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Businesses Allege Ithaca Renting Company Drives Tenants Away Through‘Horrible Leases’ her. When she moved in 2012 from running Culture Shock — the live music Collegetown in recent years has seen venue just off the Ithaca Commons that an increasing number of shuttered stores she rented from Fane — to owning The and restaurants, and in nearly all of these Gates, Flaxman was pleased to find that in the space above The Gates vacant spaces — which was a restaurant with hours include the Green Café and that would not coincide with the former Pita Pit — hang the times her venue would signs for the Ithaca Renting operate. Residents of the Company. According to some apartment building above Collegetown business owners, Culture Shock had filed noise this is no coincidence. complaints against her, which These business owners she said is the primary reason have alleged that by charging she sought out a new location. high rent prices, offering leasFANE But she said she soon es unfavorable to business owners and misleading some potential learned that The Gates shared a wall with tenants, Ithaca Renting and its manager apartments. Two months after opening, Jason Fane have contributed significantly Flaxman found herself embroiled in a lawsuit with Fane over new noise comto the number of empty storefronts. Most recently, in January, commercial plaints. “Fane sued me and tried to evict me,” Collegetown saw the closure of The Gates — an Ithaca Renting property on Flaxman said. “I even asked, when I Eddy Street — whose owner, Marian Flaxman ’08, claims the company misled See ITHACA RENTING page 4 By SARAH CUTLER
Sun Senior Writer
DYLAN CLEMENS / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Empty eatery | The vacant Green Café on College Avenue is one of several properties that the Ithaca Renting Company owns.
Despite Relocation,LGBT Dance Gannett Officials,Coaches Filthy/Gorgeous Is‘Successful’ Say They Are Skeptical By SAMANTHA DELOUYA
Sun Contributor
Despite being held in a smaller venue, approximately 400 individuals crowded into Willard Straight Hall Saturday for Cornell’s ninth annual Filthy/Gorgeous dance. Known by many for its extravagance, Filthy/Gorgeous — hosted by Haven: Cornell’s LGBTQ Student Union — is the organization's signature event to promote awareness of the LGBT community. However, this year the event underwent a variety of changes, according to Carol James, interim co-director of the LGBT Resource Center In previous years, Filthy/Gorgeous has been hosted in larger venues — such as Noyes Recreational Center and Duffield Hall, The Sun previously reported. However, due to the number of medical transports in past years, Noyes no longer allows the event to be held there, and Duffield is no longer a possibility due to the “exorbitant” rental fee, according to Daniel
Petralia ’15, Filthy/Gorgeous’ head organizer. Although Haven considered larger venues such as
Barton Hall, the organization decided to hold the dance at
See DANCE page 5
Of Athlete Health Study
By ALEXA DAVIS
of health-related issues, including chronic injuries and osteoarthritis, later in life. Both Cornell athletics coaches Susan Geisler, a physical therapist and Gannett officials say they are and supervisor of physical therapy at skeptical of the findings of a study, Gannett Health Services, said she is which concluded that Division I ath- wary of extrapolating the results to letes may face higher physical limita- all current Division I collegiate athtions and chronic injuries by the letes due to the older age of the studtime they reach middle age. ied population. The study, pubShe said it lished in the would be erro“Athletic trainers today neous to make American Journal of Sports Medicine are more informed than generalizations in December, sports we were in the late 70s because examined non-colmedicine care has and early 80’s.” legiate athletes who changed “dramatparticipated in ically” since the Susan Geisler recreational, club or subjects of the intramural sports study competed and Division I athletes between the in college athletics during the 1970s ages of 40 and 65. Researchers and 1980s. required both groups to answer quesMedical knowledge of joint tionnaires about physical function- injuries — especially the knee, ing, sleep, anxiety, fatigue, pain and shoulder and hip — have made depression. sweeping improvements in past few The researchers concluded that decades, according to Geisler. Division I athletes were more than twice as likely to suffer from a variety See ATHLETES page 5
Sun Senior Writer
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Grime and glitter | Last year’s Filthy/Gorgeous took place in Duffield Hall, which held about 900 attendees.
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Celebrating Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman 6:30 p.m., Africana Studies and Research Center
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Waterfowl Identification: The Most Important Things 7:30 - 9 p.m., Lab of Ornithology Auditorium
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Intermediate and Advanced Microsoft Excel Workshop Noon - 1 p.m., Stone Classroom, Mann Library
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James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Harmony and Understanding 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall
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Panhel Women’s Wellness Week Will ‘Empower Women’
Rocking out
Week will include a variety of activities to promote physical, mental health By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Staff Writer
The Cornell Panhellenic Association will bring the issues of mental and physical health to the forefront this week during Women’s Wellness Week. Some of the activities planned for the week include a self-defense workshop, a lecture and a mental-health workshop, according to Nina Klopfer ’15, vice president of programming for Panhel said. “This year, we wanted to focus on many kinds of physical and mental wellness that are vital in keeping members of our community safe and strong,” Klopfer said. While the event “Women’s Wellness was not held in Week is designed to be 2013, Klopfer said each year the week is fun and informative.” offered, events differ slightly ,“but ultiNina Klopfer ’15 mately strive to meet Panhellenic’s goal of empowering sorority women.” Erika Whitestone ’15, president of Panhel, said Women’s Wellness Week and preventing sexual assault are two “extremely important” initiatives for the Panhellenic community. She added that Women’s Wellness Week is not the only initiative the Tri-Council has launched to combat sexual assault. “Our goal … is to provide a safe environment for brothers, sisters, friends, faculty and the rest of the Cornell and [the] greater Ithaca community,” she said. “In order to raise awareness and prevent sexual assault,
KELLY YANG / SUN NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Mary Faber ‘69 and Raia Gutman make pet rocks with the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity at the Hilltop Jamboree Saturday at Barton Hall.
the Tri-Council has several initiatives and programming.” Jeanie Gribben ’15, wellness chair of the Sigma Delta Tau sorority, said sisters of her sorority have been active in facilitating the week, and the sorority is encouraging sisters to participate. “We’re absolutely encouraging our sisters to attend the events through different forms of communication,” Gribben said. One of the major events of the week is the “No More” photo shoot — an all-inclusive stand against sexual and domestic violence — according to Klopfer. She said the shoot is the Greek community’s take on a nationwide initiative to stop sexual assault and domestic violence. Whitestone said all students are encouraged to participate in the photo shoot event — sponsored by Panhel, the Interfraternity Council and the Multicultural Greek Letter Council.
According to Klopfer, Panhel aims to have Women’s Wellness Week be both educational and helpful. “Overall, while Women's Wellness Week is designed to be a fun and informative series for Panhellenic women, it is our hope that its effects will be powerful and visible across campus,” Klopfer said. She added that she hopes the week will continue to grow and include more events sponsored by groups outside of the Greek community in the future. “It would be wonderful to see a more comprehensive schedule incorporating even more campus organizations, students and community members in the future,” she said. Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at sgrinspoon@cornellsun.com.
Women of Color Coalition Holds‘Color of Our Character’Showcase By PAOLA MUNOZ Sun Contributor
The Women of Color Coalition held its first-ever showcase to honor Women’s History Month on campus Friday. The student-run event — titled the Color of Our Character — celebrates the strengths and differences of all Cornell women, according to Rócio Meza ’17, publicity chair for the Women of Color Coalition. The event featured performances by Phenomenon Step Team, Urban Blaze, Shimtah and Yamatai. “The color of Cornell’s character cannot be described by one color,” Meza said. “Our colors don’t mix, either. We aren’t a melting pot. But each color
stands right next to one another, all equally [as beautiful], and that’s what’s being recognized.” Meza began the showcase in Statler Atrium speaking about the diversity that each performing group would bring to the table. The remainder of the event consisted of performances, which included drumming, hip-hop dancing, rapping, singing and spoken-word poetry. According to Karen Chang ’15, a performer for the taiko drumming group Yamatai, the event acknowledged the need for women to empower themselves through creative expression. “Traditionally men occupy lead positions in Japanese drumming festivals,” Chang said. “Big drums and women?
