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All smiles | Cornell’s 13th president, Elizabeth Garrett, speaks at a press conference announcing her appointment on Tuesday, with Presidential Search Committee Chair Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 and Robert Harrison ’76, chair of the Board of Trustees.
Garrett Chosen From 200 Candidates New President-Elect said Robert S. Harrison ’76, chair of the Board of Trustees. A 19-person presidential search committee, led The Cornell University Board of Trustees by Jan Rock Zubrow ’77, chair of the Executive unanimously appointed Elizabeth Garrett from Committee of the Board of Trustees, was formed the University of Southern California as the in March following the announcement that Skorton would leave Cornell and has examined University’s 13th president Tuesday morning. approximately 200 candidates, Garrett, the provost and according to Harrison. senior vice president for acade“Among a truly world “Among a truly world class mic affairs at USC, will become the first woman president of the class group ... there was group of candidates, there was one person who stood out as University, nearly 150 years one person who stood the clear winner,” Zubrow said. after Cornell — an institution that has prided itself on the fact out as the clear winner.” “Today I am thrilled to announce that the Board of that it has always been accessible Trustees has approved Beth to women — was founded. Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 Garrett to become Cornell’s She will assume the presiden13th president.” cy on July 1, 2015, succeeding Garrett said she plans on using the next few incumbent President David J. Skorton, who will leave Ithaca at the end of June 2015 to become months in order to listen to students, faculty and the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in other Cornellians to see what problems face the University. Washington D.C. “I’m excited with working with this University Garrett, 51, will hold a faculty appointments in the Law School and the Department of to lead this superb institution into its next 150 Government in the College of Arts and Sciences, years,” Garrett said. She added in a statement that she was honored according to the University. At a press conference held Tuesday at noon in to be selected and looks forward to succeeding Myron Taylor Hall, University leaders expressed Skorton. “The task before me is challenging, but I am their support for the incoming president. “I could not be more certain that we have found the most perfect person in Beth Garrett,” See GARRETT page S2 By TYLER ALICEA
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and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California — a position that involves overseeing the school’s Dana and David See BACKGROUND page S2
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press conference, incumbent President Skorton congratulated the search committee’s “terrific” selection of Garrett as his fortunate to be following in the footsteps successor in a statement. of David Skorton, who will continue to “I look forward to working closely with lead Cornell for the next nine months and her over the coming months to ensure a whose significant achievements during his smooth transition and a successful start to tenure as president will leave a lasting lega- what I am confident will be her exceptional cy for the University,” Garrett said. tenure at Cornell,” Skorton said. “[My Garrett was appointed wife, Prof. Robin to her position at USC on Davisson] joins me in “I look forward to Oct. 28, 2010, according welcoming both Beth and working closely with to the University. In Andrei to the Cornell 2011, Garrett helped family.” her over the coming guide the creation of In a letter to the USC months.” USC’s strategic vision community, USC which outlined the need President C. L. Max President David Skorton to have a more “transforNikias said he was mative faculty” and called “thrilled” for Garrett, for increased inter-disciplinary studies. despite the “tremendous loss” her depar“Obviously, Beth has a track record of ture would be for the college. advancing USC in a major way,” said “In assuming this vital new role at Zubrow, who added that Garrett’s cross- Cornell, Provost Garrett will build on her college and interdisciplinary initiatives at already-singular legacy in higher educaUSC stood out. tion, while advancing work that will beneWhen she arrives in Ithaca next year, fit generations of scholars and students,” her husband, Prof. Andrei Marmor, philos- Nikias said. ophy, University of Southern California, will also hold appointments in the arts college and the Law School. Tyler Alicea can be reached at Although not present during Tuesday’s managing-editor@corellsun.com. Continued from page S1
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Garrett’s Strong Leadership, USC Tenure to Benefit C.U. WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF ELIZABETH GARRETT — provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at the University of Southern California — Cornell has made a historic stride by naming the first female president in the University’s history. Garrett was chosen among 200 candidates, and she was unanimously appointed by the Board of Trustees Tuesday. During the search, many students voiced their support for a female president, citing a trend of white men at the helm of the University. While appointing its first female president is a positive step for the University, Garrett’s vast experience from her time at USC will help bring Cornell forward after President David Skorton leaves to lead the Smithsonian Institution in 2015. It is for these reasons we at The Sun believe Garrett is an excellent selection as she is poised to take over as president in July. At USC, Garrett oversees 18 academic units, including the medical school. She also leads divisions ranging from student religious life to enrollment, from research to information technology services. Before becoming USC’s provost and senior vice president in October 2010, Garrett was vice president for academic planning and budget. We believe these roles have given her a strong understanding of university operations as well as extensive university leadership experience. Her training as a law professor — at Cornell she will serve as a tenured professor at the Cornell Law School and in the Department of Government — also provides her with a different perspective than that of her predecessor, a physician and musician. Her exposure will provide her with the necessary tools to continue Skorton’s legacy, as well as build her own. When Skorton leaves at the end of this academic year, he leaves several issues we hope Garrett will continue to address. This includes the construction of Cornell Tech’s campus on Roosevelt Island, policies regarding student life — especially those surrounding sexual assault and an unfinished hazing prevention conversation across the University — and the implementation of sustainability practices. Skorton has also made goals that we would like to see Garrett achieve during her tenure, such as his pledge for 50 percent of students to study abroad during their time at Cornell by 2020 and a continued commitment to providing students with sufficient financial aid. Despite the numerous responsibilities and long-term projects that are left for Garrett, we believe her vast experience and knowledge of university administration will serve her well as Cornell’s 13th president.
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, as well as 17 other graduate and professional schools. Throughout her term at USC, Garrett has directed efforts to hire new faculty from a broad range of academic disciplines, including cognitive bioscience, arts and the humanities as well as the quantitative social sciences, according to the University. She also spearheaded the creation of several new postdoctoral programs, among them the Provost Postdoctoral Scholars Program in the Humanities and Provost Clinical Resident Fellows at USC. “Provost Garrett has helped maintain the university’s volume and quality of externally funded research and expanded the university’s postdoctoral programs, strategically focusing on priorities such as the humanities, diversity in the digital realm, and clinical fellows,” said USC President C. L. Max Nikias in a letter to the USC community. Garrett “has served the USC community with exceptional dedication since 2003,” Nikias said. Before becoming provost and senior vice president
for academic affairs in October 2010, she served as vice provost and vice president for academic planning and budget at USC. In 2005, she was appointed by former president George W. Bush to serve on the nine-member bipartisan
United States Senate working with [former] Senator David Boren from Oklahoma, where I served as his legislative director in his tax and budget council.” Garrett added that the work she has done as a lawyer in the legislative realm was “something [she] wanted to write and teach students “My own research is about.” “I was [an] unusual informed a lot by my law professor in that I focused more on what background.” happens in legislature and administrative Elizabeth Garrett agencies than what happens in courts,” she said. Garrett also served as a Tax Reform Panel, according to her biogra- professor of law at the University of Chicago, phy. Garrett was also nomi- where she acted as deputy nated by President dean for academic affairs, Barack Obama to serve as according to her biograassistant Treasury secre- phy. She has also been a vistary for tax policy in 2009, but cited aspects of iting professor at several her “personal family situ- academic institutions, ation” as the reason for including Harvard Law her withdrawal, accord- School, the University of Virginia School of Law, ing to Bloomberg. European During a press confer- Central ence Tuesday morning, University in Budapest Garrett said that prior to and the Interdisciplinary entering the world of Center Law School in academia, she clerked for Israel. Garrett graduated a number of judges — among them former asso- from the University of ciate justice of the Oklahoma with a bacheSupreme Court lor’s degree in history in 1985, subsequently Thurgood Marshall. “My own research is receiving her J.D. from informed a lot by my the University of Virginia background,” she said. “I School of Law. clerked for ... Justice Thurgood Marshall and Annie Bui can be reached at then I worked in the abui@cornellsun.com.
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with Emma Sulkowicz, a senior at Columbia University and rape victim whose performance art demonstration — where she carries a mattress everywhere she goes on campus — “has made a national impact by rejecting this expectation that survivors bear their abuse alone, so that life can
The results of this year’s freshman representative S.A. elections were announced Tuesday, after being delayed due to deliberations about campaign rule violations that resulted in four candidates being disqualified, according to Kushagra Aniket ’15, director of elections for the S.A. Aniket said that University guidelines prohibited him from going into detail about the specifics, but that three candidates violated elections and campus code chalking policies, and one violated campaign ethics policies. All four of the disqualified candidates — Julian Moraes ’18, Chris Li ’18, Kristen Lovely ’18 and Jung Won Kim ’18 — appealed the decision, but further committee deliberations “The violations warranted led to the rejection of disqualification becuase those appeals, Aniket they gave the candidates said. “The Committee an unfair advantage.” determined that the violations warranted dis- Kushagra Aniket ’15 qualification because they gave the candidates an unfair advantage relative to other candidates who did not violate the rules,” he said. “Thus the Elections Committee was obliged to disqualify the candidates in order to preserve the fairness of the elections.” Lovely said she was disqualified because she chalked vertically on a flight of stairs near Balch Hall. Election and postering rules on Cornell’s website state that chalking is only allowed on “horizontal, concrete or asphalt surfaces where the rain will wash away the
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C.U. Computer Science Dept. Celebrates 50 Years By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Contributor
This week, the Cornell computer science department is hosting a series of events to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The festivities will feature a day and a half of talks from former and current faculty and students, including a panel discussion with three recipients of the Turing Award — the computing equivalent to a Nobel Prize — according to department chair Fred Schneider ’75. The symposium will also include the official dedication of the department’s new home, Gates Hall, which Bill Gates himself will attend Wednesday. This department’s 50 year
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In an effort to help students deal with the stress surrounding studying for and taking exams, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and The Johnson Graduate School of Management are holding their second annual Wellness Week, which began Monday. The week consists of various relaxation and fitness events held in various locations on campus, including mindfulness meditation, a smoothie-making contest and sports events such as pick-up basketball and group running, according to Safiya Miller grad. She added that the common theme of stress management and activity helps students both relax and improve fitness. “Wellness is important for the entire campus,” Miller said. “It’s easy for students to lose sight of important things, of which health is one. This week was chosen because of the many exams that are being taken by graduate students, but all students are encouraged to go to the events.” While some events are clearly
designed to be calm — such as the teaching of breathing techniques — the fitness events on Friday are meant to provide a way to release anxiety through more intense activity, according to Miller. According to Beatina Theopold grad, one of the main organizers of the event, both the GPSA and Johnson’s Healthcare and Biotechnology Club chose to sponsor Wellness Week for a second year due to their interests in student health. “Student Council and the Healthcare and Biotech Club teamed up to co-sponsor the event because both clubs are very focused on the health and wellness of the Johnson Community,” Theopold said. “[The GSPA] is specifically interested in supporting a healthy community and the Healthcare and Biotech Club is interested in raising awareness for new and interesting trends in health across the healthcare industry.” In addition, most of the event ideas came from Ph.D. and MBA students currently studying at Johnson, according to Theopold. “One thing that is unique about this particular celebration of wellness is that it was organized almost exclusively by students,” Theopold said. “Those hold-
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ing the event are offering plants, healthy snacks and spa packages to students. We hope that using student ideas in our planning will help to encourage participation by the entire student body.” There will be a “Fueling Your MBA” event Wednesday, hosted by Tom Howley — the head strength and conditioning coach — in Sage Hall’s Ramin Parlor. Though it may seem to students as though the coming weeks are all about
exams, Miller said the idea behind Wellness Week is to enforce a balance between schoolwork and physical and mental health. “Don’t lose sight of why you came here,” Miller said.
