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Scam Targeting International Cornellians Persists,Police Say

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Going south | Kent Fuchs speaks to staff members at the Strategic Planning Forum in the Biotechnology Building in 2009.

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

Scams targeting Cornellians — especially international students — since the beginning of the semester have not ended, according to Cornell Police.

Members of the Cornell community are reportedly receiving calls from a scammer claiming to be a law enforcement officer, a tax official or other government agent, CUPD Deputy Chief David Honan said. The caller — who in some cases has used a application that falsely displays the caller ID of actual departments’ number — advises victims to pay a fee to avoid deportation

or arrest.

“International students from areas where bribery among officials is common are most vulnerable to the scams that have been reported by a variety of students and staff since the beginning of the semester,” said Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner. “People with these backgrounds may understandably be afraid to report the fraud to us as we have asked in earlier outreach.”

Shivang Tayal ’16, vice president for diversity and inclusion and international liaison at large for the Student Assembly, said he has heard from multiple victims that they were asked to make a tax related See SCAM page 4

Document Lists Grievances Against C.U. ‘Disorientation Guide’ slams Cornell’s governing bodies

By AIMEE CHO Sun Senior Writer

Provost Named Univ. of Florida’s 12th President

Kent Fuchs latest administrator who will leave post before next academic year

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor

Provost Kent Fuchs will become the University of Florida’s 12th president after being selected by its Board of Trustees Wednesday.

Fuchs was selected following the completion of a threeday process comprising of meetings and interviews with faculty and the trustees, according to The Associated Press. He will begin following the retirement of the incumbent president, Bernie Machen, on Jan. 1 after the trustees’ decision is ratified by the Florida Board of Governors next month.

“With the great privilege and responsibility you have given me, I will devote all of my energies, talents and abilities to helping move the

University of Florida toward its preeminence goals,” said Fuchs in a University of Florida press release. “We won’t be complacent. We will focus on being an even greater institution than we are today.”

It was announced that Fuchs was one of two finalists for the position earlier this week; David McLauglin, provost of New York University, was the other contender. As the head of the University of Florida, he will oversee a land grant institution with over 50,000 students and 4,200 full-time faculty members.

Fuchs, 59, will be at least the third member of Cornell’s senior leadership to leave their posts by the start of the 201516 academic year. In June, See FUCHS page 4

A 20-page-long “Disorientation Guide” listing grievances against Cornell — such as its lack of campus governing bodies with power, consolidation of “patriarchal class power through fraternity culture” and racism — has been circulating online since Oct. 1.

The guide was written by a group of students who prefer to remain anonymous, according to Tatiana Sverjensky grad, who circulated the guide on Facebook. She added that it was produced in conjunction with guides from schools all over the country, including Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University and Oberlin College.

“It’s interesting to see that campus administrations nationwide

have been so unresponsive to student concerns that students are now having to develop and disseminate guides for one another in order to simply keep each other informed about how universities are actually functioning today,” Sverjensky said.

Sverjensky added that Cornell “has shown itself to be antagonistic to most students’ interests.” The guide expands upon this, saying that Cornell “primarily exists for its own profit,” calling it a “degree factory” that charg[es] students a fortune to prepare them for jobs that

won’t exist for them.”

“Administrators pressure graduate students to speed through their research before throwing them out onto a collapsing academic job market,” the guide says.

The University could not be reached for a comment about the guide Wednesday night The Disorientation Guide’s grievances against the University are divided into 11 sections, including one about Cornell’s governance system. The guide criticizes four legislative bodies — Student Assembly, Faculty Senate, University Assembly and Employee Assembly — saying they See DISORIENTATION page 5

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the masonry,” Sauer said. Because it is built directly onto the gorge and is situated next to a waterfall, the structure’s walls are subject to severe ice wedging. Each winter moisture gets into the masonry joints where it freees and expands, forcing stones loose.

In addition to the deterioration of the masonry, the gorge wall has shifted in the past 30 years, causing the building’s two walls to separate at the outer, northwest corner, according to Matyas.

“The building is rapidly deteriorating. It’s in danger of falling down on its own. And the day it falls, there will be a lot of debris messing up the gorge,” Sauer said.

“Not all of the lab will be removed,” said Matyas.

The part that springs from the floor of the gorge has been condemned by Life Safety Services and Insurance and will be taken out. However, the top level and a small green cinder-block structure built on its roof, both currently used by Life Safety for storage and offices, will remain.

The top level, which rests on a rocky promontory, and the southeast corner of the condemned building will receive additional structural support when the lower levels are removed.

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C-Town Hot Pot Restaurant Will Open Next Week

New venue will occupy space of The Gates,which closed in Jan.

By JONATHAN DAWSON Sun Staff Writer

A new hot pot restaurant will open next week at 422 Eddy St., the location of former Collegetown bar and restaurant and The Gates, which closed in January.

The restaurant, called De Tasty, will serve a variety of stew known as hot pot — where customers can cook their own food in a pot of boiling water — along with Chinese food from the northeastern part and Sichuan regions of China.

The restaurant will include seven hot pot stations, including four individual ones “I’ve been looking for and three large hot pot for so long. I’m ones, according to Donald Tu, the getting excited just manager of the thinking about it.” restaurant.

Tu said he also Samantha Hawkins ’15 intends to apply for a beer and wine license, but not for liquor.

“We’re anticipating to have the inspections next week,” Tu said. “Hopefully things will fall into place and then we’ll maybe be able to do a grand opening next week ... Once the sign is lit and the flag goes up, that means we’re open.”

According to Tu, the space has undergone renovations for the past two weeks, including the installation a new wok station, faucets and painting.

The building’s location does come with challenges, however, Tu said.

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A lot of hot pot | De Tasty Hot Pot, located at 422 Eddy St., will open next week. It will replace The Gates, which closed in January.

“The only thing is that it’s in the basement, and it’s hard to see from the street,” Tu said. “We put up the vertical sign with both English and Chinese.”

Degui Yan, the main chef and owner of De Tasty, previously owned a restaurant in Rochester, according to John Yengo, the commercial department manager at Ithaca Renting Company.

Students said they are eagerly waiting the opening of the hot pot restaurant.

“I’m very excited for hot pot,” Qi Wang ’15 said.

Wang added, however, that her expectations for the hot pot restaurant’s success are limited.

“For a hot pot restaurant in the United States, I don’t have high expectations,” she said. “I think that in the winter time, there will be more people going to the hot pot place.”

Justin Lee ’15 said that he is excited due to its location.

“I’m happy that there’s going to be one closer to us,” he said. “There was a hot pot place by the mall called imperial kitchen that I went to my sophomore year, but

it closed down.”

Samantha Hawkins ’15 said she welcomes the variety to the Collegetown dining scene.

“It can get mundane going to the same restaurants, so it’ll be nice to have another restaurant added to the mix,” she said. “And eating hot pot is great for a fun night out if you want a more relaxed night with friends.”

Like other Cornellians, added she is excited for the new restaurant.

“I’ve been looking for hot pot for so long,” she said.

“I’m getting so excited just thinking about it.”

Still, some students said they are unfamiliar with the hot pot concept.

“I’m looking for hot flavors and I’m looking for pot flavors,” Josh Kohm ’17 said. “I also expect spicy delicious dishes and a rocking good time.”

Jonathan Dawson can be reached at jdawson@cornellsun.com.

National Geographic Winner Aims to Become Next Bill Nye’77

By MOLLY KARR Sun Contributor

Biologist and filmmaker Charlie Engelman — this year’s recipient of National Geographic Expedition Granted prize — is teaming up with Mark Holton Ph.D. ’99 to perfect his tree climbing abilities as part of an educational video project.

Engelman, a senior at the University of Michigan, won the Expedition Granted contest — which grants $50,000 annually to an explorer — for his “Get Pumped About Nature” video series, which aims to educate children about nature.

Engelman’s project operates on the premise that television-based teaching figures — such as Bill Nye ’77 — are out of date, according to Holton, director of outdoor programs and risk management for Cornell Outdoor Education. Holton added that the previous generation learned about the importance of going green from these figures, but children today need a more modern voice.

