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By PAULINA GLASS Sun Assistant News Editor

Faculty salaries at Cornell during the 2014-15 academic year rose from the previous year, according to data from a report released Monday by the Association of American University Professors.

While a full professor at the University makes $169,500 on average, associate professors are paid $118,300 on average and assistant professors $103,300.

These figures stand in comparison to data from a report released

by The Chronicle of Higher Education on 2013-14 faculty and staff salaries at Cornell, which said that a full professor’s average yearly salary was $160,443. Associate professors at Cornell made an average of $112,077 annually.

The Chronicle of Higher Education report additionally stated that Cornell professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors and lecturers all made more in the 2013-14 academic year than their peers on average at four-year private institutions.

According to Prof. Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, the University’s unique position as both a public and private univerSee SALARIES page 5

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Logevall Advocates for Global Learning

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

Prof. Fredrik Logevall, history, spoke about the concept of global citizenship and his work on its integration into the Cornell curriculum at a lecture co-hosted by the International Student Admissions Ambassadors and the International Students Union Wednesday.

Logevall, who is also vice provost for international affairs and the director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, said he has been having conversations with the administration about ways to further emphasize the importance of international relations and integrate global studies into students’ curricula.

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Murphy Ph.D.’94 Talks Public Engagement C.U.United Way Campaign Will Run Until This Friday

By ANDREW LEE Sun Staff Writer

Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president of student and academic services, spoke about the University’s longstanding tradition of public engagement at the third annual Community Engagement Showcase in Duffield Hall Wednesday.

The showcase was designed to bring together students, staff and faculty from across the University to celebrate outstanding communityengaged work and provide space for dialogue, knowledge-sharing and collaboration, according to the event’s website. Murphy said she was “honored”

“It is about doing work with the community, and the community doing work with us.”

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Make a difference | Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94 speaks about public engagement at a lecture Wednesday.

when Richard Kiely, Director of Engaged Learning and Research, asked her to be the keynote speaker at the event.

Murphy said that since its inception, students, staff and faculty at Cornell were all part of an institution that had a mission to make a public difference.

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Raises nearly 93 percent of funding goal

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell United Way campaign — which aims to raise money for programs sponsored by the United Way of Tompkins County that support food-insecure families — will close Friday after raising nearly 93 percent of its $815,000 goal, according to University Librarian and Cornell United Way Chair Anne Kenney.

Gary Stewart, director of community relations, said donations from Cornell affiliates provide almost 40 percent of the UWTC’s annual funding.

The campaign addresses the issue of hunger in Tompkins County — in which 13 percent of people are classified as food insecure — and surrounding counties, Kenney said.

“It is so striking that there is

such a strong population in beautiful upstate New York that is insecure about where their food will be coming from,” Kenney said. “It’s really critical for us to target that specific need.”

The UWTC supports 42 agencies that offer programs from mental health advocacy to day care referrals, according to Stewart. Many of these programs — such as “lifelong living support for aging parents or swimming lessons [and] programs to assist young adults” — directly benefit people at Cornell, which provide Cornell students with an incentive to donate, according to Kenney.

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After heated and lengthy debate, the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences yesterday voted to implement a new cultural and historical breadth requirement, which will probably take effect in the fall of 1991.

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A number of faculty felt that these areas and peoples should be specified in the proposal. Early in the meeting, Prof. John M. Najemy, history, proposed an amendment that would have named Africa, Asia and Latin America as areas that could be used to fulfill the requirement.

Before being voted down, his proposal sparked objections from faculty members who felt that it excluded a number of other possible cultures. It also raised what was to be the major point of contention for the remainder of the meeting — the question of whether the study of American minorities should be

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Prof. Marshall M. Cohen, mathematics, proposed an amendment that would have permitted students to use courses about American minorities to fulfill the new distribution requirement. Prof. Timothy Murray, English, also spoke strongly in favor of such a move.

Najemy was one of the many faculty members who objected strongly to the amendment. He argued that it would result in “identifying communities within the U.S. and labeling them ‘other’ in some sense.”

“I think that’s a very dangerous road to go,” he said later. “They’re all parts of America.”

Another issue raised was whether minority students would be allowed o take courses in their own cultures to fufill the requirement. An amendment that would have changed the wording of the requirement to “an area or people other than those of the student” failed.

After considerable debate, the amendment to allow courses on American minorities was finally defeated.

Prof. L. Pearce Williams ’48, the John Stambaugh professor of the History of Science, voiced his concern that the breadth requirement would force students to take courses on non-Western cultures while allowing them to remain ignorant about Western civilization.

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The following resolutions will be discussed at today’s Student Assembly meeting at 4:45 p.m. in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room:

Resolution 32: Appending the Referenda Process This resolution seeks to provide a referenda process during regular S.A. elections to receive feedback from the undergraduate body regarding questions that pertain to campus life.

Resolution 56: Hands-Only CPR This resolution demonstrates the S.A.’s support for the inclusion of a Hands-Only CPR lesson during the existing swim test requirement.

Resolution 57: iPhone Chargers In Libraries This resolution requests that Cornell libraries, specifically Olin and Uris Library, begin providing iPhone 5 and 5s chargers for students and provide feedback on student usage.

Resolution 58: Know the Power of Your Words Campaign This resolution requests that the Know the Power of Your Words Campaign become an official annual event under the Student Assembly’s purview from the Communications Committee.

University Cornell, Columbia Researchers Discover Pair Of Tumor-Causing Genetic Mutations An international research team led by Dr. Giorgio Inghirami of Weill Cornell Medical College and Dr. Raul Rabadan of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons discovered a pair of genetic mutations that cause tumor growths in patients within a deadly type of Tcell lymphoma, according to a University press release.

National Obama Vows to Help Ebola-Affected Countries Rebuild Health Care Systems With the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa finally on the decline, President Barack Obama met with the presidents of three nations that have been affected by Ebola — Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea — Wednesday to discuss ways in which the United States could provide assistance, according to The New York Times.

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Prof. Steven Squyres ’78 Ph.D. ’82, astronomy, spoke about the Mars robotic explorer mission he oversaw at the Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Faculty Invitational Lecture Wednesday.

Squyres, principal investigator for the Mars Rover Project, began the lecture entitled “Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Explorations of the Red Planet” by introducing the planet as a “cold, dry and desolate world” — unlike the way many people imagine it.

“This is Mars, the object of our affection,” Squyres said with a picture of Mars depicted on a slide behind him. “It is a terrible place. If you went there, you would absolutely hate it.”

However, Squyres said Mars was not always a miserable place, displaying an image of a valley on the planet to illustrate his point.

“The stream that flowed through here was no bigger than Cascadilla Creek, but if something like this would occur on Mars today it would freeze really quickly,” Squyres said. “In the past, Mars was warmer, it was wetter and it was apparently more like Earth.”

Squyres described many of the challenges he faced landing the

twin rovers on Mars, referring to a video of the rover landing and unpacking itself.

“There were many parts of this mission that scared me, but [the] part right here with all the gears, rotors, springs, hinges and latches was absolutely terrifying,” he said.

Squyres said he encountered “pure dumb luck” during the mission when the Spirit rover’s wheel failed and dug a trench, leading to the discovery of a substance that on Earth contains living organisms.

“We could no longer drive in a normal fashion anymore. We could only drive backwards dragging the dead wheel through the soil,” Squyres said. “We were driving one day in a little narrow valley … [and] the soil popped up as white as bright snow. It turns out [that] when we measured the composition of this stuff, it was not snow but silica.”

Silica is a chemical compound found in hot spring environments, according to Squyres.

“This silica deposit provides us with evidence that this was once a hot spring environment on Mars,” he said. “This is the type of place on Earth teeming with life.”

Squyres concluded his lecture by thanking the more than 4,000 members who comprised the

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Far out | Prof. Steven Squyres ’78 recounts his role in Mars exploration at Wednesday’s Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Faculty Invitational Lecture.

rover team.

“For every one of us that had the opportunity to be a part of this mission, it has been a literal sense of the phrase ‘an adventure of a lifetime,’” he said.