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For 54 years, Donald Greenberg ’58, the Jacob Gould Schurman professor of computer graphics, has called Cornell his home. During his time on the Hill, he has worked on projects that affect a wide swath of disciplines, and has taught both Academy Award winners and the founders of Pixar. A self-proclaimed advocate for interdisciplinary studies, Greenberg — who was the first director of the Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization program at Cornell in 1991 — was originally an architecture student as an undergraduate. He said he ultimately switched to engineering, foreshadowing the merging of disciplines that would come to characterize both his life and his career. “I don’t see this separation between disciplines as many people might,” Greenberg said. He added that he believes that many students do not take advantage of the opportunities provided by interdisciplinary studies. He said he urges students to venture outside of their majors, their schools and their comfort zones. “I think a lot of technical students have never taken good courses in arts and sciences, and on the other side, more cre-
ative students have not taken good technical classes,” he said. Greenberg said he credits his diverse academic background as the inspiration for his first groundbreaking project, a computer graphics movie, Cornell in Perspective. Working with a team of architecture students in a General Electric laboratory from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m, Greenberg said he and a team of collaborators spent a few nights each week creating a model animation of Cornell’s campus. “The video introduced this new technology to the realm of architecture in a way that had never been done before,”
Greenberg said. Later, acting as a consulting engineer on Madison Square Garden and the St. Louis Arch, Greenberg said he continued to utilize an interdisciplinary perspective while working in the architectural world. Greenberg added he was a pioneer in
applying programming to the construction of concrete shell structures. “I just didn’t have a feel for the way the structures behaved,” he said. “So I wrote my own programs to display that.” Greenberg also said he would apply similar technology to both environmental and medical fields. For example, he was once tasked with replicating the skeletal structure of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that was spotted after it was assumed to be extinct. He modeled the bird’s geometry and its motion, in order to create a digital image that could be compared to photos from the sighting. He also said he worked with his son in developing the mathematical representations for aortic arterial systems, so that individual, personified stents could be designed. “This is about more than computer programs, this development has the potential to change the field of intravascular medicine,” Greenberg said. In the future, Greenberg said he sees the application of this technology transcending divisions in disciplines. “The future of computer science is in the applications,” he said, adding that the incorporation of computer graphics in various fields is “just a technique in search of a problem.” Throughout his career, Greenberg said he has been inspired by his favorite
artist, Johannes Vermeer, a Dutch painter from the 17th century, and the way he captured light in his paintings. Greenberg added that his favorite paintings prompted him to try and make images that were as lifelike as possible. After many years of teaching, Greenberg said he is impressed by his students’ accomplishments. He proudly pointed to a series of black books that sit on his shelf, which make up the work of the graduate students for whom he has been both a teacher and a mentor. When asked if he is still in touch with any of these students he said, “almost every one.” Looking towards the future, Greenberg still has big plans at Cornell. He said he hopes to see the implementation of new technology in the classroom that will foster a more interactive environment. “Many Cornell classrooms are very outdated,” Greenberg said, adding “I would like to be able to use smart boards and tablets so that students could share and critique projects as a class.” Until then, Greenberg said he plans to keep devoting his time to as many students as he can teach. He also plans to keep calling Cornell home. He recalls visiting Cornell when he was young, with his father, who was also a proud Cornellian. “I remember seeing the rolling hills, and watching the sun set over the lake … that was Cornell to me,” Greenberg said. Phoebe Keller can be reached at pk368@cornell.edu.
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residue.” Lovely said her actions came from “a legitimate difference in interpretation of the rules.” “The rules stated are very ambiguous. I genuinely believed [the rule] meant that if it was a vertical surface where the rain could wash away the chalk, the chalking would be valid,” Lovely said. “I had seen many chalkings on those same stairs made by other student organizations, leading me to believe that it was not a violation of the policy.” Lovely also said that she felt the elections committee should have made the rules “much more clear.” “There was a large volume of information fed to candidates at [the pre-election] meeting and hard copies of the postering policy were not distributed. If the committee has intentions to disqualify candidates for things like vertical chalking, they should be sure to pass out a hard copy of the rules instead of expecting candidates
to take note of every single clarified rule tions. during such an information-heavy meet“Candidates [were] being very serious ing,” she said. about the rules. I think it’s a good sign Aniket said that rule violations “of because the election should be a fair game. some kind occur during every election Whoever broke the rules should be disqualified,” she said. “I am glad that [the] cycle.” “In the future, we plan to take more S.A. is taking so much effort and time to steps to improve the elections process for go through the process in order to make the spring elections. These might include the result fair.” Several candidates reducing any confusion about the gram- “Expectation managment is an expressed dissatisfaction with the delay in matical interpretation important aspect of any the elections results. of certain clauses in A u s t i n the rules and guide- democratic process, which has McLaughlin ’18, who lines,” he said. not been seen in the freshmanran in the election but The four winning at-large election.” lost, questioned how candidates — Ben democratic “the Bacharach ’18, Maria Austin McLaughlin ’18 process [can] be Chak ’18, Erinn Liu served when the pub’18 and Gabriel Kaufman ’18 — will take their oaths lic has been left in the dark for over a week.” Thursday, according to Aniket. “It is my opinion that election results Liu described this year’s elections as “very competitive,” noting that the S.A. should be fair and delivered promptly. placed “a lot” of emphasis on the cam- The public has a right to know what is paign rules and that many people issued happening in the democratic process. challenges regarding election rules viola- While there may be complications, it is
imperative that the Elections Committee publicly address them as to not invoke criticism over vote altering or manipulation,” McLaughlin said. He said he did not receive an email about the delay, as he “would have preferred.” “Expectation management is an important aspect of any democratic process, which has not been seen in the freshmanat-large election,” McLaughlin said. Jeremy Candelas ’18, who also ran in the election but lost, said the delay gave him a “mixed bag of emotions.” “I think as candidates we’re all a little bit eager, a little bit frustrated and of course a little bit anxious pending the results of the election following the delay,” he said. “But I am sure that my fellow candidates would agree that it is better for the elections committee to carefully deliberate over each challenge as carefully as possible in order that each candidate is given a fair and equal opportunity in the elections.” Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun.com.
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started as a Ph.D.-only program with five faculty members last year awarded “[nine] Ph.D. degrees, 100 M.Eng degrees and 134 Bachelors degrees,” according to the computer science department’s website. The growth of the Cornell computer science department has echoed the explosion in the
popularity of the entire field, according to Prof. Ken Birman, computer science. “When I joined [the department in 1982], nobody had ever heard of smart phones or social networks or cloud computing, and most of our classes were pretty small,” Birman said. “Today, I doubt that you could find a single Cornell student who doesn’t want to learn a little about computing, and I don’t think there is a single discipline that hasn’t been reshaped by the information revolution.” While the computer science department is one of the oldest computer science departments in the country, it is still relatively young compared to other academic departments, according to Schneider. He said this puts the department in a unique position to educate the next generation of computer science leaders. “The people who founded the department are still alive,” he said. “We can have an event where the pioneers are present and the young generation is there, and that’s an effective way to pass on the baton.” With a lineup featuring many of the country’s leading experts in the field, Schneider said the symposium emphasizes the importance of computer science as an enduring academic discipline. “It says something about the University having bet right 50 years ago,” Schneider said. The computer science department’s 50th anniversary symposium began with a welcome reception Tuesday evening and will conclude Thursday afternoon. Rebecca Blair can be reached at rfb239@cornell.edu.
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Cornellians Rally to Protest Univ. Sexual Assault Policy
Students show solidarity with Columbia student protesting her university’s lack of action against her alleged rapist PROTEST
in the context of many years of the Cornell administration doing very little to significantly respond to issues like rape culture and racism on campus,” said Tatiana continue unimpeded for the perpetrators and institu- Sverjensky grad. tions of rape culture,” according to the event’s Bailey Dineen ’15, an organizer of the event and Facebook page. member of Grrls Fight Back, a group that empowers Sulkowicz has been supported by peers and activists victims of sexism, also voiced criticism of the throughout the nation in criticizing Columbia University’s conduct. University’s failure to appropri“Forget Cornell University, which ately address sexual violence on has repeatedly turned a blind eye to “The police are the campus, according to the instances of rape and assault,” she said Huffington Post. to the crowd. prototype of the white The Cornell event is part of Dineen added that she believes the supremacist imperialist Sulkowitz’s performance and parUniversity has not properly handled ticipating students are encour- cis-hetero patriarchy that lies instances of sexual and discriminatory aged carrying around mattresses violence. or pillows to mimic her perfor- at the heart of rape culture. “We are wasting out time if we conmance. tinue to think in terms of trying to There were many protesters in Don’t expect me to legitimize reform an institution wedded to the the crowd holding pillows to the police by pretending they status quo,” she said in an email to The show support for Sulkowicz. Sun. “We need to resist these instituwould care about me.” “There are women who have tions themselves because they are actubeen raped on their campuses ally foundational to the culture of vioBailey Dineen ’15 and their rapists haven’t gotten in lence and domination that we are any trouble at all,” said Surayya protesting.” Diggs ’17, the opening speaker at the protest and a The protest also confronted violence against minorimember of the Women of Color Coalition and Black ties, particularly non-heterosexual individuals. Students United, both of which co-sponsored the “[Our] sexual voices are enriched by the fact that event. all not all bodies come in neat and inoffensive packDiggs said she saw statistics that estimate that soror- ages: straight, white, male,” Betrearon Tezera ’14 ity members are significantly more likely to be victims said. “But the richness that we are born with, the sexof sexual assault and said that at Wesleyan University, ual voices that we are born with, are being comprofor example, the school has been restructuring Greek mised. life to try and change the culture and mitigate these Dineen referred to examples from the past few years risks. Residential fraternities must become co-educa- when police and University officials across the country tional within three years, according to Michael Roth, have acted in service of structural violence. president of Wesleyan. “The police are the prototype of the white supremaHowever, many who came to the protest said they cist imperialist cis-hetero patriarchy that lies at the believe that Cornell is complicit in handling cases of heart of rape culture,” she said. “Don’t expect me to sexual violence. legitimize the police by pretending they would care “It’s important to understand that this rally occurs about me.” Continued from page 1
Dineen added that institutions such as Cornell and the “systems of power in America” have “never cared.” “They were founded to uphold systems of violence against minorities and that is a tradition too dear to the hearts of people in power for them to ever part with,” she said. Sverjensky expressed a similar sentiment, saying the protest was responding to societal problems endemic beyond Cornell’s campus. “This isn’t just about Cornell, it’s about a series of problems with our society, in which, in spite of some limited progress for some women’s ... expectations around gender and sexuality are still much more rooted in their origins in broader systems of exploitation than they might initially appear to some of us,” she said. Rather than seeking reform, Dineen said the crowd should “open [their] eyes and see that the only option left is to destroy these institutions and to dismantle the holders of power by fighting back from the ground.” “People are getting fed up and are starting to look to different channels for change than what’s been legitimated by the Cornell administration,” Sverjensky said. “It’s impossible to be neutral in a society in which sexual assault is so prevalent. We’re just reproducing the problem, whether unconsciously or not, unless we’re actively fighting back.” Dineen said she feels tired of telling victims of sexual assault that they will eventually be “okay.” “Because that’s a lie. No matter how much time goes by, no matter how good they are at forgetting and adapting, things will never be okay,” she said. “Because they have already been raped. They have already been raped, and nothing will take that away.” Because of this, Dineen said she will “fight back” against what she perceives to be an injustice. “I’m going to fight back, because if we’re condemned to die like this I’m going to at least destroy something on my way out,” Dineen said. Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun.com.
