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The National Labor Relations Board chair details the modern worker’s rights.

Rebekah Jones ’20 calls No Tomorrow an inspiring, offbeat show.

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Sun Survey Shows Sanders Supporters’ Embrace of Clinton

Students’ Voting Intentions

Two weeks before election,far fewer students undecided

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Assistant News Editor

While Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) received the largest number of primary votes in last week’s student survey conducted by The Sun, the majority of students said they will now vote for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the general election.

Less than half the students surveyed in a second poll conducted last week said they voted in the primaries, but nearly 85 percent of those students said they plan to vote in the general election.

Fifty-seven women and 61 men — including approximately 25 students from each undergraduate class, 10 graduate students and one staff member — participated in this second round of election polling. Participants were asked to fill out anonymous surveys at several locations around campus, including Statler Hall, Mann Library and the Green Dragon.

Of the 118 students surveyed, 57 identified as

Democrat, 14 as Republican, 17 as Independent and 30 as unaffiliated. This voter distribution differs slightly from last month’s survey, in which 49 of the 99 students identified as Democrat, 8 as Republican, 11 as Independent and 13 as undecided.

City of Ithaca Received Month’s Worth of Rainfall on Friday If Friday’s downpour in Ithaca felt like a month’s worth of rain, that’s because it was.

The 3.44 inches of rain that drenched the campus Friday edged the average historical rainfall for all of October in Ithaca by .02 inches, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell.

Following booming thunder and frequent flashes of lightning the night before, Friday’s rain was the 13th greatest single-day precipitation in Ithaca since 1893, according to Samantha Borisoff, a climatologist at Cornell’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

The last time Ithaca experienced a one-day rainfall rivaling Friday’s was on Sept. 8, 2011, when 4.43 inches of rain closed roads, downed trees and flooded basements at Ithaca High School, according to The Ithaca Journal.

“Rainfall of this magnitude is only expected to occur on average once in a 10 year period,” Borisoff said.

While Tompkins County continues to struggle with a Stage Two drought that does not show signs of relenting, the

Primary Voters

Three times as many students voted in the Democratic primary as in the Republican primary, but the majority of students said they did not vote at all in the primary.

Thirty of the 45 students who voted in the Democratic primary voted for Sanders, 14 for Clinton and one for former Gov. Martin O’Mally (D-Md.).

Of the 13 republicans who cast ballots in the primary election, Trump and Gov. John Kasich (ROhio) tied for the most votes.

Of the students who said they did not vote in the primary, 21 said they were not registered for either

heavy rain on Friday brought this month’s total rainfall — now pegged at 6.17 inches — to more than two times the average precipitation historically recorded through Oct. 24, according to Borisoff. It was also the third-greatest one-day precipitation total in October in more than 120 years in Ithaca.

Borisoff said Friday’s storm “likely helped improve drought conditions” but warned that “there are still longer-term precipitation deficits.”

Despite the deluge, Ithaca is still 4.28 inches behind normal rainfall at this point in the year, according to Borisoff. The heavy rain on Friday will help, but Mark Wysocki, a senior lecturer in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, explained that the ground cannot absorb large amounts of water over short periods of time.

Steady rainfall over a period of weeks and months, in addition to snowfall, will most help to dispel the drought, Wysocki said.

— Compiled by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

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Students and the Primaries

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Likely voters | Many students say they did not vote in the primaries, but now a majority plan to vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the general election, according to a Sun poll.

GPSA Evaluates Options for Achieving Carbon Neutrality

By EMMA NEWBURGER Sun Staff Writer

measurement of upstream impact from natural gas and an outline for a quadruple bottom line, according to Brylinsky.

Brylinsky explained that the quadruple bottom line, a qualitative analysis of the potential effects of climate neutrality on “prosperity, people and the planet,” has been updated to include an analysis of its “purpose.”

“To reach climate neutrality is important to our higher education mandate,” Brylinsky said.

“We have the opportunity to share, research and create new ways of thinking and to share these with the world, to both learn and demon-

The Cornell Graduate and Professional Student Assembly discussed options for achieving a carbon neutral campus by 2035 with members of the Senior Leaders Climate Action Group at its meeting Monday.

As of this fall, the University has provided a substantive report outlining new solutions to reducing energy demands and cutting net carbon “We have the opportunity to share, emissions to zero. The Student Assembly and research and create new ways of thinking and to share these with the world.” the Employee Assembly also discussed the report at Sarah Brylinsky their meetings last week.

“If we are going to look at options for achieving climate neutrali- strate on campus.” ty, we have to consider both the costs Brylinsky added that engagement from the and the benefits of different paths to entire community is critical from a conservacarbon neutrality,” said Sarah Brylinsky, tion standpoint, encouraging sustainable the sustainability communications and behaviors that reinforce investments in energy integration manager of SLCAG. efficiency on campus.

The updated report provides three “I could build the greenest building in the tools to achieve climate neutrality: an world, but if you occupy it and do not know adoption of the social cost of carbon, a new how to use it, or you do not have sustainable behaviors, then we are not using that building to its maximum capacity,” she said. “We are MICHAELA BREW / SUN SENIOR EDITOR Save the planet | Barbara Knuth, senior vice provost and dean not being smart about our investment.”

SLCAG encouraged members of the Cornell of the graduate school, addresses Cornell’s 2035 carbon neutrality goal at a GPSA meeting Monday.

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NLRB Chair:Board Gives EmployeesVoice inWorkplace Labor of love | Mark Pearce ’75, NLRB chairman, discusses the role the board has played in labor disputes in recent years.

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By MOLLIE CRAMER Sun Staff Writer

Mark Pearce ’75, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, cited the development of the “modern worker” and the ambiguity of new technology to explain how the NLRB’s role has increased in the last few years at a lecture Monday evening.

“The average person commonly assumes that the workplace is where they have the same rights as they have under the constitution,” Pearce said. “The reality is that workers rights are statutory and emanate from a recognition of inequities that congress sought to address.”

The central role of the NLRB has been to enforce the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 — an act which guarantees employees a critical “seat at the table,” according to Pearce.

“The act guarantees private sector workers the right to engage with each other to improve wages and other terms

Pearce said the main objective of the act is to determine and conditions of employment,” he said. “It affords whether an employee’s actions should be protected as conemployers and employees certain protections.”

The NLRB has been taking an active role in labor reg- certed activity. He said determining concerted activity can become blurred when technology is ulations, Pearce said. He described the organization as an impartial forum that “The water cooler ... is no involved in a workplace dispute.

“Facebook and other social media has just recently stepped “out of the attic and into the kitchen” to help the mod- longer the classic place to cases presented new issues for which the ern laborer. congregate and discuss board has needed to use traditional labor doctrine,” he said. “The water cooler in Pearce described two types of modworker issues.” the break room is no longer the classic ern workers who could benefit from the place to congregate to discuss working act, saying both “need our help” to have Mark Pearce ’75 matters.” a “voice in the workplace.”

Pearce presented the example of a “We have the modern worker — those that are struggling to make ends meet — they often “disgruntled employee,” who posted a complaint about work in an environment that has little of their best interests their employers’ problematic bookkeeping on Facebook, at heart … knowing little about their rights,” he said. which resulted in “employees having to pay tax liabilities.”

“Then there’s this other group of workers … who are a little bit more educated and self-assured … they may want to See NLRB page 4 talk about things like salaries or maternity leave.”

Peking Univ. Dir. Blames

China’s Local Gov’ts for Limited Land,High Prices

By MATT ORMSETH Sun Staff Writer

residents. When a local government is strapped for cash, it cannot levy a new tax to raise the funds to provide those services, according to Liu. Municipal governments are also prohibited by Chinese law from borrowing money directly.

This issue has led many municipal officials to sell off tracts of state-owned land to industrialists from China’s urban centers and overseas investors, Liu said. The land is sold at below-market prices, and sometimes even given away for free.

Local officials are focused on the long-term revenue streams that come with industry.

“Once the industry is in place, you’ll get the business, you’ll get the [foreign direct investment], you’ll get the employment, you’ll get people coming to the city,” Liu said.

“And then you’ll have the demand for real estate.”

