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Obama Releases Student Financial Aid Bill of Rights

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Obama will seek to ensure that students can access these rights by signing “a Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of President Obama released a Student Aid Bill of Education and other federal agencies to work across Rights — a series of executive actions which could the federal government to do more to help borrowhelp alleviate financial burdens faced by Cornell ers afford their monthly loan payments,” according students — Tuesday, aiming to counter rising to the press release. tuition prices by improving loan and grant apporObama’s policy directives include the creation of a new website to streamline the process by which borrowers file com“The administration has had this ongoing plaints and the enhancement of cuseffort to make college more affordable.” tomer services available to borrowers.

He also directed the Office of Dianne Miller Management and Budget to identify key trends in the monthly payment tionment systems. process in order to allow governmental lenders to The White House said in a press release that its accommodate borrowers who have trouble meeting policy actions are tailored to ensure that four basic their payment deadlines. rights are guaranteed to all college students: the Dianne Miller, Cornell’s director of federal relaright to access “a quality, affordable education at a tions, said Obama’s announcement is in line with college that’s cutting costs and increasing learning,” the University’s longstanding mission to advocate to access “the resources needed to pay for college,” for federal policies which most benefit Cornell stuto “an affordable repayment plan” and to “quality dents. customer service, reliable information, and fair See FINANCIAL AID page 4 treatment.”

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Andrew Zhou presents “Silent Lives in the Piano After Schoenberg” yesterday at the Cornell Music: Musicology Colloquium in Lincoln Hall.

S.A., U.A.Candidates Address Community Concerns at Forum

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Speech and debate | Student Assembly and University Assembly candidates participate in a forum in Willard Straight Hall Thursday.

Approximately forty students gathered in Willard Straight Hall Thursday to voice their questions and concerns at the Cornell Student Assembly and University Assembly candidate forum.

While some candidates were unable to make an appearance at the forum, a total of 18 candidates were present, ranging from returning S.A members to freshmen.

Jennifer Kim ’16, president of the Speech and Debate Union, began the meeting by asking each candidate to introduce themselves, their platforms and why they were running in one minute.

The speeches, while tailored to apply to each position, shared common themes of transparen-

cy, financial concerns and the need for increased communication between the administration and the student body.

“I want to run because I am disappointed with the S.A.,” said Connor Hodges ’18, candidate for undesat-large representative. “It is really inefficient right now.”

Several candidates, including Maha Gandour ’17, echoed this sentiment.

“I believe there is a huge disconnect between student groups,” Ghandour said. “We deservefinancial transparency, I want clear communication between the S.A. and the student body.”

Financial concerns were especially emphasized in the context of the new, mandatory health fee set to take effect in the next academic year.

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Cornell to Hold First‘Giving Day’Fundraiser Later This Month

By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer

Cornell will hold its first ever Giving Day — a one-day, worldwide, online fundraising drive — on March 25th, the University announced Thursday.

According to the University, Cornell Giving Day will aim to raise funds for each college and major unit. The drive will begin at midnight on the 25th and continue until 11:59 p.m.

To encourage people to donate, the

University said it has established a target of $300,000 which it will divide amongst the colleges and major units based on the amount each raises and the number of donations each receives.

In a press release, the University said it has created several other challenges to encourage participation among international donors, young alumni and alumni currently celebrating important reunions.

Anyone will be able to follow the day’s progress through live updates online.

Charles Phlegar, vice president for

alumni affairs and development, said in the release that the University wants to engage as many people as possible with Cornell Giving Day. “So many people care about Cornell and its future direction,” Phlegar said.

“This is an opportunity for them to join forces with one another and make a tremendous difference in a short period of time.”

The University has expressed its hope that the fundraising drive will go viral and information about Cornell Giving Day

will spread via social media.

“One day of support, if enough people step forward, could help them do truly amazing things,” Phlegar said. “Our students and faculty accomplish great things every day with the resources available to them — from developing life-saving innovations to writing symphonies to installing water filtration systems in Honduras.”

President David Skorton also expressed his excitement for Cornell Giving Day in See GIVING DAY page 4

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Indigenous Approaches to Research With Virginia Kennedy Noon - 2 p.m., 102 Mann Library Senses of Romanticism Symposium Noon - 5:30 p.m., 258 Goldwin Smith Hall HIV and the Lung: New Techniques, New Insights 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Auditorium, Boyce Thompson Institute Drawing the Connections Between Business And Policy in China Studies With Ying Ma 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall

Opinion, “Addressing Right and Responsibilities at Cornell,” Monday Speaking about what she said are problems with complex University codes “In my experience, approaching administrators who would appear to have some authority over a policy results in redirection to another office, and another, until you’re right back where you began.”

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News, “Students to Run Camp for Cancer Patients’ Children,” Tuesday Speaking about the rewards of starting a summer camp for the children of cancer patients “We just began to see applications coming in. When we began to read applications and the stories it was a major energy booster. We got to see why we’re doing this.”

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News, “At Forum, Student Assembly Candidates Address Minority Concerns,” Wednedsay Speaking about how to change the way minorities connect to the student body “Creating smaller groups where people can identify themselves and gain confidence in their identities is important in building a community where everyone feels comfortable in a wholistic group.”

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News, “Skorton Addresses Faculty Senate,” Thursday Speaking about the benefits of higher education “There’s no doubt, despite strong voices to the contrary, that higher education has a major impact on graduates’ economic success.”

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Sigma Phi Fraternity Raises Over $20K for Hospital

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Writer

Cornell’s chapter of the Sigma Phi fraternity has raised $22,000 in under a month for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, according to Dan Cappetta ’15, philanthropy chair for the fraternity.

The fraternity began the fundraising campaign because members wanted to improve the experience of children waiting for treatment at the hospital’s oncology center, according to Cappetta.

