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President David Skorton Discusses Change in University Leadership By SUN STAFF
By the end of this academic year, the University will see the departure of several senior-level administrators — President David Skorton will leave in June to head the Smithsonian Institution, Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94 will retire from her post as vice president for student and academic services and former provost Kent Fuchs began his presidency at the University of Florida at the beginning of this year. In an interview with The Sun earlier this month, Skorton said he believed this transition between leaderships and such turnover was a “good” thing. He explained this in the context of when the Board of Trustees approached him to consider another five-year term as president. “I told them I didn’t want to do it because … fresh ideas are very important in such a complex [and] changing entity,” he said. “Every year,
roughly a quarter of undergrad students turn over. Every year, new graduate and professional students come in. Faculty and hiring staff turnover occurs. And so, I think it’s good for the leadership to turn over as well.” Skorton said the Board of Trustees, whose tasks are to “hire and release the President,” is a major force of continuity between change in leadership. He added that “direct interaction between incoming and outgoing executives” is another factor that plays in continuity. “Murphy, after 21 years, will still be around here in another role and she will make herself available if the new person wants advice,” he said. “So I think there is already potential for a good, smooth transition. … I know there will be a chance for some interaction between people who are doing the job and people who are going to be doing it later.” Skorton also said he has had consistent inter-
By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer
During a faculty forum held Wednesday afternoon, faculty members shared their perspectives on the pros and cons of revenue enhancement to improve the University’s financial future and encouraged new academic initiatives to provide budgetary relief. According to Dean of Faculty Joseph Burns Ph.D. ’66, astronomy, the goal of the forum — entitled “Revenue Enhancement: At What Cost? To What Benefit?” — was to engage more faculty in some of the ongoing discussions on revenue enhancement. Because all of Cornell’s colleges have already increased or plan to increase both the number of professional Master’s degree programs and the number of students within them, the forum primarily addressed how creating new Master’s degrees can act as a source of further revenue for the University. The first speaker, Prof. Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations, said he has been fortunate enough to live in the golden age of the private research university. “Being a faculty at Cornell has been and continues to be a great gift,” he said. “Public research universities make our problems look insignificant.” Ehrenberg said in recent years, the University has been able to increase See FORUM page 4
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Ithaca Landlord Pleads Guilty to 122 Counts of Violations in Court By MADELINE COHEN Sun Assistant News Editor
Ithaca landlord Aaron Pichel, co-owner of a property in the DeWitt Park Historic District, “plead guilty to 122 counts of violations” in court on March 11, according to a release from the City of Ithaca. Pichel, who was charged with violating City of Ithaca and New York state codes, has agreed to pay up to $20,000 in fines for multiple charges, including the overall decrepit
condition of the building located at 102 East Court St. “2009 inspections of the premises revealed the dilapidated condition of the property and Pichel was ordered by the Building Commissioner to make repairs to the structure,” according to the release. Despite the fact that the city conducted an additional building inspection in 2013, Pichel made none of the mandated repairs. He was then charged with “numerous violations” in July 2014.
He plead guilty to violations such as the failure to maintain a property wthin the DeWitt Park Historic District and failing to obey orders of the building commissioner, according to the release. He paid a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to the violations and signed an affidavit for the court to hold $15,000. Pichel agreed to bring the property up to code standards in approximately six months. If See LANDLORD page 4
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On Saturday evening the Armory was full of smoke and enthusiasm, smoke from good tobacco and enthusiasm from good Cornellians. The occasion was the smoker given by the class of ninety-nine, primarily to afford an appropriate setting for the presentation of a pair-oared gig to the navy and secondarily, to bring together into a united and inspired whole, working for the development of that grand good thing, Cornell spirit, faculty, alumni, graduates and undergraduates alike. It would not be describing the smoker justly to say that it was a grand success in that everyone had a good seat, had a pipe and tobacco, and was agreeably entertained for several hours. It is only when we say that never was the spirit of loyalty and devotion to our Alma Mater more manifest, that never did the Cornell slogan ring out with fuller sound, that never were earnestness, unity, good-fellowship, and good will more apparent, that we can give some faint idea of this smoker which was truly a liberal education in the Cornell idea. The crowd entered the Armory by two entrances,
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Prof. William Bialek, physics, Princeton University, spoke Wednesday evening about how biological creatures have developed to operate near the limits that the laws of physics allow as part of the the Hans Bethe Lecture Series. The evening began with Bialek honoring Hans Bethe, a long-time Cornell professor. According to Bialek, Bethe greatly influenced the scientific community. “Somebody once said about Hans Bethe that he has KERN SHARMA / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER done so many different things that one would not be surA student from the Cornell Institute of Biological Engineering prepares for the BioExpo Research Symposium in Duffield prised to learn if there were many people whose name was Hall Wednesday. Hans Bethe,” Bialek said. Bialek also said “sophisticated algorithms” in fields like computer science rely on Bethe’s work. performance tracks the limit perfectly,” Bialek said. “Not the lab, furrows must be made on the embryo at around After speaking about Bethe’s research about stars, only is he capable of measuring a delay to the precision of the 30 percent mark consistently, and can only being off Bialek said he hoped that the evening’s lecture would cap- ten billionths of a second, it is also true it is down at the by at most “plus or minus one.” He said the level of accutivate the audience. limit of what is allowed given the noise limit of the room racy required is hard to visualize, so he offered a Cornell“I hope you will find some of the phenomenon that I around it.” related human comparison. talk about this evening as romantic as “Let us imagine that the size of the nucleus is the size In addition to studying bats, Bialek Bethe found the stars,” he said. also said he studies the ability of parti- of the Cornell campus. Then the target you are trying to Throughout the evening, Bialek gave cles to detect the presence of light even hit is half a meter,” Bialek said. “It means that the way the “If you think about the examples of “biological system[s] pushin the darkest of situations to the cell can respond to the chemical signals carried by these set of things allowed by degree of “single molecules or pho- molecules is equivalent to trying to figure out how many ing right at the edge of what the laws of the laws of physics and tons.” He said that although he has students there are on campus by standing still and countphysics allow.” Bialek cited bats’ use of echolocation been researching this for a long time, he ing how many people walk past you.” chemistry it is huge.” as an example of the phenomenon. According to Bialek, there are many examples of naturstill finds it “astonishing” that a cell “Bats find their lunch, like a moth, with a billion molecules can tell when al organisms pushing the limits of physics. Prof. William Bialek through echolocation,” Bialek said. “If you think about the set of things allowed by the light is present. “They emit high frequency pulses of “It is as if you were surrounded by a laws of physics and chemistry it is huge,” Bialek said. “I sound and listen for the echo and by measuring the time billion molecules of some perfume and somebody added think things that occur right at the edge of those are very delay of the echo know the distance to the target.” one molecule that was a little different and you could special.” According to Bialek, this ability for bats, which was smell it,” Bialek said. developed to use echolocation is incredibly precise. Like the precision of bats and molecules, Bialek’s work David Ticzon can be reached “When you do the experiment with the bats, the bat’s on fly embryos also must be exact. He explained that in at dticzon@cornellsun.com.
Former Harvard Professor Files Federal Lawsuit Kimberly Theidon says tenure was denied due to her advocacy for sexual assault victims By THE HARVARD CRIMSON
Kimberly Theidon, a former Harvard associate anthropology professor, filed a lawsuit against the University Thursday in federal court, reiterating allegations that Harvard denied her tenure in May 2013 for advocating for victims of sexual assault. The complaint — which names Harvard and the Harvard Corporation as defendants — reiterates several allegations that
Theidon previously made in a complaint she filed roughly a year ago with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination alleging that Harvard’s decision to deny her tenure violated the federal anti-sex discrimination law Title IX. She later withdrew that complaint and indicated her plans to sue the University. Prior to filing the initial charge, Theidon had appealed Harvard’s decision to deny her tenure.