Squyres’ lecture was sponsored

by Cornell’s chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, of which Prof. Daniel Schwarz, English, is faculty president.

David Ticzon can be reached at dticzon@cornellsun.com.

Alumnus Strives to Raise $20K for Hospital before I was scheduled to he said.

Javidfar spoke about leave I bought a different his excitement during plane ticket. I wasn’t even the trip as well as his able to refund the origiA Cornell alumnus decision to extend his nal ticket.” has spearheaded a stay in Tanzania crowdfunding project to because he was purchase an ultrasound drawn into the “It’s not a one-time, raise and electrocardiogram country’s culture the money, give them the machine for a hospital in and environment.

Iringa, Tanzania, which machines, and that’s the “Tanzania has aims to raise $20,000 by probably the most end of it [kind of thing].”

June 1. beautiful landscape Health care for pregBen Javidfar ’13 I’ve ever seen. The nant mothers is a presspeople are the ing health issue in friendliest I’ve ever Tanzania, according to During the third met and it is such an Ben Javidfar ’13, amazing culture and soci- week of his trip to founder of the project. ety,” Javidfar said. “I orig- Tanzania, Javidfar said “One major problem inally planned my trip for he shadowed a doctor pregnant mothers face in two weeks, but I liked it who specialized in Tanzania is that health so much that three days obstetrics and gynecoloproblems with the fetus gy by the last name of Nyabusani. Javidfar said Eat your veggies one specific conversation he had with Dr. Nyabusani inspired him to create the crowdfunding project.

“The next to last day [before my departure] I went to see him and saw that he was fidgeting around with an ultrasound machine ... I asked what he was doing and he told me it was broken,” Javidfar said.

“So I asked what the top things he really needed [were], and he told me an ultrasound and electrocardiogram machine.

That was how I got the ZACH GIBSON / THE NEW YORK TIMES idea for the crowdfundFirst lady Michelle Obama plants vegetables with children on the South Lawn of the ing project.”

White House in Washington Wednesday.

Javidfar added that if

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often go undetected and result in miscarriage,” he said. “This becomes life threatening for the mother as well, [but] is completely preventable if diagnosed early enough with the two machines we seek to purchase.”

Javidfar said he visited Tanzania through a program which allows students to shadow doctors overseas.

“During my senior year [at] Cornell, I came across a program called Gap Medics and it stayed [in] the back of my mind for a few years before I decided to go,”

he left Tanzania when he originally planned to, the crowdfunding project would never have occurred.

Xiuqi Cao, a molecular, cell and developmental biology major at Yale University who also serves as a project leader for the campaign, said that without proper equipment, doctors find it difficult to aid their patients.

“It was wonderful, the experience was amazing and the doctors are incredibly smart,” he said. “The problem — and the reason we are doing this — is because resources in the hospital are often lacking.”

Javidfar said he hopes to continue to help the hospital beyond the crowdfunding campaign.

“I do see this as a lifelong thing,” he said. “It’s not a one-time, raise the money, give them the machines, and that’s the end of it [kind of thing] ... because that doesn’t solve all the problems.”

The campaign, Outreach Iringa, is currently hosted on crowdfunding platform RocketHub. Ryan Humphrey can be reached at rhumphrey@cornellsun.com.

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“Preparing our students to claim global citizenship is perhaps the most important thing to do at Cornell,” he said. “Many of the careers of students at Cornell [will] be international in scope — [it is] just where the world is going.”

Logevall said he believes it is important to address the viewpoints of conservative critics, who he says are concerned that stressing global citizenship will lead to a loss of a clear sense of nationalism in policymakers.

“I don’t think, however, that there is any necessary contradiction between the passion to the impor“Preparing our students to tance of global citiclaim global citizenship is zenship … and the perhaps the most belief in your own important thing to do.” n a t i o n’s Prof. Frederik Logevall well-being and [the] commitment to promoting the national interest of your [home] country,” Logevall said.

Cornell’s administration has been coming up with ideas to develop new programs that would facilitate international learning, according to Logevall.

“To internationalize the curriculum, [we] want to introduce gateway course, international internships … [and add] a new global affairs major,

which would be offered by several colleges,” Logevall said.

The Student Assembly passed a resolution at a meeting last month which called on the University to implement a global affairs major, The Sun previously reported.

Logevall said he believes it is important to have citizens who have an understanding of other nations.

“The payoffs of an education in international affairs is profoundly important,” he said.

“Students learn to appreciate [other cultures], to dismiss the stereotypes and to feel empathy — and in every walk of life, having empathetic understanding is profoundly important. Every education must include coming to terms with what it means to come to terms with those different from yourself.”

Logevall added that much of what the University does “in terms of internationalization is about what happens right here, in Ithaca.”

“If we can teach our students to think empathetically, then I think, in a way, [they] have succeeded, and as educators we have succeeded as well,” he said.

Logevall — who has been vice provost for international affairs since March 2013 — will depart Cornell this summer for Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he was named the Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, according to the University.

Kimberly Lee can be reached at klee@cornellsun.com.

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“When you read Ezra Cornell’s vision for this institution and Andrew Dickson White’s inauguration, you understand that this commitment to community engagement is in our soul,” Murphy said.

Murphy added that public engagement is neither about doing work “to the community” or “even for the community.”

“It is about doing work with the community, and the community doing work with us,” Murphy said. “It’s the preposition ‘with’ that I think we have to remember so often here at Cornell because of the incredible resources with which we have access to.”

Murphy said she was “thrilled” when faculty wrote a strategic plan five years ago to set forth an aspiration to make Cornell a widely recognized top 10 research university by emphasizing the University’s commitment to public engagement.

She cited the more than 50 public engagement projects showcased in Duffield Hall as examples of the University’s commitment to the community.

“You can’t help but walk through this atrium today and begin to see [what] you, as students, are doing,” Murphy said.

Murphy concluded her keynote by praising students for partnering with faculty and the community to take the initiative to lay the foundation for future public engagement. Following her concluding remarks, Murphy was awarded the Alumni Leadership in Community Engagement Award.

“Susan has been a champion of public engagement and public service at Cornell,” Kiely said.

The event was hosted by Cornell Engaged Learning and Research, the Public Learning Center, the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives and the Community Learning and Service Partnership.

Andrew Lee can be reached at alee@cornellsun.com.

California Vaccination Bill Stalled in State Senate Wed. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California vaccination bill that has generated intense debates pitting personal rights against public health stalled in the state Senate Wednesday, with lawmakers saying it could unconstitutionally deprive unvaccinated children of an adequate education by barring them from schools.

The measure would bar parents from seeking vaccine exemptions for their children because of religious or personal beliefs, joining California with Mississippi and West Virginia in such strict

requirements. Medical waivers would only be available for children with health problems, forcing unvaccinated children to be homeschooled.

After more than three hours of testimony, supporters postponed a vote until next week so authors could work on revisions to address concerns raised in the Senate Education Committee.

The proposal’s lead author, Sen. Richard Pan, a Democratic pediatrician from Sacramento, said he is confident he can clarify his bill so lawmakers are comfortable in supporting his bill.

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sity affects professor salaries.

“Cornell has, for years, compared its faculty salaries to those at a set of major public and private research universities that the faculty and the administration agreed were the institutions that we compete [with] the most for faculty,” he said.

However, Ehrenberg said that in the past year, salary increases for continuing faculty at Cornell have been smaller than its competitors.

“Our salary increases for continuing faculty last year tended to be smaller than those of most of the competitors above us at the full professor and associate professor ranks, but we did better than most of our competitors at the assistant professor rank,” he said.

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lar basis, either for ourselves or a family member,” Stewart said.

Cornell students have both fundraised for the campaign and participated in service activities affiliated with United Way this year, Stewart said. “[University] staff, student

“It’s a caring community, and the connections between Ithaca and Cornell are so strong.”

Anne Kenney and faculty commitment to United Way has been both essential and inspirational,” he said.