Real women, real stories
That’s empowerment.” Kim Cardenas ‘17, who sang “Finally” by pop artist Fergie at the showcase, also said she was able to empower herself through her performance. “It is crucial for me to use my voice, as a woman of color, to express myself through art,” Cardenas said. Daneille Scott ’16 — who wrote a poem called “The Color of Our Character” for the showcase — said the event explored the role of women and the history of oppression, force and identity. “The color of my character is my blackness/Not evil or darkness, but good and enlightened,” Scott said in her
poem. “My intelligence often downplayed / My skills overlooked / And my feelings and emotions, too frequently, attributed to hormonal tendencies." Emony Robertson ’17, a freshman representative for Les Femmes de Substance — a pre-professional mentorship group on campus — said the showcase was effective at celebrating women, though she said she thinks more can be done on campus to empower women. “The honoring of [women] cannot be measured by thirty-one days annually; one has to live it,” she said. “There is still more to tell.” Paola Munoz can be reached at pmm245@cornellsun.com.
Last Week in Review C.U. Students Oppose Vetoed Arizona Bill Cornell students on both sides of the political spectrum said politicians need to balance religious freedom with LGBT rights in light of an Arizona Senate Bill, which would have allowed businesses to use religious beliefs as a defense in lawsuits for discriminatory action. C.U. Seeks to Double Study Abroad Reach Cornell has pledged to have half of all undergraduates study abroad by 2020 as part of its new Generation Study Abroad Commitment. In his 2012 presidential white paper — “Bringing Cornell to the World and the World to Cornell” — President David Skorton said international programs at Cornell have been given “insufficient attention” in recent years.
BRITTNEY CHEW / SUN CONTRIBUTOR
The Cornell Women’s Resource Center hosts The Vagina Monologues — a play based on a compiliation of stories from real interviews with women — in the Statler Auditorium Friday.
Cornell Police Chief: Recent Violent Crimes ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’ In light of three reported crimes which occurred on or near Cornell’s campus, Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner said that the recent violent crimes “will not be tolerated.” The Cornell University Police Department issued three crime alerts to the Cornell community, The Sun previously reported. — Compiled by Aimee Cho
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Prof:‘Extremely Difficult’to Do Business in C-Town ITHACA RENTING Continued from page 1
[first] looked at the space, what was behind that wall, and [the agent] said it was storage. When you rent a space and invest in the space, you plan on being there for a long time and having a good relationship with your landlord. When he sues you as soon as you open, he violates your trust.” Fane, however, said in an email that Flaxman “admits she is in violation of her lease,” which is specific about the noise level she is permitted to make. He added, though, that the leasing agent who worked with Flaxman has since been fired, since Fane believed he was “dishonest in many ways.” ‘Oppressive Rent and Horrible Leases’
Fane’s major commercial Collegetown properties include Collegetown Center, Collegetown Court and Collegetown Plaza on Dryden Road. In addition to properties in Toronto and New York City, Fane owns more than $38 million in assessed Collegetown real estate, making him one of the largest landowners in Collegetown, The Sun reported in May. The high rent Fane charges for Ithaca Renting spaces discourages many potential tenants from doing business with him, according to Brad Weiss MMH ’03, the owner of Level B and the president of the Tompkins County Restaurant and Tavern Association. “Oppressive rent and horrible leases keep most savvy businesspeople, including myself, away from renting from Jason,” Weiss said. “You’d have to believe in a miracle to sign some of those leases.” Though Weiss is not a tenant of Ithaca Renting, he claims he was misled years ago when attempting to rent a space from the company. When Weiss asked about obtaining a liquor license for the Masonic Temple on Cayuga Street, which he hoped to rent, one of Fane’s agents told Weiss he’d have “no problem” getting the license, Weiss said. But when Weiss called City, police and New York State Liquor Authority officials to confirm this claim, he was told the building was unlikely to get a license due to past owners’ legal problems in the space. Weiss said he avoided signing a lease on the space. “When you go to the landlord, you expect the person is going to be looking out for your interests and trying to help your business — not saying that you’re a novice, and that’s why you failed,” Weiss said. John Yengo, the Ithaca Renting agent who showed Weiss the property, said in an email that he did not remember showing Weiss the property and that Ithaca Renting agents leave licensing issues to liquor licensing agencies. Fane said he did not hear, and thus could not comment on, the conversation between Weiss and Yengo, but did add that in his observations over the last 30 years, applicants who complied with the state’s requirements for a liquor license were typically able to get one. “If you don’t try, you can’t succeed” at getting a liquor license, he said. Other current and former tenants of Ithaca Renting said it is Fane’s business practices that make it difficult to run a successful business in his properties. Mark Kielmann ’72, owner of The Nines on College Avenue and a Fane tenant from 1976 to 2005 at The Chariot on Eddy Street, said Fane’s leases have become “increasingly complicated” over the years, growing from around four pages to almost 25 pages. “We only had two leases [at The Chariot] — really long ones — and the second one was way more complicated
CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Closing the gates | The Gates — a former Collegetown restaurant and bar — closed in January and is one of the properties owned by the Ithaca Renting Company.
than the first one,” Kielmann said. “I think, in some ways, Jason is playing the game of business — he knows his business very, very well. A lot of unassuming young people come expecting someone to be straightforward with them, and that doesn’t happen.” Yet on a drive through Collegetown and downtown, Fane pointed to numerous empty storefronts owned by other landlords as evidence that Ithaca Renting is not the only company having trouble filling spaces. Fane said several of his tenants, including the Souvlaki House, Sangam and the Vietnam Restaurant, are examples of success stories. “If you go through Collegetown, you’ll see some busi-
“Oppressive rent and horrible leases keep most savvy businesspeople, including myself, away from renting from Jason [Fane]. Brad Weiss MMH ’03 nesses that have been there for many decades, while others come and go,” he said. “The conclusion I’ve come to is if someone wants to run a restaurant, he should know how to do that, and not just how to run a kitchen.” Indeed, Annie Quach ’05, the general manager of the Vietnam Restaurant, said her parents — the restaurant’s owners — have had a good relationship with Fane since they moved their business to one of his spaces on Dryden Road more than 20 years ago. “My family’s experience with him has always been positive, and we’ve always had a healthy relationship,” Quach said. “This business is my family’s livelihood, and I think everyone involved is doing something right, because it’s a mutually beneficial relationship.” She noted, though, that it is difficult to compare established businesses like her family’s with new businesses, since leases, rent prices and the business atmosphere in Collegetown have changed over the years. A Tough Business Environment
Property values | The value of some Collegetown landlord’s residential properties based on an analysis done by The Sun in May 2013.
Fane emphasized the importance of having “some amount of vacancy” and turnover in a healthy economy to allow entrepreneurs opportunities to open new businesses. And the businesses that fail in his spaces, he argues, largely fail because of the owners’ lack of experience. “There’s a problem with people who are chefs, but not businessmen,” he said. “The guy in the kitchen maybe doesn’t know how to market a restaurant or talk to a customer — that’s a different skill.” Fane added that brick-and-mortar businesses on the whole are changing because of increased online shopping, which drives businesses like video stores and bookstores off the market. In addition, excessive retail space contributes to retail vacancy nationwide, he said. “There is high retail vacancy all over the country because there is too much retail space,” he said. “If you drive around other neighborhoods than Collegetown, you will see plenty of vacancy. If you go to some other upstate cities, such as Syracuse and Utica, you will see horrendous vacancy rates.” Others observe that Collegetown is a tough place to do business for myriad reasons outside of a landlord’s control: the national economic downturn, an uptick in online shop-
ping and business owners’ difficulty in making ends meet when students are away several months out of the year. Prof. Stephani Robson ’88 M.S. ’99 Ph.D ’10, properties development and management, said she discourages students in her Restaurant Development course from opening eateries in Collegetown. She said the problems she sees in Collegetown are “systematic” and can not be traced to any one landlord. “Collegetown is an extremely difficult place to do business because you have a 32- or 36-week window to make money,” she said. “Costs are high, and for restaurants, margins are low.” Because Ithaca is a small community, its colleges are the “big demand generators,” she added, and when colleges are not in session, a chronic lack of parking discourages locals from patronizing Collegetown. “It’s a double-whammy,” she said. Kalam Blessing, the owner of Pita Pit on Dryden Road from 2009 until it closed in 2012, said most of the difficulties he faced in business stemmed not from Ithaca Renting itself but from the number of slow months in Collegetown — when school was not in session and students were not around. However, Blessing did add that Fane’s steep rent made it more difficult to keep afloat. “I know that other companies’ rents are a lot lower,” Blessing said. “In my first year of business, we had the second-highest growth in sales out of all the stores in the Pita Pit franchise, and we were still struggling. There’s something there that’s not right.” Though he listed better locations, larger store size, higher ceilings and other characteristics of his properties as “some of the factors” that lead to higher rates, Fane would not disclose what he charges his tenants for rent. Fane said he does not know what rent other landlords charge or why his tenants believe that their rents are higher than that of other companies. “I don’t get into [tenants’] feelings, and there is no psychologist on my staff,” he said. “Maybe some tenants are upset because their taxes and other expenses have gone up. Maybe they decide they’d rather do something else than running a retail business. Maybe they don’t realize how expensive it is for a landlord to make retail space appear.” Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 cited the businesses that have rented for decades from Ithaca Renting as evidence that it is possible to be successful as one of the company’s tenants. But he noted that the City is not “blind to the realities” of renting from Jason Fane. “We know the terms of those leases are extremely difficult for new businesses, with high rents and strict terms. Frankly, the rent is too high,” Myrick said. “The city government historically has not had a positive relationship with [Fane].” However, Myrick says he has made it a “priority” to improve this relationship. “The city is not always happy with every decision [Fane] makes, and he’s probably not happy with every decision we make, but we talk,” Myrick said. “It’s clear he cares deeply about the city; this is where he got his start as a businessman. I’ve made it clear that the city would appreciate whatever he could do to make his properties more tenant-friendly, especially for new businesses just trying to get their legs under them.” Sarah Cutler can be reached at scutler@cornellsun.com.
