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Two Alumni Successfully Petition for Trustee Candidacy

In run-up to the 2017 trustee election,candidates call for fossil fuel divestment

By JUSTIN PARK

“I believe ... there are opportunities to find agreement moving forward, by engaging in respectful and honest dialogue.”

Sun Staff Writer

After gathering over 400 petition signatures, Linda Copman ’83 and Joe Rowland ’73 have earned their status as write-in candidates for the March 2017 alumni-at-large positions on the Board of Trustees.

Copman and Rowland said they plan to advance the push for carbon neutrality and put discussion of fossil fuel divestment back onto the table.

The two nominees launched their petition last June with the goal of continuing efforts to make Cornell carbon neutral by 2035 and revising the Board of Trustees’ position on divestment.

Traditionally, the Alumni-Elected Trustees candidates must be nominated when the Committee on Alumni Trustee Nominations reviews the profiles and select a small pool of potential candidates, according to the University.

The ultimate selection of eight top candidates is made

Linda Copman ’83 by the Board of Trustees Chair — “who then offers candidacy to those on the list in the order of their ranking; first four to reply positively run on the ballot.”

“My goal is to respectfully continue the conversation, based on the truth that the global scientific community continues to reveal,” said Copman, who helped develop Cornell’s Climate Action Plan. “I believe that there are opportunities to find agreement moving forward, by engaging in respectful and honest dialogue. As a Cornell Trustee, I am prepared to do the work necessary to find the

C.U. Democrats Endorse Clinton for President

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Assistant News Editor

Cornell Democrats announced Tuesday night that they will endorse former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president and “strongly support” her candidacy this fall. Cornell Republicans plan to make an announcement about the 2016 election by the end of this week, according to Chair Olivia Corn ’19.

Cornell Democrats President Kevin Kowalewski ’17 said the group plans to campaign aggressively for Clinton on campus this fall.

“The Cornell Democrats strongly support Hillary Clinton and we will be working hard to elect her in

best way forward,” she said.

Rowland called for fossil fuel divestment last year, emphasizing that it is “time to move on.”

“In the case of divestment, we are witnessing the revocation of a ‘social license’ which the fossil fuel industry has enjoyed — and often abused — for the past 250 years,” Rowland said. “This license has brought us to where we stand today with all that is good, bad and ugly about the fossil fuel era.”

Copman and Rowland both expressed a desire to work with the board to find a viable solution to this dilemma.

“Achieving climate neutrality will require open-minded dialogue, informed debate and full engagement with the economic, social and environmental challenges we face,” Copman said. “Coming together to address environmental and related challenges is something we need to do, and the sooner we begin this process, the better.”

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Eye to the sky

November,” Kowaleski said.

“When the election gets closer, we will put out a voter guide with a full list of endorsements.”

Both groups spoke to The Sun this summer, sharing their reactions to their parties’ conventions hosted in Cleveland and Philadelphia, respectively.

Remembering the RNC

In July, Cornell Republican leadership diverged on whether Donald Trump’s law and order message at the Republican National Convention resonated with Americans or revealed an alarming authoritarian leaning in the candidate.

Corn said she believed the convention’s darker message managed to reach votSee HILLARY page 5

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Showing support | Cornell Democrats announced their endorsement of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president this week.

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Students participate in a tree-climbing activity sponsored by Cornell Outdoor Education on the Arts Quad Monday afternoon.

NIH Grants Researchers $1M For Cancer Detection Technology in Africa The National Institutes of Health granted $1 million to researchers from Cornell University, University of California, San Francisco and the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala, Uganda for the development of technology for a diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma — a cancer frequently related to HIV infections.

The four-year grant will help fight one of the most common cancers with high morbidity and mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the University.

According to Dr. Ethel Cesarman, pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, the project’s goal is to create “an easy diagnostic method that can be implemented in

small rural clinics, so that diagnosis can be made in early stages and still be cured with available treatments.”

Prof. David Erickson, mechanical and aerospace engineering, said solar-powered systems developed at Cornell will enable medical technicians to obtain biopsy samples.

The solar thermal polymerase chain reaction system, KS Detect, can be used to run diagnostic tests of Kaposi’s sarcoma via a smartphone app in 30 minutes, according to the University.

Cesarman added that the project’s success may expand its methods to other diseases, impacting the survival of other patients.

— Compiled by Yun Soo Kim

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Tomorrow Geunis Loci: Landscape paintings by Wynn Yarrow 9:30 a.m. - 6: p.m., Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center Jumping Genes and Jumping Cancers 12:15 - 1:15 p.m., Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium Dean of Students Candidate Open Forum 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., G10 Biotechnology Building Anthropology Colloquium: Laurence Ralph 3 - 4:30 p.m., 165 McGraw Hall COURTESY OF WYNN YARROW

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Alum Summits Tallest North American Peak

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun News Editor

What began as just a way to “seek adventure” for Kunwoo Kim ’15 snowballed into nearly seven months of training and climbing, culminating in reaching the 20,310-foot summit of Denali — the tallest peak in North America — this fourth of July.

Kim said he never considered himself an “outdoorsy guy,” but once he started climbing he couldn’t stop.

“You could say that climbing is a calling or an addiction,” he said.

Kim said he has climbed four of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks of the seven continents: Mount Elbrus — the tallest peak in Europe, Aconcagua — the tallest peak South America, in Kilimanjaro — the tallest peak in Africa and Denali — the tallest peak in North America.

After successfully summiting Aconcagua, Kim said he decided to pursue Denali.

“I wanted to really challenge myself mentally and physically and

to see if I am ready for the Himalayas,” he explained. “As a climber living and loving America, why would you not want to climb Denali?”

Kim said his training lasted six months, during which he cut beer and red meat out of his diet for four months to shed weight.

His physical training consisted of e a r l y morning jogs seven days a w e e k , stair exercises with 70 pound weights three times a week, weight training, bouldering and indoor ice climbing.

“Training for [the Denali climb] required complete and utter emotional and physical devotion,” Kim said. “It hurt my relationship, friendships and

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many other things, but in the end, it was completely worth it. I came out of it stronger

They carried all their equipment on their packs and sleds.

“Our group was so strong and the weather always willing that we never stopped for a day,” he said.

“Then it somehow ended up that we the summited tallest peak in North America on the Fourth of July! It was c r a z y because that was the day we planned on sumPHOTO COURTESY OF KUNWOO KIM ’15

Go tell it on the mountain | Cornell alum Kunwoo Kim ’15 proudly holds up a Cornell flag at the 20,310-foot summit of Denali on the fourth of July.

than ever.”

Kim said he was accompanied by ten other “extremely strong climbers” for his threeweek journey to the summit.

miting. Things never go according to plan, but it did for us.”

Kim said the most difficult part of the climb was the

descent.

“Carrying about 100 to 110 pounds of gear on our packs and sleds, we descended for two days breaking trail,” he said. “That was not fun, and that is why my toenails are all falling out now.”

The most exciting part of the trip was the autobahn — the first major hurdle you come across when you leave the high camp for the summit push, according to Kim. He called it the “scariest and riskiest” part of the whole trip.

“The sun was not up yet so we were all freezing,” he said.

“However, our team smoothly passed [the autobahn] without any problem — a testament to our teamwork and strength.”

Kim carried two flags with him to the Denali summit — his home state of Hawaii flag and the Cornell flag. He said those two flags “represent me the best.”

Kim added that he hopes to complete the Seven Summits as well as climb Ben Nevis in Scotland, Mount Olympus in Greece, Eiger in Switzerland and Matterhorn in Europe.

Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornell.edu.

Students Win Top Prize for Inventing New Yogurt ‘Yojito’created using sustainable methods,reusing byproducts

By KYLE OEFELEIN Sun Staff Writer

Four Cornell food science students won the grand prize of $10,000 at the Idaho Milk Processors Association competition on Aug. 15 for their original beverage Yojito.

The team consisted of doctoral student Michelle Duong, Belen Vila, grad, Jiyu Zhu, MPS ’16 and Linran Wang ’16. Vila described Yojito as a drinkable yogurt with mint-flavored pop-

ping boba made from fruit juice concentrate or flavor extracts — the beverage’s “fun factor,” she said.