Kenney said she believes the decrease in donations this year — in comparison with last year’s campaign, which surpassed its goal by $152 — may have been caused by “a sense of there are so many worthy causes out there.”

She added that she believes some students and staff may have been unsure about how the donations would be used.

“One of our concerns is misconceptions around United Way, particularly because Cornell supports the [organization's] administrative overhead,” Kenney said. “All of the money we donate goes directly to those agencies, so this is a great bang for the buck that we provide.”

The campaign has run yearly at Cornell for “quite some time,” according to Kenney.

New innovations this year include piloting a system for online donations and focusing on hunger issues in the campaign’s advertising, she said.

Kenney said she believes links between the University and residents of Tompkins County is an important reason for students to donate.

“The health and well-being of Cornell is so closely tied to the health and well-being of our community,” Kenney said.

“One of the very attractive things about living in upstate New York is that it’s a caring community, and the connections between Ithaca and Cornell are so strong.”

Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun.com.

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According to the University’s

“We have improved our position during the first decade, but have fallen during the last decade.”

Prof. Ronald Ehrenberg Fiscal 2015 Operating and Capital

Budget plan released last May, there are 15 institutions that compensate its professors at a higher amount than Cornell, which Ehrenberg named as some of Cornell’s primary competitors.

Referring to the above report, Ehrenberg said Cornell has recently been dropping in comparison to the universities it competes with.

“We have improved our position during the first decade, but

have fallen during the last decade back closer to the middle of the pack,” he said. “All of the universities that are higher paying that above us are privates ... and most of the universities below us are publics which reflects the financial problems of states over the last 30 years or longer.”

Paulina Glass can be reached at pglass@cornellsun.com.

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y dad never understood why I drank cold beer to warm up on cold nights. Didn’t I crave a whisky, he’d ask. I might have if the Chapter House served whisky the way it served beer.

I lived on the intersection of Stewart Avenue and Seneca Street for two of my four years at Cornell in a little blue house with three other guys. We used to say that Seneca was an ancient Iroquois word for “fall to your death,” and Stewart Ave., with its uneven sidewalk and broken brick road, was our drunkard’s walk. I’d walk past 400 Stewart Ave. on my way to and from classes, peeping through the door and counting the days until I turned 21. When that night finally came, I was held outside until the bouncer (the toughest and most notorious in all of Collegetown) saw the clock strike midnight on the cable box. It was the last time I’d wait outside.

Even years after I graduated, he’d immediately recognize me and ask where I’d been.

I don’t remember his name, but I’d like to think he knew mine.

In my dad’s day (Cornell ’68), the bar had been a restaurant known as Jim’s Place and was a simple joint to go for a cheeseburger after cross country practice.

An old menu hung on the wall as evidence of its past life. Professors said it had once been an ice cream parlor, which The Sun later corroborated. By the time I was let in, it had become an education taught on chalkboards and in pints. Never pitchers.

They say that half of your education at Cornell is the people you meet outside of class, and more often than not, I chose to pursue that half sitting at scarred picnic tables next to foggy windows that let into an otherwise dark bar a gentle yellow haze of street lamps. From those perches, you would slowly regain the feeling in your extremities while watching student after student slip to their doom on the black ice of Williams Street.

The bar was coziest on weekday nights where you could sit with your closest friends or your newest friends to talk about Government Professor Peter Katzenstein’s latest witticism, Dyson spheres, MCAT scores or nothing in particular. You were never there on a date, you were never there to meet anyone and you certainly were never there to impress anyone. That was the charm. If you wanted to dance on tables, there was always Johnny O’s or the Palms, but if you wanted to talk, you came to Chappy.

And while Johnny O’s and the Palms went the way of the rotary phone, Chapter House would remain because it offered something lasting and something permanent. It seemed unkillable. It had burned down and flooded before (with pictures on the walls as proof ), and had weathered generations of vandals and graffiti artists. Even reading the coverage of the blaze, I expected good fortune would prevail, preserving the bar below even while fire consumed the building above.

Thankfully no one was hurt in Tuesday’s blaze and we have no need for a real eulogy, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t take a moment to say something about the bar we lost. A drink there was as much a part of the Cornell experience as any uphill walk. It leaves behind in the minds of its patrons memories deeper than any left behind by its patrons on its walls. Chappy was where we went for laughs, to drown sorrows, to fight about ideas and most importantly to warm up.

Luis Bacalao graduated from Cornell in 2007. Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

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pon first arriving at college, our true identities become salient to us given a novel, more realistic simulation of “the real world,” compared to our hometowns. For those of us with marginalized identities consisting of different gender expressions, gender identities and sexualities, college can either be refreshingly liberating, or severely confining.

While positive associations about marginalized identities can serve as buffering agents against discrimination, the transition from home to college places students in a position where they must grapple with the many elements of marginalization within a novel setting. Not only do students struggle to develop a relationship between themselves and their simultaneously emerging and developing identities; they struggle to develop a relationship between themselves and the community.

This is not easily done solo. It is easy to get lost within the negative associations of a socially marginalized identity — we begin to internalize them. Ultimately, as members of a community, we tend feel compelled towards action in the face of a catalyst. Often, this catalyst is discrimination, whether subtle or overt.

We cannot turn a blind eye to a complex battle: coming to terms with how others view LGBTQ individuals, and how LGBTQ people view themselves. Even within the subgroup of the LGBTQ community, the identity struggles faced by one individual cannot be homogenized by a “proposed” universal struggle. We must consider the intersection of marginalized identities with that of the LGBTQ identity — such as students who are black and transgender.

In the Fall of 2008, students from each of the Ivy’s attended an Ivy Leadership Summit. When an intelligent, diverse group of young adults congregate together for the purposes of learning and acting, revolution happens. During the summit, students found it important to develop a “specific Ivy queer network,” according to Kyle Brumm ’16, one of the student leaders. In 2010, the first IvyQ conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania. Each year, the conference is held at a different university, the mission revolving around community education.

While the IvyQ structure of leadership varies from school to school, contribution from all schools is necessary. In order to foster a “specific Ivy queer network,” an educational space must be provided where both students from other universities and those from the host university can engage in a healthy and revelatory discourse about significant issues that affect LGBTQ students in the Ivy League.

From Thursday November 12 to Sunday November 15, students from all Ivy League schools, regional schools (Ithaca College, Syracuse, Binghamton, Colgate, etc.) and even other universities around the country like Georgetown, MIT, Tufts, George Washington University, Boston College and Boston University will gather together on the Hill for the Cornell 2015 IvyQ Conference.

Intercampus conferences aspire to develop an understanding of the distinct cultures within each university surrounding gender and sexual identities. Through congregation, students at Cornell, for example, can derive practical solutions for issues pertaining the LGBTQ identities from what has effectively worked at other universities. The conference itself further diversifies a pool of already diverse students, allowing for creative dialogue, and more importantly — action. Due to the nature of the conference, having the event occur intercampus, as opposed to intracampus facilitates the opportunity for

more speakers, workshops and funding for Cornell IvyQ student leaders organizing the event.

Prospective speakers range from Judge Judith Levy, the first openly gay Federal Judge in the state of Michigan, to pending speakers, like Brittany Ferrell and Alexis Templeton, two Ferguson activists who met and fell in love during their founding of Millennial Activists United, and their efforts to protest police brutality. IvyQ will also be inviting prominent poets, media figures and organizers to speak and present at the conference.

Student organizer Annie Fernández ‘17 commented, “Cornell IvyQ 2015 hopes to provide a forum for an intersectionality of issues pertaining to the LGBTQ+ community. We plan on incorporating various perspectives into our program, from prominent leaders in the #BlackLivesMatter movement, to divestment networks, to Queer Republican representation, to the history of queers in the military. We hope that our program pushes attendees to stop thinking about LGBTQ+ issues in a vacuum, and rather view them as issues within the context of a greater political, economic and racial platform. So, rather than focusing on our six tracks — Health, Sex Positivity, Identity, Activism and Public Policy, Global Perspectives and Queer Expression — as independent from one another. We really hope to provide a platform that intersects and applies them to current events issues.”

