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Recent Graduate Dies Design for New, Rebuilt Connor McGinnis ’15 was involved in Cayuga’s Waiters, CUJazz, Greek life Chapter House Unveiled By REBECCA BLAIR

By DAVE JANECZEK

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Connor James McGinnis ’15 died Sunday surrounded by family and friends, four months after his graduation from Cornell. He was 22. McGinnis was born on March 8, 1993 in Newton, Massachusetts, according to his obituary. After attending high school at Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, Florida, he came to the Hill, where he majored in information science and minored in music and computing in the arts. At Cornell, McGinnis was a Phi Delta Gamma brother, a member of CUJazz and a singer in a capella group “Connor was truly one Cayuga’s Waiters. of a kind and he will Cayuga’s Waiters took to Facebook Wednesday to never be forgotten.” express their grief. “Connor was truly one Cayuga’s Waiters of a kind and he will never be forgotten,” the group wrote. “Sending all our love and prayers to the McGinnis family during this tragic time.” After graduating from Cornell, McGinnis took a job as a software engineer for IBM in Dublin, Ohio, according to the obituary.

The Chapter House’s architects presented a preliminary design plan to rebuild the iconic pub to the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission at their Sept. 22 meeting, taking the first step towards redevelopment of the fire-damaged property. The plans include a complete replacement of the 400-404 Stewart Ave. building to house the Chapter House on its first floor and apartments on its second through fourth floors. Bryan McCracken, historic preservation planner for the City of Ithaca, explained that initial plans to preserve parts of the original building were deemed unfeasible after a second inspection of the property. “The building was exposed to the elements for three or four months,” he said. “The engineer who evaluated the building determined that significant

additional damage had happened after the fire due to its exposure to the elements. A lot of the walls were saturated with water, floors were buckling and there were a lot of structural issues.” The design was presented to gauge the commission’s initial, informal opinions on the proposed redevelopment. McCracken stressed the preliminary nature of the designs, noting that the architects, Jason K. Demarest of Ithaca and Andy Sprague of Studio Mosaic Architecture in Corning, are still making changes to the plans in preparation for formal applications to the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commision. “Usually a project for new construction will go through several iterations before the whole Commission is comfortable with [the project].” McCracken said. “At this point it’s hard to tell

Bouncin’ back | A rendering shows plans for a new Chapter House

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structure, which will connect to the upper floors of two adjacent houses to the north.

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Fall Creek Gorge,Near Student Housing, Tests Positive for Lead Contamination By RUBY YU Sun Contributor

MICHAELA BREW / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

An exhibit at the Jill Stuart Gallery in the Human Ecology Building explores the idea of wearable art.

Soil in Fall Creek Gorge by Ithaca Falls, less than two blocks away from the Gun Hill apartments where many Cornell students live, tested positive for lead contamination this past June, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA tested different locations along the base of the gorge and found that the samples contained lead in excess 400 parts per million, the maximum allowable level. The City of Ithaca announced on June 16 that it will collaborate with local regulatory agencies to rectify the situation.

The site of contamination was loose stone and lead contaminated once the location of the Ithaca soil from a quarter of an acre on a Gun Factory, which closed its steep slope and walkway in the Falls doors in 1986, Creek Gorge,” according to the to the “My friends and I went according EPA. Due to the release. factory’s proximi- down the gorges and we The area was ty to Fall Creek, barricaded and the EPA tested were right [near] where signs were posted for metals that the Ithaca Gun Factory to caution public could have origivisitors in June. used to be.” While some nated from the fear the negative gun factory. Dylan Ciraldo ’16 health effects that The EPA could be caused by announced in a press release that it will begin a lead contamination, the City of Ithaca clean up effort expected to cost has not indicated a need for panic over approximately $400,000. As part of the contamination. Still, Prof. the efforts, the EPA will “remove See LEAD page 5 approximately 200 cubic yards of

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Student Protester Found Guilty by UHB By DENNIS A. WILLIAMS

The University Hearing Board, in its first action in 18 months, found Harvey M. Teres ’72 guilty of a violation of the Regulations for Maintenance of Public Order last night. The incident for which Teres was charged occured on Feb. 7 in Statler Hall during a demonstration against oncampus recruiting by the Honeywell Corporation. The UHB voted 6-2 to convict Teres of failing to identify himself on demand, to a safety division officer. He was sentenced to probation for the remainder of the term. It was Teres’ first appearance before the UHB. He said he will appeal the decision. An additional charge of disorderly conduct had been dropped earlier. Last night was the first time a representative of the press had been allowed to sit in on a UHB hearing. The board’s deliberations, however, were conducted in private. The closed session policy is intended to benefit the defendant, but Teres argues that it would be in his best interest to have the hearing open. Board chairman Linda Spooner said after the hearing, “He [Teres] was found guilty because the board ruled that

the ID must be shown immediately on demand.” She pointed out that the requirement for identification is intended to benefit the student by avoiding possible conflicts with law enforcement officers. Teres issued the following statement after the decision: “This hearing is part of the campaign of intimidation and harassment that this University is carrying out against the people of the community, involving false charges brought against selected individuals and picture-taking and the creation of political files of students and employees. Section IV, paragraph 3 of the RMPO states that “No person chall refuse or fail to comply with a lawful order of any clearly identifiable University or public official acting in the performance of his duties in the administration adn enforcement of these regulations.” Teres’ defense was based on his assertion that when Sgt. E.J. Smith of the Safety Division, who was in plain clothes at the time, first asked for Teres’ identification, he had not yet identified himself as a University official. Teres said he asked Smith one or two questions about his rights and obligations, and that as soon as Smith had made it clear that he, Teres, was required to identify himself, he proceeded to do so.

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Prof Explains Aftermath of Slavery

National House Approves Budget The House of Representatives passed a funding bill on Wednesday which continues funding for Planned Parenthood, ABC News reported. Most Republicans opposed the bill based on its Planned Parenthood allocation, but enough of them broke with their party to pass the bill and narrowly avoid a government shutdown. Wednesday’s deal will continue funding through Dec. 11, according to ABC.

Local Charles Tan ’17 Awaits Verdict in Murder Trial The trial of Charles Tan ’17, the former Cornell student who faces second degree murder charges for allegedly shooting his father several times with a shotgun while his father sat at a desk, is still ongoing after a second day of deliberation on jury Wednesday. A verdict is expected in the upcoming days. The jurors deliberated the alleged case of parricide for seven and a half hours, The Rochester Democrat reported.

National Palistinian President Rebukes Oslo Accords President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas declared that the Palestinian people are not bound by the Oslo Peace Accords, which were approved by Israeli and Palestinian representatives in 1993 and 1995, The New York Times reported. The Oslo Accords outline rules governing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Abbas accused Israel of violating the Accords, leading him to conclude that the Palestinians did not need to follow them, according to The Times.

