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Resolution Calling for Increased Faculty Input on Univ.Policy Passes

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By SOFIA HU Sun News Editor

A Faculty Senate resolution calling for the administration to increase faculty involvement on questions of “educational policy” passed in a 40-8-8 vote at a meeting Wednesday.

The resolution claims the administration has failed to follow sections of the University bylaws which prescribe the relationship between the president and faculty senate.

According to the bylaws, University faculty should “consider questions of educational policy which concern more than one college, school or separate academic unit, or are general in nature.”

However, according to Prof. Eric Cheyfitz, English and American studies, “educational policy” remains undefined.

“There isn’t much, if anything, in the way of major policy decisions that isn’t ‘educational policy,’” said Cheyfitz, the lead sponsor of the resolution. “Unless the Senate defines ‘educational policy,’ we are essentially sanctioning the status quo … in which the administration has carte blanche to

arbitrarily set the limits to what it defines as ‘educational policy’ from moment to moment and without informing the Senate.”

The resolution states that educational policy should include “any policy that affects teaching and research across colleges and/or academic units or that in one way or another affects the entire university. Examples of such educational policy include the Cornell partnerships with the Qatar Foundation and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the use of University funds to develop massive open online courses.

An amended resolution proposed by Prof. Ken Birman, computer science, did not include those specific examples.

Birman instead said he believes that a motion that “expresses our dissatisfaction” with the level of faculty input but does not point out specific examples would allow for a more balanced definition of “educational policy.” However, the amendment was voted down in a 19-33-5 vote.

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Cornellians Gather for Garissa Vigil Students mourn148 students killed at Kenyan university

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Assistant News Editor

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Stay awhile | This rendering depicts the proposed Hilton Canopy hotel in the center background between the Carey Building (left) and the Community School of Music and Arts (right) on East State Street just east of the Ithaca Commons.

City Approves Sale of Land for New Hotel

By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer

In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the Ithaca Common Council approved the sale of approximately 2,000 square feet of land to Lighthouse Hotels, LLC for the construction of a Hilton Canopy hotel just east of the Commons.

Hilton’s Canopy hotels are designed to be neighborhood-centric, “boutique hotels” which incorporate aspects of the hotel’s locale into its design and overall experience, according to the Canopy website.

Scott Whitham ’90, principal at Whitham Planning and Design, said

Nearly 100 members of the Cornell community gathered in the Memorial Room of Willard Straight Hall Wednesday to mourn the 148 students killed in the terrorist attack on Garissa University in Kenya last Thursday.

“This attack on Garissa University was an attack on liberty,” said Angela Siele ’17, a member of Kenyans at Cornell.

“Such an institution should be a space where freedom and creativity abide, and where fear can have no room to reside.”

Militant group Al Shabbat, an affiliate of Al Qaeda, has claimed responsibility for the attack on the university, The New York Times reported. The gunmen took students hostages, freeing Muslims and killing those who identified as Christians. The attack is the deadliest yet by Al Shabbat, who declared war on Kenya after Kenyan government officials sent its troops to join the African union nation in Somalia in 2012, according to The Times.

“In a time where there is a growing number of attacks worldwide by Muslim funda-

he plans on incorporating the work of Ithacan artists into the hotel’s aesthetic, The Sun previously reported.

At a meeting hosted by the City Planning and Development Board last October, board members expressed concerns about the construction of the hotel where handicapped parking spaces for the Ithaca Community School of Music and Arts currently exist. However, this concern was addressed by the property sale agreement for hotel construction distributed to the members of the Common Council.

The agreement states that the See CANOPY page 4

mentalists, such as the Taliban in Pakistan and ISIS in Syria, such attacks in Kenya cannot be an isolated problem, but an increasingly global problem,” Siele said.

Mercy Kiprotich ’17 echoed the sentiment that this attack is part of a global trend — one which concerns people from all countries.

“This not only affects the specific countries, but the world too,” she said. “I think it is important to realize that this can happen anywhere and it should be a means to draw peoSee VIGIL page 4

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Rest in peace | Cornellians honor the 148 lives lost in a massacre at Garissa University in Kenya last Thursday at a vigil in Willard Straight Hall.

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Cornell facilities and programs are probably in compliance with recently-issued state desegregation guidelines, according to administrators in the offices of the Provost and Dean of Students.

The Provost’s office is currently preparing a response to a New York State Education Department directive, issued last month, which gave Cornell and other universities in New York until June 1 to submit plans for integrating residential units, academic programs and campus activities by next fall.

The guidelines define segregated facilities and programs as those in which “admission is restricted, by the institution or with its consent, to persons of a particular race, color or national origin.” They require the University to report the existence and nature of any such segregated units.

Because the University’s response is not due until June, no preliminary drafts have been written as yet, according to David C. Knapp, acting provost.

Knapp said his office, which is coordinating the report to the state, “will reach no conclusions until all the policies of Cornell’s facilities have been reviewed.” However,

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Environmental Group Pushes For Microbead-Free Campus

many popular cosmetic products such as face wash and toothpaste. […]

These beads are specifically designed The Cornell extension of the to wash down drainage systems and Plastic Tides Campaign, an environ- are too small to be captured by sewage mental organization seeking to reduce systems. As a result, they quickly end plastic pollution, is beginning a push up in marine ecosystems.”

The result, Pietsch said, is devastatto encourage the University to eliminate the sale of products containing ing.

“Once in our waterways, they are plastic microbeads in stores on campowerful absorbers of organic pollupus.

One of the goals of the campaign is tants and pose health risks to any to increase University sustainability, marine life that ingests them,” Pietsch according to Plastic Tides President said. “If not killed directly from ingesting toxic plastics, these fish have Valerie Pietsch ’15. the poten“The Cornell chapter “Once in our waterways, tial to harm will spearhead initiatives us; we that promote more sus[microbeads] are powerful inevitably tainable attitudes and policies on Cornell’s absorbers of organic pollutants c o n s u m e the accucampus [that] specificaland pose health risks to ... mulated ly target plastic pollumarine life.” microplastic tion,” Pietsch said. “The toxins.” chapter will also move Valerie Pietsch ’15 T h e towards conducting g r o u p, research locally in the composed of a six member executive coming semesters.”

The project originated last summer board, has reached out to Bear when Christian Shaw ’13, Gordon Necessities, the Cornell Store and Middleton ’14 and Celine Jennison Noyes Community Center, requesting ’14 documented their time paddle- that they remove products containing boarding across the waters surround- microbeads. Additionally, the group is ing Bermuda, collecting plastic waste in the process of creating a petition, which Pietsch said she hopes will confrom the sea, according to Pietsch.

The goal of the Bermuda project, vince administrators to make what she according to the campaign’s website, says is a necessary change.

“As there are not a large amount of was to “generate a media presence to raise global awareness of the ever- products present in campus stores, we growing prevalence of plastic pollu- are hoping our efforts as well as the tion in the marine environment [and] petition will be able to quickly conmake a valuable contribution to the vince the administration to remove growing body of research surrounding these unsustainable microbead products and replace them with natural marine debris.”

The group began its Cornell alternatives,” Pietsch said. microbeads campaign due to the environmental threat posed by the plastic Rubin Danberg Biggs can be reached at beads, according to Pietsch.

“Plastic microbeads are found in rdanbergbiggs@cornellsun.com.

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International institutions | Shashi Tharoor, left, speaks about the threat that nationalism poses to transnational cooperation in Asia. Prof. Thomas Pepinsky, government, moderates the discussion.

Member of Indian Parliament Talks Asian Power Dynamics

By MELVIN Li Sun Staff Writer

Shashi Tharoor, a member of the Indian Parliament and former Undersecretary General of the United Nations, spoke at the Physical Sciences Building Wednesday about how the rise of transnational institutions and nationalist violence have influenced the current state of politics in Asia.

The talk was moderated by Prof. Thomas Pepinsky, government, who asked Tharoor whether he thought there is currently more potential for nationalism in Asia than there was 25 years ago. Tharoor said that while in the past Asian nations have been globally dominant, he sees a movement toward transnational institutions yielding this power instead.

“In recent years, we’ve seen new [institutions] coming up like the World Trade Organization and G20,” Tharoor said. “We’ve seen various ways of cutting across international boundaries so there is a sense that more and more things are being done without regard to old-fashioned respect for sovereign nation states and the limitations their borders imply.”

