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rights would be] a very useful resource for Cornell students. This proposal addresses a huge issue of students not knowing what they can and cannot do in situations.”

A group of students, including members of the Juliana Batista ’16, executive vice president for the Student Assembly, are working to draft a bill of rights for S.A., added that current policies are “opaque” and that a the community due to what they call the current dis- bill of rights would clarify rules for students. jointed state of campus policies and codes.

“Students need to feel empowered,” Batista said. “We According to Amanda Minikus do not have any pro-formative langrad, Cornell policy is vague regard- “Students should be able guage that describes what students are ing appropriate protocol. allowed to do and what their rights are “It’s become really painfully appar- to look at this bill of rights on this campus. Many of Cornell’s ... and know that due ent over the last year and a half that codes and academic policies are people just don’t know where these opaque and difficult to understand, process is happening.” policies are,” Minikus said. “They’re therefore leaving the vast majority of not in a place that’s accessible.” the student body unaware of how to Sarah Balik ’15 Along with several other graduate navigate it.” and undergraduate students, Minikus said she is drafting a potential proposal for a “Student Bill The Road to a Bill of Rights.” Yamini Bhandari ’17, vice president for outAccording to Minikus, a draft for a bill of rights proreach for the S.A. and one of the students working on the posed in the near future would be informal, highlighting proposal, said a student bill of rights would be “empow- general principles and drawing on existing policies. ering” for students.

“I think that you could extrapolate from existing poli“There is currently no organized student bill of rights cies, because they’re all so disjointed, and put the stuff that addresses all the different components of student See PROPOSAL page 5 life,” Bhandari said. “I think something like [a bill of

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Department of Radiation Oncology Created at Weill

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Staff Writer

Weill Cornell Medical College’s newly-created Department of Radiation Oncology will be chaired by Dr. Silvia C. Formenti — a specialist in the use of radiation therapy — next month, according to a University press release.

The focus of the department will be combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy to create advanced ways of treating patients in a way that is unique to each patient’s individual tumor, according to the release.

The department will also empower scientists to conduct radiobiological research, examine the effects of ionizing

radiation on tumors and normal cells in an attempt to improve patient care.

Formenti, who is currently the director of the New York University Cancer Institute and the Sandra and Edward H. Meyer Professor of Radiation Oncology at NYU Langone, will begin as chair of the department April 15.

In the release, Formenti said leading the new department at Weill would be an “amazing opportunity.”

“Both Weill Cornell and New YorkPresbyterian are wonderful institutions with top-notch leadership, and I’m thrilled to be able to dedicate myself and my research to this effort,” she said.

Formenti said she plans to grow the current radiation oncology department

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and to better the study and treatment of different cancers, according to the release. Funded by the National Institute of Health and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Formenti’s research combines radiotherapy and immunotherapy to control cancer cell growth.

Referencing her research, Formenti said that when the combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy is applied to metastatic breast tissue, it prevents the disease from spreading.

Dr. Laurie Glimcher, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College, said in the release that Formenti has been part of one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of the 21st century.

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“Dr. Formenti is on the forefront of this personalized approach to cancer, devoting her career to investigating immune responses to radiotherapy and designing therapies that are tailored to each patient’s specific tumor,” Glimcher said.

Glimcher said she believes that Formenti is the best choice to lead the radiation oncology department.

“I can think of no one better to lead Weill Cornell’s efforts to develop the most effective, next-generation cancer treatments that improve the lives of patients in New York and beyond,” she said in the release.

The roof on the main building of Olin Library may soon be replaced, according to a proposal made to the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The proposal — which will have a public hearing next Tuesday — must receive approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission because the library, which is located on the Arts Quad, lies

within a designated City of Ithaca historic district.

Because the library was less than 50 years old when the Arts Quad was designated a historic district, the structure is considered a “non-contributing” portion — meaning it is not considered a part of the original historic district, according to Bryan McCracken, a historic preservation planner for the City of Ithaca.

McCracken said the Landmarks Preservation Commission

will ensure that any changes to Olin Library will not detract from overall look of the Arts Quad.

“Olin Library is a non-contributing element in the historic district so the project will be evaluated on how it will impact the other historic properties,” McCracken said. “They are going to be looking to make sure that it is consistent with the material that See OLIN page 4

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This semester, more than coffee has been brewing at the Green Dragon Café.

Rumors that the College of Architecture, Art and Planning was going to revolutionize this beloved hangout based on a student proposal threatened to set off a conflict with the Dragon’s many devoted student employees and customers.

In response, the AAP administration has shelved the original plans for a “more sustainable Green Dragon,” and all involved parties are going back to the drawing board together. “[The Green Dragon] is a big heart of the institution,” said manager David Drabkin ’07. “If a change needs to be made, it should come from us.”

Today at 5 p.m. in the Green Dragon, the proposal’s writer, Dana Shapiro ’06, will meet with employees, customers and other concerned Cornellians to collaborate on a new approach to improve the Green Dragon’s sustainability while preserving its historic character.

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Unlike all other Cornell Dining facilities, the Green Dragon is completely student-run. While it sells the ubiquitous sushi packs, soups and sandwiches, it also provides other products, like Coca-Cola, that cannot be found anywhere else on campus.

“The biggest difference is [the Green Dragon] maintains the history of the student empowerment structure,” said Colleen Wright-Riva, director of the dining services.

The entire situation began last fall when Shapiro, a natural resources major, submitted a business plan for a ‘model sustainable café” in the Cornell Entrepreneur Organization (CEO) Business Plan Competition, winning first place.

Inspired by a progressive café in Vienna, Austria, where she worked while studying abroad, Shapiro said she felt that Cornell lacked a place where students could have ownership over a business following their ideals of sustainablility. As an already student-run facility, the Green Dragon was a natural template.

Shapiro said that when she spoke to Drabkin and Peter Turner, AAP assistant dean, about her proposal, they responded with interest.

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Local Power Outage At Ithaca College Leaves Buildings Closed Ithaca College canceled classes in five academic buildings due to a power outage on campus early Wednesday morning, according to The Ithaca Journal. A failed power cable was the cause of the outage, which left buildings including the college library and part of the campus center in the dark. The loss of power also closed main dining halls on campus, The Journal reported.

State De Blasio Will Close NYC Public Schools on Two Muslim Holidays New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that public schools in the city will be closed on two Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid alAdha, beginning in the 201516 academic year, according to The New York Times. The NYC public school calendar already recognizes many Christian and Jewish holidays, The Times reported. De Blasio’s announcement reflects his campaign promise to represent the diverse Muslim community within the city.

National Obama Meal Subsidies Have Been Successful, Study Finds Government-subsidized meals by the Obama administration that are intended to encourage students in school to eat more fruit have been successful, according to a study released Wednesday. The study conducted by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity said that since the change went into effect in 2012, the number of children who chose to take fruit while in line for lunch rose to 66 percent from 54 percent, according to The New York Times.

Senate Unable To Override Obama’s Keystone XL Veto In a 62-37 decision, the Senate was unable to override President Barack Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL oil pipeline bill Wednesday, which would have approved construction of the pipeline, according to The New York Times. Despite a bipartisan majority, the Senate failed to have the two-thirds majority necessary to override the veto. Republicans used this vote to attack Obama’s five year delay on making a decision about the pipeline, which requires the approval of the State Department because the project crosses an international border.

