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Adderall Use on Campus: AWay of Life for Some Cornellians talk benefits,risks of unprescribed drug use

By AIMEE CHO Sun Senior Writer

Editor’s note: Because using Adderall without a prescription and distributing the drug without a license is illegal, the names of students interviewed for this story have been changed to protect their anonymity.

Matt stared at the small, oval-shaped pill in his palm, having promised himself he would never resort to this.

It was 7:45 p.m. on a Sunday night, and he had a six-page paper and a computer science project — none of which he had started — all due the next day. His best friend had always raved about how much these pills helped him focus, so Matt had bought one off him for $5.

After a deep breath, Matt swallowed the pill before he could change his mind.

r “I neve bout a worry getting in .” trouble

“I felt l m y wo i k e had to rk perfec be t.”

At Cornell, some students who want to accomplish a large “She w amount of work in a a short amount of makin s gb time or stay awake — hun ank turn to Adderall — dreds commonly referred o f dollars to as “addy” — a prescription stimper mo ulant used to nth.” treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Lacking prescriptions for the drugs, these students often get them from friends who have obtained ADHD diagnoses and Adderall prescriptions.

Although the practice is illegal, 6.7 percent of Cornell stu-

“I wen t from knowin nothin g getting g to an A.”

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Customers Evacuate C.U.Refuses to Investigate Reynolds Wegmans After Fire

Cynthia Reynolds, the current academic programs coordinator in the School of Applied Engineering Physics, was implicated for her involveThe University will not conduct a separate inves- ment in the report conducted by former federal tigation as to whether the Cornell employee impli- prosecutor Kenneth Wainstein. The investigation alleged that cated in the Reynolds was University of responsible for North Carolina’s “This is not something that telling a colacademic scandal is happened at Cornell and it league the grades fit to work at athletes needed Cornell, President wouldn’t be appropriate for me in order to pass David Skorton said to try to initiate an investigation.” the class and in an interview remain eligible with The Sun last President David Skorton to play. week.

Weeks later, An investigation released Oct. 22 revealed details of the scandal at President Skorton, in an interview with The Sun on UNC, where thousands of students — mostly ath- Wednesday, said the University would not conduct letes — were funneled into bogus classes and an investigation into Reynold’s role in the scandal, required to write a single paper that would automatically receive a high grade.

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By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

Customers shopping at the Ithaca Wegmans Friday evening were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out near the front entrance, according to the Ithaca Fire Department.

Firefighters were called to Wegmans, located off of Route 13, at approximately 6 p.m. after a malfunctioning heating unit in the ceiling above the main entrance

caught on fire, according to the IFD. Upon their arrival, firefighters shut off gas to the heater. No injuries were reported.

The store reopened 30 minutes after the New York State Electric and Gas Corporation checked the utilities, according to the fire department. The heater will be shut off until it is repaired on Monday.

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

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IFC Faces Criticism After Sexual Violence Video

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Staff Writer

An Interfraternity Council campaign, involving sexual violence and alcohol education training and an accompanying video, has garnered criticism from several Cornellians, who argue that IFC’s steps did not fully address the problems of sexual assault on campus.

The unanimously passed resolution will require all chapters to tackle issues of alcohol and consent education through in-house trainings with at least 75 percent

chapter attendance. The video, which has since been taken down from the IFC website, features fraternity brothers affirming the resolution’s stance, as well as providing statistics on sexual assault.

Despite IFC’s intentions to tackle sexual violence, Alex Gremillion ’18 said the video “completely disregard[ed] the voices of victims.”

“The halfhearted, misleading statements made by the presidents don’t do anything to affect any real change. You can’t use a Band-Aid when you need an amputation,” Gremillion said.

“The oppressive presence of fraternities on campus and the institutional violence, sexism, racism, classism and queerphobia they bring need to be gotten rid of, not given a P.R. spin and a pat on the back for pretending to care.”

Emma Court ’15, president of the Every1 campaign, a photo campaign that aims to increase awareness of consensual sex and sexual violence, said that the IFC should not be praised until the new resolution is fully implemented.

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S.A.Mental Health Event Provides Peer Discussion

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By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer

Students gathered Sunday for the second annual CUnique conference, an event aimed at celebrating neurodiversity and de-stigmatizing mental health on campus.

The conference was organized by the Community Life Committee of the Student Assembly, which aims to improve campus and residential life for students, according to Kritika Oberoi ’16, a member of the committee.

According to Emma Johnston ’16, College of Arts and Sciences representative for the S.A., the program set HALEY VELASCO / SUN EDITOR IN CHIEF out to educate students about mental health.

The Hangovers, an all-male a cappella group, sing ‘Stronger Than Ever’ during their 35th annual Fall Tonic concert in Sage “Our goal is to help people understand that it’s norChapel Friday. mal to feel stressed and okay to ask for help,” said Johnston, another member of the Community Life Committee. to reduce stress, such as taking purposeful breaks, engag- formed on that basis of the discussion that took place. In The program featured two speakers, some perfor- ing in self-reflection and creating digital boundaries to my opinion, conversation that results in tangible change mances and a discussion at the end. is very valuable.” disconnect from technology.

The first speaker was Randy Patterson of the Cornell Carolina Bieri ’16, an attendee, agreed that the dis“In addition to our physical bags, we have what I like Healthy Eating Program, who spoke about eating disor- to think of as our invisible backpack. This is where we’re cussion was helpful, especially for reducing the stigma of ders and the bio-psycho-social model of factors that con- carrying things like our deadlines, our concerns, our mental illness. tribute to unhealthy eating habits. She also discussed dif- expectations for ourselves and our stress,” Ellman said.

“I think there are more people on this campus strugferent ways of addressing eating “[At Gannett] we talk about gling with mental illness than many of us realize,” Bieri issues. taking purposeful breaks. said. “If we work towards achieving open-mindedness “Our goal is to help people “I talk to people all the time What we mean by this is about these issues and realize that they are not as abnorwho come in and say, ‘I am terriintentionally putting down mal as everyone thinks, then maybe we can help make understand that it’s normal fied for my friend, I don’t know the stress of your invisible things less of a struggle.” to feel stressed and okay to backpack and doing some- Bieri added that the discussion was successful in what to do,’” Patterson said.

“When talking to a person who’s showing that mental health issues affect all kinds of comthing rejuvenating and fun.” ask for help.” struggling, I have found that it’s Oberoi pointed to the final munities, “no matter where you come from or who you most helpful to really think segment of the conference, are.”

Emma Johnston ’16 about eating behavior as so not “I have also gone through some rough times myself where participants broke into about food, [and] so about an small groups to discuss mental and know that it would have been a lot easier had I emotional reality … and suffering that’s there.” known that I wasn’t alone in what I was going through,” illness, as the most successful element.

The second speaker, Stephanie Ellman, a public “People were touching on some key mental health she said. health fellow from Gannett Health Services, spoke about concerns in different communities and developing soluthe different resources available to students at Cornell. tions for them,” Oberoi said. “A member of the Student Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at She also discussed preemptive measures students can take Assembly spoke to me about resolutions that could be sgrinspoon@cornellsun.com.

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Cornellians Paddleboard Down Erie Canal for Pollution Research

By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Staff Writer

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HanChum, Cornell’s traditional korean dance team, hosts a free public Korean dance workshop on Saturday in Willard Straight Hall.

Seeking to research plastic pollution in the Erie Canal, two Cornellians began paddleboarding from Ithaca to Albany on a 10-daylong expedition Sunday.

The expedition is part of a project that began in early 2014 called Plastic Tides, which aims to raise awareness of plastic pollution through research and outreach. As part of this mission, team leader Christian Shaw ’13 and videographer Gordon Middleton ’14 are studying microbeads — small plastic beads often found in exfoliating cleansers or other cosmetic products — in the Erie Canal’s waters.

Microbeads are often washed down drains when products containing the beads are used and can seep into waterways, where they are detrimental to aquatic life, according to Shaw.

