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Student Assembly Considers Creation Of First Generation Rep Position

By TOM SCHREFFLER Sun Staff Writer

The Student Assembly debated a new resolution to create a First Generation Student Representative position at its meeting Thursday.

First generation students should have a position of formal representation on campus, according to Saim Chaudhary ’17, S.A. minority liaison at large.

Fourteen percent of undergraduate students are first generation students.

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pus feel they are underrepresented not only on the S.A. but on many forums on campus,” Chaudhary said. “They feel that the administration does not listen to their concerns ... they feel they should have a representative that is concerned solely with their interests.”

Travis Ghirdharie ’17, a first generation student and co-sponsor of the resolution, argued that the proposed position would help first generation students feel united and heard.

See RESOLUTION page 5

C.U. Signs Brief Opposing Grad Unionization employees, and their work thus has a real and measurable value,” the statement said.

Cornell Graduate Students However, the recently filed amicus United, the graduate student union, brief contends that “there is no comsaid they are “disappointed” by pelling reason” to grant the same staCornell’s support of an amicus brief tus to university employees and gradthat argues against the unionuate student workers. ization of graduate employees.

The brief — authored by “Graduate employees perform labor In an ongoing case before lawyers at Harvard University the National Labor Relations vital to Cornell’s mission and deserve and signed by nine other priBoard, the Graduate Workers vate institutions, including to be recognized as workers.” of Columbia — graduate labor Cornell — argues that graduunion at the Columbia ate research and teaching posiCornell Graduate Students United University — argues that gradtions are part of “a fully inteuate employees should be grated educational experiafforded the same labor rights and The statement pointed out that ence,” and that “the market value of legal protections granted all universi- graduate students teach and staff a any teaching services provided by ty workers. majority of the classes and labs on doctoral candidates is not taken into A ruling in favor of GWC would Cornell, performing equivalent consideration when determining reverse a 2004 NLRB decision at duties to other educators on campus. stipends provided to students teachBrown University which held that the “The core educational functions ing during their graduate programs.” relationship between graduate stu- of the University are based, to a large dents and their universities is only extent, on the labor of the graduate See UNION page 4

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Let’s talk | The Student Assembly considers creating a First Generation Student Representative position at its meeting yesterday.

educational.

“Graduate employees, through their employment as teaching and research assistants, perform labor vital to Cornell’s mission and deserve to be recognized as workers,” a statement from CGSU said.

Piazza ’16 Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Dealing Charge Wyatt Piazza ’16 pled not guilty to selling prescription drugs in Collegetown on Monday, according to Prof. Luke Fenchel, legal studies, Ithaca College, Piazza’s attorney.

Piazza appeared before Judge John Rowley at the Tompkins County Court, where he entered his plea. Piazza was then released on a $3,500 bail, according to the attorney.

The Cornell University Police Department and Ithaca police arrested Piazza Monday, charging him with criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree — a Class C felony, according to a CUPD press release.

Piazza is a senior in the School of Hotel Administration and the student executive chef at the Statler Hotel.

— Compiled by Stephanie Yan

Candidates Present Platforms For S.A.Presidential Election

By JUSTIN PARK Sun Contributor

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Speak about it | Jordan Berger ’17 and Mitch McBride ’17 discuss the ways they would address University issues at the Student Assembly presidential debate on Wednesday.

Student Assembly presidential candidates Jordan Berger ’17 and Mitch McBride ’17 debated their varying visions for the student body Wednesday in Ives Hall.

Berger is serving her third year as S.A. Parliamentarian, citing her experience of working on three Student Assemblies and University administra-

tions led by two different presidents. She said she hopes to improve communication between students, organizations and their representatives by bringing conversation out of the classroom and into the S.A. “[Moving conversations to the floor of the S.A.] really gets students to talk about the different issues that they are facing and about how we can make an effective change on campus,” Berger said.

Berger also called for clearer communication between the student body and administration.

“A lot of the time students are left out of the conversation … [we should] figure out how to get a student on each and every one of these committees — whether it’s a voting seat or not,” she said McBride, currently the S.A. Vice President of See DEBATE page 4

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‘Union of White Students’ Pens Open Letter

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Assistant News Editor

A group of anonymous students titling themselves the “Union of White Students at Cornell” penned an open letter to the Cornell community, saying the group aims to “preserve and advance their race.”

In the letter, the group claims it is comprised of over 100 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students who have been meeting covertly to “avoid character assassinations of the press and the Black Lives Matter extremist groups.”

“The rhetoric in mainstream media and even our own higher academia has proven to be toxic and divisive attempting to undermine the efforts of the white race and even promote shaming and self-guilt,” the letter proclaims. “We are a community that attempts to recognize the many accomplishments of the white race and preserve our heritage.”

The group says it takes issues with the administration’s consideration of demands made by black student groups at

Cornell, citing Black Student United’s request that the name of Cornell Plantations be amended as an example of a “puerile demand” from a minority group.

“We have observed this here at Cornell and are ashamed at the response of the University to placate these delusional minority groups on-campus honoring their demands,” the letter says.

The writers of the letter also found fault with the protests and proposals on college campuses beyond Ithaca; singling out the actions of Melissa Click, a former professor at the University of Missouri who was fired after an altercation with a student journalist; incidents of “black activists calling for the murder of white people” and “extremists” at Dartmouth “harassing students in the library.”

Speaking on their goals in creating the group, the Union of White Cornell Students said they plan to unite white students at Cornell and act to counter the “nonsensical” demands of minority groups on campus.

“We will seek to strengthen our university with fellow

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white students and reverse the nonsensical demands of extremist organizations on our campus,” the letter said. “We will continue to meet in secrecy and going forward will open our group to new members in an agreed upon manner to maintain the safety and identities of our members.”

The group declined to name any member of their group when approached for comment on Thursday. The group’s Facebook page features a profile picture captioned with “#MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016” and has received 15 likes since being created Wednesday night.

Similar Facebook groups were also created in November last year at other universities across the country, including New York University, University of Missouri and Swarthmore College. However, according to The Daily Beast, many of these groups were exposed as fake. It has yet to be confirmed whether Cornell's iteration of the group is legitimate.

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

C.U.Women’s Council To Host Symposium Focused on Arts

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Prof Explores RaceThrough Literature

By EVELYN SHAN Sun Contributor

Prof. Gerard Aching, Africana and romance studies, stressed the ongoing need for racial consciousness by connecting two literary pieces, written 60 years apart, in a lecture Wednesday.

Aching discussed Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me related the themes of these two works with a quote from Fanon.

“Oh my body, always make me a man who questions,” Aching quoted.

He commented on the strength of the apostrophe — a literary device used to address the body as an autonomous character — in calling the reader to participate in self-interrogation and “to feel with us the openness of every consciousness.”

Aching related the use of apostrophe to the topic of race, which he said Fanon described as “our deadliest abstraction.”

“What relationship with one’s body could there be if it was assigned to states of abstraction?” he asked the audience.

Aching proceeded to connect the negative connotation of this abstraction to the Western oppression of Native Americans.

“Even though the indigenous communities in the Americas preexisted Columbus’ arrival, their bodies were subjected to legal, political, and cultural definitions at the start of the 16th century in order to rationalize the extension of European sovereignty,” he said.

“Humanists in favor of declaring war against these communities invented an Indian that satisfied the needs of empire so that the appropriation of their lands could be justified.”

The lecturer said that the African slaves were deprived of all bodily significance, contrasting the appropriation of Native Americans to the suffering of African slaves.

“The African slave enters the Western hemisphere in the 16th century as commodified labor, as dispossessed body,” Aching said.

The commoditization of African Americans is ongoing, and the “acceptance of black bodies as currency” is a theme explored in Coates’ book, Aching said.

He compared the message of these two literary works to that of the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement.

“The ability to look upon the body, affirmatively, must counter the historical dispossession of the black body, and in particular, the devastating combination of undervalued life and valuable body that Coates’ describes and the founding of the local chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement in Ithaca seeks to address,” Aching said.

