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University Sees Spike In D.O.Matriculants

Over 150 percent rise in enrollees since ’08

By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Writer

Cornell has seen a 153 percent increase in the number of matriculants to osteopathic medical schools between 2008 and 2013, according to Rebecca Sparrow, executive director of Cornell Career Services.

This figure supports national trends — which recently came to light after the publication of a The New York Times piece — with the number of students enrolling in osteopathic medical schools increasing and approximately a quarter of all medical school graduates coming from such schools.

“The numbers are small though the percentage is high,” Sparrow said of the figure. “In 2008, we only had 15 matriculants in D.O. schools, jumping up to 38 in 2013. But the interesting thing is that the big jump happened between 2008 and 2009, so we went from 15 matriculants in 2008 to 26 in 2009, and it’s gradually increased to 38 in 2013.”

Sparrow added that the University’s trend of students applying to D.O. schools appears to be “stronger” than the national one.

“Looking at the numbers, we had almost a 50 percent jump in number of applications from Cornell [to D.O. schools] from 2008 to 2009, but nowhere near that kind of an increase [in the national trend] between those two years or even from 2008 to See MED. SCHOOL page 4

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In solidarity | Students participate in a “die-in” on Ho Plaza, which was organized by the Black Student Union, Wednesday afternoon.

Ferguson Shooting Inspires C.U. Rally

By CHRISTOPHER STANTON Sun Staff Writer

Members of the Cornell community rallied together on Ho Plaza Wednesday evening in response to the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by police officers last month in

Ferguson, Missouri.

Black Students United — with support from student groups Islamic Alliance for Justice and Students for Justice in Palestine, as well as Cornell faculty members — organized and led the “Rally on See RALLY page 5

Cornell Entrepreneurship Kickoff Aims to Promote Student Startups

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer

Hundreds of enterprising Cornellians attended the Cornell Entrepreneurship Kickoff — an event aimed to help spread awareness about startups among Cornell students — at the POPSHOP in Collegetown Tuesday evening.

Pujaa Rajan ’17 — co-president of Life Changing Labs — said she hoped the kickoff event would showcase student entrepreneurs’ passion.

“This event will show and tell about how Cornell preps its young entrepreneurs — a network of passionately curious hard-working student entrepreneurs and a highly gifted collective intellect,”

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Rajan said.

Ryan Kishore ’17, a member of Life Changing Labs, said the organization is “a great incubator and resource to Cornell startups at any stage of the process.”

The event began with a meet and greet hosted by Life Changing Labs and the POPSHOP. The meet and greet was

followed by an open house including a presentation by New York City venture capital firm Tribeca Venture Partners, founded by Chip Meakem ’93.

In addition to the TribecaVP presentation, three past startup teams from eLab presented a showcase to attendees See STARTUPS page 5

C.U. Students Targeted by Paintball Gun; Investigation Ongoing, Police Say

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David Fischer ’15 poses with a photo of Henry Winkler’s face on Ho Plaza as a part of Cornell Hillel’s advertising campaign for their event featuring Winkler next week.

Over the past week, multiple students have reported to police that they have been struck by paintballs while on campus, according to the Cornell University Police Department.

A “black or dark-colored sedan” driving around campus has targeted students with a paintball gun that would be discharged while moving, according to police. Mutliple incidents have been reported at different locations on campus Tuesday and last Thursday between 5:45 p.m. and 11 p.m.

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session of “any sort of weapon that fires a projectile is illegal on campus,” according to police.

“This behavior is intolerable on campus or off,” police said in a crime alert sent to Cornellians Wednesday evening.

Police are continuing to investigate the incidents. Officials said they “strongly encourage anyone who has been a victim of this harassment” or anyone else with information regarding the incident to contact CUPD. — Compiled by Tyler Alicea

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By MEGAN COSSEY ’98

Students in the College of Art, Architecture and Planning were greeted with one less building and a slew of changes this semester as construction plans began on Tjaden Hall.

The complete overhaul of Tjaden, which houses the art department, is the first step in a larger $29 million renovation project of the four buildings which make up the architecture college.

Asbestos removal began this summer, forcing faculty offices and classrooms into Sibley Hall and the Foundry until completion of the Tjaden project, according to Prof. Robert Bertoia, chair of the art department.

Bertoia said that administrators indicated Tjaden construction will be complete by January 1998, but added that, “We’ll believe it when we see it.”

Bertoia explained that actual construction on the building will not begin until the University comes to a decision about construction bids, which are still coming in at this late date. He added that he would not be surprised if the project was several months behind schedule.

Plans for Tjaden, which was built in 1883, include the construction of a new elevator, the renovation of plumbing, heating, fire detection and alarm systems and a complete overhaul of the existing floor plan. The new renovations will be constructed in accordance with the American Disabilities Act. Due to the reshuffling, graduate students in the City and Regional Planning Department were told last semester to expect new temporary facilities at Pleasant Grove Apartments on north campus to leave Sibley space open for art department faculty.

But instead, CRP grads returned this semester to find their offices housed in mobile units outside of Helen Newman Hall, explained Prof. Porus Olpadwala, chair of CRP. “There have been so many plans and there have been so many pitfalls,” Olpadwala said, though overall, “things are okay.”

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Professors, Students Examine Ferguson Shooting in Panel

Prof: Unarmed minority teenager’s death could inspire next Civil Rights Movement

By ASHLEY COLLIS-BURGESS

difficult for the average white american to express empathy for Black life,” Gosa said.

Cornellians examined American race He said “irresponsible educational relations and the social implications of the practices” need to be eradicated to make way police handled the Aug. 9 shooting of Brown’s death meaningful. an unarmed black teenager Wednesday in “If there is any hope we can make Ferguson, Missouri, at the Africana Michael Brown’s death meaningful, we Studies and Research Center. have to deal with the basic lack of empaDuring the panel discussion, Prof. thy,” Gosa said. “Black boys and girls, Travis Gosa, Africana studies, said he since preschool find themselves in the hopes that Michael revolving door of surBrown will not be a veillance, punish“Black boys and girls ... “forgotten casualty [in ment and criminala] white supremacist” ization.” find themselves in the America.

Visiting Prof. Joe revolving door of He added that the Margulies, governsymbolism of Brown’s ment and law, said he surveillance, punishment death could inspire believes Americans and criminalization.” activism political should protest and across the country. question the justice Prof. Travis Gosa “The symbolism of department as the Michael Brown’s death result of the shooting. could inspire the next Civil Rights move“The purpose of that investigation is ment or at least, help us think of what are not reform of law,” Marguiles said. “It is insurges of real organizations activisms, to bring Ferguson into compliance with politics might mean, all that is lost in post law that is already corrupted by this transblackness, post-racial Obama America,” formation. Do not look to the law — it is he said. not your solution.”

Gosa also said he believes the main Prof. Noliwee Rooks, Africana studies takeaway of the Ferguson case is the white and feminist, gender and sexuality studdisbelief of the innocence of blacks, espe- ies, also said she believes the country cially children. needs another “movement” to truly “The issue I’m interested is how, 50 improve police-community and racial years later, can we live in an America, relations. where institutionalized racism makes it “I don’t think we have yet seen in this Sun Staff Writer

country, or any others, real systemic change come without a movement attached to it,” she said. “I’m not sure we can be successful unless we go back to what is considered the ‘old school’ practice of politics, 1960s style, where you had sit ins, demonstrations and boycotts.”

Samantha Primeaux ’16 said the forum reaffirmed her confidence in the power of activism.

“The forum on Ferguson, while brief,

greatly impacted my understanding of political activism and social media platforms, as well as the need to make change through protest,” she said. “The rally which followed the panel was a powerful way to peacefully spread the messages and engage the Cornell community.”

Ashley Collis-Burgess can be reached at acollisburgess@cornellsun.com.

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Call to justice | Lanre Akinsiku grad speaks to an audience about the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting in the Africana Studies and Research Center Wednesday.

Former Florida Representative to Speak at Cornell West will discuss the future of United States foreign policy, Russian invasion of Crimea

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

Former Florida Congressman Allen West will speak on the changing nature and future of United States foreign policy at Cornell next month, the Cornell College Republicans announced Tuesday.