Theidon’s Thursday complaint alleges that Harvard “retaliat[ed] against her by denying her tenure immediately after and because ... she supported” a student campaign to reexamine the school’s response to complaints of sexual assault. Additionally, Theidon alleges in the complaint that she was denied tenure because she opposed what she viewed as a “sexually hostile environment” for women who complained about
sexual assault and harassment at Harvard. Finally, the 34-page complaint alleges that the University denied Theidon tenure because of her gender. The complaint says this “retaliation” violated Title IX and antiemployment discrimination law Title VII. In the complaint, Theidon specifies a number of concerns regarding how her gender allegedly affected her ultimate tenure decision. She claims that she was
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held to a higher standard than male peers and received “less pay and work space than those accorded to males who had less experience or productivity.” Theidon also alleges that Judith D. Singer, senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity, was aware of “one or more of Theidon’s gender based concerns.” In particular the complain hlighted Theidon’s response to a March 2013 Crimson article about sexual assault at Harvard, according to the complaint. In her comments on the story, Theidon offered a defense of the anonymous sexual assault victims quoted in the story. Neither Theidon nor Harvard spokesperson Tania deLuzuriaga could be reached for comment late Thursday night. Harvard employed Theidon until June 2014, when her contract expired and her formal relationship with the University ended. When still at Harvard, she held the title of John L. Loeb associate professor of the social sciences, an endowed position. Theidon’s complaint says that, prior to being denied tenure, she had received indication that she was in a good position to receive promotion. Theidon joined Harvard’s faculty in 2004 and became an associate professor in 2008. This article originally appeared in The Harvard Crimson Friday.
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bine majors “is a way to pay attention to the larger university scene … an acknowledgement [that within] liberal education there are technical overtones,” he said. He added that this can “set the stage” for interesting Master’s work. Prof. Kathryn Caggiano Ph.D. ’98, chair of the college of engineering’s master’s committee, operations research and information engineering, said not only do faculty need to consider the revenue benefits
tuition 3 to 3.5 percent every year, more than the rate of inflation. “Political and economic forces limit our ability to raise tuition as rapidly in the future,” he said. “We can’t go funding research increasingly out of undergraduate tuition.” Ehrenberg said there are alternative ways to ease the budget constraints by offering more online courses and increasing the use of part “We can’t go funding time and full time non-tenure track faculty. research increasingly out of Paul Streeter MBA ’95, vice president for budget and planning, said that in terms of undergraduate tuition.” endowment value, types of degrees and faculty profile, Cornell cannot compete with Prof. Ronald Ehrenberg Princeton, Yale or Harvard — the three universities with the largest endowments. “Compared to most institutions… we are ranked to the University, but they also need to think about twenty, but compared to the folks we compete with the intellectual benefits for themselves and their [we are not the strongest],” he said. departments. Burns said that over the last seven years, the over“The landscape in changing under us and there is all student enrollment at the University has increased a strong interest in changing with it,” she said. “If by 10 percent, butthe undergraduate population has you are thinking about master’s programs, first and not changed. foremost you need to ask… what is in it for the stake“The professional master’s and MBA programs holders, the students.” have grown by 30 percent in the last seven years,” he Closing the forum, Prof. Francesca Molinari, ecosaid. nomics, said master’s programs and mid-career coursNoting Stanford University’s new interdiscipli- es can help bring in revenue to the University. nary majors that allow students to pursue an inter“It is our job as good faculty to teach what is valdisciplinary study of English and computer science ued,” she said. “[Creating new master’s programs is] or music and computer science, Prof. Charles Van only going to work if we are going to do this right, Loan, computer science, said it is important to have there is no magic formula.” a flexible and open-minded respect for new proJonathan Swartz can be reached at grams. Creating new undergraduate programs that com- jswartz@cornellsun.com.
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“There has been enormous chance for me to begin to interact with Beth Garrett, and she action with President-elect has been so energetic and effecElizabeth Garrett, and believes tive at communicating with m e , ” Skorton “I really believe [President-elect said. “I really believe Elizabeth Garrett] is going to be a that she’s great leader.” going to be a great President David Skorton leader — [she is] stuthat she is an “effective” com- dent-centric, smart, experimunicator. enced, decisive, but she’s also Continued from page 1
getting a big chance to interact with me and other leaders, so I think that part will be a pretty smooth transition.” He also encouraged student leaders to “step up and interact” with Garrett. “I feel that Garrett will form a very strong and cohesive team and pay attention to every person in her circle,” Skorton said. The Sun’s News Department can be reached at news-editor@cornellsun.com.
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he fails to do so, he will be required to pay the city an additional $15,000. Pichel, who is an attorney, represented himself in the case, according to the release. In November 2014, another Ithaca landlord, Ronald Bergman, plead guilty to 350 city and property code violations and agreed to pay fines totaling up to $50,000, The Sun previously reported. An inspection of his rental property at 312 Plain St. was found
to have “numerous longstanding violations.” In response to Bergman’s court proceeding, Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 issued a statement, saying that a high rental rate in Ithaca may “lead to abuse.” “To protect tenants from unsafe conditions, we are continuing an aggressive enforcement stance and our attorneys office has secured another precedent setting victory,” he said. Madeline Cohen can be reached at mcohen@cornellsun.com.
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Arizona Gunman Who Killed One In Suburban Phoenix Arrested
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A gunman killed one person and wounded five others Wednesday in a rampage that included a motel shooting, a carjacking and a home invasion and ended with his arrest at a nearby apartment in suburban Phoenix. The suspect was taken into custody after officers spotted him on an apartment balcony and deployed a stun gun. Numerous officers later led a handcuffed man to a truck parked outside an apartment complex. Police did not immediately release his identity. The incident started with an argument inside a room at a motel and spilled outside, leaving one man dead and two women wounded, Mesa Detective Esteban Flores said. The suspect then shot a man working at a nearby restaurant. That victim, an adult student at nearby East Valley Institute of Technology, was able to run across the street to emergency responders already at the motel, Flores said. The school said in a statement that he was one of
seven students and an instructor working at Bistro 13 restaurant. The student has been treated and released from a hospital. The suspect got away by carjacking the instructor’s car. The suspect then allegedly went to an apartment complex about 2 miles away, where he gained entry into an apartment and shot a man. That victim will survive, police said. According to Flores, a police officer spotted a man in a neighboring apartment building with multiple gunshot wounds. He is currently listed in critical condition. The shootings prompted an intense hunt for the suspect as Mesa police searched the trunks of cars, interviewed witnesses and brought in SWAT and canine units from other agencies. Flores warned people in the neighborhood to remain indoors. Several locations in the area were placed on lockdown amid a heavy law enforcement presence. The Arizona Department of Public Safety sent its SWAT team to Mesa to assist with the effort, DPS spokesman Bart Graves said.
U.S. Presbyterian Church Will Recognize Same-Sex Couples NEW YORK (AP) — The Presbyterian Church has expanded its definition of marriage to include a “commitment between two people” recognizing gay marriage as Christian in the church constitution after decades of debate over same-sex relationships. The redefinition was endorsed last year by the church General Assembly, or top legislative body, but required approval from a majority of the Louisville, Kentucky-based denomination’s 171 regional districts, or presbyteries. The critical 86th “yes” vote came Tuesday night from the Presbytery of the Palisades in New Jersey. “So many families headed by LGBTQ couples have been waiting for decades to enter this space created for their families within their church communities,” said the Rev. Robin White, a leader of
More Light Presbyterians, which advocates for gay acceptance. After all regional bodies finish voting and top Presbyterian leaders officially accept the results, the change will take effect June 21. The denomination has nearly 1.8 million members and about 10,000 congregations and is now the largest Protestant group to authorize gay weddings churchwide. Last year, Presbyterians allowed ministers to preside at gay weddings if local church leaders approved in the states where samesex unions were legally recognized. The new wording for the church Book of Order extends that authorization to every congregation and reads, “Marriage involves a unique commitment between two people, traditionally a man and a woman, to love and support each other for the rest of their lives.”