“These little spheres will remain sturdy until you decide to pop them in your mouth like a pocket of air on a sheet of bubble wrap, releasing with it a burst of sweet and flavorful fruit juice,” Vila said.

Duong added that the popping boba add “textural contrast” and a “surprising flavor element” to consumers’ experi-

ence.

The team wanted to create a product familiar to most consumers but at the same time different from others on the market, according to Vila. The inspiration for Yojito was the “refreshing and summery mojito — the perfect combination of lime and mint,” Vila said.

Vila explained that Yojito was created using sustainable methods, reducing its environSee YOJITO page 5

Renowned Poet Talks Environmental Conservation

By RACHEL WHALEN Sun Staff Writer

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Prof. Gary Snyder, English, University of California at Davis, received a standing ovation after his lecture Wednesday evening where he discussed his work’s relationship to environmental conservation.

Describing his own works, Snyder said he strives “to hold both history and wilderness in mind” and for his poems to “approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbal-

ance and ignorance of our times,” according to the event program.

Many of Snyder’s works aim to instill an “ecological conscious-

by his role as a husband, father and steward of the land,” according to The Poetry Foundation.

Snyder said he intended to use his

“The respect is for somebody who has a vision of their own and stays with their vision.”

Gary Snyder ness in the reader” and to reflect “a concern for the environment and the plight of the American Indian as well as insights engendered

translations of Eastern Asian works and his own work “to weave together a picture … of understanding how we keep on living and working

on this planet.”

According to the event’s program, Snyder is a “founding member of the Beat Generation” — a cultural and literary movement that explored and influenced American culture postWorld War II — and is deeply involved in environmental conservation Snyder’s extensive involvement in environmental activism includes holding a position as a Forest Service Fire Lookout. He has lived in the watershed of the South Yuba River since See POET page 5

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Drink it up | Belen Vila, grad, Jiyu Zhu, MPS ’16, doctoral student Michelle Duong and Linran Wang ’16 win $10,000 at an Idaho competition.

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ers who “rightly have fears, given [that] random acts of terror that have been committed here in the United States, and around the world.”

However, Senior First Vice Chair Austin McLaughlin ’18, said he found the presidential nominees statements such as, “‘I alone can fix it,” concerning as they “make [Trump] out to be more of a strongman than a unifier.”

“Trump comthis lanbines “Speaking out at the RNC guage with lanmay have been a poor guage of law and decision for Senator Cruz in order as if he alone can solve the long run.” the gun violence and terrorism Irvin McCullough ’18 wrought upon the United States,” McLaughlin said. “In my opinion, the Republican Party inches closer and closer to authoritarianism with this law and order motif.”

First Vice Chair Irvin McCullough ’18 also criticized Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) decision not to endorse Trump in Cleveland.

“If Donald Trump loses, Senator Cruz and the #NeverTrump movement may become the Ralph

Nader of the 2016 election,” McCullough said.

“Speaking out at the RNC may have been a poor decision for Senator Cruz in the long run.”

Despite these divergent opinions among members of its board, Cornell Republicans will issue an announcement about the election by the end of this week, according to Corn. She did not clarify whether the group would endorse a candidate.

Discussing the DNC

On the other hand, leaders of Cornell Democrats praised the display of party unity in Philadelphia this summer as different factions rallied around Clinton at the Democratic National Convention.

Cornell Democrats Secretary Natalie Brown ’18 shared how, in particular, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) support of Clinton has helped to create a cohesive platform that reaches young Democratic supporters.

“Sanders has helped attract younger voters to the party and has encouraged them to be politically active,” she said. “Clinton has brought the voice of foreign and domestic experience and has helped set a mature tone for the party, a clear distinction from the RNC.” Kowalewski also praised President Barack Obama’s speech at the convention, sharing his hope that his speech will “help to re-energize the coalition that turned out for Obama in 2008 and 2012” in this electoral cycle for Clinton.

Hooja praised First Lady Michelle Obama, whose speech, she said, will “undoubtedly go down as one of

the best convention speeches of all time.”

"I believe Michelle Obama did a great job of explaining to voters exactly what was at stake this November and why they should “I hope more Republicans vote for Clinton,” she said. begin to speak out against Several memthe dangerous idea of bers of Cornell Democrats electing such a man.” warned of the Kevin Kowalewski ’17 dangers of a Trump presidency in reflecting on both conventions, creating an atmosphere even tenser than in previous election years as the Cornell Republicans prepare their announcement.

Kowalewski stressed that one of the “most important points of this election” is that Donald Trump is not a normal candidate.

“We should be careful not to normalize his stunning ignorance, hateful views, authoritarian tendencies, and his vicious attacks against anyone who dares critique him,” he said. “I want to believe that the Republican Party is better than Trump — and I hope that more Republicans begin to speak out against the dangerous idea of electing such a man.”

Madeline Cohen can be reached at mcohen@cornellsun.com.

Write-in Candidates Stress Famed Poet Shares Travel Insights Importance of Divestment POET

is… that if you live a mile beyond the last bus stop of the bus system… you’re a hermit,” he said. “The respect is for somebody who has a vision of their own and stays with their own 1970, the event program said. vision, and is able to break “One of the things that away from being 100 percent, comes to you out in the “One of the things that totally social.” countryside is the other hisThe lecture was the tory — the older history,” he comes to you out in the Cornell Plantations William said in the midst of reciting countryside is the other and Jane Torrence Harder nature poetry. “Not the 20th Anniversary Lecture. immediate human history, history.”

Snyder received the Pulitzer but your perceptions of Gary Snyder Prize in 1975 and was a longer presences and longer National Book Award finalist changes that have taken place in 1992, according to the in the landscape.”

Snyder also shared his experience of travel- event program. ing to countries with different ideological perspectives.

Rachel Whalen can be reached at “What I find out when I go to Korea or Asia rwhalen@cornellsun.com.

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Nominees intend to revise board’s position ALUM

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announced that the University would not be able to fulfill its carbon neutrality pledge.

Provost Michael Kotlikoff has since pledged that Cornell will remain committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2035, The Sun previously reported.

Although Copman and Rowland have worked hard to get on the ballot, Monger stressed that their fight is not over yet.

“Getting on the ballot is a great success,” Monger said.

“That in itself is a big statement

by Cornell alumni. But there is still the big challenge ahead of getting the word out to the

Cornell Alumni that it is important for them to take the time to vote when they receive their ballot.”

The election for the two alum-

“Getting on the ballot is a great success. That in itself is a big statement by Cornell alumni.”

Prof. Bruce Monger ni-at-large positions is set to take place in spring 2017.

Justin Park can be reached at justinpark@cornellsun.com.

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mental impact.

“By utilizing acid whey, a byproduct of Greek yogurt production, and whey protein, a sub-product of cheese production, this beverage re-utilizes two ingredients which typically go to waste,” Vila explained.

Alan Reed, competition chair, expressed his excitement for the creativity that emerges at each competition.

“The growing innovation these students bring to bear each year is incredible, and it’s very exciting for our industry,” Reed said in the release. “Now we’re seeing true innovation where the students are developing revolutionary new food product concepts that contain at least 51 percent dairy ingredients.”

Vila said the one challenge the team faced was increasing the stability of the popping boba.

“We employed reverse spherification instead of the standard method and formulated the popping boba in varying concentrations of calcium lactate solution to increase its elasticity and stability,” she explained.

While the product was a success at the competition, Vila said the team does not have any immediate plans to further market the products.

“Most of us are still working on our graduate degrees,” Vila said.

“Although we [would] like to have startups, we still have to complete our studies.”

Kyle Oefelein can be reached at koefelein@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell Republicans Must Renounce Trump THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE REPUBLICANS plan to “make an announcement” later this week and are likely preparing to endorse a presidential candidate. One particular candidate poses an imminent threat to the values of our country and our campus.