Plastic Tides is hoping to use this expedition to find out how contaminated the waterways are by analyzing water samples.

“These plastics essentially act like a sponge and accumulate toxins,” Shaw said. “Toxins are [in the Canal] in very dilute amounts; these little pieces of plastics soak that up and concentrate it.”

Shaw and Middleton are completing their entire journey from Ithaca to Albany on two stand-up paddleboards, according to Shaw.

They are carrying all 10 days’ worth of food with them — much of it from their sponsors, Cliff Bar and Backpacker’s Pantry.

“We’re going to be camping on the river, and we can actually sleep on the boards,” Shaw said.

According to Shaw, the ultimate goal of the expedition’s research is to end the use of microbeads in consumer products.

“We’re pushing for really strong legislation to get those microbeads banned from products,” Shaw said.

According to Shaw, the footage of the expedition will be recorded by Middleton and produced into a video series or documentary for the Plastic Tides website to raise awareness for plastic pollution.

“We are a media organization at the heart,” Shaw said. “We create media to generate awareness, and along the way we do research.”

One of the expedition’s main goals is to garner support for a petition being circulated 5Gyres, an organization that supports campaigns for clearing the planet of plastic microbeads. The petition asks signers to support “local, state and national bans” on microplastics in “all consumer products wherever they are used as additive that can enter our environment.”

This expedition will be the second for Plastic Tides, which completed a similar project in Bermuda earlier this year, according to Shaw. Though the organization was founded less than a year ago, Shaw says it has increased its research capacity and expanded outreach efforts to several local schools and programs.

Still, Shaw says that he has high hopes for the organization’s continued growth.

“Our goal is to keep doing bigger and better expeditions and going into more remote places,” Shaw said.

Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun.com.

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Gannett:Unprescribed Adderall Risky;Use Low at Cornell ADDERALL

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dents reported having used a prescription stimulant without a prescription in order to “enhance academic performance,” with 4.6 percent saying they had done so during the 201213 academic year, according to data from the Fall 2013 Alcohol and Social Life Survey.

Buying ‘More Time’

For some, using Adderall has become a lifestyle that students say provides them with a competitive edge.

“I felt like my work had to be perfect. I was in the zone; I was wired like no other,” Matt said. “At one point I was doing a group project, and I was getting mad that we weren’t working fast enough.”

Adderall also “provides a significant advantage in terms of the amount of stuff that you can do in a day,” according to Scott, a computer science major.

“I can’t just sit at my computer and code for six hours straight on things that I want to do [without Adderall,] so taking it helps me stay up and running and [functioning] on very little sleep,” Scott said. “And then I catch up on sleep on the weekends.”

For others, however, Adderall allows its users to keep up with the workload at Cornell. James said that he uses the prescription drug to “buy more time.”

“I literally would have gotten a zero,” he said of a test for which he took Adderall to study. “It kept me up all night and I studied the entire book. I went from knowing nothing to getting an A.” Risks, Dependence and Side Effects

Despite all the purported benefits, taking Adderall or other stimulants unprescribed comes with a great deal of risk. There are several possible side effects: heart palpitations, an increase in blood pressure, muscle twitching, tremors, seizures, headaches and insomnia are just some of many, according to Laura Santacrose, health initiatives coordinator for Gannett Health Services.

Adderall works by stimulating the central nervous system, allowing the user to focus and stay awake, and is a Schedule 2 drug, having “a high propensity for use, misuse and dependence,” Santacrose added.

Another risk of taking Adderall without a prescription is that students do not know what dosage they should be taking, according to Santacrose.

“Over time you need a higher dose because your body adjusts. What might be appropriate for one person who has been taking it for a long time, might not be for someone who’s never had it before,” she said. “And without having that consultation with a provider, you miss out on the opportunity to have the conversation about possible dependence.”

Santacrose added that students also cannot predict how the Adderall might interact with other medications or drugs that they are taking.

Leah, who took Vyvanse, a stimulant similar to Adderall that is also used to treat ADHD, said she took 150 milligrams over the course of two days. The standard dose for a first-time user is 30 milligrams, according to clinical studies.

“I needed to pass my multivariable calculus final, and I hadn’t gone to any of the lectures. I stayed awake for 72

hours. I started convulsing, and I was shaking and nauseous Administrator Mary Beth Grant J.D. ’88 said sanctions at the end. Afterwards, I fell asleep for a solid 24 hours,” “depend on individual circumstances,” but selling would Leah said. likely result in a suspension or expulsion.

“I won’t be doing Vyvanse again. I passed my final “Even using could result in a suspension or expulsion though, so that’s all that counts,” she added. under some circumstances,” Grant said.

In addition to all the health hazards, another risk with Despite the possible consequences, several students have Adderall is that the user will become fixated on the wrong said obtaining Adderall without a prescription is easy and task, according to Santacrose. inexpensive. Scott, who buys Adderall “There’s no guarantee when you from his friends and has taken it every “You can definitely get an take it that you will focus on your studweekday since the beginning of the ies. Whatever people find first, they entire semester’s supply for semester, described it as “relatively will focus on that. One person took it less than that of a parking cheap.” because they wanted to write a paper, “You can definitely get an entire spot at Cornell.” but they spent all the time on researchsemester’s supply for less than that of a ing rather than writing,” she said. “It’s parking spot at Cornell. It’s like the Scott, an anonymous student not the number of hours [that matprice of two textbooks,” he said. ters], but how you use that time.”

James, who has used Adderall Echoing that sentiment, Sophia unprescribed about five times, said he said the first time she tried Adderall, it “wasn’t actually help- always has friends within a close distance from whom he ful.” can buy whenever he needs, for as little as $5 per dosage.

“I actually spent a lot of the time watching makeup tuto“It’s ridiculously over-prescribed. A ton of people have it rials on YouTube because I got so focused on them,” she who don’t need it,” he said. said.

Last year, Gannett filled over 1,700 prescriptions — which does not translate to 1,700 patients — for ADHD Overestimated Usage medications such as Adderall, Ritalin and Vyvanse, accordOverall, however, students overestimate the amount of ing to Tracey DeNardo, head pharmacist for Gannett.

Adderall use on campus, according to Santacrose, who The State of New York has a computer system that added that overall usage of unprescribed Adderall on cam- allows pharmacies to ensure patients do not buy more than pus is “very low.” their prescribed dosage of ADHD medications, according “There are pockets of high use among certain social to DeNardo. groups, which can make students believe the prevalence is “ADHD prescriptions can only be filled for a 30 day higher, if they’re hearing it in their own social pocket,” she supply, so the pharmacist must log into a special New York said.

State system to see if or when the patient has taken similar Two examples of the high-use groups are white male stu- medications. If it’s too soon to refill the prescription, or if dents with lower GPAs, as well as students who have a his- there are any other problems, then the pharmacist will contory of drug and alcohol use, Santacrose said. tact the prescribing clinician,” DeNardo said.

According to the Fall 2013 Alcohol and Social Life surStill, Andrew, whose ex-girlfriend sells Adderall, said he vey, students in the School of Hotel Administration have thinks people with ADHD can afford to part with so much reported a higher usage rate than students in other schools: of their medicine because prescriptions come with more 10.3 percent of hotel student respondents said they had medication than necessary. used unprescribed stimulants to enhance academic perfor“They give you a ridiculous amount of medicine — way mance in the past year. The College of Engineering and the more than you need,” he said.

College of Human Ecology had the lowest reported use rates, 3.7 percent and 4.3 percent respectively.

‘I Never Worry About Getting in Trouble’ Students involved in Greek life on campus are also much Despite the risk of suspension or expulsion, students more likely to use Adderall and other stimulants unpre- have said that they are not worried about getting caught scribed — 9.6 percent of Greek respondents reported doing because they claim there is no way for administrators or so in the past year, as opposed to only 3 percent of non- police to know if someone has taken Adderall unprescribed.

Greek respondents, according to the survey.

