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RED BLASTS PAST YALE ON HOMECOMING Banks throws for 297 yards,two touchdowns to power Red to 2-0 for first time since 2009

By ZACH SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

‘Cornell Victorious’ is a ballad with rich history in Ithaca, but has been conspicuously missing from Cornell football games in recent years. This has changed in two games already this season, as the Red dominated Yale on Homecoming 27-13 to secure its second win in as many games.

Cornell opened the scoring early, when sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks marched the offense down the field, totaling 60 yards in just under three min-

utes. Sophomore running back J.D. PicKell pounded the ball in for a one-yard rush — the first of his career — giving the Red the early lead.

Even with PicKell’s touchdown, rushing was not the centerpiece for the Red’s offense this weekend, after sophomore running back Chris Walker exploded for over 130 yards against Bucknell. Head coach David Archer ’05 said he knew that he had to use the air attack to get in the end zone.

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it tough,” he said. “They did the same thing to Colgate.

That’s kind of their philosophy. Going into it I thought the passing game was going to be our advantage.”

After the team snagged two picks at Bucknell junior safety Nick Gesualdi got the interception parade off early, breaking tackles and crossing the offense up to return it 30 yards.

When it rains, it pours, and Ithaca showers are occurring rather early this year. Senior safety Justin Solomon also got in on the fun, collecting the Red’s second interception of the day — also in the See FOOTBALL page 16

Cornell victorious | In front of a raucous crowd at Schoellkopf Field, the Red celebrates its second straight win to start its season.

Students Rally for Black Lives Arts College Adds Call for an end to‘senseless and unjust’police violence

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun News Editor

While for many, names like Trayvon Martin, Cornelius Brown and Alton Sterling represent stories to be read in the news, for over a hundred faculty, staff, administrators and students, the names are a call to action.

Members of Black Students

United gathered at the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and marched to Ho Plaza on Friday, chanting slogans such as “black lives matter,” “no justice, no peace” and “they say get back, we say fight back.”

Delmar Fears ’19 expressed a need to take action after the “senseless and unjust murders of innocent black people.”

“Too many innocent lives have been taken, and far too few voices have spoken out against it,” she told the crowd before the rally. “I implore you, speak your voices and lend your hands, so that no more lives are needlessly taken.”

Others echoed the same sentiment, adding that they are tired of See BLM page 5

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Truth to power | Black Students United hosts a march Friday in solidarity with national protests against police violence.

Four New Minors

By RUWANTHI EKANAYAKE Sun Contributor

Four new additions to the repertoire of minors in the College of Arts and Sciences — history of capitalism, public policy, Viking studies and crime, prisons, education and justice — aim to cultivate humanities interest in an increasingly pro-STEM academic climate, according to Prof. Lawrence Glickman, history.

“We are all concerned with maintaining student interest in the humanities and “There’s a lot of worldsocial sciences at a wide discussion about time where national trends capitalism and its are moving away morality.” from that,” he said.

Prof. Lawrence Glickman The history of capitalism major is designed to take a global approach to the subject, examining capitalism through many different cultural and historical contexts, according to the University.

“There’s a lot of worldwide discussion about capitalism and its morality,” Glickman said. “Our minor allows us to take a multifaceted approach to a complex See MINORS page 5

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Times Higher Education Ranks Cornell 19th Best University In World Cornell was ranked the 19th best university in the world and the 13th best university in the United States in this year’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

The ranking is a slight improvement over Cornell’s performance on the renowned U.S. News and World Report National Universities list, which was released earlier this month and named the University the 16th best college in the United States.

Cornell’s ranking has hovered steadily in the high teens over the past year — it held at 17 from 2012 to 2014, and then dropped to 18th in 2015 before landing at 19th this year.

However, the University’s performance has noticeably declined since the start of the decade; it stayed at 14th place in 2010 and 2011 before dropping three places in 2012.

The Times Higher Education says they judge universities on four core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. They then examine each school’s learning environment, research efforts, citations in literature, number of international community members and industry income. Data is provided by the institutions being ranked.

The teaching and research categories both give significant weight to a reputation survey distributed and collected in the year before the rankings are released, according to THE. Cornell performed best in the citations criterion, earning a 97.2 percent, but fell short in industry income — the lowest weighted category, accounting for only 2.5 percent of the University’s total ranking — weighing in with a middling 36 percent. It also scored 62.2 percent in teaching, 79.9 percent in international outlook and 85.5 percent in research.

These scores are fairly consistent with Cornell’s historical performance.

It regularly performs well in the citations category, but has not broken 40 percent in industry income this decade.

— Compiled by Rebecca Blair

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Speaker Examines Israel’s Complexities Jerusalem Post editor explores slant of news beyond ‘just the headlines’

By TOBA STERN Sun Contributor

Yaakov Katz, the editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, explored Israel’s storied history and current problems with media misportray at a lecture Thursday.

Prior to serving as editor of Israel’s premier English-language newspaper, Katz worked as a senior policy advisor to Israeli ministers of education, economy and diaspora affairs, according to a University KATZ press release. He is currently a faculty member and lecturer at Harvard’s extension school and the co-author of two books on Israeli Military history.

To highlight Israeli ingenuity, Katz shared a story about Israel in 1969 — almost two years after the Six Day War — in a conflict with Egypt, Jordan and Syria.

Katz explained that the Israeli military needed pictures of what was going on in Egypt — just on the other side of the Suez canal — to determine whether or not Egypt was gearing up for another war, but they lacked adequate surveillance methods. Inspiration came in the unconventional form of a children’s movie, which gave one officer the idea to attach cameras to a number of remote-controlled toy airplanes, thus

creating “effectively, the first drones in history.”

While Israel may have “changed the face of modern warfare,” Katz said their makeshift drones failed to help them predict what was to come in just four years time — the Yom Kippur War. “I think Israel is a nation of contradictions,” Katz said. “It is a country of radical religious extremists; ultra orthodox Jews and religious Muslims ... but on the other hand it is the one country in the Middle East that affords equal rights, not just to men and women, but to homosexuals as well.”

Katz added that the country is surrounded by enemies — Hezbollah in the north, Hamas in Gaza and Isis in Syria — and yet, it continues to function.

“The culture is thriving, the economy is booming,” he said. “People are out in the streets. People are enjoying life. It doesn’t necessarily make sense.”

Perhaps this is what accounts for Israel’s innovative successes, Katz suggested.

“When you have no alternative, you have to improvise,” he said. “When your back is up against the wall you have no choice and you just want to survive, you have to come up with new ways of doing that. A friend once told me ... ‘The shadow of the guillotine sharpens the mind.’”

Since the dawn of the country’s existence, “Israel, for better or for worse, has fought a war every single day,” Katz said. He See ISRAEL page 5

Rusty’s Café Adds Latte Art Machine

By HNIN EI WAI LWIN Sun Contributor

Rusty’s, located in the lobby of Uris Hall, has added a new twist to its menu this semester: latte art, also known as “ripples.”

“My manager, Joshua Jackson, and I went to a coffee festival last spring and fell in love with the latte art machine, the Ripple,” said Erika Lee, the cafe’s lead food service worker.

“It’s absolutely incredible.”

Latte art — which costs customers an additional 49 cents per cup — requires the cafe to serve a certain quality of coffee, according to Lee. “I’ve learned that the coffee has to be smooth, creamy and foamy in order for the artwork to display distinctly, but Rusty’s coffee has always been good quality,” she said.

Lee said “very few” customers have used the ripple so far, but added that she believes its popularity will increase come

the holidays. “[During] Christmas or Valentine’s Day, there will be more people wanting to personalize their coffee order to make it special,” Lee said.

There are currently special coupons for

“[We] went to a coffee festival last spring and fell in love with the latte art machine.”

Erika Lee free ripples available around campus, and the cafe is planning “a special next month,” according to Lee. Several students said they had not heard about the machine but expressed interest in using it in the future.

“I haven’t tried it yet, but I might try it out with the coupon,” said Evangeline

Ray, a staff member at Uris Hall who said she is one of the cafe’s regular customers.

The Ripple creates a variety of different artwork — from spelling out jokes to drawing Cornell-themed images — which the customers can request while ordering.

Students can also download a free app called Coffee Ripples, which allows them to choose photos or draw personalized designs on their phones, according to Lee. “I tried the ripple with my son’s face the other day and everyone was so surprised,” said Siobhan Stack, a barista at Rusty’s.

