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‘Overheard’Group Evolves Into Forum For Campus Issues

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scorned the group at first, but after a few months it grew to a couple thousand people.”

Overheard at Cornell began Lee said she believes that in the fall of 2012, and since has while the group has retained its become the largest Cornell com- original purpose as a place for munity group on amusement, it has also Facebook, with almost “It’s not become a place where 9,000 members. What students could also started as a place for really meant spread news and have students to share a platform to discuss for this funny stories has important and congroup, but troversial issues. evolved into a massive hub for extra-campus “For two years or it’s not like student discussion on so it was pretty much there’s varying topics, just solid funny stuff, according to Jocelyn anywhere amusing things you Lee ’16, the group’s hear on campus. But founder and adminis- else it could last spring it picked trator. up in intensity,” Lee happen.”

“Initially I created said. “People started it with the intent of it Chris posting about the being a fun page to Gannett health fee, Anderson ’16 share and browse for social and racial issues amusement — like a like the case of Eric Tumblr for inside school jokes,” Garner, and it became this place Lee said. “I noticed that some of for people to discuss things.” my friends at other colleges had a Posts on the page during the page like this and I thought it See OVERHEARD page 4 looked fun. People kind of

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Students participate in a photoshoot hosted by Slope Media and the Every1 Campaign on Wednesday as part of an event titled “Cornell Cares: Creating a Supportive Community for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Assault.”

Cornell to Lead $5M Federal Cloud Computing Program

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer

Cornell will lead a 5 year, $5 million project sponsored by the National Science Foundation, to develop a federated-cloud system known as the Aristotle Cloud Federation, according to the Center for Advanced Computing.

“The goal of Aristotle is to reduce the time to science for researchers,” said David Lifka, the director of the Center for Advanced Computing and one of the principal investigators for the Aristotle project.

Cloud computing is a system of computing that allows users to store and process data in third-party, internet-based data centers, enabling them to access shared resources and information on demand.

According to Lifka, Aristotle will make this technology even more robust.

“Rather than wait for resource availability locally, researchers can get their work done faster by sharing resources across institutional boundaries,” Lifka said.

Lifka is partnered with co-principal investigators

Hundreds Sign Petition Calling For End to Sale of Bottled Water

By SOFIA HU

uates, faculty members and alumni.

“The majority of the responses have been positive and supportive,” Over 620 people have signed a said Hu, a member of the S.A. envipetition as of Wednesday calling to ronmental committee. “The petition end the sale of bottled water on cam- has been generating meaningful dispus, addressed to President Elizabeth cussion about tangible steps to Garrett and the Student Assembly, reduce plastic products such as disaccording to Zeyu Hu ’19. posable water bottles that enter the campus waste stream.”

“The petition has been generating meaningful The committee’s discussion about tangible steps.” petition is the latest step in a movement Zeyu Hu ’19 to end the sale of bottled water on campus The petition, which launched that began several years ago. In 2010, Monday evening, is sponsored by the the S.A. passed a resolution called S.A.’s environmental committee and See PETITION page 5 includes signatures from undergrad-

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Police Find Dead Body at Ithaca Falls Officers from the Ithaca Police Department found a dead body in the water at Ithaca Falls Wednesday afternoon, according to public information officer Jamie Williamson.

Police responded to a report of a dead body around 2:30 p.m., finding the body “in the water in a creek bed in the Ithaca Falls waterway system,” according to Williamson. The Ithaca Fire Department and Bangs Ambulance transported the body to a nearby hospital for an autopsy.

The cause of death is currently undetermined, according to police.

Additionally, the person’s identity has not been released, pending notifica-

tion of family members.

On May 12, in a separate incident, Ithaca police recovered the body of William Ruoff ’78, who died after jumping from a

ledge near Ithaca Falls. The IFD and New York State Police joined IPD in a nearly five-hour search for Ruoff.

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Police response | Ithaca police officers located a body in the creek bed of the Ithaca Falls waterway system Wednesday.

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The hearing — attended by about 80 people in Warren 45 — was held by the Board of Trustees’ Proxy Review Committee to inform the board of campus opinions on divesment.

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The board will make its divestment decision in January at a full board meeting . The review committee will on Nov. 23 report to the board’s Investment Committee, whose members wil make a final recommendation to the board shortly before the January vote.

Four members of the seven-member proxy review committee attended the hearing — chairperson Patricia Carry Stewart ’50, Student-Elected Trustee Bethany A. Dreyfus ’90, Trustee Paul Tregurtha ’58 and Prof. Ronald G. Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations.

Many of yesterday’s speakers questioned the review committee’s role in the decision-making process, and were concerned that their opinions would not adequately influence the board’s vote.

“You’ve become impotent ... the Board of Trustees is using you as window dressing,” said Prof. Michael Latham, international nutrition.

Prof. Walter Cohen, comparative literature, agreed. “The unresponsiveness of the board is structural and has not changed in the last three years,” he said.

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‘Sing Our Rivers Red’ Exhibit Honors Missing Women

By LINDSAY CAYNE Sun Staff Writer

Nearly 2,000 earrings are on display in Mann Library until Saturday as part of the “Sing Our Rivers Red” exhibition, which aims to raise awareness of the 1,181 missing and murdered indigenous women that have been taken from Native communities since 1980.

Over 3,400 earrings have been donated and collected from countries including the United States, Canada, Scotland and the U.K., exceeding the exhibition’s initial goal to collect 1,181 single earrings to represent each woman, according to Natalie Rosseau ’16. The exhibit also includes letters from the earrings’ donors, which describe who they are donating their earrings for and why.

There are now two traveling exhibits, including one at Cornell, which is brought by the Indigenous Graduate Students Association, in partnership with undergraduate organization Native American Students at Cornell.

Sing Our Rivers Red seeks to address the not often recognized issue of missing and murdered indigenous women, said Grace Bulltail, president of the Indigenous Graduate Students Association.

“It’s a space to address this problem in a more academic setting,” Bulltail said. “Also I

just wanted to understand the issues around this problem and why it’s not generally covered and why there’s a need for the awareness.”

Bulltail said she believes the “trauma” of violence against indigenous women is “a lasting problem.”

“The fact that this issue is erased along with the general history, the general acknowledgment of Native Americans — that’s something I felt that we could address just through this exhibit,” Bulltail said.

The national organizers of the exhibition asked for donations of single earrings — and not pairs of earrings — for a specific reason, according to Fred Blaisdell ’16, a member of Native American Students at Cornell.

“The idea is that if you were to find that one earring on the ground from the person that was abducted, you have one and the person who was abducted has the other one,” Blaisdell said. “There’s that connection of that one earring you found and that one earring that the person who was abducted is hopefully still wearing.”

Blaisdell said he believes that viewing all the earrings together will help represent the scale of the issue.

“It’s quite stunning when you look at the exhibit as a whole, once you consider the vast number of them in one area,” Blaisdell said. “It makes you stop and think, this is a

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One of each | In Mann Library, 2,000 earrings are on display through Saturday as part of the “Sing Our Rivers Red” exhibition, which aims to raise awareness of missing indigenous women. pretty large problem and we need to figure out what to do to stop this and our family members from abuse and murder.”

Blaisdell said he made the earring he donated to the exhibition. Having learned how to bead from his relatives in Detroit and sympathizing with family members who have been affected, Blaisdell wanted to “contribute his earring to a broader cause and broader movement.”

In addition to the exhibit, event organizers also hosted a panel and discussion Tuesday night.

“I wanted there to be more dialogue around it,” Bulltail said.

Blaisdell opened the panel with an honor song for all the missing relatives. In addition, Ithaca College dissertation fellow

“Hayley Marama Cavino, women’s and gender studies, spoke along with Prof. Lisa Kahaleole Hall, American Indian program, about the meaning behind the traveling earring exhibit and the greater problem of the missing and murdered indigenous women.

“The issue of this exhibit and the sister exhibit is about making what’s invisible visible in different ways,” Hall said.

Cavino said the earrings “have broken free to speak the unsayable, unknowable things, the very fact that they are here in this library is a triumph given the context of colonization and the silences it engenders.”

Lindsay Cayne can be reached at lcayne@cornellsun.com.

C.U.Political Union Holds Debate on Guantanamo Bay

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

Following a debate and student discussion, the Cornell Political Union voted 18-12-2 that Guantanamo Bay should be closed. The debate, attended by dozens of students, is the recently established political union’s third debate this semester.

The debate began with an introduction on the topic by guest speaker Prof. Joe Margulies, law, where he presented arguments for and against the closing of Guantanamo Bay as an academic exercise. According to Margulies, he was asked to take a stance for the debate, and his statements did not represent his

tion. Questions ranged from the answer session, students discussed own views.