Russia Bombs Syrian Camps Russian pilots bombed two provinces in Syria, intending to strike Islamic State members, according to the BBC. This is the first time the Russian military has attacked ISIS, and the Russian Defence Ministry informed American officials about an hour before the attack. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would not object to Russian attacks on “IS and al-Qaeda linked groups.” Syrian opposition activists said children were killed in the attack, but Russian officials denied they attacked civilian areas. — Compiled by Tom Schreffler

Advocates use of ‘Black Lives Matter’messaging By RYAN HUMPHREY Sun Staff Writer

Prof. Edward E. Baptist, history, discussed slavery’s continued legacy in American social and political structures at a Tuesday talk titled “Abolitionism, Modern ‘Anti-Slavery’ and #BlackLivesMatter.” Baptist, who is also author of The Half Has Never Been Told, started his talk by challenging audience members to think about,the “relationship or lack thereof between ‘modern antislavery’ and #blacklivesmatter.” “When ‘modern slavery’ appears in the publicity efforts run by activists, the modal case is that of the sex-trafficked young woman — often, in the versions which seem compelling to popular audiences in the UK and the U.S., a MICHAELA BREW / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR white Eastern European woman,” he said. Modern ideas about slavery “have very little Fighting for freedom | Prof. Edward E. Baptist talks about the continuing effects of slavery on to say about the ongoing movement for African American society at a his “Abolitionism, Modern ‘Anti-Slavery’ and #BlackLivesMatter” talk Tuesday. American freedom,” according to Baptist. “African-Americans and others presumed to into a ruthless, right-less, continually exploited front of hotel lobbies while black, sit in houses be descendants of the enslaved are still treated state of being.” These prisoners, Baptist noted, while black, go to get skittles while black and so are not protected by the 13th Amendment, on and so on,” he said. in crucial ways as enslaved,” he said. Baptist concluded by referring back to the Baptist explained that, even over a century which abolished slavery. Baptist argued that mass incarceration, eco- “modern antislavery” movement and its need to after its abolition, slavery still has profound impacts on the social structure of the United nomic structures and racist attitudes have creat- incorporate #BlackLivesMatter‘s messaging ed an image of African Americans today as into its campaign. States. “If modern anti-slavery organizations can“It’s not just that events ranging from the “fugitives” being chased back into their “historic cage.” This, not confront their blindness about the lone resistance to Baptist said, is struggle for African-American freedom, I fear Obama’s presiden“Everyday in this country the descen- both produced that activists’ limited efforts against the only tial or existential legitimacy to the dants of the pre-1865 enslaved confront and reinforced by form of modern slavery which they can admit “layers of direct they see will leave trafficked and exploited peopolice killing of (to the dead labor of their ancestors.” and indirect, con- ple around the globe in a liminal, exploited pick one of thouscious and uncon- state for many, many years to come” Baptist sands) Walter Scott Prof. Edward E. Baptist scious, personal said. have moved us to Still, Baptist’s closing remarks came with an and structural see this,” Baptist uplifting, motivating and even cautiously optisaid. “It’s that these events, of course, are pro- racism” and “the structure of wealth.” “Everyday, in this country the descendants mistic tone. duced by the deep structures of a nineteenth“Only by naming, confronting and stripcentury modern slavery that has never been of the pre-1865 enslaved confront the dead fully abolished, just truncated and trans- labor of their ancestors, mobilized as a living ping away the badges and incidents of slavery for all people can we say that there has been force against them,” Baptist said. formed.” These remnants of slavery affect the African even one successful process of abolishing slavBaptist pointed to the American prison system as a stark example of racialized practices American community in a multitude of ways, ery,” he said. “To do this, we will have to adopt, which have come to be accepted by most of Baptist argued, drawing on examples and statis- as happened in various crucial points in US and tics from “racialized policing,” to “job, housing global history, new and more liberating consociety. “In the U.S., modern slavery persists most and credit discrimination,” to economic status. cepts of what it means to be a citizen, to be a “The attitudes, the policies, and the policing woman or man, to be white or black or to be visibly for those African Americans trapped in the ever-growing American prison and jail sys- that shape mass incarceration — and shape it as free.” tem,” he said. “The rise of mass incarceration a disproportionately black social, cultural, and has now carried millions of Americans off the economic phenomenon — ... affect all who Ryan Humphrey can be reached at solid ground of family and community and drive while black, walk while black, stand in rhumphrey@cornellsun.com.

Cornell Partners With Chinese Dairy Producer By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

Cornell signed a research partnership agreement on Sept. 23 with Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group — the largest dairy producer in China — to find ways to improve dairy production, according to a University press release. The agreement emerged after the University and the Yili group signed a memorandum of understanding in April for research collaboration on increasing dairy product innovation. These public-private partnerships are necessary in order to find ways to feed the growing world population, according to Prof. Martin Wiedmann, food science. “[This partnership is] needed to increase research to create a thriving global agricultural economy and provide high-quality food products for a world that is predicted to soon reach nine billion people,” he said in the release. Weidmann said partnerships of this sort give students valuable

insight into the global interconnectedness of food production. “A specific benefit for Cornell and our students will be that international public-private partnerships like this will enable us to gain insights into global food-related challenges and opportunities,” Wiedmann added. The partnership is expected to provide graduate students with research opportunities as well as possible undergraduate positions and internships. “Expected outcomes include improved training opportunities for students in dairy and food science as well as research outcomes that will develop improved dairy production and processing approaches,” Wiedmann said. One of the joint initiatives will seek to create an alternative cheese for the Chinese market. This research will take place at Cornell and will be funded by Yilli, according to the University. According to Prof. Carmen Moraru, food science, the new cheese product will focus on matching the preferences of the

Asian audience by incorporating milk ingredients and soy proteins. “There are some technical challenges that we’re going to try to solve for them, using our knowl-

edge of proteins and texturization.” Moraru in the release. Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun.com.

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Developers Release Plan for Chapter House Redesign

Rebuilding of 400-408 Stewart Ave.would include Chapter House structure plus two adjacent buildings

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New beginnings | Top: A rendering depicts plans to rebuild the Chapter House and two adjacent buildings, the three upper floors of which would be connected by glass walkways. Right top: Another view of the rebuilt Chapter House, seen from the southeast. Right bottom: Developers plan to use this picture of the original Chapter House building (which depicts a first-floor drugstore on the right that advertised in 1906-09) as an inspiration for the rebuilding. CHAPTER HOUSE

The design plans also encompasses two other apartment buildings at 406 Stewart Ave. and 408 Stewart Ave. The 406 property was completely [Commission members’] reactions because it was a destroyed by the April 14 fire and the 408 property preliminary discussion about the direction that the was damaged, but has since been repaired, accordarchitect would take with the redesign.” ing to filings made to the Landmarks Commission. Because the property lies within the city’s East The early designs presented to the Commission Hill Historic District, development plans must show a rebuilt 406 Stewart Ave. They also propose receive a Certificate of a completely new structure Appropriateness from the 408 Stewart Ave., even commission before the though the original strucdevelopers can make modifiture survived the fire. 408’s cations to the site, according owners argue that the buildto McCracken. ing should not be protected “Any new construction in by East Hill’s preservation a historic district requires an ordinances because it is not early design review, which is historically significant due Bryan McCracken an opportunity for the to alterations made before design consultant or the they purchased the properproperty owner to go before ty, according to documents the commission and describe what the potential filed with the Commission. outcome could be,” McCracken said. CSP Property Management, the company that The developers’ plan to officially start the appli- manages the Chapter House property, has stated cation process when they present a more final ver- that they are hoping to reopen the pub by August sion of their design for the commission’s review at 2016, and plan to preserve the building’s historic the November ILPC meeting, which means that aesthetic while adding modern improvements. the earliest that they could apply for a Certificate of Appropriateness would be December, according to David Janeczek can be reached at djaneczek@cornellsun.com. McCracken. Continued from page 1

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Lead Found in Gorge Friends, Family Mourn LEAD

she “didn’t know about the situation” and added that when she visited the gorge over the summer, she did not notice any warning signs. Richard Canfield, nutritional sciences, urged Another resident of Gun Hill, Dylan people to be cautious around lead contaminat- Ciraldo ’16, agreed that the situation should ed areas. have been publicized more to students in the “I certainly encourage everyone to stay away area. from the fenced off area because it is likely to “My friends and I went down the gorges and contain significant lead contamination,” he we were right [near] where the Ithaca Gun said. “Lead is a neurotoxin that is particularly Factory used to be,” he said. “At that point, I damaging to the fetus, infant didn’t know about the lead and young child, but people “Gun Hill doesn’t tell you contamination. Gun Hill of all ages should limit their doesn’t tell you anything, I had exposure as much as possi- anything, I had to slowly to slowly piece it together ble.” myself.” In addition, he urged peo- piece it together myself.” Ciraldo added that when ple visiting the area who entered the area of Fall he Dylan Ciraldo ’16 might notice dust blowing Creek Gorge over the summer, from dry soil within the he also saw minimal signage. fenced off area, or any evidence of soil escaping “Gun Hill apartments are less than a third of from inside the fenced off areas due to runoff, a mile away from the site and many people to report it to the appropriate authorities. don’t know about the contamination,” Ciraldo Following these announcements, some of said. “Why is there no disclosure law requiring the Cornellians living in the Gun Hill apart- Gun Hill to tell its tenants?” ments have called for clearer signage marking the areas of contamination. Ruby Yu can be reached Eva Leung ’16, a resident of Gun Hill, said at rjy32@cornell.edu. Continued from page 1

