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Student Trustee Candidates Contrast Platforms Grad,professional contenders discuss student union,budget model,diversity

By CHLOE RIPPE Sun Staff Writer

Graduate and professional student candidates for the position of student elected trustee met Thursday to participate in debate held by The Cornell Daily Sun in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.

In their responses to three questions from debate moderator and Sun editor-in-chief Sofia Hu ’17 and several questions from the audience, candidates utilized the forum to elaborate on their respective platforms.

The first question prompted the candidates to share their perspectives on the Cornell Graduate Students United — a union founded to ameliorate graduate student working conditions. In response to the recent denial of graduate students’ employee status, candidate Nathaniel Rogers grad said that a “key factor” in the union’s discussion is how the CGSU chooses to define its bargaining unit.

“T.A.’s might be a good bet, but if you try to open it up to all graduate students in general, such as myself, I think it’s a little tricky to argue that we are employees,” he said.

Dara Brown grad said that as trustee she would seek to medi-

ate the concerns of faculty, the Board of Trustees and graduate students.

“I definitely support the cause — I find that as a representative of the graduate students we have to hear them out,

students to gauge their needs within the CGSU, and if possible settle employment issues within respective departments before consulting the union.

Tiffany St. Bernard grad praised the organization’s “diverse mem-

“I find that as a representative of the graduate students we have to hear them out.”

Dara Brown grad

“T.A.’s might be a good bet, but ... I think it’s a little tricky to argue that we are employees.”

Nathaniel Rogers grad and [these students] do deserve some sort of increase in recognition for what they give to the University,” she said. “A lot of them are giving an equal amount of their service and time as faculty members who do receive full benefits.”

Amy Molitoris grad said she would like to pursue further communication with graduate

bership.”

When asked about their positions regarding the 2012 budget model reform, the candidates expressed differing viewpoints.

Molitoris emphasized the need to balance money and “educational components vital to the culture of the university as a whole”, including smaller and less lucrative educational pro-

nization as an example of a small program that that “makes more substantial changes than groups with many participants” and would benefit from changes in the method of fund allocation.

She proposed that “funds could be allocated to overhead organi“I would like the president zations to retain the contributo be innovative in terms of tions of such policies ... to be aware of organizations.”

Brown also the mental health crisis.” expanded on one Amy Molitoris grad of the tenets of her platform — the preservation “The way we’re going ... to of the programs comprising new make the most impact is by College of being able to relate with the Business. She diverse community.” said that where schools or proTiffany St. Bernard grad grams essential to the University are financially of popular undergraduate classes endangered, the revenue model benefit from increased funding, may be beneficial in allowing the this funding must be dispersed reallocation of funds to larger among the varied educational organizations that can better susprograms that students tain these programs. Otherwise encounter throughout their aca- we should be cautious of how the model could affect smaller demic careers.

Brown and Tiffany St. but impactful programs.

However, St. Bernard expressBernard voiced their agreement with Rogers’ view on this matter.

Brown cited the DREAM orgaSee DEBATE page 4 grams, but said that she prioritized fiduciary concerns.

Rogers disagreed with Molitoris’s outlook, calling an attendance based financial model “shortsighted.” He argued that while departments

Cornell Republicans’Choice: Cruz Rather Than Trump

By HENRY KANENGISER Sun Staff Writer

Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas) is the most viable of the three remaining Republican presidential candidates, according to many members of the Cornell Republicans.

The group has been running semesterly straw polls of candidate preferences among its members since last spring, said Austin McLaughlin ’18, Secretary of the Cornell Republicans.

When the club began taking the straw polls, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-

Fla.), Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) were the main contenders for the Republican nomination.

While Santorum was the most popular initially, Rubio was the favorite of the two in two subsequent polls, according to McLaughlin.

Rubio has since dropped out of the race, but Cruz has picked up much of Rubio’s supporters within the club, according to Jake Zhu ’18, First Vice Chair of the Cornell Republicans.

“I think 65 percent of Rubio’s support went to Cruz,” Zhu said.

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TrusTed | Cornell Republicans have expressed tentative support for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for president.

Phi Gamma Delta Suspension Lifted Cornell lifted its interim suspension of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity on Tuesday, following a hearing of the Greek Judicial Board — a self-governing council that verifies and determines sanctions for violations of Greek life policies — according to a University statement.

At its April 6 hearing, the board found that Cornell’s chapter of the fraternity had held an informal gathering at its house for new and current members that involved alcohol consumption, the statement said.

The chapter has been fined and members are required to complete anti-hazing and alcohol awareness programs, according to the University.

Cornell placed Phi Gamma Delta on interim suspension Feb. 23, due to alleged reports of hazing involving alcohol.

During the suspension, the fraternity was not permitted to engage in activities outside of operating its house.

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BSU Leads Commemorative March to the Straight

By MELVIN LI Sun Staff Writer

Members of Cornell’s Black Students United organized a symbolic march Friday from Wari Cooperative to Willard Straight Hall to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Straight Takeover by Cornell’s AfroAmerican Society in 1969.

The students’ efforts in the 60s led to the establishment of the Office of Minority Educational Affairs, the founding of Ujamaa Residential College and the Africana Studies and Research center.

BSU co-chair Samari Gilbert ’17 said descended from the AAS adding that such commemorative marches have been held annually for at least the last four years to expose students to the “very unique history” of Cornell’s campus.

Activism has always been a valuable part of the black experience at Cornell, but the University’s attitude towards this expression wavers between condemnation and appreciation, according to Gilbert.

“It’s conflicting because Cornell can embrace its history ... but [the Willard Straight Hall takeover] wasn’t embraced at the time,” Gilbert said. “It is difficult to navigate the fact that this was a student movement that was pushed aside as rule breaking when it happened, but its impacts on student life and the University as a whole are unquestionable.”

Approximately 20 students gathered at Wari

Cooperative Friday as BSU members read a historical society,” Belsoi said. “It’s important to remember where play, “Remembering the Willard Straight Hall we come from so we can take those same solutions that Takeover,” by Delmar Fears ’19, which recounted the worked then and keep progressing towards a more ideal events of the 1969 occupation of Willard Straight Hall. campus community and a more ideal world communiGilbert highlighted the Wari Cooperative as a loca- ty.” tion of great significance to the takeover.

Gilbert said the original ASRC was burned to the In response to white students burning a cross on ground in 1970 and the creation of a fully autonomous Wari’s front lawn and recent judicial sanctions against African American studies program is still a goal of AAS black students, AAS members retaliated by taking over protesters.

Willard Straight Hall, accordAmber Aspinall ’17, BSU ing to Gilbert. political action chair, Antoine Saint-Victor ’16 “I think that remembering this [takeover] explained that one of BSU’s demands to the administracalled the burning of the that happened so many years ago tion this year requested that cross “the tipping point [that] means it’s still relevant to society.” the original center’s cement made the takeover necessary stairs — the only part of the for the student voice to be Neno Belsoi ’19 building still standing — be heard.” physically commemorated.

“Prior to that I know there “We will hopefully have were a lot of incidents going on on campus with professors not respecting the race, some type of plaque or tree to make it known that this is ethnicity and creeds of students,” he said. “There was where [the old ASRC] was,” Aspinall said.

“Remembering the Willard Straight Hall Takeover” disrespect in the classroom and from other peer students as well. And eventually people got bold enough to put a was performed again later that day as part of the Era of Change Dinner hosted by BSU, ALANA Intercultural burning cross on somebody’s lawn.”

Neno Belsoi ’19 emphasized the need for activism, Board and the Willard Straight Hall Student Union saying these racist attacks are “still happening today Board of Directors. around the world.”

“I think that remembering this [takeover] that hap- Melvin Li can be reached pened so many years ago means it’s still very relevant to at mli@cornellsun.com.

Panelists Debate Morality Of Assisted Suicide Bill

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

Panelists from the Cornell Law School hosted a discussion entitled “Death with Dignity” to debate the controversial issue of assisted suicide and pending New York state legislation last Thursday.

If the “Death with Dignity”

“I worry about a society in which physicians do not have [the power to assist in suicide].”

Prof. Daryl Bem bill passes, New York will become the sixth state to allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with prescribed lethal medication, according to MSNBC. Panelist Prof. Daryl Bem, psychology, whose wife committed assisted suicide, discussed her struggles with Alzheimer’s

disease in explaining why he is in favor of assisted suicide.

Bem said his wife, Sandy, resolved to kill herself after her disease made her delirious. She was featured on the cover of The New York Times for her story.

“I worry about a society in which physicians do not have [the power to assist in suicide],” Bem said.