Matt said that the first time he tried Adderall, he “knew Leah, who is in a sorority, said she feels there is a “higher nothing was going to happen” in terms of getting in trouble. proportion of Greek students” that take stimulants unpre“The second the pill is in my body, it would be unreascribed. sonable search and seizure if the police were to drug test me.

“You tend to be focused on [Greek life] and then finals Unless I’m driving or causing trouble, they would have no come around and you’re screwed,” she said. reason to believe I was on anything,” he said.

Andrew said that his ex-girlfriend sold Adderall “mainly Scott said that the only situation he “could possibly foreto sorority girls” for “obscene amounts of money.” see” for getting caught would be if he got pulled over and “Lots of people came to her because they had heard the police searched his car. about her. She was making bank — hundreds of dollars per “That’s an unrealistic thing. There’d be no reason for a month,” he said. cop to ever search my car or my bag,” he said. “I never worry about getting in trouble. The way it’s done, it would Severe Punishments never happen.”

For students who sell or use Adderall or other stimulants illegally, the punishments can be severe. Judicial Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun.com.

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Cornellians Skeptical Of New IFC Campaign IFC

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“In the past, when the IFC has tried to implement anti-sexual violence education and required certain levels of attendance, the houses that did not meet this standard were not punished, and the men that did attend the workshops were disrespectful and did not give the speaker their full attention,” Court said. “It is very likely the same will occur with this new policy, unless the IFC makes a concerted effort to enforce this.”

Jevan Hutson ’16, a brother in the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, said that while the video and resolution is a “step forward beyond a lot of other interfraternity councils,” it is not the best way to actively target sexual assault.

“[The resolution] views sexual violence as an event to be dealt with, not a culture that is intrinsic to fraternity life.”

Tyler Lurie-Spicer ’15 “Quite frankly, if you’re really going to prove to people or perceptively show people that you’re wanting to make a difference on this issue, a video shouldn’t be the first step,” he said. “It should be doing programming that tangibly infiltrates houses to some degree and behavioral change.”

Hutson, who is also the creative director of the Every1 Campaign, added that he thinks the IFC and its alumni association are primarily worried about liability rather than actual issues of behavior.

“They’re not interested in actually solving the problem of people sexually assaulting others, like violating the autonomy of other people’s bodies,” Hutson said. “It’s like, ‘Well, these fraternity brothers are a liability, and we don’t want to get in trouble. Let’s make ourselves look good, and let’s try to push this and absolve ourselves of this problem,’ which is really the issue.”

Noah Tulsky ’16, a brother in the Delta Chi fraternity, said he thinks it is unrealistic to expect IFC to regulate all of the fraternities on campus.

“What it comes down to [is that] the IFC is a collective governing body; they receive the power from the fraternities within it,” Tulsky said. “They can only do so much. In terms of changing culture, they can only encourage people to talk about it. … They are being proactive in a sense that they are trying to get a dialogue started.”

Tyler Lurie-Spicer ’15, however, said the existence of fraternities and “bro-culture” directly leads to incidents of sexual assault and that neither the video nor the resolution properly takes that into account.

“The ‘problem’ [IFC is] trying to address is not rape culture, but rather the repercussions that have been enacted upon them,” LurieSpicer said. “So having a video affirming their innocence and ‘ally’ role does exactly that. … [The res-

olution] views sexual violence as an event to be dealt with, not a culture that is intrinsic to fraternity life.”

Lurie-Spicer added that the disciplinary actions listed in the resolution are vague and that the policy is too Cornell-centric, citing a previous bias incident that occurred in 2012.

“The resolution overtly excludes non-Cornell guests and alumni. In 2012, Sigma Pi averted any serious recourse because it claimed that the harassers were not Cornell guests,” Lurie-Spicer said.

“Two years later, the policy continues, and it’s a matter of time until we see such violence recur.”

Lurie-Spicer also called the resolution “color-blind.”

“The video makes no reference of other types of bias incidents. It does not address the fact that sexual violence disproportionately targets women of color, particularly transgender women of color,” LurieSpicer said.

Cameron Pritchett ’15, president of IFC, however, said that efforts to address sexual violence “will not stop with a video.”

“The IFC recognizes that this video is not the solution to sexual violence. The goal ... is to bring this issue to light and to foster more conversation about the topic,” he said.

Zander Tiho Liem ’15, vice president of judicial affairs for IFC, echoed Pritchett’ sentiments.

“By requiring chapters to host their own, in-house training for members we are hoping to bring discussion and awareness of sexual assault to the average fraternity members,” he said. “Beyond taking a public stance against sexual assault, it is important that we raise awareness amongst every fraternity member.”

Noah Rankin contributed reporting to this story.

Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun.com.

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George Beyan, an Ebola survivor, tries to get his five-year-old son Williams, who has the virus, to drink oral rehydration salts from a bottle cap, at the Bong County Ebola Treatment Center in Suakoko, Liberia.

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dent for university relations.

“We will continue to support Ms. Reynolds in assisting the NCAA investigation,” Malina said in a echoing similar comments made by Cornell. statement. “To that end, we will provide paid release “This is not something that happened at Cornell time for Ms. Reynolds to speak with NCAA investiand it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to try to initi- gators.” ate an investigation from here of what the persons Malina added that Reynolds participated in a alleged have done at another previous NCAA investigation and campus,” Skorton said. that none of the events that took “There should be no place at UNC occurred at Cornell.

He added that the allegation does not necessarily correlate to looking the other way “Cornell University is firmly whether Reynolds is fit to concommitted to adherence to the because someone is NCAA’s standards of ethical continue to work for Cornell.

“In ... fitness in terms of duct and its standards related to a well-performing working here — I’m not exactly academic eligibility,” he said. athlete.” sure what to say about that,” Skorton said he is “proud” of Skorton said. “She’s working in a the student athletes and the athletic President David Skorton kind of different position here, program at Cornell, adding that and I must say that I believe that “there should be no bending of” an allegation is an allegation, and the processes we NCAA rules at Cornell. have here for overseeing employee hiring and moni“There should be no looking the other way toring are robust processes.” because someone is a well-performing athlete,” Reynolds, who refused to cooperate with the Skorton said.

Wainstein investigation, will “fully cooperate” with an additional National College Athletic Association Tyler Alicea can be reached at investigation, according to Joel Malina, vice presi- managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Respecting and Preserving Free Speech On Campus TWO WEEKS AGO, PLACARDS ABOUT THE Israeli-Palestinian conflict that were placed in the Arts Quad by Students for Justice in Palestine were repeatedly dismantled and vandalized by unknown perpetrators. The 50 SJP signs — which described Israeli home demolition, segregation and wartime policies, among other things — were permitted by the University, which regularly allows student groups to erect placards on the Arts Quad. The incident sparked a social media outcry by SJP, whose members believe the vandalism is indicative of a campus environment that is hostile to the expression of controversial ideas. We at The Sun condemn the destruction of the display, and urge respect for ideas within the University community that are unpopular and contentious.

Historically, Cornell has served as a bastion of free speech; its rich and varied activist culture has given rise to several successful student movements, including ones that have championed the anti-war, civil rights, anti-apartheid and LGBT rights causes. Respect for free expression is codified in the University’s Code of Conduct, which states that “a university has an essential dependence on a commitment to the values of unintimidated speech” and declares it a violation to “interfere with the lawful exercise of freedom of speech.” In order to protect and encourage political expression and exchange, the University provides channels through which groups can publicize information pertaining to their respective causes — including the opportunity to place informative signs in the Arts Quad. However, in the absence of a climate of civility among students, these avenues will undoubtedly fail to facilitate healthy political discourse. Indeed, the uncivil acts of vandalism in the Arts Quad served not only to attempt to silence SJP, but to degrade and impair the University community’s commitment to free speech.

We at The Sun believe that controversial ideas are not to be feared, but respected and vigorously debated. Surely, uninhibited discourse is indispensable to our cherished institution of higher learning. With this in mind, we encourage the University to take a proactive role in protecting speech on campus. Further, we urge all members of the University community to respect channels that have been established to encourage expression and conversation.

