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CORNELLIANS REJECT TRUMP’S VALUES Student minority groups anticipate ‘disheartening’ increase in marginalization

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Assistant News Editor

In the wake of the election of a president who has openly expressed suspicion and disdain for entire portions of the populace, Cornell minority groups have said they are “horrified” and enraged by Trump’s victory.

Stephanie Hahm ’17, president of the Cornell Asian Pacific Islander Student Union, said the organization is “deeply worried” based on the rhetoric of this election cycle, which she believes will further the marginalization of minority communities.

Trump’s comments on Muslim Americans has also been particularly alarming for a group that already faces “immense difficulties” gaining acceptance in American society, according to Nabiha Qudsi ’18, president of the Muslim Educational and Cultural Association. The president elect has said he would consider using his position to prevent Muslims from immigrating to the United States.

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Not my president | Protesters demonstrated Wednesday against Trump’s election from Ithaca to New York City (above), where a vocal crowd is seen at Columbus Circle.

Black Lives Matter protests racial ‘Trumpism’

By MATT ORMSETH Sun Staff Writer

The Bernie Milton Pavilion on the Ithaca Commons was the site of disbelief, frustration and sorrow Wednesday night as hundreds of Ithacans and students gathered at an anti-Trump demonstration organized by the city’s Black Lives Matter chapter.

Ithaca residents were joined by students and faculty from Cornell and Ithaca College, many of whom brought candles and signs reading “Love Trumps Hate.”

“This is not a time for mourning — this is a time for organizing,” said Prof. Russell Rickford, history, and a member of the Black Lives Matter Ithaca chapter.

A grueling and often ugly presidential campaign culminated Tuesday night in a victory for Trump, which Rickford called a victory for racism, xenophobia and misogyny.

“Today, we’re facing an intensified form of white supremacy — we call it ‘Trumpism,’” he said.

The election unearthed undercurrents of bigotry in American society whose existence Americans can no longer deny, Rickford said.

“The basic elements of ‘Trumpism’ have been here all along,” he said.

Rickford said de-unionization and “right-towork” laws, coupled with the loss of social safety nets, allowed Trump’s exclusionist strain of populism to take root. During his campaign, Trump characterized Mexican immigrants as rapists and called for a ban on immigration from Muslim countries.

While Trump’s election jeopardizes the progress made under the Obama administration for people of color, Rickford said Trump’s victory has the potential to be America’s “great awakSee BLM page 5

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Love trumps hate | Ithacans and students gather yesterday on the Ithaca Commons to rally for black lives.

Profs cancel class,responding to‘shocking’ election results

By STEPHANY KIM Sun Staff Writer

students from her “Environmental Sustainability” class to meet at the Neville Center at the Cornell Botanic Gardens to “outsource caring for each other and ourselves to the beauty of our herb gardens, winter garden and wildflower garden.”

Prof. Mukoma Wa Ngugi, English, also cancelled his second class of the day, “Africa in Hollywood,” after recognizing

Responding to Donald Trump’s shocking presidential victory, several Cornell professors across departments cancelled class Wednesday, citing personal distress and concern for students’ emotional well-being.

Prof. Jane-Marie Law, Asian, Near Eastern and religious studies, said she cancelled her “Introduction to Japan and Religion” “We tried to discuss the day’s lecture, because she was assignment, but after a few “so upset and worried I would break down, think- minutes it occurred to me that ing about how dangerous they were feeling what I was the move the American feeling as well.” electorate — half of them — made last night is.”

Prof. Mukoma Wa Ngugi Law said she was also concerned that the content of her lecture that day would that students in his first class not be appropriate following were clearly distracted by the the outcome of the hateful election results. rhetoric this election cycle.

“We tried to discuss the “I was due to lecture on the day’s assignment but after a few collapse of master narratives minutes it occurred to me that and how in their place there are they were feeling what I was often radical ideologies, often feeling as well, that a seismic spurred on and shaped by hate shift had happened in U.S. and xenophobia,” she said. “I domestic and international just felt that I was not going to politics — an earthquake was be able to present that material happening and there was no ... in a way that was not heavily use carrying on as if it was colored by the hatred, bigotry business as usual,” he said. and xenophobia unleashed on Ngugi added that he did our country last night and ... in not want his class to prevent a way that would be calm.”

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Technologies of Memory: Hirsch and Spitzer 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., KG70, Klarman Hall After Orlando Staged Reading 7:30 p.m., Schwartz Center For Performing and Media Arts

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Prof Encourages Intellectual Curiosity, Mindfulness Through Meditation rial they may not encounter in their daily lives, to further develop their individual intellects.

The professor said she also emphasizes self-accepProf. Jane-Marie Law, Asian, Near Eastern, and reli- tance and mindfulness in both the classroom and her gious studies stays busy teaching Introduction to Japan, personal life.

“Meditation gives you permission to be just good operating a sustainable farm and taking a group of students to Japan every summer, yet still finds time to enough,” she said. “I don’t stress myself out being a perfectionist, because when you just be here now, you realmeditate.

Law encourages her students to explore subject mat- ize that the only thing that you can do in the present is ter through movies, theatre and art viewings and helps very limited. You can only do what you can do in the herBstudents to interact with class material by sharing present. And that has to be good enough.”

She extends this personal stories. approach to many aspects “What I’ve discovered is that what people really “You can only do what you can do in the of her life, including her appreciation and creation want to hear is other peopresent. And that has to be good of art — as a practitioner ple’s stories,” she said. enough.” of “cultivation in action,” “They don’t really want to Law believes that aesthetic hear other people’s truths.

Prof. Jane-Marie Law training is closely linked [That’s why] I never talk to self-realization. about something that I “The physical training don’t really care about.”

In addition to her course material, Law has strong that you put your body through kind of presents an feelings on the education system, which she believes opportunity for seeing the true nature of reality and confines students’ curiosity rather than encouraging cultivating the depth of a person,” she said. “It was very interesting to me later, as I got to know more about imagination.

“We have students coming in that have been so Japanese aesthetics, to understand that the art form I’m intellectually careful — they’re timid, they want things best at — which is dressage — is actually tied into Japanese aesthetics.” spelled out,” she said.

Every year, Law takes her “Zen Buddhism” class on Law explained that she completely revamps her course every year to make sure every class’ experience is a trip to Japan where students live in a monastery for unique. She said she wants to expose students to mate- two weeks during the summer. She said students are

By JEANETTE SI

Sun Senior Writer

always surprised by the experience of living in a temple, secluded from society and meditating daily.

“On day seven [of the trip], everybody just kind of hit[s] this wall,” she said. “Imagine hitting a brick wall and sort of sliding down ... and what hit the wall was that they had been spending a lot more time being quiet and not having to invent a personality the whole time.”

When students come to her “falling apart,” Law said she tells them to “lower your standards.”

“Regard the ages between 18 and 22 as a time when you should learn some self-care,” she said. “Take care of yourself.”

Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun.com.

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Kotlikoff Addresses Dearth of Sophomore Campus Housing houses on North Campus.

New freshman and sophomore dorms would provide “swing space” to house stuThe Faculty Senate addressed issues of dents while older dorms, like Balch Hall, undergraduate housing, class scheduling undergo much-needed repairs, according conflicts, carbon neutrality and graduate to Kotlikoff, who clarified that no new student unionization at its monthly meet- housing would be available until the fall of 2020. ing Wednesday.

Prof. Rebecca Stoltzfus, human ecoloProvost Michael Kotlikoff addressed the urgent need for increased student gy, director of the global health program, housing, acknowledging that many stu- also discussed the current inefficiencies in scheduling class spaces and times.

“Students that come here are almost In fall 2015, there were 263 immediately faced with the challenge of known student scheduling conflicts, according to Stoltzfus. finding housing for the next year.”

Most courses start and end in the same 50 and 75 minute periods, Provost Michael Kotlikoff but class start times are not distributed evenly throughout the dents — particularly rising sophomores school day.

“I know everyone wants that desirable — are “housing insecure.” He presented data showing that 99 percent of freshman course time — 10:10 a.m. on Tuesdays and only 59 percent of sophomores use and Thursdays — to teach and to learn,” she said. “But some faculty can’t find suiton-campus housing.

