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Construction on Gannett Health Services Ramps Up

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By EMILY FRIEDMAN Sun Staff Writer

Gannett Health Services has made adjustments to its operations in response to the start of construction on its $55 million expansion and renovation project, which began March 30 and is planned for completion in the fall of 2017. According to Nianne VanFleet, associate director for operations at Gannett, the construction will affect Gannett’s operations “signifSee CONSTRUCTION page 4

Breaking ground | Construction workers prepare a temporary Libe Slope roadway yesterday to provide an alternate route for vehicle access during the construction of the Gannett Health Services addition.

U.A.Urges Divestment From Fossil Fuels By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer

The University Assembly passed a resolution calling for the Board of Trustees to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies at its meeting Tuesday. Passing by a vote of 11 in favor, four against, and one abstention, the vote makes the University Assembly the fourth Cornell assembly to support divestment and marks a reversal from a vote last year against fossil fuel divestment. Having now passed the U.A., the

Assembly will send a copy of the resolu- recommendation.” One of the sponsors of the resolution, tion to President David Skorton, who, U.A. member and according to Vice S.A. President Sarah Chair Matthew “I’m pleased that we Balik ’15, expressed Battaglia ’16, will voted yes. I think it’s a her hope that the have “thirty days to get back to us or to big stride from where we Cornell community will continue to suprequest an extension.” were last year.” port the effort toward “From there he divestment as the supcan either accept it, Sarah Balik ’15 porters continue to refer it back for work with the adminchanges, or decline it,” Battaglia said. “As the University istration and the Board of Trustees. Assembly has no formal legislative See DIVESTMENT page 4 authority over the endowment it is just a

Dr. Ben Carson Speaks at C.U. Call Auditorium filled for potential presidential candidate By ANDREW LORD Sun Staff Writer

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The doctor is in | Dr. Ben Carson speaks about his childhood and U.S. politics Tuesday.

Dr. Ben Carson — a retired, world-renowned pediatric surgeon who said he is currently considering a run for president of the United States — spoke to a packed Kennedy Hall on Tuesday, at an event sponsored by the Cornell Republicans. In his talk, titled “The Change We Need,” Carson addressed an array of topics, including his childhood dreams of becoming a doctor, issues he said exist with the current state of social welfare

and potential solutions regarding the U.S. national debt. Carson said his renowned success as a neurosurgeon began with a “childhood dream.” “As a youngster, my dream was to be a doctor,” he said. “I never went through the fireman [phase] or the policeman [phase], I just wanted to be a doctor. I loved everything that had to do with medicine and even liked going to the doctor’s office … I was kind of a strange kid.” Carson said being able to appreciate how “wisdom” emerges can be a valuable

asset to a powerful nation like the United States. “It’s possible for people themselves to learn a lot from looking at both the triumphs and the mistakes that other people make … societies also can learn, and even nations can learn,” he said. In March, Carson made national headlines after he said homosexuality is a “choice” because people “go into prison straight — and when they come out, they’re gay” during a CNN interview with television journalist Chris Cuomo. Carson later See CARSON page 5

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Skorton, Murphy Respond to Last Week’s Stewart Avenue Fire Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, President David Skorton and Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94 issued a statement regarding the Stewart Avenue fire that occurred April 14. ◆◆◆◆

Dear Cornell Community: On behalf of the entire Cornell University community, we express our sympathy and support for the 44 students, two staff members and two members of the Ithaca community who were displaced early last Tuesday morning by the fire on the 400 block of Stewart Avenue. Nineteen people lost all of their possessions. Fortunately, nobody was injured when the fire destroyed the Chapter House and an apartment building, but as the days pass, we must not forget the emotional impact of such an experience and the sudden disruption of the residents’ lives at a critical point in the semester. Our thanks go to the first responders and crisis managers who were on the scene almost immediately. We also are so grateful for the outpouring of assistance from individuals and organizations in the Cornell and Ithaca communities, including staff from the Red Cross who helped everyone displaced. Their compassionate actions have taken many forms to help meet immediate and more extended needs, including establishing ways to make monetary donations, as reported in the Cornell Chronicle See FIRE page 5

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couldn’t find proof — until the diamond-encrusted platinum band turned up months later at a local ball field. Nikki Balovich lost her ring in January, when she was pregnant and often took it off her swollen finger, the Daily Sitka Sentinel newspaper reported. The Sitka woman suspected Halli was the culprit because the 90-pound mastiff puppy often carries household items in its mouth. She spent time searching for the band, including checking Halli’s poop outside. “I gave up, I thought it was long gone,” she said. “We take the dog everywhere with us, on hikes, on the boat — what were the chances we’re going to find it?” Balovich had no evidence of the dog’s involvement until last week, when she saw a post on a Facebook sales site about a ring being found in an “unusual place.” Balovich had a gut feeling and contacted the poster, Bob Potrzuski. Turns out, his wife found the ring while picking up dog poop at a local ball field. Balovich also recently volunteered at the field, and brought along Halli. Potrzuski and his wife previously tried unsuccessfully to find the owner by putting an ad in the Sentinel. They also called police. Balovich was reunited with her ring on Thursday, her husband’s birthday. “It’s been on my hands ever since,” she said. “My hand was feeling naked without it.”

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Prof.Cynthia Grant Bowman: Political pioneer,women’s advocate By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

Prof. Cynthia Grant Bowman, the Dorothea S. Clarke Professor of Law, said she believes she was born into a “lucky generation.” Coming from a long line of Cornellians — her grandfather was an alumnus of Weill Cornell Medical College in the late 19th century and both her parents attended Cornell in the 1920s — Bowman said Cornell “has a special place in [her] heart.” After earning a bachelor’s degree in political science from Swarthmore College, Bowman continued her studies in political theory at Columbia, where she said she experienced firsthand building takeovers on campus and police action against students in 1968. Bowman described this as an “amazing time politically,” and that it was difficult to not be “politically conscious” of the events going on. “That spring of 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated, Bobby Kennedy was assassinated, the Prague Spring [occurred], the Soviet Union moved against the liberalization in Eastern Europe, the antiwar movement was really on a crescendo and groups were starting to split off into underground groups like the Weather Underground,” she said. “At least one of

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the members of my Ph.D. seminar at Columbia went into the underground.” Bowman said the 1960s was “a formative period in the life of [her] generation,” and that her generation was privileged due to the second wave of educational assistance following the first educational G.I. bill after the war.

“When I graduated, there were these ample fellowships so that you could go on and keep studying what you wanted to, [and not have to] pay attention to how you were ultimately going to support yourself,” she said. Bowman said she left the country to move to East Africa for two years. “Africa gets under your skin,” she said. “Particularly going there at that time — a decade after independence — and the United States going through all this turmoil. I came back and [thought], ‘I can’t live my life the same way as I would have before I

went.’” Due to the importance of the development of the women’s movement in the U.S. at the time, Bowman said she returned to Columbia to become involved. “I came back to teach at Columbia for a year when all of that had just flowered,” she said. “Ms. Magazine had just started and the women that I knew were in consciousness raising groups, so I joined a consciousness raising group.” Bowman said her first experience with women’s issues was through teaching political theory classes at Northwestern, when the department chair suggested spearheading a new developing field called ‘women in politics’ and teaching a course about it — a role which she accepted. “There was hardly any material at that point,” she said. “So I spent a summer reading what there was … [from] Simone de Beauvoir, the President’s Commission on the Status of Women from 1960, Margaret Mead, and … one book about women and the law by Leo Kanowitz.” Bowman said she first came to Cornell as a distinguished visiting professor and became a member of the law school faculty in 2007. “During the year [when I was a visiting professor], I really liked it [here] and when they made the offer that I take on the chair of feminist jurisprudence at the end of that year, I accepted,” she said. At Cornell, Bowman said she had the opportunity to serve as chair of the Cornell Review Board over code violations at the University. “I would see these cases come in,” she said. “It was interesting because it gave me an insight into modern lores about drinking and sexual relationships that were [rather ambiguous].” Bowman said the complexity of the cases was surprising and that she believes communication is crucial to solving the problem. “I hope we’re evolving to the point where people See BOWMAN page 5

Alumnus Pens Memoir Recounting Travel to All Countries By GABRIELLA LEE Sun News Editor

Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Albert Podell ’58 said he never believed that one day he would nearly be lynched in Pakistan, eat a live monkey brain in Hong Kong or escape Yemen the day three foreigners were kidnapped. In fact, he never believed he would travel much at all. But 50 years after his first expedition around the world, Podell has traveled to all 196 countries and has published Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country in the World to document his journey. Podell’s first major expedition took him to 26 countries over a period of 581 days and set the world record for the longest continuous journey by automobile. It took Podell five years to obtain a visa to the last of all the countries in the world, Angola. Throughout his travels, Podell said he has always maintained that he lived and traveled adventurously. “My philosophy has been for a long time to really grab all the gusto you can and don’t worry about getting killed too much,” Podell said. “I’ve lived a full life and I don’t mind taking risks that might endanger my life if the game is worth the candle; if the reward is worth it.”