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didn’t expect to leave a lecture on shopping, part of this excitement comes writing with the advice to go home from the thrill of building up this scafand watch television, but that’s what folding of productivity for ourselves, of happened Monday night at a Q&A with knowing what we’re going to know. But Louise Glück. She spoke about her most because we’re also lining up an ongoing recent book, Faithful and Virtuous Night, series of expectations, we’re blocking a work that deals with the long periods out the option of freezing up and doing of unproductivity that punctuate the life nothing, preemptively erasing it with of a writer — the times when writing is papers and midterms and exams. Glück difficult, often impossible. While so acknowledged for a moment the diffimuch of her professional life was con- culty, the small paradox even, of poetry sumed by these sorts of periods, she felt classes that require a poem a week of it strange she’d never addressed them, their students, but she still teaches that never been able to address them, in her way.

We don’t often discuss the condition work. The book she read from and discussed with us was her way of finally of intellectual breakdown, perhaps because it seems outside the realm of doing so.

I haven’t had this experience of all- possibility. Unproductivity, a full stop consuming, paralyzing inability to in producing any sort of work whatsoproduce work while at Yale. Our four ever, is not within the set of feasible years here are in some ways a march of outcomes dictated by the academic calproductivity toward a diploma. Of endar. We don’t go to college to stare at course, that’s not blank screens or to say there isn’t empty pages. But meaning in this we need this void We don’t go to college productivity. As in order to differmuch as a due entiate between a to stare at blank screens date or a deadline compelled producor empty pages. But is a command to tivity and a proproduce, it’s also ductivity that we need this void in the chance to springs from order to differentiate learn and to make intense care, from something to take a moment of between a compelled pride in. But to knowing, of feelproductivity and a experience true ing a sense of unproductivity — productivity that springs d i r e c t i o n .

Fortunately, I’ve all its anxieties, its from intense care. paralyzing selffelt this drive in doubts, its mystesome of my work rious ways of here, but not all of turning off functions that often feel it. These productive moments aren’t natural — one cannot be at Yale, jolts of lightening into an empty and where productivity is consistently stagnant space. Rather, they are blips expected. Even breaks are spent in against the background noise of anticipation of the next to-do list, demanded productivity. whether it’s beginning final papers As much as she understands the acaover Thanksgiving, shopping for class- demic patterns of students here, I think es over winter break or adding line that Glück also wants her listeners and items to one’s resume over the summer. readers to have that jolting feeling.

With the “fall back” time change, Which is why her concluding advice on I’m reminded of how arbitrary sched- writing was to watch TV, to do nothules forcefully set the cycles of my days. ing, to wait, to be patient and expecting For the first couple of mornings follow- of that moment when one is summoned ing the time change, I’d wake up “early” to work. So I went home and watched (really just the same time I would usu- Gilmore Girls. But after that episode, I ally wake up), but now, by the end of wrote this column, and after I edit this this week, I’ve already returned to my column, I’m writing a poem. This is the rhythm. The rhythm and my refusal to “normal” waking hours.

In the same way, the academic calen- fight against it. dar sets a schedule for productivity. At school, my routines of thought and Caroline Sydney is a junior at Yale University and intellectual growth are somehow set in a staff columnist at The Yale Daily News. She may syllabi. When we get excited about be reached at caroline.sydney@yale.edu.

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Word on The Street

t first happened to me as I was walking on a busy street in my small upstate New York suburb. As I waited at an intersection for the “walk” sign to blink and the stream of vehicles to cease, a car pulled up next to sidewalk at the red light. I heard someone in the car shout, “Hey, where’re you going?” As soon as the light turned and I hurriedly crossed the street, the car slowed down to match my anxious pace — “No really, where’re you going? Wanna ride? Look at that ass!” I escaped this nerve-wracking interaction by ducking into a nearby pizza parlor. I was 14 years old.

By now, I am sure most of you have observed the frenetic discussion on street harassment that has gripped the Internet for the past few weeks. The catalyst was a video created by the non-profit organization Hollaback that recorded a young woman walking around New York City and getting harassed repeatedly by people on the street. While this video does have some serious issues — including all the comments made by white males being edited out, leaving only evidence coming from men of color — it does shed some light on what it is like to exist in this world as a woman.

In the video, the woman is constantly commanded to smile, receives numerous instances of “Damn!” and “Hey, baby.” She is even followed by a man for five minutes down the sidewalk. Among the recorded comments are some that at first seem innocuous — “how are you,” “good morning” and “have a nice day.” Devoid of context, these are indeed innocent and polite remarks. It is indeed possible that some of the men who said these comments in the video just wanted to be nice. But do you really think the men in the video were saying these “nice” things to men walking by on the street? Many people attempt to use these seemingly innocuous comments to lure women into a conversation that usually turns into harassment.

Additionally, there is a fear factor to all comments heard on the street, whether it’s a “nice tits,” or a “how are you.” Because women learn from a young age that being alone on the street can be extremely uncomfortable and possibly dangerous, all remarks are automatically construed as potential threats when coming from men they don’t know. Think about the guy in the Hollaback video who followed the woman on the sidewalk for five minutes.

He started off by saying, “God bless you, have a good day”

A woman existing in public is not an excuse to comment on her body, lewdly or otherwise, and it’s certainly not an excuse to touch or assault her in any way.

— seems innocuous enough, right? His behavior suggests, however, that his intentions were not innocent at all. There is no way to tell if someone means you harm, regardless of what they say to you. Yes, the vast majority of people you encounter don’t want to hurt you — but not knowing when you’ll run into someone who would hurt you makes every second even more stressful.

Some of my male friends have admitted that they have trouble empathizing with this situation simply because they’ve never experienced it and they don’t know what it is like. For those of you who fall into this category, consider the following situation. There is an NFL player convention in town, and the streets are flooded with large, strong people who could easily overpower you physically in every way. As you walk down the street, the players keep commenting on your watch. “Damn, that’s a nice watch!” “Hey, I really like your watch.” “I want a watch like that!” You have no way of knowing if they are trying to compliment you, or if they’re trying to threaten you. To avoid these threats, you can pull down your sleeve or put the watch in your pocket. You can hide your watch, but a woman can’t hide the fact that she’s a woman. Keep in mind, however, that the threat of losing material possessions is not equivalent to the threat of losing bodily autonomy.

With that, let us briefly address the clothing question, even though it truly has no legitimate place in this conversation. Women get harassed while wearing sundresses, and women get harassed while wearing burqas — a garment designed for the highest degree of modesty possible. Clothing doesn’t matter. Plus, last time I checked, walking outside in whatever clothing you want is a basic human right.

Harassing someone for being a woman, however, is not. A woman existing in public is not an excuse to comment on her body, lewdly or otherwise, and it’s certainly not an excuse to touch or assault her in any way. It is not normal behavior to treat a woman like a thing instead of a person. It makes me cringe when people drag out the old excuse that, “boys will be boys.” I think it is incredibly insulting to the men in our society that it is assumed that they are unable to control their words and actions. All people are capable of self-control, and operating under the assumption that 50 percent of the population should not be held accountable for their actions is insulting and wrong.

All in all, there is nothing wrong with trying to talk to a woman or even giving her a compliment. There is, however, an appropriate time and place for that. If I am at a café or a bar or in some other socially-oriented situation, I will welcome a conversation with a polite person. But if I am walking on the street going about my daily business, I don’t really feel like talking to anyone, let alone a guy who is telling me to smile.

Because I am confident that all men are capable of self-control and rational thought, here is my advice to you — the next time you see a woman on the street that you find attractive, consider that your comments on her appearance or her body, no matter how “nice” or positive your intentions are, will probably make her feel uncomfortable, self-conscious and unsafe.

Conna Walsh is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at cwalsh@cornellsun.com. A Word with Walsh appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Amiri Banks |

Honest A.B.