To affirm and strengthen these movements, Arching emphasized the ongoing need for self-interrogation.

“There will be no curative sociogenic approach to the black subject unless he possesses the psychic space for self-interrogation,” he said.

Aching also stressed the distinction between the individual and “the one” — a concept he said was introduced by Prof. Hortense Spillers, english, Vanderbilt University — to define the role of African Americans in present society.

Citing Spillers, he defined the individual as someone who only exists in regards to the masses, while “the one” is a self-conscious, progressive being that speaks for both himself and his collective race.

“The one’ is a structure,” he said, quoting Spillers.

“It is the small integrity of the now that accumulates the tense of the present as proofs of the past and as experience that would warrant or might even earn the future.”

Finally, Aching applied the concept of “the one” to what he said are the current challenges of being black in America.

“The Black Lives Movement is not motivated by abstractions of blackness,” he said. “It speaks for the movement of black lives, but it consists of many ‘ones.’”

Concluding with a quote from Coates, Professor Aching issued a final call to action to all attendees.

“You are a bearer of a body more fragile than any in this country, he quoted. What I want you to know is that it is not your fault, even if it is ultimately your responsibility.”

Evelyn Shan can be reached at els279@cornell.edu.

The President’s Council of Cornell Women’s 26th annual symposium will bring together female faculty, alumnae and students for talks, mentoring and networking events this weekend.

This year, event organizers chose “The Arts” as the theme, after the inauguration of Klarman Hall, according to Erin O’Connor ’85, chair of PCCW’s annual meeting committee.

“We have changed the format somewhat this year — while we have always had a theme to organize speakers around, this year as a tie-in to the Arts theme, we have added several events including a tour of the Johnson Museum and a film festival at Cornell Cinema,” she said.

In addition to member-specific events, O’Connor mentioned that this year efforts were made to include more events that were open to the general Cornell community. “[We] opened up more of our talks to the Cornell community — including a film event, the undergrad PCCWNew Agenda event and the Saturday afternoon ‘Issues in the Arts’ talk,” she said. “Our diversity event Friday evening is also usually well attended by students — broadening our reach into the student community.”

The weekend will also feature targeted toward recognizing the efforts of Cornell faculty, said Jeannette PérezRosselló ’91, president of PCCW. “One of my personal favorite events is the dinner we have with faculty. Every year we award seed grants — AffinitoStewart Grants — to junior faculty in the tenure track,” Pérez-Rosselló said. “An outcome of the projects funded by our grants is the preliminary data or paper that the faculty then can use to obtain larger grant awards. This directly impacts their research and potential for promotion and academic success.”

According to O’Connor and Pérez-Rosselló, some of the most eagerly anticipated events hosted by the PCCW community this weekend are the keynote address by Prof. Jenny Sabin, architecture, and the reception dinner with guest speaker Joanne M. DeStefano MBA ’98, the University’s chief financial officer.

Over the course of the weekend, the symposium will aid current students in building strong relationships with alumnae and encourage them to gain confidence in their abilities, Pérez-Rosselló said.

“It is a priority of PCCW to mentor students and let them know they have a network of alumnae that are behind them — supporting them,” she said. “We provide mentoring regarding career, interviews [and] job searching.

Networking is also important for the faculty and for our own members.”

O’Connor attested to the power of bonds built through networking events at the symposium, referencing her own experiences with the event.

“Last year I met two undergrads at [our] lunch event,” she said. “I wound up hiring both of them as summer interns and one of them joined us as a full time associate this January. [It was a] very practical outcome from networking.”

Pérez-Rosselló urged the female community to join the weekend events. “[We] encourage women from the University — student, faculty and staff [alike] — to participate,” she said.

Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun.com.

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S.A. Presidential Hopefuls Highlight Diversity in Platforms Candidates promise to better reflect students’current needs DEBATE

shift and to make you feel that your voice is heard from the administration and to the student assembly representatives,” she said. “I will not Internal Operations, said he is working with the make promises that these changes will happen, Knight Institute to add diversity requirements to but will continue to work with administration.” the Freshman Writing Seminar. He said he hopes McBride stressed out that with the support of to establish mandatory two to three week discus- the student body, his proposed reforms could sions on diversity issues related to course sub- become a reality. jects.

“I feel that I’ve been working on many issues “If we talk about these like diversity requirement, internal biases that we have like medical amnesty, like “I feel that if I have in a small group discussion financial aid,” he said. “I’ve — if you were required to been actually making progress students behind me — talk — then we would hopeand I feel that if I have stuwe would be able to fully see an end to some of dents behind me — we would the [injustice] that we experibe able to accomplish some of accomplish some of these these goals.” ence,” McBride said.

McBride also emphasized Berger added that she goals.” specific reforms he would hopes the two candidates will Mitchell McBride ’17 pursue, such as expanding work together in the future, medical amnesty for organiregardless of the outcome of zations in order to promote the election. emergency calls and cultivate a safer campus “Both of us will hopefully be on the S.A. next environment. year,” she said. “We can both work together to “The current Medical Amnesty policy reads move our platforms to become a reality regardthat individuals are protected, but if you call less of whether or not we are elected.” from a fraternity or sorority house, you don’t get The debate — hosted by the Cornell Speech protection for the organization,” he explained. and Debate Society — featured almost 30 coBoth candidates emphasized that the S.A. sponsoring student organizations and questions needs to transform to better and more accurately created by the Debate Society with submissions reflect the needs of students. from student groups and the audience.

Berger said, if elected, she will work to Voting for the S.A. elections will begin March advance “better representation, better policies 14 and close at 2:00 p.m. on March 15. and better outreach.”

“We are trying to make this representative Justin Park can be reached at jp2245@cornell.edu.

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C.U.Graduate Students Contend For Equal Employment Rights UNION

workers and poses collective bargaining as the appropriate intermediary between graduate Students are also typically workers and their university and offered substantial financial faculty management,” the support, which often includes CGSU statement said. health insurance coverage and a According to the CGSU stipend for living expenses, in statement, legal experts observaddition to tuition, the schools ing the progression of the case argued in the brief. believe that the Board is likely “Reversal or modification of to rule in favor of the graduate Brown would sigstudent union. nificantly damage “CGSU and “Graduate assistants are workers and private sector gradGraduate Workers uate education in of Columbia poses collective bargaining as the this country and University are both will represent an confident that in its appropriate intermediary between inappropriate deliberations the graduate workers and their university.” intrusion into long NLRB will recogprotected areas of nize the functional Cornell Graduate Students United academic freedom equivalence and autonomy,” between the work the brief said. of graduate assisCornell Graduate Students CGSU has contributed to an tance and their faculty and staff United contests these schools’ opposing amicus brief, submit- employee colleagues, and subsestance on the classification of ted by the American Federation quently the right of these groups graduate students, stressing that of Teachers, according to the to choose union representathere is “convincing evidence to group’s statement. tion,” the statement said. the contrary” to the view that “We concur with and supreversing the 2004 decision port AFT’s brief, which affirms Talia Jubas can be reached at would damage private sector that graduate assistants are tjubas@cornellsun.com.

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education.

“Graduate colleagues at public universities across the nation have been unionized for decades,” the CGSU statement said. “Evidence has shown that collective bargaining has been a helpful resource for strengthening the relationship between those colleagues and their advisors.”

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S.A. Proposes New First Generation Representative

One for Nepal

New added position would show first gen students they are not alone, says resolution co-sponsor RESOLUTION

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“Every first generation student felt like their issue was their own issue,” he said. “The representative would represent those students.”

First generation students face many issues that stem from having parents who have not experienced college life, according to Nicholas Karavolias ’18, one of the co-sponsors of the resolution.

“There are a lot of first generation issues surrounding social capital that comes from parents who attended college,” he said. “Eighty percent of first gen students don’t attend office hours. We want to find ways to debunk those stigmas.”

Eduardo Medina ’18 voiced his support for the resolution, drawing on the specific issues that he said he has faced as the first in his family to attend college.