Bem explained that he was a counselor against suicide and that his stance on the issue is founded in past experience.

“Both Sandy and I were trained as counselors for the Ithaca suicide prevention, trying to show people that there are alternatives to taking their own life,” Bem said. “We see no irony between that and making our position public on this.”

The panelists also discussed their experience and knowledge of assisted suicide, informing attendees about many pieces of the “Death With Dignity” legislation before New York State votes.

One major concern regard-

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Members of the Cornell community walk around the track in Barton Hall for 12 hours to raise money for Relay for Life on Friday.

ing the legislation is that people would abuse the ability to have assisted deaths, especially those with mental illnesses, according to panelist Prof. Cynthia Grant Bowman, law.

“The NYS legislature now two decades later has all different bills in front of it,” she said.

“Al of them include a variety of regulations that include a safeSee SUICIDE page 5

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Right to die | Panelists share their stances on the pending “Death with Dignity” New York State legislature at a discussion last Thursday.

Cornell Hosts Conference Celebrating Entrepreneurship Panelists talk business, food sustainability

By ALEXANDER CHAKRIN Sun Staff Writer

Over 450 people attended the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration — a two-day university-wide conference featuring competitions, discussion panels and networking sessions — this past weekend.

Entrepreneurship at Cornell is “an innovative, universitywide program supported by every school and college at Cornell University and a dedicated core of faculty, staff and alumni,” according to the event website.

Zach Shulman ’87, J.D. ’90, director of Entrepreneurship at Cornell, said the celebration has been an annual event for over a decade and was originally created “to celebrate all the entrepreneurship activity occurring at Cornell.”

This year’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration included panels focused on topics, such

as artificial intelligence, healthcare, climate change, sustainability and mobile app technology, according to the event website.

Shulman said each panel was planned by a small group of students from different Cornell colleges and programs.

At a panel entitled “The Sustainable Dinner Plate: The changing landscape of food entrepreneurship,” panelists discussed the divide between ecological and profit incentives.

“There is a price sustainability tradeoff,” Steve Gal ’88, a senior lecturer of management in the Johnson School, said.

“Oftentimes businesses won’t go sustainable until the customers demand it.”

Chris Kirby ’15, founder and president of Ithaca Hummus, discussed his business experience and how it influenced his decision-making.

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Trustee Candidates Voice Views on Carbon Neutrality,Future President DEBATE

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ed concern for this proposed reform’s effects on smaller arts programs.

“I believe that this model could put some restraint on smaller programs,” she said. “As a trustee voting in funding situations, it’s a balancing act to make sure that the whole University is supported, but that the smaller programs are well funded and that students are happy.”

Multiple questions allowed the candidates to discuss the campus’s current climate in respect to diversity and inclusion. St. Bernard and Rogers both said that they support initiatives encouraging the University to diversify its faculty.

Calling it a priority for both of their campaigns, St. Bernard and Brown shared ways in which they have promoted and plan to promote diversity on campus.

“In forming my diversity international committee, I made sure that it had diverse mindsets and backgrounds, including

people of majority groups, different ethnic backgrounds, the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities, because I wanted it to be representative of Cornell,” St. Bernard said. “The way we’re going to be able to make the most impact is by being able to relate with the diverse community that exists here.”

Brown said her current focus is on limiting unconscious bias and encouraging inclusion at the student level.

“We should encourage students to limit unconscious biases through orientation programs similar to those used on the faculty level, and enhance graduate-undergraduate and undergraduate-high school mentorship programs to make sure we attract and retain underrepresented minorities on our campus,” she said.

In reference to attendance at diversity programs she proposed holding more informal events that “students would feel comfortable bringing their friends to” and creating a need amongst students to “feel that they would benefit from the programs by “showing them how interacting,

working and learning about diverse cultures will be useful in their life and careers.”

Other topics discussed included carbon neutrality — all candidates sharing a desire to increase campus wide understanding and commitment — and expectations from the future president.

Candidates also spoke on their political desires for the future president, as well as their shared insistence that the president be attentive to the needs of a diverse student body.

“I would love for the president to be innovative in terms of policies,” Molitoris said. “I would also like for them to be aware of the mental health crisis, the changing view of mental health should be addressed.”

After answering the final audience question, the candidates finished the debate with a brief overview of their platforms and strengths. Elections for the candidates will be held from April 18 to 20.

Chloe Rippe can be reached at crippe@cornellsun.com.

Students Pitch Ideas for Cash Prize CONFERENCE

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“We found that who you are as a company matters,” he said. “You need to figure out where you are in the competitive landscape, how you are different from competitors and convey it quickly to consumers.”

Kirby attributed his company’s success to early customer engagement in the business cycle.

“We brought our customers into the picture early on in product development stage, made changes to the product, made our customers feel important in the process and part of product,” he said.

The conference closed with the final round of

the “BIG Idea Competition,” where twelve student entrepreneurial teams competed for $10,000 in prizes.

Beverly Wallenstein’s ’16 idea for Girls Rule Business, an entrepreneurship network for teenage girls, won first place in the non-profit segment of the competition.

“I really enjoyed the competition, and the mentorship we were provided was extremely helpful,” she said. “It was fun to be able to pitch in front of an audience and also to hear about the ideas that my peers had come up with.”

Alexander Chakrin can be reached at achakrin@cornellsun.com.

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Zhu added that the executive board’s support of Cruz has grown as well, saying that three of the six board members now support Cruz and the other three are undecided.

While the Cornell Republicans are composed of “a lot of libertarians, some Tea Party folks, general conservatives, some moderate Republicans,” and occasionally some Democrats, some members prioritize pragmatism over other factors, according to Mark LaPointe ’16, Chairman of the Cornell Republicans.

“Whoever gets the nomination has to go up against Hillary or Bernie,” LaPointe said.

While not in agreement with Cruz’s social policies, Zhu said he is drawn to his ambition and admires his ability to “energize the voters and mobilize us to to fight for conservative values.”

“I am not socially conserva-

tive, but Ted Cruz’s passion is what drives me to vote for him,” he said. “I like his passion and drive and rhetoric. His style of speech is what appeals me.”

Donald Trump, the national Republican frontrunner, lacks favorability within the student organization, according to LaPointe.

“The youth is less likely to support Donald Trump, from what I’ve discussed with the [Cornell] Republicans,” LaPointe said.

Widespread concern about Trump has led non-Cruz supporters within the club to support Kasich, according to LaPointe.

“A lot of people may think that Kasich can rally a broader ideological base than Cruz,” LaPointe said.

Zhu also attested to the lack of support for Trump within the Cornell Republicans. He said that on the club’s executive board, “nobody supports Trump.”

Henry Kanengiser can be reached at hkanengiser@cornellsun.com.

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Bowman said.

Panelist Dr. Timothy Quill also shared personal experiences and argued that the legislation would not cause people to abuse drugs.

Caitlin Hurst, Office Manager of Jill Miller and Associates, said Quill was involved in the counsel of Vacco v. Quill, a U.S. Supreme Court decision about the right to die.

The court ruled that a New York ban on physician-assisted suicide was constitutional and preventing doctors from assisting their patients was a legitimate state interest that was well within the authority of the state to regulate, according to Hurst.

“In brief, this decision established that, as a matter of law, there was no constitutional guarantee of a ‘right to die,’” Hurst said.

Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrudolfsky@cornellsun.com.

Students Call University Of N.M. Seal Offensive ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico’s official seal depicting a Spanish conquistador and a frontiersman is drawing accusations of racism from Native American students.

Native American students in the Kiva Club as well as members of advocacy group The Red Nation call the seal offensive, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

The seal is stamped on all diplomas and is present at most school events.

Oceti Sakowin tribe member and UNM doctoral student Nick Estes designed his own version of the seal in protest, with the conquistador and frontiersman standing atop a pile of bones. He spoke at an organizing meeting for students against the current seal, saying it represents racism at the school.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A survey has found Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, registered to vote in that tens of thousands of voters, including Demi 2013, he selected the American Independent Moore and other celebrities, have mistakenly reg- Party. A family spokesman said Schwarzenegger, istered as members of a conservative minor polit- 22, plans to change his registration. ical party in California in a mix-up over its name, According to the Secretary of State’s Office, the a newspaper reported Sunday. party has about 472,000 members, or 2.7 percent The Los Angeles Times said that a telephone of the statewide total. survey of 500 members of the American The Times reported that the mistaken registraIndependent Party found nearly three of four peo- tion could prevent people from casting votes in ple did not realize they had enrolled in a political the June 7 presidential primary, which is considparty that opposes abortion rights and same sex ered California’s most competitive in recent years. marriage and calls for building a fence along the Voters affiliated with the American Independent Party will only be allowed to vote for candidates U.S. border.