Lee added that the Ripple is known among the café’s regular customers and baristas as the ‘Star Trek,’ due to the machine’s speed.

“It’s like slowly and then boom! Ripples are fun and a great way to de-stress,” Lee said. “We have a great community here at Rusty’s and this new addition will bring more smiles.”

Hnin Ei Wai Lwin can be reached at hw474@cornell.edu.

Thousands Enjoy Asian Culture,Cuisine at Mid-Autumn Festival

By EMILY YANG Sun Contributor

Over 2,000 students gathered on Ho Plaza Friday night to sample Asian foods and watch a variety of performances at Cornell’s seventh annual Mid-Autumn Festival,

according to Chinese Students Association executive board member Alex Zhang ’18.

Hosted by the CSA, the festival is the second-largest student-run event at Cornell — after Slope Day — Zhang said. Friday’s festivities featured groups including Yamatai, Hanchum, Wushu and Lion Dance. Asian

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To the beat | Yamatai performs on Ho Plaza Friday at Cornell’s seventh annual Mid-Autumn Festival.

organizations also set up booths and offered free food, including traditional Chinese mooncakes.

Attendees lauded the festival, calling it an exciting opportunity to experience a different culture. Vanessa Tejada ’20 said she had “never, ever, ever come close to [seeing] anything like this.”

Iris Tan, ’18, added that she “loved” seeing how willing students are to embrace Asian culture. “I love how open people are to trying new things,” Tan said. “There is a lot of engagement, a lot of new students coming in.”

Others added that the festival gave Cornellians from Asia a sense of familiarity and a chance to immerse themselves in their native cultures.

“I’m very happy there is a mid-autumn event,” said Yiling Zhang grad, a student from China. ‘It’s great that there are these Asian groups outside of China.”

In addition to celebrating a traditional Chinese holiday, Zhang said that one intent of the event was “to get a lot of Asian organizations on campus together to show off what everyone’s all about.”

Alice Li ’18, a member of Cornell’s Asian and Asian American Center — which had a

booth at the festival — said her organization also wanted to empower the community and increase voter registration, especially among Asian youth.

CSA decided to hold the event on the same day as the homecoming laser and fireworks shows in order to reach more people — especially those who are not typically involved in Asian organizations — according to Zhang. He added that it took intensive planning to ensure the night went smoothly.

“We need a stage, we need amplified sound, we run the event until late hours and we have a ton of people attending,” he said.

“We need to set up hours before the event, we’re serving food, everything requires many permits and approvals from different people and departments.”

Acknowledging the hard work that went into organizing the festival, Zhang said the end of the night was his favorite part of the event.

“That’s the point where we’re like, ‘guys we did it!’” Zhang said. “And we’re all completely exhausted but really happy.”

Emily Yang can be reached at ey97@cornell.edu.

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Arts College to Add Four New Minor Options MINORS

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issue, and gives students tools to analyze the world around them.”

The Viking studies and public policy minors also aim to help students broaden their historical and global awareness, the University website describes.

In the Viking studies minor, students study the impact of Viking migrations throughout history. Cornell is also “one of the few North American universities” that offers classes in Old Norse languages, according to the University. The public policy minor offers a worldwide perspective on government processes and policy-making on continents from the United States to Africa.

Through study of crime, prisons, education and justice, students will become able to assess progress in domestic public policy as well, according to Prof. Joseph Margulies, government and law. “[The minor] was inspired by a growing recognition that we are in a possible moment of opportunity with respect to the problems of mass incarceration and the carceral state, the deficiencies of the criminal justice system and the relationship that already existed between Cornell and the Cornell prison education program,” Margulies said.

Numerous Cornell faculty members are already involved in Ithaca’s local prison education program, teaching classes and building relationships with inmates in the Auburn Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison, according to Margulies. This semester, he said, a “record high” of 65

students are serving as T.A.s.

Isabel Caro, ’18, a T.A. in the program, said that working in the prison has exposed her to prisoners’ “humanity.”

“We’re trying to show their humanity ... and the idea that they can change,” Caro said. “They really are just people even though they’ve made mistakes.”

Margulies added that he believes exploring different perspectives and cultural realms is a crucial aspect of learning.

“The recognition that we all share common humanity, even those whose lives are very different from ours, is an invaluable lesson,” he said. “I would say that it is one of the most important lessons you can get from a liberal education.”

Ruwanthi Ekanayake can be reached at rne26@cornell.edu.

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added that Israel is fighting a war on three fronts: the front lines, the home front and the media. Bias and dishonesty in the news is something that Israel faces every day, and unfortunately, this is an overwhelmingly widespread trend in today’s media.

Katz used the 2008 Gaza War or Operation Cast Lead as an example, citing a story in a Palestinian paper announcing that Israel bombed a school in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, killing 40 people. Newspapers around the world ran headlines reading “Gaza’s Darkest Day: Israel Massacres Innocents,” Katz said.

Three weeks later, however, the United Nations informed journalists that no Israeli shells were ever shot at the school — only outside — and the number of deaths was vastly exaggerated. However, this infor-

mation never received much attention, and the damage to Israel’s public image was done.

“When we look at Israel, we have to look at the complexities, not just the headlines,” Katz said. “That is a big challenge for people who give the news and people who consume the news … Instead of just searching for the catchiest, sexiest way to tell a story, we need to actually tell the full story.”

Katz said he feels that in today’s media, “accuracy is given up for speed,” and that’s a problem.

Katz ended his talk with some parting advice to the audience. “Don’t hesitate to question. To ask, to try to learn and to educate yourselves,” he said.

The event, entitled “Israel in a Changing Middle East,” was sponsored by the Cornell Hillel.

Toba Stern can be reached at tfs46@cornell.edu.

BLM

them to do is start questioning. Ask their friends, go on the internet. If you have a phone, if you have internet access, you shouldn’t be confused about meaningless actions, including discussions and what’s happening here. Go get as upset as I am.”

Former co-president of BSU Samari Gilbert ’17 forums that do not result in concrete action.

BSU co-president Jaylexia Clark ’19 read a and BSU advisor Renee Alexander ’74 called the speech by Prof. Russell Rickford, history, discussing rally successful, saying the level of support demonthe “fallacies” that “the corporate power structure strated by those on campus — including dean of student life Ryan Lombardi — was aggressively propagates” to mainencouraging. tain its influence.

“I’ve been watching the protests “The managers of the status “People often live a real in Charlotte,” Alexander said. quo hate resistance,” Clark read sheltered life up here.

“There are some broader issues from the speech. “So they try to That’s what I’ve shaping student activism, national guide any dissent that arises issues that are pressing down on into ‘safe’ channels. You will observed.” our college campuses and I’m realnotice a proliferation of forums, ly happy to see our students Kayla Lewis ’17 discussions, and meetings orgaresponding in a way that makes us nized by system administrators know that they are involved in the and devoted to ‘dialogue’ and issues.” ‘awareness.’”

Despite the success of the rally, the march is far Others voiced their frustration with what they have been hearing on the news. Kayla Lewis ’17, from the last word from the group, according to said that rather than support on social media, she Gaylord Minett ’17.

“This is not the last thing that we’re going to do,” wants to take real action.

“I’m tired and I’m upset,” she said. “There’s only he said. “This is just a display of the initiative that we’re taking as Black Lives Matter. By no means so much retweeting I can do.”

Lewis added that she hopes the rally will encour- does this do anything, it just shows people that this age people to examine the racial issues that have is what the fuck we standing for … Everything else we do follows this initiative.” been prevalent in recent national discourse.

“People often live a real sheltered life up here.

That’s what I’ve observed,” she said. “What I want Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun.com.

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see it die.”

Along with a solid effort on the offensive and defensive side of the ball came a second straight week where the special teams stepped up. Sophomore kicker Zach Mays — reigning Ivy League special teams player of the week — has connected on all three of his field goal attempts and has forced nine touchbacks already this season. For both sides of the ball, this strength is a huge help in winning games, according to Archer.

“Huge weapon,” Archer said of the kicker. “Just to be able to keep putting points on the board when a drive stalls in the red zone is enormous.”

Weber went on to call Mays a “luxury we haven’t had the past few years.”

Aside from his kicking duties, Mays also participated in a trick play when Archer called his number to attempt a fake field goal when up 21-3. The sneak was thwarted by the Yale special

teams unit.