As a child, however, Podell said he never fathomed that he would ever be afford to travel, let alone to every country in the world. “We were so poor that the idea of traveling never really crossed my mind,” he said. “The idea of ‘I’m going to Rio or Paris,’ — I mean I was aware of them, I thought it’d be nice, but I never thought it’d be a reality that I could afford to go.” Still, Podell said he had a desire and curiosity to explore the world. Even when collecting stamps as a child, he said he “wanted a stamp from every country in the world” while the other kids wanted to specialize in stamps from certain places. “At six years old, these colored bits of paper were really fascinating,” Podell said. “They had tigers and lions and llamas, strange looking people and artifacts, and I thought ‘Gee, wouldn’t it be cool to go see where these things came from?’ and that probably inspired me.” But years before he collected a passport stamp from every country in the world, the biggest culture shock that Podell said he experienced was coming to Cornell. “I’m a poor kid from Brooklyn, and there were a lot of rich kids in fancy frater-

nities when I was here, he said. “That was sort of a culture shock and it took a bit of acclimation to get used to.” Podell, who was a government major, experienced his fair share of highs and lows while at Cornell. Involved in student activism, Podell said he was part of the riot

and we put together the trans-world record expedition,” Podell said. “I was able to get sponsorships from Toyota and Firestone and Dow and Dupont and all those big shots and I was able to go around the world for a year and a half all expenses paid.” With the goal of breaking the world record, Podell and his companions aimed to travel below or close to the equator in order to “I like being part of that cover the greatest distance. small handful of people While Podell did experience challenges in his expedition, who’ve [traveled to every including the death of one of his country in the world].” companions, who was killed by the Viet Cong and two who sucAlbert Podell ’58 cumbed to disease, he said that it was in this journey that he fell in the late 50s in which students marched in love with travel. on President Deane Malott’s house to After his trans-world expedition, Podell throw smoke bombs and to protest the worked in advertising and eventually went “repressive sexual policy.” to law school. In a period of 30 years, After graduating from Cornell, Podell Podell said he didn’t do any more extensive studied international affairs at the trips. It was only in 1998 when Podell said University of Chicago before eventually he realized he had already visited approxiworking as an editor at Playboy Magazine mately 90 countries and that he only had and at Argosy, a men’s magazine. As an edi- around 100 more to go. tor, he said he often assigned trips and expeditions to writers, but eventually For the rest of this story, visit cornellsun.com. decided that he wanted to go on an expedition himself. Gabriella Lee can be reached at “I teamed up in 1964 with this writer glee@cornellsun.com.

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icantly and intermittently,” with noise posing one of the biggest anticipated challenges. The next step in the construction involves pile driving, which is particularly noisy and disruptive, Dr. Janet Corson-Rikert, executive director of Gannett Health Services and and associate vice president for campus health, said at a University Assembly meeting earlier this month. In order to mitigate the impact that the noise will have on students, Gannett is extending its

hours so people can come in when it is less noisy and utilizing offices that are farthest from the construction. “We are moving clinicians and counselors around to useoffices that are quieter,” said Julie Glanville, health communications specialist at Gannett. “Clinicians who need to have quieter one-onone time with patients can move to the quieter locations.” From next Monday to May 16, hours will be extended until 8 p.m. and additional appointments will be available on Saturdays. Gannett is also publicizing

these changes in hours and locations, as well as changes in where patients should park and enter the building, with signs around campus and on their website in order to make Gannett as accessible as possible for everyone throughout the duration of the construction. Gannett has been working on the design for the renovation and expansion with architecture firm Chiang O’Brien Architects for two and a half years. Now that the designs have been refined, the project is currently in the construction phase. “We’ve hired a firm to do the oversight of the construction and

they’ve bid it out to subcontractors,” VanFleet said. “The construction crews are starting to do their work, which is what students and the rest of us are starting to notice around Gannett.” The construction is divided into two phases. The first involves an addition to the current structure, while the second involves a renovation of the facility. The idea for the project began years ago, but due to financial setbacks, the plan had to be modified. According to CorsonRikert, the plan proposed in 2007 included the construction of a

completely new building. Originally budgeted for $133 million, the project is now expected to cost $55 million. Other expected changes include a larger pharmacy, the ability to provide intravenous fluids on site, larger waiting areas and spaces where students can consult with Gannett staff and outside specialists, including orthopedists, neurologists and dermatologists, according to Corson-Rickert. Emily Friedman can be reached at efriedman@cornellsun.com.

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“I’m pleased that we voted yes,” Balik said. “I think its a big stride from where we were last year on the U.A., and I hope that the Cornell community continues to support these efforts, even now after the resolution has passed because now is where all of the hard work begins.” According to Balik, Skorton has said “publicly on multiple occasions that he is [against] divestment from fossil fuels,” but added that she hopes both sides can make progress on the issue. “The resolution might end up being rejected,” Balik said. “That doesn’t mean that we can’t keep fighting, and that doesn’t mean that we can’t compromise and make further strides to make Cornell put its money where its mouth is.” Voting against the resolution, S.A. President-Elect and U.A. member Juliana Batista ’16 said that while she thought that both sides gave “really compelling arguments,” she had concerns about the risks to the endowment. “It’s such a small impact on these fossil fuel companies,” Batista said. “When that impact is so small of .000003 percent as presented by the Investment Office — it’s fairly miniscule — you have to ask if it is worth that risk.” Before the vote, the U.A. heard presentations both from individuals associated with the endowment and from professors who were in favor of divestment. Speaking first, Prof. David Shalloway, molecular biology and genetics, gave environmental, ethical and financial reasons to support divestment. Chief Investment Officer AJ Edwards cited smaller returns and lost access to money managers from the restrictions among the risks associated with divestment. See FOSSIL FUEL page 5

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Skorton,Murphy: C.U.Will Carson Speaks on Nation’s Issues Offer Support Following Fire Cornell Republicans host potential presidential nominee FIRE

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and The Cornell Daily Sun. University groups quickly mobilized to arrange financial support. The Students Helping Students Fund, administered by the Student Assembly Financial Aid Review Committee and the Office of Financial Aid and Student Employment, is providing assistance to the displaced undergraduates. Several Cornell colleges, schools and offices are coordinating funding to assist graduate and professional students. The University’s Emergency CARE Fund is assisting the staff members. All of us have opportunities to help. As a caring community, let us continue to offer compassion and other expressions of support to help those who were displaced feel as secure and settled as possible while they recover from the impact of the fire. President David Skorton, Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president for student and academic services

Law Professor Recounts Evolution of Women’s Issues BOWMAN

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can communicate about sex better, because ultimately these sorts of problems are not going to be solved because of changes in the law or disciplinary codes, it’s going to be because people evolve and we do a better job of preventive education,” she said. Last January, Bowman said she was invited to the White House to share her perspectives on the issues of campus sexual assault. “It is possible to get serious about this problem, attack this problem, and still give fair process to the accused,” she said,

agreeing with the other four law professors participating in the discussion. Finally, Bowman advised prospective students on the importance of being “flexible” in the careers they plan and expect. “Don’t assume that you can plan [your future] from here to there in a linear fashion, because it won’t be like that and you’ll be disappointed if you think it will be,” she said. “You need to be flexible and construct a life that brings together the things that are meaningful to you.” Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun.com.

U.A. Passes Resolution Calling For Divestment From Fossil Fuels Resolution passes by 11-4-1 margin FOSSIL FUEL

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After the vote in favor of divestment, U.A. member and incoming S.A. executive vice president Emma Johnston ’16 said she thought the vote more accurately reflected the opinion of the different Cornell assemblies. “I’m very humbled by the overwhelming support in the Assembly this year, especially considering last year’s decision

to turn down the resolution, and I think that this year’s decision more accurately reflects the four different constituencies — the S.A., Faculty Senate, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and Employee Assembly,” Johnston said. “I’m excited to see how President Skorton will respond.” Christopher Byrns can be reached at cbyrns@cornellsun.com.

