11 12 15 entire issue hi res

INDEPENDENT SINCE 1880

The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 132, No. 56

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015

!

ITHACA, NEW YORK

16 Pages – Free

Dining

Arts

Sports

Weather

Family Establishment

Fruity

Rebound

Rainy HIGH: 57º LOW: 44º

Olivia Lutwak ’18 praises Taste of Thai, calling it “the perfect restaurant for everyone.” | Page 8

Shay Collins ’18 finds Tangerine “energetically paced” and “hilariously written.” | Page 10

The men’s hockey team hopes to shake off a rough loss to Quinnipiac this weekend against Colgate. | Page 16

2016 Ithaca Budget Hikes TCAT Funding

By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer

After a month of meetings, the Common Council approved the 2016 budget recommended by Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 on Nov. 4.

During the final meeting to discuss the budget, several changes were made before it was approved, according to Alderperson Stephen Smith (D-4th Ward) and Alderperson Seph Murtagh M.A. ’04 Ph.D “We are getting out ’09 (D-2nd of the woods with Ward). the financial crash Some of the major changes and the economic included an recession.” adjustment to the Tompkins Seph Murtagh Ph.D ’09 Consolidated Area Transit budget as well as plans to increase the number of workers in a couple city departments.

TCAT board members Bill Gray and Frank Proto ’65 appeared before the Common Council and requested additional funding from the city, according to The Ithaca Journal.

The council passed an increase of $50,000 in TCAT funding by a 7-3 vote.

“We had a pretty thorough discussion with TCAT about their request for additional funding and budget,” Smith said. “We were able to increase the TCAT fund by $50,000 by pulling $42,000 from a fund that had been set aside for bus purchases and another $8,000 from the revenue account.”

See BUDGET page 4

Hundreds Stage I.C.‘Walkout’

Students call for Ithaca College president Tom Rochon to resign over handling of racial tensions

By SOFIA HU Sun News Editor

Shouts of “Tom Rochon! No confidence!” echoed across Ithaca College’s academic quad Wednesday afternoon as hundreds of students, faculty and staff members formed a walkout hosted by student organization POC@IC. The crowd, protesting I.C. President Tom Rochon and his handling of racial tensions on campus, stood in solidarity with other campuses including the University of Missouri and Yale University, which have received national attention following student claims of racism.

Following a month of racial tensions at I.C. sparked by a number of alleged racist incidents, students gathered Wednesday to urge a vote of no confidence against Rochon.

Those incidents include an Oct. 8 event where two I.C. alumni made racially insensitive remarks about a black alumna at a college event, a “Preps & Crooks” themed party planned by unaffiliated fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi and Rochon’s delayed handling of such incidents.

Music to my ears

PHOTOS BY JOON LEE / SUN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

No confidence | Members of POC@IC, a student organization at Ithaca College, rally hundreds against I.C. president Tom Rochon and in solidarity with other campuses facing racism.

Students began gathering at approximately 1 p.m. at the Freedom Rock near one end of the academic quad. WIthin 30 minutes, hundreds had crowded in front of I.C.’s bookstore and campus center.

Addressing the crowd with microphones, students made brief and rallying speeches. One student named Rochon the See WALKOUT page 5

Student Union Board Restricts Use of WSH Memorial Room

By KIMBERLY LEE

may need to find new meeting spaces next semester.

“In an effort to provide greater Several student groups may no opportunities for the growing number longer be able to host weekly meetings of student organizations to hold their in the Memorial events in WSH, we Room, as the “The Memorial Room is are trying to ensure Student Union these spaces are being meant to serve as a Board plans to make used as effectively as Willard Straight Hall programming space rather possible,” said Krismore accessible to than a meeting space.” ten Crasto ’17, direcother student organitor of public affairs Student Union Board zations for nonfor the Student meeting events.

Union Board, in a Several of the groups affected include Nov. 1 email to The Sun. the Interfraternity Council, the Student See MEMORIAL ROOM page 4 Assembly and Class Councils, which

Sun Staff Writer

SONYA RYU / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Jonathan Schakel grad performs transcriptions by J.S. Bach and Vivaldi on the organ in Anabel Taylor Chapel Wednesday.

2 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015

Today

DAYBOOK

Thursday, November 12, 2015

weather FORECAST

Daybook Today Helping Parents Help Their Teens Noon - 1 p.m., 2nd Floor Conference Room, Beebe Hall

Lies and Reconciliation: Post-Conflict Storytelling in Rwanda 2:30 - 4 p.m., G08 Uris Hall

How “Happy Puppy Visits” Can Help Your Practice 6 - 7 p.m., LH1, College of Veterinary Medicine

Tomorrow President Elizabeth Garrett’s Address to Staff Noon, Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall Taming the Market: Epistemic Failure at the Federal Reserve Noon - 1:30 p.m., 153 Uris Hall 13th Annual ILR Labor Roundtable 1:15 - 5 p.m., Carrier Ballroom, Statler Hotel Plant Breeding Fall Student Presentations 2 - 4:30 p.m., 404 Plant Science Building Ancient Philosophy Speaker Series 3 - 5 p.m., 206 Stimson Hall

By SUN STAFF

Since 1926, when the Ithaca Flying Service took over the municipal airport, many University students have attended flying school there. Six planes are owned by the company, none of them being hydroplanes, which have proved unsuccessful.

Miss Frances Woodruff ’42 is the only woman enrolled in the school at the present time. C.W. Terry of the Department of Engineering flies from the field and U.W. Fischer ’39 has a glider and a German sailplane docked at the hangar.

For six years Fischer has been an active follower of the unique sport of gliding. In 1932, while spending a summer vacation in Germany, he attended the flying school at Rossetten, East Prussia, and there learned the art of gliding. Although he has flown airplanes his enthusiasm now is directed towards flying gliders, and he spends many of his weekends gliding around Ithaca. Beginning in 1935, for three years Fischer has entered the National Glider Meet held at Elmira in early July. According to him, gliding at Elmira is probably more successful than at Ithaca because of the topography of the land. The hills and

INDEPENDENT SINCE 1880

Business Manager

Emma Lichtenstein ’16

(607) 273-3606

Business: For questions regarding advertising, classifieds, subscriptions or delivery problems, please call from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

News: To report breaking news or story ideas, please call after 5 p.m., Sunday-Thursday.

SEND A FAX VISIT THE OFFICE THE SUN ONLINE E-MAIL

Hi: 49° F Lo: 33° F Rain

Originally published in The Sun on Friday, October 7, 1938

The Corne¬ Daily Sun ALL DEPARTMENTS

Hi: 57° F Lo: 44° F Rain

Students Get Flying Start at Ithaca Airport School

Tackling Alzheimer’s 4:45 p.m., 3330 Tatkon Center

Tyler Alicea ’16

Tomorrow

Throwback Thursday

Navigating Diversity and Difference at Cornell Noon - 1 p.m., 626 Thurston Avenue

Editor in Chief

Today

(607) 273-0746 139 W. State Street, Ithaca, N.Y. www.cornellsun.com sunmailbox@cornellsun.com

Postal Information: The Cornell Daily Sun (USPS 132680 ISSN 1095-8169) is published by THE CORNELL DAILY SUN, a New York corporation, 139 W. State St., Ithaca, N.Y. 14850. The Sun is published Monday through Friday during the Cornell University academic year, with three special issues: one for seniors in May, one for alumni in June and one for incoming freshmen in July, for a total of 143 issues per year. Subscription rates are: $137.00 for fall term, $143.00 for spring term and $280.00 for both terms if paid in advance. First-class postage paid at Ithaca, New York.

Postmaster: Send address changes to The Cornell Daily Sun, 139 W. State St., Ithaca, N.Y. 14850.

shorter runway at the Ithaca Airport necessitate launching the glider by an airplane tow in order to gain enough altitude to do more than circle the field once, while at Elmira the automobile tow can successfully launch the plane.

Gliders are less risky than airplanes, Fischer believes, because they are slower. Crashes which would prove fatal in an airplane are usually only bad accidents in a glider. Fischer is now interested in the Cornell Glider Club, which has been approved by the University and is open to limited membership.

Members of the club will practice gliding around Ithaca, instructed by a licensed pilot.

The municipally owned but commercially operated airport at Ithaca is the third oldest in the United States, having been constructed in 1914. It has been in service daily since it opened and is now operated by the Ithaca Flying Service, headed by H.M. Peters.

During the period of the World War 800 of the S4C model Thomas-Morse scout planes and numerous other models were built there. The field itself was used as a training section for French and Canadian officers. In 1914 most of the present field, an area of 110 acres, was heavily wooded.

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015 3

NEWS

Veteran Recounts Vietnam POW Experience

University Visiting Anthropology Professor Dies at 79 Prof. Terence Sheldon Turner, anthropology, died Saturday of a brain hemorrhage, according to the University.