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Philip Susser |
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Being Publicly Private: An Ode to Jeter
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An Ithaca State of Mind
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ost people get a watch and a pat teenager gawk. But that was it. on the back after 20 years of serIncreasingly, the public feels they have a vice to a company. If they happen right to access the personal lives of the to be retiring, maybe a party too. Forty- celebrities they admire. When they hear of something-year-old employees will speak of a scandal, they latch on like a clingy girltheir co-workers work ethic and legacy in friend and never let go. Tabloids have the office. The lucky retiree will gloat always been known to feed our voyeuristic about the Florida condo where they’ll be desires. But in an age of a public with spending their golden years and offer sage unprecedented technological capacity, we advice to the younger workers. Maybe have begun to leverage our superior comMike the IT guy will drink a little too puter skills to access the private comings much, making for funny office chatter in and goings of the icon du jour. Why is it the ensuing weeks. If the retiree happens to that we have such compelling urges to peer be high up on the company ladder, then into their lives? this retirement party could be less of a forWe as a society have given these celebrigettable occasion and more of an opportu- ties and sports stars a privilege. And this nity for the business; a chance for the exec- privilege sets up an implicit exchange. In utives to re-evaluate where they are and return for all the riches, the vacations, the where they want to be moving forward. hot models — stemming from the mass But if this retiree is truly unparalleled, cru- appeal of their profession — we get to live cial to the fabric of one of the largest cities vicariously through them. We “own” their in America, then private lives in a this party could be sense. So, papaall these things and razzi stalk them But in an age of a public with more — a solidifion their private unprecedented technological cation of their legavacations. cy, a chance to Elevator video capacity, we have begun to reflect and maybe a footage looks on leverage our superior computer from a bird’s eye means for the company to divert view (especially in skills to access the private attention away Atlantic City casicomings and goings of the icon nos) as their every from recent downward trends. I’m movement is du jour. Why is it that we have talking, of course, tracked. Invarsuch compelling urges to peer about Derek Jeter. iably, many of I may have these individuals into their lives? pledged in my first will have a scancolumn to refrain dal come to light. from speaking of this sports icon. I may Giving any person an ungodly amount of have an unhealthy obsession with him and money and tracking their every movement the Yankees. But, upon reevaluation, I see is bound to produce some delinquency. this retirement as less about Jeter and baseWhile the public seems to have such a ball and more about how we view the ath- stronghold on the private lives of so many letes and celebrities we cherish most. While stars, Derek Jeter is not one of them. His we could analyze the significance of his sta- ability to establish a clear boundary tistical contributions to the sport for hours between his personal and Yankee sphere is on end, it’s probably more interesting to anomalous. For years, the press has fruslook at our image of this relatively private tratingly dealt with trite conjecture about athlete throughout the course of his career focusing on the next win. And subsequentand upon retirement. ly, the public has only known Jeter through Derek Jeter was a constant presence in the information they have had access to — my childhood and that of countless other interviews, on field behavior and statistical New Yorkers. He took the field for the first contributions to the team. Few impressions time as we said our first words. During our could be made about his character that first Little League game, we mimicked his were unfavorable. So, as he remained a jump-throw in the hole. After 9/11, we steady presence in New York, he eventually watched him and the Yankees as a respite came to represent everything that was right from all the mayhem in the world. During about baseball. And during the reflection our first year of college, we watched him inherent to retirement (see first paragraph) struggle through injury. Any college stu- he became a cultural icon. dent from the tri-state area who considers The privacy that Jeter has maintained is sports even a peripheral component of special. It gave all Yankee fans, baseball fans their upbringing would consider Derek and New Yorkers, a chance to take what Jeter (or Derek Je-TAH when introduced they saw in his on-field behavior, mannerto the batters box) a fundamental compo- isms and work ethic and construe it into a nent of their idea of a professional athlete. personal idealized impression of the person When I was in the second grade, one of the they wanted him to be. No private inforfirst books to get real estate on my book- mation was needed. And this created a speshelf was his autobiography — The Life cial relationship between each and every You Imagine. In it, he speaks of his com- person who valued him as a Yankee. So, mitment to doing right, refraining from when Jeter choked back tears as he took the drugs and alcohol and never losing sight of field for the final time last Thursday, a his goals. With images of his straight-A whole generation of individuals choked report cards, the book reinforces the public back tears with him. No statistical measure image he has built throughout his career — can ever record what he publicly and pria guy who realized his childhood dream vately brought to the City of New York. and stayed out of trouble in the process. To be honest, I had very little knowledge of Jeter’s private life during his tenure Philip Susser is a junior in the College of Human as shortstop — something slightly unnerv- Ecology. He can be reached at ing. I knew he had a charity foundation. pss226@cornell.edu. An Ithaca State of Mind His girlfriends made every hormonal appears on alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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OPINION
Teresa Kim |
Her Meneutics
Just Want to Expresso Myself H
ere are some words to chew on from your friendly, neighborhood barista as we wait for the dispatchment of apple cider and all things pumpkinspiced across Cornell. We all have our spot on campus: the spot in which all of our collegiate life seems to pulsate through — the beating heart. For most, it might just be home, atop our mattress comforters. For The Cornell Daily Sun staff, it’s unarguably 139 W. State Street. For me, it’s Libe Café. It’s where both my social and academic personas meet. But it’s also the spot that brings forth my other persona: the one who dons a black apron and constantly pokes her head into the pastry box to get your chocolate chip cookie. You’ve guessed correctly. I’m also a barista at Libe Café. When I first took this job, I didn’t have any high hopes for it. All I really wanted to do was figure out a way to not fall short on my rent every month and save money. And of course, “Getting endorsed for ‘Customer Service’ on LinkedIn” isn’t a bad perk as well, adds Kaitlyn Tiffany ’15, a fellow barista compadre and Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor. These are the main motivations that would drive anyone, especially students, to try to find a part-time job. But now that I’m reaching my second year of employment at Libe, I’ve realized that this job has exceeded my short, initial list of expectations. In fact, it’s changed me completely. Before you think that all the unhealthy amount of coffee I drink daily has rattled my brain and made me too philosophically Parisian for a column that comes midweek, hear me out. When you’re exposed to thousands of different kinds of people like I am, you can’t help but notice your own self start to evolve as well. To give you an illustration, here are the types of people who come in daily: There are those who come after the café has closed. They brazenly walk past the CLOSED sign and the sight of the employees frantically trying to close up quickly, demanding that we deliver on their request for a quadruple shot latte.
Like the life of any student, the life of a barista is also always on the move, honing the craftsmanship and motions that come with making a great quality cup of coffee for the academic masses. Perhaps you haven’t realized that we might be students who need to pull allnighters as well? Then there are the divas who order extra-sweet iced mochas with whipped cream and then later complain that we made it “too sweet.” There are the no-nonsense customers who come with the exact amount of $1.89 for a small cup of filter coffee, and hastily leave before they’re trapped into conversing with me. There are those determined to complain over prices, the quality of coffee, the temperature of their tea, etc. each time they come into Libe. And there are the customers who want to get imaginative with their coffee, end up ordering what is really a beverage oxymoron (i.e. iced cappuccinos) and proceed to lecture us after we politely suggest that it is unadvisable for your to get that beverage. I commend your creative efforts, but all we really want is the best for you in your pursuit of love, happiness and a good cup of coffee. Nevertheless, there is a group that I love catering to. They are those who greet me with a smile, conscientiously ask me how my day is going, wait for my response and perhaps even take a witty turn on the conventional small talk — though I’m not saying that one must be witty to garner my appreciation. They do not fret when we make the occasional, innocent mistake, and they patiently wait for their coffee order to get out. Even when the atmosphere on campus intensifies and sours during finals week, they remain true to their ways. But sadly, they are a dying breed (although my ardent appreciation for these individuals will never go extinct). Through my observations and the people I have met, including my coworkers, I have begun to notice what once went unnoticed by me. Before, I would thoughtlessly pick up my latte when it was called out. Now, I find great satisfaction in creating or receiving great foam quality in a drink. Like the life of any student, the life of a barista is also always on the move, honing the craftsmanship and motions that come with making great quality coffee for the academic masses. And we must do this all with a certain speed; there is blueberry bread to be sliced, cups and lids to be restocked, milk pitchers to be refilled and coffee to be brewed. And at the end of this human assembly line is a barista signaling that your coffee is out and ready, “AN ICED DIRTY CHAI ON THE BAR!” The hustle and bustle nature of the barista life has taught me attention to detail. And this is significant to someone like me who had previously made minimal effort to notice my best friend’s haircut, let alone the effort that goes into a single cup of coffee. Such is the life of a Libe Café barista. And I look forward to another year working there. As I write this, I ready myself to leave for my night shift. I look forward to sniffing the pastry box (a daily routine of mine), getting those coffee beans grindin’ and laughing with my friends there. Drop on by with a smile next time you’re at Libe in need for some coffee. Teresa Kim is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at tkim@cornellsun.com. Her Meneutics appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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Sarah Byrne |
Let It Byrne
The Most Awkward Things I’ve Ever Experienced L
ess than one Whether it’s because cery-shopper wasn’t month ago, I was of a grade they got on doing anything trying to walk a prelim or a conversa- absurd; I just cannot out of the Schwartz tion overheard on the function in everyday Center during Arts Quad (looking at society. As a soon-toTapestry, and an you, 10 a.m. drunk be graduate of this administrator of the girl), it’s unbelievably fine university, I have event would not allow easy to just think realized that soon I me to leave because it’s you’re a gift to the will be in what they a required event for all world because of your call the real world. freshmen. I’m a senior. lack of stupidity. Like, Once I get there, I can I asked my driving who even arrives early only imagine that an instructor why I wasn’t to an 8:40 a.m. class? even higher percentallowed to make a left And I’d just like to age of people in my turn on red. When I point out that if you’re immediate environwas five, my best complaining about ment will annoy me to friend and I taste-test- that — as I do some- no end. But here’s ed all of the plants in times — you, too, something I realized our yard, then lied have arrived early to this week: I cannot about it to my mom. said class. Honestly, if wait. (Don’t know if that’s you’re complaining Last summer, I awkward so much as about people in gener- worked at a just lifethreateningly stupid.) I have a I think we should all take a deep reminder on breath, make a list of our most my phone awkward moments, and realize that tells me every day, that we’re all ridiculously “You’re tak- awkward. ing the MCAT,” so I’m not tempted to al, you should know summer day camp just not take it. And if that someone right based out of New York I’m being honest, next to you is also City, and most of my there’s a pretty high inwardly complaining fellow counselors were chance I still won’t about you. Welcome from Manhattan. All take it. Random fresh- to the Ivy League. I were amazingly enthumen always start con- was recently intro- siastic, funny and versations with me duced to Yik Yak, and wonderful to be because I live on let me tell you, that around, and I could North, and they are thing is a pit of stupid- not have cared less super eager to make ity, whining and rude- where they went to friends until they find ness. Sometimes it’s school or how they out I’m not a fresh- funny, but where is spent their free time. man. Working out the line where we all My mom met all my next to someone who’s just become commen- work friends, and she taking selfies of them- tators, judging every- remarked how incrediselves on the tread- thing and doing noth- bly courteous they all mill. I once dressed ing because we’re too were compared to the up as Laura Ingalls afraid of judgment. rest of my friends. So Wilder from Little The other day, yes, Cornell is a good House on the Prairie someone randomly school, and yes, we are for Halloween, but I started a conversation smart, but we are also, was in second grade, with me on the line at excuse my language, and no one else knew Wegman’s, and I was huge assholes about who it was. beyond irritated. both of those facts. Since coming to Then, I thought, why? I think we should Cornell, I’ve learned It’s probably just all take a deep breath, how to be extremely because I’m an unbe- make a list of our most judgmental of every- lievably awkward per- awkward moments, one around me. son. That fellow gro- and realize that we’re
all ridiculously awkward. In this Cornellian bubble, the small differences make a huge difference. Oh, engineers are so socially dysfunctional; premeds can’t stop talking about MCATs. Maybe, but weren’t you up all of last night watching Game of Thrones? Didn’t you sit in front of Olin without a shirt all of last week? Is that really any more “functional”? We go to this school because of our dysfunction. I mean, have you ever met someone who goes to Columbia? T h e y ’ r e insanely puttogether, guys. It’s scary. College is commonly referred to as a time to make mistakes, to get all your crazy out before having to become an adult. I’d like to propose an alternative theory: It’s a time to develop what makes you crazy, awkward, unbearable and impossible. Eat those plants in the yard, and forget about the poisonous mushrooms. Take the MCAT or don’t take the MCAT. Do what you want. Because the number one most awkward thing I’ve ever experienced is Cornell. You are all incredibly weird, sorry not sorry.