“Think about what the argu- costs of operation, torture tech- the points for and against the cloments might be in favor of closing niques used on suspected crimi- sure of Guantanamo Bay. Once the students voted that their resothe base,” Margulies said. “The nals, and public scrutiny.

One student raised a question lution would be to close the first that people will raise is about the conditions. People will say the on the media, asking “What do prison, the Cornell Political Union promised to post conditions are horrible.”

Margulies continued “We feel like too often these [issues] are the resolution on their website. to discuss other argutalked about in social circles where Reinvigorated this ments such as the symyear, the Cornell bolism of the naval base and its use as a recruit- people are all of the same ... viewpoint.” Political Union is a bipartisan club on camment tool for terrorist Troy LeCaire ’17 pus that aims to hold organizations. more debates in the “There is no question that Guantanamo Bay acts as a you think of the media coverage future, according to Nathan Baker ’17, co-founder and colightning rod for al-Qaida and of Guantanamo?”

ISIS,” Margulies said.

“There was once a time where president.

“We’re basing our events on After Margulies spoke, stu- the media did a really good job,” what students want to hear, and dents were able to ask questions Margulies said in response. regarding Margulies’s presentaFollowing the question and we want to give them the ability

to have a discussion panel to discuss the pertinent issues,” Baker said.

The Cornell Political Union plans on hosting debates almost every week and posting its democratic resolutions, modeled after the Oxford Union Society and the Yale Political Union, according to co-founder and co-president Troy LeCaire ’17.

“We just want to encourage the non partisan discussion of issues because we feel like too often, these things are talked about in social circles where people are all of the same political viewpoints,” LeCaire said.

Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrudolfsky@cornellsun.com.

Group Brings Exhibition to Campus Highlighting Survivors of Abuse

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Stronger | “More Than a Survivor, More Than a Story” — an exhibition in Willard Straight Hall Art Gallery brought to campus by SASSY highlights the lives of survivors.

Aiming to raise awareness of the commercial sexual exploitation of children, “More Than a Survivor: More Than a Story” — a photo project featuring the portraits of 22 women, who are survivor leaders from across the country — opened to the public Monday in the Willard Straight Hall Art Gallery.

The exhibit has taken more than a year of effort from Cornell organization Students Against the Sexual Solicitation of Youth — also known as SASSY — and is a traveling photo project that

offers an alternative narrative for victims of commercial sexual exploitation or domestic trafficking.

At the opening reception for the exhibit, SASSY copresident Shiwani Bisht ’16 explained in her speech that the exhibit was based on “Survivor Leader Transition” or the the concept that survivors of sexual exploitation are more than their traumas.

“The women in the photograph around us are beautiful, empowered and successful people who are more than a collection of traumatic event,” Bisht said. “They have become leaders by telling their stories, sharing their growth and combating com-

mercial sexual exploitation in their own distinct way.”

Bisht then cited several examples of how the women in the photographs had overcome their traumas to become leaders in the arts, in science, in politics and even by fighting and protecting other victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

In addition to celebrating the diversity, strength and accomplishments of the featured survivors, the exhibit also aims to “inspire a tangible sense of hope and future” for other sexually exploited or trafficked women, according to a press release.

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semester have included the usual gamut of amusing comments and photos of things overheard and “overseen” on Cornell’s campus but have also centered on issues related to Cornell.

The group has been a fodder of discussion over tuition issues.

On Sept. 29, a student shared the link to Jonah OkikieHephzibah’s ’16 tuition crowdfunding campaign. Over 260 people liked the post. When a second student, Nikolai Lumpkins ’18, shared his own

tuition crowdfunding page to the group on Oct. 5, 180 students liked the post. However, his post also generated dozens of comments that criticized, supported and offered advice.

Aside from the crowdfunding campaigns, students have also shared posts about the visit of Fox News’ Jesse Watters to Cornell’s campus, “trigger warnings” for sensitive issues in class and last weekend’s vandalism of the A.D. White statue.

Chris Anderson ’16, coadministrator of the group, said that while he was at first apprehensive of the group straying

slightly from its original purpose tuition. I know that the S.A. Lee noted that a memorable of sharing overheard conversa- responded that they would take implication of the group has tions on campus, he has come to it up with Cornell’s administra- been students coming together embrace what the group pro- tion. It’s not really meant for this over similar interests and conduces. cerns.

“It started off as a “A lot of student activ“A lot of student activity wasn’t just silly little thing, and ity wasn’t just reported on sometimes I still wish reported on Overheard, but also has been Overheard, but has also it were like that, but been created and orgacreated and organized through there isn’t really nized through OverOverheard.” another hub for disheard,” Lee said. “It’s cussion on that level,” great when the group is Jocelyn Lee ’16 used as a tool and not just Anderson said, noting a page to post things on.” the large audience the Though Cornell undergradugroup caters to. “The past cou- group, but it’s not like there’s ple of months people have been anywhere else it could happen, ates dominate the group, they posting about crowdfunding and and I’m happy to keep things are not the only contributors.

Alumni, several professors and asking for help paying their like that around.” even police chief Kathy Zoner have been spotted posting on the page, according to Lee. “It’s cool to see people who aren’t a part of the student body come in and be a part of the group,” Lee said. “And when alumni initiate conversations with students, you see people who have moved on from Cornell still involve themselves in student life.”

Kae-Lynn Wilson ’13 said the most active moments on the page are the controversial ones, but her favorites are the ones that show “out of context quotes from new freshmen, visiting families and passing drunk people.”

“People love arguing,” said Wilson, an administrative assistant in the College of Arts and Science’s academic advising office. “Because the page is getting so popular and people are getting a lot more vocal about issues, conversations are spreading onto other Cornell pages, like Cornell Confessions and in person between friends.”

However, Wilson said she also believes there are some students do not feel comfortable posting their opinions and that they would prefer to do it anonymously.

Many students prefer the funny and amusing posts over those advertising events or promoting serious discussion, according to Lee. She said it is a goal of hers to keep these posts as the group originally intended, because that is why many people visit the page in the first place.

Students in the group expressed varying opinions about the page.

“I think the group is funny for the most part. Just a gag on Cornell life. It makes tough things like prelims easier, but there are often comments on things that are politically hyped up, which can drag that happy aspect down,” said Ashley Knight ’17, who once posted an overheard conversation between two students leaving a prelim.

Jennifer Nelson ’18 said she only visits the group “when I’m really bored” but likes that it provides a place for discussion.

“I think it’s funny when someone posts something serious, and everyone starts commenting and mocking it,” Nelson said. “The people you can interact with aren’t the people you interact with every day.

But if you say something someone doesn’t agree with, they’ll tear your argument apart.”

Ariel Seidner can be reached at aseidner@corenllsun.com.

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C.U.to Participate in Cloud Computing Program ARISTOTLE

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Lifka is partnering with co-principal investigators Dr. Tom Furlani, Director of the University of Buffalo Center for Computational Research, and Dr. Rich Wolski, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, both of whom he has been collaborating with for several years.

There are seven project teams outlined in the NSF proposal, which were chosen for “the diversity of their data analysis requirements and cloud usage modalities,” according to a statement from the Center for Advanced Computing. Four of these projects include Cornell faculty.

“Initially we will focus on supporting these groups and hope to both support additional groups and perhaps federation partners over the course of the five year award,” Lifka said.

The Center for Advanced Computing administers Red Cloud, a hybrid-cloud system available to the entire university research community. Users with access to a hybridcloud can install their own virtual machines, “which are essentially operating systems and software that can share

physical computers, storage and networks,” Lifka said.

The economic goal behind this model is to only buy enough computing equipment that a user community can keep busy, because idle equipment loses value quickly, according to Lifka. However he said such a tight supply can sometimes lead to bottlenecking.

“At times the local cloud resources won’t be sufficient to meet demand,” Lifka said.

Public clouds, such as Amazon Web Services, can host a user’s virtual machines and data, but are typically more expensive.

In a Federated Cloud model such as Aristotle’s, users can transfer their virtual machines and data to a collaborating institution’s resources instead of paying for access to a public cloud provider.

The initial phase of the federation is expected to go into production this coming January, according to Lifka. While all of the local cloud resources that will participate in the federation are already running, the NSF grant will provide each institution with more servers and storage resources, and work is underway to train the research groups in utilizing the federation resources.

“As required by this award, all software, tools, docu-

mentation and training materials we create to build this federated cloud will be made publically available to the national community so they can join this federation or create their own,” he said.

Currently, anyone can subscribe to use Cornell’s Red Cloud, and these users will eventually gain access federation resources. Moreover, the Aristotle team aspires to introduce this innovation to the broader research community.

“It is our hope and that of NSF’s that this will serve as a model that the national research community can adopt and enhance over time, making more computing and data analysis resources available in a very scalable and sustainable way,” Lifka said.