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Study: Divison I Athletes Are WikiLeaks’ Assange More Prone to Health Problems Talks NSA, Hints at Additional Leaks ATHLETES
ical activity impacting day-to-day movements,” Mattyasovszky said. “It’s just a lot of strain on your joints and obviously that strain will show Additionally, detection among young athletes is up later in life.” more common than in prior years when many Schwab said she anticipates to have long-term joint injuries went unnoticed joint injuries went physical issues after exerting herself at high-levunnoticed. els of physical activity throughout her college “Athletic trainers today, along with all sports’ career. medicine health care providers, are more “Right now [the team] gets pain basically informed than we were in the every week after practice late 70’s and early 80’s,” she “People are more conscious of and the workouts we do said. … You just know that David Archer ’05, head taking care of themselves. Even after four years, you’re coach of Cornell’s football from when I was a player for going to have these probteam, also said he does not Cornell, there is more of a focus lems doing normal activibelieve an accurate correlaties,” Schwab said. “I’m tion can be drawn between on off season conditioning and expecting when I’m 50 to the finding of the study and player safety.” have back and knee probthe future health of Cornell lems.” David Archer ’05 varsity athletes. Although Cornell ath“People are more conscious letic officials said they of taking care of themselves,” Archer said. “Even consider athlete health and safety as a top priorfrom when I was a player for Cornell, there is ity, Schwab said athletes should make sure they more of a focus on off season conditioning and are getting the treatment they need before and player safety.” after workouts, such as routine icing and physiArcher also said it is difficult to make any cal therapy, to prevent future injury. conclusions based on the results of Indiana To ensure that current college athletes do not University’s study since health issues are largely experience physical limitations later in life, dependent upon the kind of healthy lifestyles Geisler said she encourages students to maintain that individuals choose to pursue. active lifestyles after graduating from Cornell’s Cornell women’s varsity lacrosse players varsity-level athletic organizations. Jessica Schwab ’16 and Olivia Mattyasovszky ’16, however, said they were not surprised by the Alexa Davis can be reached at study’s discoveries. “It’s easy to see the signs of such intense phys- adavis@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 1
Filthy/Gorgeous Dance Relocated To Willard Straight Hall This Year DANCE
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Willard Straight Hall — which was home to Filthy/Gorgeous for its first couple of years after it was founded in 2005, according to Petralia. “We joked that we were kind of putting the Filthy back in the Gorgeous and how this year was about glitter and grime and [trying] to keep it simple, but also really inclusive,” James said. Last year’s Filthy/Gorgeous,
held at Duffield, hosted approximately 900 people — several hundred more than were possible for this year’s event. However, according to Jadey Huray ’14, president of Haven, many people said they viewed the downsize as being positive. “I think that a major complaint about last year was that it didn’t feel close and intimate enough … Most people had a very good reaction to the space change and enjoyed the kind of return to years gone past,” Huray said.
James said students did a “lovely job” advocating for what was needed to bring Filthy/Gorgeous back from being a “super expensive event.” “I think that bringing it back to the Straight not only managed the [financial aspect] of it, but [also] helped students really identify with what was important to them about the event,” James said. Samantha DeLouya can be reached at sdd47@cornell.edu.
Meet and greet
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Speaking over Skype from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said his living situation is a bit like prison — with a more lenient visitor policy. He also hinted that new leaks are coming from WikiLeaks, though he gave no specifics on what these might be. Assange, who has been confined to the embassy since June 2012, discussed government surveillance, journalism and the situation in Ukraine on Saturday in a streaming-video interview beamed to an audience of 3,500 attendees of the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas. Assange’s hourlong remote appearance was spiked with technical glitches. As the audio cut out, he sometimes asked audience members to raise their hands if they could hear him. Benjamin Palmer, the co-founder of marketing firm The Barbarian Group who interviewed Assange, at one point resorted to texting his questions. Looking well-groomed in a white shirt, scarf and a black blazer, Assange blasted President Barack Obama's administration, saying it was not taking fellow secret leaker Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA’s surveillance activities seriously. “We know what happens when the government is serious,” he said. “Someone is fired, someone is forced to resign, someone is prosecuted, an investigation [is launched], a budget is cut. None of that has happened in the last eight months since the Edward Snowden revelations.” Assange’s appearance at this five-day conference — which will host Snowden in a similar remote interview Monday — signal the
“We know what happens when the government is serious. Someone is fired, someone is forced to resign, someone is prosecuted, an investigation [is launched[, a budget is cut. None of that has happened in the last eight months since the Edward Snowden revelations.” Julian Assange growing concern in the tech community around issues of online privacy, surveillance and security, even as Internet giants like Google and Facebook reap billions in advertising revenue from collecting information about their users. “Now that the Internet has merged with human society and human society has merged with the Internet, the laws of the Internet become the laws of society,” he said, adding that through the NSA’s “penetration of the Internet” has led to a “military occupation” of civilian space. Assange has taken asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault charge, which he has said would be merely a first step in efforts to move him to the U.S. to face charges over publishing hundreds of thousands of secret documents. Asked if he was afraid, Assange said he is, like any normal person. “Only a fool has no fear. Courage is seeing fear,” he said, and proceeding anyway. Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has reported extensively about Snowden and the NSA’s surveillance efforts, also will appear at the festival Monday. Unlike Assange and Snowden, though, he’ll be there in person.
Armed Robbery Reported At East Hill Plaza Saturday
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) shakes hands with a supporter at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
Police are investigating a reported armed robbery which reportedly occurred at East Hill Plaza Saturday evening, according to the University. The Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint that two men — armed with handguns — robbed Rite Aid at 330 Pint Tree Rd, according to Cornell Police. The two men fled the store on foot towards the Agava restaurant, where they then entered a “light colored SUV,” which was last seen heading west on Mitchell Street. One male was reportedly wearing a “black jacket with a green hood, dark colored pajama with white lettering and a white skitype mask covering his face,” according to police. The other male was reported as wearing “a black jacket with a green hood, tan khaki pants and a black ski mask covering his face.” No injuries were reported, according to police. — Compiled by Tyler Alicea
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Divestment ethics To the Editor:
Sarah Balik ’15 for Student Assembly President OF THE TWO QUALIFIED CANDIDATES running for Student Assembly President, we believe Sarah Balik ’15 has the necessary past experience, has created a well-thought out plan for the future and possesses the skills required to effectively lead the S.A. for the next term. As the current Executive Vice President, Balik has played a large leadership role in the decisions of the S.A. She also served the student body through her roles as the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences representative and the chair of the Environmental Committee. She has worked on and passed resolutions on a multitude of topics such as student safety, sustainability, funding and transparency between the S.A. and students. During her time on the S.A., Balik has continued to improve the student body’s health and safety with initiatives such as the Blue Light Safety Survey that she cosponsored with Student Trustee Ross Gitlin ’15, as well as extensive work with the Council on Sexual Violence Prevention with Cornell Police and Gannett Health Services. She has also been able to speak up against controversial decisions, providing an opinion that she believes represents the best interests of the entire student body and not just the concerned party at hand. She partnered with KyotoNOW! to encourage the University to divest from direct holdings in the fossil fuels industry by 2020. She also co-sponsored a resolution with current Vice President of Finance for the S.A. Geoffrey Block ’14 to release the exam schedule earlier, while adhering to the policy of conflicts with exams. If Balik is elected president, we believe that she will follow through on her proposed ideas as stated in her platform and will continue to push the S.A. forward. We support Balik’s past work to tackle issues such as campus safety and student health and are excited to see what the S.A. would look like under her guidance. Though Thaddeus Talbot ’15 has proposed interesting ideas in his platform and has done extensive work with the multicultural community in the past, we believe that Talbot does not have the experience or the internal knowledge of the S.A. that Balik does. We commend him for his work and believe that he will make a valuable member of the S.A. Our one reservation about Balik is that she has been an active member of the Assembly, which has had internal flaws in the past, but we hope that she will be able to push beyond its former practices. We believe that Balik’s skills, passion for the job and experience will not only improve the S.A., but also our campus and community far beyond what her predecessors have been able to accomplish.
