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Faculty Scrutinize U.A. Discusses Community Bill of Rights, Gannett Construction Lack of Input on Major Decisions By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS

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A Faculty Senate resolution alleging the administration has not been adhering to University bylaws will be discussed at a meeting Wednesday. According to the resolution, the bylaw in question states that “the functions of the University Faculty shall be to consider questions of educational policy which concern more than one college, school or separate academic unit or are general in nature.” The resolution cites several instances in which major decisions were allegedly made without proper consultation with the faculty as examples of violations of the University bylaws, and also argues that the administration has not secured sufficient input from the Faculty Senate when making major decisions regarding such policy. Examples included “unilateral decisions” that created the See FACULTY SENATE page 5

The University Assembly passed two resolutions relating to a Community Bill of Rights and heard an update from several Gannett Health Services directors on its current state of affairs at its meeting Tuesday. The two resolutions passed by the U.A. called for the creation of a working group within the shared governance system, consisting of stakeholders from across the University to draft a Community Bill of Rights. According to Sarah Balik ’15, president of the Student Assembly and one of the resolution’s sponsors, the two resolutions aim to create “a working group where real collaboration and new and innovative ideas can happen.” “We don’t want this committee to just be receiving reports,” Balik said. “We want this working group to be people who actually have DARIEN KIM / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

New resolutions | Dr. Janet Corson-Rikert provides an update on Gannett’s current operations and future plans at the University Assembly Meeting Tuesday.

some sort of leverage to make changes in the policies on campus.” Some U.A. members voiced concerns that the working group might confront sensitive and complex rules, and that such responsibilities may already exist in other committees. Balik responded that while “a committee exists … a staff committee is very different from having a working group.” “I think what we are realizing is that there are people [and] there are staff who are doing some of this stuff, but whether or not they are engaging with the community at all is another story,” Balik said. “At least from our perspective, it seems to us that we could all be doing a better job collaborating and looking at these things together in the lenses of every specific community within our larger Cornell community.” The presentation given by some of the Gannett directors also covered the campus health organization’s current operations and future plans with regards to See UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY page 4

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Cornell runs on Dunkin’ | Dunkin Donuts will open a new location in Collegetown by the middle of May.

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Dunkin’ Donuts to Open in C-Town This May By ANDREW LEE Sun Staff Writer

A new Dunkin’ Donuts is slated to open at 408 College Ave. by the middle of May, according to Cheryl Beach, a realtor for Avramis Real Estate. The Dunkin’ Donuts will be owned and operated by The Wolak Group, a franchise that was founded in 1975 by Ed Wolak. The independent franchise network operates eighty-five Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in Maine, New Hampshire and New York, according to the firm’s website.

The new addition will be The Wolak Group’s fourth Dunkin’ Donuts store in Ithaca, but the first in close proximity to the Cornell campus. The new store is looking to hire employees, according to a notice posted on the storefront. Available positions range from crew members to store manger, according to The Wolak Group. Many Cornell students have already expressed an interest in visiting the new Dunkin’ Donuts. “I think Dunkin’ opening in Collegetown is great,” Alice Anichkin ’16 said. “Many Cornellians love Dunkin’, and the

closest one is a drive away, so it’s good that there will be one in close proximity as well.” Charlie Fraioli ’16 echoed Anichkin, saying he is looking forward to what he believes is cheaper coffee available at Dunkin’ Donuts. “As much as I enjoy the coffee from Collegetown Bagels and Starbucks, it’s overpriced,” Fraioli said. “I drink a lot of coffee, so it’s pretty cool that a Dunkin’ Donuts is opening up nearby. It’s a way better deal.” Andrew Lee can be reached at alee@cornellsun.com.

The section of East Avenue adjacent to the ongoing construction of Klarman Hall will be closed to all vehicular traffic from April 13 to 19, according to the University. A portion of East Avenue — marked at either end by traffic-control gates — has been closed to through traffic since last January. However, next week the area will be completely restricted to all nonemergency vehicles, including bicycles and buses, according to a University press release. The temporary closure is being instituted in order to allow time for repairs to be made to the road, according to the release. Bikers affected by the closure can choose to take an alternate route or to walk their bikes along the East Avenue sidewalk, which will remain open to pedestrians.

Interrupted buses will be “detoured to West Avenue,”according to the release. Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit stops affected by the closure “will be relocated to Millstein Hall for northbound routes and to Uris Hall for southbound routes.” However, the Campus-toCampus bus pick-up and drop-off location at Sage Hall will remain unaffected, according to the University. Additionally, vehicles will retain access to the Lincoln Hall loading dock and the A.D. White House. All routes, including the restricted area, will remain accessible to emergency vehicles at all times. This portion of East Avenue is scheduled to reopen to two-way traffic later this month. Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun.com.

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Buffalo Caught In Residential Texas ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — A buffalo that roamed away from home has been recaptured after being cornered by police in Central Texas in a chase through a residential area. Round Rock police were dispatched Friday morning when the owner reported the buffalo jumped some fences at a rural property and fled. Patrol car video shows officers with flashing lights chasing the buffalo as it gallops along sidewalks, on grass and into streets. Eywitnesses of the incident say the scene was quite a spectacle, as the animal ran through yards, followed closely by the pursuing police. Officers managed to secure the buffalo, after an extensive chace through a few backyards, and safely returning the animal to its home. The buffalo emerged from the incident unharmed. No officers were hurt.

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Marc Magnus-Sharpe Talks Outdoor Living By DAVID TICZON Sun Staff Writer

Marc Magnus-Sharpe, the Lindseth Director of Cornell Outdoor Education, said he aims to not just teach outdoor skills, but life skills. Magnus-Sharpe said he has dedicated his life to education. He has worked as a teacher at the Steward School in Richmond, Virginia, and also spent five years as dean for the United Nations International School. Ma n g u s Sharpe, who was born in Germany and raised by his grandparents, said his interest in the outdoors was sparked during walks he would take with his grandparents through the forest. “I began to appreciate just how much my family and I love being out in these expansive, peaceful, green spaces,” MagnusSharpe said. After moving to America at age six, Magnus-Sharpe said he began to see the world through the eyes of an “American child [who] focuses more on team sports.” Mangus-Sharpe attended The College of William and Mary as a biology major on a pre-med track. One day, he said he heard someone from a tree yell, “Hey can you hand me that wrench?” He looked up 40 feet to find a professor from the physical education department. Two years later, he said he had built a ropes course through those same trees.

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The day after he graduated from college, MagnusSharpe said he “got on a bicycle and rode from Virginia Beach, Virginia to Carpinteria, California.” “I did about a hundred miles a day for 32 days,” Magnus-Sharpe said. “Each day, a little more of the academic stress, that drumbeat of college life, began to melt away. And it felt great.” Eventually, he said he found his way to New York City, where he served as a school administrator. “The canyons of New York City, those long avenues

lined with skyscrapers, are nothing like the gorges here,” Magnus-Sharpe said. “There’s a sense of confinement in the city, but as you make that leap, crossing bridges and tunnels, you find yourself again happily immersed in nature.” After living in New York City for 12 years, MagnusSharpe said he wanted to get away, and that the opportunity to move came after his son left for college. “Towards the end of those dozen years, we couldn’t help but look forward to getting out of the city,”

Magnus-Sharpe said. In the fall of 2013, Magnus-Sharpe began as the Director of Cornell Outdoor Education, a position he said is a “natural fit” because it combines his love of the outdoors, science and education. Magnus-Sharpe said his favorite Cornell Outdoor Education trip was to Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal. The Nepal trek “had a full enrollment of 14 alumni, and a waiting list of 10,” he said. “We trekked for nine days, taking 220,000 steps. Arriving to Annapurna Base Camp, at 13,500 feet, the temperature had dropped” Magnus-Sharpe said. “It is a powerful, moving experience. There is the physical adventure and there is the emotional, spiritual part.” After leaving New York City, Magnus-Sharpe said he has has grown to appreciate the wide array of outdoor landscapes at Cornell, including the trails, gorges and Beebe Lake. Magnus Sharpe said making these locations safe and accessible is one of the goals of Cornell Outdoor Education. “Because of our excellent team, Cornell Outdoor Education is absolutely one-of-a-kind in outdoor education programs,” he said. “There is no doubt about it — our student instructors are sought after. Dozens of organizations reach out to us in hopes of recruiting them each year.” Magnus-Sharpe said he hopes students leave Cornell Outdoor Education trips with a sense of discovery. “You never know what is behind the corner when you are in the woods,” Magnus-Sharpe said. “There is a discovery at every turn and you have a bigger discovery about who you are.” After a career in both traditional and outdoor education, Magnus-Sharpe reflected on his experiences on advice for students. “Stay balanced. The degree you are chasing at 2 a.m. is only part of what defines you,” he said. “Strengthen your other passions as well and stay flexible.” David Ticzon can be reached at dtizcon@cornellsun.com.