Selling or giving land to industrialists gobbles up land that is already in short supply

Municipal governments in China have been selling land to industrialists and investors at artificially low prices for the past 10 years, leaving little land for residential development and causing home prices to skyrocket, said Zhi Liu, director of Peking University’s Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, at a lecture Monday.

“The price-income ratio in WENTAO YANG / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER China is reaching a very dangerous point,” Liu said. “In Beijing, Rent too high | Zilu Liu, Pecking University, criticized China’s municiit’s over 30, which means if you pal governments for sparking a rise in the cost of the country’s homes. work for 30 years and you don’t designated 1.8 billion mu — are uninhabited and empty, purspend a penny of your salary — roughly 300,000 square acres — chased simply as holdings, you save all of it for 30 years — to be kept as farmland, leaving according to Liu. you’re able to buy a reasonablylittle land available for residential “The houses are empty,” he sized house.” purposes. said. “They have no other way to Liu compared this ratio to Unlike land sold by munici- park their money.” that of the United States, where pal governments for industrial This practice has led to other he said the average American can purposes, residential land is pur- societal problems, including earn enough money to buy a chased by real estate developers, resentment among China’s rural median-priced home in less than who then sell it to homebuyers at population, many of whom were 10 years. market prices, Liu displaced when their land was The lecturer attribexplained. sold to industrialists, according uted the high cost of “Farmers lose their land, lose their In China, real estate to Liu. home ownership to “Farmers lose their land, lose policies that encouraged livelihoods, and their compensation is considered one of the country’s few stable their livelihoods, and their comlocal governments to is not enough.” investment options, pensation is not enough,” he said. sell off tracts of stateaccording to Liu. To alleviate these tensions, the owned land to outside Zhi Liu Chinese banks offer central government has begun investors at low prices. low interest rates, and scaling back the hukuo system, In China, taxes are set by the central government, thanks to what Liu called one of few are willing to gamble in which allotted people from cities even though municipal govern- the strictest farmland preserva- China’s poorly regulated stock certain services and amenities market. Real estate is a safer bet their rural counterparts did not ments are tasked with building tion policies in the world.

Liu said food scarcity has given the scarcity of land and the receive. Liu added that migrant and maintaining infrastructure, mitigating unemployment and always been a problem in China, ever-increasing demand.

Many homes in Chinese cities See CHINA page 4 providing social services to their and the central government has

Local Ithaca Coffee Company Hosts Open House

The Ithaca Coffee Company held its annual open house Saturday, where it debuted new coffee roasts, The Ithaca Voice reported. One new roast introduced was the House Espresso, which is made of four different coffees from Ethiopia, Sumatra and Colombia.

ICC Manager Chris Ganger said he looks forward to the open houses as a chance to show locals more about the process of brewing premium coffee.

State New York Justice Department Replaces Investigators On Eric Garner Case

The long-stalled investigation of the death of Eric Garner took an unusual twist when the Justice Department replaced the New York agents and lawyers in charge of the case, The New York Times reported.

Garner’s famous last words, “I can’t breathe,” were heard all around the country; Garner was accused by two police officers in Staten Island of selling untaxed cigarettes, when one officer was caught on video using a prohibited chokehold to subdue Garner.

In recent weeks, the F.B.I. agents on the case were replaced with agents from outside New York, according to The Times.

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NLRB Chair:Workers Must Know‘Rights And Obligations’ NLRB

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“The conduct of this individual … was within the realm of acceptability, but most importantly their conduct was protected concerted activity, and we ruled their termination to be unlawful,” he said.

Another issue the NLRB faces is determining where its jurisdiction lies. According to Pearce, assertion of jurisdiction can have consequences both for the implementation of the act and for the role of the board.

For example, the board declined to assert jurisdiction in the

“We can’t independently investigate violations or facilitate collective bargaining without the public first initiating the process.”

Mark Pearce ’75 Northwestern University football players case in 2015, in which the NLRB decided not to represent the players in their effort to unionize and be recognized by the University as employees.

Pearce said the board’s decision was based on the University’s status as a private school in a public school sports league, meaning the board did not have jurisdiction.

“Asserting jurisdiction in that dynamic where the overwhelming majority of the sports division consists of public sector schools outside of the Boards, would probably make that structure more unstable, so we decided to not assume jurisdiction,” Pearce said. “But we left open the question of whether or not a student could be an employee of the university, a question that was addressed in the Columbia case.”

Pearce concluded by citing “outreach and education” as his vision for “these modern times.”

“We can’t independently investigate violations or facilitate collective bargaining without the public first initiating the process,” Pearce said. “That means the public needs to know their rights and obligations.”

Mollie Cramer can be reached at mcramer@cornellsun.com.

Lecturer Says Chinese Gov’t Lacks Social Service Funds Critiques property tax for municipal services as ‘difficult’ for homeowners CHINA

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workers from the countryside who moved to the cities are now being offered certain services and amenities their rural counterparts did not receive. Liu added that migrant workers from the countryside who moved to the cities are now being offered some services once reserved for urban-dwellers.

However, phasing out of the hukuo system has also caused financial problems for municipal governments.

“In Beijing, we have estimated that if you have hukuo in the district where Peking University is located, your hukuo can be as valuable as 3 million RMB [roughly $443,000],” Liu explained. “If you have that hukuo, you can send your kids to the best school, and your housing unit has a very high price.”

With the Chinese economy

cooling down in recent years, municipal governments have collected fewer and fewer taxes from industrial and commercial use of their land, according to Liu. There is even less money to pay for the social services offered by the hukuo system now, even as more and more people qualify for its benefits.

The state government has said it plans to introduce a property tax on residential real estate to raise money for municipal services, but Liu said the tax would be difficult for many Chinese homeowners to swallow.

“You ask them to pay property taxes, when they invested in their homes? In their minds, they did not have the concept of a property tax,” he said. “Today, if you asked them to pay, it would be very difficult.”

Matt Ormseth can be reached at mormseth@cornellsun.com.

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Sun Survey: Clinton Claims 70 Percent of Student Votes

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major party and 13 said they had little interest in voting. Seven students said they were not 18 at the time of their state primary.

Nineteen students said they did not vote in the primary due to the complicated process of acquiring an absentee ballot. Nine of those students said they tried to submit absentee ballots but were “ultimately unable to.”

General Election

Of the 98 students who intend to vote in the general election, 71 percent said they will cast ballots for Clinton, eight percent for Trump, 11 percent for a third party, eight percent undecided and two percent for a write-in candidate.

Last week’s survey revealed a decrease in the number of undecided students since the first election poll, with the number of voters who will vote in the general election increasing from 10 to 17 percent.

Of the 30 students who indicated that they had voted for Sanders in the primary, 21 said they intend to vote for Clinton, six for Green

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Clinton clinches Sanders’ voters | A majority of C.U. voters who supported Sanders in the primaries intend to vote for Clinton, a Sun survey shows.

Party candidate, Jill Stein, and three remain undecided.

Of the nine students who voted in the Republican primary for candidates other than Trump, only three said they intend to vote for Trump in the general election. Two former Kasich supporters and one former Rubio supporter said they will vote for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, one Rubio supporter is undecided and one intends to vote for a write-in candidate.

Additionally, 40 students who did not vote in the primary said they intend to vote in the general election. Most of them plan to vote for Clinton.

Twelve students indicated that the candidate they intend to vote for has changed since the beginning of the presidential debates last month. A former Trump supporter said he has since realized that “Trump is not a viable presidential model.”

As a result of the debates, two students indicated they will no longer vote for either Trump or Clinton due to a “lack of trust in either party candidate.” Meanwhile, several others have switched their stance to support the two major party candidates.

The Sun intends to conduct a survey to see if the number of undecided voters decreases over the next two weeks, as the general election approaches, and one final survey after the election has concluded.

Barbara Esuoso ’19, Rebecca Even ’18, Drew Musto ’19, Henry Kanengiser ’18 contributed reporting.

Madeline Cohen can be reached at mcohen@cornellsun.com.