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S.A.organizes event to discuss issues ranging from race and religion to disabilities

By DANIEL ZIMMERMAN

the stereotypes were seldom discussed on camRenee Alexander ’74, associate dean and pus. director of Intercultural Programs, one of the “Some issues that were brought up includ- speakers of the event, said the goal of the disApproximately 150 students attended ed how there was a lack of discussion about cussion was to educate people about bias and Breaking Biases — a public forum hosted by issues on campus and there are so many micro to prevent instances of bias from occurring in the Student Assembly for students to discuss aggressions that occurs in class and amongst the future. problems and strategies for dealing with situa- students,” Chak said. “It is a problem that no In addition to the public speakers, the tions of bias — Wednesday evening in Clark one talks about these form of biases.” event also gave students the opportunity to Atrium.

Yamini Bhandari ’17, vice president for talk in small confidential groups of around 10 At the event, the S.A. defined bias as “prej- outreach and women’s representative for the to 12 people about their feelings towards the udice in favor of or against one thing, person S.A., said attendees discussed many facets of action taken on campus to prevent future or group, compared with another, usually in a bias. instances of bias. way considered to be unfair.”

Chak said she hoped the conversation “We talked about the biases faced by everyThe discussion was one from international stu- about bias on campus would continue and designed to address issues “[Bias] is a topic that dents to Greeks,” she said. “I that she had plans for a future event. where bias frequently occurs, “My goal is to begin the discussion of biasthink this event was a call to such as race, socioeconomic is not discussed a lot action in recognizing that stu- es on campus and to continue this with a post status, gender, disability and dents who have to deal with religious affiliation. Students on campus and I found these biases are tired of being that attended had the oppor- that [to be] a problem the ones responsible for find- Daniel Zimmerman can be reached at dzimmerman@cornellsun.com. tunity to listen to multiple ing the solutions, because Cornell is speakers from the administoo.” tration, as well as students’ Bhandari said very diverse.” testimonies to how they have her decision to been affected by bias on attend the event Maria Chak ’18 campus. was influenced by Dean of Students Kent the bias she has Hubbell ’67, who was the first speaker at the experienced at Cornell. event, said that “Cornell brings people from “I decided to go to the event, as all walks of life.” a minority woman myself,” Hubbell added that the University strives Bhandari said. “I think the idea of to provide “an authentic sense of belonging” bias has resonated with me personfor students and that one way to do this is to ally given my background, and it eliminate these instances of bias. was nice meeting with other stuMaria Chak ’18, freshman representative dents who have had similar experifor the S.A., said she organized the event to ences discuss how they navigated bringing discussions of all forms of prejudice it.” that students confront on campus to the surAccording to Bhandari, adminface. istrators in attendance spoke to “My goals for this event is to break the how Cornell as an institution stereotype that bias pertains just to race but responded to bias. [that bias] includes LGBTQ, first generation, “The administrators that presocio-economics, gender, Greek life and so sented were valuable in giving us a [many] more issues,” she said. “It is a topic perspective on what is being done that is not discussed a lot on campus and I to address biases at the administraCAMERON POLLACK / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER found that [to be] a problem because Cornell tion level,” Bhandari said. “I think is very diverse.” as a student, that spoke to me as a Breaking biases | Dean of Students Kent Hubbell ’67 speaks at a public forum hosted by the S.A. Wednesday.

She also said the event was valuable because call for real action.”

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Harvard Proposes Theater, Media Concentration THE HARVARD CRIMSON

Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences responded largely positively both to legislation detailing the format of an affirmation of integrity as part of the College’s first-ever honor code and to a proposal to implement a new concentration in Theater, Dance, and Media at their second meeting of the semester Tuesday.

Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris presented on behalf of the Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana legislation for an affirmation of integrity statement undergraduates would make as part of the College’s new honor code. Under the legislation, students would be required to affirm their awareness of the honor code each time they register for the semester and would be unable to register should they not make that affirmation. Students would also be asked to do so during final exams and on final papers and projects — including theses — and on other assignments at the discretion of the individual faculty member.

Harris emphasized that when affirming their awareness of the honor code, students would not be required to agree with the values of the honor code but simply acknowledge that they have read it.

Additionally, incoming freshmen would be required to write a paragraph about integrity after accepting their offer to Harvard.

Faculty voted in approval of the College’s first-ever honor code, in addition to the creation of a new student-faculty/administrator judicial board to hear cases regarding the violation of the honor code, in May 2014 after years of discussion and planning.

The honor code will go into effect in the fall of 2015, according to Harris.

Smith noted that the Faculty Council voted 15-1 in favor of the legislation on the affirmation statement, with no abstentions.

Economics professor Jeffrey A. Miron, who was opposed to the legislation, said that such a statement was “misguided and a poor use of our resources and energy.”

“I think asking students to sign their name every time stimulates cynicism,” Miron said.

Computer Science professor David J. Malan ’99 said that he too was skeptical of effects that the

affirmation statement might have.

“What problem are we trying to solve or reduce?” he asked.

English professor Martin Puchner — who has spearheaded the effort to create the concentration in Theater, Dance, and Media — presented preliminary plans for the concentration to the Faculty and emphasized that necessary infrastructure, including performance space and faculty members with backgrounds in See HARVARD page 4

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theater history, already exist at Harvard.

“Really the basic building blocks are here,” Puchner said.

He noted that the concentration would not be housed in a particular department but would draw faculty from different disciplines spanning from English to Music, and would not include separate tracks for dance or media.

Faculty will vote on at their the “It has really always been next proposal meeting on April thought of as an integral 7, according to Harris, and should they [area of study], not as approve of the new things we are stitching concentration, the concentration’s governing together.” committee — the Standing Committee Michael D. Smith on Theater, Dance, and Media — would be created July 1.

In an interview after the meeting, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith cited the University’s strength in theater as well as the increasing use of varied media in theatrical performance as rationale for the lack of tracks.

“It has really always been thought of as an integral [area of study], not as things that we are stitching together,” Smith said.

Smith also noted that the $5 million in seed funds given for the concentration by Faust’s office will be used to finance concentrators’ productions, meet certain instructional needs, and hire administrative staff to run the concentration.

Multiple faculty members expressed support for the proposed concentration on behalf of their departments, including English department chair W. James Simpson, Music department chair Carol J. Oja, and Romance Languages and Literatures director of undergraduate studies Mary Gaylord.

Gaylord spoke on behalf of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, saying that she hoped there would be opportunities to collaborate with the new concentration, should it be approved.

“We have multiplied circular efforts in the area of performance, and I hope that this will be a multilingual affair as well as a multi-medium,” Gaylord said.

At the beginning of the meeting, Faust asked to make a statement on Harvard’s role in Boston’s 2024 Olympic bid.

Saying that recent media attention has “often been misleading and outright inaccurate,” Faust reaffirmed that Harvard has “no commitments at this time or offered any proposals to the Olympics committee regarding our engagement” in the 2024 Olympic bid.

“Any Harvard involvement must remain aligned with our academic mission and our long term planning goals,” Faust said.

This story appeared in The Harvard Crimson Wednesday.

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According to McCracken, the proposal that the University has given the Landmarks Preservation Commission will not significantly change the appearance of the roof.

“The proposal that has been presented is exactly that — basically a replacement in kind,” McCracken said. “It is very similar to what is there now — similar colors, similar texture — so there’s really not going to be a visual impact on it.”

Because of the similarities of the proposed new roof to the existing one, McCracken said the overall aesthetics of the historic district will remain largely unchanged, and therefore should not present any problems to the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

“The changes to Olin Library are compatible with the historic district because they are not going to be a significant change,” McCracken said. “The building is going to change very little if the project moves forward.”