Undoing the cognitive circuitry of the sexual/gender binary is complex; we are socialized to retain it, at the expense of marginalizing those who fall in between: our peers, faculty, friends, family — anyone who identifies as LGBTQ. However, it must be deconstructed in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the sexuality/gender spectrum. The 2015 Cornell IvyQ conference aspires to do just that. Fernández ‘17 notes: “Cornell’s IvyQ team has pledged to increase the visibility of traditionally marginalized groups at this year’s IvyQ. Given this past year’s political and social justice climate, we would be remiss to ignore issues like police brutality — particularly those that affect people of color, transgender folks and lower-income individuals — that have plagued our community for far too long.”

Specifically for Cornell, this represents an opportunity to engage with an important topic in a particularly important year for the institution. Cornell will be finishing its sesquicentennial celebrations and welcoming its first female president.

IvyQ will serve as a great way to continue the momentum of campus dialogue as Cornell transitions into its next chapter of history. The conference will specifically allow Cornell to have open and honest conversations about diversity and LGBTQ+ issues, which are important in fostering a community built on respect and understanding. We believe that the Cornell community will benefit from IvyQ programming.

I would like to thank the Cornell IvyQ student leaders Annie Fernández, Kyle Brumm, Ashton Cooper, Matt Munsey, and Outreach Chair, Christopher-James Llego for their amazingly empowering contributions to this article. I expect nothing less than greatness from them and the Cornell IvyQ team.

Let’s congregate in solidarity. I’ll see you all in November.

Paola Muñoz is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology. She can be reached at pmunoz@cornellsun.com. Midas’ Crumbs appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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The Two Americas

ne of the most common refrains of candidates aspiring to high political office in this country is that, despite what we see in Washington, D.C., Americans aren’t highly partisan themselves. President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign struck this chord over and over, claiming that a post-partisan America was just within our reach.

“There are no red states or blue states,” he said, “just the United States.” Unfortunately this is simply not true.

At the end of March, the state of Indiana was thrust into the national spotlight when its Republican Governor, Mike Pence, signed Senate Bill 101, the so-called Religious Freedom Law. This law makes it illegal for the state government to substantially burden any persons’ free exercise of religion. Practically, this means that any person or business in Indiana now has free reign to discriminate against LGBTQ people or others if they claim doing so is part of their religious beliefs. To underline this point, an amendment to the law which would have banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was explicitly rejected.

The reaction to this law was immediate and overwhelming. It was condemned by politicians on both sides of the aisle, business leaders and other public figures and organizations. Several businesses have announced that they would no longer expand in Indiana, and numerous conferences in the state were cancelled or wouldn’t be scheduled again in the future. Several Democratic Governors

banned state workers from travelling to Indiana on state business. Liberal America came out in full support of the LGBTQ community, making the seemingly obvious statement that discrimination is, in fact, bad.

But, of course, conservative America came roaring back with a response of its own.

Defending Christian conservatives’ rights to refuse service to LGBTQ people, the right crowed its usual tune, asserting the impor-

Conservatives charge that opposition to laws such as Indiana’s amount to little more than an attempt by liberal America to impose its value of tolerance on unwilling recipients, forcing them to accept people who they don’t want to. And that is true — but I don’t see anything wrong with that. Liberals believe everyone is equal. Conservatives don’t. And therein lies the problem.

The fundamental divide between these two groups epitomizes the larger between divide There is Liberals believe everyone is equal. Americans. a large part of this Conservatives don’t. country which believes that And therein lies the problem. LGBTQ people should be equal citizens and members of society, free from tance religious people’s rights to do whatever discrimination and injustice. But there is also they want, no matter how it affects anyone a smaller, but still substantial, part of this else. But of course, that right only seems to country which believes that homosexuality is apply to conservative Christians. Among morally wrong and should be forcefully conthose opposed to the measure were national demned. These two positions are completely groups representing Conservative and Reform irreconcilable, and they lead politicians who Jews, Muslims and liberal Christian groups are part of each camp to pursue policy mealike the Disciples of Christ which has said that sures in support of their side. Thus we have they will move their annual convention out of the formation of two Americas — one where Indiana. Clearly these groups do not feel that discrimination is bad and the other where disthey need the added protections of a religious crimination is bad but LGBTQ people are freedom law despite the fact that minority worse. And these two Americas differ on nearreligious groups face infinitely more discrimi- ly every political issue — including LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, environmental protecnation in this country than Christians do.

tion and labor rights.

As a liberal, I obviously want my country to adopt policies which agree with my ideology — a philosophy which supports the notion that everyone is equal. And because of that, I support a political party whose leaders continuously fight for equal rights for all Americans.

Our country has two parties for two Americas, two parties for two worldviews. I am a Democrat because of the Democratic Party’s unwavering commitment to ensuring the right of all Americans to live without fear of discrimination for who they are.

That is why it was so heartening to see a gay couple about to be married in Hillary Clinton’s campaign announcement video this past weekend. Juxtaposed against a field of Republican candidates rushing to be the first to support the Indiana law, Clinton placed this couple in her video without any fanfare as an example of ordinary Americans.

Whoever eventually wins the Democratic nomination — Clinton or otherwise — will likely hold a similar view of LGBTQ people.

And should that Democrat become President, maybe we won’t have to worry about whether couples like these can live in Indiana without facing discrimination. The Democratic Party must continue to fight until all people — in both blue America and in red America — are treated as equals.

Eric Pesner is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at erp55@cornell.edu.

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The Racism of ‘Anti-Racists’

t Ryerson University in Toronto last month, a meeting of a student group called the “Racialized Students Collective” became the subject of an unexpected campus scandal. Students at the meeting sought a “safe space” where they could discuss their experiences with supposed oppression at the hands of broader society. To achieve that objective, they acted in a racist manner, expelling two white students in attendance from the meeting for the color of their skin.

This action reflects the worldview of a group that calls themselves “anti-racists.” Dedicated to the idea that nonwhites are always the victims of racism and never the victimizers, anti-racists discriminate against white people whenever they think it reasonable to do so. Their paranoid belief that white supremacy pervades society compels them to commit the same discrimination that they decry when it comes to other racial groups. This mentality leads to behavior ranging from a Mission Viejo elementary school’s exclusion of white people from a tutoring program, to the continuous racial bias in the admissions policies at America’s top colleges.

The “anti-racist” way of thinking is riddled with problems and contradictions. To start, racial separation of the sort supported by these Ryerson students breeds the very same pernicious stereotypes that undergird racism. The very best antidote to stereotyping comes from day-to-day interaction with people who do not conform to one’s preconceived biases. By limiting interaction with members of other groups, people have less of an opportunity to challenge their own misguided notions.

It is similarly wrong, counterproductive and racist to define a “safe space” as one in which white people are not present. To say that white students are inherently a threat to the safety of others because of their skin color does nothing but encourage more racial hatred. It was these very same notions about the danger posed by the presence of the “other” that produced the evils of segregation and the Jim Crow laws. The discrimination of the past does not justify reverse discrimination today. In fact, it rests on the very same principle: that treating people based on their skin color is reasonable and appropriate.

The great achievements of the Civil Rights movement

were successfully accomplished through the work of broad coalitions of people of all races working in common cause against the forces of prejudice. Those interested in combating racism should welcome all people to the movement to increase the likelihood of achieving their political aims.

Most disturbing of all, the anti-racists have abandoned Martin Luther King’s famous exhortation for Americans to treat each other “by the content of their character” rather than the color of their skin. Now, they call those who believe in integration and equality are racist for failing to join them in further dividing people based on race. By demonizing others, they avoid having to defend their own intolerant actions. Dr. King understood that fighting racism with racism would never work. “Anti-racists” fool themselves into believing otherwise and essentially defend a modern-day version of separate-but-equal.

Their philosophy almost always leads to solutions that exacerbate, rather than alleviate, the racial problems in America. By incessantly demanding that public policy yield to racial considerations, “anti-racists” foster backlash among the majority population, which believes in race-neutral solutions to problems, and are obviously against being the victims of discriminatory acts and policies. When the government acts in a prejudicial manner, it pits racial groups against each other in a battle for state favors. Worse still, when the government sends a message that race is a proper criteria to utilize when deciding how to treat people, individual citizens will undoubtedly take note and seek to do the same.