With regards to these transnational partnerships, Tharoor said he believes it is surprising that nationalism in Asia is still a relevant topic of discourse.

“Why are we talking about nationalism so much? It’s because we see so much of it,” Tharoor said. “And it’s somewhat surprising that we see so much of it. In the last few years, right across Asia, there have been a number of incidents flaring up which seem to undercut this narrative of easy, trans-border [cooperation] across countries.”

Tharoor specifically cited the 2012 antiJapanese protests in China and the 2014 antiChinese protests in Vietnam as examples of violent, nationalist riots destroying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property. Tharoor said both incidents show that nationalistic passions in Asia are constantly “simmering away

beneath the surface, ready to be stoked up.”

As the discussion continued, Tharoor said that economic integration between two countries alone often cannot prevent nationalist sentiment within countries from getting out of control and causing a war, citing England and Germany at the beginning of the 20th century as an example.

“Before 1914, England and Germany were deeply economically integrated,” he said. “They were each other’s major partners in trade, tourism and all sorts of connections. They went to war, and we’re now marking the 100th anniversary of that war.”

Tharoor said World War I is a “sobering reminder” that sometimes even economic integration is not enough to prevent the eruption of “old-fashioned conflict.”

“It will take vigilance, both by the countries themselves to ensure that nationalism doesn’t get out of hand, and by the rest of us around the world to ensure that we encourage more conciliation and cooperation and the growth of institutions in which [nationalist] views can be contained,” Tharoor said.

When asked whether economic competition between countries has led to conflict, Tharoor said that while economic competition itself has rarely led to conflict, both prosperity and poverty might motivate a country to behave nationalistically.

“When countries are prosperous and wealthy they find that they have the time to indulge in nationalistic excesses, because now that the basics of three meals a day and a roof over their heads are taken care of, they can afford the luxury of spending time getting angry about nationalistic, chauvinistic feeling,” he said. “But sometimes it’s the hunger for prosperity and the anxiety to get ahead that can actually provoke war as well. And the irony is that both sides are right.”

Melvin Li can be reached at mli@cornellsun.com.

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Students walk on Ho Plaza Wednesday afternoon, enjoying the warmer spring weather.

C.U.to Partner With Congolese University Through Online Courses

By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Assistant News Editor

Cornell has formed a partnership with the University of Minembwe — an institution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Eben-Ezer — the University announced Monday.

Starting next fall, two online courses — “one on building peace in conflicted regions and the other on understanding disease patterns in sub-Saharan Africa” — will be made available to students from both schools, according to a University press release. After the partnership becomes established, students from each

campus will likely get the chance to visit the other in person.

Prof. Christine Leuenberger, science and technology studies, said Cornell and Minembwe students will be connected through various technological apparati.

In the first year these courses will be taught simultaneously so as to be able to have video links between the two classrooms,” Leuenberger said. “We will use various online resources in order to enable classroom interaction as well as online collaborative projects.”

The creation of the technological infrastructure necessary to pull off this feat will be guided by Stefan Einarson, director of

transnational learning and the head of information technology for International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, according to the press release.

Leuenberger said she hopes the collaboration will help bridge the cultural divide between students of both universities.

“Both subjects are crucially important in order to stabilize the region and increase the quality of life for its people,” Leuenberger said. “It is important for Cornell students to appreciate the complex realities of a formerly war-torn society, and analyze effective strategies to improve health outcomes and establish peaceful

coexistence in post-conflict regions.”

This kind of collaboration will help prepare students to excel in an interconnected world, according to Leuenberger.

“In our more and more interconnected world international engagement is no longer a choice, but an obligation in order for future leaders and citizens to productively deal with the complex transnational and global challenges facing the world tomorrow,” she said.

Phoebe Keller contributed reporting to this story.

Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun.com.

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Faculty Involvement City Approves Sale of Land for Hotel Resolution Passes Council members discuss employee and community protection regulations CANOPY

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Several professors expressed the need for the administration to follow University bylaws and collect faculty input early during the process of making educational policy decisions.

“We really have to press to make it more democratic and make the process more open,” said Prof. Elizabeth Sanders, government, a sponsor of the resolution. “We’re university faculty … There is expertise in this room on every conceivable subject ... I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t consult us.”

While Dean of Faculty Prof. Joseph Burns Ph.D. ’66, astronomy, said he believes the administration should be consult faculty more on educational policy decisions, he also said that the shared governance system at Cornell has improved in the last decade.

“Governance today has improved from what it was 10 years ago, but it’s far from perfect,” Burns said. “Faculty should be consulted sooner and more often [but] my view of shared governance is more positive than either resolution posits.”

According to Burns, several years ago, the University Faculty Committee created a committee of administrators and faculty members with the aim of improving shared governance. The committee is tasked with reaching an accord about what the bylaws mean by “educational policy.” After a period of inactivity caused in part by “distractions by better-defined crises and delays in getting agreement from the right combination of participants,” that committee will reconvene next Wednesday for the first of many meetings.

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com.

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hotel will “publicly designate three 15-minute loading spaces for public use that provides an [Americans with Disabilities Act] accessible route to the CSMA building elevator entrance.”

Alderperson Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward) expressed concern that the hotel might place a financial burden on taxpayers if the city loans money to the contractors for this project. She also pointed out that there is another Hilton hotel, the Hilton Garden Inn, in the vicinity of the proposed Canopy.

“We could see some risks with regard to the liability of this project,” Ward said. “We’re taking risks of the project at the expense of the taxpayer.”

However, Nels Bohn, director of the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency and a spokesperson for this project, said the benefits of the hotel, in terms of job production and the local economy, make it worth the city’s investment.

“It truly is a public-private partnership,” Bohn said. “That’s the right way to think about it. There’s

… a lot of benefit — revenue from the project that comes from sales tax, occupancy tax … [and] property taxes. Also, [there’s] the purchasing power of bringing guests downtown, to the Commons, so that they’re spending more.”

Alderperson Graham Kerslick (D-4th Ward) expressed concern over the wages of the hotel staff.

In the property sale agreement, Hilton promised to pay “each employee in the housekeeping department … at least 120 percent of the State minimum wage.” Kerslick said he hopes to see this enforced by the IURA, with penalties if the hotel does not abide by the agreement.

“We have three ways of enforcing the issue,” Kerslick said. “One is to call the [city’s] loan [to the contractor] to default … we also have a provision to increase the interest rate … from 3.15% to 4.15 percent. There’s [also] an opportunity to bring litigation based on a breach in contract. [Taking away the loan] could potentially cause the project to have a financial calamity.”

Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun.com.

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ple together to work for peace and ensure safety for all.

To honor the students killed in the terrorist attack, members of Kenyans at Cornell relayed student accounts of the attack and read aloud the names of the 148 students who lost their lives.

Johannes Njoroge ’16 said the vigil was an opportunity to “reflect on these events, empathize with all who have been affected and sow hope in the hearts of everyone attending.”

“We are here to join Kenyans across the political and social spectrum in one voice — to condemn a group that kills innocent civilians,” Siele said. “We are here to say that Al Shabbat’s attempt to create a religious war is a failure.

There is no religious war and there will not be a religious war in Kenya.”

Joseph Outa ’18 recounted the anger and grief he said he felt when he first heard about the attack.

“I was angry with the terrorists for such a cowardly act. I was angry with the Kenyan Government for not being able to detect, contain or prevent the damage that was caused,” he said.

“This energy was directed to a conversation with [others in Kenyan and at Cornell] about how we could raise awareness and promote further discourse regarding terrorism.”

Joseph Kinhang’a ’17 also expressed hope that the vigil will raise awareness on Cornell’s campus about the global problems that this tragedy brings to light.

“I hope that the vigil will be the much needed catalyst in making the [campus] community aware of the terrorist groups that are causing havoc across Africa and the Middle East,” he said.

Outa also said he hopes the vigil will start an “ideological revolution” in the Cornell community.

“At events like this, seeds are planted that grow interminably in the people’s hearts,” he said. “We have been fighting a meaningless war, and we have to review our

strategies. Hopefully, this vigil is the first step of the thousand mile journey.”

Siele said she appreciated the community’s solidarity and President David Skorton’s public statement on the tragedy, calling the Cornell experience a “testament to the ideal” of liberty.

Salma Mutwfy ’17 encouraged students to combat helplessness with hope.

“I implore you that you should fight to keep helplessness at bay,” she said. “Keep in mind that the product of terrorism first and foremost is terror and fear, and helplessness.”