Paul Redfern, CAC assistant director of strategic partnerships, chose the name, invoking the philosopher who once declared that, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

“This is exactly what our Aristotle Cloud Federation is designed to provide,” Lifka said.

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun.com.

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negative stereotypes surrounding the “commercial sexual exploitation of children,” which The “More Than a Survivor: Bisht defined as a form of vioMore Than a Story” exhibit is lence involving “any sexual part of a larger campaign by the activity involving a child in Girls Educational and exchange for something of value Mentoring Services — a New to the child or another person York State organization serving or persons.” women who have been sexually Elaborating on the imporexploited or domestically traf- tance of the exhibit and the ficked — and their Survivor work that SASSY does, Bisht Leadership added in her Institute and “[Exploitation of children] speech that Resource b e t w e e n Center, which may not be easily visible 100,000 to provides surin a community, but it’s 300,000 chilvivors with who prevalent everywhere.” dren, leadership have previoustraining, a ly had a histoShiwani Bisht ’16 chance to conry of sexual nect with abuse, are at other survivors and the oppor- risk of commercial sexual tunity work toward ending exploitation a year. commercial sexual exploitation “[Commercial exploitation and domestic trafficking. of children] impacts all of us. It SASSY, which has been may not be easily visible in a working since the fall of 2014 to community, but it’s prevalent bring the exhibit to campus, everywhere,” Bisht said. “Many was founded in 2009 after sev- think this is an international eral Cornell students attended issue, but in reality it happens an Alternative Spring Break trip in the United States as well. You working with Girls Educational may not be aware that someone and Mentoring Services. After you are connected with is also a returning, the students formed survivor of [commercial SASSY. and worked to further exploitation of children.]” the Girls Educational and Mentoring Services’ mission on Andrew Lee contributed reportCornell’s campus. ing.

In particular, SASSY has focused on educating Gabriella Lee can be reached at Cornellians about and fighting glee@cornellsun.com.

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“Take Back the Tap” which recommended that Cornell take several measures towards limiting the use of bottled water on campus.

The 2010 resolution recommended that the University encourage using refillable bottles, invest in more drinking water infrastructure and take “gradual but concrete steps to end the purchase, sales, and distribution of bottled water on

campus and at Cornell-hosted events.”

“While [the] Student Assembly passed this resolution, President Emeritus Skorton left the decision on the ‘Taking Back the Tap’ resolution ambiguous and did not provide a concrete answer,” said Emily Dong ’18, chair of the S.A. environmental committee. “The Environmental Committee thinks this resolution's goals are still relevant and maybe even more so, especially with other campus sustainability groups working

on waste and fossil fuel divestment.”

The committee plans to submit another resolution to the S.A. on ending water bottle sales on campus, according to Hu. “Our hope is that the support we receive from this petition in tandem with the resolution will show the University students’enthusiasm for moving towards a more sustainable campus,” Hu said.

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

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The Quandary Of Political Diversity THE POLITICAL LEANINGS OF CORNELL’S faculty members have been the subject of scrutiny among students on campus and nationally following a Sun report that found that 96 percent of the University’s faculty who donated to political campaigns in the past four years contributed to liberal campaigns. The report came to the national forefront when Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor aired two segments on Cornell’s “liberal bias” over the last two weeks.

Cornell professors speculated a number of reasons as to why their colleagues are flooding the left with political donations. Some proposed that career path trends generally see fewer conservative individuals seeking work in academia, while others suggested that rhetoric of the Republican Party is “anti-scientific” and not appealing to a research institution. Nonetheless, the University faculty’s left slant places Cornell in a quandary: If Cornell does not consider political tendencies throughout its hiring processes, how does it attract more political diversity to the Hill?

This is not the first instance in recent memory when Cornell’s political leanings came under scrutiny: A 2012 study conducted by The Sun found that only one professor in the Department of Government was a registered Republican in Tompkins County, while the rest of the department members registered in the county totaled 21 Democrats. At the time, the chair of the department argued that such difference between the number of political affiliations was not detrimental to students’ education because the faculty members approach political science “as an empirical science.”

Yet research shows that a lack of diversity can bleed into one’s work. A study published in January in the Journal of Behavioral and Brain Sciences found that there are approximately 14 liberal social psychologists for every conservative one. The authors highlighted a survey that showed scholars were also less willing to hire a conservative individual than a more liberal person. In an op-ed for The New York Times, Arthur Brooks suggests that this lack of diversity can result in unintended biases that occur when reviewing research.

The study goes on to argue that “increased political diversity would improve social psychological science by reducing the impact of bias mechanisms such as confirmation bias, and by empowering dissenting minorities to improve the quality of the majority’s thinking.”

No short-term solution exists for the University’s predicament,what some call Cornell’s political diversity problem. Rather, addressing ideological diversity will require a cultural shift across the University. If Cornell’s commitment to diversity is meant to be broadreaching and all-inclusive, then Cornell’s colleges must scrutinize this issue to attract minds from across the political spectrum to ensure students on the Hill are receiving a well-rounded education.

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will begin by acknowledging that I’ve always struggled with math and science courses. I don’t know whether it was my difficulty with the subjects that led me to hate them, or my hatred towards the subjects that caused me to suffer. Either way, these courses were never my forte. When I was in elementary school, I looked forward to art class the most. I waited for the time of day when I was free to draw or paint or sculpt.

My school also had a project where kids could write short stories and complement them with hand-drawn illustrations.

Parent volunteers would bind the finished product for the students so that we would have a physical copy of our work. I think I wrote over 10 different stories during my time there. Instead of entering science competitions, I was submitting my artwork and writing. Basically, I loved anything that allowed me to create.

Fast forward to high school. I learned fast that taking an A.P. course in biology, statistics, chemistry or physics gave a student an advantage over someone who decided to take an A.P. course in English, art history, government or a foreign language. Suddenly you were “smart” if you were interested in biology and knew you wanted to be a doctor someday. Suddenly you “had your life together” if you knew you would take the pre-med track in college. As one who can’t tell you the difference between the Krebs Cycle and the Calvin Cycle, I definitely fall into the sociallyconstructed category of someone who doesn’t have their life figured out. I enjoy reading and writing poetry. I loved working in an arboretum this year and taking care of plants. I spend hours in art museums because I am utterly intrigued by artwork and its history. In other words, the things I enjoy doing and the things I believe are worth pursuing are deemed “unemployable” by many people.

How is this stigma fair?

In a January speech focused on aligning job training programs with employer needs, President Obama said, “I promise you folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree.” This statement brought about a burst of angry responses from art historians all across the United States. President Barack Obama even wrote a handwritten apology to Anna Collins Johns, an art historian at University of Texas, who took offense over the dig he made at art history majors in his speech. I believe the apology was well-deserved.

According to The Telegraph, nine percent of the world’s billionaires studied an arts subject while at an university, while

eight percent studied economics, four percent studied math and sciences and three percent studied finance. Thus, some of the worlds’ wealthiest people studied the arts over more “practical” topics, and were successful nonetheless.

Contrary to popular belief, art history majors are able to find jobs: the senior vice president of a top fashion company, Sara Dennis, explains that “majoring in history art allowed me to relate to and understand the psychology of the creative mind.” Jamie Crapanzano, the manager at Guggenheim Partners said, “My art history education was the first step in training my eye to recognize the recurring signatures of price movement in the financial markets.” Kelly Sortino, who worked for Google and the Boston Consulting Group, explained, “I’m convinced that being an art history major helped me stand out as an applicant to Stanford Business School. Since then [...] no one [has] batted an eyelash that I didn’t pursue a more ‘practical’ major.” Art history majors gain a plethora of important skills employers value, such as strong writing skills, problem-solving and decisionmaking, as well as broad historical and cultural knowledge. The ability to view things from a different perspective — not only an art history perspective, but a humanities one in general — is an important trait to have in the work force.

Employers are constantly looking for new ideas and ways to innovate.

I acknowledge that there is a distinction between pursuing one’s passions and finding a job that guarantees money and stability. But there is nothing wrong with merging your love for something with your major. A lot of times, graduates who stick with “safe” majors report lower rates of job satisfaction. And if a job is something you are stuck with day after day and month after month, is it worth it to settle? For some, maybe it is. For others, it absolutely is not.

If you know you want to go into medicine or law or economics or engineering — good for you. There is nothing wrong with knowing what you want to do and going for it. But for the rest who are merely searching for a major that will land them a successful job, nothing is guaranteed in the workforce. What truly matters is gaining skills, having knowledge and being able to apply that knowledge. If you truly love your major, then that will come easily. Remember: English, art history, government and other humanities majors are just as important as everyone else.

If you know you want to go into medicine or law or economics or engineering — good for you. There is nothing wrong with knowing what you want to do and going for it. But for the rest who are merely searching for a major that will land them a successful job, nothing is guaranteed in the workforce.