The newspaper said voters were confused by on the party’s ballot, The Times reported. The the use of the word “independent” in the party's Republicans will have a closed primary, while the Democrats will allow name. In California, voters who do not “I just blew it. There were a number of unaffiliated voters to participate. want to register The deadline to regiswith any party must choices. I just checked the box that ter or change voter regischeck a box on a said ‘independent.’” tration status for the June registration form for 7 primary is May 23. “no party preferDeborah Silva The American ence.”

Independent Party’s roots “I just blew it,” Deborah Silva, 64, of Point Arena in Mendocino date to 1967 when George Wallace, a segregationCounty, told The Times. “There were a number ist, launched his second run for the White House. of choices. I just checked the box that said ‘inde- Wallace, who had run as a Democrat in 1964, helped create the party and ran on its ticket. pendent.’”

Of people surveyed in The Times poll, fewer Today, that party exists only in California.

“We’re not segregationist anymore,” said than 4 percent could correctly identify their own registration as a member of the American Markham Robinson, who serves as chairman of the American Independent Party’s executive comIndependent Party.

Moore was among Hollywood celebrities with mittee. “What we are now is a conservative, conknown Democratic leanings listed as members. stitutionalist party.”

Some voters who mistakenly registered with She has contributed money to and campaigned for President Barack Obama. Her registration as the party said they found the state’s official registration materials confusing. an AIP member is wrong, a representative said.

The survey of members of the American “Demi Moore is not, nor has ever been, a member of the American Independent Party,” the Independent Party was conducted by telephone Feb. 9-11. The margin of error is plus or minus representative told The Times.

When Patrick Schwarzenegger, son of former 4.4 percentage points.

Bust Hits Oil Patch; Some Gas Prices Lower HOUMA, La. (AP) — It might sound strange, but the penny-pinching folks in Louisiana’s Oil Patch can’t wait for the price of gasoline to go back up.

Cheap gas at the pump — though a welcome cash infusion for millions of American households — is a way of saying “recession” in south Louisiana, where oil wells are as common as shrimp nets and alligators.

Since 2014, Louisiana has lost about 12,000 oil and gas jobs as prices have declined, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Nationwide, about 100,000 jobs related to the oil and gas industry have been lost since January 2015, the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.

Many are left wondering when prices will rise again.

“Yesterday, I paid $1.87 for gas,” Patti Lafont said, shaking her head while waiting on tables at a restaurant in Houma, deep in the Oil Patch. “I would rather pay any day $3.87 per gallon because, over here, that’s what we live on: fishing and the oilfield.”

Houma is a city of 34,000 people in the steamy Cajun swamps southwest of New Orleans. It’s transformed itself from the sleepy farming and fishing town it was in the ’50s into a bustling hub serving the needs of oil drillers in the field, whether extracting oil on land or far out in the Gulf of Mexico.

Now — as is happening in other oil-dependent states such as

Texas, Wyoming, North Dakota and Alaska — Louisiana is being clobbered by an unexpected worldwide oversupply of crude oil — a glut that has wreaked havoc on those economies.

Among factors making oil so cheap: a slowing Chinese economy, Saudi Arabia’s decision to not reduce oil production and, more recently, the lifting of the embargo on Iran’s oil. Adding to the oversupply are advances in drilling techniques like hydraulic fractuing. And then there’s the growth in wind, solar and natural gas.

A barrel of Brent crude oil closed at $43.10 Friday. So far, cheap gas is considered to be helping the U.S. economy more than it’s hurting.

Not here, though.

Earthquake Kills at Least 238 in Ecuador PEDERNALES, Ecuador (AP) — Rescuers pulled survivors from rubble Sunday after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. Officials said the quake had killed at least 238 people and injured more than 1,500.

The magnitude-7.8 quake, the strongest to hit Ecuador since 1979, was centered on Ecuador’s sparsely populated fishing ports and

tourist beaches, 105 miles (170 kilometers) northwest of Quito, the capital.

Vice President Jorge Glas reported the death toll at a somber news conference, while President Rafael Correa flew back from Rome to deal with the crisis. He said 1,557 people were injured.

Glas said there were deaths in the cities of Manta, Portoviejo and Guayaquil — all several hundred kilometers (miles) from the center

of the quake, which struck shortly after nightfall Saturday.

In Pedernales, a town of 40,000 near the quake’s epicenter, dozens of frightened residents slept in the streets while men equipped with little more than car headlights tried to rescue survivors who could be heard trapped under the rubble.

“We’re trying to do the most we can, but there’s almost nothing we can do,” said Pedernales Mayor Gabriel Alcivar.

Alcivar pleaded for authorities to send earthmoving machines and rescue workers to help find people in the rubble. He said looting had broken out amid the chaos but authorities were too busy trying to save lives to re-establish order.

“This wasn’t just a house that collapsed. It was an entire town,” he said.

Correa declared a national emergency and urged Ecuadoreans to stay strong.

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he main strip in Old Pasadena, California, shines like a laminated poster of a glazed donut. It’s a wide, newly paved road, lined with solar powered garbage cans and evenly spaced palm trees that softly whisper, yes, here is always warmer than where you’re from.

The high-end chains stretching down both sides of the drag sell the sorts of specialty products that one might find advertised on a digital billboard in Times Square, or in the middle pages of a Sky Mall magazine. Traipsing down the manicured sidewalks with my local guide, I marveled at the lifestyle it implied.

The Dog Bakery, on C o l o r a d o Boulevard, “offers freshbaked all natural treats for your furry friend.”

At the epicenterof Old Pasadena is a barista named Keith who sells wine. He has a neatly trimmed beard, and the swooping cursive lettering of his name fits perfectly onto his Starbucks nametag. And in addition to stringing together long series of nonsense coffee lingo, Keith can also talk you through the Starbucks Evenings wine list that is available to the patrons of Starbucks Old Pasadena. It is the town at peak form.

Old Pasadena isn’t ostentatious or noisy. You won’t read about its disaffected sons and daughters in a tabloid, or see its purchases in a money-spotting magazine. It doesn’t have much interesting money either; instead of actors or musicians, you’re more likely to find a dentist with a six-figure salary and a pool. And sitting in the shadow of Beverly Hills and Bel Air, it is exactly the kind of place that goes overlooked.

This certain corner of the world, full of neighborhood watches and 40minute commutes to the city, experiences a quiet, secluded existence. For those within, it is simply the way things are — accustomed, expected comfort. And for those outsiders who may wander inside, it is a bizarre peak at the image of a curated world.

There is nothing about this world that is particularly interesting. In fact, that’s just the point. From top to bottom, communities like this one are designed to not stand out. Old Pasadena looks, by design, as if it came from a box labeled ‘bustling shopping district,’ and, apart from a few local peculiarities, it could be sitting just outside any other major metropolitan area in the United States. The outdoor mall in Irvine and the mega mall in Westchester could have come from the same box. This is not a criticism of this type of area. On the contrary, I quite enjoy all of the cities I’ve mentioned. But the creature comforts and pleasant atmosphere do not obscure the feeling that it is all highly contrived.

This is a community that tightly controls its space, but it does so for reasons more than just efficiency. Everything about this neighborhood, from its neatly written signage to its clean-cut baristas, is meant to convey a certain set of messages to the people who frequent it. On a calm spring evening, I was meant to

see normalcy in the faces of storefronts and security in the well-scrubbed gutters. Comfort and, more importantly, respectability have a particular look. The character and values of this community are stenciled on its cover, free for anyone who visits to see and understand.

Broadly speaking, none of this is unique — nearly every neighborhood will attempt to tell you who it is through its look. The difference, though, is how widespread and ubiquitous this singular image of safety and respectability has become. If every town that has the option chooses to look like Old Pasadena, it is no longer an individual choice being made by one neighborhood; rather it is a widespread norm. And problematically, it is a norm that is inaccessible to the vast majority of communities.

The reality is that, in order to maintain this sort of image, a region needs a lot of dollars. Not only does the populace need to have the disposable income to generate revenue for these businesses, but the tax base has to be large enough to support organizations, like the Old Pasadena Management District, crafted specifically to maintain the image of the area.

Where this simply isn’t an option, the superficial image of the community is bound to be different. It will have dirty gutters, because gutters are dirty, and one of the streetlights will flicker when it goes on. One house on the street will have a porch that is only suitable for cats, because it won’t take the weight of a pair of feet. There will be a Starbucks and Panera Bread, and there will also be a small store that only sells old records, VHS tapes and small Christmas ornaments — a good place to buy a gift for $3. This community will be the accidental process of people bumping into one another until they decided to call it a place. It will not have the hallmarks of careful planning and precise curating, but it will have the feel of a place that people live, and it will have just as much warmth as anywhere else.