“We can’t rely on Bill Nye anymore — we need a new form of communication. We need to speak the language,” Holton said. “[Engelman] is kind of a zany character for science but with an updated modern feeling

about what a good science video is.”

Holton, who is also a staff member at the University’s Tree Climbing Institute, said Engelman first contacted him about after he had seen the institute’s instructional videos.

Holton said he was not surprised by the request.

“Although being able to go outside was the initial goal of the club, after word got out, anyone from ornithologists to primatologists have contacted us asking our team to train them,” he said.

Teaching tree climbing techniques is a tricky business, and it is necessary that researchers and explorers are well-informed

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Tom Hamill ’85 talks about the way statistical modeling is being used to improve extreme-weather predictions at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association during a presentation in Snee Hall Wednesday afternoon.

about how to grip bark to ensure security while climbing a 200-foot tree, according to Holton.

Holton said he explained to Engelman that he envisioned making a web-based video series that would both inform and excite today’s youth about nature by exploring America’s forests.

“I instantly agreed to help,” Holton said.

“It is a critical issue for this generation.”

The pace of environmental degradation and climate change are just a few of the issues that the two men are both concerned about, according to Holton.

Holton added the issue of protecting the Earth’s environment and informing citizens about the importance of the environment is especially pressing for him.

“I [used to] work in oceanography and was on the 1990 Greenland Iceland Project 2 which cored the Greenland icecap. A whole lot of scientists saw it as a record of global climate,” Holton said. “So, when I see awareness pieces coming around, I think, ‘My God, has it really taken it this long for people to realize we need to do something?’

— need to educate sooner.”

Engelman and his sister — who will be accompanying her brother on his exploration — will arrive at Cornell in the spring semester for a four-day tree climbing training session, and they will go to California to climb giant sequoias with members of the Tree Climbing Institute following the session, according to Holton.

Holton added he has great hope for Engleman and his interactive nature videos.

“I feel like [Engleman] is the next great science educator, and I’m really happy to help him along with his journey,” he said.

Molly Karr can be reached at mk956@cornell.edu.

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Provost Fuchs to Leave C.U.After Fall Semester FUCHS

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President David J. Skorton will leave the University to become the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president for student and academic services, will retire.

Since 2009, Fuchs has been Cornell’s provost, a responsibility that includes acting as the University’s chief academic officer and chief operations officer. He previously served as the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering from 2002 to 2008.

As provost, Fuchs spearheaded a variety of initiatives, including Cornell’s successful bid for the construction of Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island and steering the University through the economic recession and the years that followed.

Fuch’s replacement will be selected by President Skorton by Oct. 31, Skorton said in a statement.

Steve M. Scott, chair of the University of Florida’s Board of Trustees, said Fuchs will bring “all of the important qualities” the university sought in its next president.

“He is a distinguished academic who has very effectively served as provost and chief operating officer of the nation’s 15th best institution among all universities,” Scott said in a statement.

In addition, Skorton said in a statement that he believes Fuchs will excel in his new position.

“I am quite familiar with, and admire the excellence of the University of Florida, and they are indeed fortunate to have chosen him as their next leader,” Skorton said. “Kent will bring to his new position a deep understanding of the issues, constituencies and avenues for collaborative action that are central to the life of a university.”

The search process to replace Machen began in March, according to The Associated Press, and is the second to try to replace Machen as president. Machen — who has served as president since 2004 — originally said he would retire in 2013, but ultimately chose to remain at his post.

The Associated Press reported that Fuchs will be compensated anywhere between $950,000 and $1.25 million. In addition, the University of Florida will house him with a $5 million mansion that is currently under construction.

Tyler Alicea can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

Int’l Students Affected

By Money-Wiring Scam CUPD: Calls have occurred on and off-campus SCAM

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payment — sometimes called an “international students education tax.”

The caller seems to know specific details about the students, including their class year, Tayal said. In at least two known cases, victims have been asked to pay between $500 to $1,400.

“Though there appear to be differences ... this [scam] appears to be a continuation of the same scam” that has been reported since the beginning of the semester, Honan said. In those instances, the caller also threatened students with arrest, The Sun previously reported.

Brendan O’Brien, director of the International Students and Scholars Office, said “a few” international students have fallen victim to the scam, which is not isolated to Cornell.

Colorado State University and the University of Minnesota are among several universities who have reportedly been affected by the scams. These other incidents have not been confirmed to be perpetrated by the same caller.

The scam is more “sophisticated” than previous ones and is one of the first to specifically target

international students, according to O’Brien. The scam is “just one more challenge” that international students face, he added.

“This is just really unfortunate because international students make such a great contribution to Cornell, and it’s a shame that people are trying take advantage of them. We want to work with the Cornell Police to do everything we can to prevent other international students from being victimized by this scam,” O’Brien said.

Cornell Police and ISSO are spreading the word about the scam and letting students know that they should contact the police if they receive calls from someone claiming to be a police officer.

“We would like to again remind the community that real law enforcement agencies do not call asking that money be wired to them,” Honan said. “These calls have been occurring on and off campus. If you suspect you are being scammed, do not provide any further information, hang up and report this to your local police department.”

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com.

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S.A.Members Criticize ‘Disorienation Guide’ DISORIENTATION Continued from page 1

are a “way that the administration pacifies and de-mobilizes the community, trying to convince us that everything is fine and that we are being heard.”

It claims that because the S.A. has only “symbolic power,” there is an “extremely low turnout” for elections.

“The races are decided primarily by the candidate with the largest, wealthiest and most powerful social network,” the guide says.

“Consequently, a disproportionate number of seats are won by members of [fraternities] and sororities.” The guide does not go on to include figures supporting these claims.

Kushagra Aniket ’15, director of elections for the S.A., said that voter turnout for this fall’s freshmen race was around 42 percent for the class, which was higher than it has been in previous years.

“While I cannot comment on any individual publication, I do believe that my work speaks for itself. It has been our effort to ensure that candidates do not get any unfair advantage by violating election rules,” he said.

Juliana Batista ’16, executive vice president for the S.A., said she welcomes criticism of the S.A., but would “give some pushback on the doubt about the S.A.’s composition.”

“From my opinion the statement is unfounded. I take pride that in comparison to the past and our current peer universities, the Cornell S.A. is diverse on many levels whether that be campus involvement, political dispositions, racial, religious, gender, among others,” she said.

Yamini Bhandari ’17, vice president for outreach for the S.A., added that she feels that frustration about policies are understandable, the comments about the S.A. in the Disorientation Guide are misguided.

“I don’t think one characterization of the S.A. is completely true for all members,” she said. “Personally, I come from an immigrant family and I have an on-campus job to help support my education financially. While I am also a part of Greek like, that’s not true for every member of the S.A. With regards to voter turnout, this is an area that we are working on, and would love to work with students on improving.”

Another section of the guide deals with Cornell’s Greek culture, describing fraternities as “a fun way of consolidating class power by getting drunk together, doing stuff to women without asking, ritualistically punishing one another and harassing people who just happen to be on the other side of systemic social oppressions.”

The guide goes on to say that sororities “spend a lot of time calculating how to ensure their future basic security and social recognition through dating and hooking up with men.”

Corey Matthews ’16, president of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, said she believes these claims are uninformed and narrow-minded.

“No one would suggest that Greek life does not face real challenges at Cornell, but it is simply untrue that our women’s groups exist largely for the purposes of social classification and sexual liaisons,” Matthews said.

“Frankly, the romantic relationships our members maintain with men or women is the business of those women and no one else. The assumptions made about those relationships made in this ‘guide’ are hypocritical and simply reinforce the need for women’s groups.”

Another section of the guide talks about how the administration “especially ignores students of color.” It references an incident from last October, where a Cinco de Mayo-themed marketing campaign to promote a football game encouraged students to dress up and offered a prize for the best costume.

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Moving Towards A More Sustainable Model for TCAT IN A LETTER THAT WAS RELEASED TO THE Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Board of Directors on Monday, President David Skorton announced that the University would increase its voluntary payments to TCAT by $1.125 million over the next three years. This announcement came after Skorton stated that the University would not increase its bulk share to TCAT in May, as well as the debate as to whether the University would fund free first-year bus passes. We at The Sun commend Skorton for taking responsibility for the University’s share of TCAT, and applaud the activism from both Cornell students and the community as a whole.