“Essentially, there are very specific adversities and

“Every first generation student felt like their issue was their own issue. The representative would represent those students.”

Travis Ghirdhari ’17 problems that first generation college students face, one of these is often low socioeconomic status as well as first generation status,” he said.

Additionally, securing financial aid is often especially difficult for first generation students, according to Medina.

“I had to have my grandmother cosign a loan. She doesn’t even speak English. Wells Fargo called me and told me ‘Your cosigner doesn’t speak English. You need to find a translator,’” he said. “I really didn’t want to take out the loans for this semester. I was questioning being here … However I am here, because I realize there are things I can do if I continue my education, and I’m not worried about paying those loans back.”

Tom Schreffler can be reached at tschreffler@cornellsun.com.

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Students fundraise at the “SEAMS: Nepal at the Fault Lines” event in Willard Straight Memorial Room on Thursday.

High School Teacher Loses Job After Leak of Her Nude Photo COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A high school teacher lost her job after a teenager went through her cellphone between classes, found a nude picture of her and shared it on social media.

No students have been disciplined, pending a police investigation.

Union County School District Superintendent David Eubanks, who forced Leigh Anne Arthur to resign or be fired, said Thursday that it's her fault for leaving students unattended during a four-minute break between classes.

"She has tried to make this out as though it was strictly related to the photos," Eubanks told The Associated Press.

"I could care less what her pictures are on the cellphone."

More than 8,000 people signed a petition by Thursday afternoon urging that the teacher get her job back. Nearly 3,000 commented as well, many expressing shock that the victim is being blamed.

Arthur, 33, told police on Feb. 18 that while she stepped out of her classroom, a 16-year-old boy took her unlocked smartphone from her desk, opened the photos application and found a nude selfie she had taken for her husband as a Valentine’s present.

Then, using his own phone, the boy took a picture of the image and shared it. Soon, multiple students were sharing it on social media, and someone left copies, along with a harassing note, in Arthur's mailbox.

State police have examined this evidence along with the student’s cellphone, State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry said Thursday.

School officials are unsure how many people saw the image. None of the students involved have been suspended or expelled, although criminal charges are likely, Eubanks told The Associated Press Thursday in a phone interview.

"The students are probably going to be charged by law enforcement," Eubanks said. "When you start transmitting pictures of nude people, on cellphones, it’s probably against the law."

Arthur told local “She has tried to media that it’s part of make this out as her job to monitor the hallway between though it was strictly classes. But Eubanks said some students related to the photos.” said she was in an David Eubanks adjoining room at the time, and that’s why her director told her to resign or be fired for failing to supervise her class.

Arthur, a 13-year veteran, quit her job teaching mechanical and electrical engineering and computer programming at the school’s vocational center. She did not immediately return messages left Thursday by the AP. In a local television interview, she said she forgives the student, but believes he should be held responsible.

“We all make stupid decisions when we’re 16,” Arthur told WYFF-TV. Still, “he had the ultimate decision to take pictures of my pictures and he had the ultimate decision to send them out.”

Continued Flow of Migrants Faces Border Restrictions IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — By the hundreds they come, trudging along the sides of highways and across fields, dragging tired toddlers and pushing the elderly and injured in wheelchairs — a seemingly endless stream of humanity heading north for a better life.

Only their path has been blocked by border restrictions set up by European leaders balking at the sheer magnitude of the problem they face: How to care for and integrate hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants knocking at their door.

The fields on the outskirts of this Greek border town have become the flashpoint in Europe's massive refugee crisis, the size of which the continent has not seen since World War II. More than a million people, mostly Syrians fleeing a vicious five-year civil war, fled to the European Union in 2015. The first two months of this year have seen no letup despite the winter and its rough seas, and governments across the continent are bracing for even more with improving weather in the spring.

At the border, Macedonian authorities

have set up coils of razor wire, leaving a nar- 10,000 people are camped here, hoping row passage through which they control the against hope that the border will open and migration flow. Over the past few weeks, the they will be let through.

For some, arriving after days or weeks of controls have grown increasingly stringent, and now only a trickle are allowed through. a journey that nearly cost them their lives as The first restrictions were applied late last they fled across the sea to Greek islands from year to those deemed to be economic Turkey, the sight is almost unbearable: They fear this field is where migrants fleeing povertheir dreams have ty in their homelands.

“We ran from no life, come to die.

Only Syrians, Iraqis thinking we might have “I would love to and Afghans were perhave hope, but after mitted to pass. Then one, and now we’re stuck you see all of this — last month, Afghans in no life again.” hope can’t stay in were stopped too. Now, places like this,” said Macedonia says it will Hala Haddad Hala Haddad, a 19only let as many year-old English literarefugees in as Serbia to ture student from the north will allow to cross its frontier — sometimes as few as 30 Syria’s now pulverized city of Homs. “The only thing that's here is desperation and a day. Sometimes none.

It didn't take more than a day or two for misery.”

Haddad fled Syria along with her sister the refugee camp on the Greek side of the border, with a capacity of about 2,000, to Insaf, four brothers and their parents two overflow. Now, hundreds of tents are years ago, with the family trying to make a pitched around it, spilling out across a rail- life in neighboring Jordan. They hoped they way line into the nearby fields. An estimated would be away only a month or two, and

wanted to stay close to home so they could easily go back. But the war only intensified, and the cost of college there was soon prohibitive. They decided to head for Germany to rebuild their lives.

“We ran from no life, thinking we might have one, and now we're stuck in no life again,” Haddad said.

The perilous sea journey, in a flimsy rubber boat that started sinking from the sheer weight of its overloaded human cargo, was supposed to be the worst of it. A Greek coast guard vessel plucked the panicked passengers from the sea just in time. Haddad was trampled in the melee and received a blow on the side of her head and says she can no longer hear from her left ear.

“I thought that it will be an easy trip after the sea. The sea was a terrifying trip, a nightmare actually. I thought that I will lose a member of my family there,” said 25-yearold Insaf Haddad. “Then when we got to Greece, I thought that the trip would go easily. But the reality hit us that the Macedonian borders are closed. We cannot do anything about this.”

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From the Editor

Goodbye to Sunny Nights WE HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED at the conclusion of the 133rd Editorial Board’s time at The Sun. Over the past year, we’ve worked tirelessly to bring you, our loyal readers, the latest in Cornell news, athletics and culture. With you, we saw significant change occur at the University, from our sesquicentennial and President Elizabeth Garrett’s inauguration to the creation of a new college and dozens of other notable events. With the launch of our new website, The Sun took the next step towards delivering news in a way that will resonate with Cornellians and Ithacans for years to come.

The members of the 133rd Editorial Board of this institution are some of the most accomplished, dedicated people at Cornell, and working with them has been an absolute privilege for me. And to the members who will eventually make up the 134th: I am so proud of the work you have done over the past six weeks, which have been one of The Sun’s most transformative periods during my time on the Hill.

I cannot wait to sit back as a proud alumnus and admire your work.

Over the past four years, I have been fortunate to meet hundreds of amazing Cornellians from across campus and all walks of life. My experience at The Sun has afforded me opportunities that I would not have imagined, and I am forever grateful for them. Our organization has a lot of work to do moving forward, but I am certain this venerable institution will continue to reinvent itself for the benefit of all.

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— T.R.A.

Letter to the Editor

Goodbye to a world of picas Dearest TAlicea: We never thought we’d have the opportunity to ink our words in this esteemed paper of yours that we’ve been designing all these years.

I guess it is only fitting and bitterly ironic that when you finally give us the chance, it’s to write a piece lauding you for all your achievements at the end of your reign here at The Sun. Yes, yes, you’ve done well. To remind everyone, you were a sophomore — yes, sophomore underlined and bolded for emphasis — managing editor, and somehow you later became editor in chief. Little did our freshman selves know that it was fruitless to make a bet on which position you’d end up in. Apparently, you wanted to spite us and do both (We’re pretty sure that’s the reason you chose to run for both).