New Study Spaces Open on Second Floor of Mann Library By BENEDETTA CARNAGHI Sun Staff Writer

Student input has been valuable in shaping the renovation of Mann Library, where new collaborative and individual study spaces opened after spring break, according to Sara Wright, head of user services at the library. Wright said students contributed to the project in various ways. “The pieces of furniture, the types of rooms that were created and the layout of the furniture were all a direct result of what we heard from students,” Wright said. “Students participated in an ideal space design exercise where they drew their ideal library spaces complete with furniture, technology and service desks.” Howard Raskin, operations and planning librarian, added that “students have also participated in a photo diary exercise, taking photos of spaces and furniture that they found most conducive to studying,” which helped Mann’s Advisory Committee understand the variety of work needs that the

space should accommodate. Librarians were particularly committed to involving students in the project, according to Mann Library Director Mary Ochs. “Librarians have presented at the Student Library Advisory Council, Mann Library’s Advisory Committee and the [College of Agriculture and Life Sciences] student advisory committee to ask questions and hear what students want and need,” Ochs said. These spaces, located on the second floor of the library, were opened on Monday, according to Wright. These study spaces offer many new features, according to Raskin. “Based on students’ comments and suggestions ... we’ve added more collaborative furniture, individual study nook spaces, adjustable height tables, standing work stations and positioned everything so that it takes advantage of the view from the windows and natural lighting,” Raskin said. The Mann Advisory Committee has also started to plan the next steps of this renovation project, according to Ochs.

“There are a few spaces that are still in the works which we will be rolling out this semester and over the summer,” Ochs said. These additional spaces include “a bring your own device” area, a “reservable interview room in the basement complete with an LCD and webcam,” and “a One Button Studio which is a simplified video recording setup that can be used without any previous video production experience,” according to Wright. Wright said the design of the One Button Studio allows students to create high-quality video projects without having previous experience with lights and cameras. “You only need to bring your flash drive with you and push a single button,” Wright said. “This space will be ideal for practicing and recording a presentation for class, creating studio components of a larger video project or creating e-portfolio introductions and content,” Wright said. When Mann Library was opened in 2007, Ochs said the library staff needed to use part of

the second floor for temporary office space. “Since then, there has been a commitment in place to turn that space back to student use, and we were finally able to do that,” Ochs said. Raskin said the renovation project tries to accommodate the needs of both individual study and collaborative projects. “Our work with students has

shown that studying and preparing for class projects and exams has become a more collaborative process,” Wright said. “That said, we also know that there is a need for quiet, individual study spaces. We’ve tried to use furnishings creatively to create more of those options as well.” Benedetta Carnaghi can be reached at bcarnaghi@cornellsun.com.

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Get to work | Students enjoy the new study spaces on the second floor of Mann Library.

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medical clinicians working so that we can try to get more appointments into the time of day that is less disruptive,” Corson-Rikert said. During the question and answer section of the presentation, S.A. President-Elect Juliana Batista ’16 asked about potential for student input in the “design of space” for the new Gannett.

coming construction. Gannett Executive Director Dr. Janet Corson-Rikert said that in addition to “allowing [Gannett] to operate in a reasonable sized space,” the renovated facilities will integrate medical and mental health facilities and professionals. “In the “We are looking forward to having space in new space the health promotion area where we are students will be collaboratively involved.” moving toward Dr. Janet Corson-Rikert what we think is the ideal model for health care where we Corson-Rikert responded actually have medical and mental that the “very rapid process” has people together,” Corson-Rikert thus far left Gannett “pretty said. “Students will come in [to] challenged to get very much one common waiting room, input, even from our own staff whether you are being seen for a on [the construction].” medical problem or a mental However, he said the organizahealth problem, [and] nobody tion has several areas within the will know why you are there.” new building where they want to Because the coming construc- seek student input in the future. tion may be disruptive to normal “We are looking forward to operations, Corson-Rikert said having space in the health prothat Gannett is extending hours motion area where students will to provide less disruptive hours be collaboratively involved, so for patients. ideas for set-up of that area “During this period of pile would be particularly useful,” driving from April 27 to May 16, Corson-Rikert said. we will be extending our hours so that we are operating until 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Christopher Byrns can be reached and medical services will have at cbyrns@cornellsun.com.

Chicago Mayor Emanuel Reelected in Runoff CHICAGO (AP) — Rahm Emanuel won re-election Tuesday as voters in Chicago’s first mayoral runoff decided that, despite his brusque management style, the former White House chief of staff was best equipped to deal with the many dire challenges facing the nation’s third-largest city. Emanuel was forced to campaign furiously across the city to beat Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia after failing to capture a majority against four other candidates in a February election. The mayoral runoff was the first since the city changed the way it conducts elections about 20 years ago. “To all the voters I want to thank you for putting me through my paces,” Emanuel told supporters Tuesday night. “I will be a better mayor because of that. I will carry your voices, your concerns into ... the mayor's office.” With nearly all voting precincts reporting results, Emanuel had about 56 percent of the vote compared to around 44 percent for Garcia. “We didn’t lose today, we tried,” Garcia told supporters gathered at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “We fought hard for what we believed in. You don't succeed at this or anything else unless you try.” The incumbent highlighted

tough decisions he’s made since succeeding former Mayor Richard M. Daley in 2011, but admitted that his management approach too often rubbed city residents the wrong way. He portrayed Garcia as too inexperienced to handle the city’s financial crunch. Many of those heading to the polls Tuesday said the election should be a signal. “Hopefully he (Emanuel) takes heed of the runoff when he should have been a shoo-in,” said Richard Rowe, a 50-year-old, who planned to vote for the incumbent. Jesus Fernandez, a 44-year-old window washer who voted for Garcia, had the same view. “If he (Garcia) gets close, we might push Rahm to do something,” Fernandez said. “At least we push him a little bit.” Emanuel raised far more money than Garcia, plastered the airwaves with ads and had support from his former boss, President Barack Obama, who cast an early ballot for him from Washington. Beginning Wednesday, the mayor faces huge obstacles in his second term, from fixing the worst-funded pension systems of any big U.S. city to stemming stubborn violence and confronting labor unions that just spent millions trying to defeat him.

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shortfall of $55 million in the provost’s structural budget, the formation of international partnerships “such as those the university has undertaken with the Qatar Foundation and the Technion of Israel,” the use of University funds in developing Massive Open Online Courses and the Engaged Cornell initiative. The Senate is delegated as representative of the University Faculty in functions relating to educational policy by Article X of the Organization and Procedures of the University Faculty. Prof. Eric Cheyfitz, English and American studies, the lead sponsor of the resolution, said that ill-definition of “educational policy” had led to “top-down decision making” from the administration. “The history in the document points to a problem that has allowed the administration to implement top-down decision making without following Article XIII, Section Two of the University bylaws,” he said. “This problem is that, as stated in Article XIII, ‘educational policy which concerns more than one college, school or separate academic unit, or are general in nature’ has not been clearly defined.” As a result, Cheyfitz said the bylaw’s principles of shared governance and administrative transparency have been breached. “If educational policy issues are discussed as they should be with the Senate beforehand, then transparency is achieved,” he said. “It’s important to note that while the administration has the final decision in these matters, the Senate has the prerogative under Article XIII to provide its advice, which is crucial, and even more crucial a public debate so that the University community is made aware of important educational policy decisions before these decisions are made.” Prof. Elizabeth Sanders, government, another sponsor of the resolution, said the examples presented in the resolution all represented “big decisions that were clearly related to education” and were not guided by input from faculty. Cheyfitz said he believes that while the administration may have consulted individual faculty members or appointed committees of faculty members in making decisions, bypassing discussion with the Faculty Senate was a violation of the bylaws. Sanders added that faculty members simply want administrators to talk to them about decisions and listen to their ideas. “There’s a reason to listen to us — faculty for their knowledge and students because they care so much about the future,” she said. “There is a lot of knowledge in this university, but [the administration] don’t take advantage of it.” An amendment to the resolution will also be presented by Prof. Ken Birman, computer science, at Wednesday’s meeting. The amended resolution states that “the University administration has repeatedly failed to demonstrate adequate and timely transparency in situations that clearly fall under these policies

and for which there was no apparent requirement of extreme urgency or unusual secrecy,” but does not include instances of bylaw violations. “The main difference is that instead of providing a list of specific [examples], it says that the finding of the Senate has been that there is a broader pattern of failure to engage in a timely way under circumstances where there was time and there wasn’t a particular need for secrecy,” Birman said. Birman said he hopes the resolution will prove that “less is more” and will tackle the broader issue of a lack of University transparency.