The Whole World Isn’t Ablaze, But Even a Small Fire Burns

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n other words, the social cli- tible to paranoia. So suggesting mate isn’t doomed to hell- people adopt a 100 percent fire, but we still have quite a non-judgmental approach to few little flames to extinguish. other human beings would be Perhaps my previous columns pretty naive. I have been have been too heavy with holi- proven right to be paranoid on er-than-thou criticism, occasion, but let’s not focus on although I won’t be retracting those sad times right now. any of my opinions. Still, with Consider the following: I my constant challenges for peo- get on the elevator and the guy ple to smile and be more recep- already there strikes up a brief tive, I admit plenty of people conversation with me. In my don’t get acknowledged enough mind, I’m both taken aback for doing just that. The pletho- and pleasantly surprised by his ra of promising trends has lift- forwardness and cheerful ed my spirits and lately, I’ve demeanor. Afterwards, I wondeveloped a cautious — and let der if my feelings echo the senme emphasize the word “cau- timents of strangers I smile at tious” here — optimism. So in passing or greet casually. Or while the sense of urgency I see a table of friends, all remains, combatting darkness laughing and talking, and every feels better when there’s a reas- single person looks different. I suring light at the end of the wonder if they’re even thinking tunnel. twice about the diversity in People seem to be growing their friend group. Ironically, sick of the social issues saturat- I’m the one who approached ing media and gaining notori- these experiences with preconety on campus. And no, I am ceived notions. I think we not just referring to white peo- sometimes attach emotions, ple. Any group portrayed as thoughts and even entire narrapossessing some kind of inher- tives to people based purely on ent advantage — including a single observation. men, heterosexuals and The aforementioned Christians, among others — instances are beautiful, and I may be privy to uncomfortable don’t think I’m overly romantifeelings when faced with an attack on their There are plenty of wonderful identity. As a people out there, indifferent result, some to the opinions of the mispeople harbor revolting hatred guided. But being indifferent or inexplicable will not guide them. apathy for those portrayed as victims. However, a lot (and I mean a serious shit- cizing these seemingly munload) of people probably don’t dane activities. They are the have malice in their hearts. exception, not the rule. For Like anyone else, they react every great moment, there defensively to the notion that, exists an equally disheartening even if on a subconscious level, experience right around the their views are somehow corner. For example, people biased. showing genuine passion for The popular opinion these aspects of another culture and days seems to be that the mod- being embraced, that’s beautiern world has largely moved ful. People making sweeping beyond ignorance and barriers generalizations through culturbetween groups. That people al appropriation, while passing need to stop getting caught up it off as interest, however, is diswith the past so we can move heartening. I believe we often forward. I do agree that spiteful fear rejection, and so don’t people, on either side, definite- readily discuss our contribuly prevent discourse. But the tions to the beauty. We shouldproblem with the idea that n’t do speech a disservice by we’re done is simple. We’re just neglecting such a powerful not done. In 2014, people are agent of change. not all holding hands and There are plenty of wondersinging about universal human ful people out there, indifferent unity. Yet, as many times as I’ve to the opinions of the misguidbeaten readers over the head ed. But being indifferent will with my self-proclaimed “love not guide them. Of course, of all people,” I am also suscep- approaching experiences unbi-

ased is a two-way street. One side needs to be receptive and the other side needs to be active. Only when both parties cede some ground can people have a conversation. Every time someone confirms my worst fears through a personal microaggression or indignity, I’m reminded why I keep writing about this stuff. Those moments exist largely because the individuals who perpetuate negativity don’t allow themselves to know anything else.

They also exist because the individuals on the other side remain inactive, wary of the perceived disconnect between themselves and others.

When two people approach each other with negative assumptions, their attitudes define how much discourse can take place. Both are responsible for ensuring the other person has the opportunity to prove them wrong. I had an encounter with someone the other day who must have been raised the wrong way, to say the least. I could be furious, throw my hands up in discouragement, and exclaim “forget (euphemism) it and forget (euphemism) him!” Or, if I see him again, I could forgive and greet him anyway. I’ve chosen the latter, because it’s an exercise in attitude.

People enjoy being comfortably segregated, comfortably quiet and comfortably ignorant. In the words of Kid Cudi, “I love how I can make so many people feel uneasy.” Take away their power to get inside your head, and they have nothing. The easiest way to defeat a force of antagonism is to respond with compassion. We all conjure scenarios in our minds and let someone else’s stupid opinions ruin our day.

The mental grip others hold on us can be crippling, but escaping is equally empowering.

Dismantle that grip, and the self-destructive ideas of the world are just one step closer to going extinct. Another fire bites the dust.

Amiri Banks is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

He may be reached at abanks@cornellsun.com. Honest A.B. appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT How to Succeed in Entertainment in Four Steps

BY GWEN AVILES Sun Staff Writer

For the last two weekends, the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences, School of Music and Department of Theatre Arts have ostensibly been putting on a show about how to succeed in business. In fact, the full title of their show How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying further reflects this idea. The play follows the young and highly ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch (Matt Madden, a senior at Ithaca College) in his fight to raise his ranking in the World Wide Wicket Company with only the help of a how-to guide. Yet, as Finch schemes his way from unemployed to mailroom worker to Chairman of the Board of the World Wide Wicket Company, it becomes apparent that how to become a business mogul isn’t the only thing Ithaca College Theater is educating its audience about; how to put on a successful production is another focus of its education. Although great entertainment is rarely formulaic, if team members of Ithaca College Theater involved in this production were writing their own how-to guide, I imagine this is would be the beginnings of it: STEP 1: Pick a fun, yet thought-provoking play. Picking a play is half the battle. What will people enjoy? What will people respond to, resonate with? How To Succeed works so well because of its balance of humor and gravity. The stakes are high for Finch, a young man who just wants to make his way in the world, something we can probably all relate to. Yet, his journey still leaves room to satirize the business world. One of the first pieces of advice Finch’s how-to-succeed guide gives him is, “If you have education, intelligence, ability, so much the better. But remember that thousands have reached the top without these qualities.” It’s a cynical viewpoint, but one that rings true. Will Finch be successful? Our emotional investment in his story is established from the beginning of the play.

STEP 2: Pick an incredible, talented and enthusiastic cast.

Talent in How To Succeed ran rampant. The show had its main characters, of course, but what was really so enjoyable to watch was the collaborative efforts of the ensemble. The ensemble sang loudly and danced strongly; it was clear to the audience, by their full commitment to keeping the energy level of the show at a high, that they simply loved performing.

At one point, the coffee machine is broken and the workers cannot go on their coffee break. Crisis ensues. The frenzied and caffeine-addicted ensemble breaks out into one of the play’s most dynamic numbers: “Coffee Break.” Leading the distraught ensemble was Tony Conaty (a senior at Ithaca College) who played Bud Frump, nephew to the president of the company. Conaty as Frump is lazy, entitled and hilarious; he is a foil to Finch who is genuine, hardworking and melts audiences with his effusive optimism, bordering on naiveté.

Devon Cox (a senior at Ithaca College) also shined as Rosemary Pilkington, Finch’s love interest in the play. Cox specifically was able to bring both the reality and humor to the show with her portrayal of being a woman in the sixties.

All she wants is to get married to Finch and keep his dinner warm, she sings in “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm.” Her goals may appear a little pathetic to modern viewers, but the comedy Cox provides and her true feelings for Finch effectively undermine critics’ claims that the show is “hopelessly outdated.” Likewise, all eyes were on Caitlin Ort (a junior at Ithaca College) as she strutted around stage as the sexy Hedy LaRue. Hedy is the president of the company, Biggley’s, mistress and drew laughs from the audience with her dim-wittedness and whiny accent.

STEP 3: Have a brilliant orchestra accompanying said cast.

Gone are the days of singing along to scratched CDs in an underfunded high school theater programs. The orchestra was beautiful and flawless in its musical accompaniment, bringing pomp and circumstance to each piece. Its accompaniment to the song “Rosemary” by Finch not only made Finch hear the “wonderful music in every sound,” but the audience too.