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Following his death, friends of McGinnis’s family created a GoFundMe campaign to help his family cover the costs of their loss. The campaign has a goal of $8,000, and had raised $6,525 as of Wednesday night. The page called McGinnis’s passing “sudden, unexpected and surreal,” urging community members to give back to the family as they struggle to cope with their “unimaginable loss.” “He was an exceptionally bright and talented young man who had recently graduated from Cornell and had just begun the next chapter in his life,” the page reads. “As a

community, we have all been impacted by the love, support and dedication from the McGinnis family and I hope these contributions will help begin the painful healing process for all of them.” McGinnis “is survived by his parents James and Tia McGinnis, siblings, beloved brother Kevin, Marjorie, James, Lori and Catherine, and his special friend Allison Webster,” according to his obituary. His funeral service will be held on Oct. 3 in Boca Raton, and he will be laid to rest on Oct. 6 in Brewster, Massachusetts. Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun.com.

Woman Charged With Tossing Oregon to Begin Recreational Marijuana Sales Baby Had Second Child Die NEW YORK (AP) — A woman charged this week with tossing her newborn daughter to her death from a seventh-story window had an infant son die seven years ago, and prosecutors have now reopened their investigation into his death, authorities said Wednesday. The two-and-a-half-week-old boy was found dead in the basement of Jennifer Berry’s home in 2008. A medical examiner ruled he died of natural causes related to sudden infant death syndrome. But prosecutors in Westchester County decided to reopen their probe into the boy’s death after Berry was charged Tuesday in the Bronx with tossing her baby daughter from the window of her boyfriend’s apartment. “In light of what has transpired, we will be reviewing that death again,” said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore. In her most recent pregnancy, Berry’s family and friends didn’t even know she was expecting, authorities said. She told them she had miscarried, police said. The 33-year-old from Yonkers was charged with murder and manslaughter in the girl’s death Monday. When police showed up at the Bronx apartment building in the quiet, residential neighborhood of University Heights on Monday afternoon, they found the girl’s body in a garbage-filled alley behind the building. Berry was questioned for hours by detectives and initially denied she was pregnant before saying she had given birth in the shower, authorities said. She claimed the newborn wasn’t breathing when she threw the baby — and the placenta — from the window, police said. But prosecutors say she knew the baby was alive when she threw her, umbilical cord still attached, into the alley below.

The medical examiner said the baby died from blunt force trauma in the fall, meaning she was born alive. The city’s Administration for Children’s Services is investigating the circumstances that led to the baby’s death. Berry briefly worked for the child welfare agency from July 2007 until January 2008. The first three months were in classroom-style training to become a child protective specialist, who would investigate reports of child abuse and refer parents to classes on how to raise their children. The rest of Berry’s time at the city agency was spent as a trainee, where she had limited interaction with families. She was fired from her job after she stopped showing up for work. Berry appeared in court late Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to the felony charges. Her attorney didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Assistant District Attorney Georgia Barker said the baby weighed eight pounds — the weight of a full-term newborn. “There was air in the lungs. This was a healthy baby girl,” Barker said in court, according to the Daily News of New York. Berry’s boyfriend told police he was in another room when the baby was born. He told investigators he didn’t realize that his girlfriend had given birth, that the baby had plunged from the window or even that his girlfriend was expecting. As authorities continued their investigation, neighbors passed crime scene tape that was still tied to banisters in the sevenfloor apartment building, and others left small keepsakes in a makeshift memorial in the lobby. “Why did she do this? I’ll just never understand,” said Lourdes Ayala, who lives down the road. “It tugs at your heart as a mother. I just couldn’t believe it. There are just no words to describe how horrible it was.”

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Discounts on pot, free food for folks with the munchies and live music will usher in a historic day for Oregon and for marijuana advocates across the country on Thursday, as recreational sales of the drug that is still illegal under federal law begin in the state. Oregon is one of four states that have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. It will start with far more dispensaries than did Colorado or Washington state, where pot shops have been up and running for more than a year. Alaska could

begin retail sales next year. Pot shops in Oregon that already sell medical marijuana have made big plans for the historic day — and hope there is enough supply to meet what is expected to be a huge demand. “I’m just trying to basically stock up for maybe four or five times what the normal volume would be,” said Chris Byers, owner of River City Dispensary in the southern Oregon town of Merlin. Some dispensaries will be opening just after midnight to get a head start on sales.

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Redrafting Ivy Athletic Eligibility

UNLIKE SOME OF OUR PEER INSTITUTIONS, athletics at Cornell are not always seen by students, administrators and alumni as the University’s top priority. Still, for many, collegiate athletics play a transformative role in shaping an undergraduate experience. To delineate the balance between academics and athletics, the Ivy League created a code outlining the rules for athletic eligibility at each college. This policy allows students to compete for four seasons in a given sport, but only during their first eight semesters of education. Additionally, students who have completed their undergraduate degrees on time or early become ineligible to continue playing for their respective teams, even if they choose to attend graduate school at the same institution. These policies, although well-intentioned, are antiquated and enforced unequally with no clear outcome as to how an appeals process will end. Now is the time for the Ivy League schools to reconsider the policy in favor of system that gives athletes the ability to make choices they have come to expect at an institution of higher education in the 21st century. Currently, the National Collegiate Athletic Association places a four-season limit on student athletes, with the Ivy League being the only collection of schools in the country that would ban a student athlete from completing all four seasons of eligible play if he or she has completed an undergraduate degree. This policy is often enforced sporadically across the league. Students involved in the 2012 Harvard cheating scandal maintained a year of academic eligibility by taking a leave of absence before the first game of the season, an obvious loophole in this policy. Other students, including Cornellians, have not fared as well with regards to athletic eligibility. For instance, Errick Peck ’13, a student in the School of Hotel Administration who was injured at the tail-end of his sophomore year, petitioned for a waiver for a fifth year of Ivy athletic eligibility, or his fourth season on the team. Unfortunately for Peck, the school denied his petition and he was left to find a new school to compete at in only two months. Similar stories are not uncommon throughout Cornell and the Ivy League, as highlighted in a Sun investigative report Wednesday. All of this makes one point clear: The vague implications and restrictions of the waiver process push student athletes to jeopardize their eligibility if they cannot compete in all four seasons as undergraduates. By forcing a student to choose between his or her alma mater or athletics in these situations, the Ivy League is pushing many into uncomfortable situations. These students, essentially driven out of the Ivy League, often make the decision to leave the college where they spent years developing friendships and becoming a part of a community on their respective campuses. No student should be compelled to leave his or her school because of a desire to participate fully in all four years of athletic eligibility. We urge Cornell and the administration to take the lead among the Ivies in addressing the problems surrounding athletic eligibility. While athletics may not be the University’s top priority, enhancing the student experience and curbing nonsensical policies must be prioritized by Day Hall. Rewriting athletic eligibility clearly falls under this concern.