“Students that come here are almost able classrooms within short walking disimmediately faced with the challenge of tance from their office.”

Currently, 38 percent of courses begin finding housing for the next year,” he between 10:10-11:40 a.m. while only 17 explained.

This lack of student housing has percent start at 9:05 a.m. or earlier. The prompted the University to use financial initiative’s goal is to change these numbers aid dollars to subsidize housing in to 30 percent and 20 percent, respectively, Collegetown, where apartments and to avoid student conflicts, according to homes have created a financial strain on Stoltzfus. Deciding which courses and professors would have to make the necesthe University, according to Kotlikoff.

The provost proposed creating a fresh- sary schedule shift she said would likely be man and sophomore living community on left up to each individual college.

Prof. Robert Howarth, ecology and North Campus, which would not be completely unprecedented, as a number of environmental biology, and Prof. Edwin sophomores currently live in program Cowen, civil and environmental engineer-

Stand together

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Students gather on Ho Plaza on Wednesday to support each other after Trump’s victory was proclaimed president elect Tuesday night.

ing, also presented a new report about achieving carbon neutrality. Cowen said the report is “much more detailed in its’ financial analysis.”

“We include numbers for the social cost of carbon and introduce ways of thinking of this beyond the financial bottom line,” Cowen said.

The report analyzes the costs of energy consumption, as well as proposes possible solutions, according to Cowen. He said Cornell’s overall carbon footprint is principally due to heat, and the best solution is to utilize earth source heat.

Prof. Risa Lieberwitz, chair of the department of labor f relations, also addressed President Rawlings’ stance on unionization, saying he has “a relentlessly negative view of unionization.” She said Rawlings’ views are based on “speculation

and unsubstantiated assertions” that graduate student unionization will have adverse effects on student-faculty relationships.

“Our response, that’s signed by 44 ILR faculty, draws on our expertise and experience in the field of labor law and labor relations to provide different and more accurate information about unionization,” she said.

Following Trump’s victory, Liebewitz stressed that “protecting labor rights remains as important as it ever was, and perhaps it is more important than ever now.”

“The choice to unionize belongs solely to the graduate assistants,” she said.

Katherine Heaney can be reached at kheaney@cornellsun.com.

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Trump.

“It’s been really hard,” she said. “[Trump] doesn’t believe in climate change, and I’m a scientist who studies the atmosening,” a wake-up call for white Americans who thought of pheres of planets.”

Kozakis added that her father became much more xenophotheir country as progressive.

“Last night, we got a rude awakening,” he said. “And once bic during Trump’s campaign.

“Now I’m hearing my dad saying these horrible things you’re awake, you can’t go back to sleep. You can’t pretend. You about Muslims,” she said. “I just mentioned I knew some can’t accept the same lies.”

Rickford called for a general strike of black professionals, Muslims here at Cornell, and he’s like, ’They’re academic artists and academics — a grassroots uprising to counter the Muslims, and academic Muslims are more likely to be terrorone Trump rode to the White House. He voiced his skepticism ists.’”

Kozakis said she has not spoken to her parents since that political elites would be the ones to effect change — a Trump’s victory was announced, except to ask about her skepticism that extended to Hillary Clinton.

“A black face in a high place didn’t save us, and a woman in grandparents’ nationality.

“I texted my mom asking if my grandparents were born in a high place wouldn’t have either,” he said.

Italy, because I’m trying to get Italian Rickford explained that the citizenship now,” she said. grassroots movement would “America is not inevitably marching Abhinav Jindal grad from Mumbai, begin on the local level, calling India said he had long considered the for a minimum wage increase in towards equality. We have to fight for United States a model of tolerance, Tompkins County, increased our rights.” making Trump’s victory “really shockfunding for local schools and ing.” demilitarization of Ithaca’s Delmar Fears ’19 “As a foreigner, we see the United police force, including the States as a very multicultural environremoval of Ithaca’s SWAT truck.

Carlos Gutierrez, a Chilean man who spent three years in ment where people from all different countries living together one of Augusto Pinochet’s prisons, echoed Rickford’s misgiv- in peace and harmony, so during this campaign it was a little ings about a heavily armed police force. Gutierrez pointed to shocking to hear someone with such strong views against peoIthaca’s SWAT truck as evidence of a growing “us versus them” ple of color contending for the position of president,” he said Delmar Fears ’19 described waking up to news of a Trump mentality among members of law enforcement.

“The military police is not armed for invaders — it’s to presidency — a reality that once seemed a distant possibility given his comments about Muslims, Mexicans and women. fight us,” he said.

“This morning, my bubble was burst,” she said. “The silent Gutierrez said there are clear parallels between Trump’s ascent and the rise of Pinochet in Chile, which he saw first- majority has spoken, and you know what it told me? That hand. He urged the crowd to counter the election’s vitriol with America is not a loving country.”

Fears called Trump’s victory a setback for America, a solidarity.

“The closer you are to each other, the stronger you are,” he reminder that progress is not self-propelled.

“America is not inevitably marching towards equality,” she said.

Cornell and Ithaca College students stood for hours listen- said. “We have to fight for our rights — bitterly, consciously, ing to their peers’ misgivings and voicing some of their own. tenaciously.”

Thea Kozakis grad said she attended the demonstration because of her frustration with her parents, who support Matt Ormseth can be reached mormseth@cornellsun.com.

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“We are even more fearful than ever of the violence and discrimination that will inevitably be increased as a result of Trump's rhetoric,” Qudsi said. “Many of us are afraid to continue day-today activities because of any discrimination that Trump will encourage.”

Akhilesh Issur ’17, Student Assembly international student liaison, added that Trump’s presidential policies will likely impact international students’ ability to work in the United States.

“The international student community stands in solidarity with the minorities that have utterly been disrespected in this election,” Issur said. “We also apprehend that it might be harder for international students to get job visas after graduation, as a result of a Trump presidency, but we respect the democratic choice of the American people.”

Erika Axe ’18, co-president of Mixed at Cornell, pointed out the irony of Trump taking the presidency immediately after Barack Obama, who is mixed race.

“This election is an insult to every mixed person and minority who has ever been told that our racial identity is not for ourselves to decide, or that we should go ‘back to where you came from,’” Axe said. “Where do we go? This ‘mixing pot’ country is our home.

This is where we belong.”

Many student groups also

shared their hope that Cornellians will be able to unite to counteract any that discrimination that Trump’s presidency may bring.

In a statement, Mixed at Cornell said they will continue to “extend open arms” to students seeking support, stressing that the mixed community “was born from the love between those of differing backgrounds and experiences.”

“It is incredibly disheartening to watch the safety and well-being of many of our friends, family and neighbors become threatened by an unwillingness to protect the diversity that exists in our nation,” the group said.

The Arab Student Association echoed Mixed’s intentions, saying they plan to strengthen their ties with other groups on campus that feel their culture or values are under attack.

Hahm added that she hopes the “immense grief” and anger currently pervading the Asian American community will translate into an impetus for social change.

“We’re seeing an immense sense of empathy and anger from others, which is something that we haven’t seen in a while,” Hahm said. “This is powerful for us as CAPSU, because it will add passion for coming together and mobilization to fight for a future that we believe everyone deserves.”

Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun.com.

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students from watching Hillary Clinton’s concession speech or Obama’s statement about the importance of a peaceful transition of power.

“I wanted for my students what I wanted for myself — to watch history that will adversely affect me and my family in real time; to be a witness,” he said.

Moving forward, this election will have a long-term effect on the learning environment in classrooms, according to Law. “I think when you finally realize that people who support these kinds of violent and oppressive ideologies are amongst us, you feel that you have to move to a different register of language,” she said. “We are suddenly speaking a new form of language, with social cues and erasure and inclusion and exclusion being a nuanced and half conscious dance.”

Ngugi said he hopes the outcome of the election will create an opportunity to engage in more critical discourse with students.

“Ultimately we have to learn from each other,” he said. “I actually hope to have to more critical disagreement in class, because things matter and have consequences.”

So Hyung Kim can be reached at sohyungkim@cornellsun.com.