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On Blue Eyes and Other Pretty Things

n somewhat heartwarming, somewhat disturbing news, a “super hot tea-seller” has gone viral in Pakistan — not for his flavorful chai, but for his dreamy blue eyes, fair skin, angular cheekbones, strong-but-not-too-strong brows, bushy black hair, firm jawline… *ahem* — because he’s a good-looking guy. Sure, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I’m talking about the kind of beauty that transcends personal preference and pays no homage to taste. The dangerous kind. The kind that earns you a modeling contract when, just days ago, you were supporting your 17 siblings with a monthly income of less than $90. This 18-year-

I’m a part of the problem here, and as with most of my problems, I’m not particularly adept at solving it. Try as I might, it’s hard to champion this cause. It’s hard to advocate for the ubiquity of beauty when there are obvious tiers that I subscribe to myself. It’s hard to fight the beauty bias, and it’s even harder to fight biology. Your hobbies and your friends and your attitudes and your views are all somehow subject to the whims of genetic material. The people who are unbothered by the exclusive nature of beauty — how do they do it? Either because of a genuine self-satisfaction, or an equally

Even in the midst of global warming and political turmoil and world hunger and bees dying at an alarming rate, we always make time to indulge in our own insecurities. It’s a duty, almost.

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Answers Still Missing In Stabbing Investigation THIS SUNDAY MARKED THE EIGHTH WEEK after the Aug. 28 stabbings of two Ithaca College students during a large fight near Olin Hall. One student, Anthony Nazaire was fatally stabbed, while the second student was also injured, but survived.

The Ithaca Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation of this incident, but nearly two months since the stabbing, no suspects have been publicly identified. IPD’s last public communication about the investigation occurred on Sept.

12, in a press release that solicited video evidence of the stabbing. In this same release, IPD states that it has obtained “crucial video evidence,” none of which has been released to the public. More than five weeks have passed since the last public update about the investigation. In correspondence with Sun reporters, IPD has repeatedly declined to provide further updates or to supply a timeline for the investigation.

A case of this magnitude requires thorough and methodical scrutiny, but the lack of public communication is concerning. The perpetrator remains at large, possibly in this very community. As long as the investigation continues without any publicly identified suspects, this case remains an unresolved safety issue. Both the public and the family and friends of Nazaire deserve closure, and assurances of increased safety on campus ring hollow when the police remain silent about the investigation’s progress. Just as the police have a responsibility to communicate with the community, the public must also contribute to securing a swift resolution to this investigation: anyone with videos of this incident has an obligation to submit the video evidence to IPD. This is an investigation that absolutely cannot slip from the minds of this community. As the police grow quiet about the issue, the Ithaca and Cornell communities must continue to demand justice and closure.

old Pashtun boy, Arshad Khan, now signed to model for a clothing line, embodies the rags-to-riches storyline in a grand way, but what does this mean for the brown-eyed population living in abject poverty? I suppose they should just be content with their lower susceptibility to uveal melanoma?

Fortune favors the bold, but beauty favors the lucky. You’d think it beyond reason to reward or penalize someone for their physical features, which are as far removed from choice as they can possibly be; yet, entirely too often, opportunity becomes a function of appearance. Of course, nobody’s complaining when looks are a ticket to fame, but what about when they get you fired to make room for a prettier face? Arrested because of your skin color? Bullied? Hated?

Sometimes, it feels like beauty standards follow geographical boundaries, which would be a small consolation.

Maybe there isn’t just one true form of beauty, but multiple, and statistically speaking, this would offer more people the chance to qualify as beautiful. If you’re in England, maybe Kate Middleton is Goals™, and in India, maybe it’s Aishwarya Rai and at latitude-x, longitude-y, it’s another beautiful human with a shapely nose and a smile that is just soft enough to convey joy without eclipsing a pair of soulful eyes. But, alas. Beauty isn’t regional, and it’s not inherent — at least not the kind that enjoys glorification. There’s a common thread that weaves the world’s beauties into a single, small matrix of universally aesthetic qualities.

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admirable disregard for society’s ideals, they carry on living with peace of mind. Is it self-confidence? You get yourself some of that, reclaim the power and you’re all set? Well, I’d say that’s a tactic better applied in a world devoid of stimuli, where there’s nothing at all to make you think relatively. In our world, confidence is meaningful when it is at least partially founded in fact. If not, I can tell myself anything and voila — I’m happy. Under this definition, the “you’re beautiful the way you are” campaign meets the full force of my skepticism. I mean, I wish it were true, but it just seems like the verbal equivalent of comfort food.

Even in the midst of global warming and political turmoil and world hunger and bees dying at an alarming rate, we always make time to indulge in our own insecurities. It’s a duty, almost. I can’t escape the desire to feel beautiful or miss a chance to extend this holy grail of feelings to someone else. I bet there a few little neurons in my brain that realize that attaining beauty and pleasing the public eye isn’t the ultimate goal of this mortal life, but they haven’t made it free information yet.

For now, I’m just stuck wishing that beauty wasn’t such an active pursuit. *cue baby pink, thin on top with defined Cupid’s Bow, plump on bottom, pouty lips* Priya Kankanhalli is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences. She can be reached at pkankanhalli@cornellsun.com. Matters of Fact appears alternating Tuesdays this semester.

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his weekend I had the pleasure of participating in Cornell’s second Half Baked collaboration.

Half Baked is an event where students come together, share their “half-baked” ideas, and collaborate with one another to “bake” their ideas. I presented on a problem that is no stranger to most Cornellians: what to do when you have tech trouble.

I’ve had the misfortune of having my computer break almost every year that I’ve been at Cornell. From these experiences I’ve come to realize the lack of accessible tech support for students on campus.

If your computer breaks your options are limited: find someone in Ithaca, use the Cornell Store to ship out your computer out to get it fixed and send it back or (like I ended up doing) wait until you go home to get it fixed. Coupled with this challenge is that in the interim as you wait for your computer, there are again only a couple options: renting a free extended loan laptop from Uris Library or OADI, or renting a laptop for $90/week from the Cornell Store. None of these options are necessarily practical for most students, there are only 10 laptops you can rent from Uris and a couple at OADI for a campus of 21,000 students, and $90 for one week of computer use is a pretty hefty burden for most students. For those that want to go out and get their computer fixed themselves in Ithaca, you need access to a car.

While Cornell I.T. has folks who want to help students and directs students to appropriate resources, these resources are not on campus and often take a long time. This past semester when I approached a CIT personnel at the Cornell Store, they actually

These options are naturally a little different given that Cornell is in Ithaca, not Boston or Philadelphia, but clearly other schools have navigated these hurdles. Options to allow CIT to be able to provide more technical support on campus will come at a cost, but would provide a service that would greatly be appreciated by the Cornellians on this campus. said that they were not even allowed to open up my computer.

Compared to many of our peer institutions and even locally comparable schools like Ithaca College have more accessible options for students facing tech troubles. Schools like Princeton, MIT, UPenn and Dartmouth have options to get their computers fixed on campus or at a location right next to their campus. Princeton even uses students technology consultants to provide support in residence halls. Ithaca College has a fixIT program that has technicians on campus that can address a range of tech problems.

These options are naturally a little different given that Cornell is in Ithaca, not Boston or Philadelphia, but clearly other schools have navigated these hurdles. Options to allow CIT to be able to provide more technical support on campus will come at a cost, but would provide a service that would greatly be appreciated by the Cornellians on this campus.

The second layer of the question, what to do in the interim as your computer is broken, is another question to explore. Ten laptops is hardly sufficient for the demand of this campus.

Though on the surface this appears to a be a rather small problem in the grand scheme of challenges the university has to face, for any student facing computer problems this is a serious deterrent from being able to function on campus. As technology becomes a larger part of the academic function of Cornell, having access to a working computer is a requirement for being a Cornell student.

Yamini Bhandari is the undergraduate student-elected trustee.

Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Katy Habr | On the Margin

Rape Culture and Our Friends T

wo weeks ago, a leaked tape released audio of Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women, turning away a substantial amount of his voters and government supporters.

The next week, I was with a friend and looked over his shoulder to see messages from his fraternity’s group chat referring to women with the sentiment: “if you’re not going to fuck them, what’s the point?” When I expressed my concern, someone else replied, “I didn’t say you should look.” My friend looked away and smiled awkwardly, uncomfortable enough for me to assume he knew something was wrong, but not uncomfortable enough to do anything about it. “Just locker room talk, right?” I wanted to ask sarcastically, but I held my tongue.