From its founding, Cornell has been a progressive institution, striving to foster an egalitarian and diverse campus. Although never perfectly implemented, the motto ‘any person, any study’ was and remains a radical notion: that every student should have an equal opportunity to receive an excellent education. Regardless of socioeconomic status, race, gender, sexual orientation or physical ability, every student is equal in the pursuit of higher education.

Donald Trump’s candidacy is antithetical to these ideals. In the past year, Trump has demonstrated a fundamental callousness and cruelty toward entire populations of the United States. He is the first presidential candidate in years not only to personally insult his opponents, but also to launch aggressive and bigoted attacks on various sectors of this country. The Republican nominee has called for a ban of Muslim immigrants entering the United States, mocked the disabled, insulted prisoners of war, called for and sparked violence against his opponents and validated the reintroduction of dog whistle racism in national political discourse.

These actions, and much else in Trump’s platform, defy the values of equality and diversity that are fundamental to both our collegiate and national values. There are countless reasons for members of the Cornell community, including the Cornell Republicans, to renounce Trump:

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With Cornellians working together in classes and clubs and organizing around social issues, this campus is a testament to the collective strength and creativity of collaboration. A man who declares to the country that he “alone can fix it” has no place in our constitutional democracy, and we cannot support these authoritarian instincts on a campus devoted to collective progress.

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As a diverse community that includes Muslim students, veterans, immigrants and people of color, we must promote respect and inclusion by disavowing a nominee who treats them with unabashed contempt. One of the greatest values of a Cornell education is the richness in learning that results from the collaboration and discourse of 14,000 unique individuals. Cornellians, who are more privileged than many American citizens for living in such a rich community, have the responsibility to defend diversity both on and off campus.

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As a research institution, Cornell is also a bastion of cutting edge academic study.

Trump — who has called climate change a “pseudoscientific theory” and called the National Institutes of Health “terrible” — indulges in blatant anti-intellectualism that defies reason and fact. He is a man who is more likely to mock than applaud this campus’ efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035.

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The Cornell community is served and strengthened by newspapers and other media organizations, including The Cornell Daily Sun. Trump’s threats to “loosen libel laws” and repeated revocation of press credentials flies in the face of the protections of the First Amendment. A free press is the lifeblood of democracy; to limit its reach is a betrayal of our founding document and a thinly veiled attempt to limit the agency and knowledge of American citizens.

The list of Trump’s policy weaknesses and character failings is endless. In the face of a clear and present danger to the American experiment, we as students and patriots must call for a higher standard of morality and devotion to our country’s creed. This summer, the Harvard Republicans Club took a bold step in this direction when they decided not to endorse their party’s nominee for the first time in 138 years. Labeling Trump’s “flirtations with fascism” a threat “unparalleled in the history of our democracy,” the Harvard students also called on other college Republicans to condemn Trump. We are optimistic that Cornell Republicans will prove as courageous and principled as their Harvard peers.

As a community that celebrates all differences, including differences of opinion, we encourage campus Republicans to continue a tradition of open and civil political discourse that will enrich all campus discussion and debate. But to either support Donald Trump or stand by silently as he marches toward the general election is a decision that transcends political differences and endangers America. By renouncing Trump, the Cornell Republicans would not only remain loyal to their conservative values, but also reaffirm the ideals of our university and country.

Serendipitous Musings

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or my first column of the semester, I originally intended to publish an article I began writing in the summer. It was a sweltering hot day in July, I remember, and I had been jostled around on a crowded train for far too many hours. I was left with only my thoughts and not much else, with the cramped spaces leaving all else impossible. Strange things happen when my mind is left entirely alone with time to ponder, reflect, think and analyze; some of my proudest epiphanies are born when I’m forced on these long rides. A particular thought hit me on the train and from there, my fingers were flying. No capitalization, no punctuation, just the use of my frequently forgotten Notes app on my iPhone. When I finally had the time to put my jumbled thoughts down and form coherent sentences, it was an article I was proud of; one I was excited for others to read and think about. But in my hurried mess to finish my own work, I almost forgot to read what my fellow writers had published upon coming back to school.

And when I read them, that’s when I knew I had made a mistake.

Most writers were nostalgic, reminiscing on their times at Cornell and the wonders of such an incredible institution.

Others discussed what they had learned from the school and the people that shaped their overall experiences. My heart swelled with the love and pride I have for this school and the excitement that I know almost everyone feels upon their return.

But I also felt a strange sense of guilt for not writing about coming back. Although I knew it was up to me to choose what topic I wanted to write about, I hadn’t tuned into how I actually felt. With my thought that I had to submit an article once I arrived and produce something that would be worth reading, I had simply ignored my present experiences that were truly worth writing about.

That’s the thing about Cornell. We fall into a hole of spending too much time on one task, of putting our entire effort into finishing something and making it the best we can. But we forget about the present and what matters in the moment. And since I’ve been back, I sure haven’t been thinking about any of the stuff I wrote about on that bumpy journey on a train.

I’ve been overwhelmingly happy with returning back to Ithaca. I’ve been happy with Orientation Week, which was an

absolute whirlwind, and running into friends I hadn’t seen all summer as well as seeing those I had seen almost every other week for fear of being apart for too long.

I’ve been happy with moving into a new house and being surrounded by gorges and open skies and waterfalls again. But most importantly, I’ve been happy with being confident. As a freshman, I was self-conscious about who I was with and where I was going. The trek to collegetown that first night was one filled with anxiety, excitement and everything in between. The contrast between that first night and the one I had just a few days ago made me recognize how many strong relationships I had built over the school year and how ecstatic I was to be back.

And that’s what I want to write about. I want people to know that college is a constant bombardment of homework, quizzes, projects and prelims. Cornell makes us work our hardest, strive for the best and desire more. And the reason so many of us power through is because it’s worth it in the end. Sure, good grades affirm that we worked hard. But these small pockets of joy render even the worst grade bearable.

When we talk about college years from now, we can quickly discuss the failed prelim or the forgotten paper or the disastrous group project. But it’s the stories of the people we’ve met and the things we’ve done that will stand out. The laughter and the heartache. The memories and the moments we wish — really wish — we could forget. We get so caught up in a single task and pour all our energy into one thing that we tend to overlook the people surrounding us, the environment we are in and the emotions we are feeling — all of which can alter our actions and decisions.

There is no doubt that working hard and attempting our best at everything we do is important for success. But so is staying true to ourselves and listening to how we feel in the present moment. And it’s perfectly okay to act upon that. With the start of classes and the hectic rush of a new school year on its way, I know that embracing the present will keep me sane and happy. And that’s all I can ask for in this crazy, college world.

Gaby Leung is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gl376@cornell.edu. Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Kevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

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Trumpfortably Numb

hate that I have to write yet another article about Donald Trump. I hate every time I see him on my TV, phone or computer. I hate that I’m so used to it.

Maybe this isn’t the most profound article. But I just want to think out loud about how we’ve gotten to this point. Somehow, Trump is a real thing we need to worry about. That’s not to say he came out of nowhere. The wave of resentment he rode has been building and building for the entirety of the Obama presidency. But we should still be shocked that someone as dangerous as Trump commandeered the political system of our country.

Of course, he holds no office or actual power, and hopefully he never will. Yet, through his consistent machinations of the media, his incitement of hate and his obfuscation of critical policy issues, Trump has already done a good deal of damage to our country. He has shown that blind outrage can be an effective substitute for a vision; that ignorance is no obstacle to the highest office in the land. Trump has fanned the flames of xenophobia and racism, burning down the norms of tolerance that have dominated for the past several decades.

I cannot pretend that racist attitudes have not percolated within the GOP for many years. Indeed, the success of Trump has proved to be a vindication of those who have long asserted that racial politics play a

major role in the American right wing.

However, these racist elements have always been denied, viewed with the degree of shame they properly deserves. No more. It is now okay to call for the prohibition of an entire religion and to attack federal judges on the basis of ethnicity. Republican officials may have condemned Trump’s most overtly bigoted statements, but when they continue to endorse him, what else does it signal other than tacit acceptance of his ideas?