And we will call this neighborhood ‘sketchy.’

The disastrous consequence of a narrow idea of what a nice neighborhood looks like is that the rest become lesser by default. Every time a passerby, unfamiliar with an area, looks at the superficial imperfection and declares it ‘sketchy,’ they take aim at the character of its people. An offhand comment about unsafe and sketchy streets leveled, not at places that look less safe, but at places that simply look less wealthy, does damage to the way in which one sees the people who live there. The residents are more dangerous, the community less respectable and the streets less secure. It is a subtle and constant assault on dignity and image, simply for living outside the realm of a vente pinot grigio.

Every time a passerby, unfamiliar with an area, looks at the superficial imperfections and declares it ‘sketchy,’ they take aim at the character of its people.

Rubin Danberg Biggs is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at red243@cornell.edu. The Common Table appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Amiri Banks | Honest A.B.

A Glimpse Into Excess I

have a nearly 130 page (and ever-growing) Google Doc called “Notes” resting on my laptop.

The notes began as a way for an 18-year-old version of myself to reconcile his understanding of race up until 2013 with the realities of his experiences on this campus. Admittedly, they served as a sort of “personal revenge” against any and all comers — or, in some cases, as an impersonal gratitude. For better or worse, anyone with whom I’ve interacted in a way that felt meaningful to my growth as a human being will find themselves etched forever into this document in some form or another. However, as time has gone on, the Doc has morphed into more than just a collection of notes, becoming more of an unpolished, exceedingly rough draft. Of what, though?

Reading through them, I still don’t know exactly. At some points they look like a narrative on my unorthodox and pluralist academic and professional journey, an endless personal statement for some future graduate school application. At other points, they resemble the psychotic, disorganized ramblings of a self-absorbed, hyper-aware and surprisingly cynical overthinker. More often than not, though, the “notes” are collec-

tions of stories, interspersed with reflections, about life, identity, art, love and humanity.

That sounds ridiculously selfimportant, I know, but this is not my intent. In fact, I’m not so sure anyone will ever see these notes in their entirety, precisely because of how bad and useless they just might be.

Yet I occasionally do feel as if they could become something interesting one day… just not a column. So now for what will either become one of the most prescient sentences I’ve ever written, or one of the most humiliatingly, hilariously and self-deprecatingly damning: I predict that a large proportion of these notes will published in some medium that is more conducive to their content, at some point in the distant future.

Oh how I’ll laugh (and maybe cry a bit too) if I’m wrong.

Anyway, I’m telling you all of this because I dove through all 127 pages today in search of a column, and nearly surfaced empty-handed. As I said, most of the material is better suited for a book, essay, literary journal or indie film than a column.

However, towards the chronological beginning of the document, I found something I wrote shortly after watching The Wind Rises for the first time, back in 2013. Judging by the

temporal proximity of this little discovery to my recent referencing of the film in last week’s guest column, I felt like this was a sign. So I am compelled to pour those words, largely unedited, into the empty reservoirs of a mental lake dammed by writer’s block. Drink up: “Every frame matters, packed to the brim with immaculate attention to detail and poignancy galore. Every single word of dialogue has purpose. I will have to watch the film several more times but I figure my understanding of it will only get more pretentious as I study it more.

So I will write what I remember.

There’s a reason love is almost always the end game in films. At the risk of exposing myself, I will divulge that this was the first film I watched after tasting love and I confess, it’s true: watching your loved one do mundane tasks or get passionate about something, even if you’re not remotely involved, is wonderful. The film is frighteningly realistic in every way, and there’s a reason it came from Studio Ghibli. A collaborative, talented, masterful and familial team is required to capture life, history, culture and people so comprehensively with all of their many moving parts on screen. And oh do the parts move! Especially the people.

The cinematography used to

render them always gets me.

A cluster-spread of epic, reflective, somber, cigarettesmoking scenes and of course endless, seductive, immersive and addictive wind-based imagery. The wind certainly does rise at every conceivable opportunity, and I never get enough. There’s always something in the air, figuratively and literally, as exemplified by the earthquake sequence. Yet nothing feels forced or overly dramatic. Remarkable.

Miyazaki knows how to connect with you so that this enthralling world, his world, becomes our world. In such a world, we can all find ourselves anew (Ugh, what a cliché bunch of crap that sentence was … edits required.) The film takes its time with love and illness and work, or other core components, but skips past the ugliness of war without being afraid of death. The film is not afraid of anything through which it rushes, just as it is not obsessed with anything on which it dwells.

And to think that all of this was drawn! The holistic approach to capturing a city.

The nuances and quirks of every setting. Life in all of its colors.

Jiro stumbles and falls as he tries to save someone. He is not a suave hero, or a hero at all for that matter, but he is dutiful.

The man takes everything in

stride. Miyazaki likes awesome stereotype-shattering heroines though. I’m unpleasantly surprised by the lack of strong, independent women, aside from Jiro’s sister. Tisk tisk…

There are many scene-stealing characters, like the boss Hattori, the German Dr. Funker and the Italian Castrioni. There are also scene-stealing scenes, like the one with a Jew being pursued by Nazi thugs, just a brief flash. French, German, English, Japanese … languages galore here too. Language is empathy incarnate. A brief microcosm of the world.

Embodying the fundamental humanness of us all. Rightfully so that Miyazaki would go out with this final, brilliant reminder of how he can connect so easily with the entire world. I feel invited to create and be and seek more. Dazzling.”

What was the point of all this? To dote on Miyazaki? To continue my current trend of alternating meaningful columns with peculiar ones? To procrastinate?

For me, the point was simply to be heard. Take what you will from that.

Amiri Banks is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He may be reached at abanks@cornellsun.com.

Honest A.B. appears alternate Mondays this semester.

Isaiah Murray | Guest Room

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The Gift of Duality

am bi-racial. I live in two worlds — two syllable with a brief pause between each he replies, “Mija, I don’t need any more ing their life. Blacks were seen as being uneworlds that will always define who I am. word, “I would like to have a senior coffee sugar. Don’t you think I’m sweet enough ducated — my Grandpa Murray wanted When people ask me, “If you had to and two apple pies.” Next was Corey, then already?” She laughs and says, “Ay Mr. me to speak clearly. Blacks were seen as choose between being Black and Latino, it was me. “Lemmee … I want pancakes … Gonzales, what am I gonna do with you?” being filthy — my Grandpa Murray wanted Lesson: Live to the maximum. Enjoy peo- me to have my clothes nicely pressed. which would you choose?” I answer, “I am uhm” Grandpa grabbed me by the arm and 100 percent Black and I am 100 percent pushed me up to the counter, “Son, the lady ple, their company, and their beauty.

Mexicans were seen as being lazy and Spring 2013 (Age 16): Pressing my abusers of the federal aid system — my Latino.” No separation exists. Before com- can’t hear you. You need to speak up.” I was ing to this conclusion I struggled to solidify embarrassed, but I proceeded with my Clothing with Grandpa Edward Murray Grandpa Gonzales wanted me to learn the my identity. I thought to myself, “Where do order. “I want pancakes, sausage, egg, and (African American) value of hard work. Mexicans were seen as “Awe c’mon son. That’s how you iron being criminals — my Grandpa Gonzales I, the half Black half Mexican kid, fit in?” an orange juice.” As if nothing had hapNow, as I reflect on my childhood experidisplays humor and affection to everyences I embrace my racial duality and one he meets. These stories display the understand that being bi-racial puts me efforts to combat racial stereotypes in a unique position to create a special Now, as I reflect on my childhood experiences I embrace during their childhood and adult life. identity for myself apart from race.

From these lessons, I have internalized my racial duality and understand that being bi-racial puts the values Summer 2005 (Age 8): The Flea of hard work, education, Market with Grandpa David professionalism and good-will. These me in a unique position to create a special identity for Gonzalez (Mexican) tools given to me by my bi-racial hermyself apart from race.