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approaches a student, they have the discretion to give [the student] a J.A. ticket or a real ticket.” that’s already been approved in one Minikus said it has been diffidocument,” she said. cult to find consensus among Any proposal introduced in the administrators regarding the role near future will be “very of CUPD on campus. simple” and “very gener“I’ve seen a lot of cases, al,” Minikus said.

“Every time a CUPD officer the majority of all cases Minikus cited a 2011 involving CUPD, where proposal to the S.A. that approaches a student, they have the students don’t know what she said she believes was they can and can’t do,” discretion to give [the student] a not passed because it was she said. “It’s just really J.A. ticket or a real ticket.” too specific. hard for students to find “Basically, we just it all.”

Amanda Minikus grad need to get something on Balik said she would paper that we can pass like to see the creation of a around with all the differcommittee to “advocate ent people that want to be they are both employed by for and maintain the [students’] involved,” she said. “I don’t think Cornell, a private institution, and rights” in the future. that we’re looking at something as trained as state police officers.

“There needs to be something detailed as what was tried ... in “The CUPD officers are paid established, that there are certain 2011.” out of private funds, but they’re people working on this forever,” Sarah Balik ’15, president of deputized with the county,” Balik said. the S.A., said the concept of a bill Minikus said. “They go through of rights is not yet formalized. all the same training as a regular Zoe Ferguson can be reached at “We don’t have all of the officer. Every time a CUPD officer zferguson@cornellsun.com. answers yet,” Balik said. “This is an idea. This is something that we want to see happen, ideally before the end of the year, but I don’t know.”

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A ‘Community Bill of Rights’

Lindsay Wershaw ’16, who is helping Minikus create the proposal, says she hopes the bill will address the rights a student possesses in many different facets of the Cornell community. “[The bill of rights] plans to address [your] rights as a tenant, your rights under the code and Policy 6.4, your rights with the law enforcement, your rights as a Cornell employee and your academic rights within all colleges,” Wershaw said. “Specifically, the bill of rights would include academic rights, rights a student has undergoing a University judicial process and any situation regarding violations of the code of conduct.”

Balik said the formation of an official student bill of rights would ideally entail the creation of a new student handbook.

“What I would like to see, personally, is that every new student gets a book. You open it up, and it says your rights as a student,” Balik said. “Students should be able to look at this bill of rights, this preamble … and know that due process is happening.”

Though Minikus admits that much of the information in question pertains only to students, she said it would be “more appropriate” to refer to the proposal as a community bill of rights rather than a student bill of rights.

“It might be more palatable for the administration if it was called a community bill of rights, because really, this stuff applies to everyone,” Minikus said. “ It’s not just students. It’s any member of the Cornell community who is on the Cornell campus. I think that it probably will get more support if we make it universal.”

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Minikus said one “key issue” lies in the fact that CUPD officers have significant discretion when interacting with students because

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Supporting Open-Source Textbooks A REPORT PUBLICIZED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES last week found that using electronic “open-source” textbooks can save college students hundreds of dollars during their college education. According to the report, the College Board estimates that the average cost of books and supplies during an academic year is between $1,200 and $1,300. In order to curb the costs of attending Cornell, we at The Sun urge faculty members to experiment with open-source books to facilitate wider adoption throughout the University.

As the cost of a Cornell education continues to increase, efforts must be made in order to rein in expenses wherever possible. Although allocating additional funding for those students who need financial aid is a positive step, many students still face economic challenges affording a Cornell education without taking on large amounts of debt. By adopting an open-source textbook, a professor could save a student an average of $128 per course, according to the report. Additionally, students who prefer not to use digital copies of books have the opportunity to have open-source books printed for the cost of the book — approximately $10 to $40. Adding these savings across a total of eight semesters, Cornellians using these books could dramatically decrease the costs of education on the Hill.

Faculty also have opportunities to benefit from using open-source books. Due to the open licensing of the books, professors could modify the textbooks in a manner that best suits their individual teaching styles. According to the report, over 2,500 faculty members from across the United States have signed the Faculty Statement on Open Textbooks, which expresses support for using open textbooks. We urge Cornell faculty members to sign the statement and call upon the University to adopt a pilot program to promote open-source textbooks across campus.

By providing students with low-cost textbook alternatives, the University has the opportunity to reduce the cost of attending Cornell. We encourage professors to use these books in favor of their pricey counterparts and urge administrators to work to adopt a University-wide program supporting using open-source books in the classroom.

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ere’s a little Spanish lesson to start your day: convivir — literally, “to live with.” Of course, that’s not an exact definition, but that tends to happen.

Think of it as “coexist” or “cohabitants” but with less of a scientific, “I’m studying fish ecosystems” connotation and more like the bumper sticker you see everywhere. It’s a bit like the verb form of “communion,” a strive to share the same spaces in interdependence. At Cornell, we learn to convivir with all sorts of people, people from different races, backgrounds, faiths, countries, social classes and basic demeanors. But just as we manage to live together on campus, we have to bring that same way of thinking into our residences.

Cue scary music: Housing: A word that brings back violent flashbacks of camping outside Collegetown landlord offices in the chilly fall breeze, of freshman year roommates torn apart by blocking factions all to reach the glittering halls and cornucopia of the West Campus housing system. Program houses, each with their public appearance of solidarity, but also filled with their own drama. Let’s face it: Living with people is complicated and there are a multitude of outcomes for students here to love and/or hate. In a way, North Campus housing is a strange blessing, taking away the overwhelming amount of choices autonomy brings.

Housing and residential dynamics also depend on where you are in life. During freshman year, there’s so much enthusiasm in being holed up on the lonely mountain.

You get to learn about yourself as both an individual and a collective suite/floor/hall/townhouse. You’re away from home for the first time, relying on survival skills to escape the plastic surgery operations that will turn you “pretty” and “bubbly” on your 16th birthday — oh wait, that’s another Young Adult novel. As a freshman, you deal with your designated housing and create preferences for the future. You seek out the community you want to be a part of and anxiously sign your soul away for a beer-soaked College Avenue property or an all expense-paid lifestyle regiment on West.

Sophomore year brings about this newfound freedom, as you explore the social dynamics of being a house and having housemates you chose for the first time. On West, it still means you have a wide access of people, so you’re in a cushy in-between, living with your squad, but also seeing half your graduating class in shower slippers on a weekly basis. In the small, rustic village of Collegetown, you live sitcom-worthy lives full of house parties, frequent bodily and structural damage, access to local eateries and proximity to CTB. It’s bacchanalian at best, but still independent, as one chooses when to talk to a neighbor (never).

Although convivencia might not happen as a community, it certainly should start to happen in one’s homes. This is when we learn about people’s lifestyle habits: If they like to cook, sing show-tunes in the shower, climb unto roofs, steal signs or any other behavior under the sun. Naturally, we (should) sort things out.

Junior year is the continuation of the dream, the cool-factor of living in a house with others. By now, you’re enjoying the comfort of living together for a while, but you start noticing annoying trends. The honeymoon period might be over, and there’s a certain “microscope effect” in which everything you do is watched and privacy is long gone. The upside to that proximity is that you also have a support

network if your relationship is healthy.

Nothing beats roommates who will listen to your whining, order D.P. Dough, watch cheesy TV shows and be your personal dermatologists when something feels weird on your scalp. This is when you start saying, “You’re not my friend, you’re my roommate,” because you feel that close.

However, living with someone doesn’t automatically make them your best friend, no matter how hard you want them to be.

We all felt that burn when Kimmy Jin told Becca they weren’t friends in Pitch Perfect.