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problem with safety nets for people who need them. But recognize that in our nation, from the 60s until our current time, we spent somewhere publicly apologized for his comments, and between $17 to 19 trillion on social safety netechoed his apology in a “disclaimer” at the type programs … and what have we really gotten from them?” beginning of his speech. Carson said he believes this dependency on “I’m not politically correct,” Carson said. “So don’t be surprised if I say something. But I never social welfare programs has resulted in some of the major failures of the nation. intend to offend anyone.” “Virtually everything that was supposed to However, Carson said he still believes get fixed [since the start of America would these programs] — poverty, become a stronger crime, out of wedlock nation if people real- “We would be much better off as ized that their fellow a society if we spend more time births and incarceration — are [now] a lot worse,” he citizens “are not each growing a thicker skin so that said. others enemies.” Carson said he wonders if “We would be everything doesn’t offend us.” there is a better way to much better off as a Dr. Ben Carson “engage ourselves” in a more society if we spend effective “energetic process” more time growing a to fix these issues. thicker skin so that “We should not spend time demonizing peoeverything doesn’t offend us,” Carson said. “We really need to move further along … just because ple who make these programs,” Carson said. you disagree with somebody about something it “But we should be asking [if there] is a better way that we can utilize resources, talent and doesn’t make [that person] your enemy.” According to Carson, there are “certain energy in order to create a ladder that allows groups of people” who will make it their mission people to move up from the state of dependence to “characterize you the way they want to” by and realize the potential that God has put in them.” repeating “nonsense” lies. According to Carson, fixing the nation’s “This is called the ‘big lie theory,’” Carson said. “Hitler was the one who came up with [it]. issues must require cooperation from both sides Fortunately, a lot of people in this country are of the political spectrum. “This is not a Democrat problem or a waking up to [this] nonsense, so I don’t think it Republican problem,” Carson said. “We need to will have much of an effect [anymore].” Additionally, while Carson said he has “no get away from making everything into a political problems” with welfare programs for those in issue … so that we can all get behind [to] fix the need, he expressed concerns over programs that problems rather than continuing to exacerbate promote a reliance on governmental aid and them.” questioned its historical efficacy. “What I don’t like are programs that tend to Andrew Lord can be reached at encourage dependency,” Carson said. “I have no dlord@cornellsun.com. CARSON

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Trust the Arts And Sciences Faculty ADMINISTRATORS IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES are currently drafting a new policy that will set limitations on which classes will satisfy faculty teaching obligations. Under these changes, if a faculty member chooses to teach undergraduate courses with fewer than six students enrolled, then he or she will be required to teach an additional course during the subsequent semester to meet their teaching requirements. These proposed changes, as currently drafted, have the potential to place unnecessary burdens on faculty hoping to teach smaller and less popular courses, detracting from the wide array of courses offered at Cornell. Dean of the college Gretchen Ritter ’83 says the new requirements are a permanent change that will be adopted to ensure the college uses its resources effectively. Although we understand the need to use available resources in a responsible manner — especially when colleges across the University will face an approximately two percent decrease in expenditures during the upcoming academic year — this policy has the potential to place an unnecessary burden on faculty who wish to teach smaller, more personal courses. Faculty members who choose to teach a class with fewer than six students will ultimately be forced to teach another course in the following semester, which could encumber them and detract from their other advising and research responsibilities. This policy also has the potential to negatively affect students wishing to enroll in smaller classes. The college argues that it is not forcing professors to cancel classes, “reminding that six is a small number for courses.” Although we do not disagree with the college leadership’s determination that an enrollment of six is small, this new requirement indirectly discourages small, personalized classes. By forcing the hand of faculty with a policy that encourages faculty to cancel classes with fewer than six students, the arts college sets limitations on the breadth of courses that could be otherwise available to undergraduates. Although exceptions — including language, music and performing and media arts courses and all classes numbered above the 5000 level — exist for this policy, the rationale for which courses qualify as being exempt are not clear, making the decision to continue teaching a potentially small class after one year more difficult. Without providing further justification for the need of this policy, the College of Arts and Sciences decreases the amount of autonomy faculty have held for decades. We urge the college to reconsider this policy and to provide additional rationale as to why they believe policy is necessary so the arts and sciences community may have an engaged discussion over its merits.

hile I reflect on my four years campus. Engaged Cornell will dramatiat Cornell, both as a student cally increase our collective impact. But and in serving as a Trustee, I further, Engaged Cornell will serve as a have grown to appreciate our crucial learning experience for students, University’s role in our global commu- as studies indicate that “engaged stunity and our special responsibility as dents have higher retention rates, New York’s Land Grant institution. improved writing skills, and expanded What we learn in the classroom, the lab critical thinking capacity,” among other or the field can have a significant positive outcomes. In an effort to accomplish its goals, impact in communities across the state, nation and world. I have seen countless Engaged Cornell will be guided by three Cornellians eager to create positive strategic areas: student and faculty change. What seems to be most evident engagement, impactful partnerships and upon stepping foot on the Hill is our transformative leadership and influence, collective commitment to making a dif- and will be a collaborative effort across ference. This energy is formally articu- the campus, including all colleges and lated in our mission statement, where it schools, the Center for Teaching states: “Cornell [...] aims, through pub- Excellence; Cornell Abroad; the Cornell Cornell Outdoor lic service, to enhance the lives and Commitment; livelihoods of our students, the people Education; Engaged Learning + Research; the of New York Office of and others Academic around the I have seen countless Cornellians Diversity world.” This Initiatives; the notion has eager to create positive change. Office of been embedFr a t e r n i t i e s , ded in the very What seems to be most evident Sororities, and fabric of our University upon setting foot on the Hill is our Independent L i v i n g ; since we were collective commitment to making a Institutional first estabResearch and lished through difference. This energy is formally P l a n n i n g ; the MorrillLand Grant articluated in our mission statement. C o o p e r a t i v e Extension and Act nearly 150 the Public years ago. But S e r v i c e while Cornell educates the next generation of scholars Center. Engaged Cornell staff will be and leaders, it simultaneously discovers housed in a renovated space in Kennedy and disseminates information to pro- Hall, alongside the Public Service Center and Engaged Learning + mote the common good. This upcoming weekend, throughout Research, providing students with a our Charter Day festivities, we will have convenient location to receive guidance the opportunity to come together as a and support. While this is my last column writing campus community to celebrate our past, while looking forward to our for The Sun as your Student-Elected future. One crucial component of our Trustee, and though I will not be on future is the creation of a new and excit- campus to witness the Engaged Cornell ing initiative, Engaged Cornell. Engaged initiative come to full fruition, I am Cornell is a $150 million, 10-year initia- excited to come back and visit and hear tive that aspires to make community about the critical work that students, engagement a staple of every Cornell staff, and faculty are engaging in on a students’ experience. By 2025, the pro- daily basis. You can learn more about Cornell, by visiting gram will provide opportunity for every Engaged academic department to offer communi- http://www.cornell.edu/engagement/. Thank you for providing me with the ty-engaged courses and every student to participate in at least one community- opportunity to serve as your Studentengaged experience whether through Elected Trustee over these past two coursework, in residence halls on north years. While on the Board, I have had the opportunity to work on several or west campus or in the community. Engaged Cornell will provide stu- meaningful initiatives, all in an effort to dents with the opportunity to earn a improve our University and its impact. seal of distinction on their diplomas by Beyond this specific role and my gradufulfilling a student leadership develop- ation from Cornell, if you ever have any ment program, Leadership for the questions, please do not hesitate to Greater Good. The Leadership for the reach out to me at my Cornell email Greater Good program will build upon address, rhg68@cornell.edu. the foundation of existing programs across the University and provide stu- Ross Gitlin is a senior in the School of Industrial Labor Relations and the undergraduategraddents with an avenue to strengthen their and uate student-elected trustee. He can be reached at leadership capabilities, while being rhg68@cornell.edu. Trustee Viewpoint appears deeply engaged in activities on and off- biweekly this semester.