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Donald Trump Is Not Cornell LATE LAST NIGHT, THE VOTERS OF THIS COUNTRY elected Donald J. Trump the 45th president of the United States. Despite running a campaign distorted by hints of authoritarianism, building a platform based in racism and misogyny and despite the appalling personal inadequacy of Trump govern this great nation, in January he will ascend to the White House.

Cornellians last night and today reacted with an outpouring of horror and sadness. Many minority students fear they could face deportation. Women are anxious about the decisions that will be made by a Republican Congress and right-leaning Court, and wonder about the implications of elevating a man who brags about sexually assaulting women to the Oval Office.

On a day that looms dismal for a nation dedicated to the proposition of freedom and equality, we at The Sun are committed to exhibiting the resistance of our campus, to giving a voice to students who feel that their status as citizens of this country has been called into question.

We stand with immigrant students at Cornell who feel that they no longer have a place within our borders. We stand with minority and LGBTQ students who fear for their physical safety and emotional well-being. We stand with the women and men who feel that their history as victims of sexual assault has been delegitimized on the national stage. We stand with students of color who now must call a man endorsed by the KKK president. We hear you and we stand with you.

Today, we encourage students to remain politically engaged, to police the Trump administration’s policies, to call their representatives and to seek and showcase empathy. In these trying times, it is unclear what activism means or can change, but we at Cornell must work to organize and mount resistance to any betrayal of our national values.

Over the next few days, the next months and the next four years, we will be vigilant in guarding the protections at the very core of our identities as Americans. We will resist even when “libel laws are loosened.” We will stand by the most vulnerable members of our society to defend the principles of diversity and inclusion, of kindness and decency that have already made this country great.

President Elect Donald Trump is not America. And we will not let him be Cornell.

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t’s only appropriate that an election America has come out and decided they opinion piece should run alongside know what’s best for our generation. So, the sex columns, because this piece let me take this time to thank the baby will also be about getting fucked. I never boomer generation that voted for Trump. really believed that a man so hateful Thank you. Thank you for voting for could be elected, but it shows how much politicians who have made it harder for us common sense can be trusted nowadays. to pay for college, who have cut taxes on Call it liberal tears, but based on the reac- the rich and let the average citizen strugtions of the people in my newsfeed, I feel gle. Thank you for sending us to fight in two unnecessary wars. Thank you for that as if I’m writing a eulogy.

This is what happens when you have a “drill baby drill” mentality, global deforbroken political system. This is what hap- estation and drought, and the depletion pens when politicians get so corrupt, the ocean. Thank you for letting a narcisCongress gets so deadlocked, and wealth sistic, petulant idiot gain access to the disparity grows so large. I don’t know a world-ending nuclear arsenal you saw fit single person, liberal or conservative, who to build. Don’t call our generation selfish has faith in the government. This isn’t and whiny when yours is the one who just the white rural voters fault, this is the used up the earth’s resources.

Because, even forgetting about fault of every politician who decided to give him/herself a pay raise during a time Trump’s utter disinterest in healing the of economic hardship, who voted for tax social divides in this country, we have a breaks for the wealthy and increased mil- climate change denier in office. One who itary spending instead of public educa- believes that there are too many restriction.

It’s Hillary and the DNC’s So, to them I’d like to say congratulations fault for being ... You have what you want now. You have all too happy to engage in your white proto-male savior who is too corruption. manly to listen to the so-called “bleeding It’s the fault of hearts” of the country like Black Lives the politicians who’ve camMatter, environmentalists, paigned on Muslims and women. the vote of working class America, but ignored its needs every single time. It’s tions on the fossil fuel industry, who the fault of the media who gave airtime to wants more gas and oil and less renewthe fear mongerers who said without a able resources. A man who wants the single credible fact that our country is U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement. being taken over by Mexican immigrants A man who has called climate change a Chinese conspiracy, for fuck’s sake. We and Islamic extremists.

So, to them I’d like to say congratula- have no more time for this sort of insantions. Congratulations to the people ity.

You know, I wanted to write somewho’ve voted a joke into the presidency.

Congratulations to the KKK who’ve thing uplifting for today. Write about elected the candidate they endorsed. how politicians don’t make this country, Congratulations to Alex Jones and all his the people do. I truly believe that. But I fellow conspiracy theorists who believe in can’t just pretend that it’ll all get better the globalist “Jewish Mafia.” through American grit and spirit. We Congratulations to Rudy Guiliani, who have a problem. Because if there’s one compared Trump to the next Andrew thing this election has proved, it’s that Jackson, a president most known for the facts no longer matter. Trump got elected on a campaign of feeling, lies, and fear Trail of Tears.

You have what you want now. You mongering; not a single viable proposal have your white proto-male savior who is or solid fact was a part of his platform. too manly to listen to the so-called The media, who is supposed to champion “bleeding hearts” of the country like truth, just let it happen. It is a dangerous Black Lives Matter, environmentalists, precedent.

I don’t have an answer for this. I don’t Muslims and women. We can finally go back to the golden era of this country. know what a Trump presidency will look Can’t you see how much better it was? like. But now more than ever, we cannot Those gleaming fields of wheat waving let the voices of hate and ignorance pastorally as drive down the highway in drown out reason. Don’t waste time Dad’s old Buick. A time when men were blaming the average Trump voter, work men, the economy was boomin’ (tax rates to end the systemic deceit in politics. were far higher back then, but let’s ignore Because if we don’t find a way to cut that), and it was okay to sexually harass through this bullshit, red or blue, then your secretary. Ah, the good old days; this country is going nowhere but backtrue America. It’s like, all we hear about wards. now is how black people feel marginalized. I don’t remember that ever being an Malpass is a senior in the College of Arts and issue back when America was great. Let’s Soren Sciences. He can be reached at skm94@cornell.edu. get back to that era!

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t’s a long night in Collegetown, I’m batting my eyes, flirting with a few guys. I just got a number, and this one particular guy eyeing me at this bar has this dark mysterious aura surrounding him (maybe it’s just the fact that he’s wearing all black and alone). I go up to him, speak in a low, sultry voice, and after a few minutes ask him to come back to my place.

Of course, he’s surprised, this is typically the guy’s part, why would I skip the flirting that most girls require? Why am I so hungry to have him over?

It all comes down to a simple animalistic character trait when it comes to sex and all things related. Ask yourself this: are you a lion or a koala in bed? Do you assume the power, or do you accept it? Neither is better, really, without the lion, there’s no passion.

Without the koala, well you’re better off browsing Brazzers with your bottle of Aveeno. The common misconception is that most males are the powerhungry, sex-crazed ones, and females are the subservient, moan-at-the-righttime, ones. I, however, am here to let

you in on the fascinating minority of females yearning for power before, during, and after sexual acts.

You see, taking a guy back to my apartment under my terms fills me with this fire in a place that even a sex god couldn’t satisfy. I bring him over, I take my top off, I get right down to

head so much. Ha. Sex is all about power, and it’s become increasingly common for women to crave it. We don’t just receive the glory of the penis anymore, we control it. In fact, the other day I reached a huge triumph of the 100th person I’ve ever hooked up

Sex is all about power, and it’s become increasingly common for women to crave it.

We don’t just receive the glory of the penis anymore, we control it. business. In fact, oral is my favorite part, because I get to grasp his entire manhood in my right hand, and taste his entire pride on my tongue. I can make him squirm, I can make him shiver, and I can make him grin like a 12-year-old who just got his first boner. I’ve rationalized it so much in my brain, that’s probably why I like

with. Yup, I even have a list where I state the name of the person (if I can remember), where the hook up was, and I rate them with an iPhone emoji, of course. Sure, I went through moments where I wasn’t sure why I was bragging about my list to myself and my close friends, but after some contemplation I came down to

the realization that all of these people are my conquests. I was able to woo them some way or another, and I won. I’ve succeeded. Of course, some of these hook ups were incomplete, or awkward, or uncomfortable in some way. But looking back at them now, I am thrilled that each one of them happened. Each hook up adds something to me, and allows me to learn about my sexuality a bit more. Hell, my first blow job was in college, after I blatantly asked a guy to teach me, and led him to my freshman dorm.

Since the beginning I’ve had the power, I’ve craved the power.