Countless college-prep books have said this: Being friends with someone and living with someone are not the same thing. Just because someone is extremely friendly in public doesn’t mean they won’t be a tyrant in the living room. Vice-versa, someone who’s really abrasive or sarcastic on the outside might be an awesome roommate once you live together. We manage our selfimpressions all the time in real life, and sharing quarters with someone simply reduces that distance, with varying results.

The trick to managing conflicts and peeves and relationships in general is learning to convivir. The last thing Cornellians need is to have nowhere safe and comfortable to go to after prelims and problem sets and projects. There’s nothing like coming home and falling on your bed, except when that bed is located in a toxic environment.

Drama happens, personal space is often violated and people won’t get along, but housing can be very permanent. It’s relatively easy to remove oneself from abusive friendships, drop a difficult class or leave an organization that doesn’t fit well. It’s extremely hard to pack one’s books, clothes and PillowPets and move to a better house in Collegetown. Leases last a while, and people shouldn’t be getting to this point where someone feels so uneasy that they have to move. When in dorms, Cornell has the responsibility to switch people around, but sadly all is fair in love and Collegetown realty.

We need to focus on the good rather than the bad of living with people. We need to learn when it’s worth fighting over something or when to let it go and ultimately destress our lives. Everyone is here for one reason: To get that diploma 4-6 weeks after commencement, and everyone should, if not help others achieve this, kindly not be an obstacle. We all get overworked, forget to lock a door, have moody days and accidentally nuke something in a microwave, but that’s all trivial to a greater social contract. What’s not alright is living in a constant state of vigilance, of feeling unwanted or of being an “other.” No one wants to feel that way. The “do unto others as you’d like them to do to you” mantra is less about religion and more about the moral imperative we have of just being decent human beings.

As a senior, I’m examining my own housing needs. Aside from what I’ve written, I think senior year demands a change of pace and a stronger support network, but also more freedom. We are in the process of defining ourselves as transitioning adults, not “together” enough to have a decent tax return, but old enough to know that everything we do this semester could be our “last X,” and negotiating those last experiences.

We are trying to get closure from everyone we're leaving on the Hill, and that requires not only independence as a person, but also the safety and trust of a healthy residence.

Kevin Milian is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun.com. Milian Dollar Baby appears on alternate Thursdays this semester.

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OPINION

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Anal Retention

Cheers to You(r) Asshole

avigating the end of a long-term relationship is rarely easy, especially when you’re already maintaining a torridly abusive affair with an Ivy League institution. Relationships provide a beautiful sense of comfort that is all too hard to come by in this seemingly suicidal tundra of outof-touch administrators and tri-staters, and grappling with the void left behind by a lover and best friend can be profoundly upsetting and frustrating.

Nearly a month ago, I ended a year-long relationship with my boyfriend. The first week was a summer breeze; I had all the confidence and energy in the world. I could focus upon and challenge myself to be a healthier and more wholesome person, unmired from relational toxicity. I kept busy and social and I, alongside my closest friends, routinely reminded myself that I wanted and deserved better out of a romantic partner. As the weeks passed, I felt puzzlingly frustrated. Not frustrated about any immediate loss of emotional dependence and connection, as he was fundamentally uncommunicative and devoid of empathy and made it an unconscious practice to cheat on me (multiple times); rather,

there was something seated in a place so carnal that I was struggling to grasp and process it rationally.

In what seemed like a matter of days after our relationship ended, my ex-boyfriend was already out on the prowl fucking other people. In the consoling words of a close friend, he was being “[a] little man slut eager to parade his ass around the gayborhood.”

Now, I wasn’t upset that he was choosing to

dynamism and the shapely, well-formed ass that I got to fuck so damn hard day-in and day-out, whether in his bed, mine, on the floor or heavily inebriated and in the shower.

This was sex that consumed every muscle of my body and every last thought of my mind.

The physicality of our relationship was so viscerally beautiful and all-encompassing that each and every night I would forget how much pain he caused me each time he

Feel as you do, unashamedly. Don’t wrap your dick with a moralizing veneer if how you feel is raw and sexual and angry. sleep with other people, albeit so soon and at an alarmingly frequent pace, as he had every right to do so and I, by all means, understand how sex can be the perfect mechanism for clearing one’s head or moving past someone. Yet, I was passionately frustrated by the notion that someone else was getting to enjoy his absolutely perfect asshole.

Someone else was making him moan and forcing his head down the shaft of their dick.

I realized that I didn’t miss him as an emotional being at all; I missed our sexual

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hooked up with someone else, only and always to respond with “I’m sorry” and “I don’t know what to say.”

I am proud of being a sexual person, and do not find my prodigious sexual appetite to be at odds with my intelligence, decency and humanity. Yet the headspace I inhabit in the wake of the split is both jarring and illuminating. I did not anticipate such visceral impulses to predominate, such primal senses of ownership and jealousy. I feel at once attuned to the reality of my self yet con-

founded by it, simultaneously considering my thoughts more detachedly and curiously while being mired vigorously and persistently in the mud of my emotionality.

The kernel of self-respect is to take accountability for oneself, as Joan Didion once sagely posited, and I cannot deny myself my feelings. I take ownership of them, however base they may be. They are mine. And now that I am single, I am not to crucify myself for the truth of the one partner who has remained steadfast and loyal: me. In the wake of a breakup, I urge you not to buy into the hype. Don’t feign highminded emotionality when what you miss authentically is an ass riding on your dick like dressage, bon voyage. That’s a brilliant way to feel. That’s a human way to feel. Feel as you do, unashamedly. Don’t wrap your dick with a moralizing veneer if how you feel is raw and sexual and angry. Encounter your emotions on their own terms and they will burn everything clean. And if there’s one thing I hope my ex misses most about me, it’s the burn in his backside. Maybe these words will sting a touch harder.

Masc. Dom. Top is a junior at Cornell. He can be reached at masc.dom.top@cornellsun.com. Anal Retention appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

The Royal Decree

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Spin-Off

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After some thrusting in the missionary position, I eing the straight-laced, type-A person that I am, to, so I texted him and we agreed to meet up back at my would usually switch and get on top of my guy. So, in norprior to going to college I never engaged in any place.

Just to preface the story you are about to read, I am not mal fashion, my boy starts to roll me on top of him. It was questionable activities. My teenage years were filled with studying and approved extra-curriculars, and my idea the one in my relationship to underperform due to intox- at that moment, naked with a guy inside of me, that I realof rebelling was breaking my school’s dress code. I was ication. Typically, my man has had one too many drinks ized I had the spins — the kind of spins where the whole never the kind of teenager to steal my parents’ alcohol and and has problems getting excited. However, this weekend room is spinning and you know that the best thing for you sneak off to an abandoned warehouse in the woods to I realized for the first time that girls can also face issues to do is lie on the ground and brave the storm that is drink with my friends. All that being said, you can imag- when it comes to alcohol and sexual encounters. Once my about to come. I quickly climbed off my man, leaving ine I also wasn’t the most popular kid in my school. When boyfriend and I are in my bedroom, we start to make out. both of us in a state of confusion. He was confused as to why all of the sudden we weren’t havI got to Cornell, I was determined to be ing sex any more and I was confused a bit more social and it seemed that as to why now, of all times, I had the going to parties was the best way to It was at that moment, naked with a guy inside of spins. make new friends. Little did I know The rest of the night was one big, that four years down the road, me, that I realized I had the spins — the kind of spins awkward, fully-clothed spooning Keystone and Bartons would have a nightmare.