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OPINION

Christo Eliot | The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight

The Dingo

ost of the people I speak to about this column have asked me why I chose to call it “The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight.” The joke was always that it was to be the title of my first novel. The truth is that when my editor Ruby asked me to name my column, I just chose a name for the column I thought sounded funny because I really did not have any idea what my column was going to be about. After writing columns every other week over the course of the past three years, I have realized I still don't know what my column is about and may not have the literary chops to write a full length novel. That said, I am pretty sure I could write a onetime, made for television special called The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight (or TTOTDAM) about a man, gone astray, on a path of self discovery. This is my second to last column to be published in The Cornell Daily Sun. Rather than take these last two opportunities to reflect on the things Cornell has taught or given me over the course of the past four years, I would like to outline said television special. Because a college newspaper is not generally the venue for a lengthy screenplay, the original form for TTODAM will be a nebulous conglomeration of narration, stage directions and general descriptions of the scene. It is also worth noting that dingoes live in both Australia and southeast Asia. The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight Shot opens on night sky in Laotian grasslands. The sky is lit with hundreds of stars and a full moon. Crickets chirp rhythmically in the background. A mangy, bearded man (played by Macaulay Culkin’s younger and less drugged out brother Rory) kneels on the side of a road next to an old Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. He wipes his fingertips on the ground and lifts them before his eyes to find them stained red with blood. He stares in amazement into the distance as the small, slightly limping, frame of a dingo trots off the other side of the road and into the tall, waving grass. A tear rolls down his cheek. NARRATOR [JEFF BRIDGES]: Stop. Back it up a little. Screen rewinds Tarantino-esque and stops at a high definition establishing shot of a college in the Tennessee countryside from a helicopter flying overhead. J.B.: Even though everyone always tells you college is the best four years of your life, I knew even back then it wasn’t true. I watched as many classmates frantically tried to soak up all the fun they could, worrying that everything to follow would savor of anticlimax. With the benefit of hindsight, I knew that college was a pit stop on the road to greener pastures, and if there is one thing I have learned, life needs to have a few valleys between its highest peaks. As Bridges speaks, the camera pans over a crowd of graduates sitting in the field of a modestly sized football stadium. We see our protagonist (Culkin) looking clean-shaven and bored, wearing traditional cap and gown with the rest of the graduates. Parents look on proudly through the muggy Tennessee heat. The camera moves to the commencement speaker (played by a Frank Underwoodesque Kevin Spacey) who talks movingly about one’s responsibility in seizing one’s future. It is a pretty great speech, but we don’t have the space for it here. J.B.: After school I moved to Seattle and took a job at a small company that specialized in proposition trading. The company was started by a couple of former Microsoft executives who wanted to play with some of the money they were sitting on. Zach Galifinakis introduces himself to Culkin as the boss. The camera follows behind them walking side by side through the modern office as Galifinakis gives Culkin a tour of the premises and a rundown of what he would be doing. The tour ends at Culkin’s cubicle. Again, the dialogue is witty and compelling, but we can't fit it here. J.B.: Proposition trading boiled down to one thing: finding something that someone was willing to buy, and then buying that something from some sucker who was willing to sell it for a little less. The difference between quinoa prices in Argentina and Lebanon might not sound that interesting, but it helped me become the youngest billionaire in Seattle. I was stanky rich. On the screen, we see a distinctly “Seattle” version of The Wolf of Wall Street’s rise to affluence. Lots of parties around campfires with IPAs and cans of Narragansett. Culkin buys a large cabin in the mountains with some woods and a creek. He builds a chicken coop, and the camera shows him walking past a row of Langstroth hives in a beekeeping suit. We see him exult in strolling through waving knee-high grass along a creek through his property as an Australian shepherd trots happily along beside him. J.B.: But even all the money in the world felt like it wasn’t enough to bring me satisfaction. The only times I felt truly happy were when I was able to spend time on the weekends at the cabin with my dog, Maisy. Soon the weekly routine of five days on, two days off became so frequent that my life’s wavelength felt like it was approaching zero, putting me in a state of tumultuous stasis, feeling like the past, present and future all at once. As Bridges speaks about his life’s vanishing wavelength, we see Culkin sitting in his desk, car, and on his couch in his Seattle home. The background moves blurrily and quickly behind him as he remains stationary. J.B.: … but of course sometimes there is nothing you can do to stop life from throwing some misery your way to pull you out of your comfortable routine. Culkin is seen pulling into his driveway at his expensive Seattle home. It is raining slightly as he unlocks the front door. He hears an unfamiliar electronic click as he turns the key in the lock. Knowing that something is not right, Culkin takes a step back as his house abruptly explodes, sending him flying backwards away from his front door. J.B.: What I didn’t know then was that on your way to the top, you make a lot of money but you are bound to make some enemies too. Culkin scrambles to his feet and begins to frantically tear through the still smoldering wreckage of his house. A weak whimper is audible over the crackling of the debris. Quickly, Culkin throws off the ruins of his home to find his dog, alive but only just. He carries the dog out of the house and to the street and shares a powerful final few moments with Maisy as the sound of her heartbeat slowly stops. Culkin’s head drops to his chest as the camera zooms out on him from above. ACT BREAK. Cut to black. Messages from commercial sponsors ensue. Christo Eliot is a senior in the College of Engineering. He can be reached at celiot@cornellsun.com. The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

Comment of the day Web

“Not only do I constantly see people smoking well within 25 feet of building entrances, especially dorms and Uris Library, the rule itself is nowhere near enough. I am allergic to and often smell smoke coming in through my 4th floor window.”

Shawn Re: “Univ. Reconsiders Smoking,” News published April 7, 2015

Samantha Weisman | A Weisman Once Said

What‘Choose Beautiful’ Really Means L

et’s imagine you’re having a paigns can provide a way for bad day and you’re feeling women to empower each other self-conscious and low and themselves to create a more about your physical appearance. accepting and uplifting culture. Then you see a commercial However, do we really need from Dove. The commercial Dove to tell us we are beautiful? plays uplifting music and shows I believe we should be wary women choosing to walk of these marketing campaigns. through a “Beautiful” doorway We shouldn’t need Dove to tell or an “Average” doorway. The us how we should feel about women discuss and debate, and ourselves. Harm could come if at the end, everyone realizes they we become dependant on marshould choose walk through the keting campaigns when calculatbeautiful door. ing our self-worth, or even if we #ChooseBeautiful. ascribe meaning to them when After watching the commer- the intentions behind them may cial, you realize you feel uplifted be dishonest. and inspired. So much so that if A similar sentiment rings you were presented with the choice, you would Proclaiming that we should cure breast walk through the beautiful cancer to “save second base” implies door as well. that breasts are more important than the And the next women who own them. time you are in a CVS, you remember this uplifting feeling, and you pur- true for me when I think about chase Dove soap. the “Save The Boobs”-themed Okay, so maybe it doesn’t breast cancer awareness camwork exactly like that. But Dove paigns. Shirts that read “I Heart has been criticized for having Boobies” and bracelets that disingenuine intentions behind exclaim “Save Second Base,” are their marketing campaigns. sold by many different groups Their parent company, Unilever, and movements in an effort to is also the company responsible raise money and awareness for for the Axe brand, which has a breast cancer research. history of objectifying women These campaigns and methand promoting rape culture in ods of outreach have always their marketing campaigns. It angered me. Proclaiming that feels contradictory that on one we should cure breast cancer to hand, Unilever wants to inspire save “second base” implies that women to feel beautiful, but on breasts are more important than the other, has no problem rein- the women who own them. forcing abject sexism and rape These campaigns sexualize culture. The Dove “Real breast cancer, and insinuate that Beauty” or “Choose Beautiful” a woman’s identity comes from campaigns, then, are not a social her breasts. While the sentiment movement, but just clever mar- of curing breast cancer is comketing campaigns. pletely worthwhile, these camStill, do these intentions mat- paigns devalue the lives of ter if women feel good about women who are fighting breast themselves anyway? If the door- cancer, since they shift the focus way commercial goes viral, or if from saving these lives to saving everyone sees the “Dove Real a mechanism for male pleasure. Beauty Sketches” ad all over However, does my opinion their Facebook newsfeeds, many matter if these campaigns are women could feel a boost in effective? In 2012, PornHub self-esteem or get reminded that donated $75,000 to to various they should feel better about breast cancer-related groups themselves. Regardless of after hosting their own “Save the whether or not people purchase Boobs” campaign. Many critics Dove products after exposure to called their campaign degrading these marketing ploys, the cam- and objectifying, but it certainly

got the job done. Every October, various groups on our own campus host bake sales and philanthropy events for breast cancer awareness, and many include campaigns like these. I remember seeing “Save Second Base” signs on Ho Plaza, and people sporting “I Heart Boobies” bracelets. While these marketing methods may reflect sexism or objectification, they seemed to be effective at spreading awareness on Cornell’s campus. Can marketing campaigns even really affect social change? Do the intentions behind them matter? Dove’s “Real Beauty” or “Choose Beautiful” campaigns might be motivated by economic gain, but that doesn’t necessarily negate the other effects the campaigns could actually induce. On the other hand, the monetary considerations can make the campaigns seem dubious and insincere. “Save Second Base” might be rooted in misogyny or reinforce sexist ideals, but it has had a positive impact on its cause. I wonder if the problematic intentions behind these T-shirts or the ideals they perpetuate is worth the amount of good they have produced. So can marketing campaigns affect social change, or do the intentions matter too much for them to be meaningful? I still haven’t figured out my answer. I do know that as a society, we need to weigh the degree of respect we give to these campaigns. Being cognizant of the fact that these underlying controversies exist will help us refine the way we understand them. We should be the ones to choose how much we let the intentions and implications of various campaigns affect us — even if we also “choose beautiful.” Samantha Weisman is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She may be reached at sweisman@cornellsun.com. A Weisman Once Said appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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SCIENCE