Last year, the TCAT Board of Directors passed a resolution that asked Cornell to increase its ridership subsidy from $.86 to $1 per ride made with a Cornell ID. The increase that TCAT was looking for would help minimize the $740,000 budget shortfall from the previous year. Skorton responded in May saying that he would keep the free bus passes for first-year students but that the University did not have the funds to increase the subsidy. We previously stated in an editorial in September, and still believe, that the University must pay TCAT in an equitable manner.

One of the caveats of the previous agreement between the University and TCAT is that it was not a written agreement. According to Frank Proto ’65, vice chairman of the TCAT Board of Directors, the agreement was not written in a memorandum of understanding, thus the University was not bound to it. Even though the University was not necessarily legally bound by a contract, we believe that increasing Cornell’s subsidy payment is right. We applaud the University for committing to signing a memorandum of understanding with TCAT, which will dictate its voluntary payments after 2018.

However, as we commend Skorton for creating a plan to pay TCAT fairly, we must also commend students for their activism that we have seen surrounding this issue.

We applaud these students for joining together and sharing their opinions through appropriate channels. One specific incident of peaceful protest was the TCAT TeachIn hosted by the Save the Pass Coalition on Oct. 6. Approximately 50 participants attended, including students as well as representatives from the United Auto Workers Local 2300, who came together to place a roadblock with 500 signatures in front of Day Hall. The Teach-In was held to educate others about the cause, as well as raise support for fairer contracts with TCAT. We believe that the University fulfilled its duty by finding the funds to increase its subsidy to TCAT. We also welcome the student activism around this issue that we have seen as of late and hope to see appropriate conversations surrounding similar controversial topics in the future.

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allelujah, Dear White People. A film ity of the campus, a teasing fantasy for the that is finally about the universal minority. Now, we play catch-up. struggle of the average person of Speaking for myself, I literally did not color, specifically black, at a predominantly know how to seek out help from professors or white college campus, produced by a POC T.A.s; the only help I’ve seeked out in the past himself. If you thought that those Cornell was from myself. I didn’t trust the educational brochures displayed a wonderfully refreshing board in my city to properly handle my future black-to-white ratio, five white students because if I did, I wouldn’t be in college. throwing a frisbee to five black students Everything was up to me, and it was my catching a frisbee on the Arts Quad, then you responsibility to figure out how to get out of might actually want to look at the Arts Quad. the Bronx (Note: You can take the girl out of Even analyzing data collected from surveys for the Bronx, but you can’t take the Bronx out of a research project designed to measure the the girl). Other students like me will tell you dynamics of failure and success between high- the same thing. er- and lower-income students at Cornell is Success in college is different. Graduating more representative of the population — from high school is one thing, graduating where my people at? from college is an entirely different playing If at any moment you find yourself saying field. Those who seek out help are the ones “not to sound racist, but…” then love, trust who end up victorious, regardless of how and believe that you sound racist. You are many all-nighters one can pull off, nothing is racist. I have said this before and I will say it better than confirming that what you think again: implicit racism is still racism. These you know is actually correct by the professor’s aren’t merely microaggressions anymore — standards. I just didn’t know that. they are neo-aggressions. It’s racism’s new and I didn’t know that it was okay to drop a evolved formed (kind of like Pokemon). class if you didn’t like it, because in my life, if Because folks just love to euphemize this I didn’t like something, I would fight through topic, I’ll be the “first” to say: We are so not it and not give it up. But it’s okay here. post-racial.

I didn’t know that it was okay to seek out Not allowing your help from tutors, Latino partner to conbecause in my school, tribute during lab, the students who had despite her knowing There are groups on campus tutors were the students the procedures better who didn’t graduate. specifically designed to than you, is racist. Yes, But it’s more than okay I’m pulling out the race create a home away from here. It’s a sign of card — and throwing curiosity, and a sign of home. Wouldn’t Cornell be humility. shade.

I, along with other The professor for more integrated if students POCs, are thrown into my class, Human Dean environment where velopment 3510: Race were randomly placed into everything we once and Ethnic Identity knew is turned upside Development, loves to dorms around all around down, inside out. use one particular word campus? Not at all.

Something as simple as that has truly encomknowing how to ask for passed my realization of help the right way my culture, frizzy hair, and the color of my friend’s skin: salience. (yeah, that’s another thing that becomes more Coming from a charter high school in Harlem salient when you enter Cornell: There literally where 98 percent of the students are either is a right and wrong way to ask for help — Latino or African American, I was always in choose incorrectly and they’ll look at you like the majority. I was comfortable. I was truly a a fish out of water, which you are over here) beast in my own domain — slaying GPAs, makes an enormous difference. For example: Trivia question (and true story time): Out activities and the love of my teachers. When you are in the majority, you don’t notice that of two students who took a leave of absence, you are the majority. You aren’t aware of the which one came back? The Latino, lowimplications that come with being in the income student, or the high-income student?

Sad, isn’t it? For that reason I have this majority. The first time my dad drove me over to Ithaca as a high school student participating note for those who don’t realize how priviin Cornell Summer College, he said, “Mi hija, leged they are: that’s a lot of cows.” My aunt responded, Dear White People, “Forget the cows, Victor, that’s a lot of white Please be aware of your advantage. It’s people!” I was excited to finally visit the univerreal. Stand in solidarity with us to fight sity of my dreams, where my peers wouldn’t for our right to those advantages as well. look like my immediate family, where I could Things as little as coming to our events meet white, Asian, Jewish, atheist, any kind of on campus, or letting us assist in carrying person, really. I wanted to learn, to understand out the chemical procedures during labs the lives that these students have carried with will make a huge difference. Don’t go them so far, past oceans, languages and history.

Columbus-ing POC cultures, flaunting I wanted to take in who they were, and I wantaround sombreros at your Greek parties. ed them to take in who I was, without homogDon’t justify the bad cop. I want to see enizing our selves. I wanted to celebrate. my friends graduate. I want to see my There are groups on campus specifically friends comfortable. I want to see my designed to create a home away from home. friends free.

Wouldn’t Cornell be more integrated if stuWith love, dents were randomly placed into dorms all A little POC around campus? Not at all. There is a reason with a not-so-little dream why these clubs, program houses and organizations exist. Race becomes salient the moment that POCs enter as freshmen (or the first time they set foot inside a predominantly Paola Muñoz is a sophomore in the College of white university). Not because there are a lot Human Ecology. She can be reached at of white people that outnumber the rest, but pmunoz@cornellsun.com. Midas’ Crumbs because of the privilege attached to the major- appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

CORRECTIONS An Oct. 15 sports story titled “Ivy Struggles Continue for Red” incorrectly stated that a player was sent off due to a red card. In fact, it was an assistant coach who was sent off, meaning that the team was not reduced to 10 men on the field.

An Oct. 15 news story, “Cornell TCAT Payments to Increase,” incorrectly said that the University will increase its voluntary payments to TCAT by $1.25 million over the next three years when in fact its payments will increase by $1.125 million.

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Dems Discuss

‘All Politics Is Local’

n today’s era of 24-hour news coverage and nationally broadcast cable news programs, it is difficult to imagine that national elections are decided by local factors. It seems today that people make up their minds about national and international concerns instead of local issues.

Obamacare and ISIS dominate the news and thus those issues motivate people’s votes.

When Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill said that “all politics is local,” he meant that national policies have local outcomes. The multibillion dollar infrastructure bill isn’t just some abstract concept; it’s the money that pays for the potholes to be fixed. Too often, politicians try to divorce their broad policy objectives from the effects that they would have on real people. It’s one thing to say that healthcare is a fundamental right or that the government should be smaller, but it’s another thing entirely to change national policy, affecting millions of people’s lives.

We like to conceive of our nation’s political disagreements as a fight between two radically different governing ideologies bound up in the two parties. And with most people lined up behind one of the two parties, the whole battle is fought to convince the mythical centrist independents to support one side or the other. While this fantasy is played out in the halls of Congress and

most prominently in the news media, it lean on the national level, these distinctions could not be further from the truth. can break down at the more local level.