Look beyond the ideological nativism that drives his campaign, and Trump’s personal characteristics serve as a repulsive supplement. Trump has criticized Obama as a “divider,” but whenever possible, he has chosen to rip the nation apart for his own political advantage. For example, the tragedy in Orlando, when he attempted to exploit the tragic murder of 49 people at a gay nightclub. Before the names of the victims were even released, he was boasting on Twitter that he was right about terrorism.

Few other statements could have revealed such a callous disregard for human life.

Cynically, he would soon start using the LGBTQ community as another arrow in his quiver of Islamophobic attacks.

When certain members of the Republican Party continually expressed hope that Trump would pivot to being a more tolerable candidate, nothing of the

sort ever happened. Throughout the summer, Trump remained embroiled in sophomoric feuds and unacceptably offensive scandals. The Republican National Convention, his opportunity to reintroduce himself to the public, descended into a uniquely dystopian view of America. “I alone can fix it,” bellowed Trump, once again pulling away the veil on his darkest tendencies. His authoritarian pledge of unilateral action should’ve been a scandal, but his supporters loved it.

Frankly, I could go on and on. There’s his deep indulgence of the racist alt-right, and his repetition of nonsensical conspiracies about Hillary Clinton’s personal health.

Indeed, his overall view of the world is best defined as conspiratorial. Trump has frequently claimed that the election will be rigged, setting the stage for a constitutional crisis following his loss in November. This type of basic challenge to his opponent’s legitimacy would be unprecedented. It appears likely to happen. It appears that no one particularly cares right now.

And that is the problem. His flaws are so great, and are so many, that they are actually diminished. With a handful of exceptions, most notably his racist attacks against the Khan family, Trump’s flagrant misconduct all blends together. Supported by cowardly members of his own party and a media that has frequently failed to challenge him,

Trump remains in contention as a major party candidate. Sure, Trump will say something offensive today, and we will be offended. The same will be true tomorrow.

But even Democrats will let it fade away.

We are comfortable with how uncomfortable he makes us.

Despite the tone of this column, I am still optimistic about this election. Hillary Clinton may not be entirely perfect, but no candidate is. Building on her decades in public service, she has put together a plan that would move our country in a much better direction. And I’m nearly certain that Hillary Clinton will win, and that Democrats will make gains in our dysfunctional Congress. Nearly, however, isn’t good enough. No matter how small the chance is, none of us can risk handing the Oval Office to a racist buffoon who has no understanding of the things that make America great.

Yes, Trump does still hurt to watch. Such an assault on everything we stand for should be painful. But through our slow-exposure, and normalization to this hateful man, we are becoming numb. And that numbness is the false relief that this country can never succumb to.

Kevin Kowalewski is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at krk78@cornell.edu.

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his campaign has showed the ugly side of American politics. The nation has witnessed one of the most uncivil, destructive and poisonous elections in the history of our republic. On both sides of the aisle, politicos have utilized some of the most vitriolic tools in their rhetorical arsenal — and virtually no one is without blame.

The beating heart of the destructiveness of this campaign lies with the candidates. Trump’s vitriol is obvious — from making fun of a disabled reporter, to making disgusting remarks on Megyn Kelly’s menstrual cycle, to attacking a Latino judge, to suggesting that Hillary Clinton should be assassinated, Trump’s comments have fueled an angry revolt within the Republican Party. The Republican National Convention was marked by chilling cries to “lock her [Clinton] up!”, while Trump supporters have resorted to placing “Hillary for Prison” signs in their front yards.

Yet Trump is not alone in the world of angry rhetoric, as liberal activists have helped to ignite unruly and often violent protests. Liberal protesters have infiltrated Trump rallies, violently engaged Trump supporters, and have even attempted to physically attack the Republican nominee. And in response to these acts of aggression, Clinton and the Democratic establishment have done nothing. Their silence has effectively functioned as a terrifying stamp of approval. And now, the aggression that has been ignited by a few crazed activists and politicians has spread like a virus to the rest of the public — and everyone can see it.

As a business-minded conservative, there is no candidate that I am comfortable supporting. Trump’s reckless trade policies, foolish isolationist foreign policy and anti-immigrant message directly contradicts the basic tenets of conservatism. At the same time, Clinton’s backwards call for increased regulations,

anti-trade policies and more taxes threatens to destroy our fragile economy. Finally, the third party candidacies of hippies-turned-politicians Jill Stein and Gary Johnson present unrealistic platforms that would be impossible to achieve in the current political climate.

So, whenever someone asks me who I plan on voting for, I usually respond by saying, “Probably no one” — an answer that tends to make people quite unhappy.

When I tell someone that I probably won’t be casting a vote for any of the candidates, or that I’m considering writing-in a candidate, I usually receive a wave of backlash. When I tell any of my fellow Republicans this, they usually respond by insisting that a vote for no one is a vote for Hillary. I’ve been told by fellow Republicans that not voting for Trump There is no room for discussion or civil debate — we simply demagogue those we disagree with and cheer those we support. Our country has descended into a thoughtless mob, where debate has died and chants, slogans and vitriol prevail. is “uneducated” and “asinine.” Similarly, liberals tend to respond to my decision by stating that a vote for no one is a vote for Trump. They then proceed to tell me, just as the Republicans, that my decision is uneducated and reckless. A vote for Hillary, they say, is the only logical choice.

These comments show just how disgusting our politics have become. Our nation has become defined by a basic tenet: if you do not agree with someone, your ideals are uneducated and stupid. There is no room for discussion or civil debate — we simply demagogue

those we disagree with and cheer those we support.

Our country has descended into a thoughtless mob, where debate has died and chants, slogans and vitriol prevail.

Though this election will end in less than 80 days, we must look at the consequences of this election.

What will the youth of America see as they watch this election? Will they see a vibrant debate that focuses on the issues that will come to define this nation? Or will they see men and women acting more foolish and ridiculous than the children watching them? With the adults of this country setting a dangerous precedent, we can only conclude that the future of our democracy is in jeopardy.

What we need in this election are true leaders. In 2008, a woman stood up in during a McCain-Palin rally and declared that she couldn’t support Obama because he was a terrorist. In response, McCain quickly shut down the woman by stating that while he disagreed with the then-senator, he believed that Obama was a good and decent man. Could we possibly see either Trump or Clinton doing that today?

Could we imagine either of our major-party nominees standing up to one of their supporters and defending their opponent? Perhaps the question shouldn’t be whether Trump or Clinton would engage in this sort of a defense, but rather how such an act would be good for the future of our democracy.

If Trump or Hillary were willing to stand up and confront the darkest elements of their parties, we could potentially see the destructiveness of this campaign start to fade away. Instead of slinging mud, this campaign would be able to truly focus on this issues that face this nation.

Michael Glanzel is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mg786@cornell.edu. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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DINING GUIDE

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Choose Your Own Adventure Eateries Offering a Culinary Journey

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n assembly line eatery is one that operates like an assembly line: customers enter into production at one end of a counter and direct a worker in the stepwise development of a meal from start to finish. In the past 20 years, such eateries have taken off, establishing a new hybrid of fast food and traditional eateries: fast casual eateries.

Assembly line eateries may be popular for the same reason Choose Your Own Adventure books were popular (remember those?).

Catering to the human need for autonomy, both present sequences of choices that evolve in a unique, individualized experience. Whereas customization is possible in other kinds of restaurants (“Could I have potato salad instead of chips on the side?”

“Is it possible to get that without mushrooms?”), assembly line eateries require it. For these eateries, customization is an expectation, not an exception.

And with increasingly more common food allergies, intolerances and dietary restrictions, it’s comforting to feel that your individual needs aren’t a hassle for the waiter, a liability for the restaurant, or an insult to the dish’s integrity. In choosing your own literary or culinary adventure, you’re not just reading a book or eating some food — you’re reading your book; having your food.

But while they require choice, assembly line eateries do so in a way that is simple, so as not to overw h e l m .

Choices are grouped as manageable sets of decisions, rather than as endless possibilities. Customers address these choices one set at a time, as one proceeds down the line, rather than as all at once, making one, single order.

Moreover, both the eateries and the books offer a sense of progression as the choices are made. Whether indicated by your position

on line or the number of pages left in the book, both provide a means of anticipating how many choices you have made and how many more you will have to make. This feedback is comforting for a ravenous stomach or mind. “Only one more topping left to choose, and then I’ll have my burrito bowl.”