The tactic of telling individuals that they can discriminate when necessary to fight “oppression” has repeatedly been used by racists in the past. The most notorious racists of history all claimed to be discriminating for a good purpose, often to protect their group against some external threat. Whites in the 1920s who put clauses in housing contracts that prohibited property sales to “Negroes” thought they were defending themselves from the “oppression” of blacks moving in and driving them out of their neighborhoods. Nazis in the 1930s who called for a boycott of Jewish businesses similarly phrased their argument in self-defense terms, printing signs that read: “Germans, protect yourselves! Do not buy from Jews!”

History has shown that racial policies that supposedly served to fight oppression functioned only to oppress. What makes “anti-racists” so confident that their discrimination is principally just, while past instances of racial discrimination are clearly morally reprehensible? Are we to believe that the plight of racial minority groups is so severe as to risk the consequences of once again sanctioning racial discrimination?

I am in favor of helping those who are disadvantaged.

And insofar as members of certain racial groups continue to be disproportionately in need, they will be the disproportionate beneficiaries of race-neutral programs. That is the proper course of action to take if one is interested in helping those at the bottom, regardless of skin color. Ironically, however, race-based programs like affirmative action overwhelmingly assist minorities who are anything but disadvantaged, ignoring the plight of those who are most in need.

Taking a colorblind approach is the only way to truly oppose racism and discrimination while sending a clear message that there is no place for bias in America. Chief Justice Roberts explicated the optimal guiding principle nearly a decade ago: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” That is what it means to truly oppose racism. Departing from this idea will do nothing but preserve the same race-based way of thinking that has produced racial animosity in the past.

At stake is the principle of equality that motivated struggles from the Civil War, to women’s suffrage to civil rights.

Those historical clashes have brought us to our present era, where race matters less than at any other point in our nation’s history. We have never had an opportunity quite like this before: to put racial differences behind us and fulfill the ideals upon which this country was founded. It would be a shame if those who wish to reignite the racist flames of the past succeeded in squandering the moment, and in doing so, divide rather than unite the country. This would move the nation backwards in its pursuit of a more perfect union for all of its citizens.

Julius Kairey is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun.com. Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Your Morning Oatmeal

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By CATHY ZHANG Sun Contributor

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As students, professors or just human beings, we are always busy — especially in the mornings. So naturally being a nutrition major means incessantly being asked for healthful breakfast ideas that are also quick to make. The answer I always give people is a breakfast that packs all the nutrition of a balanced breakfast without the merciless prep time of one: Oatmeal. It’s simple to make, easy to keep ingredients on hand and has amazing flexibility in the toppings you can choose! Here are three examples of what you can do with a plain oatmeal base in creating your favorite breakfast, all in under 10 minutes. So for a break from pop-tarts and for a radiant start to your day, give these recipes a try and make it to class on time.

- Base cup of oatmeal - ¼ cup fresh blueberries - 5 raspberries - 1 tbsp. honey - Granola (for sprinkling)

Pear and Maple Almond Oatmeal

- Base cup of oatmeal - ½ pear, cored and diced - 1 tbsp. slivered almonds - 1 tbsp. pure maple syrup

Compost Oatmeal

This recipe was inspired by the infamous compost cookie from Momofuku Milk Bar in New York City. Although the ingredients might not scream “balanced breakfast,” the flavor from the melted chocolate and the crunchiness of the chips makes this recipe a creative way to combine all your guilty cravings in one filling snack.

- Base cup of oatmeal - 1 chocolate chip cookie (store-bought or from the dining hall) - 6 potato chips - 1 tbsp. semisweet chocolate chips

Base Oatmeal

Trillium Takes Top Salad Spot on Campus

There’s even room for creativity with the base oatmeal recipe. I prefer using old-fashioned rolled oats, but instant oatmeal packs, steel-cut oats and even quinoa are great substitutions! In preparing the oatmeal, I generally use milk for a creamier consistency, but almond milk and water work just as well.

Cathy Zhang can be reached at cz223@cornell.edu.

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ith 16 campus eateries at Cornell, deciding where to take a lunch break can be a challenging decision. Once you choose a lunch spot, navigating the many options available can be even more overwhelming. Personally, I tend to take the salad route. There’s nothing like a big bowl of leafy greens and colorful add-ins to get you through the midday slump. Given the many salad offerings on campus, I have sampled a salad at each lunch spot in search of the best salad on campus.

After all my samplings, I concluded that Trillium’s salads take the top spot. While Trillium does not offer any special greens to set them apart from other locations, their toppings definitely do. Trillium frequently has a variety of vegetables available to mix in, including sautéed mushrooms and black bean salsa. Unconventional salad toppings like quinoa and couscous are often prepared as well. On rare occasions Trillium offers avocado, which has the power to make any salad a delicacy. As a big fan of blue cheese, I admire the chunkiness of the blue cheese offered at Trillium. And even if you don’t like blue cheese, Trillium rotates its cheese selection pretty regularly.

RESTAURANT What really is the icing on the cake at Trillium, however, is their HOME OF THE selection of toppings and dressings. For toppings, they rotate a variety of nuts, sesame sticks, apple chips, coconut chips and, my personal favorite, banana chips. They have the standard assortment of dressings found anywhere on campus, but Trillium’s seasonally rotating dressings truly seal the deal. My personal favorite is the lemon honey poppy 1213 Taughannock Blvd. seed dressing, which is tangy, sweet and absolutely delicious. So, after (Route 89 - 3 miles north of Cass Park) tasting all the salads Cornell has to offer, I nominate Trillium as the Ithaca, NY 14850 best salad spot on campus. Next time you’re picking your lunch loca(607) 273-3709 www.glenwoodpines.com tion, I recommend heading to Trillium’s salad line.

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Indie pop can be a difficult genre to master. Fans want dance tracks but do not want the beats to be overwhelming. The Wombats demonstrate their experience in the field. Glitterbug is a cohesive album that flows easily from track to track. The beats aren’t overwhelming, but the music maintains its bubbly, danceable nature. The Wombats offer listenable, synthesized, upbeat melodies without becoming a headache-inducing racket, providing an album full of feel good songs you want to blast on a sunny day.

“Emoticons” kicks off the album with the perfect combination of pop melodies, electric guitar and steady drum tempo. Matthew Murphy’s vocals are able to transcend the instrumentals and pierce through your speakers. His voice tells the story of a modern day problem of communication: “All these emoticons and words / Fail to make it better, their attempts just make it worse.” The theme of love and woes continues throughout the album, especially highlighted in “Give Me a Try” and “Your Body is a Weapon.” The cheery music provides an interesting contrast with the lyrics that largely tell the sad tales of unrequited and struggling love and attraction. Though Glitterbug is full of fun tracks, the absence of the preface of “The Wombats Proudly Presents” before the album title, coupled with the theme of heartbreak indicates the

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maturity and artistic growth the Wombats have gained in the four years since their previous album.

The problem with Glitterbug is that it is forgettable.

Don’t get me wrong; Glitterbug is a well-made album that superbly showcases the Wombats’ talent. The combination of Murphy’s incredible vocals and pleasant pop beats makes for a commendable album. Glitterbug demonstrates The Wombats’ growth as musicians and is their best album to date. However, the album fails to push the boundaries of the genre. It is underwhelming with its melodies, providing sounds that are fun to bop your head to, but fail to leave any lasting impression on the listener.

There is no resonating power in Murphy’s vocals or their melodies, which amounts to a lack of impression on listeners. There is little change in tempo between songs, creating a cohesive sound, but to such an extent that the monotony hurts the album.

The stand-out song of the whole album is “Isabel.”