Turner, who was also an emeritus professor at the University of Chicago was known for his work on the Kayapo communities in central Brazil. His works focused on topics including kinship, the construction of personhood and inter-ethnic relations.

Turner was also dedicated to human rights work and a foudning member of the American Anthro pological Association’s Ethic and Human Rights committees.

State Church Sign Replaced After Sparking Debate Earlier this week, a sign outside a Buffalo Catholic church reading “Jesus Had 2 Dads And He Turned Out Just Fine” was removed after people called and complained to the church, according to The Buffalo News.

Man interpreted the sign as an endorsement of samesex marriage and a contradiction of Catholic doctrine on the issue. Pastor Roy Herberger posted the message after searching “funny church signs,” according to The Buffalo News. He said he wanted the sign to let people who have grown up or are growing up outside a nuclear family know that they are accepted by the Church.

Some clergy did not like the sign’s possible innuendo. The sign’s text was replaced with a sign saying, “Walmart Isn’t The Only Saving Place.

Nation University of Missouri Police Arrest Suspect For Death Threats Hunter M. Park, a 19year-old white man, was arrested Wednesday for posting death threats on social media. According to a press release from the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office, Park is facing charges of “making a terroist threat.”

The University of Missouri campus, which has been embroiled in debates over racial tensions and the resignation of President Tim Wolfe, was shaken by anonymous threats towards people of color, which were posted on Yik Yak on Tuesday, according to The Washington Post.

— Compiled by Tom Schreffler

By SAMANTHA ACRICHE Sun Staff Writer

Colonel Frederick A. Crow ’51 — Cornell’s “most decorated alumnus of the Vietnam War” — recounted his life story during a Veterans Day forum on Wednesday afternoon. Crow, who witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack as a teenager, spent nearly three decades in the air force and lived six years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Crow grew up in Hawaii, where his father was a career naval chief petty officer. When he was 14 years old, Crow witnessed the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

“After living in town for six years, we got our number for a brand new house on the base of Pearl Harbor and moved in on Saturday, the sixth of December,” Crow recounted. “We had a good night sleep, everybody was happy. In the morning we were having breakfast and my mom had already gotten up and started the HUI TONG / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER dishes.”

Moments later, Crow said he saw planes Keep marching on | ROTC members carry the American flag in a Veterans Day ceremony in Barton crashing and burning outside the kitchen win- Hall Wednesday. dow.

“We ran out and took a look and ran back distillery in Kentucky,” Crow joked. “The first While in solitary confinement, Crow said he in because it was a big problem,” Crow said. “I thing they asked me when I signed up was how could not move around — his ankles were came back out again, went down to the water’s long is it going to take to get some whisky completely locked and his only form of comedge and right across that part of Pearl Harbor down here.” munication with his fellow prisoners of wars were the five battle ships tied there.”

After graduating from Cornell, Crow spent was by tapping on the walls.

This experience proved highly influential in the next 30 years of his life in the air force.

At the forum, Col. Frederick Crow’s son, his life. Crow later dropped out of high school During his time he witnessed the Bay of Pigs Jeff Crow, recounted growing up without a and served as an aviation cadet in the Army Invasion, the Berlin Crises and the Cuban father and not knowing whether his father was during the late stages World War II. During this Missile Crises. alive. Jeff Crow remembered seeing an Air time, he was unable to complete his flight trainCrow spent six years in captivity as a prison- Force sedan drive up to his house on Easter ing until after the er of war in North weekend. war was over, he was “I came back out again, went down Vietnam from 1967 “Sure enough, about 20 minutes later, my thus discharged. to the water’s edge and right across to 1973 — three of sister came walking out the house a complete Crow then went those years in solitary. emotional mess,” Jeff Crow said of when his back home to com- that part of Pearl Harbor were the five He recalled being family learned his father was missing in action. plete his high school As a child, Jeff Crow said it was difficult shot down while parabattle ships tied there.” education. chuting and being attending school and being asked questions Colonel Frederick A. Crow ’51 Crow began captured, imprisoned like, “Is your father dead? Is your father a prisstudying English at oner?” and tortured.

Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences in 1947.

“After three years, we finally received a let“[We ate] damn little,” Crow said, recountAs a student, Crow worked as an editor for The ing his imprisonment. “We had the same meal ter,” Jeff Crow said. “That was how we finally Sun and was a part of ROTC and the Pi Kappa everyday. A bowl of cereal like oats and you knew he was indeed alive.”

Alpha fraternity. might get some type of fruit. We always got a “Someone told the me reason I got accepted bowl of rice. Same meal every day, year in and Samantha Acriche can be reached at into the fraternity was because my dad had a year out.” sacriche@cornellsun.com.

Students Explore Bones, Fossils in Snee Hall

By ISABEL LING Sun Staff Writer

Students and members of the Ithaca community stepped back in time Wednesday night at the “A Night at the Snee Museum” event, which transformed Snee Hall into an interactive museum featuring mastodon bones, dinosaur footprints and fossils.

The event, which was organized by the Science of Earth Systems Student Association, engaged the Cornell community by allowing visitors to hold and take home fossils from Cayuga Lake and peer through microscopes in order to examine rock

surfaces.

“We wanted to show Earth and Atmospheric Science department's unique collection of mineral and fossils,” said Tanvi Chedda ’16, president of the Science of Earth Systems Student Association. “We wanted to communicate its research in incredibly beautiful, powerful and complex natural systems.”

Snee Hall is home to Cornell’s earth and atmospheric sciences department and houses displays that include an extensive collection of fossils, a seismograph station and the Heasley Museum, which contains minerals and glow-in-thedark rocks. The event was orga-

HUI TONG / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Gems | Students admire a display of rocks in Snee Hall Wednesday during an event hosted by the Science of Earth Systems Student Association.

nized as part of an outreach effort change that gemologists can bring from the department, according to to the countries these gems origiMing Khan ’18, secretary of nate from.

Science of Earth Sk a l w a o l d , S y s t e m s who majored in “Our aim is to Association. animal science as “Our aim is to reignite the spirit of an undergradureignite the spirit ate at Cornell, exploration and of exploration and emphasized the share our infec- share our infectious importance of tious curiosity,” events like A curiosity.”

Chedda said. “We Night at the hope that reinstatSnee Museum to Tanvi Chedda ’16 ing this relationspark the curiosiship with our natty of students ural surroundings also invokes a and expose them to what people feeling of stewardship for the plan- are doing in the world. et.”

“University gets you on your Preparations for the event path but you may change your began over a month ago, according path a lot of the times. Through to Khan. The organizers worked these events you might just introwith Prof. Teresa Jordan, earth and duce something to someone that atmospheric sciences, in order to just clicks,” she said. take proper security precautions Nicholas Kam ’19, an attendee, for the specimens loaned from the said he found the event valuable Paleontological Research Institute, through its hands-on presentation she added. that showcased the intersectionali“For the rocks, fossils and min- ty of multiple scientific fields. erals in particular, tactile properties “As a freshman, learning about are just as important as visual science in a context a step beyond properties, so some of our stations my major is really exciting,” Kam are able to engage multiple senses, said. “The great thing about this which is a more effective means of event is the valuable experience learning,” Frank Tian ’18 said. you gain from speaking and interThe event also featured a talk acting with students who are so by gemologist Elise Skalwaold ’82, passionate about earth sciences.” who talked about her work with rubies and other precious gems Isabel Ling can be reached at and explained the socioeconomic iling@cornellsun.com.

4 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015

NEWS

SUB: Memorial Room Should Not Serve as‘Meeting Space’ MEMORIAL ROOM Continued from page 1

To “best utilize the room to its capacity and for its specific purpose,” the Student Union Board announced new restrictions on using the Memorial Room, according to an Oct. 28 email obtained by The Sun. “The Memorial Room is meant to serve as a programming space rather than a meeting space,” the email reads. The Student Union Board has not responded to more recent and repeated attempts for comment from The Sun and has not clari-

fied what the new restrictions are.

Several student leaders expressed frustration with the Student Union Board’s decision, saying the restrictions should have been delivered with earlier notice and clearer justification.

Though the Student Union Board has allowed some organizations to continue meeting in the Memorial Room until the end of the semester after the groups appealed the new restrictions, it remains unclear whether the organizations can continue meeting in the Memorial Room next semester.

The history of the Memorial

Room contributes significantly to all of the members of the execu- ly hold programs in the the atmosphere of the IFC’s tive board and every chapter pres- Memorial Room. biweekly meetings, according to ident.”

“We were initially removed IFC president Connor Riser ’16.

Additionally, Riser said find- from Willard Straight Hall, but The building is named following an appeal after Willard Straight they were kind enough “The few times we have had to use 1901, a Delta Tau Delta to let us continue our fraternity brother. another room ... the meetings have had meetings,” said John Additionally, decorative Lowry ’16, president of a much worse vibe.” banners hung in the the class of 2016.