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don’t want to do work; Do you want parents explained to you that ghosts do to do work? Why would you, when not exist or that thunder was simply a we’re in what many call the “golden natural phenomenon, you lost your fear, age of television?” Never mind my class- right? The concept still applies. Show es, I know I have a daunting backlog of too much magic, and it swiftly becomes shows do get through. I suppose Netflix part of the day to day mundane. Twin is partially to blame, that sultry Peaks understands this. It gives tantaliztemptress of procrastination and instant ing hints of something far greater and gratification. Once we had to wait a sinister lurking in the forests of the week for our fix, now we can binge. I town, but withholds enough to keep could go on and on about my favorite you coming back, pulling you deeper series, how excited I am for the next sea- and deeper down it’s rabbit hole. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a show son of Peaky Blinders or BBC’s Broadchurch. But instead I’m going to that has no modern equivalent. It’s talk about a series that came out a while completely singular. Although we have back, a show unlike anything else you’ll many high quality shows to choose from, I get the sense many are barreling find on Netflix: Twin Peaks. Why even bring it up? Why, when we towards a conclusion. Most modern TV have so much to choose from, pick a programs would be better described as show that was cancelled over two miniseries. Twin Peaks is a different decades ago after it’s second season? breed: it sits back and lets the world Simply because this David Lynch direct- fold out slowly, forcing us to be patient ed classic was the spiritual ancestor for and enjoy the little details. It wasn’t just many of the shows we love today. It was about a murder, or one man’s struggle to the first of its kind, the show everyone solve it, but rather a show about a town talked about during their work breaks. Never mind my classes, I know I have a It popularized the daunting backlog of shows do get through. I quirky detecsuppose Netflix is partially to blame, that tive, the strange dream sultry temptress of procrastination and sequences, instant gratification. and other tropes we see in television. It’s hard to categorize Twin Peaks. On and the people that inhabit it. To sumthe surface, it’s a soap opera with crime marize: It built a world, instead of just show elements. The premise is set existing in one. I felt the show could around a small logging town rocked by stretch on in perpetuity. At the end of the murder of prom queen Laura every episode I had more questions than Palmer. FBI agent Dale Cooper (Kyle answers. It could be frustrating, sure, but it MacLachlan) is brought in to assist local law enforcement. I don’t make the soap was what kept me coming back. It’d be opera comparison lightly: Prepare for a lie to say I don’t like what’s on now, forbidden love, teenage angst, dramatic the gritty action is just starting to get a music and occasionally questionable little, I don’t know, expected. TV shows acting. I know that sounds like a major now move on a linear progression, folturnoff, but bear with it, because it gets lowing the main character from struggle weird, fast. There’s a dark vein of super- to struggle, while generally ignoring natural horror underlying the all the anything outside of that. Much as I love dramatic campiness. What initially all the shows on now, few offer much begins as a simple murder investigation beyond the main plot arc. They’re excitsoon turns into an entangled mystery of ing sure, but now that Netflix is pumpprophetic dreams, Native American ing out new, equally addicting originals, myths and secret government investiga- that model may prove unsustainable. The last episode is a maddening tions. Stick with it long enough and you’ll be treated to a dancing little per- cliffhanger, but fear not, because son in a room of red curtains, a woman Lynch’s episodic masterpiece will return who speaks for a log, a one armed man to television in 2017. Thus (almost) fulwith a strange secret, ancient evil and so filling the prophecy told to the Agent Cooper during the series finale over two much more. Twin Peaks accomplishes something decades ago: “I’ll see you again in 25 few others do: It takes the strange, the years.” occult, the downright magical and keeps them that way. So many shows seem to Soren Malpass is a junior in the College of Arts and miss out on the point that, as soon as Sciences. He can be reached at skm94@cornell.edu. you start explaining magic or show it Sorenity Now appears alternate Thursdays this semestoo often, it ceases to exist. When your ter.

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y counselor told me not to have sex with any particular man more than once in the first year of recovery. Anymore, he cautioned, and you’ll catch the feels. I ignored his paid advice. This weekend I spent two nights with the man I had been dating for a couple months over the summer, and it was odd. We had established that our attachment would be a controlled one, anticipating that neither of us desired a long-distance relationship after our summer together. Yet sound and scent are separate sensations, and I couldn’t talk myself out of pheromones. A month had elapsed since we smelt one another last, and the pungent stink of his pits got me rock hard. The sight of him and the sound of him got me going too, no doubt, but the scent of him — no longer reduced to a lingering whiff of his t-shirt in my armoire, but fully realized as a potent stink bomb — made my sex drive cascade. A month out, I felt as though my attachment to him existed in a composed, demarcated space. Yet I was thrown off-kilter and into an ambivalence that I hadn’t anticipated. I found myself in a pickle, desiring to be with a man that I can’t

commit to (and to whom it would be unwise to commit), enmeshed in an attachment that is seemingly unfair and counterintuitive for us both. Compelled by the reality of a tight and competitive marketplace, gay men are good at talking about sex. We are less good at acknowledging when it causes us to feel bound to one another. Stroked by a narrative that encourages the reverse anthropomorphization of ourselves as Bonobos, we are often embarrassed when we want “something more.” We might think that it negates the liberation of queerness. Yet I implore you, and myself, not to contextualize these impulses as mutually exclusive. The liberatory nature of queerness is couched in its capacity to rewrite standard narratives. Contrary to normative drivel, attachment need not be possessive, constraining or forever, for queers and our peers alike. Instead, think of attachment as a shared space of mutual feeling and fulfillment, imbued with context and articulated reciprocally. Articulation is most critical. Unspoken attachment induces vertigo. It is an exhausting waltz of dancing around what you’d like to say forthright. Suddenly, the delusion arises that saying “I want you” implies “I want everything with you,” and for fear of being miscon-

strued, you stay silent. In that moment, attachment feels like an imposition. If you’ve never discussed the parameters of your affiliation, being attached might feel like an intrusive violation of your partner’s personal space. Unarticulated, both you and your partner are liable to read the typical narrative of attachment into your relationship. If not deconstructed, the dominant narrative of attachment as possession, of inclusion predicated on the exclusion of others, will wash over. Feelings of jealousy and possessiveness might fester. Yet through the vehicle of authentic communication that our queerness, in my view, engenders uniquely, queer people can locate the motivations for and the desired outcomes of attachment. Attachment is a wanting for both partners to actualize and thrive in a space of shared support and encouragement. What those qualities look like in practice is entirely up to you. Attachment can be as dynamic and fluid as other queer modes of being. It can be relational or platonic, sustained or casual. No motivation or hoped for outcome is more valid than any other. For me and the man I had been dating, the depth of attachment is evident. We now exist in a context wherein we