This track differs from the rest of Glitterbug in its slow tempo. “Isabel” builds beautifully while highlighting Murphy’s vocals instead of the synthesized beats that are a staple in the rest of the album. After the introduction of Murphy’s lovely voice with a light background beat, the song slowly adds more instrumentation in each repetition of the name “Isabel,” culminating in a bridge of back up vocals. The song concludes forcefully on a falsetto that resonates around the listener. Unlike the rest of the album, “Isabel” does what all good music should: It demands attention. Many songs off of Glitterbug are good, catchy songs that are enjoyable to listen to in the moment, but

Polar Bear Same As You The Leaf Label

Stephen Meisel Texture troubles me. I clarify: Musical texture fascinates me. I’m no synesthesiac. I can’t hear colors. I can’t smell sounds. However, my interest doesn’t rest in a short circuit of senses. Rather, I feel constantly preoccupied with the interplay of timbres: Their subtleties and their values, which then create a timbre to the music itself. This is what I know as musical texture. And in the context of jazz six-piece Polar Bear’s new release Same As You, it plays a particularly interesting role.

While performance remains the dominant metaphor in jazz music, and while Same As You — Polar Bear’s sixth release, coming fresh after 2014’s much-loved In Each and Every One — does not present a radical departure in this regard, in this album the group has crafted an effective hybrid

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between un-meditated performance and skillfully crafted songwriting and texture. The effect of this fusion, then, is something like a jazz improvisation on the themes of celebration, understanding and mysticism. If the spoken word poetry of the opener, “Life Love and Light,” can be heard as a declaration of intent, we see these concepts channeling perfectly into the images and feelings provoked by that track’s title.

But in a more grounded sense, the songs, “Of Hi Lands” and “Don’t Let the Feeling Go,” show us Polar Bear is thinking not only in traditional terms of chemistry and ensemble, but rather, in a compelling turn, they are thinking about the coexistence of their sounds. “Of Hi Lands” displays a remarkable control of dissonance, turning it into something beautiful. Saxophonists Pete Wareham and Mark Lockhart move in and out of touch with the backing harmony and wring all the emotiveness out of it. Meanwhile the band’s electronic artist, Leafcutter John, begins the track with bright and noisy drones, and later at its climax, he makes an economical use of ethereal synthesizer pads to enforce the tones of the harmony as Wareham and Lockhart work together in the foreground.

And the polar opposite of this pleasantry can be found within the minor scale grooves of “Don’t Let the Feeling Go.” Bandleader and drummer Seb Rochford and bassist Tom Herbert show off some chemistry here, dotting a strippedback, looping rhythm with casual idiosyncrasies. As is the case with most tracks on this record, the rhythm section

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few are memorable. “Isabel,” however breaks that trend and makes you pause to look up and check the name of the song.

Overall, Glitterbug is a fantastic album to welcome spring with its catchy, upbeat melodies and fun rhythms.

It will put you in a good mood and make you want to jump around and dance to its cheery tunes. However, it fails to leave any lasting impression, and its easy listening style is its downfall.

Aishwarya Singh is a freshman in the College of Engineering.

She can be reached at as2539@cornell.edu.

occupies a heavy place in the mix. This can often render the solos of the lead instruments into distant, impressionistic wanderings which come off like a saxophone learning it can make powerful sounds. That isn’t meant to be a derogatory comment — the mixing of this album is one of its foremost highlights. Especially during “Don’t Let the Feeling Go.” Throughout the song there is a hint of menace echoing into the space, created from the reverb thrown onto the saxophones and electronics.

But the performance element of Same As You should receive its due attention. The scarcity and phrasing of “The First Steps” are reflective of just what it is about these songs makes them so compelling from a songwriting perspective.

Conceptually, the tracks in Same As You are usually meticulous and well-timed. The melodies and rhythms don’t venture outward from themselves; they explore inward. The melody of “The First Steps” begins simply, for example, but while it is constantly repeated and repeated, every open space and silence within it is touched, so that by the end of its introduction, we recognize the melody in its full skin, completely discovered. Its solo begins note by note. Seconds of space lie between each glimpse of the lead, showing us less of a recognizable saxophone solo and more of a saxophone solo’s skeleton, equally powerful and inventive nonetheless. The longer, looser pieces — “We Feel the Echoes” and “Unrelenting Unconditional” — provide us with control all the same. Momentum in these songs is managed carefully, given and taken at properly deemed moments, so that the relaxed range of the solos can arrive back on the ground with a sense of organization.

We have on our hands a thoroughly creative and thoughtful jazz record. Same As You, with its spacey surrealism and confident songwriting, provides us with a perfect example of musical texture being put to music’s advantage, instead of becoming relegated to a fortuitous side-effect of loud noises.

This, of course, is not what makes the record excellent. Yet, while the sounds of John Leafcutter trickle up and down your ear, you’ll realize that it certainly makes the record worth the time it takes for a thorough listen.

Stephen Meisel is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He can be reached at smeisel@cornellsun.com.

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African Man Original: The Kuti Family Legacy

t is a unique curse to follow in the footsteps of a famous parent. The affiliation grants the attention of the public, which many artists struggle unsuccessfully their entire careers to earn, while simultaneously setting up a near-impossible standard, against which very few have a chance of artistically succeeding.

Oloseun (“Seun”) Anikupalo Kuti is an inspiring exception. The son of Fela Kuti, the inventor of the fusion genre Afrobeat and an icon of anti-colonialist resistance, Seun’s decision to honor his father’s legacy by imitating it is, by nature, a risk. Fela Kuti was much more than a musician: He was a revolutionary figure.

An incredibly talented saxophonist and bandleader, Fela mixed American styles with those of his homeland, to create something new: something that appealed to music fans worldwide. Just as importantly, Fela’s music also served as a vehicle for his radical, fiery anticolonialist politics.

Ironically, of course, Fela’s art comes from the interaction of African and Western cultures: Afrobeat incorporates the rhythms and instruments of traditional African music with those of American jazz and rock. Fela sang in pidgin English so that audiences across Africa would be able to understand him, but this also allowed his music an accessibility to Western audiences that would have been lost had he only sung in the language of his home country, Nigeria. To Western audiences, Fela’s music exists at an exciting intersection between the familiar and the alien.

It is reminiscent of James Brown’s longform explorations of funk, but has a better sense of dynamics; While Brown’s long songs generally start and end with the same hard-hitting rhythm, Fela’s songs grow piece by piece,

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swelling to furiously euphoric full-band workouts. “Gentleman,” which boasts one of the most tense introductions in jazz, begins with a knotty sax solo by Fela, with tension building by drum beats, before the band falls in with a deep groove. Following the formula of most of his songs, Fela solos wildly while the band burrows deep into the groove for the first seven minutes, after which Fela delivers his most entertaining set of lyrics. In a call-and-response dialogue with female backup singers, he denounces African men who dress in Western style, declaring: “I no be gentleman like that / I be Africa man original.”

Much of what makes Fela’s music so exciting is the knowledge that it was a real agent for change. One of his very best recordings, 1977’s frenetically catchy “Zombie,” was a direct attack on the Nigerian military, and was so effective in stirring up popular opinion that the military responded with violent force. Fela’s extended family and those of his associates lived on a compound that he named the

Jack Jones Despite All The Amputations Kalakuta Republic, which declared itself independent of the nation of Nigeria. After the release of “Zombie,” one thousand soldiers assaulted the compound, beat Kuti, and murdered his mother by throwing her out of a window.

Seun Kuti does not face the same kind of threat by making music that his father did.

Nonetheless, he has inherited his COURTESY father’s passion for firebrand politiOF REVILER cal ideology. The smoldering “Rise” is so effective that it makes the impossible goals of complete African upheaval sound worth fighting to the death over. Seun updates his father’s style, working in flavors of hip-hop and cutting the songs down to punchy, fast attacks of interlocking horns and frenzied calland-response, in comparison with his father’s more freewheeling and explorative work. Seun performs sax solos much more rarely than his father did, preferring to sacrifice the spotlight in service of the full band’s driving momentum.