Gaby Leung is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached atgl376@cornell.edu. Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Kevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

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t is now November. In this column, I could choose to partake in the endless speculation about the presidential election. However, rather than writing about something that won’t occur for another year, perhaps it would be more productive to think about the past year. With less than two months left in 2015, what has changed in America?

I could talk about the recent two-year federal budget agreement, or maybe the nuclear deal with Iran. To be certain, these are significant changes in national policy, and their importance should not be understated. But their effects seem distant to the average American. To find a truly significant change, it is necessary to look elsewhere.

In my opinion, the most groundbreaking development of 2015 is undoubtedly the national legalization of marriage equality following a landmark decision by the Supreme Court. In any context, this would be an historic story. Yet it deserves particular attention because of how rapidly this change came about. The first state to legalize same-sex marriage was Massachusetts in 2004. Just 11 years later, equal marriage is the law of the land in all 50 states.

As we consider this rapid progress, we should also draw attention to the overwhelming social acceptance of this decision. Yes, Republican presidential candidates were predictably outraged. And yes, a certain Kentucky county clerk made news headlines over the terrible oppression of, well, having to do her job. But the fact that she received so much attention is notable in itself. By-andlarge, even in the most conservative areas of our country, the new rule of mar-

riage equality was recognized.

This didn’t just happen. The campaign for marriage equality was built upon decades of setbacks, hate and oppression. Nonetheless, despite seemingly insurmountable opposition, the LGBTQIA+ rights movement has never backed down from the fight for equality. It has been waged in the courts, at the ballot box, the workplace and perhaps most of all, among friends and family. The success of this effort stands as a shining example of the possibility for change in America. Looking at what has already been achieved by the LGBTQIA+ rights movement, how could anyone say that progress isn’t possible?

But as we celebrate, we must recognize that victory in the battle for marriage does not end the fight for equality for the LGBTQIA+ community. We must recognize the severe inequalities that continue to exist in the law and in our society. And we must take note of our failures.

On Tuesday, Houston residents voted on the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance. Often known as HERO, this measure was designed to prohibit discrimination on a wide variety of personal characteristics, including race, age, disability and most controversially, sexual orientation and gender identity.

The opposition to HERO was vociferous, relying on conspiracies and fundamental misconceptions of what it would do. Critics of the law repeatedly raised the example of predatory men using the non-discrimination law to infiltrate women’s bathrooms. Despite no evidence of this problem ever occurring, anywhere, this transphobic line of attack came to dominate the debate over HERO. The facts didn’t matter — indeed, their entire

campaign of opposition was built on the foundation of fear and ignorance.

It worked. In one of the country’s largest cities — with an openly lesbian mayor, no less — the public rejected HERO by a double digit margin.

The defeat of HERO is a prominent example of how the fight for LGBTQIA+ rights is far from won. In a majority of states and localities, there are no laws against discrimination of LGBTQIA+ individuals. This means it is legal to fire someone for identifying as gay, and perfectly acceptable to prohibit service to a transgender man or woman.

These are fundamental protections — the basic ability to earn a living and participate in your community — denied purely on the basis of bigotry.

We must reject the thinly-veiled arguments against non-discrimination laws — cries of how they represent so-called ‘special privileges’ for LGBTQIA+ individuals. The truth could be no farther. New anti-discrimination laws would merely extend current protections, closing a gap in the law that directly targets LGTBQIA+ Americans.

We must accept that LGBTQIA+ rights are not limited to the right to legally marry, but also include the right of queer people to live and work safely. Further, we must recognize the intersections of income, race, sexual orientation and gender identity. We can celebrate the increasing prominence of transgender Americans, such as Caitlyn Jenner, but it is difficult to truly equate the experience of a wealthy, white transwoman with that of an impoverished transwoman of color.

All-in-all, we must embrace a more expansive conception of the issues facing the

LGBTQIA+ community, as well as how these problems are exacerbated by continued poverty and racism. What about homelessness among LGBTQIA+ youth? Educational institutions that are unaware, and even hostile, to the particular concerns facing LGBTQIA+ students? The continued prevalence of the HIV/AIDS crisis? Higher rates of poverty, mental illness and abuse among the LGBTQIA+ community? These are only a few examples of the problems that the movement must turn its energy toward.

In 2016, we will see a lot of coverage about meaningless controversies, gaffes and speeches. It is my hope that LGBTQIA+ Americans will not grow complacent. We need a federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. We need increased acceptance and protection for transgender Americans. And we need public policy that addresses the unique concerns of LGBTQIA+ Americans, especially those of color and those in poverty.

I hope that this is made clear to elected officials and candidates across the country.

The movement for LGBTQIA+ rights is far from over. All of us — gay, straight, white, black, cisgender, transgender — should continue to speak out, campaign and vote. We have seen the incredible potential for change in this country. May we take note of these victories, acknowledge our failings and remain dedicated to the pursuit for true equality.

Kevin Kowalewski is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at krk78@cornell.edu.

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THROWDOWN THURSDAYS Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

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The Need to Reform Social Security

f I were to make rank the important areas of my life in order, Social Security would probably rank around what I had for breakfast yesterday –– and I’m sure most people from my generation would feel the same. Social Security is a convoluted, esoteric idea that fails to cross the minds of America’s youth.

Yet for millions of Americans, the program is their only means of income –– and for many more, the safety net of a Social Security check is a key component of their retirement planning. Today, however, the guarantee of that check is not so clear, as questions surround the solvency of the institution.

When President Roosevelt implemented Social Security in the late 1930s, the program was envisioned essentially as a retirement savings plan –– whatever you contributed would later be returned in the form of retirement benefits. The plan was also economically feasible, as there was a highly favorable 37 to one ratio of workers to retirees. Furthermore, the program only covered those who were age 65 and above.

Considering the average lifespan was 61 during the 1930s, there wasn’t a vast abundance of retirees to suck up Social Security benefits. Of course, the institution wasn’t perfect, as most women and minorities were not covered under program. Nevertheless, the social safety net helped to lift millions out of the desolation of poverty (and I’m not usually one to praise the programs of FDR).

While Social Security was a well-organized system in the 1930s, the program’s original practicality has vanished. The original concept of Social Security focused on saving individual payments for monthly disbursements to the original contributor after retirement. In essence, Social Security operated similarly to a modern 401K plan. Unfortunately, this concept of savings has vanished. Instead of saving individual installments for later use, the government immediately redistributes the payments to the program’s current recipients. Thus, the government is only focused on spending for current retirees

— and is failing to save for future retirees.

The economic feasibility of the program has also vanished.

Today, the ratio of workers to retirees has precipitously declined to three to one. Certainly, this is not the fault of the government, as Americans are having less and less children. However, the government has done little to account for the changes in life expectancy. Currently, the retirement age still stands at 65 years old –– yet the average life expectancy has exploded to 79.

The combined failures of the modern Social Security program have taken a massive toll. Currently,

While Social Security was a well-organized system in the 1930s, the program’s original practicality has vanished.

Social Security costs the United States $860 billion –– nearly a quarter of the federal budget. At the same time, the program’s recipients can only expect to receive 75 cents of each dollar they put into the system. If nothing is done to fix the growing problem in the near future, the program will be bankrupt by the mid 2030s.

This vision of Social Security is unacceptable. From a purely pragmatic standpoint, the program’s exploding costs have greatly contributed to the nation’s exploding deficits and insurmountable debt. From a more personal standpoint, the failure of Social Security threatens to destroy an institution that is relied upon by millions of Americans.

Certainly, doing nothing is not an answer. As of now, not a single Democrat has proposed a substantive solution to the ballooning problem. In fact, whenever anyone proposes a

solution, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) inundates the airwaves with advertisements that attack attempted reforms. Thankfully, several Republicans, including New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Ohio Governor John Kasich and Florida Senator Marco Rubio, have proposed plans to help keep the program solvent.

In my view, the first major step that must be taken is an increase in the retirement age –– preferably to 68 or 70. Yet this increase must be phased into the system, as any changes in the program should only occur for those who are under the age of 55. Furthermore, the retirement age cannot immediately jump from 65 to 70. Instead, a gradual shift from 65 to 70 over the course of several decades must be implemented to allow the population to adjust. Certainly, there are concerns that increasing the retirement age would be dangerous for industrial workers (for fear that older individuals would not be able to handle several more years of hard labor). However, the average American does not retire exactly at the Social Security age, as the median age for retirement is 62. Instead, people carefully plan out their retirement, and a gradual shift in the retirement age would allow for this careful planning.

Surely, the government must enact reforms beyond increasing the retirement age. In my view, the government should reduce benefits for wealthy seniors and allow younger people to opt out of the program. But most reform plans (including the famed bipartisan Simpson-Bowles plan) claim that an increase in the retirement age must be the first step in maintaining the institution. However, if we continue to simply stare at the problem and do nothing, we can say goodbye to Social Security.