can’t meet one another’s needs — he no longer has a sustained physical presence in my life. That is fine. At first I thought the attachment embarrassing. I now recognize the power of queerness to create and reclaim spaces that extend not only to the sexual and to the gendered, but to the core of how we affiliate. It’s hindering to think of my attachment in a normative fashion, as validated or invalidated by monogamy or romance. If the goal of attachment is to realize ourselves in modes that are better accomplished jointly than separately, then our attachment isn’t comprised by a change in context. It only means that we must relearn how to relate to one another and continue to be constructive, positive presences in one another’s lives. We can forge a space that leaves both of us fulfilled in relation to one another and to our lives more largely. My counselor was right about catching feels. What he failed to note is that while catching feels might mean I’m attached to someone, attachment is not immutable. Masc. Dom. Top is a senior at Cornell. He can be reached at masc.dom.top@cornellsun.com. Anal Retention appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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ey there. We haven’t met before, but I’m “Jackie and I can ensure that we are both always taken care of to to ultimately get the pleasure and end result that you’re Oohhhh,” and I’m new to this section. I’ve been our liking. However, getting to the point where we both looking for. Reminding a partner while they’re fingering reading these columns since my days as a naive now know each other’s bodies and likes and dislikes took you to give Miss C some love instead of just hammering into the V may feel awkward and demanding, but rememfreshman trying to navigate a college love life while living time and a lot of conversation. Sure, some fortunate women are always confident ber that your partner is there in the first place because they in a forced triple. I feel that it is only fair that I start this off with one clear enough to direct their lover to the right spots the first time. want to sexually please you. If speaking during sex isn’t your disclaimer: I have been in a committed forte, some gentle steering can often relationship for the better part of my do the trick just as well, if not better. Cornell career, meaning that I do not I’m not talking about the move where have any amusing stories about giving During foreplay, whisper in his/her ear, “You know I you’re making out with a guy and he head in the Olin basement on Slope really love when you ___.” If he’s already in the right grabs your head and attempts to shove Day, or a ranking all of the people I’ve it down there to blow him, because slept with in a given frat. I sometimes vicinity, it could be as easy as, “Ohhhh yeah I like that’s gross and desperate. No, I’m just live vicariously through the raunchy referring to a slight adjustment for tales told in this feature of one-night that” or “Mmm just like that.” A simple, “Yes! Right when he’s already in position. He stands after a few Long Islands (the thinks he’s really getting you going drinks at Dunbar’s or the bagels at CTB there!” or “Faster!” doesn’t hurt either. Say whatever while fingering you, but is actually just — really either could get me going), the awkward Tinder exchanges, the occait takes to get the ... end result that you’re looking for. hitting your thigh? Grasp his hand and slowly guide it to make sure he’s sional same-sex experimentation or TA hitting the right sweet spot. Guy feelhookups. Luckily, my boyfriend and I — let’s call him “Chuck” Unfortunately, however, some people (myself included), ing you up like he’s milking udders instead of handling the after my middle school virgin Gossip Girl fantasies — take a little bit more time to get to a place with their com- twins? Take his hands under yours and show him how it’s have been #blessed with a pretty great sex life. Still, a panion where they can clearly express their wants and done. If, for some reason, he takes it the wrong way that you’re friend will ask me every so often, in a sorrowful tone, if needs. But no woman should have to sit through a round things with Chuck get boring in the bedroom after all this of fingering that feels like a boxing match, or pretend to a girl who knows what you want, he’s a selfish fuckboy and time. The absolutely true answer is that the sex is better orgasm after a sleep-inducing round of someone going you deserve much better. But, assuming he’s a decent down on her. Identify what you want from your partner human being who cares about your needs and desires, folthan ever. low these steps and you’ll be on your way to a mutually I could attribute my sexual satisfaction to many things and don’t be afraid to ask for it. The best — though not always easiest — way to do this perceptive relationship like the one Chuck and I have been — overall level of comfort, experimentation with new positions, exciting locations around campus, etc. — but is verbally. During foreplay, whisper in his/her ear, “You polishing for years. the true hero here is completely open communication and know I really love when you ___.” If he’s already in the a thorough grasp of each other’s physical desires. By being right vicinity, it could be as easy as, “Ohhhh yeah I like Jackie Ohhhhhh is a junior at Cornell. Comments may be sent to assoable to fully express our own sexual wishes and understand that” or “Mmm just like that.” A simple, “Yes! Right ciate-editor@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears exactly what the other partner wants in the sheets, Chuck there!” or “Faster!” doesn’t hurt either. Say whatever it takes periodically this semester.

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A review of Frannie’s, Louie’s Lunch, Dos Amigos and That’s How I Roll By JARED SRINIVASAN Sun Contributor

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’m sure you’ve noticed an abundance of food trucks both on and around Cornell’s campus. My goal is to visit each and to try their most popular item, but in this article I decided to focus on just a few that are more accessible to students. They are listed in the order I ate at them, not based on quality. Each has its own unique culinary point of view and is able to accomplish something the others can’t. Frannie’s

Where: between Sibley Hall and

Milstein Hall When: Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m.7:00 p.m., Friday 11:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Popular items: Korean bulgogi tacos, Korean rice bowls The first truck I sampled was Franny’s, which is run by the Statler and located near the Architecture school. It is fairly new, having opened last August, and designed so that Architecture and Art students could quickly grab a bite to eat amidst their hectic schedules. I was welcomed at the order window with a warm smile by a student who described the type of food she served as “Asian-Mexican fusion.” She proceeded to tell me that a new item this semester, the Korean Bulgogi Tacos, currently held the title of most popular. So naturally, I decided to order them. Let me set the scene: Before me sat three perfectly-sized tacos, each layered with rice, beef spare rib and kimchi, thinly sliced pickles, carrots, cucumber and jicama and garnished with cilantro, all inside a beautiful flour tortilla. “Bulgogi” is a beef marinade in which soy sauce, sugar, garlic, sesame seeds and sesame oil are combined and allowed to sit with the beef overnight. Franny’s use of this marinade with the ever-so-flavorful beef spare rib made the meat incredibly tender and juicy. As I took my first bite, I realized the brilliance of including rice in the taco: I expected taco juice to gush out everywhere, but the rice had soaked it all up, allowing me eat semi-cleanly. The slight

acidity of the vinegar in the rice cut through the fattiness of the beef, while simultaneously bringing out the sweetness of the pickled vegetables. The veggies gave a nice crunch to contrast the melt-in-yourmouth texture of the beef and rice. If you couldn’t tell, I thoroughly enjoyed these tacos and highly recommend them, along with anything else Franny’s has to offer.

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Louie’s Lunch

Where: across from Risley Hall When: Monday-Friday, 11:00 a.m.-3:00

a.m., Saturday 12:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m., Sunday 6:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Popular items: chicken parm, pizza sub, maven

This truck has been feeding freshman on North Campus since 1918 and is wellknown for operating long hours from Monday to Saturday. Because of its hours, Louie’s is one of the more popular places on campus to grab a midnight snack and lines can be seen at any point during the day. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve gone to Louie’s to satisfy a late night french fry or milkshake craving. This truck is also known for having a secret menu featuring options put together by customers. (It’s real, but good luck finding it). I was told their most popular items were the chicken parm, pizza sub or maven. Apparently, the maven started out on the secret menu and was so good that Louie’s decided to move it to the main menu. I clearly had to try it. It turned out to be a sub sandwich with

chicken, lettuce, barbeque sauce and buffalo sauce with spiciness options ranging from PG, R and X to XXX (not for the faint of heart). It isn’t the prettiest thing on the planet, thanks to the sauce stains all over the bun and lettuce oozing out the sides, but just because she isn’t the prettiest girl at the ball doesn’t mean she can’t dance. After being dealt a rather humbling backhand from the buffalo sauce, the sweetness of the barbeque whispered that everything was going to be okay; I call this the “good cop/bad cop” dynamic. The chicken tasted like standard chicken fingers (which I enjoyed) and the lettuce added a little crunch that balanced the ocean of sauces. Everything worked together very nicely and left me with a dangerous craving for more. Though it isn’t the healthiest option, every now and then you need to treat yourself to something different and the bold combination of barbecue and buffalo sauces fits the bill. Dos Amigos

Where: the corner of Eddy and Dryden When: Thursday-Saturday 10:00 p.m.-

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Popular items: Chicki Minaj, steak and mushroom quesadilla

My journey next took me to the streets of Collegetown as I decided to investigate the new Mexican taco truck I had been hearing about. Dos Amigos opened this past August and is open late on weekend nights if you’re craving a late-night snack. It’s a rather large blue truck, with one window for ordering and the other for picking up. One of the students who came up with the idea of the truck told me that he “genuinely missed Mexican food, and ... [the] Mexican food here [is] just not as authentic as [he] is used to.” As a result, he and a few friends got together and started Dos Amigos. The student also told me that while the Chicki Minaj was one of the more popular options, he would recommend a steak and mushroom quesadilla for newcomers. I ordered the steak, while my friend ordered the Chicki Minaj. The first thing I noticed was the perfect handmade tortilla. I was instantly transported back to my childhood, when my abuela would make me tortillas con mantequilla blanca y frijoles refrido. These tortillas were firm enough to hold the fillings, but also had a whisper of flakiness. The steak was perfectly See FOOD TRUCKS page 9