Sarah Byrne is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She be reached at sbyrne@cornellsun.com. Let It Byrne appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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astronomy
COURTESY OF PROF. ALEXANDER HAYES
Prof. Alexander Hayes Studies Titan’s Lakes
Further above Cayuga’s waters | Titan, the largest of Saturn’s moons, is home to lakes like Ligeia Mare (pictured) that are filled with liquid methane and ethane. Prof. Alexander Hayes, astronomy, works on the Cassini mission to Saturn, which has provided new information about the dynamics of Titan’s lakes. By MATTHEW LUEBBERS Sun Contributor
Prof. Alexander Hayes ’03, M.Eng. ’03, astronomy, is taking a close look at the lakes of another world. Hayes is part of the Cassini RADAR team, using microwaves to see through the clouds for the first time and down to the surface of Titan, the largest of Saturn’s moons. Titan is the only moon in our solar system that possesses a thick, hazy atmosphere, according to Hayes. Because of this, since the moon’s first observation in the early 1900s, scientists had no way of seeing down to the surface of this unique world. That is until the Cassini space probe arrived in the Saturnian system in 2004. “When the first spacecraft went to Titan, the Pioneer 11 spacecraft, all it saw was this hazy orange ball. You can’t see down to the surface,” Hayes said. Despite this, Hayes said, other measurements including temperature, pressure and methane levels indicated that Titan could potentially have liquid on its surface. “For the longest time, we didn’t know whether Titan was an ocean world or whether it had a solid surface. That’s why one of the primary reasons Cassini, the current flagship mission in the Saturnian system, was sent was to determine what was going on with Titan,” Hayes said. Much of Hayes’ research from the Cassini mission centers on the lakes of Titan. The moon is the only place outside of Earth where researchers have discovered bodies of liquid on its surface, according to Hayes. But unlike the lakes of Earth, Titan’s lakes are
filled with liquid hydrocarbons: ethane — that are more similar to the methane and ethane. gas in your car than the water that fills According to Hayes, Titan has a Cayuga Lake just fascinates me,” Hayes hydrological system quite similar to the said. water cycle of Earth. Rain falls, chanAlthough the Cassini probe has nels form and the entire surface of the been orbiting Saturn for over ten years, planet is affected by interactions its work is far from over, according to between the lakes, the atmosphere and Hayes. Changing seasons mean that the surface. Hayes and his team are now observing “Titan has a completely analogous several phenomena on the cloudy cycle, except instead of water, it works moon for the first time. with methane,” Hayes said. “So there’s “The seasons are changing on Titan a methane based hydrologic system on and we’re going to have a very exciting Titan, and right time as Titan now somewhere moves into on Titan it’s northern spring “Right now somewhere on probably rainand summer,” ing. But it’s not Hayes said. Titan it’s probably raining. raining water. According to But it’s not raining water. It’s Hayes, the It’s raining liquid methane Saturnian sysraining liquid methane and ethane.” tem has a 30These lakes year-long seaand ethane.” and seas of sonal cycle, and Titan, concenthe north polar Prof. Alexander Hayes ’03 trated primarily region of Titan around the where the lakes moon’s northare concentratern pole, demonstrate several similari- ed has been in winter since Cassini ties to bodies of water on Earth, and arrived in 2004. show phenomena that have never been “The solstice in the north is in observed outside our own planet, 2017, and Titan’s north polar region Hayes said. has been in darkness until recently — Although Mars is suspected to have just like if you went up to the northern had liquid surface water sometime in regions of Norway in winter, it’s dark. its past, Titan is the only place we can With the sun comes energy, and with see these systems in action. energy comes dynamic processes,” “The fact that the same things that Hayes said. are happening just outside [my] winAccording to Hayes, a number of dow are happening on Titan, just at a new phenomena are now being place that’s two hundred degrees colder observed in the lakes, such as evidence and one seventh the gravity, using par- for waves, and so-called magic islands ticles similar to plastics instead of sili- appearing and disappearing seemingly cates, and liquids — methane and out of nowhere.
chemistry
“All these other dynamic changing things are only happening right now, because it’s the first time that we’re seeing these lakes and seas in the summer.” Hayes said he believes that there is still much potential for the exploration of Titan after the Cassini mission ends in 2017. According to Hayes, there are several proposals floating around ranging from orbiters to landers to boats to balloons, and even one proposal to send a drone aircraft. However, there are no current plans for missions to return to Titan. “We are working very hard on finding a way to go back,” he said. Hayes says that one of the goals of his career is to see another mission sent to the cloudy moon before his retirement. “I think it’s one of the most exciting objects in our solar system, not only because we have the surface driving a hydrologic system akin to our own water cycle, and generating dunes made of plastic and lakes made of gas and all these other interesting things, but because it represents a system where it’s not completely out of the question to ask whether life could live in those places, and what that life would look like,” Hayes said. “It would be completely alien to anything we’ve thought of before. It’s a test of life as we don’t know it. It would be fun to take a look at one of those lakes and just see what’s there.” Although Hayes spends most of his research time working with Cassini and the surface of Titan, he has worked with other missions elsewhere in the solar system, including Mars. As an undergraduate at Cornell, Hayes worked with Steven Squyres, the James A. Weeks professor of physical sciences, on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission, where Squyres is the principal investigator. Hayes said he worked primarily with the camera systems for the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and helped to calibrate cameras which are still taking pictures on Mars today. Hayes then went on to work as a participating scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory Mission, which placed the rover Curiosity on Mars. More recently, Hayes has been named co-investigator along with Robert Sullivan, a Senior Research Associate in Cornell’s Astronomy department, for the Mastcam-Z instrument to be used on the Mars 2020 rover, the successor to Curiosity. Hayes calls this instrument the eyes of the rover. “It’ll be like sending a zoomenabled telephoto lens on a DSLR camera to Mars,” he said. Hayes is also an advocate for undergraduate research. He said that undergraduate research is what first enabled him to work on these missions throughout the solar system, researching under Squyres as an undergraduate at Cornell. Hayes said he believes Squyres’ attitude about research and the academic hierarchy leads to an overall more enriching research experience. “Steve is a special person,” Hayes said. “As a research advisor he lets your productivity and results determine how important what you do is. He doesn’t care about monikers like undergrad, master’s student, Ph.D. student [or] postdoc.” Matthew Luebbers can be reached at mbl228@cornell.edu.
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SCIENCE
Prof.Yimon Aye Uses Chemistry to Study Biology By MICHAEL MERRILL Sun Contributor
We’ve all heard that smoking can cause cancer, that sun exposure can cause skin damage and that certain food ingredients can have long-term harmful effects on their consumers. However, it may be that in small concentrations, similar substances may be beneficial to human health. Prof. Yimon Aye, chemistry, and her team work to understand the nuances of these complicated biochemical pathways. According to Aye, cigarette smoke, certain food dyes, and hydrogen peroxide all belong to a set of substances known as oxidants. “All of these things can lead to oxidative stress by non-specifically destroying cellular [reduction and oxidation] balance,” Aye said. These molecules have an affinity for electrons, which causes them to undergo a process called reduction. When oxidants enter the body they attract electrons from other molecules and alter their chemical structure. This can cause a host of problems for the intricate and often interconnected chemical reactions that take place within the body. Aye said her work in this field primarily concerns the roles of such interactions in signaling between cells. “Remarkably, at low levels, these guys are actually good for us,” Aye said. In fact, oxidants play an important role in cellular communication, accord-
ing to Aye. Through Aye’s chemical approach to the study of these pathways, it is now possible for scientists to selectively target chemical receptors with oxidants. This allows researchers to study the dichotomy of oxidants by simulating specific receptors in order to examine their beneficial effects. Understanding the pathways by which these changes take place may lead to the development of new cancer drugs, according to Aye. “Many drugs are not perfect but if we can understand precise molecular mecha-
“If we can understand precise molecular mechanisms then we can create more specific drugs.” Prof. Yimon Aye nisms then we can create more specific drugs,” she said. If the specifics of these complex interactions can be understood, then it would be easier to develop drugs that selectively target cancer cells while leaving the surrounding healthy tissue alone, Aye said. Aye said she decided to switch fields by completing a postdoctoral fellowship in biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after completing her Ph.D. in chemistry at Harvard University and her bachelor’s degree in
chemistry at Oxford University. “I really wanted to push myself to go through an exponential learning curve again,” Aye said of her switch to biology. In fact, Aye said her largest source of insight into the field of molecular biology is her training as a chemist. “Traditionally the way that scientists have continued to study these physiologically relevant and disease relevant stress pathways [is by] using purely biological approaches,” Aye said. “I realized that by using chemical insights [and] small molecule insights you can make key contributions to complex biological systems.” Aye’s outside perspective on biochemistry has drawn acclaim from the academic community. Aye has won over 25 awards and honors in the last 15 years, including the Beckman Young Investigator Award, the National Science Foundation Career Award and the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award for her work on the dichotomous nature of oxidants in cell signaling. Aye also contributes to the Cornell community through teaching and community outreach. Last year, Aye took part in the Extending Your Horizons conference at Cornell by inviting middle school girls into her lab to participate in activities designed to foster their interests in math and science. Aye’s lab also has a number of undergraduate researchers, she said. “I think that it’s very important as a mentor that you know that your students
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Daring new drugs | Prof. Yimon Aye, chemistry, studies cell signaling pathways with the goal of contributing towards the development of innovative new medicines.
