent*?” Our freedom is based on the subjugation of another. Our problem today is that we establish our security based upon the imprisonment of our convicts. Our innocence is based upon the guilt of others.

So what then is the solution?

We must understand the invisible social contracts we sign into our work everyday of our lives.

One step toward this understanding is admitting that the new institution of slavery still continues underneath our very noses. In the present day, slavery has taken on a new face: the criminal.

According to the 13th Amendment of our Constitution, if a person is convicted as a criminal in a court of law, that person would go back to being considered a slave. The exact wording of our Constitution reads the following, “Neither slavery

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which the American media has us think about our lives in relation to others. Despite this, re-education should not be the responsibility of any one racial minority group or organization on Cornell’s campus. It should be the responsibility of the entire university and all of its students. And if change does not come in time, then we must educate ourselves.

No one at birth possesses the culturally sensitive lexicon and all the vernacular to talk about the complex issues of our day. It is for this reason we must not be quick to brandish or label people as haters, bigots and racists. Yes, it is true that haters, bigots and racists do exist in our society. However, I also believe that there are also good-hearted people who lack the vocabulary to express their true intentions. Great people who cannot help to repeat the words they have heard over the course of their lives. We must not be too quick to demonize them misspeaking or not having knowledge of a world outside of their own socialization and realm of reality. It is correct that our community must hold them to the highest level of introspection. However, we must also learn to be patient with them while they learn and re-educate themselves as well.

Everyone makes mistakes sometimes.

On Dec. 19, 1958 Rabbi Harold Saperstein remarked, “It comes down to this: All mankind are bound together. We are like the limbs of a single body.” In order for us to move forward, each of us who makes up this body must be free. Our idle gaze, our passivity, our spectatorship does nothing to help the victims of discrimination and injustice.

Social justice requires more than just for us to sit on the sidelines. If anything it requires our voices, our actions and our words. It requires us to protest at the rallies, champion for freedom, protest the unjust imprisonment of racial minorities, witness from the pulpit and serve as allies. We must testify and write about the injustices around us.

Because in the end, what affects “them” affects “us.”

Jeremiah Grant is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Jeremiah can be reached at jg856@cornell.edu. Gates & Ladders appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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albeit slightly better than a projected eighth-place finish in the Ivy League — the focus has been making those steps in the right direction and making strides towards future success.

“If we come out, play how we are supposed to and hopefully come out with four victories, it would definitely build some momentum and some confidence going into the offseason and into the summer,” Morgan said.

The Ivy League does not have a tournament, therefore, Cornell has already been eliminated from winning the confeerence.

“We can’t just worry about what happens this year,” Courtney said. “Obviously we have to focus on playing well in these last four games ... but building forward to the future. Every single one of these guys will be here next year on this team so we have to continue building towards that.”

Cornell sits at seventh out of eight in the Ivy League and can finish as best as fourth place in the conference with four games to go.

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com.

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Red Cleans Up Defense for Penn,Princeton

By JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer

It has been a rough stretch for the Cornell men’s basketball team, losing six straight games to Ivy League opponents and struggling on defense. The Red heads south this weekend to face Penn and Princeton for their final two road games and will look to improve in the Ivy League, but more importantly improve as a young team moving forward.

Two weekends ago in Philadelphia, Cornell (9-15, 2-8 Ivy) stayed close with Penn (10-13, 4-5 Ivy) in their first matchup of the season. At halftime, the Red trailed the Quakers by only one point. But coming off halftime, Cornell's defense broke down and proceeded to allow Penn to shoot 63 percent from the field in the second half.

“In the Penn and Princeton games [2 weeks before], we were terrible defensively,” said head coach Bill Courtney. “It was a lack of attention to detail, silly mistakes. This weekend we want to focus guarding inside with Penn.”

“I’ve been trying to not go for as many blocked shots and stay out of foul trouble ... protect the pait and help my team by just doing things I’m capable of doing like rebounding the ball,” said junior forward David Onuorah.

Courtney also commented on the success of the Quaker’s center Darien Nelson-Henry against the Red and how they want to focus on limiting Nelson-Henry’s touches.

“We are going to work better on not leaving shooters as much,” said freshman guard Matt Morgan. “Also, when NelsonHenry caught the ball in the post, I feel like we did not do a good job of helping. We are going to work on that and being able to deny the wings so [Penn] does not get into their offense as easily.”