“I still have 200 pages left, so the adventure isn’t over yet.” In allowing for the creation of expectations that are more likely to be fulfilled or surpassed than disappointed, assembly line eateries and Choose Your Own Adventure books are satisfying.

Chipotle is perhaps the most notable example of an assembly line eatery, and provides insight into what makes this restaurant format so successful. Since 1993, Chipotle has exploded into more than 2,000 national and international locations,

the same immediate, explosive growth that Chipotle saw when it opened in 1993.

What worked so well for the Mexican Grill that didn’t for Subway? Perhaps people simply prefer burritos to subs.

Perhaps it was due to the help of a McDonald’s investment. Or perhaps, in addition to its assembly line format, C h i p o t l e ’s attitude towards food, epitomized by its “food with integrity” slogan, created a necessary distinction between preexisting fast food chains and emerging fast casual eateries.

Chipotle advertises its use of locally grown, organic, sustainable ingredients, as well as the freshness and quality of their preparation.

Their commitment to “cultivating a better world,” protecting the health PHOTO of animals, the planet COURTE SY OF C YOA.CO M and their customers, starkly contrasts the becoming one of questionable sourcing America’s fastest-growing and preparation of fast food restaurants.

But while Subway, opened in 1965, ingredients. could also be considered one. Chipotle spends more on Customers follow the ingredients than most fast progress of a worker assem- food chains, it doesn’t correbling a sandwich or salad. spondingly charge more for And despite its enormous its food. In this way, success, Subway didn’t see Chipotle caters not towards

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time-pressed customers, but also health- and environmentally-conscious ones — those looking for a fast casual, rather than a fast food, experience.

Subway, meanwhile, seems to fall more in the fast food category. It assembles its food in front of the customer, but does not cook it, nor does it place as much emphasis on the quality of its ingredients as Chipotle does.

Thus, the assembly line format itself may not be responsible for Chipotle’s success: rather, it seems the assembly line, coupled with reassurance about the quality of what is being assembled.

Surely Chipotle’s emphasis on customer focus (going to great lengths to make reparations with customers after its food poisoning outbreak), simple menu and sleek, modern design have also contributed to its success. The customer focus and simple menu ensure that customers get food in as short a time as possible, adopting the quickness of fast food chains. The open, glossy, stainless steel design elements add ambiance and character, similar to the emphasis on ambiance in a traditional restaurant. In this sense, fast casual eateries like Chipotle are a food baby of both fast food and traditional eateries.

The Chipotle mission, model, and design have spawned various adaptations.

Opening in 2011, Chipotle’s own ShopHouse Kitchen features Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian and Singaporean-

inspired food. These foods are prepared primarily with organic and non-GMO ingredients, as well as antibiotic- and hormone-free meats.

Expanding on Chipotle’s original concept, ShopHouse also caters more towards customers with dietary restrictions, emphasizing an entirely dairy-free and almost entirely wheatand gluten-free menu. It also towards those with a sweet tooth, offering a dessert option.

Independent of the Chipotle franchise, the New York-based Indikitch spices things up with an Indian take on assembly line eateries. Since 2014, it’s been serving up ingredients without GMOs, preservatives, or hormones in a space that strikingly resembles the stainless steel and openness of Chipotle. The Hummus & Pita co., founded in 2012, is another New York-based assembly line eatery. In a space that is itself ecofriendly, with recycled wallpaper and tables made from bowling alley wood, it offers Mediterranean cuisine. And in 2015, Pokéworks brought Hawaiian poké to California and New York, emphasizing its commitment to providing high-quality, sustainable ingredients.

With so many assembly line eateries cropping up, it’s only a matter of choosing which adventure to embark on for your next meal.

Emily Jones is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at food@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Lobster: You’ve Been Warned

If you haven’t seen Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster, you may be under the impression that it is a dark comedy about modern romance. At least, that’s how the movie’s social media accounts and many reviewers portray it. “Still haven’t seen the year’s wildest comedy?” asks a tweet in @LobsterFilm’s stream. An out-of-context gif of Ariane Labed twirling in the forest accompanies the post.

This representation, bolstered by trailers that cut out any mention of the movie’s most disturbing aspects, needs to be corrected. While watching The Lobster, I kept noticing the drastic differences between the movie I expected and the one I was v i e w i n g .

Moments of The Lobster explicitly show violence to an extreme such that, if I had known about them on the way in, I probably would have passed on seeing it.

Be forewarned that this review is going to give away important plot points from the movie and, as I’ll be discussing the disturbing elements I wish I had known about, this review will also discuss violence, suicide and sexual assault. Viewers should know about The Lobster’s sadism and violence before buying a ticket based on tags like “dark comedy.”

The Lobster: doubtlessly dark, dubiously comedic. The movie has been successful in both the festival circuit (winning Jury Prize at Cannes and other awards) and the press. Most reviewers describe the movie as such: The Lobster uses dark humor and absurdity to lampoon societal pressures to find a partner.

The movie’s plot easily lends itself to this reading. In a dystopia, single people spend 45 days in a state-run propaganda- and punishment-filled hotel to find a partner. Failure to do so within the time limit leads to being surgically transformed into an animal of their choice. (Guess where the title comes from.) Writer/director Lanthimos aptly chose a concept that piqued black humor fans’ interest. When filling out his bleak society, however, he falters.

The details that would best illuminate the workings of Lanthimos’ dystopia are neglected or grotesquely distorted for laughs. When protagonist/Joaquin Phoenix in Herknockoff David (Collin Farrell) checks into The Hotel, the clerk (Nancy Onu) asks him for his sexual orientation. He asks if he can register as bisexual and gets a deadpan response: the option was eliminated last summer for operational reasons.

In the moment, it is a funny take on how bureaucratic formalities distort and simplify sexuality. But a few scenes later, The Hotel’s pro-couple propaganda is starkly heteronormative, even though the check-in shows that the dystopia recognizes homosexuality. The clumsy shift occurs during a scene that seemingly exists only to allow Lanthimos to deliver a grotesque “joke” in which The Hotel’s propaganda includes

two workers acting out a pantomime rape.

The inconsistent treatment of themes and details is the common factor in Lanthimos’ exposition of the society, not an occasional mistake or simplification. The dystopia also requires that state-approved couples must have something in common — a shared musical talent, frequent nosebleeds.

David attempts to pair up with a sociopath (Aggeliki Papoulia) by pretending to also lack emotions and succeeds for a while. When he attempts to re-

Shay Collins Cornell Cinema assimilate into society with another outcast (Rachel Weisz), however, they run through a list of potential commonalities, ultimately unable to find one.

But if David and his earlier partner could share their lack of emotions, why can’t David and the other escapee share their deep emotions?

The shared quality requirement varies greatly from specific to intangible examples. The inconsistency grows from the fact that Lanthimos foregoes explaining the intricacies of his societal rules in order to focus on disturbing imagery and cultivate a jarring atmosphere.

Consequently, the movie fails to work as satire. Lanthimos does not seem interested in parodying the strangeness of dating as much as the movie’s marketing states. Instead, he tries to challenge the viewer with disturbing imagery, scene after scene. Even the twist that gives the movie its name and gets the most airtime and page space in trailers and ads almost entirely disappears by the halfway point.

Given that the movie’s distressing imagery is not embedded in a coherent outline, the extreme violence that Lanthimos portrays, but hides in trailers, seems sadistic.

Stated bluntly: some images are irrefutably disturbing and upsetting to many viewers. Seeing a woman’s mangled body and hearing her gasping screams after she attempts suicide is disturbing. A dog slowly bleeding to death in a bathroom is disturbing. A pile of bodies strewn on the pavement as nonchalant observers look on is disturbing. A pantomime rape played for laughs is disturbing. And, because of Lanthimos’ inability or unwillingness to embed any of these images in a symbolic framework, they never become more than horrifying and offensive.