But let’s not forget where you started: as a little designer with us, plebeians, in a world of picas, misspelled mastheads, empty snack drawers and endless debates over fonts. (By the way, we would like this to be published in Helvetica if Schroeder permits?) So, we couldn’t be more proud of how far you’ve come, and we’re glad to have been there with you every step of the way to Shortstop, to our Wednesday lunches, to fishbowls and to the occasional impromptu office dance party. Good times.

While The Sun is now finally setting on us, as well as your aspirations for a career in journalism to our disappointment, we know good things lie ahead in our retirement. But we also know that we’ll always look back and cherish the times we had together. Here’s to you, to the squad, the braintrust and to The Sun and the Hill!

— Your friends, J.Z. and Z.P.

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OPINION

Rudolf Efremov | Barely Legal

Letter to the Editor

Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, not sorry Dearest Papa T, Your friends, whom you randomly became friends with only a year ago, decided to come together to write you this letter. It’s more of an apology to The Sun, actually. Good luck getting through it (especially since you’re not a Scholar, by any means).

We’re sorry for certain Tri-Council leaders saying “That’s Zika” every two seconds. And we’re sorry for repeating it in print now.

We’re sorry you had to endure four days with us in a cabin, with -124 degree temperatures, frozen water pipes and copious amounts of Waka (FLOCKA)!

We’re sorry for coming to Sun parties and constantly breaking things, making messes all over the place and making you take on the intense leadership position of “Janitor-in-Chief.” But in all honesty, you did ask us to “steal Solo cups from our frats and bring it to The Sun.” Get your own cups, geed!

We’re not sorry for asking you to put all of our

random stuff in The Sun (or keeping a few important things out) and not expecting to have to pay for ads.

We’re sorry for making you drive us to the glorious dive bar that is the Creeker every week, and then being belligerent as you soberly drive us to Sammy’s Pizza.

We’re sorry to Sammy’s Pizza for the legacy that your stallion of a girlfriend left them after yet another lovely evening at Dunbar’s (may it rest in peace).

We’re sorry for how bad you are at inner tube water polo.

We’re sorry you’re not allowed in Weenie Hut Juniors, because where you really belong is SUPER Weenie Hut Juniors.

Finally, we hope you’re sorry. For losing an ID at Subway on the way to the Big Apple and ruining all the fun. We hope you enjoyed going to bed early while all your friends stayed out and raged. That’s your bad.

Love, your once-a-week friends

Ethan Berkowitz | Views From the 14853

Objectivity at the Oscars L

eo won, Lady Gaga lost and Leonardo DiCaprio, who was Hollywood Reporter published a Michael B. Jordan wasn’t perhaps the biggest winner of piece based on a poll it conducted nominated. Is that an accu- Sunday night with his Best Actor amongst Academy members votrate summary of the Academy nod for The Revenant. Having ing for the awards in 2015. Their Awards? It’s certainly subjective already fallen short of winning results found that almost six perand not all-inclusive ... sound after being nominated four times cent of Academy voters didn’t in the past 20 years, Leo’s pro- view all the best picture nomifamiliar?

In the coming years, the longed quest for an Oscar nees. Even worse, the movie changes announced by the became so comical that a com- Selma, which many viewed to be Academy of Motion Picture Arts puter game, “Leo’s Red Carpet snubbed in light of its disapand Sciences to “[double] the Rampage,” was created in honor pointing takeaway at the awards, number of women and diverse of his quest. In fact, many critics went unseen by ten percent of the members of the Academy by have spoken of his win as ‘long Academy’s voters, which was 2020” will hopefully make a overdue,’ rather than ‘finally eight percent higher than the 2015 winner, Birdman. How is it meaningful impact on the diver- deserving.’

All of these snubs raise the that voters can be expected to sity debate that reached a tipping point this year. But is it too much broader question: how is the win- objectively vote for the unsurto hope that bringing a more ner decided? Unfortunately, a lot passed, greatest film of the year diverse set of views will also of specific information about the when they haven’t seen each reduce so-called “Oscar snubs” in nominating process isn’t made nominated film? general and improve the acade- available. The voting page on the Declaring a winner for an my’s ability to give credit where Oscars website is very nondescript Academy Award is different than about the process. In summary, determining who a marathon. credit is due?

Historically, the Academy has one can ascertain that any voting Unlike in a marathon, in which a very so-so the winner can be track record of clearly identified as a w a r d i n g Unlike in a marathon, in which the winner can the individual who movies and crosses the finish line be clearly identified as the individual who individuals first, the Oscars have who have been crosses the finish line first, the Oscars have no purely objective remembered as standard to deterno purely objective standard classics. Take mine its winners.

A l f r e d Like with most to determine its winners.

Hitchcock for competitions in the example, filmmaking, there is whose works such as Psycho, members can choose a Best inevitably going to be a degree of North by Northwest and Vertigo, Picture nominee and that the vot- subjectivity, and deciding who have influenced fellow directors ing process begins in late should win is always going to be Steven Spielberg and Christopher December. Digging a little deeper based at least somewhat on factors Nolan. Hitchcock never won an into the website, you can find the beyond the performances and Oscar. Take Tom Cruise, who “Rules & Eligibility” Page. Rule productions themselves. For many was one of the biggest movie stars Two of the awards, eligibility, lists people involved in this industry, since the 1980s, with roles in specific criteria for film eligibility, even just getting an Oscar nomiJerry Maguire, Rain Man, Top but not voters. In the Balloting nation is nearly as much of an Gun, just to name a few. Cruise and Nominations section of the honor and a career goal as actually has never won either. Lastly look Academy’s complete rulebook, winning the award. The changes at It’s A Wonderful Life, the peren- most of the rules guide nomina- announced this year to increase nial Christmas-time favorite tions and procedures. Inter- diversity was a meaningful and about a suicidal man who needs estingly enough, there is no symbolic step towards capturing a an angel to help him recognize explicit rule mandating the view- broader view on what individuals that his life has meaning. While ing of the final nominations. and films are worthy of these the American Film Institute con- While the Academy has a provi- nominations. However, the siders this film as the most inspir- sion to provide screenings to Academy can and should do more ing film of all time, the Frank “insure a full and fair considera- to strive towards a more fair and Capra-directed fantasy drama tion of the merits of all eligible objective voting scheme that most achievements,” this only goes so objectively identifies the best of won zero Academy Awards.

To be fair, it’s a lot easier to far as helping voters who ‘desire’ a the best, or else its credibility for look back on movies and specific specific screening, without requir- recognizing the best of the best roles from decades ago to declare ing all voters who haven’t seen a will continue to diminish. who ‘should have’ been the win- particular nomination to do so.

In light of no explicit rule ner (and who shouldn’t have Ethan Berkowitz is a senior in the been, Cruise), but snubs have mandating viewings, one would College of Industrial and Labor become commonplace in recent hope that perhaps there has been Relations. Views From the 14853 years as well. Let’s consider an unwritten rule. Last year, The appears alternate Fridays this semester.

Mystery Of the Ghost Voter E

very country has a portion of elected officials who do not consider it necessary to go to work. The absence of a public official is important in principle, because they represent the public and the public interest. They are granted significant power that should require extreme care or, at least, presence in the workplace. Some are absent only for the discussions, others skip votes. During the discussion period, the absentees risk missing important amendments and contributing to the discussion. Missing voting, however, is much worse, not only because those representatives avoid responsibility, but also because that creates the opportunity for somebody else to vote in their place, a practice called “ghost voting.”

To be fair, this practice is almost omnipresent and the U.S. federal government has a decent record. The French version of Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, is a good example of the practice across the Atlantic. She was accused of fraud when her vote was recorded 10 minutes after she left the European Parliament. For the French parliamentary session in 2012, studies have shown a median absence for 10 to 15 percent of the votes depending on the party. An article published in the Guardian revealed that a U.K. member of parliament had been absent 67 percent of the

When the people elect an official and decide to pay him through taxes a significant salary, they should expect him or her to at least show up to work, both to discuss the issues and to vote on them. time.