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STEP 4: Have a full house. Check. Success. That said, there are still some tickets left for next weekend’s (November 11, 12 and 13) showings of How To Succeed in Business. Tickets can be purchased at ithaca.ticketforce.com or at the Dillingham Center box office.

Gwen Aviles is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gaviles@cornellsun.com.

Jesse Graves Closes English Reading Series

BY TYLER BREITFELLER Sun Contributor

The Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series hosted its final guest this week, calling another successful semester to a close. This season saw a wide range of guests and discussions, from editors talking about the insides of the industry to published poets and everything in between. It felt fitting that as it came to a close, the Series drew back to its roots and featured one of its own.

Jesse Graves, MFA ’00, had his homecoming this week, returning to the very auditorium that he had once, as a student, watched others read in before him.

Just over a decade since graduating from Cornell’s MFA Program, Graves is now an established poet, editor and teacher. His first book, Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine, received critical acclaim and was the recipient of several honors, including the Appalachian Writers’ Association Book of the Year Award in Poetry.

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year and has received no short of praise.

Robert Morgan, Kappa Alpha Professor of English, introduced Graves with a bout of applause. Describing the poet as “exciting” and an “authentic voice in contemporary poetry,” Morgan welcomed Graves to the podium with the surprise announcement that he was the recipient of the Philip H. Freund prize, a literary honor with a $5,000 bonus. Overcoming his initial loss of words, Graves expressed his thanks, joking that $5,000 in poetry money was “like a million dollars in real world money.” He remarked that Freund ’29 had shaped his career from the beginning — his endowment to the program had allowed Graves to lecture at Cornell for two years following his graduation, an opportunity he “took full advantage of.”

With incredible humility, Graves went on to thank various others involved in the program that had influenced him, from teachers, to mentors, to fellow authors.

It was all very humble and in good spirit, but it took the attention off of Graves for a good few minutes. Finally, when he got back to his own work, I was reminded exactly why he was up there. He opened each poem with a brief explanation of his motivations, his inspirations and anything of the sort. He spoke of his time in Ithaca and his time in New Orleans, playing in the foothills of Tennessee as a boy and driving through them now. His words carried a musicality that seemed to demonstrate emotion, both fleeting and forever. “Vocabulary Lesson” recalls an elementary school memory, charming the audience with the story of a boy who pronounced artist as artiste before ripping the ground out from beneath them as Graves says, nonchalantly, that the boy grew up and died from an overdose. His setting changes in a single line, and with well-crafted words Graves is able to

bring the past and present together hauntingly.

After his first few poems, Graves presented a handful of poems that weren’t in either of his books, whether they were published elsewhere or not at all. His first of the like borrowed its title from a chapter of The Odyssey.

Graves introduced “The Kingdom of the Dead” with the declaration that “all of [his] poems are an elegy of one sort or another,” and while that certainly could be observed in his goodbyes to the southern sunrise, it barely prepared us for what was to come. It was the passing of his older brother inspired “The Kingdom of the Dead.” Graves noted that he “couldn’t figure out how to write about it, then couldn’t figure out how to write about anything else.” It wasn’t until he read an audiobook of The Odyssey — read by Sir Ian McKellan, of all people — that he began to find pieces of consolation. He joked, “it was like listening to Gandalf reading Homer.” Despite his banter, the poem was the most evocative of his works, managing to put into words the sinking feeling of struggling to swim with no crew to carry or guide him.

I was amazed by the amount of emotion Graves was able to pack into his words. Each and every poem carried its own weight and feeling, whether it be nostalgia or sorrow or cheer. And having witnessed plenty of authors with the inherent inability to read their own works, I have to say that Graves was a favorite. He conveyed his words with the right emotion, the right tone and rhythm and timing that brought each poem to life. His final work, a request

by Morgan, was simple and reminiscent, a nice match to the homecoming talk that had opened the event.

Tyler Breitfeller is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at tgb34@cornell.edu.

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Arts Around Ithaca Kristen Becker

The Films of Jim Mickle

9:00 p.m. on Saturday at The Haunt

Cold in July @ 9:45 p.m. on Friday

Stand-up comedian Kristen Becker, best known for her association with the “Dykes of Hazard” performance group, will take the stage at The Haunt this Saturday. Becker’s raucous blend of Deep South-inspired everyman humor and female perspective gives her stand-up set a connection with just about everyone in the audience. Brutal, unapologetic and riotously funny, Buffalo’s “Queen of Comedy” will surely fill The Haunt with laughs this weekend.

Admission is $10. Attendees must be 18 or older. Doors open at 8:00 p.m.

We Are What We are @ 4:30 on Sunday at Cornell Cinema Rising independent filmmaker Jim Mickle presents two of his latest films, 2014’s Cold in July starring Michael C. Hall and 2010’s Somos lo que hay (We Are What We Are) at Cornell Cinema this weekend. Cold in July was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival and features a particularly noteworthy performance by Don Johnson. Mickle will be on hand for a Skype Q&A after Sunday’s double feature to discuss independent filmmaking and the process that he took in remaking Somos lo que hay for English-speaking audiences.

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Much Ado About Nothing

8:00 p.m. on Friday 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Saturday at Risley Theatre The original romantic comedy, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing will be performed this weekend at Risley Theatre by the Cornell Shakespeare Troupe.

Widely considered one of the playwright’s funniest plays, Much Ado’s themes and hilarity remain just as relevant today as they did 400 years ago.

Tickets are $7 and are available at cornelltickets.com.

— Sean Doolittle

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Not That Kind of Reader: Be Above Click-Bait

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his column isn’t about the news. But over the past couple of weeks reading entertainment news has been especially frustrating. I’m not talking about People Magazine or Stars or some tabloid’s debates over whether or not Jennifer Aniston is pregnant. I’m talking about the slightly more highly regarded Vulture and The Guardian types.

News has always been about getting the big story, exploring things that are controversial and introducing important new topics to readers as well as giving them what they want. It is no secret that recently, and even not so recently, this idea has changed. Page views are king, controversy rules and often times the truest version of the truth gets buried by something a little more salacious. This column isn’t about the news. That has been documented enough by everything from Anchorman to Nightcrawler. This column is about us, the educated readers who flip through Twitter, Facebook and the likes reading our click-bait news and believing it.

What is wrong with us? Most of us specialize in reading studies and articles about research and have no problem discerning the relevant from the irrelevant and unsupported facts from the supported.

However, when we start reading something that isn’t for class or a club or directly affects us, we couldn’t really give a shit. Maybe I’m overgeneralizing here, but you get the point. I do it too.

A couple of weeks ago I saw some headlines about Hannibal Buress and how he called out Bill Cosby for being a rapist in one of his sets.

I believed it. I don’t think I even actually read an article about it. I may have clicked on one of the Buzzfeed picture explanations and that’s it. That is kind of crazy when you think about it. I have been walking around for the past cou-

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ple of weeks thinking that Bill Cosby is a rapist and assaulted women just because of some headlines and a list of nicely arranged gifs. It is true; Bill Cosby might be a rapist. There might be articles online that substantiate that, but I haven’t read them.

That isn’t the norm. I usually try to read articles about controversial subjects when I can, but this was an exception to my shoddily constructed rule. When Woody Allen was accused of abuse, I read about three or four articles about the accusation and kept up as more family members made statements. We will still never know for sure what happened between Allen and Dylan Farrow, but now I know better than to outwardly call Allen a pedophile or Farrow a liar. And that knowledge is underrated.

Last week, Bradford Thomas, a writer at the right-wing publication Truth Revolt wrote an article calling Lena Dunham a child molester.

He took one page out of her book, took a screenshot of it and said it was proof that seven year-old Lena Dunham was guilty of molesting her infant sister. He calls the passage that he found clear evidence of his claim. The problem is that he has no expertise in child psychology, in child behavior, or really Death Before even in the Decaf legal definition of molestation. He read something, and using his infinitely mighty morals, made a judgment about something and shared it with the world. The bigger problem is that now people associate the name Lena Dunham with molestation.