“I initially called to kick it and get the points and then I kind of had a little gamble and said, ‘You know what we’re up, let’s see what happens,’” Archer said. “You can’t play with any fear or any second guessing. You just have to go play and they covered it well. Good play by them.”

Knowing that there is still room for improvement, Archer said he is very proud of his squad after matching the win total from the past two seasons in just two games. The enthusiasm and confidence felt by this squad in infectious.

“Beautiful day,” he said. “Just a day to celebrate, a day to celebrate our football program and these kids. These kids are unbelievably resilient. Today was a great win over a good team, but the fun part is it’s not like we’ve played our best, there are some things to improve upon, and work on.”

Zach Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun.com.

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or better or worse, the search for internships or full-time employment is on everyone’s mind. People are starting to look for internships earlier and earlier. The process can be intimidating, and I’ve had a few conversations with people looking for advice. For this reason, I wanted to unify my thoughts in a column.

The best way to explain recruitment is a metaphor. Recruiting works like a game, say Monopoly (I like Monopoly).

Everyone gets Monopoly’s basic premise just like everyone gets recruiting’s basic premise. The goal in Monopoly is bankrupting the other players. The goal of recruiting is getting a job or internship with the possibility of a return offer.

More importantly, there are unspoken rules in Monopoly that aren’t apparent your first time playing. You aren’t disqualified if don’t follow these guidelines; but not following them severely limits your chances of winning. The early game involves getting as many properties as possible for leverage against your opponents.

The mid game is crucial. It involves trading for monopolies. The end game involves bankrupting the other players by developing your monopolies.

Recruiting has similar guidelines. The early game involves getting information — you attend information sessions, talk to recruiters and set up conversation over the phone. Contacts and information gives you an advantage later on. The mid game involves submitting resumes and cover letters to employers. Your resume needs to stick out in a pile of hundreds and indicate you have the necessary skills for the job. In the end game, firms vet you with interviews to ensure you have the skills indicated on your resume.

This is pretty standard information.

You will probably hear it again if you’re looking for employment — be highly skeptical if you don’t hear these things.

However, some information about recruiting isn’t standard. Just like playing Monopoly, everyone has a subjective spin about what the things they consider most important in recruiting. Hearing someone’s personal spin on Monopoly or job hunting can be overwhelming while learning the basic rules of the game. That being

said, I think it's worth sharing mine: In my opinion, people overlook the importance of the early game. For Monopoly, there are certain squares that players are more statistically likely to fall on (specifically the orange properties because they’re near the jail). Acquiring these spaces can win games. Being strategic about your early job search is also key.

You are good at something. Use the earlygame to articulate what that is and find who will pay you for it (I know they’re out there).

There is a major difference between recruiting and Monopoly that underscores the importance of recruiting’s early stages.

In Monopoly it is obvious who wins. It isn’t obvious if you won when you get a job. For this reason, don’t just look for jobs that want you. Firms get to decide if they want you during the mid and late stages of the job hunt. In the early game, decide if you want them. The most fulfilling jobs don’t advertise themselves; they don’t need to. You need to find them. When looking for help, don’t just look for someone to edit your resume or prep you for interviews — there are are a lot of resources out there. Find someone to help channel your strengths and passions into a career.

To sum it up, thinking about recruiting like Monopoly is helpful. Just like Monopoly, there are unwritten rules. I should also mention just like Monopoly, luck plays an important role in the job search. Also like Monopoly, recruiting is way more enjoyable if you don’t take things personally. Most importantly, there is one major difference between recruiting and monopoly. The are consequences to recruiting. If you are reading this, I am positive there is someone who wants to employ you. I bet they are willing to pay you a lot of money too. That doesn’t mean you want to work for them. Be thoughtful about your approach; follow your dreams but be realistic. That’s my schtick and I’m sticking to it! Stay tuned this semester for more.

Eric Schulman is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at eschulman@cornellsun.com. Schulman’s Schtick appears alternate Mondays this semester.

CORRECTION A previous version of the Sept. 20 News article, "Willard Straight Hall Student Union Directors Express Concerns About Leadership Changes" incorrectly called Willard Straight Hall advisors leaders of the board. In fact, they do not have board positions.

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Pegah Moradi | All Jokes Aside

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started straightening my own hair when I was in the seventh grade. Before then, I would ask my mother to do it for me.

We started when I was just six, sitting cross-legged on our outof-place Tabriz rugs in our quaint little Boise home. My mother would plug in a thick, two-inch ironing wand. While we waited for it to warm, she would pull my hair out from its elastic prison and begin to torture away its tangles. She would brush. I would scream.

I hated my hair. That’s an uncomfortable thing for me to think, let alone publish. I think it’s accurate though; I hated it. Once I was old enough to take care of it myself, I tied it up in as tight of a ponytail as possible until my curls were flattened by sheer tension.

When it got long enough, I would force the ponytail into a Professor-McGonagall-style bun, hiding as much of it as possible. I used to brush through it right after I showered, when it was sopping wet, watching as it would straighten out with every brush, then squirm its way back into coils, sort of like how a worm contorts its smooth body into kinks and knots.

Straightening my hair became a skill. My mother and I moved on from the wand to a flat iron. We learned words like anti-frizz and heat-protectant. We were told about the pricier names like Chi and Biolage. We traded secrets and shampoos. I’m told I have the same hair as my father, but at this point he hardly has any hair at all. I feel as though I have the same hair as my mother, if you think

I feel as though I have the same hair as my mother, if you think about hair in a more abstract sense. As in, we don’t have the same curl type, but we have the same hair history. My mother told me how she resented her hair growing up, how her mother sat her down and brushed her hair just like my mother brushed mine. about hair in a more abstract sense. As in, we don’t have the same curl type, but we have the same hair history. My mother told me how she resented her hair growing up, how her mother sat her down and brushed her hair just like my mother brushed mine. How she would cry, but how mothers in 1970s Iran were far less tolerant of whining kids.

Combatting our curls was our shared language. My mother is graceful, while I have walked into a pole more than once in the past month. She is conventionally feminine, while I spent most of my childhood eating dirt and wearing cargo capris. Nevertheless, I would watch as my mother would spend an hour with her arms up in the air, parting her hair and brushing down her tightly wound spirals.

Near the end of my sophomore year of high school, I walked into my mom’s hair salon of choice like a man with a plan, clutching a photo of Carey Mulligan that I printed off of the internet and a book I had to read for world history class. I was going to get a keratin treatment and make my hair permanently straight, then cut it like Carey Mulligan in the hit 2011 crime drama, Drive. A few important notes: this plan seemed absolutely horrible to everyone who knew me, I have never seen the movie Drive and my stylist found out I was friends with one of her clients and kept noting how handsome he was the entire time she was doing my hair. Despite these minor setbacks, I left the salon that night running my fingers through my new off-brand Carey Mulligan hair and feeling a resounding sense of victory. After I had had straight hair for several months, my mother decided to get the treatment too.

Over a year ago I stopped straightening my hair, partly because I was bored of it, partly because I felt fake. I didn’t want to hate my hair anymore. Why did I even hate my hair so much? I cut off the permanently straight parts and I read an entire book on curly hair.

I took up a new skill. I figured out how curls should be cut. I googled videos on how to style spirals straight out of the shower. I read about what foods to eat for shinier hair. It’s a different kind of language, I think. It’s easier to speak.

The new word I learned was free. As in, sulfate-free and parabenfree. My mother asks if I want to go back to the keratin treatment anytime soon. I say no. Her permanent straightener is wearing off.

You can start to see her curls again.

Pegah Moradi is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at pmoradi@cornellsun.com. All Jokes Aside appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Jacqueline Groskaufmanis | The Dissent

Policy and Pageantry T

onight’s presidential debate is estimated to have 100 million viewers — a size comparable to that of the Super Bowl, and a testament to the way that debates have become something of a spectator sport.

While the televised debate seems like a staple of the American election process, the tradition is relatively new, and has changed the way that voters view and evaluate their candidates.

The first televised presidential debate took place in 1960, with a match-off between incumbent vice president Richard Nixon and lesser known senator John F. Kennedy. Because there was no precedent regarding how important body language and optics would be to the viewers, N i x o n’s appearance was unpolished, and his lead eroded as he was outshone by the personable JFK. N i x o n looked sweaty and “unpresidential” next to a handsome, composed Kennedy, and voters integrated those visual cues into their evaluations of both candidates.