In comparison, although a Senate-sponsored report claims that “typically only a handful of Senators are present during floor debates,” which is certainly questionable, the statistics for voting are significantly better.

According to Govtrack, the median for missed votes by officials in Congress is about two percent. That being said, the issue persists for two reasons. First, there are individuals who are frequently absent, such as some presidential candidates, which is understandable during election year (30 to 45 percent of absences), but less so for the year before (10 to 15 percent).

Mostly though, attendance and ghost voting remain a problem in state legislative bodies. For instance, elected officials in Tennessee pass out bizarre voting sticks that allow them to vote in lieu of an absentee from a distance. In Texas, two votes killed a tax bill, despite the fact that the voters were not even in Austin. The most remarkable event, however, is that of a representative voting for weeks after his death. When confronted with this, some representatives feign ignorance, while others say outright that they don’t see a problem with it.

Of course, the problem is that ghost voting is against the rules: representatives are required to attend and vote in person without delegating, both in Congress, as well as most of the state legislative bodies. The second issue is a lack of transparency, as we do not know who actually voted.

Moreover, if we do not know who voted, we cannot hold that person accountable for his actions. Finally, when the people elect an official and decide to pay him a significant salary through taxes, they should expect him or her to at least show up to work, both to discuss the issues and to vote on them.

What are the possible solutions? Mandatory presence is already introduced in most legislative bodies, sometimes sanctioned by disciplinary proceedings. However, enforcement is difficult for political reasons — the politicians who raise the issue have no interest in doing so. Quorum minimums that exist are mostly used as either a means to pause a discussion or to filibuster the vote, and not to verify actual presence.

Another way to solve the problem would be to reform the voting procedure. One could argue for the legalization of the process, allowing for proxies to be sent in advance. That would solve the “ghost voting issue” and increase transparency and accountability. Yet, it could concentrate power between the hands of certain individuals who could wield multiple votes and become “more equal” than their peers in the assembly. Perhaps this is the reason why delegating votes is banned in most places as a principle.

Another measure could be electronic voting. Since sessions could already be streamed live, senators could both vote for amendments and for the laws themselves from a distance. They could even join the discussion via a live stream, in order to introduce amendments. However, that holds the risk of cyber-attacks — the Office of Personnel Management (the HR office of the White House) was recently hacked by two individuals. Also, both China and Russia have recently demonstrated their willingness to use cyberattacks as weapons.

Finally, one could simply hold representatives who do not go to their workplace accountable during reelection. After all, a private individual would get fired if they are not present, regardless of the excuse, and that would apply both for the discussion and for the voting stage. They would be held liable if they secretly asked somebody else to do their job and that somebody else went on to kill the bill, for example. So why not apply the same for public officials?

Rudolf Efremov is a LL.M student in the class of 2016. Responses can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT What to Avoid Next

BY LORENZO BENITEZ Sun Contributor

When Michael Moore responded to the deaths of 12 innocent high school students with Bowling for Columbine, no one could have argued against the film’s political significance. A fiery critique of congressional negligence to curb gun violence, Moore’s impassioned documentary was so charged with a palpable, collective anger that many still refer to it as one of the most compelling political statements made by any documentarian. Even watching Bowling for Columbine nearly a decade after its initial release as an Australian high school student did little to weaken my appreciation of its persuasive fury. And the fact that U.S. legislators have failed to account for the thousands of victims of gun violence and have written off their deaths as an acceptable cost for the preservation of a 200-year-old constitutional amendment has only strengthened the contemporary legacy of Moore’s most important work.

Moore’s latest film, Where to Invade Next — despite being deceptively titled to suggest a censure of American foreign policy — focuses on social welfare offered by other countries that Moore believes America ought to imitate. However, the two characteristics which animate Bowling with its renowned political zeal are sorely lacking in this mostly flaccid film. Where to Invade Next has neither the aesthetic formality that ensured Bowling’s potency, nor the correct narratorial tone with which to dictate its pedagogy.

For a start, Where to Invade Next wastes its opening moments with a serious lack of specificity. As the opening title sequence unfolded after the opening scene, I initially feared that what was coming was another example of Moore at his worst: a cantankerous, disingenuous, self-aggrandizing polemic who persuasively advocates for leftist policies out of middle-class anger rather than rational justification. (The Big One, released in 1997, is Moore at his absolute worst.) However, as the film proceeded, it gradually became apparent that its broad, overarching thesis presents a shopping list of favorable social policies America should consider imitating. While no one can deny the nobility of Moore’s relentless efforts to better America — and, indeed, Moore’s most commendable trait is his consistent desire to correct the myopia ingrained within American

exceptionalism — it is precisely because he is unable to temper his all-encompassing wish to improve every facet of American society that severely undermines Where to Invade Next’s immediate power.

Too many ideas are introduced to effectively galvanize not only a targeted political response, but any lasting response altogether.

The film’s rudimentary structure — akin to that of a televised travelogue through a series of mostly European countries and one token North African nation — is about as exciting as it sounds.

Each country has one “lesson” to teach America — whether it be Italy’s incredibly generous paid vacation schemes or Finland’s better education outcomes. This episodic structure is problematic, because it does not allow the film the opportunity to mature a single idea or follow a clear arc. The taut, methodical editing of Bowling for Columbine is substituted here by a televisual conceit unbecoming of a cinematic documentary. In fact, Where to Invade Next feels like it would have been a lot more appropriate as an eight-episode TV series. Then Moore would have been able to explore each country’s policies in greater detail, and audiences would have had greater time to digest his more detailed explanations.

Inherent to the film’s structural problems is also a strange decision regarding the film’s timeline. It honestly feels like the film peaks within its first hour, when Moore concludes his foray into the German classroom by proposing the immensely powerful thought experiment that America ought to similarly confront the shameful chapters of its past. The film is then painfully elongated to the point that each successive “lesson” feels sorely anticlimactic and redundant.

Moreover, it is in Moore’s narratorial voice that audiences can find one of the film’s most annoying characteristics. The incredulity Moore feigns when he “learns” of these purportedly better policies is incredibly grating, especially when he asks pointed questions designed to solicit deliberate answers he already knows. It is here that Moore’s sense of humor devolves into smug self-righteousness, which makes Where to Invade Next one of those films undermined rather than strengthened by Moore’s comic sensibilities. It’s worth noting, however, that Where to Invade Next demonstrates some of Moore’s core strengths as a filmmaker — among them his coy use of ironic juxtaposition to highlight perceived injustices. For instance, a brutal montage of American prison life, accompanied by

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the pop idealism of “We Are the World,” is reminiscent of how Moore’s pessimistic debut Roger & Me concludes with a rendition of “What A Wonderful World.”

In spite of Moore’s competencies, Where to Invade Next is ultimately burdened by its lack of specificity. Instead of pushing for a specific policy change, Moore advocates for a whole swath of policy proposals that audiences retrospectively condense in their memory — if not forget. When one further accounts for the misguided directorial tone that steers the film, it seems as though Moore’s latest effort will inevitably assume an unremarkable place within his mostly mediocre oeuvre. Most of Michael Moore’s films aren’t very good, but we recognize him as a filmmaker for his few films that are. Where to Invade Next sadly lacks the dramatic urgency of these few important works, and instead shares more in common with the divisive histrionics of most of his other filmography.

Lorenzo Benitez is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at lbenitez@cornellsun.com.

No Tomorrow for Legends

BY LAURA KERN Sun Contributor

The concept alone is strange enough — characters from the DC Universe band together to defeat an immortal mass murderer and save the future — but the execution of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is even worse. First, it is clearly a show aimed solely at fans of the CW’s other DC programs.

The characters — minor figures in Arrow and The Flash — receive virtually no background in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’s pilot episode. Thus, the only way of knowing who they are or why they are of any importance is to watch a hundred episodes of previously aired television.