Similarly, the S.A. Memorial Room were Connor Riser ’16 donated by the Sigma has been able to negotiate with Student Union Phi Society.

“The few times we have had to ing a space with a similar circular Board to keep meeting in the use another room due to con- setup to that of the Memorial Memorial Room for the duration of the semester. flicts, the meetings have had a Room is difficult. much worse vibe,” Riser said. “It “While I believe the board’s According to S.A. president is hard to find a room that can fit intentions are in the right place, I Juliana Batista ’16, the organizado not understand how one of tion spoke with the Board “to disthe largest student groups on cuss the capacity and accessibility campus is unable to use the room needs of the Student Assembly every other week for 30 to 45 and the reasons why we should continue utilizing the space.” minutes,” Riser said.

The board’s decision also origZach Silver contributed reportinally displaced Class Councils ing to this story. meetings, in spite of the fact that the Class Councils’ office is located in Willard Straight Hall and Kimberly Lee can be reached at that the Class Councils frequent- kimberlylee@cornellsun.com.

Common Council Passes City Budget BUDGET

they are already high,” Smith said. “So our priority has been keeping the increases off the There were also changes made table as much as possible. That’s concerning the city workers, one of the biggest things we hear including the decision to hire a from the public. Other concerns co-inspector for the Planning, that we heard were from departBuilding, Zoning and Economic ments that have needs in certain Development Department to areas.” help inspect new constructions In the final approved budget, throughout the city and in par- the tax rate remained the same at ticular in a rate of $12.89 Collegetown, per $1,000 “We say keep taxes low assessed value.

Murtagh said.

In addition, Overall, but they are the council Murtagh said already high.” added a new this year’s budaccountant posiget process was Stephen Smith tion in the City much smoother C o n t r o l l e r ’s than in the preoffice and increased the salary of vious years. a forestry worker, according to “Last year, we dealt with sigMurtagh. Among other things, nificant financial constraints the council also agreed to because there was a huge deficit,” increase the budget for water Murtagh said. “But we are finally appropriations from the initial starting to see some of the payfive percent to seven percent, he offs from the 2013 budget added. changes. We are getting out of Throughout the budget meet- the woods with the financial ings in October leading up to the crash and the economic recesfinal approval meeting, Smith sion.” said the Common Council’s priority has been keeping taxes low. So Hyung Kim can be reached at “We say keep taxes low but sohyungkim@cornellsun.com.

Continued from page 1

273-3606

M-F 9-5 for information about placing your ad in the

DINING GUIDE

NEWS

Ithaca College Students Call for Resignation Of President Rochon Student voting on no confidence in I.C. president to last until Nov. 30 WALKOUT

Continued from page 1

leader and perpetuator of “a broken system” that pretends that I.C. is diverse while perpetuating racism.

“We have no desire to work with this broken system,” the student shouted.

Following the speeches, several students shouted at the crowd to walk off the grassy areas and “cover the pavement” as part of a die-in.

The demonstrators moved across the quad and laid down on the wet concrete, all while chanting. At 2 p.m., every person fell silent.

The eerie silence was broken at 2:20 p.m. as hundreds streamed back towards Freedom Rock.

“We have power,” students chanted, in a roar that filled the quad.

The demonstration concluded with a chant “Amandla Awethu,” which, according to The Ithacan, was also chanted during previous protests on campus.

Throughout the walkout, students also circulated documents titled “The Case Against Tom Rochon,” which list seven grievances against him, ranging from “his disregard for minority community members” to “his questionable ethics.”

“When asked to propose solutions, Rochon fails as a former scholar to conduct even the most basic research by drawing on eight years of reports and recommendations that involved countless hours of work by students, faculty and staff, or by accessing the many demands that have been addressed to him and gone unanswered,” the document reads.

In a statement to the media following the conclusion of public demonstrations, POC@IC, the student group leading the protests, laid out its mission.

“We are aware that this times on tension bring to light the same culture of fear that people of color face every day,” the statement reads. “With this in mind, our purpose here is not to demonstrate violently, and we have collectively committed ourselves to furthering this movement in non-violent ways. We ask that all participants also commit themselves to this struggle non-violently as well.”

In an interview following the walkout, a student organizer and member of POC@IC said the organization wants “radical, transformative change in governance and structure at I.C.” “We want to bring a sense of safety, emotional stability and dignity to the experience of POC@IC, other marginalized groups and the intersections between us as well as the entire I.C. community,” said the student, who did not identify herself.

In response to a question of how long POC@IC had been preparing the walkout for, the student replied, “Some people would probably say their whole lives, to be honest.”

On the morning prior to the walkout, I.C. Board of Trustees chair Tom Grape issued a statement stating he is “actively partnering” with Rochon to ensure that I.C. “emerges from this chapter stronger and more resolute in its direction forward.”

“It is not easy to see the IC community that I love going through such a difficult time — to see so many of our students recounting experiences that leave them feeling fear, pain, and alienation at a time in their lives when they should instead be feeling welcomed, supported, and inspired,” Grape said. “I respect that many of our students and faculty are choosing to express their concerns about Ithaca College’s climate and direction though their public discussions and their votes.

The student vote of Rochon’s confidence began Nov. 4 and will last 26 days, with the final results to be announced Nov. 30. Additionally, the I.C. Faculty Council decided Tuesday to hold a referendum on confidence in Rochon for all faculty members.

Tyler Alicea and Joon Lee contributed reporting to this story.

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

Relax Let The Daily Sun get you through the fall.

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015 5

OPINION

Soren Malpass | Sorenity Now

The Corne¬ Daily Sun Independent Since 1880 133RD EDITORIAL BOARD TYLER ALICEA ’16 Editor in Chief

EMMA LICHTENSTEIN ’16

ANNIE BUI ’16

SLOANE GRINSPOON ’17

LOUIS LIU ’18

Business Manager

Managing Editor

Associate Editor

Advertising Manager

AMBER CHEN ’16

ANNA FASMAN ’16

Web Editor

Sports Editor

NATALIE TSAY ’18

KIKI LI ’17

Blogs Editor

Multimedia Editor

JAYNE ZUREK ’16

BRITTNEY CHEW ’17

Design Editor

News Photography Editor

MICHAELA BREW ’18

SOFIA HU ’17

Sports Photography Editor

News Editor

GABRIELLA LEE ’16

JAEL GOLDFINE ’17

News Editor

Arts & Entertainment Editor

WORKING ON TODAY’S SUN DESIGN DESKERS PHOTO NIGHT EDITOR NEWS DESKERS SPORTS DESKER ARTS DESKER

Zach Praiss ’16 Sophie Smith ’18 Sonya Ryu ’16 Sofia Hu ’17 Joon Lee ’17 Mike Sosnick ’16

Letter to the Editor

A response to Dean Knuth To the Editor: Re: “Graduate Student Workers’ Compensation,’” Opinion, Nov. 5.

As a direct response to Dean Knuth’s article, we feel it is necessary to make two points: i) the Dean’s article contains several significant inaccuracies, and ii) it is clear that the only longterm solution to injury coverage for Cornell graduate students is to win a collective bargaining agreement. Until graduate workers are unionized, thousands of us will continue to work in hazardous environments with substandard labor protections each day.

First, a bit of history: Workers’ Compensation coverage has been mandatory for virtually every type of employee in any industry in the United States since 1948. And yet, before 2014, Cornell did not have any formal, codified policy for addressing graduate student injuries. In 2014, in the aftermath of a serious injury to Chemical Engineering grad Rick Pampuro grad, leaders of the GPSA Student Advocacy Committee started asking questions about the University’s policy regarding injuries to T.A. and R.A. workers. The University, quite simply, refused to answer. There was no formal policy for compensating injured graduate employees.

Why is it that the University was so resistant to providing this coverage? Workers Comp simply fulfills one of the most basic rights of any employee — to be compensated with wages and medical care in the event of a workplace injury. The reason the Graduate School steadfastly refused our initial demands for this basic right can be found in their unwavering — and incorrect — insistence that ‘graduate students’ are students only. In fact, graduate workers perform skilled labor each day, publish and present at conferences to the University’s benefit and teach and mentor undergraduate researchers. We do much of the academic labor that makes Cornell successful.

And yet, as recently as September 2015, Joel M. Malina, Cornell’s vice president for university relations, said in a statement to Bloomberg: “Currently, graduate students at private universities are not considered employees under federal labor law, since their relationship with the university is primarily educational.” The federal law Malina refers to — a G.W. Bush-era politically motivated ruling by the National Labor Relations Board in 2004 — will soon be reversed. Currently, grads at public universities can and do negotiate union contracts, but this is not legal at a private universities. Graduate workers at public universities are, simply, our colleagues; their work is indistinguishable from ours. This arbitrary double standard has gone on for too long already.