And I believe that’s why sexual acts are so fun for me, I’ve started to need it. And knowing he needs me makes me need it more, and the cycle continues. I urge everyone to try it, if you’re the koala, try being the lion, try assuming the power. You never know how much more satisfaction that will cum.

Ha. Kitty Cat is a student at Cornell. Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. The Frisky Virgin appears periodically this semester.

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ne of the problems everybody deals with at college is where to get their hair cut. If you have a long-standing relationship with your barber at home, you don’t need to describe the cut you want. Presumably, your home barber knows you well enough to know how you like it. But even if you go to a new barber, there’s a standard “hair lexicon” you can use to succinctly and precisely describe the coif you’re into. “Six on top, four on the sides, tapered in the back and sideburns midear,” for example. I promise I’m going somewhere with this. In a traditional society it’s expected that you partner up with somebody of the opposite sex and stick with them for a while — till death do you part, in the extreme case.

In a sexually liberated society, however, it’s acceptable and even encouraged to bring someone to bed exactly once, and then proceed to avoid that person indefinitely. Now, if you’ve been around the block, you already know that everyone’s different, sexually. That is to say, we’ve all got certain things that make us hot under the collar, and certain things that don’t. While it can be fun to learn your partner’s peculiarities, it takes time and commitment. Thus, individual differences in sexual preferences can put up a significant barrier to the mutual enjoyment of one-night stands.

Certain preferences are clear as day, and easy to get across. It suffices to look your partner in the eye and say, “Choke me.” Or “Don’t choke me,” for that matter. Other preferences are more subtle and challenging to get across: “I appreciate the finger there, dear, but perhaps a bit more…dorsal? And a

hair to the right, if you don’t mind. Oh, and trim your nails next time.” Such a process is both inefficient and imprecise. What the world needs, clearly, is a standard “sexual lexicon” — a sexicon, if you will — for the speedy and unambiguous description of lewd and licentious desire.

Not one to watch the world suffer from any shortage of pleasure, I set about fixing the problem at hand. Here I offer a partial solution, a multidimensional blowjob classification system. The concept is very simple. After you convince someone it might be a good idea for them to blow you, you simply give them your three-character personalized blowjob code, or PBC. This code provides all the information your partner needs to know about your individual taste in blowjobs. Ten minutes later, you need only thank them, shake hands and part ways.

It’s very ef- ficient; under the new system, there’s absolutely no need at all to get to know your hookup on a personal level. Even their first name is rendered trivial and unnecessary by the bureaucratic elegance of the PBC. The first digit of the PBC is your preferred depth of oral penetration. A “1” indicates a completely anterior or distal focus, toward the glans penis. A “9,” on the other hand, indicates a completely posterior or proximal focus, toward the abdomen. The second digit indicates moisture: “1” for a leathery tongue and “9” for the complete waterworks. The final character of the PBC is an optional alphabetic tag for special requests. “B” for extra attention paid to the balls, “C” if you’d like them cupped, “I” for a mouthful of ice, “N” for a lot of noise and “T” for

a dash of teeth. This code is subject to additions should there be a significant public outcry for more letters.

Clearly, some codes will be more popular than others. You might call a 55C “The Classic,” for example. I’d also like to take a moment to honor the star of the 1972 film Deep Throat, by dubbing a 95N “The Lovelace.” And although I would never judge a person on the basis of their sexual preferences, anybody who requests an 11T has terrible taste and probably orders his steak well-done, too.

The PBC can be used to improve glory holes substantially. For the uninitiated, a glory hole is an orifice in a bathroom stall divider or some other wall that you stick your penis through. The hope is that someone on the other side of the wall will notice your penis and find it appealing enough to put it inside one of the various openings of their body. Currently, a typical glory hole is just that — a hole. What I am suggesting is the addition of a basket of slips of paper and golf pencils. That way, you can write your PBC on a slip and pass it through the hole to the other side. This, I think, is the purest and mightiest form of sexual liberation and of “hookup culture.” Hedonistic, transactional.

You might lose all sense of human connection and you might get hepatitis, but at least you’ll come in the process.

Dwight D. Eisenplower is a student at Cornell. Comments can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Bi Monthly appears periodically this semester.

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Inaugural Brunch Fest

By LOUISA HEYWOOD Sun Staff Writer

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ell, Brunch Fest was certainly popular. The event, one of many food-themed Ithaca events, took place last Saturday with local businesses pitching tents on the Commons and serving up brunch bites.

The event promised plenty of alcohol and a variety of cheaply priced tastes, although vendors may have been a bit overwhelmed by the turnout.

My own experience began when I stepped into line at 12:35 p.m. for the most popular tent, Gateway Kitchen.

They offered tantalizing options, including barbeque smoked salmon spread on latkes, brisket biscuits, pulled pork and brisket apple slaw croissants, pork pancake sandwiches and barbeque chicken au gratin potatoes. Some enthusiastic attendees were also excited by the peanut butter cheesecake and the apple bread with honey butter.

Other options included Om Nom Nomelettes and the ever-present Waffle Frolic. There were more restaurants too, although before the event was even halfway over, many had run out of food.

By SIDDHANT RAO Sun Staff Writer

Dear Reader,

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oday I am about to impart to you a colossal mountain of knowledge in the culinary arts. This is a recipe that you may have encountered at some point in your life but most people choose to wing. They’re under the impression that they “know what to do,” or even worse, that it’s a “simple dish.”

What I’m talking about is such a classic that one might

Despite my immediate hunger, I had to wait. The lines for all the tents were surprisingly long but I decided I had to wait to see if the hype lived up to the food. I reached the front at 2:05 p.m., exactly an hour and a half after joining the line.

Most people passed the wait time by laughing and catching up with friends.

There was a very congenial atmosphere that mostly masked the discouraging lines and cool weather.

Luckily, Gateway had not yet run out of the barbeque chicken potato gratin and I ordered it because it seemed to be a popular option. Rightfully so. The dish was certainly not a traditional brunch item, but it was quite delicious.

I also tried the salted caramel crunch cookie because after waiting in line for so long, there was no way I was going to leave without the full experience. The cookie was awesome.

Not everyone who attended got to enjoy the food offerings, however. Many were turned away by the long lines and left without anything. I don’t blame them. Brunch Fest was a new event, with plenty to learn from the first attempt. Next year, they’ll have to figure

even call it a staple: The P.B.&J, otherwise known as the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Of course, in most parts of the word it’s called a peanut butter and jam sandwich, but that is a topic for another article, possibly titled, “Jam and Jelly: What is the difference?”

If you think that the P.B.&J. is just a matter of two slices of bread, some peanut butter and some jelly, you should probably stop reading right now. You’re beyond help. If you are, however, intrigued to know what you’ve been doing wrong all your life, read ahead.

The Recipe for a PB&J.

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out how to manage the crowd by perhaps offering some more stands.

Overall, was it worth it? Probably not. Standing in line in the cold weather for an hour and a half is a steep price for a small taste. But I can’t deny that it was delicious. Also, I have high hopes that

absorb the liquid.)

4. Salted butter (You’ll see why.)

Directions:

1. Take bread out of the refrigerator and let rest for 30 minutes in a cool, dry

next year will be a smashing success for all.

Louisa Heywood is a freshman in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She can be reached at lh542@cornell.edu.

large knife to spread an even layer of jelly (¼ inch thick).

On the very edge of the bread, allow the jelly to go up to 9/32 of an inch. Place this slice in the refrigerator and let marinate overnight.

1. On a pan, heat a tablespoon of butter at medium

Ingredients:

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1. Peanut butter (It’s up to you what kind, but it’ll affect the rest of the recipe drastically. No, I’m not misusing the word drastic. I’m going to go with the classic smooth variety.)

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2. Jelly (Again, the kind of fruit is up to you, but studies that I will not cite show that grape is the most commonly used jelly.)

3. Bread (You want to use a multigrain variety that is just porous enough for ⅓ of the thickness of the slice to

environment.

2. Begin preheating Preheat oven to 350°. Four minutes and 21 seconds after you turn it on, place one slice of bread in the oven for about two minutes and one second. Using a pair of tongs, take the bread out of the oven.

3. On the warm bread, use a

high heat and, using tongs, hold the second slice of bread over the pan at a height of four point three inches above the butter.