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Penn State Fraternity Suspended for Posting Pictures of Unconscious Nude Women on Facebook STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A now-suspended Pennsylvania State University fraternity’s Facebook posting of photos of nude and partly nude women, some of them asleep or passed out, is sad and offensive and could lead to some students being expelled, the university’s president said Wednesday. “I can’t imagine anybody that’s not appalled by the alleged behavior,” Eric Barron said in an interview. The national leaders of Kappa Delta Rho on Tuesday suspended the Penn State chapter for a year over the photo scandal and said it would be reorganized. Police in State College, home to Penn State’s main campus, are investigating allegations the fraternity operated a private Facebook page on which members shared frat house pictures of the women. According to a warrant, the invitation-only page had 144 active members, including students and alumni. Barron said of the webpage: “It’s very sad, and it’s very offensive.” Police said some of the photos they had seen showed women in “sexual or embarrassing positions.” While some of the women photographed appeared to be aware their pictures were being taken, others did not, police said in court documents. Police have said they have identified at least two photographs that could lead to criminal charges but the investigation is continuing. A young man who answered the door on Tuesday at Kappa Delta Rho said the fraternity had no com-
ment. No-trespassing signs were posted there on Wednesday. Barron said the university is working with police to determine the number of offenders and victims and will hold those responsible accountable for what they did. “This is the kind of behavior that can get someone expelled,” he said. Penn State’s flagship campus in State College has about 40,000 undergraduate students. About 4,000 of them belong to one of the 50 fraternity chapters, including Kappa Delta Rho, governed by the Interfraternity Council. Barron, speaking to reporters at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, was asked about whether the fraternity system as a whole needs to be reviewed. He said the focus should be on dealing with people who act inappropriately, not targeting the system. “I think if you punish those that are responsible, we all learn, and if you punish everybody, then I don’t think we really all learn,” he said. Police were tipped off about the Facebook account on Jan. 18 by a former fraternity member who shared printouts of some of the pictures. The printouts were included in some of the court documents provided Tuesday to news outlets; police later said that was a mistake. Police said anyone who posted the photos could face misdemeanor charges of harassment or invasion of privacy, with a fine being the most likely penalty. They also said they expected some women would only want to have the photos removed and not press charges.
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Adequately Representing The Student Body WITH APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD of Cornell undergraduates casting ballots in this week’s Student Assembly elections, we find it difficult to see any of the individual candidate’s victories as victories for students at-large. Rather, the results of the elections continue to reflect a pervasive sense of apathy towards the structure of governance on campus, which holds the purpose of embodying and advocating for the voices and interests of students. Although we are eager to see the work the Assembly will do next year, we worry that the status quo, where students feel unrepresented by their elected leaders, will persist. Student representatives seem more concerned about maintaining their relationships with Cornell’s administration than they are with students, as shown by the lack of opposition to the student health fee during preliminary discussions last semester. Choosing to cater to the administration ignores a key fact — that the S.A. derives its leverage in negotiations from its legitimacy and the student body’s trust. Students on campus often see our sharedgovernance structure as a symbolic form of representation that only serves to rubber-stamp decisions of this University’s administration; decisions that are largely made without student involvement. If the S.A. hopes to maintain its legitimacy throughout the next year, sitting members must actively and wholeheartedly follow through with their inflated platforms of “standing up for us.” We at The Sun ask those who have just been elected to take the incoming semester to find ways to mend what many consider to be a broken system. Most representatives campaigned on platforms of accessibility, transparency, affordability and meaningful representation. Ensuring that these ideas — which we believe were normalized by student activists throughout the academic year and adopted by those running for election this month — are remembered in the upcoming year will remain imperative in gaining the trust and support of Cornell students. As the incoming Student Assembly board begins its term next semester, we expect the recently elected leaders to foster solutions to better represent the students and to act as a voice to the administration, not for the administration.
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ornell is about excess. Excess work, excess snow, excess drama, excess pizza (Just kidding, there’s no such thing). Living in this quaint little hamlet (I’m well aware it’s a city, hush) has given us suburban mentalities; we are in everyone’s business, trying to be involved in everything and broadcasting our lives and lunch to the other 17,999 people on campus. Like an NBC comedy, we become caricatures of ourselves, creating intense situations that concern our parents when we tell them about the latest beef in our lives, and speaking in weird British accents sometimes. Having traveled the Ivy League (and slept on numerous undergraduate dorm floors), I have honed in on the quintessential Cornell trait. No it’s not #gainz (which got really annoying after the first Snapstory), nor is it our obsession with kale or our “sporty-style." It’s that we have a chip on our shoulder — we over-do everything. We are overachievers, and while yes, all college students are, we take it up 161 levels. We don’t have much school spirit, but we bleed Big Red (I own over 41 official Cornell-licensed products and countless red accessories). We adore the Office’s Andy Dwyer for bringing Cornell into the vernacular, but are unaware of many real alumni other than Bill Nye ’77 (except the AMST 2001 class, they’re MVPs). We try to be the jack of all trades, are mini-experts on everything, join every organization to fill our resumes and end up graduating with exhaustion from trying to be everywhere. Brown students are much more chill and seem to enjoy life. Harvard, Yale and Princeton have that preppy quality about them. Columbia and Penn kids seem pretty balanced with work and living in big cities, and poor Dartmouth is out in the wilderness. We are stuck in the middle, a weird race of hairychested men from Ithaca, who crawl down from the frozen Hill and amaze society with our knowledge of wines, but then turn them off with our eagerness to impress. Don’t get me wrong, I love our identity as “the underdogs,” the “heathens on the Hill,” the crunchy collective, but overachieving can be dangerously competitive and overall draining. Overthinking is another tricky trait that a lot of us have. Every single little cue, little clue, gesture, time-span, punctuation mark(!) has layers upon layers of meaning that really just end up giving us a big headache. We overthink when it comes to choosing a dining hall for dinner (Becker all the way). We overthink waving at someone you haven’t spoken to for two semesters but happens-to-be-walking-down-HoPlaza-and-there’s-nowhere-to-hide and ah! And we overthink how to manage all kinds of relationships. Like every single teen movie, we languish over waiting to hear back, except we’ve changed from waiting on our beds by the cord phone to waiting for that “ping” or “bzz bzz” our iPhones make. Technology, while it has theoretically helped us stay in touch more, also gives us more stress from the sheer connectivity of our lives. The beauty of mediated communication is that you don’t have to answer right away to that professor’s email or your class project GroupMe, but at the same time, that lack of reply haunts you twice as strong with that little timestamp. Along with overanalyzing things, we sometimes become overbearing. Cornell is such a networked place that the second you’re accepted, you’ve been thrust into several boxes. At the core you’re a fresh-
man, but you’re also in a specific college/major. Afterwards, the boxes become exponential with clubs, Greek houses, sports and specific courses all of which entangle you in a web. This web comes with the sophomores, juniors, seniors and staff who are here to teach you about the culture of being a “hotelie,” “black student at Cornell,” “Long Islander on the Hill,” “D.G. sister,” “flute player,” etc. ad infinitum. This is the way of society, and while it can be great to belong and pass on those norms and beliefs, it can also become overbearing when we get overworked on traditions and attendance. Humans are meant to be interdependent of one another, and are meant to have choices, and people will naturally join organizations out of interest. Everyone’s experience on campus will be intricately different than others, so it’s important to not see ourselves as strict molds for future and current students, but rather as resources. As typical college students, we get overwhelmed. We try to eat the world raw, have our cake and eat it too, bite off more than we can chew and we are ultimately spread too thin. We also use a lot of eating analogies to describe our stress, or I’m just writing this while hungry. College is intense, don’t get me wrong, and Cornell wins at intensity level — but a lot of it can be prevented with strategic time management. It’s not an excuse, of course, for insensitive workloads, difficulty in learning and the general synergistic effect of rain/snow/sleet/hail. But closing Netflix after one or two episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt could help. Lastly, we overfeel. We take things too seriously, get worked up over small, trivial nothings that would not otherwise bother us. At Cornell everything is magnified x1000. A snide remark from a friend turns into squad drama, getting called out in class turns into humiliation, a failed crush turns into heartbreak. We are drama kings and queens, but in a way we relish in it. It brings excitement to our otherwise academic lives. It gives us conversation topics at Trillium aside from the standard “prelims, papers, p-sets” repertoire. From taking a passive-aggressive note on a fridge too seriously to playing that Sam Smith-AdeleDrake Spotify playlist on repeat (and broadcasting it to all your friends) — drama is a cathartic process that we all need to go through. It’s important to experience the range of emotions, to overthink, overfeel, overlook and overdo, but then we should reflect on those actions and their underlying motivations. Are we really that devoid of stress in our lives that we need to cause external ones? Has this week been pretty mild and you need some grist for YikYak? Whatever the reason, we have to get less overwhelmed, or underwhelmed, and just feel “whelmed.” We need to distract our wandering minds, not because it isn’t fun to picture the next five plus years of our lives with someone, complete with the twins’ names and minivan color, but because we shouldn’t get our hopes up for no good reason. Let’s focus on the now, and if we can’t help but overanalyze everything, let’s direct that energy into our academics or distract ourselves until those goals become reality. Over doing things can become is so overrated, and frankly, I’m so over it. Kevin Milian is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun.com. Milian Dollar Baby appears on alternate Thursdays this semester.