“Hola, hola, chica como estas? En itage capacitated me to chisel the man que le ayudo?” my grandpa announced I want to be. across the fruit stand. “We have apples Because these values are upheld in four for a dollar, watermelons a cinco. pened, he turns to us and asks, “Now, when your shirts?” Grandpa stood up from the many other cultures aside from the African Dime.” I usually attended to the customers, I look down from above, what contribution sofa and walked over to me. “This is how American and Mexican culture, connecting but today I was stuck behind the scenes will you have made to the world?” you do it.” He lifted the shirt off of the with communities of different backgrounds Lesson: Speak up. Speak clearly. Speak for ironing board and stretched it across the does not seem foreign to me. No matter the throwing out smelly, old, maggot infested onions. Grandpa turned towards me others’ understanding if you have something to board removing all wrinkles. “Now you religion, skin color, language, appearance, I “Andale Mijo, hurry, we need to bag those say. iron.” I ironed as he said, but he stood there see someone as human before anything else.

Summer 2010 (Age 13): Eating at Las with his hands behind his back watching That perspective I attribute to my bi-culturonions; we don’t have any at the front. You gotta motivate yourself!”All I could think Cazuelas with Grandpa David Gonzales my every move. “Do it this way,” he would al background. I am not bound to the conabout was the ice cream cone that came (Mexican) say as he adjusted the shirt. “Grandpa, I fines of one race, nor am I bound by the afterward.

At the Mexican restaurant, everyone need to leave in ten minutes.” He looked at confines of two races. Instead, because I Lesson: “You gotta motivate yourself!” knew Grandpa. People from the kitchen me blankly and after two seconds he wisely have moved between my Mexican heritage Good things come to those who work hard. shouted, “Hola, Mr. Gonzales, how are stated, “A real man lays his clothes out the and Black heritage, I know I can move Fall 2007 (Age 10): McDonald’s is you?” A waitress wearing heels, black fitted night before. No man should go out in pub- between the mosaic of world cultures seamNot for Kids with Grandpa Edward slacks, a pressed white collared shirt, red lip- lic with a wrinkled shirt” lessly — a true gift.

Murray (African American) stick, and a flower in her hair bun greeted us Lesson: Dress to impress. Look your best at At McDonald’s Corey (my cousin), and took us to a table. Without question, all times.

Isaiah Murray is a freshman in the College of Arts, Grandpa, and I waited for the next available she brought Grandpa his cup of coffee.

In retrospect, I see that each and every Architecture and Planning. Comments may be sent register. When it was our turn, Grandpa Then she asked, “Mr. Gonzales, do you one of these experiences teaches a direct les- to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Guest Room placed his order clearly, annunciating every need more sugar for your coffee?” Jokingly, son that my grandfathers had to learn dur- appears periodically this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Shimabukuro Brings Ukelele Mastery to Hangar

BY TYRAN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer

It’s not often you get to hear the world’s foremost ukulele prodigy. That is, of course, unless you’re Jake Shimabukuro, in which case you get to hear yourself every day. At the Hangar Theatre last Friday, ears on both sides of the equation united to witness his artistry firsthand. The Honolulu-born star has singularly redefined the capabilities of this humble four-stringed instrument for new generations of listeners and, as evidenced by the handful of fans waiting to get their ukes signed after the show, players as well. As Shimabukuro himself said at one point between songs, “I bet you’re not having as much fun as we are up here.” To be sure, he gave back two parts passion for each of appreciation lobbed from an audience that was smiling ear to ear.

Shimabukuro nourished his talents across a spectrum of 17 tunes, which together lent insight into the versatility of his craft and, more importantly, the dramatic spectrum of his art.

Of the many facets that one might admire about Shimabukuro, for me it was the emotional integrity of his gentler tunes, of which his delicacies were every bit as beguiling as the virtuosic showstoppers — and all of it enhanced by his musical partner Nolan Verner on electric bass. Two originals in particular, “Blue Roses Falling” (played solo) and “Ichigo Ichie,” were all the more impressive for their melodic strengths. His powers blossomed tenfold in their soil, releasing a spring-like fragrance not through the technical flourishes that inspired obligatory whoops of appreciation in surrounding pieces (though these were certainly worthy of our astonish-

ment), but in the seriousness of his musicianship. and “Pianoforte,” while the improvisational whimsy of Whether playing something meticulously through-com- “Travels” showed the duo at its tightest. On the advenposed or improvising a solo as he edged closer to jazz, turous side of things, they offered a heavy reduction of Hawaiian composer Byron every note counted. This was Yasui’s ukulele concerto called further evidenced by the THE NEW YORK TIMES “Try Tone,” in which arpegcompactness of his chosen gios intertwined around tunes. Case in point was an minor-second harmonies for a arrangement of Queen’s formidably tactile feel.

“Bohemian Rhapsody,” Even the more pleasant which, being a staple of his songs, like opener “Galloping live repertoire, occupied a Seahorses” or the smattering of realm all its own. As with his island songs, including the take on “Come Together” and popular “Kawika,” showed his “While My Guitar Gently equal footing across moods, Weeps,” his ability to turn the from reverie to rock-out. familiar into something fresh Verner kept effortless pace and, above all, personal was throughout and enlivened the assuring. The latter signature Rodrigo y Gabriela-esque “3rd song was more poignant than Stream” with flexible infraever in light of how far his structure. Another highlight career has come since a video was Shimabukuro’s classic of him playing George “Dragon,” which found him Harrison’s timeless ballad going electric for a cathartic went viral in 2006. solo. Still, at the end of the With an ear for thick night, it was forlorn tunes description, he gave every (“Celtic Song” or “143,” for narrative a beginning, middle Strumming | Shimabukuro at the Brooklyn Bowl. example) in which his distincand end, sometimes riding on comforting and familiar chord progressions while at oth- tions truly shined, for by their colors was painted a landers venturing into atonal territories. Not to be forgotten, scape where memory, and its ever-changing palette, are bassist Verner added a slick undercoat to the tried and paramount. true, and proved himself an ideal corollary to the star attraction’s pyrotechnics. Verner emphasized the har- Tyran Grillo is a graduate student at Cornell University. He can be monic adventurousness of Shimabukuro’s “Blue Haiku” reached at tcg32@cornell.edu.

A Concert Reading of Paula Vogel’s Indecent

BY LAURA KERN Sun Staff Writer

At five o’clock sharp on the evening of April 13, the doors to the Klarman Auditorium opened, and the crowd that had amassed just outside funneled into the dimly lit seats. The first few rows filled in seconds. The stage was warmly lit, bare except for a piano and eight chairs. The crowd buzzed with hushed, excited conversation, eagerly awaiting the concert reading of the most recent play from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Cornell alum Paula Vogel, directed by Meghan Brodie, Ph.D. ’10.

Vogel first came to Cornell as a graduate student in 1974; throughout her years at Cornell, she wrote plays and taught classes in drama and playwriting, earning her Master of Arts in 1976 and working toward a doctorate degree.

Vogel found her passion at the intersection of feminism and drama and planned to present a dissertation on the topic. In 1981, however, though Vogel had completed all requirements to receive a Ph.D. at Cornell, she left before completing her final doctoral thesis. From there, Vogel pursued a career as a playwright — by 1998, Vogel had won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play How I Learned to Drive.

After years as a celebrated playwright and professor at Brown University, Vogel chose to return to Cornell his spring and present Indecent as her doctoral thesis to complete her Ph.D. Despite its austere presentation, Indecent is deep and complex; it recounts the production of the 1906 drama God of Vengeance, the story of a Jewish brothel owner’s daughter falling in love with one of his prostitutes, originally written in Yiddish by Polish-Jewish writer Sholem Asch. The simplicity of the concert reading — it lacked elaborate props, set, and costuming — complemented the multilayered storyline, grounding it in minimalism and candidness. Every member of the production dressed in black and gray, so the actors almost blended into the blackboard behind them.

This fluidity between costume and set expands as the play develops — actors flow between times, places, and characters. At the opening of the play, except for the stage manager Lemml (Theo Black, assistant director for Cornell’s Speech & Debate team and Head Speech Coach for the Cornell University Forensics Team), the actors are introduced in pairs, a male and female in each category:

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“The Ingenues,” “The Middles” and “The Elders.” This Black plays the role with subtlety and grace, skillfully disbasic, stark labeling of each character provides a solid foun- playing the power and persistence of cultural representation dation upon which Vogel builds interweaving, complex nar- in times of tragedy. ratives as the play progresses. Each actor — again, excepting Perhaps the most stunning aspect of Indecent is its bilinLemml, a constant — portrays multiple characters, subtly gual dialogue — just as seamlessly as the actors drift distinguishing between layers through the use of unique between characters, the lines drift between Yiddish and dialects and mannerisms.