Seun Kuti and the Egypt 80’s A Long Way to the Beginning, which was quietly one of the best albums of 2014, makes clear the ways in which Seun both honors and breaks from his father’s legacy. The targets of his Seun’s rage are not too different than his father’s: colonialist business practices and corrupt African government. On “Kalakuta Boy,” Seun acknowledges his debt to his father: “I got knowledge because the great man raised me / I show no fear because the great man trained me.” However, two tracks later, Seun completely subverts a significant aspect of his father’s practices. “Black Woman,” his ode to the African female, praises the strength of African women struggling to gain respect and education in a male-dominated society. Seun sings, “Me respect you / And I believe in you and I see your struggle.” Fela was married simultaneously to 27 women in exercise of traditional African practices, and many of his songs’ messages can seem misogynistic to Western audiences. This enormous exercise of polygamy was driven by much more than lust and power, however. It was part of Fela’s sys-

tematic subversion of Western culture, which he believed was eclipsing and replacing traditional African culture.

Seun, in comparison, has a single partner, with whom he has a young daughter. Seun understands on a deep level that times and cultures change, and while he honors his father’s memory, he also has the clarity of vision to see Fela’s flaws. Together, Fela’s and Seun’s careers create a beautiful narrative of endurance, familial respect and progress. Seun’s work may not be as revolutionary as his father’s, but his balance of imitation and advancement is a moving example of a son’s relationship with his father and his father’s legacy, demonstrating a deep love and respect for his father’s accomplishments, while acknowledging Fela’s faults and moving his art in a positive, contemporary direction.

Jack Jones is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jjones@cornellsun.com. Despite All The Amputations appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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SPORTS

Ex-Patriot Aaron Hernandez Convicted of Murder

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for a deadly late-night shooting, sealing the downfall of an athlete who once had a $40 million contract and a standout career ahead of him.

Hernandez, 25, who had been considered one of the top tight

ends in professional football, shook his head, pursed his lips and sat down after the jury forewoman pronounced him guilty in the slaying of Odin Lloyd, a 27-yearold landscaper and amateur weekend football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee.

Hernandez’s mother, Terri, and his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, cried and gasped when they heard

the verdict. Hernandez, his eyes red, mouthed to them: “Be strong.

Be strong.” Lloyd’s mother also cried.

Jurors deliberated for 36 hours over seven days before rendering their decision, which also included convictions on weapons charges.

“The jury found that he was just a man who committed a brutal murder,” District Attorney Thomas Quinn said after the ver-

dict. “The fact that he was a professional athlete meant nothing in the end.”

Lloyd was shot six times early on June 17, 2013, in a deserted industrial park near Hernandez’s home in North Attleborough. The motive has never been explained.

Police almost immediately zeroed in on the former Pro Bowl athlete because they found in Lloyd’s pocket the key to a car the

NFL player had rented. Within hours of Hernandez’s arrest, the Patriots cut him from the team.

The team declined to comment on the verdict.

Prosecutors presented a wealth of evidence that Hernandez was with Lloyd at the time he was killed, including home security video from Hernandez’s mansion, witness testimony and cellphone records that tracked Lloyd’s movements.

Hernandez’s lawyer, James Sultan, acknowledged for the first time during closing arguments that Hernandez was there when Lloyd was killed.

But the attorney pinned the shooting on two of Hernandez’s friends, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, saying his client was a “23year-old kid” who witnessed a shocking crime and did not know what to do. Wallace and Ortiz will stand trial later.

Prosecutors have suggested Lloyd may have been killed because he knew too much about Hernandez’s alleged involvement in a 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston that killed two. But they were not allowed to tell the jury that because the judge said it was speculation.

As a result, they never offered jurors a motive beyond saying Hernandez appeared angry with Lloyd at a nightclub two nights before the killing.

In the 2012 case, Hernandez is accused of gunning down a pair of men over a spilled drink at a nightclub.

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SPORTS

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Women Hope to Get Back on Track Against Crimson

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The Cornell women’s lacrosse team lost a hard fought game against No. 12 Penn State on Tuesday. The Red jumped out to a 3-1 lead, but the Lions rallied and captured a 13-9 victory. The game was Cornell’s last out of conference match of the season.

Senior attacker Lindsay Toppe led the Red with four goals. Sophomore attacker Catherine Ellis added two goals, and three other Cornell players notched a goal.

After Cornell jumped out to a 3-1 lead five minutes into the first half, Penn State responded by going on a 7-0 run.

Cornell would rally with a small run before the end of the half, and cut Penn State’s lead down to 8-5.

Penn State would open the second half with two straight goals in the first three minutes, and this would prove too much for the Red to overcome. Cornell would get within three goals again at the 17-minute mark, but Penn State would go on another run to secure the victory. Sophomore midfielder Steph Lazo led the Lions with three goals.

Although the Red lost, it was a special night for Toppe.

The senior co-captain set the Cornell record for most goals in a career and moved into third place on the program’s alltime scoring list.

The Red now will move their attention to Harvard this weekend. Both teams are currently tied for third place in the Ivy League standings, so this matchup will be important.

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Ivy league battle | After three straight tough losses, the Red will look to get back on track against a Harvard team that currently sits tied with them in the standings.

The Red could also potentially win the Ivy League with a win against Harvard coupled with a win next week against Penn, but that would require Princeton to lose the remainder of their games.

Harvard is coming off of a 12-4 win against Holy Cross.

The team has been stuck playing .500 ball for the majority of the season, and has won back-to-back games only once.

This is largely due to a brutal out of conference schedule however, which has included road games at Boston College and Virginia.

Harvard ranks third in the Ivy League in terms of goals scored, behind only Cornell and Princeton. However, the

gap between Cornell and Harvard is a huge one. Over the season, the Red has outscored the Crimson by more than 50 goals.

Defensively, the Crimson has allowed about one more goal per game than the Red. In their last five games, they limited their opponents to eight goals or less four times.

Cornell comes into the game having lost their last three matches. Harvard will be another tough test and the Red will look to get back on track with a home win.

Shane Lewis can be reach at slewis@cornellsun.com.

Watch the NHL Playoffs: Red Prepare to Take On You Won’t Regret It Red-Hot Columbia Squad ZAKOUR

Continued from page 16

winning Anaheim Ducks face the big, tough Winnipeg Jets, in what likely could go seven games. Watch the NHL playoffs—you won’t be disappointed.

Every game is worth watching. Even if you still don’t understand the new seeding system.

Speaking of the new seeding—it seems pointless. I understand the conferences are unbalanced at the moment and the NHL really wanted to realign the divisions (exhibit A- the Metropolitan division’s star power and big markets). But it’s led to needless seeding complications. In the old system, the top eight teams in each conference were seeded accordingly. In the current system, the top three teams from each division make it and then the two best wild card teams round out the the rest. So each conference in essence becomes the battle of two division champions. I can’t think of anything this improves. I’ve never watched a playoff matchup and thought, man this would be better if there were more arbitrary division ties. It’s 2015, I don’t even know why have divisions any more. It would be more logical, albeit more laborious, to just balance the schedules and eradicate divisions. But commissioner Bettman is a Cornelian, he can handle it.

By the time you read this, you’ll know what the playoff seedings are the NBA. I don’t yet. But I can still say, with guarded confidence, that some of the match ups are going to be not so compelling. The top two seeds in the East will match up with sub .500 teams (probably the Celtics and Pacers) in likely blood baths, while a 45 win team could miss the playoffs in the West. Last year the 38-44 Hawks made

the playoffs, while the 48-34 Suns missed out. So clearly, seeding is an issue.

Right now, the best 16 teams don’t make the playoffs in the NBA. That’s a problem. So again, the best solution would be to balance out the conference schedules and eliminate divisions.

Seriously, it’s 2015. Divisions are outdated. But even that won’t make a dent in the conference disparity in the NBA. The only short term solution would be to simply seed the playoff teams 1 through 16 regardless of conference, instead seeding each conference 1 through 8. So instead of the 66 win Warriors having worry about the Anthony Davis or Russell Westbrook the Dubs would get the Pacers, the worst playoff team. It’s not a perfect system - but it is better and fairer. It’s an improvement at least. Reward the Western teams and punish the weaker East, without also punishing the best teams in the East harshly (the Hawks and Cavaliers).