West, a retired lieutenant colonel and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, will focus on current topics such as the Russian invasion of Crimea and

the “looming threat of ISIS,” according to Brandon Thompson ’16, chairman of the Cornell College Republicans.

“We chose Allen West because of his deep knowledge and experiences in American foreign policy, an area that we believe is particularly relevant today in light of recent international crises,” he said.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, West joined the United States Army in 1983 and retired in 2004 after 22 years of service.

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Bronze Star, Army Achievement Medal and a Valorous Unit Award.

He was elected to the United States Congress in November 2010 to represent Florida’s 22nd district, located in southeast Florida. As representative, he was heavily involved in the passage of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which lowered the Department of Defense’s costs, according to a Cornell College Repubicans press release.

Thompson said he hopes the

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event will encourage students to explore the “consequences of international affairs on American lives.”

“We [also] hope that Congressman West will inspire students to think more critically about ... the importance of a strong foreign policy for the security of our nation,” he said.

The lecture, which will take place Oct. 30 in Uris Hall, is free and open to the public.

A brief question and answer session as well as a book signing will follow the lecture, according to the release.

Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun.com.

Around The ivies Yale Reverend Resigns Amidst Controversy Rev. Bruce Shipman — former priest-in-charge of the Episcopal Church at Yale University — resigned from his position after a letter he published in The New York Times drew national attention for its alleged anti-Semitism, The Yale Daily News reported Tuesday. Shipman defended his remarks, saying he is not anti-Semitic.

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Rudy Gerson ’15 flips through magazines on Ho Plaza Wednesday during an activity run by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to prompt discussion about culture and religion.

A retail theft task force reportedly lessened theft at Philadelphia stores — such as such as American Apparel and Urban Outfitters — around the University of Pennsylvania campus, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported Wednesday. In past years, the stores experienced dozens of thefts during the summer, but this year only five thefts were reported at the local top five retail locations.

— Compiled by Zoe Ferguson

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More Students Turn to D.O.Degrees Man Convicted

Career Services: Perception that D.O. degrees are easy a‘misconception’ MED. SCHOOL

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2013,” Sparrow said.

Osteopathic medical schools focus on a “more holistic view” of health care and the “preserving and creating” of health, according to Sparrow. On the other hand, allopathic medical schools, which offer M.D. degrees, have more of an emphasis on research and thus might appeal more to Cornell students, she said.

“There is less of an emphasis on research in D.O. schools, and a lot of students coming from Cornell have done undergraduate research and really want to continue doing research as physicians,” Sparrow said. “They may in fact want to continue with an M.D. or Ph.D. program, so that may be another thing that has led to the perception that [D.O.] is a less good alternative.”

This research-oriented medical outlook is reflected in some students’ reasoning for choosing M.D. and dual M.D. and Ph.D. programs.

“It’s become clear to me that the whys and the hows of research are what make me love science,” said Alessandra Tomasi ’15. “I see myself pursuing a career that ties daily interactions with patients in clinic with the promise of bettering treatments and advancing our understanding of medicine in the future.”

However, Sparrow also said osteopathic medical schools might actually be the preferred path for many students, depending on their interests and their

motivations in their study of medicine.

“I think that anything that can be done to dispel the myth that [D.O.] is the path that you would take if you can’t cut it as an M.D. at an allopathic school is good,” she said.

Sparrow attributes the perception that a D.O. degree is less prestigious than an M.D. to the credentials of the two degrees, as the average MCAT score and GPA of students at D.O. schools have been historically lower, she said.

“It is absolutely true that it is competitive to get into M.D. schools. [But] it is also competitive to get into D.O.

“It is also competitive to get into D.O. schools.”

Rebecca Sparrow schools,” she said. “So the idea that [D.O.] is the ‘easy path’ is a little bit of a misconception.”

Some students, such as Jon Kim ’17, said they were intent on pursuing an M.D. “I feel like anything short of an M.D. can take away from the true experience of being a doctor,” Kim said.

David Ko ’15 said he is also planning on pursuing an M.D. because his undergraduate education has “geared” him toward obtaining an M.D. education as opposed to D.O. “[I also] prefer the metropolitan locations of many M.D. programs as opposed to the rural locations of many

D.O. programs,” Ko said.

The trend among Cornell students seems to be to aim for an M.D. degree as a result of the University’s selectivity and rigorous academic curriculum, according to Ko. “I believe that students are not discouraged at the low rate of admissions into M.D. programs, but are rather challenged, and it adds to their motivation,” Ko said. “The prestige associated with traditional M.D. programs and the fact that many are at the cutting edge of the latest medical research and advancements in procedures captivates Cornellians to a greater degree.”

However, some students — like Glen Francisco ’15 — said they were considering both schools for their future careers in medicine.

“It’s more costly, but it provides a wider net of schools that can [accept] me,” he said. “My application is arguably not as competitive as a lot of other applicants from Cornell, and so the D.O. schools are somewhat of a safety option for me.”

Rana Sulieman ’17 said she is considering both tracks and does not consider one track over the other.

“I have friends who are going into both types of medicine,” she said.

“However, I am also a little bit hesitant because while both D.O. and M.D. are qualified, it seems as of now that M.D. is seen as more credible, namely by patients.”

Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun.com.

Of Two Murders Put to Death HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man convicted of gunning down his former common-law wife and her brother more than two decades ago in Houston was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening.

Willie Trottie’s execution was carried out about 90 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his last-day appeals. He had contended he had poor legal help at his trial and questioned the potency of the execution drug.

Trottie repeatedly expressed love to witnesses — both people he selected and relatives of his victims, Barbara and Titus Canada — and several times asked for forgiveness as he was about to be executed.

“I love you all,” he said. “I’m going home, going to be with the Lord. ... Find it in your hearts to forgive me. I’m sorry.”

As the lethal dose of the powerful sedative pentobarbital took effect, he closed his eyes and breathed quietly. After about eight breaths, he opened his mouth to exhale, then closed it. There was no further movement.

Trottie, 45, was pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m.

CDT — 22 minutes after the injection began.

His was the eighth lethal injection this year in Texas, and the first in the nation’s most active death penalty state since recent executions went awry in Oklahoma and Arizona. Unlike those states, where a drug combination is used for capital punishment, Texas uses a single lethal dose of pentobarbital.

He became the second death row inmate executed in the U.S. on Wednesday. Earl Ringo Jr. received a lethal injection just after midnight in Missouri for a 1998 robbery and double murder.

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Cornell Entrepreneurs Students Rally Against Police Brutality Showcase Startups Protesters seek to promote ‘solidarity’ and awareness about inequality STARTUPS

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— Speare, a publishing platform for semantic data; Worthy Jerky, a new jerky company; and RosieApp, an app that lets users grocery-shop online.

In order to spread awareness and encourage more students to start their own businesses, the kickoff event included a pitch competition for the best student startup idea. After presentations concluded, students began the “pitch-off ” — a competition that awarded cash prizes to the top three teams.

The first-place winner — awarded $1,010 and automatic acceptance to the eLab network — was Pablo Borquez grad, representing Produce Pay, a startup company reaching across the United States to provide a more efficient payment solution to the produce industry, according to Borquez.

The kickoff was intended to help inform students about the opportunities available to them should they decide to start their own companies, according to the hosts.

“We would like to engage with the entire Cornell community,” Kishore said. “The entrepreneurial spirit is very much alive in our school.”

Adam Kirsch grad, partner of talent and communications at Life “[We hope to involve] the Changing Labs, said the entire entrepreneurial goal of the event was “to engage a wide variety of spectrum or those just people from across camlooking to better pus.” “[We hope to involve] understand what the entire entrepreneurentrepreneurship is and ial spectrum or those how it is a part of Cornell.” just looking to better understand what entreAdam Kirsch grad preneurship is and how it is a part of Cornell,” he said.

According to Peter Cortle, program manager of the eLab accelerator and director of Life Changing Labs, LCL primarily planned the kickoff event, with help and sponsorship from the other three organizations involved.