What I saw was just a small incident, though one of many; but this article isn’t about frats. We all know the statistics, but limiting the conversation to the ways in which fraternities perpetuate rape culture is exactly what I don’t want to do.

Often fraternities are made a scapegoat to avoid meaningful reflection on our own behavior. We write off a group of people on whose shoulders the we assign the blame (I know I am guilty of this), but the conversation stops there. By placing the blame on an easily defined group, we stop ourselves from having to think about the ways in which we perpetuate rape culture and violence against women ourselves.

Rape culture can be perpetuated in many ways, some obvious and horrifying, and some small and insidious. Rape jokes, sexist comments and exclusion of women happen frequently, and often remain unnoticed. Men don’t have to talk about blatantly assaulting women to be perpetuating rape culture.

Expecting sex in exchange for friendship or basic decency is a symptom of male entitlement that fuels rape culture, one that happens frequently. We all perpetuate misogyny and rape culture in the language we use, without even meaning to. Offhand statements like “that test raped me” water down the trauma of assault, and, when repeated, make those around

subconsciously downplay very real consequences. We let it slide when our well-intentioned friends make sexist statements and they do the same for us. However these incidents, though small, build up. Rape culture is perpetuated by everyone, and just like those text messages, won’t magically disappear if we just don’t look.

Many people in “progressive” circles pride themselves on self awareness and social consciousness, yet do not stop to reflect on their own behaviors and the undertones of their words and actions. We shift the blame to easy targets like frat boys, leaving the rest of us with a clear conscience because, of course, we aren’t like them — not part of the problem. We call out sexism when we see it happen but are oblivious to when we or our friends

lives to provide all the emotional labor in all of their relationships (whether they are platonic or romantic), without recognizing and acknowledging that emotional labor and the toll it takes. Instead of focusing legitimate criticism of problematic women to policies and actions, many people target women’s looks in the most painfully traditional and sexist way.

Additionally, many people will condemn harassment against women, yet the ways in which they do so reveal their subconscious misogynistic beliefs. Women should not have to say “what if that was me/your mother/your sister/your daughter?” for men to listen to us.

We should be free from harassment because we are humans, not because of our relation to men. There seems to be a belief that identifying as

Many people in “progressive” circles pride themselves on self awareness and social consciousness, yet do not stop to reflect on their own behaviors and the undertones of their words and actions. perpetuate it.

The cases are endless and we all know them: there are the mactivists (men who engage in activism to get closer to women) who wax on about justice, equality and radicalism, yet brag about their ability to and habit of emotionally abusing women. There are the men who emphasize the importance of feminism, consent and respecting women’s choices, and yet continue to periodically check up, just in case women who said no have changed their mind and want to sleep with them. The men who like to express racial solidarity by fetishizing and only dating women of color. And of course, the men who proudly call themselves feminists, but feel it is okay to grope others after a few drinks.

Many men in leftist circles talk at length about class and race struggles, but expect the women in their

progressive is enough, and deeper reflection and change is therefore not needed.

The purpose of this article is not to complain about men, it is a reminder that no one is off the hook. It is all of our responsibilities to realize that sexism is perpetuated in all circles, no matter how progressive they seem. We all must do our part in realizing when our actions are problematic, and understandingly call out our friends when they are too. We must think hard about where our attitudes come from and by what forces they are shaped. Everyone is capable of perpetuating rape culture and we must not give ourselves a free pass.

Katy Habr is a junior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. She can be reached at khabr@cornell.edu On the Margin appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Researchers Uncover Sediment Interactions That Filter Freshwater Toxins Use molecular simulations to make discovery

By KELLY ZHOU Sun Contributor

Summer is the perfect season. Who can forget those long hours of sunshine or tiring laps in Taughannock falls? However, that last experience is not guaranteed, especially if the water has plenty of toxin-producing algae in it. Thankfully, Prof. Ludmilla Aristilde’s, biological and environmental engineering, research could help us understand how to neutralize them.

Aristilde, along with Amy L. Pochodylo grad and Thalia G. Aoki ’15, published a paper in the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science in August that sheds light on the behavior of microcystin, a toxin produced by cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae.

Studying the behavior of microcystins is important because of the prevalence of algal blooms in lakes and waterways during the summer. Algal blooms arise when algae — which are naturally found in waterways — receive too many nutrients from runoff water. In the summer, high temperatures and sufficient sunlight support this excess growth.

The proliferation of microcystins is thus, a natural consequence of these blooms. Consequently, exposure to microcystins is a major public concern. If ingested, microcystins are toxic to the liver and their presence can render lakes and ponds unsuitable for swimming.

“I work at the interface of environmental chemistry and environmental biochemistry. I am concerned about the chemical behavior of contaminants because the behavior of these molecules in the environment is connected to their biological exposure,” Aristilde said.

Using molecular simulations, Aristilde and her team looked at two different types of microcystins, microcystin-LR (MC-LR) and microcystin-LA (MC-LA), to understand how the molecule’s chemistry affects its behavior.

A microcystin molecule is composed of a cyclic peptide — a series of amino acids linked together to make a closed circle. All microcystin molecules have two amino acid residues, aspartate and methyl-aspartate that confer two negative charges to the molecule.

However, microcystins differ at two positions in the cyclic peptide chain, giving them their unique identities.

Both the studied microcystins have leucine, a type of amino acid, at one of the positions. However, MC-LR

has arginine, a positively charged amino acid, while MC-LA has alanine, a neutral amino acid at the other position. Thus, MC-LR carries a positively charged component that MC-LA lacks.

Aristilde found that these amino acids adopted different shapes when placed in two different solutions.

One contained excess sodium ions while the other, calcium ions — both nutrients available in fresh water.

Because a calcium ion carries two positive charges, its solution can effectively neutralize the two negative charges from aspartate and methyl-aspartate, leaving MC-LR’s positively charged arginine residue to react with negatively charged mineral surfaces. However, because a sodium ion carries only one positive charge, MC-LR’s arginine residue is used to help balance the two negative charges, preventing it from interacting

“The ultimate goal is to have better predictions of how microcystins behave in the environment and why they behave the way they do.”

Prof. Ludmilla Aristilde with any minerals.

As for MC-LA, which lacks this positively charged residue, Aristilde found that calcium ions acted as a bridge between negatively charged amino acid residues and negatively charged mineral surfaces to allow them to interact.

From their findings, Aristilde’s team developed theoretical models that shed light on what happens to microcystins in specific aquatic environments, demon-

PHOTO COURTESY OF LUDMILLA ARISTILDE

Sedimentary l Clay mineral capture of microcystin: water molecules (light blue), microcystin (dark purple), calcium (orange), clay layer (orange), negative charges (yellow).

strating how these interactions allow clay particles to trap these toxins.

“The ultimate goal is to have better predictions of how microcystins behave in the environment and why they behave the way they do,” Aristilde said.

Going forward, Aristilde said she hopes to investigate the interactions of even more minerals with microcystins and use their ability to capture these toxins to engineer a wide range of materials that can trap various contaminants.

Kelly Zhou can be reached at kz86@cornell.edu.

Cornell Prof Uncovers Bugs in Smart Contract System, Urges More Safety in Program Design

By WILLIAM BAI Sun Contributor

The opening scene of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight represents the quintessential bank heist. Joker and crew, armed with guns, break into a bank and manage to whisk away gunny bags full of cash. However, not all robberies are this dramatic. As cryptocurrencies become more popular, millions of dollars can be swindled with just the click of a button.

In May, Prof. Emin Gun Sirer, computer science, and his colleagues discovered a bug that left DAO, a smart contract that crowdsources investment proposals, vulnerable to such heists. DAO operates like an online venture capital firm — it gathers the virtual currency ‘Ethereum’ from investors, uses a tally system to vote on investment proposals and funds projects with high enough votes.

“Cryptocurrencies like Ethereum are a new class of distributed systems that are part peer to peer, part bank, part Janet Yellen, part consumers and part merchants,” Sirer said. “They bring together these actors and govern the creation of money to make sure people who earn cash, earn it for good reasons.”

Bitcoin is the most prevalent cryptocurrency today,

with around six billion dollars to $10 billion worth in circulation. Ethereum is a relatively new form of cryptocurrency and was designed with a different purpose.