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OPINION
Masc. Dom. Top | Anal Retention
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like my sex to be powerful, full of blunt passion and physical rapture, filled with a pushing and pulling of heads, hair and holes; sex that is saturated with an erotically violent and consensual dynamism, which thrusts me in every direction and forcibly grabs and entices every quivering inch of my body; sex that hurts so good that I can’t even stop to think if marks will be left or if someone has been kept awake by such endlessly vociferous grunting. Sex as sensually strategic as the gyrations of our bodies and the cum-bat we wage upon each other’s war-torn, orificial battlefields, yet as primal as the throbbing pulsations of our trembling shafts that detonate the white flag of raw satisfaction and surrender. With my pole and my hole(s), I am a soldier, yet where in this war do I stand? Am I slain or am I slaying? Do I pull the trigger or do I receive the bullet? Are my crevices being colonized or am I the penetrating, imperial aggressor — hell-bent on plundering the treasures of a newfound colon(y)? Alas, in order to answer any of these warring questions, I must admit that I have not been truthful to you all. Indeed, like the histories of colonized peoples that we were taught about as children, my pseudonym is both misleading and only partially true. Although
I may be masculine (and to some that may even be debatable), I am not just dominant and I am not just a top. Rather, I am bottom, diagonal, submissive, aggressive, side-to-side, head-held-forcefully-down, legs tied up in knots by ropes to bed posts and everything in between. To translate this into the appropriately sterile and documentary language of my label in the sex-
as they say. I would rationalize my decisions by superficially convincing myself that he’s too short, feminine or skinny to top me or too tall or husky to bottom for me. Yet, after a bout of introspection that I avoided for too long, I’ve realized that I must unpack the association between a particular position and a power role. It
Sex ought to be a space that does not reflect the “reality” of individuals’ outside representations of power, but a space that liberates us to discursively create new realities of power and representation. ual marketplace that is the commodified gay world: I am versatile. I must admit that in too many instances I have found myself only wanting to top or bottom. Locked into the mindset of being either hyper-submissive or hyper-dominant, I would only seek sexual partners that could vehemently fulfill one polar end or the other. Rarely, if ever, have I found a sexual partner that I could enjoy both with — a genuine “flip-fuck,”
wasn’t that I didn’t believe in the sexual capacities of others, but that I couldn’t let go of my own insecurities. I wanted to be fucked as hard as I wanted to fuck someone else, but only believed that possible of a preconceived image of a certain spice of man. I was insecure about being fucked by a man that I didn’t find immediately hyper-dominant, and I didn’t understand why I couldn’t accept someone who wasn’t. I don’t believe
myself to be a superficial person, but cannot locate the logic behind my rejection of a man’s sexual dynamism other than the superficial. Sex ought to be a space that does not reflect the “reality” of individuals’ outside representations of power, but a space that liberates us to discursively create new “realities” of power and representation. Yet I adhered to the representation of a “masc dom top” as a subterfuge to distract from my unconscious knowing that these representations were false, incomplete truths of myself and of others — truths that would make it incumbent upon me to evaluate my relationships to structures of power, and to allow myself to feel my own vulnerabilities rawly and deeply. Topping and bottoming are fantasies. We will never access the true power that imbues our libido and loins through specific physical positions that we assign and limit ourselves to. Rather, we must let go of ourselves and the power we hold, and surrender to our carnal vulnerabilities. It is here, in this space we cannot control, that we can unleash and activate the unadulterated energy of desire. Masc. Dom. Top is a junior at Cornell. He can be reached at masc.dom.top@cornellsun.com. Anal Retention appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
Hitch | Hints From Hitch
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they know it. I can bet that you’ll be pleasantly surthink I’m pretty good at sex. It’s not because I’m par- when you want it and where you want it. Don’t judge: Some people like being spanked while prised by the openness of your partner. ticularly well-endowed, and it’s certainly not related Now that you know some of the ground rules, I’ll to my strength or stamina — I run a mile at a turtle- others want to be held gently. Some want to scream like nine minute pace. At the end of the day, I know while others want their mouths to be covered. give you a few topics to start the conversation. By no what I’m doing because I do my best to understand it Understanding where people are coming from and means is this a comprehensive list, but it should give and to improve from suggestions. And when I have ensuring that the conversation remains a safe space is you an idea of where to start: What was your best/worst sexual trouble understanding a matter relatexperience, and why was it so ed to sex, I research it and do everything I can to figure it out. I read Be adventurous. No topic should be off-limits, and great/terrible? Is there something that you’ve about sex — from trashy magazines always wanted to try, but that you like Cosmopolitan to peer-reviewed you should feel comfortable enough with your partner have not told anyone about? academic journals. I listen to others Name three items that you’ve speak about sex — from experts to to talk about anything. If you want to have anal sex, always wanted to bring into the bedmy closest friends. And, more importell your partner that. If you want to be tied up, make room and what you would do with tantly, I talk about sex — a lot. I find them once they are there. it empowering, erotic and the best sure they know it. Where would be your ideal locaway to end a night out. I love the tion to have sex and why would you openness of it all and how it improves want to have sex there? my sex-life. There’s almost nothing What is the freakiest and/or raunchiest thing you’ve more intimate than staring into someone’s eyes and ask- essential. It’s hard to be 100 percent open when the person on the other end has the ability to judge your ever done? ing them, “How should I make love to you tonight?” It’s really too bad that our society makes talking It’s important to know how to start the conversation favorite positions and weird fetishes. Ask questions and listen: Oftentimes when I’ve had about sex so awkward and uncomfortable. We are with partners, hook-ups and friends. Although talking with friends over breakfast is a different approach than these conversations, I’ve been confused, concerned and taught from a young age that having “the talk” is guarpillow-talk with the person you slept with the night cautious about what I should say next. Don’t fret. That anteed to be brutal. And most college-aged students before, there are a few key rules that I consider crucial. feeling is completely normal and should be embraced. that I start the conversation with begin to cease up Be 100% open: This can be the most difficult but, Make sure you listen more than you speak, especially when the topic is brought up. Moving past this stigma arguably, the most critical aspect of speaking about sex. when you initiate the conversation. Owning the floor enables us to begin to confront complex issues like sexBeing able to reveal your insecurities, your likes, dis- can cause your partner or friends to tighten up and can ual assault, heteronormative thought and how sex has likes, etc. is so important to making your experience prevent them from sharing everything they wanted to such a stranglehold on our society. Whether you’re at Libe, CTP or your apartment, start the conversation better. Sharing trigger words or actions can help when the talk began. Be adventurous: No topic should be off-limits, and today. You will not be disappointed. increase your comfort in the bedroom and make sure your partner doesn’t move you in the wrong direction. you should feel comfortable enough with your partner Hitch is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can And, saying what you would like your partner(s) to do to talk about anything. If you want to have anal sex, tell be reached at hitch@cornellsun.com. Hints From Hitch appears can make sure they’re giving you exactly what you want, your partner that. If you want to be tied up, make sure alternate Thursdays this semester.