The introduction of television coverage alongside traditional radio made it less clear who the “winner” of the debate was. Those who watched the debate believed that Kennedy had performed better, while those who listened on the radio believed that Nixon had won. This incongruity gave immediate insight into the growing importance of presentation in campaigns. Now candidates not only had to sound smart and presidential but they needed to look it too. A headline from The Sun that ran after this debate read “Students See Recent Debate; Probe KennedyNixon Images,” and concluded that among Cornell students who had watched

the debate, Kennedy was the cited winner. The reach and the permanence of this first debate — and many others since then — have gone down in history, and I predict that tonight’s will as well.

This year, as a female candidate is thrown into the mix for the first time, it will be interesting to note how her presence will change the dynamic and the criterion on which voters judge overall performance. The media has a history of disproportionately criticizing female candidates for their appearances. For each paint suit joke that the Hillary campaign laughs off or tries to reclaim, there are several more about her face, body and general composure that

loud sigh from Al Gore during his debate is cited as one of the triggers of his decline and eventual loss. The list goes on and on, and while in isolation a bad debate performance isn’t necessarily the kiss of death, it has the potential to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Studies show that voters use heuristics to make decisions about who to vote for, and that these heuristics can be basic and fixed physical characteristics, like the relative heights of candidates.

Taller candidates with deeper voices are shown to be more likely to be elected than their shorter, higher pitched counterparts.

Trump undeniably has Clinton beat in terms of height and the depth of his voice.

And as for “looking president i a l , ” America’s t r a c k record of exclusively male presidents throughout history would imply that he’s beating her in that regard, too. And while this superficiality may sound ridiculous, appearance cannot be denied as an indicator for voters. Because debates have the power to nudge the course of elections, and because it has been shown that voters are likely to be charmed or dissuaded by visual cues, tonight looks as if it will be a debate unlike any other. In a mix of policy and pageantry, two candidates will try to sell themselves to the American people with every asset they have — from tone to body language to facial expressions.

Tonight we find out how the chips fall, and if the needle moves — all 100 million of us.

Because debates have the power to nudge the course of elections, and because it has been shown that voters are likely to be charmed or dissuaded by visual cues, tonight looks as if it will be a debate unlike any other. come from a place that is less benign. In a spectacle tonight that depends on imagery and optics to lend cues to voters, one can only wonder how these cues will translate through the prism of gender.

Unlike the debates in the primary, general election debates alone are unlikely to cause radical empirical shifts in candidate support. I would argue that while they aren’t set up to change the game entirely, they certainly have the power to move the needle. And we see this again and again. Beyond Nixon and Kennedy, there are plenty of examples in which debates were perceived to alter the trajectory of the race.

In 1980, John Anderson and Jimmy Carter both performed poorly against Ronald Reagan, and saw almost immediate repercussions in the polls, followed by defeat. In 2000, a

Jacqueline Groskaufmanis is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She may be reached at jgroskaufmanis @cornellsun.com. The Dissent appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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OPINION

Andres Vaamonde | Guest Room

On Israel, Media and UsingYaakov Katz’Advice Against Him Y

aakov Katz concluded his talk in Balche auditorium yesterday evening with some career advice: “I look for someone who is curious.

Someone who asks questions.

Someone who wants to learn… someone who sees something at the surface and says, you know what I can penetrate that, I can go deeper…” Seeing as how I am an aspiring writer and Katz is the editor-in-chief of the renowned Jerusalem Post, it would behoove me to take this sentiment as instruction. Let’s call it a one-sided job interview.

Time to penetrate the surface of Katz’ “Israel in a Changing Middle East” talk.

First, that title is a little misleading. Katz’ spiel ultimately focused on Israel’s ingenuity, benevolence and resilience – the sum of these parts being a grand lauding of Israel’s unique military might. About this, Katz is not at all wrong.

First, Israel is among the most technologically dexterous nations. Israel easily boasts the startup-to-population best ratio in the world — a phenomenon inextricably tied to the military. Technological advancement in Israel is in part due to the country’s foreverprecarious position as the lone Jewish state in a region full of adversarial Arab states.

Therefore, the need for new defense technology is perpetual. As an article from Popular Science a few years back noted: “Israel’s [insecure] environment provides a primal urgency that headquarters in Silicon Valley strewn with kegs

and Ping-Pong tables can lack.”

So, ingenuity? Check.

What about benevolence?

His theory finds good footing there too. Israel, while rightly considered internationally as an occupying force, genuinely does their best to treat enemies with respect. By policy, medical units must compulsorily attend to the most injured on the battlefield or in the streets, regardless of uniform or persuasion. Additionally, Israel assists those wounded in the Syrian conflict. Mobile hospitals line the nation’s border and, most incredibly, do not discriminate. Which faction the patient represents is of no consequence — anyone can receive impromptu care on Israel’s dime and leave, no questions asked. Therefore, while political sentiment in Israel can be quite xenophobic, I would say that Israel is rather benevolent, especially considering its geographic context.

And resilience? That’s an easy one. Israel has been at war since it was born. Rockets fall on Israeli cities as frequently as rain. Regardless, the country chugs along undeterred. Cities remain abuzz. People go out.

They debate, smoke, sing, dance, fight and fall in love – all paying no mind to surrounding chaos. There is little question as to Israel’s irrepressible spirit. If you have ever met an Israeli, it is incredibly obvious. Katz amplified this this point with a story: only days after two terrorists staged an attack in a popular Jerusalem

restaurant, that very same restaurant was full to capacity.

Throughout the entire talk — not just in regard to Israel’s resilience — Katz told these kinds of stories. He frequently used anecdotal evidence to support his ideological claims.

For example, in order to illustrate Israel’s military-related ingenuity, he recounted the time the IDF basically invented drones back in 1969 in order to see what then-imminent threat Egypt was up to. In order to illustrate Israel’s military-related benevolence he spoke about the empathetic action he witnessed first hand when the commander of the unit he was covering allowed a terror suspect to hug his mother before being dragged away for interrogation.

Each anecdote had a place in relation to those other anecdotes around it. They were all politically charged yet emotionally driven. It was quite impressive, really. Katz is a marvelous storyteller.

But it is here, his storytelling, where I finally found grounds on which to exercise Katz’ instruction. It is here that I found something lingering at the surface, something to dig into.

Near the end of his talk, Katz shifted to address the increasing scrutiny Israel faces from the media and discussed the careful role of journalism at large. His general point was this: we should be more active in our deployment, utilization and consumption of news.

Acknowledging the media’s

penchant for “sexy” stories in lieu of accurate ones, Katz rhetorically asked the audience: “how do we give over stories in ways that we get the whole picture, and how can we rely on what we’re getting?”

In order to amplify this point — just as he had done elsewhere — Katz discussed an incident the media had unjustly aggrandized just to sell a story. Apparently, several outlets misreported an Israeli attack against a U.N. sanctioned school during the 2008 Gaza strip war. The IDF had originally been accused of directly targeting the school and accumulating a death toll of 40. A few weeks later, the Associated Press diminished the severity of both these claims saying that no shells were found exactly inside school premises and that the death toll was actually only 12.

Katz cited this episode as motivation to, “try to learn and educate yourself, to see what’s happening” rather than just lethargically consuming what you are told.

I took his advice.

That U.N. school? Katz didn’t mention that there were six other similar incidents at six other U.N. sanctioned schools throughout Israel’s foray in Gaza. He didn’t mention that all that bombing resulted in 227 injured and 44 total deaths. He didn’t mention that Ban Ki Moon released a comprehensive 200 plus page investigative report that implicated wrongdoing on the behalf of the Israeli Defense Force and

Palestinian militant groups, the former for negligence and the latter for putting innocents at risk by storing weapons near civilian safe zones.

Yes, Katz’s talk was factually accurate. But did the manner in which he unfurled the information skew perspectives? Did it take on a slightly deleterious tone in regard to a certain neighboring enemy? This writer — scratching the surface and asking questions just like Katz himself instructed — would say yes.

Now, I should be clear: I admire Yaakov Katz. I applaud him for his levelheaded politics in an increasingly ultra rightwing Israel. I applaud him for unequivocally attacking Prime Minister Netanyahu when he deserves to be attacked; and I applaud him for not succumbing to the click-bait doomsday specials served up by many journalists while doing so. I applaud him for expressing the complexity of Israel’s socioeconomic makeup in regard to comparatively disenfranchised minorities, be they super orthodox Jewish men or Arab women. And, lastly, I applaud him for his capacity to weave an engaging narrative. He definitely knows how to craft a story. But in regard to that last note, I’d warn him: sexy stories aren’t always full ones. I know this because he said so.