Re: “TRUSTEE VIEWPOINT: Divestment: A Need For Better Arguments,” Opinion, Mar. 4 Darrick Evensen raises important questions about the cases being made for divestment, but there are sound ethical and economic arguments that are being made in favor of divestment. A principal reason for doing anything about the human impact on climate is to be ethical. Justice principles demand that we try to mitigate harms from climate change on people in other places and in future times, as well as to the ecological systems of Earth. These justice principles are why Cornell has decided to stop selling clothing from factories linked to labor abuse. These principles apply to achieving climate neutrality through direct action and through our investments. We have a particular obligation to reduce fossil fuel consumption because we are a wealthy country that has contributed far more than a proportionate share of greenhouse gasses. The ethical case for divestment is intimately related to arguments for achieving climate neutrality. We should be consistent in our approach. If we reduce our harm to others through lessening our direct use of fossil carbon, we should also reduce our harm through refusing to invest in fossil carbon companies. This is what being ethically consistent means. Not “walking the walk” is hypocritical and reduces our moral leadership. As more people and institutions lessen their use of fossil carbon, the value of fossil fuel stocks will decline. This raises an economic case for divestment. This is the “prudent investor” concern raised by those in charge of the New York and California pension funds, and by articles in the financial news about “stranded assets.” The president of the World Bank is also promoting divestment based on climate change destroying past World Bank investments. The discussion currently taking place in Norway about whether its sovereign wealth fund (Norway’s endowment) should divest from fossil carbon companies is based on being both a prudent investor, and ethically consistent about climate neutrality. This is a striking development, as much of the wealth in this fund comes from extracting North Sea oil. General concerns about possible loss of endowment income are reasonable. These concerns determined the details of the faculty divestment resolution. Careful calculations by Prof. David Shalloway, molecular biology and genetics, and others using data obtained from the Cornell Investment Office strongly indicate that there is really not much financial risk for Cornell if the University divests. In our view, there are persuasive ethical, economic and moral leadership reasons to divest, even as we tackle the climate neutrality issue on a variety of fronts. Prof. Brian Chabot, ecology and evolutionary biology Prof. Elizabeth Sanders, government
CLARIFICATION A March 4 news story, “C.U. Seeks to Double Study Abroad Reach,” said President David Skorton cited Cornell’s high fee for study abroad as being one of the reasons why the number of Cornell students studying internationally is lower than desired. The story, however, failed to note that the University has been working to lower the Cornell International Program Tuition, the fee for Cornell Abroad. During the 2010-2011 academic year, the fee was $4,995. Currently, the fee is $2,500.
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Kai Sam Ng | Cross-Eyed and Painful
Raise the Wages For Cornell Workers S
everal weeks ago, Cornellians debated President Obama’s proposal to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. If the legislation passes, then millions of people will see their wages increase, and that’s great. If the legislation fails, however, Cornell should raise wages for all its workers anyway. Smarter people than I, actual economists, have already analyzed Obama’s proposal to increase the minimum wage extensively, so rehashing arguments about why a minimum wage is inherently positive and its net benefit to the American labor force is unnecessary here. Most arguments against a minimum wage, however, harken to a basic supply and demand curve to show why a wage increase will lead to fewer jobs. It’s simple Econ 101; in the labor market, a minimum wage creates a price floor. More people would want to work at the higher wage, but businesses will hire fewer people because of higher costs. Labor supply outstrips demand, which translates into unemployment. In any labor market, the law of supply and demand will always hold to some degree, but applying it in the strictest sense to Cornell workers is disingenuous. Cornell’s identity as an educational institution economically and ethically distorts the economy it controls enough that a simple supply and demand model doesn’t apply. Fears of unemployment are not an argument against raising the wage for everybody employed under Cornell, because those fears are unfounded. Signs that Cornell’s economy don’t apply are everywhere. An email invitation to participate in a survey that promises money actually follows through with money. Listserv spam is the only risk that comes with free food. All of these are consequences of Cornell’s captive market. In an economic sense, of course, a captive market simply means Cornell students have more limited economic choices on-campus than off-campus. The market distortions, however, are profound. Cornell is the only employer on campus, and Cornell’s geographically diverse student body is less likely to work off-campus. This is a monopsony: Many students are willing to sell labor, but Cornell is the only buyer in town. Cornell, thus, has the power to depress wages by paying less than what students would want otherwise. To an extent, this is true for non-student workers too: Cornell employs
Although we might lose money by increasing wages for all, Cornell stays financialy solvent in ways that aren’t about balancing checkbooks. a fifth of all workers in Tompkins County, and provides at least six times more jobs than Ithaca College, the second largest employer. This is a monumental amount of economic power concentrated within a single employer. Students act as consumers, too, and Cornell as a result must maintain a large enough workforce that provides services to students. The sheer number of students in this captive market requires a minimum number of secretaries, administrators and custodians. If the student body grows — as it has done with each subsequent entering class — Cornell must hire more workers to scale up its operations. The University already passes higher costs on to students in its tuition, and those higher costs have had little effect on how students pay their way through Cornell, as I’ve mentioned before. Unlike an actual business, it does not need to cut costs by cutting labor. As a consequence, raising wages at Cornell does not decrease Cornell’s need for dining hall workers, but falling student enrollment does. All of these arguments, of course, show that a higher wage at Cornell is not bad, rather than being good. But that’s precisely the point: The single plausible argument against a minimum wage is that it creates net harms. At the very worst, raising the minimum wage at Cornell changes nothing on balance. Raising the minimum wage, then, at a basic level is an altruistic economic distortion. These economic distortions sound abhorrent, but they are central to Cornell’s identity as an educational institution. If there is a stark difference between a college and a business, then the nature of that starkness is based on an altruistic nature of leadership and academia — that learning is an unquantifiable and universal right. Without that altruistic ideal, Cornell is little but a corporation that sells a good to consumers. But altruism is not in itself good. It generates social power, which is good. Although we might lose money by increasing wages for all, Cornell stays financially solvent in ways that aren’t about balancing checkbooks. Cornell stays solvent by being altruistic in giving students a good college experience, because satisfied students in the future will contribute donations to the institution. In other words, Cornell’s purpose should never be to make money; deviation from that altruistic ideal is harmful to the institution. It is not only a natural consequence of Cornell’s educational purpose, but part of its very essence. For student workers, better wages becomes a requirement for that ideal. The financial aid office, for example, awards Federal Work Study as part of a student’s financial aid package. In order to meet the same work study award amount, students who work lower wage jobs must work more hours than those who have higher wage jobs. For the lower-paid student, working more hours creates a trade off with other things, like friends, homework or club activities. Many individuals, however, will see the better pay that they deserve for working at a world-class institution. It is guaranteed that they will sleep better at night. Kai Sam Ng is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at kng@cornellsun.com. Cross-Eyed and Painful appears alternate Mondays this semester.