Proceeds from the fundraiser — which is hosted online at GoFundMe — will be used to refurbish the hospital’s pediatric oncology waiting room, according to Jordan Lerner ’17. The refurbishments will be implemented in the hospital’s new Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care, which will open in October, he added.

“We want to donate better furniture, better chairs, as well as an iPad library with a bunch of movies and games,” Lerner said. “Kids get bored, and they wander around and talk a lot, and that could be unnerving for other kids that are there. If the louder kids could just play a video game, they would be quiet, and it would be a more peaceful set-

ting.” staff at CHOP has been great in allowing us to conThe fraternity conducted its campaigning primarily tribute.” through social media and email, according to Lerner.

After meeting its original fundraising goal, the fraterniSigma Phi was able to reach its initial fundraising goal ty raised its goal to $20,000 and has since surpassed that as of $10,000 in just a few days, Cappetta added. well, according to Cappetta. It will keep the fundraiser “I think the campaign has been so successful because open for a few more days, Lerner said. we’re working towards a specific, tangible “Our goal right now is simply change,” Cappetta said. “When people “When people can envision to raise as much money as possican envision where their donation is ble so that we can make the waitwhere their donation is going, it elicits some emotion. At some ing room absolutely awesome,” point, they'll be able to see the results of Cappetta said. going, it elicits some their generosity.”

Sigma Phi will remain emotion.”

Support from members of the fraterniinvolved in planning the oncoloty contributed greatly to the fundraiser’s gy center’s refurbishment even Dan Cappetta ’15 success, according to Lerner. after the fundraiser closes, accord“Everyone thought it was a good idea, ing to Lerner. The fraternity a worthwhile cause, and something everyone in the house intends to visit the hospital and take part in the renovation could get behind,” Lerner said. process, he added.

Cappetta added that efforts of fraternity members “I think as a house we’re going to go down to allowed the fundraiser to reach a wider group of people.

Philadelphia at some point and try to put some bodies to “Each brother has made a tremendous effort to reach use,” Lerner said. out to their networks for support,” Cappetta said. “The many Greek organizations at Cornell that we’ve reached Stephanie Yan can be reached out to have been incredibly supportive. And of course, the at syan@cornellsun.com.

New Feminist Organization Launches ‘The F-Word’commences campaign at Cornell this week

By DAVID TICZON Sun Contributor

The F-Word — a new student-run group on campus — kicked off its campaign to end the stigma associated with feminism this past week.

To attract campus attention, The F-Word has been staffing informational tables at Ho Plaza and the lobby of Mann Library. After learning about the organization, students were asked to take a photo with a whiteboard saying, “I am a feminist because …”

Jami Nicholson ’17, co-founder of the organization, said he — along with Tamar Law ’17, Caitlin Noonan ’17, Meg Northrup ’17, and Jael Goldfine ’17, who is an arts and entertainment editor for The Sun — founded The F-Word last semester as a group meant to include diverse feminist perspectives. “[We want to] bring people together from all the nooks of Cornell, creating a network of feminists,” Nicholson said. “Also, [we hope to] to make feminism not be a dirty word or The F-Word.”

Nicholson said the group has continued to emphasize diversity since its founding last fall.

“We wanted a group that embraced diverse types of people such including majors, grades, classes and genders,” Nicholson said.

Law said the mission of the organization is to follow Prof. Bell Hooks’, literature, University of KELLY YANG / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER California, Santa Cruz, definition of “feminism for everyone.”

Loud and proud | Ruth Enriquez '17 holds a sign According to Law, the idea for the organization explaining why she is a feminist in the lobby of Mann came about when she and Northrup discussed their Library Thursday. own frustrations with the negative responses to feminism that they noticed around campus. Before well,” Keil said. “People were very happy and warm becoming an official organization, Law said they towards it.” began facilitating small discussion groups about femAccording to Law, the main message of the group inism. was inspired by a lecture she attended on March 2 at “There was no group dedicated solely to trying to Ithaca College by Chandra Mohanty, a postcolonial de-stigmatize feminism and bring it to a larger target and transnational feminist. audience,” Law said. “We wanted to enact some “We are not trying to be patronizing,” Law said. change instead of just talking The group will be going to about our frustrations.”

Washington D.C. next week for “The first days of the The group now has 65 memthe National Youth Feminist bers on their list serve, and their campaign have gone Leadership Conference, accordFacebook page has been viewed ing to Law. The organization will very well.” over 810 times, according to then elect its first executive Nicholson. board.

Tristan Keil ’17 The group is also associated The F-Word has formed conwith the non-profit Feminist tacts with Cornell’s VOX: Voices Majority Foundation. Northrup said she previously for Planned Parenthood and the Women’s Resource interned with the organization and reached out to Center in Ithaca, according to Nicholson. The group the group for help when starting The F-Word. plans continue to reach out to cultural groups and Members of The F-Word said the organization other feminist groups on campus. has received a warm welcome during its kickoff this Law said she has plans to strengthen the feminist week. presence on campus through political and social “The reaction was very positive,” Dara action.

Canchester ’18 said. “A lot of people wanted to learn “There is a trend of apathy in the college environa lot more about the campaign and wanted to inter- ment,” Law said. “We actually want to be doing act with what feminism is.” things.”

Tristan Keil ’17 — who was at the Ho Plaza and Mann Library tables — said he thought the reaction David Ticzon can be reached at to the club on campus has been very positive.

“The first days of the campaign have gone very dat228@cornellsun.com.

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Obama Acts on Financial Aid FINANCIAL AID

and especially upper middle class who just fall out of financial aid but still struggle with paying tuition, are the ones who are hurt the most.”

“I don’t see anything in this proposal that is Yang also pointed out that college payment inconsistent with what we’re already doing,” plans can be undercut by unforeseen costs.

Miller said.