“Student LCL members have put in an amazing amount of effort to make this happen,” he said. “LCL [has] a large presence as it acts as a great incubator and resource to Cornell startups at any stage of the process, whether students have an idea or already have a company and business plan.”

Michael Raspuzzi ’16 also emphasized the broad outreach of the event to students from different areas of study.

“This event is targeted towards the whole Cornell community,” Raspuzzi said. “We are looking to help spread awareness of all the amazing things students at Cornell are doing.”

The event was “a joint effort” between several local organizations — Entrepreneurship at Cornell, the Cornell eLab accelerator, Student Agencies Foundation and Life Changing Labs — according to Cortle.

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun.com.

RALLY

The group then formed a circle surrounding Ho Plaza, and Prof. Russell Rickford, history, gave a speech on a range of topics including Ferguson,” more than a month after Brown inequality, white supremacy and post-racialwas killed. ism.

While the protest took place in response to “We have to move to a radical response and Brown’s tragic death and served to speak out transform the system. How are we going to against police brutality, it also covered a wider ameliorate a fundamentally anti-human sysrange of social, political and cultural issues. tem?” Rickford said. “What are you and I “What inspired BSU to do something like going to do to transform our society into the this were the rallies that happened right after kind of society that acknowledges and protects Mike Brown’s shooting,” said Surayya Diggs the humanity of every single person, of every ’17, BSU member and event coordinator. human being? That’s a radical, democratic pro“People are ready to listen. ject.”

We saw all of those people Throughout the nearly “We have to move to a mobilizing in Ferguson and twenty-minute speech, supradical response and knew people would be willsnapped and porters ing to support something transform the system. How applauded in approval of like that here.” rhetoric. The are we going to ameliorate Rickford’s Participants in the rally, loudspeaker was then a fundamentally clad in black clothing, held passed on to Nadia May signs which featured slogans ’16, who recited her poem anti-human system?” and hashtags such as “From Mom, With Love,” “Hands Down” or which addresses themes of Prof. Russell Rickford “#JusticeForMike,” while police brutality, racism and others held signs which feaoppression. tured pictures of innocent victims to police Following May’s recitation, BSU led a brutality. One student waved a Pan-African march from Ho Plaza to Ezra Cornell’s statue flag to show the variety of issues being protest- on the Arts Quad. Along the way, participants ed. were led in such chants as “no justice, no “This isn’t just about black people or LGBT peace, no racist police.” people or any one group. It’s about bringing “We’re in the process of planning a panel in people together and backing each other up on response to Ferguson,” Diggs said. “Where the issues that they care about,” Diggs said. we’re going to bring an Ithaca police officer, a “We need those people to support us and we Cornell police officer and some professors to support them. It’s about promoting solidarity.” have a discussion about the police brutality Much of the protest took place in silence, that’s been going on, and what we can do with Diggs asking willing participants to lie about it as a community.” down on the pavement with the signs. Dozens of passerby stopped to observe, several of them Christopher Stanton can be reached at opting to lie down in support of the cause. cstanton@cornellsun.com.

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The Pangs of The Social Justice Crusade

s a student of social justice, I constant- about body types and mentioned their apparly have to battle between biting my ent horror when visiting Mexico, when they tongue, or chopping someone else's walked behind a "huge" woman carrying her out. It's a side effect of enlightenment of the child, who only happened to be 30, one year social constructs that divide the world. Other older than the speaker. My claws immediately side effects include using words like "social came out. I outwardly shrugged, wanting to construct," an inflated ego and an incessant leave the conversation, and internally glared. analysis of our daily life. It's a heavy cross to All my previous notions of what a nice person bear, but the thrill of learning how to be a this new "friend" was died instantly. decent human being, supporting marginalI was enraged, I couldn't possibly stand ized communities and learning about one's near this person after they'd attacked the own social identities is so worth it. women of my country. It felt like cruel judgeOr so I thought. I don't fancy myself an ment upon my mother, my sister, my cousins, expert on social justice, I'm a learner and I'm aunts, grandmothers, godmothers and any a teacher, and my involvement in Cornell's woman of color who didn't fit into stupid Intergroup Dialogue Project has definitely body ideals. I wanted to spit fire, to mock this changed my perspective on everything. person's stupid, privileged notions, to remind Opinions on everyday things are suddenly them that not all countries are as sterile as intensified. For example, Miley Cyrus' twerk- theirs, as health-conscious or with health care, ing: appropriation of black culture. Cornell's with social systems that give people, especially hills: unchecked ableism. An atheist saying women, equal opportunity. I wanted to say "bless you": appropriating Christian culture. "good for you, you're so lucky you don't have (That last one was a joke). the countless reasons why someone may not After facilitatbe stick-thin. ing IDP for a You're lucky you semester (which can afford to involves group The French say we try to be political- think about vaniconversation on ly correct, and there’s a distinction ty while others social issues), and have to care for between political correctness and then being part of their children's a cultural compesurvival. You're awareness of social issues, but tency-mini dialucky your counmaybe they’re characterizing our logue class in the try doesn't screw summer, I over." reactions to these touchy subjects. people thought I would IKEA and all its be ready to go People are allowed to have their own furniture was abroad and tackle suddenly on the opinions, whether informed or not. top of my shitany issues, explore the differlist. ent power I acted as dynamics present in foreign cultures. As maturely as I could, said "no judgements," always, I assumed I was mature enough for shook my head and walked away from the certain things. Maybe there's a reason bounc- conversation. All the person said was "it's so ers still think I'm 15... depressing" or something pithy along those Even domestically, I sometimes have issues lines. I distanced myself from said person for with how to react to injustice, or even the rest of the night, for both our sakes. microaggressions. I second guess myself: Am Was I overreacting? Had my culture shock I being too harsh? Too defensive? Too sensi- gotten the best of me? Maybe I just really tive? Like Spider-Man's spidey-sense, is my missed the openness of my conscious advocate-sense faltering?

Cornellians, and the constant checks on our In the U.S., when faced with a trigger, I privilege back home. The French say we try can usually boil the offensive to be politically correct, and there's a distincword/phrase/idea down to "internalized x," tion between politically correctness and or an aspect of the person's background, gen- awareness of social issues, but maybe they're eral ignorance and rarely, plain malevolence. I characterizing our reactions to these touchy usually have the confidence to speak out subjects. People are allowed to have their own about the trigger (since I'm usually among opinions, whether informed or not. As an peers or friends) and unless it's something agent of change, I should have taken the extremely enraging, I can blow it off. I often chance to educate this stranger, or express my thought that Europe would be different, dissent. I'd never see them again anyways, so stemming from the internalized anti- I should have been fine to discuss my discomAmericanism higher education has given me. fort. For now I need to go back to the start, Let's just say that across the pond, the ugly back to the books and to back down until I'm duckling is picked on, regardless of the lake ready to approach conflict with serenity. he swims in. Europe is filled with different The trick is to remind myself, and anyone attitudes towards immigration, a different else suffering from insult, that to be human is view on economics and welfare and a lack of to err. I'm not a perfect advocate for social filter when it comes to speaking about such justice. I make assumptions, react incorrectly issues. Duh, right? Of course it would be dif- and I'm a product of my raising. No one is a ferent. I just hoped that there would be other perfect person. The trick is to realize when agents of change around here, maybe there'd one's done something wrong, explore why be something in the water. So far I've only and try to make amends. There are times found one other person that shares many of when to take action-to make a learning my views on social issues. opportunity, and then there are times to let it Let's pinpoint my problem to Saturday go. The trick is to be in the right mindset, to night, when the topic of Parisian body types be ready to teach, ready to face resistance and came up. An acquaintance we'd just met ready to back down. Check yourself before from a Nordic country spoke about visiting you wreck the fragile-but-necessary-socialFrance when they were younger, and pro- contract-of-friendships. Or just check yourceeded to say how their view on Parisian body self before you tell someone to check their sizes went from "skinny" to "normal.” I privilege. expressed that, to me, everyone is pretty skinny. [cue the fat American/Biggest Loser jokes]. It stung, as it always stings to someone Kevin Milian is a senior in the College of who's not completely comfortable with said Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached generalization, but that wasn't the problem. at kmilian@cornellsun.com. Milian Dollar Baby The Scandinavian person continued to talk appears on alternate Thursdays this semester.