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Comment of the day “This article kind of misses the point of the pro-livable wage side. There are lots of studies out there which show how increasing wages will only minimally increase the price of a Big Mac or other goods and services. But that’s not the point. Proponents are saying employers should consider it an ethical obligation to make sure their workers can subsist, and if that means slightly decreased profit margins, then so be it.” Another_Cornellian Re: “THROWDOWN THURSDAY: Raising the Minimum Wage: Good Motivations, Bad Policy,” Opinion, published March 6, 2014
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The World Isn’t Just Flat; It’s Generated by Minecraft A
lthough you released in 2004, as important to sucshouldn’t write Friedman argues that ceed in our hyperconon your resume if we want to keep our nected world. We need that you learned prob- standard of living the imagination and lem solving, organiza- high, we must teach creativity to assemble tion and collaboration our kids all the techni- our skills into new from Legos, there isn’t cal skills we can — products, jobs and much debate around whether it be more tra- industries as the old whether or not Legos ditionally or with with ones are so quickly teach kids these skills. Minecraft and Legos. mechanized and outLegos are a brightly- As the developing sourced. The refinecolored, plastic chan- world enters new mar- ment Friedman made nel into the imagina- kets, and jobs are out- in his latest book tion, as well as rigor- sourced overseas or reflects the difference ous training for spatial phased out altogether between Legos and reasoning. Education by technology, the Minecraft. has a long history of wealthiest countries Legos teach kids exploiting the tiny will also have the best important skills, and plastic blocks, and I’m schools. Friedman definitely require creso glad it did because I would love Legos and ativity, but they are far spent hours playing Minecraft, because less open ended than with them (and probably still could). For the same reasons, Mine- Legos teach kids important skills, craft is becoming an and definitely require creativity, educational staple in Sweden and the but they are far less open ended U.S. Obviously, than Minecraft. connecting Legos to Minecraft isn’t revolutionary. Minecraft is kids enjoy learning Minecraft. Lego has a video game that technical skills from increasingly sold out plays like you're a them . . . the anthro- on its open endedness. Lego mini-figure pomorphic animals After a near bankruptmanipulating a Lego encouraging you to cy, The Lego Group sandbox. Both Legos finish workbook prob- differentiated into and Minecraft trick lems really didn’t make movies and video kids into learning multiplication tables games. Its newer sets engineering, organiza- fun in the same way. are basically action figtion and literacy. However, Friedman ures with complicated If this is one of the would love Legos and instruction manuals only columns you Minecraft for more (because building read, I would be flat- than just their educa- characters from Star tered. But in my opin- tional value; the differ- Wars via detailed ion, you should also ence between the two instructions requires read Thomas L. reflects the difference little imagination). On Friedman’s in The between The World is the other hand, New York Times. His Flat and its sequel, Minecraft took Legos’ topics vary from Palo That Used to Be Us. In open endedness to new Alto to Palestine, but the sequel, which extremes. If you feel they fit together came out in 2010, limited by the game’s around the central Friedman argues that built-in features, you theme of empowering technical skills — like can download mods, people with education, the ones kids get from fan-made modificawhich is also the cen- Legos and Minecraft tions, online or develtral theme of his first — are not enough. op your own (if you book, The World is Teaching our kids how have the time, anyway) Flat. In the book, to innovate is equally to mold the game into
what you want it to be. With mods, you can add oil refineries, factories and elementary coding. Minecraft mods aren’t popular, (which is surprising, because it’s never too early for middle school students to start preparing to work at Shell Oil). Players love inventing their own gameplay, a feature Friedman would enjoy, as it encourages the same creativity necessary to invent jobs and industries. According to Friedman, the future is as open ended as Minecraft. There isn’t an instruction manual for having a high standard of living anym o r e . Although technical skills are important, they don’t guarantee prosperity, whether they are taught using Minecraft, Legos or an increase in more traditional education. Luckily, as we learn to innovate, creating new industries and jobs, everyone stands to gain; there will be more wealth to go around. Friedman makes a pretty insightful point, and now that you’ve read my schtick for the week, you should go read his. Eric Schulman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at eschulman@cornellsun.com. Schulman’s Schtick appears alternate Mondays this semester.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Tempesta di Mare Lights Apollo’s Fire at Barnes TYRAN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer
In the 1991 French film Tout les Matins du Monde, Gérard Depardieu plays an aged Marin Marais — in-house composer at the court of Versailles around the turn of the 18th century. Gussied up in all the accoutrements of his station, a corpulent Depardieu stares off camera, filled with envy at the ambitious young man he once was. The real Marais studied under JeanBaptiste Lully, who by the patronage of King Louis XIV singlehandedly defined the French baroque style. Listeneres at Barnes were treated to his “March of the Turks” Thursday as part of a lively program by Tempesta di Mare. Much in contrast to the self-scorn of Depardieu’s Marais, who indifferently conducts the same march early on in the film, Tempesta brought flair and steady passion to its evening performance. Under the title “Apollo at Play,” Philadelphia’s premier baroque chamber orchestra culled a thoughtful program of incidental music by Lully, British emulator Matthew Locke and 20th century iconoclast Igor Stravinsky before coming full circle to Lully protégé Johann Sigismund Kusser, whose Apollon Enjoüé, composed in 1700, ended the concert. Because the entire program consisted of music written for the stage, individual movements were as rich as they were compact. With its stately undercurrents and detailed orchestration, Lully’s descriptively astute Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670) set the bar high. Even without the titles provided for our edification, we could feel the sway of tailored cloth in the “Dance Teacher” scene and imagine the revelry of “The Uninvited Guests,” of which the Spaniards led the way with castanets and vihuelas blazing. On that note, Lully’s colorful palette represented a fascinating transition period in the evolution of
Western European classical music, when the aristocratic impulses of court-appointed composers shared staves with motifs borrowed from earlier Sephardic traditions, as evidenced by the bevy of percussion at Tempesta’s employ. Consequently, Lully’s sound world was equal parts pomp and folk. Enhancing its spread were recorders, bassoon, harpsichord and theorbo, a sort of lute on steroids sporting an elongated neck fitted with sympathetic bass strings. The latter provided a visual element that was the subject of much pre- and post-concert conversation. Yet the theorbo, played by the ensemble’s co-director Richard Stone, was a subtle anchor for the dramatic goings on. So too, in Locke’s instrumentals for The Tempest (1674) was the canvas replete with vivid splashes of baroque charm. Shuffling weighty pauses into upbeat turns of phrase, lovelorn abandon into systematic denouements, Locke’s writing emerged swift and sweet. The next portion of the concert, however, brought to the fore what proved to be the evening’s only flaw: Tempesta’s battle with tuning. Although tuning issues first arose in the wind section of the Lully, the off-key slips of which were quickly smoothed over, in the all-string intimacy of Stravinsky’s 1928 Apollon musagète two mismatched cellos grated on the ears. Such inconsistencies, however, come with the territory, especially when performing on period instruments (although it seemed most were modern copies — the harpsichord, for example, having been built in 2012), and the fine musicians of Tempesta handled these hiccups with grace and fortitude. There were also the uneven temperatures of the venue itself, which required musicians to flit between a cold backstage room and a warmer auditorium: further proof, perhaps, that this year’s winter has overstayed its welcome. Nevertheless, they muscled through with a grace and perseverance that certainly did not go unnoticed.
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All said, Tempesta gave us a treat with Stravinsky’s gorgeous paean to the French style. By turns mournful and frolicking, each movement was like a shard of glass in a slowly turning kaleidoscope. But the best came last with Kusser’s fabulous orchestral suite, from which the program borrows its name. Not only did the ensemble smooth out its tuning snags; it also presented us with the loveliest and most adventurous music of the night. Full of surprising twists and virtuosic performances all around, it left us all with something to smile about. In that respect, the joys won over the nitpicks. Challenges make us human, and finishing strong in spite of them is no small feat. In this respect, Tempesta di Mare reminded us of why we go to hear live music in the first place: to remind us that we are all human. Tyran Grillo is a graduate student at Cornell University. He can be reached at tgrillo@cornellsun.com.