Michael Glanzel is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at mg786@cornell.edu. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Food at Ithaca’s First Wizarding Weekend

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any event is mouth-watering delicacies, I couldn’t help but notice what some younger wizards clutched in their hands: butterbeer! I promptly asked them where they got this iconic Harry Potter drink. Made of cream, sugar and butter, it is a very popular drink in the wizarding world, served at pubs, inns and Christmas parties. House elfs have a

ting at the Leaky Cauldron, enjoy a cup of butterbeer with friends while people-watching and speculating about Vol demort’s return.

While fantasizing, I got in line for a cup of the said butterbeer. The vendor serving it was the Star Truck. Instead of serving it from the truck window, they had set up a streamlined station i n

n Saturday as I left my apartment for downtown Ithaca, I fully expected my witch’s hat to be blown off by the chilly wind of Ithaca autumn. Mercifully, the wind abated. Wizarding Weekend was finally here.

When I arrived downtown, hundreds of Ithacans dressed up as wizards, fantastic creatures and students of magic were already there. The hosts, Press Bay Alley and Life’s So Sweet Chocolate, had transformed the area into an amalgamation of Diagon Alley, PHOTOS BY JADE SONG / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Hogwarts and Hogsmeade.

Following the instructions of a friendly adult witch, I squeezed through the crowd to reach the Gryffindor common room. The Marauder’s Map I picked up listed all the magical businesses participating in the event.

After scanning the events of the day, my friend couldn’t Magical food | Vendors at Wizarding Weekend wait to first get her patronus offered self-serve pumpkin juice, as well as drawn by artistic wizards, “Mrs. Weasley’s Magic Chili.” watch a quidditch game (the broomsticks are attached to electric bikes), get a signed propensity to get drunk under front of the truck, churnadmissions letter from the influence of butterbeer, as ing out not only butterbeer, Hagrid, participate in a duel it is slightly alcoholic, though but other Harry Potterand cap off the day with a the renditions offered at this inspired foods as well. The snapshot of herself in costume event were not. Seeing the line continued to form behind at the “Pensive.” drink brought me back to me, all in anticipation of the As a foodie whose focus at childhood daydreams of sit- magical liquid that heals you and cheers you up.

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and a smiling witch. She ladled its contents and poured it into a small paper cup. The price per cup was two sickles, or, in muggle currency, three dollars. Just looking at it

excited my imagination, creamy on top but dark and translucent at the bottom. The cup was so hot that it scalded my hand, but I managed to take a sip.

What touched my tongue was a warm, smooth taste that lingered even as the refreshing taste of cream soda swelled up.

After the event, when I went online to search for a recipe, I came up with a variety of results. It seems that there is no limit to what you can get from a cup of butterbeer. For example, you could add rum extract, or different types of spices ranging from nutmeg and cinnamon to herbs and chilis. You could even serve it cold during summer. But in any recipe, sugar and butter are a must for this hot drink.

Speaking of hot drinks, Star Truck and other food vendors — Collegetown Crêpes and Press Café, for example — served a variety to the muggle-wizards who visited Diagon Alley on Saturday.

There was one vendor selling

“potions,” or what some might call hot apple cider. For those disregarding the cooler weather, Star Truck was also serving iced pumpkin juice, which tasted like apple cider with pumpkin spice in it.

For a meal to accompany these delicious drinks, a variety of comfort foods were available.

My sweettoothed friend got a crêpe, while I went for hot chili with corn chips on top.

After walking around the event, we sat on a bench and talked while sipping butterbeer, as she told me how amazing it was to s e e Dumbledore and Voldemort and to take pictures with Hagrid.

After a meal, there is nothing better than rewarding yourself with some sweets. For W i z a r d i n g Weekend, Press Café was serving pumpkin pastiles, chocolate cookies and all sorts of Halloweenand Harry Potter-themed foods. I lapsed into another daydream while munching on a pumpkin-flavored cookie.

The whole atmosphere reminded me of Halloween season in Harry Potter, especially the first Halloween feast at Hogwarts, when little Harry, for the first time, sees tons of delicious things served at once. Living with Uncle Vernon and Aunt Pecunia, these foods had been denied to Harry. Aside from these sweets, the chocolate frogs and the Every Flavor Beans served at Life’s So Sweet Chocolate reminded me of the times when Ron shared his collection of chocolate frogs with Harry while on the train to Hogwarts — the start of a lasting friendship.

For Harry Potter fans like me, Wizarding Weekend was not just a reenactment of scenes from a favorite read. It also offered good food that reunited fans with the world of Harry Potter. If this event becomes annual, I will surely be there again in the future.

Qijia Yu is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at qy28@cornell.edu.

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Max Van Zile Elaenia is the full-length debut of English DJ Sam Shepherd, known as Floating Points, who had released a few minor projects in the dance scene and who has reportedly spent five years crafting this album. The finished product was worth the effort.

In its complexity, ambition and technological pulse, Elaenia sounds like music of the future. It is difficult to pin down a genre — although most transparently associated with electronic music, it undoubtedly includes elements of free jazz and the compositional rigor of modern classical. Its best moments, like the soaring strings-and synths climax on “Silhouettes (I, II, and III)” and the hypnotic echo of “Argente,” are absolutely beautiful.

Shepherd’s technique is to layer keyboards, drums, strings and massed vocals in complex, wordless sequences. The music is often very minimal, and long passages are devoted to one musician playing, quietly.

He says it was conceived as one 42-minute piece of music, and Elaenia reflects his intention. Themes fade in and out, and the transitions are so seamless that the album sounds more like one long groove than a series of isolated tracks. However, it has a distinct rise and fall: after the ambient opener “Nespole,” the album is bookended by two standout full-band pieces that surround more quiet, abstract tracks.

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absolute must-hears for any music fan. “Silhouettes (I, II, III)” is a long showcase that moves through several sections, with a lovely string section and complex, jazzy drumming. “Peroration Six” is a slow build that ends the album on an intense climax. The track begins with a distant, repeating synth note, then continues to add in new elements until the roaring jam abruptly stops. The three dissonant, rising notes that play right before the album ends seem to imply a building out of control, as if the album collapsed on itself.

Shepherd is an ingenious creator of sounds. He has a Ph. D. in neuroscience, he’s an accomplished multiinstrumentalist, and the album cover was created with a harmonograph he built from scratch. His influences are vast, obscure and wide-ranging, and evidence of his intelligence and work ethic are all over Elaenia, in the complexity of the sound and its technical skill.

Despite its status as electronic dance music, Elaenia displays an old-school appreciation for great live performance, in particular, the drums, which are simply some of the sickest I’ve heard this side of Neil Peart. In fact, Elaenia would benefit from more rhythm throughout; the album’s best tracks involve drummers Tom Skinner and Leo Taylor. Without them, the middle of the album can bog down into

Beach House “Elegy to the Void” In keeping with their signature ethereal, dreamy soundscape, Beach House’s new single, “Elegy to the Void” captures the whimsical duo’s melancholy vibe while at the same time bringing a quizzically spiritual tone to their gloomy subject matter. Perhaps a little less “moreish” than some of their more well known songs, the single seems to be a tentative probing of a re-conceptualized voice the group is trying on.

It is sad for the sake of being sad, without any addictive breaks or more upbeat insertions. Stretching a long seven minutes, the song begins with a brooding and somber build up: Victoria Legrand gently crooning ominous imagery. Playing with themes of temporality and earthy incantations, the song toys with the dualism of the sacred and the profane. With references to “the altar,” “extinguished “flames” and a “freckle faced young virgin,” the song is almost spell like. The lyrics eerily create a dark dimension in which morbidity is tied to religious idealism, ultimately pointing to the ever-looming presence of death marked by the tick tick tick of the clock. The song is bleak and depressing to the point of being a little exhausting. However, the lyricism is stunning and poetic. While enchanting and lovely, this single is to be listened to carefully. Potent in its mournfulness, it gives the listener the sinking feeling that they are going under, spell-bound, “deep beneath the waves.”

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At a time when rap is dominated by different shades of negativity, from Drake’s depressed narcissism to Odd Future’s void-staring nihilism, Chance is refreshingly positive. “Angels” is yet another Chance song that is joyful and optimistic without being sappy or corny, featuring some of Chance’s most exuberant rhyming since 2013’s Acid Rap supported by a slang-laden hook from fellow Chicagoan artist, Saba. “Angels” makes good use of Donnie Trumpet, the trumpet player in Chance’s touring band and collaborator, The Social Experiment. As always, Donnie Trumpet’s supremely melodic riffs and fills add a natural flavor to the intricate production.