Mutway said that when people are compelled to despair, “the terrorists have won.”

“So we should hope, not because it makes us feel good or because it is healthy, we should hope because it is the ultimate resistance against the forces of evil.” she said. “Even now when it seems bleak, keep hope alive.”

Phoebe Keller can be reached at pkeller@cornellsun.com.

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Tsarnev Convicted of All Charges In Boston Marathon Bombing Case

BOSTON (AP) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted on all charges Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing by a jury that will now decide whether the 21-year-old should be executed or shown mercy for what his lawyer says was a crime masterminded by his big brother.

The former college student stood with his hands folded, fidgeted and looked down at the defense table in federal court as he listened to the word “guilty” recited on all 30 counts against him, including conspiracy and deadly use of a weapon of mass destruction. Seventeen of those counts are punishable by death.

The verdict, reached after a day and a half of deliberations, was practically a foregone conclusion, given his lawyer’s startling admission at the trial’s outset that Tsarnaev carried out the terror attack with his now-dead older brother, Tamerlan.

The defense strategy is to try to save Tsarnaev’s life in the upcoming penalty phase by arguing he fell under Tamerlan’s evil influence.

The two shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs that exploded near the finish line on April 15, 2013, killed three spectators and wounded more than 260 other people, turning the traditionally celebratory home stretch of the world-famous race into a scene of carnage and putting the city on edge for days.

Tsarnaev was found responsible not only for those deaths but for the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer who was gunned down days later during the brothers' getaway attempt.

“It’s not a happy occasion, but it’s something,” said Karen Brassard, who suffered shrapnel wounds on her legs and attended the trial. “One more step behind us.”

She said Tsarnaev appeared “arrogant” and uninterested during the trial, and she wasn’t surprised when she saw no remorse on his face as the verdicts were read. She refused to say whether she believes he deserves the death penalty, but she rejected the defense argument that he was simply following his brother’s lead.

Video of S.C. Police Shooting Inflames National Debate NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A young man whose cellphone video put a South Carolina police officer in jail on a murder charge said Wednesday that he gave the recording to the dead man’s family because if it was his relative who was killed, he “would have liked to know the truth.”

Feidin Santana told NBC News that while walking to work, he noticed Officer Michael Thomas Slager controlling Walter Lamer Scott on the ground, and began recording when he heard the sound of a Taser. “Mr. Scott was trying just to get away from the Taser,” Santana said.

Slager initially claimed he fired in self-defense after the suspect he had pulled over for a broken brake light grabbed his Taser.

Santana’s recording documented a different scenario. It begins

at a moment when both men standing, as Scott pulls away from the officer and an object appearing to be a stun gun falls to the ground, trailing wires. As the unarmed man runs away, Slager then pulls out his Glock pistol and fires eight times at the back of the 50-year-old man, until he crumples to the ground about 30 feet away.

After the video was made public Tuesday by a lawyer for the dead man’s family, Slager, 33, was swiftly charged with murder and fired, and a judge ordered him jailed without bond on the charge that could carry a sentence of 30 years to life in prison.

But that did little to quell the outrage of an angry crowd at North Charleston’s City Hall, where the mayor and police chief were shouted down with calls of “no justice, no peace.”

California Cracks Down On Water Wasters SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is done with gentle nudges and polite reminders to deal with its devastating drought.

State regulators are naming and shaming local water departments that have let water wasters slide — and forcing agencies to slash water use by as much as a third. They say it’s necessary as California reservoirs, and the snow on mountains that is supposed to refill them, reach record lows.

The drought has no clear end in sight, but it’s up to hundreds of local agencies, from small irrigation districts to the city of Los Angeles, to make sure California has enough water to get through it.

Since Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency last year, they’ve largely taken a soft, educational approach to curtail water use. That’s no longer enough, he says.

In response, state regulators have drafted plans that show

how much each community has conserved and assign mandatory water reduction targets. A third of the water departments must make the deepest 35 percent cuts because they have high water use.

“It’s going to require some major changes in how those communities think about, use and manage their water, but it is possible,” said Heather Cooley of the nonprofit Pacific Institute.

The excuses cities have given for pitiful conservation, including hot weather and earlier cutbacks, are no longer a free pass.

That means Los Angeles — which has a million more people than it did 40 years ago, but uses the same amount of water — would have to cut its use by a fifth.

Ways to meet these ambitious targets can include carrots such as rebates for ripping up lawns and sticks that include fines for water waste and increased rates for overconsumption.

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Not Skorton’s finest hour To the Editor: Re: “University Decries Undercover Video Featuring Assistant Dean,” News, March 26

I write as a member of the class of 1968 and as a former adjunct professor at Cornell in the Near East Studies Department (teaching courses in the Holocaust).

I have read the article about the assistant dean and, like everyone else, was shocked by his foolish comments regarding Isis. I chalked them up either to ignorance or naivete.

Either way, what he said was inexcusable .

What is even more egregious, however,was Cornell’s official response via Skorton, which was drenched in political correctness. First, it was insulting — not to mention ineffective — to lead your defense with an attack of Veritas. Regardless of what you or Skorton may think of the reporter, the undeniable fact is that the dean made those comments. Try as you may, you cannot get around that. It is embarrassingly shameful that Cornell would rely on such an argument in an attempt to deflect attention from what everyone knows to be the real issue.

There are times when things are truly black and white, with no room for nuances or attempted explanations. This was one of them.

Skorton should have had the courage and common sense unambiguously and without qualification to denounce the comments and announce an investigation. Full stop.

To his discredit, he chose not to do so. It was hardly his finest hour.

Neal Sher ’68

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Milian Dollar Baby

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o I tend to give you, my beloved, loyal readers, advice on typical college issues on a bi-monthly schedule. The process is simple — an issue comes up with my life, I whine about it to my friends and then I think it’d resonate with at least one person on campus, so I proceed to write it down and sprinkle it with pop-culture references so you don’t get bored. It’s a hard craft, but very cathartic and self-fulfilling. This week is different. There’s no issue, no drama I want to address or pet peeve to dissect, just pure advice: Take a road trip.

That’s it. Go find yourself on the open road à la Into the Wild, but please bring something to eat, and friends.

There is nothing more fun, more intense, more delightfully-uncomfortable-but-intimate than spending an extended amount of time in a cramped car with a few of your buddies. Except bikram yoga, but exercise doesn’t count as fun. That’s how I spent my spring break, and in my opinion, it’s a much more educational experience than butchering drink orders in Spanish while vacationing in Mexico. While there’s nothing wrong with investing in my country’s tourism department, selfgrowth does not come from an allexpense paid package.

Road trips are the paradigm for the standard coming-of-age stories for us Millennials. Who here doesn’t remember the excitement of watching Britney Spears star in Crossroads, searching for her mom, that betrayal and that rocking karaoke scene that we all secretly re-create at Loco every Tuesday. Or if you were a skater you watched Grind, when applying to college Raven Symone’s attempt at a comeback: College Road Trip. There’s a road-trip movie for everyone’s interest, from the fabulous (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) to the foreign (Eurotrip). There’s a reason why these films resonate with our culture and keep appearing again and again. It’s an archetype, a hero/heroine’s journey, where we overcome obstacles and reflect on our actions and ultimately finish off a little wiser — and a little fatter and poorer if it’s spring break we’re talking about. Our obstacles may not be as olympian as evading a Cyclops, or freeing the city of Meereen, but they still add to our experiences. For me, that included pumping gas into a car for the first time.

Along with maturing a little, while on the road you are forced into close proximity with your fellow travelers, and along with that comes intimacy. Or utter hate. Like Taylor Swift said “...it’s gonna be forever, or it’s gonna go down in flames,” so pick your companions wisely!

Choose to go with people who you’re comfortable with, friends who know how you roll, who you can chat and joke with and who won’t judge you for playing an extensive amount of Ke$ha. Pick those who’ll understand your dietary needs as well as your attentive needs (selfies and live-tweeting are a must for long trips!). You’ll be spending a lot of hours in a car, so it’s best to be prepared for being someone’s body pillow AND alarm clock. Make your vehicle a nojudgment zone and let go of that Western idea of shame. Nothing will truly test your self-confidence more than

changing from winter wear to summer clothes in the middle of a parking lot, nor your trust that no photos were taken.

One’s iPod is a window to one’s soul.