Andres Vaamonde is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Ruth Weissmann | A Word to the Weiss

Far Below Cayuga’s Waters T

he first time I went scuba diving, I motored to the north shore of Cayuga, rolled in, abruptly foregoing my certifisaw nothing but mud. The last by which time I was sweltering inside my cation. I had not spent my weekends in a time I was diving, I hovered just gear, reduced to squinting through a translucent brown lake to fall just shy of above the ocean floor as hungry sharks fogged mask and tripping over my flip- the goal and so, in spring, in an effort to fed on our “chumsicle” — a frozen mass pers in a vain attempt to have any auton- avoid redoing the whole thing, I enrolled of fish designed to attract the finned omy at all. But as soon as I went under- in Cornell’s intermediate-level class, water, I was weightless. As a diver, you which takes place aboard a dive boat in creatures.

Last fall, a friend of mine enrolled in don’t sink and you don’t float. You drift the Caribbean over the course of eight Cornell’s Open Water Scuba gym class. parallel to the muddy bottom of the lake, days. There were nineteen of us on the After an Oscar-level performance of puppy-dog eyes and some wellI would argue no, that the only stories that get passed on are timed Jaws jokes, I agreed to take the class the ones we collectively choose to tell. What we know of 1916 alongside him. I was terrified; who breathes is limited to what records we have of that time in history, and underwater for fun? what people will know about 2016 is limited to what stories The process of becoming a certified we’ve committed to writing, photo or video. diver necessitates a series of small tests, the more difficult of which involves removing your mask underwater dodging small fish and trying not to stir 42-foot vessel, including the balding capand wrestling it back on again. These are up too much mud. You monitor your tain and his crew. Nobody showered; it done in the aquatic safety of the Teagle compass, aided in your navigation by didn’t make sense to rinse saltwater off Hall pool and its very visible depth, cos- underwater landmarks and the muted your body when we were diving three to tumed in thick black wetsuits, an inflat- sounds of faraway boats. And you return four times a day, descending to nearly a able vest to control buoyancy, a weighted to the surface an hour later, waterlogged hundred feet below international seas. belt and a 50 pound lime green tank of and wide-eyed, to calculate your body’s This was no longer the murky water of filtered oxygen. It’s not unlike wearing a nitrogen levels and maximum depth. Cayuga — in fact, the water temperature Scuba is as much a science as it is a recre- was warmer than the air most days, and snowsuit in a steamy sauna. crystal clear. We surfaced with vivid After two days in the pool, we were ational sport.

On our final day a thunderstorm mental images of colorful parrotfish, deemed ready for the lake. We were

polka-dotted sea slugs, poisonous lionfish, sleepy sea turtles. We dove at night to explore underwater planes wrecks, we let the current whoosh us past coral like a kaleidoscopic lazy river, and yes, we fed the sharks.

I returned to campus exhausted but exhilarated. On the Hill, it’s not hard to feel distanced from a world outside prelims and papers, to become mentally isolated from the things we read about in textbooks.

I’m no great lover of science (in fact, I readily avoid it), but there is something positively grand about the natural world that reminds you that you in fact occupy a very small place on this earth, this country, this campus. All it took was a 5-millimeter wetsuit and a few sharks, and my world was that much bigger.

This column originally appeared online September 23, 2016.

Ruth Weissmann is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at raw287@cornell.edu. A Word to the Weiss appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Storks Delivers a Grand Time

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Staff Writer

In an otherwise relatively lackluster year for film, animation has been doing very well for itself. Disney and Pixar put out incredible successes earlier this year, and Laika delivered a lovingly crafted epic tale. And now Warner Animation Group has stepped up to the plate with Storks. Written and directed by Nicholas Stoller, with Doug Sweetland also joining as director, this film is WAG’s second feature production. Their first, The Lego Movie, was a smash hit that frankly blew away my expectations. Warner Brothers has a long track record with animation — I mean, Looney Tunes? The Iron Giant? That’s not a history to sneeze at. Yet it’s been spotty, and I’ve been hoping after the surprise hit of The Lego Movie that Warner Animation Group would end up carving themselves a niche in the industry. Storks was a major test; could they follow up their success with another good movie? I’m relieved to say that the answer is a resounding “yes.”

Storks starts with a basic premise: what if the mythical storks who deliver babies decided to move on to other industries? So they incorporate into an Amazon-style behemoth called Cornerstore and end up delivering smartphones instead of babies. The plot follows Junior, a high-ranking deliverybird who’s given the opportunity to climb the corporate ladder. The catch is that to do so he has to fire Tulip, a human woman who has lived at Cornerstore her whole life after her own delivery was botched. When he doesn’t have the heart to, Junior instead moves her to the now-defunct baby making room — and no, that is not a euphemism for anything. Tulip accidentally turns on the machine, which spits out a baby, and they both have to deliver it before anyone finds out.

I have to start with some negative critiques first. One place the movie falls flat is in the plot. There do seem to be a lot of threads that are woven together, but they’re not woven together very tightly. Some of themes could also have been developed more. For example, the family that ordered the baby is troubled with overworked parents, who have a son pining for their atten-

tion. Of course, they end up learning about the value of family areas (such as the baby-making machine) are incredibly fascinattime, but it does feel rushed. That leads me into another com- ing to watch. Characters themselves squash and stretch to accent plaint about the plot: A lot of it is pretty predictable. When you the comedy. The design of the storks’ mountain itself is very see characters, you can tell what their narrative roles are very well-imagined, and it reminds me of other movies that explore clearly, you can tell how they’re going to develop, and you can mythical icons (think Rise of the Guardians). While 3-D gimguess pretty accurately what will happen. There aren’t any dra- micks do appear from time to time, they ultimately don’t distract matic surprises, and a lot of familfrom the film, and there are iar plot tricks make an appearseveral instances where I ance. could see 3-D actually conWith that out of the way tributing to the movie’s expethough, I want to move on to rience. what Storks does well: Its comedy If I had to describe the is fast-paced, clever and almost movie in one word, that word always hits home. I always would be “delightful.” This applaud a family movie that foryear we’ve had animated goes the dreaded toilet humor in movies discuss prejudice, porfavor of witty dialogue. As I tray characters overcoming watched it Friday night, I was mental disability and conlaughing, my friend was laughing struct skillfully crafted stories and the whole theater was laughfilled with menace and tening. Of course the trailers had sion. Storks instead kicks back given away quite a few gags, but I and gives us a breather. As an promise that even more gags added bonus, WAG precedes await you in the theater. In fact, the film with a Lego-themed COURTESY OF WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES the comedy is so good that it makes short titled “The Master,” up for its standardized plot. The writing didn’t go to creating a which I found very enjoyable and an excellent way to warm us gripping drama. Instead, it went towards some fantastic gut- up. Ultimately, if you’re looking for a laugh, Storks may be just busting laughs. And right there is what I admire in this film: it what you’re looking for. If you have kids, go ahead and take them played to its strengths very well. It offers enough plot to contex- along, and you’ll have a wonderful family night out. As for tualize its jokes, and then went full-throttle with absurdity. The Warner Brothers, I daresay they’ve found themselves a niche: movie becomes outright ridiculous at points and it’s okay with instead of pursuing Pixar’s serious and sincere storytelling, that. Storks knows what it wants to be, a comedy above anything Warner Animation Group is setting itself up as a dealer in anielse, and I appreciate that. mated comedies that excite all ages. With their next movie only I also admired the visuals of this movie. It features a more car- a few months away with The Lego Batman Movie, I’m excited to toonish style: For example, the birds have human teeth when see more of the studio’s work. grinning, but otherwise have just their bills. Right away it gives us cues that it’s going to be a more light-hearted and loose-cut David Gouldthorpe is a junior in the School of Industrial and film. While the backgrounds are sometimes a little bland, other Labor Relations. He can be reached at djg284@cornell.edu.

Blair Witch Casts a Comic Spell

BY TRIP HASTINGS Sun Contributor

For a sequel to a film that is credited with popularizing the entire “found footage” genre, Blair Witch (2016) is quite underwhelming.

In the film, James (James Allen McCune) is looking for his sister Heather (the main female character from The Blair Witch Project) in the Black Hills Forest in Maryland. Like the first film, this has also been made in the “found footage” format, which can lead to some creative shots. I’m not a big fan of this style of filmmaking, but a good example can be found in the Paranormal Activity movies.