“From what I see, a lot of students have trouble The University’s lobbyists in Washington, with paying ‘pop up costs.’ What I mean by ‘pop D.C. will support the policies that best alleviate up costs’ is extra costs they did not foresee in their the financial burdens placed on Cornell students, Cornell experience,” Yang said. “Many students according to Miller. This do not have the funds to includes the executive actions cover these ‘pop up costs’ announced Tuesday. leading to further loans.”

“I think Cornell has “The [University] adminisStill, Yang said he tration has had this ongoing worked very hard to limit agreed that the University’s effort to make college more current policies are mostly the amount of debt ... affordable,” Miller said. “I aligned with the administhink Cornell has worked very students graduate with.” tration’s standards for comhard to limit the amount of munication and service Dianne Miller debt Cornell students graduate networks between borrowwith.” ers and lenders.

However, Yamini Bhandari “Cornell does a fantastic ’17, member of the Student Assembly financial job in providing students with available resources, aid review committee, said that rising tuition affordable repayment plans, and if students canprices have created the need for improved finan- not repay their loan on time, the [financial aid] cial aid. office will work with the student … to either “I think the pace the tuition increases every extend the time or work on how to repay it on year is not met with a financial aid system that time,” Yang said. keeps on par,” Bhandari said.

The Obama administration has taken many Franklin Yang ’17, chair of the S.A. financial steps to improve the federal financial aid system aid review committee, added that even improved recently — it released a proposal in January to financial aid policies may not help students who make community college free for all students and are made ineligible for financial aid by moderate its announced last December that a $75 million family incomes but still cannot afford the full grant will be distributed to colleges and universicosts of attending college. ties across the country.

“Even if colleges and universities raise financial aid to match tuition costs, there are those students Rebecca Blair can be reached at who are left out,” Yang said. “The middle class rblair@cornellsun.com.

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Wednesday, March 18 4:30–6:00pm

Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium Goldwin Smith Hall Moderator: Joseph Burns, Dean of the University Faculty Panelists:

Kathryn Caggiano, OR&IE Ron Ehrenberg, ILR Francesca Molinari, Economics Paul Streeter, VP for Budget and Planning Charles Van Loan, Computer Science

Reception: 6:00–7:00pm in The History of Art Gallery (ground floor) Goldwin Smith Hall This event is free and open to the public

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the release.

“I’m constantly moved by the remarkable level of spirit and support that alumni, parents and friends show for Cornell,” Skorton said. “That strong community is one of the things that

sets Cornell apart from its peers, and it will be an incredibly powerful force to witness on March 25.”

According to Phlegar, the importance of the day rests in getting as many people as possible to participate. He said he hopes that Cornell Giving Day will stimulate support and

engagement across the entire university.

“Any gift of any size makes a difference,” Phlegar said. “What matters most is the act of participating in this day of collective action.”

Christopher Byrns can be reached at cbyrns@cornellsun.com.

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their one-minute speeches, one specific question was asked to the group, and each student was given time to respond. “$40 million. That’s what faculty wage increase Speaking after the event, Gabriel expressed her is going to be. That’s ridiculous,” said Mitchell wish that candidates would be held more accountMcBride ’18, candidate for S.A. Arts and Sciences able to student interests. representative.

“I was really hopeful candidates would speak “For the administraopenly and honestly tion to blindly pass a fee and using as much “One of the structural issues is related specificity as possible [regarding Gannett’s new policy] is just to how biases are important and how for their role in beyond me,” Indimine shared governance,” said. “I want to keep the University responds to these things.” Gabriel said. “I felt cost down and work like that a lot of times Samari Gilbert ’17 with administration at these events, there about housing. I also is a tendency for canpersonally learned how didates to gloss over hard it is to get housing on West; that needs to specifics, which is why my question was geared change.” more towards specificity.”

Noelani Gabriel ’16 asked candidates to Other students said they attended the forum to address the structural and institutional issues support their peers and to become more informed faced by minorities on Cornell’s campus. about student government.

“I think that structure of the University is “I’m here to support one of my very good ignorant of problems minority students face,” said friends, but also to learn more about our school’s Samari Gilbert ’17, minority at-large candidate. student government and how the process works,” “One of the structural issues is related to how Danielle Grinberg ’18 said. biases are important and how the University responds to those things.”

Molly Karr can be reached After each position’s group of candidates gave at mkarr@cornellsun.com.

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Jack Jones “Chasing Yesterday” could have been Oasis’s mantra.

There was always something comfortingly familiar and nostalgic about them, and this trend continues on Noel Gallagher’s second solo album, Chasing Yesterday. As the songwriter for Oasis, Gallagher led the ‘90s Britpop superstars in the paths of their idols — the Beatles, the Stones, the more recent Stone Roses — albeit with a significantly less eclectic sonic palette and much, much louder guitars. Their songs pretty much all sounded, on their first play, like you’d heard them before, and this was as much of an advantage as it could be; their best material was appealing because of its timelessness and familiarity.

Oasis stuck to the script created by their forebears and figured that the best path to success was imitation rather than innovation.

Of course, Oasis was also gifted with one of the most rock n’ roll vocalists of all time: Liam Gallagher, a man who could sneer and leer his way through a song like no other. Liam’s special talent was turning his brother Noel’s lyrical claptrap like “Slowly walking down the hall / Faster than a cannonball” into convincing, if not profound, statements of intent. Unfortunately, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are not graced with Liam’s ability to elevate the material through the mere power of his arro-

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There are times when Chasing Yesterday picks up steam: The spacey funk of “The Girl With X-Ray Eyes” followed by the urgent shout-along “Lock All the Doors” is the album’s most captivating segment. “You Know We Can’t Go Back,” an ode to unrealistic expectations in romance, boasts the album’s catchiest tune. Mostly, though, Chasing Yesterday meanders from pleasantly forgettable song to forgettably pleasant song; the kind of music that has a discernible and agreeable melody while it’s playing, and quickly evaporates from the listener’s mind as soon as it ends. Most representative is “The Right Stuff,” which plods along for five and a half minutes without developing into much of anything: Gallagher and a female vocalist lightly harmonize over a vaguely foreboding set of chords, ending with some pointless and uninteresting gui-

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tar soloing and a short appearance by a saxophone that pops up once in a while throughout the album to remind listeners that Chasing Yesterday doesn’t play by all of the average-rock-album rules.