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DINING GUIDE
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Dining Guide
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Oishii Bowl Review:
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New Menus & Old Favorites By LUKE BULLARD Sun Staff Writer
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ocated on the corner of College Avenue, Oishii Bowl is a small Asian restaurant that focuses on reasonably priced, good food that’s delivered quickly. Although it may not stay open as late as some other Collegetown restaurants, Oishii Bowl’s accommodating
“For healthier alternatives, try Oishii Bowl’s flavorful chicken mango salad or tofu veggie bowl.” seating and savory cuisine offers diners an enjoyable experience. Perhaps the most notable dish offered at Oishii Bowl is the Kastu Don. This delicious blend of fried pork, an over-easy egg and green onions is served atop a bowl of white rice. The portion size is generous and matches the modest price for this well-rounded dinner. Another good choice is the miso ramen, which is a combination of pork, hard-boiled egg,
bamboo shoots, corn and perfectly cooked noodles — all mixed together in a well-salted broth. Like any true Asian restaurant, customers are encouraged to eat this dish with chopsticks, although utensils are provided upon request. Side dishes like Tonkatsu — Asian-style pork chops — and the Japanese-style fried chicken known as Karaage are two great additions to any meal. For healthier alternatives, try Oishii Bowl’s flavorful chicken mango salad or tofu veggie bowl. Looking for a sweet, refreshing beverage? The Thai iced tea is an excellent choice — especially on one of those warm days we hope to be seeing more frequently. If you think you’ve seen it all at Oishii Bowl, think again. In addition to their usual menu offerings, Oishii Bowl has added several tasty new dishes to their lineup: the Kuay Teow (rice noodles in a chicken soup), Pad Prik Moo (pork with oyster sauce) and Kuay Teow Gai Toon (roasted chicken noodle soup). Despite its fast food chain atmosphere, Oishii Bowl’s food is still high quality, and the interior of the restaurant is pleasant and calm. So if you’ve never eaten at Oishii Bowl, I definitely recommend making the trip — it’ll soon be one of your favorite Asian restaurants in Collegetown. Luke Bullard can be reached at lab343@cornell.edu.
Not Your Average Porridge | Try adding honey, roasted peanuts, dried cranberries and creamy peanut butter to add some much-needed flavor to your morning bowl of oatmeal.
Best Dining Hall Hacks
By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Contributor
Bored with dining hall food? Don’t fret! Try these hacks to spice up your dishes and make each one a meal that you can’t wait for: FANCY SHMANCY OATMEAL
Add some dried fruit from the salad bar, brown sugar, honey and cinnamon from the coffee station or fresh fruit to your otherwise plain bowl of oatmeal. For even more flavor, throw in some peanut butter, soy nuts or chocolate chips. Voilà!
DITCH- THE -LINE O MELET
Bitter about waiting in the weekend omelet bar line? Try grabbing yourself a bowl of scrambled eggs and making your very own scrambled omelet! The mix-ins are endless — add salsa, shredded cheese, mushrooms, spinach and tomatoes from the salad bar and in minutes you’ve got yourself a delicious personalized omelet!
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You can make virtually anything into a sandwich. If you’re feeling sweet, try some banana, honey and cinnamon. If you’re feeling savory, try sandwiching a hot entrée like chicken parm.
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Spread marinara sauce onto a toasted bagel, sprinkle on some shredded cheese and pop it into the microwave for a minute. Bam, you’ve made yourself a quick and easy pizza bagel.
T RAIL MIX
Forget spending oodles of BRB’s for this snack on campus and make your very own trail mix in the dining hall. Explore options anywhere from cereals to the salad bar’s dried fruit to ice cream toppings. Make it your own and you’re guaranteed to like every component!
SWEETER TREATS
You can never go wrong with ice cream. Toss some fruit in with that vanilla next time, or add some cereal for crunch. Want a healthier option? Heat up some of that caramel sauce from the ice cream station and drizzle it over apple slices. Kimberly Lee can be reached at kwl38@cornell.edu.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Modest Mouse Strangers to Ourselves Epic
Jack Jones Eight years have passed since Modest Mouse’s last fulllength album, 2007’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. 2007 is ages ago in the music world: In 2007, the Jonas Brothers were huge, Kanye West released his new song “Stronger,” Taylor Swift had released one album to date and most mainstream music fans had never heard of dubstep, trap music or Juicy J. When a band takes this long to work on a new project, fans expect something risky, adventurous and new. If the band is simply going to retread previous ground, then why could it possibly need so much time? In light of these expectations, what is most surprising about Modest Mouse’s Strangers to Ourselves is how familiar it all sounds. There is hardly anything here than is not between somewhat and very reminiscent of previous Modest Mouse songs. There is nothing inherently wrong with a band continuing to make music in a style that it knows how to do well, particularly when that music is as uniquely exciting as Modest Mouse’s jagged, anxiety-producing indie pop/rock/funk can be. However, after the long hiatus, it’s hard not to find Strangers to Ourselves a little disappointingly stale and safe. That said, the worst moment by far on Strangers to Ourselves may also be the most adventurous. “Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996)” begins promisingly with a clat-
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tering drum rhythm and devolves into a simply terrible song inspired by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. Frontman Isaac Brock leers tritely sexual lyrics like, “Why don’t you come to my room and clean my pistol?” in a voice that sounds like an ape that has acquired speech. The song is not only severely tasteless in its banal treatment of a serious topic, but it’s also incredibly annoying. Luckily, the following song is one of their best ever, the beautifully enigmatic “Ansel.” The clicking percussion and pretty guitar flourishes underscore a travel narrative of a trip to Mexico with the narrator’s father and brother, Ansel, who is implied to have gone missing at a later date. Brock repeats “You can’t know / Well, you can’t ever really now” over and over throughout the song, a broad and nonspecific claim that nonetheless achieves resonance by the end of the song. The narrator reflects that he didn’t know this trip to Mexico would be the last time he would ever see his brother, and that one can never know “the last time you’ll see another soul.” This a song where the different parts of Modest Mouse — melodic, catchy guitars, eclectic percussion and Brock’s impassioned, lisping bark — all come together to create something uniquely vulnerable and moving. Most of Strangers to Ourselves, however, sticks to the band’s
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script more than “Pistol” or “Ansel.” The jittery funk of “Lampshades on Fire” sounds so remarkably like something from We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank that it could have fit seamlessly in its track list, which should not be expected from two albums separated by eight years. “The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box” begins in classic Modest Mouse form with a driving guitar rhythm and Brock squeezing in more words in than fit the meter, but continues on too long with a somewhat excessive show of tempo changes and horn and guitar solos. The tender acoustic lullaby “Coyotes” is pretty but unmemorable, while “God Is an Indian and You’re an Asshole” turns out to be little more than its contentious title. If Strangers to Ourselves had been released in 2009, say, it might not seem as disappointing as it does in 2015. The songs are good, but not nearly as raucous, exciting or catchy as their best work. The band has promised to release another new album “as quickly as it’s legally allowed;” maybe this next work will contain the more adventurous, novel efforts of their eightyear hiatus. Jack Jones is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at dwj37@cornell.edu.