The technology used in the cinematography, and how we witness the paranormal, is what makes the films unique. Blair Witch does take advantage of the genre, utilizing cameras you put in your ear, a camera attached to a tree and a drone with a GoPro. This being said, the presentation of these shots was executed poorly.

There are many instances of camera-work that make no sense, and the director missed opportunities for creative shots with unusual details. For example, there should definitely be hair visible in the shots that come from the earpiece camera. The only camera in black and white in this movie is the one attached to the tree, and I think this was only used because they used black and white in the first film. Also, I want to note that a drone was an incredibly dumb decision for a trip through thick woods. There were some mistakes made that were pretty obvious to anyone who has experience flying a drone.

The main characters, James, Peter (Brandon Scott), Lisa (Callie Hernandez) and Ashley (Corbin Reid), are terrible people.

They also represent the very obvious horror movie character tropes: The smart one, the black guy, the innocent girl and the fourth one. They’re jerks to the locals who help

them, and they’re jerks to each other. The forced, random filming without permission, as seen in other films from this genre, makes the characters seem immature. The locals are the only relatable characters, but the audience is supposed to fear them. I, however, don’t like the main characters and only feel for the locals, so this fails miserably. Ashley has a ripoff of Alien forming in her foot that goes nowhere. Something is seen moving about, but the culprit (that causes her to pull something out of her leg later in a cringing scene) only causes some pain. I wanted it to take control of her, pop out or do something worthwhile.

If it has anything, though, this film has exposition. I swear, most of the movie is dedicated to exposition. They explain what they’re doing, who the Blair Witch is, the stories behind her, etc. The other film was a documentary on the Blair Witch, but they don’t have as much exposition as they do here. That is because the writers of first film knew to leave key elements a mystery so as to add to the scare factor. Everything doesn’t need to be analyzed. Let the viewer digest what they see.

The opening of the movie is just filler, with random scenes that are supposed to create character but rather just introduce the people who are obviously doomed from the start. The film is pretty disappointing if you’ve seen the first Blair Witch Project since it repeats ideas, shots and plot-points. In this one, they just have more gadgets and walk along with the locals until they are cast aside.

There are a couple of new additions that I do like. First, the movie experiments with time through endless nights, as the characters awake at 2 p.m. with it still as pitch black as at 7 a.m. As in the original, the characters walk in circles. But, via the drone footage, the audience also gets to see that the woods are endless with no defining features to navigate.

The witch’s stick figures play a bigger role this

time around, when Ashley grabs one with one, snaps it in half, and she snaps in half.

The last part that I like was a scene where Lisa tries to get out of a hole through a tight tunnel. Her struggling to squeeze through gave me a little claustrophobia.

A big downside of this film is that it kept making me realize how much better The Blair Witch Project was. I wasn’t a big fan of it before, but this film made me appreciate it. At least I cared about those characters. The single camera created more realism in the original.

People were fooled into thinking the film was real, but I can’t imagine that happening here.

This film even had the lame ambience soundtrack that sounded identical to the one from Paranormal Activity where a low bass was heard before anything scary happened. The original was ambiguous and left the audience wondering whether the events were a result of the Blair Witch or in the heads of the panicked protagonists. This film was definitely insinuating that the witch caused everything.

In the end, I was left with this burning question: why was this film even made? It has been 16 years since Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (the last sequel that was worse than this), and no one was demanding another.

Adding James as Heather’s brother who finally decides to find his sister is a forced storyline, especially since he didn’t do much to look for her in the 17 years she’s been gone.

I’m sure he would have had some leads after all these years since people were aware of her Blair Witch documentary. His motivation to go to the Black Hills Forest is that he thinks he sees his sister in a blurry still in a video.

This reason is incredibly weak.

This film would have been stronger as a parody of the Blair Witch Project, rather than as a horror sequel. I found myself unintentionally laughing at scenes but also laughing at all the intentionally funny jokes. This director does a great job of making the audience

laugh, and should consider producing dark comedy or horror parodies. Unfortunately, any of the funny moments stop about halfway through the film. Some of the jokes come from the reactions of people to odd things the others say or do, and I enjoyed all of them. I wanted more situational humor! I want a parody director, Adam Wingard! Someone who makes stuff joking like like this movie’s (serious) ending.

Spoilers! Skip to the next paragraph! So, after James leaves Peter to die and then runs through the woods after his sister, we finally see the Blair Witch. That’s right! We see her!

And what does she look like? The aliens from Signs. Okay. So, the Blair Witch all this time was an alien? What?!? She’s supposed to be the ghost of a witch who was hung from trees.

But, she looks like a generic alien, and there’s even a scene where there’s a great deal of light outside as if a ship lands. WTF? The ending rips off Raiders of the Lost Ark where the witch can only kill them if they look at her, and they’re all idiots enough to look at her for one reason or another. This happens after they redo the most iconic shot from the original Blair Witch Project, which again makes you wonder why you’re not watching that movie.

So, it’s a pretty weak sequel. Even as a stand-alone film, it makes little sense. But, it would have been more enjoyable on its own since I wouldn’t have constantly been reminded that the first film existed and had a betterexecuted story. There are some good ideas, but they don’t balance out in the end with the bore the film became. It should just be a parody or a nice dark comedy. If this director ain’t going to make it happen, I will. Time to write the next logical sequel: Blair Witch: The Musical!

Trip Hastings is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at gh357@cornell.edu

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Café Society Is Short and a Little Too Sweet

BY LOLIA BRIGGS Sun Contributor

Woody Allen’s latest film, Café Society stars Jesse Eisenberg as Bobby Dorfman, a Bronx native trying out Hollywood for the first time under the wing of his uncle, prominent film executive Phil Stern (Steve Carell). Bobby begins working for his uncle and meets members of the 1930s Hollywood elite. Along the way he falls in love with the cool and refreshing Vonnie (Kristen Stewart), his uncle’s secretary. Vonnie appears to reject the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, but when we learn she is having an affair with Bobby’s uncle, it becomes apparent that she wants to be a part of “Café Society” just as much as anyone else.

Their complicated romance has a lasting effect on Bobby, and shapes the rest of his journey throughout the film.

The film, the first of Allen’s to be shot on digital cameras, opened the Cannes Film Festival this summer. It was lauded for its crisp, classic visuals and snappy writing, but I wouldn’t say it was one of Woody Allen’s best works. As usual, Allen has employed a star studded cast, this time including Stewart, Carell and Blake Lively. Stewart’s role as a 1930s “hipster” was fitting with her characteristically emotionless persona.

However, I feel that her portrayal of the character brought me out of the 1930s and right back to present day. The same could be said of Steve Carell’s performance. I understand the The Office star is transitioning into dramatic roles, but his performance kept me waiting for a punchline that never arrived.

Jesse Eisenberg performed well as the young, naïve

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Bobby Dorfman trying to navigate through an unfamiliar city. Together, he and Kristen Stewart were naturals on screen and complimented each other’s performances. As Bobby, Eisenberg is portrayed as a bit of a dreamer, and definitely more confident than many of his nerdier roles.

Though his confidence in romantic encounters could be taken as a bit pushy and at times made him insufferable, that was no fault of the actor.

The writing in this film, much like every other aspect

of it, was exactly what you would expect from a film glorifying 1930s Hollywood. Characters were either dreamy and detached, or booming and larger than life. If the scenery wasn’t a dead giveaway, I truly understood what kind of movie this was when Bobby proposed running back to New York with Vonnie to get married and said: “I can’t promise we’d be rich, but we’d have each other.” Ah, yes. They would escape to Greenwich to live among the painters and the poets.

Though Café Society relies heavily on nostalgia to tell a concise and predictable romantic story, it was still fun to watch — or I should say — it was still pleasing to the eyes.

Every scene of Café Society was vivid, bathed in dramatic color and lighting. The costumes were fitting for each character, and despite the performances of some of the cast, the environment makes the film immersive and helps viewers connect to the story. Everything, all the way down to the actors (though extremely lacking in diversity), was aesthetically pleasing.