Unlike me, most people are not hardcore While many people pay attention to nationpartisans. They will vote for whichever can- al politics, so many fewer people pay attendidate they believe will best serve their tion to the governing that happens at the interests. This can lead to unusual splits in local level — despite local government havvoting patterns, for example in West ing such an important impact on people’s Virginia, where Mitt Romney crushed everyday lives. This can lead to a total disPresident Barack Obama by about 27 connect from local politics and much less points in 2012 while the incumbent participation in local governance.

Democratic Senator was re-elected by over As Cornell students, we are often com24 points. In pletely disthe case of connected West Virginia, the Despite being such a large part of from the most local Ithaca the population of the greater Ithaca politics and important community, college students’ government. local issue is energy. While involvement with local govern- D e s p i t e the national being such a ment seems to be limited. large Democratic part of Party is generthe populaally more environmentally friendly, West tion of the greater Ithaca community, colVirginia Democrats are incredibly pro-coal. lege students’ involvement with local govThey have to support the coal mining ernment seems to be limited to the occaindustry or else they’d never win another sional run-in with Ithaca Police or a cursory election in the state. To these voters, a pro- interest in the ongoing funding issues of the coal Democrat is the type of candidate best TCAT system. representative of their interests. They don’t However, while we are here in Ithaca, the vote for the party, they vote for the candi- local government creates so many laws that dates who agree with them on the local govern our everyday lives. From the local issues which affect their everyday lives. ordinances that regulate noise and alcohol And even if people vote their partisan violations to the policies that regulate when

new leases can be signed, the Ithaca city government has a large impact on how Cornell students live in Ithaca.

Despite this impact, very few Cornell students are registered to vote in the city where we’ll live and study for four years.

And even if they are, they don’t pay much attention to the local government. Everyone can name the President, but few people can name their representatives on the Ithaca Common Council.

Maybe in today’s world, with an everlarger national media presence, local issues have taken a back-seat to national and global concerns. But I don’t think it helps anyone if every election is a referendum on the President’s agenda. People should be able to separate state and local policies from those with national implications. National problems have national solutions, but for the government that we all interact with at the most basic levels, local politics matter too. If most people don’t have as much interest in local concerns as in national issues then they won’t participate in local politics and they won’t have their voices heard in a vital part of our government.

Eric Pesner is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at erp55@cornell.edu.

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The Hypocrisy of Cornell’s Political Bullies P

olitical bullies on campus are defined by two characteristics. First, the fervent belief that they stand for the oppressed. As long as you aren’t “privileged” (usually meaning a white, heterosexual, Christian male) they will do whatever is necessary to liberate you from the second-class status supposedly conferred upon you by America’s inherently bigoted society. Second — as far as I can tell — the zealous conviction that as long as these groups advocate for what is “just,” they do not actually have to practice what they preach. They can ask others to do as they say, not as they do.

We see the same recurring patterns. When a controversial proposal one of the groups dislikes is suggested, they decry it as “divisive” and demand that it be defeated, launching vicious attacks against its sponsor. But when a proposal in line with their views is under consideration, any disagreement with the measure serves as proof of how far the powerful will go to prevent their definition of justice from triumphing, further reinforcing their perceived need for change. In the face of an opposing point of view, these bullies insist that the view must be based on illegitimate hatred and bigotry and should therefore be silenced. Yet, they derisively dismiss mainstream American society as racist, sexist and homophobic without feeling a moment of shame for being so condescendingly close-minded. Cornell’s bullies demand tolerance but deliver intolerance; they demand civility but provide incivility.

Last semester, we witnessed a public relations spectacle in the form of a “takeover” of Cornell’s elected Student Assembly. About 100 agitated students — which makes up less than one percent of Cornell’s student body — halted an assembly meeting to replace it with their own. They called this an example of “democracy.”

Yet, weren’t these the same students who once ranted about the supposed horrors of rule by the unelected “one percent?” Why do 100 self-appointed students have a more legitimate claim to represent Cornell’s student body than the elected members of the Student Assembly? Cornell’s bullies seem to think that election results can be ignored when they do not like who gets elected, and that undemocratic rule by the “one percent” is fine so long as they are the rulers. We

should not take lectures about the importance of democratic institutions from people who deny the democratic rights of others.

Recall what triggered the Student Assembly “takeover.”

Several students pushed a resolution calling on the Student Assembly to promote divestment from several companies operating in the State of Israel that they believed to be committing human rights violations. These same students had recently urged Cornell to abandon its partnership with Technion, an Israeli university, in the creation of the Tech Campus in New York City. They insisted that Cornell would be complicit in human right abuses against the Palestinians through this partnership, and that those responsible for human rights abuses deserve to be boycotted.

But while these students are eager to call on Cornell to boycott Israeli universities, they decline to sever their relationship with Cornell for maintaining its Technion partner-

All of us would benefit from addressing these important issues in an open, honest and democratic way, leading to the implementation of better policies. ship. Even though they now consider the University to be complicit in war crimes through its partnership with an Israeli university, they continue to pay thousands of dollars to Cornell for their Ivy League education. How is it “just” for them to ask for Cornell to cease the construction of a brand new campus when they do not cease their relationship with Cornell?

To Cornell’s anti-Israel ideologues, the blatant hypocrisy doesn’t seem to matter. Boycotts are a great idea when someone else has to make the sacrifices. However, when it comes time for them to take a stand when they actually risk losing something, they come up with every excuse to avoid having to do so.

For a final example, consider a recent rally held on campus two weeks ago. At the rally, some demonstrators made

the perfectly reasonable demand that Cornell do more to stop sexual assault on campus. Yet, that sensible message was hijacked by students who insisted that Cornell could never reform its sexual assault policy because it is an irredeemably corrupt and immoral university. One student remarked that “we are wasting our time … thinking in terms of trying to reform an institution wedded to the status quo,” concluding that institutions like Cornell must be “destroy[ed]…by fighting back from the ground.”

I doubt that these protesters — or anyone else for that matter — would acquiesce to the demands of someone who made similar threats of destruction against them. So why should Cornell listen to people who insist that, no matter what it does, the University deserves nothing less than complete eradication?

Cornell’s radical ideologues usually get away with their hypocrisy because they react with such venomous hostility to anyone who calls them out on it. They only celebrate “speaking truth to power” when they are the ones doing the talking.

The voices of those that have truly suffered, or may come to suffer, from racial and gender discrimination, and other denials of basic human rights, are lost in the din of accusation and demonization. Let me be clear: Some of these bullies truly are victims. Still, they should recognize that that does not give them the right to bully others. All of us would benefit from addressing these important issues in an open, honest and democratic way, leading to the implementation of better policies with the added legitimacy of being supported by the Cornell student body.

As much as some students may not want to live by the same rules they seek to impose on the rest of us, accountability requires something very different. If Cornell’s political bullies ever hope to establish a modicum of moral authority, they might actually have to stand with liberal principles of freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom to dissent.

Julius Kairey is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun.com. Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Everything Good and Nothing Bad: Collegetown Crepes Joins Other Ithaca Food Trucks

Late night snackers rejoice over Ithaca’s newest food truck, which brings sweet and savory crepes to the streets of Collegetown

By CATHERINE ELSAESSER Sun Staff Writer

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ood trucks have been a growing fad across the country for several years now, and we’re seeing more of these mobile eateries make their way to Ithaca. For many years, the Hot Truck and Louie’s Lunch have dominated campus, but with the opening of Franny’s this semester, and finally, Collegetown Crepes, the Ithaca food scene is experiencing significant growth in terms of food truck competition. Collegetown Crepes opened only a few weeks ago on Oct. 1 and their delicious crepes have already led to long lines and excitement surrounding the truck. Owned and operated

by Cornell alumnus Max Richman ’11 and current student

Forrest Crawford ’15, the truck is meant to add some excitement to Collegetown and, in a sea of pizza hubs and burger joints, provide a different option for late night snackers.