My case of the spins had bigger impact on my sex life than I where the whole room is spinning and you know that left me pretty much immobile. As I would have ever thought possible. I’m laid perfectly straight on my back trynot talking about the questionable the best thing for you to do is lie on the ground and ing to fall asleep on Saturday, I had an make-out sessions I have when I’m brave the storm that is about to come. intense feeling of guilt. I was guilty drunk, but rather the way alcohol for being mad at all of the guys who affects mine and my man’s perforhad been unable to pleasure me mance in the bedroom.

Last Saturday night started off like any other. After my After a couple of minutes, the sucking on each other’s bot- because of their whiskey dick.

This column is my way of saying sorry to all of you felroommates and I pregamed the pregame, we set off on our tom lips turns into intense foreplay. My boy quickly takes night on the town — Collegetown, that is. Slowly but off my clothes while I return the favor. As the foreplay lows whom I have judged by your lack of performance. It’s surely we made our way around to different parties in intensifies it is clear that we will be having sex, so my boy also a warning to all of my fellow ladies out there: Vodka Collegetown, having one or two drinks at each. By the gets out of bed quickly to get a condom. He returns and vagina is a real thing and it could happen to you, too. end of the night my roommates and I were all reasonably we start to have sex in missionary position, him on top, intoxicated and ready for our drunk pizza. It was at this me lying flat on my back. So far so good; things are going Queen Bee is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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DINING GUIDE

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never get tired of chocolates. Some of you may be sick of sweets or flowers or anything remotely related to heart-shaped boxes now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone. But to me, chocolate never gets old. Chocolate crème brulee, chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream, chocolate pudding — all of those and more pass as an ideal dessert (or meal) in my mind. But even though chocolate can be manipulated in a myriad of ways to create delicious desserts, nothing beats sitting down with a simple box of chocolates. So, in search of the best places in town to satisfy that chocolate craving, I’ve ranked the top three contenders in the race for the best chocolates in Ithaca.

BRONZE MEDAL : Purity

Purity’s chocolates are shipped to them all the way from Vermont, so it is clear that they are not the freshest chocolates Ithaca has to offer. Overall, the chocolates were harder to bite into and were all filled with a flavored caramel. The tiramisu chocolate definitely had a great espresso taste to it, but the

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chocolate coating was a little too grainy for my liking. The Black Forest chocolate was composed of a vibrant cherry flavor and creamy white chocolate to match the cherry’s tartness. But overall, neither of the chocolates had the rich chocolate flavor for which I was hoping. Compared to the

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store-bought sweets, Purity’s are definitely the better choice — even if chocolates are not the staple at the creamery.

SILVER MEDAL :

Sarah’s Patisserie My runner-up is a shop I frequently visit because of its delicious pastries and cakes. But despite being an amazing patisserie, Sarah’s also crafts their own artisanal chocolates. Located in the Hilton Garden Inn, Sarah’s is conveniently nestled in the heart of the Commons. The interior is clean and polished, and the display cases house some mouthwatering pastries and chocolates.

The most unique part about Sarah’s chocolates are their handcrafted designs. Each chocolate is hand-painted with a beautiful design, making you almost not want to eat them. First, I tried a coconut chocolate. This chocolate was more of a coconut cream than a coconut paste, which made the chocolate lose its richness in the coconut flavor. I then tried a peanut butter chocolate, which was filled with a smooth and creamy peanut butter. It tasted very similar to peanut butter cup, but with more intense flavor.

Lastly, I tried the marzipan chocolate, which was by and large my favorite. This chocolate was beautifully designed and had a grainy marzipan that complemented the rich chocolate very well. While Sarah’s chocolates were delicious, they were extremely small for the steep price.

GOLD MEDAL :

Life’s So Sweet Despite having never heard of this shop before, it easily takes the top spot. Out of all the chocolates I tasted, Life’s So Sweet on Green Street downtown had by far the best creations.

When I first walked in, I was pleasantly surprised by how quaint and homey the shop felt.

This old-fashioned candy shop had displays with various goodies dipped in chocolate and colorful candy treats, but what really caught my eye were the chocolate display cases. Overwhelmed by the expansive selection, I asked a staff member which their signature chocolates were, to which he responded by guiding me over to the truffles handcrafted by the shop’s owner. I selected five truffles whose flavors jumped out at me — and I must say I made

quite the selection. The first truffle I tried was a coconut bon bon, which was the perfect mixture of flaky coconut and creamy dark chocolate. I then tasted the crème brulee truffle which had a rich caramel interior coated in white chocolate and dipped in milk chocolate. I found this truffle to be a bit overwhelmingly sweet, but the caramel was amazing. I moved on to the peanut butter truffle, which consisted of creamy peanut butter covered with milk chocolate. I loved the peanut butter flavor, but felt as though it slightly overshadowed the chocolate. The milk chocolate velvet truffle was the perfect hit of intense chocolate flavor matched by rich milk. Finally, I saved my favorite treat for last: The tiramisu truffle. The rich affogato-flavored interior of this truffle was encased in milk chocolate and dusted with sugar.

Although it didn’t really taste like tiramisu, its delicious flavor easily made it my favorite truffle.

Given the dynamic flavors, the reasonable prices and the generously-sized truffles, Life’s So Sweet easily won the top prize.

Isabel Wise can be reached at ivw4@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Novel, Bold and Overdue: Fresh Off the Boat

BY HARINI KANNAN Sun Staff Writer

I must admit, I was fairly nervous before starting Fresh Off the Boat. As an ethnic minority, I subconsciously felt the weight of the impact of such a novel show. I knew it could go one of two ways: It could completely exploit Asian-American stereotypes to get cheap laughs from a low-key racist target audience, or it could provide a comedic yet realistic narrative of authentic Asian-American experiences. While it might seem unreasonable to be fearful of the former, I couldn’t help it. I have, many, many times, felt the direct degradation of white exploitation of Indian-American stereotypes in television; Indian-American characters are often cast aside in shows as unimportant side-characters, usually inherently ridiculous and laughable. Although I may not be the same ethnicity as the characters in Fresh Off the Boat, I still — as a first generation American — wanted so badly for this show to be good. And, in a pleasant surprise, it certainly is. In fact, the word “good” is an absolute understatement, doing little justice to describe its importance for immigrants and children of immigrant parents.

Fresh Off the Boat was created by Nahnatchka Khan, a first generation American born to Iranian parents. She based the show off of Eddie Huang’s book Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir.

In it, Huang chronicles his life as a first generation TaiwaneseAmerican and the struggles of growing up as what he often perceived as an alien in caucasian society. While the details about the creators seem superfluous, the ethnic backgrounds of the creators supplement the show’s validity. This isn’t a show written and created solely by straight, white males as many of things in Hollywood; Fresh off the Boat is constructed by the genuine words and experiences of an Asian-American and are rendered into this visual medium by the hands of an IranianAmerican. Yes, it would be naive to believe that non-immigrants did not have their part in it’s creation, but much of the show’s conviction in its plots and characters come from the authenticity of those who created them.

The show is centered around the character Eddie Huang, a middle school boy who incurs the trials and tribulations of assimilating with white culture. The series begins with the Huang family having to move from their culturally and ethnically diverse neighborhood in D.C. to a white suburb in Orlando, Florida. Eddie’s father Louis moves the family to Orlando where he opened a new steak restaurant.