PARTICLE PHYSICS

PULMONOLOGY

Synchrotron Laboratory Welcomes New Particle Accelerator Module By MICHAEL MERRILL

require liquid helium to keep their superconducting compoLast month, the basement of nents at less that two Newman Laboratory opened to trans- degrees celsius above port a distinctive red pipe containing absolute zero. Liquid the Main Linac Cyromodule — a pro- helium requires large totype designed to accelerate particles amounts of energy to with unparalleled energy efficiency — produce, so cryogenic across campus. Now housed inside the modules require Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory, the much more energy to MLC is the latest addition to Cornell’s cool than they impart i n t o their part i c l e “This cryogenic module is beyond the state of the art accelerator cryo- ab cecaomr ds -, to genic module in terms of efficiency.” ing Eichhorn. Ralf Eichhorn “ This c r yo own particle accelerator located under genic module is Alumni Field. beyond the state of The MLC is the product of over the art accelerator COURTESY OF RALF EICHHORN twenty thousand hours of work within cryogenic module in Newman Lab, built and designed with terms of efficiency,” Truck talk | The Main Linac Cyromodule, housed in the red cylinder pictured above, was transported into the Wilson Synchotron Laboratory on the morning of March 10. the help of a grant from the National Eichhorn said. Science Foundation to explore techThe MLC’s transnologies for use in the next generation port through campus drew as much was loosely suspended inside its red cas- repair. At the end of its journey the MLC of particle accelerators. Its seven super- concern from its creators as it did con- ing, where it was extremely sensitive to any bumps or other forces that it might was unloaded at Wilson Laboratory, conducting cavities funnel energy into fused glances from onlookers. particle beams to help scientists study, “This module was designed to be have come in contact with as it was where it will undergo extensive testing before being installed into the main basic building blocks of matter, solid operated in a fixed location. The more transported. “We were a bit concerned about all particle accelerator. Eichhorn said he state physics and even human biology. you try to constrain the cold mass, the “The topic of this research and thing that is inside the cryo module, the of the students moving around and hopes the module will be operational development program was to build a more possibilities you add to bring heat especially that students might not pay by mid-June. The MLC is also part of a very efficient sort of conducting accel- into the module,” explained Eichhorn. attention to the oncoming truck which planned expansion to the Wilson erator. This is what the MLC is,” said Any structure inside the casing that might have forced him to step on the Laboratory that is currently awaiting funding from the National Science Prof. Ralf Eichhorn, phyics, Nordic allowed the superconducting cavities to brakes,” Eichhorn said. In fact, so much as a single collision Foundation. Institute for Theoretical Physics, a key be firmly anchored to the pipe would scientist on the project. also allow heat to be conducted into the with a pothole or a curb could have Particle accelerator modules of a MLC and lower its efficiency, according damaged the MLC, which would have Michael Merrill can be reached at similar construction and purpose to Eichhorn. As a result, the module required costly and time consuming mmerrill@cornellsun.com.

Sun Staff Writer

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Say “Cryomodule” | The team that worked on the Main LInac Cyromodule poses with the device in Newman Laboratory before transporting it to its new home in the Wilson Synchotron Laboratory. The module was under construction in Newman since September by the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education.

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Jared Feldman ’16 Researches Pulmonary Disease Treatment By COREY NG Sun Contributor

For individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — a debilitating illness that causes chronically poor airflow — “breathing easy” is anything but. Characterized by a low chance of improvement, the disease often induces clinical depression in its patients — a connection biological sciences major Jared Feldman ’16 has researched in order to uncover a novel treatment for the illness. According to studies done by Dr. Theo Voss et al. at the University of Washington and Dr. Bjorn Lomborg et al. at Cambridge University, COPD affects 329 million people and has cost taxpayers and insurance companies $2.1 trillion as of 2010. Although COPD is a major illness with serious economic and physiological implications, the typical treatment approach is dated and often too blanketed to be effective on a patient-by-patient basis, according to Feldman. “COPD patients fall short of breath and are tired … it’s a really limiting disease with little room for improvement,” Feldman said. “[Patients face a] downward trajectory, with a lot of the care in rehabilitation facilities being psychological, making these patients feel better although there is no single drug regimen that will cure the disease.” Because of the poor chances of improvement, COPD is often accompanied by depression. Working under the guidance of Dr. Richard Novitch at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, Feldman performed a clinical trial comparing a novel personalized intervention for depression and COPD (PID-C) with treatment as usual (TAU), which involves strengthening, breath-

ing and endurance exercises. According to Feldman, the novel approach was found to be a success. “Research done by Dr. Novitch found that in 138 patients with major depression and severe COPD, PID-C led to a higher remission rate and a greater reduction in depressive symptoms than TAU over 28 weeks and six months after the last session,” Feldman said.

reaches the systemic circulatory system — of these compounds. “We are looking at single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in some of the genes in these men to see if there are genetic differences that cause differences in the bioavailability for vitamin E,” he said. Feldman utilized data from the Respiratory Ancillary Study (RAS), a randomized trial lead by Dr. Cassano, to study whether vitamin E and/or selenium reduces the risk of COPD. Feldman focused on a of patients “[Patients face a] downward trajec- subgroup within this study, heavy tory, with a lot of care in rehabilation smokers, who are particularly prone to developfacilities being psychological, ing COPD. “Using blood data making these patients feel better from patients in the Respiratory Ancillary although there is no single drug Study,” Feldman said, regimen that will cure the disease.” “we are examining relationship between Jared Feldman ’16 administration of the different isoforms of vitamin E, alpha- and Feldman’s experience at Burke sparked an interest gamma- tocopherol, and pulmonary function.” in COPD research that he brought back to campus in According to Feldman, African American males the fall. Under Prof. Patricia Cassano, nutritional sci- represent one population that tends to have differenences, Feldman has worked on an independent tial responses to vitamin E supplementation. research project focused on treating COPD with vit“African Americans tend to have lower baseline amin E supplements. levels of alpha-tocopherol, [as well as] higher levels of “We are looking at how much vitamin E lessens gamma-tocopherol, and they have a lower change the downward trajectory of the lung function of over time due to oxidative stress.” COPD patients,” Feldman said. Feldman said he hopes to present his study to the Feldman’s research focuses on two forms of vita- American Thoracic Society Conference in Seattle in min E, called alpha- and gamma-tocopherol, and November, and submit it for publication in the fall. how different groups of people have different bioavailabilities — the fraction of vitamin E that Corey Ng can be reached at cjn44@cornell.edu.

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A&E

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Gregory Alan Isakov at the Haunt BY AISHWARYA SINGH Sun Staff Writer

together yet stood out was commanding as it took over the room. Each player was lost in the music, and their passion was evident as they fully invested themselves in the song. Isakov’s voice crooned through the melodies of the song, delicately weaving between the music to reach the audience. This was a concert you came to for the beauty of the music, not simply a good performance.