The brightly painted truck stands out on the corner where Dryden runs into Eddy, close to popular weekend spots Dunbar’s and Level B. Collegetown Crepes sparkles in the dark with lights around the top and illuminated windows that read “crepes”. The truck is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 p.m.-2 a.m., perfect for hungry students to grab a bite to eat on their way home after a day at the library or a night out with friends.

My friends and I arrived a few minutes before the truck opened on a Thursday night. We tried to go on opening night but with a line that had a wait time of an hour and a half, we decided to return another night. Besides managing the line of customers, Max and Forrest expertly make there way around the snug truck, organizing crepe ingredients and making sure that the thin pancakes don’t burn on the gas lit griddles.

All the crepes are reasonably priced between four and five dollars, and the truck also offers drinks, including peppermint hot chocolate and warm apple cider for one dollar. There are more sweet than savory crepe options, but I learned that they’ve devel-

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oped between 25 to 30 different crepes and will be rotating the menu to keep customers interested. A few of the crepes that were offered the night I visited included: butter cinnamonsugar, Nutella banana, chocolate raspberry, ham and cheese with apple and honey mustard, and feta and chive. And as of my most recent visit to the truck, they’ve begun to incorporate fall favorites, such as apple and pumpkin, into their recipes.

The butter cinnamon-sugar crepe had a crispy bite from the crystals of sugar and a warm, buttery taste. As one excited student exclaimed after taking a bite,

“this is everything good and nothing bad!” The Nutella banana crepe has fresh slices of the fruit inside the crepe and a

the truck was that the thick crepe batter was very hard to cut with just a plastic fork, and I found myself in desperate need of a knife and napkins to enjoy the messy dessert. A second word of caution, if you plan on trying Collegetown Crepes, they are currently accepting cash only, but have plans to accept credit cards in the near future.

Collegetown Crepes is definitely worth a late night visit, which I gaurantee will be the first of many, for a warm and delicious treat.

y f av o r i t e w a s t h e M c h o c o l a t e r a s p b e r r y, o o z i n g w ith r ich cho c olat e s auc e and a j am-like raspb erry filling that combined to create the p erfect c h o c o l a t e y, f r u i t y d e s s e r t . generous drizzle of Nutella for added sweetness.

My favorite was the chocolate raspberry, oozing with rich chocolate sauce and a jam-like raspberry filling that combined to create the perfect chocolatey, fruity dessert. The only challenge about eating crepes from

Catherine Elsaesser can be reached at cae96@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT All-American Prophets

An Interview with The Book of Mormon’s Deneè Benton

BY SEAN DOOLITTLE Arts and Entertainment Editor

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON

Hello! The global musical theater phenomenon The Book of Mormon has finally arrived in “Oopstate” New York. The show, from South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, is about as tasteless and glorious as you would expect, shocking and cracking up audiences on Broadway and across the country on their National Tour. The Daily Sun had the privilege of interviewing the very talented young actress Deneè Benton, who plays the bright-eyed Nabalungi, who dreams of leaving Uganda for a better place. She talks about her college experiences, life on the road and just what it is like to be a part of such an important musical.

THE SUN: You went to school at Carnegie Mellon?

DENEÈ BENTON: Yes, in Pittsburgh.

SUN: That’s a great drama program. What was your favorite role that you took while attending?

D.B.: Oh, that’s hard! I will have to say that one of my favorite productions was ... we did a production of As You Like It and I got to play Rosalind and it was just so much fun. The director gave the cast a lot of free range to create the show ourselves and it was a really fun performance to be a part of.

SUN: Do you have a role that you really want a chance at?

A dream role?

D.B.: You know, if for some reason they ever did a revival production of Aida, I would absolutely love to be a part of it but I think everyone’s dream is to be able to do an original role of some point. I would love to be able to originate a role on Broadway.

SUN: When did you know that you wanted to pursue acting?

D.B.: I grew up performing a lot in school plays and in chorus and all those things and I didn’t decide what I was going to go to college officially until right before my senior year of high school. And I went to a private prep school so our lists were kind of set by then but I scrapped mine and was like, “Actually this is what I’m doing!” My parents were actually really supportive and I think they actually knew all along that I would find my way to wanting to do this, but they kind of let me figure it out for myself.

SUN: Did you have any early influences besides your par-

ents, or were they the biggest reason why you went into acting?

D.B.: They weren’t really the reason why, they were just very supportive. My mom will tell you that I’d been dramatic my whole life. But, I did love watching amazing singers like Patti LaBelle and I would say that singing was my first step into performing. I was fixated and fascinated with movies and my mom would take me to the national tours that would actually come to Orlando and so she kind of exposed me to my first theatrical experiences.

SUN: So have you done only musicals or have you done a lot of straight plays?

D.B.: This is my first real professional gig, and I think it’s cool that it’s in musical theatre, but most of my training in college was in straight plays.

SUN: So let’s talk more about Book of Mormon. Do you think that the fact that it's so classically structured makes it more palatable or more shocking, content-wise?

D.B.: I feel like it has such a mix of those sort of, big musical numbers that are so traditional and kind of Oklahomaesque and that definitely adds to the juxtaposition. But there are also lots of other great numbers that take place in Uganda that are very pop and rock and very sort of different to my ear than I think I’ve heard before. So I think it’s definitely mixed — there’s a good shock value but there’s also some great new songs too.

SUN: Rochester is the birthplace of Mormonism. Have you heard anything from the community there? Experiences with fans perhaps?

D.B.: You know, I’ve never been to Rochester actually so it’s all going to be a big surprise and a bunch of new discoveries for me.

SUN: What would you say your favorite stop on the tour has been so far?

D.B.: I loved Portland and San Francisco, those were two cities that I’d never been to before. I had never really been to a lot of the West Coast, but those two cities actually stole my heart in particular.

SUN: What’s your favorite part of performing the show every night? Is it just audience reaction, or just the feeling of being on stage?

D.B.: I actually do really love the show, and I love doing the show, but the audience has a lot to do with it. Depending on the night, sometimes it's kind of like a rock concert and it gives you so much energy and hearing the different cities responses to different parts of the show, it makes it fun, it makes it fresh for us since we are doing it a lot.

SUN: What’s your favorite song from the show?

D.B.: Definitely my favorite song to perform is probably “Baptize Me,” which I get to perform with Elder Cunningham and that’s so much fun. And then, my favorite number to watch is probably “Turn it Off.” [Laughs] Yeah, it’s just the Mormon boys singing while they’re getting ready to go on their mission and talking about all these awful things that can happen in life and it’s so funny. Elder McKinley is hilarious, so it gets me every time.

SUN: So, do you and the other cast members get along really well? Do you guys hang out when you’re not performing?

D.B.: Yeah, definitely! I would say so, everyone gets along great. Some people are married, some people have their children on tour with them, so it’s definitely a good balance between professionalism and always having a buddy to go do something awesome in the city with as well.

SUN: Do you guys have any pre-show rituals or anything like that?

D.B.: I know most of us individually do, like I have to warm up vocally before every show and a lot of times, the people who are in the first number will do this kind of handshake right before the show. Little traditions have definitely sprouted up here and there.

SUN: Book of Mormon has been on Broadway and touring for the past three years, I guess it's going on four years soon.

How does it feel to be part of something that is still going just as strong? It’s still incredibly hard to get tickets to.

D.B.: It is, the dream really, to be a part of something that has garnered so much momentum. It’s a good feeling as an actor to be part of something that’s so successful and reliable as a job and then also … it’s such a great thing to have as a part of our resumes, because the show is just so successful and widely accepted. This is the job to get.

SUN: Why do you think it’s been so widely accepted by people around the country?

D.B.: I think it just kind of forces you to laugh. You know, there are parts that are just so offensive, but you can’t help but see the heart in it. It really is kind of so daring and unlike anything. And when I went to it, it was unlike anything I had ever heard before, unlike anything that anyone had dared to think of on Broadway. So I think that’s really refreshing to people, and the lyrics are so clever and the story is so clever and wonderful that I think it makes people love it.

The Book of Mormon is playing through October 19 at the Rochester Auditorium Theatre.

Sean Doolittle is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Rachel Mack Coming back with her third studio album, Sweet Talker, Jessie J has commanded the world’s attention yet again.