have their own personal motivations and ambitions,” Aye said. Although Aye is only in her third year of teaching at Cornell, she said she already feels at home. “For me this is my dream job because I love teaching and research, but at the same time we’re discovering something that will give future insights into drug discovery,” Aye said. Michael Merrill can be reached at mam546@cornell.edu.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Family: A New Kind of Romantic Comedy BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Arts and Entertainment Editor
In her review of Craig Johnson’s The Skeleton Twins last week, Slate’s Dana Stevens used the film as a case study for the possibility of a new form of romantic comedy — a rom-com without the “rom.” This genre would be made up of films that “gesture at the conventions (and some of the clichés) of romantic comedy,” yet recognize that “the arc of two people who start out at odds and eventually come to recognize one another as soul mates is as well suited to the story of grown siblings as it is to that of lovers.” Shawn Levy’s (Cheaper By the Dozen, Night at the Museum) expectation-surpassing This is Where I Leave You, based on the novel by Jonathan Tropper, might be Stevens’ first piece of supporting evidence. The premise is simple, as those for family dramedies generally are: Disparate individuals are summoned home by a matriarchal powerhouse (Jane Fonda, doing her best work since Hanoi) for a familial obligation — in this instance, to sit shiva for their recently deceased father. The ensemble cast built up around her reads like a “Best-Of” list from this genre’s last five years, including the always-likeable but mostly unfunny Jason Bateman, the collision point of modern and antiquated womanhood, Connie Britton (see any Tammy Taylor wiki or episode of American Horror Story: Murder House for explanation of that one), the sweet, off-brand Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids, I Give It a Year) and the culturally relevant but increasingly misguided Tina Fey (all of the love in the world, but her place is in a writer’s room). Perhaps it’s the fact that genre newcomers — House of Cards’ breakout star Corey Stoll and the cool dude of the moment, Adam Driver, of Girls and Frances Ha Gen-Y acclaim — get bottom billing and the least to do which makes this a movie which fits snugly under the headings of “good” and “enjoyable” rather than “great.” After all, these two (and at moments, Britton and Fonda), are the only players who are acting well enough to make us forget who they are as celebs and see them exclusively as characters. And while it’s almost beside the point (Bateman’s romantic life is merely one subplot in 10), I can’t help but squirm at the decided one-dimensionality of Rose Byrne’s eccentric and charmingly rude figure-skating love interest, Penny. The term may have been redacted, but as long as manic pixie dream girls keep getting
written into mainstream movies, we still need the words to point them out and crucify their creators. Despite these missteps, This is Where I Leave You is a good movie — most of the characters are nuanced, have interesting backstories that, with the exception of Wendy’s (Fey), are not plain-stated through bad dialogue and the emotional resonance is earned, convincing and satisfying in its loose-endedness. Timothy Olyphant’s performance as Horry, Wendy’s first love, who was rendered helpless at age 20 by a traumatic brain injury, is cleanly heartbreaking. And This Is Where I Leave You while it’s a standard COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. of family movies Directed by Shawn Levy such as these that the Starring Jason Bateman, Tina reasons for unhappihope: This type of comedy could be a shy nod ness be pretty bullto those vaults of “hilarious” family stories, the Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver shitty and empathyknee-slapping recounting of which binds kin sabotaging (see and confuses outsiders. This choice, if it were Rachel MacAdams’ deliberate, would fit in well with the plot’s insisone-dimensional tence that there are some things only family can “bitter bitch” tropedo/understand. embodiment in The “The world around us contains a panoply of Family Stone or Steve Carrell’s mopey and grating dweeb-dad in non-sexual love stories, and … the future of the genre could the first half of Crazy Stupid Love), the palpable sadness of the four depend on tapping that lifeblood,” Stevens says, and This is Where siblings (Fey, Driver, Bateman and Stoll) stems believably from the I Leave You presents many of these love stories — sister and brothfact that their lives have failed to live up to even the simplest of er, daughter and mother, lover-turned-friend, father-turnedpromises — from love to babies to self-sufficiency. memory. Though it’s hardly an argument for the sacredness of traThough billed as a dramedy, there’s not much about the film ditional family structure insofar as that means “marriage between that is genuinely funny — running jokes include the family’s a man and a woman who then have babies,” the film does argue insistence on calling their smarmy rabbi (Ben Schwartz) by his that genuine, unselfish love precedes romance or sexiness in the childhood nickname of “Boner,” a potty-training toddler who order of things. That’s a rare enough thing to hear in the real carries his toilet around and talks about poop at inopportune world and even rarer to see on the mainstream big screen, where times and a bit about brothers Judd (Bateman), Paul (Stoll) and “larger than life” sometimes means “nothing like life” and “love” Phillip (Driver) smoking a joint at temple which doesn’t elicit means beautiful, dying teenagers. even a fraction of the laughs as did the physical-comedy-laden, Judd Apatow-directed grown-ups-smoking-pot-shtick scene with Kaitlyn Tiffany is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann in This is 40. But if I could hazard to Sciences. She can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun.com.
Loss and Monet in a New Play by Anna A. Brenner ’16 BY MARK KASVIN Sun Contributor
Though it is rarely ideal to attempt to describe something as universal or all-encompassing, one may say with absolute certainty that loss is something we must all face. It is a cruel, everpresent fact that we push away as we float through life with our loved ones until, by unhappy twist of fate or inevitable end, they are gone and we are left haunted by memory and uncertainty. The debilitating powers of loss, memory, and expectation are brought to the forefront in Still Life, a play written by Anna Brenner ’16, Sun staff writer, and directed by visiting Performing and Media Arts lecturer Emily Ranii. The play was presented in the form of a staged reading performed in the Schwartz Center’s Black Box Theater on Saturday, as part of #150events, the Performing and Media Arts department's contribution to the yearlong celebration of Cornell’s sesquicentennial anniversary. The play follows young painter Amy (Caroline Boldt ’17) as she struggles with the memories of her mentor, Aunt Dot ANNA BRENNER / SUN STAFF WRITER
(Priscilla Olympio ’15), and her lovers, Jimmy and Vivienne (Sam Morrison ’17 and Claire Roberson ’15, respectively) and the accompanying sense of loss that prevents her from moving forward in her life and her work. These memories come back to life as “ghosts” that fade in and out of existence as Amy stumbles through the scenes that formed her earlier life. The most striking element of the play, and of the reading itself, was how visually active it was. The actors were not glued to their reading stands and made heavy use of the the theater space, moving towards and away from each other as appropriate and oftentimes interacting with each other physically. One particularly memorable scene came toward the end where, in portraying Amy’s fit of rage, Boldt forcefully tore her script apart in a strange fourth-wall-shattering moment. The play’s premise is psychological, and both Amy and the audience have a tenuous connection to reality. Brenner’s dialogue is vivid and powerful, making each recalled moment as real as they were when Amy lived them. At the same time, Brenner plays with the chaotic and ephemeral nature of memory, as bits of dialogue between characters overlap and emphasize key words that pull the play out of one recalled scene and into another. What made these elements so effective were the performances put out by the four actors. There were no hiccups. There were no moments where I was pulled out of the play by a slip of the tongue or an instant of insincerity on their part. Every word was uttered with a sort of energy that demonstrated a remarkable amount of restraint and familiarity with what goes into crafting a particular scene’s atmosphere. Dialogue and body language went through movements of powerful quiet and frenzied crescendos
that gave each character emotional depth that allowed me to connect to their many moments of hope and dashed expectation. Yet, it is easy to forget that the play takes place within the frame of a painter’s canvas. The theme of unrealistic self-expectation is carried through a parallel drawn between the protagonist, Amy and famed painter Claude Monet. Both demonstrate disillusionment with their own work, yet Amy finds that she cannot live up to the same standard of perfection to which her idol is held. In a post-performance dialogue with the audience, Brenner and Ranii made mention of the drafting process that led to the framing device of the canvas in which, in collaboration with stage manager Laura Dera ’16, faculty mentor Prof. Bruce Levitt, performing and media arts, and the cast, the play went through several settings which, according to the playbill, ranged from “a house in Ithaca, to a hospital room, [and] to purgatory.” Since the performance was a reading, and not a fully staged play, it can be noted that Still Life is very much a work-inprogress. Though much can be said about the nonlinear and disorderly nature of memory and though individual scenes were expertly written and well-acted, some scenes felt disconnected and almost abrupt. The amount of description afforded to each scene was also inconsistent, with some having well-described setting, while others felt like they took place in a void. These concerns, among others, were raised in the aforementioned feedback session with the audience. Though Still Life is not quite an entirely finished piece, it is on the right track to say the least. Brenner’s writing is lively and visceral and, given a talented and energetic cast such as the one that performed at the reading, it is hard not to get excited for the end product. Though the reading was a one-time performance, more information on events like the Still Life reading may be found at the Performing and Media Arts department's regularly updated #150events site at pma.cornell.edu/150events. Mark Kavin is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mk853@cornell.edu.
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Surface Mining
Anthony Titus at Milstein Hall SHAY COLLINS Sun Contributor
Anthony Titus’ exhibit Surface Mining, on display in the Bibliowicz Family Gallery in Milstein Hall until October 22, subtly calls into question whether images of beauty and artistry are constructed or rather extracted from the existing world. The title Surface Mining itself refers to a process of accessing a particular mineral by removing the surrounding environment. Titus’ works do not challenge or defy the boundaries of the gallery space; they call into
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question the very existence of such boundaries. Titus, a Brooklyn native, possesses an impressive resume — the founder of the Anthony Titus Studio, a recipient of a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and a former professor and critic at multiple colleges. In Surface Mining, Titus packs a substantial amount of thought and theory into limited space — six walls of mounted pieces and a handful of freestanding sculptures constitute the entire exhibit. Each work, however, reveals the many decisions that go into displaying a seemingly simple show. The mounted works, which I hesitate to reduce by naming them either paintings or sculptures, often abut the edges of walls or explore irregular spacing. The gallery does not display the names of individual works, causing the visitor to view Titus’ pieces solely through their individual compositions and relation to other pieces in the exhibit. Titus’ most striking details, however, arise from his exploration of the three-dimensional properties of art works. In his artist statement, Titus explains, “Spatial and material paradoxes are explored; at times the paintings emerge into the third dimension.” Some pieces in the exhibit consist of intricately layered wood panels, sloping at various angles to emphasize certain planes over others. Titus uses paint in his compositions to further manipulate the space in which each piece exists. For example, an apparently simple composition — one white wood panel overlapping another — is radically transformed by Titus’ application of hot pink paint to the back of the composition, away from the viewer’s eye.