Coming from a small town in central Pennsylvania, the only concerts I had been to before Saturday night were stadium tours in Hershey. I was used to giant arenas where the only way to get a good view of the action was looking on the big screens set up by the stage. I did not know what COURTESY OF AISHWARYA SINGH to expect from a little known indie singer in a small venue like the Haunt. I came in with high hopes and low expectations, but left having been blown away by the incredible show given by Gregory Alan Isakov. Isakov’s opener was Jolie Holland, a blues inspired folk singer who played the guitar with a member of the band on harmonium. The music had potential, and I imagine it would have been pleasant in the studio, but live it was more of an annoyance than an enjoyable opener. Holland’s voice has a unique twang to it that is distinctly folk, but she relied on it too much. It was difficult to make out the words to her songs, making her singing seem like one long held out note. The combination of the instruments sounded amateurish, and overall it was a rinky-dink performance. As hard as I tried to get into the music, it was more of The set-list alternated between gentle and instrumenta nuisance that I had to get through before Isakov took the intense, heavy songs. During the gentle songs, such as “Big stage than an opener that made me more excited for the main Black Car,” Isakov cast a spell on the crowd. There was stillact. Holland was what I had imagined a small indie concert ness in the room as he serenaded us during the verses and a would be, and there she was, living up to my expectations. murmur during the chorus of our voices quietly uniting as we But then Isakov took the stage and shattered every mis- sang along. More intense songs, like “Amsterdam,” had mesconception I had. His band consisted of himself on guitar, a merizing musical breaks. A unique aspect of Isakov’s show was violinist, a drummer, an electric guitarist and a cellist. As they that he was not the center. The stage was set up with the musibegan their first song of the night, “Monsters,” I was stunned cians in a semicircle facing the audience. During musical by the power of the band. The way their sounds blended breaks in the songs, the spotlight would shift to whoever’s

instrument was most prevalent. Though the concert was billed as Isakov’s, his band played an equal part in the performance. From what I had heard of Isakov’s songs, I knew that his voice is amazing. I knew this coming in, so after the initial joy of his live voice surpassing his studio tracks, I became more interested in his band mates, particularly the violinist. There is no other way to describe him other than that he jammed out on that violin. I was blown away and thoroughly entertained by his talent and charisma. He often stole the show by drawing the audience’s attention to his passionate playing. The highlight of the show was when Isakov and the band unplugged. Isakov prefaced this moment with an anecdote about a time they were playing in Colorado. After their acoustic set, a girl came up to Isakov and told him that she loved their sparkly magic music, but he preferred the term nerdy folk. I disagree with Isakov, as their unplugged music was nothing short of magic. They cast a spell over the audience as they huddled around one microphone and played “Saint Valentine.” The raw talent and passion that was evident in the music wrapped around the room. In “Stable Song,” only Isakov sang, accompanied by a banjo. A hush was upon the crowd as the beauty of the music took over. As I was leaving for this concert, a friend of mine wished me luck in staying awake. She couldn’t have been more wrong, though. For me, Gregory Alan Isakov brought new energy to the folk genre and delivered a powerful, passionate performance. He proved that slow music can make for as good a show as a stadium concert. Aishwarya Singh is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at asingh@cornellsun.com.

Scream for the Digital Age: Unfriended Calamity, fighting and screaming ensue, and each of the Skype participants’ lives is threatened for goading Laura into suicide. This is really a story about a group of insaIs there a low-budget horror resurgence in the works? tiably mean high schoolers and the horror they First The Babadook, then It Follows and now Unfriended. wreak on each other. By the end of the movie, The genre which arguably originated back in the 1970s and each of them gets what they’ve got coming. The 80s with the likes of Halloween, Last House on the Left, best sequence involves a game of “Never Have I Nightmare on Elm Street and Evil Dead seems poised to Ever” where one appalling act after another is make a comeback. While Unfriended is not as dreamy and copped to. My goodness; these people are incorfairytale-like as the darkly beautiful It Follows or as deadly rigible. It’s 82 minutes long and any more would terrifying and psychologically affecting as Babadook, it’s still have been too much, but at this length it’s just a canny update on the Blair Witch premise, made more rel- the right amount to not wear out its welcome. evant by its heavy handed wielding of social media. None of the characters are more than stereoI must admit, the previews had me unconvinced. They types, but we spend a brief enough time with looked like a comically bad go-through of Paranormal them for their criminal acts against each other to Activity, except on a laptop instead of a camera. It seemed remain interesting. like an unusually good premise: girl is humiliated through If you are over the age of 40 and don’t work in the tech cyberbullying, commits suicide on camera, then comes back industry, you probably won’t get much from the movie. It to haunt and torture the nasty kids who drove her to it. But takes place entirely on a Macbook screen and is exclusively the execution looked horribly botched — so much so that concerned with Spotify, Chrome, Skype and all the other it would be laughable, like the dumb title. (I had hoped time-wasting apps Apple has integrated into our daily lives. they would just name it, Unfriended … Bitch). Imagine my Staring at that stuff can grow boring to older generations, intrigue when I saw it was doing well with the critics; I was but of course 90s kids spend every day doing it, so what’s persuaded and went to see it. another hour and a half to The plot unfolds over the them? It’s a fairly bold move to Unfriended course of one prolonged set up the film that way; it Skype session between six employs a certain restraint horDirected by Levan Gabriadze friends, occasionally interror films too frequently avoid, Starring Shelly Hennig, Moses rupted by asides where they and thus numerous cliches check email and download Jacob Storm, Heather Sossaman about the killer running down the hallway with the knife don’t pdfs. The main character is emerge. Blaire (Shelley Hennig), on The movie received an R whose computer we are prerating — read: There is actualsent. Her boyfriend Mitch ly room for gore, guts and dis(Moses Jacob Storm) and turbing themes. It isn’t relegated their friends are accosted by a blank Skype icon claiming to be Laura Barnes, a girl who to the watered-down PG-13 confines where only so much committed suicide a year ago after humiliating videos of her blood can be shed, teenagers only swear twice and their at a party went viral. Does this sound familiar? The real behavior must be rendered a little more squeaky clean and strength of the story is that it touches on a credible danger a little less accurate. It isn’t particularly violent, but teens in this film use filthy language, do very unsettling things on to our generation. Laura Barnes’ Skype announces that she is going to video and freely enter taboo territory. That the movie reveal all the dirty rotten secrets between the friends. addresses these issues directly is a good thing — they are BY MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

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some of the the largest components in teenage life, and shouldn’t be ignored for the sake of appeasing the MPAA. What’s genuinely frightening in this film are the very real undertones of teenage cruelty, cyber-motivated suicide and how one’s uploaded mistakes live in infamy forever in the digital age. The horror in this film doesn’t come from the ghosts and apparitions, but from the idea that many of us have drifted dangerously close to having some sort of tragic misstep come back to haunt us online. One wrong move at a party when you’re inebriated, and everything will be carefully documented and posted. Teenagers will converge upon it on Twitter and Facebook like vultures to flesh. That is what’s scary, and it’s an observation that gives Unfriended an unusually provocative dimension. By comparison, all the obligatory spooks and gore look a bit silly and cartoonish. We’re soon to be swamped with big-budget gargantuan films, superheroes movies and bad romantic comedies. In the pre-summer blockbuster season, Unfriended offers a decent choice before everything shifts into mega-gigantamultiplex mode. Plus, what other alternatives are there? Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2? Did that really top the box office this weekend? Ugh, get me out of here. I have to see Wild Tales again. Mark DiStefano is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun.com.

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ometimes comedy hits so close to home it feels like horror. I was a fidgety wreck at Cinemapolis watching one scene in Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young, in which Josh (Ben Stiller) pitches his six-and-a-halfhour political documentary to a hedge fund bro. Trapped in close-up, Josh botches it, sputtering out undergrad filler (“prison-industrial complex,” “power structures in the global economy,” etc.) before closing with a Hail Mary to the heartland (“It’s really about America.”). The investor, bored as hell, asks, “So ... what’s it about?” The horror of incoherence, at your ideas and the words you choose to share them with, is one I have felt many a time at home and at Cornell. The unspoken reality in this movie is that Josh is a mediocre thinker and a lazy filmmaker, still stuck in that arrogant film student mode where the burden is all on the audience to comprehend the brilliance of your pièce de résistance. His documentary is boring (its footage is mostly of a renowned but colorless academic espousing his wide-ranging theory, in front of bookshelves or at an underlit dinner table), and it’s boring because Josh has no mastery of the rhetorical tools of filmmaking — like camera placement, sound or editing — that would involve the viewer, no matter how well-read he or she is, to care about the big issues his film tackles. Baumbach, on the other hand, is a subtle enough filmmaker to disclose Josh’s mediocrity without outright stating it, and one of the funniest, and trickiest, aspects of the film is how everyone lectures about the problems they see around them while remaining oblivious to their own. Can you relate? Incoherence and obliviousness, together, make a distinctly modern comedic pair.