This will allow the aroma of the butter to enter the bread without ruining the consistency of the sandwich.

2. Throw the butter out and for a brief second (not a reg-

ular second, that would be too long), press the face of the bread on the hot pan which still has traces of the butter. Quickly, (in less than 57 seconds, or you’ll have to start again) spread an even layer of peanut butter on the bread. Here you want to use " of an inch all over and 7/32 of an inch at the edges.

3. Preheat oven to 200° F. Three minutes and 11 seconds into the preheat, place the slice from day one into the oven, jelly face up.

One minute and 15 seconds later, place the second slice, peanut butter face down onto the first slice. Place some kind of weight on the top slice (stones work well) to make sure the two slices do not fly apart due to electron-electron repulsion as the separation → 0.

4. 131 seconds later, take the sandwich out of the oven. Let it rest on a large plate for about 30 seconds.

5. Eat it. Send me a thank you letter for changing your life.

Siddhant Rao is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at sr692@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT A Psychedelic Cure to Superhero Fatigue

BY BRENDAN COYLE Sun Contributor

You’ve felt it, I’ve felt it, we’ve all felt it: Superhero Fatigue.

With the constant slew of superhero blockbusters flooding cinema screens, it’s hard to keep this genre fresh. These films all share a remarkably similar structure, as well as common tropes like love interests, wise sages and all-powerful enemies. However, beyond the similarities within the genre itself, we now have the convention of cinematic universes. The pioneering Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has inspired a trend of shared universes including the lackluster D.C .Comics films, an attempted Monster Movie Universe, and now I hear they’re making a spinoff of The Big Lebowski centering on Jesus (the bowler, not the messianic figure).

So how can Marvel rise above the pop culture climate they’ve created? How can they introduce new characters and stories in their universe without getting stale?

They gotta get weird.

Doctor Strange is weird.

Based on a Marvel Comics run by the same name, Doctor Strange follows the journey of Dr. Stephen Strange, a brilliant neurosurgeon who studies his way to become a powerful sorcerer.

After suffering a nearly fatal car accident, Stephen suffers major nerve damage in his hands, rendering him unable to perform surgery ever again. When all hope seems lost, Stephen finds a man who miraculously recovered from paralysis and asks for his help. He sends Stephen to Kathmandu, Nepal where he meets the Ancient One, a powerful sorcerer whom Stephen begs to teach him and heal his hands.

The magic we see these sorcerers conjure is easily the best part of the film and a brilliant use of computer effects. There are a number of large action set-pieces and magic fights that are all brilliantly choreographed and artistically vivid. Like Inception on steroids, we witness a New York battle sequence in the “Mirror Dimension,” one of many dimensions explored in the film.

Buildings fall in on one another. Gravity and matter warp in fractals. It’s a beautiful and infinitely complex M.C. Escher painting put to screen. Another scene consists of two characters fighting in the “Astral Plane” as their bodies lie comatose. They pass through walls and floors, shaking a lamp or two, as they fist fight in different planes of existence. Trippy visuals are abound and I implore you to see this movie in 3D like I did. A beginning scene where Stephen is shown the multiverse floored me with its 3D effects. I rarely ever recommend you pay the extra $4, but it is so worth it this time around. It’s this kind of creativity and effort that can pull Marvel out of this fatigue. Unique visuals and experimental ideas will enrapture audiences better than any standard

superhero structure could.

But where Marvel champions in visuals and clever action, they fall flat once again in villainous conflict. As Stephen’s studies advance, he learns of the Ancient One’s student, Kaecillius, who turned to the “Dark Side” and is now awakening an ancient evil to gain immortality. We’ve seen this all before, and we have another bland villain in Kaecillius. Portrayed by Madds Mikkelsen, this character and actor are underwritten and underperformed. He’s a perfectly competent obstacle for our heroes and his motivation makes sense, but there’s no intrigue to it, no layers. It highlights another problem with the Marvel films. Each film is setting up for this massive Infinity War in 2018, so any villains that only last for a single film (spoiler alert, I guess) have no effort put towards them. There’s no question as to whether or not Stephen will save the day because there are no audience stakes in this villain.

As usual, the villains are disposable, but the heroes are incredibly charming and multilayered. For starters, Stephen Strange is an arrogant prick, straying from the normal hero archetype, but also differentiating himself from the likes of Tony Stark. He relies on his ego and his intellect most of all, which in the end is what holds him back in the mystic arts. They play up his inexperience well and how much magic begins to frustrate his scientific sensibilities. Themes of what we can and cannot control are introduced through Stephen’s characterization, and in the end, it’s suggested to us that there is great power in submission. That being said, I felt like he gets a few things way too quickly and the idea that he has some “natural talent” feels unearned and mostly a writing technique to keep this 2-hour character introduction moving.

The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) received a great deal of flak when casting was announced as the original character was a male Tibetan monk. In an effort to emphasize the diversity within the sorcerer’s community however, the character was changed to an ancient female Celtic. An argument can be made for the Ancient One transcending gender and race, but that’s not an argument I’m qualified to discuss. What I can discuss though is how effectively this character is written. The Ancient One is powerful and complex. Even though she maintains a cool demeanor, she explains in the film, “We never defeat our demons. We simply learn to live above them.” This idea again brings up an important discussion about control, and it plays

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into her characterization excitingly in later scenes. Additionally, it informs the conflict with Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Mordo might be the best performance in the film, even above Strange.

He’s an idealist, so when he must abandon his values later in the film, conflict boils deep within him. Arguments he has with Stephen about what their role in the world is are rife with passion and emotion from Chiwetel. He feels like a sincere, visceral character, and his philosophies conflict with Stephen intriguingly.

Finally, we have Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer, one of Stephen’s former colleagues and lover. Christine is well-acted and well-written, and I felt she was integrated quite well into the plot considering she has no ability to warp time and space. She links Stephen to the real world and, in a way, is a mirror on which we can see Stephen change. The way he treats her in the beginning of the film shows us how awful and broken he is, but by the end the softness between them shows us how far he’s come. She never lets herself be taken advantage of and calls him out when he’s being awful. But she also recognizes his change at the end of the film, and we see the possibility of a rekindled romance in the future.

In the end, Doctor Strange is a welcome addition to Marvel’s lineup. It’s worth seeing for the visuals and leading performances alone. This film’s biggest weakness is that its plot and reason for existing feels like a means to an end. At its heart, it’s a calculated way to introduce the character of Doctor Strange for future films.

That being said, it’s a very well-made introduction, and it allows for a creative and engaging experience this November.

Brendan Coyle is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at brc77@cornell.edu.

Sonic Sea: An Ocean of Emotion

BY VIRI GARCIA Sun Staff Writer

It’s no secret that humans are destroying the earth at an alarming rate. However, not much is being done because not enough people care. The 60-minute documentary Sonic Sea explores the impact of noise pollution on whales and other marine mammals and presents possible solutions and measures that can be taken to prevent more harm.

The documentary opens with an animation of the sea, along with soothing music, setting the stage for an emotional journey that could make any landlubber want to do anything in their power to save our oceans and marine mammals.

The film first explores the increasing number of whale and dolphin beachings and features several scientists each giving their take on the situation, as well as mildly graphic images of the stranded animals. Among the first to speak is Dr. Christopher Clark, senior scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. There is a certain feeling that comes with being a Cornell student and seeing a Cornell researcher on a documentary that won six awards and was a featured selection at 16 film festivals; the impact of the film becomes greater due to that connection.

Once the problem has been established, the documentary goes on to explain what ocean noise is and how it negatively affects marine mammals. Throughout most of the film, there is an underlying attempt to grab ahold of the audience’s emotions and empathy. When ocean noise is being explained, as well as

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throughout most of the film, examples of the ocean cacophony are played, all unpleasant and loud noises. Additionally, one of the speakers mentions that “the whales can’t turn the volume down” the way we are accustomed to when we wear headphones.

Occasionally, short animations are included to illustrate points and present information such as statistics clearly. They did not distract from the main point or diminish the gravity of the information being presented, but rather made it more understandable, especially to people who do not devote their life to research on ocean noise or marine mammals. Additionally, the documentary focused on information that we don’t normally think about, such as how much more sound travels underwater than on land, and just how much louder the ocean is.