The hot pink paint casts a subtle, pink aura on the gallery wall, and thus the piece alters the very environment within which it exists. By combining the acts of painting and sculpting, Titus extracts and foregrounds the threedimensional aspects of paint as a medium. Although Titus’ decision to leave the works unlabeled and mix sculpture and painting defy the imposition of order, motifs do appear to link works on a given wall of the exhibit. Many works include thick, vertical, gray-blue lines often contained within a rectangular, blocked-off section. In a series of three pieces, a painted yellow panel composes more and more of the image in each successive work, illuminating the interaction and contrast between different colors. Two works display an intricate, mottled pink-and-gray texture that reappears on planes of a sculpture. Titus’ art and theory, however, also extends into the field of architecture and its conceptual, artistic aspects. “The process typically begins with sketches and drawings that are informed by material and spatial investigations traced form the built environment,” Titus writes in his artist statement. Such a process seems architectural in nature, and Titus’ works effectively display the attention to detail, consciousness of environment, and spatial precision emblematic of architecture. Many of Titus’ pieces that feature multiple planes connected at unexpected and interesting angles could also serve as architectural models. In many pieces, Titus included drips and streaks of paints along the work’s thin side, directing the viewer’s attention to a typically unnoticed region. Thus, Titus’ focus on “relative locations in space” reconstructs spatial location as a critical component of given art works, destroying the notion of physical location as a neutral, meaningless aspect. Be it a sculpture, a painting, or a hybrid of the two, every plane of every work is important, as well as every work’s position
within the exhibit as a whole. The Bibliowicz Family Gallery in Milstein Hall is an appropriate location for Surface Mining — a subterranean, open space segmented by two walls and containing windows to the adjoining corridor and stair tower. In many ways, the Bibliowicz Family Gallery is consciously unneutral, consciously existing in a simple, yet elaborate way within Milstein Hall, another consciously elaborate space. A viewer of Surface Mining may find himself or herself nearly leaning against one of the Bibliowicz’ walls to view the painted edge of a work or wandering to the Northern window to glance outside for a few seconds. Walking through Milstein Hall, I realized the immediate relevance and applicability of Titus’ work. Every ledge, every step, every meeting between two walls evidenced the same process carried out by Titus to create Surface Mining, that of combining color, material, and location to transform a space. The same ledges and slopes contained in Titus’ sculptures and paintings also appeared in the architecture with which we interact daily. Titus’ decision to name the exhibit Surface Mining illuminates the beautiful and paradoxical appearance of geometrical and artistic images in everyday life. Does Surface Mining represent Titus’ construction of beauty through manipulating and transforming three-dimensional space? Or, like the process for which it’s named, does Surface Mining instead reveal and extract beauty from everyday shapes, colors, and objects? Titus excludes any clues for answering such a question from his exhibit, save for the title, and viewers will instead leave with a renewed appreciation for the artistic beauty underlying day-to-day images. Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at smc377@cornell.edu.
Wiggling That Anaconda Bass “I
’m an Ass Man,” said a skinny white boy to me on a chilly Friday night in Collegetown. I can’t recall exactly what my response was to that oh so romantic expression of posterior preferences, but it was something along the lines of “Hah, okay.” But(t) I mean what was I supposed to say to that? I’m a facial hair woman? A woman who just wants to nuzzle Iron & Wine’s luscious beard while wrapped in his oversize cable-knit sweater as he serenades me to sleep? Regardless of what my proper response to his stated penchant towards the behind should have been (probably a Seinfeld reference), I think it’s safe to say that butts are on the brain right now. A few weeks ago, two of three top selling songs on iTunes were Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” and Meghan Trainor’s “All About that Bass,” both in praise of their voluptuous rear ends. Additionally, both songs use the phrase “skinny bitches” to denote those women who, in Snoop Dogg’s eloquent words, don’t “have a bright future behind them.” Interestingly, the third song was “Shake it Off” by the not-so-bootylicious, Taylor Swift, demonstrating that not everyone is ready to wiggle wiggle wiggle. (I’m a big fan of Jason Derulo’s “Wiggle” because of it’s amusing juxtaposition of juvenile language with sexually explicit content, and also it’s a very catchy song.) This past weekend’s Saturday Night Live also featured a humorous sketch in which Aidy Bryant rapped about her “big fat ass” because her character only knows how to flirt from watching music videos. So clearly we’ve all got behinds on the mind. On September 17, The New York Times’
Style Section featured an article by Melissa Meltzer about the trending tuchus. Meltzer’s main focus was on Jen Selter, who has been described as, “The Queen of the Butt Selfie,” or “belfie.” (I’m saving my column about how we need to stop making up stupid words for a later date.) Selter gained fame on Instagram and was recently featured in a Vanity Fair photoshoot. However, Meltzer pointed out that Selter, Minaj and Trainor are nowhere near the first women to make having a butt popular. Many have credited Jennifer Lopez as having really brought booty back. And of course there is the racial aspect that needs to be addressed here — that we as a society are fetishizing traits that are generally presumed to belong to women of color.
in the mainstream, women of color are instantly eliminated from the equation — be it as the originators or idols.” What’s interesting to me about this isn’t so much that butts are “in” now, because there seems to always be some feature of a “ALL ABOUT THAT BASS” COURTESY OF EPIC RECORDS woman’s body that is particularly popular (setting aside how sexist and annoying that women’s bodies are so objectified), it is that this par ticular trend is taking shape in a much more tangible way. For example, not only did the aforementioned skinny white boy bring up his bias towards back, this very publication’s sex columnist, Ruth M., wrote in her colCarrot Top umn Thursday entitled “Please Don’t Put that There”: “I’m not Confessions sure if this is a fad or if I’m just now realizing it, but it seems like Jezebel’s Kara Brown perfectly summed up guys are asking for “butt stuff” more than ever the fact that curves have been historically cele- before.” brated in the African American and Latino comIn case you were wondering, I have thought munities and that this newfound appreciation about this and my sex column would be mostly for the rear end isn’t really new at all — it’s just me talking about eating Spicy Basil Noodles with Chicken (not a euphemism) while I watch that white people like asses now, too. Brown writes, “The real issue here is that as Broad City (not a euphemism) and it would be soon as a beauty trend or trait becomes popular called Carrot Bottom Confessions (euphemism).
Julia Moser
This is all to say that the popularity of the posterior has clearly come to Cornell, and I don’t know what to do about it. I know that historically other body types have been more appreciated, but this is the first time I have felt that kind of objectification of just one part, and I hear my female friends also express frustration at being reduced to one aspect of themselves that we can’t even see in the mirror. It’s like, if you’re going to objectify us, at least objectify our whole bodies. That was a joke. I don’t like being objectified. Please don’t do it. I don’t know, maybe I just need a flannelclad hipster who thinks liking butts is just too mainstream. Wrap me in your beard, Iron & Wine. Julia Moser is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun.com. Carrot Top Confessions appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
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Phelps Apologizes for DUI Arrest Tony Sparano Named The Olympian was arrested earlyTuesday in his hometown
(AP) -- Michael Phelps' comeback has been themselves responsibly in and out of the pool." sidetracked by more trouble away from the pool. The U.S. Olympic Committee had a similar The Olympic champion was arrested for the reaction. CEO Scott Blackmun said the organisecond time on DUI charges early Tuesday in zation was "surprised" by Phelps' arrest and his hometown of Baltimore, another embarrass- "disappointed on a number of fronts." Phelps was charged with driving under the ment for a swimmer who came out of retirement this year with his sights set on competing at the influence, excessive speed and crossing double lane lines in the Fort McHenry Tunnel on Rio Games. Phelps issued an apology that sounded very Interstate 95 in Baltimore, according to the familiar to the ones he made after a drunken- Maryland Transportation Authority. If convicted on the DUI driving arrest a decade ago, charge, he would face a maxas well as when a British “I know these words may imum penalty of a year in tabloid published a photonot much mean much jail, a $1,000 fine and the graph in 2009 that showed loss of his driver's license for him using a marijuana pipe. six months. Under Maryland "I understand the severity right now but I am deeply of my actions and take full sorry to everyone I have law, the latest case is not considered a second offense responsibility," Phelps said let down.� because his first DUI convicin a statement. "I know these tion occurred more than five words may not mean much Michael Phelps years ago. right now but I am deeply Phelps could face the sorry to everyone I have let wrath of his sponsors, though there was no down." Maryland Transportation Authority police immediate word of any company planning to charged the 18-time gold medalist after officers drop him. "It's too early to tell," said Don Rockwell, the said he was caught speeding and failed field CEO of Phelps' new swimsuit sponsor, sobriety tests. The arrest came about a month after the 29- California-based Aqua Sphere. "For the most year-old Phelps won three golds and two silvers part, we're supportive. We just need to wait and at the Pan Pacific Championships in Australia, see what happens. This is not a deal-breaker for setting himself up to compete at next summer's us, unless we find out something else that happened." world championships and at Rio in 2016. Phelps also has deals with Subway, Under It's too early to say if Phelps might face sanctions from USA Swimming, which took no Armour, Omega and Master Spas. In early August, Phelps announced he was action after his 2004 arrest but suspended him from competition for three months over the pot ending his long relationship with Speedo to sign the deal with Aqua Sphere. Just last week, picture. "The news regarding Michael Phelps and his according to Rockwell, company officials were actions are disappointing and unquestionably in Baltimore working with Phelps on the sizing serious," the national governing body said in a of his new suit, which he can begin wearing at statement. "We expect our athletes to conduct meets starting Jan. 1.
Raiders Interim Coach
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -Reggie McKenzie believes he put together a roster capable of competing for a playoff spot. When that roster got off to an 0-4 start and wasn't even competitive in two games, the Oakland Raiders general manager decided he needed to fire coach Dennis Allen. McKenzie replaced his handpicked coach by promoting offensive line coach Tony Sparano on an interim basis Tuesday with the hopes that can spark a turnaround for a team that has lost 10 straight games dating to last season. "Yes, I do believe what we put together this offseason was a roster that could win," McKenzie said. "I'm not going to get into all the particulars of why it didn't work for Dennis. But the bottom line is it didn't work. For whatever reason, not only the 0-4 start but our play did not represent what we were capable of. That's the bottom line." Allen was the first head coach hired by Oakland after Al Davis' death in October 2011. His 828 record is the worst for the franchise since before Davis arrived in 1963. His contract was set to run through next season. McKenzie made the decision to fire Allen and then let owner Mark Davis know his plans. Davis supported McKenzie's call but now pressure turns to the general manager whose additions have not led to a better record. Allen is the third coach fired during the season by Oakland since Al Davis arrived. Mike Shanahan was fired after four games in 1989 and Lane Kiffin was let go four games into the 2008 season. "In my analysis, I think we do have players that can play in this game," Davis said. "I just think that there may be some changes in how the schemes are utilized." Sparano becomes Oakland's eighth coach in the past 12 sea-
sons. The Raiders have not made the playoffs or had a winning record since winning the 2002 AFC championship. Sparano had a 29-32 record as head coach in Miami from 2008-11. He took over a onewin team in 2008 and led the Dolphins to an 11-5 record and an AFC East title. That was his only winning season and he was fired with three games remaining in 2011. Sparano said he was still working out particulars about play-calling and other details and would talk to his players on Wednesday about what changes he planned to make. While he was not ready to offer specifics on Tuesday, he did say there would be a philosophy change when the team returns from the bye week to play its next game at home against San Diego on Oct. 12. "We need to make sure we're asking our football players here as coaches to do the things that they do best," Sparano said. "We have some good football players here, a lot of them. They do a lot of good things. We need to let them do what they do best." Allen and McKenzie were hired after the team finished 8-8 under coach Hue Jackson in 2011, falling one game short of a playoff bid. They were expected to steady a franchise that fell into disarray during Al Davis' final years as owner. Instead, the team has only gotten worse, posting backto-back four-win seasons before getting off to the 0-4 start this year despite adding players like Justin Tuck, LaMarr Woodley, Maurice Jones-Drew, Carlos Rogers, Tarell Brown, James Jones, Antonio Smith and Matt Schaub in the offseason. Even worse, the Raiders have looked overmatched at times. They fell behind 27-0 after three quarters of their only home game against Houston and trailed by 31 points after three quarters against the Dolphins.