Each song represents a different memory, mood, experience and taste. Thus, producing a 20-hour playlist for a road trip is basically a retelling of one’s life story, so get ready for conversations of why your playlists goes from angsty tween music like Avril Lavigne, to OffBroadway soundtrack songs, to bootypoppin’ music for the club. Driving long distances can be a literal "Highway to Hell," but 140 beats-per-minute club hits help, as well as sing-along favorites like "Sweet Caroline” and move-align favorites like the Cha-Cha Slide. Make your coming-to-adulthood trip a flashback to your childhood and languish as your friends take away the aux cord from you and plug in their own devices. I read into things a lot, so learning about some of my road trip-mates’ more sensitive side from their song selection was very fulfilling, as well as opening up with my own wacky song selections. Best are themed playlists, such as “Swamp,” “Breakup Music,” “Obscure 80’s New Wave,” “Soft Grunge” and anything else that you can tangentially group together based on mood, lyric content or artist background.

Taking care of one another is another important part of road trips, since none of us are under parental supervision, nor under the watchful eye of our fair Cornell #lizardtruth. Like college itself, we are meant to fend for ourselves and use our collective knowledge to start a fire, scavenge for berries and hunt for meat at sunset. I’ve already covered what it takes to be a College Mom™ in a previous column, so I’ll spare you the details, but aside from all that, it’s important to take into account everyone’s interest when planning an itinerary. Trips are all about compromising, deciding on which activity to go to one day, who’ll drive the dreaded night-shift across the long, long, long state of Ohio, and compromising with the law, because we’ll never be as cool as Thelma and Louise, so why try? Concern for one another’s wallet is also important, since we’re all living on borrowed time, and worse, impending interest.

In the end, just do it because it’s extremely fun. It’ll create lasting memories, semi-permanent liver damage and temporary leg cramps, but it’s worth all the fuss. Not only will you have an amazing story to tell others when you get back to campus, you’ll have twice as many inside jokes with those who were your travel companions and laughed as you mispronounced the location names you drove through. Sunsets are twice as beautiful when you’re in a delirious state due to exhaustion and dehydration from being in a car for too long. Unlike a sunset on a resort, this one required sacrificing your time, privacy and driving skills to get it. It doesnt really matter where you go, but who you’re with.

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 |

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420+

here is no room nor time for smoke and mirrors in today’s column. I want to light up the subculture that jointly intertwines the subversive practices of my life and countless others, one which, in my view, constructs new realities for the creation and maintenance of personal relationships within the social world of gay millennials, be they platonic friendships, romantic partnerships or reliable fuck-buddies. Its time to explore the realm where ‘lemme hit that’ becomes ‘lemme hit that’. To put it bluntly: I want to talk about gay sex and marijuana.

Grindr, the prolific gay male geolocating “networking” app, allows its users to selfselect into “tribes;” otters, bears, twinks and jocks, oh my! Grindr provides the option to filter users out based on their designated tribe(s), refining the beefcake buffet into a more pared-down palette. Yet one of the most popular tribes is an unacknowledged one. Missing from Grindr’s officially sanctioned tribes is 420+, a moniker that one will find plastered across seemingly every other user bio, mine included, which indicates that one enjoys smoking cannabis and seeks/prefers others that do so as well. In this gay online social space, why do I and as so many

other gay men self-disclose “420+” as a personal identifier before even disclosing our own names or other interests? We’re not burnt-out, unfortunate drug addicts fiending for another high to get us through the day. Rather, I would contend that we are both participating in and producing a subculture that streamlines connections to more compatible people, forges legitimate rela-

wiser. Identifying with and as 420+ allows you to parse through potential candidates and narrow down those whose aesthetics and sensibilities are more immediately compatible with your own. If your potential beau likes to get lifted, there’s a “higher” likelihood that he’s a touch transgressive, more reflective and self-aware, might have a few introspective books on his shelf and is

Holding [420+] in common with a potential romantic interest forges a shared space that is congenial, warm and peculiarly humorous — you’re both chuckling away behind closed doors, enjoying a reality that the rukus outside announces ought not to exist. tionships as well as platonic friendships and creates a sense of community and belonging that is so fucking hard to find in the hypermasculine, over-sexualized and superficial gay world that isolates far too many of us.

Unlike alcohol-fueled nights, 420+ encounters have left me plenty the bud

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generally a “chill” dude. Yet selecting on the basis of 420+ doesn’t locate your encounter solely within the parameters of singular stoner stereotypes. The intersection of queerness and stonerdom creates new spatial realities. Both modes of being are stigmatized and policed by the moralists and the

narcs, and their confluence feels uniquely liberatory. Accepting and assimilating disparaged facets of yourself into your character soundly and unapologetically is profound.

Holding that in common with a potential romantic interest forges a shared space that is congenial, warm and peculiarly humorous — you’re both chuckling away behind closed doors, enjoying a reality that the ruckus outside announces ought not to exist.

Substance abuse is not something to glorify, especially when it is estimated that 30 percent of queer people cope with substance abuse (compared to about nine percent of the population at large) due to the stress that results from daily interfaces with and battles against discrimination and stigma. However, it is imperative that we reexamine particular social practices that history maligns as destabilizing, and illuminate the fashions in which they enable a tangible and wholeheartedly validating stability in the personal and romantic lives of a community that continues to battle for access and genuine connection with each other.

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

The Royal Decree

‘Do What You Love, Love What You Do’

My inexperience before college had left a lack of confi- the tip of the penis head, lies a spot that, in personal expet seems like only yesterday I was an awkward freshman spending the majority of my time in the Mongo line at dence in my ability. That is until one boy freshman year rience, if stimulated properly will provoke an orgasm 95 RPCC. During the beginning of my time here on the instilled a sense of confidence in me I had never experi- percent of the time. But like any good thing, it is hard to Hill I was unsure about everything; where to eat, what to enced before. As I unzipped his pants, his boner sprung up, come by; hidden behind a gate or pin sized opening. When wear and most of all what I wanted to do with my life. begging for my mouth to envelop it. As I tightened my lips done properly, the tip of your tongue will fit just enough in Trying to navigate all opportunities available at Cornell I around his boner I could feel it grow even harder inside of the hole to reach the pleasure place. Start by sucking the received a piece of advice from a family member that res- my mouth. His moans were a signal to me that I was doing dick long and hard and then once you feel comfortable onated with me. They said, “Do what you love, and love something right. I kept sucking harder and harder until I move your tongue to the top of the head and start to wiggle what you do.” While I am pretty sure they were referring had formed a seal between his shaft and my lips. As I kept it around in the opening. As a master of blowjobs, I have learned over the years to not focus all to picking my major and career path, I of my attention to this one trick. It is discovered I had a love for something also important to make sure while you else — giving blowjobs. I quickly found His moans were a signal to me that I was doing attempt to unlock the secret spot, you a new hobby here at Cornell. Sucking are also stimulating the shaft or cupdick is something I loved doing, and something right. I kept sucking harder and harder ping the balls. This will cause some there were plenty of boys here willing to until I formed a seal between his shaft and my lips. distraction so when you reach the help me refine my skills. sweet spot your partner is least expectI know you are thinking I’m a liar.

As I kept taking more and more of his dick into my ing it, making it feel even better for No one could possible enjoy sticking a him. large,hairy object in their mouth only to mouth, I could tell he was enjoying himself.

As I wrap up my time here at have it squirt a warm salty liquid down Cornell and prepare to move on to a their throat. But I am here today to new chapter in my life I am starting to share with you my passion for fellatio in hopes that I can inspire a new generation of oral sex fanatics taking more and more of his dick into my mouth, I could get sentimental. Despite all of the haters out there, I am tell he was enjoying himself. He then reached his climax proud of who I am. Being good at giving head has become here on campus.

It all started freshman year Orientation Week. Never and squirted his special sauce down my throat. As I swal- part of my identity, and I have grown to be able to laugh at before had I been surrounded by so many guys who wanted lowed his salty surprise I realized that performing oral deeds myself for my absurd skill sometimes. I am not, however, to hook up with me. Everywhere I turned there was an was something I was good at and I wanted to become the self-made. My skills and abilities are directly related to the amount of feedback and coaching I have received from all eager freshman in salmon shorts looking for girls to get him best. I instantly knew I needed more practice.