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OPINION

Ruth M. |

I’m Just Gonna Shake It

Love, Lust and the In-Between

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icture this: It’s Friday night, and the bell for last call just rang at Dunbars.

You get a text from the guy you hooked up with a week ago. “What’s your plan for the rest of the night?” A smile creeps on your face as you get booty-called; someone wants you. Everyone wants to feel wanted, don’t they? You go to his house, chat and make out until you’re both naked and he’s trying all of his favorite techniques to get you off. He gives up after three minutes as soon as you’re sufficiently wet, climbs on top and you have sex. The sex feels good, as most sex does, and he finishes and rolls over.

Maybe you stay over, and maybe he cuddles with you. You’re kind of sweaty and kind of have to pee, but as you lay half-satisfied in his arms, the oxytocin kicks in and you begin to think about how it could be if you two were together, and if he cuddles all the girls he hooks up with like this. You think he’s cute and funny and you picture him inviting you to his formal and how great the pictures will look. Meanwhile he is passed out, snoring in your ear. The next morning he tells you he has something to do at nine a.m. so you’ll have to leave, and sorry that he can’t walk you home.

So many college-aged women settle for this inthe-moment lust when

they can’t find love. They claim they’re just in it for the sex or that they’re not ready for a commitment, but in that dark, warm, post-coital moment when he holds you and the feel-good hormones course through your body, your mind wanders to its true desire. Everyone wants to be in love. It’s when these thoughts start to cross your mind — despite the knowledge that he’s seeing other girls or that he ignores your texts sometimes or that he outright tells you that he doesn’t see himself dating you — that you need to sit down with your best friends and watch He’s Just Not That Into You and move on. These thoughts convince women to stay with a guy who is not that into them because he seems like the closest thing they can find, and having a guy who wants to sleep with you is better than having no one at all, right? I’m urging you to wait for the real thing. Don’t exhaust your emotions on someone who simply enjoys the fact that you make him orgasm.

I don’t believe in love at first sight, or second or third sight for that matter. I wasn’t in love with any of the guys I slept with the first time I slept with them. However, it is possible for these hookups to turn into love. Of course there are all of the obvious signs that he actually likes you for more than your body, which you can find on any self-help “does he actually like me” website. However, there are a few clues in the bedroom. If he loves you, he doesn’t just do whatever it takes to get you wet enough to get inside you easily. He actually wants you to feel good and it gives him immeasurable pleasure to get you off, even if it takes going down on you for 10 straight minutes. He wants to look you in the eyes when you’re in missionary, and it’s not weird or uncomfortable. He finds your red, squished-up “O” face to be the sexiest thing in the world. You will wake up cuddling with him as big spoon and he’ll enter you in that position, knowing you’re too self-conscious about morning breath to face him,

Wait for the real thing. Don’t exhaust your emotions on someone who simply enjoys the fact that you make him orgasm.

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but knowing that you want to do it just as much as he does. He lusts after you, but he also loves you.

Hold on to the guy that loves you, and get rid of the ones that don’t. The guy that booty-calls you might be a well-oiled sex machine, but sex with the guy who loves you will be so much better anyway. I’m not saying you have to be dating to be in love. You don’t even have to say it. It’s a physical love where you appreciate each other’s bodies and get pleasure from each other’s pleasure. The oxytocin doesn’t trick you into thinking you just had great meaningful sex because you know as it’s happening how great it is. I’m also not saying you shouldn’t have one-night stands or go home with randoms. I’m all about experimenting in college. Just don’t dedicate months of your precious college time to a guy who will never love you. There is a difference between sexual compatibility and love, and I urge you to seek out the difference. Watch out for warning signs of disinterest early so that you can dedicate your time to the guys who think it’s cute when you fart in your sleep instead.

Ruth M. is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. She can be reached at ruthm@cornellsun.com. I’m Just Gonna Shake It appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

Hints From Hitch

10 Things I Think I Think About Sex

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hen initially asked to pen this column by The Daily Sun, I expressed a measured amount of discomfort and hesitation. Unlike previous columnists, who I’ve read diligently over the past three years, I have not always possessed the same swagger that they have held between their two legs. Like many students, I’ve had flashes of extreme confidence and moments of crippling doubt.

Upon further examination, however, I realized that my experiences were probably more similar to the average student than the uber-successful men and women of previous columns. According to a Sexual Satisfaction Survey conducted by Lifestyle Condoms (hardly scientific, but revealing nonetheless), the largest group of respondents (38 percent) indicated they had between two and four partners throughout their college lives. Even though the attractive student at the opposite end of the dining hall might seem like a confident, sexual freak, it’s far more likely that they’ve been confused, worried, and scared about the subject of sex and all the emotional and mental baggage that can come with it.

But before I move on to my goals and point of view, I want to briefly express my appreciation and humility towards previous writers.

Despite differing approaches and styles, they have offered us intimate stories aimed at enhancing our sexual lives. As I embark on this journey with you, I can already see how emotionally demanding this can be and my hat goes off to their hard work.

This brings me to the goal of my column. I hope my writing can provide entertainment (my wildest nights), intrigue (my biggest mistakes) and practical advice (my sex playlist).

More importantly, though, I want this column to impart advice and outlook on your sexual experiences, and assure your college years provide pleasure, excitement and, ultimately, happiness.

This goal needs you. Although I will do my best to provide my stories and the stories I have heard from friends, your openness and questions will help drive this column and ensure Cornell students are accurately represented in a way

they previously weren’t. I encourage you to send your most embarrassing stories, your hard-earned wins and your deepest, darkest inquiries into the sexual experience.

Before asking you for so much, I figured it was only fair for me to share my viewpoints that will inform my writing much like they guide my life. Here’s my list of the 10 things I think I think about sex: 1. It’s complicated. I can say this with confidence. My experiences have ranged from erotic, electric and exhausting (in all the right ways) to exasperating, embarrassing and exhausting (in all the wrong ways). Sex is rarely perfect and always challenging.

2. Everyone has made mistakes. Whether coming in the form of awkwardness (early) or disappointment (not at all), sex can and will make us do or say things we aren’t proud to

sure and frustrates you. For some reason, Cornellians know we need to study to make ourselves smarter and workout to make ourselves fitter. We rarely make this connection to sex.

Put in the work and you’ll be rewarded.

6. Experimentation is fun. This appears in many forms, none of which are right for everyone. But switch it up. You’ll never know what you’re missing until you videotape yourself, use whipped cream and chocolate sauce or have sex when your friends are in the room (far from a comprehensive list, but all adventures I recommend) 7. No type of sexual experience is better or worse than any other. As long as everyone involved is embracing their partner(s), it’s all good in my book. Good things happen when people feel they are having the type of sex they want to have when they want to have it. Everyone should be able to get behind that — and some of us certainly do.

8. I definitely do not have it figured out.

Despite The Sun’s confidence in me, I would never claim to be an expert.

9. No one has it figured out. Like me, I doubt you know exactly what you want. If you’ve somehow stumbled upon that perfect formula, the column is all yours — please teach me your ways.

10. It’s worth figuring out. Even though my last point can seem discouraging, I’d never suggest you pursue anything less than sexual perfection.

Embarrassment can be fun and mistakes are almost always learning moments.

Like a lecture that focuses on the syllabus, the first article is never as interesting as the others, and I hope I can keep you on the edge of your seats and atop your beds for the coming year. Leave me with your orientation week escapades or lingering questions about your sexual summer and I’ll be sure to include them in upcoming columns.

I hope my writing can provide entertainment (my wildest nights), intrigue (my biggest mistakes) and practical advice (my sex playlist). admit to. It’s important to constantly evaluate how you treat others because of your sexual triumphs or difficulties.

3. It drives a lot of our decisions. I don’t think it’s hard to see why this is true. Look around a college party, the front page of The New York Times or your favorite commercials.

4. On a more serious note, the pursuit of your sexual happiness should never impede or infringe on another’s. I’ve seen its damage. Two of my previous partners have been subject to sexual abuse in the form of psychological pressure and/or physical coercion and the pain and apprehension they feel is tough to see, and I couldn’t come close to possibly understanding how much tougher to personally deal with.