Returning to Dean Knuth’s article, it’s important to point out that the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board launched an investigation into Cornell in 2014, in response to our claim that the University’s current (lack of) policy violated the law. In fact, the codified system of procedures we have in place today is entirely the result of this external inquiry. Dean Knuth’s claim that “with input from students and several offices across campus, the graduate school responded by creating clear, easy-to-follow procedures” white washes the labor struggle that spurred these changes.

More insidiously, the Dean’s article conceals the severity of the situation which led Cornell graduate workers to need Workers’ Compensation to begin with. Dean Knuth points out that Cornell did not contest the four Workers’ Compensation claims filed by grads in the 2014-15 academic year. However, the University absolutely did contest the claim filed by Rick Pampuro in 2013-14. Mr. Pampuro almost died in a laboratory accident in August 2013. He recovered, and then, instead of resuming his studies, spent most of the following year fighting the University for his right to adequate compensation and payment of medical bills. The University’s treatment of Mr. Pampuro is unacceptable and, in our opinion, ought to be subject to an external investigation.

Finally, the situation is far from resolved. The codified system of formal protections for graduate workers celebrated by Dean Knuth is a step in the right direction, but it hardly solves the problem. Conspicuously absent are students who are funded by external sources.

Graduate employees supported by fellowships, under the current policy, are left with no guarantee of injury coverage because they are not on an “assistantship” or “an hourly paid appointment.”

There are complexities to the employment situation of graduate workers which our graduate union, CGSU, is uniquely capable of solving. Specifically, the legal rights of grads funded by fellowships or researchers employed as teaching assistants, and visa issues for international students, need to be negotiated and written into a collective bargaining contract. That’s what we’re working for: a situation where all graduate workers are insured against the risks involved in working in a hazardous environment at all times. Graduate employees across the nation are demanding this basic protection — but that’s not what we have, not yet.

Paul Berry grad James Ingoldsby grad

The Case For the Compact Disc I

do a lot of things that strike my records than C.D.s because vinyl is more friends as pretentious. The fact that I easily damaged. While they share a lot of still buy C.D.s seems to be a sticking the benefits of C.D.s, any scratch, warp point for a lot of my friends, which or speck of dust is going to affect the never ceases to confuse me. I know we’re sound. I’ve heard people say this is part in the age of digital streams, but it wasn’t of the appeal — that it imparts a warmer so long ago that everyone still bought sound to the music — which I respect, C.D.s; they’re far from obsolete. I’m not but I’d rather my music be reproduced as a complete luddite; I do stream music, exact as possible.

Even economically speaking, CDs are but I like to buy a physical copy of any the better option. Beyond paying for the album that sticks with me.

There are benefits to the compact actual album itself (I can usually get disc. For one, the audio quality is bet- used C.D.s for around three dollars, ter than most any other source on the whereas records cost a bit more), vinyl Internet. Distributors sell music as requires a turntable, and if you want to MP3 or AAC file types, both of which transfer the music into a digital format play at a bit rate of 256 kbps (on aver- you’ll need to shell out for additional age), meaning they sacrifice quality for hardware. Almost everyone has a disc ease of storage. Files capped at this bit drive of some sort (even though the rate are known as “lossy,” because to newer laptops are trying to phase them compress them to that size some of the out). This might anger a lot of old audio is clipped off (the highest highs audiophiles and trendy, Urban and lowest lows). With few exceptions, Outfitters-shopping hipsters alike, but I the vast majority of digital music available Maybe down the road when my English online is formatted in a degree starts pulling in all the lucrative job lossy file type. offers, I’ll have the money for a setup where However, the difference in audio quality is much more when you rip apparent. Music is important to me ... I’m music from a C.D., you have not going to let the size of an audio the option of file limit my listening experience. opting for a file format that is complete lossless such as FLAC or ALAC, main- believe vinyl is inferior to the compact taining the original level of audio qual- disc.

Beyond any qualms about audio ity (with bit rates ranging from 500 to quality, bit rate and cost, C.D.s have over 1000 kbps).

Cards on the table, the difference tangible benefits. Personally speaking, between bit rate qualities is generally the tactile quality is as much a part of not super noticeable. I have a fairly my enjoyment than anything. Putting good pair of headphones (Sennheiser on a C.D. to play is part of the experiHD 598s, I can’t recommend them ence of listening to music. While I don’t enough), but I have to really focus to have a stereo here, I still enjoy ordering tell the difference between 256 kbps C.D.s, opening up the case, and flipping and lossless audio. There is a differ- through the art book before I pop the ence, but is my enjoyment of the music thing in my computer to import as gloseverely impacted by a slightly lower rious, glorious lossless audio. And buybit rate? No, not really. But, I have the ing C.D.s is so much more fun than hard drive space; so if I have the C.D., downloading music. I have a love/hate why not get the absolute best out of it? relationship with instant gratification.

Maybe down the road when my It’s convenient to be able to buy any English degree starts pulling in all the album I want in the bat of an eye, but lucrative job offers, I’ll have the money finding it tucked away in a corner of for a setup where the difference in some hole-in-the-wall record store is audio quality is much more apparent. much more satisfying. I can’t form any Music is important to me, and with emotional attachment to a digital file, storage space and quality headphones but a rarer album I came across when becoming cheaper and cheaper, I’m not looking for something completely differgoing to let the size of an audio file ent, certainly so.

Chances are, if you already have a limit my listening experience.

Which brings us to vinyl, the so- Spotify premium subscription or relicalled “golden standard” of audio quali- giously buy from iTunes, I’m not going ty. In theory, records should be able to to convince you to join the compact disc claim the title of best sound quality. side. But give it a try, you might just Vinyl is analog, meaning the entire find it improves your overall listening sound wave is captured; something the experience. digital nature of the C.D. is incapable of, but the medium is so much less Soren Malpass is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at skm94@cornell.edu. durable that any benefit is quickly lost. Sorenity Now appears alternate Thursdays this semesDistortion is much more common on ter.

WANT TO WEIGH IN? SUBMIT LETTERS AND GUEST COLUMNS TO

OPINION@CORNELLSUN.COM.

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015 7

OPINION

Dong Burgundy | Afternoon Delight

How Porn Actually Affects Us F

eelings and opinions surrounding pornography vary wildly depending on who you talk to. Some people think porn is harmless, innocuous erotic entertainment used for masturbation or just viewing pleasure. Others say porn is immoral, a dangerous fantasy which produces unhealthy and unrealistic sexual expectations in both teenagers and adults. In all likelihood, the truth is almost certainly somewhere in between. If used sparingly and correctly, pornography can be a fun diversion to be enjoyed either solo or with a partner. But if abused or mishandled, pornography has the potential to harm and negatively affect one’s life or the health of one’s relationship.

Before we can get into how porn affects us, we need to understand who the primary consumers of pornography actually are. In general, porn is predominantly consumed by men. That’s not to say women don’t view porn — they just view it proportionally less.

While there are many reasons for this, some major factors are that statistically, men are more interested in sex than women are.

More men masturbate than women, and men masturbate more often. The famous biologist and sexologist Alfred Kinsey reported in his studies that men were also aroused by visual stimulation more readily than women. The fact that men use porn more than women also makes sense biologically. From an evolutionary/reproductive standpoint, males have much more to gain from mating with multiple females, whereas

females gain the most reproductive success from mating with one high quality male. In other words, men’s brains are genetically hardwired to desire sex with new and attractive women, making pornography a perfect fit for male sexual psychology. Some may argue that the gender gap in porn consumption is a self-fulfilling prophecy rooted in sociological factors, namely that porn has

removed from the average man’s size, while women have massive fake boobs that seem to defy the laws of physics. Uninformed viewers, especially younger kids, may see these ‘porn bodies’ as normal, and feel worse about their bodies as a result. In relationships, some people report that finding out their partner watches porn increases their sexual and emotional insecurities. Many

First, it is important to understand that porn is a fantasy. No aspect of porn is meant to simulate what real sex looks or sounds like. always been produced with men as a target audience. In the end, all of these causes likely play a role in the disproportionate consumption levels.

How does porn affect individuals, and how does porn affect our relationships? The jury is still very much out on these issues. In my opinion, porn can be best thought of as a drug, like alcohol. While most viewers are not addicted to porn, real world evidence has shown that porn addiction is very real.

But even for casual consumers, porn can have negative effects. Frequent consumption of porn (3 to 5+ times a week) has been shown to increase anxiety, depression and feelings of loneliness, while decreasing happiness and life satisfaction. Additionally, some evidence has shown that porn negatively affects healthy body image. Most men in porn have giant, oversized penises far

people feel as though their partner watching porn is somehow a sign that they are dissatisfied sexually, or that watching porn is a gateway to infidelity.