Immediately, the show broaches a common theme amongst immigrants: The strive to grasp the American dream. While Louis’ endeavours of opening a steak restaurant seem mildly outlandish, we see his unremitting commitment, bordering on desperation, to reach the American dream. This is the ideal

that most immigrants buy into, the idea that toiling away in their home countries would not amount to anything, but toiling away in America will culminate into COURTESY unfathomable success. Louis’ pasOF ABC sion for achieving success emphasizes this mentality with which that many immigrants come to America. We don’t see Louis striving for monetary success, we see him striving for the same success he witnesses his white counterparts achieving: self-pride, recognition, self-fulfillment. Fresh Off the Boat remarkably captures the ironic nature of blindly yearning for this American illusion. Immigrants must live with the reality they chose to leave everything behind in an attempt to not only better their children’s lives but also attain a level of self-fulfillment, glory and pride for achieving individual success.

While Fresh Off the Boat broaches incredibly important themes of immigrant mentalities, it does not fail to provide both a genuine and comedic perspective on basically being an outcast in white society. Unlike a lot of fortunate immigrant families, my family decided to live in the whitest area ever.

Eddie’s experience attempting to assimilate was both funny to watch as I related them to my own experiences, and a moderately painful reminder of what it was like to live in such loneliness. In the show, when the Huangs first moved into the neighborhood, they were greeted by white women in spandex rollerblading; while the representation of the white community is not 100 percent flattering, its exaggerated nature really emphasized the solitude and isolation the Huang family felt.

Many people don’t understand what it is like to move to a new place where just looking different warrants strange looks from people. Just because I was brown, or Eddie’s case Asian, I was suddenly isolated as this rare and unwanted creature, and what was normal for the white people living around me was foreign to me. So while no one really experiences swarms of white women in spandex rollerblading towards you, that’s what it feels like to live in such a world. Eddie also faces intense isolation at school, where he struggles to fit in, which unfortunately I related to for a long time in elementary and early middle school. Fresh Off the Boat introduces the struggle of being such a distinct minority amidst hordes of white people, and while its presented humorously, the emotional isolation and alienation Eddie felt growing up is obvious. It is also apparent how

his standoffish and somewhat violent nature stems from his inability to feel wanted or loved by the people around him.

Eddie’s character also provides audiences, those of whom are not immigrants, an authentic and important perspective on the emotional and mental toll of simply being non-white and having to grow up in an all white community. If white audiences, especially younger children, watch Fresh Off the Boat, it provides even a small inkling of hope that perhaps people may be more welcoming of immigrants if they see the struggles some go through. But one can only hope.

Fresh Off the Boat is novel, bold, and most of all overdue. I wish I did not have to wait until 2015 to see a show that provides vital narratives of what it was like growing up as a first generation American. But it is now here, and it is important that it stays. No, it will not have the same legacy as other shows of the past decade, but Fresh Off the Boat has the potential to achieve a unique sort of legacy in that, for the first time, Asian Americans are represented in an authentic way that doesn’t exploit our heritage or culture. For once, we have a show that is bold enough to subtly provoke and point out the flaws of white culture from a non-white perspective. For once, there is something in the entertainment industry not completely tainted with derogatory stereotypes and cultural ignorance. Fresh Off the Boat is absolutely unparalleled in surfacing an unheard narrative, one that should be listened to by those of all races.

Harini Kannan is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at hkannan@cornellsun.com.

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Best Coast “California Nights” Kobalt Records

— Jael Goldfine

Hozier “Someone New” Columbia Records

— Emily Fournier

Garage-rock princess and Best Coast’s lead woman, Amy Constantino is really, really good at what she does: Mewing about boyfriends and girlfriends and beaches and lazy mornings and California (and a bevy of other surf pop motifs) to fuzzily dry, reverb-heavy strumming instrumentals — and I love to listen to her do it. She’ll coagulate the bloody angst, neurosis and bliss that you and I have felt, and puts them into the most transparent terms possible: “When I’m with you / I have fun,” “I wish you were my boyfriend,” “You drive me crazy / But I love you.” If you can’t articulate what you’re feeling, give Best Coast a listen, maybe she can (with words you might be able to find scrawled in a 13-year-old’s diary).

However, it seems Best Coast is looking for reinvention. In her recently released single “California Nights,” off of her forthcoming album California Nights (a title choice so predictable and threadbare that it might just actually work for her … ) Constantino has traded in her low-fi purr for a bolder, psychedelically booming sound. This departure left me unimpressed. It’s commendably distinct from their beach pop schtick, but I found it dull and forgettable. Although her vocals are lush, an unfortunate touch of auto-tune left Constantino sounding a bit like a beachy Avril Lavigne. Best Coast’s half-baked, elementary lyrical style remains in “California Nights” with the repeated bar “California nights / Make me so happy I could die,” except the track sadly lacks all the earnest charm that made such plain lyrics so strangely affecting on previous records. “California Nights” represents a misdirected reinvention for Best Coast, and we’ll have to wait till May to see if California Nights follow suit, or offers a more pleasant surprise.

Jael Goldfine is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jgoldfine@cornellsun.com.

In the video released on Monday for Hozier’s upbeat song, the Irish musician sings on a shadowy stage while Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer wanders through a city at night, gazing at her fellow passersby. Frequently, she is seen making out with complete strangers, but the transitions to shots of her walking by them wordlessly establishes that this is all fantasy. She puts herself in the place of other women, seeking to find love like they seem to have, but is in reality totally isolated. Though the song is mostly cheerful, Dormer’s lonely journey is not, reflecting the possible outcomes of falling in “love with every stranger, the stranger the better.”

This song of Hozier’s may border on pop unlike his other work, but is undeniably unique and maintains his soulful style. Although these lyrics are a bit easier to decipher than those of most of the singer-songwriter’s pieces, they are no less poetic. With beautiful lines like, “There’s an art to life’s distractions / To somehow escape the burning wait, the art of scraping through,” Hozier establishes an appeal to falling in love with strangers without losing the intensity that accompanies even his happiest songs. The joyful lyrics’ serious undertones and the dark video echo Hozier’s sentiments that “there is no right way” when it comes to life and love. On the surface the song’s concept seems very simple, but its lyrics and Dormer’s performance in the video are striking and hint at something deeper.

Emily Fournier is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at efournier@cornellsun.com.

Play It Again With More Vulgarity T

wo weeks ago, I condemned Museo Jumex for cancelling a Hermann Nitsch exhibition. The museum’s administrators backed down on provocative art to placate the faction that just didn’t get it, I complained.

This week, the boundary I drew between vulgarity with purpose and just plain vulgarity blurred. Yesterday, ARTNews reported that someone filed a police complaint regarding the show “The End of it Has Already Happened,” a juxtaposition of Bjarne Melgaard and Edvard Munch’s works at the Munch Museum. The offending work?

Melgaard’s video Gym Queens Deserve to Die, a film denounced during its first exhibition by both Swedish UNICEF and EPCAT, a child-welfare NGO, for its purported violation of child-abuse laws.

Norwegian art historian Hanne Beate Ueland notes “[t]he reason for these strong reactions was a scene in which a man sucks on the arm of a baby girl,” in her essay “Bjarne Melgaard in the Norwegian Media 1994-2009.” Yet, despite its knee-jerk obscenity, the Munch Museum curators saw merit in Melgaard’s film. The show’s curator, Lars Toft-Eriksen, stated to ARTNews that Melgaard’s collection continues to “run unaltered” even following the police complaint.

Even as an ardent supporter of all things indecent and profane, I have to reevaluate my stance on Melgaard.

Melgaard’s past works, too, sought primarily to offend, and did so with staggering success (see: Melgaard painting on North American Man-Boy Love Association magazine reproductions).

However, Melgaard’s past productions, I argue, arguably only harmed the sensibilities of his most chaste viewers.

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COURTESY OF elicit a moral message. He BJARNE MELGAARD wants to push deviant buttons, to leave a bad taste in everyone’s mouth, to be an abhorrent provocateur whom only the avantgarde can stomach.