“My feeling was that there were things that were listed that the [proposers of the original resolution] didn’t include and there were items on their list that I, at least, don’t agree with,” he said. Dean of Faculty Prof. Joseph Burns Ph.D ’66, astronomy, said he believes there are two reasons that explain why the Senate resolutions are of particular importance now. “Nowadays, Cornell is experiencing appropriately much more involvement of both faculty and students in concerns about whether the right decisions are being made,” Burns said. “The Faculty Senate’s consideration of these resolutions is just a continu-

ation of that.” He said he also believes faculty members hope that new incoming administrators will be aware of this issue on campus. “We want the new president to hear our grievances and proposals for more inclusive decision making processes,” Sanders said. Prof. Laurent Dubreuil, romance studies and comparative literature, who also sponsored the original resolution, said financial difficulties on campus and the lack of an agreed upon definition of “educational policy” were catalysts for the resolution. “Cornell is run more and more like a corporation, and, more to the point, like a bureaucratic cor-

poration,” Dubreuil said. “Our motion is just an attempt to get a clearer view of where we are heading — toward a more integrated mode of decision or toward more corporate bureaucracy.” Cheyfitz echoed Dubreuil, saying the resolution would play a major role in determining how future University decisions are made. “Shared governance is very important … it will determine if Cornell will be a reasonably democratic place or if it will be completely autocratic,” Cheyfitz said. Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun.com.

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Questioning the Need For an Inclusion Bureaucrat CORNELL INTENDS TO HIRE a Senior Associate Dean for Inclusion, Engagement and Community Support who will oversee many minority advocacy groups across campus. Administrators claim that whoever fills the newly created post will increase collaboration across organizations such as the LGBT Resource Center, the Asian and Asian American Center and the Women’s Resource Center. The hiring of such a senior staff member remains unnecessary, and the University would better serve advocacy centers on campus by providing additional funding to these groups. The new dean will “work closely with the Division of Student and Academic Services to create cocurricular learning activities for undergraduate and graduate students,” according to a job description posted by the University, and will earn a tentative annual salary of approximately $116,000. Although supporting crossdepartmental and unit programs is laudable, the decision to create another bureaucrat needs further justification considering the lack of resources available to advocacy centers. Currently, student organizations funded by Cornell undergraduates through the Student Activity Fee provide more outlets and programming surrounding diversity and inclusion than the resource centers. Rather than expanding the scope of the administration, the University should instead focus on providing resources to increase the capabilities of advocacy centers across campus. Dean of Students Kent Hubbell ’67 proposed at a Student Assembly meeting on March 26 that the University could hire the new dean while also still providing additional support to the advocacy centers. Would this compromise be feasible and help support the underfunded organizations on campus? Most likely, yes. However, the administration’s intent to hire yet another official is not simply an issue surrounding a lack of funding and resources. While many of the advocacy resource centers on campus dedicate themselves to increasing diversity and inclusion on campus, each center has its own distinct problems and differences that would likely persist under a single administrator. As proposed in S.A. Resolution 53, the University should instead invest in staffing to each individual resource center rather than expecting one person to oversee a wide array of organizations with different needs. Adding another administrator, although seemingly well intentioned, does not address the larger issue of resource centers lacking one thing they need: resources. We urge the University to reevaluate whether the creation of another administrative position is necessary and in the best interests of both students and student advocacy centers.

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he world in April 1865 looked panel honoring Cornell’s accomplishvery different than April looks ments in international development and today. We were nearing the end poverty reduction and learn about of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was 150,000 years of climate change in our President but would soon be assassi- Ithaca. On Sunday, you can learn about nated, and the winter couldn’t have pos- how the physical structure of the piano sibly been as bad. Over the past 150 has changed over time and hear about years, Cornell has contributed signifi- how Americans came to venerate the cantly to the changes we have seen in the Constitution. Charter Day is also partly about our world since 1865. On April 27, 2015, Cornell future, the next 150 years. On Saturday, University’s Charter was signed, creating you can hear faculty and alumni discuss “an institution where any person can how equality of opportunity can be find instruction in any study.” Since that improved, meet student innovators and point, Cornell University has set itself discuss the projects that will have an apart from every other University in the impact on our society, listen to Cornell world by sticking to this motto and pro- Professor Robert Frank, Johnson viding an incredible breadth and depth Graduate School of Managment, discuss of fields of study for students of any gen- social science findings about how luck der, race, ethnicity or corner of the globe can affect your life more than you think to explore. The Charter set forth and vote for the best student, faculty or staff-led susCornell’s landtainability grant mission, dedicating us Cornellians have accomplished a project. On Sunday, you to public sercan learn vice and servgreat deal worth celebrating. the about ing the world’s Charter Day weekend is the time future of needs. robotics, hear Cornellians to commemorate these accom- how leaders in have accomfinance believe plished a great plishments and to contemplate we can deal worth celstrengthen the ebrating. how we want to leave our mark global finanCharter Day weekend is the on the world’s next 150 years. cial system, analyze the time to comethical issues memorate these accomplishments and to contem- surrounding the application of DNA plate how we want to leave our mark on technology to medicine and forensics and hear all of Cornell’s living Presidents the world’s next 150 years. We are lucky enough to be right here discuss the future of higher education. And on Monday you can participate on campus during this seminal year and to participate in the celebrations. This in the formal ceremony celebrating the will be a weekend that you will never signing of the original Charter, with forget and that may well define your inspiring remarks, performances and videos commemorating Cornell’s rich experience as a Cornellian. When you remember back to your history and promising future. These are just a few of the numerous days at Cornell or come back for reunion, there will be defining moments interesting events and lectures occurring of your experience here that stick out — over Charter Day weekend. If I could, I the class that pushed you out of your would go to all of them. Regardless of how busy you are, your comfort zone, the late night memories made with close friends, celebrating mood about Cornell at this moment or with your family the accomplishment of how tired you might be on weekend graduating from this great institution. mornings, attend at least one event over The academic celebration of Charter Charter Day weekend. The weekend’s Day will be one of those experiences, if events will be thought-provoking, reflecyou choose to sign up at tive, fun, visionary and will teach you something new. After all, aren’t these 150.cornell.edu. Charter Day is partly about our his- the reasons why you came to Cornell? Learn more, sign up to attend, or sign tory, the last 150 years. On Friday night, to volunteer online at you can hear Bill Nye and Professor up Steven Squyres talk about Cornell’s his- 150.cornell.edu. tory of leadership in space exploration. On Saturday, you can listen to famous novelist Richard Price (and writer for Annie O’Toole is a second year law student at Cornell Law School and the graduate studentThe Wire) read about the Cornell elected trustee. She can be reached at poet/professor A.R. Archie Ammons’ ado29@cornell.edu. Trustee Viewpoint appears influence on his writing career, attend a on alternate Tuesdays this semester.

Letters to the editor and guest columns may be sent to associate-editor @cornellsun.com.

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OPINION

Christo Eliot | The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight

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In Defense Of Boredom

here are a number of accusations levied against young people by older generations these days. Among them are an inherent sense of entitlement, civic and political disengagement and an overall culture of selfish materialism. I do not necessarily agree with any of these allegations but there certainly are some characteristics of our generation that do seem pervasive and somewhat ubiquitous. A key one is that we are either unwilling or unable to be bored. Ours is the generation blessed with handheld computers that allow us to disappear into the world of Snapchat, Instagram, sports highlights and any number of distractions we can lean on before the instant boredom begins to creep up on us. Netflix has enabled us to use entire seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia or Gilmore Girls (pick your poison) as a crutch to fight off the demon of boredom. Every movie in the world is available to watch online for free and with only somewhat dubious legality. We view boredom as the enemy and use every tool at our disposal to fend it away. Technology is the newest and most effective advancement in this war humans have been waging for years. My question, though, is, “What is wrong with being bored?” The most obvious answer is it is boring, but you are already assuming that being boring is bad, which is cheating. If you defined “computational” as “of or relating to computation” in your seventh grade English class, your teacher would probably have recommended you make better flashcards (not speaking from experience or anything). Humans are not born to be in a constant state of psychological “pedal to the metal,” but we don’t let ourselves be bored and subsequently develop a tolerance for mental stimulation — making us feel perpetually bored. I was recently with a group of friends who were using an app where they shared and rated beers with their friends on the same app (and not around the same table). Sitting at this table while three of my good friends were absorbed in their screens, I remember thinking or saying out loud (because who can separate those things anyway), “Come on