There’s nothing bad about Chasing Yesterday. It is safe, mildly entertaining rock music that is perfect for background music at a family restaurant, church picnic or anywhere else that actually desires inoffensiveness in music.

Ultimately, though, it is disappointing to see that Noel Gallagher can’t carry the Oasis torch, since his brother certainly can’t either; Liam’s current band, Beady Eye, is even more cliched and formulaic that Noel’s, while Liam’s public persona has devolved into pathetic sniping at other celebrities and empty self-aggrandizement. Noel has always been the more measured of the two, as well as the real brains behind the outfit, writing all the songs and lyrics. As it turns out, however, he needs his brother’s haughty and conceited attitude to give the songs the sense of command that Oasis had. Without Liam, Noel is an admirable technical musician, playing songs that are perfectly entertaining but rarely exciting.

Jack Jones is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at dwj37@cornell.edu.

Way back in 2011, enigmatic rapper Jay Electronica announced the completion of his debut studio album, entitled Act II: Patents of Nobility. Due in part to the excellence of his 2009 Just Blaze-produced singles “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C,” and in part to Jay Elec’s own shaman-like mystique, Act II became something of a Holy Grail to rap fans, earning itself the status of “best album never heard.” We are now in 2015 with still no word on when or if the now 38-year-old emcee will drop the project, but further proof of its existence surfaced last week in the form of the unintentionally-released single, “Road to Perdition.” The song’s listed Jay Z feature misleads, as the only vocals from Mr. Carter come in the form of a looped sample from his 2007 Nas collaboration, “Success.” Ruses aside, the song bumps, featuring a triumphant, horn-based instrumental by DJ Khalil. Jay Electronica employs the same bag of tricks used in the little other music he has actually released: samples of famous speeches (this time from Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing”), lyrical self-mystification and endless film references (the song even shares its title with a 2002 Tom Hanks movie). His flow and lyricism remain in top form, with words falling into one another like dominoes as Jay delivers powerful, self-assertive lines like: “A thousand kisses to the haters cause they made me greater / A thousand wishes from a million slaves could raise a savior.” It is moments like this that remind us why we were excited about Act II to begin with, but also why the waiting process for a potentially nonexistent project is so goddamn frustrating.

Ella Henderson might have only finished in 6th place on The X-Factor, but two years later this up and coming pop darling has already reached number one on the U.K. charts with her debut album Chapter One. During her run on the star making machine, Ella Henderson cemented her voice and her lyrical styling as someone to reckon with. Following the success of the epically catchy radio hit, “Ghost,” comes her fourth single, the mid-tempo “Mirror Man.” With this new single, Henderson shows a different side of herself. While “Mirror Man” has the same dark and broody sensibility of “Ghost,” it also has a smoother, R&B influenced rhythm as well as a Fiona Apple-like attitude that is absent from her other songs. Henderson, with sass and brass, sings about an extremely vain ex who thinks he’s all that, but the only thing he seems to impress on Henderson is disdain. She croons over snappy guitar riffs with lines like, “I thought your eyes were fixed on me / But now I know, yourself is all you wanna see," and “Mirror man, no one could love you / Better than a mirror can.” While singing about self-absorbed exes isn't the most original or complex of topics, it certainly is a theme most people have no difficulty relating to. Henderson's slinky voice, catchy beat and memorable lyrics on “Mirror Man” are sure to make it a hit.

The latest single from Carly Rae Jepsen — responsible for “Call Me Maybe” and “This Kiss”: gems that were so bad they were good — “I Really Like You” is everything you would expect and more. Even though everyone is only talking about it because its music video features Tom Hanks lip-syncing and that in and of itself would be worth discussing, let’s look at the merits of the song itself. Like “This Kiss,” she taps into the ’80s beat and sound, but the newest single is modern bubblegum pop at its finest. While she seems to struggle with the first verse (and doesn’t seem to find her voice until halfway through the second), there’s a distinct moment when she switches from breathy and quiet to displaying her full power, which kicks the track into overdrive. While this vocal timidity is arguably because she is trying to show the insecurity in the lyrics, there is an obvious gap in quality between the verses. Unlike her other songs, this track relies too much on the chorus to be catchy, and — maybe because of the breathiness — the lyrics of the verses get lost. Whether or not you like it, you knew every word of “Call Me Maybe” by the second time you heard it. You’ll probably know the chorus of “I Really Like You” after just the first listen, but that’s only because it’s essentially the title repeated over and over (and over) again. And the loss of the verses’ lyrics is a shame because, while not totally sensical (What does, “Who gave you eyes like that, said you could keep them,” even mean?), they do make an honest attempt at capturing the joyous confusion when you are around someone you like but are really unsure if they feel the same way.

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couple of weeks ago, D.C. released the first photo of Jason Mamoa as Aquaman, set to debut in 2017’s Justice League film, or possibly as soon as Batman vs.

Superman, slated for 2016.

And what a picture it was. Mamoa — perhaps best known for his scene-stealing performance as Khal Drogo in HBO’s Game of Thrones — is Aquaman like we’ve never seen him before. The hulking Hawaiian brings a whole new culture to the character, replacing short-cropped blonde hair for long, flowing brown locks and a tight, vibrant orange suit for his rippling muscles and tattoos.

I try not to throw this term around lightly, but he looks pretty epic.

And I hate it.

What happened to the Aquaman I knew?

What happened to the orange scale suit and green tights? The (relatively) modest physical stature? The guy that I could look at as a kid and think, “Yeah, he doesn’t look so tough.”

This may seem like an odd stance to take.