Baumbach is not the first to venture into this subgenre of “cringe comedy,” as the Internet calls it, but he does not have a great deal of predecessors either. Of course we have all seen an intellectual caricatured as removed, dainty or impotent in an older film, book or TV show, but the manner in which Baumbach and Stiller render Josh’s esoteric babble engages more ongoing questions, like pretentiousness and privilege. In sustained, awkward close-up, Josh gives himself more than enough rope to hang any prospect of funding, and the discomfort we feel while watching him is sympathetic, if not empathetic, because words have, presumably, failed us all before. At the same time, Josh can spout this pseudo-intellectual nonsense in part due to his white male/Blue Steel privilege, which gave him an

Zachary Zahos A Lover’s Quarrel With the World unearned soapbox long ago. He should really be trying harder, but still, damn, is he human. Every thinker fears incoherence. You stumble upon an idea you think is novel, but then you must secure the argument, with the innumerable steps involved, in order to share it with the world. Otherwise your thought is just an abstract glob of noise. (I should know: I’m revising an honor’s thesis at the moment.) “Noise-shaped air,” on the other hand, is a perfect phrase from the fourth season premiere of Armando Ianucci’s HBO comedy Veep, and it is used to describe the euphonic,

fill-in-the-blank insincerity of a speech President Selina Meyer shares before Congress. Veep explores the other extreme of nonsense language — the political sermon — and how inane it sounds when spoken by someone like Selina, a woman with a preternatural gift for inventive vulgarity. I hope to one day buy a leather-bound book of her and the rest of the cast’s putdowns, because they are what make Veep the funniest show right now, but Selina’s facility with disingenuous but nonetheless effective public oratory elevates the show to conscious, critical heights. In the premiere, she riffs off a teleprompter glitch, which spells her presidential ambitions with the placeholder text left from earlier brainstorming: “FUTURE WHATEVER.” With conviction in herself and the drivel she is about to say, she sells worthless platitudes (“Whatever we have in store cannot be unknown. But given time, it can be understood. The past was once the future ... ”) and her esteemed colleagues greet her noise-shaped air with rapturous applause. In “The Universe,” one of their most popular sketches, Tim and Eric, from Adult Swim, make fun of a kind of language in between half-baked academic-speak and hollow, wowing rhetoric. Tim Heidecker, squeezed into a black turtleneck, talks about the wonders of the universe as intentionally crappy video effects whiz around him. “Picture a hot dog bun,” he says, as a hot dog bun fades on and off the screen. “And throw all the stars, the hundreds of stars, that there are in the universe into a ... into a bag, and put the universe into a bag, and you, all of a sudden, they become, um ... ” His face crumples into a pudgy frown as his tortured metaphor

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escapes him. I laugh every single time I see it. Tim and Eric, premier parodists of white male pastiness, find funny the way selfappointed experts attempt to streamline their ideas, particularly when in extreme close-up. They share their so-called research with cando cheer, living up to the democratic mission of popular science when they turn to metaphor or when Eric Wareheim says, “And us humans can't even fathom the concept of that kind of time because it's really really really really really really really really fun!” But ultimately, Tim and also Eric seem to say, incoherence is inherent to any discipline, if it truly is a discipline. True intellectual work requires logic, evidence and manageable innovation, all amounting to a certain utility for reader and discipline. It is a respectable establishment, no place for off-color humor ... which is where Tim and Eric, Noah Baumbach and Armando Ianucci come in. Zachary Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun.com. A Lover’s Quarrel With the World runs alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Red Earns Win Over Quakers in ’89 Points Plaque Sees strong finishes at Clemson By RACHEL CHERNER Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s rowing team performed well in its annual Clemson Invitational, held over two days on Lake Hartwell. The Red rowers earned several top-three finishes throughout the weekend and went on to beat Ivy League competitor University of Pennsylvania in the Class of ’89 Points Plaque. “This is the third year we have gone to race in this event, and this was by far the best year with respect to weather,” said head coach Liz Dennison. “This race is an important one on our schedule — an opportunity to see top teams from across the country and race three times in seven boat races on a fully buoyed course — something we rarely get to do before our championship race.” Beginning the weekend’s competitions on Saturday, Cornell won the varsity eight in the first race of the morning, crossing the line in front of the seven other boats in 6:39.9. Following this first event win, the Red women scored a runner-up finish in the varsity 4+ and finished in a dead heat with Penn for fourth place in the second varsity eight. This fourth place finish was impres-

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Top-notch boats | The women’s rowing team was able to earn several top-three finishes throughout the two-day Clemson Invitational.

sive after a piece of broken equipment caused the women to stop during the race. Overall, Cornell finished the morning’s competition in sixth place in the second varsity 4+. The Red rowers also competed against Ivy competitor Penn for the Class of ’89 Points Plaque Saturday morning. With a varsity eight win and a varsity 4+ second place finish, the Red took home the Class of ’89 Points Plaque for a sixth straight season. “The plate is unique in comparison to our other cup races in that it is based on a points system that counts every boat we race, not just the varsity,” Dennison said. “We raced Penn in all of the first races of the weekend on Saturday morning, and won the points plate as a team again this year.” In the afternoon competitions, the Red placed ahead

of Dartmouth in three of four races, as well as earning a fourth place finish in the varsity eight race. The varsity eight team took third place in an outstanding start to the morning Sunday morning. The varsity 4+ and second varsity 4+ both scored fifth in their respective races, while the second varsity eight finished in sixth overall. "I am very proud of how the entire team raced this weekend,” Dennison said. “They handled a long tough weekend of racing with maturity and poise, producing strong results … We will look to keep the momentum from this past weekend going as we head into our last two regular season races and Ivy Championships in May.” Rachel Cherner can be reached at rcherner@cornellsun.com.

Chelsea Dominates on the All-Start Team Women Earn LINSEY

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Center-Back: John Terry, Chelsea

John Terry remains a top player at age 34. He’s marshaled the Chelsea defense expertly all season and is one of the most important contributors to a team that will likely be champions in May. One of four Englishmen in the Team of the Season, Terry is a threat at set-pieces, in addition to his defensive prominence. Honorable mention: Ashley Williams, Swansea Center-Back: Martin Skrtel, Liverpool

The Slovak is in this team because of his importance to Liverpool. While they don’t have a stellar defense, Skrtel has prevented it from being awful. In games where he has been suspended or injured, Liverpool has been markedly worse defensively. Perhaps Skrtel’s best quality is his physicality — he never backs down from a physical struggle. Honorable mention: Jason Shackell, Burnley Right-Back: Branislav Ivanovic, Chelsea

Simply put, Ivanovic has revolutionized the right-back position. He plays so far forward and gets into the box quite often, but never seems to be caught out of position defensively. As a result, he has a remarkable amount of offensive production for a defender (four goals and five assists this year). He’s one of four Chelsea players on this list, as he is integral to Chelsea’s successful system. Honorable mention: Nathaniel Clyne, Southampton Left Midfield: Eden Hazard, Chelsea

Who else? Hazard should be a shooin for the Player of the Year Award. He’s so tricky with the ball at his feet, has the pace to beat anyone and the shot to beat any keeper. He’s one of the

top-five players in the world and he has been the only top player in the EPL to stay in great form all season. Honorable mention: Jordan Henderson, Liverpool Defensive Midfield: Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea

He has played a couple of different positions for Chelsea, but Fabregas truly excelled when he was deployed in the defensive midfield early on in the season. He continues to control games extremely well from a deep position and is one of the league’s best corner kick takers. Fabregas, formerly of Barcelona and Arsenal, struggled through the middle of the campaign, but was one of the best players in the Premier League for the first few months. Honorable mention: Francois Coquelin, Arsenal Right Midfield: David Silva, Manchester City

The Spanish magician is an amazing playmaker. What holds him back from being truly elite is his unselfishness, as he too often elects to pass instead of shoot. However, he is still a player who could start for almost every team in the world. Manchester City will do well to keep him if a lot of players leave in the summer, as is rumored to happen. Honorable mention: Stuart Downing, West Ham Attacking Midfield: Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal

The Chilean, signed from Barcelona in the summer by Arsene Wenger, has made an immediate impact. His goals have been so important in Arsenal’s rise to second place at the moment. He’s basically David Silva with a deadly shot, a menace to defenders everywhere. Outstanding at last summer’s World Cup, Sanchez shines on every stage. Honorable mention: Christian Eriksen, Tottenham Hotspur Striker: Harry Kane, Tottenham

The fairy-tale season that Kane has

had is truly amazing. He has scored 29 goals in all competitions in addition to six assists. He also scored within a minute of coming on from the bench in his first game for England. Next season will be key, as the world will find out whether Kane is for real or a oneseason wonder. Honorable mention: Olivier Giroud, Arsenal Striker: Charlie Austin, Queens Park Rangers