“While Ethereum has the same core operations as Bitcoin, Ethereum is designed to implement programs that direct money flow automatically; Bitcoin is for value transfer alone,” Sirer said.

Essentially, Ethereum allows algorithms to automatically make payments, eliminating the need for “middlemen” to handle monetary transactions. By reducing the chances of human error, Ethereum should have made investing safer.

Unfortunately, a hacker stole $52 million worth of Ethereum from DAO, using a bug that Sirer had discovered.

“The attacker took advantage of a bug related to reentrant calls [that allows programs to pause and restart execution as necessary],” Sirer said. “Reentrancy was part of the language design, but its implications for software design were not well-understood. People missed it because it wasn't immediately visible in the code.”

Though DAO’s code was eventually replaced, restoring the lost funds required the transaction to be forcefully reverted. However, some Ethereum hardliners felt that any artificial manipulation violated the integrity of the

cryptocurrency and so, this was never done.

Instead, a separate currency known as Ethereum Classic was created while Ethereum continues to exist.

Furthermore, as no laws governing cryptocurrencies exist, some users of the currency argue that the transaction was legal because the hacker simply used a feature of the smart contract that no one else foresaw.

Despite these challenges, Sirer continues to believe in the potential of cryptocurrencies and argues for their reform. Though safety is of the utmost importance, Sirer argues that the biggest challenge is in implementing cryptocurrencies so that they conform to certain universal principles “We need to be certain of how a program will behave, so that we can catch the problems that are otherwise easily overlooked,” Sirer said.“There are many protocols out there, some with very interesting features. This is an exciting field, and it would be best for us to see a thousand flowers, each targeting different feature sets, bloom.

I'd urge the cryptocurrency community to avoid infighting -- the bigger fight to be had is for external adoption, not between cryptocurrencies, especially between systems targeting different use cases.”

William Bai can be reached at hb388@cornell.edu.

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Cornell Researchers to Head Center On the Physics of Cancer Metabolism

By TRANG DAU Sun Contributor

Grim statistics reveal just how debilitating breast cancer can be. According to the American Cancer Society, over 230,000 women were diagnosed with the disease in the United States in 2013. Forty thousand of these cases were incurable.

There is good news, however. Over the past 20 years, advancements in the disease’s treatment have been consistent. In fact, according to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer mortality rates have fallen by over 32 percent in the same time period. And yet, the mechanisms behind breast cancer — its initial development, progression and therapy resistance — still confound scientists because the disease manifests itself differently in different people.

That could soon change.

Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and the college of engineering hope to investigate the variations of breast cancer, especially its currently incurable subtype, Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), through a new multi-institutional research unit called the Center on the Physics of Cancer Metabolism.

Led by Prof. Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, biomedical engineering, the center is one in 10 that are a part of theNetwork of Physical Sciences — Oncology Centers.

The program was launched in 2009 by the National Cancer Institute to tackle challenging questions in cancer research from a multidisciplinary perspective.

“Engineers and biologists address questions in biology from completely different perspectives. By bring-

ing them together, we are able to learn from each other, to better understand the disease that has been approached and treated in some very traditional ways and, ultimately, treat it more effectively,” FischbachTeschl said.

Indeed, this multidisciplinary approach is reflected

investigate the effects of the physical microenvironment on metabolism. Specifically, they hope to uncover the connections between tumor metabolism and the physical variations caused by TNBC and obesity.

Biomedical researchers will prepare patient-derived grafts and in-vitro organ-buds with realistic microanatomy whereas engineers will focus on their microfabrication and the generation of computational models.

Once you understand the Fischbach-Teschl then hopes to investigate the formation of micro-vesicles, or mechanism well and know what fragments of plasma, from the surface of tumor cells and their metabolism-mediatenables cancer to develop, it ed changes. Another project that the team will be working on will answer a number becomes possible to interfere with of questions concerning the invasion of pretty much everything that you cancer cells from primary tumours into surrounding tissue. could have imagined ... and Although the center does not aim to develop new drugs, Fischbach-Teschl potentially even prevent the believes that existing drugs might be seen in a new light due to this new, more interdisease. disciplinary approach. In fact, as research will be conducted using patient samples Prof. Claudia Fischbach-Teschl from Weill Cornell Medicine, any findings may directly benefit their clinical treatment.

“Prevention is a part of the project. In the end, once in the experts that make up the team. FischbachTeschl, with a background in pharmaceutical technolo- you understand the mechanism well and know what gy, is well known for utilizing engineering principles to enables cancer to develop, it becomes possible to interuncover the mechanisms that drive breast cancer. Co- fere with pretty much everything that you could have director, Prof. Lewis Cantley, Weill Cornell Medicine, imagined about these mechanisms early on and potenspecializes in biochemistry and cancer biology and has tially to even prevent the disease,” Fischbach-Teschl made critical discoveries on the enzymes underpinning said.

Other partner institutions include Memorial Sloan cancer metabolism.

Combined with their colleagues’ experience in Kettering Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer advanced optical techniques, computational modelling Center and the University of California, San Francisco. and clinical activities, they hope to address major bar- The center has received $1.9 million in first-year fundriers in monitoring, predicting and manipulating cells ing from the NCI. in conditions similar to those in the human body.

As part of the center’s first project, the team will Trang Dau can be reached at tld68@cornell.edu.

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Researchers Study Social Media’s Influence on Memory Study finds that posting events to social media facilitates effective recall

By AQUINNAH WONG Sun Contributor

You probably remember that embarrassing photo you posted on Facebook last summer or the one in your family photo album with your two front teeth missing. Ever wonder why?

It might have something to do with the way these memories were shared. A recent study by Prof. Qi Wang, human development, reveals that posting personal events on social media make those events significantly easier to recall. Wang is interested in studying social cognition, specifically how memories and personal experiences help shape an individual’s identity.

As social media has become an integral part of our daily lives, Wang has been interested in finding its larger implications, including its role in selective memory.

The study, titled “Externalizing the autobiographical self: sharing personal memories online facilitated memory retention” published in the journal, Memory, is one of the first to examine social media’s effect on memory.

“When we share our experiences, we’re frequently expressing who we are as individuals and receiving advice from peers.”

Prof. Qi Wang

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Follow Me! | (Clockwise from top-left) Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

In the study, Prof. Wang and her co-authors, Dasom Lee ’13 and Yubo Hou, Peking University, asked 66 Cornell undergraduate students to recall and record their daily experiences. These events document each student’s experiences in college, such as “an argument with a roommate”, in a journal for a week.

The students were also asked to record whether they posted the event on social media. For the purpose of the study, social media includes platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and blog posts.

Additionally, the participants were also asked to rate their daily experiences on a scale of importance based on emotional and personal relevance. Finally, Wang gave the research pool a surprise memory test on what they could recall.

At the end of the week, Wang found the results to be fascinating. The recollection of events was found to

be independent of the personal importance of the event for a participant.

“Events that were reported to be posted online were much more likely to be recalled than those not posted online,” Wang said. “This is also independent of whether the participant viewed the event to be important.”

Based on the results, Wang concluded that, “as long as the events were posted online, they were much more likely to be recalled.”

Wang also noticed that the participants’ age determines how frequently they share their experiences on social media.

“In terms of sharing experiences, it is a phenomenon in all age groups,” Wang said. “But of course, age also determines how technologically savvy you are.”

Wang concluded that social media is a “powerful” tool for scientists to study human behavior.

“When we share our experiences, we’re frequently expressing who we are as individuals and receiving advice from peers,” Wang said.

Based on previous memory research, she explained, “pictures leave a more lasting impression on people’s ability to recall the event.” This means that social media posts with images could enhance memory recall.

“One picture is worth a thousand words after all,” Wang said.

In recent times, not only are we doing this in realtime by confiding in our peers, but also publishing these stories on a platform that is much more accessible to a wider public. Hence, Wang and her team were motivated to discover the consequences and benefits from modern-day storytelling on social media, when the user is simultaneously engaged, yet disengaged.

In the future, Wang and her team hope to replicate this study in a more controlled environment, to observe whether a more subtle manipulation of online versus offline posts could influence memory recall.