Especially considering my recent articles, where I advocate for the embracing of race changing roles, and bring myself to vinegar strokes thinking of repackaged, dark, gritty childhood characters.

But I’m bummed. I feel like D.C. had a real opportunity with this character, and just blew it.

To set it straight, I’m not mad because they were abandoning canon. This interpretation of Aquaman does actually fit the 1990s comic character pretty reasonably, with the wild beard, hair, etc.

I’m not upset with the race change either.

Aquaman as a Pacific Islander is an interesting take, makes sense and — most importantly — adds diversity to a homogeneously white

genre.

It’s not even that they chose to go with a relatively obscure and lesser-known interpretation rather than the one that I have such childhood nostalgia for.

I understand why D.C. went this way. I really do. It definitely fits the dark, broody feel that they love more so than the traditional take on Aquaman. I get that. It’s par for the course. It’s what they want their superheroes to be.

And that is what kills me.

With the emergence of superhero films, I feel like we’ve been missing a big part of what made them so great. A lot of favorites are loved not only because of their powers or feats, but also because they are relatable.

How many people name Superman as their favorite superhero? Almost nobody I know. Only that same kid who roots for whichever team is in first place because they’re the best.

Why not Superman? It’s because he’s so perfect. So unattainable. And the same can be said for a lot of the heroes we’ve stocked up on the big screen.

Thor? God. The Hulk? Super genius.

Batman? Unimaginably wealthy. Iron Man? Super-genius and unimaginably wealthy. Most of these guys don’t exactly inspire empathy.

What exactly has got me so mad about this Aquaman?

Aquaman is the first one in the D.C. cabinet to get mocked. The outfit, the relatively

specific and narrow scope of his powers, his relatively modest physical stature, everything about him is meek compared to his peers.

Next to the rest of the Justice League, he comes off as a bit silly. And that’s what is so great about him.

This is a genre that — as currently represented in Hollywood — tells us that if you want to be a hero, you have to look the part.

There’s a list of physical attributes that you must have, or else you’re better off settling for being a Good Samaritan.

You need to be male, at least 6’3”, least 225 at pounds, less than Needell in a one percent body Crapstack fat, dark and/or gritty and a certified badass. If you’re lacking in any of these, you can maybe get by if you’re really, really, stupidly rich.

I look in the mirror and I don’t exactly fit the bill. And I doubt very many of you do either.

Aquaman was a glorious opportunity to send a different message in a generally machismo genre. It was a chance to say, “Hey, be who you want to be, screw the rest, and you can still be fucking awesome.” It was a chance to say, “Put on your ridiculous orange and green tights, gather your fish friends with your weird power and go be great.” A chance to say, “You’re a generous 5’10”, weigh 155 pounds and haven’t hit the gym consistently since high school? Cool, same with Aquaman, and he’s a fucking legend.”

Aquaman rocks, because despite the fact

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that he comes off a bit silly next to the rest of the beefed up Justice League, he’s still a complete and total badass.

This was an opportunity to ditch the old fashioned and worn out idea that big, strong men are the ones who save the day. And they blew it.

And to me, this is largely why Marvel has been so much more successful on the big screen than their counterpart. Yeah, I ridiculed some of their stuff before, but I was trying to make a point, and I’m working with a small sample size here. But Marvel has some great, relatable characters.

When we go to the movies, we want to see ourselves on screen. And I just can’t see myself in these D.C. heroes.

Why do people love Captain America?

Starlord? Spiderman? It’s because, when it comes down to it, they were all one of us at some point. Each is a normal guy who stumbles into heroism and shoulders the burden through astonishing perseverance and determination. They weren’t born special. They were born normal, other than an incredible will that gave them the potential to be special.

While Aquaman may not have started out as normal, at least he’s a change of pace in terms of what a hero should look and behave like. We lost that, and that stinks.

And yes, I see more of myself in fish-loving, water-needing, flamboyant tights-wearing Aquaman than I do Khal Drogo after a trip to SeaWorld — no matter how cool the latter may look.

Evan Needell is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at eneedell@cornellsun.com. Needell in a Crapstack rusn alternate Fridays this semester.

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his February marked the month that America honored and celebrated the achievements and contributions of the black American community.

This time of year always brings me back to my own experiences as a Teach For America corps member, and the powerful conversations that Black History Month provoked with my students. My kids and I talked a lot about race and the ways that racial identity shaped their daily lives. As a math teacher, I highlighted Science, Technology, Engineering and Math innovators who shared the ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds of my students. I treated these lessons with the utmost care, because I knew that the struggles of the past were very much a part of my kids’ present — when a cashier squints suspiciously when they walk into a store, when they turn on the news and see another person who looks like them lose a life to senseless violence. These lessons are anything but history.

My students deal with the effects of institutionalized racism and poverty every day. Many of them would come to school hungry and exhausted. Their families, who loved and cared for them immensely and juggled multiple jobs to make ends meet, often still lacked the support they needed to overcome the barriers they faced.

In the face of this reality, we have no time to waste. This school year marked the first in which the majority of public school students are minorities. Our generation has a responsibility to work to ensure that each and every one of them is moving through a system that affirms their identities, shows them they’re valued and allows them access to the opportunities they have been denied for far too long.

While the “whites only” signs of the 1960s have come down, the reality of separate and unequal endures. Alongside glaring gaps in educational, employment and economic opportunity, people of color in this nation face a variety of subtler, no less damaging assumptions. A successful black lawyer hears whispers of affirmative action. A young black boy on a corner is seen as “lurking,” while his white peers “hang out.” A black college student is asked to give “the black perspective” to a seminar full of white students who are never asked to speak on behalf of their entire race.