English. Sometimes, the audience receives a translation The most diverse use of these techniques comes from from the titles projected on the backdrop; however, thanks Nick Fesette grad, who plays The Middle, or Mendel; he to the actors’ powerful performances, this assistance is largedrifts between multiple ly unnecessary. The characters, changing his same God of Vengeance THE NEW accent and expressions scenes are performed YORK TIMES within moments, an expert throughout the play in of delicate differentiation. both languages, the sigHis counterpart Sarah K. nificance of each perforChalmers (founding memmance intensifying as ber of the Civic Ensemble the actors’ emotions and the Kitchen Theatre deepen, and the meanCompany in Ithaca) as the ing of the dialogue female Middle, or Halina, becomes understandable conveys either intense pasin the delivery alone. sion or detachedness, The significance of depending on her role. the use of Yiddish, howJennifer Herzog’s (teacher, ever, surpasses that of Ithaca College) The putting on an impresIngenue/Chana consistentsive performance. In all ly meets Chalmers’ emoof its layers, Indecent tion with impressive, deals with the battle for bright-eyed brashness at honest cultural repreevery turn, juxtaposing the sentation and even more simmering anger and uniquely, the inter-culaching depression of The A storied career | Vogel at Second Stage Theatre in 2012. tural argument for what Ingenue/ Avram conveyed constitutes this honesty. in the performance of Joshua Bastian Cole grad. Prof. The characters struggle with the contrast between the idea Carolyn Goelzer, department of performing and media arts, of a free America in the early 20th century and the reality and David Studwell, former Resident Professional Theatre of the corporate and legal pressures to censor “indecent” Associate, boldly punctuate the cast, commanding the stage expression of Jewish and queer cultures. Vogel’s play is an with their rich voices and personalities as The Elders, Vera artful, emotional display of the significant exposure of a lost and Otto. culture, the fluidity of passion and tragedy, and the strugBlack’s single role of Lemml, however, may be the most gles of destruction and reconstruction of ethnic identity. moving performance of the production. As a stage manag- With a Cornell University doctorate diploma in hand, er, Lemml does not frequently play a part in the most pas- Vogel will see her play performed at the Vineyard Theater sionate or tragic plot points, but his supportive enthusiasm on Broadway this summer, beginning April 27. for God of Vengeance and his perseverant belief in it as an important representation of Jewish culture immediately Laura Kern is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She establishes his character as a critical piece of the storyline. can be reached at lkk36@cornell.edu.

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The Characters: Experimental, if Inconsistent

BY PEGAH MORADI Sun Contributor

What happens when you give comedians free reign for a 30-minute special?

Utter absurdity. At least, that’s what the Netflix comedy special, The Characters, would suggest. The avantgarde experiment features eight lesser-known comedians who write and star in a 30-minute episode completely under their own creative control. The big twist? Each comedian plays several different characters throughout their feature, showcasing their acting versatility and comedic capability.

But that’s where the similarities between each installment of The Characters end. The episodes range from being traditionally sketch-style (“Lauren Lapkus,” “John Early”) to following a single, somewhat bizarre narrative (“Henry Zebrowski,” “Kate Berlant”) to having multiple intertwined storylines filmed skillfully in a single shot (“Dr. Brown”). The production of these greatly varied performances highlights each comedian’s strengths: Kate Berlant’s hilarious parody of the self-serious artist is quietly awkward, John Early’s zany characters are complemented by close-up cinematography and Natasha Rothwell’s vibrant comedy is mirrored by sharp settings and loud colors. Through a top-notch production team that plays to the comedian’s strengths and gives them professional resources, otherwise muted talents come to light in The Characters.

Of all the episodes, Kate Berlant’s brilliant satire takes the cake for the most exceptionally performed comedy in the entire collection. Her documentary-style episode features a modern performance artist named Denise St. Roy who takes herself far too seriously, lampooning the haughtiness of artistic and intellectual elitism. St. Roy’s influence is exaggerated to that of a modern-day genius within the first few minutes of the episode (An adorable Frank Gehry, playing himself, remarks, “Everything didn’t have to be so

the show is despite its high-quality production, each episode comes with its highs and lows, hitting the viewer with laugh-out-loud funny quips one moment and utter confusion the next.

The sinusoidal humor, however inconsistent, is still rather productive, creating a diversity of genuine comedy that can satisfy almost anyone. Zebrowski’s episode is Adult Swim-level crass, but also gently vulnerable. Berlant’s is effortlessly deadpanned yet deeply critical. Dr. Brown’s is confoundingly silly, but also masterfully written.

Rothwell’s? It’s viral video hilarious, but also incredibly authentic. Altogether, the collection is a spectrum of the new generation of comedy, with enough range to please nearly any viewer.

Above all, a show like The Characters is important in an era where traditional media is having a quasi-showdown with new user-generated media like YouTube, yet is simultaneously attempting to absorb the popularity of internet content (see: the totally dissonant and out-ofplace Smosh: The Movie). Netflix obviously never truly fit into the realm of traditional media, but nevertheless the streaming service has dipped into the tricky intersection of upand-coming postmodern content and the conventional, comfortable realm of television. Of course, the comedians on The Characters are COURTESY OF NETFLIX anything but comedic freshmen; several have way. The experimental stage of The Characters let Berlant been trained in improvisational comedy at the illustrious do what so few traditional television platforms allow: work Upright Citizens Brigade theatre. But what The Characters does cleverly is combine the expertise of these talented her own unrestrained, funny magic.

Like many experiments, however, not everything in The comedians with their relative lack of recognizability and Characters goes particularly smoothly. Although each their unrestrained creativity in order to create a brilliant comedian adopts their own tone and mixes a unique flavor compilation of what viewers can only expect to be the into their 30-minutes of fame, some jokes fall flat. comedy of the future.

Lapkus’s parody of The Bachelor, for example, is more cringey than funny, and Early’s characters often pause for Pegah Moradi is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She a beat too many. As if to remind the audience of how raw can be reached at pm443@cornell.edu.

vertical, she taught me”) but is later hilariously juxtaposed with St. Roy lying on her bed sadly soliciting friendship from her uninterested maid. Berlant’s episode does precisely what The Characters set out for every comedian to do: make your own brand of comedy and run with it. Her absurdist humor, though beautiful on its own, implicitly critiques intellectualism is its own, unique Berlant-esque

Cis People Telling Trans Stories: Questioning ‘Trans Visibility’ in the Media

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Upon the release of Arcade Fire’s music video for “We Exist,” starring Andrew Garfield as a trans woman, Kat Haché wrote for Bustle, “There is a prevalent idea that viable transgender actors and actresses simply do not exist.

Naturally, this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when they never gain exposure, rendered invisible by the lack of acknowledgment on the part of directors. One can see how this is especially problematic in a video for a song entitled ‘We Exist.’ If so, where?”

The Dallas Buyers Club, with Jared Leto playing Rayon, a trans AIDS patient who is addicted to drugs, and The Danish Girl, with Eddie Redmayne playing trans Danish artist Lili Elbe, are two egregious examples of the problem of cis men being cast to play trans women. Both movies were lauded by mainstream critics, in no small part for supposedly furthering trans visibility, with Midnight Radio Leto and Redmayne nominated for Oscars for their roles. The problem isn’t limited to cis men playing trans women; Elle percent of depictions of trans characters since Fanning was cast as trans teenager Ray in the 2002 have been negative, and a large chunk of 2015 drama About Ray as one example, and the rest involve typecasting characters in vic- Hillary Swank as Brandon Teena in the 1999 tim or sex worker roles (who, it’s important to Boys Don’t Cry also comes to mind.

Despite their mainstream acclaim, all of note also deserve to have their stories told), clearly, the depiction of trans people on TV these movies have been criticized and and movies has not been fair, accurate or denounced by many trans people. In an article nuanced. So when we see an increase in trans called “A Trans Woman’s Take on Tom characters who are complex and humanized Hooper’s Embarrassing Danish Girl, Carol — even as main characters in a couple works Grant condemns the media’s praise of last year — it’s easy to herald those as progress. Redmayne for his “bravery” and “heroism” in But many works that are praised for fur- depicting a trans woman, writing, “even thering trans visibility do not actually cast though he’ll be able to shed off the experience trans people to play trans roles, or have trans after his probable Oscar win, all the while havpeople involved in the writing or directing. ing it be a matter-of-fact point of life for me arch 31st was Transgender Day of Visibility. Intuitively, the media industry is in a better place than just a few years ago when it comes to trans visibility; in 2015, The Danish Girl was nominated for multiple Oscars, and Transparent for several Emmys. Yet, critiques of these media representations by trans writers and activists reveal that the narrative of representation and progress is not so simple: though there is an increase in the depiction of trans stories, they are still overwhelmingly being told by cis people.