If You Wish to Make a TV Show From Scratch... :
The New Cosmos
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Last night, T.V.’s newest documentary series landed with a “Big Bang” on Fox. Envisioned as a follow-up to the revolutionary (Heh, planet humor…) 1980 television mini-series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, the new Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey seeks to bring the same sense of skepticism, enthusiasm and wonder that raptured audiences and inspired an entire generation of scientists and engineers decades ago. The original Cosmos was created and hosted by renowned astronomer and Cornell professor Carl Sagan, who received an Emmy, Peabody and Hugo Award for his work on the series. One of the most recognizable science personalities of the last 50 years, Sagan devoted most of his life to educating mainstream audiences and popularizing science in an accessible, digestible and interesting way, free of condescension or sensationalism. He developed a rapport with the media that made him one of the most trusted talking heads in the scientific fields, a sort of prototypical Bill Nye (another Cornellian!) that came to embody science and all its beliefs and ideas. With a passion and thirst for knowledge unrivaled by contemporaries, Sagan made Cosmos a landmark series in the realm of public television that continues to enlighten audiences to this day. More than 30 years later, Cosmos returns to television original message intact, ready to take the universe by storm. The reboot hails from a somewhat unlikely place: the minds Neil deGrasse Tyson and Seth MacFarlane. This series is not exactly Family Guy in space, however. The two met through an exchange program between the entertainment industry and the scientific community, where both expressed a great enthusiasm for Cosmos and the revival of popular science. Tyson brought the science cred — he is, after all, one of the greatest living science communicators of our time — and MacFarlane brought the television know-how. As Tyson puts it, “We brought Cosmos to Seth, he brought Cosmos to Fox.” Fox’s intended simulcast of the Cosmos premiere — across
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all networks under their banner, from National Geographic to Fox Sports — is the largest of its kind in the history of television. MacFarlane hopes that the series can reverse the recent national trend of general apathy and lethargy toward astronomy and other STEM fields. “We are treating it as entertainment with a goal,” MacFarlane says, alluding to the difficult balancing act the series must maintain. The series will, as the original did years ago, focus on using the most technologically-advanced special effects to draw viewers in, if only for the sheer spectacle of the universe — if the audience learns a thing or two about black holes while watching a planet get spaghettified, then the creators have done their jobs. Judging from the trailers alone, the series looks absolutely gorgeous, taking the audience from the furthest reaches of the universe to the microscopic level and beyond with eye-popping visuals. During reenactments of historical events, such as early discoveries by astronomers hundreds of years ago, the series has adopted a graphic novel style, illustrating scientists like Giordano Bruno in a pseudo-comic book style rather than the cheesy live-action reenactments that similar documentaries often rely on. These creative choices are both stylistically impressive and original, providing a feast for the eyes while depicting the forefathers of science as the superheroes that they rightfully are. But the true success of Cosmos rests on the abilities of the host. Much of the original series’ success was attributed to
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charisma and scientific fervor that Sagan brought to the program. Can this reboot hope to stand out in the immense shadow cast by its progenitor? With Neil deGrasse Tyson at the reins, the show is assuredly in the best hands possible. The astronomer already has a stellar (Hah!) reputation and his internet fame (on Reddit, he is treated to the same deification that only Nye, Sagan and Jennifer Lawrence experience), can only bolster the show’s success. In the show’s trailer, Tyson looks like a more badass Captain Kirk, standing proudly aboard his sleek spaceship’s bridge, sunglasses on as he stares into expanding stars (which you shouldn’t do at home. Tyson has special privileges). If these images are any indication, Tyson has bridged the gap between television eye-candy and hard-hitting science with success, poised to discuss quasars and fire phasers, each set to stun. Cosmos seems to be, by all accounts, a worthy successor to the long legacy of science on television, following in the footsteps of NOVA, Bill Nye the Science Guy and the original Cosmos. Tyson and MacFarlane have a very special program on their hands, lovingly crafted with attention to and reverence for the original and beyond. Whether you’re a complete science nerd or a Family Guy fan who simply forgot to change the channel, Cosmos has a little something for everyone, and that’s where the real beauty of it lies. Sean Doolittle is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Arts Around Ithaca Our Lady of 121st Street
Houndmouth
7:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at Risley Theatre
8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 18 at the Haunt
Reunion story and East Harlem portrait piece, both, Our Lady of 121st Street was dubbed the “best new play in a decade” by The New York Observer when it made its debut in 2003. Stephen Adly Guirgis’ farcical story of a group of former students gathering to mourn the late, great, alcoholic Sister Rose, only to discover the body missing, Our Lady will be performed at Risley Theatre on Mar. 14 and 15. From its opening line of “What kinda fucking world is this?” to its closing scene, Our Lady is a pathos-driven comedy, specific to place where it is not to time. Tickets are $7 for students and $10 for the general public. — Kaitlyn Tiffany
Folk duo Katie Toupin and Matt Myers, plus rock alums Shane Cody and Zak Appleby come together to make the electric-driven folk quartet Houndmouth. Band members hail from the plains of Indiana or from Louisville, Kentucky (the latter of which had an official Houndmouth Day declared by its mayor in 2013), and have a distinctive rural rockstar flair. Facial hair and steel guitars, flannel and railroad metaphors and Toupin’s power vocals — if members of The Avett Brothers played musical chairs with Alabama Shakes, the result would be comparable to the bluesy-breadbasket/middle-American-rock charm of Houndmouth. — Kaitlyn Tiffany
On Foot: Brooklyn 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Cornell Cinema
For 13 weeks, composer Craig Shepard followed different walking routes around Brooklyn, New York, composing a piece of music for a live performance as he walked. Photographer Beth O’Brien ’99 followed on bicycle, taking photos to accompany the pieces that Craig composed. This Tuesday, for one night only, Craig will give a one-hour live performance of the resulting music, paired with Beth’s photos. The event will take place at Cornell Cinema as part of the Cinema’s Alums Make Movies series. — Kaitlyn Tiffany
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Game of Groans: Fantasy in the Mainstream “I
’m like a Lannister, run my town, that’s seven kingdoms. And they’ll never stop us, their only option is try to be us.” — Wale, “King Slayer” Last weekend, as I prepped for a popular drinking game, Civil War, someone suggested we should rename our contest to “The Red Wedding,” as a memoriam to the fallen fictional characters we loved. While the snow slowly melts and one winter ends, another Winter is Coming. I know you’re all humming the theme song right now — Thrones season is upon us. With all of its family drama and lineage questions, the acclaimed HBO show is essentially Medieval Maury, with a pinch of dark magic stirred in. As a fan of the books, and “nerd culture” in general, I have been thrilled to witness how much widespread popularity Game of Thrones has garnered. However, I was a bit irked to hear that HBO had released a hip-hop mixtape tie-in for the series this past weekend. At first, I gave it an honest chance, hoping that my two favorite things — Thrones and rap music — would produce the ultimate fist-pumping anthem. But just as Robb Stark miscalculated a combination of his two favorite things — weddings and broken alliances — I found myself up the Riverlands without a paddle. The mixtape, titled Catch the Throne, is a hollow gimmick, absent of any real substance aside from a few throwaway references about dragons. I think it’s cool that rappers enjoy a fantasy show as much as I do. But does HBO really think they can convert any non-believers into show-watchers with Wale dropping lines like, “Love, hate, revolve like a .38”? If the citizens of Westeros had Wale and his guns on their side, I think the war for the Iron
Throne would be far more anticlimactic. Lines like this bother me because a television network can’t force new audiences to enjoy a series by hiring fancy names who relate esoteric stories to the zeitgeist. Fantasy and science fiction are so powerful because they often tackle moral quandaries through an exciting lens, rather than make students trudge through these topics in a freshman philosophy essay. The mixtape distorts what makes Thrones great by trying to paint the show as “hip” and “cool” instead of highlighting its own merits. When Star Trek aired in the 1960s, it asked profound questions about eugenics, utopian capability and social integration. Comics like Spider-Man and Batman have explored the consequences of difficult choices. The Song of Ice and Fire series that Game of Thrones is based on debates issues of morality versus necessity and countless others. Adaptations — into television, film or other media — are most successful when they trust their source material. Fans respect
Harrison Okin Bring Da Ruckus entries that tell the stories as they were meant to be told. This translates to commercial success because even those who are not familiar with original works can admire intelligent plots, compelling characters and meaningful questions. Up until now, Game of Thrones has done a
tremendous job of remaining true to George R. R. Martin’s novels, while still attracting new viewer markets and giving the show mass appeal — throw some killer swordplay, a backroom power struggle and some sex into a big pot and baby, you’ve got a stew going! Oh, and dragons. But when you throw in a gimmick wildcard like this mixtape, the show risks undermining the intelligence and panache that has inspired hoards of new fans to pick up a fantasy book for the first time. Let audiences and readers explore the topics themselves, instead of learning about the Targaryen dynasty from the guy who sang “Gasolina” (yes, Daddy Yankee bribed his way out of obscurity/exile and onto this mixtape). Last night, Fox premiered a reboot of Cornellian Carl Sagan’s phenomenal mindbending universal exploration program, Cosmos, starring astrophysicist and internet sensation Neil deGrasse Tyson. Sagan’s original purpose was to present the mystics of time and space in layman’s terms, and by doing so, motivate a wave of curious children who would grow to be astronomers, scientists and inventors. Although Tyson might be considered a gimmick by some (he is grossly overrepresented in cat memes on Reddit), if you’ve ever heard the man speak, you’ll know he has such a burning passion for provoking learning and creativity. Though our country’s space program is anemic, Tyson’s goal in re-establishing the series is to encourage a modern generation to ask tough questions like “Who are we?” and “Is there a larger purpose?” Students today might not wish to become rocket scientists anymore, but Tyson knows that by flexing their strongest muscle, young children will continue to push themselves,
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ushering in a cadre of new entrepreneurs and innovators. Peep Wale’s quote at the top of this page. Just as no one should appreciate Game of Thrones solely for its rap album compliment, no individual should feel pressured to conform. Instead of trying “to be” like others, go enjoy your fantasy and your sci-fi. Go pick up a telescope or a book. Go innovate and create, and maybe one day the Iron Throne will be yours. Harrison Okin is a senior in the School of Industrial Labor Relations. He can be reached at hokin@cornellsun.com. Bring Da Ruckus runs alternate Mondays this semester.