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Death Grips “The Powers That B” Third Worlds
— Stephen Meisel
Grimes “REALiTi” 4AD
— Jael Goldfine
A paranoid science fiction writer from the ’60s has terrible, carnal nightmares of the apocalypse. In his dream there is thunderous music in which philosophies revolve solely around destruction, aggression and pain. I’m willing to bet the farm that the three men behind Death Grips are providing that soundtrack, as they’ve been creating something quite like it for the past five years. The eponymous single of the second disc of their two-part final album The Powers That B doesn’t stray from that description in the least bit. M.C. Ride raps a mix between a soul being tortured in hell and a convict on the loose; his lyrics are no less violent, no less terrifying than past ones. The production from Zach Hill and Andy Morin screams like a supercomputer going rhythmically haywire, its heavy drums and unfurling synthesizers reminiscent of a doom or stoner metal groove instead of a tacky association with dubstep. For the most part, all is well in the rip-roaring land of Death Grips. Perhaps the only dissatisfying element of this single is that the lyrics reek of unpolished work. Early Death Grips verses displayed stunning technical skill on M.C. Ride’s part. Exmilitary’s opening track begins with a powerful chant: “I close my eyes and seize it / I clench my fists and beat it / I light my torch and burn it / I am the beast I worship,” and not a single line after falls short of that. In “The Powers that B,” however, the listener is given the chorus: “I've got the powers that B / Running through me / My favorite color is oh my god bitch / I'm wearing black gloves through your mall, I'm rich.” It isn’t so much a bad few rhymes as it is a sign of little effort on the part of the lyricist, whose past work has made me feel simulatneously empowered and horrified in a way I’ve yet to see from another artist. Hopefully Jenny Death, the second disc of The Powers that B, will show the talent I know M.C. Ride has in this realm. But for the next couple of weeks, I have no problem blowing my speakers with this overclocked mutant of a hip-hop song.
Grimes’s signature baby voice and gothic lo-fi dance music, which has been termed “witch house” and “gravewave,” can range from basement-shaking EDM and dubstep to avant garde, Bjork-ish experimental pop. Her latest single, “REALiTi,” with its woozy, shining synths and staccato intro falls distinctly into the latter category. Her spectral vocals, dulled by just slightly overpowering synths, make me feel as if I’m listening to some sort of aquatic Enya serenade with my head underwater, but it provokes a pleasantly warm, aural sensation — “REALiTi” lets us bathe in Grimes. Lyrically, it’s bland, but words become an accessory to the energizing dreamlike climate of the track. Its slightly messy, unfinished production is exactly that: Unfinished. “REALiTi” is a demo from a lost album, which Grimes chose never to release, and she’s stated that she “doctored it into a listenable state,” but never actually finished producing the track. “REALiTi” is a welcome shift from her standard ghostly, supersynthesized productions; it is human and feel-good, and I would even go so far as to call it lovely.
Violent Poems: ‘The Body of Michael Brown’
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n March 13, poet and University of Pennsylvania professor Kenneth Goldsmith read his poem “The Body of Michael Brown” at Brown University’s Interrupt 3 conference. Goldsmith has long pioneered “uncreative” conceptual poetry — consciously-plagiarized, re-contextualized texts, such as television transcripts and radio segments. “The Body of Michael Brown,” however, caused people both at the conference and on the internet to accuse Goldsmith of appropriating Brown’s tragic killing. Goldsmith’s presentation of “The Body of Michael Brown” consisted of a 30-minute reading of an altered version of Brown’s autopsy. Many poets and writers quickly questioned the exploitative nature of Goldsmith’s reading online. Goldsmith, they argued, took an institutional document of a young black man’s death and presented it as his artistic composition to a crowd of academics. Goldsmith responded to criticism in a March 15 Facebook update that evidences his theory underlying the controversial composition. “I always massage dry texts to transform them into literature, for that it [sic] what they are when I read them.” Goldsmith centers himself and his reading as the interpretative authority of Brown’s autopsy. The notion that a white academic presenting Brown’s autopsy as a poem should “transform [it] into literature” speaks volumes to the focus and priorities of Goldsmith’s work. Goldsmith apparently views scholars as transformative agents who can turn tragedies into works of art simply by their mere existence as a vessel. Furthermore, Brown’s autopsy does not simply exist as a “dry text,” but rather a bureaucratic remnant of a
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painful episode for Black Americans and Ferguson residents. Poet Michael HesselMial comments on the “white supremacist” complexion of Goldsmith’s conceptual poetry and criticism in “Conceptual Writing in the Time of Non-Indictment: Notes on Goldsmith’s ‘Displacement is the New Translation.’” Hessel-Mial writes that Goldsmith’s characterization of displacement “depends on the erased experiences of the marginalized and the discourses of radicality, without having a clear commitment to either.” Similarly, Goldsmith does not comment, editorialize or analyze his relation to the autopsy or contextualize the role of the autopsy at an academic conference. Rather, he stamps his academic credentials on the text and leaves the intellectual heavy lifting to audience members and the text’s consumers. Goldsmith displays this lack of “clear commitment” in his Facebook explanation, and states, “I took a publicly available document from an American tragedy … and simply read it.” Criticism of “The Body of Michael Brown” diverges along two paths. Poet Kima Jones’s comments exemplify the first line
Shay Collins Morning Bowl Of Surreal of criticism: Goldsmith, a prominent white academic, unethically profited by recounting Brown’s death. Jones (@kima_jones) summarized the sentiment in a March 15 tweet, writing, “Forget it bc Kenneth Goldsmith did a thing… made a thing… for a crowd.. out of a black boy’s dead body… he performed… and was paid well.”