To increase empathy and encourage the audience to take action, Rachel McAdams, who appeared in Mean Girls, The Notebook and Wedding Crashers, narrated the documentary, and the musician Sting spoke several times. They were both presented to the audience to demonstrate that well-known individuals are working to reduce ocean noise and get more people to make an effort.

There was a segment during which three of the researchers, including Dr. Clark, described their first real encounter with whales. One individual said, “When you look in the eyes of a whale, they see your soul.” This line was meant to touch the audience and induce even more emotion, and it did so. The whole documentary targeted the audience’s emotions, as tends to be the case when it comes to issues regarding wildlife. As I glanced

around the theater, I could see that everyone was immersed in the film. I could see that everyone felt something, and I did too.

Following this emotional climax, solutions to ocean noise are presented and explored. While oil companies, shipping and the military are blamed, only a few of these groups are given a chance to speak in the documentary, making the film seem slightly onesided. However, there did not seem to be a need to include opinions from them, as it was made clear that they were the culprits.

Towards the end of the documentary, Dr. Clark said that “it’s easier not to do anything than to do something.” When the screening was over, Dr. Clark hosted a question and answer panel, in which he was more than willing to answer anyone’s questions or listen to any comments. He made it clear that the whole point of the film was to expose the impact of ocean noise on marine mammals and that anyone can do something to help, rather than make the audience feel that because they lack a Ph.D they cannot contribute to the cause.

Overall, Sonic Sea was neither a boring documentary full of meaningless facts nor one that simply induced pity for a cause, but rather the perfect medium. It featured various speakers, emotional moments, and great writing and information. While the method used to grab the audience was mostly empathy and emotion, it was not overdone at all. Sonic Sea can definitely captivate and move an audience in a beautiful way.

Viri Garcia is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

She can be reached at vg235@cornell.edu.

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You Just Got Troll-ed

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Staff Writer

Well, I said this before in a past installment of my column Animation Analysis, but I must repeat it here with greater sincerity: I owe DreamWorks Animation an apology. All of the previous flak I’ve given Trolls, I would like to redirect to their marketing team for making me think this was going to be a stinker of a film. Seriously though, do some reorganizing in that department. The cringeworthy teaser gave us twerking trolls; the film itself actually turned out far better than I dared to hope. To be sure, it has its share of flaws, but overall DreamWorks’ Trolls, directed by Walt Dohrn and Mike Mitchell, actually delivers a good time.

As I began to pick this movie apart, I delved into the filmography of the directors and found two different stories. Walt Dohrn used to write on the show SpongeBob SquarePants, before its infamous decline. He wrote some of the most well-remembered episodes such as “Frankendoodle” and “Procrastination,”, and he also worked on Dexter’s Laboratory. Mike Mitchell, on the other hand, sports a resume that includes Shrek Forever After and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. The disparate experience can be felt in a bit of a duality within the movie. There are some extremely clever gags, and some groan-worthy ones.

The film begins in a typical “open the storybook” fashion, and we’re presented with two races: the titular and tiny Trolls, who are creatures of unbridled happiness, and the larger Bergens, who do not know how to be happy.

The Bergens believe the only way to achieve happiness is to eat a Troll, and so they keep them in their town as a food supply.

Eventually the Trolls escape, and form a new home in the middle of a remote forest. Fast forward twenty years, and we’re introduced to our two main characters. Anna Kendrick voices Poppy, the happiest of the happy-go-lucky Trolls, and as princess she is dedicated to observing hourly hug times and promoting songs and dances as much as possible. On the polar opposite end of the spectrum is Branch,

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voiced by Justin Timberlake, a crazy (even by his own description) doomsday prepper constantly on alert for approaching Bergens.

When a Bergen finally manages to track down the Trolls and kidnap them, it’s up to these two to save their captured fellows.

The most important part of any movie is the writing; without a good screenplay, nothing else can move forward. So how does Trolls fare? I’d rule above average… but not necessarily great. The plotline follows a familiar beat, and within five minutes of the film’s opening I could predict a lot of the major plot points.

That being said, the story is certainly executed

across clearly.

The humor is… a little more mixed.

Some of the jokes were fantastic, and several laughs were prompted out of me. Other gags had me rolling my eyes; I’m sure we all could have gone without the glitter farts. There are times also where the movie is so desperate to be funny that the timing goes awry. About two-thirds of the way in, we get a serious dramatic revelation from one of the characters about their past. The emotion of the moment gets almost immediately squashed though by other characters cutting in with quips. Drama needs room to breathe, and Trolls doesn’t

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competently. In fact, there were a couple bits that did surprise me! Characters develop over the movie, both on the Trolls’ and the Bergens’ sides. Some of the arcs are a little rushed, and some of the arcs feel a bit erratic, but in the end a goal is defined and reached. Honestly though, I’d find it a little easier to root for some of the characters if they acted a little more sensibly. When Poppy finds her friends, they immediately cheer and shout and sing with a Bergen sleeping in the same room. Even after Branch shushes them, they continue their celebration only slightly more quietly. These friends have few distinct personalities, and can essentially be considered a collective character named “Friends”. I can name one notable exception, but I don’t want to describe it too much; I’ll just say that there is a pleasant surprise among them. Ultimately, the narrative has rough edges but carries itself solidly enough. It also carries a message about finding happiness inside yourself, and while it could have been delivered a little better, it still comes

always accommodate that. For the majority of the time though, the humor lands on target, and the good gags do outweigh the bad.

Trolls touts itself as a musical, and the centerpiece of its soundtrack is Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling.” I can claim it as the centerpiece with absolute certainty because I’ve heard it on the radio every time I’ve stepped into a restaurant or store since May. In a way, Timberlake’s single has been a great marketing ploy, because even when I was dreading this film, the little earworm burrowed its way into my memory. As for the rest of the soundtrack it is — yet again — mixed.

Some of the songs are generic, or feel like an effort to appeal to millennials, or simply have poor writing. However, some of the covers are well-placed; Kendrick’s rendition of “The Sound of Silence” was a lot of fun. The song “Hair Up” plays off the familiar tune of “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, imbuing it with a modern pop feeling. In a way, it felt like the music improved over the course of the movie.

I don’t know if I simply got used to it, or if by then I had been won over, but my ears definitely enjoyed the second half a bit more.

Trolls’ strongest point lies in its visuals. It employs a unique style that gives it what I can only describe as a craftshop feel. There are two distinct worlds: one is the forest that the Trolls escape into. Everything is brightly colored and soft-looking, even the deadly predators. Think of it as if a Nick Jr. cartoon got a multi-million dollar budget. By contrast, the Bergens’ town looks dreary, but not without a sense of whimsy in itself. In a way it feels similar to Laika’s Boxtrolls (hmmm, connection in those names?). The disparate visual styles accentuate the storytelling. In the classic hero’s journey, there’s a distinction between the safe home and the perilous other world. Trolls utilizes its visuals to underline that very distinction.

In the Trolls’ forest, even Branch’s maximum-security bunker uses metal that looks like it’s made out of felt. On the contrary, the Bergens use knives and instruments that have the actual sheen of steel. The audience gets the feeling that these giants are more dangerous than the snakes and spiders and other beasts that plagued Poppy and Branch on their way out of the forest; it reminds us that these are the big bads. Besides this storytelling analysis, the direction keeps us engaged, and it’s just plain fun to look at.

Trolls has serious flaws, that cannot be denied. But at the same time it has strong virtues as well. It has a plot that’s more wellput-together than not, humor that’s more funny than unfunny, and music that’s more catchy than groan-worthy. I’m not going to say “WATCH IT RIGHT NOW!”, but I won’t tell you to avoid it like the plague either. In the end it is a pleasant movie. I actually felt buoyed up a bit afterwards, and I can never trash a film that gave me that feeling. If you have kids, take them to see it. If you want to have a silly good time, give it a try. Ultimately, while I won’t put these Trolls on a pedestal, I’m not going to put them on a dinner plate either.

David Gouldthorpe is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at dgouldthorpe@cornellsun.com.