As I started to get more practice, legend of my gift start- of my hookups here at Cornell. So to all of the guys who into a frat annex. That’s part of the reason why I developed my love for sucking dick: I had choices and variety. Not all ed to spread. And like every historical great, I needed some- have helped me get to where I am today, thank you. And penises are created equal. Just like human bodies, they come thing to be remembered by — a trademark of sorts. That’s to my next generation of followers, never let the haters get in all shapes, sizes, lengths, colors and levels of hairiness. when I created my signature move. It doesn't have a name, you down. Just because your skill does not involve a musiWhen I was hooking up with a boy and I saw something but like Derek Zoolander’s Magnum it is extremely power- cal instrument, racquet or canvas, does not mean it isn’t an under his vineyard vine boxers that didn't look appealing, I ful and can only be used in special situations. Today I am art form. rolled out of his twin XL and moved on to the next one. going to share with you what exactly my signature move is, The ability to have an almost infinite number of dicks to so you can go spreading the joy that I have brought so many Queen Bee is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. choose from allowed me to get comfortable with the idea of during my tenure on campus. There is a sensitive and little She can be reached at queenbee@cornellsun.com. The Royal Decree known spot that many boys have. Right inside the hole on appears alternate Thursdays this semester. a dick in my mouth.

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DINING GUIDE

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Dining Guide

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The Shop That Gets YouThrough The Daily Grind

KELLY YANG / SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

By ELIZABETH GORMAN Sun Contributor

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fter spending ungodly amounts of time rotating between libraries during the darkest days of the semester, I knew I needed to find a change of scenery. So, with caffeine cravings and my textbooks in tow, I began the hunt for a new study spot.

My requirements were simple: good lighting, big tables and easy access to coffee and baked goods.

Since I had grown tired of walking that same stretch of Tower Road, I knew I should venture off campus to investigate downtown prospects. After downing shots of espresso, pour-overs and lattes

across the Commons, I finally found a winner: The Shop.

With artwork from local artists lining cheerful yellow walls, a calligraphic ceiling and a sizable habitat of potted plants, The Shop offers patrons a mellow and welcoming atmosphere.

Anyone from students, to ambiguously-employed 20-somethings, to retirees seems to populate the space — definitely a refreshing change from the colonies of Cornell students in campus libraries. Luckily on my visits there it has never been too loud nor too crowded, allowing me to nestle in at my own table with a French press and unlimited Wi-Fi. Adding to The Shop’s unique, laidback vibe is the Model Citizen tattoo parlor that shares space, a bathroom and most likely patrons with The Shop. My study break recommendation? Order an iced tea

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and daydream about all the tattoos you could get if you had limitless funds and more edginess.

All the interesting baristas and great soundtracks in the world still wouldn’t make for the ultimate study spot if the coffee was burnt and the pastries were stale. I constantly find myself typing away at The Shop simply because the drinks and bakery treats are always amazing.

Their menu is filled with a rotating selection of beans from Gimme! and Counter Culture, so whether you drink your cup of Joe black, can’t live without lattes or are all about sweetened drinks, The Shop has all your coffee bases covered. With mochas that leave me sipping the foam off the cup’s rim, drip coffees screaming their rich, fruity notes and latte mugs the size of soup bowls, The Shop has a coffee that is sure to please everyone.

Not a coffee drinker? For a healthy power boost, create your own “live juice” by selecting up to four fresh fruits or veggies. And fear not, tea drinkers! With over a dozen caffeinated and non-caffeinated options, a warm mug or iced glass of tea is always an option. And if you are as indecisive as I am, the baristas are more than willing to spend five minutes helping you decide what coffee and pastry combo to get — or maybe it’s just me that takes that long.

Although I’m almost never able to resist their decadent chocolate nut truffle bar, the other baked goods are just as delicious and cater to other sides of my sweet tooth (Read: blueberry lemon bars). That being said, I am never really blown away by the cookies in the Shop’s countertop glass cookie jars. For the most delicious options, try one of the various baked bars in the counter case.

However, there is a downside to the Shop’s delicious study aids: A pastry and latte will set you back about $7.

The good news? If you consider it an investment in your education and the wellbeing of your taste buds, the Shop is an excellent spot to simultaneously feel peaceful and productive.

When you need an escape from your current library routine and the same stress-laden faces you always see on Central, The Shop is definitely a coffee-shop oasis. But it’s not just their great coffee and espresso offerings that make them so special. The Shop’s caffeine selection only gets better when paired with their soothing indie playlists — soundtracks which have propelled me through many an essay and problem set.

It’s well-known that studying and reading the same material in

different places helps you retain information better, so why not improve your work habits offcampus? The ten minute TCAT ride allows for a mini vacation from the ever-frenetic Cornell atmosphere, and now that spring break has all too quickly come and gone, don’t we all need a few more ways to feel relaxed? Time and time again, the Shop on Seneca Street is the coffeehouse that makes slogging through my to-do lists more enjoyable. It has all the ingredients for a great workplace: natural lighting, various caffeine bombs and the perfect level of background noise.

Elizabeth Gorman can be reached at eg343@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Student Fashion Spotlight Speaking with Senior Designer Christopher Au ’15

BY CHRIS STANTON Sun Staff Writer

Before the 31st Annual Cornell Fashion Collective Runway Show which takes place April 11 at Barton Hall, The Sun sat down to talk to Christopher Au ’15, one of six senior apparel designers, about his time at Cornell, inspiration and collection for the upcoming show.

THE SUN: How did you get into design?

CHRISTOPHER AU: So I had an art teacher in the seventh grade who suggested it to me after the whole class did a sketch of the same thing. I think we sketched her, actually, and she thought I had a good grasp on how to draw her garment. That seems like kind of a shaky foundation, but that was the first inkling. I guess I’ve always had an interest in fashion, which sounds like a generic thing to say. But I had a fashion internship when I was 15 and 16 with this designer back home, and when I was 16 some of my pieces actually got designed and sold, which I thought that was pretty cool.

SUN: So the internship was actually design oriented?

C.A.: Yup, very design oriented. And then when I was looking at schools, I didn’t really want to go to Parsons or a fashion school. I wanted to pursue education, as well, so I chose Cornell. But I’m not even doing the [Fiber Science and Apparel Design] major anymore.

SUN: I wanted to ask you about that, because I noticed you were in Arts & Sciences. Why’d you change majors, and how do you feel about being able to still pursue fashion even though it isn’t your major?

C.A.: So I do still love fashion and really think it’s a passion of mine, but the program wasn’t what I thought it was. That’s not really the reason I changed, though, I just realized I had other interests besides fashion and I felt like I wanted to explore those other interests but still delve into fashion.

SUN: What are those other interests?

C.A.: Well, I chose a Government major because when I switched it was during the elections, which was exciting. And I’m happy with it, I think it’s a great major. I first took Intro to American Politics with Professor Mettler, Government, and it was a great course. It was a good opportunity since it was during the election season. I still love fashion and I think I want to do it in the future.

SUN: So you’d want to do fashion over something government related?

C.A.: Mhm, working for government seems … not the greatest. It’s funny, because I try explaining to everyone that I love reading about it but … that’s just not what I want to do.

SUN: Tell me about the collection you made for the show.

C.A.: The collection’s based on this theme I chose…

Do you know the Kuhlman Scholarship? It’s an FSAD related scholarship and they basically give you a grant

to do an extra project. But I never got to do it because I switched majors, even though I was nominated for the scholarship. And so I kind of wanted to do that project for my senior collection. It’s based off of Ragnarök, which is going to sound esoteric, but it’s basically the end of the world in Norse mythology. So it’s not dystopian, really, but the story ends with a final battle. it?

SUN: That’s not going to be enacted at the show, is

C.A.: Oh no, I’m not into that. The clothes are kind of based off armor, but loosely.

SUN: And is that how you normally start the creative process? How do you find inspiration, usually?

C.A.: I don’t really have a fancy process or anything.

There are certain silhouettes I like on women, and I stick to that, mostly. I don’t really do anything that’s pushing boundaries. I’m not redefining beauty standards or trying for innovation in that way. I have my own taste, and I stick to that.

SUN: And as far as whom you wanted to work with, did anyone help you design the collection and how’d you choose the models?

C.A.: No, I designed the whole thing myself. I’m not like Brendan who, you know, is kind of trying to redefine beauty standards with his collection, so I just chose people who look like typical models. That’s not to say I think that tall, skinny models are always the way to go, but it was easier to craft these clothes on them because the fit is more exact.

SUN: Does this collection act as any sort of extension to work you’ve done before? And have you designed collections for this show in the past?