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at that course for decades.” The previous record had been set by Rachel Sorna ’14, a five-time AllAmerican. Spillane’s new record came right on the heels of an impressive performance at the Army meet two weeks ago, where she placed first. Her successes so far this season have helped her to become a role model for the squad’s freshmen. “I think it gives them the opportunity to dream as big as they want because anything can happen at whatever age,” she said. The No. 8 men’s cross country team also had a strong showing this weekend, taking eighth place in Boston and second place in Rochester. Senior tri-captain David Melly, who was the Red’s leading runner with a 24th place finish in Boston, said he was impressed with the freshmen’s
efforts in the second race of their colle“I think what we found is we’ve cergiate careers. tainly made some steps forward from “They did a great job,” he said. where we [were] last year … I would say “[Freshman] Dom [DeLuca] was fearless we are ahead of where we were a year ago about getting right up in the front of the at this time … but we certainly have a lot pack in the middle of a huge race with of work left to do,” Lang said of the men’s 200 plus people in it which really shows team. significant guts and Smith said he was maturity as a runner.” frustrated by the women’s Highlights of the “We certainly have a lot ninth place finish in Rochester meet for the of work left to do.” Boston, but not disapmen included a solid perpointed, and is confident that the Red will learn formance by freshman Zeb Lang from the experience. Sam Chauvin, who fin“I trust that we ished third. “He’s really showing that he can be a learned a lot,” he said. “We’re not accusforce to be reckoned with already just at tomed to finishing ninth in meets, which the start of his career,” men’s coach Zeb is what we did in Boston. People gave great efforts but there were a lot of things Lang said of Chauvin. While both the men’s and women’s about how the race played out at the start teams had standout performances this that are very clear learning opportunities weekend, it is still early in the season and for our team. They have very high comthe Red hopes to see some improvements petitive goals and I think it’s pretty obviin its upcoming meets, according to Lang. ous after the meet how close those goals
[are] to achieve and I trust that they’ll learn from the things that didn’t play out very well early on in the race.” Next up for the Red is the Paul Short Invitational, which will take place in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania this Saturday. Melly said that the men’s team will rest some of its top runners from the Paul Short so that they will be ready for the Pre-National Invitational in two weeks. He said he hopes that the Red will be able to take this weekend’s lessons to heart and show the upcoming competition what Cornell is made of. “I think we definitely learned that we have our work cut out for us and that it’s not going to be an easy year but I also think we showed this weekend that we absolutely can run at a competitive level with anyone in our league [and] in our region,” Melly said. Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun.com.
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19th place after the final round in which he shot a 74. He had a combined two-day total of 5149. Freshman over Christopher Troy finished just one stroke behind Graboyes for 25th place after shooting a final-round 76. In future two-day events, the Red hopes to carry its positive momentum from the first day into the second day rounds, according to
Graboyes. “We obtained eighth place by playing a great first round and a poor second round. Unfortunately this has been a common theme throughout the season. I think with a little more experience our team will be able to take our first day success to the second day of our tournament play,” Graboyes said. Graboyes added that if the Red can enter the second or third day of competitions with the same mindset as the first,
the squad has what it takes to achieve great success this season. “Our team needs to recreate the mindset of the first day from the very start of the second day. If we can capture our first day mindset for the second and third day of our competitions we will have several opportunities to win tournaments this year,” Graboyes said, John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun.com.
Former NBA Player Convicted of Wire Fraud Says Decision Should Be Reversed NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A former NBA player convicted of wire fraud in an alleged real estate Ponzi scheme is seeking to have his conviction thrown out and claiming prosecutorial misconduct, among other allegations. Tate George said in a recent court filing that his conviction last fall should be reversed for several reasons, including that the government used a witness who lied on the stand and that prosecutors never proved that investors suffered losses due to any illegal actions by him. George also claimed his attorney didn’t try to present documents and testimony into evidence that could have proved his innocence. Attorneys were scheduled to make oral arguments on George’s motion Tuesday in Trenton, but the hearing was postponed after George switched attorneys. George is a former University of
Connecticut star who played for the New Jersey Nets and Milwaukee Bucks. He’s best remembered for a buzzer-beating shot in the NCAA tournament in a 1990 game against Clemson. The U.S. attorney’s office contended George operated a Ponzi scheme by persuading victims,
receive the maximum. Because George had no previous criminal history, his sentence under federal guidelines would likely depend largely on the total monetary loss to his victims, and that amount has been hotly disputed by the two sides. In a motion filed last Friday, George,
“The truth will prevail. ... Everyone that believes in him knows that to be true.” Andrew McDonald including other pro athletes, to invest in a purported real estate opportunity. Instead of purchasing the real estate he’d touted, prosecutors said, George used the money to pay off earlier investors and to cover personal expenses. He was convicted on four wire fraud counts last fall. Wire fraud carries a maximum 20-year sentence upon conviction, but defendants rarely
who has been in jail since his conviction, calls the government’s case “as porous as Swiss cheese” and claims prosecutors conceded in a phone conference that the real estate projects at issue were legitimate. George said he dealt with investors in good faith and never operated a Ponzi scheme, which he said can be proved by testimony from his corporate attorney, who wasn’t called to testify by the attorney who
defended George at trial. A n d r e w McDonald, an attorney now representing George, said Tuesday “the truth will prevail and everybody that knows Mr. George and believes in him knows that to be true.” The U.S. attorney’s office is due to make a response to Friday’s motion, but in a response to an earlier motion for acquittal it called the evidence against George “overwhelming.” “The evidence at trial showed that as soon as defendant George received his victims’ money - often into bank accounts that were overdrawn he spent it on himself, his family, and to pay back prior investors, in classic Ponzi scheme style,” prosecutors wrote. “The evidence at trial showed that defendant George created and disseminated completely fake documents to his victims and others, in crude attempts to trick them further.”
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we went back to playing safe rather than trying to be aggressive,” he said. “That really cost us. So we need to sustain the aggressiveness in our upcoming matches.” However, Fleck said he was impressed with the team’s results in doubles considering that the team has spent most of its practice time on singles. “It was nice to see that without practicing much doubles there was good chemistry between the pairs and a lot of energy,” he said. “That helped us out a lot.” Cornell will travel to UVA next weekend to compete at the Fall Classic. The Fall Classic will use a bracket format, similar to the
Princeton Invitational. Ngyuen said he believes that this tournament will help the team get used to tough match play. “We have UVA next weekend and it's another opportunity to get back into top form before the spring,” he said. “UVA's tennis team has always been in the top 5 so the quality of matches will be very high.” Reflecting on the positive experience the Red had at UVA last season, Fleck said he believes the weekend will be enjoyable this season as well. “The guys that went last year had a great time and played a lot of good players, so it should be a good time,” Fleck said. Danielle Letourneau can be reached at dletourneau@cornellsun.com.
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Rallying to win | Senior Sam Fleck went undefeated, winning both his singles match againt Georgetown and his doubles match agianst Penn State.
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losing the first set 7-5, No. 2 Sinclair fought back to win the next two sets convincingly (6-1, 6-2). In doubles, Berman This past weekend, the Cornell men’s and Fleck had a tight match, which they tennis team traveled to Philadelphia for won, 8-6. the Penn Invitational. The Invitational Ngyuen said that although the squad used a mock dual-match system, which is was disappointed in the overall results, he similar to the system that is used for regu- thought Vinti and Sinclair had standout lar season games, but less formal. performances over the weekend, applaudOn Friday morning, Cornell started the ing them for their aggressive playing styles tournament on a positive and sustained focus note with a win over “Overall I think the Georgetown. The team “We went back to play- our team was disappointwon all four singles ing safe rather than try- ed with the results this matches. In the No. 1 weekend, besides a couposition, junior Stefan ing to be aggressive.” ple standout perforVinti won in a second-set mances from Stefan and tiebreak. Seniors Sam Sam Fleck Colin, who stayed comFleck and Alex Sydney posed and aggressive and sophomore Colin Sinclair each won throughout their matches,” he said. singles matches in three sets. On the second day of the tournament, In doubles, seniors Quoc Ngyuen and Cornell lost to Minnesota. However, No. 4 Kyle Berman handily beat their oppo- Ngyuen managed to win both his singles nents, 8-3. match as well as his doubles match with Later that day, Cornell had a close sophomore Dylan Brown. Sinclair and match with Penn State that resulted in a Vini also won their No. 3 doubles match, tie. Vinti was tied, 1-1, in his match when 6-3. his opponent retired in the third set. After Ngyuen cited mental toughness as the Sun Staff Writer
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Match point | Senior Quoc Nguyen had a strong performance at the Penn invitational, winning his doubles match with senior partner Kyle Berman, 8-3.
Red’s primary area of weakness and said that the squad’s limited playing time coming off summer break is a contributing factor. “I think what a lot of us lack right now is match toughness. We haven't had too much match play over summer break so it's taking a while to get back into things,” he said. On the final day of the tournament, Cornell battled against Columbia and lost, 6-1. Cornell earned its only win of the day at the No. 1 spot when Vinti dominated
his opponent, 6-0, 6-3. In doubles, Cornell won at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. Fleck said he felt that there were many ups and downs throughout the weekend and emphasized that the Red needs be more aggressive in every match from start to finish to improve results in the future. “A lot of the guys this weekend executed what we had been working on, but when it came down to important points See MEN’S TENNIS page 15
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Red Takes Eighth at Quechee Invite By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer
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Dedicated to the Red | Freshman Leah Triller showed her dedication to the squad when she kept on running after falling midway through the meet.