Melgaard’s desire to repulse, however, does not alone necessitate his censorship. The attempt to shut down the Munch Museum exhibition leads to a consideration of burden of proof. In the current art climate, critics have to prove that the offending work deserves censorship far more often than artists have to fight to keep their provocative works displayed.

M. H. Miller also notes the discord between the prevailing support of freedom in Europe following the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the willingness of people, even within the art scene, to call for Morning Bowl Melgaard’s censorship. In many ways, the calls for Of Surreal censorship further evidence the potency of Melgaard’s art.

Munch’s impressionism than Melgaard?

In the end, the battle to remove No easy explanation exists to quell the second worry, namely that Gym Queens Melgaard from “Melgaard + Munch” is Deserve to Die contains child pornogra- going to be just that. Cops called, phy. Gym Queens Deserve to Die occupies pedophilia accused and, at the center, a an unnerving grey area; the work is cer- curator standing firmly behind his exhibtainly not pornographic, especially in it. Compared to the administrators of that it does contain artistic merit, and yet Museo Jumex who dropped Hermann it consciously seeks to distress and dis- Nitsch after a few thousand animal rights gust. Unlike Nitsch, Melgaard fails to activists signed a petition, Lars Toft-

Unfortunately, much of the criticism of Melgaard’s latest exhibit eschews ethical analysis for reactionary indignation.

Hilde M.J. Rognerud wrote in Afternposten that the juxtaposition of Melgaard’s art alongside Munch’s “violat[ed] both the audience and Munch’s artistic project. In Vårt Land, Olav Egil Aune lamented, “It’s a massive problem when the leaders of the country’s biggest museums think it’s okay to put child sex on the walls.”

Numerous art historians and critics have already stepped in to combat the first claim — that Melgaard’s art somehow offends Munch’s legacy. M.H. Miller notes the fitting pairing of Melgaard’s NAMBLA work and Munch’s “Puberty,” a painting of a nude young girl and an ominous, phallic shadow in a Feb. 23 ARTNews post. University of Oslo art history professor Ina Blom stated in an interview that “people have forgotten about the scandal Munch used to cause.”

Who better to bring back the scandal to

Shay Collins

Eriksen is eating up all of the exhibit’s ‘bad’ press.

Melgaard, too, thrives on the press’ vilification, and was declared by Susannah Butter in the London Evening Standard when his sculpture “Chair” gained international attention after being decried as racist. If Melgaard has to continue pushing his own boundaries to stay at the forefront of the press’ attention, it will be fascinating, and likely unsettling, to see where his work ventures next.

Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun.com. Morning Bowl of Surreal appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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No one else could demand the ball, call an Ages ended by 2005 when LeBron James, alongisolation play, get double teamed, refuse to pass side a good part of his draft class ascended to the ball, take an off balanced awkward fading mastery as Iverson descended from it.

It’s a beautiful thing that the league has jump shot and make it.

The NBA Dark Ages of the early 2000’s was moved towards athleticism and teamwork, but special. Maybe it’s because I’m nostalgic for an sometimes I’m nostalgic for a league where the era that was just so blatantly untalented com- player’s are ball hogs, the Lakers are dominant pared to the league today. Or maybe because the and there’s way more entertainment off the court off-court antics were just more absurd than they than on the court. are today.

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Red Nearly Upsets Top-Ranked Virginia McAfee throws seven inning gem as Cornell drops game on ninth inning walkoff

By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell baseball team kept the No. 1 Virginia scoreless for seven innings on Sunday before dropping the contest in the ninth inning, 5-4. Cornell came back against the Cavaliers in the top of the ninth when sophomore Jamie Smith blasted a two-run homer to tie the game.

Virginia, however, scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning to avoid being upset.

The Red (1-5) dropped a contest Seton Hall on Friday, 3-0, before picking up its first win of the season versus Hartford, 4-3.

“It’s good to get experience against a top notch team like that,” said senior pitcher Brian McAfee “All the guys know we can play with them now, so that helps us move toward our goal of winning an Ivy League championship and moving onto regionals.”

McAfee was named the Ivy League pitcher of the week after throwing seven scoreless innings against the Cavaliers.

After finishing the 2014 season at 18-21, the Red hopes to return to the form that helped them raise the Ivy League title in 2012.

“We’ve been trying to go into this year with the mindset

of treating each game like its game three of the Ivy League championship,” McAfee said. “We want to win every single game that we’re a part of out there on the field.”

Assistant coach Scott Marsh said, “I think we go after each game the same, but certainly when you look at how you’re going to label a season you look at your success in the Ivy League.”

The Red have a number of formidable opponents prior to Ivy League play, which begins on March 28 when Cornell hosts Yale at Hoy Field. Columbia recently took three of four games in a series against No. 6 Houston and looks to be a formidable foe in the Ivy League.

Marsh stressed the importance of using these out-ofseason games as building blocks for Ivy League play.

“I think our main focus just obviously has to be offense,” said senior infielder Dan Morris. “If we can get a couple more runs across, maybe even early on in some games … we should be on the winning end of these close one-run ball games.”

McAfee said that these kinks will be sorted out quickly once the team returns to practicing at Hoy Field.

“I think theres going to be a very steep learning curve … as soon as we see more live pitching [and] get more ingame reps,” McAfee said. “Those close one-run, two-run

losses are going to turn into one-run, two-run wins and we’re going to get the ball rolling.”

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwali @cornellsun.com

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pitcher Brian McAffee struck out seven hitters and walked none during his seven innings of work against the top-ranked Cavaliers.

Hockey Splits Cornell Heads to Boston for IC4A Event Final Regular Season Weekend “We finally get to bring TRACK & FIELD

By JESSICA BROFSKY Sun Contributor

On March 6-8, the Cornell men’s track and field team will attend their last meet of the season, the IC4A Championships. Only part of the team will attend the event at Boston University due its nature as a qualifying event.

“This track meet is a lot of fun for our team,” said sophomore Wynn Curtis. “We are the returning champs so there will be a little bit of pressure to perform well as a team.”

Curtis will compete in the 60-meter high hurdles and the 500-meter dash

Heptagonal Championship (Heps), also this upcoming weekend. as the Ivy League “Personally, I would love to run a few known Championships, PRs this weekend where they finished and end my indoor second. season on a high are usunote,” Curtis said. together the intensity ally“People pretty tired and “As a team we had a burnt out from disappointing meet of a championship Heps because Heps this past weekend, meet.” is such a big focus and I think it will be to the team,” said great for us to Wynn Curtis freshman Jamie bounce back and Smith.

“IC4As bring some sometimes takes a momentum into backseat although it’s still a big deal.” the Outdoor Track season.”

The Red has altered their practice Last weekend, the men’s track and field team competed in the Indoor routines in order to conserve energy for the IC4As this weekend by training as efficiently as possible.

“Leading up to IC4As, we kind of go on a taper, so that means a lot less volume and a lot more speed for sprinters,” Smith said.

Another technique the team uses to prepare for their events is visualization.

“We also say visualize what you’re about to do,” Smith said. “So if you’re running, visualize your race and always have an aggressive strategy. You win races being in the front.”

As the returning IC4As champions, the team feels a little pressure. They, however, also feel prepared.

“I think all of the competitions we’ve had this season and travel has prepared us for this meet,” Curtis said. “It really has been a season-long process. We finally get to bring together the intensity of a championship meet like Heps with the size and depth of competition of a large invitational.”

As a much larger meet than Heps, the IC4As feature many more athletes from a wider variety of schools.