Perhaps viewers would be able to overcome this crippling flaw if the characters were interesting enough to spark further research. However, the “Legends” chosen for the show are truly the dullest possible contenders. Captain Cold and Heatwave — a campy pair of supervillains from The Flash — are some of the most irritating characters to resurface in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Two other characters, Hawkgirl and Hawkman, have only previously appeared in a crossover episode of Arrow and The Flash, and therefore have almost no established fan base or founda-

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tional history. As a result, they add no depth to the overall plot, and the audience remains unengaged by their storyline. Even the show’s main villain, Vandal Savage, is largely absent. The only semi-interesting role is Ray Palmer (a.k.a. The Atom) and our interest in him stems more from Brandon Routh’s dreamy brown eyes than from the complexity of his character.

Further, the introduction of Rip Hunter is a terrible — and bafflingly avoidable —

failure. Hunter is a “Time Master” gone rogue, a hero in a long coat and stolen time machine attempting to save his family from dying in an apocalypse 150 years in the future. The similarities to the plot of Doctor Who are already a little distracting, but Arthur Darvill — Rory Williams from seasons five through seven of Doctor Who — plays the part of Rip Hunter and consequently makes the show entirely ridiculous.

Though “Time Master” bears a striking resemblance to “Time Lord,” the connec-

tions might be ignored had it not been for the terrible casting. True, Darvill is a passable actor — probably the best in the show, in fact — but it is impossible to separate him from his most famous role to date. The producers should have taken this attachment into account before taking him onto the show.

Even for the CW’s standards, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is extremely cheesy.

Certainly, Arrow and The Flash are far from quality television programs, but they are suspenseful and enjoyable enough for viewers that they are willing to overlook some tackiness.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow does not have THE NEW YORK TIMES the same effect. The episodes provide absolutely no motivation to follow the series — a judgment that remains true even in the fourth and fifth weeks of its run. The show has too many main characters to provide a strong protagonist; Rip Hunter, likely the intended frontrunner, has not had any development beyond the story of his family’s deaths.

Flatness pervades the entire show. The purpose of bringing such static characters together should have been to focus on them individually and cultivate their well-round-

ed, dynamic personalities. Yet they remain as minor as they were in their original shows.

Because the characters are so unsatisfying, the audience seeks an interesting plot, but it proves equally as disappointing. The circumstances surrounding Hawkgirl, Hawkman and Vandal Savaget are simply confusing, and the countless flashbacks to Ancient Egypt offer little explanation. Rip Hunter barks constantly about the importance of maintaining the timeline, but does almost nothing to enforce it or fix the mistakes his team has made. The years and locations the team visits seem like attempts to promote the costume department, but little more, as they have no discernable effect on the storyline. Viewers of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow have nothing to hold onto; neither the characters nor the plot ever seems to progress.

Perhaps this progression will take place later in the season, but by then it may be too late. Even viewers who keep watching out of dedication to Arrow or The Flash are quickly losing interest in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, thanks to its sore lack of interesting characters and plot points. With more thorough development and a more well explained plot, the show could gain the same viewership as the CW’s other programs — fans of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’s predecessors truly want it to be good. On occasion, a riotous fight scene or sharp oneliner gives the show hope for a better fate, but then Captain Cold makes another icerelated pun and once more leaves dedicated fans out in the cold.

Laura Kern is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at lkern@cornellsun.com.

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The Witch Casts a Disturbing Spell

BY MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

Until it goes off the rails in its third act, The Witch maintains an unnerving, tense aura of creepiness and dread. The dread comes not from gore or bloodshed, but from the overwhelming threat of violence that seems inevitable in a 1630s Puritan setting. That is Puritan, not puritanical. These folks in bonnets and heavy cloth seem like the real witches; they would be willing to sacrifice their children if commanded to do so. The Witch occurs in an environment where religious devotion and the desire to avoid the hot place approach insanity. The eerie themes of fanaticism are supported by scraping, screeching strings on the soundtrack — reminiscent of the score from The Shining. Like the Overlook Hotel, this world is cavernous and monstrous. There is evil and danger lurking about, but no one knows when it may strike.

The story is a claustrophobic family drama set on the farm of a newly immigrated clan from England. The color palette is muted and bleak as ever — scarcely a shred of orange or green on screen. The Indian corn is withered and rotten, spooky woodlands surround the homestead and the local wildlife seems possessed of malevolent spirits.

Thomasin (the marvelous Anya Taylor-Joy) is keeping watch over her baby brother when he suddenly disappears.

With a name that includes “sin,” she is marked as an outsider — similar to Hester Pryne from The Scarlet Letter — from the outset of the movie. Soon her demonic younger siblings Mercy and Jonas are accusing her of black magic and satanic bidding, and her petrified parents don’t know any better than to believe the children’s accusations.

Thomasin’s grief-stricken, manic-depressive mother Catherine (Kate Dickie) harbors an ill-conceived hatred for her after her brother’s disappearance. Her father William (Ralph Ineson) — a stoic, gravel-voiced rock who resembles Jesus with his flowing brown locks at the supper table — does his best to quell her mother’s rantings, but can only remain unconvinced for so long.

The only character who is sympathetic to Thomasin’s plight appears to be her brother Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw), a noble little boy who is as terrified of sin and damnation as she is. While hunting in the woods with William, Caleb asks his father if his baby brother has gone to hell, and William replies that he doesn’t know. In response, Catherine insists that the baby has gone to hell

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because he has not been baptized. The tension between the parents builds and leaves the children feeling even more uneasy. The foremost ghoul at play — the one that casts looming shadows over the entire film and begets the gloomy setting — is the grim tradition of Puritanism. A strong promise of Jacobean tragedy hangs over the family’s little house. What’s most frightening is the sense that Thomasin’s parents probably would not hesitate to kill her.

The Witch was written and directed by first-timer

Robert Eggers. He demonstrates an uncanny feel for period detail, a penchant for filling his frames with claustrophobic tension and a knack for staging and camera movement that escalates the discomfort palpably. There is one particular shot of Caleb’s demonic possession that is a masterstroke of acting and composition. The camera leers over the pallid, afflicted boy as he retches up words of prayer and at this moment, Eggers’ genius is apparent.

Eggers is less successful at the gorefest splatter stuff.

Shots of people being gored in the woods and of a gnarled old woman who lives deep in the forest lose their magnitude at the hands of Eggers. That said, the movie loses its pressurecooker slow burn when it surrenders to unforeseen violence in the last twenty minutes and the movie becomes genuinely horrifying.

Eggers does elicit magnificent performances from his young actors and their onscreen parents. Taylor-Joy has a wide-eyed face, a blank canvas with so much thought swimming behind her pupils that the audience can project multiple layers of intention and character onto her. The actress carries the whole film on her shoulders with grace and ease. Harvey Scrimshaw is a similarly marvelous young actor, Ralph Ineson makes a sympathetic yet unstable and threatening father and Kate Dickie is an appropriately mad old maid. All cast members inhabit the epoch of 17th century New England with complete believability. Credit has to be given to the screenplay, which evokes Shakespearean verse and draws from historical accounts of witch-hunts and evil sorcery.

Ultimately, The Witch transcends its genre roots to become more than a simple horror film. It is also a haunting exercise in lugubrious period scenery, family drama and family tragedy, blind devotion and repression of free will.

By the end, it’s not clear who the culprit is, but it seems everyone in the Puritan milieu is marked for doom.

Considering the conditions of their culture and society, it is not so surprising.

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

Racing Its Way to Mediocrity path of hardships to the awards podium. The film juggles themes of race, injustice and determination as it tries to pull itself together into a hopeful Now that this year’s Academy Oscar selection. In the end, the film Awards have been doled out, we are falls short, merely becoming a respectfeverishly weaseling out potential con- ful ode to the late track runner.

The film commences with Owens’ tenders for next year’s race. In general, departure for college and his stoic and the biopic genre feeds on awards and unemotional farewell with his family. rarely has difficulty gaining critical At the start of Owens’ training at Ohio attention any time of the year.

State, Coach Snyder views Owens as However, the biopic Race does not look the typical “diamond in the rough” and like a promising contender for next is excessively attentive to his progress. year.