C.A.: I’ve done pieces for the show before, [but] this is my first full collection in it. And anyone who knows me knows that I have kind of a specific color palette I like to stick to.

SUN: And what’s that?

C.A.: My whole collection is in cream and gold. I love gold; I guess I’m bougie like that [laughs]. Previous collections have been like, purple and gold or even pure gold.

That’s the general color scheme for the collection.

S UN : Is it all women’s clothing, and is it ready to wear?

C.A.: So it’s all women’s clothing, and I wanted to do something that was more ready to wear, I guess. But you wouldn’t wear it to school. It’s more dressy.

SUN: Is there anything else you pursue here at Cornell, outside of academics?

C.A.: I work in business management for The Sun, as you know. I was abroad my entire junior year in London, at London School of Economics. So I haven’t been able to join up with that much stuff at Cornell. I guess I’m kind of a home body, in a way too. I kind of wish I had joined more clubs at Cornell but I’m very involved in the things that I have chosen to be involved in.

SUN: If you were to go up to an audience member

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after the show on Saturday and ask them what they took away from your collection, what would you want them to say?

C.A.: I hope that they think I have a specific taste, first of all. And that I’ve created something that’s elegant, that you’d want to wear and want to buy. It’s a very commercial collection, there’s nothing avant-garde about it. And I want them to just like it, to like the clothes. At the end of the day it’s an art form, but it’s also a business, so I want people to like the clothes that I create.

SUN: As far as appealing to your audience, what differences do you notice from one country to another as far as fashion? I know you’re from Hong Kong, so how does that differ from here in terms of people’s preferences?

C.A.: In a way, I think all cities are the same. Yes, they each have their different angles, but they also all go to the same events and watch the same fashion shows. Those who dabble in fashion end up wearing the same clothes, making it difficult to be that different. So many of the same designers succeed in all these different cities that there end up being similarities.

SUN: And how do you feel about celebrities, Kanye being a recent, high-profile example, using star power to turn heads and get people invested in the fashion industry who otherwise wouldn’t care?

C.A.: I think any attention to fashion is good, but going off of that, there’s this perception that fashion is sort of the lowest form of art. I think people assume it’s frivolous, but what art isn’t? I feel like I always end up defending it. People wear clothes every day, but some garments are artwork. And in terms of the Kanye thing, star power has always been used. Designers get stars to wear their dresses on the red carpet, and that’s been integral to the fashion industry in selling products. It’s not different from any other industry; cereal brands use athletes as spokespersons. But I think Kanye is horrible as a designer. I understand his music is great, but keep your day job. And calling yourself the Steve Jobs of fashion, what does that even mean?

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.

Chris Stanton is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He can be reached at cstanton@cornell.edu.

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It Follows: ‘Dead Teenager Movie’ Rethought towner always looking over his shoulder, to next bear this terrifying burden. They have tender, consensual sex in the back of his car, gratifying for both involved.

After, she talks of love in measured, shameless terms Somewhere north of Detroit, Jay (Maika Monroe) is tread- before he crawls on top of her and clasps a chloroing water in her family’s above ground pool when she spots an form-soaked rag over her mouth. In an agonizing ant crawling up her arm. Her expression is almost blank, lifted long take, her eyes dart in terror before she falls limp. by a slight, dreamy smile — she could be thinking of her date She awakes tied to a wheelchair in an empty parking with Hugh (Jake Weary) that night. She gently lowers her arm garage, where Hugh describes her raw deal. “All you into the water and with it, the ant, which now squirms. can do is pass it on to someone else,” he says. For Whether or not the filmmakers fished it out after completing proof, he shines a flashlight on a nude woman walkthe shot, the character that is “Ant” surely drowns. Jay meant no ing toward her from a distance, and allows the figure malice, nor is this scene the first in the portrait of a college-age to get real close before wheeling Jay, who is wearing psychopath. She probably meant nothing at all in the mere low- only a bra and underwear, to temporary safety. ering of her arm. But death, miniscule as it may have been, What may read as a convoluted update of the resulted from that simple motion, and death will soon in turn “Dead Teenager Movie,” to use Roger Ebert’s term follow Jay as a meaningless, inexorable force. for the slasher films primarily concerned with ogling at and It Follows is an unusual and unusually memorable horror then dismembering promiscuous young women, is instead a sly, movie in that its monster is Newton’s first law of motion. Well, nightmarish contemplation of mortality. David Robert if you’re going to be Mitchell, who wrote and directed the film, suspicky, actual people pends his characters in a dreamlike haze that It Follows assume the role of the downplays the logic, or lack thereof, of the monDirected by David Robert Mitchell ster’s behavior and the violent ends its victims monster, some of them innocuous in appearmeet. Jay’s emotional state, which ranges from Starring Maika Monroe, Jake ance and others not so bliss to knee-buckling helplessness, takes preceWeary, Lili Sepe much, like a creepy old dence above all, expressing not just a vulnerable lady in a hospital gown body but also a maturing intelligence that for or a seven-foot-tall man the first time grasps the inevitable outcome (take without eyes. The mona guess) that meets all bodies, not just those ster cycles through so stalked by naked weirdos. By foregrounding his many dissimilar identiprotagonist’s inner life and cutting often to the ties that the only contalented, convincing Monroe in close-up, stant is the way it walks Mitchell instills It Follows with a sense of existen— slowly but steadily — toward the person it has isolated to tial dread that lingers long after the credits roll. kill. It can be easily outrun if that person pays attention to his Thankfully, Jay does not struggle alone. As she seeks a way or her surroundings, and so becomes a paranoid wreck. But the to dispose of the monster once and for all, Jay is joined by her monster cannot be stopped. In lieu of an effective opposing sister, Kelly (Lili Sepe); her friend, Yara (Olivia Luccardi), who force, the person can pass the curse by having sex with someone snacks and reads Dostoevsky off a clamshell e-reader; the sexy, else, and even then if it kills — in painful, gruesome fashion — Johnny Depp-type neighbor Greg (Daniel Zovatto); and Paul the next person it will come back for the one before.

(Keir Gilchrist), the boyish childhood friend who has long had Jay is the lucky one chosen by Hugh, a handsome out-of- a crush on Jay. The film captures a low-key camaraderie ZACH ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer

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between long-time friends who realize they don’t have many more years of bumming around left. That togetherness is what keeps Jay going, as it does for all of us.

A pistol figures prominently in the final act, which is disappointing. Bullets are as fatal as Nerf darts in good horror, as anyone who has seen Halloween knows. John Carpenter directed that 1978 classic, and he is the unmistakable influence behind Mitchell’s style and Disasterpeace’s brooding synth score.

Mitchell deigns to one jump scare (hey, Texas Chainsaw has one too), but for the most part he and cinematographer Mike Gioulakis engender fear from staring at still, seemingly (hopefully!) inanimate objects (i.e., a closed closet door) or having a figure simply walk from the background to the foreground.

Mitchell finds the most horror in corrupting the familiar, and thus evoking the uncanny, which leads naturally and unpretentiously to questions of mortality, public versus private space and deceptive surface appearances.

It Follows’ creepiness is hard to shake because its world is so close to normal, so open to growth and pleasure without shame.

Gun flailing aside, these young adults are smart enough to recognize that this monster is undefeatable. It is a force they must find a way to ignore for as long as possible until they are ready, one day, to face it on their own terms.

Zach Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun.com.

The Posthuman Body: @sosadtoday as Post-Internet Art

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ince its October 2012 conception, @sosadtoday’s feed of unabashedly meme-ridden tweets about anxiety and depression has attracted over 197,000 followers and landed its anonymous creator a Vice.com column. The sardonic tweeter — known only as “Melissa” — employs an irreverent tone that critics allege delegitimizes and capitalizes on depression. Melissa and her defenders counter that her tweets normalize depression by giving it a relatable and truthful voice. But perhaps @sosadtoday should be read as something entirely different: An ongoing work of Post-Internet art.