While these negatives are all very real, I believe that porn can be a healthy and even fun diversion if thought about and used correctly. First, it is important to understand that porn is a fantasy. No aspect of porn is meant to simulate what real sex looks or sounds like. Porn can also be sexually liberating. Many people who grew up in repressed environments where sex was not discussed in a healthy, open way report that viewing porn actually helped dispel the stigma surrounding sex, alleviating the feelings that their sexual desire was somehow unnatural or wrong. While porn is no replacement for proper sexual education, porn can be beneficial as an outlet for some people.

I truly believe that if used correctly, porn can be a fun, natural and even helpful aspect of committed relationships. While viewing porn solo is fine, you need to make sure you are communicating what you are doing to your partner. Porn shouldn’t be a dirty little secret that one person is keeping from that other — a dynamic like that will only increase feelings of betrayal and anxiety. But porn can also be awesome as something you view together with your partner.

Based on personal experience, watching porn with your significant other can be an easy way to learn about your partner’s fantasies, especially if your partner is normally shy about the subject. Watching porn with your partner also actively dispels the myth that you should only be attracted to each other. Just because you are in a committed relationship doesn’t mean you don’t find other people attractive, and accepting that fact together is much healthier than pretending otherwise.

In the end, the positive and negative effects of porn are largely controlled by the conscious decisions we make surrounding it.

Seek help if you have an addiction. If you are a casual user, don’t be ashamed of your sexual thoughts and desires. The bottom line is, watching a bunch of attractive people bang it out is fun and exciting to most people.

Being open and honest with yourself and your partner about your sexual preferences as they relate to porn should only produce positive results.

Dong Burgundy is a student at Cornell. Comments may be sent to dong.burgundy@cornellsun.com.

Afternoon Delight appears periodically this semester.

Masc. Dom. Top & Francis Abernathy | Anal Retention

To Question or Not to Question, That Is the Question

F

or a few, there could have been a number of counts men are rawer, realer men, men that are more masculine for people to calcify their identities into one tidy, presentable against him. He was introverted; he got high too often. hiding in the far back of the walk-in under the drape of a whole is to disrobe our rich history and to disavow a powerful He was an engineer; he was Floridian. My close friends trench coat. Perhaps that fetish is held more by queer men practice in our canon. Perhaps counterintuitively, “closeted” cautioned me against him, not because of the expressed traits who still long for the closet itself, and who feel as though individuals may represent queerness more fully than static, above, but because of the point that went unexpressed. He their avowed homosexuality compromises their masculinity. “out” queer individuals, as their lives are predicated upon the First, I do not believe that anyone is ever fully secure in artful and knowing practices of identity multiplicity and conwas closeted. They honestly believed that seeing him, sleepscious performativity. ing with him and dating him would hold Second, fearing and thereby avoidme back, revert me to a lesser version of ing those who are not fully defined, myself — indeed, pull me back into the However, I really think we should step back and examine who are still exploring themselves, is closet. purely a testament to our own insecuriThis was not my first (nor my last) our aversion to those who are questioning, those who are time receiving advice from friends that still forming their own identities. Shopping in the closet ty. I’ve found myself clinging to “gay” warned against those who were questionand the assumptions built in and ing or not “out.” On countless occasions is often a lauded practice, pursued under the pretense around it because it was stable, so that I I can recall them saying, “You need somedid not have to think any further about one who has it figured out” or “It’s not that closeted men are rawer, realer men, men that are myself in the arena of sexual and fair nor healthy for you to go through all more masculine for hiding in the far back of the walk-in romantic pursuits. Stripping away every of that with him.” And again on countlexicon we use to define, delimit and less occasions I found myself spewing the under the drape of a trench coat. organize ourselves, we are bare. We are same advice to friends, cautioning the vulnerable. pitfalls and pain of affiliating intimately To be sure, I do not disparage the personal power and sigwith someone whose identity doesn’t exactly match your themselves. Our proclivities, passions, ideas of the world and own. In any other circumstance, that advice would be taken of ourselves are constantly in flux, perpetually redefining nificance of identity, but I call into question the rigidity with as absurd and prejudiced. Why do we think it is excusable in themselves in both a beautiful and cacophonous negotiation. which we prescribe it.

The idea of an immutable identity is a naive one. We are For the sake of giving others a chance, for the sake of givreference to the closeted?

Now, I’m not going to say that relationships (be they sex- continually constituting and reconstituting our understand- ing ourselves a chance, be open to questioning. It is only ual and or romantic) with closeted and or questioning folks ing of ourselves in our everyday performances of them. That through shared vulnerability that we can access and thrive in are easy, because (A) no relationship is or ought be easy and practice has been integral to queer negotiation of unwelcom- the beauty of our true selves. Exploring, doubting and ques(B) there is, of course, an added layer of patience and perse- ing spaces, imbuing queer people with a strong history of tioning our homosexuality, bisexuality, romantic or sexual public acquiescence and private contestation alike, from interests does not make us lesser, it makes us human. verance that comes with the territory.

However, I really think we should step back and examine within the bootcamp of heteronormativity that has sought to our aversion to those who are questioning, those who are still smoke us out. Embracing the fluidity of identity perfor- Masc. Dom. Top is a student at Cornell. Comments may be sent to forming their own identities. Shopping in the closet is often mance as a mode of subversion and ultimately of overcoming masc.dom.top@cornellsun.com. Anal Retention appears periodically this a lauded practice, pursued under the pretense that closeted is the arch of queer history. To create an imperative for queer semester.

8 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015

DINING GUIDE

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

An Appethaizing Meal Awaits at Taste of Thai

By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Staff Writer

I

f there’s one thing people know about me, it’s that I love Taste of Thai. I’ve introduced myself to people for the first time, only to be met with, “Aren’t you that Taste of Thai girl?” My Facebook is filled with check-ins and photos at Taste of Thai. My Tinder bio is “Lover of all Thai foods.”

Located next to the Ithaca Commons sign, Taste of Thai is easily accessible to students. The ambiance makes it perfect for any occasion, from a birthday dinner (they’ll even bring you a special dessert!) to a casual lunch.

A lot of people have never tried Thai food, and seem hesitant when I suggest that they try it. They ask me if it’s too spicy, and I tell them that one of the many great things about Taste of Thai is its choice of spiciness level on a scale from zero to five. Most restaurants, if they have a spiciness range at all, only offer three choices (mild, medium and hot), which leaves out all of the options in between (no spice whatsoever, spicy enough to taste the heat, very spicy but not enough to kill me, etc.). I love spice, but I tend to get a level three, which is pretty spicy. I once braved a level five, and despite the pitcher of water they brought me, I was in tears by the end of the meal.

The best part of Taste of Thai is the staff. Over my many years of frequent visits, I have gotten to know them very well, and they’ve gotten to know me (and my complex orders). If there’s one food-related thing people know about me, aside from the fact that I love Taste of

Thai, it’s that I’m an extremely picky eater, despite loving food. At most restaurants, I’m too timid to alterwhat’s explicitly listed on the menu, and even when I’m not, some places are too elitist to fulfill the changes anyway. Not so at Taste of Thai. They’re one of the few restaurants that recognize their primary purpose is to please customers, and if that means leaving off some ingredients, then so be it. Thus, they know and respect my picky orders well enough to know that if I ask for yellow fried rice, I’m actually ordering yellow fried rice with chicken, no onions, no carrots, extra shallots and sauce on the side.

Every time I bring friends to Taste of Thai, they ask me what to order. The menu is fairly large and can be intimidating, especially if you’re completely new to Thai food, so I’ve become intimately familiar with the menu to bring you this list of top picks: Satay Tom Kha Yellow Fried Rice Yellow Noodle Pad See Ew Panang Curry The Satay is my go-to appetizer for when a single entrée isn’t enough. The Tom Kha is a spicy soup and is the only reason I’m looking forward to winter — perfect Tom Kha weather! The Yellow Fried Rice and Yellow Noodle are perfect if you love the taste of curry but not the spice. Made with curry paste, they lack the traditional kick a full-blown curry would provide, although the

Yellow Fried Rice does come with a spicy, tangy sauce on the side so that you can add spice at your own whim.

The Pad See Ew is what I usually suggest for people going to the restaurant for the first time and who are hesitant about Thai food. It’s slightly more adventurous than the classic Pad Thai, but has very familiar flavors such as soy sauce. It’s also my favorite dish to order for take-out because the leftovers heat up in the microwave very nicely. Finally, the Panang Curry is probably my favorite classic Thai dish, and one I definitely recommend if you want the full experience of the cuisine. It’s my favorite of the curries for its signature creamy texture.

And make sure you start off with a Thai Iced Tea! It’s a staple of the restaurant and has become my favorite drink in the world over the years. The waiters will usually bring me one without my asking. If I forget to order one, they’ll bring it to me anyway. They once recognized my voice over the phone and had my Thai Iced Tea waiting for me when I came to pick up my order. Basically, I would swear by this drink.

Taste of Thai is the perfect restaurant for everyone.