What strikes the viewer as odd and Race sheds light on sprinter Jesse Owens (Stephan James), who began his misguided is the lack of pace the first formidable running career as a track half of the movie demonstrates. In and field runner for Ohio State one scene, the intensity level skyrockets University before running in the 1936 as Owens and Synder converse and the Olympics, held in a chaotic Nazi movie tries but fails to propel itself into Germany on the brink of war. Owens a dramatic thriller. The miscast owes part of his success to his college Sudeikis does not help the histrionics coach, Larry Snyder (Jason Sudeikis), when he simply opts for cheaply slamwho is portrayed as the stereotypical ming his desk or a drinking from his mentor leading his mentee down the bottle whenever tension arises rather than displaying sincere emotion.

During the 1930s, formal racial segregation was enacted. Given the political climate that saw Whites as a superior race, the dialogue between Owens and Snyder, who was white, seems p e c u l i a r.

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and conceited at times, as if he has forgotten what time period he was in. He surely does not act subserviant to Snyder. At some points, James’ delivery was witty and appealing, but overall it felt out of place with the given circumstances. Additionally, the script itself falters in fleshing-out characters and succumbs to the predictable dialogue that functions merely to meet stereotypical film guidelines.

Race ambitiously puts a lot on its plate. The title of the film itself has dual meaning but is not a good depiction of what the film ultimately is trying to represent. Instead of focusing clearly on Owens and his record-breaking strides as an African American, we are given an underdeveloped relationship between a coach and player. At the same time, we are given an unnecessary storyline of the U.S. Olympic Committee deciding whether or not America should even participate in the games.

Many of the earlier scenes focus not on Owens’ training, but rather on USOC member Avery Brundage (Jeremy Irons) and his affairs in Berlin.

During these scenes, he is seen perusing the city and asserting to Minister Joseph Goebbels (Barnaby Metschurat) that in order for America to participate in the Olympic Games, Germany must be more conservative in their antiSemitic Nazi propaganda.

The dichotomy of these two events are related but never find the right pacing amongst themselves, and as a result, neither gets the full attention it deserves. This leads to forced racist banter, excessive motivational monologues and an overdramatic cast — all of which unfortunately fails to be as

gripping as director Stephen Hopkins intended.

Sudeikis, who has found comedic success from Saturday Night Live and Horrible Bosses, seems grossly miscast for the role as a fierce and unrelenting track coach. I was never able to get comfortable seeing him bark and shout at officials and at Owens, as his demeanor felt forced and one-dimensional. It’s an honest effort, but doesn’t resonate well with the emotional undertone the film tries to portray.

Further, Stephan James crafts a palpable Jesse Owens who is skilled at depicting external conflict, but lacks the depth and sincerity to depict grave internal conflict (especially when his ambivalence towards participating at the Olympic Games only makes himself appear indecisive, rather than truly torn).

The film fortunately does pick up towards the latter half when the Olympics begin and we witness Owens as a symbol of more than just track and field. Still, nothing monumental inspires this film. It is a shame since Owens’ triumph was a staple not only for African Americans, but for all Americans and people around the world.

Race never really reaches full sprint and seems to walk sheepishly over the finish line even though it addresses complex social and political themes such as perseverance, anti-Semitism, segregation and the tyrannical Nazi regime.

Tim Rehm is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at trehm@cornellsun.com.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Red to Host Yale,Brown in Final Home Games

By TOBENNA ATTAH Sun Staff Writer

With two games left in the season, the Cornell men’s basketball team hopes to end its eight game losing streak in Newman Arena this weekend. Sitting in last place in the Ivy League, the Red looks to use these concluding games to improve as a young, cohesive unit.

Although Cornell (9-17, 2-10 Ivy) had difficulty coming out with victories against Penn (12-13, 6-5) and Princeton (20-5, 10-1) this past weekend, there were

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Hatter leads | Junior guard Robert Hatter scored a team high 31 points against Penn.

a number of positives from the games.

Junior Robert Hatter had a stellar offensive night against Penn, tallying 31 points. He was able to connect 12-of-21 shots from the floor, including 4-of-8 from the 3-point range. In addition, he managed to earn four rebounds, four assists and a steal.

Freshmen Matt Morgan also had an impressive basketball weekend, setting new milestones. Morgan broke the Ivy League freshman record for most points scored. His 473 total season points surpassed Brown’s Earl Hunt, and he has two more games to further solidify this record.

In the 17th week of the season, Morgan earned the Ivy League Rookie of the Week award.

“I feel pretty good,” said Morgan, on his recent accolades. “It comes from all the hard work I put in in the offseason as well as during the season. It feels good to put myself in the record books, especially the Ivy League record books. Just for that, I’m grateful.”

Morgan was successful against Yale in their most recent matchup in February, scoring a team high 20 points.

Nevertheless, Morgan knows there is plenty of room for improvement.

“Against Yale, we did a bad job of closing off the shooters and making sure the ball [didn’t] get into the paint,” Morgan said. “We also need to come out playing a lot more intense. Yale came out in the beginning taking a lot of open shots, and that’s something we have to take away.”

The Bulldogs had an impressive night against the Red in their last showing, winning 83-52. Five of Yale’s players scored in double figures, and junior Jack Montague lead the charge with 16.

“Rebounding is always a big concern, especially against Yale on Friday,” said head coach Bill Courtney on the Bulldogs.

“They attack the glass as well as almost any other team in the country.”

Our First Fight

“We have a good mentality going into Yale,” Morgan said. “We just need to play a lot more intense than we have the past few weekends to come out with the win.”

Cornell also had trouble in its last showing against Brown, falling 86-80.

Although Hatter, Morgan, junior Darryl Smith and sophomore Jordan AbdurRa’oof all scored in double digits, the Bears contained the Red’s offense and capitalized on their own offense.

Brown was led by freshman Cedric Kuakumensah in the last matchup, who finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Cornell was never able to gain momentum to charge ahead in the second half.

“I think we do a good job in the first half defensively because we’re close to the bench and we can hear everybody,” Morgan said. “In the second half, we need to come together a little more on the other end of the court, communicate, and get out on running transitions. It’s something we haven’t been doing a whole lot, but it’s something we need to be doing more.”

The season as a whole for the Red was less than ideal, sitting last in the Ivy League. However, with these last two games against the highest seed (Yale) and second lowest seed (Brown), Cornell still has much to gain from playing such diverse teams.

“We want to continue to roll and see some success by winning the game,” Courtney said. “When you see this youthful group do things well in practice, it makes you want them to see some success by winning the game and make all the things they’re doing add up.”

Cornell will finish the season on home turf this weekend. The matchup against Yale tips off at 6 p.m. on Friday, and the Brown game will follow the next day at 6 p.m.

how to become a better player.

Basically, football taught me that resourcefulness and hard work are essential for success.

But the greatest thing I took from football is the friendships I made along the way. I first started playing football in fifth grade, and I played pretty consistently with that same group of guys through high school. Over the years, the bonds I made with my teammates become inseparable. I can genuinely say that I love all of my teammates. Even now that I am off at college, I still talk to my former friends on a weekly basis. I know that these guys will be there for me whenever I need something. They had my back on the field, and I know they’ll be there off of it.

I know that there is a growing risk of concussions in football, and I definitely agree that this is a major concern. I hope that advances in equipment help to prevent issues like this in the future. However, there are injury risks in every sport, and I think the positives of football outweigh the risks. So get ready Shane Jr., training starts at your fifth birthday.

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Shane Lewis can be contacted at slewis@cornell.edu. Sportstradamus appears Fridays this semester.

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“We have put in a lot of work to prepare for the season and expect to win every time we set foot on the field. We want to gain momentum at the beginning of the season and bring that into Ivy League play so we give ourselves the best opportunity to win the Ivy League Title.”

Padulo also sees this weekend as a way to build momentum en route to a potential Ivy League Championship.

“We want to play with focus and intensity, do the little things well, and win ball games,” Padulo said. “Our ultimate goal is to win the Ivy League and this weekend is just step one.”