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Jacqueline Valencia, a “poet, writer and film/music/literary critic” according to her website, further questioned the implications of Goldsmith-as-author. In a March 15 post on jacquelinevalencia.com, she writes, “If he didn’t [speak to Brown’s relatives], are we to believe that Brown’s body is now freely available to the public?” Therein lies the divide between Goldsmith and his critics. Goldsmith sees his poem as a reproduction of “a publicly available document,” while critics see it as an appropriation of Brown’s body and, by extension, his personhood. The second line of criticism further focuses the previous complaint. Despite Goldsmith’s claim that he “simply read” Brown’s autopsy, artist Faith Holland noticed that Goldsmith “reordered the report,” according to a Hyperallergic post. “[T]he last line was, ‘The remaining male genitalia system is unremarkable’… another audience member questioned why [the] performance ended on that,” Holland told Hyperallergic. Goldsmith’s poem is thus not a reproduction of Brown’s autopsy, but rather a revision of it. Much as Goldsmith would hate the term, “The Body of Michael
Brown” is a re-creation of the autopsy, in which Goldsmith created the presentation, format and order. Unfortunately, Goldsmith silenced his provocative words much faster than he uttered them. In a March 16 Facebook post, Goldsmith wrote that he asked Interrupt 3 not to release a recording of his performance, stating, “There’s been too much pain for many people around this and I do not wish to cause any more.” In a final mea culpa, Goldsmith also noted that he will donate his appearance fee to Brown’s family. Throughout the internet, critics still call out for more information and explanation in order to understand what Valencia calls a “viscerally upsetting” performance. Goldsmith routinely argues that his re-contextualization of existing texts produces clarity and beauty; sadly, I would lie if I failed to report that “The Body of Michael Brown” mainly produced renewed, potent pain. Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun.com. Morning Bowl of Surreal appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
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Jim Boeheim Will Retire After Three More Seasons SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jim Boeheim became the face of Syracuse University over the past five decades, first as player, then as coach — revered for wins and delivering a national title to a struggling city in 2003. But the coda to his decorated career has become tinged with undeniable blemishes, laid out in harsh penalties for violations the NCAA says show Boeheim and the university lost control of athletics. Boeheim and Syracuse officials acknowledged the unwanted ties Wednesday in announcing he will retire after three more seasons, while insisting they don’t agree with parts of the scathing NCAA report and will appeal to try to save scholarships and wins. Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud said Boeheim decided to make the announcement to “bring certainty to the team and program in the coming years” and to allow for a smooth transition. “Coach Jim Boeheim has been a mainstay at Syracuse University for more than onethird of our entire 144-year history,” Syverud said in a statement. “He enrolled as a student here in 1962 and has never left. He has been the embodiment of Orange pride.” When Boeheim turned 70 in November, wife Juli asked him if he was OK with coaching as a septuagenarian and all that goes along with it. “I just think one day you’re going to have to slow down,” Juli said. “He doesn’t want to, number one, and he feels better than he ever has.” There’s been a change of heart. The violations, lasting more than a decade under Boeheim’s watch, involved academic misconduct, extra benefits and the university’s drug-testing policy, according to a March 6 report by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. Boeheim is already suspended for the first half of the next Atlantic Coast Conference season, a total of nine games. Syracuse will also have three scholarships taken away for four seasons and all wins vacated in which an ineligible player participated during five seasons
between 2004 and 2012. The total wins removed from records could be as high as 108, depending on what happens in the appeal process. Syracuse has already vacated 24 wins. Athletic director Daryl Gross is also stepping aside, immediately taking another marketing position with the school. Pete Sala will serve as interim athletic director. Boeheim, who scheduled a news conference for Thursday, has had problems before. The NCAA banned the Orange from the 1993 NCAA Tournament for recruiting violations. Longtime assistant coach Mike Hopkins, a former star for the Orange, is in line to succeed Boeheim. In its report, the NCAA placed Syracuse on probation for five years for breaking with the “most fundamental core values of the NCAA.” Athletic department officials interfered with academics, making sure star players stayed eligible, the report said. The report said the former director of basketball operations, who was picked by Boeheim and whose job primarily consisted of monitoring academic performance of basketball student-athletes, became overly involved. He collected and maintained student-athletes’ usernames and passwords and provided them to others, including student-athlete support services. Members of the support staff routinely accessed and sent emails from student-athletes’ accounts and corresponded directly with professors and included attached course work to maintain the required grades for the student-athletes to remain eligible, the report said. The 94-page report also said basketball staff encouraged students to develop relationships with a booster, which led to rule violations. The booster provided more than $8,000 to three football and two men’s basketball students for volunteering at a local YMCA, the report said. Additionally, the booster gave money to basketball staff for appearances or assistance at YMCA events, payments that weren’t reported to the school as outside income or supplemental pay, as NCAA rules require.
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goals a game, while Brown has limited opponents to just under eight goals a game, good enough for 15th in the coun-
try. Cornell has performed well on the defensive end as well, allowing 8.71 goals a game. Brown has struggled on the offensive end this season, averaging only 9.83 goals a game with a season high of
13 goals. Brown should be able to keep the game close, but they ultimately don’t have the firepower to keep pace with the Red’s explosive offense. Cornell should have the advantage in this one.
The two teams square off this Saturday at 12pm at Schoellkopf Field. Shane Lewis can be reached at slewis@cornellsun.com.
Cornell Football Program Headed in Right Direction LEE
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I team in the country. They had the second worst offense and defense in the Ivy League. Opponents scored 177 more points than Cornell in the team’s 10 games. So yes, the football team wasn’t a particularly good (or fun) team to watch for the majority of the 2014 season. That, however, shouldn’t be an indictment on their future and be a reason why the team should see dwindling attendance numbers. As a group, the team’s future looks bright for a multitude of reasons. First and foremost is head coach David Archer ‘05. As a former member of the Red offensive line, Archer’s passion for the program and bringing the team in the right direction is second to none. When Jim Harbaugh left the San Francisco 49ers to coach at his alma mater Michigan, analysts talked about how the decorated head coach was the right man to lead the program because of his history in the program. What Harbaugh is to the Wolverines, Archer is to the Red. Yes, Archer doesn’t have the same track record of success as Harbaugh. Yes, Archer is
incredibly young, the youngest in all of Division I football, in fact, when he was named the head coach of Cornell in January 2013. He, however, has had considerable success recruiting for the team, leading the team’s effort to bring in Jeff Mathews ’13, who eventually became the most decorated quarterback in Ivy League history and is playing in the Canadian Football League. If Archer’s Cornell ties and recruiting ability can’t eventually lead to success for Cornell, athletic director Andy Noel should just call it a day and shut down the program. If Archer can’t succeed in bringing the Red to the next level, it’ll be next to impossible to find someone who will. But even beyond Archer, the team made considerable strides on the offensive end once Robert Somborn took the reigns under center. After struggling to find a competent quarterback for the majority of the season, Somborn came in and ignited the Cornell offense, opening up the running game for halfback Luke Hagy. The team’s major improvement in time of possession strongly benefited the defense, who could catch their breath after spending the majority of the time on the field during the team’s offensive struggles. With a solid quarterback under center (regardless of whether or not Somborn is the solution moving forward), Archer showed in the last couple of games of the season — albeit against relatively weak competition — that his system, both offensively and defensively can be successful. With a lot of strong returning starters and a young nucleus of core players, the Cornell football team is heading in the right direction. It’s going to take time for the program to find consistent success on a yearly basis, but Steve Donohue did just that for the basketball program when he coached on the slope. Donohue brought Cornell out of the doldrums of the Ivy League and made the program a conference contender. Archer is headed in the right direction at the moment, and although the progress may be hard to see in the statistics, it’s time to jump on the Red football bandwagon so you can tell your friends in the years down the road that you believed in the team before it was popular to do so. Joon Lee can jl2388@cornell.edu.
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Born to play | Sophomore Dena Tanenbaum (middle) started playing tennis as soon as she was able to walk.