Aquinnah Wong can be reached at ahw75@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Crippling Failures and Lofty Peaks: This Week in Animation

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owe DreamWorks Animation an apology. Since February, I have been criticizing its upcoming movie Trolls. Between a strange visual style, a bland-looking synopsis and, worst of all, twerking trolls shouting “YOLO!” I have not been looking forward to its release, and I still dread the day I have to review it. But I have been consistently framing it as a low point for mainstream American animation.

Recently I’ve seen the error of my ways. Twerking trolls are not the worst the industry can offer.

Emojimovie: Express Yourself is the worst the industry can offer.

An emoji themed movie has been teased by Sony Pictures Animation for a little while now, and I paid little attention. When the image in this column was recently released to kick off their advertising campaign, though, the point drove home for me: this is real. This is an actual film being made. Top level executives green-lighted this production. After Aug. 11, 2017, we will live in a world where Emojimovie actually exists. Now, I don’t fear this movie just because it’s related to emojis. I fear it because of what we’ve seen so far with plot synopses and this early promotional material.

According to

CartoonBrew, the plot focuses on Gene, a “multi-expression emoji” because he was “born without a filter.” He’s joined by Hi-5 (to the right) and Jailbreak (to the left). But wait, you ask, who is that little guy sneaking in the corner? That character is named… Poop Daddy. I can hardly bring myself to say that name, and I apologize to Cornell University and this paper that it ever had to acknowledge a character named Poop Daddy. This already fatal blow aside, I have several reservations about this film.

Not even looking at the image, I want to focus on the title.

Emojimovie: Express Yourself. Sony apparently decided that subtlety was overrated; Kristine Belson, president of Sony Animation, has explicitly stated that the movie is about “self expression,” for those who don’t bother to read the two extra words. Her full statement goes, “Over six billion emojis are texted every day, and emojis have become a universal language that transcends age and culture. The power of emojis is that they allow you to express yourself in a fast and very fun way, and that is what our movie is about.” First of all, I find it laughable that they’re trying to salvage the movie’s premise by talking up the

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use of emojis, making them sound like this grand social salvation.

THEY ARE EMOJIS. They’re not going to end world hunger. We’re not going to get Daesh to lay down their arms by texting them little winky faces. If anything, ISIS is going to see Poop Daddy and hold it up as an example of how terrible our culture is. Secondly, the subtitle “Express Yourself” already insults our intelligence. They are so desperate for us to get the message, and have so little faith in our mental

capacity to do so, that they need to give the moral of the film in the title. Imagine watching A Bug’s Life: Work Together, or Shrek: Beauty Comes In All Forms or Coraline: Stranger Danger. I fully support a film having a moral or a message, but it has to organically grow out of the story. Going moral-first into a production leads to a weak plot, which makes the message feel forced and ultimately leads to its failure.

Now, let’s look past the title for a moment. After all, what’s in a name? Let’s play Sony’s game, let’s imagine a world of emojis… never an exercise I thought I’d try, but let’s do it. If they can actually establish a universe with clear rules, maybe they can pull this off. But right away, I’m confused by the main character, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you are too. A “multiexpression” emoji? What does that even mean? I’m not well-connected to pop culture trends, and I don’t even have a smartphone, but I’m pretty sure multi-expression emojis are not a thing. The fact that Sony has to so blatantly break the idea of emojis to get at a plot worries me.

For all the flak I give DreamWorks’ upcoming Trolls, they at least demonstrate they know what a troll is. An emoji-based plot may work better like this: let’s take Mr. Smiley, a happy face emoticon who lives his life in a smartphone with all his other friends. But one day he accidentally gets trapped in an email and sent to another person’s phone.

There, he meets his doppelganger, and has an identity crisis as he realizes he is just one of many happy face emojis in the world. Yes, it’s a silly plot that took me all of a minute to conjure, but it at least it doesn’t break the concept of emoticons as we know them. If I can do it, surely professional screenwriters can do better! Instead we’re getting what’s described as an “app-venture,” which means that they’re going to be hopping around different real-world smartphone apps, which means rampant product placement. At least we know where

the funding is coming from now!

I also want to touch on a controversy that I’ve heard distant rumblings on. Apparently, some people are upset by Jailbreak’s character design. On one level, it’s a blatant rip-off of Wyldstyle from The Lego Movie (and it’s pretty clear that Sony is trying to copy that film’s success). However, a number of people are crying foul that Jailbreak is the only emoji wearing clothes, while the male characters are not. I do have to admit that it disturbs me that she’s the only character who has an actual body. Gene and Hi-5 are simply their respective emojis with legs, but Jailbreak has a torso, a skirt, a beanie… it just smells rotten in my opinion. I’ll leave this issue to the more knowledgeable feminists, because I can’t articulate this issue too well myself. But I do believe something foul is afoot in this character design.

To end my column this week, I do want to leave on a positive note.

On Oct. 13, we got the online release of Borrowed Time, a short directed by Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj. They are both ani-

David Gouldthorpe Animation Analysis mators for Pixar, and they push their skills to the limit in this production. The animation looks gorgeous, taking place in the American Southwest, and the visual storytelling is of course expertly executed. What makes Borrowed Time stand out to me, though, is how it grapples with a delicate and important topic. During the seven-minute long segment, a man returns to the scene of an accident that has haunted him all his life, and the short deals heavily in the themes of loss and suicide. Coats and HamouLhadj handle the issue in a very poignant and heart-moving way which had me choking up. The two directors may be Pixar veterans, but Borrowed Time is definitely not for children. It’s haunting in the best possible way, and I consider it one of the best animated productions I’ve ever seen. Frames have been stuck in my mind all day. I hope that more animations dare to be as mature and heartfelt as Borrowed Time, and if you have time you can watch it right now on Vimeo. If you don’t have the time, make the time.

After all, it’s free to watch.

So why pay 10 dollars to go see Poop Daddy in theaters?

This column previously ran online at cornellsun.com on Oct. 21.

David Gouldthorpe is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at djg284@cornell.edu. Animation Analysis will appear alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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No Tomorrow Sees a Bright Future

BY REBEKAH JONES Sun Contributor

The phrase “you only live once” started with Drake’s song “The Motto,” and within the span of a couple weeks, it became the slogan of 2011. The basic concept was “do what you want today because life is short.”

It’s an exciting concept — suddenly all those papers and midterms seemed a little less important and living life to the fullest seemed like a better use of one’s time. It appears the CW has taken on Drake’s philosophy in their new series, No Tomorrow, which aired on Oct. 4. The show revolves around the sweet but safe Evie Covington, played by Toni Anderson. Evie’s life is great, but relatively boring as she spends the majority of it “playing it safe.” In other words, she’s too afraid to sing in public, too afraid to stand up to her terrible boss and too afraid to spend her life doing what she actually wants.

This all changes however when she meets the exciting and spontaneous Xavier, played by Joshua Sasse, who appears to have no obligations or responsibilities in his life of luxury.

He spends his days going to farmer’s markets, playing arcade basketball and trying to find ways to free his cousin from prison. Why? It’s because he is fully convinced that the entirety of the human race has exactly eight months to live. As a result, he has made it his goal to spend the last few months of his life crossing off goals of his from his bucket list. When the two meet, they complement each other wonderfully and hilariously.

Although no one else in the show has any knowledge of Xavier’s supposed apocalypse, his influence on Evie is a positive one, as she is encouraged to step out of her comfort zone and try all the things that she never thought she

would. In fact, the majority of the show is not even focused on Xavier’s insane philosophy; no one even checks his apocalypse math. Xavier’s free spirit and happiness that convinces Evie to open up a little bit. In reality, we understand that a man in his 30s with no job or goals who is convinced the world is going to end is entirely insane.

Another pro to the Xavier-Evie connection is that she influences him as well, encouraging him to choose a less dangerous lifestyle. For example, when he breaks his cousin out of prison (so he doesn’t have to spend his last eight months in jail), she points out that his recklessness affects her too, because he matters to her. At this point we see Xavier actually realize that his actions affect more people than himself. But then we also see his side of things. He explains his relationship with his daring mother. For example, when he was little, she would always take him to a cliff to dive, but he never had the courage to jump with her.

Now after she’s gone, he makes the jump, this time with Evie by his side.