Billie and Ella: The Timeless Two

azz warms my soul. It’s the sound of horns, mingled with brushed snares and sparse keys that strike a chord with me, bring me to an everlasting ease. I appreciate the way the same standard can be interpreted by the famed and by the lesser known, phrased and formed to fit the voices and styles of the musicians. I love the flexibility, the innate improvisation, the freedom and spontaneity. And while there is jazz that goes over my head, music that feels more speedy than soothing, I look to the genre as a pick-me-up more often than not.

In thinking about vocal jazz, I’m continually drawn to two legends: Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. They are perhaps the most emblematic singers of the genre, voices that most have heard at some point or another. Yet these women, with the sweetest of tones, led deeply challenging lives. Both grew up impoverished in a racially divided society. They lived in broken households, singing to selfsoothe through their struggles.

They still play in dim-lit coffee shops, voices familiar and familial to all. Singing about lovers and the lovely aspects of life, these women thrived musically and lyrically despite their troubled circumstances. And they sang in such a way that one could easily overlook the melancholy underlying their soulful timbres.

I listened to Billie in high school, looking to imitate her phrasing, her manipulation of notes and the way she made

music her own. Learning of her troubled past — her life as a prostitute, her experiences with sexual assault and her fatal battle with a heroin addiction — gave her music a new sense of depth and darkness for me. Her voice, caramelized and confident, so perfectly complemented by trumpets and keys, is actually filled to the brim with despair.

Billie performed some songs that seemed so innocuous, so lyrically saccharine; yet, her interpretations added an unshakable layer of gloom. “Lover Man” is one of those; it’s a song that merely discusses the desire to be loved and cared for. The lyric, “Got a moon above me / but no one to love me” is poetic, but the sentiment is common. Yet, when B illie sings it, it’s as though we feel her absence and emptiness, her tumultuous life soaking through every note and beat. As she searches for love, we too search for ourselves in her syrupy voice.

Ella is a more complicated figure. She was continually critiqued for her lack of emotionality, but her vocal prowess still reached Millennial and resonated with commuMusings nities everywhere. Ella’s voice was pure and precise.

She moved through her range with ease, surpassing anyone and everyone with her ability to scat and imitate instruments. And even when she slowed things down on tracks like “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” her voice was still so pleasant to listen to.

It was, and is, enjoyable for everyone, for any moment.

Anita Alur

Listening to Ella next to Billie, there are obvious differences. While Billie’s voice gushes with emotion, Ella’s feels lighter. As Francis Davis of the New York Times wrote, “Compared with Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald has always sounded girlish and untroubled, even in old age. Her renditions of songs reveal nothing about herself, except the obvious joy she takes in singing.” Davis titled his 1994 piece on the two singers, “One Scats, the Other Doesn’t,” a simplistic sentence meant to highlight the similarities between these singers. Ella, too, experienced hardship, in the form of multiple marital dissolutions and health issues later in life. Far less is known about Ella’s difficulties, but biographers have noted that music was her way of communicating with the world, her coping mechanism that brought her the most joy and exhilaration. Like Billie, singing provided a sense of solace for Ella.

Behind the sweetness of sound often lies a deep-seated melancholy, one that can be suppressed, as in the case of Ella Fitzgerald, or one that oozes despite the lyrics, as in the voice of Billie Holiday. Their experiences with adversity will continue to influence the way I listen to them and the music they left behind. They are more than the voices that play over Starbucks’ speakers, blending with the sound of chatter. They are icons, important not only for the way they influenced and altered jazz as a genre, but also for their abilities to create such sophisticated, perfumed melodies in the midst of turmoil.

Anita Alur is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at aalur@cornellsun.com. Millennial Musings appears alternate Wednesdays online this semester.

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Cornell Collects Single Point in Opening Weekend

By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Staff Writer

Coming off opening weekend of ECAC play, Cornell (0-2-1, 01-1 ECAC) emerged with just one point after a 1-1 tie at Dartmouth and 4-3 loss at Harvard. While the Red isn’t happy with the results this weekend, the team will look to wrap up its first five-game away stretch in program history by taking away the positives of last weekend’s games.

“It sucks we’re down 0-21 in the start of our season, but we just have to keep a positive mindset.”

Mitch Gillam ’17 “I think we’re a little disappointed, we worked pretty hard this weekend, but to come out of it with only one point is a little disappointing for the team,” said senior forward Jake Weidner. “But I think at the same time there’s a lot of positives we can take out it from the team.”

Senior goaltender Mitch Gillam echoed these sentiments and added that the team is becoming more cohesive.

“It sucks that we’re down 0-2-1 in the start of our season, but we just have to keep a positive mindset and work hard every single day,” Gillam said. “We’re still working hard in practice, it’s not like we’re down on ourselves of anything like that. I think from Merrimack to Dartmouth to Harvard, our game has grown so much and guys are starting to gel a little bit more on the ice.”

Head coach Mike Shafer ’86 said he would have liked to see the team come away with more than one point, but pointed out that this weekend’s games accomplished some of the team’s long term goals. “[I’m] not happy with coming away with a point, but I think that looking at things on a larger scale,

one of our objectives is to be a better team, better player, everyday throughout the course of the season,” Shafer said. “You can’t can’t sacrifice continuing to lay the foundation of our season to try to just change everything right now to get a win on the weekend. We want to win, but we have to stick with the process because that’s what’s going to carry us.”

The Red will begin the weekend by taking on Brown (0-4-0, 02-0 ECAC) on Friday, a team that is currently tied with Princeton for last place in the league.

Nevertheless, Shafer called Brown “the best team [he’s] seen on video so far” and said he expects his team to tackle the challenge. better than “[They’re] Merrimack, better than Harvard, better than Dartmouth — they’ve played very, very well,” he said.

“Our guys are going to have to be ready for it.”

Shafer was asked if he stands by these comments given the team’s record, but rebutted the question, saying the record doesn’t reflect the team, which is one of the similarities he sees between the Bears and the Red. “I don’t think our record reflects who we are either,” he said.

“They had to go out on the road against Union and RPI, teams that are playing their 11th and 12th games, so that's a tall order to go up and play against those guys.

Just by the naked eye and looking at them they're a good hockey team.”

After the trip to Providence, the Red travels to New Haven on Saturday to take on Yale (2-1-0, 11-0 ECAC), who also took on both Union and RPI last weekend.

Yale lost star goaltender Alex Lyon, who decided to sign a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers and forego his senior season. Gillam discussed his respect for Lyon, a player that has given the Red difficulties the past few years, and how Gillam was inspired by Lyon’s play.

“It’s been fun playing against Alex — he’s a great goaltender and See M. HOCKEY page 15

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Positive outlook | Head coach Mike Shafer ‘86 said that although the weekend was disappointing, the Red can only move up from here.

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Championships in 2016, which was the team’s best finish since 2009. “…For championships our goal is to get at least one place higher than last year,” Zurmuhl said. “Last year at Ivy’s we edged out Columbia to take 5th,

“...For championships our goal is to get at least one place higher than last year.”

David Zurmuhl ’17 which was the highest we've placed in several years. I think it would be awesome if we could place 4th or better this year.”

Newman has high expectations for many of his returning upperclassmen in implementing the growth the team needs in order to move up in the League, including junior Alex Evdokimov, the team’s top returning scorer from last year’s Championship meet.

Evdokimov won conference titles in both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke for the second year in a row in 2016.

Newman’s expectations are right where they should be, as a number of the team’s upperclassmen had excellent seasons last year. Reisch overcame soldier surgery to become the team’s top butterflier, which helped with relays immensely, and

Brenneman dropped lot of time in his 50 m freestyle and placed 3rd in the league to break the Red’s oldest swimming record, to name just a few .

“Last year we had a number of upperclassman who had breakthrough seasons,” Newman said. “[Evdokimov, Reisch, and Brenneman], among others, will certainly help lead the team to more exciting results.”

The new additions of head diving coach Christian Torres — the former head coach at Canisius College — and assistant coach Jordan Lieberman add to the excitement of the upcoming season.

This weekend the team will compete in its season-opener, a tri-meet with Dartmouth and Harvard in Hanover. Last year the tri-meet was held at home in Ithaca at Cornell’s Teagle Pool, where the team defeated Dartmouth but fell to Harvard.