It’s kid-friendly, adult-friendly and college studentfriendly (go for lunch during the week when everything is insanely cheap, or check out their new late-night bar!).

It’s perfect for casual meals, fancy meals and take-out meals; they will accommodate you if you’re vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, or just a picky eater. I’m proud to associate my identity with such an amazing restaurant.

Olivia Lutwak is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at olutwak@cornellsun.com.

A DOlicious Treat Is Coming to Campus

By ISABEL WISE Sun Staff Writer

W

hile I’m usually the first to praise and share Ithaca’s wonderful, local eateries, today I shift my focus to a NYC-based company. This start-up specializes in the dessert trend of the future: edible cookie dough. DO, Cookie Dough Confections, transforms the previously forbidden delectable into a 100 percent consumable and

highly-addicting treat. The company uses a pasteurized egg substitute, allowing customers to enjoy cookie dough without any risk of salmonella poisoning. Not only can customers consume the cookie dough right out of the container, but they also have the liberty to bake it (or half-bake it, my favorite!). DO is transforming the gourmet dessert game and pushing aside tired-out trends like bite-sized cupcakes.

As if being able to consume chocolate chip cookie dough was

not exciting enough, DO makes about 20 different flavors. The variety is endless with flavors like Chocolate Dream, Nuts for Nuts, Oatmeal M&M and Chewy Coconut Granola. The company also seasonally rotates specialty flavors, such as The Frosted Fork, which is made in collaboration with the foodie heaven Instagram account, New Fork City.

Why is this NYC-based dessert dreamland relevant to the Cornell community? Because it’s now easily available through DO’s ambassador program.

Though DO shipment is available to 48 states, the shipping

RESTAURANT

HOME OF THE

Pinesburger 1213 Taughannock Blvd.

(Route 89 - 3 miles north of Cass Park) Ithaca, NY 14850

(607)

273-3709

www.glenwoodpines.com

Voted BEST BU RGER in Ithaca!

– Ithaca Times Readers Choice

cost of one pint can get pricey. To reduce shipping costs, the DObassador organizes a bulkorder through which students can purchase as much DO as they please. Students pay for the DO they ordered, plus a subsidized shipping fee, allowing students to get DO more cheaply. So far, these orders have been a success.

Students who ordered DO loved it, finding the program a convenient way to get their hands on the dessert.

“I love DO! It is everything that you would imagine and more. The flavor combinations are so on point and they even have gluten-free and vegan options. Ordering through the ambassador program also allowed me to get DO at my convenience,” Chandra Yueh ’16 said.

I myself am addicted. In the words of my boyfriend, “DO is your life.” Potentially sad, but very true. All of the flavors that DO offers are amazing. My top three would have to be Nuts for Nuts and Oatmeal M&M. Nuts for Nuts is perfect for any peanut butter lover. The peanut butter cookie dough batter is creamy and tastes exactly like peanut butter without sticking to every corner of your mouth. The Reese’s pieces and peanut butter cups add an extra peanut butter and chocolate explosion. The best way to enjoy this cup of heaven is to heat it up in the microwave for about 30 seconds so that the dough becomes slightly half-baked and

the chocolate on the peanut butter cups melts.

Oatmeal M&M is a classic that’s always been my favorite kind of cookie, and it tastes even better in cookie dough form. I love the subtle sweetness and texture of the oatmeal base. The add-ins of semisweet chocolate chips and M&Ms add delicious chocolate that makes the dough the perfect treat. Because there is so much chocolate in this flavor, it is also amazing to eat halfbaked. The oatmeal gets soft and gooey, and chocolate warms and liquefies. Another great way to eat this flavor is in pancakes. The next time you make brunch, throw some DO into your pancake to add bites of DOliciousness to your typical breakfast staple.

Even though those are my favorite flavors, there truly isn’t a flavor at DO that I don’t love.

Narrowing down my favorites was a serious challenge. I find it incredibly hard not to be obsessed with a company that is regenerating the gourmet dessert market. And besides the product itself, the founder of and workers at DO are some of the hardest working and energetic people I have ever met. With a devoted team and kickass product, I see only a bright future for DO. Students interested in purchasing DO should contact me.

Isabel Wise is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at ivw4@cornell.edu.

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015 9

The CorneÂŹ Daily Sun

since

1880

A&E

10 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | Thursday, November 12, 2015

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Fresh-Squeezed Fierceness: Tangerine at Cornell Cinema

Tangerine — a 2015 release from writer/director duo Sean S. ing. Throughout the film, cramped spaces become focal points as Baker and Chris Bergoch — chronicles the actions of people Tangerine explores the interplay between intimacy and (the lack who feel trapped. The movie focuses on two transsexual prosti- of) safety, between sexuality and manipulation. tutes and best friends: Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and The main players of Tangerine are, first-and-foremost, Alexandra (Mya Taylor). At the start of the movie, both women trapped: trapped in sex work, trapped in drug addiction, trapped set off on quests. Sin-Dee is hell-bent on finding the woman with in loveless marriages and manipulative relationships. Sin-Dee and whom her fiancé and pimp, Alexandra take on great danger Chester (James Ransone), cheated whenever they enter a client’s car, a on her while she was in prison for fact that Bergoch and Baker do not 28 days. Alexandra nonchalantly fully bring into sharp relief until late hands out fliers for her Christmas in the film. In Tangerine, the viewer Eve gig to friends and clients Cornell (though, with each little blue paper, the feeling that no one’s Cinema going to show grows stronger).

Baker and Bergoch, however, constantly drift hints that something bigger is afoot. Alexandra and Sin-Dee never seem to completely see eye-to-eye and scenes of taxi driver Razmik (Karren Karagulian) driving around Los Angeles’ drunk and disconsolate intersperse the main action. A malaise pervades Tangerine — every single turn of events seems like a turn for the worse.

Tangerine’s atmosphere undoubtedly adds to the COURTESY OF CORNELL CINEMA unease. Working on a $100,000 budget, Baker and Bergoch filmed the entirety of Tangerine on iPhone 5 video applications. Consequently, the viewer is always by the both sees Sin-Dee committing and being subjected to a huge main characters’ sides. When Sin-Dee drags Chester’s paramour amount of violence. It’s impossible to completely put fear out of Dinah (Mickey O’Hagan) through the Los Angeles streets, the mind when we see the (at least surface-level) tenderness in viewer limps along. After a drunk and/or high party boy vomits Alexandra and Razmik’s relationship. Yet, no one character ever in Razmik’s taxi, the viewer must stare the next rider in the eye as finds love and safety from another character. In fact, every time she tries to take in a breath of fresh air. Tangerine’s pacing and the viewer starts to notice trust and compassion between characmusic subtly intensify as the characters progress through their ter- ters, Baker and Bergoch tear the relationship apart. rifying and hectic days. Initially, shots drag out for minutes at a Furthermore, Tangerine is set on the sunny, sweltering day time as we watch Sin-Dee and Alexandra walk for what feels like before Christmas, further questioning ideas about family, selfless miles, punctuated only by thick, choppy beats and synthesizers. and rebirth. The film begins with Sin-Dee breaking bread (well, By the end of the film, however, the directors cut from storyline doughnut) in the same Donut Time where all hell breaks loose at to storyline rapidly under overwrought, dramatic music as all of the end of the film. Throughout the plot, small gifts call attention the characters’ adventures advance towards one high-stakes end- to both the loneliness that characters feel and the solace they seek

Shay Collins

in each other. Alexandra buys Razmik an air-freshener for his reeking car. When Sin-Dee finally confronts Chester, she realizes that he did not buy her a Christmas present. In the closing moments, Alexandra literally and symbolically gives Sin-Dee a part of herself. Through its portrayal of characters as givers and receivers, victims and abusers, Tangerine features multi-faceted, difficult-to-know characters.

One of Tangerine’s greatest strengths is its ability to make viewers sympathize with characters, only to question that sympathy minutes later. Sin-Dee is easy to root for: bold, clever, cunning and self-advocating. Yet, the viewer also sees her physically abusing Dinah for hours out of jealousy. Given the chance, Dinah taunts and jeers at Sin-Dee in the Donut Shop. Yet, once the viewer starts to see Dinah as a bully, Chester makes her walk home with one flipflop, only to have the door of her motel brothel slammed in her face. Even Razmik, who keeps Alexandra’s gig flyer lovingly (or obsessively) folded in his pocket, ends up sitting alone in a dark room next to a glistening Christmas tree.

Rodriguez, Taylor and O’Hagan’s acting propels much of Tangerine; Rodriguez’s performance alone justifies watching the movie. Sin-Dee talks constantly, be it threatening, hustling, joking or fighting, but Rodriguez’s facial expressions convey just as much, if not more, information during momentary silences.