Evie is supported by her two friends played by Jonathan Langdon and Sarayu Blue. They are the perfect humorous complement to her, because in many ways, they seem as reckless as Xavier, highlighting Evie’s tendency to play it safe. If the Xavier-Evie storyline is not enough for you, these two keep the show light and hilarious, as Evie’s awkward and irritating boss is completely infatuated with Langdon’s character, Hank.

As far as romantic-comedies go, the show COURTESY OF CW has an interesting plot line, giving every However, so does Evie. She calls him out on his absurd episode the opportunity to bring excitement and humor. way of living but he responds with what the writers of the If television is supposed to allow us to step out of our own show want the viewers to hear: “Some risks are worth tak- realities and step into another, this is an interesting one to ing, Evie, we all get to decide what is important to us, end experience. For an hour we can see what it’s like to live of the world or not.” Evie certainly does as the series pro- with no responsibilities and no obligations, something gresses. She has the courage to break the ties and a mar- worth looking forward to. The show non-debatably has a riage proposal with her humdrum ex-boyfriend, Timothy, lot of potential, and I for one am excited to see what’s played by Jesse Rath. And in examining Evie’s attraction next. to Xavier, even Timothy steps out of his comfort zone, piercing his ears and trying a new look. The show is about Rebekah Jones is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life exploration, no matter how silly it may seem.

Sciences. She can be reached at rj252@cornell.edu.

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arental Advisory: Explicit Content.” It’s a phrase that has embedded itself deep down in the consciousness of modern music audiences, loudly asserting itself in that black-and-white rectangle of moralism on the bottom right-hand corner of all your favorite albums.

These days, that little box garners about as much attention as the signature at the bottom of a painting, but its early years sparked a fair share of heated debate regarding freedom of expression, the role of censorship in art and good ol’ family values.

Our story begins in 1985, when one Mary “Tipper” Gore purchased Prince’s Purple Rain for her 11 year-old daughter, only to be taken aback by explicit references to sex and female masturbation on the song “Darling Nikki” (“I COURTESY OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA met her in a hotel lobby/Masturbating with a magazine”). Pictures Association of America) based on their own criteria.

Bewildered by her failure to protect young Karenna from the Bizarre moments populated the ensuing five-hour hearPurple One’s ode to consensual S&M, Gore (married, at the ing, as the most significant opposing testimony came from time, to future Vice President Al Gore) took it upon herself the unlikely team of John Denver, Frank Zappa and Dee to co-found the Parents Music Resource Center, which Snider (of Twisted Sister fame). In an impassioned speech on aimed to lobby for industry regulations that would increase freedom of expression, Denver referred to his own experience parents’ control over their children’s access to music. with censorship, recalling radio stations that refused to play Founded almost entirely by women, the 22-person “Rocky Mountain High” because they misinterpreted it as group became known colloquially and in the media as the drug-related (which, if we’re honest, it is). Ever the out“Washington wives” — a reference to the fact that their doorsman, Denver testified: “This was obviously done by spouses included 10 U.S. people who had never seen or Senators, 6 U.S. been to the Rocky Mountains Representatives and a and also had never experiCabinet Secretary. Sexist enced the elation, celebration nicknames aside, this undeof life or the joy in living that niable clout brought instant one feels when he observes attention to the cause, something as wondrous as the Really Terrible! resulting in a Senate hearing Perseides meteor shower.” for the PMRC just five And Such Small Zappa, meanwhile, took months after its formation. the opportunity to chastise Portions In the months building up the PMRC for employing to that, the group released its hit-list of the top fifteen pop sensationalist “protect the kids” songs they found most offensive — with “Darling Nikki” rhetoric, claiming that the group’s methods would result in perched right at the top. “the reduction of all American music… to the intellectual Determined not to accept any of the compromises level of a Saturday morning cartoon show.” This reactionary extended to them by the Recording Industry Association of moralism, he argued, would do little to benefit the kids and America, the PMRC demanded that retailers hold albums would prove impractical in implementation. with vulgar content behind sales counters, and that record That last bit proved the nail in the PMRC proposal’s cofcompanies print explicit lyrics visibly on album sleeves and fin, as the sheer magnitude of a complex rating system would “reassess” their contracts with musicians whose live shows prove nearly impossible to administer. In the end, the RIAA hint at violence or sex. Above all, the PMRC wanted to agreed of their own accord to develop a “Parental Advisory” establish a ratings system (similar to that used by the Motion label, leaving it up to record companies and their artists to

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determine whether or not an album warrants it. Wal-Mart seized the opportunity to prove its status as a “family-friendly” retailer, and refuse even now to stock their shelves with any records bearing Satan’s black-and-white rectangle.

Musicians ranging from the Ramones to Ice T, on the other hand, decided to wear the label as a badge of pride — an affirmation of their music’s revolutionary capacity.

Today, PAL marks can be found on everything from folk to rap albums, and have little impact on record sales or distribution. Still, the debate that started it all remains a relevant one, with its most obvious modern analogue being the MPAA. Hollywood’s self-administered ratings system purports to tell audiences which films are appropriate for different age groups, yet the divide between PG-13 and R has long delineated a troubling passivity to violence and a close-minded reproach toward anything sexual — particularly when it’s not between a man and a woman. In other words, we’re overdue for a cultural dialogue when Hollywood promotes highbody count movies like Suicide Squad to kids while labeling 2010’s Blue Valentine as “pornographic” and unfit for wider audiences because it briefly depicts a woman receiving oral sex.

Perhaps more controversially, this history of censorship debates could help to explain a generational disconnect on the topic of trigger warnings in the college classroom. Even the older guard of The New York Times readers (many of whom consider themselves proponents of social change) seems baffled by anything resembling a content label, as evidenced by the recent rash of articles concerning campus culture. In one of the more nuanced pieces on the topic, the New Yorker’s Nathan Heller conducted a series of interviews at Oberlin College, speaking with both students and faculty alike.

At one point, an English professor mentions that she and her colleagues had protested Tipper Gore’s PMRC initiatives back in the day. As a teacher, she strongly promotes the use of trigger warnings — but also stresses the need for discourse on the topic. “My students want warning labels on class content, and I feel — I don’t even know how to articulate it,” she said. “Part of me feels that my leftist students are doing the right wing’s job for it.” While that may or may not be true, there’s clearly some nuance here that’ll remain unresolved without a little discourse.

Chris Stanton is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at cms459@cornell.edu. Really Terrible! And Such Small Portions appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Cornell Rises Above.500 Record on 2016 Season

After dominating wins over Brown,6-1, and Rider, 3-1, the Red is back to its winning ways FIELD HOCKEY

penalty corners.”

Over the weekend, Cornell made a transition from giving up goals off of penalty corners to scoring on Carlson, sophomore forward Kjersti Anderson and these opportunities. This shift led to two Cornell freshman midfielder Kirsten Pienaar propelled the victories and represents the team’s constant search Red towards a 3-1 victory.

“We’ve put a lot of emphasis on really trying to for adjustments to help improve overall perforFreshman goalkeeper Maddie Henry had three get our penalty corner going. We scored a couple mance. saves in net for the Red. “I think it’s very important that we continue to goals off of [corners] that really helped us.”

A bright spot for Cornell in its games against be composed and poised in the circle,” Hornibrook Brown and Rider was the penalty corner, an area said.

Head coach Donna Hornibrook where the team has struggled both offensively and Cornell will look to build off of its momentum defensively this season. gained over the weekend when the team takes on “We’ve put a lot of emphasis on really trying to Princeton at home on Saturday. get our penalty corner going,” Hornibrook said. “We “We’ve been really focusing on trying to tighten scored a couple goals off of [corners] that really helped things up in our back,” Hornibrook said. “If you look Troy Bridson can be reached at us get our momentum going.” at the last three games we’ve let up a total of seven tbridson@cornellsun.com.

Another strong area for the Red was the defense, which limited scoring opportunities and at times pushed play from the back.

Red Tops Columbia At Home VOLLEYBALL

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The Red has experienced its share of close games this season, with six of their past eight games played to five sets. The team has made it a focus to close matches earlier, and there will be a continued focus on building mental toughness for future games.