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cooked and added a solid bite, contrasting with the melt-in-your-mouth mushrooms. The soft earthiness of these mushrooms cut the heaviness of the melted cheese and, in turn, brought everything together in its beautiful cheesy glory. Everything worked the way it was supposed to and everything tasted good; but there was something missing — it didn’t quite stand out from all the other steak and mushroom quesadillas I had tried. I then realized I had been given two different salsas: a red one and a green one. I proceeded to dip the quesadilla into the red one and felt like I was biting into a fresh tomato that also tasted like garlic and cilantro. It was a little sweet and there was just enough kick to keep me wanting more. The green one, I learned, was a cilantro and ancho chile pepper salsa. It

was just as good as the red, with a little more spice but the same end product: perfection. Both salsas enhanced every aspect of the quesadilla and made my mouth dance with the Cali-Mex flavors. My friend said her Chicki Manaj was amazing and after a minute or two of silently scarfing down the churros she ordered, she gave me a grunt of approval. The food at Dos Amigos is clearly made with love, making it even more authentic and perfect. That ’s How I Roll

Where and when: across from

Risley Hall (Sunday-Wednesday 11:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.), College Avenue (Thursday-Saturday 5:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.) Popular items: Spicy Tuna Lover, Out of Control, Fire-Cracker “The Sushirrito Truck,” as people

have been calling it, opened in April and is located next to Louie’s when on North Campus and a little past Insomnia Cookies when in Collegetown. The truck is owned by Woepa Zegid, who used to work as the head sushi chef at Plum Tree in Collegetown. Woepa informed me that he buys his ingredients fresh every morning. While Franny’s combines panAsian cuisine with Mexican styles like tacos or quesadillas, That’s How I Roll focuses specifically on sushi made with the aesthetic of a Mexican burrito. In Japan, there is similar item called Temaki: seaweed shaped like an ice cream cone, with the sushi and rice inside. The sushi burrito here is thicker and a lot more filling, allowing for quick lunch between classes. Chef Woepa told me the most popular items are the Spicy Tuna Lover and Out of Control burritos, which have the same filling, but differ between spicy tuna or spicy salmon. It

was a tough decision, but I decided to go for the more PG-13 option. The Spicy Tuna Lover was simple yet satisfying. The perfectly cooked rice, combined with the crunchy seaweed wrap, created the perfect combination of textures. The spicy tuna tasted fresh and the avocado brought out its flavor. The shrimp tempura and kani (fake crab meat) added a nice solid bite, which contrasted with the spicy tuna, avocado and spicy mayo mixture. The fried flavor of the tempura also helped bring out the freshness of the tuna and the slight acidity of the rice cut the fattiness of the avocado. A good sign is when you don’t need soy sauce to eat sushi, and this burrito was more than able to stand on its own. Jared Srinivasan is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at js2576@cornell.edu.

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— Chris Stanton “We can’t be no number one / But we can be the jam”, sings 24-year-old rapper Isaiah Rashad on his new single, “Nelly.” It’s a refrain repeated often throughout the song’s three-minute duration and one that aptly summarizes the Chattanooga native’s approach to music. He makes low-key, emotive rap that’s stylistically more indebted to Aqueminiera OutKast than any sounds of the West Coast, where he currently resides. In 2013, it came as a surprise to many when Top Dawg Entertainment — which, at that point, housed only L.A.-bred rappers Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock — announced Rashad as their latest signee. A virtual unknown, the young MC assuaged any doubts about Top Dawg’s scouting process with 2014’s excellent Cilvia Demo, a singular work that showcased both his versatility and his chemistry with label-mate SZA. After almost two years of silence, Rashad coasts back into the spotlight on “Nelly,” which features sparse, jazzy instrumentals courtesy of the Antydote, Chris Calor and Jowin. The hollow, laggy drumbeat only gains warmth from Rashad’s sing-song flows (reminiscent of perhaps his biggest “hit” thus far, “Heavenly Father”) and comforting vocals. As always, his raspy voice suggests a weariness that makes it all the more meaningful when he tries to send good vibes. “I can see your pain, hope my voice is helping out,” the rapper sings on his second verse. He’s always had an earnest and almost naïve belief in music’s potential for therapy, and “Nelly” finds him content to be reaching anyone at all. Whether it’s a single off an upcoming album or just a loosie, the song is a soothing reminder that Rashad’s still out there making music. “Nelly” isn’t flashy or complex, but you’ll have it on repeat anyway.

Joanna Newsom “Leaving The City”

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Last time Ms. Newsom released an album, I was 14 years old and just recovering from a severe bout of Eminem. In truth, it was probably better for me that I discovered her mind-wringing harping a little bit later on in my cognitive development, but the fact that I have never been musically alive in the midst of a new Joanna Newsom release meant that, for the few days after its release, “Sapokanikan” was blaring from my computer speakers ad infinitum. The case has been no different with “Leaving the City” (Divers’ second single); in fact, it’s probably even more brilliant than its predecessor. In this review I could dive into paragraphs upon paragraphs concerning its metrical complexity, soaring vocal polyphonies or brilliant musical and lyrical juxtaposition between bucolic and urban sounds and imagery. But I’ll save that numbing pedantry until after I’ve soaked up Divers in its entirety (Oct. 23 is so, so far away). Until then, I’ll just tell whoever’s reading to listen to “Leaving the City” as soon and as often as possible. It’s fucking beautiful.

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Shay Collins We only rip on the bands we love and, as such, I must take Motion City Soundtrack to task for 2015’s Panic Stations. The 11-song offering, a project with Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth producer John Agnello, lacks the intricacy and vulnerability that endeared listeners to the band’s previous offerings. The album shimmers with a silver lining: Frontman Justin Pierre seems reenergized in recent interviews, and with good reason. This year marks 10 years since Motion City Soundtrack’s tour-de-force Commit This to Memory, an album that delivered pop-punk canon entries “Everything is Alright” and “L.G. FUAD.” Furthermore, Panic Stations resulted from fourteen days of furtive recording in Minnesota’s Pachyderm Studio, birthplace of Nirvana’s In Utero among others. By all indicators, Motion City Soundtrack should be enjoying a dignified position atop the pop-punk upper echelon. Even though Motion City Soundtrack flew through Panic Stations in a burst of energy, the record is anything but inspired. The group took up the same skeleton of past records — fast, uncomplicated power chords, squealing synths, Pierre’s unadulterated vocals — but the songs remain skeletal. In pop-punk, lyrics are everything and Pierre long eked out a niche between Pete Wentz’s poetic acuity and Brendon Urie’s pseudo-intellectualism. The Pierre who crooned, “let’s get fucked up and die,” however, has disappeared and his replacement sings with an abundance of positivity and inoffensiveness. The dearth affects the whole group: The chord progressions impart no emotion and the synthesizer rarely does more than distract. The album kicks off with four measures of pure power chords and from there, the group jumps no-holds-barred into “Anything At All.” Musically, the opening track is a promising mission statement. The band moves through

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Arts Around Ithaca As You Like It

Paula Poundstone

There’s nothing like a Shakespeare classic. For fans of a comedy through William’s eyes and pen comes Ithaca College’s Main Stage presentation of As You Like It. Running for just over a week, the iconic play follows a journey through the peaceful Forest of Arden. Stubborn characters butt heads and romance blossoms in this predecessor of the modern buddy film. Directed by Catherine Weidner, this I.C. production is Ithacans’ opportunity to see the play that originated “all the world’s a stage” and “too much of a good thing.”