In a media landscape where, according to a media-monitoring report by GLAAD, 53

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and millions other trans women like me.”

Casting cis people to play trans roles discounts that the nuances of being trans are best represented by a person who has experienced them, further marginalizing one of the most marginalized groups in the US. Leto and Redmayne were criticized for their roles not just for the fact that they are cis men, but because their portrayals of trans women were found to be problematic in more subtle ways than a lot of cis people could probably recognize — hence the importance of casting trans actors and having trans people involved in the behind-thescenes of the movie.

Perhaps even more at fault than the actors (who could still choose not to accept these roles) are the directors,. When cis men are predominantly cast as trans women, and cis women as trans men, this wrongfully implies that trans people are “actually” the sex they were assigned prior to their transition, and that trans people somehow don’t look “trans enough” to play a trans role.

Another show that has come under fire for casting a cis man to play a trans woman is the Amazon original series Transparent.

Transparent is about the transition of Maura (played by Jeffrey Tambor) in her late-sixties, and the effect on her family — based on the experiences of director Jill Soloway, whose father came out as trans and inspired the character of Maura. Transparent, it should be noted, does have trans actors playing the other, more minor trans characters, and has many trans people involved in the show’s writing and directing. Soloway defended her casting of Tambor, saying that he simply reminded her so much of her father she couldn’t picture anyone else in the role. Perhaps this would be less of a problem if it existed in a vacuum, but the decision not the cast a trans woman in the

main role feels like a missed opportunity on Jill Soloway’s part. Additionally, as Cael Keegan called out in The Advocate, Transparent’s second season has an episode that was transphobic in its portrayal of a trans man — perhaps an inevitable result when cis people are centered in telling a trans narrative.

Tangerine is a rare example of a movie made by trans people of color, about trans people of color, that has received media acclaim (though was snubbed at the Oscars).

Orange Is the New Black in its casting of the amazing Laverne Cox has also proven that casting trans people to play trans characters is the best way to go. These are the works that we should seek to support if we want to be allies to furthering trans representation. It’s easy to watch something like Transparent or The Danish Girl and see it as progress, forgetting that we’re still watching a work of art made largely for and by cis people.

Trans people — trans women of color especially — face perhaps more discrimination and violence than any other group. The historical trend of negative media depictions of trans people is thus incredibly harmful, and giving a platform to complex and humanizing trans narratives is important. But, as I have learned solely by reading articles and tweets by trans writers and activists, it’s important when creating and consuming media to remember that trans visibility is not the same thing as representation, and cis people should not be the only ones profiting off of trans stories. If trans people aren’t actually in control of the way their stories are told, then that’s not truly representation — it’s appropriation.

Katie O’Brien is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun.com. Midnight Radio runs alternate Mondays this semester.

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Pay Gap Plagues Soccer Edmonds Notches Six Points Despite success,women’s team earns less SCAZZERO

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demands aren’t met, the team is considering a boycott of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. It’s a bold move, but in my opinion, a perfect one to send the message.

Why should the U.S. revel in the women’s success while the team is treated unjustly?

As co-captain Lloyd said on The Today Show, “I think we’ve proven our worth over the years … Just coming off a World Cup win, the pay disparity between

world to have the right to ask for equal pay, but it seems ridiculous that these women, with their talent and success so clearly on display, are not being compensated properly for their efforts.

The fact that they put the same amount of dedication, time, and effort into this sport as the men, and then achieved as much as they have and still “Just coming off a World Cup win, the cannot get paid the pay disparity between the men and s a m e women is just too large.” amount is gross disCarli Lloyd crimination. It is disheartening to think that this is the men and women is just too the example we as a country are large. We want to continue to putting before our young fight. The generation of players women, that yes, you can do before us fought. And now it’s whatever you want and work as our job to keep fighting.” hard as you possibly can, but still So fight they will. And I am not be treated with the same glad that this team is putting this respect as a man. issue at the forefront. Hopefully To combat this, the U.S. their demands will be met before Women Soccer’s Team filed a fed- August, because although I comeral complaint with the Equal pletely support the reasoning Employment Opportunity behind it and respect that they Commission last month, in are willing to make this statewhich they accused U.S. Soccer ment, it would be a shame to not of wage discrimination. And in a see those talented women out on sign of just how committed they the field. are to seeing their demands are met, co-captain Becky Sophia Scazzero can be reached at Sauerbrunn stated that if the sscazzero@cornellsun.com.

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something that our team could have done better,” Petterson said.

Including the Lehigh game, and despite the team’s 2-1 record, the Red has surrendered more turnovers than its opponents in its past three contests.

Senior midfielder Ryan Matthews cited the team’s offensive development over the course of the season as a reason for its success.

“On the offensive end, I think our chemistry is improving and we are becoming more comfortable playing with each other,” he said. “The younger guys have done a great job thus far, and I think they continue to improve everyday.”

This improvement certainly showed in the Lehigh game, with two freshmen coming in clutch with less than two min-

utes on the clock.

“It wasn’t the best game that we played all year, but good teams find ways to win, and that’s what we did today,” Petterson said. “It was a great team win.”

The victory was the team’s fourth in a row against the Mountain Hawks and marks

“It wasn’t the best game that we played all year, but good times find ways to win.”

Clarke Petterson

the Red bear down in these last two conference games in order to have a good shot in the postseason, according to Matthews.

“Our goal is to take one game at a time, play hard and focus on what we can control,” Matthews said.

Brown (10-1, 4-0 Ivy) will be a very tough opponent, according to Petterson and he said he knows the Red will have to work very hard at practice this week in order to prepare for the in-conference clash.

“It is going to be the biggest game of the year so far because there is so much riding on it,” he said. “We need to have another great week of practice like we’ve had for the past couple weeks to really prepare ourselves for a great opponent Saturday.”

the final non-conference matchup of the season. The team will finish off the year against No. 4 Brown this weekend and then Princeton the following weekend.

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Steven Matz struck out a careerhigh nine and allowed three hits over seven innings, bouncing back from a terrible opening start and leading the New York Mets over the Cleveland Indians 6-0 Sunday.

Given a six-run, secondinning lead, Matz (1-1) retired the side in order three times and allowed two runners in the same inning once. He threw 94 pitches and walked two.

In his opening-start, the 24year-old left-hander allowed seven runs in 1 2/3 innings against Miami last Monday, his first regular-season loss. He was 4-0 after his callup last June.

Corey Kluber (0-3) gave up six runs and nine hits in six innings, struck out eight and walked one. He is 9-19 since winning the 2014 AL Cy Young Award.

New York scored three runs in the first and three more in the second. The Mets were helped

in the second when center fielder Rajai Davis two fly balls in the sun and Kluber made a throwing error.

Michael Conforto and Lucas Duda both drove in two runs.

New York managed only 20 runs in its first eight games, but scored 17 in winning twice in the three-game series.

New York began Sunday trailing Washington by five games in the NL East, a larger deficit than the Mets faced at any point last season.

Conforto had RBI doubles in the first and second, and Duda capped the first with a two-run single.

Despite wearing sunglasses, Davis allowed Curtis Granderson’s two-out fly to drop about 5 feet from him into the warning track.

Kluber fielded Asdrubal Cabrera’s bunt toward the thirdbase line and threw wildly to first. Cabrera was given an RBI and took second on the error.

Matz’s Seven Shutout Innings Help Mets Beat Indians CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 31 points in his first playoff game since being injured in last year's NBA Finals and Kevin Love added 28, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 106-101 win over the young and confident Detroit Pistons in the opener of their first-round playoff series Sunday.

LeBron James added 22 points and 11 assists for the top-seeded Cavs, who are favored to win the Eastern Conference again but got all they could handle from the Pistons.

Love, knocked out of the playoffs with a shoulder injury in the first round a year ago, made two critical 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 21 and Marcus Morris 20 — but just one after halftime — for the Pistons, making their first playoff appearance since 2009. Andre Drummond had 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Detroit made 15 3-pointers, but the Pistons' playoff inexperience showed in the final minutes.

Game 2 is Wednesday night at Quicken Loans Arena, which was on edge for much of Game 1 as the Pistons, who beat Cleveland three times during the regular season, flirted with an upset.

For more than 40 minutes, the Pistons, who have just one starter with playoff experience, matched the Cavaliers shot for shot. Detroit's young squad wasn't intimidated and Reggie Jackson's 3-pointer tied it 8888 with 6:29 left.

But that's when Love, who has had two uneven seasons since coming to Cleveland, buried consecutive 3s to put the Cavs ahead by four and finally allow a sellout crowd of more than 20,000 a chance to relax.