We view boredom as the enemy and use every tool at our disposal to fend it away. Technology is the newest and most effective advancement in this war humans have been waging for years. guys. Can’t we just be hip and trendy and pretend we enjoy the bitterness of an IPA with each other?” Drinking beer and eating pizza isn’t even a boring activity. In fact, next to talking about being from Colorado, they are probably my two favorite hobbies. (I also like pottery and the smell of rain … ladies.) Is this another rendition of the “throw your phones into the gorge” column I have written more than once before? You can bet your sweet bippy it is. Only this time I brought with me a little bit of science to help my cause. Educational researcher Thomas Goetz has found that the human brain is much more active when it is bored than you might expect. In states of boredom, the focused brain works with the unfocused brain — a neural relationship almost never otherwise observed. According to Goetz, “Boredom can foster creativity.” Does this mean that not using your phone can bolster your divergent thinking abilities? This is beginning to feel like a Tale of the Dingo at Midnight reunion episode. Goetz has identified five different kinds of boredom. Luckily for us, three of the five are considered beneficial boredom. The two to avoid are apathetic boredom, which is a characterized by a lack of motivation to do anything, and reactant boredom, which comes about when you are forced to stay in a boring situation for a while and you become irritable — think being handcuffed to a seat in a movie theater screening Cold Mountain. The remaining three flavors of boredom are indifferent, calibrated and searching. Indifferent boredom is characterized by wandering thoughts such as those you experience when trying to fall asleep (or stay awake in certain lectures, as it were). The other two come about when you want to do something but aren’t sure what (a phenomenon that almost never comes around for Cornell students). All of these forms of boredom can lead to more creative thoughts and an openness to new things. So maybe our cage match with boredom is ill conceived. Am I suggesting that we go through our lives entirely without excitement or passion? Absolutely not. Boredom is like a Big Mac. Eating nothing but Big Macs is not going to contribute to any sort of a healthy lifestyle, but inside the greasy and processed beef patties is a little bit of protein. And inherent to all periods of boredom is the potential for creative insight and new discoveries. One Big Mac every now and then is not going to kill you and will be much easier on your wallet than the analogous Terrace or Trillium salad. By taming our addiction to technology, we may be able to get a little more openness and creativity out of that patty. Christo Eliot is a senior in the College of Engineering. He can be reached at celiot@cornellsun.com. The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Samantha Weisman | A Weisman Once Said

The Phantom of Heilbronn E

ver since Hank Green of at a cotton swab factory. If I wanted to be cheesy, I the Vlogbrothers talked about it in a YouTube could explain how this story video, I have been fascinated by could symbolize all of the ways the Phantom of Heilbronn, oth- we’ve left our mark on Cornell erwise known as the Woman without meaning to, or all of the people we have indirectly impactWithout a Face. Between 1993 and 2009, a ed by who we are or what we have woman’s DNA was found at 40 done. But, I actually don’t want different crime scenes in three dif- to be cheesy. I want to be literal. ferent countries in Europe. None Literally! Even though it would be nice of the crimes were seemingly connected in any other way but by to think about our metaphorical this woman’s skin cells, and the and emotional impacts on those crimes ranged widely from basic around us and our campus, it burglaries to merciless murders. might be more fun to think about Her DNA was found in a car everything — and everyone — used to transport several dead that we have literally touched bodies in Germany, on a toy pis- during our time here on the Hill. tol after a robbery in France, in an I know it sounds weird, but if we eyeglass store after a burglary in think about the actual residue of Austria and at the scenes of many our tiny little skin cells, these litother heinous crimes. They found eral markers could actually better her among discarded cookie crumbs, on I know it sounds weird, but if we think heroin syringes about the actual residue of our tiny little and on 20 different stolen skin cells, these literal markers could cars and actually better represent our Cornell m o t o rc yc l e s stories than figurative ones. throughout Europe. Police were astounded. The Woman represent our Cornell stories than Without a Face was nowhere to figurative ones. My feet skipped along the be found, and yet they found her paths between North Campus everywhere. Although they could not fig- and Collegetown freshman year, ure out who she was, they learned and I remember sliding my hand quite a lot about the Phantom of along the bars on the bridges as I Heilbronn from her DNA. The walked in big groups of friends to police figured out what food she parties. My whole body rolled ate, what drugs she took and how around on the Hill on Slope Day, she dressed. Using modern tech- soaking up the sun and appreciatnology, they tried to paint a pic- ing the freshly grown grass. My ture of one of the most successful fingers skimmed bookshelves in supposed serial killers in history the Olin stacks as I researched for and started to piece together her a term paper, and my face fell story. They interviewed criminals asleep in those books later that who were connected to crimes night. My toes rubbed the dirt of where her DNA was also found, Treman Park when my friends and these criminals denied all and I went swimming during one knowledge of the woman. Police of the last warm weather days in concluded that they must have the fall. I spread my skin cells when I been too scared to give her away. In 2009, they discovered the passed out quarter cards on Ho Phantom: an innocent woman Plaza, high-fived random people who worked at a cotton swab fac- in Lynah Rink when we scored tory. She had never actually been hockey goals and threw Swedish to any of those crime scenes, but Fish on the ice. I handed out cofshe did touch all of the Q-tips fee cups during Hillel’s Lattes at that they used to clean them up. Libe, held onto the poles of a THer tiny skin cells travelled all CAT bus at two o’clock in the around Europe, landing on crime morning and stapled papers scenes and popping up on DNA together in the library. I opened detection software. She reached doors to buildings that would all of these crimes without even become homes, and pressed eleknowing it, and had much more vator buttons to take me to spaces of a worldly impact than she that would become sanctuaries. I cuddled on a bed with intended by getting a simple job

friends while a party was raging in the frat hall outside, as though the only people in the house that mattered were us. I stood arm in arm with friends and strangers and new friends singing the Alma Mater as loudly as possible, because Cornell is our citadel. I handed someone my I.D. card to swipe me in to dining halls so that my friends and I could gossip or have meaningful conversation or something in between. My tears fell onto the library floor when I was stressed, my arms helped friends make it home at night and my legs have taken me uphill or downhill or both to classes every single day. Everyone has their own version of their Cornell Q-tips. You kissed someone freshman year who became your best friend, or you split a cookie with someone who you would start a club with. The hands we have held, the people we have kissed, the books we have opened and the tickets we have purchased — everything we have touched here has touched us in return. We made our own versions of crime scene Q-tips when we handed out quarter cards or when we gave out candy during finals. We had no idea of the physical, albeit invisible, impact that these actions would have. So I said I didn’t want to be cheesy, but as my fingers have typed these words, I failed at my own mission. When all the police had was the Phantom’s skin cells, they pieced together her story from the things she had indirectly touched. In literally expressing the things I have come into contact with at Cornell, I have also painted a picture of my Cornell experience. I can hope that my Q-tips indirectly helped someone else or made their experience better, and I can be sure that I’ll never know how far they spread. And lastly, if through all of the cups of coffee I’ve given out or hockey tickets I’ve sold, if someone finds my skin cells at a murder scene — I swear, I didn’t do it. Samantha Weisman is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She may be reached at sweisman@cornellsun.com. A Weisman Once Said appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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SCIENCE

Nature and design

PLANT PAthology

Treman Weeping Willow Finds New Life as Part of Plantations Exhibit By KATHLEEN BITTER Sun Senior Writer

The Treman Weeping Willow — a living heritage tree that lived in the F.R. Newman Arboretum until 2011 — has returned to the Cornell Plantations this week with a new lease on life. More specifically, the willow’s pieces are being featured as sculpture series by Prof. Jack Elliott, design and environmental analysis. The exhibit, titled Five Uneasy Pieces, sits in the Nevin Welcome Center lobby. In 2011, the nearly 80-year-old tree

his studio at Cornell in large pieces, still full of rot and ants. “I started with the act of just cleaning them up, getting rid of anything that wasn’t substantial,” he said. “And I had all five of them kind of working at different times over years, just sitting there as I took the bark off and revealed the form underneath.” The large pieces of wood have been cut flat in some places and scorched black in others, while some surfaces have been left as they were on the tree. Elliott said this juxtaposition between the flat, planar surfaces and the

“When you blacken [the wood], it changes it so you start seeing the form of the wood, rather than having all those preconceptions of what it is.” Prof. Jack Elliott was found to be unable to support itself due to its age as well the effects of carpenter ants, according to Elliott. “My wife was going on a walk in the Plantations, and she saw the tree with her friends after it had been recently cut,” Elliott said. “She called me to let me know about it and I followed up with people at the Plantations.” Elliott said the tree was delivered to

“S AMOTHRACAE ”

scorched black but bumpy, natural surfaces references the juxtaposition between the human and non-human. “I don’t overwork the material,” he said. “I let the material demonstrate most of its beauty as I find it.” Part of each of the five pieces has a blackened surface, burned evenly with a blowtorch. Elliott said the scorching not only helps preserve and harden the