Cornell can keep up with this Penn team; it is just a matter of a young team avoiding mental lapses on defense. It is hard to win when the other team is scoring over 90 points.

“We gave up way too many points to [Penn] last time,” Onuorah said. “If we score enough points...and we lock down on the defensive end, we’ll be in good shape.”

The defense also hurt themselves against Princeton (18-5, 8-1 Ivy) in their previous matchup. With a top Ivy League squad like the Tigers, the last thing a team needs is digging

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themselves an early hole. And that is exactly what Cornell did.

Princeton hit 11 3-pointers in the first 15 minutes of the contest and led by as much as 25 points in first half. At that point, it was hard for the Red to make their way back, and were routed by the Tigers, 85-56. Cornell needs to watch the outside shot when they face Princeton again this Saturday or else they will face a similar fate.

“Guarding 3-point shooters has become a huge focus in both games this weekend,” Courtney said.

Nonetheless, the team has made some strides on the defensive

side of the ball since their last meetings with Penn and Princeton.

“Last week we worked really hard on that end of the floor and I think it showed,” Courtney said. “In the Dartmouth and Harvard games [last week] we were a lot better defensively—played a lot harder. We really locked in on that end of the floor. We had that mentality, ‘defensive first,”... and we saw steps in the right direction.”

While the season has not been incredibly successful — See M. BASKETBALL page 11

TRACK & FIELD

Cornell to Host Ivy League Heptagonal Championship Both men’s,women’s squads look to claim top prizes in Barton Hall this weekend

By BRITTANY BIGGS Sun Staff Writer

This weekend, Barton Hall will turn into championship arena as Cornell track and field hosts the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships. Here teams from all eight Ivy league schools will come together to duke it out for top prizes. The Red feels fully prepared to meet the chal-

lenge this weekend after strong seasons from both the men’s and women’s teams.

The top-ranked team in the Northeast, the Red men’s track and field team, has had a record breaking season. From senior Ben Raniero breaking the school record in the mile, to multiple IC4A qualifiers, it has been a fruitful season for the team and they are fully aware of all walls they have been breaking.

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Defending their honor | The Red has a lot to prove Saturday, especially senior Udeme Akpaete, who is the defending Ivy League champion in the 400 meter event.

“If it’s to be, it’s up to me!” said head coach Adrian Durant. “Whether we win or lose it’s all in their hands. The team that shows up, competes, and leaves it all out there … the team that take care of all of the small details, is the team that will win this weekend.”

Sophomore Kelsey Nedd, an IC4A qualifier, expresses similar confidence about this weekend’s Ivy league battle “Our team this year is probably one of the best overall Track Teams that Cornell has ever had,” Nedd said. “We have a lot of depth and good talent all across the board.

Also because of our success, we have been projected to win this weekend and it has given us a certain level of confidence over our opponents.”

Not to be outdone, the women’s team has been having a big season of their own.

Freshman Leena Morris broke the freshman record in the weight throw.

Seniors Udeme Akpaete, Kristen Niedrach and Caroline Kellner have been securing top finishes in their respective events, with Akpaete being the defending Ivy League champion in the 400. The women’s team walks into Barton Hall on Saturday with a lot to prove.

“All the work we have needed to do up until this point has been done, by our coaches, by our teammate and by ourselves,” Morris said. “The only thing we have control over now is our confidence, our effort

and the positive attitude we should always have after a good competition.”

Head coach Rich Bowman also feels his team is fully equipped to rise to the occasion and wants his team to continue at the strong pace they have set.

“All they have to do is what they have been doing all year.” Bowman said. “We have a very strong team and if they can stay at the on track with what they have been doing we will have a very successful meet.

Just do what they have done on the track or on the field, try not to change a thing.”

We can expect a lot of magic this weekend from both teams, whom have their eyes on the prize and are ready to protect their house.

“This is the time to run faster, jump and throw farther and just leave it all on the track,” Nedd said. “We can't just say we're one of the best teams out there, this is the part where we prove it. Go out there and make yourself proud, make your team proud and make Cornell proud. It's time to defend our house and win this thing.”

“We get the chance to compete in a place that we call home and it really increases the level of comfort we compete with,” Morris added. “Not only do we get to compete for ourselves and each other, but we get to defend our home!”

Brittany Biggs can be reached at bbiggs@cornellsun.com.