Eisenberg, Stewart and Carell certainly make for a big-name cast, but in true Woody Allen fashion, people of color were not well represented at all. I understand that this film is based in the 1930s, but with jazz and name-dropping being such a huge part of this film, I would have expected some performers of color to at least be mentioned. Instead, I spotted at least one black clubgoer, and an African-American maid. The reality is, Café Society tells the story of white Hollywood, which might alienate some members of the audience. I respect that Woody Allen doesn’t fall into tokenism and put actors of color into a film just to stop people like me from writing about it. However, what I would respect even COURTESY OF LIONSGATE more was if he portrayed the world realistically, showing the true diversity of LA and New York in the 1930s.

Café Society is a film that looks at 1930s Hollywood and represents 1930s Hollywood in itself. The film is mostly glitz and glamour, and while the visuals did keep me captivated, under the hood it is a lukewarm romantic film.

Lolia Briggs is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at lib8@cornell.edu.

How to Play Christian Rock

rom about age 15 to 17 I played bass for my high school’s in-house Christian worship band. Each Thursday once a week we would gather our gear in the chapel for a run-through of the classic standards our audiences had come to know with every Sunday of every month of every year. We jammed around. We sang pristine 21st century Christian music, which often sounded as if some type of cliché folk-indie band had encountered divine inspiration. It was usually fun, not to mention the shows. We often played our school’s weekly chapels and other special events (including but not limited to school fairs and memorials for the recently deceased).

Throughout the collection of these performances, I never cared much for the music itself. It was boring to listen to and showcased some rather uninspired songwriting. However, at certain moments I did love playing it. I had joined in on these songs despite my lack of belief. Yet they still produced the same joys and rhythms involved in any act of music-making.

Christianity and rock music have been involved with each other ever since the genre’s initial foundations in gospel and blues. Some historians of music even argue that the romantic spiritualism often heard in early rock derived from the adoration shown towards the figure of God in gospel music. But as both cultural phenomena developed into the 20th century, and rock became one of the world’s most dominant forms of pop music, their relationships to each other changed drastically. What became an influence of religious music on the secular turned into an influence of secular-

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ized music onto religion.

Many rock musicians had already taken notorious steps to distance themselves from the antithetical moralisms of Christian culture. Even the most dadrock bands often appealed to unholy darkness in their music (looking at you Blue Oyster Cult). After all, the style has a long and rather silly history of being proclaimed “The Devil’s Music,” almost to the point of parody. At some point along rock’s history, though, people discovered that the format and style of rock music was malleable, adaptable to different politics and points of view. Within the broad cultures of rock music, Christian-flavored bands started to appear. Christian metal. Christian ska.

Christian punk. Each with their own message and take on a specific collection of subject matter.

Today, Christian rock still possesses a

Stephen Meisel Appearances diversity of sound and content, although big names do tend to overshadow the scene. Hillsong United, which began as a collection of volunteers for an Australian church, now tours worldwide and has charted several #1 albums on US Billboard Christian charts. In terms of music, they present a clear model for what many in-house megachurch goers hear every Sunday: a lucid message with an easy delivery. With regards to chemistry and participation, they crowd the

stage with more people than a Talking Heads show.

They smile joyously and sing very obviously from the heart. They draw enormous crowds, rapt with emotion.

It amounts to an indie-rock imagining of divinity. The love and preciousness so prevalent in the rock on our radios then turns its attention to Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, M.D. It’s all a part of the still-beating belief in collective inspiration.

In a communal set-up similar to Hillsong’s, my own particular band played a vague repertoire known as “worship music.” Hence, we called ourselves a worship band. In all honesty, besides the occasional hymn, we played Christian rock. It had a library of eight chords and generic structure. Everyone could play it, and that was the point.

People of varying experience-levels could join in as long as they had the Lord in their heart. Hillsong had provided an example of the possibilities of communal worship. What could happen if everyone were allowed to sing out?

And so I accompanied this band as we played to the same audience of reluctant high schoolers each week, and occasionally an important event would come along. We would play that too. To this day, the most uncomfortable rendition of the Hillsong piece “Cornerstone”— and perhaps any song—I’ve ever played

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was at a memorial service for a recently deceased young alumna of my high school. Among the mourning family members and the grieving students, I stood awkwardly onstage in an attempt at calculated but humane distance.

There, what baffled me the most was the effect of this music that I had originally believed trite and reductive. People wept to the same tune I had played to stonefaced high-schoolers. I realized after that my stance on Christian music had been a bit condescending. Who was I to deride the ways people process grief? Why was I unwilling to acknowledge that this is a universal quality of music? Of course Christian rock should wield the same effect. That’s not to say I agree with Christianity, despite 10 years of straight Christian education. But maybe the music is more understandable and relatable than we give it credit for. And hey, some of it’s actually pretty catchy.

Stephen Meisel is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Appearances appears alternate Mondays this semester. He can be reached at smeisel@cornellsun.com.

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Sprint Football Tops Mansfield for First Win of Year

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Once Cornell was rolling, the Red was not to be stopped. With a 21-point second quarter, the Red defeated the Mansfield Mountaineers, 30-12, to claim its first victory of the 2016 season.

After a scoreless 20 minutes, Cornell found its groove. In less than 10 minutes, the Red scored three touchdowns — two runs and a 47-yard pass. After getting out to such a lead, Cornell would not look back.

“I think we were just better prepared overall this time around,” said junior running back Evan Ball. “Last week [against Navy], we were shaking off some rust as a team and really just didn't come out with the intensity we needed to win like we did this week. We had great intensity all week in practice and that displayed itself in the game.”

Ball was the first one to score, as he pounded the football in from the three-yard line for the touchdown.

The junior saw success up and down the field Saturday with six rushes of 10 or more yards, finishing with 134 yards for the day.

“I have to give credit to the offensive line,” Ball said. “They did a fantastic job creating holes for me to run through and sustaining their blocks. Overall, personally, it was a great feeling being more involved this week and having more of an impact on the end result of the game.”

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Bouncing back | After a slow start, the Red used a 21-point second quarter to defeat Mansfield to secure the team’s first victory of 2016.

After rushing the ball four times against Navy, Ball saw a more significant workload with 24 carries.

“Given the game plan we prepared for this week, I knew I would be receiving a heavy load of carries,” Ball said. “I prepared myself mentally and physically for the game and trusted in this preparation to perform well. I knew I would be called on, and I just gave my best effort to help the team get the win.”

On the subsequent drive, senior quarterback Rob Pannullo and the Red were positioned on

the 47-yard line with five minutes to go. Pannullo was able to connect with his classmate, tight end Rob Hendricks for six points and with plenty of time to spare.

Special teams forced a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and Cornell would be right back on offense following Hendricks’ touchdown. The offense received the ball on the Mountaineers’ 10yard line.

Pannullo would call his own number and take the pigskin himself this time around. After the four-yard rushing touchdown from the quarterback, Cornell led Mansfield, 21-0, with halftime approaching and the game in control.

However, the Mountaineers did not want to go into halftime with a sizable deficit. On the final drive of the first half, Mansfield powered down the field to the Cornell 10-yard. But senior defensive back Rene Diaz locked it down and intercepted Mansfield’s Adam Hutchinson to close out the half, and keep the Mountaineers

scoreless.

While Mansfield racked up 347 yards of total offense — four more than Cornell — against the defense, the Red pulled off the victory thanks the squad’s ability to capitalize on turnovers and other mistakes by the Mountaineers.

“We definitely cleaned up our play on both sides of the ball this week as we really focused a lot in practice this week on sharpening our play,” Ball said. “We didn't play a perfect game, and there is always room for improvement, but we executed our assignments much more effectively this week, and it showed in our play.”

After halftime, the Red chewed up some clock and snagged three points off a 35-yard field goal from freshman Ben Finkelstein on the first drive out of the break.

Mansfield responded on Cornell’s next drive, punching in a touchdown off a Red fumble.

With 3:46 remaining in the quarter, the Mountaineers were on the board but still trailed, 24-6.

But the offense would answer

right back with a 52-yard drive resulting in a four-yard touchdown from Pannullo to junior wide receiver Ryman Seeley to raise the Red’s point total to 30 on the day.

Pannullo showed off his status as a dual threat quarterback, finding success on the ground and through the air against Mansfield.

The quarterback threw for 124 yards with pair of touchdowns, and rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown.

Mansfield would score once more with a 48-yard touchdown to make the score 30-12, but Cornell would not concede any more points for the remainder of the contest.

“We achieved consistency,” said senior defensive back Ryan Jackson. “Offensively we were able to sustain drives that resulted in scores. Defensively we didn't allow any big plays while also forcing a few turnovers.”