“Angels” is a love letter from Chance to his hometown, overflowing with slang and shout-outs. His ebullient performance on Late Night with Stephen Colbert also featured a group demonstration of footwork, Chicago’s signature and homegrown dance style. However, even for those of us not from Chicago, “Angels” has plenty of love to offer.

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But really, Elaenia demands to be listened to all at once: in the context of the album as a whole, the slow passages become meditative rather than boring. The muted refrain of “Thin Air” echoes a similar melody, played on lush synths, on the song before it, and “Elaenia” morphs into a slow, dark lullaby. It’s rare for music this ambient to be this compelling — like a 42minute dream sequence. Often, it even evokes emotion — this is certainly true of the downcast “For Marmish” and the beautiful heights of “Silhouettes.”

Shepherd is nominally a DJ, yet the music isn’t very danceable. Though it often maintains a rhythm, there are many long, quiet moments of stillness. It’s not hooky or catchy, nor is it meant to be; evidently the work of an exacting, precise composer rather than a beat-slinging clubber. However, Shepherd’s aesthetic could use refining — if the album could sustain the quality it hits during its peaks for the duration, it’d be a classic. Nonetheless, Elaenia can be appreciated for its complexity and sublime moments by any music listener regardless of personal taste — a sure sign of a great album.

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Cornell Takes Hollywood SUN: What were some of the challenges and highlights of your internships?

MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

Cornell grads make it in Hollywood? And how! The Sun had the chance to chat with recent graduates Jesse Turk ’14 and Carol Bass ’14, both of whom were active in the Performing and Media Arts department and are alums of the Cornell in Hollywood internship program. Turk and Bass have now started their LA-based careers in the entertainment industry and had much to say about how Cornell in Hollywood helped them do it.

THE SUN: What was your experience in Cornell in Hollywood? Who was your mentor, where did you live, where did you intern, did you have a car?

CAROL BASS: I participated in Cornell in Hollywood twice. My mentor was screenwriter Andrea Berloff, who was extremely supportive and gave great guidance. My first internship was at Di Novi Pictures, where I lived in Santa Monica and did not have a car, opting to walk to work. The second time, I interned at Avalon Management, lived in West Hollywood, and did have a car. Unless you live walking distance to work and don’t mind being isolated, I would absolutely recommend a car.

JESSE T URK : I worked for TV and film director, Elizabeth Allen doing a variety of things for her including prepping pitches, setting up casting calls and meetings, sitting in on phone calls with agents, producers and talent, editing her director’s reel, setting up her social media, doing research for potential projects, visiting studio lots and even making my own short that Liz critiqued. She was an unreal boss who I am still in touch with and very much look up to.

My mentor was Chris Deckard who works at ICM (a literary and talent agency). He is still a good friend out here and had a lot of good advice on ways to get ahead in the industry and the best ways to navigate a pretty path-less industry.

I lived in Encino in the Valley. Kind of far out, but since Liz (Allen) worked out of her house and was living in Studio City it wasn’t that bad. I did have a car. I highly recommend having a car, even a smelly old rent-a-wreck like I had.

C.B.: The challenges of my internships often revolved around learning the etiquette of each office setting and adapting to differing standards. At Di Novi, they are very specific about what you wear and how you act, whereas Avalon is incredibly relaxed. Highlights include reading classified scripts, helping cast roles in films, filming auditions for clients, giving notes on writers’ pitches, and sitting in on television read-throughs.

J.T.: Not knowing what might come next each day.

Working for someone on the creative side can be very unpredictable, but you learn to roll with the punches and take each day as it comes. It made me a lot more flexible.

Highlights were making my own short with Liz’s guidance and meeting amazing people through that. Also just the various people Liz set us up with to meet like her very successful writer friend Gary Hurwitz and actor Shiri Appleby (star of Lifetime’s UNREAL).

SUN: How do you feel your Cornell in Hollywood experience prepared you or acted as an important building block for your career?

C.B.: Before Cornell in Hollywood, I knew very little about the complexity of this industry and had no connections. Through my internships, I made immediate connections and received my first production assistant jobs, which led to making even more connections and being given more jobs. I’m now able to work freelance in production because Cornell in Hollywood gave me a foot in the door.

J.T.: Without Cornell in Hollywood I wouldn’t have had any idea how to get going in this industry. It can be unforgiving in its lack of clarity and to have a steady base of people that I knew already and a job under my belt made all the difference. The education you get both formally through seminars and informally through hands-on work, even the boring day-to-day stuff is what help me know how to differentiate myself when looking for a job and ultimately allowed me to get hired very quickly at an agency.

SUN: What is your advice to any incoming students regarding the Cornell in Hollywood program? Why should they do it and how can they best utilize it?

C.B.: Work hard, be kind and don’t complain.

Everyone starts from the bottom, which is not glamorous; however, when the people above you like you and see your positive work ethic, they want to help you. You can aid your happiness and fulfillment by researching the companies before you apply. I personally loved the amount of scripts I was able to cover at Di Novi, but other interns complained the entire summer about wanting an internship that was more hands on. Choose your internship wisely and then make the most of your time there by soaking up as much as possible and keeping an open mind.

J.T.: Don’t just apply to the big name places. Do real research on the companies and think about where you might learn the most, not just what might look all shiny on your resume. Everyone has a sexy resume out here. Be the one who knows more, works harder and wants it the most. Be the one who has taste and is willing to stand out.

Be the one who will stay late and do what others won't. Be patient and realize that you are now at the bottom of an industry of people with HUGE egos at the top.

Recognize your place and don’t expect anything to be handed to you. You are not special because you went to a good school or have a good GPA. Half the executives in this town didn’t even graduate. It’s about knowing how to work well with others, work harder than everyone else and be able to be a person that other want to work with/hang out with/get drinks with/spend hours and hours in a writers room or editing suite with.

Cornell in Hollywood will provide you with people and resources that very few people have access to. We are people you can trust intrinsically which is incredibly hard to come by in entertainment and we will advocate for your interests.

We are not counselors and will not hold your hand, but we will help push you to see whether this industry is right for you (it's definitely not for everyone) and if so, be the community you can have when you move out here.

Mark DiStefano is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun.com.

The Spectrum of Genre

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ike most, my tastes in music have shifted dramatically throughout my life. I remember receiving my first C.D. — the beginning of my navigating through music. I was five at the time and my parents got me Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time, a classic pop album that I’m sure all millenials are more than familiar with.

My dad, a jazz and classic rock aficionado, exposed me to Steely Dan and The Eagles, but I spent most of my early youth situated in the pop sector. I had nearly every NOW C.D. on the market, and for the most part, I found new music through compilation C.D.s and movie soundtracks.

I was once a very genre-obsessed person.

I appreciated my confines, as they gave me an identity. I could say I was an “Emo kid” because all of the bands I listened to shared a set of conventions that allowed them to fall into that category. They featured singers with flippy hair and somber souls, tracks dominated by power chords and disconsolate screamers. The lyrics were morose and melodramatic, speaking of lost loves and the

turmoil of merely existing, and early adolescent me identified strongly with these artists. The genre was more than a music style: It was a way of life. I wanted nothing more than to fit in with its customs, wearing layers of dark eyeliner, band tees and skinny jeans, and trying but failing to get my hair to look like Haley Williams’.

I spent hours trying to master Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf’s scream, procuring many sore throats in the process.

After Emo, I went indie. This transition began smoothly, as I found artists that dipped their toes in both the Emo and Indie genres. Daphne Loves Derby was one of my favorites, as they toured with many of the traditional Emo bands, but their sound was far softer and more melodic. I found other bands like Deas Vail and Copeland that also filled this niche, and before I knew it, I was in the real Indie Rock territory. Death Cab for Cutie and Coldplay became my go-to’s.

I also discovered quainter, quieter artists like

Gregory and the Hawk and The Colorful Quiet, who guided me to sleep and offered me momentary serenity. The acoustic guitar became my companion, and I’d routinely fall asleep to the finger picking delicacies and simple harmonies of these indie collectives.

It’s interesting to imagine a time when genre was my “everything,” and I looked for bands that devotedly adhered to their respective generic conventions. Today, very few of the bands I listen to actually accomplish this. Rather, I specifically look for artists that create distinctive mosaics out of many styles.

Most of my playlists are d i v e r s e enough to keep me interested, and while my Millenial favorite bands Musings h a v e remained constant for something like 6 years, I often discover innovative artists that impress and intrigue me. Musicians like Lianne la

Anita Alur

Havas, who integrates elements of jazz, rock, R&B and pop, have altered my perception of my own tastes. There’s no genre that fully encapsulates her music, yet she remains one of my newfound favorite artists.