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plays that the rest of us can use as momentum,” she said. “We came out pretty pumped. It was our first Ivy since the loss against Harvard, so we really wanted to make an impact from the start.” Sophomore Catherine Ellis also added two goals in the first half while the other three came from the midfield, courtesy of senior co-captains Chelsea Rowe and D’Amico, as well as freshman Kailey O’Hagan. Additionally, senior Rachel Moody added a goal and three assists for the Red, and sophomore Olivia Mattyasovszky scored her first ever goal in a Cornell uniform. Although junior Sarah Hefner was scoreless for the first time this season, she added four more draw controls to her team-leading total of 26. Hefner has excelled in draws this season, averaging 6.5 per game, which is nearly double that of Cornell’s season record. Her three draw controls during the Red’s breakout first half allowed the offense to keep possession and outshoot Columbia, 16-6. Smith also emphasized the importance of the role Hefner has taken on the team. “Draw controls are obviously super important, and [Hefner has] obviously come up really big in that area,” Smith said. “We need the ball from the start and draw controls sometimes determine “I think our big thing is whether a game is a win or a that we want to come in loss, so we definitely depend on Sarah’s skill and expertise and make an impact and in that area.” show that we’re here Despite the fact that the Lions scored a free position to compete.” goal with just two seconds Jessie Smith left in the first half, the Red began the second half with much of the same energy that built its six-goal halftime lead. Toppe, D’Amico and Moody each scored in the opening five minutes of the final frame to push the lead to nine. Even with Columbia’s Kate Murphy’s late hat trick in the final 20 minutes of play, it was much too little, too late, as the Lions were never really within striking distance of the Red. Moving forward, the Red will be on a short Ivy League hiatus with its next Ivy game not coming until March 29 at Princeton. In the meantime, the team still has two games in the next week against Binghamton (4-1) and Albany (4-0). With Albany just coming off of a six-goal victory at Dartmouth, a win would definitely boost the Red’s resume heading into the second half of March and the rest of the Ivy League season. Smith said she is looking forward to building off of the victory against Columbia and attempting to build some momentum in the next few games. However, she said that Albany will likely present the Red with a formidable challenge. “Every game is a learning experience, so we’re going to take what we learned from Columbia and Harvard and bring that into these games,” she said. “I think our big thing is that we want to come in and make an impact and show that we’re here to compete.” Ryan Quinn can be reached at rquinn@cornellsun.com.
Bulls Defeat Heat in Eastern Showdown CHICAGO (AP) — Joakim Noah and Jimmy Butler understand it. The real victory for the Chicago Bulls will come when they’re knocking the Miami Heat out of the playoffs, not during the regular season — no matter how charged the atmosphere is. Even so, they’ll take this. Noah had 20 points and 12 rebounds, D.J. Augustin scored 22 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Miami Heat 95-88 in overtime Sunday after Butler blocked LeBron James at the end of regulation. “I want what they have — a championship,” Noah said. “One day, we’re going to have to get through those guys.” The Heat have owned them when it counts in recent seasons. With a healthy Derrick Rose and the No. 1 seed in 2011,
Chicago fell to Miami in the Eastern Conference finals. Last year, with Rose out, the Heat knocked off the Bulls in the second round on the way to their second straight championship. “It’s still a good win,” Butler said. “It gives us confidence we can beat them. But ... in the playoffs, like Thibs said, we can’t go around them; you’re going to have to go through them.” Dwyane Wade scored 25 for Miami, but with James struggling again, the Heat dropped their third straight to match their longest losing streak of the season. James scored 17 points on 8of-23 shooting and couldn’t come through after Miami blew a 12-point lead down the stretch. With a chance to win it at the end of regulation, he got stripped by Butler on a layup attempt.
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ing point for us.” Tesoriero, who finished the afternoon 12-for-24 on the faceoff, continued to dominate the Cavs for possession late in the second. With the Red feeling opportunistic with under a minute to go, junior midfielder Connor Buczek raced down the right side and fired a laser into the bottom left of the net to tie the game at five apiece. Just 15 seconds later, sophomore midfielder John Edmonds fed Donovan for his second goal of the afternoon, giving the Red a remarkable 6-5 lead heading into halftime. “We were 50 percent on the day in faceoffs,” Kerwick said in a statement to Cornellbigred.com. “But it seemed like all the big ones went our way” Big faceoff wins in the second quarter were key in restoring the Red’s rhythm to open the third period. Senior attackman Connor Entenmann scored unassisted two minutes into the half and short-stick defensive midfielder Joe Paoletta added another before Edmonds hammered in a third consecutive unassisted goal to tear open the lead. Aided by a strong clear game from the defense throughout the third, Buczek finished off the 9-0 run with his second and third goals of the game — the former of which deflected off the crossbar and bounced into the net to the delight of the over 4,000 fans on hand. Nursing an 11-5 lead, Cornell did just enough to stall a Virginia comeback in the closing minutes, as Donovan’s
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assist to Lintner with under five minutes to go all but sealed what became a 12-9 final, knocking the Cavaliers from the ranks of the unbeaten. “The No. 2-ranked team comes in and ... we [wanted] to show that we’re going to be a team that’s a force to be reckoned with,” Tesoriero said in a statement to laxmagazine.com. “We wanted to prove to everyone that ‘This is what we have and here we go.’” Tesoriero was instrumental for the Red on another front, as he led the team with seven ground balls en route to a 36-33 advantage on the afternoon. Aside from ground balls and turnovers — the team had 11 in the first period and just nine for the remainder of the game — perhaps the most promising development was the performance of freshman goalkeeper Christian Knight. Knight, making his first collegiate start, saved 15 Virginia shots, including a crucial pair at the end of the first period, keeping the Red within striking distance. “Christian’s been very steady in practice,” Kerwick said in a statement to Pressconnects.com. “I would have been a little hesitant to start a freshman against Virginia, but his personality is such that not a whole lot fazes him. Sometimes I wonder if there’s a pulse in there.” Following the victory, the Red will look to make a splash in the polls and in the Ivy League when Yale visits this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for both teams’ conference opener. TINA CHOU / SUN FILE PHOTO
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Putting it away | Senior attackman Connor Entenmann scored a goal in the third quarter to put his team up by two.
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Laxers Record First Ivy Victory Over Columbia By RYAN QUINN Sun Staff Writer
Three days after cruising to a victory on the road at Colgate, the Red (3-1, 1-1 Ivy) earned its first win in Ivy League play against Columbia (1-2, 0-2 Ivy) on COLUMBIA @ CORNELL Saturday. 6 C o r n e l l 13 jumped on the Game: 2ND FINAL 1ST Lions early in the Columbia 2 4 6 first half, racing Cornell 5 13 8 out to an 8-2 lead by halftime. The six-goal advantage would prove to be more than enough for the Red to close out the game, as the defense held Columbia to just four more goals in the second half, finishing with a 13-6 victory. Senior co-captain Amanda D’Amico started the scoring off almost instantly, netting her sixth goal of the season just 22 seconds into the contest. She would go on to notch two more goals, recording her first hat trick of the season and leading a strong performance from the midfield.