After a blocked field goal against Navy last weekend, special teams made some noise once again. Early in the game, with score locked at 0, senior Daniel Ferguson blocked a punt that set up Cornell’s first touchdown and got the team rolling. Ferguson’s play proved to be a key play in the game.

“We forced several turnovers,” Jackson said. “Any time you do that, you are putting yourself in a good position to win.”

“Everyone on the offense, defense and special teams contributed their part, allowing for a total team effort in the win,” Ball added. “We said after last week, we did not want to have that feeling again, and this is a positive step in that direction. We're looking to keep the winning streak going and build off this positive feeling.”

The Red faces Chestnut Hill next weekend back on the road.

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com.

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10 minutes into the game. After bumping into a teammate, Gesualdi wove across the field, dodging Yale players and breaking tackles. Looking like the Red’s newest wide receiver, Gesualdi picked up 30 yards after the catch.

The interception would set up the Red’s second touchdown of the game, a 10-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks to senior wide receiver Marshall Deutz.

On the ensuing Yale drive, after the Red’s defense pressured Chapple and forced him to flee the pocket. The Bulldog quarterback tossed an errant pass in the direction of senior safety Justin Solomon, who corralled it, giving possession back to Cornell.

These two early turnovers set the tone for the first half.

The Red pounced on the Bulldogs early, refusing to let up defensively. “[Offensive success] in first half was set up by our defense,” Archer said. “They just kept taking the ball away.”

Yale tried to switch things up, bringing in a new quarterback in hopes of avoiding any more turnovers, but the change was to no avail.

In the fourth quarter, after narrowly missing out on two interceptions on back-to-back plays, Weber picked off Yale’s second quarterback Tre Moore. With just 2:26 left on the clock, the interception effectively ended the game, all but assuring Cornell would come away victorious.

“Third time’s the charm, I guess,” Weber said. “[Yale] felt that I was a good guy to throw at. I had a couple good opportunities earlier but I was happy to get that final one and ice the game for us.”

Weber — a linebacker who Archer has consistently

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Running wild | Sophomore running back Chris Walker breaks through attack against Yale Saturday. The Red finished with 89 rushing yards against a stingy Yale defense.

labeled versatile — was able to show off his flexibility against Yale, playing sharp pass coverage.

Solomon jokingly referred to Weber’s pass defense as “Weber Island.”

“As we have done in the past several years, we’ve put more focus on taking the ball away, making sure we get a

least two turnovers a game,” Weber said. “Today we were able to get a few more which is always nice to help out the offense and put them in good field position.”

Adam Bronfin can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

Cornell Uses Fast Start to Take Down Bulldogs After watching big halftime lead disappear last year, Red hangs on to win first Ivy game of the season FOOTBALL

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Banks connected with junior receiver James Hubbard to bring Cornell into the red zone. However, a field goal was all the team could muster, but the three points still gave the team a good feeling going into the locker room with a 24-3 lead.

“It’s great playing a good first half and coming in with a lead,” Weber said. “Last year against Bucknell and Yale we were in that same exact situation where we had a lead and just needed to finish the game.

We were really focused on finishing everything we do on the field.”

Even with a solid first half, the team knew that complacency could have been an Achilles heel that prevented the sec-

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Smiles all around | The men of Cornell football proudly sang ‘Cornell Victorious’ follow the Red’s victory.

Tony Reno. “We just felt like we needed ond win of the season.

“Whenever we get a lead like that we to make a change at the position. try not to look back,” Banks said. “We [Chapple] and [Moore] had been comstill have to treat it like we have to score peting really all spring we just felt that it on offense. We can’t let up, we can’t be was time to give Tre an opportunity.”

Yale would continue to threaten in the satisfied, we still have to keep putting points on the board and not let them get second half. Moore led the team down the field and was knocking on Cornell’s a second wind.”

With a new quarterback in — sopho- doorstep until a personal foul brought more Tre Moore entered the game on the ball back 15 yards. The Bulldogs would have to settle for Yale’s last drive in the a field goal. second quarter — the The offense had a Bulldogs came out in “Whenever we get a lead the second half more like that we try not to look bit more trouble in the synchronized and drove back. ... We can’t let up. second half, managing to only put a field goal down the field to notch We can’t be satisfied.” on the board. When its first touchdown of compared to Bucknell, the game.

Dalton Banks Banks seemed to be “We didn’t make too under pressure much much of an adjustment immediately, but we realized that we more this game, especially in the second needed to contain him, keep him in the half. Although he was able to extend pocket and not let him scramble,” Weber most plays with his feet, the strategy said of Moore. “We figured that out as hampered the offense’s scoring in the second half. the second half went on.”

“We still have to clean things up, Moore stepped in nicely for the Bulldogs, throwing for 174 yards in just obviously we still have some room for over a half, completing on 64 percent of improvement,” Banks said. “We have to his throws. He was also impressive in keep practicing our protection stuff. I try extending plays and keeping the Yale to get out and make plays and keep the play alive whenever I can, but I hate to offense on the field.

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Jump for joy | Cornell players celebrate Ben Roger’s touchdown in the second quarter. The score gave the Red an 18-point lead over Ivy League rival Yale.

Cornell’s defense forces four turnovers, provides spark for offense to take down Bulldogs

after practice making sure that their ball skills are in tune.”

The words ‘It’s all about the ball’ appear throughout Schoellkopf Memorial Hall, on walls and above doors, in the locker room and on team handouts. It is these words that the team tries to live by each game.

“We’ve been saying we’re all about the ball for three years now,” said head coach David Archer ’05.

By ADAM BRONFIN “We certainly were last week and we were today. It’s Sun Sports Editor really good to see it start showing up.”

These past two weeks’ performances are all the During Cornell football’s 2015 1-9 season, more impressive considering that junior safety Sean turnovers were a major weakness for the team, inter- Scullen reportedly broke his patella against Bucknell cepting just four passes all year. In and will be out for the season. just two games this year — both of Scullen, one of team’s big playmakthem victories — the defense has ers on defense, led the squad in YALE @ CORNELL already accounted for five. interceptions last year with two.

Sophomore cornerback DJ A week ago, Yale’s Rafe Chapple Woullard snagged two last week Game: tossed three interceptions, as the 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH against Bucknell in his first ever var- Yale Bulldogs sorely miss the contribu0 3 7 3 sity action. His turnovers were a big Cornell 14 10 0 3 tions of Morgan Roberts, their reason why the Red was able to take standout quarterback from a year down the Bison away from home. ago. When asked if this was someAgainst Yale on Saturday, the defense again came up thing the team will keep in mind in the days leading huge, this time picking off the Bulldogs three times. up to the game, junior safety Nick Gesualdi joked “Our ball skills have clearly improved,” said senior that he hopes the Bulldogs “share the love” this weekcaptain and linebacker Jackson Weber, who had an end as well. interception at the end of the game against Yale. “I Gesualdi got his wish with an interception about think we dropped a lot of interceptions last year as well. Guys are putting in extra work before practice, See DEFENSE page 15

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first quarter — on an errant throw by Yale quarterback Rafe Chapple, but the team was not done there.

With just minutes left on the game clock, senior captain and linebacker Jackson Weber saw two sure picks slip through his fingers in consecutive plays. The very next play, he got his interception that all but sealed the game. His interception, nine solo tackles and four tackles for loss, were all the more impressive considering he played the game with a pulled groin.

“The defense was exceptional,” Archer said. “[Weber] gave the pregame talk this “You can’t play with any morning. Just unfear or any second believable leadership. I can’t say guessing. You just have enough about the to go play.” play of the kids.”

With a strong David Archer ’05 defensive showing, the Red held Yale to a lone field goal in the first half. On the Bulldogs’ only scoring drive of the first half, Cornell was quick to answer with a score of its own. In three plays, Banks orchestrated a drive that lasted 57 seconds, capped off by a 43-yard diving catch into the endzone by senior receiver Ben Rogers.

“We had been watching how they react to our plays,” Banks said. “Whenever we run the ball they collapsed on us. We gave a pump fake to a bubble where they had been crashing hard and the throw happened to be wide open. We knew it was going to hit and sure enough it clicked.”

“Sick throw and catch,” Solomon added.

As the first half began to wind down, the men of the team made sure to give themselves one more chance to score before heading into the locker rooms.

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Crowd sourcing | In front of a raucous Homecoming crowd of 15,500, the Red jumped on Yale early and never looked back.