This Saturday, lauded stand-up comedian Paula Poundstone will be entertaining Ithacans at the State Theatre. Poundstone is known not only for her hilarity, but also for her spontaneous and authentic interaction with crowds. “No two shows I do are the same” she says. She is a frequent and beloved panelist on NPR’s popular quiz show, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me, as well as a an editorial contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered. Come out on Saturday to see Poundstone’s charisma and spontaneous comedy for yourself. Tickets are $24-$35. —Jael Goldfine

Oct. 1 through Oct. 10 at the Ithaca College’s Clark Theatre

7 p.m. Saturday at the State Theatre

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Fanclub Presents: Diet Cig, Imperials, Pity Party, Old Cave 8 p.m. Friday at Cayuga Lodge

What do you get when you add up chill out, folk jams, post-rock and slop pop? In the abstract, a really, really cool way to spend an evening. In a more solid sense, though, you get this Friday night at Cayaga Lodge, where Pity Party, Old Cave, Imperials and Diet Cig are going to be dishing their wares for a paltry $5 dollars. Doors open at 8pm, music starts at 9 and good vibes are going to be present all around. Come hang out at 630 Stewart Ave. if you don’t believe me; I bet the bands’ll convince you. —Troy Sherman COURTESY OF STATE THEATRE

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ello, massive and fervent column audience: I know you’re probably all here expecting me to talk about something fun, like the politics of feline hook-up culture or the secret world of Insane Clown Posse slash fiction. Today, though, I decided to take a relatively brief diversion into a topic that’s, well, a wee bit serious. So tune in next week if you’re looking for something smile- rather than frown inducing. With that out of the way … In the middle of the 18th century, Charles Dickens visited the United States, and while in Philadelphia, encountered the Eastern State Penitentiary. Dickens was shocked and appalled by the conditions of a prison known for its focus on rehabilitation. Horrified particularly by the torture of solitary confinement, he reflected: “I believe that very few men are capable of estimating the immense amount of torture and agony which this dreadful punishment, prolonged for years, inflicts upon the sufferers... I hold this slow and daily tampering with the mysteries of the brain, to be immeasurably worse than any torture of the body: and because its ghastly signs and tokens are not so palpable to the eye and sense of touch as scars upon the flesh; because its wounds are not upon the surface, and it extorts few cries that human ears can hear; therefore I the more denounce it, as a secret punishment which slumbering humanity is not roused up to stay.” While conditions have certainly improved since the middle of the 19th century, Dickens’ statement is a profound indictment of our modern penal system’s immorality, and of our unwillingness to improve it. Once verdicts are handed down — or, as in 97 percent of cases, plea bargains are reached — the American prisoner is whisked off into a system that is incredibly difficult to imagine, let alone reform. Our

Our Incarceration Nation difficulty doing so is what makes imprisonment a “secret punishment.” Desensitized to statistics and data, and at a physical remove from the visceral experience of daily prison life, we struggle to empathize with those whose humanity is withheld, whose experience of time is as a form of punishment. To be sure, numbers are an important recourse when confronted with something with the magnitude of the American prison system — and they are profoundly alarming. The US only has 5 percent of the world’s population, but 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Over 2 million people are imprisoned in U.S. prisons and jails at the federal,

Sam Bromer No Place Like Brome state and local level. That’s almost as many as Russia and China combined. Imprisonment rates are particularly grim: The U.S. imprisons 698 people out of every 100,000. The British are 20 percent as likely to be locked up, while Norwegians are just one-tenth as likely. It makes more sense to compare us to Rwanda, which can at least point to its need to punish the perpetrators of its 1994 genocide for its rate of 492 prisoners per 100,000. But, as you probably just realized, numbers often have a way of getting in the way of understanding, rather than guiding it. The human experience, in general but especially in prison, is too complex and too powerful to be reduced to this level of abstraction — at least if we want to convince a public to thirst for real change.

So, there are a few alternative ways to learn about prison and prisoners. One, which I don’t recommend, is to go to jail. Another, for those of us who, by virtue of our Ivy League lives, lack direct experiences, is to turn to film, documentary and television to comprehend the depth of the tragedy. For this reason, turning a critical eye to the representation of prison life in our entertainment and media has never been more essential. Countless films have attempted to shed light on the experience of prison, with varying degrees of success. Whether the protagonist-prisoner is drawn in a sympathetic light — as in the staple of the genre, The Shawshank Redemption — or a more sinister one — as with Dead Man Walking, where Susan Sarandon plays murderer-rapist Sean Penn’s nun BFF to the sound of Eddie Vedder crooning — there is almost always an impassioned appeal to the viewer’s shared humanity in the face of cold, rational and dispassionate state violence. But, competing for airspace in the American imagination is the mass hysteria of the Reagan era. A decade after the beginning of the War on Drugs, terror about rising cocaine usage led to the introduction of draconian sentencing laws on the federal and state level. These laws, along with the criminalization of drug use and possession, have contributed to rising incarceration rates to this day. In this era, the cocaine overdose death of Len Bias, a first-team All-American college basketball forward who was selected as the second overall pick in the 1986 draft, was

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imprinted into the popular imagination. His death ushered in “dramatic new initiatives for dealing with crack and other drugs,” including mandatory minimum sentences and the legal treatment of one gram of crack in the same way as 100 grams of cocaine, according to author Dan Baum. Stories can alter the course of history, and not always for the better. Here’s one reason to be (a little) optimistic, though: This week, President Obama appeared on “Fixing the System,” the most recent episode of HBO and Vice’s documentary series. After a brief interview with Vice founder and former recipient of David Carr’s ire Shane Smith, the President sat down with a group of nonviolent drug offenders to hear their stories. It’s a small gesture that won’t fill the painful chasm the penal system has left in the lives of so many Americans, but, just maybe, it is a sign of a larger shift at play. For, the more we confront the experiences of those we’ve caged away, the closer we inch to dragging ourselves out of this mess. Sam Bromer is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at sbromer@cornellsun.com. No Place Like Brome runs alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Women: Quakers Drop Game To Harvard,See Second Loss A fter eight games, the University of Pennsylvania women’s soccer team stands at 4-2-2, most recently losing to league opponent Harvard on Saturday.

The Quakers earned wins against a strong group of competitors, made up of Seton Hall, Temple, Mount St. Mary’s and USC Upstate. Besides its loss against the Crimson, the Penn squad has fallen to Clemson. The squad’s two ties came against Virginia Commonwealth University and Towson. Despite two disappointing losses, the Quakers stand ahead of where they were at this point in the 2014 season. After eight games last year, the squad had only won three and had dropped a total of three as well, tying two in the process. The team was able to come out of the season with an 8-5-3 overall record and a 3-3-1 Ivy record, good enough for third place beside Yale and Princeton in the league. — Compiled by Anna Fasman

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Red on deck | The Penn Quakers will face Cornell this Friday at 7 p.m. The team will take on the Red on its home field in Philadelphia.

Men:Princeton to Open League Play Against Green T he Princeton men’s soccer team has seen an up and down season so far, going 3-2-1 in its first six games. The Tigers most recently tied with American on Tuesday, with each team scoring only one goal in a

game that saw double overtime. During the 2015 season, the squad has fallen to both Florida Gulf Coast University and Florida International in early September and earned wins against St. John’s, Boston

University and Binghamton. Last season, the Tigers held an impressive 11-3-3 overall record, only losing one Ivy game and tying for first in the league with Dartmouth. Most Ivy men’s soccer teams will start their league

play this weekend, including Princeton, so the Tigers have yet to open league play for 2015. Sunday’s league opener will be against the Green. — Compiled by Anna Fasman

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Tigers on top | After coming out on top of the Ivy League last year, the Princeton Tigers have started their season wtih a 3-2-1 record. The squad will take on the Dartmouth Green this weekend to open Ivy play.