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wood, but also forces the viewer to see ronment, a theme that also came out in Five Uneasy Pieces. the tree trunk differently. “You can see these things are still “If you put a big piece of wood on a podium in a museum and people look alive, but it’s not easy,” he said. “There’s at it, they think, ‘oh, it’s a piece of that feel of uneasiness.” The title Five Uneasy Pieces is also a wood,’” he said. “But when you blacken it, it changes it so you start seeing the reference to the 1970 movie Five Easy form of the wood, rather than having Pieces, starring Jack Nicholson. “It was kind of an angst movie,” all those preconceptions of what it is. You start seeing that it sort of looks like Elliott said. “There was this quality of a human, it looks like an animal, it uneasiness.” looks like something, but it’s not just a tree.” “You start seeing that it sort of One of the five pieces, “Samothracae,” is part looks like a human, it looks like bumpy and scorched and part twisted, reaching wood an animal, it looks like someuntouched by saw or torch. “The ‘Samothracae’ is thing, but it’s not just a tree.” about this rupturing, where one form emerges from the other. And that’s what Five Uneasy Pieces is not the first makes it uneasy,” Elliott said. “The black gives it a somber quality, but time Elliott’s work has been exhibited there’s a kind of response to conditions on campus. His sculpture of an that aren’t exactly changing, that aren’t upturned tree with its roots exposed was on display in front of the Johnson exactly good.” Elliott said that much of his artwork Museum as part of its Beyond Earth Art has to do with environmentalism and exhibit last year. He also created two wooden benches the human relationship with the envithat currently sit in the Human Ecology building, made from maple trees that had to be cut down during the building’s construction. Elliott said two other benches from that same project currently sit on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Elliott said he tries to create all of his sculpture work as sustainably as possible. “All the wood is naturally harvested. I never cut a tree down,” he said. Elliott uses hand tools as much as possible, excepting the use of an electric chainsaw, which is lubricated with plant-based oils. He said he also does not use epoxies or polyurethane finishes on his work, using only natural waxes or organic linseed oil when he feels a finish is necessary. In the works for Elliott’s next sculptures include a sequoia tree for the University of California, Berkeley. “The pieces I’m working on now are much bigger,” he said.

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Artistic tree-umph | Using five pieces of the Treman Weeping Willow — cut down from the Plantations in 2011 — Prof. Jack Elliott, design and environmental analysis, created an exhibit meant to represent uneasiness between humans and nature.

Kathleen Bitter can be reached at kbitter@cornellsun.com.

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SCIENCE

Prof. Gary Bergstrom Explores Fungal Diseases in Field Crops By SIDDESH RAMESH

the farmer to the malt house to the small brewery.” Because field crops are very vulnerIn order to tackle the fungal diseases plaguing field able to fungal disease, understanding crops in agrarian New York, Prof. Gary Bergstrom, plant such plant disorders forms the thrust pathology and plant-microbe biology, has one simple of Bergstrom’s research. This involves strategy: collaborate. conducting disease surveys, identifyBergstrom, who performs laboratory research on field ing crop sequence and evaluating the crop diseases, is also involved in extramural consultation possibility of using certain fungicides. of agronomists and plant breeders to develop biological Bergstrom describes the struggle to and cultural disease control strategies. Bergstrom said his find optimal growing conditions for main goal is to find optimal growing conditions and solu- field crops as “an arms race” against tions to obstacles in field crop development and commu- diseases due to genetic variation and nicate this information to the agrarian community in other factors. New York through workshops, newsletters and training “Whatever solutions we come up sessions. for disease control can be somewhat “Field crops, such as corn, wheat and oats, may have a temporary or ephemeral,” he said. fairly low unit of “[Regarding] one of land value comthe most prominent “[We’re trying to find] a better pared to stuff like diseases for grains this COURTESY OF GARY BERGSTROM fruits or vegetables, and healthier way of growing the past year, we docuCropped out | Field crops such as wheat and corn (pictured above) are very but they are impormented the first vulnerable to fungal diseases, according to Prof. Gary Bergstrom, plant pathology crop that would benefit all the occurrence of a tant for human food, industrial mutant strain of fun- and plant-microbe biology. way through the supply chain.” gus that could overstarting materials and livestock feed,” come the action of one of the fungicides form research on farmers’ fields,” Bergstrom said. “While Prof. Gary Bergstrom they may not have my expertise in pathology, they are Bergstrom said. they use.” Bergstrom said However, Bergstrom said he has a linked in with the farmers and know their problems.” Approaching science from a problem-solving perspeche works closely with farmers and agricultural businesses diverse “toolkit” that allows him to continually investigate to develop strategies that would achieve high crop output the fundamental biology of field crops and fungal diseases tive with fundamental research, Bergstrom said he aims to in an effective, economically viable manner. and find new solutions. For example, the collaboration improve the viability of field crops in the face of disease “We orient our research program to try to solve prob- with various experts, such as plant breeders to select vari- and promote effective agricultural strategies. “I am curious about how things work. I think that is lems for agricultural industries,” he said. eties that are tolerant to diseases, is an instrumental asset how I got into biology in the first place,” Bergstrom said. Bergstrom’s team is currently working in the micro- for Bergstrom. brewing industry, specifically with malt houses, which Bergstrom also works closely with extension educators, “But I think if I am able to connect my research to solving buy and malt barley, a key ingredient in beer. individuals affiliated with the Cornell Cooperative problems for agriculturists, that is just a great stimulant to According to Bergstrom, the objective is to find “a bet- Extension program, including some who are “proficient me.” ter and healthier way of growing the crop [barley] that in growing corn and wheat.” would benefit all the way through the supply chain from “They can carry out [disease] surveys and even per- Siddesh Ramesh can be reached at sr747@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Student Fashion Spotlight Speaking With Senior Designer Ellen Pyne ’15

BY MIKE SOSNICK Arts and Entertainment Editor

Ellen Pyne ’15 isn’t your average Fiber Science and Apparel Design student. Rather than wanting to go into the fashion world, she is using the program to forward her dreams of costume design. For the 31st Annual Cornell Fashion Collective Runway Show, she drew inspiration from one of her favorite stories, Snow White. Enthralled by the aesthetics of ice and the fairy tale’s imagery, she designed 10 different characters who will tell the story’s narrative through stage direction and props. On top of the unique garments, her collection also features handmade, transparent ice crowns made of polyester resin; a visually stunning and technically difficult addition. The Sun had the opportunity to chat with Pyne about her entry in the show and her personal connection to the costumes she has designed. THE SUN: How did you find yourself at Cornell for Fiber Science and Apparel Design? ELLEN PYNE: In high school I did costume design but I thought I wanted to do fashion instead because I was really unhappy with modern clothing compared to the vintage clothing I was seeing. So I decided to go change that. But I was also really good at math and science so my mother wanted me to do something like that so I was like, ‘Perfect, this is a fiber science and apparel design program so it does both of those.’ I don’t really do science anymore — I just design things — but that was my initial thought of coming to Cornell. SUN: So how did you come back to costume design from fashion? E.P.: I figured out that I really couldn’t sell clothing. It just really cheapened it for me. I didn’t want to make clothes to sell

to the masses; I wanted to design specific garments for specific people, and make characters and tell stories. I had been doing theater at Cornell — I still thought I wanted to do fashion but I still did different productions. But then I thought, ‘No, I should just be a costume designer. I’m better at this, I like it more and it’s more artistically fulfilling for me.’ SUN: How did you decide on Snow White for the collection? E.P.: I had started out being really inspired by ice. That was where it initially started. I just found a whole bunch of pictures of ice and I thought they were beautiful. I thought, ‘What if I could sculpt these and turn them into things?’ Well, I’m a costume designer, so now I need a story to go along with this ice. So I looked at different fairy tales and I realized it was Snow White. I’ve always been obsessed with Snow White, ever since I was little. Every Halloween I would always dress up as Snow White. It was perfect. It has all of these ice references and everything’s about snow. So I used this ice and the story to make all these characters. SUN: How do you feel like the narrative of Snow White fits in specifically with this collection, and how will you represent that? E.P.: On the runway they’re going to kind of act. I cast a bunch of actors as my models. They’re not going to just walk — they’re going to come out and interact with each other, and I have different props for them to use. I’m going to try to convey the story on the runway. Also through the photographs — I’m going to do photographs of scenes to tell the story. SUN: Can you tell us a bit about your motifs for the collection? E.P.: I use a lot of texture; All of my work is really textural with lots of wools, silks — natural fibers mostly. The story is set in winter so I wanted to convey the season and the woods where it takes place. But I didn’t want it to be a cliché type of Snow

White. I didn’t want to do medieval-inspired. You know how they all look kind of the same. I wanted something that didn’t look like the Disney version at all. I tried to design a very fresh version of Snow White that was really authentic to me. I used a lot of shapes that I like. I didn’t use a lot of specific clothing references, I mostly came up with new ideas.

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SUN: Do you want to elaborate more on the sculpting of the crowns? Those are pretty cool. E.P.: I start with sculpting wax. I heat it up in the oven and then I do a rough sketch of it, just the general shape. Then I let it cool, then I go back in with a knife and I carve out the ice shapes. Then I take liquid latex and I paint layers and layers of it over it to make the mold. I take the wax out, and then pour the resin into the mold, let it dry and it comes out as the crown. Tickets for the Cornell Fashion Collective’s Annual Runway Show are still available online or from Collective members. The show will be held this Saturday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in Barton Hall. Mike Sosnick is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at msosnick@cornellsun.com.