An all-British striker pairing, as Austin is another throwback centerforward like Kane. He’s not afraid of a physical game and possesses a powerful shot to boot. Without his seventeen goals, QPR would probably be relegated already. He looks likely to leave the club this summer, even if Queens Park Rangers survives relegation. Honorable mention: Sergio Aguero, Manchester City, and Diego Costa, Chelsea There you have it, the English Premier League team of the season, featuring four Englishmen, three Spaniards, a Chilean, Belgian, a Serb and a Slovak. Interestingly enough, there are no players from World Cup winners Germany or other powerful soccer countries like France, Italy, Brazil or Argentina. No team besides Chelsea has more than one player appear on the roster (Chelsea, odds-on league champions, has four). Three of the players (Fabregas, Sanchez and Bertrand) joined a new team this summer, while this was Charlie Austin’s first year in the Premier League after QPR’s promotion last summer. Although Fabregas had played for Arsenal in the EPL before, Sanchez had never played in England before and this was Bertrand’s first year as a regular starter. These players deserve recognition for their outstanding efforts this year. Kevin Linsey is a first year columnist. He can be contacted at klinsey@cornellsun.com. The Beautiful Game appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

Three Ivy Wins On 2015 Season W. TENNIS

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gressed. Last year, a lot of athletes quit the team, resulting in a different sort of team dynamic. This year, however, was entirely different and the squad ended up winning three Ivy matches and lost, 4-3, in close matches to the rest of the teams. “The entire atmosphere and energy of the team is so much higher this year,” D’Ascenzo said. “Everyone really gets along, on and off the court. We are together so much, so I think that affects the dynamic of the team. We’ve all been working so hard and that really showed in our results.” The Red has three more official games, but the athletes are already talking about playing in tournaments over the summer, staying with their fitness routines and continuing to build on their skills for next year. Jessica Brofsky can be reached at jbrofsky@cornellsun.com.

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BASEBALL

Men Drop Both Double-Headers Against Columbia By ANNA FASMAN

But while Saturday’s games were constantly just in reach morale. I think our underclassmen are quick learners.” While this weekend proved to be for the Red, Sunday was a different story. Cornell left the tough for the Red, Morris said the Lions’ diamond with another pair of losses, however, this This weekend, the Cornell baseball team struggled time the scores were not as even. After a 10-2 loss, the squad has to take the losses in against the Columbia Lions, losing all four of its games in Red proceeded to lose with an even more disapstride and continue to go into Saturday and Sunday’s double-headers. After its weekend of pointing score of 5-20. each game with the drive for losses, the squad now stands at 9-25 overall and 6-10 in Ivy and expectation of winning. While freshman outfielder Pierre le Dorze and play. “The team can’t fall into senior outfielders J.D. Whetsel and Ryan Karl each In a heart-breaking pair of the habit of expecting to lose had three runs on the day, the team still games on Saturday, Cornell lost or rationalizing our losses,” struggled overall. Senior pitcher by one run in each match. After “We lost all four games he said. “We have to expect to Kellen Urbon had a tough day on the first 4-3 loss, the Red held but we had chances to win each game and hold ourselves the mound and senior pitcher Zach onto a five-run lead at two sepaccountable when we don’t attain the McCulley stepped in arate points in the second game. win all of them besides results we are capable of.” for the first time this However, in the final inning, the last one.” Heading into tonight’s game against season to take over. still ahead by two, Cornell let Binghamton and four-game series against “It’s always a chalthe Lions push ahead and win Dan Morris Princeton this weekend, McCulley said that the lenge to stay positive by yet another one-point marteam will not be focusing on Columbia. when you’re losing, but gin at 9-8. Senior infielder Dan “We are going to put Columbia behind that’s what you have to do. Morris said that while Columbia has a strong team, the Red Upperclassmen should lead by example and us,” he said. “We are going to have fun, was still very much in the game at most points throughout bring the younger guys along regardless of play for each other, and expect to win this the weekend. next series against Princeton.” the score,” McCulley said. “My time “We lost all four games but we had chances to win all of as a Cornell baseball player has been them besides the last one,” he said. “Columbia is a very good very blessed, and I feel honored to Anna Fasman can be reached at offensive team and plays in a hitter-friendly park. They were pitch for our team whether we sports-editor@cornellsun.com. able to overcome our leads thanks largely in part to some big are winning or losing. That’s not home runs that were really the difference in the games.” any slight on the competitiveThe Red headed into Sunday’s double-header already ness we carry to the field, but down by two games, but thirsty for the win nonetheless. with that perspective, under“You just have to go out there and treat every game the standing [that] it is a privisame,” Morris said. “Regardless of what our record might be lege to play this game, we BRIAN STERN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER or our standing for postseason contention, there are still are able to compete our Last-pitch effort | Senior pitcher Zach McCulley, pictured above, took over for games to be played and chances for individuals and the team best and not let the to show what we can do.” senior pitcher Kellen Urbon in the Red’s third game against Columbia this weekend. score dictate our

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My Own Red Drops Both Ivy Games on Weekend All-Stars Falls to both Quakers and Tigers,4-3, in closing matches of season W WOMEN’S TENNIS

By JESSICA BROFSKY Sun Staff Writer

On Friday at the Reis Tennis Center, the Red trailed the Quakers, 2-3, with the No. 1 and No. 2 players still on the court. While sophomore Alex D’Ascenzo, who was playing at No. 2 , was winning in the third set, junior Dena Tanenbaum at the No. 1 spot was down, 5-0, but managed to come back to 5-5. “It was really exciting to watch the fight and watch her crawl back in in the third set,” said freshman Priyanka Shah. On Sunday, the Red played the Tigers in Princeton, New Jersey. In both Friday and Sunday’s matches, the

Red lost, 4-3. Additionally, unlike in all other previous Ivy play, the Red lost the doubles point at the start of both matches. Shah said the atmosphere of the match feels different after losing the doubles point, but added that it makes it easier to go out onto the court and be fearless. Against the Tigers, the Red knew it was going to lose the match towards the end when Princeton had already won four. However, the score of the match was still undecided. Shah was the last athlete on the court and ended up winning her match. Although it did not change the final result, it was nevertheless an exciting moment for her in the last match of the season. In the match against Penn, as in

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Bringing it back | Junior Dena Tanenbaum, playing at the No. 1 spot in Friday’s singles match, was able to come back from a score of 5-0 but ultimately fell to her Penn opponent, 6-7.

previous matches throughout the season, the win came down to a single match. “Everything gets super intense,” Shah said. “Everyone is cheering as loud as possible and most of us thrive in that environment … win or lose … because your teammates are right there with you.” D’Ascenzo, who was in this position against Yale earlier in the season, had been in a three and a half hour long match and everything was tied, 3-3. In the third set, her score went down 7-5, and she ended up losing. “The energy is ridiculous on both sides when it’s really tight,” D’Ascenzo said. “I was the deciding act at Yale. There were definitely nerves but it was also exciting having so many fans cheering for you and your teammates and coach.” Friday’s match at Cornell certainly had a larger fan section for the Red than the match at Princeton, but Sunday was also Cornell’s Alumni Day. A table was set up at Princeton’s tennis center, where alumni sported Cornell hats and pom-poms and cheered for the athletes. “It was really cool to see how strong the alumni network is,” D’Ascenzo said. “Whether or not you’re on a team, no matter where you go, there’s always somewhere you can find Cornell alumni.” Last year, the Red lost all matches in Ivy play. D’Ascenzo said the team atmosphere was different this year and noted how much the team has proSee W. TENNIS page 15

ith just five of 38 games left for most British teams, now is an apt time to start reviewing the 2014-15 season. I’ll identify the best player at each position this season and explain why they deserve a place in an all-star line-up. Goalkeeper: David de Gea, Manchester United

Truly outstanding all season long, de Gea has earned United many points that they have not necessarily deserved. One save on a shot by

Kevin Linsey The Beautiful Game Everton’s Bryan Oviedo stands out as the most impressive save in a season full of them. No wonder Real Madrid has shown an interest in bringing the Spaniard to Spain. Honorable mention: Hugo Lloris, Tottenham Left-Back: Ryan Bertrand, Southampton

Bertrand originally signed for Southampton on a loan deal from Chelsea before the Saints purchased him outright in January. He’s rampaged up and down the flanks this season and been a rock defensively as well. He is another player developed at Chelsea that has gone on to be a major success elsewhere. Honorable mention: Aaron Cresswell, West Ham See LINSEY page 15