In working to combat this, we have to start early. I think often about a meeting I

had with one of my sixth graders — just 11 years old and already deeply impacted by the stereotypes around him. After sitting down with him and his wonderful mother to discuss his academic progress, I learned that he had once been called ‘stupid’ by a teacher. He had spent the next four years believing that he was truly incapable of succeeding. While this would be a heavy burden for any child to carry, it’s heavier still for black students, who are constantly bombarded with images that associate whiteness with academic ability.

Once I learned that, I knew that changing his performance had to start with changing his mindset. Together, we worked after school and weekends so that he could catch up. And he did. The image of the smile on his face when he started earning h i g h grades, that inquisitive look when he missed practice questions and the persistent display of newfound self-confidence will stay with me for the rest of my life.

I joined Teach For America in large part because of David Archer ‘05 — C.U. football coach and Teach For America alumnus. Although I wasn’t initially sure if I could handle teaching, as I listened to Coach Archer talk about his experience, I knew I wanted to have the kind of impact he described. Once I got to the classroom, I could not have been happier about my decision. The opportunity to teach and empower my students is one for which I will be eternally grateful.

We have a long way to go as a country before we truly achieve justice for all. To fix the systemic oppression that has created the gross inequality of the present will take the hard, dedicated work of countless leaders and change-makers — many who have experienced it first-hand, others who bear witness to it from further away. We must work toward these long-term changes as well as the immediate, urgent opportunities to change the way our students view themselves and their futures.

As teachers, we can play a central role in this. Every day, we can remind our kids that their thoughts, ideas, identities and opinions are important. We can share our own stories so that when our kids look to the front of the room, they see a little bit of themselves reflected back. We can remind them that they matter, that they always have and that they always will.

My students deal with the effects of institutionalized racism and poverty every day. Many of them would come to school hungry and exhausted.

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he Humane Society defines “canned hunting” as the practice of shooting captive animals in enclosed spaces for sport. Canned hunts take place at commercial hunting reserves, where the animals are kept in pens so they can easily be shot at close range.

Traditional recreational hunting is one of the most popular outdoor activities in upstate New York. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) closely oversees most recreational hunting by enforcing season dates, season zones and bag limits (the number of animals of a species or group that a hunter may kill or keep).

Additionally, a hunter’s safety education course is a required prerequisite for hunters, and all the usual gun laws apply for firearm use. These regulations strive to protect the welfare of the hunters, the public and the environment.

Canned hunting, on the other hand, is entirely different. Because hunting reserves sit on private land, state regulations do not apply. In fact, canned hunts are completely unsupervised by the DEC, or any other government agency. Participants as young as twelve are welcome to take part without a hunter’s license, and no prior firearms experience is required. This lack of regulation encourages inexperienced hunters to participate, which often results in sloppy kills — four or five shots and a slow, agonizing death for the animal.

Participants usually pay for guaranteed successful hunts, with flat-rate prices for various species of game animal. Many reserves advertise “no kill, no pay” policies and offer daily specials. The animals are often captive bred, hand fed, and raised to be entirely trusting of humans. Some of the animals are so tame, they willingly walk up to the hunters and affectionately nuzzle their legs. Everything about these hunts complete-

These tame, captive-bred animals are not part of any wild breeding population. The animals die for no reason other than the amusement of those who kill them. ly negates any concept of a fair chase.

Some reserves even offer exotic animals — a short drive from Ithaca, one reserve offers Russian boars. Another nearby reserve offers African Ankole-Watusi cows and Alaskan-native Dall Sheep. New York has twelve hunting reserves in total. Most people aren’t familiar with canned hunting because the reserves tend to keep a low profile. Although a few of them have websites, they primarily reach new customers by word-ofmouth.

In 2011, the Humane Society of the United States released hidden camera footage obtained during undercover investigations of three New York hunting reserves. Footage from one reserve shows animals being drugged with sedatives before the hunts begin, making them even easier targets. Not surprisingly, the footage also revealed unspeakable acts of cruelty on the part of the hunt operators.

The arguments in favor of traditional recreational hunting (food, ecological balance, sport) do not apply to canned hunting. Firstly, the animals are hunted for trophies, not food. Trophy hunting, canned or not, is inherently more cruel than hunting for food. When hunting for food, experienced hunters aim for the head, which leaves more edible parts of the animal intact and usually assures a quick kill. Trophy hunters, on the other hand, purposefully avoid shooting the animals in the head because this would deface their trophy. Instead, the hunters aim for less conspicuous body parts, like the stomach, causing the animal to slowly bleed out.

Secondly, it is undisputed that these hunts do not take place in order to restore or maintain some sort of ecological balance. These tame, captive-bred animals are not a part of any wild breeding population. The animals die for no reason other than the amusement of those who kill them. Moreover, merely allowing the exotic species to exist unregulated in New York poses an environmental threat in and of itself. Foreign animals have the potential to carry illnesses that native species have no immunity to.

Lastly, the idea of there being any “sport” to this practice is laughable. Even proponents of traditional hunting find canned hunting to be embarrassing and contrary to the spirit of hunting. It requires no skill on the part of the hunters, as the animals have no chance of escape. Most disturbing, perhaps, is the rising trend among hunting reserves to offer computer-assisted “remote hunting.” This practice allows participants from anywhere in the world to kill animals with the click of a mouse, using remotely controlled firearms that can be aimed and shot via online webcams. The animals on the other end of the webcams are penned in small fenced enclosures with nowhere to run.

Twenty-six states have full or partial bans on canned hunting, but the practice remains entirely legal in New York. In addition to there being no state regulations in place, there is also currently no federal U.S. law that regulates hunting reserves. A bill was introduced to curb the practice in 2011, but died in Congress. Raising awareness about canned hunting is the first step toward abolishing it.