Sports Editor and 10 Questions columnist Anna Fasman sat down with sophomore tennis player Dena Tanenbaum to talk about everything from Slope Day to strawberries. 1. How did you first start playing tennis? I started playing when I was four years old. I played every sport and my mom was a big tennis player — she loved it. She put me and my brother in tennis lessons and I’ve been playing since as long as I can remember. When I could walk I was taking tennis lessons. Did you play for your high school? Yeah. I played for my high school but I probably started playing tournaments more seriously when I was in eighth grade or freshman year. I actually played softball pretty competitively up until high school and then I had to decide between that and tennis. At that point I had to commit to one or the other and I chose tennis and stuck with it. 2. What are you involved with on campus? I’m part of the Big Red Leadership program and SAAC, the Student-Athlete Advisory Council. Those are the main two things I go to meetings for. Tennis is a pretty big commitment so I don’t have too much free time between that and my classes. 3. If you had to pick one food to eat for the rest of your life, which food would you choose? I would probably eat strawberries for the rest of my life. When I was little, my mom used to call me the strawberry queen because my parents would buy big
Costco-size containers of strawberries and I would devour it in a day. My parents always knew when I was sick because I wouldn’t eat strawberries. When I was feeling better, they would bring me a plate of strawberries and I would devour them. 4. What is your favorite thing to do in Ithaca? I really like when it’s warm out and you can go to either the gorges or the flat rocks. The flat rocks are probably my new favorite hidden gem. Not that many people go there. They’re out by the plantations, and it’s not that deep there so you can’t jump in, but you can put chairs on them and just sit in the water. A couple of my friends started going and showed them to me and it’s just a really cool place. You can sit there and study and just bask in the sun. 5. What has been your favorite class at Cornell? Probably visual communication. I took it randomly to fulfill a CALS requirement but I ended up really enjoying it. We studied different movies and pictures and all sorts of visual media. The sections were for two and a half hours on Fridays and everyone always complained about going but I actually really enjoyed going to the section. I would never miss a section. 6. Who would in be in your ideal Slope Day lineup? Every single person on my team wants Timeflies to come. We’re all obsessed with Timeflies and I think that if they came for slope day, we would all
faint out of excitement. I actually think they’re going to UMass. My friends have been fans of them since they were basically nobody and they saw them for, like, five dollars at Six Flags when they were not popular at all. Now it’s so hard to get tickets to their concerts. 7. Do you have any pregame rituals? As a team we all get hyped up in the locker room. We have a playlist that we put on and we listen to pretty much the same songs every time. I’m from New Jersey so obviously I’m a pretty big Bruce Springsteen fan and I will personally always listen to “Waiting on a Sunny Day.” I’ve been listening to that probably since I was 14 before matches. I don’t know why but it puts me in a good mood and when I get nervous on the court, I have it stuck in my head and can sing it to myself. It makes me happy. 8. What is one thing you couldn’t live without? Probably Netflix. I spend way too much time watching Netflix — well I guess most people probably do. I go on these binges and I probably should live without it, but for now it’s OK. What are you currently watching? I’m watching 30 Rock right now. Have you seen it? It’s the best show — it’s so funny. My roommate thinks I’m a nut job because I just crack up in my room by myself. I watch it everywhere on campus. It’s nice because they’re 20 minute episodes so when I have a 25 minute break before class, I’ll find a corner and just be cracking up in the corner
by myself. 9. If you could face any person, dead or alive, in a singles match, who would you want to play and why? Probably my mom because she’s super into tennis and she always tells my coach how she would want to be the volunteer assistant for the team. We have three matches this upcoming weekend and she was saying that if we need extra players to play in one of the matches, she’s good to go. She thinks that she could beat some of the girls that we play. She just loves tennis so much and it would be awesome to play her — a fun family rivalry. 10. What is one lesson that you have learned from tennis that carries into your everyday life? I would say, especially playing at Cornell, the team aspect of the game is important. I’ve learned how to work with other people. It’s weird because at times you’re competing for a spot in the lineup or for a position, but at the same time, those are your teammates. Learning to depend on other people and have other people depend on you and the whole experience of having a team is awesome. Tennis is such an individual sport — when you go out and play your match you’re by yourself out there. Up until college, there’s really no team besides high school teams which aren’t that competitive, so it’s really every man for himself. Playing collegiate tennis gives you a team. Anna Fasman can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Donovan, Lintner Lead Red to Victory With Clutch Goals By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Staff Writer
The Cornell men’s lacrosse team came out victorious in a nailbiter against Colgate on a cold Ithaca night, defeating the Raiders 10-9 in overtime in the Red’s first home game of the season. The victory extended the Red’s winning streak over Colgate to ten games and improved their all time record against the Raiders to 41-7-1. The Red (5-2) has not played a later home opener since the 1994 season. Coming off a win against Yale, the win was important for maintaining the Red’s momentum going forward. The game got exciting late in the fourth quarter, when Colgate scored three goals in a span of three minutes to go ahead 9-8. Senior attackers Dan Lintner and Matt Donovan carried the team’s offense with four goals apiece. Lintner’s goal with 1:03 left in the game tied the score back at nine and sent the game into overtime, ending a 23:58 scoreless streak for the Red. Donovan’s goal in overtime secured the victory. “I’m really pleased with the effort on the ground ball play again,” said head Coach Matt Kerwick. “Once again we have to do a better job of finishing our chances.” The Red dominated the Raiders in ground ball play, picking up 38 ground balls to Colgate’s 13, and also took 18 more shots than the Raiders. “They have a lot of good defenders down there, but I
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Coming up big | After facing a potential second straight loss, the Red came up big at the end of regulation and in overtime against Colgate.
think it was just us trying to take shots too quick,” Lintner said. The Red had a 12:55 scoreless streak in the second quarter to go along with the 23:58 scoreless streak between the third and fourth quarter. “We’ve got some of the better players in the country on the offensive end,” Lintner said. “We can generate shots, but we have to fix some of those mistakes.” The Red will return to Ivy League play this weekend when they take on Pennsylvania on Saturday in the first weekend home game of the season.
“We’re looking forward to playing a very good team at home on Saturday and learning from some of the things we did today,” he said. Kerwick is confident in his team going into the second half of the season. “Every game’s important so it’s on to Penn now, so I’m excited to to be with these guys and see how far we can take this thing,” he said. Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun.com.
Jump on the Red Falls to Orange,Takes On Brown Next Bandwagon S WOMEN’S LACROSSE
By SHANE LEWIS
Sun Assistant Sports Editor
The Red women’s lacrosse team fell to Syracuse on Tuesday by a score of 8-14. The Orange (8-2, 1-1 ACC) built a lead early, and Cornell (5-2, 20 Ivy) was unable to dig itself out of a significant first half hole. Syracuse would start the game on a nine to one run before the Red responded with two goals before the end of the half. The 9-3 first half deficit would prove to be too much for the Red to overcome. Syracuse would start the second half with another run, scoring three goals in the halves first six minutes. Cornell would rally with four straight goals of its own,
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Orange crush | The Red were stifled by a Syracuse defense that limited Cornell to their lowest offensive output on the season.
but couldn’t pull within less than five goals. Cornell was outshot by the Orange 19 shots to 33. The Red also committed more turnovers and trailed behind Syracuse in ground balls.
Sophomore midfielder Amie Dickinson led the Red with 4 points, including a game high four assists. Seven different players scored for Cornell, with sophomore attacker Catherine Ellis leading the way with two goals. The loss snaps a four-game winning streak for the Red and extends the Orange’s winning streak to three games. The match was the lowest scoring output for the Red on the season. The 14 goals they surrendered were also the highest on the season. Next up for the team is a matchup with Brown. After opening
the season 3-0, the Bears have run into a bit of a rough patch. Brown (4-2, 02 Ivy) has dropped two of their last three contests, including conference matchups against Penn and Yale. Cornell has dominated Brown as of late, winning the past 15 meetings between the schools. Last season’s meeting was a dramatic one, with the Red winning 11-10 in overtime. Senior attacker Lindsay Toppe was the hero, netting the game-winner with 17 seconds left in the first overtime period. T h i s year’s meeting will be a clash between an explosive offensive and a suffoc a t i n g defense. Cornell ranks 12th in the nation with just over 14 See LAX page 14
omething that a few of my friends and I take pride in is when one of us discover an artist or band and jump on their bandwagon before they become popular. It’s always a unique feeling to feel as if you were ahead of the curve on something. The Cornell football team’s bandwagon is one you should be jumping on right now.
Joon Lee Sports Joonalism Whenever I’m meeting new people on campus and mention that I cover the football team for the Sun, the reaction is almost always the same. “Isn’t the football team really, really bad?” is a common response. “I’ve never even been to a football game” is something that I’ve heard as many times as Buzzfeed freaks out over something Beyonce related. “Did they lose again this weekend?” was another one that I heard frequent throughout the season. Objectively, from a record standpoint, the Cornell football team was not a good football team. Their lone win this season came against, possibly, the worst Division See LEE page 14