When Sin-Dee says one thing, she often means the exact opposite (“I promise no drama, Alexandra!”) and Rodriguez perfectly acts the role as a theatrical and dramatic character, but also a vulnerable and desperate one. Whereas Rodriguez stuns with her lightning-speed delivery, Taylor and O’Hagan both excel through subtlety. All of the characters live in a world where they must always manufacture fake affection and play their real cards close to the chest. Tangerine is a must-see film — energetically paced, hilariously written and, in the end, full of realistic, saddening emotion.

Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at smc377@cornell.edu.

The Life of the Party at Cornell Cinema: Portrait of Jason Jason Holiday is the life of the party. He’s the guy that can talk and talk, and save a get-together from being a total bust. He gets drunk while he tells you his many tales, some of which may be tall, and makes sure to impersonate the other characters in the story — and his stories are good. This is no surprise, as Jason Holiday is a gay African-American hustler, aspiring cabaret performer and all-around interesting guy in the 1960s.

Who wouldn’t want to spend an hour or two with him?

The answer: no one. At least, no one with a sense of humor and an interest in people. And that is what makes Shirley Clarke’s 1967 documentary Portrait of Jason so entertaining to watch. Filmed entirely in a hotel room, Jason tells countless stories with no one and nothing else other than questions and directions posed by the filmmakers.

What keeps this film alive is that Jason is so alluring.

When he tells a story he paints the picture, literally acting out and imitating his characters. He is as candid in his descriptions of others as he is guarded about deeper feelings about himself. Just when Jason’s smile and laugh seem like they are about to take a turn for the personal and more disappointing moments in his life, you realize just how much he can hide with his over-the-top personality. It’s what makes him so interesting: He is someone with a love for life, acting, drama and thrills, but it is very hard to know how he really feels about himself. There are glimpses into this throughout the film that are complicated by their funny tongue in cheek delivery. One line he says is, “I’ve spent so much of my life being sexy, as you can see, that I haven’t gotten anything else done.”

The filmmakers wonder how Jason feels about himself as well. Their questions become less friendly as the documentary goes on. There are not many filmic tricks here; the film is solely focused on Jason. There are a few exceptions, though. You hear their questions, laughter, directions, calls to cut or keep rolling, Jason asking for a drink. The film also has a thrifty element: Jason’s voice carries on while the image goes black and the shots of Jason go in and out of focus. It’s a fun technique which

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

makes you feel like you’re in the room with the filmmakers as they explore this character. And as they get more hostile it is clear they

COURTESY OF CORNELL CINEMA

Emily Kling Cornell Cinema have the same questions as the audience. They want Jason to tell the truth, not just the story. It all adds to the idea that you are not watching a tell-all. You’re watching a performance.

Still, for someone who can be very guarded, Jason is candid about race and class relations in a way that is refreshing. Jason tells stories of smiling for his bosses, who adore him, only to turn around and badmouth them with the other employees. Sometimes it’s deserved … and sometimes it’s not. He talks about his hustle, taking advantage of people, and past friends he used to have. He laughs at his jokes the loudest as he tells stories about the cops, alcoholics and transgender inspirations.

How many of his stories are true? I don’t know — and I don’t care.

Jason says, “Everyone is full of shit … to a certain extent.” It’s comments like this that make you wonder how self-aware he is as he entertains. It’s part of what makes this movie so interesting, as it tries to paint a portrait of someone who is so complicated. Jason is tor-

tured, funny, full of shit and sometimes cruel. He drinks more and more as the movie goes on and it becomes increasingly clear that he is probably a narcissist.

Someone once told Jason that if he “[hasn’t] had any experiences, he should go out and get some.” It’s great advice and I think Cornell students who live in a bubble would do well to learn from it. Maybe they shouldn’t become a hustler (or maybe some should, I don’t know), but it’s always good to at least be interesting.

So who is Jason? See Portrait of Jason and hang out with him to decide for yourself.

Emily Kling is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at eak243@cornell.edu.

A&E

Thursday, November 12, 2015 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | 11

Blue Burdens and Hipster Horatio in Hamlet

BY CATHERINE HWANG Sun Contributor

Director Lyndsey Turner’s Hamlet surprised me a bit at the start with Benedict Cumberbatch, our Hamlet, wrapped in a loose brown sweater, sitting on the ground listening to vinyl. This production’s intro (as shown at Cinemapolis) is not the beginning that I am familiar with. While Hamlet broods, someone knocks on the door, and it’s Hamlet (not Bernardo) who shouts, “Who’s there!” — only, instead of his father’s ghost, it’s Horatio (Leo Bill), clad in a button-up and squarerimmed glasses, a knapsack and tattoos. I don’t know if I like the re-arrangement of the script, but as Hamlet and Horatio exchange words, the premise is set regardless and the anachronistic nature of the outfits tickles my fancy.

It becomes clear rather rapidly that Cumberbatch plays an incredible Hamlet — charismatic, unflinching and dynamic, he prances around the stage with limber movements. Cumberbatch performs relentlessly, giving flesh to instances in the production that could have been over-the-top, like when he’s dressed in a red soldier’s suit, beating the drum of fabricated insanity.

Despite this boldness and strength, Cumberbatch’s Hamlet is less insane about getting revenge than about having to actually do it. The obvious indication is the outfits, which are a fantastic, childish mess. Training pants and tailcoats smeared with ‘KING’ — a mismatch of this and that — are the physical representation of Hamlet’s contradictory character in a way: He wants revenge but doesn’t want to kill; he kills despite his reservations but doesn’t display much remorse; he wants to be kind to his mother but ruthlessly harps at her. Torn between filially becoming a murderer for revenge to fulfill his responsibilities as a son and his

intellectual rejection of becoming a murderer, Cumberbatch’s Hamlet is struggling to grow up and take on a ‘duty.’

The production seemed to this point. When Hamlet crawls into his play castle as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern walk in, one can see a jarring sense of lost childhood, because all ‘play’ is falsified and instead perceived as insanity. Hamlet’s childhood home has devolved to a prison of responsibility and horror, and

set of the play, whether it’s the music building the tension, the gorgeous (and eerie) use of large, projected shadows emphasizing movement and solitude or the visual deterioration of the castle and the people in it.

Once mighty, the castle ends completely drowned in cracks and ashes and the cast that had started in white are completely dressed in black, with the exception of Hamlet himself who began in black and ends in white.

It is certainly dramatic in a modern way, the visual impact rendering the production cinematic in a way, which critics have cried out about.

Settled in front of the screen, I did get the notion that the show came out particularly well on camera for a theatre production — on the screen, one can see the subtle facial changes, details such as Ophelia’s photographs, and the full breadth of the blasting ashes at the end of Act I. The camera’s focus makes the live screening feel more vibrant because the details shine — these probably would not be so easily perceived in person at the Royal National Theatre in London and some question whether the production is truly proper theatre.

Regardless, I found the production to be beautiful in its contemporary elements and its blue glory. The fresh modernity brought a dynamism and intensity I didn’t expect, but I COURTESY OF JOHAN PERSSON loved it all the same (especially Horatio’s new his schoolboy friends work against him. The patch- hipster look). Hamlet’s childishness and pain are work of traits and contradictions in Hamlet undoubt- strangely easy to empathize with, though the audience edly makes him stand out as the rest of the cast is more isn’t quite in the same dilemma of killing anyone for constant in nature, though this could arguably speak revenge. Immediately, Hamlet sucks the audience into to a flatter supporting cast. But Hamlet the man has a crumbling world of indigo-blue through the stage’s always been a behemoth as a character. presence and the cast’s (especially Cumberbatch’s) liveWhat’s really fantastic is how the progression of the ly presentation. It’s a whimsical and fantastic piece to play is reflected in a stunning and aesthetically pleas- see, with breath-taking visuals and a sheer momentum ing set. The deep blue indigo hues that drown the that gives the viewer a taste of insanity. stage, the endless flowers and the decadently beautiful banquet table form an extraordinarily lovely set. Catherine Hwang is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

There’s an unspeakable momentum expressed in the She can be reached at sh928@cornell.edu.

Distraction's a Good Thing? You Must Be on Krac(auer)

F

or most college students, distraction is a temptation to be avoided at all costs. We turn off our phones; we [dis]connect; we silently whisper to ourselves in Olin to stop fucking browsing Facebook and people look over concerned, and we apologize; we silently pray that @skullmandible’s series of tweets analyzing the aesthetics of every single Goosebumps book cover ever will become less addictive (but they don’t). But what if distraction could be not only a good thing, but even downright revolutionary?