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Instant offense | Senior co-captain Amanda D’Amico scored the Red’s first goal of the game 22 seconds into the contest. After Columbia briefly equalized D’Amico’s opening goal, the Red went on a 7-0 run to effectively bury the Lions and remain undefeated in the two teams’ 18 total meetings. Junior co-captain Lindsay Toppe had two goals in the 70 run to start off her excellent game. She finished with four goals on just seven shots while recording one assist. Toppe has again been the Red’s most consistent scorer this season, posting three or more goals in all four of the team’s games so far. She is on pace for a record-setting season, leading the Ivy
League with over five points per game and nearly four goals per game so far. Senior midfielder Jessie Smith, one of the defensive leaders of the team, had high praise for the season that Toppe is having, as well as the Red’s overall performance on Saturday. “Lindsay Toppe is dynamite; she’s amazing. She’s always been a solid player. She really sets the tone and has some big See W. LAX page 12
Cressler Scores Game-High 28 Points in Tough Loss to Penn MEN’S B-BALL
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more guard Nolan Cressler, junior guard Devin Cherry and senior forward Dwight Tarwater — led the team’s scoring in this matchup. Cherry tacked on seven rebounds and five assists to his 13 points for a solid all-around game
performance. Despite the efforts of Cherry, Tarwater and Cressler — who combined for 41 of the team’s 51 points — the Red’s offensive production was not enough to lead the team to victory. At the final buzzer, the score was 91-51 in Princeton’s favor. The Tigers shot 64 percent from the field compared to the Red’s 33
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percent. The Red came out on Saturday for senior night, with one more opportunity to close out the season with a win. Looking for revenge against a Penn team that had defeated the squad by seven earlier in the season, Cornell donned the solid red jerseys for the final matchup of the season. “Despite the bad record, one thing that I am really proud of is that this team always fights for a win,” said senior guard Dom Scelfo. Scelfo said he was excited to suit up for action in Saturday’s game after suffering an ankle injury that could have ended his season several weeks ago. Prior to tip-off, a ceremony took place at center court as Cornell’s veteran players were honored for their long-lasting contributions to the team. Scelfo, senior guard Jake Matthews and Tarwater all took center-court with their families in front of a lively hometown crowd. “I’m proud of our team. This team shows a lot of promise, a lot
of character, guys work hard every day,” said senior guard Jake Matthews. “We have a bright future.” The frenzy of the senior night festivities lasted into game time. The crowd was lively and supported the team on every made basket and smart play on defense. The Red fed off of the energy in the building. However, the Quakers refused to go down easy. The teams traded baskets throughout the first half, and a three by Cressler at the first half buzzer sent Penn into the locker room clinging to a onepoint lead. Cressler was the go-to man on offense once again for the Red. The sophomore led his team in first-half scoring, putting up 15 points on four three-pointers, including the buzzer-beating one that brought the crowd to its feet. The teams came out in the second half poised for a battle. The Red started with a 4-0 run to regain the lead, but Penn’s offense responded. The Red had trouble handling dump-down passes to Penn’s sophomore big man
Darien Nelson-Henry and the Quaker’s guards were also able to hit big shots down the stretch that kept the Quakers on top. However, Cornell fought to the very end, cutting an eightpoint lead with 54 seconds left in half in a matter of less than 20 seconds. However, Penn took advantage of its trips to the freethrow line down the stretch, and the Red was never able to cut the lead down to less than four points. With 1.3 seconds on the clock, the scoreboard read 69-65 in favor of the Quakers, and the crowd cheered as the Red played its final moments on its home court this season. “It didn’t really hit me until after the game,” Matthews said as he reflected upon his career with the Red after the loss to Penn. “It felt like just another game from the start. It kind of just hits you at the very end, and it’s very surreal.” Nikita Dubnov can be reached at ndubnov@cornellsun.com.
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Senior forward Allyson DiMagno became Cornell’s all-time career rebounds leader after pulling down 12 boards in her final collegiate game on Saturday.
not competing drove up to watch and support, and girls staying at home cared for the rest of our horses in our absence.” Despite the pressure that comes with a show as important as regionals, the Red remained poised. The team put hours of hard work towards the weekend’s show and, according to de Rham, it paid off. “Our riders rode very well. … Regionals is always a tough show because so much work and effort comes down to one day — only a few minutes, or seconds, in the show ring,” de Rham said.
“It was so great to see our team come together.” After yet another successful team effort by the C o r n e l l equestrian “It was so great to see women, the Red is poised our team come together.” for its next Georgiana de Rham competition at zones on April 6th, with a shot at making it to the nationals competition from May 1-4. Anna Johnson can be reached at ajohnson@cornellsun.com.
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Laxers Topple No.2 Virginia
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Men one of just three unbeaten teams in Division I lacrosse Another stretch of Virginia goals, however, extended the Cavaliers’ lead to 5-2 with just 2:36 left to play in the second period — a familiar Facing a ranked opponent for the first time in predicament for a youthful Cornell squad that has 2014, the Cornell men’s lacrosse team passed its been plagued by slow starts all season. “We came out nervous, not handling the ball important early-season test with flying colors. The No. 15 Red (5-0, 0-0 Ivy League) used a 9- close to what we’re normally used to,” Kerwick said 0 run in the second and third periods to take down in a statement to Pressconnects.com. “So we took a visiting No. 2 Virginia (6-1, 0-0 ACC), 12-9, timeout, let the guys take a breath ... and everySaturday at Schoellkopf Field. With the victory, body responded really well.” Senior midfielder Doug Cornell is now one of only three Tesoriero, the team’s faceoff speremaining undefeated teams in VIRGINIA @ CORNELL cialist, led the Red response just Division I lacrosse, alongside 9 12 seconds later by winning the Johns Hopkins (5-0) and ensuing faceoff from the center Maryland (5-0). Game: 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH Final line and finding open senior “It was a complete team Virginia 1 3 9 3 2 attackman Dan Lintner for a effort,” said interim head coach Cornell 1 5 5 1 12 quick strike to cut the lead to 5Matt Kerwick in a statement to Pressconnects.com. “With the start we had, I was a 3 with 2:30 to go in the period. By the time the clock hit 2:25, Cornell had scored again — this little bit concerned.” Virginia struck first with early goals from time courtesy of junior attackman Matt Donovan James Pannell, brother of former Cornell attack- after Tesoriero won another draw. “Doug jump-started us,” Kerwick said in a stateman and 2013 Tewaaraton Trophy winner Rob Pannell ’13. The younger Pannell scored twice, ment to Pressconnects.com. “He came out the front each time in close from the left, before junior on two faceoffs in a row ... and I think that was a turnmidfielder John Hogan scored unassisted to cut See M. LAX page 13 the lead to 2-1.
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Facing off | Senior midfielder Doug Tesoriero led the team with seven ground balls while recording two assists Saturday against Virginia.
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Huss Takes First in Open Fences; Six C.U. Riders Qualify for Zones By ANNA JOHNSON Sun Staff Writer
The Red’s string of successes continued this past weekend at the regionals show at Alfred University, resulting in several more ribbons for Cornell and six riders qualifying for zones. Among the qualifiers was freshman Chelsea Huss, who won the first class of the day, taking first place in the championship for open fences, starting the day off well for Cornell. Junior cocaptain Georgiana de Rham continued the trend by taking third in open fences and also qualifying for zones. The success continued throughout the day with other high-placing riders in a powerhouse
of qualifying sophomores including Meridith Meyer, who placed fourth in open fences, Elizabeth Drake, who earned third place in novice flat finals and second place in novice fences, Katie Smith, who took second in intermediate fences and Susan Rhodes, who placed second in the WTC division. The team has dedicated riders, hands and supporters to thank for the day’s triumph, according to de Rham. “Even though only some individuals competed, it was truly a team effort,” de Rham said. “We brought three of our own horses and three girls came to care for them. Many girls who were See EQUESTRIAN page 15
Two in a row
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Saying goodbye | Senior guard Jake Matthews had six points in his final game on Cornell’s home court against Penn.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Red Closes Out Season With Losses to Princeton, Penn By NIKITA DUBNOV
The Red’s attempts at closing the early gap that Princeton established proved futile, as the After a pair of losses on the score was 44-26 by halftime. road last weekend, the Red Despite Cornell’s attempts to returned to its home court for get stops on defense, the Tigers’ bouts with Princeton and Penn, hot shooting proved too much to two teams in handle. Senior the middle of guard T.J. Bray the Ivy League and senior forPENN @ CORNELL standings. ward Will 69 65 Barrett each The first matchup of Game: 2ND FINAL 1ST scored 21 33 69 36 the team’s final Penn points for the 30 65 weekend of Cornell 35 Tigers, the latthe season was ter of the two against the going a perfect Tigers, who came to Ithaca with a eight-for-eight from the field and 5-6 conference record. However, five-for-five from three-point the Tigers broke out of the locker range. A collection of other playroom with energy, silencing the ers on Princeton’s roster helped to crowd at Newman Arena by con- solidify the lead. necting on six three-pointers just Cornell’s offensive leaders five minutes into the game, mak- throughout the season — sophoing the score 25-0 before the Red made its first shot. See M. B-BALL page 15 Sun Staff Writer
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The women’s hockey team defeated Clarkson, 1-0, on Sunday, securing its second straight ECAC championship and its fourth in five years. For full coverage of the game, check out tomorrow’s paper.