The start of the playoffs also brings an end to an epic year of tanking in both the 82 game leagues. At minimum five teams from each league were tanking with a capital L. You don’t have to be the very worst, so teams are emboldened. If you’re not making the playoffs, might as well throw your hat into the ring. Increase your odds of getting the best pick, even if they’re small odds. The very worst team in the NBA is only guaranteed a top four pick, and only a 25 percent chance at the top selection. Far from a guarantee, yet teams do it anyways. I’m not sure lottery reform will help. As long as it pays to tank, at all, teams will do it.

John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun.com.

BASEBALL

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15 of their last 17 games and has completely rolled through conference play thus far. In the team’s last series against Princeton, the Lions outscored the Tigers 26 to 9 over four games. Columbia also previously dismantled Brown and Yale, and swept a tough twogame series against Harvard.

The Lions currently lead the Ivy League in both slugging and on base percentage. The team is led by senior outfielder Joey Falcone, who is hitting .346 on the season and leads the Ivy League with 28 RBIs. Falcone has also hit five home runs so far, which ranks second in the Ivy League.

Columbia currently has five players (with 70 at bats or more) hitting at least .280. In comparison, Cornell only has two. If the Red pitching remains consistent, improved hitting could go a long way. According to Karl, the team’s hitting is getting better.

“Our hitters are starting to make some nice adjustments and that will be key for success at the plate with runners in scoring position,” said Karl.

The Lions pitching has been near the top

of the Ivy League for the majority of the season. Currently, the team ranks second in both ERA and hits given up. The Lions have pitched two shutouts over their past nine games and have not given up more than four runs over that span. Senior Mike Weisman leads the pitching staff with a 2.97 ERA and three wins. Over conference play, Weisman has posted an incredible 1.02 ERA and is undefeated.

The Red are coming off of a series with Penn, who along with Columbia has been the most dominant team in Ivy League play, and struggled against the Quakers balance of strong hitting and pitching. Columbia resembles that Penn squad in many ways, so the Red are in for a tough challenge.

“We can’t go in and try to win three or four games all at once,” Padulo said. “The key will be to go into every game and take it one pitch at a time and try to win each and every pitch.”

The Red travel to Manhattan this weekend, where they will play Columbia twice on Saturday and twice Sunday.

Shane Lewis can be reached at slewis@cornellsun.com.

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improving the offense’s transition game.

Finishing the season with two wins will guarantee the Red a number one seed in the Ivy League tournament, which will

take place on May 1st and May 3rd. An Ivy League title guarantees a birth in the NCAA tournament, which begins mid May. The Red lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament last year to Maryland 8-7 and last made it to the champi-

onship game in 2009, when the team lost 10-9 to rival Syracuse in overtime.

Play begins at 1:00 p.m.

ET this Saturday in Providence.

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

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MEN’S BASEBALL

After Benefit Game,Crucial Series Awaits Red

Men’s baseball travels to Manhattan to face division-leading Lions

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Assistant Sports Editor

In honor of Courtney Erickson ’93, the Red took on Sienna for a benefit game in Loudonville on Tuesday.

Erickson, who passed away in July of 2013 after a long battle with pancreatic and liver cancer, was a longtime friend and supporter of both the Cornell and Sienna communities.

The game was originally scheduled to be played at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, but had to be moved to Sienna due to inadequate playing conditions. Erickson dreamed of the two teams meeting up at historic Doubleday Park, and although it won’t be happening this year, the two teams are set to play there again next year.

Although admission to the game was free, donations were taken at the ballpark to support the Jack Falvo III Foundation, which strives to find housing for the families of out of town patients in the eastern New York area.

“It was an honor to play in the benefit game,” said sophomore infielder Francesco Padulo. “It really reminds you that there are things bigger than baseball and we are very fortunate to go out and do the thing we love every day since not everyone is afforded that opportunity.”

The Red lost the benefit game by a score of 9-2.

Freshman Dale Wickham drove in Cornell’s only two runs

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Swing away | The Red batters hope to have a big weekend against Columbia, who has looked unbeatable as of late. of the game with a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning.

The Red managed only five hits for the game and surrendered 13 hits to Sienna. Cornell utilized four different pitchers, with each giving up at least one run.

“Obviously we would have liked a different result,” said senior infielder/outfielder Ryan Karl. “But it was still fun to go out and compete for such a good cause.”

The loss against Sienna has no serious implications for the Red. However, Cornell’s upcoming series with

Columbia will either make or break their season. The Lou Gehrig division leading Lions hold a four game lead over the Red with only eight division games left in the season.

Cornell could potentially pull even with Columbia if they sweep the series. At the very least, the Red must win three of four to stay in division contention.

The Lions are coming in on a tear. Columbia has won See BASEBALL page 15

NHL,NBA Playoff Cornell EdgesTowards Ivy Title Formats Need Fixing W MEN’S LACROSSE

By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men’s lacrosse team will take on Brown this Saturday in Providence in their second to last game of the season.

The Red (9-3, 3-1 conference) are tied atop the Ivy League with Princeton, who they will play a week later to wrap up the season.

An Ivy League title guarantees a spot in the NCAA tournament, making these final two games

essential for the team’s postseason success.

The Bears (9-3, 2-2 conference) have had an excellent season, losing only to Bucknell, Penn and Yale. In twelve games this season they have averaged 15.08 points per game (third in the nation in this category) while taking an average 50.7 shots per game. The Red have averaged 12.17 points per game.

Sophomore attack Dylan Molloy is leading t h e nation in goals p e r g a m e with 4.17 and is one of the major reasons for the Bears’ offensive success this year.

Coach Kerwick knows t h e

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High-powered attack | Slowing down Brown’s offense, which ranks third in the nation in points scored, will be a priority for the Red.

Bears’ offense will be a tough test for the Red’s defense.

“We have to be prepared for a very aggressive style of play,” he said. “I know the guys are eager to go and play against this style.”

The Red only allow an average of 8.67 goals per game compared to the Bears, who allow an average of 10.79 goals per game (47th in the country in this category). The Red have a very solid defense, which will be necessary to suppress the Bears’ power offense.

Aside from stepping up on defense, Kerwick emphasized the importance of the Red’s transition game in defeating the Bears. The Red has had some trouble finishing chances and scoring in transition throughout the season.

“We need to score some goals in transition,” Kerwick said.

“We’re getting better there.”

The Red only converted 21.8 percent of its chances in its three losses this year compared to 29 percent in the nine game the team has won.

The Red’s success against Brown will clearly depend on finishing chances, capitalizing on the transition game, and suppressing the Bears’ powerful offense.

With a good forecast for the rest of the week, the Red will have ample practice time to prepare for the game. He said the team will have daily, focused practices under See M. LAX page 15

riting about baseball only a week into the season is probably overreacting, no matter what you say. Yes, the Royals are 7-0 and thrashing the competition. And yes, the Washington Nationals, the presumptive best team in the National League sit at a wor-

Before I jump into the NBA, I want to talk about the most under appreciated sport in America, hockey. The NHL playoffs are underway. Even if you haven’t paid attention much this year, you should watch the NHL playoffs. Any series. Really. Just like any other year there are favorites,

John Zakour Point Blank ryingly mediocre 2-6. It’s worth remembering that the Nationals are without a few of their regulars in the lineup, and will just as likely go on a run when they get healthy and laugh off their start. It does probably mean the Nats won’t win 100 games, but it’s a long season. Anything can happen.

On April 14 of last season, the AL pennant winning Royals were in last place at 4-7 and the Brewers were cruising through the NL central at 103. Anything can happen.

but each series could be compelling. The first round series that features the largest point disparity (15) is the top seeded New York Rangers hosting the undermanned Penguins.

Which means Sidney Crosby and Geno Malkin are heavy underdogs. Sure, the Rangers should win, but would anybody be truly shocked if the two Pens stars steal a few games and force a long series?

And out West the Conference See ZAKOUR page 15