Her new album — a categorized pop album infused with vibes of soul, dance and R&B — was released October 14.

The 15-track album features prominent artists Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande and 2 Chainz.

Jessie first gained popularity when one of the leading singles from her first album, “Price Tag,” rocked the U.S. charts in 2011. Practically nameless in the U.S. at this time, this single was a brilliant stepping-stone for Jessie J into the American music culture. From this hip hop/R&B album, Jessie expanded her talents to her next album, It’s My Party and then finally to Sweet Talker.

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July 29 with Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande. This song was met with plenty of praise, with some critics declaring it the new “Lady Marmalade,” while others thought of it as simply a catchy summer anthem. Regardless of the critics, the tune became an immediate hit as well as Jessie J’s second number one single in the UK. The second single released off the album, “Burnin’ Up,” features 2 Chainz in an upbeat, dance anthem reminiscent of Shakira’s discography. “Loud” is a powerful ballad that incorporates beautiful violin melodies and allows Jessie J to explore her voice at opposite ends of the spectrum.

What truly separates Jessie J from her contenders is her ability to exude earth-shattering vocals and command, resembling historical powerhouses such as Christina

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Aguilera and Whitney Houston. Just like most artists today, Jessie co-authors her music with music executives who hope to fit her to the predictable pop mold of the times. Cynics of the modern music industry might think of her music as typical, lazy pop that lacks any originality, but those critics fail to recognize the strength of her talents and the genre fluidity of her music. Sweet Talker will continue to rise on the charts and hopefully pave the way for another powerful Jessie J album — one in which her talents will shine greater than the conventional material she is given to work with.

Rachel Mack is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at rm759@cornll.edu.

The band most notably recognized for its hits “Comfortably Numb,” “Wish You Were Here” Pink Floyd and “Money” has finally ended its 20-year hiatus. With material not previously published in 1994, Pink Floyd has decided to release a new album entitled The Endless River, compromised of 18 The Endless River instrumental tracks and one lyrical song.

Pink Floyd is widely regarded as one of the best psychedelic/progressive rock bands of all time.

Parlaphone Records From its formation in 1965 in London by members Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and eventually joined by David Gilmour, the band dominated the underground music scene of London. Throughout its reign at the top, Pink Floyd published a total of 14 studio albums. Dark Side of the Moon, the band’s most well-known album, is the second best-selling album in the world, listed at a claimed 45 million copies sold. Although the band’s popularity continued to flourish through the ’70s and ’80s, its members slowly lost interest, and the band officially stopped touring and writing music in 1994.

Rachel Mack David Gilmour produced the newest album, and as it is the first album since the death of keyboardist Richard Wright in 2008, the album is described as his “swan song,” sampling and including many recordings and tracks written by the keyboardist. The only lyrical song on the album, “Louder Than Words,” is a tribute song for Wright written by his widow Polly Samson, a songwriter who co-wrote many songs on Pink Floyd’s 1994 album The Division Bell. The unique album cover was created by Ahmed Emad Eldin, an 18 year-old Egyptian artist whose artwork was discovered on a website called Behance.

With an estimated 200 million albums sold, Pink Floyd will always go down in history as one of the most successful rock bands of all time. And due to the antiquity and value of the tracks on The Endless River — the music was written during a peak, prolific year for Pink Floyd — this latest album without a doubt will pull at the aching heartstrings of Floyd fans that have been yearning for new music for the past 20 years.

The Rap Battle of the Bulge: The New Rap Fan

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ne evening this summer, I found myself sitting on a friend’s porch, in a state of mild shock and horror, watching a pack of my white, Vans-wearing, college-age friends spit their finest to a Spotify background beat. A group of my (guy) friends had decided to hold a “rap battle” for which they all wrote, practiced and performed their own raps. After an initial surge of discomfort/disgust/confusion, I took a second to check my condescension and think for a second about the scene unfolding before me.

A disclaimer: These guys lend themselves to an easy stereotype, and an excessively nasty repertoire of mockery. It is my most ignorant, knee-jerk reaction to presume exactly this, but what the internet doesn’t need is another rant about how rich white kids are ruining hip-hop, and this contempt really isn’t a productive or legitimate contribution to the conversation.

A cultural development had been occurring in my friend group, which culminated in my reaction that evening, on that porch.

These very white, very middle-class male friends of mine had historically been enthusiasts of the general sad-boy, indie rock, droney trope of music. You know, big fans of The National, Arcade Fire, Youth Lagoon, Future Islands, Animal Collective, Beach House, etc.

Then, sometime in the past year, many of my guy friends began listening, not exclusively, but notably, to rap. Skinny hipsters whose playlists were once stacked with St. Vincent and Bon Iver now worshipped Odd Future, Danny Brown, Wu Tang Clan, Killer Mike and A$AP Rocky. Of course, white kids, male

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The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt) but also more mainstream stars (Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Chance The Rapper, M.I.A.) with a nod to a pack of classic rappers (MF Doom, A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, DMX, De La Soul and Biggie Smalls) as well.

The obsession, and the velocity with which it progressed took me by surprise. The spectacle of my friends rapping — reading lyrics off their iPhones in one hand, making awkward slashing motions with the other, was bewildering. It was a weird night to say the least, and I left unsure just exactly what it was about the situation and their enthusiasm for rap that made me so uncomfortable.

Did I sense an inauthenticity about the whole affair? That my Objectivity friends perhaps were mimicking Bites and appropriating a sound and an aesthetic unfounded in their Twisted Fantasy’s infamous perfect 10 on experiences? In a cultural space where realness Pitchfork). Rap, classic and contemporary and authenticity are so highly valued, where alike, is now accepted as sophisticated, com- did these performances fit in? To whom does plex and intellectual. Consistent with a his- rap belong? My friends clearly aren’t wrong to torical pattern in pop culture, a music of defi- consume and love rap, but should they have ance and dissent has become academic and to adore it from some sort of distance? Or highbrow. Visibly among my friends and on was my discomfort just a misguided product a wider scope of musical consumption, a cer- of a public-school-educated hypersensitivity tain collective of rappers has rapidly become to political correctness? cultishly popular among a specific demoTo some degree, I’m think it’s my bad. My graphic of college-age, white males. friends genuinely love and enjoy rap music, It’s a strange amalgam of artists. The They’re not the ones fetishizing it, I am. obsession is not only with a newish string of Some toed the line, but the raps they wrote acts deemed hipster rap or “hipster-hop” (e.g. were, for the most part, inventive and indiDas Racist, A$AP Rocky, Odd Future, Tyler vidualized, offering their own stories, referor female, liking rap is not a recent or unique situation, but in my small social group, the shift was dramatic, rapid and pertained almost exclusively to guys. When did this happen?

How come nobody bothered to tell me?

There I was, left laughably out of the loop, still giggling about 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop” as per fourth grade. I was ignorantly and absurdly taken by surprise by this shift among my friends, but at least it finally clued me into to a larger cultural trend. These days it’s socially backwards to not like or at least appreciate rap music (see My Beautiful Dark

Jael Goldfine

ences and ideas through this medium. It’s all too easy to proclaim them pretentious culturally-appropriating rich kids trying to be edgy, and reduce them to a stereotype that cannot accommodate their genuine appreciation for and relationship to rap music. This was my first inclination and I am consciously rejecting it. Rap is evolving faster than bloggers can invent names for its sub-genres, and this new demographic of listeners is undeniably a part of the scene.

However, it’s a slippery goddamn slope.

The politics of hip-hop are in hot and constant debate, from Iggy Azalea’s “post-racial mess” to Macklemore’s “white-washing” of rap. It’d have been easy for my friends to cross the fine line between appreciation and appropriation by throwing in a bar or so about how many bitches they own or dealing on the streets. On the other side of that fine line lies a caricature: an exploitation and a reaffirmation of stereotypes for ones own amusement.

Luckily that’s not what my friends were up to, and my anxiety and discomfort were misguided, although perhaps not unwarranted.

The answers to uncomfortable questions about race, status and cultural ownership is not clinging to self-defeating and unqualified notions of political correctness, or encouraging a careless cultural free-for-all, but instead involves vigilant awareness about what we do with and how we think about the culture we consume.