Lily Lysle is a student at Cornell Law School. Responses can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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endrick Lamar is the approval of the legislation blinking of red and blue / most important is not guaranteed and, sim- Flash from the top of your voice on race rela- ply put, the Obama admin- roof / And your dog has to tions in America — or at istration has not been the say woof / And you ask ‘lift least that’s what I’ll argue. beacon of hope many had up your shirt’ / Cause you wonder if a tattoo / Of While I may not even be longed for. entirely convinced myself, When Kendrick Lamar affiliation can make it a Kendrick’s new album is releases an album it’s a cul- pleasure to put me through due out in eleven days so tural event. The drop dom- / Gang files, but that don't why not. inates everything from matter because the matter is Clearly, Kendrick Lamar Facebook and Twitter to the racial profile / I heard them is a rapper and not a politi- late-night shows, college chatter: ‘He's probably cian with the ability to campuses to the young but I know that he's transform solutions to soci- Washington Post and New down’ / ‘Step on his neck as etal problems into law. Yet, York Times. It’s not that a hard as your bullet proof as a strikingly large portion Barack Obama speech does- vest.’”

That’s a powerful winof the country doesn’t rec- n’t do the same thing, it’s ognize racism or structural that music transcends party dow of insight into the discrimination as relevant lines and is more accessible experiences of many. I have or existing issues, the power than political rhetoric; no doubt that a great numof a politician is currently Kendrick Lamar can speak ber of police officers are irrelevant regarding societal bluntly, Barack Obama heroes, but the ones who change; legislation can’t fix can’t. aren’t cause tensions that problems a country d o e s n’t accept it has. As a strikingly large portion of the K e n d r i c k country doesn’t recognize racism ...

Lamar not only has the the power of a politician is u n i q u e power to currently irrelevant ... reach a mass audience, he The Justice Department affect a whole minority has the desire to push the conversation towards racial recently concluded an population and the entirety investigation of the of the race relations discusboundaries.

When it comes to dis- Ferguson Police Depart - sion. People aren’t afraid of cussing important voices ment and released a report the police based on some on race relations in condemning the systematic abstraction — they fear the America, President Obama racism found within. While police because the police is the obvious choice. a government report may have unjustly arrested or Certainly, Barack Obama is not attract the attention or killed someone that could a transformative figure and curiosity of an average citi- have been them. Kendrick at one point, circa 2008, zen, Kendrick exposes the Lamar may not have the may have been the golden listener to a message solutions to these problems, voice of America. But a uniquely crafted towards but he’s going to make partisan Congress has kept exposing social imbalances damn sure you hear about Obama on the defensive and race relations that can them.

And that’s really where and bogged down his agen- proxy for the Justice the solutions start. Before da, while the government Department.

Take these lines from America can fix its racism has lurched from deadline crisis to deadline crisis. Lamar’s “Good Kid:” “I can problem, it must accept it Anything the President never pick out the differ- has a problem. Kendrick speaks on, no matter the ence and grade a cop on the Lamar isn’t the only one content or insight, half the bill / Every time you clock speaking on these issues, country will automatically in the morning / I feel you but he’s the one people are dismiss out of hand. If the just want to kill / All my listening to.

Affordable Care Act is left innocence while ignoring intact it may prove to be my purpose / To persevere the cornerstone of Obama’s as a better person / I know Jake Forken is a junior in the College of Ecology. He may be reached at legacy, but, due to the you heard this and probably Human jrf285@cornell.edu. My Forken King v. Burrell Supreme in fear / But what am I sup- Opinion appears alternate Fridays this Court challenge, legal posed to do / With the semester.

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“When you’re five years old, everyone’s dream is to make it to the NHL ... I never really gave up that dream, regardless of the ups and downs and injuries.

I’ve stayed driven and never strayed from my dream.” be contagious to other guys and that’s really what they wanted from me too. When an organization prides themselves on the same things that I pride myself on, it was a good mix.”

The Fairport, New York native led the Red in scoring this season with five goals and 17 assists. In his career for Cornell, Bardreau had 18 goals and 36 assists in 103 games. The 21-year-old is the first undrafted free agent from Cornell to sign an NHL contract since Brendon Nash in 2010. When he was sitting at the table, ready to sign his first pro contract, Bardreau said he couldn’t help but feel sentimental.

“There was a lot going on in my head,” Bardreau said. [Signing the contract] was actually here and I thought about all of the people that have influenced my career. I thought about my mom a lot. She’s given up a lot to get me to where I am today and I wouldn’t be here without her. I was thinking about everything that I’ve sacrificed for hockey, and how it’s been worth it.”

Bardreau won his first All-Ivy League honor last week when he was selected to the league’s First Team. In 2013, Bardreau won a gold medal with Team USA at the World Junior Championships in Russia. At the NHL level, Bardreau projects to be a gritty third or fourth line winger level with good speed and strong hockey IQ, according to scouts.

The last words on the chapter of Cole Bardreau’s college career have been written and the ink has dried. But, on the inside, Bardreau is not any different than most kids starting off playing hockey. For most of those kids, reality eventually sets in and they cave into the voices who talk about the improbability of making it to the NHL. Closer now than ever before to the highest level of professional hockey, Bardreau refuses to cave. After all, that determination is what has gotten him to this point in his career.

“When you’re five years old, everyone’s dream is to make it to the NHL and that dwindles as most people get older, but for me, hockey has been my life since I was five and it’s one of the most important things to me,” Bardreau said.“To be honest, I never really gave up that dream, regardless of the ups and downs and injuries and what not. I’ve stayed driven and never strayed from my dream.

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

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think we have that.”

Although the game is an Ivy League opener, its implications may be felt late in the season.

Neither title-seeking team can afford a loss to the other, while a strong performance can build up momentum that lasts the rest of the season.

“We’re looking to get a big Ivy win,” Lorde said. “A victory over Yale will propel us forward and keep our motivation high. It’s real-

ly a crucial game for us.”

“It’s important to start off well,” Bolen said. “We put a lot of emphasis on all Ivy League games and ultimately our conference record.”

Cornell and Yale will face off Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in New Haven, Connecticut. The game will be broadcast nationally on Fox College Sports and locally on the radio at 870 AM / 95.9 FM. Nathaniel Martin can be reached at nmartin@cornellsun.com.