A lot of people believe these claims. They did the same thing I did with Bill Cosby. They probably saw a bunch of headlines, clicked on maybe one article, which proudly displayed the screenshot of the page in question, and maybe

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they even read the page so they really felt they were investigating the story. However, most media sites that picked up the story didn’t actually investigate the claims. Most just relayed to their readers that someone else had made these claims and listed them. And most people read all of that and didn’t think to ask any more questions. It makes sense. Reading the page out of context, the whole thing, Dunham “prying open” her sister’s vagina, masturbating next to her in bed, it sounds kind of fishy, but it is actually not out of the ordinary. One site did look further into the claims and got in contact with a developmental psychologist (from Cornell) and the psychologist confirmed that Dunham’s behavior was totally normal, even if she did write about it in a pretty provocative way.

If these articles had been present in a law class, or a psych class, or a journalism class, or a human development class, or what have you, I can’t imagine anyone would have taken the claims seriously for very long. But they didn’t and they were.

What surprised me most about this particular rumor was that it wasn’t just general Girls haters or conservative thinkers who believed them.

Friends I know who watch the show, who generally like Dunham and who have pretty liberal values did the same thing everyone else did. They believed that Dunham might have been a child child molester (is that a thing?) and that she pretty much

admitted it in her book.

I know that none of these ideas are new.

The media has its less than savory reputation for a reason and we have a reputation as a generation with ADD. But, I don’t think our reputations are any truer than Dunham’s new one. We question authority in school all of the time and as one of the top research universities in the United States we do it better than almost anyone else. No one is perfect. No one can read everything or follow everything, nor do they want to, especially when it’s about Miley Cyrus or Lady Gaga. But from now on I’m going to try to be better. We’re better than click-bait.

Arielle Cruz is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun.com. Death Before Decaf appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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the mark however, and all the momentum shifted to the Big Green from that point forward.

Williams went on to engineer a nine-play, 78-yard drive that ended with a 24-yard touchdown strike to receiver Kyle Bramble. This would be the first of three consecutive touchdown drives, giving Dartmouth a 21-7 lead at halftime.

The third quarter was much of the same for the Green, with the firstteam offense scoring touchdowns on three of their four possessions.

After going up 42-7, Dartmouth sent in its second unit for mop-up duty and the score remained the same until the final whistle.

Overall, the Red defense was torched for 583 yards. Dartmouth’s Williams had a huge game, for five total “We will have some really accounting touchdowns. Williams was great drives and then have a force through the air and on the ground, throwing for some where we don’t do 388 yards and rushing for 62. He completed passes to our assignments.” nine different receivers and threw touchdowns to four.

Luke Hagy The Red’s run defense was just as porous, giving up almost 200 yards on the ground and allowing six yards per carry.

Dartmouth’s Kyle Bramble had an ultra-efficient game, needing only eight carries to gain 89 yards and a touchdown. The Red also only forced two punts the entire game, both coming in the fourth quarter.

Cornell, on the other hand, struggled offensively again. Excluding the team’s first drive, the offense managed only 233 yards. The Red sustained just four drives longer than five plays and was never able to get into a groove offensively. Sophomore quarterback Robert Somborn, coming off a great performance at Princeton, was held to under 200 passing yards and an average of 5.5 yards per attempt.

Hagy was the only real bright spot for the Red on Saturday in a game devoid of much offense. He rushed for 118 yards and scored the only touchdown for Cornell. He also completed his only attempted pass for 19 yards. Hagy said the problem with the offense this season has been consistency.

“We play extremely hard every play but we need to learn to start stringing plays together,” he said. “We will have some really great drives and then have some where we don’t do our assignments and don’t do as well.”

Cornell’s best chance for a win will come this weekend, when the team travels to Manhattan to take on the Columbia Lions. The Lions (0-8, 0-5 Ivy) are the only other team in the Ivy League that has yet to win a game. Columbia has struggled mightily this season, being outscored on average by more than 30 points a game. The teams square off this Saturday at Robert Kraft Field.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Dartmouth Spoils Red’s Senior Night With 3-0 Win

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Senior Writer

It was indicative of the level of competition in the Ivy League that so much was on the line when two teams from the opposite ends of the table came face-to-face on a blisteringly cold Saturday evening on Berman Field.

Cornell was comprehensively defeated 3-0

by Dartmouth, ending its slim hopes of the Ivy League title, while propelling Dartmouth into a nail biting title race with Harvard.

“They did a great job of capitalizing on their chances. We had our chances; we just need to be more clinical around the box,” said senior defender and co-captain Peter Chodas.

Saturday’s showdown was also a chance to honor Cornell’s departing seniors, some of whom have had standout seasons. These include goalkeepers Ian Panzica and Zach Zagorski, defenders Peter Chodas and Devin Morgan, midfielders Tyler Conway, Atticus DeProspo and Conor Goepel.

The score line did not reflect the many opportunities that the Red had to change the tide of the game. In an attacking matchup, both sides had their chances at goal, with 34 shots taken between the two teams — 19 of those from Cornell.

Dartmouth started the game on the right foot, making consistent, clever, darting runs into the Cornell box. The Big Green opened its account 16 minutes into the game with Dartmouth’s Wyatt Omsberg heading in off a corner. It required a string of fine saves from Zagorski to prevent Dartmouth from doubling its lead.

The Red came out of the half with intensity, with Morgan coming close to breaking the deadlock. However Cornell was perhaps a little overeager to score, as Dartmouth registered its second goal in the 53rd minute.

Omsberg turned creator by playing a good free kick into the Red box, allowing Dartmouth’s Colin Heffron to hold off the Cornell defenders and launch a shot at goal.

The third score came in the 74th minute.

Dartmouth played a ball to the far left post, allowing Green striker Alex Adelabu to sneak in behind the defense and connect with a header in-stride, scoring from two yards out.

In a season that promised so much — starting with a stalemate against then-No.2 Louisville, as well as some outstanding defensive performances — the Red fell short of its ultimate goals. However the team can take solace in the fact that Dartmouth, which was comfortably rooted at the bottom of the Ivy League at this time last season, has effectively proven how much can change in a year.

The Red can look to the future with some hope — it will only have one senior on the roster next year — midfielder Ben Feldman.

With another season under its belt, there is no reason why the young Cornell side cannot bounce back next season.

“Berman field has given me and the other seniors some great memories in the past and we will never forget them,” Chodas said. “I think there are a lot of things to highlight but I think cherishing the experiences is the most important and passing along the motivation to the younger guys to experience the things that our class has.”

But before that, a season finale against Columbia awaits the Red next Saturday in New York City. If results go its way, Cornell could finish as high as fourth in the league.

“We have one more game at Columbia and we are going to go after a win to close out the season on a high note,” Chodas said.

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Falling short | Senior co-captain and defender Devin Morgan had the Red’s best Hamdan Al Yousefi can be reached at hyousefi@cornellsun.com.

chance of the night, but the home team was unable to find the back of the net.

Controversial Late Goal Lifts Bobcats Over Red M. ICE

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Aaron Ave netted his first goal of the season after his long shot from the left point whistled its way through traffic and past Gillam’s blocker.

The Red hit penalty trouble again a few minutes later, but escaped from the penalty goal without surrendering another.

Princeton then took its own set of penalties but killed them off without a Red goal. Although Cornell ended the period down 1-0, the team attempted 40 shots on net compared to Princeton’s nine.

The scoresheet remained blank through all of the second period and most of the third, until Princeton’s empty net goal with 53 seconds remaining turned the game into a 2-0 contest.

Sophomore defenseman Patrick McCarron then broke Princeton goalie Colton Phinney’s shutout bid, scoring the Red’s only goal of the night with 16 seconds left on the clock and an extra man on the ice.

Sophomore forward Eric Freschi, who has been out with an injury, returned to the lineup for the game against Princeton, although the Red was still missing key pieces.

“I thought he played really well, he played with some energy,” Schafer said of Freschi’s return.

“Overall I thought he did a good

job tonight.”