Flower Power: Efflorescence at John Hartell Gallery BY SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

Prof. Iftikhar Dadi, history of art, and his collaborator Elizabeth Dadi deftly combine the visual and symbolic facets of flower emblems in Efflorescence at the John Hartell Gallery. The Dadis simultaneously mimic and critique nation-states’ translation of borderless flowers into political imagery. The perversion produces six beautiful, otherworldly sculptures that utilize the flower form without resembling flowers in size, shape or material. The accessibility of the Dadis’ images speaks to the prevalence of associations between nation-states and their claimed floral imagery. The exhibit’s description notes that the connections between certain nations and flowers “are especially arbitrary,” writing that the flowers “can truly be characterized as ‘contested botanicals.’” To this end, the Dadis produce versions of the “national flowers” of six contested geopolitical regions that multiple nation-states claim to possess. Yet, it is difficult to disassociate the images from their previously related nation even with the Dadis’ argument in mind. Consider the shamrock. While quickly surveying the six sculptures, neon light radiating through the dimly-lit John Hartell Gallery, I saw the shamrock sculpture and immediately thought of Ireland. The familiar

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form elicited thoughts about Ireland as a political idea before I considered clover as a plant or Ireland as a geographical region. To articulate this point, the exhibit’s description quotes Cornell professor emeritus Benedict Anderson, international studies: “Imagination plays a central role in how individuals cognize the nation.” Similar imaginative attachments to emblems and symbols, such as passionate devotion to national flags, play out continually. However, Iftikhar and Elizabeth Dadi’s sculptures also deal with the physical, artistic transformation of plant into emblem. By outlining the sculptures with neon lights, the Dadis evoke signs and industrialization. The neon lights are obviously affixed on to the foremost plane of the sculpture with silver, metal joints, speaking to nations’ abandonment of flowers’ biological details in favor of attention-grabbing signage. Additionally, viewers cannot closely inspect one of the sculptures without submerging themselves into the sign’s neon glow and, thus, being acted upon by the sign. The exhibit’s statement notes that the industrial sculptures convey how “delicate natural forms are institutionally developed as fixed emblems to vindicate intangible claims of identity.” A long history of signification and institutionalization thus connects the clover and the instantly recognizable shamrock, for example. Besides the obvious neon incorporation, the sculptures

also include more subtle traces of industrialization. Each sculpture essentially consisted of a detailed, two-dimensional representation of a flower elongated at a right angle to the wall. On each sculpture, the plane not directly facing the viewer displayed one detail: a U.L. “Listed” sticker that notes that the electrical sign meets U.L.’s safety standards. One section of U.L.’s webpage states that it “explores variations of the U.L. mark and their significance around the world,” and once again the signage becomes tied to geopolitical distinctions. The sculptures also connect to identical white power cords which link the images’ luminous glow into an electrical grid. Even without a political or philosophical reading, however, Efflorescence is still an impactful, alluring exhibit. In the slightly darkened gallery, the vibrant flowers’ forms were mirrored in the sleek, wooden floor. The sculptures integrated the surrounding walls and floor, washing the surrounding environment in an electric, neon haze. Against the gallery’s dim lighting, the sculptures’ saturated, intense imagery and neon glow transformed the John Hartell Gallery, instilling a hushed atmosphere. In Efflorescence, flowers bloomed as noticeable, salient forms even when detached from national symbolization. As the exhibit’s description states, efflorescence refers both to glowing and staining,

such that “the act of blooming is also simultaneously the art of discoloration.” This statement reveals another interesting aspect of the exhibit: the lifelessness of the featured flowers. Whereas efflorescence implies action — flowering out, blooming, discoloring — the exhibit’s sculptures and the targeted national emblems both replace the flowers’ biological lives with a supplement: national identity, or perhaps just a neon buzz. Efflorescence effectively interacts with its surrounding psychological environment, pushing relatively minimalist sculptures to great philosophical lengths. The Dadis present the viewer with six simple floral sculptures bedecked in neon and geopolitical contexts, and the viewer’s associations complete the exhibit’s effect. For example, I struggled to detach my viewing of the shamrock’s physical form from pre-existing thoughts about Ireland, the Boston Celtics and other related entities. Yet, when I viewed a sculpture that represented a flower I did not recognize, the tension dissipated. The sculpture represented an industrial translation of the floral form, a bizarre and striking translation, but, for me, one devoid of geopolitical imagery. Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun.com.

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Netflix State of Mind

he smart money these days is on Netflix, as both a growing, deep-pocketed agent in the television and movie industry and an attractive new model for how this entertainment can and will be consumed. What started as a mail-order service for movies and some television shows on DVD is now a primarily digital venue for streaming some of the most popular television. It offers movies too, of course, but as far as their quality, The Onion said it best last year with the headline, “Netflix Instant Thinking About Adding Good Movie.” Consider the tendency for movies, especially old ones, to just vanish from the service as TV new and old, from House of Cards to Friends, colonizes the most valuable real estate on its homepage, and we can conclude that Netflix has its own smart money on television rather than movies. That’s an image Netflix is working to change. This fall, Netflix plans to premiere AAA films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II and Cary Fukunaga’s war drama Beasts of No Nation the same day they open in select theaters. Chances are you will know full well that Beasts of No Nation is available to stream if you load Netflix around the time of its debut. It’s likely that it, like this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary Virunga, will have a prominent “Netflix Original” logo over its home page banner ad, or some other graphic claim to ownership that can be easily, imperceptibly mistaken for authorship. But Netflix is not making Beasts of No Nation. Fukunaga has written and directed the film via Participant Media and Red Crown

Productions. Netflix bought the rights for dayand-date streaming, but it has no more claim to authoring the film or the Crouching Tiger sequel or Virunga than Fox Searchlight Pictures has for The Grand Budapest Hotel or The Tree of Life, both of which it distributed. Do you refer to The Grand Budapest Hotel as Wes Anderson’s film, and The Tree of Life as Terrence Malick’s? I do, even if I still wish to stress that Ralph Fiennes and production designer Adam Stockhausen contributed much to the first film, as Jessica Chastain and Director of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki

Zachary Zahos A Lover’s Quarrel With the World did to the second. But as a cinephile and film student, I prescribe to the auteur theory, which holds the director as the primary author of any given film (even, crucially, the supposed trash). I would gather many people passionate about movies, whether or not they call themselves “cinephiles” (even I hear that word and think “doesn’t get much sun”), prescribe to a general belief in the auteur theory. The Oscars reinforce it — since 1990, 19 of 25 Best Picture winners also claimed Best Director — and the living legend status of someone like Martin Scorsese shows that we recognize and value the voice behind the camera, especially when it’s as open to caricature as his. For the longest time, the auteur theory has

evaded television. Showrunners like Mad Men’s Matt Weiner claim authorial primacy, with their dual head writer and executive producer credits, though premium networks like HBO and Cinemax have lately challenged that notion by hiring distinctive directors like Fukunaga and Steven Soderbergh for full seasons of True Detective and The Knick, respectively. Networks also retain greater visibility than movie studios because they have commercials, watermarks and password-protected streaming platforms to burn into your brain that, hey, this is an AMC (or NBC or HBO) show. Studios get a trumpet fanfare or roaring lion at the beginning, but they all have to share the same theaters, which have their own premovie promos to blast their brands and coax you into buying $8.95 tubs of popcorn. Both studios and theaters, however, tend to shut up once the lights dim and let the movie just be its own immersive thing. Netflix has capitalized on its unprecedented hybrid status — part viewing platform, part big-money financier, part library — to disrupt these rules. But does it fulfill all those roles satisfactorily, or place too much emphasis on one over the others? As a platform, Netflix’s image quality has improved alongside our wireless routers, so there’s little room to complain there. But why have Netflix’s recent spectacles of checkbook-signing been accompanied by a remarkably inconsistent, waning library? Is all this money really going to Adam Sandler and not to securing Woody Allen’s filmography for more than a few months at a time, to say nothing of classics and hidden gems made before 1980? Regardless of who “made” a streaming TV show or movie, we watch it “on Netflix.” The move away from physical media, as sad as this

Blu-ray fanatic may be to admit it, has created a dependency on streaming platforms for both content and the range and history of that content. Netflix being the most powerful of these platforms, it has grown disinterested with history, instead favoring its capacity to shape the future. Ironically, that future resembles the past, the time when a producer like David O. Selznick claimed authorship behind films like Gone With the Wind and Rebecca, films he didn’t direct. But Selznick was so involved in the movie-making process that he can at least claim credit for one of those two (it’s the one not directed by Hitchcock), while Netflix only chooses and bankrolls original properties and has no hand in their actual production. As we move through this Golden Age of Digital Content we should be able to recall who is really making it. Netflix does not make it so easy, as it zooms out to wave an arm at its other tantalizing offerings once those pesky credits roll. If you click on the director or star of any given film, it redirects you to DVD.Netflix.com, which is blockier and often useless, given how few filmographies are fully available. Given that Netflix is here to stay, that paucity needs to change if the industry wants its backlog to be viewed legally whatsoever. More than that, however, shining a light on the true authors behind these films directs viewers to engage not just with a single movie but with a varied filmography, epochal movement or entire medium. Auteurists may be an obsessive, idiosyncratic bunch, but our gift for disposing income knows no bounds. Zachary Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun.com. A Lover’s Quarrel With the World runs alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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SPORTS