Only once has Cornell faced Northeastern, in which they won 13-9. But a lot has happened since then, and anything can happen in the beginning of the season. The Red will need to lock down against the Huskies to get the strong start they want. “[Northeastern] has got some really good starting pitching,” Pepicelli said. “They’ve got some guys that can run it up to 90, 92 ...

When you go against arms like that, you can’t sit there and think you’re going to score seven, eight runs. There will be windows of

opportunity throughout the course of the game, and when we get those we have to situational hit.”

It was these one-run games Cornell struggled with last season, and that the team is focusing on this season.

“Our big focus is on winning the one-run ball games,” Wagner said. “We will inevitably be in quite a few of these … and it is crucial that we get these wins. We have worked to be comfortable in every situation we will face, and execute when we need to.”

Pepicelli commented on the things his team needs to zero-in on in order to execute in these tight situations.

“Paying attention to the defense, where it’s positioned, the ability to turn a double play, the ability to situational hit — things that you know you can put on the bus day in and day out to help you win more games,” Pepicelli said.

The starting pitchers for Cornell will be junior right-hander Paul Balestrieri for the first game, senior left-hander Michael Byrne for the second and junior righthander Tim Willittes for the third.

Junior right-hander Peter Lannoo will be ready to relieve for the Red this weekend.

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

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Villanova and the University of Albany — with strong performances from many players.

Eight members of the team have scored in the first two matchups, and they are only getting better at playing together.

“We are starting to get our game chemistry down, which anybody would tell you is an essential piece to find in the spring,” Tripodi said.

“Offensively we have players who are ready to produce, and we are tightening up our mental game and our skills to fulfill our potential.”

The team’s offensive squad has mainly stayed the same as last year’s, with senior Olivia Mattyasovszky and junior Amie Dickson leading the pack. Dickson, who was named an honorable mention Preseason All-American by Inside Lacrosse, is the current team leader with four goals.

However, after the team’s recent game in Albany, on the offensive side the attention will be focused on Emily Tripoli, who earned her 91st assist to tie the current Cornell record, held by

Courtney Farrell ’08. One more assist will make her the lone record holder, and with the season just beginning, Tripoli has the chance to set a record that will stand for many years. The team has been supportive of their captain, with co-captain Brittany Marriott delivering some of the highest praises.

“I’m so so happy for and proud of Emily,” she said.”

Her chance to make history this year breaking the assist record speaks volumes to her unselfish play. She is always looking to set up her teammates for success, and does a very amazing job of it.”

She is an excellent lacrosse player on top of all this.

“She’s a very talented player and a very great leader,” Marriott continued. “I’m very confident that she will continue to perform on the field and lead our offense to do great things this year.”

Even as she prepares to possibly make history in the matchup against the Bulldogs on Saturday, Tripoli remains focused.

“On a personal level, I am proud of this opportunity,” she said. “Being a senior in my final season, it feels great to be

able to contribute to my team in positive ways. My teammates have been so great and supportive. I mean it when I say that I truly could not be surrounded by a better group of people.”

At a more basic level, the team just wants to earn its first Ivy League win on Saturday.

Cornell will open up their Ivy season at home on Schoellkopf Field.

“Having family and friends in the stands is always an exciting experience,” Tripoli said. “Schoellkopf is also a really amazing stadium, and we are happy to call it our home turf.”

The Red will hope to earn a statement win against Yale on Saturday, and continue to compete at a high level, especially against Ivy opponents.

“As a team we have a lot of little goals we’ve set and we’ve set individual goals as players, but a big team goal that we are always striving for is to win an Ivy League Championship and make it to the NCAA tournament,” Marriott.

Play begins at 1 p.m this Saturday on Schoellkopf.

Jeffrey Asiedu can be reached at jasiedu@cornellsun.com.

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A new chapter | The Red has high aspirations for the season with a new coach and rejuvenated roster.

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My First Fight With My Girlfriend I was talking to my girlfriend the other day about our future kids (please God not anytime soon), and the topic of sports came up. She said that she wouldn’t let our kids play football when they’re older and that she would rather they choose soccer. This news was almost as outraging as whatever album Taylor Swift released beating out To Pimp a Butterfly at the

Baseball Travels to Florida, Kicks Off Season With New Coach

By JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer

A new chapter begins for Cornell baseball this weekend when the team travels to Florida. The Red looks to build momentum in their first games of the season behind their new coach Dan Pepicelli when they square off against Northeastern in a three-game series.

This season is truly a fresh start for the Red. The team finished last season 13-27 (9-11 in the Ivy League), completing a second straight third place finish in the Lou Gehrig Division.

Thirteen of the Red’s 27 losses last season were by one run. The team’s first

Ivy League title in history came four year ago in 2012, after completing 31win season.

“We really view this season as a chance for a fresh start,” said junior infielder Frankie Padulo. “Coach Pep coming in has brought a new, rejuvenated attitude to the program, so we’re excited about the direction we’re headed. We are definitely a different team than last year and are excited to write a script that's different from the past couple years.”

Junior infielder Tommy Wagner echoed Padulo’s sentiments, noting how the Red must not let the close games slip away this year.

“We aren’t looking back to the pre-

vious season, but are instead focused on the season in front of us,” Wagner said.

Cornell has high aspirations and expectations for this season, with an Ivy League title in sight.

“I certainly think we have a really good plan in place to be winners every night we go out, so I would be disappointed any night we go out and don’t win,” said head coach Dan Pepicelli.

The Red’s road to the championship starts this weekend with the series against Northeastern.

“Our goal for this weekend is to win all three games,” Wagner said.

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Red Takes On Yale to Begin Ivy Play Senior attack Emily Tripoli looks to set new all-time assist record

By JEFFREY ASIEDU Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s lacrosse team (2-0, 0-0 Ivy) takes on Yale in its first Ivy League matchup of the season this Saturday in Ithaca, and the spotlight will be on senior captain Emily Tripodi, who has the chance to enter the chronicles of Cornell lacrosse history and become the all time assist leader for the women’s program.

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team. This sense of accountability not only helps your team win football games, but helps you become a better person in life.

Football is also very beneficial in developing leadership qualities. In seventh grade (my glory years as a football player), I was thrust into the starting quarterback position. Up to that point in my life, I had never really

Shane Lewis Sportstradamus Grammys for album of the year last week. I could go on about why soccer is the most detrimental force in American culture, but I’ll leave that for a future column. I’m a firm believer that participating in youth football can have a great positive impact on kids. After all, I attribute all of my outstanding qualities to playing football throughout my youth (okay maybe football isn’t that beneficial). I know there’s a growing concern about the possible dangers of playing youth football, but let me outline the reasons why I think the benefits of football outweigh its risks, and why me and my girl will be getting into a few more arguments when our kids become old enough to put on pads.

First of all, football helps you develop many qualities that not only are beneficial on the field, but are also crucial to a successful life in general.

A football team is like a family, and there are many positive characteristics that come with embracing the team like a family. First of all, coaches stress accountability, loyalty and trust. After going through many battles with your team, you learn the importance of doing your part and playing your role to the best of your ability. If you don’t, you hurt your

assumed a major leadership position. But that promotion to a key starting position made me learn on the fly how to be a good leader. I had to rally the offense and motivate them when things weren’t going very well. I learned how to manage the team during practices and how to get the best out of them. I can honestly say that my quarterback experiences growing up shaped who I am today. Admittedly, my middle school football team was awful, and we only won a handful of games, but I think that is beside the point. Football thrusts people into situations where they are forced to be leaders, and this is undeniably helpful.

I never really knew the value of hard work before football. I was always the tallest guy in basketball, so dominating the paint was never hard for me.

But when it came down to football, there was always someone who was bigger, stronger, or faster than me. Football is the one sport where taking even a day off can give the opponent a greater advantage. I learned to take things into my own hands and hit the weight room in my spare time. I sought out a coaches outside of the field that could give me tips on See LEWIS page 15