With that, I really don’t believe in generic classification. Genres are designed to make our lives easier in terms of navigating through the ever-expanding universe of music, but in many ways, I see them highly limiting. Back in my days of genre adherence, I missed out on a great assortment of artists, keeping my mind and tastes limited to what I knew I enjoyed. I used to dislike it tremendously when I asked people what kind of music they liked and they’d reply with the resounding “Everything!” While I’m as picky as ever, I can confidently say that the music I listen to is immensely more varied that it used to be. I still have room to grow, and styles that I have yet to explore, but I’m more willing than ever to do so.

Anita Alur is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at aalur@cornellsun.com. Millenial Musings appears alternate Thursday this semester.

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“How we respond after two losses will say a lot about our overall team personality,” Fischer said. “We still have a lot to play for. One of our goals is to finish in the top half of the Ivy League. Prepping for this game requires more focus on us and keeping in mind that this season isn’t over yet.”

Head coach Patrick Farmer said this game could play a big role in determining where the Red finishes in the Ivy standings this year, so this game carries a lot of weight. The team can still finish as high as third and as low as sixth in the Ancient Eight, according to Farmer.

Even if the team finishes sixth, it’ll mark an improvement in the program. In the past 15 years, Cornell hasn’t ranked higher than seventh. Farmer is still optimistic and said he thinks the team deserves to finish in the top half of the league. This has been an exceptionally successful season for the Red, and Farmer said he expects to see the same level of play in this last game as he has all season.

“I am hoping that the team can rise to the occasion once more this season after all the good things they have accomplished,” Farmer said. “Although it is only some ‘numbers,’ I think we deserve to be in the top half of the Ivy League based on their overall season and I expect they will point at that as a proper benchmark and really attack this last match of the season.”

Anna Fasman can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

A Braun and Puig Trade Makes Sense for Everyone ELDEN

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amount of value that he provided during the 2012 season according to Baseball-Reference’s WAR statistic. Braun is guaranteed exactly $100 million over the next five seasons.

Yasiel Puig’s fall from greatness was almost as sharp and poignant as Braun’s. He proved to be nearly as valuable in his 2014 season as he was in his 2013 season but was plagued by clubhouse quarrels.

He got into fights with veteran pitcher Zack Greinke, who is one of the most interesting personalities in professional sports, and infielder Justin Turner over minor issues. His perpetual lateness and perceived lack of work ethic irked teammates. A book about the Dodgers by Molly Knight states that Dodgers clubhouse manager Mitch Poole gave him the uniform number 66, short for 666. He is disliked by many of his teammates, coaching staff and other team personnel for his entitled attitude. His 2015 season was both mediocre statistically and plagued by injury.

Braun and Puig are two former stars who have fallen from grace through very different paths. Both players have potential to carry a team, and both players are struggling in their current situations.

The Brewers have finished at least eight games back in their division for the last four seasons. Their farm system is largely mediocre, and their major league roster is aging. There is little hope for reaching the playoffs next season. The Dodgers have made the playoffs in each of the last three seasons. They have poor team chemistry but an asinine amount of money and a lot of minor league talent to fuel annual playoff runs.

A team like Los Angeles does not need a personality like Yasiel Puig in the clubhouse. Losing Puig could be a case of addition by subtraction if the clubhouse atmosphere improves without him. A rift between Puig and long time Dodger Matt Kemp led to Kemp’s trade to the rival Padres, and a similar rift between Puig and outfielder Andre Ethier is developing. Yasiel Puig would represent a beginning of a new era in Milwaukee. It would help take some media spotlight off Puig and allow him to integrate more peacefully onto a quieter team.

I would propose a swap of Yasiel Puig and minor league pitcher Grant Holmes in exchange for Ryan Braun and reliever Will Smith.

Braun is making significantly more money than Puig, although money to a team like Milwaukee means more than to a team like Los Angeles. In addition to massively slashing payroll, the Brewers would add a player with exceptional talent and a fixable attitude problem, as well as a top prospect to help fortify a weak farm system. Will Smith would immediately slide into high leverage situations in Los Angeles, a team that finished eleventh in the National League in bullpen ERA. Ryan Braun would replace Puig’s production and provide a veteran presence in the clubhouse to replace Puig’s cancerous personality. This is a change of scenery scenario that could benefit all parties involved.

Noah Elden can be reached at nee5@cornell.edu. His column will appear throughout the semester.

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Red Closes Season With Clash Against Dartmouth

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

Cornell field hockey will face Dartmouth on Saturday at 1 p.m. for itslast match of the season. The Red is looking to finish second in the Ivy League. Cornell is currently in third place behind Penn and No. 20 Princeton.

Cornell (10-6, 4-2 Ivy) lost a tightly contested match with Princeton (9-6, 6-0) last Saturday, 4-0, falling short of the team’s season goal of winning an Ivy League title.

Princeton’s goalie had a fantastic match, denying several key scoring opportunities for the Red. “It was a disappointing loss. We give full credit to Princeton,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook. “We’re now focused on finishing second in the standings.”

“Princeton had a strong press that put us under a lot of pressure in the first half,” said sophomore midfielder Sam McILwrick. “We weren’t able to develop a flow in the game.”

The Ivy League does not have a tournament for field hockey, so the standings at the end of the season determines the winner of the league.

“I’d love to see a tournament, but unfortunately we don’t have that luxury,” Hornibrook said. “We play every team in the Ivy League once, so we have to make the most of it and be prepared.”

According to Hornibrook, Cornell is not taking its matchup with Dartmouth, (7-9, 2-4) lightly. The Green has had an up-and-down year that has landed them sixth in the standings. Cornell focuses on strong weeks of practice and solid preparation to ensure the team is ready to go for each game.

“We know that we’re going to be in a battle every Ivy League game,” Hornibrook said. “Dartmouth is a very clean team. They can put some goals on the scoreboard and they’re always competitive.”

Hornibrook stressed the importance of each player focusing on her own responsibilities, but also stressed that the team needs to make sure to play as one cohesive unit.

“We need to be very disciplined in our play,” Hornibrook

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End goal | Sophomore midfielder Sam McILwrick and Cornell look to secure second place in the Ancient Eight this weekend. said. “We need to move the ball where the space is.”

The team is determined to have a nice performance in its last game of the season. The leadership from the senior class has been outstanding this year. Team captains Marisa Siergiej and Taylor Standiford have provided leadership both on and off the field. Siergiej has been a force offensively and defensively for the Red, while Standiford has facilitated play in the midfield.

Senior forward Katie Garrity has provided the Red with strong, experienced play at the forward position, while senior goalie Elizabeth Schaeffler has had an impressive

Cornell career, contributing in each one of her four seasons for the Red. The Red is focused on establishing strong execution in all parts of its game on Saturday against Dartmouth, according to McILwrick.

“We’re hoping to bring all aspects of our game together and play well to send off our amazing seniors,” McILwrick said.

Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun.com.

Secondary Scoring Will Be Crucial for Men’s Ice Hockey O ver the years, Cornell men’s hockey has become one of the best college programs in the country, with two national championships to its name. Most successful teams rely on strong offenses led by stellar skill players, but as I contended in last week’s piece about the power play, this has never been the case for Cornell. The Red has always employed a defense-first strategy, never focusing on racking up goals. Therefore, while other legendary college hockey programs like North Dakota churn out goal-scoring forwards like Jonathan Toews, Cornell produces NHL-caliber defensive forwards. Colin Greening and Matt Moulson are two recent examples of the typical Cornell

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Sophomore scorers | The line of sophomores Trevor Yates (above), Jared Fiegl and Alex Rauter will become more important this year.

contribution to the NHL. So what does this mean for 2015? In one sentence, it means that Cornell needs to develop a productive offense; they cannot simply rely on an offense-bycommittee approach like the one that struggled last season. The Red needs to establish a reliable line that scores often, a second line that scores occasionally, and two supplementary power forward lines.

This is an approach that head coach Mike Schafer used to great effect last weekend in two games against Niagara.

This past weekend, junior center Jeff Kubiak and his freshman wingers Mitch Vanderlaan and Anthony Angello combined for four goals and four assists. This scoring line is not made up of proven scorers for Cornell. Kubiak only scored two goals for the Red in his past two seasons on East Hill before he netted two tallies on Saturday night. Angello picked up his first career goal on Friday, blasting in a one-timer. Vanderlaan lit the lamp on Saturday, jamming home a loose puck from point-blank range. These three displayed strong chemistry this weekend and were rewarded by Schafer with plenty of ice time.

The other lines played with the work ethic Schafer demands of his players. In particular, the line of Trevor Yates centering Jared Fiegl and Alex Rauter impressed on the forecheck. Their desire to win the puck back was relentless and unwavering, even when Cornell possessed a big lead. These three sophomores only combined for two goals last year, but all three can step into larger roles this year.

The line of Christian Hilbrich, Jake Weidner and Teemu Tiitinen emphasizes Schafer’s hard-nosed style of hockey.