5. Good sex is a pursuit that requires practice and thought, much like any other activity that brings you plea-

Hitch is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at hitch@cornellsun.com. Hints From Hitch appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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DINING GUIDE

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Dining Guide

Your source for good food

Favorite Foodie Finds From Ithaca’s Farmers Market The most Instagram-able breakfast and lunch bites from our favorite food-filled pavilion.

By CATHERINE ELSAESSER Sun Staff Writer

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ome of my favorite things about the City of Ithaca are its diverse restaurants and attention to locally sourced food products. A place to learn about both produce from the Finger Lakes area and hand crafted edibles is the Ithaca Farmers Market. Every weekend the market located at Steamboat Landing on Cayuga Lake bustles with groups of students and families shopping, enjoying the food and soaking in the beautiful waterside scenery, where the Cornell Crew Team practices.

The sight and the savory breakfast and lunches are perfect for unwinding after a long week.

With dozens of food vendors to choose from, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite finds.

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pers, there are plenty of breakfast options to please any palate.

Two of my favorite booths are located to the right of the entrance at the far end. For sweet breakfast lovers, the apple cider and apple cider donuts at Little Tree Orchards make for the perfect fall treats. The donuts are inexpensive and satisfy my cravings for a sugary, fried breakfast pastry.

S OLAZ A few booths down from Little Tree Orchards is another popular breakfast vendor, Solaz.

This location in the market always seems to have a long line, so I recommend getting to the market early. This vendor specializes in burritos, and the small breakfast burrito is the perfect size to placate a growling stomach. The simple burrito that I tried consisted of eggs, cheese and a choice of mild, medium or hot salsa. The thing that impressed me the most was that each burrito was made fresh to order. I chose the hot salsa to add to my burrito, and the spicy condiment perfectly complemented the melted cheese and soft scrambled eggs. This meal was less than five dollars, which is great for students on a budget.

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M ACRO M AMA’S From Cuban to Japanese food, the variety of lunch cuisines at the Farmers Market is equally impressive. I recommend the cold peanut lime noodles from Macro Mama’s.

The smaller portion of the noodles is only four dollars and is a smart choice if you are planning on trying different snacks from multiple market vendors. The dish is full of thinly sliced cucumber and carrots and is garnished with chopped peanuts and sliced green onion for added texture and flavor. I was expecting the noodles to resemble Pad Thai, but the sauce was creamier, a pleasant surprise that left me satisfied.

KHMER A NGKOR My favorite dish was from the Cambodian vendor, Khmer Angkor. The booth is close to the water, and I savored the daily chicken special while overlooking the boats and wildlife near the docks. The dish consisted of large chunks of tender chicken, simmered in a red sauce that was

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mild in heat but robust in flavor from a variety of spices and sliced onion. The chicken was served on top of a bed of white rice that soaked up the succulent juices and was garnished with a light salad of green and purple cabbage drizzled with dressing.

Khmer Angkor offers savory and sweet smaller plates as well as full meals that are all less than 10 dollars. My friend enjoyed her dessert sticky rice wrapped around a cooked banana filling and served in a banana leaf. It was sweet without being overpowering.

Other vendors that I have

tried and enjoyed in the past include Asian Taste and the Greek booth. The lunch plate at Asian Taste gives the customer a choice of a meat dish, rice and a crispy eggroll. The falafel pita at the Greek vendor is assembled in front of you and comes warm with crispy falafel, fresh veggies and plenty of tzatziki sauce for added flavor.

The places that I’ve ied make up a mere fraction ofwhat the Farmers Market offers, and I look forward to trying new vendors in the future.

Catherine Elsaesser can be reached celsaesser@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Let’s Be Frank: Fassbender Stuns SHAY COLLINS Sun Contributor

Director Leonard Abrahamson’s latest release Frank focuses not on the meteoric rise of rock stars destined for success, but rather on the neuroses and struggles of musicians ebbing between notoriety and anonymity. For the members of Soronprfbs — when later asked to pronounce the band’s name, instrumentalist Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal) merely shrugs — brief fame serves only to amplify the anxieties that each musician carries throughout the movie, from unrequited love to fears of mediocrity.

The viewer can easily relate to frustrated-songwriter-cum-officedrone Jon (Domhnall Gleeson) who, in the first scene, wanders around his drab Irish town, searching for musical inspiration.

Attempting to craft hits from the minutiae of suburban life (a sample hook: “Ladies and babies, that’s the way it is”), Jon wanders dejectedly along the grey seashore, shuffles through a nine-to-five and sits aimlessly in his room, which appears to be unchanged since his boyhood.

Jon’s first sighting of Soronprfbs reveals the simultaneous melancholia and absurdity of Frank’s rag-tag gang of followers. As Jon watches in horror, and the rest of Soronprfbs in boredom, keyboard player Lucas (Shane O’Brien) attempts to drown himself following a disagreement with Clara. The darkly humorous scene closes upon the chilling shot of Lucas, wide-eyed and shaking violently, being loaded into the ambulance as Don casually discusses details for the next night’s show with Jon. Frank himself does not appear, however, until the following night when Jon fills in on keyboard during Soronprfb’s set. Frank walks out amidst shimmering cymbals and warbling synths and, in an act of blunt symbolism, plugs in his head to an amplifier. The band’s equipment fails and the band is nearly booed offstage, but Jon is hooked, finally possessing an outlet for his unfulfilled dreams of musical glory.

Facilitated by James Mather’s understated, focused cinematography, Frank unfolds into a triptych, first in a secluded, Instagramworthy vacation lodge (think tapestry-laden wood paneling and inner-forest Jacuzzis), then in humid, dinghy Austin hotel rooms and finally back in suffocating Kansas suburbia. The precision of the shots parallels Frank’s musical obsession and every exhalation of cigarette smoke, every twist of a soundboard dial feels choreographed.

At the backwoods recording retreat, we enter into a pulsating, grainy portrayal of the band’s youthful joie-de-vivre and emotional turmoil, à la Ryan McGinley. Underneath the façade of communal living, immersion in musical brilliance and silliness of Frank’s creative

process, however, schisms begin to sepaPHOTO COURTESY OF MAGNOLIA PICTURES rate band members from one another and their own sanity. Drummer Nana (Carla Azar) and guitarist Baraque (François Civil) belittle Jon in French whenever they get the chance, Frank tells Jon of Don’s past agalmatophilia, and Jon, in turn, grows enraged when the band happily supports themselves off of his inheritance while refusing to use any of his songs.

Leonard Abrahamson and writer Jon Ronson maintain a dark comedic effect throughout: A band member’s suicide is memorialized with a Viking burial, complete with tongue-in-cheek tchotchkes; the band members’ safe word for exercises is “chinFrank chilla.” Furthermore, segments of overDirected by Leonard Abrahamson seems rather to be a person consumed by their paswhelming anxiety and sion and worries for a severely mentally ill Frank.

Starring Michael Additionally, profound sadness are the movie’s treatment of mental illness Fassbender punctuated by brief throughout the plot is simultaneously compassionglimpses of tenderness ate and realistic. The characters edge up to energetic and love between the mania and painful anxiety, but rarely succumb to band members. After either. When Jon insinuates that he thought that seeing Jon exasperated Frank’s mental illness allowed him to access his inner by composer’s block, creativity, Frank’s mother replied, “Oh, he was always Frank writes a brief tune about a tuft of fabric sticking up from the musical. If anything it slowed him down.” carpet, musing, “I wonder how old he is in carpet years.” Writers Although Frank seems like a brilliantly crafted but imaginative Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan work in word play throughout — tale, some aspects of Frank are actually non-fictional. British musiat one point, Don confesses that he is not sure whether Frank called cian Chris Sievey crafted a character named Frank Sidebottom Jon “cherishable” or “perishable.” while fronting his band, The Freshies. Screenwriter Jon Ronson, Michael Fassbender delivers a stunning performance, still carry- much like the fictional Jon, was approached out of the blue to play ing much of the energy and conviction that he displayed in Twelve keyboards for Frank’s band. Chris Sievey, too, seemed to take on Years a Slave. Domhnall Gleeson impresses with his rapid transfor- obsessive qualities when playing the Frank character, such as refusmation from awkward newcomer to domineering pseudo-vision- ing to respond to any other name. ary. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s performance, unfortunately, comes off as Frank takes everyday experiences and objects and renders extreme and rather one-note throughout. The dark-horse perfor- absurd and, in turn, profoundly sad. A subtly truthful manifestamance of the film, however, is Scoot McNairy’s subdued and tion of the desire for, and fear of, fame will leave viewers feeling intense performance as Don that seems to hint at some trouble uneasy, but undoubtedly moved. Frank’s head acts as a stark symbol always brewing underneath the surface.