Jael Goldfine is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jgoldfine@cornellsun.com. Objectivity Bites runs alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Guide Claims C.U.Does Not Address Bias GUIDE

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“While bias incidents and racist microaggressions are a feature of daily life for students of color on Cornell’s campus, the administration treats the symptoms of this problem instead of actually intervening to change students’ or their own internalized oppressive worldviews,” the guide says.

Nadia May ’16 said she agreed with the guide, saying that Cornell “doesn’t put nearly enough effort” to resolve these bias issues.

“I hope that instead of racist events just being canceled, we can get formal apologies for why they shouldn’t have been planned in the first place,” May said.

After ending the Cinco de Mayo-themed promotion, Jeff Hall, associate director of athletics for sales and marketing, wrote a letter to the editor of The Sun apologizing for the “insensitive marketing campaign.”

Surayya Diggs ’17, a member of Black Students United and the Women of Color Coalition, said she also supports the guide’s stance on Cornell’s inclusion efforts.

“This guide is used to paint Cornell in its real light: a business that has little concern for those parties who do not benefit the school economically,” Diggs said.

Daniel Marshall grad, who has been involved with movements on campus including the Save the Pass Coalition — a group of students and organizations concerned with TCAT funding — said he feels the guide shifts the discourse on campus in a “really necessary way.”

“Through its everyday operations, Cornell disrupts people’s lives in massive, irreversible ways,” he said. “When a sexual assault survivor is asked to continue to go to the same school as their rapist, when Cornell legitimizes the Israeli occupation of Gaza, when a dining hall worker is laid off for two months out of the year — not long enough to get unemployment — to cut costs that were increased through unnecessary building projects, it ruins the lives of millions of people.”

Finally, the guide advocates disrupting the University’s upcoming sesquicentennial celebration, which it calls a “fancy 150th birthday party that [Cornell] is throwing itself this year.”

Anna-Lisa Castle ’14, a former student activist, said she feels that the sesquicentennial anniversary “warrants celebration but also serious critical reflection.”

“Cornell could stand to be humbled,” she said. “When an institution like Cornell behaves zealously garish, it becomes difficult for members of the community who are suffering or are committed to principles of justice and equality to hold their tongues.”

Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun.com.

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SPORTS

PatriotsTurn Season Around; Jets Struggle

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots turned their season around in plenty of time.

It’s probably too late for the New York Jets, especially if they drop their sixth straight game when they visit the heavily favored Patriots on Thursday night.

“We’re desperate, to say the least,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said.

The Patriots (4-2) quickly recovered from their low point, a 41-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs that unleashed speculation quarterback Tom Brady was slipping and coach Bill Belichick’s genius was fading.

Unlike the Jets (1-5), that slide lasted just one week. A 43-17 rout of the NFL’s last unbeaten team, the Cincinnati Bengals, took care of that. And they followed it with a 37-22 road win over the Buffalo Bills.

“We’ll have to keep perspective,” Brady said, “not ride the highs and lows because there’s a lot of them.”

The Patriots had just five offensive touchdowns in a stretch of 14 quarters, then scored seven in the last eight. Against Buffalo, Brady had his best game of the season with 361 yards passing, four touchdown passes and completions to 10 receivers.

Ryan certainly didn’t believe the criticism of the two-time MVP. “That was hysterical,” he said. “You know what I mean? It’s like, ‘Yeah, really? OK.’ I mean, come on.”

Now if he could only brush off criticism of his own quarterback so easily.

Geno Smith is last in passer rating in the league and was replaced in the fifth game by Michael Vick, who said he wasn’t prepared. Smith started last Sunday’s 31-17 loss to the Denver Broncos and Ryan is sticking with him against the Patriots.

“We have an opportunity here to kind of right the ship with our first division game,” Smith said. “There is a shot. It’s definitely one that’s a stretch, but as long as we’ve got a shot, we’ve got an opportunity.”

The first-place Patriots have a big edge over their last-place AFC East rival.

Brady has won 40 consecutive regular-season home games against AFC opponents and is 6-0 in Thursday night games. And a New England defense that has allowed the fifth-fewest yards in the NFL goes against an offense that has gained the third fewest.

The Jets rushed for just 31 yards against Denver, but the Patriots are wary of the potential of running backs Chris Ivory and Chris Johnson.

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GOLF

Red Competes in Last Invitational

By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell University men’s golf team competed this weekend in the Temple University Invitational, the final invitational of the fall season for the Red. After a slow start in the first round, the Red was able improve in the second round and move up from 13th overall to a ninth place finish in the team competition. Host Temple University won overall in the individual portion of the invitational, which was held on the North Course of Philmont Country Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.

Both sophomore Luke Graboyes and freshman Mike Graboyes shot a 4-over-par 74 in Sunday’s round, helping to advance the Red to ninth place.

Freshman Jeremy Paton and Junior Brandon Eng both tied for 24th in the individual part of the tournament. Eng and Paton both had combined scores of 12-over par.

“We struggled as a team the first day, even with Jeremy Paton and Brandon Eng shooting some solid rounds. It was promising to play better the second day and move up a few spots,” Mike Graboyes said.

“If we cleaned up some mistakes from the first day, it could have been a really great tournament for us.”

The Graboyes brothers both broke out on the second day with three birdies each in the front nine.

Luke tied overall for 38th while Mike Graboyes finished tied for 43rd. The brothers have consistently pushed the Red this season and, although both have

young careers playing for the Red, they continue to push the team into the upper echelon of collegiate golf.

“Now that we're entering the off-season, it's important for us to look at which areas we need to improve individually. If each one of us improves even a little amount, we will be that much better as a whole come springtime,” Mike Graboyes said.

“Obviously, it is tough to maintain form due to the weather in the Northeast, but there are other areas, such as strength and conditioning, that we can work on throughout the winter.”

The Red looks to utilize the offseason and continue to develop and sustain the momentum it had this past fall. Cornell men’s golf has developed an impressive dedication to achieving a high standard this fall, and looks only to continue to push its limits going forward.

“The first day a few of us struggled to close out our rounds. It’s important to maintain focus throughout the entirety of the round, and the second day we accomplished that much better than the first day. Our score improved even though the playing conditions were tougher, most notably due to the faster greens,” Mike Graboyes said.

The Red looks only to develop before its next tournament and before going forward into Ivy League Championship play.

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun.com.

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Going green | Sophomore Luke Graboyes finished tied for 38th place at the Temple University Invitational this past weekend.

Tierney Sees Strong Game In Goal,Despite Missed Two W. SOCCER

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Shots fired | Junior Marisa Siergiej had a strong offensive game against Syracuse, getting shots off on the attack.

Red Looks to Learn from Defeat FIELD HOCKEY

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depth on its offensive end as well. Freshman Krysten Mayers, sophomore Georgia Lord, and Junior Marisa Siergiej all had multiple shots throughout the game.

Looking forward to its next game against Harvard, the Red is taking what it learned on Sunday and moving forward.

“We need to work on possessing the ball.

[Against Syracuse], the possessions were in [the other team’s] control and we learned to hold

the ball up and play our game, not react to what the other team was doing,” Garrity said.

Schaeffler is looking forward to the upcoming games and taking this week’s loss with her as a learning experience.

“We just need to focus on our next game and how we can bounce back,” she said. “Each game is a learning experience for us and we always take what we learned with us into the next match.”

Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun.com.

Volleyball Drops Two Against Ivy Rivals Playing at home for just the second and third times this season, the volleyball team couldn’t pull out wins against Ivy rivals Harvard and Dartmouth, falling to both teams in straight sets.

The Red remains winless for seven consecutive games, although bright spots remain for the young squad. Senior

libero Natasha Rowland jumped up to fifth place on Cornell’s career digs list, while freshmen Emily Wemhoff and Maddy Sroufe rank eighth and ninth respectively in the Ivy League in kills per set.

Continuing the hunt for a conference win, the Red hits the road to take on Yale and Brown this weekend. Yale has

won the last 12 matches against the Red, although the series against the Bears is more balanced. In last season’s Brown match-up, the Red lost, dropping the fifth set, 1513, after climbing out of a 2-0 hole. Yale won both of last season’s matches against the Red. —Compiled by Emily Berman

times. She recorded a season-high eight saves for the night.