While Princeton scored early in Friday’s game against the Red, the following night’s match-up was a scoreless affair until the final two minutes, when Quinnipiac (5-2-1, 2-0) scored a controversial goal with 1:56 remaining in the final frame. The Bobcats jammed the puck behind Gillam from a position in the crease, but the referees did not review the play to see if the Bobcat player was in an illegal position.

Although the Red took an early first period penalty, the Bobcats found themselves in a more precarious situation when their two penalties 24 seconds apart halfway through the frame gave the Red 1:36 of two-man advantage time.

However, the Red failed to find the net on that advantage or any of the others, going 0-4 on the night.

The Red has scored only one goal on its man-advantage opportunities this season.

Gillam, making his third start of the season, stopped a career high 39 shots against the Bobcats.

He was peppered with 19 shots — nearly the entire shot total from Princeton’s game — in the third period alone.

“I thought Cornell and Quinnipiac both competed hard tonight,” said Bobcats head coach Rand Pecknold. “I thought both goalies were great.”

Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun.com.

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Three Ivy Teams Stand One Game Behind First Place S

o far this football season, with two games left on the schedule, four teams have proven themselves as contenders for the Ivy title. All four of those teams — Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale and Princeton — remained in the running with wins this weekend.

Harvard blanked a struggling Columbia squad to remain the only undefeated team in the Ancient Eight.

Dartmouth also beat Cornell handily, despite falling behind early. The Green scored 42 unanswered points to improve to 4-1.

The most interesting Ivy game of the weekend came between Yale and Brown. Brown could have given itself a chance to move into the top half of the league with a win, but Yale had other ideas. A Tyler Varga rushing touchdown with just over six minutes to go in the game gave Yale a 10-point lead. Although Brown answered with a touchdown of its own, the Bulldogs were able to soak up the final three minutes of the clock and Brown was never MICHAELA BREW / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER able to get back on the board.

Princeton and Penn also went down to Neck and neck | Four teams are the wire. Though the Tigers led the entire fighting for their lives in the Ivy League, game, Penn came within two towards the all with chances to win the Ancient end of the third quarter. Princeton Eight Title. answered with a 20-yard field goal and the Quakers did not have a response.

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Red Sends Seniors Off With Victory Over Dartmouth

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY

goal of the season and it could not have come at a better time.

In the second half Dartmouth put forth a strong offensive effort, outshooting Cornell 10-2. Despite this push, both teams Though Dartmouth’s football team got away with a win on had only three shots on goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Schoellkopf this Saturday, the Big Green women’s soccer team Tierney saved all three of the Big Green’s shots on net, though, wasn’t so lucky. On Berman field the Cornell women’s soccer and stymied a persistent Dartmouth offense.

“The defense was especially strong this game, doing a great team defeated Dartmouth 1-0 as a perfect way to honor the four seniors in their last home game and final match of their job covering for each other and clearing balls in the box,” Tierney said. “They were very cohesive and shut Cornell soccer careers. down key players from the opposing attack.

Senior co-captains Claire MacManus DARTMOUTH @ CORNELL Overall, winning this game was a great send and Sydney Cetrullo, as well as seniors Kelly off for our seniors on senior night.”

Abrams and Kerry Schubert all played in the 0 1 That defensive effort was led by Abrams match that improved Cornell’s record to 2-5 Game: 2ND FINAL 1ST and Cetrullo. Both seniors have played pivin the Ivies and 8-9 overall.

0 0 otal roles on the Red back line this year, and The conditions were unfavorable for the Dartmouth 0 Cornell 0 1 1 will leave big shoes to fill for the squad next Red, which may have been fitting for the season. seniors’ final game in temperamental Ithaca.

“It was so fun to play and to pull out the win was the best It was near freezing and windy, and it seemed to take a while for ending I could’ve asked for,” Cetrullo said. “[I] can’t thank my the home team to warm up.

The ball was kept in the defensive zone for the majority of family, coaches and teammates enough for everything they’ve the first half, though sophomore Meera Dheer displayed some done and just making it a really special day overall.”

Abrams said that the second half of Saturday’s game was impressive footwork and controlled the ball in Dartmouth’s stressful, but the payoff in the end was rewarding. defensive end midway through the first half.

“Its an amazing feeling to finish our careers with a win.

Schubert had an impressive turn and shot on goal shortly after, though Dartmouth goalie Tatiana Saunders scooped it up We’ve been through a lot during our four years and to actually and fired it back to the Cornell defense. Saunders was recently be able to make a difference in the program is a great accomnamed Ivy League Player of the Week, though she was no plishment,” she said. “The second half was definitely stressful.

Having to protect a 1-0 lead is very difficult but the whole team match for the Big Red’s determination to win on Saturday.

The Red outshot Dartmouth 6-3 in the first half and really worked together and fought for this win. It’s just a nice clinched the win with a goal in the last two minutes before half- way to end a career.” time. Junior Brenna Mockler scored off an assist from freshman Tess Pullano as she fed from outside the box, with Mockler Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at sending the ball into the far right corner. It was Mockler’s first sports@cornellsun.com.

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One’s enough | Junior midfielder Brenna Mockler scored the game-winner two minutes before halftime.

FOOTBALL

Green Scores 42 Unanswered

By SHANE LEWIS

getting better,” said head coach David Archer ’05. “We’ve got a lot of young players. This is a learning experience.”

A quick start by the Red gave fans at The Red got off to a fast-start, something Schoellkopf Field reason to believe that they have failed to do all season. On the Saturday’s game might first offensive possession, produce a different outjunior running back DARTMOUTH @ CORNELL come than the previous Luke Hagy busted out a seven. But after 42 48-yard touchdown run 42 7 unanswered points by that put the Red up 7-0.

1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH Final Dartmouth, the result Game: Four plays later, senior 0 42 was the same: another Dartmouth 7 14 21 corner back back Michael Cornell 7 0 0 0 0 loss for Cornell. The win Turner picked off keeps Dartmouth (6-2, Dartmouth quarterback 4-1 Ivy) within a game of first-place Dalyn Williams to set up the offense with Harvard in the Ivy League standings and great field position. The offense drove down leaves the Red (0-8, 0-5) with just two more to the Dartmouth 22, setting up a Joe Pierik opportunities to secure its first win of the field goal try. Pierik’s kick would miss the season.

See FOOTBALL page 13 “At this point, we just need to focus on

Sun Staff Writer

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Man up | Sophomore defender Patrick McCarron scored the Red’s only goal of the weekend, which came with 16 seconds left against Princeton and an extra man on the ice.

MEN’S HOCKEY

C.U. Offense Struggles to Produce

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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Turning on the jets | Junior running back Luke Hagy scored the Red’s only touchdown against Dartmouth, a 48-yard run that put his team up 7-0 early in the game.

Allowing six goals in four games is a pretty good defensive mark. But scoring only half that amount in the same number of games? Not quite what the men’s ice hockey team had hoped for so far this season, as the Red returns from its road games with a 2-1 loss at Princeton on Friday and a 1-0 loss to Quinnipiac on Saturday to drop its record to 0-3-1 overall and 0-2 in conference play.

As was the case with last weekend’s 1-1 tie and 2-1 loss to Omaha, the

Red had trouble finding the back of the net. In Friday’s game, the Red fell to the Tigers despite throwing 41 shots on net to Princeton’s 20, while the narrative flipped the next night. Quinnipiac drilled Red sophomore netminder Mitch Gillam with 40 shots while Cornell managed only 18 on goal.

“Our scoring woes continue,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 after Friday’s defeat at the hands of the Tigers. “I said to the guys afterward that obviously we’ve got to look at changes and things with the power

play and lines because some guys that are in pretty good offensive positions are not producing, so it’s other guys’ opportunities. We’re going to have to revamp and look at some different things and give some other guys just some different positions and opportunities. It was a tough night to get the puck in the back of the net for us.”

Princeton (1-2-1, 1-1) scored its first goal only 3:14 into the first period.

With the Red in the box for hitting from behind, Tiger senior defender See M. ICE page 14