— emblematic of the desire to be seen and loved versus the terror In the end, once the head is figuratively and literally removed, of fully exposing oneself to scrutiny. the entire film unfolds in a vastly darker manner in retrospect. The eccentric, charismatic Frank appears more like an extremely anx- Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She ious man with a strange coping mechanism. Rude, aggressive Clara can be reached at smc377@cornell.edu.

Karen O Crush Songs Interscope Records

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Lylla Younes The new sound is markedly different. From grungy unapologetic punk-rock to sweet, fuzzy vocals backed largely by a single acoustic guitar, Karen O’s new record Crush Songs is hardly comparable to her previous work with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. As I listened to the album for the first time, I could not help asking myself, “Where are the layers of instrumentation?

The electro-poppy edge? Where is the build?” But as a longtime fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I was interested in this new style. I felt as though Karen O was trying to say something different in the unrehearsed simplicity of her new record, and the more I listened, the more I tried to understand what exactly she was trying to say.

Crush Songs was recorded from 2006-2007 when Karen O was 27 years old. The record features 15 tracks in under 25 minutes: arguably just a series of unreleased bedroom demos.

Far less cryptic than her previously released records with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, O’s new theme is hard love. While her grungy melancholic voice used to sing of ghostly, abstract characters, in this new record, she fills these characters in with flesh.

As a result, we see a side of her that we have never seen before.

In the opening track, “Ooo,” she is bare and injured, her highpitched voice both sheer and hiding in the track’s staticy over-

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With these open ended verses it is easy to write O off as the whiny, nostalgic end of a relationship long overdue. However, as the album progresses, we instead begin to get a real sense of the vulnerability and loss ingrained in her lyrics. In an interview with Lior Phillips of The Quietus, O admits, “For me, what takes the most amount of courage is becoming vulnerable and bearing your soul … It’s punk rock to sing, write and perform love songs.” While this may be the case, is it punk rock to abandon the edge? The grungy riffs, the drum loops and the hard vocals? Perhaps not. But as the album progresses, Karen O seems to make a case for this as well. In “Body,” there are moments where the legacy of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs avantrock edge still comes through. She starts out with a simple guitar riff and then builds to a grungy howl slathered in static. But without all the layers of instrumentation and production of her previous records, the sound is very raw — almost uncomfortably raw. In the album’s final tracks, O seems to climb

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halfway out of her self-imposed gloom with “Indian Summer” and “Sunset Tree.” Still, there are moments towards the end of the record where I get the sense that O is relying too heavily on how interesting her voice is and seemingly abandoning everything else. As a consequence, I grew somewhat numbed to the sound, and the last track “Sing-Along” left me unsatisfied.

At the beginning of the Karen O’s Crush Songs, I was entranced by the salty darkness in her soft voice, by the raw and unrepentant sorrow of her lyrics. It was, after all, a very different side to an artist that I grew up loving. There were moments in the latter parts of the record where I grew somewhat bored of the sound, and wished that I could have something thicker to close my eyes to. But these are, of course, the criticisms that any newly solo artist will experience upon releasing work. Ultimately, Karen O’s new record Crush Songs is a courageous release from an artist longing to expose a new side of herself. In that way, this could be the most human we have ever seen her yet.

Lylla Younes is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at ley23@cornell.edu.

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Zammuto Anchor Temporary Residence Limited

Troy Sherman Anchor, in which Nick Zammuto and company, sadly, underwhelm. But, before we get to the nitty-gritty of this album analysis, a brief history.

In the early 2000s, Nick Zammuto started out as one half of the art-school bred, avant-sampling “folktronica” duo The Books. He and his musical cohort, Paul de Jong, trudged through the aughts in unfortunate relative obscurity, releasing a string of albums (Thought for Food, The Lemon of Pink, etc.) that sounded like not much else of their time or any. Their formula was simple and effective, yet not easily replicable: Lay down some weirdo folk guitar tracks, on top of which go a slew of even weirder, more unsettling samples, ranging from mundane self-help speech tapes to accidental recordings of neglectful parents. The result was a challenging, tongue-in-cheek, post-rock-y take on modern experimental popular music and, more often than not, it was artistic without being pretentious and still fun as hell to listen to.

Fast forward to 2012 and Zammuto and de Jong have split, with the former getting a band together called Zammuto, comprised of himself (compositions, various instruments and a fountain of quirkiness), Sean Dixon (drums), Mikey Zammuto (bass) and Nick Oddy (guitar and keyboards). Thankfully, Zammuto (the person, not the band) realized that the freak-folk spoken-word-sample charade that had been exciting in 2002 was getting worn out, and he decided to let his creative juices flow through more conventional rock song structures. That isn’t to say, though, that Zammuto was conventional; the weirdness that Books enthusiasts had come to love prevailed on most of the

tracks. However, there were cracks starting to show, out of which mundanity threatened to seep. Zammuto, despite being an artistic success, begged the question: Which side of this record would win out in Zammuto’s next endeavor — the still-thrilling, Books-esque electro-foolery or the subpar rock-band conventionalism?

The answer comes with Anchor, which came out on September 2 and saw Zammuto (the band, not the person) with the same lineup as on the previous record, and survey says: subpar rock-band conventionalism (for the most part).

The disc opens up with a track called “Good Graces,” which kicks off the work rather brilliantly with incomprehensible electronic vocals, followed by a minute of floating ambience that mirrors the snow-laden serenity of the cover.

For this first minute, it seems as though Anchor could be a great step forward into unfamiliarly exciting territory for Zammuto. But as soon as that thought starts to creep into your head, it’s immediately expelled as some keyboard notes and a simple little drum beat quickly (and awkwardly) take over the ambience. And as the song progresses from here, you realize that this sounds pretty normal. Not to say that normal is always bad, just that it doesn’t really work for Zammuto. The vocals aren’t interesting, the instruments are boring, and all of the fun sounds — which once were the fundamental building blocks of Zammuto’s music — now seem like they exist simply for the sake of existing.

The next track, “Great Equator,” follows suit. It opens with a beat generated from carefully placed nicks in the runoff area of an old record (the way Nick makes these

beats is actually pretty interesting, and you should check out the process on his website), which in itself is a cool idea.

The track, however, continues predictably: basic rock song structure with some superfluities thrown in to keep you hooked. The cool idea that started the song isn’t substantiated by any greater compositional concepts, which ends up not only being the downfall of this song, but the record as a whole. Zammuto seems to have convoluted his process of crafting brilliant compositions out of carefully picked and placed samples and eccentricities; now it seems as though he’s clinging to those fun sounds as his only way of maintaining relevance, crafting songs because of songs rather than out of them. This process does not a great record make.

Most of the subsequent tracks maintain this pattern: “Need Some Sun” almost sounds like it could be on the radio, and tracks like “Electric Ant” and “Your Time” just generally fall short of exciting. Out of everything though, there are four major highlights: “Hegemony,” “Henry Lee,” “IO,” and “Code Breaker.” “Hegemony” starts with some exciting electro-noise-freak-out jamming that materializes into a song that ends up paradoxically relying on repetition (the incessant iteration of “hegemony”) and arrhythmic percussion (the drums of Sean Dixon, which, next to Nick, are probably the best things on this record); “Henry Lee” is one of the most radical takes on a traditional folk song in recent memory (compare it to the original from the Anthology of American Folk Music and you’ll see what I mean); “IO,” for what it’s worth, is the best specimen of Zammuto’s new rock; and “Code Breaker,” the closer, minus the drums (which actually don’t detract from the song), sounds like it could have been on a Books record with its thrilling, evasive, almost Terry Riley-esque structure.