“Kelsey did an awesome job and she was chosen by the coaches as player of the game,” MacManus said. “She had some great saves. We are really proud of her.”

On the attacking side, the Red did have multiple chances to break through the Harvard defense, with MacManus forcing one save from the Harvard keeper in the first half and Growney taking a shot from 15 yards out halfway through the second period, which was saved. According to

Crimson for most of the first half.

However, with 14 minutes left in the first half, Cornell was left exposed on its right side and Harvard sent a cross from deep in the corner across goal.

The ball was gathered and played in again to a Harvard attacked, who sent the ball inside the post to the right of sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney.

Despite going into the break down, the Red came into the second half and had its best opportunity of the night. Junior forward Caroline Growney played “We were a little panicked when the ball down the left hand we did get posession.” side into the feet of sophomore midfielder Dempsey Claire McManus Banks in what looked like a promising break, but Growney was offsides before Cetrullo, Cornell’s offense just lacked the pass was made.

The Crimson then effectively the composure under extreme pressealed their win in the 53rd minute sure in the final third of the pitch.

“It was not clicking on all cylinders with another goal from a cross. Once again, Harvard found space attacking that day,” Cetrullo said. “We were a to the left side and sent the ball right little panicked when we did get posinto the box, where a crimson attacker session of the ball and we were not was first to it, sending the ball deep really able to spur our offense forinto the net. This sealed the result at ward.”

The Red now enters an important 2-0 and gave Cornell its second loss of week of training, before facing Yale the Ivy League season.

According to senior midfielder next weekend. Cornell will bounce Claire MacManus, Cornell failed to back against the Bulldogs, according capitalize on its game aggression. to Cetrullo, hopefully showing some Where Cornell has often been the first more of the impressive soccer that it to the ball, Harvard upped the inten- has managed to produce so far this sity, which helped the Crimson score season.

“Right now, first and foremost, we both of its goals.

“Something that we have been are looking to just find our game and working on this season and that we get back into the swing of things and did not really show in the Harvard play soccer like what was exhibited in game is being first to the ball in the the first half of the Penn game,” box, so winning it initially and Cetrullo said. “We are overcoming deflecting the ball,” MacManus said. some difficulties but we are excited to “Harvard was the first to the ball on play Yale and show what we have those two goal scoring opportunities, physically and competitively and play our game.” so they exploited it.”

However, Tierney had a very impressive game in goal, stopping Joel Cooper can be reached at clear scoring opportunities multiple jcooper@cornellsun.com.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Women’s Tennis Performs Well at Home Showdown

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Serving success | Junior Dena Tanenbaum performed well in both her singles and doubles matches this weekend. She holds the No. 1 position for doubles alongside freshman Lizzie Stewart.

By DANIELLE LETOURNEAU Sun Staff Writer

This weekend, Cornell women’s tennis hosted Youngstown State University and George Washington University at the Cornell Showdown, a round-robin style event that included both singles and doubles matches.

On Saturday, Cornell swept George Washington in doubles. At the No. 1 position, junior Dena Tanenbaum and freshman Lizzie Stewart won their game in two straight sets.

Tanenbaum felt that she and Stewart played aggressively and conducted themselves well on the court.

“We focused a lot on serving and volleying and putting the ball away,” she said. “We’ve been working on that for the past couple weeks and executed pretty well.”

The No. 2 pairing of Sophomore Alexandra D’Ascenzo and Freshman Priyanka Shah had a slow start, losing the first set, 3-6, but coming back to win the third set, 6-4, securing the overall win. This was the first match that Shah played for Cornell. Tanenbaum believes that both Shah and the other freshmen have improved due to their hard work in practice.

“They’ve really been working hard. They’ve been coming in and doing two a days and doing extra hits. I’ve already seen improvement in them in the past two months. So, so far so good,” Tanenbaum said.

On Sunday, Cornell played its first round of singles against George Washington. The team started strong with four wins — No. 3 through No. 6 — that were all in straight sets. No. 5, D’Ascenzo, was particularly ruthless in her match and only dropped one game.

Cornell then played Youngstown in doubles. The team was assertive and beat Youngstown in all three positions.

In singles against Youngstown, No. 1 Tanenbaum secured a victory for her first set after a nail-biting tie break. She then cruised through the second set, 6-3, to win her match. She played well and focused on setting up the point.

“I’ve been trying to hold back and set up the point before pulling the trigger,” she said.

Stewart and Stevens won their matches at the No. 3 and No. 5 spots respectively in straight sets. Sophomore Marika

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Cusick struggled in her first set and lost, 6-4, but she regained control and won the next two sets, 6-1 and 6-2.

The team will travel to New Haven for the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Championships. Unlike this weekend, both the singles and doubles will be played in a draw format.

Tanenbaum believes that the results and matches from this past weekend were good warm up games for Regionals.

She also thinks the team will be successful if it goes in with a positive attitude and plays good tennis.

“We need to have the attitude that there is nothing to lose and just go out and play,” she said. “We just need to use what we’ve been working on this year and put it into action.”

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

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Field Hockey Falls to Red SuffersTough Loss to Harvard Orange on Home Field

By JOEL COOPER

Sun Staff Writer

Women of the Red drop game on Sunday play. They’re really fast and athletic,” Garrity said.

The Red had a long week of This past Sunday, with most practice leading up to the contest, students home visiting family, the with its last game a full seven days Syracuse Orange came to Cornell’s earlier. When asked about team Marsha Dodson field. The preparation leading up to the women’s field hockey team hosted match, Garrity said that keeping its regional rival for the 30th time up with such a fast team was an since the series began in 1979. area of focus.

“We prepared by focusing on Though the game ended with a disappointing 5-0 loss, the Red ball speed,” Garrity said.

The Red fought hard the defense was whole way SYRACUSE @ CORNELL kept on its toes through. consistently C o r n e l l ’s 5 0 throughout the offense worked 2ND FINAL 1ST game.

The to make nine Game: Syracuse 2 5 3 Orange’s first shots, six of Cornell 0 0 0 goal came 12 them on goal. minutes in, “We did have a lot of shots on goal. We got with its second following less than a few corners, so offensively I felt a minute later. The third came like we made an impact and like right before halftime. Cornell’s our forwards were connecting defense held Syracuse off in the well,” junior forward Katie Garrity second half until the last ten minutes when the Orange’s Lieke said.

Junior goalie Elizabeth Visser took a rebound and pushed it back in at minute fifty five. Five Schaeffler echoed the sentiment.

“We started out really well in minutes later, Visser assisted her both halves and were really con- teammate Annalena Ulbrich for necting at the beginning,” she said. the final goal of the game.

For the Orange the offensive The deciding factor may have power came from four different been speed.

“They’re one of the fittest and players, but the Red matched that fastest teams in the nation, so we prepared a lot for a high speed of See FIELD HOCKEY page 15

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY

Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s soccer team fell short this weekend, losing, 2-0, to reigning Ivy League champion Harvard. After a slow start to its Ivy League season, losing its opener to Columbia, the Red was looking to build on a strong first half performance against Penn last weekend, where Cornell won, 3-2. However, the Crimson proved too strong and goals in the 31st and 53rd minute left Cornell 1-2-0 in Ivy competition and 7-3-1 overall.

According to senior defender Sydney

Defending Red | Sophomore Kelsey Tierney had an impressive game in goal, despite the 2-0 loss to the Crimson on Saturday.

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Cetrullo, the Red came into this weekend’s game after a week of tough training focusing on both learning from the Penn game and cutting out Harvard’s impressive attacking strength.

“In our first half of Penn, we played very well but, going into the second half, we conceded two goals so this week we really focused on playing a complete 90 minutes,” she said.

“Harvard is probably the most talented team in the Ivy League in terms of individuals so we also focused on dealing with their offensive threats. One of their girls is on the national team, so that proved a struggle for us.”

Cornell’s hard work during the week seemed to pay off as it managed to restrain the See W. SOCCER page 15