This is not to say that terrifying imagery, on its own, has no place in art. Distressing imagery should not be cut out, especially when it pushes viewers to confront important ideas that we usually ignore (Hermann Nitsch’s work with slaughter, for example). Even as a supposed critique of dating, however, The

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Lobster works harder to create a harrowing alternative reality than to discuss the real-world topics it supposedly addresses.

Furthermore, The Lobster is a reminder that even at their most detached, extreme, surreal or experimental, creators still tip their hand as to who they assume will be in the audience. When a creator offers an alternative society of their own making, note who is present and who is absent.

In this case, Lanthimos’ movie would be better described as a take on white, heterosexual, upper-middle class dating. Two people of color appear in the movie, both in minor roles, for a total of three scenes. After the check-in scene that shows homosexuality and heterosexuality as options on equal bureaucratic footing, we see a gay couple for a few seconds out of the entire movie, blurred out in the corner of the screen.

On the other hand, the explicit erasure of bisexuality is the movie’s sole strong societal criticism. The check-in scene wryly repeats the doubts and disqualifications that lead to a belief that bisexuality is less real than homosexuality and heterosexuality, and to biphobia.

In the end, my criticisms of The Lobster deal not just with the movie as a final work, but as a misleadingly

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marketed work. Would I still rail against the movie if its trailers and ads warned viewers about its violence? Maybe, I can’t say for sure.

Lanthimos’ failure to create a believable society, compelling characters or an interesting plot remains. Yet, except for the rare moviegoer who picks a film at random, we interact with movies as final products, but also through trailers, ads and reviews. Reviewing The Lobster without considering the clever and quirky ads that lure potential viewers ignores that its producers cast the work in two lights: light, share-

ready trailers and a brutal product.

A Facebook ad suggests I visit thelobster-movie.com, where a tenquestion test offers to tell me which animal I should choose if I fail to find a partner. I should become a lobster, an ant or a camel, the test determines. How fitting.

This article was originally published on June 14, 2016. It can be read in its entirety on cornellsun.com.

Shay Collins is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun.com

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Puttin’ the ‘Science’ in Science Fiction

BY HARINI KANNAN Sun Staff Writer

When you watch Stranger Things, you are immediately transported into a relic of the 1980s. It was a time when adventure was sought out, science was deemed cool and heroism was somewhat synonymous with nerdiness. We are introduced to our heros — four boys around ten years old who strive for scientific exploration, fantastical adventure and unbreakable friendship — and, as viewers, immediately become attached to them. From the beginning of the first episode, there is an underlying element of supernaturalness that becomes much more overt later in the hour. However, unlike most shows for which the basis of the storyline is made up of supernatural events, this show isn’t nauseatingly cheesy or predictable. The monsters aren’t random, irrelevant or redundant.

They aren’t taking over the world in hordes, or trying to wipe out the human race. The supernatural aspects of Stranger Things are explained and relevant. More than anything, they are novel. Nowhere before has a “demogorgon” (the type of monster in the show) been utilized. This is the first supernatural horror thriller in which you feel intelligent watching it and gripped for the right reasons. The show pulls together accessible science which is appealing to wider audiences

with its theories of alternate realities, as well as plausible historical mystery. The historical backdrop of the show utilizes a cold-war intensive CIA program which is eager to leverage its scientific discoveries over America’s cold war enemies, the Soviets.

The show is a beautiful blend between horror and humor, keeping you on the edge of your seat with its more thrilling aspects, but letting you relax here and there with much needed comedic relief.

The characters in the show are not only heroic, multi-dimensional and amusing, but they are also relatable. The pangs of fear the adults feel for their missing loved ones resonates with any audience, while the tenacity and curiosity of our four young boys brings us all back to our childhoods. The love and romance of our young adult characters caught in the midst of conflict and trauma brings back feelings we probably all have felt (even if our conflict doesn’t involve our friends being whisked away by monsters). We become attached to these characters because, even in this supernatural and almost-unrealistic world, somehow we see genuine glimpses of our reality projected into theirs; all their fears, anxieties, victories and joys become palpable emotions for us as if we are living them as well.

The most important aspect of this show is that it champions the idea of

human curiosity. It is rather riveting and novel to have a show so deeply rooted in the positivity of human curiosity, especially when it seems like we live in a society which often fails to question what is and what could be. We are trapped within our social apps, mundane classwork and resume-boosting extracurricular activity. We never stop to question or ask why certain things are the way they are.

Our four main characters live and thrive off of never taking for granted what science has proven, or what society tells them is fact. Stranger Things provides an alternate way of looking at the world, and after each episode you want to live with the same curiosity as those in the show do. To an extent, every major character in the show ends up opening up to different realities, different explanations and alternatives. This leap of faith only stems from those who believe that you must question everything and cannot believe everything that is spoonfed to you.

But there is even more from this show from which we learn at a human level, and that is the value of friends and family. Throughout the show, communication and strength is only successful for these characters once they show emotional support, belief and forgiveness to each other. Especially with the younger members of the show, the audience sees how even through all their conflict, strife

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Who the fuck is Katie Dey stealing from?

I’m scratching my head and listening to Flood Network over and over and over again, but I just can’t figure it out. At first glance it seems like there’s no way an album so steeped in internet culture, electronic beats and that post-ironic brand of savvy melancholia which has come to define bedroom maestros the world over could possibly have sprung into itself sounding so brashly little like anything else in the world. But — excepting Dey’s first EP, asdfasdf — it does. It’s an album to itself, and a remarkable, confusing, comforting, vulnerable, terrifying, difficult one at that.

Maybe Flood Network owes its singularity to the fact that the album operates like its title: as a flood network. It’s an album about information and outwardness, an album which hurls itself at its listener’s feet without the ability to turn or even look backwards. It’s a sort of Orpheus for the internet age, whose Eurydice is sheer tangles of coded, intangible information and whose purpose for plunging itself into whatever and every depth it plunges itself into is, like the internet’s expanse and the music it contains, quite a bit more muddled and many-sided than any crusty Classical metaphor could ever capture. Flood Network is data and arithmetic and sequences and synapses.

Katie Dey isn’t stealing from anyone. Maybe she’s a sponge, and Flood Network is her expunging everything she’s soaked up into her brain after countless strings of moments of just sitting and absorbing. But what comes out on the other end of that wringing has been thoroughly sloshed and altered; not just soaked but sort of transformed. That’s probably why Flood Network sounds so unique: It engages with everything and becomes an idea, a melange of words and symbols and searches and programs. And while its purpose is partly to synthesize all of that information into some kind of meaningful something, that’s not all it does.

Here’s a list of information: “if u do lsd too many times you become a mandlebrot

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Their maturity and perseverance are more than just admirable, but heroic given their age and their abnormal scenarios. The show displays a love between characters that is different from the type of love between friends and lovers we usually see in television. There is a level of purity in the relationships between the main characters, especially the five children, that induces feelings of both nostalgia and yearning.

Stranger Things introduces a reality to viewers that is different from what is normally seen. The reality that Stranger Things provides us with is one in which people are unbridledly curious, unwaveringly loyal and unfathomably kind and pure. It gives us a glimpse of a world in which we have an unflinching perseverance to go after those we love, genuine forgiveness for those we conflict with and a steadfast trust in those we care about, regardless of how crazy they sound or seem. Above the horror thriller and the 80s nostalgia, Stranger Things provides audiences a reason to question what already is, and makes us wonder what could be.

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“There’s a hole in my heart / I can’t wait till it starts / to fill up with my / inner flash flood” A lyric from “Fleas” (track three). Katie Dey’s music is about emptiness and substitution and finding something to fill up every void, internal and external. A lyric like this makes me wonder whether the flood is made up of networks or neurons. But then again is there a difference?

“This is the first Bowie album without a lyric sheet, and I’m glad, because aside from reservations voiced above I’ve always agreed with Fats Domino that it’s more fun to figure them out for yourself.”

Lester Bangs on David Bowie’s Station to Station (1976).

When it comes to Dey, I’ll agree with Bangs and Fats Domino that to labor through the lyrics blindly is a labor of love. If everything were enunciated and enumerated, then those bleeps and blips would be just that, bleeps and blips.