Artist Marisa Olson allegedly first used the term “Post-Internet art” to refer to a movement that engaged with the aesthetics of a rapidly expanding web. Olson, Olia Lialina and Cory Arcangel initially focused on the Internet’s strange aesthetics infrastructure, weaving visual stories through URL-chains (“Agatha Appears,” Lialina) or videos crafted from computers’ RAM (“Data Diaries,” Arcangel). Michael Connor, in a November 2013 Rhizome article, wrote that post-internet artists attempted to cognize a “quickly-evolving internet culture from a perspective that is both inside and outside of it.” @sosadtoday possibly evidences a new progression in PostInternet art’s loose evolution: The simultaneous adoption and subversion of Internet culture, memes, and language. Versed in twitter slang and current trends, @sosadtoday sends out cutesy/bleak tweets that voice depression and anxiety to a massive network. “[S]ext: vaguely invite me to something and then don’t text me the day of the thing,” @sosadtoday tweeted on March 29 in Melissa’s now typical

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style of inverting Internet culture. @sosadtoday writes in what Karen Archey and Robin Peckham called “an internet state of mind – to think in the fashion of the network,” in their description of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA)’s “Art Post-Internet” exhibit. Melissa reveals that her creative process primarily seeks to evoke re-tweets and favorites online, validating her experiences of depression.

In a November 2014 Paper interview, Melissa stated that her favorite posts grow out of “when real shit crushes me and then I tweet about it and people go crazy for it.”

Thematically, tensions between public and personal space, online presence and bodilessness feature prominently in Post-Internet art and @sosadtoday’s feed. Archey and Peckham stated that the UCCA’s exhibit focused on “the physicality of the network, the posthuman body, radicalized information dispersion.” The association of @sosadtoday’s pink illuminati pyramid avatar with the daily notes on anxiety arguably constitutes a posthuman body widely distributing radical content.

However, @sosadtoday’s Vice columns alternate between worshipping and clawing, miserably, against the sleek, impersonal Internet Neverland. Melissa often explores the links between her depression, Internet addiction and recovery from Morning Bowl alcoholism. In “Keep of Surreal Your Friends Close and Your Anxiety Closer,” Melissa summarizes her work meeting musings: “I may be talking about ‘our brand,’ but I’m definitely dying. You are too. We all are.” But a few paragraphs above, Melissa tempers her visceral anxiety with posthuman networks. “If I’m going to alienate you, I want to curate that alienation,” she writes.

Despite her varying treatments of Internet

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culture, @sosadtoday undoubtedly embodies the addictiveness and omnipresence of the Internet, especially social media. In Rhizome, Connor mentions Marisa Olson’s reference to “art ‘after’ being online,” a distinction between on and offline that “was eroded with the proliferation of smartphones and the growing pressures of an attention-based economy.” In “I Took the Internet Addiction Quiz and I Won,” Melissa divulges, “I would rather be on the Internet engaging with half-imaginary people in a fake way than in real life engaging with real people in a real way.” Again, Melissa cements the addictive, bodiless experience of spending time online. It’s a relevant observation in a culture where vast numbers go online nearly everyday: In a short time, the online network has greatly transformed cultural consciousness.

Conversely, Melissa also has an adept eye for spotting the dystopian ubiquity of technology in others’ lives. In “Roses Are Red, My Psychiatrist Upped My Meds,” she relates that when she suggested trying a cognitive behavioral therapist, her therapist replied, “Why don’t you just try a cognitive therapy app?”

Most importantly, as Connor writes in Rhizome, “Artistic and cultural discourse has

shifted from ‘internet culture’ as a discrete entity to the reconfiguration of all culture by the Internet.” @sosadtoday’s feed shows both depression and anxiety filtered through the Internet, and the Internet as a cause of depression and anxiety. Consider, for example, a March 26 tweet: “Sexual fantasies about not texting you back.” In the world of @sosadtoday, depression and technology are inextricably woven together.

In the end, @sosadtoday as Post-Internet art is still a tough sell. Despite thematic similarities between Melissa’s feed and Post-Internet thinkers’ writings and works, current PostInternet artists focus on the visual aesthetics and motifs of Internet existence. Arcangel’s works, for example, typify the Post-Internet interest in visual, not literary or emotional, immersion into Internet consciousness. But @sosadtoday undoubtedly showcases a captivatingly original, depressingly truthful take on both Internet culture and anxiety, and a perceptive slice of day-today online consciousness.

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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Hofstra currently has committed the second fewest turnovers in D1 lacrosse so far this season.

Going against such a disciplined offense requires discipline on defense, according to sophomore defenseman Marshall Peters.

“We’re focusing on not overplaying their guy and not throwing too many checks,” he said. “I think one thing that I’ve been focusing on recently is not simply throwing as many checks as I can, but throwing the right check.”

Kerwick said that getting after the Flying Dutchmen on clears will be a big focus for the Red in Saturday’s game.

“We’re becoming a very good riding team,” he said. “We’ve been working on that a lot in practice and it’s showing in the games right now, so we’re going to try to ride them hard, and get some turnovers.”

Despite the success so far this season on offense, Buczek remains critical of his and the rest of the team’s performance, especially at finishing shot opportunities.

“Offensively, we want to finish our shots a little better,” Buczek said. “Our rallying cry at this point in the season is we have to shoot better. Just shoot the ball when we get the chance and put it on cage. We’re getting better at it, but we’re not quite where we want to be.”

The team continues to dominate opposing teams at shots taken. The Red has taken over 150 more shots throughout the season than its opponents.

However, Cornell is converting these shots at a rate of just 27 percent, good for 47th in the nation.

Buczek said that if the team fails to improve its shooting, the game against Hofstra could easily go in the Flying Dutchmen’s favor.

“They’re just a very talented team,” he said. “They take long possessions that usually end up in a good opportunity. Last year, they were great at cashing in on that. They’ve got a great defensive unit that usually keeps them in games, so we’re definitely excited for this challenge.”

Shane Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun.com.

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A jury ended deliberations for a second day Wednesday in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, who is charged in the shooting death of another man.

Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh sent the jury home at 4:30 p.m. following deliberations that have lasted 9 hours so far over two days.

On Wednesday, jurors asked questions to clarify two weapon and ammunition possession charges Hernandez faces in addition to the murder charge.

Hernandez is charged with illegally possessing a .45-caliber handgun and .22-caliber ammunition.

Jurors asked whether they

needed to find Hernandez intended to use the item. The judge said no. They also asked what "dominion, power or control" over the item means. The judge said it means the ability to decide what is to be done with the object.

Earlier Wednesday, jurors sent another note asking for a list of the 439 exhibits they have to sift through as they decide whether to convict Hernandez. Both sides agreed to send one.

Hernandez is charged with the June 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd, who was dating his fiancee's sister. Lloyd was shot six times in an industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez's home. At the time, the star tight end had a $40 million contract with the Patriots.

Hernandez was brought into the courtroom at the Fall River Justice Center several times Wednesday as lawyers discussed the notes and other issues. At other times, he was held in a cell at the courthouse to await word on a verdict.

Deliberations begin at 9 a.m. and go until 4:30 p.m., or later if jurors wish. They must come to a unanimous decision and are considering three charges: murder, illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition.

The murder charge carries a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole if he is found guilty of first-degree murder, or life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years if he is found guilty of second-degree murder.

Pacers Forward Stabbed in New York NEW YORK (AP) — Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland, his girlfriend and another woman were stabbed early Wednesday following an argument on the street near a Manhattan nightclub that also led to the arrest of two Atlanta Hawks players, authorities said.

The violence erupted just before 4 a.m.

outside 1Oak Club, a trendy Chelsea spot where celebs such as Justin Bieber and Snoop Dogg mingle with partygoers, police said.

The couple was arguing on the street as the attacker eavesdropped and started to interfere, according to police. The dispute escalated until the 22year-old suspect pulled out a knife and started

slashing, police said.

Copeland’s driver grabbed the suspect and held him until officers arrived.

The suspect, Shezoy Bleary, was in custody, authorities said. Police said charges were pending, and it wasn’t clear whether Bleary had an attorney who could comment on them.

Copeland, 31, a former member of the

New York Knicks, was stabbed in the left elbow and abdomen and Katrine Saltara was slashed in the arm and across the breast. The second woman, who was believed to be with the attacker, was slashed in the abdomen. The victims were hospitalized and in stable condition, police said. Police recovered a switchblade at the scene.

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only is Lindsay Toppe (center) a dominant force on the lacrosse field, she also is quite the master at imitating guinea pigs.

Sports Editor and 10 Questions columnist Anna Fasman sat down with lacrosse juniors Lindsay Troppe to talk about everything from Dunkin’ Donuts to guinea pig noises.

1) How did you start playing lacrosse?

I started playing in a youth league with another one of my teammates from high school. We started in third grade and played up until now. Her and I were the dynamic duo and it was just so much fun to play with her.