Messi, Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo Rank asTopThree Strikers LINSEY

Continued from page 16

Honorable Mention:

Neymar, Jr. — Barcelona Robert Lewandowski — Bayern Munich Sergio Aguero — Manchester City Robin van Persie — Manchester United Olivier Giroud — Arsenal 10. Karim Benzema, Real Madrid

— The Frenchman is a striker for one of the world’s most famous teams, but is never in the conversation as one of the world’s best. He has scored consistently for a top team, which is challenging for even the best strikers, so he deserves a place in this countdown. 9. Luis Suarez, Barcelona — Despite a slow start after signing from Liverpool this summer, Suarez has scored more lately,

including the game-winning goal in El Clasico. He was the top striker in England last year with 31 goals, which cemented the Uruguayan’s status as one of the world’s best. 8. Harry Kane, Tottenham — It is really difficult to rate Kane on this list, as he has had a ridiculous season this year, but given his youth, lacks a long resume like others on this list. He is only 21 years old,

but he has 19 goals this season, which is the best in the English Premier League. He could become one of the best in the world, but he could also be a flop. 7. Diego Costa, Chelsea — The Spaniard, formerly of Atletico Madrid, is a quality striker who has 18 goals on the season for league-leading Chelsea in England. He’s young (age 26) and has shown the potential to develop into a top-quality player. The only reason I haven’t put him higher on the list is because he has yet to make an impact on the international stage for Spain, with only one goal in seven games. 6. Carlos Tevez, Juventus — Tevez, who has also played for Manchester United and Manchester City, has been a quality scorer everywhere he has played. He’s been a stalwart this season, with 16 goals and seven assists in 26 games. The Argentinian is quick and uses his speed to get in behind defenses. 5. Thomas Müller, Bayern Munich — Müller is often deployed on the wing for his club, Bayern Munich, but usually plays striker for his country, Germany. He has 12 goals and nine assists in 25 games this season, but his claim to topstriker status comes from his goals for Germany. The 25 year old has 10 World Cup goals so far, and he likely will play in a couple more World Cups. He could possibly pass all-time World Cup scoring leader and compatriot Miroslav Klose’s 16 goals. 4. Wayne Rooney, Manchester United — The Englishman has been remarkably consistent over the years. He’s moving up the scoring charts for club and country with his remarkable combination of shooting power and accuracy. The longtime United man, formerly of Everton, is poised to become England’s all-time leader in goals.

3. Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid — Considered the one of the top players ever to play the game, Ronaldo has a profound effect on almost every game he plays. His best position is out wide, however, not as a striker, so I haven’t rated him as the world’s best striker. 2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paris SaintGermain — Now at the ripe old age of 33, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has done it all. He’s played for an impressive list of top clubs including PSG, Barcelona, Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan. The towering, mercurial Swede is undoubtedly the most clinical finisher around. 1. Lionel Messi, Barcelona — What else is there to say? Messi has the most goals in the history of the Spanish league, in Barcelona history and in Champions League history. Yet, he’s also only 27 years old and could easily play for ten more years. Just how far can Messi go? He’ll go down as one of the best to ever play the game, that’s for certain. As with any countdown, it’s all objective — many fans would have different strikers in the countdown than me. Also, I didn’t include talented goalscorers that don’t play striker such as Arjen Robben or Marco Reus. Those players are adept at scoring when playing on the wing or just behind the striker. It is interesting to note that of these ten players, two are English and two are from Argentina. The others hail from France, Sweden, Uruguay, Portugal, Germany and Spain. However, they play their soccer in a smaller list of countries: four play in Spain, three in England, and one each in France, Germany and Italy. Soccer may be a team game — but it certainly doesn’t hurt to have one of these strikers on the team. Kevin Linsey is a first year columnist. He can be contacted at klinsey@cornellsun.com. The Beautiful Game appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

Women Take First at Riverside TRACK AND FIELD Continued from page 16

ing by six points, the 4x400 closed out the competition by placing first to seal the team’s victory. “We had fantastic results over the spring break. The women’s team won the CalRiverside Invitational for the first time ever, beating Cal State Northridge on the final event for the team victory. I thought the team competed as well as it has all year with temperatures near 95 degrees,” said women’s head coach Rich Bowman. In the individual events, seniors Bori Tozer and Corey Dowe hurdled to place first and second respectively in the 3000m steeplechase. Senior Eve Bishop

continued her impressive performances of the season by clearing 12’ 11 1/2” in the pole vault to place second, qualify for ECACs and move to third all time at Cornell. In the 400m hurdles, Taysia Radoslav broke the freshman record to move to fourth all time and qualify for ECACs. Moving into their next competition, the women competed in the Stanford Invitational earning 15 ECAC qualifications. Some of the highlights included junior Caroline Kellner’s 33:32.02 performance in the 10K, good for the 10th place collegiate finisher and 19th overall in a field of post-collegiates that included Olympic 10K bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan.

This was also Kellner’s personal best effort by 50 seconds, moving her to second all-time at Cornell. In the 400m, three Cornell runners placed in the top 15. These runners were DeeDee Akpaeta, Zena Kolliesuah and Katie Woodford. “The west coast competition was great and needed.” Bowman said. “We are five weeks from the Ivy League conference meet and are looking for competitive opportunities in great weather. We found the weather and the team took advantage of the opportunities. We put together some great seed marks for upcoming meets ahead.” Ariel Cohen can be reached at acohen@cornellsun.com.

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SPORTS

MEN’S TENNIS

Men Drop Two of Three Ivy League Contests By JESSIE BROFSKY Sun Staff Writer

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Swinging Sidney | Returning from injury, senior Alex Sidney competed for the first time this year.

After two consecutive losses against Columbia and Harvard, it had all came down to this. With three athletes on court and everything tied at 2-2, Cornell needed to win two out of the three matches to secure the win against Dartmouth. The Red ended up taking all three in a 5-2 victory. One of the players who clinched the match this Sunday against Dartmouth was senior Alex Sidney. After not participating in a competitive match this season due to injuries sustained in a car accident in November, he came back strong against Harvard and Dartmouth. Both of his matches went to three sets and were very close. “For him to push himself and to compete as hard as he did and especially to come out on top against Dartmouth and battle them when things didn’t look favorable, I think that is a highlight,” said head coach Silviu Tanasoiu. In terms of accomplishing his goals at the Harvard and Dartmouth matches, Sidney said, “Everything is a process. Coach really talks about winning the day, getting better each day, accomplishing as much as we can at any given practice or every given match.” Both Columbia and Harvard are strong teams, sporting a combined record of 25-11. However, Cornell fought hard in both matches. They lost 1-6 and 3-4, respectively. “We started the match a little slow but at the end of all the matches everyone was in a tight set and it could’ve gone either way,” said sophomore Chris Vrabel about the Columbia matchup. He said it gave them confidence to hold play so well against a Columbia team that is currently tied for first in the conference.

Junior Stefan Vinti added the scores do not adequately represent how close the match really was. “The matches were well fought at all positions. We competed well,” Vinti said. “We played at their home and it was a tough match. Sometimes the scores in tennis do not respect the battle that was given on the court.” The Harvard match was similarly a hard fought contest. “As far as Harvard, that match was as close as any we’ve played all year long,” Tanasoiu said. “We played as aggressive and disciplined across the board. And we put ourselves in a position to win the match and it came down to one match and Harvard is a very solid team. It proved to us that we are a very solid team.” Even though, individual players on the teamare striving to improve their own gameplay in different ways, the goals for the team have stayed consistent. Tanasoiu spoke about what the team has been focusing on all season. “The idea was for us to have a certain mindset. It wasn’t about winning or losing. It was about embracing a certain mindset as a team,” Tanasoiu said. “I felt like this past weekend everyone was on the same page. At the end of the day we are a bunch of people trying to get together and trying to accomplish something that can’t be done by ourselves.” He noted that despite the individual nature of the sport the members of the team all need each other. The athletes look ahead to their next matches against Brown and Yale, two teams who they beat last year. After three games on the road, the Red gets to play both games in Ithaca. “We are trying to put ourselves in the best possible position to get two good wins coming up,” Vinti said. Jessie Brofsky can be reached at jbrofsky@cornellsun.com.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Red Opens Ivy Play With Wins Against Harvard and Columbia, Loss to Dartmouth By HANNAH NOYES Sun Staff Writer