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(F1)-(F8) Keys on your keyboard and every other track on Flood Network, depending on where your mind is at. The former are functional, standard and definite. The latter are instrumental, varied and punctuating. Compare the latter to The Red Krayola’s “Free Form Freak-Out” tracks: both sets of intermittent, otherworldly aural floodgates by artists tittering at the fringe, defining the ethos of their day’s sound. “been awake too long i want to dm everyone schopenhauer quotes and talk about God but i won’t due to fear” Another tweet from July 22. As far as I can tell, “God” is the only capitalized word (besides Carly Rae Jepsen) in any of Katie Dey’s tweets.

“Won’t somebody help me / feels like I’m covered in fleas” The lyric from “Fleas” immediately following the one I mentioned earlier. It still doesn’t illumine the difference between networks and neurons, because I guess either could conjure up the feeling of crawling fleas over skin. “just googled ‘why cry laugh same brain feeling baby’” A final tweet from July 22. Dey also labels all of her music under the Bandcamp tag “kids.”

“Loneliness is the fate of all outstanding minds.”

“It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”

Two pieces of Schopenhauer’s information.

Troy Sherman is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.

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ACROSS 1 Not very exciting 5 “__ the east, and Juliet ... ” 9 King whose gift became a curse 14 Tiny bit 15 One pulling in pushers 16 Amtrak express 17 GLUTEN-free fare 19 1983 Woody Allen film 20 Schoolyard “I’ll show you!”

21 Scholarly 23 Like some headphones 24 Better at heeling, say 26 GLUTEN-free fare 32 “GoodFellas” fellowship 35 Breaks 36 Duffel bag filler, in a thriller 37 Sandwich guy?

39 Take care of 41 “Don’t forget ... ” 42 Singer Nicks 44 Modernists, informally 46 Mind reader?

47 GLUTEN-free fare 50 Alma __ 51 Lacking the knack 55 Supposed bringer of bad luck 59 Mimosa family tree 60 Gas used in flashtubes 61 GLUTEN-free fare 64 Chilean range 65 K thru 12 66 Radius neighbor 67 “It could happen” 68 Father of Thor 69 Padre’s brothers DOWN 1 Summer genre 2 Atkinson of British comedy 3 More than just apologize

4 Bill for shots 5 Scoop or poop 6 With 63-Down, meditative discipline 7 Org. that takes many forms 8 Blueprint 9 Lively Polish dance 10 Like most cupcakes 11 Pastrami provider 12 Came down 13 Guru 18 Bandanna kin 22 Place for family game night 24 Arial, for one 25 Attendance record spoiler 27 Regular hourly rate 28 Genetic letters 29 Any one of the Arans 30 Big name in audio products 31 Beijing blight 32 Serious disorder 33 Swear words?

34 Fox’s title

38 Year in Nero’s reign 40 Run like heck 43 Epic 45 High on the Scoville scale 48 Multichannel 49 Making no progress 52 Bacteria in a produce recall 53 Brahms’ instrument

54 Proud cries 55 Teacher’s handout 56 __ cava 57 May race, familiarly 58 “Stay (I Missed You)” songwriter Lisa 59 Like, with “to” 62 Out of use 63 See 6-Down

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Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once.

Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name.

(Rules from wikipedia.org/wiki /Sudoku)

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SPORTS

Culture Shock: Head Coach Aims to Instill Change

After a stint at Stanford, head coach John Smith believes he has a club with potential in Ithaca M. SOCCER

Continued from page 16

“Last year we definitely didn’t realize some of the goals we had set,” said Cullom. “This year we’re really focused on both individual and team goals, and tackling each milestone on the long journey we have this year.”

This journey will be led by new head coach John Smith, who just last year helped lead Stanford to its first NCAA title in the program’s history. So far, Smith’s new players have been impressed with what he has done in his short time with them.

“He’s been outstanding,” Cullom said.

“He brought in an assistant coach from Stanford and another coach, Glenn Buckley. All three of them have been fantastic in creating a great culture. They’ve done a great job bringing each other closer together as a squad.”

According to Smith, this culture is absolutely key in forming a winning team.

“I think the most important thing with any team is developing a winning culture,” he said. “Recruiting people that have the right character traits — the right work ethic and the right personality — is key. This is a sport where things go wrong quite often, and if you don’t have those character traits, then you’ll go south and the whole team will go south.”

Though Smith is excited to see how his team develops, he knows that the

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A winning culture | New head coach John Smith hopes his arrival will bring a new culture and years of success for men’s soccer. team has a long, transformational jour- one that you can really genuinely go for,” said. “It always helps the team perform Smith said. “From the outset it is a tough better when we are playing in a good socney ahead.

“It will take time,” Smith said. “There schedule, but we’ll be prepared for each cer environment — we really feed off the will be guys that won’t buy into it. I don’t game, and once again we’re looking at fans’ energy.”

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Four Senior Captains Will Volleyball Is Confident Lead Cornell Football in 2016

do not want that feeling again.”

This year, the team parted with just one senior, so the Vande Berg stresses that the remaining players have gotten a team is on the cusp of a real good feel for working with one another.

“We have the potential to be very good this year,” Vande Berg said. “I want our student-athletes Head coach Trudy Vande Berg to feel confident in that.” revival. All that is left to accomThe Red starts competition plish is taking hold of the oppor- next Friday as they take on James tunity.

Madison at 5:00 pm, and Col“I really want to see the turn- gate at 7:00 p.m., both at home. around come to fruition,” she said. “We were so close in so Achindra Krishna can be reached many matches last year and we at akrishna@cornellsun.com.

VOLLEYBALL

Continued from page 15

Team election results in all-senior captains this season four tight end totalled 72 yards on the day, a career high.

Sullivan had 210 yards and a in a 47-21 loss to Princeton, touchdown for the season. He catching six passes for 96 yards played consistently all last year, catching at and a touchdown as well as The three new captains least one ball in each returning six will look to fill the void game. kickoffs for 158 left by J.J. Fives ’16, At inside yards. A shoullinebacker, der injury lim- Luke Hagy ’16 and Rush Weber was ited Rogers Imhotep ’16. one of the towards the end crucial of last season. parts of last Like Rogers, Sullivan also had a strong game year’s defense. He led the teams against the Tigers. The six-foot- in tackles with 54 and this FOOTBALL

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upcoming season will be his fourth as a rvegular starter. The Whitefish Bay, Wisc. native has now started 27 straight games for the Red. With Norris likely out for the season, Weber is the sole captain on the defensive end.

The three new captains will look to fill the void left by J.J. Fives ’16, Luke Hagy ’16 and Rush Imhotep ’16. The season begins September 19 at Bucknell.

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Changing of the guard | A new senior class brings about new captains who share the goal of bringing football glory to Ithaca.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Poudrier,Woods Selected in 2016 CWHL Draft The two classmates now make 10 ex-Cornell women playing pro hockey

By JACK KANTOR

other teammates in December of 2015.

Poudrier’s 2015-16 season was Two more Cornellians entered highlighted by a career-high 84 the professional sports realm on blocked shots. In a key conference Monday, as former Cornell matchup against Dartmouth in women’s hockey members January, the defenseman scored a Cassandra Poudrier ’16 and game-winner in a 5-3 victory over Taylor Woods ’16 were selected in the Green. the Canadian Women’s Hockey With her stout defending, League Draft alongside 74 other Poudrier also collected many players. accolades over her four years. She The Montreal Les was named to the ECAC Hockey Canadiennes picked defenseman all-tournament team Poudrier and Woods now make it 10 for- in 2015 and second-team mer Cornell women playing professional all-Ivy in hockey in both the CWHL and National 2016.

L i k e Women’s Hockey League.

Po u d r i e r, Woods was also named to second-team last Poudrier at the 10th pick overall year, and during her first season in the draft. She is now the sixth in 2013, she was named to the Cornellian to be drafted in the ECAC Hockey all-tournament first 10 picks of the past four team. It was in that postseason CWHL drafts. that Woods scored a hat trick, In the fifth round, the along with an assist, in the semifiBrampton Thunder, located in nals against St. Lawrence.