Does she still play?

She does. She plays for UNC, but she’s actually a year younger than me. It was funny because we always wanted to play on the same team, but sometimes the age gap would put us on separate teams. We’d pretend one person was older or one person was younger so we made sure that we were on the same team.

2) Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies outside of lacrosse?

That’s hard. I’m afraid to say this because it’s really weird but I can make a guinea pig noise. That’s a fun fact of mine.

Just guinea pigs or other animals, too?

Just guinea pigs.

3) Your father was a Cornell athlete as well. How did that influence your decision to play for the Red? My mom actually went to Cornell as well and I didn’t know if I wanted to go to Cornell. I think since it was pushed on me since I was younger, I had that rebellious teenage stage where I was like, ‘I don’t want to do anything my parents have done.’” But then my older sister, who’s two years older came here — she didn’t play any sports — she came here and she was like “it’s not that bad.” I really looked up to her and listened to what she said and then I fell in love with the school as well.

4) In honor of the new Dunkin Donuts coming to Collegetown, which do you prefer: DD or Starbucks?

Definitely Dunkin Donuts because Starbucks is overpriced and I’m not that into tons and tons of sugar in my drink. I just like the traditional coffee. I also could eat munchkins for days.

5) What is one of your favorite memories from your time at Cornell?

I think what was really awesome was our game against Stanford just last week.

That’s definitely the best win I’ve had playing lacrosse ever. It was just so much

energy, so much passion, so much fun playing and I think that was the best team experience that I’ve had.

6) Do you have any pre-game rituals?

There’s a girl on our team, Katherine Ellis, and everytime the song “Do the John Wall” comes on during our pre-game playlist, I sing wall ball instead to her. Wall ball is just playing with a pall against a wall with your stick and she gets so mad and rolls her eyes. I have to say it every single time that song comes on. When I didn’t do it against Dartmouth, we lost, so now we’re extremely superstitious and I have to say it.

7) Who would be in your ideal slope day lineup?

I would love to see a country singer come. I think it would be the perfect setting for that.

Who do you think will actually come this year?

I heard it was...I forget his name.

Gambino?

Childish Gambino?

Yeah him!

8 ) What is your favorite place in Ithaca?

I really like Antlers, the restaurant. I like the feel of it, except I feel like it’s an old person restaurant because every time I go there are old people there. I love the food though, especially the baby-back ribs.

9) If you could give one piece of advice to incoming freshmen, what would it be?

I would say just relax a little bit more. In the Cornell culture, people get wrapped up in what they’re doing and uptight about things.

I know I did. Just try to enjoy your time here and everything else will fall into place.

10) Looking back on your time with the lacrosse team, what is something that Cornell lacrosse has given you?

I think it’s just made my Cornell experience 10 times better because you come in and you immediately have a family. It makes adjusting to Cornell easier. Walking around campus you see all of your teammates around. I’ve really enjoyed being on the team and all that comes along with it.

Anna Fasman can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Red Prepares toTake On Princeton This Weekend

By NATHANIEL MARTIN Sun Staff Writer

When the Cornell women’s lacrosse team last took the field, the Red turned in a disappointing performance. The team lost 10-9 in overtime to Dartmouth, their first Ivy League loss of the season. The team ultimately felt that its poor mentality was the reason for the loss.

“We had complete highs and lows in our last game,” said head coach Jenny Graap. “Both coaches and players allowed our frustration to dominate and it was a disastrous formula. It is important that we learn from it and move on.”

This Saturday, the Red (8-3, 3-1 Ivy) have their first chance to make up for last week’s loss when they take on conference rival No. 14 Princeton (8-2, 3-0 Ivy). The primary objective is simple: play with toughness and resilience throughout the game.

“We want to see an effort for the Cornell players that stays strong through the good and the bad,” Graap said. “We have to stay mentally tough when we are making mistakes and we have to seize momentum and carry that energy and enthusiasm through long periods of time.

We can’t have one mistake deflating us.”

As for Cornell’s tactical game plan, the

Red say they believe the way to defeat Princeton is winning more draws, giving the team more possessions and ultimately more goal opportunities.

“We have to control the draw,” said junior attacker Olivia Mattyasovszky. “Last weekend at Dartmouth we weren't coming up with the ball off the draw-control and it gave Dartmouth way too much possession time. Our offense has shown we can score a lot, but we need possession off the draw first.”

Coach Graap said the key for getting a victory at Princeton is getting back to the basics.

“As we prepare for Princeton, we’re continuing to improve and work hard on the fundamentals of our game,” Graap said.

“At this point in the season we have clear strengths that have emerged. I think it’s smart to build confidence around our strengths while attacking our weaknesses.

But in the end, our game plan is always to play Cornell women’s lacrosse.”

The outcome of the Princeton-Cornell game will go a long way in determining the Ivy League regular season champion and seedings in the postseason tournament.

“It is a big game,” Graap said.

“However, I do not want the athletes to put so much pressure on the outcome of

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Conference clash | The Red’s contest against Princeton this upcoming Saturday will have major implications in determining who wins the Ivy League this year.

the game. Focus needs to be on the way we play and not fear of losing. Playing strongly, bravely and courageously as a team is the goal, and that puts us in the best position to earn the victory. We’ve got to play together and roll with the punches.”

Still, players said they feel the stakes are higher than simply records and seedings “Princeton is our first Ivy League opponent that has a lot of momentum, and they were good enough to reach the tournament last season,” Mattyasovszky said.

“We lost by two in overtime during the

regular season last year, then played them again in the first round of the Ivy League tournament and lost 12-5. This weekend is our chance to show Princeton that we're a different team this season and are coming ready to play.”

The opening draw is set for 3 p.m.

Saturday at Schoellkopf Field, following the conclusion of the 12 p.m men’s lacrosse game against Hofstra.

Nathaniel Martin can be reached at nmartin@cornellsun.com.

MEN’S LACROSSE

Men Rally to Beat Canisius,Face Dutchmen Next

By SHANE DHALIWAL Sun Staff Writer

The Red watched as another lead slipped away. Cornell took a 2-0 advantage seven minutes into

Tuesday’s contest, only to see that lead fade away when Canisius’ attacker Vince Gravino capitalized off an unsettled situation and found Austin Romantic on the crease to give the Griffins a 4-3

lead late in the second period.

It looked as though Cornell (83) would fall victim to one of the easier opponents, going off of record, on its schedule.

That’s when the offense started

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Big run | After watching an early lead slip away, the Red offense took control of their game against Canisius by scoring nine straight goals.

doing what it does better than Coming off a tough defeat nearly every other program in the against Harvard, head coach Matt nation: score.

Following Kerwick noted the team’s improveRomantic’s goal, Cornell went on ments after the 10-9 loss. a nine goal run that effectively put “I thought we played with a away the Griffins (2-9). great amount of energy,” he said.

The team scored in nearly every “We came out playing very hard. way from everywhere on the field. We really wanted our guys to focus Senior midfielder Connor Buczek on getting out there and playing at fired a time-and-room shot from the speed we needed to play at. I outside to begin the streak. After don’t think we utilized this speed the Red forced a turnover, senior against Harvard.” defenseman The Red Jordan Stevens now turns it “[Hoftstra’s] just a very attention to came all the way talented team. We’re up the field to Hofstra, who pass to senior definitely excited for this they will take attackman on this Saturday. challenge.”

Danny Lintner, Despite who did what sporting just a Connor Buczek he does best and 4-7 record, quickly found Hofstra has the back off the net. been competitive in every game it’s Later on, Lintner notched just played so far this season. The Flying his second career assist when he Dutchmen have lost to Princeton, found a cutting senior midfielder Georgetown and Marquette, three Tim LeBeau. The goal was teams ranked in the top 15, by a LeBeau’s first of the season. After a total of five points. Last year, quick face-off win, senior attack- Cornell fell in overtime to Hofstra man Matt Donovan scored, giving after watching the Flying Dutchmen score six goals in the second period. him three on the night.

“They’re a dangerous group, Taking a 10-4 lead into the and we obviously learned that fourth, the Red still wasn’t done. last year,” Kerwick said. “We had Buczek completed his hat trick a lot of chances to put them early in the period and senior away, but we didn’t do so. If they attackman Jack Molloy scored his can stay around until the fourth first of the season with four minquarter, they’re a dangerous utes left to play. Subbing in team.” reserves, Cornell hung on to win 12-6.

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