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Women Take First at Harry F.Anderson Invite Saturday By ARIEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer
When freshman Leah Triller fell midway through the Harry F. Anderson Invitational in Rochester on Saturday, she did what any dedicated sportswoman would do — kept on running. Triller came out with a strong 20th place finish despite her minor injury. The women’s cross country team ultimately won the meet. “[Triller] ran really well for someone who encountered some adversity during the race,” junior Meghan McCormick said. McCormick ran a great race of her own in Rochester, finishing third out of a very large field. “I was very proud of her because she ran very assertively and was rewarded with really an excel-
lent third place overall finish in a field that had nearly 270 runners, so that was really good,” women’s head coach Artie Smith said. The day before the Anderson Invitational, the Red also attended the Boston College Invitational. The No. 5 women’s team finished up ninth with a record-breaking performance by sophomore Taylor Spillane. “Taylor Spillane placed fifth out of over 200 runners in Boston. That was really a terrific performance,” Smith said. “She acquitted herself with great high marks against some of the very best individual runners in the country. The time that she ran is the fastest ever run by a Cornell woman on that course and we’ve been competing See CROSS COUNTRYpage 15
The Cornell University men’s golf team competed this past weekend at The Quechee Club Invitational in Quechee, Vermont. At the invitational hosted by Dartmouth College, the Red came away with an eighth place overall finish. Harvard University finished in first place in team play with a final two-day score of 574, 2under par. Hartford came in second eight strokes back, and in third was Connecticut who finished 20 shots off of Hartford. Despite Cornell’s mediocre results as a team, the Red saw some individual triumphs over the weekend as junior Brandon Eng earned his first collegiate Top-10 finish of his career. Eng shot a 70 his firstround and a 75 in his second round on Sunday. The combination of the 70 and the 3-overpar 75 left him with a final score of 72 to tie for eighth place in the individual portion of the competition. He finished five strokes behind Penn medalist Austin Powell. Eng competed as an individual, however, so his rounds did not count towards Cornell’s overall team score. Even without Eng’s score counting towards team play, the Red had a tremendous first round and entered Sunday’s final round in third place among the 11 teams competing in the weekend event. The Red did not perform as well on
Sunday and went on to finish in eighth place overall. Sophomore Luke Graboyes said that although the Red was disappointed with the outcome, the squad believes its strong performance on Saturday is indicative of its ability to move up the leaderboard in the future. “We are disappointed with our finish at the Quechee Club,” he said. “We started the
last day in third place with a chance to take home the title and we let a few teams jump past us on the last 18. However, we are encouraged that we were able to contend for the tournament title for the 2nd time this season.” The Red’s top finisher in team play was freshman Mike Graboyes, who finished tied for See GOLF page 15
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Top-10 | Junior Brandon Eng reached an important milestone this weekend, earning his first collegiate Top-10 finish of his career.
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lighted Garrett’s marital status as well as her husband’s accomplishments prior to telling us anything about her achievements, experience or areas of expertise,” Hutson said. Sarah Balik ’15, president of the Cornell Student Assembly, said she believes Garrett will serve as a role model for all students — male or female. “While the fact that she is a woman is both important and exciting for students, I think she will succeed in the role of president because of her incredible passion for Cornell and higher education at large, as well as her unparalleled experience in law and academia,” Balik said. O’Toole — Cornell’s graduate student trustee — said she was “humbled” by the committee’s incorporation of student input in choosing Garrett as the next president. “Throughout the process, I was surprised and humbled by how much the student perspective was solicited and valued in our numerous discussions,” O’Toole said. O’Toole, who is a second-year law student, added that she personally admires Garrett for achievements in the law. Garrett received her law degree from University of Virginia School of Law and served as a law professor at the University of Chicago. “As a female law student, it has been inspiring to get to know Beth, to learn about her vast accomplishments in the law and in University administration and to be part of the process that named her to be the first woman to lead Cornell,” she said. Campus initiatives to increase women in leadership positions are “complimented” by having a woman lead-
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Leading lady | President-elect Elizabeth Garrett speaks to members of the media at a press conference in Myron Taylor Hall Tuesday morning.
ing the institution, according to Yamini Bhandari ’17, women’s issues liaison at large for the S.A. “It's also nice to see Cornell decide to have a woman president, given that so many of our peer Ivy institutions do as well,” she said. “I hope to see great work from her.” Bhandari said she had hoped a woman would replace Skorton as president. “I was vocal during the selection process, via email recommending that the president be a woman and it’s very exciting to see that it’s happening,” she said.
Meagan Manahan, a junior at USC, said several students at the Los Angeles, California university are already discussing Garrett’s upcoming departure. “Everyone is really excited for her, especially the fact that she will be the first female president ever of the University,” Manahan said. “Today is a proud day for us Trojans.” Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrotra@cornellsun.com.
Garrett Addresses Cornell Community Professors Voice Excitement By NOAH RANKIN
Garrett also highlighted the connection Cornell has between the surrounding areas of Ithaca and the broader New York State — which she found to be As part of Tuesday’s presidential announcement, exemplified through Cooperative Extension programs Elizabeth Garrett drafted a message to all Cornellians and the New York City campus — as well as the describing the reasoning behind her acceptance of the University’s focus on inclusion. presidency, a position she said was a “once-in-a-life“Cornell is fundamentally shaped by its founders’ time” opportunity. lasting vision of a university “Cornell is committed to aca- “I am looking forward to built on egalitarianism, includemic excellence, as exhibited sion and public engagement, as each day by remarkable and tal- the start of my term of well as the breadth and diversity ented faculty, students and staff,” office on July 1, 2015, of ways in which this vision conGarrett said. “In every school tinues to be expressed across the and department, they conduct when we will embark on University,” Garrett wrote. breakthrough research and cre- our future together.” Garrett closed her message ative work that lead to innovawith praise for Skorton’s achievetion, improve lives throughout Elizabeth Garrett ments and a desire to join the the world and contribute to the Ithaca community with her hussearch for truth.” band, Andrei Marmor, professor Part of this “truth,” Garrett wrote, is the of philosophy and the Maurice Jones Jr. professor of University’s emphasis on the liberal arts, which she law at USC. Her final words were directed at all calls “a commitment that is critical to our future pros- members of the University. perity as a society and our fulfillment as human “I will visit the campuses in Ithaca and other locabeings.” tions several times in the next months, and I am lookThis focus on liberal arts and the humanities ing forward to the start of my term of office on July echoes the remarks in a Washington D.C. keynote 1, 2015, when we will embark on our future togethaddress made by incumbent President David Skorton er,” Garrett said. in 2011, in which he called the study of the humanities a “critical endeavor” that “can help us grasp where we come from, and why, in order to lead us into the Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun.com. future.”
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puter science at Cornell Tech and healthcare policy and research at Weill Cornell Corey Earle ’07, associate Medical College, said she is director of student programs excited to welcome Garrett to in the Office of Alumni the Cornell Tech campus in Affairs, said he was thrilled NYC. that Garrett spoke about “I didn’t have the opportuCornell’s role as the “first nity to work with Provost American Garrett duruniversity” at “I think she brings a ing my tenure t h e at USC, but Un i v e r s i t y’s wealth of relevant was delighted press confer- experience ... for to hear ence on Cornell’s founding [ Tu e s d a y ’s ] Tuesday. announce“I think ideals and vision.” ment and she brings a look forward wealth of rele- Corey Earle ’07 to greeting vant experience her at Cornell and a passion for Cornell’s Tech,” she said. founding ideals and vision,” Earle said. Jonathan Swartz can be reached Prof. Deborah Estrin, com- at jswartz@cornellsun.com. Continued from page S4
ELIZABETH GARRETT AS NEW PRESIDENT: CORNELLIANS REACT ON TWITTER
Excited to welcome incoming @Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett to the #BigRed family! — @ChloeGatta
So happy to join @Cornell in welcoming it’s 13th president Elizabeth Garrett today! #cornell #bigred #twithaca Welcome! — @jentavares
Excited to welcome @Cornell’s 13th president — our first female — Elizabeth Garrett! #ShowMeTheWomen #BigRed #CU — @Ihsan_Kabir
Congratulations to Elizabeth Garrett new #Cornell President. Hail, all hail #Cornell. #LetsGoRed — @tombantle YAY for the FIRST woman president at Cornell MT @cornellsun: BREAKING: Elizabeth Garrett is named Cornell's 13th president — @JinjLee
Elizabeth Garrett steps up. A big deal for #BigRed.
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So excited that I’m going to be a student here with our first female president — CONGRATULATIONS Elizabeth Garrett! — @trishxxsharma
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“I could not be more certain that we have found the most perfect person in Beth Garrett.” Robert S. Harrison ’76
Elizabeth Garrett Appointed Cornell’s 13th President
Students Describe Faculty Praise Pres.Appointment Barrett: Female pres. is a very important step forward Garrett as Possessing ‘All the Attributes’ By JONATHAN SWARTZ
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By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun News Editor
Several Cornell student leaders reacted positively to the University’s selection of its first female president — Elizabeth Garrett, the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California — who will assume the role in July 2015. The Board of Trustees announced Garrett as Cornell’s president-elect Tuesday morning. She will replace President David Skorton as he takes a new position as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Both Ross Gitlin ’15 and Annie O’Toole grad — Cornell’s student-elected trustees — had the unique opportunity of being a part of the committee to choose Garrett as Skorton’s “Our committee sought to successor. select the best candidate Gitlin, who serves as undergraduate trustee, said to serve as the next he felt grateful to be a part of president of Cornell.” the decision to choose Ross Gitlin ’15 Garrett as president. “Under the incredible leadership of Search Committee Chair Jan Rock Zubrow ’77, our committee sought to select the best candidate to serve as the next President of Cornell,” he said. “And that is what we did.” According to Gitlin, Garrett possesses “all of the attributes” necessary to effectively lead the University. “[Garrett] is thoughtful, intelligent, and warm — she has a natural ability to lead and inspire everyone around her,” Gitlin said. “[She] has a steadfast commitment to, and a deep understanding of, the importance of our University's land grant mission.” Jevan Hutson ’16 said he was excited to see Cornell — the sixth Ivy League university to appoint a woman as president — choose Garrett as Skorton’s successor. “I am thrilled to see the white male bastion that is Cornell's presidency finally crumble,” he said. However, Hutson added that he thought the email announcing Garrett’s presidency somewhat downplayed the significance her accomplishments. “[I found the email] to be rather problematic as they highSee STUDENTS page S3
As the Cornell University Board of Trustees welcomed Elizabeth Garrett as the University’s 13th president on Tuesday, Cornell professors and faculty from a wide range of disciplines voiced their enthusiasm on the University’s decision. Prof. Chris Barrett, department director for applied economics and management, said that a female president is “a very important step forward for Cornell.” “A president who brings such extraordinary experience and past accomplishments is a rare treasure. What a tremendous blessing that in Elizabeth Garrett Cornell gets both,” he said. “This is a very exciting next step in Cornell’s continued evolution as one of the world’s premier universities.” Echoing Barrett, Prof. Isaac Kramnick, government, also noted the significance that Garrett will be the first female president of the University. “How exciting: Cornell gets a different kind of
president — someone not straight from a successful term as an important administrator of a Midwestern college, as were the last four, and a woman, unlike the last 12,” Kramnick said. Prof. Roger Gilbert, department chair of English, said that while he does not know much about Garrett, he appreciates that she is an advocate for the humanities. “I’m pleased to see that she’s sponsored several initiatives at [the University of Southern California] in support of the humanities, including a postdoctoral program and a hiring initiative,” he said. “I’m optimistic that Garrett will continue [President] David Skorton’s strong advocacy for the arts and humanities at Cornell.” Prof. Daniel Schwarz, English, said Garrett is “a wonderful choice for the presidency of Cornell.” “I like everything I have read about her today as a teacher, scholar, and administrator,” he said. “She seems a leader with vision.” See FACULTY page S3
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Presidents’ club | President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings II, President-Elect Elizabeth Garrett, President David Skorton and President Emeritus Jeffrey S. Lehman pose following the announcement of Cornell’s 13th president.