Doing well this weekend will be the perfect springboard for its season goal of improving its dual meet record and standing at Ivy’s.

“We’re hoping to improve on both our dual meet record and our standing at Ivy’s,” Reisch said. “It will definitely be difficult, but we still have a couple of the fastest guys in the league, so anything is possible.”

The team travels to Hanover, N.H. to compete at Karl Michael Pool at 4 p.m. SatMary Barger can be reached at mbarger@cornellsun.com.

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I’ve respected his game and how he’s played,” Gillam said. “He’s made me elevate my game when I’m watching him on the other end.”

Weidner said he has high esteem for Lyon, but is making sure the team doesn’t overlook new goaltender, senior Patrick Spano. “[Lyon’s] a great goalie, but we always have tough games no matter who we play; it’s the ECAC so every team’s always good,” Weidner said. “I’m sure their new goalie is going to be a good goalie as well so it’s just about sticking to our process, doing the things we do best and doing them for a consistent 60 minutes for two games over the weekend.”

Shafer pointed out Yale’s ability to turn defense into offense, a skill that the Red needs to guard against well.

“They’re a team that stays

above you and they’re more defensive oriented with a splatter of guys that can really capitalize on scoring chances, and they're good at it,” he said.

“They generate a lot of their offense from being in good

“Looking at things on a larger scale, one of our objectives is to be a better team ... throughout the cours of the season.”

Mike Shafer ’86 defensive position and they have the speed and skill to go with that.”

The team is ready to finish off its away streak with a strong showing.

Jamil Rahman can be reached at jrahman@cornellsun.com.

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Red Calls Better Ivy,Dual-Meet Records Main Season Goal

Team poised,confident heading into season opener,a tri-meet with Harvard, Dartmouth this weekend

By MARY BARGER Sun Staff Writer

Cornell men’s swimming and diving enters the 20162017 season with a unified goal in mind: to improve its dual meet record and ultimately rise in the Ivy League. The team aims to build on the success of last year’s season with the addition of new faces and the improvement of old.

Head coach Wes Newman expects his three captains, senior David Zurmuhl, senior Luke Reisch and junior Jack Brenneman, to “continue a strong tradition of leaders on the team.”

Their leadership will be especially important in guiding the team’s ten freshmen, a talented group with the potential to fill the gaps in the lineup left by last year’s seniors.

“Freshman year is always a big adjustment in college, and balancing that with athletics can be a challenge,” Newman said. “I know that if this class balances both its athletic and academic responsibilities well this season, they will make an immediate positive impact on our program.”

Some significant gaps the freshmen look to fill include those left by alumni Victor Luo and Taylor Adams, who specialized in breaststroke and sprint events, respectively, and helped the team to its fifth-place finish at the Ivy League See M. SWIMMING page15

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Strong leadership | Head coach Wes Newman plans to rely heavily on his three captains to carry the squad.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Red Set to Take On Brown and Yale Red Looks to Finish

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Brown and Yale will travel to Lynah this weekend to face Cornell women’s hockey in a pair of key conference matchups. The Red is looking to continue double-digit unbeaten streaks against both teams.

Cornell (3-2, 1-2 ECAC) has gone 18 games without losing to Brown (3-4, 1-3 ECAC). The last time the Bears defeated the Red was in 2007. The Red has also gone a long time since losing to Yale (4-1-1, 2-1-1 ECAC). The Red has not lost to the Bulldogs in 15 straight games.

However, Brown tied Cornell the

net.”

Cornell has succeeded in finding shots thus far, averaging 33.5 shots per game against its opponents’ 18.8. Yet, the Red has converted on eight of its 138 shots taken, averaging 2 goals per game.

“We have not given up a lot of goals, but we have to find ways to score some goals,” Derraugh said. “But you are not going to win a lot of games if you are winning one or two goals a game.”

last time the Bears skated at Lynah.

Even with the Red’s past success, Brown has been knocking on the door.

“Last year [Brown] came down here and tied us, and they play a strong team game,” said head coach Doug Derraugh ‘91. “They are solid at all positions and well coached.“ Derraugh highlighted Brown’s defensive capabilities, as the Bears have averaged one goal-against less than the conference average.

“It’s tough to get to the net on [Brown]; they do a really good job of protecting their own net,” Derraugh said. “They are good at clogging things up in the middle. We have got to find ways to get through that and get to their

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Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com.

ROUND

7

ZACH ADAM JACK SHAN BRONFIN SILVER KANTOR DHALIWAL

SOFIA HU

PHOEBE PAULINA BRIAN PHOTO ARTS SCHROEDER KELLER GLASS LAPLACA EDITORS EDITORS

CORNELL V. COLUMBIA

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

COLUMBIA

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

CORNELL

HARVARD V. PENN

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

PENN

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

PENN

HARVARD

HARVARD

DARTMOUTH

DARTMOUTH

DARTMOUTH

BROWN

BROWN

BROWN

DARTMOUTH

BROWN

DARTMOUTH

DARTMOUTH

BROWN V. DARTMOUTH

BROWN

PRINCETON V. YALE

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

YALE

YALE

PRINCETON

YALE

YALE

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

OHIO STATE V. MARYLAND

OHIO STATE

MARYLAND

OHIO STATE

OHIO STATE

MARYLAND

OHIO STATE

OHIO STATE

OHIO STATE

MARYLAND

MARYLAND

OHIO STATE

BAYLOR V. OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA

BAYLOR

OKLAHAMA

OKLAHOMA

BAYLOR

BAYLOR

OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA

BAYLOR

OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA

S. CAROLINA V. FLORIDA

FLORIDA

FLORIDA

FLORIDA

FLORIDA

FLORIDA

FLORIDA

FLORIDA

FLORIDA

S. CAROLINA

S. CAROLINA

FLORIDA

BRONCOS V. SAINTS

SAINTS

SAINTS

SAINTS

SAINTS

SAINTS

SAINTS

SAINTS

BRONCOS

BRONCOS

SAINTS

BRONCOS

COWBOYS V. STEELERS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

STEELERS

STEELERS

STEELERS

COWBOYS

STEELERS

STEELERS

COWBOYS

SEAHAWKS V. PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

SEAHAWKS

SEAHAWKS

PATRIOTS

PATRIOTS

SEAHAWKS

PATRIOTS

SEAHAWKS

SEAHAWKS

PATRIOTS

LAST WEEK

4-6

9-1

4-6

5-5

5-5

6-4

5-5

8-2

7-3

0-10

7-3

TOTAL

27-33

35-25

41-19

31-29

34-26

40-20

31-29

35-25

38-22

28-32

37-23

Season Strong Against Penn and Princeton

By BRITTANY BIGGS

Sun Staff Writer

In its last battles of the season, the Cornell women’s volleyball team looks to upset the Princeton Tigers on Friday and continue its winning streak against the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday.

“We will have to be prepared and execute in the match but play with heart and for each other,” said head coach Trudy Vande Berg, on playing the Tigers (17-4, 11-1 Ivy). “They don’t make many mistakes and are good in all of their positions, so we will have to do the same.”

The Tigers have architected a near-flawless season and will present quite a challenge for the Red (11-11, 5-7) in its season-closer. Nevertheless, freshman setter Katie Randolph is confident in her team’s ability to stick to the plan and execute on Friday.

“Princeton has done really well, but we put a lot of effort into scouting other teams,” Randolph said. “If we scout well and execute our game plan I think we will be able to handle them.”

The Quakers (10-14, 5-7) present a different challenge for the Red. “Penn has the complete opposite style of play than Princeton,” Vande Berg said. “They are scrappy, disciplined and really go after your weaknesses.”

Staying within itself will be essential in the team’s last two games.

“We just want to focus on our side of the net,” Randolph said. “No matter who we play our goal is to play the best volleyball we can, which will help us win.”

Regardless of what happens this weekend, this season has been one of the most successful campaigns for the Red since 2008.

“They have done so many great things this year,” Vande Berg said. “We want to end on a high note not only for our seniors but to continue the momentum into our spring season and fall of 2017.”

Brittany Biggs can be reached at bbiggs@cornellsun.com.