Southern Ontario, selected forWoods played forward mostly mer Red forward Woods with the for Cornell, but was also deployed 23rd overall pick. Poudrier and at defense from time to time. In Woods now make it 10 former 130 career games, the Manitoba Cornell women playing profes- native totaled 80 points, with 33 sional hockey at the current goals and 47 assists. moment, in both the CWHL and Woods and Poudrier join National Women’s Hockey many other Cornellians in the League, the professional league CWHL. Five former members of within the United States. the Red currently play for the The pair were able to get draft- 2016 Clarkson Cup champion, ed by putting up solid numbers the Calgary Inferno. Woods is and exhibiting quality hockey reunited with Laura Fortino ’13 during their time with the Red. on the Thunder, and Poudrier Poudrier managed to tally 19 will join Lauriane Rougeau ’13 in goals and 54 assists during her Montreal. time 121 games at Cornell. The former captain was also named to Jack Kantor can be reached at Team Canada alongside two jkantor@cornellsun.com.

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Ithaca’s finest | Poudrier and Woods have been added to an ever-growing list of Cornellians making it into the big leagues, joining male classmates Reece Willcox and Christian Hilbrich.

VOLLEYBALL

Losing Very Few Seniors,Volleyball Optimistic About Imminent Season, Hopes for Steady Success

By ACHINDRA KRISHNA Sun Staff Writer

With the sun shining, at least for the moment, and students returning to campus, the streets of Ithaca have regressed

to their natural hum. Cornell is back in session, and with a new semester just starting, it also spells the time that the volleyball team looks to improve upon their 6-18 (2-12 Ivy) record from last season.

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Starting strong | Last year, the volleyball squad won its first two games, but keeping the pressure up will be important to find success the entire season.

Hoping for a fresh start, head coach “We are giving out pizza to the first Trudy Vande Berg is optimistic about the 100 students who attend,” she said. team’s efforts before the season gets That showdown will take place, on underway.

September 2nd, serving as the second “They are doing great,” Vande Berg match in a double header at home. The said. “I feel that it has been a smooth team is also looking forward to Harvard, transition and they are learning the sys- of course, and Yale as well as the season tem quickly. They are unwinds. all great players and are The start of any new “I feel that it has been a chapter accompanies pushing the returners to be even better.” the closing of another, smooth transition and Last year the team they are learning the sys- as this year will be the started their season out last season for two of tem quickly.” strong in the West the team’s special playPoint Tournament by Head coach Trudy Vande Berg ers: setter Alyssa Phelps winning the first game and middle blocker against William and Macey Wilson.

Mary in a five-set thriller. They then “They want to see success,” cleaned up Iona College in straight sets VandeBerg said about the current right after, but ultimately lost their first seniors. “They have both worked so hard game of the season in the finals against and have done so much for the program.

Army.

They want to leave a stamp on the proAs for big games to look forward to gram and they are doing everything they this semester, Vande Berg has already can to ensure that.” started marketing the big match against Colgate.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Consistency Will Be Key for Women’s Soccer

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

Following a successful 2015 campaign, the Cornell women’s soccer team hopes to fix their mistakes from last year to have a more consistent season, and ultimately, an Ivy League title.

Last year was a big step forward for the team, which finished 9-4-4 (2-4-1 Ivy) and stayed competitive in nearly every contest. This follows a 2014 season where the team ended with a 8-9 (2-5) record.

In 2015, the Red got off to a

quick start, winning eight of its first 10 and remaining undefeated until mid-October. Before a loss in the 12th game of the season, Cornell was the last unbeaten team in all of Division I soccer. The defensive minded group also shut out every opponent until the 10th game — another Division I best.

The momentum would soon run short, however, as the Red won just one of its final seven games, leaving the team with a somewhat bitter taste in its mouth going into the long offseason. Still, head coach Patrick

Farmer views last season as a great success.

“Last year was a significant step forward in a number of ways,” he said. “They earned quite a bit of national recognition for a program that hasn’t had a tremendous amount of that in the past.”

Despite the bursts of successes, an overall mediocre Ivy record and some tough losses late in the year leave the fifth-year head coach hungry for further improvement.

“I think that we have to get to a level where we’re competitive in

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Brick wall | Senior goalie Kelsey Tierney had an outstanding year in the net last season, and hopes to keep her play strong after being named captain.

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last season, finishing the season with nine points. The final captain, Joyce, was a critical member of the nationally renowned Red defense and will again need to play a key part in continuing “The next step for the program is to be the team’s winning the Ivy League, not just being potential success. more competitive in it.”

In less than a week, the Head coach Patrick Farmer Red will kick off a particuIn the offseason, Cornell lost larly challenging schedule, four seniors and added seven arguably the toughest in recent freshmen. Leadership is a skill history. Non-conference games that’s tough to replace, but the against Syracuse, San Diego incoming class boasts a skillset State, Rutgers and Seton Hall that should keep the club com- should all be tall challenges for Cornell. Although they do not petitive.

“The four seniors we lost had count toward Ivy standings, the a tremendous impact on this team’s performance in these program, but this is the best games will serve to set the tone incoming freshman class since for the all-important second half I’ve been here,” Farmer said. of the schedule.

“We have to actually be win“These freshmen are extremely talented… They’re already fitting ning some of those non-conference games to feel that we’ve got in great.”

In an attempt to replace the a shot in the Ivy League later in lost leadership, the team named the year,” Farmer said. “Then we seniors Kelsey Tierney, Elizabeth need some strong results early in Crowell and Kailey Joyce team league play as well.”

Time will tell how the season captains for this season. Tierney was in goal for every minute of unfolds, but if the offseason is last season and led the nation in any sign, the team should be in goals against average for much of good shape.

Action gets underway Sunday the year, ultimately finishing in seventh. She also earned first at 1 p.m. in Loudonville, New team all-Ivy honors alongside York. teammate and now fellow captain Crowell.

Charles Cotton can be reached at Crowell led Cornell in scoring ccotton@cornellsun.com. every game if we put in a good performance,” he said. “The next step for the program is to be winning the Ivy League, not just being more competitive in it.”

MEN’S SOCCER

Squad Elects Four New Coach,New Hopes for Strikers Captains for 2016 Bounce-back season on wish list for men’s soccer team

By SAM HUMMEL

By ADAM BRONFIN

two years.

In his second year as a starter last year, he led the team in Members of the football tackles for a loss and sacks and team elected Miles Norris, Ben was in the top 10 in the league Rogers, Matt Sullivan and in each of the those categories.

Jackson Weber Norris was as captains for also fourth on the 2016 sea- Senior Ben Rogers begins the team in son. The four tackles. He this season hot off a seniors will was critical in strong performace last the hope to lead a team’s year... [he] led the team lone victory program that has posted in yards and receptions. o v e r back-to-back Columbia last one-win seaseason, regissons to a more tering eight consistent campaign this tackles and a forced fumble. upcoming year.

A fifth-year senior, Rogers Norris returns as captain begins this season hot off a after serving in the position last strong performance last year. year. His season is in doubt after The wide receiver led the team the middle linebacker suffered a in receiving yards and recepruptured Achilles during presea- tions in 2015. Rogers also son camp and recently under- returned kicks and punts went surgery to repair it. His towards the end of the season presence in the center of the and served as holder on place defense will likely be missed as kicks. He stuffed the stat sheet he was one of the key facets of See FOOTBALL page 13 the defensive units of the past

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This season marks the beginning of a long journey for the Cornell men’s soccer team.

After a tough season last year, a summer of training and a new coach eager to transform the team from the ground up, the men’s team is bound to be an

exciting contender in the Ivy League and beyond.

With sights on an Ivy League title, the Red wasted no time getting back into hard, intense training to prepare for their upcoming season.

“We started training on Friday and this is our first day off,” junior forward Jonathan Cullom said this past Tuesday.

“We’ve done four days of twoa-days.”

This intensity could very well be driven by their deep understanding of their need for improvement from last year’s performance, where the Red finished with a record of 4-121 (2-5 Ivy).

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A fresh face | Junior forward Jonathan Cullom is already impressed with what he has seen from new head coach John Smith, who took the Cornell job after coaching at Stanford.