Senior wingers Hilbrich and Tiitinen know Schafer’s system; Weidner, a junior, has the best playmaking ability on the team. Schafer is likely placing the team’s

best chance-creator with two seniors that know his style, hoping Weidner can pass to the two wingers in scoring situations.

Tiitinen, in particular, will be one to watch this year. He struggled with injuries last year and did not score any goals. He is capable of playing a central

ond line with offensive potential.

Secondary scoring has proven to be important, time and time again, in both the NHL and college hockey. If your top players have an off night, these players need to step up. Expect coach Schafer to mix and match players on this line the

Kevin Linsey for Full Court Press role in his senior season if he stays healthy and earns more ice time.

Another line combination on Saturday was clearly intended to produce secondary scoring. Left wing Beau Starrett, center Eric Freschi and right wing Matt Buckles all are capable of scoring goals. Starrett is a highly heralded freshman, a third-round draft pick by the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks. Freschi, a junior, doesn’t score too often, but scored two of the biggest tallies of last season: the overtime winner against Clarkson at home and the game-winner versus Harvard at home. Buckles, a junior, is the team’s best shooter and scored eight times last year. This line will be invaluable when it comes to producing secondary scoring.

The most significant line, in my opinion, is Starrett-Freschi-Buckles. Freschi was the only one to notch a goal over the weekend. This line plays the extremely important role of secondary scoring. The talented scoring forwards cannot carry the entire load for a team; one does not see Harvard or Yale relying on only one line for offense. To match those teams in offensive efficiency, Cornell needs a sec-

most; sophomore Dwyer Tschantz and senior John Knisley, both currently injured, may play on this line when healthy.

Obviously, Schafer can and will change the composition of his forward lines. After all, the lines are one of the most influential ways a coach can change the game. Yet, we can infer from his line choices early in the season what characteristics he wants in each group. Kubiak, Angello and Vanderlaan have been reliable offensively, and the two other lines provide Schafer’s trademark defensive focus.

In the end, though, will the second, third and fourth lines score the goals needed to win games? Early signs, albeit against inferior opponents than the Red will face in its ECAC schedule, indicate that there will be a more balanced scoring approach from Cornell this season.

When the puck drops against Princeton on Friday, the onus is on Cornell’s lower lines to provide secondary scoring.

Kevin Linsey is a contributing columnist for The Cornell Daily Sun’s sports blog, Full Court Press. He can be reached at klinsey@cornellsun.com.

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CROSS COUNTRY

C.U. EndsYear With Big Green

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Sports Editor

Despite the unseasonal warmth this week, winter is still on the horizon and fall sports are wrapping up for the year.

Cornell women’s soccer will play its last game of 2015 this Saturday against Dartmouth (7-4-4, 0-3-3 Ivy) after a disappointing loss to first place Princeton (13-3, 6-0). While the Red had the chance to upset the Tigers and threaten their first place standing, Princeton was able to clinch its No. 1 spot and the Ivy NCAA tournament bid with a 2-0 win over Cornell (9-3-4, 2-3-1).

However, rather than dwelling on the loss to Princeton, the women have shifted focus to this weekend’s game against the Green.

“Moving forward, we’re looking to win our last game against Dartmouth,” said senior captain Charlotte Tate. “We still have the chance to be one of the top few teams in the conference and that is a great source of motivation. We'll focus on fixing some mistakes we made over the weekend and continue to train hard for our last week.”

Dartmouth is currently tied for last place in the league with Yale, so while the win is not a sure thing, the Red stands in a favorable position to succeed against the Green this weekend. Additionally, Cornell was able to take the win last time it met Dartmouth out on the field.

“Last year, we beat Dartmouth at hom’e on our senior day,” said senior captain Shanay Fischer. “I’m expecting this to be a tough game. Both teams want to win the last game

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Coming to a close | The Red can end the season with its best finish in 20 years with a victory over Dartmouth. of the season and end on a positive note. They’ll definitely want some revenge, so we have to show up and battle and prove that we’re the better team.”

However, while the Red took the win last year against Dartmouth, the Green was able to earn a tie against secondranked Harvard in its game last weekend. Coming off a solid performance against a successful team, Dartmouth enters this weekend’s game with momentum and motivation for the win.

“Dartmouth is coming out of a 1-1 tie with former Ivy

League champion, Harvard, so we know we have to put nothing but our best foot forward this weekend to get a result,” said junior goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney.

In terms of preparation for their last game, Fischer said that the women have to focus on their mental game and understanding that just because the season is coming to an end does not mean that the team can become complacent in its play.

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VOLLEYBALL

Women to Take On Dartmouth,Harvard

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer

On its last regular season weekend away from Cornell, the volleyball team will face the Harvard Crimson on Friday in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then travel up to Hanover, New Hampshire, to face the Dartmouth Big Green.

“Last time we played Harvard and Dartmouth, we were able to stay up with them, despite coming up short,” said freshman Carla Sganderlla. “This is our last away game for this season, so we are

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Ballin’ out | Cornell will play Harvard in a rematch of last year’s close defeat.

going to go out there and execute the game play against both teams. We know that by doing so we can go 2-0 this weekend.”

After this past weekend, Cornell enters the match against Harvard 6-14 record overall, including a in-conference record of 2-8. Harvard enters the match with an 11-9 record overall and 7-3 in the Ivy. The Crimson is currently at the top of the Ivy League standings, but the Cornell players are confident that this match is anyone’s game, according to junior middle blocker Macey Wilson.

“The league is so close that anyone can beat anyone on any night and I think that has really fueled us to work harder to win,” Wilson said.

Last time the Crimson met the Red, it was mid-October at Newman Arena.

The game was incredibly close, and Cornell took the visiting team to five sets. The first two sets went to the Red, 25-22, and then 25-14. The three sets after that were all within two points, but Harvard came out on top with scores of 25-23, 26-24 and the tie-breaker with a score of 15-13.

A big player for the Crimson in its last meeting with the Red was libero Sindhu Vegesena. She had 31 digs and proved to be the difference in the last three games, each won by just two points.

To beat her this year, setter Alyssa Phelps and the front row will have to dial in. Getting just twelve blocks as a team in the last match, Wilson said Cornell has to focus on defense in the front row.

“I think we really need to work on our blocking,” she said. “That could be a huge asset for us and give us an edge.”

On Saturday, the Red will go up to Hanover to face the third-ranked team in the Ivy League, Dartmouth. Currently

Dartmouth is 6-4 in the Ivy League, tied with Yale in the standings. At the last meeting, Cornell hosted the Big Green for the Dig Pink fundraiser benefiting breast cancer, but couldn’t clinch the match, losing 3-1. Once again, the Cornell team started off strong, winning the first set 25-22. In what has become a pattern for the Red, the opposition dug in and came back strong, winning the next three sets 25-21, 25-16 and 25-20.

The Dartmouth front row proved formidable, notching 51 kills compared to Cornell’s 44, for a .270 kill percentage.

The serving game was also a deciding factor for the Big Green, which put up 11 aces compared to Cornell’s four. Big names for the Big Green last match were hitters Emily Astarita, Kaira Lugan, and Morgan Dressel, who hit with a strong .615 kill percentage.

Coming off a win last weekend, the women know they can stay with anyone.

“The win against Brown was great, but we know that we will need to work just as hard this weekend and next weekend to finish out the Ivies,” Sganderlla said.

Head coach Trudy Vande Berg said she is confident the Red can come out victorious.

“I don’t think we will have to change our strategy much for this weekend,” Vande Berg said. “We will continue to put our team in pressure situations so we continue to get better at staying disciplined, focused and composed. Both teams are having a great season, we will have to do all of those things to win but I feel that we are playing our best volleyball of the season. I’m excited to get there.”

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

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Let’s Make A Trade

n June 2012, the Los Angeles Dodgers made an under-the-radar move to sign a young Cuban outfielder by the name of Yasiel Puig. He was signed to a seven year contract worth just over $40 million. For comparison, the Dodgers’ 2015 payroll topped $300 million. Puig spent the remainder of the 2012 season as well as the beginning of the 2013 season in the minor leagues. He performed remarkably well in the minors, prompting a

Noah Elden If I Were G.M. promotion to the majors in June of 2013, almost exactly one year after signing. In 104 games, Puig put up an impressive slash of .319/.391/.925 with 19 home runs. He captivated the media, reinvigorated the Dodgers’ fan base and carried the Dodgers to the playoffs.

Meanwhile, Milwaukee Brewers star outfielder Ryan Braun was serving a 100-game suspension (which made him ineligible for about two thirds of the season) after getting caught using performance enhancing drugs, lying about it and then getting caught lying about it. He was coming off back-to-back seasons in which he finished in the Top-2 for the National League MVP award. In 2014 and 2015, Braun’s performance declined sharply. In the two and one third seasons after returning from his suspension, he provided the same amount of value that he provided during the See ELDEN page 14