All of this isn’t to say that Anchor is a bad record. There are definite highs and lows, and giving it a listen wouldn’t be a waste of your time by any means. At its best it’s an interesting deviation into newness by Zammuto, and at its worst it’s listenable. Sadly, though, Anchor does seem to be an indication of an artist in decline. This disc might just mean that one of the greater musical minds of the past fifteen years should probably think about calling it quits soon.

Troy Sherman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He can be reached at tfs48@cornell.edu.

Hedonism in High Demand: One Week in Ibiza Ibiza is an endurance test of modern debauchery and capitalist privilege. Having known next to nothing before flitting off to this ultra-cool Balearic Island off the coast of Spain this summer, my week in the Mediterranean sun after a month touring the continent became the ultimate test of human indecency. Now with the season coming to a close, a mountain of press from this summer’s Bloom-Bieber fisticuffs, Paris Hilton’s $30 million in DJ fees on the island and Space Ibiza opening its New York outpost this weekend, it seems this White Isle is commanding headlines everywhere. And after a couple weeks in Ithaca — and now that Ruloff’s has closed its doors, Dunbar’s has substantiated itself as one buttery-smelling UTI and Pixel pops off for just 15 minutes before close — a girl thirsts for the veritable theme park-sized mega-clubs of Ibiza.

Here’s everything you need to know about the lotus-eating lifestyle of this Spanish party paradise.

THE EAT-SLEEP-RAVE-REPEAT LIFESTYLE: A typical day in Ibiza comprises waking up past noon fiending for some “sunglasses and Advil” only to head straight to any of the island’s pristine beaches for a solid session of straight photosynthesizing. The policy on these nude-friendly playas is rays out, baes out, so expect to see titties abound beside the requisite Euro banana hammock population. With sand so white it makes your coke jealous and crystalline waters glittering straight into your light-sensitive eyes, trust me when I say areolae are the least of anyone’s worries. The setting is ripe for a little Cava to dull the jackhammer thumping away at your head and a quickie pre-festivities nappy nap, before pounding that power-up juice for another night of matchless hedonism.

THE DRUGS: A single drink in Ibiza will run you about 20 Euro ($26), so unless your bank account wants to be raped and pillaged to reach a state of slightly sloshed, most vacationers prefer substance abuse of another kind. An estimated 40,000 illegal doses are consumed a night in Ibiza, with MDMA, cocaine and ketamine leading the pack. Walk down any street or into any bar and the roadside vendors and bartenders will first ask what you’d like to order on the menu and then what’d you like to order off the menu. Just 10 Euro a pop will buy you a high that’ll last half the night. Sometimes, the economical

solution is the dangerous solution, especially for an island that serves as an open-air test ground for new and sometimes fatal British synthetics — remember that Cannibal drug that left a homeless man in Miami with his face chewed off? And yet, when you walk onto the dance floor, strangers spitting Catalan will lick your finger and dab it in crystals of unknown origins. In the bathroom, women in Louboutins will try to sell you goodies tucked in their clutch bags and bespoke-suited men in VIP, VVIP, and VVVIP sections will pull you across the rope to press something into your palm.

But hey, when in Rome, right?

THE MEGA-CLUBS: From the moment you step off the airplane into Aeropuerto de Ibiza, you will be confronted by Privilege stores and Amnesia retailers. Mega-clubs here not only dominate nightlife but they also dominate all life. These clubs own luxury resort hotels, yachts, clothing lines, souvenir shops, boat tours, radio shows, etc. Little Spaniard babies run around in itty bitty Pacha onesies covered in the iconic pair of cherries. All public transportation uses these clubs as the main nodes in their daily routes and you’ll find that restaurant hosts, grocery clerks and even the local barber happen to moonlight as club promoters. And everywhere you go in Ibiza, that fucking oonce-oonce-oonce will follow. You will ride an ATV up to some remote northern cove beaches and stop by a quaint Profanity roadside fruit stand that, I kid you not, Prayers pumps deep house. Somewhere near your romantic candlelit dinner by the fairy floss sunset, a beat will drop. On the brink of wondrous slumber, a 4/4 drum kicks in your sleep.

THE PRODUCTION: Every night in Ibiza hosts an opening or closing party or a themed production like Pacha’s Aoki’s Playhouse or Matinee Amnesia. On these nights, the entire freaky cast of Cirque du Soleil performs sky acrobatics and burlesque dancers writhe in giant champagne flutes on stage. A 100-foot high gorilla sculpture hovers over the DJ booth and a team of Nikita-esque go-go dancers parade on platforms in patent leather bodysuits. Flamethrowers and fog blasters roar periodically throughout the multi-story space and a light show

Alice Wang

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rages on so epic it penetrates dark interiors like the moving laser field scene in Ocean’s Twelve. There are beach parties, boat parties, pool parties, foam parties and more. Everyday, an EDM mainstay is hosting his residency somewhere, whether it’s Tiesto, Carl Cox, Pete Tong or Nicky Romero. And despite their large scale, venues can be surprisingly intimate as you greet Solomun with a Rocket Power-style woogie during his set or latch onto Martin Garrix’s leg as he stage dives into the crowd.

At one point during the night, Guetta is ripping into his crowd favorites ten feet ahead of you and Guetta’s wife is making out with someone exotic thirty feet behind you.

THE COST: You will hemorrhage Euros everywhere you go, feeling helplessly poor, but these exorbitant cover charges are unavoidable. Running a 45 to 80 Euro ($60 - $100) door fee a night, your pocket will hurt, but entrance often extends from midnight until noon the next day. More than once, you’ll find yourself so absolutely immersed in the production of it all that upon exiting Amnesia at 11:30 am the next morning, your faded-ass self will walk smack into a gaggle of office workers on their lunch break. Congratulations, you’ve officially set the bar for going ham on a Tuesday, and honestly, who can put a price on that?

Alice Wang is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at awang@cornellsun.com. Profanity Prayers appears alternate Thursdays.

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New York Met Daniel Murphy Chose Being A Dad Over Baseball ZAKOUR

was not his fault they lost.

If Murphy causes greater good in the world, it will be with absentee fathers, for a vari- because of the opportunity proety of reasons, all the time. vided by baseball, not his baseBut let’s not question Daniel ball play itself. His play alone Murphy’s toughness, fortitude or will not transcend and inspire even manliness. Daniel Murphy millions the way Babe Ruth, Ted missed only one game in the Williams, Jackie Robinson, 2013 season, playing in 161 Roberto Clemente or any other games and playing 155 the year giant of the game did. Murphy before. He had to learn a new utilized an opportunity that position to stick in the majors, baseball gave him by speaking at moving from the infield to out- a White House summit about field and back, even though he working families in June, specificould always hit major league cally working fathers. His greater pitching since his call up. This good lies outside of the diatransition was derailed by a hor- mond. rific injury caused by an over So what is my point here? I aggressive slide in the minors. think Daniel Murphy summed it Daniel Murphy is a tough guy. up best, with surprising eloHe has negotiated the mental quence, when he said, “When and physical demands of playing Noah asks me one day, ‘What baseball everyhappened, day successfulwhat was it So let’s celebrate a ly, more than like when I most of his was born,’ message, not of a critics can ever I could weaker and wimpy say. h a v e baseball, but a more The reason answered, Murphy was ‘ We l l , sensitive and inside a hospiStephen modern game. tal and not a St r a s b u r g lineup is that hung me a there is somebreaking thing greater than baseball. For ball that day, son, and I slammed as often as we say sports are a into the right field corner.’ But I metaphor for life and how quick- think it is going to go so much ly we espouse the benefits of further in that I’m the one who team dynamics, it seems the cut his umbilical cord. And long media missed the boat entirely after they tell me that I’m not on Murphy. One of the lessons good enough to play professional sports preaches is the greater baseball anymore, I’ll be a father. good, taking one for the team, And I’ll be a husband. So that whether it be firing a pass to an was a reason, on the front end, open man or sacrificing to move that I wanted to be there for my a teammate over. But we seem wife and for my son.” There is hesitant to actually apply these something more than just hitting lessons when they interfere with a baseball. the game itself.