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Bardreau SignsWith Flyers

Red star overcomes near-paralyzation, headed to next level

By JOON LEE

“It never once went through my head that I wasn’t going to play again,” Bardreau said. “It was always just, when can I get back. It was just when I The situation was grim. Cole Bardreau had been could get back.” illegally checked from behind during a game at RPI Now, less than three years later, Bardreau is not and was awaiting the results from the CT Scan on only back playing hockey, but he’s headed on a potenhis back. When they did come back, the prognosis tial path to the NHL. Bardreau signed a two-year was unpromising. entry level contract “It never once went Bardreau fractured with the Philahis C-7 vertebrae in delphia Flyers, bethrough my head that both the front and ginning with the I wasn’t going to back of his neck. start of the 2015-16 Somehow, Bardreau season, the team anplay again.” made it through the nounced on Twitter Cole Bardreau game, but the graviThursday afternoon. ty of the situation Bardreau will join wasn’t apparent until he was sitting in the hospital the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms next week, the room.

Flyers’ affiliate, playing on an amateur tryout contract.

“You’re flirting with being paralyzed when it’s While he’s one step closer to fulfilling his dream, three [fractures],” Bardreau told NHL.com in 2013. Bardreau cautioned that there’s still a lot of work left Bardreau had fractured two columns in his neck. to be done.

While some would fear a return to playing hock“I signed a contract, but that doesn’t mean I fuley, Bardreau said he could only think one thing filled my goal of playing in the NHL,” Bardreau while he laid down in the bed in the hospital, a brace See BARDREAU page 11 around his neck.

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Bardreau goes pro | Senior forward Cole Bardreau finished his Cornell career strong, leading the team in points and assists this past season.

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Cornell Represented at Red Travels to New Haven Indoor Championships To Take On Undefeated Yale

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

As the snow starts to melt and the indoor track and field season comes to a close, two of the Red’s top athletes are headed to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to compete in the NCAA Indoor Championships this weekend.

Senior Stephen Mozia, a two-time All-American in the shot put, will compete, and sophomore Grant Sisserson will compete in the pole vault.

Only the top 16 athletes in the country in each division can qualify for the championships, so the stakes are high, according to men’s head coach Nathan Taylor.

“It’s super competitive,” he said. “There’s not much margin for error at the top levels.”

The championships mark the midseason transition from indoor to outdoor competition, which makes it one of the most important contests of the year. “[Track and field] is a huge course for which you have a midterm and a final and that’s it. This is the midterm,” Taylor said.

Mozia is not new to the indoor championships, having qualified every season he has been with the Red. Last year, Mozia finished in second place with a 65’ 9.75” throw in the shot put.

“This year is probably the deepest I’ve ever seen the NCAA so I feel truly honored

to have made it this far,” he said.

Sisserson, on the other hand, is making his first trip to the indoor championships.

The pole vaulter has been having a strong season, earning Male MVP after breaking an Ivy League and school record at the Marc Denault Memorial Invitational on Feb. 21st. Most recently, Sisserson took first place at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships.

Taylor said he is confident that both athletes have what it takes to succeed at this high level of competition.

“I thought for sure they could [qualify],” he said.

“Grant is one of the best pole vaulters in the country … [and] these guys are the only two athletes from the Ivy League who qualified for this meet.”

While Mozia’s placing at the championships has improved each year, he said his main focus is on having a positive experience at the competition.

“I have [been] trying to put less stress on myself this year about how I must do and am just trying to enjoy the experience,” said he.

He also hopes to end the indoor season on a strong note.

“I have been working on my competitive mindset,” Mozia said. “I have not had the season I've wanted so far but hopefully I can turn it around this weekend.”

Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun.com.

By NATHANIEL MARTIN Sun Staff Writer

The biggest game of the regular season may come early for the No. 9 Cornell men’s lacrosse team, who travels to New Haven to face undefeated No. 6 Yale in their Ivy League opener on Saturday.

Cornell Having already played away games at No. 1 Syracuse and No. 7 Virginia, as well as in Texas against No. 11 Albany, the Red is no stranger @ to tough matchups away from home. Yale will be similarly formidable, but their hard-nosed, aggressive style sets Yale them apart from other accomTomorrow, 12:30 p.m. plished teams.

New Haven, Conn.

“Yale plays a hard, blue-collar style that can pose challenges for any team,” said junior attacker Bradlee Lord.

“Yale is off to a very strong start, especially with their win over [No. 8] Maryland. They are a talented team, well-coached, and always play hard,” said freshman midfielder Jack Bolen.

Going into the game, the Red shows a strong belief in its own abilities and style of play.

“I don’t think we’ll change our game when playing Yale,” Lorde said. “The focus in practice has been on continuing to get better and staying with our system. To beat Yale, we just need to stick to our system, finish shots, and play strong for the entire game.”

As is the case in many close games, the deciding factor could be how efficiently teams use their opportunities.

“We need to win the ground ball battle, the offense has to get shots on cage, and everyone has to play team defense,” Lorde said.

These areas have been huge strengths for the Red

so far. Cornell has won the ground ball and faceoff battles in every game this season. They have had at least 40 shots in total and 25 shots on goal in each of its last four games, a big reason why they have scored at least 10 goals in each of those contests.

Yale marks the final game of a six-game road trip to start the season. Though, Binghamton was originally supposed to be a home game, but was moved to a neutral location because of cold temperatures.

As a result, Cornell’s first home game on March 17 will be its latest home opener since 1994. While many might expect such a long road stretch to be a burden, the team generally believes the time away has helped them come together.

“Being together as a team for the traveling has made us closer,” Bolen said.

“There’s a different mentality you need to win games away from home and I

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Road warriors | The Red have faced a difficult away schdule this year, and things don’t get any easier this weekend at Yale.