“In order to run at this meet there are certain standards that have to be met, so I know going into competition this weekend there will be some very talented athletes to go up against,” Curtis said.

“I’m really excited for our team, and we definitely have a shot at bringing another championship title back to Ithaca.”

The Red hopes to finish this season on a strong note.

“I think the kids going are really talented athletes,” Smith said. “I can hope that they all kill it out there.”

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Speedy sophomore | Sophomore Wynn Curtis will compete in the 60-meter high hurdles and the 500-meter dash at the IC4A Championships at Boston University.

Jessica Brofsky can be reached at sports@cornellsun.com.

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Schafer said the team’s multitude of injuries, especially to senior wing Joel Lowry and senior defenseman Joakim Ryan, junior defenseman Reece Wilcox and freshman defenseman Patrick McCarron have given the team a sense of resiliency that will ultimately help the team come playoff time. This team, Schafer said, is built for the playoffs. “[Being a good playoff team] means that you have good special teams, good goaltending,” he said. “You’re a big strong physical team where you play a good style of hockey where you can wear another team

“There is no one we don’t think we can beat if we [are doing the little things and winning puck battles].”

Cole Bardreau down over two or three series. It’s not just one game. It is a series and when you play that same team back-to-back nights, you have that carry over from that first night to help you in that second night.”

As an alternate captain for the Red, Bardreau hopes to see his teammates bring better work ethic as the team heads into the opening-round series against the defending NCAA national champions.

“If we compete for a full sixty minutes and we’re doing the little things, winning puck battles, we’re getting first to the puck, I think that we’re one of the best teams in the league,” Bardreau said. “There is no one that we don’t think that we can beat if we do that and with a fresh start here with the playoffs, we’re going to look to follow through on that and try to find some success.”

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

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By JOON LEE Sun Staff Writer

The last time the Cornell men’s hockey team won both games of a weekend series and added four points to its standing in the ECAC, the Red faced off against Brown and Yale in late November. Since then, the team has been consistently inconsistent. Given the team’s play in 2015, it’s been a safe bet to assume that during any weekend series, the Red would on one night look like a legitimate playoff threat one and the next night look like a dud.

As it were, it seemed only natural that the Red (11-12-4, 9-9-4 ECAC) needed to beat both Brown and Yale, almost prophetically, this past Friday and Saturday in order to clinch a first-round bye in the ECAC tournament. But, as has been the story this season, the Red looked, once again, like a team struggling to find its identity while tying the Bears, 3-3, in the first game of the weekend before coming up flat in a 4-0 loss to the Bulldogs.

Against Brown (8-18-3, 5-14-3 ECAC), the Red stumbled out of the gate, allowing three goals in the first period.

The team, however, rallied back and forced overtime on goals from sophomore forward Matt Buckles, senior forward John McCarron and junior forward Christian Hilbrich, marking the first time Cornell has rallied from a three-goal deficit since the 2011-12 season opener against Mercyhurst.

A goal in the overtime period from senior forward Cole Bardreau nearly gave the Red the victory, but, as has been the case for Cornell on a multitude of areas this season, things did not go their way as the shot was disallowed due

Playoff tested | Senior wing Cole Bardreau is ready to help lead the team into its first round ECAC tournament matchup against defending national champion Union.

to what the deemed goaltender interference from Hilbrich with Bears goalie Tim Ernst.

“We’ve got to compete for a full 60 minutes,” Bardreau said. “We can’t just compete for 40 of the 60 [minutes] there. I think that was one of the first times where we’ve come back from a three-goal deficit and I think that it gave the guys some confidence that when we’re down, we have the ability to come back, regardless of the score.”

Saturday night’s matchup against the Bulldogs (17-7-5, 12-6-4 ECAC) proved to be fruitless as the Red struggled to generate offensive pressure in the loss, getting outshot 31-16

by Yale. Head coach Mike Schafer said that the team’s shot

Looking Back at NBA’s Dark Age

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ets go back 14 years. George W. Bush had just stolen the presidency, the first Harry Potter had just came out, Beyoncé was still part of Destiny’s Child and the NBA was struggling to find its identity in post-Michael Jordan. The face of the association rested on the shoulders of Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Shaquille O’Neal.

Oh, and of course the doddering Jordan played three forgettable seasons for the Washington Wizards during that awkward era. Some would argue this was due to the plummeting TV ratings after he stopped

Jack” Jackson got into a fight that resulted in a player-fan, all-out brawl during a PacersPistons game, infamously dubbed the “Malice in the Palace.” You could almost see David Stern’s hair turn from hazelnut brown to a snow-pelted white.

Let’s re-visit the NBA’s dark age.

Academic Matthew Schneider-Mayerson argues that the first NBA dark age, during the late 1970s, was due to the league being “”too black and too drug infested for a white audience” and resulted in a subsequent identity crisis. But no one cares about the NBA dark age of the 1970s.

Ben Denson Guest Room playing, and former commisioner David Stern’s plea for him to leave the front office of the Wizards and become their franchise player.

So, lets go back to this post-Jordan, preLeBron Era. Fresh off a lockout described by commentator Tony Kornheiser as a “labor dispute between tall millionaires and short millionaires,” the era was characterized by a lack of defense, the emergence of hip-hop culture as a forefront in the NBA, an emphasis on isolation plays and the introduction of dominant European players.

In 2004, when Metta World Peace (then known as Ron Artest) and Stephen “Captain

I’d argue this because the first Dark Age occurred before the NBA’s so called Jordan, Larry Bird and Hakeem Olajuwon characterized Golden Age. After experiencing surging unprecedented TV ratings, ostentatious endorsements deals, high player’s contracts and franchise profits during the Golden Age, the NBA crashed hard in 2001.

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total is misleading and doesn’t represent the quality of scoring chances that the team had. With the team now primed to face Union in the first round of the ECAC tournament, there is no room for error for the Red. “We’ve been battling all year long now. It’s do or die now in the playoffs,” McCarron said. “It gives you extra incentive and we should have confidence going in against Union and having beat them both times this year. There is no excuses any more to be made. We’re in the playoffs so it’s a message that the upperclassmen need to give to the younger guys.”

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Red Wrestling Takes Home Coach of Year, Wrestler of Year Honors With the Cornell wrestling team headed into EIWA Championships this weekend, the Red has much to celebrate and much to look forward to. On Tuesday, the league office released the AllIvy awards in addition to Coach of the Year and Wrestler of the Year awards. Cornell head coach Robert Koll took home Coach of the Year honors, while sophomore wrestler Gabe Dean won Wrestler of the Year. Nine additional wrestlers took home All-Ivy honors, with five, including Dean, making first-team selections and four earning second-team picks.

With eight consecutive EIWA Championship wins under its belt, the squad looks to bring home its ninth straight title this weekend and qualify all 10 of its wrestlers for NCAA duals. With 13 straight Ivy titles to its name, t h e Red has seen much success under the reign of Coach Koll and hopes to continue its success this weekend. Currently, Cornell holds a 17-2 record on the season after a

Top billing | Sophomore wrestler Gabe Dean was named Ivy League Wrestler of the Year on Wednesday.

second loss against Iowa at National Duals left the team in third place on Feb. 22. With seven wrestlers ranking in the national Top-20 in their respective weight classes, the Red remains a strong competitor going into the weekend.

The EIWA Championships will begin this Friday at Lehigh.

With a total of 43 bids to the NCAA tournament being handed out after EIWA’s, a lot is at stake this weekend.

However, if history is any indicator, the Red will come onto the mat with fight and tenacity, looking to earn 10 of those 43 bids.

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