Now, I do not think Murphy As a fan, for purely selfish rea- would have missed game seven sons, I wanted Murphy to play of the world series and he did initially. I always want the Mets not. It was not about that. It was to win, and Murphy’s absence about being a father over being a certainly hurt the chances of ballplayer, not over being a that. But I did not have a prob- champion. So let’s celebrate a lem with Murphy not playing. message, not of a weaker and And with the benefit of retro- wimpy baseball, but a more senspect, I am glad he was there to sitive and modern game. witness his son being born as As Daniel Murphy said, it is opposed to Bobby Parnell melt- about being bigger than baseball. ing down in the ninth.

It is about being a good father. It Baseball, as much as we like is also about breaking a barrier (a to believe, is not infallible. rare barrier for a white male), so Especially for Daniel Murphy. when other guys have to face the Murphy, a good player and one same decision, they can follow of my favorites as a Mets fan, is Daniel Murphy’s example. Even not a legend. His baseball career though we love to say it, while is not the stuff of legends. His never actually meaning it, there craft is not so important that are things more important than missing opening day (by the way, winning. opening day is just one game out of 162) will collapse the fabric of professional baseball. The Mets John Zakour is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be conoffense actually did fairly well tacted at jzakour@cornellsun.com. Point minus Murphy and it certainly Blank appears every Thursday this semester.

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Men,Women to Open Season

Both Red teams hope to improve from last season and win Ivies

By DANIELLE LETOURNEAU Sun Staff Writer

This weekend, the Cornell women’s tennis team will jump start its season at the Cornell Invitational tournament. The following weekend, Cornell men will travel to Princeton for the Ivy Plus Invitational.

Last season, the women’s team had a 7-10 record and 0-7 record in the Ivy League. This year, the team hopes to come back from last season and make a stronger impression.

“I’m looking forward to working with the returners and freshman and really bouncing back from last season,” said junior Dena Tanenbaum.

Tanenbaum said she expects this season to be very different from last year’s, due to the team’s large incoming class.

“Our team is very different this year especially because of the amount of freshman we have, so I think there’s a lot of excitement and positive energy amongst everyone,” she said. “It’s hard to compare last season to this upcoming season because it’s a really different team but we are all really positive and looking forward to an awesome season.”

This year Cornell hopes to improve its Ivy season and become a force to be reckoned with.

“I think as a team, we obviously want to compete well in Ivies and make ourselves a team to be on the lookout for,” Tanenbaum said.

To do this, the team hopes to prepare its six incoming freshmen for Ivy season throughout the upcoming tournaments and matches.

“For the fall season, I think it’s just really important for everyone to get into the match toughness mentality,

especially for the freshman who haven’t experience the college tennis and team atmosphere yet,” Tanenbaum said.

Tanenbaum is excited to see how the new team will work together and perform. She expects good things to come.

“All six of the freshman are competitors and have been training hard so far this season, so I think everyone’s going to do really well. I’m psyched to see everyone compete in matches this weekend,” she said Last season, the men’s team had an overall record of 13-8, and a 3-4 Ivy League record. However, senior captain Sam Fleck said he thinks that the team has the potential to win the Ivy League this year.

“Our main goal is to win the Ivy League. We think we have a fantastic chance to do so because none of our starters graduated,” he said. “We will all have a year more experience and we picked up two freshmen that we hope will have a big impact on the team.”

While experience will come in handy, Fleck said he thinks the team needs to improve upon its endurance, especially with the long season ahead.

“We have really focused so far this semester on getting in great shape. The season is long, so it is vital to go into our season in peak condition,” he said. “We had a problem last year of getting burned out by the end of the season, so this is something we want to avoid this time around.”

Senior Quoc Ngyuen said the Ivy Plus Invitational will be a good opportunity to see where the team stands relative to other Ivy League opponents. He said he hopes that the team’s hard training will pay off.

“The Princeton Invitational should be good. Top teams like Baylor and Michigan are coming so it will be

Fatherhood On Opening Day Some things are more important than sports. As the horrific Ray Rice incident shows, sports can take a backseat. So I thought, for this week, that I would reflect on something positive an athlete did rather than dwelling on Rice.

Maybe you missed it but Daniel

regular fashion, the Mets blew the lead in the ninth.

The typical reactionary headlines concerned how Daniel Murphy was letting down the Mets. It also served as an opportunity to decry the “whimpification” of baseball, as years ago Murphy

John Zakour Point Blank Murphy, second basemen for the Mets and all around good player, received hell for his absence on opening day. Murphy was not hurt, nor was he suspended.

Instead he was in Florida attending the birth of son, Noah.

Judging by the reaction, you would have thought Murphy had broken one of baseball’s nebulous unwritten rules or something equally sinister. But Murphy simply missed the Mets opener against the Washington Nationals. Nat's Ace, Stephen Strasburg, was a little shakier than usual and was on the hook for the loss. However, in what would become alarmingly

would assuredly be in Queens manning second base. Mike Francesa laid into Murphy. How could a be man paid so well to do his job, one that requires absolute dedication to his craft, one many would kill to have, up and abandon it? Opening Day means a lot to a Mets team not expected to contend, at least it meant something to the fans and writers. How could Daniel Murphy leave his team for his son's birth? At the risk of being obvious, he surely did not need to be there. Babies get born See ZAKOUR page 14

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Serving success | Senior captain Sam Fleck looks forward to the Red’s upcoming season and seeing all of the returning starters take the court. good competition. We’ve been training hard for almost a month and I’m sure everyone is excited to see where they stand against the other Ivies,” he said.

Danielle Letourneau can be reached at dletourneau@cornellsun.com.

WOMEN’S SAILING

Red to Open Weekend on Cayuga, Looks Forward to First Varsity Season

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

The Cornell women’s sailing team will participate in its first competition as a varsity team this weekend, when it hosts the Cornell Fall Open. The meet will begin on Saturday and extend through Sunday at the Merrill Family Sailing Center on Cayuga Lake.

Though it will be the first varsity competition for the team, senior Jenny Borshoff maintained that the Red has been here before and will not let nerves get in the way of training.

“We prepared the same way we have prepared for it in past years,” Borshoff said. “There are no nerves going into this weekend. The Cornell Fall Open has always been our opening event, just a week or two after we hold tryouts, so this weekend is all about getting on the water and tuning up for bigger events.

The new and improved sailing center is home to Borshoff and the rest of the team.

According to Borshoff, they have been training in the same water for the past few years and have become comfortable on Cayuga Lake.

“Just like in other sports, you

could say that there is a sort of home team advantage in sailing,” Borshoff said. “Because this competition takes place on Cayuga Lake, we have more knowledge about the general trends of the wind and the conditions. Also, the other teams have to sail our boats. The best sailors are able to quickly adapt to and figure out new conditions and boats, though, so the advan-

“There are no nerves going into this weekend.”

Jenny Borshoff tage only goes so far.”

The sailing team has only two seniors on the roster, Borshoff and senior Sonia Guior. They have the unique privilege of being given varsity status in their final year on the team.

“It has been really exciting having the varsity recognition for my senior year, and I am really grateful to our team’s alumni and the university for giving us this opportunity,” Borshoff said. “I love seeing the team take this big step forward,

and even though it’s only for my last year, I’m glad that it’s happening for the younger girls on the team.”

Saturday’s meet marks the beginning of a long season that extends into mid-November.

The Red will compete in two Ivy League meets at Princeton and Dartmouth.

Last season, the women’s sailing team advanced to the National Championships held at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, where they competed against a handful of varsity squads.

Cornell finished third at the competition. Borshoff acknowledged that with Nationals still so far off in the distance, it will take time for the team to gel before they can recognize their potential.

“Out of the seven girls that competed in the 2013 National Championship, only two of us remain,” Borshoff said. “We also have a lot of new team members this year. I would say right now that the team is looking to improve our skills and do the best that we can this fall and spring, but we don’t know what that best is yet.”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.