The women’s tennis team came out strong these past two weekends against three Ivy League competitors. On March 28th, the women took on Columbia for their first Ivy League match of the season. The women fought hard and earned a successful win, 43. This past weekend, Cornell hosted Harvard Friday, and Dartmouth Saturday. Although the ladies defeated Harvard, 5-2, they lost in a close match against Dartmouth, 3-4. While the team is young, with no seniors and only two juniors on the roster, junior Dena Tanenbaum said she has many positive feelings about the team this season. “I would say our camaraderie and support for each other is what gives us an edge,” Tanenbaum said. “Some days you may play well and some days you might be off, but what's really awesome this year is how much

fun we have out there as a team. The energy and volume during our matches has been so high. I think other teams are intimidated by how loud we are and how much fun we have during the matches.” As a leader of her team, Tanenbaum said she felt the energy and stamina she and the other women brought to the court was the most inspiring part of the weekend. “I’m really proud of the fight that my team showed in the Harvard and Dartmouth matches,” she said. “Before the matches we talked about leaving it all out there, and every single one of my teammates did just that this weekend. Harvard was an awesome win to get, and although we didn’t end up getting the win over Dartmouth, everyone fought hard until the end and gave it their all.” One of the most exciting matches this weekend came from freshman Priyanka Shah. At the start of the third set, the match was close at 3-2. The entire team came over to support Shah, and when she clinched the

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Youth movement | Dena Tanenbaum is one of just two juniors on the women’s tennis team. Despite the inexperience of the team, Cornell defeat Harvard and Columbia over spring break.

match, the team “went wild,” according to Tanenbaum. “It’s really fun seeing different teammates get the clinch for the team because it just really shows how much everyone is contributing to our success as a team,” she said. Last year Shah was ranked 78th nationally in her class. She is one of four freshmen on the team. Next weekend the women will be traveling to compete against Yale and Brown. “Yale is going to be looking for blood because we beat them during ECACs which

will definitely make it a fun and tough match,” Tanenbaum said. Overall, Cornell is off to a successful start to its season, sporting an 8-6 record. “Of course there’s always little things that we need to continue to improve for the remainder of the season,” Tanenbaum said. “But overall everyone is playing well and feeling good and we're ready to take on the rest of the Ivies.” Hannah Noyes can be reached at hnoyes@cornellsun.com.

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abilities of our teammates. Never giving up [and] always supporting one another and staying focused throughout the day is key, and I think as a team we really realized this and thus came the closest we ever have to qualifying.” Although the result was not exactly what the Red had been hoping for, the team still enjoyed one of its most successful Zones performances to date. Novakovic’s intensified training

schedule ensured that the team was adequately prepared for the challenges ahead, according to Huss. “This year Coach really stepped up our game,” she said. “We doubled our practices and training and as a result it showed. Every rider had a renewed sense of drive and eagerness to win. They say confidence is key and I’d be hard pressed to say that we were anything less than confident, as we had a genuine right to be.” Huss qualified for Nationals with a second place finish in

Individual Open Fences at Zones. This will be her second trip to Nationals. “I ended up winning my open fences class both this year and last, and I think that it wasn’t so much the win itself that made me happy but more so knowing that if you work hard enough, and want it bad enough, the results will one day go your way,” she said. Ko also competed at Zones for the second time, but this will be her first experience at Nationals. She qualified with a second place finish in Individual Intermediate

fences. “For Nationals, I think the most important thing is to keep riding and to stay focused,” she said. “With Ivy’s in just two weeks, and Nationals two weeks after that, it is so important to stay organized and [get] as much practice in as possible to give us that extra edge we’ll need to compete with some of the best collegiate riders in the nation.” The Red will conclude the postseason as a team in the annual Ivy League Championship show on April 18, which will be hosted by Princeton this year.

Nationals will take place from April 30 to May 2. While all of the Red’s riders will be competing as individuals, Huss said that she is proud to represent the team. “In the movie Miracle, the coach says that at the end of the day ‘the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back,’” she said. “That is what I am most excited for, a chance to be able to represent a team that has given me everything.” Arial Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun.com.

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Track and Field Travels West, Finds Success inVariety of Events Cooper and Smith placed third and qualified for the IC4As. Freshman Mark Zavrl was second in the javelin at 192’8” and Jacob Shaffer was fourth in the Over spring break, the Cornell track and field discus at 156’ 11”. In the last meet of the weekend, the men’s team teams left Ithaca and traveled west to find new competition. The men’s team competed in three meets competed at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, over the break: the Texas Relays, the Riverside California. Curtis earned an IC4A qualification for his preliminary performance in the 110-meter hurdle Invitational and the Stanford Invitational. Senior David Melly began the weekend by earn- event by running a 14.73 and placed seventh in ing sixth place in the steeplechase with a time of Saturday’s final. The men’s 4x100 relay team placed 9:08.72, qualifying for the Intercollegiate Association ninth earned an IC4As qualification. In distance events, sophomore of Amateur Athletes of America James Gowans was just shy of win(IC4A) and marking the second “The west coast ning his heat despite his impressive fastest finishing time in his career. push for the last 300 meters. His Sophomore Wynn Curtis placed competition was ranks seventh all time standing 21st 110-meter hurdle event qualigreat and needed.” attimeCornell and he also qualified for fying for the IC4As. In the high IC4As. Senior Stephen Mozia the jump, both junior Stephen Afadapa Rich Bowman had a three-series win in throws, and freshman Myles Lazarou winning the shot with 61’ 6.25”, cleared 6’9”, earning seventh and eighth places, respectively, and receiving IC4A quali- winning the discus 188’ 9” and earning a third IC4A qualification in the hammer throw at 180’ 1”. fications. The women’s team also enjoyed success in its west Continuing through the series of meets, the men traveled to California where they competed in the coast competitions. On Saturday, the women competRiverside Invitational. The team earned fourth place ed at the Riverside Invitational and earned five event as a whole with a total of 80 points and five IC4A wins and 12 ECAC qualifying performances. Overall, qualifiers. The highlights of the meet included the all- the women placed first of the eight teams competing, freshman 4x100 team that placed second, missing the with a total of 152 points. To kick off the meet, the 4x100 quartet placed first Cornell freshman record by only .08 seconds. Freshmen Ryan Weigel, Stanford Cooper, Michael with a time of 45.66, moving to third all-time at Smith and Brailin Paulino worked to qualify for the Cornell and sixth all-time in Ivy League history. Heading into the end of the meet, with the Red leadIC4As with a time of 41.60. At the end of the meet, the 4x400 team comprised See TRACK AND FIELD page 14 of sophomore Tobenna Attah, junior Larry Gibson, By RACHEL CHERNER

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Flying high | Senior Corey Dowe captured second place in 3000-meter steepchase. Her classmate, Bori Tozer, took first.

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Cornell Qualifies Six to Zone Finals Riders come up just short of advancing to Nationals as a team By ARIEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

While most of the student body was busy tanning on various beaches or curling up on the couch with Netflix, the Cornell equestrian team was busy dominating the first two competitions of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association postseason. Six riders moved on to Zone finals individually during a regional competition at Alfred University. Five of those riders — sophomores Chelsea Huss, Carlee Roberts, Shana Coffey and Amanda Ko as well as senior co-captain Georgiana de Rham will head to Nationals in Springfield, Massachusetts. at the end of the month. Pending results from Zones 1 and 8, the Red will be sending more riders to Nationals than any other team. “I was extremely pleased by the quality of riding by the team at both Regionals and Zones. Everyone rode up to their potential and all were very consistent. This

team continues to impress me with their hard work and talent,” said head coach Joanna Novakovic ’03. “At Zones, we qualified more individuals than any other team in our region, and at last count, we have the most riders in the most divisions of any team at Nationals.” Unfortunately, the Red came just shy of qualifying

for Nationals as a team in the Collegiate Cup at Zones. Skidmore and St. Lawrence are typically stiff competition for Cornell, and the Red was neck and neck with both teams until Skidmore overtook the squad by one point at the end of the day. “I think the closeness of the competition reinforced

what we already knew: that every ride counts equally, and it’s not over until it’s over,” Ko said. “When competing in the IHSA, a lot is out of your control as a competitor due to the random draw aspect of the horses, so it is crucial to trust in our abilities and the See EQUESTRIAN page 15

The Best Strikers In The Game “S

occer is a team game.” It’s the ageold cliché — everyone from your old youth soccer coach to the top managers in the world will remind their team to play with a team-first mentality. If all eleven players aren’t committed and giving their best effort, there is no way the team will succeed. However, some players are slightly more important than others, and most soccer fans will agree that the strikers (forwards) are the most important players on a team. If the team

Kevin Linsey The Beautiful Game has a good game, but the strikers miss good chances it could be a loss, while a poor team game could become a win if the forwards score on all their shots. Given the importance of a top striker to any team, let’s analyze who the best ten strikers are in the world right now. MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Riding onward | Following a strong performance on March 28th, Georgiana de Rham and five other riders have advanced to Zone finals.

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