The Pistons hung around and were within 100-96 on a free throw by Morris, but James cut to the basket for a layup and

Jackson missed a 3-pointer before Irving's two free throws gave Cleveland an eight-point lead.

It was a sweet playoff return for Irving, who fractured his kneecap against Golden State in the finals and needed surgery and months of grueling rehab before he could return to the floor.

The Pistons didn't show any signs of fear early on and led 58-53 at halftime thanks to 10 3-poiners.

Coach Stan Van Gundy did all he could to help his team, which improved by 12 wins over last season. Upset with a non-call against James, Van Gundy stormed down the sideline during a timeout to argue with the referees that James should have twice been whistled for offensive fouls.

But Van Gundy couldn't do anything to slow down the Cavs after halftime as Love, Irving and James — Cleveland's Big 3 — combined for 81 points.

Irving Scores 31 to Give Cavaliers 1-0 Series Lead

Conforto’s ground ball hit first base and bounced past Mike Napoli, allowing Cabrera to score. Cespedes lofted a fly ball to medium depth in center that fell several feet from Davis as Conforto scored.

Four New York pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts.

Mets third baseman David Wright, who hasn’t driven in a run in 33 at-bats, was given the day off.

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Mets: C Travis d’Arnaud (bruised left elbow) was out of the lineup after being hit by a pitch Saturday.

It’s unlikely he’ll play Monday in Philadelphia. Kevin Plawecki started behind the plate and had two hits.

Indians: OF Lonnie Chisenhall (sore left wrist) is expected to return Wednesday.

He’s scheduled to play the next two days at Double-A Akron.

Chisenhall was placed on the 15-day disabled list March 28.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez, dropped three spots to sixth in the batting order, hit a two-run homer that snapped his hitless skid and sent the New York Yankees past the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Sunday, ending their four-game losing streak.

Masahiro Tanaka topped old pal Hisashi Iwakuma in the first major league pitching matchup of former Japanese teammates, a game that was broadcast live on television back home — at 2 a.m. in Tokyo.

Brett Gardner had three hits, including an RBI double, and scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch by Iwakuma (02) in the fifth inning. Still, the Yankees continued to struggle at the plate in clutch situations, finishing the three-game series 1 for 35 with runners in scoring position.

They managed to avoid a sweep thanks in large part to Tanaka (1-0), who yielded

three runs — two earned — and six hits in seven efficient innings. He struck out six and walked none, improving to 4-0 in four career starts against Seattle.

Tanaka worked out of a bases-loaded jam in a 24-pitch first inning, when Kyle Seager drove in a run with a groundout. The right-hander needed only 93 pitches to get through seven.

Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller combined to strike out all six batters they faced, with Miller working the ninth for his third save.

Iwakuma, teammates with Tanaka from 2007-11 with Rakuten in Japan, was charged with four runs and eight hits in seven innings.

Steve Clevenger had an RBI single for the Mariners, who had won three straight following a five-game slide. Nori Aoki tripled and scored on Seth Smith’s single.

Brooklyn Nets Hire Atlanta Assist Kenny Atkinson as New Head Coach NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets hired Atlanta assistant Kenny Atkinson as their new coach on Sunday, though he won’t be taking over until the Hawks’ season ends.

Atkinson spent the last four seasons in Atlanta, with the Hawks making the playoffs each year.

Before that, he was an assistant with the New York Knicks for four seasons.

“Kenny’s years of NBA coaching experience working under successful head coaches such as Mike Budenholzer and Mike D’Antoni have provided him with the foundation and experience we were looking for in a head coach,” Nets general manager Sean Marks said in a statement.

The Nets fired second-year

coach Lionel Hollins in January with the team off to a 10-27 start. Under interim coach Tony Brown, Brooklyn went on to finish 21-61 — its worst showing since the 200910 season and the second-worst mark in the Eastern Conference.

Atkinson will be Brooklyn’s sixth coach in five seasons.

“I’m very happy for Kenny and excited that he's earned the opportunity to be a head coach,” said Budenholzer, the Hawks’ coach. “His competitiveness, knowledge and feel for the game, and passion for player development are all at a high level and will serve him well as a head coach.”

Before coming to Atlanta, Budenholzer was a long-time assistant with the Spurs. Marks

also has ties to San Antonio as a player, assistant coach and front officer staffer.

“The Nets have a very strong foundation to build on,” Budenholzer said.

Atkinson’s stock rose as the Hawks climbed to prominence a year ago, setting a franchise record with 60 wins and reaching the Eastern final. They slipped this season but still claimed a No. 4 seed, opening the playoffs with home-court advantage in the first round.

The Hawks hold a 1-0 lead over the Boston Celtics after winning the series opener Saturday night, which means Atkinson will be with Atlanta for at least another 10 days.

That could stretch on much longer, of course, as long as the team keeps winning.

Power hitter

Tip-Ins

Pistons: Van Gundy's brother Jeff, who is expected to meet with Minnesota about its coaching job, was a TV analyst for the game. ... Jackson appeared in 30 postseason games for Oklahoma City. He was a rookie on the Thunder's 2012 NBA Finals team but did not play in the championship series.

Cavaliers: James appeared in his 179th playoff game, tying Michael Jordan for 17th on the career list. ... Cleveland is the No. 1 seed for the third time in franchise history but has never advanced to the finals from that spot. . James is 34-12 in playoff games at the Q. . James and Mo Williams, who is out with a sore left knee, are the only current Cavs players who were on the 2009 team that swept the Pistons. ... Browns coach Hue Jackson was in attendance.

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Junior first baseman Cole Rutherford’s offensive play helped the Red to win three of four against Columbia this weekend. He hit 11-for-14 on the weekend.

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Cornell’s Late Game Heroics Down Lehigh

Rupp’s buzzer-beating goal helps Cornell (6-5) to comeback win over Mountain Hawks (6-7)

By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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Career-high | Senior midfielder John Edmonds earned his most points of his career, notching six points — three goals and three assst — in the Red’s comeback victory over Lehigh.

Inequality in Soccer I t’s no secret that professional women’s sports teams are hardly treated with the same amount of respect as men’s.

Women’s leagues have famously struggled to gain traction in the U.S. However, this past year was a banner year in making strides in the right direction for

The Cornell men’s lacrosse team continued its exciting play on Saturday with a win against Lehigh.

Senior midfielder John Edmonds connected with freshman attack Colton Rupp, who sent the ball into the net with just 0.1 left on the clock to seal the 1312 victory. The game finished off a thrilling, two-win week for the Red. “It was just a great feeling to be able to come away with a win,” said freshman midfielder Clarke Petterson.

Cornell also defeated rival Syracuse on Tuesday in an overtime thriller, which CORNELL @ LEHIGH featured a game-winning 13 12 goal from senior Game: 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH midfielder Ryan 6 4 1 Lehigh 1 Matthews.

2 3 4 Cornell 4 Pe t t e r s o n had two timely goals in the final 1:19 of the game to tie the game and set up Rupp’s buzzer beater in what became an incredible comeback.

“It’s easy to look at the scoreboard and see that we are down [two] goals with less than two minutes and just want to quit,” Petterson said.

“But we didn’t do that [and] I’m really proud of how we came together as a team to finish that game off.”

The Red’s play was not perfect, though, and the team finished the day with 23 turnovers. The Mountain Hawks only surrendered 10.

“We had way too many turnovers so that is definitely See M. LACROSSE page 13

Ivy Loss

ing of equal pay, but their situation puts the whole dispute under a large spotlight. While on Today, goalkeeper Hope Solo spelled it out, “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup Championships, four Olympic Championships, and the [men] get paid more to just

Sophia Scazzero Instant Replay women’s teams. Most notably, the U.S. women’s soccer team made a huge splash among American fans when they won the World Cup. Following the championship, the country actually got excited about women’s soccer. It was a big deal. The women got their own parade and dominated the summer press. But apparently, even with all the attention they had garnered with their success, it was not enough for them to earn equal pay from the U.S. Soccer Federation.

A woman doesn’t have to be a world-class athlete to be deserv-

show up than we get paid to win major championships.”

The team generated nearly $20 million more in revenue than the men’s team in 2015, yet female players in the sport are paid almost four times less than men. It is almost unbelievable to see how much these women have accomplished and just how little they are being acknowledged and compensated for it just because they are women. A woman shouldn’t need to be literally the best in the world to have the right to ask for equal See SCAZZERO page 13

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The women’s lacrosse team lost to No. 11 Princeton in a match between the two ranked Ivy opponents.

Cornell led 4-2 after the first half, but the Red could not solve the Tigers’ defense in the second half.