Why Athletes Are Role Models: A Response to Lewis’18 DENSON

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not our friends, Shane Lewis. While I agree with you that an athlete smoking pot is no big deal, society disagrees with us. If these athletes are investments with millions of dollars being attached to his or her name, then they should not be tainting their valuable body with detrimental substances. We all smoke weed at Cornell. That doesn’t make us scumbags, but of course, we are not role models. Maybe you and I should burn sometime and discuss the morality of professional athletes. I can’t speak for you, but if I were a professional athlete, I

would not be seen as “the most morale athlete” given player turns us into judgmental beings. in the eyes of media. With my Jewish height When an athlete does something seen as and build, I’ll never be conbad on the scale of morality, sidered athletic, but I do When an athlete does I think a small piece of us becomes disillusioned. strive to be a good person. People look past our something seen as bad on When former MLB Most faults because no one cares. Valuable Player Ryan Braun the scale of morality, I was caught doping, a little The world owes us nothing and in turn, the world does think a small piece of us piece of my conscious not pay attention to us. We became disillusioned. Mayadmire athletes because in a becomes disillusioned. be I put too much faith in sense, we strive to be like people. While athletes are them. We strive to find the not paid to be role models, euphoria that one experiences in sports and they end up taking that stage as one of the the irrational emotion us fans have towards a more prominent role models in our society.

So Shane, I really enjoyed reading your column but I must respectfully disagree with your main point. Yes, athletes may appreciate it if we didn’t dismiss them because of a dumb mistake, but being a role model is one side effect that comes with the fame of being a professional athlete. Not all athletes are good role models (see Michael Vick), but we’re lucky to have a dozen or so that can help steer our moral compass. My favorite athlete-role model is Shaq — who’s yours? Benjamin Denson is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations.. He can be contacted at bdenson@cornellsun.com. The B.D. Reports appears every Wednesday this semester.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Men to Face Penn Quakers With Only One 2015 Victory Red to travel to Pennsylvania after two losses last weekend By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer

After a September schedule filled with nonconference games, the Ivy League season is finally here for Cornell men’s soccer (1-7-1, 0-0 Ivy). This weekend, the Red will travel to the City of Brotherly Love to take on the Penn Quakers (1-5-1, 0-0 Ivy). Philadelphia’s nighttime skyline will serve as a bold backdrop to the 7 p.m. Friday kickoff at Penn’s Rhodes Field. The Red is going into this weekend off of a winless pair of games against Hartwick and Buffalo. Though both the Red and the Quakers have won only one of their non-conference games, Cornell head coach Jaro Zawislan said his team reads very little into non-conference records. “The Ivy League is a brand new season,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what (our) record was ... it doesn’t matter what happened until this point.” Zawislan said the nonconference matches are a “challenging series of games,” adding that the matches the Red has played so far are not the most important part of the season. Rather, his team has been focusing on its own game in September. “We use the nonconference schedule as preparation,” he said. “We practice styles of Ivy League teams. ... We tested ourselves in nonconference games [with] frequency and quality of games.” So far this season, the Red has played only three of its nine games at home and has taken on two opponents per week. With the start of the Ivy League schedule, Cornell will play exactly half of its eight remaining games at

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Sizing up the competition | Despite both teams only having one win on the season, Cornell head coach Jaro Zawislan is going into this weekend making sure not to discount or underestimate the Penn Quakers.

Berman Field. Aside from a midweek Fall Break match with geographic rival Colgate, the Red will have one game per week from here on out. Zawislan believes one game per week means both the players and the coaching staff are more dialed in for each opponent. “[It] gives us more recovery and regeneration for the next game,” he said, adding that coaches get “more preparation time” as well. Being prepared for each conference match is important. Zawislan pointed out that the Ivy League season is shorter than collegiate seasons in other parts of the country. As a result, each game counts more towards the standings. Although the Quakers were winless at the time of the interview (winning later Tuesday night against Saint Joseph’s), Zawislan nevertheless made sure not to discount or underestimate the Red’s weekend opponent. “[They are] very well coached,” he said. “[They are] still a quality team with quality players … These are the most important games for every team (in the Ivy League).”

The weather forecast calls for cooler weather and every soccer field plays a little differently. However, Zawislan said weather and playing surface should not be a factor. He said he believes that because both teams are going to be subject to the same conditions, these outside variables will affect both teams equally and not have an effect on the game. Zawislan also said he believes the coaching staff and players are looking forward to their upcoming match for the same reasons, using it as an opportunity to point out that his team is working towards a common goal. “We’re all on the same page,” Zawislan said. “We are all going to go (there) and be ready and put the proper amount of work [in] … [in order to] execute (our) game plan.” Days are getting shorter and leaves have started falling. For the Red and the Quakers, September is over. Keith Bollt can be reached at kbollt@cornellsun.com.

Why Athletes Should Be Our Role Models

was almost finished with a column about the sexual escapades of Wilt Chamberlain when I came across Shane Lewis’ column titled “Athletes Are People, Too.” Although I’d love to finish writing an in-depth analysis of Chamberlain’s promiscuity, I just had to respond to Shane’s article. Now that we both learned we

Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Gambling was rampant in the early days of baseball and after the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, former circuit Judge Landis restored the public’s confidence in the sport. As America’s pastime, cheating destroyed the moral purity of the beautiful sport.

Benjamin Denson The B.D. Report could use expletives in our columns, I figured why the fuck not? To start, I respectfully disagree with you, Shane. Athletes are considered role models because they are held to a higher standard. We put them on a pedestal due to their extreme talent and determination to find perfection. Pete Rose’s ban is from a long-standing MLB statute created by former

In the modern era, players are scrutinized like none other by the media. Given their abilities, platform to voice opinions and high salaries, athletes are role models. The million dollar salaries support this fact. We ordinary people aspire to reach their level of achievement. A professional athlete is at the pinnacle of his or her career. I love sir Charles Barkley, but

the NBA royal is wrong in his opinion on the “professional athletes should not be role models” debate. Chuck can say he isn’t a role model as much as he wants, but it’s hard to deny the fact that millions of people listen to his words almost every night on Inside the NBA on TNT. Riddle me this — if Charles Barkley is not a role model than why was he extremely vocal during the Ferguson Riots, stating a strong opinion and respectfully disagreeing with his black colleague Kenny Smith, while Ernie Johnson uncomfortably nodded his head. Are you really going to argue that these men are not role models when their opinions are valued on aspects outside of sports? Humans have an irrational tendency to look for guidance in life when insecurity and uncertainty creep up as they always do. Being in the media spotlight and displaying some degree of excellence, professional athletes involuntarily steer the moral compass of millions of devout fans. Neither Charles Barkley nor Pete Rose are priests, but both men answer to the higher calling of fandom. Where we do agree, Shane, is

on My Beautiful Dark Twisted by default. Fantasy. Kanye’s album is nearLet’s appeal to emotion and use perfection. While I won’t be cam- the rags-to-riches cliche. A vast paigning for Kanye West 2020, majority of professional athletes in both you and I recognize his musi- the MLB, NBA and NFL (sorry cal genius. Like all celebrities, ath- hockey, but you’re an expensive letes very much so included, West sport) came from impoverished is a role model because he has areas across the world and particureached the greatness in his respec- larly in the United States. If tive field, much like Michael LeBron James isn’t a role model for Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, LeBron using his talent to makes millions James and Tiger Woods. However, of dollars and be thought of as the in Kanye’s case, it is hard to look to greatest athlete today, then I’m not someone for sure what a guidance who role model is. Being in the media calls himself In my younger “Shakespeare spotlight and displaying and purer in the flesh.” days, I looked some degree of All I can to Derek Jeter say to Kobe Allen excellence, professional and Bryant and Iverson as role athletes involuntarily Tiger Woods is m o d e l s , sorry. I’m because they steer the moral sorry, Kobe, were just so compasses of millions. visible. As we that you were once admired know, Iverson by billions all wasn’t the best over the world for your superhu- choice for a role model, as eviman abilities, only to be vilified dence by how I turned out. I can’t and discredited because of one of help but crack up as I write this. the worst allegations a public figAthletes are held accountable ure can be accused of. See, because to moral actions because they are they are the world’s greatest at See DENSON page 15 what they do, they are role models