“Definitely showing that we don’t have to go to five sets to win is a step towards working on our mental toughness,” Sganderlla said. “Doing those drills where you put yourselves in the situation to execute and showing mental toughness really showed up and helped us out today.”

Cornell will hope to continue their recent success when it travels to it next game against Yale on Friday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.

Joshua Zhu can be reached jzhu@cornellsun.com.

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United and Stoke City.

However, the list of U.S. failures is far longer, and it features players like Juan Agudelo, Brek Shea and countless others. These athletes captured national attention with big-money moves to England and were touted as the future of the U.S. national team, only to struggle in England and never fully recover. These are some of the stigmas Bradley will have to tackle while coaching in England.

Bradley’s case is a microcosm of the larger American relationship with soccer.

There are several key reasons why soccer will never be a perfect fit for the American fanbase. The game has mainly a tactical appeal — soccer haters love to talk about how some games last for an hour and a half and barely anyone scores. The tactical side of the game appeals more to Europeans than Americans.

Americans are privy to the hard-hitting battles of the NFL and the ability of superstars to dominate like in the NBA. Another reason soccer struggles to grow is the game’s start times. The

Red Defeats Columbia After Early Season Loss VOLLEYBALL

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“In the fourth set, we realized that no team is going to drop a set just because they don’t feel like playing, so we had to show up,” said sophomore Carla Sganderlla. “We knew that skillswise we were better, so I feel that just having the confidence that we had in the first and second sets led us to the win.”

Performances by seniors Alyssa Phelps and Wilson brought some notable milestones in their respective careers. Phelps’s 41 assist game helped her spring into second place on Cornell’s all-time list, moving past Vanessa Richlin '00. With 2,940 career assists, Phelps now only trails Jen Strazza ’92, who tallies 3,572 career assists.

Along with Phelps, Wilson’s nine blocks helped her move up to sixth place in the all-time list with 337 total career blocks.

Aside from the victory itself, winning in four sets will be a refreshing change for the team.

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majority of English games start at 3 p.m. local time, with one or two a few hours before or after. This puts most games on anywhere from 7 to 10 a.m. across America. While this time schedule works for Britain and also for the rapidly expanding Asian market — where these games are live in prime time — the schedule is extremely inconvenient in America.

Very few people are willing to wake up on weekend mornings to watch soccer games from England. The style of the game and odd start times are inhibiting the game’s development in the United States.

Americans and soccer have a complicated relationship, which is a timely topic of discussion in the wake of Bradley’s appointment as Swansea City manager. If Bradley fails to succeed in South Wales, then he just might be cited as a reason not to hire American coaches in the future. It is crucial for the future of Americans in the EPL that Bradley succeeds as Swansea coach.

Kevin Linsey is a junior in the ILR School. The Beautiful Game runs Mondays this semester. He can be reached at klinsey@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell Displays Dominance Over Brown,Rider The Red returns to above .500, scoring nine goals in two games

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

Cornell field hockey got back on track over the weekend with wins against Brown and Rider. In what was a dominant overall weekend for the offense and defense, Cornell scored nine and held opponents to FIELD HOCKEY goals just two.

The win over Brown (7-7, 2-3 Ivy) represents a much-needed victory for Cornell (8-7, 2-3 Ivy) in the Ivy League.

“We definitely want to make sure that we finish the season strong,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook.

“We’ve got some seniors, returners and freshman that all want to finish strong.”

Junior forward Krysten Mayers had a phenomenal game for the Red, scoring three goals. Mayers, who has had numerous two-goal performances in the past, notched her first career hat trick for Cornell, while junior back Sam McIlwrick continued her impressive 2016 campaign with a goal and an assist.

Senior midfielder Katy Weeks and freshman midfielder Maddy Conklin also had goals for the Red. The offensive explosion led by Mayers was enough for a 6-1 victory.

“Krysten is certainly one of the better forwards in the

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Trifecta | Junior forward Krysten Mayers led the way for the Red, netting three goals in the 6-1 victory over Brown. This performance was the regional All-American’s first career hat trick.

Ivy League,” Hornibrook said.

Mayers had a breakout season as a sophomore — leading the team in scoring. Mayers was named a regional All-American last season. This year, Mayers has developed into more of an all around player. “[Mayers] has had moments this year where she has played very well,” Hornibrook said. “She’s probably cre-

ated more scoring chances and had more assists than she has in the past.”

In the Rider (9-8, 3-2 MAAC) matchup on Sunday, Cornell fought back from a first half 1-0 deficit with a dominant second half. Goals from junior forward Katie See FIELD HOCKEY page 14

On Americans in Soccer Spikers Avenge LossVersus Lions A VOLLEYBALL

By JOSHUA ZHU Sun Staff Writer

After a disappointing five set loss in its Ivy League opener to Columbia, Cornell was given the chance to redeem itself against the Lions this past Sunday. And the team earned its

“I think we can still push ourselves to win a game in three sets, but we’re ... in the right direction.”

Senior Macey Wilson redemption, with a commanding 3-1 victory propelling the Red to start the second half of league play with a win. “[The win] feels amazing,” said senior captain Macey Wilson. “I think we can still push ourselves to win a game in three [sets], but we’re taking a step in the right direction, going from winning our [recent] five set match against Harvard to beating Columbia in four. It’s just a great start to our second half ].”

As a team which is traditionally strong in blocking and digging, Columbia displayed its defensive prowess early on. The game’s first play set the tone for the rest of the game with several sensational digs and almost 20 touches before Columbia registered the first point of the game.

The rest of the set featured notably long rallies, as the Red

struggled to find gaps in the Columbia defense. However, the team became more visibly comfortable as the set progressed, connecting on more spikes and pulling away to win the set 25-18.

“We were at first just being careful in playing our game,” said head coach Trudy Vande Berg. “As soon as we tightened it up, took care of that first contact, then in our offense we could set to whoever we wanted to and we could start wheeling away so they couldn’t play defense on us.”

The Red continued to look comfortable in its second set 2521 win. However, in the third set, Cornell seemed to falter, as poor late game execution and

service errors led to a 29-27 loss.

“In the third set, especially towards the end, we didn’t really execute on the little stuff ” Vande Berg said. “So stuff like passing a free ball, hitter zones, serving, or blocking correctly.

We just lost our focus and discipline and just got caught up in the frantic of the game instead of calming down and just getting back to what we’re good at.”

Nevertheless, Cornell’s momentary lapse in focus would be short lived. The Red completely dominated the fourth set to cruise to a 25-15 win, capping a 3-1 victory over its New York City rival.

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Taking a breather | Six of the Red’s last eight matches have gone to five sets. Cornell was able to finish Columbia in four.

mericans have a very complicated relationship with the game of soccer. It starts with the word itself, of course. The entire rest of the world calls the game “football,” and it makes logical sense, because players kick the ball with their feet. Putting nomenclature aside, though, there are a number of reasons soc-

American national team boss, including the 2010 World Cup. Since then, he has somewhat disappeared from the mainstream, coaching the Egyptian national team, a Norwegian team and a French second-division club, Le Havre.

He left Normandy for Swansea just a few weeks ago, and this

Kevin Linsey The Beautiful Game cer and America are an odd fit, from the style of the game to the morning start times.

Since my last column, Bob Bradley was appointed coach at Swansea City, becoming the first American coach in the 24 years of the English Premier League. On this occasion, let’s examine the challenges that Bradley faces in his new role, as well as some barriers limiting soccer’s growth in America.

Bradley is a very experienced soccer manager. The 58-year-old American has coached right here in the Ivy League, as he managed his alma mater Princeton for 12 seasons. He moved on to a couple different MLS teams over the years, eventually joining up with the U.S. national team set-up. This culminated in five years as

move has parachuted him back into the mainstream soccer world. Bradley is faced with the challenge of keeping up a Swansea squad that has struggled at the start of the season.

Besides the on-field challenges, Bradley faces the stereotype that Americans often fail to adjust in the Premier League. Because Bradley is the first-ever American manager in the EPL, there are only American players to use as precedent, who tend to have a tough time at the top level.

A few players have made it in England, like Tim Howard, Landon Donovan and Geoff Cameron, however. The three have had long careers at clubs from Everton to Manchester See LINSEY page 14