Siegfried Kracauer — or, according to my very accurate autocorrect, ‘Cracker’ — believed that culturally induced distraction

that I want to share anyway. First, Adorno and Kracauer are the biggest dweebs in the world for spending their Saturdays reading Kant. Second, I think that it would be hilarious if someone took this scenario and made some sort of Adorno-Kracauer softporn fan fiction … vast readership, please get on that. Anyway …

Unlike Adorno, who saw the empty dreck of the “culture industry” as unworthy of serious consideration, Kracauer was more than happy to engage with popular culture. While film and literature editor of the Frankfurter Zeitung (loosely translates to “A Whale’s Vagina”) he analyzed and often celebrated the vast spectrum of masscultural diversions of the time, from circuses and city layouts to photography and films. 80 years before obsessive analysis of popular culture became the only job for which bratty, twenty-someNo Place thing, pseudo-intellectuals (sound familiar?) were qualiLike Brome fied, he recognized that the banal surface-level expreshad just such a potential. Trained as an sions of mass culture were more relevant to engineer and an architect, the German understanding society than contemplative writer, journalist and cultural critic was an works of philosophy. In other words, he astute observer of the everyday. thought that in the vacuity of a capitalist After the first World War, Kracauer society, one could learn more about the became a mentor to famed fellow world by watching dogs jump through Frankfurt School theorist Theodor hula hoops at the movies than by reading Adorno. In 1964, Adorno fondly recalled Heidegger. that “for years Siegfried Kracauer read In the wake of the horror and devasta[Immanuel Kant’s] The Critique of Pure tion of World War I, film provided an Reason with me regularly on Saturday after- essential diversion for Berliners. Walter noons. I am not exaggerating in the slight- Benjamin describes the feelings of the est when I say that I owe more to this read- German working class after the Great War ing than to my academic teachers.” thusly: “A generation that had gone to I bring up this meeting for two reasons, school on a horse-drawn streetcar now neither of which pertain to the article, but stood under the open sky in a countryside

Sam Bromer

COURTESY OF SUHRKAMP-VERLAG

in which nothing remained unchanged but the clouds, and beneath these clouds, in a field of forces of destructive torrents and explosions, was the tiny, fragile human life.”

Little wonder they wanted to forget themselves in entertainment. Traumatized and disoriented, they returned home to factory jobs that filled their time but did not offer fulfillment, and spent the little free time that remained being bombarded by a constant flux of images and sounds that required no contemplation.

In his 1926 piece, “Cult of Distraction,” Kracauer pushes back against reactionary critics who would chide the working masses of Berlin for their “addiction to distraction.” Instead, he argues that such entertainment works like a life buoy — it keeps the spectator from “sink[ing] into the abyss.” He argued that the cinemas of Berlin, which he nicknamed “pleasure palaces,” were at least sincere in that they didn’t try to hide the “pure externality” of the culture. It was the high art of the 19th century that claimed to offer meaning while actually distracting the populace

from the most pressing needs of the time.

But Kracauer was not a proponent of distraction for its own sake. He only condoned it insofar as it allowed the audience to “encounter itself ” in the “fragmented sequence of splendid sense impressions.”

He was an optimist who believed that when people were confronted with the emptiness of their own lives, they would thirst for change. Distraction, then, was almost a moral imperative.

The mere fact that whole industries — see: the AV Club — have popped up around the serious analysis of pop culture hint at the relevance Kracauer’s ideas might have today. So, too, does the fact that millions of people regularly pay to see transforming cars injure each other. Maybe what we need is not more high art, but more crap. Maybe then, we’ll decide that enough is enough.

Maybe I should get back to writing my essay on Kracauer.

Sam Bromer is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at sbromer@cornellsun.com. No Place Like Brome runs alternate Thursdays this semester.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

12 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS 1 Thin locks, as of hair 6 League fraction 10 Long-armed beasts 14 Tin Pan Alley org.

15 “... but I play one __” 16 Lead-in for sci 17 Diamond heist?

19 Tiger Woods’ ex 20 Fresh from the oven 21 One may be tossed after a wish 22 Rub the wrong away 23 Bare-bones staff 26 Painter who was a leader of the Fauvist movement 29 “__ Ben Adhem” 30 Shooting star, to some 31 1928 Oscar winner Jannings 32 Early Beatle Sutcliffe 35 Dinner side, and what can literally be found in this puzzle’s circles 40 Firm 41 Reason for a tow job 42 Literary governess 43 Controversial video game feature 44 Does a security job 47 Divides, as lovers 51 Squirrel away 52 Fruit discard 53 __ bath 56 Cost of living?

57 Stereotypical bachelors’ toys 60 Eye rakishly 61 Place to see crawls 62 Rock’s __ Boingo 63 He’s fifth on the career home run list 64 Kennel sounds 65 Graph lines DOWN 1 Break-even transaction

2 Comparative words 3 Nae sayer 4 Frequent companion 5 Dust motes 6 Calder piece 7 Featherbrained 8 SFPD ranks 9 Memorable temptation victim 10 Brief outline 11 __ cap 12 Beethoven’s “Für __” 13 Resilient strength 18 Anti votes 22 Name on a historic B-29 23 Cosecant’s reciprocal 24 Teach, in a way 25 Final notice?

26 Kids’ drivers, often 27 Valéry’s valentine 28 Printed words 31 It may need a boost 32 Roy Rogers’ birth name 33 Fork-tailed flier 34 Exploits 36 Smeltery waste 37 Hit or miss

38 Three-sided blade 39 “ ... I’ve __ to the mountaintop”: King 43 Beaux __: noble deeds 44 Ice cream designs 45 Copper 46 Three-time 21stcentury World Series champs

COMICS AND PUZZLES

Sun Sudoku

Puzzle #4937

47 Billiards shot 48 Greek finale 49 Virile 50 Military unit 53 Tailless cat 54 Goad 55 British mil. decorations 57 Tom Clancy figure 58 Hawaiian dish 59 Org. in Tom Clancy novels

CLASSIFIED AD RATES Ads are accepted at The Sun’s office at 139 W. State Street downtown, by phone or e-mail.

Deadline: 2:30 p.m. at The Sun’s office on the day preceding publication. Monday’s deadline: Friday, 2:30 p.m. at The Sun’s office.

Standard Rate: $3.40 per day for first 15 words, 32 cents per day per word thereafter.

Five or more consecutive insertions, $3.15 per day for first 15 words, 30 cents per day per word thereafter.

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

Commercial Rate: $5.20 per day for first 15 words, 33 cents per day per word thereafter. Five or more consecutive insertions, $5.00 per day for first 15 words, 31 cents per day per word thereafter.

The Sun is responsible for only one day makegood on ads.

273-3606

xwordeditor@aol.com

By Kurt Krauss ©2015 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

Classic Doonesbury (1985)

I’m only a man

11/12/15

11/12/15

Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once.

Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name.

(Rules from wikipedia.org/wiki /Sudoku)

3

6 1

4

8

8 9

2

2

4

5

7 6

9

8 4

8

4 2

8

9

3 5

3 6 C

10 F OR R ENT 1 Bedroom Units Available $435.00 plus utilities Several one bedroom mobile home units available within walking distance to the Cornell Vet School, on the TCAT bus route. Credit check and security deposit require for details call Kathy 607-564-9057

1 and 2 Bedroom Units Available – Newfield

6

1

classifieds@cornelldailysun.com

9

Several one and two bedroom mobile homes available in Newfield.

Pricing varies depending on the size of the unit you are looking for, all rents are plus utilities.

Credit check and security deposit required, call Kathy for details 607-564-9057

23 PARKING Parking Assigned Spaces Central Collegetown Locations

607-272-3000 www.ithacarenting.com Ithaca Renting Company 119 Dryden Road

by Garry Trudeau

PARKING COVERED AND UNCOVERED 607-272-3389

25 ROOMS FOR RENT Rooms for Rent North Campus / Collegetown / East Hill.

Share common areas with other tenants.

Access to washer/dryer, parking. Free wifi at North Campus location. Starting from $565.00/month. Utilities and furniture included in the rent. Call today!

Certified Properties of TC Inc 607-273-1669 certifiedpropertiesinc.com

Mr. Gnu

Piled High and Deeper

by Travis Dandro

by Jorge Cham

ROOMS Available Now, Spring and Fall Heart of Collegetown and Lower Collegetown ithacastudentapartments.com collegetownterraceithaca.com 607.277.1234 Sage Apartments Historic 2 and 3 Bedroom Apartments Skylit with Winding Staircases to Lofts and Cathedral Ceilings Quiet, Clean, Well Maintained For More Info Call 607-277-1234 ithacastudentapartments.com

26 A PARTMENT FOR R ENT 8 Bedroom Last Collegetown Unit 607-330-2442 info@urbanithaca.com www.urbanithaca.com

QUALITY, AFFORDABLE, CONVENIENT! Furnished 1–3 Bedroom Collegetown & Lake Apts.

PARKING, LAUNDRY, UTILITIES! 607-273-7368 www.IthacaApartmentRental.com

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015 13

26 A PARTMENT FOR R ENT

26 A PARTMENT FOR R ENT

Ithaca Renting Company Apartments, Houses, Parking Central Collegetown

Nicest Apts. in Collegetown Located on Eddy St. 4 or 8 Bedrooms

Superb Panoramic Views Modern Elevator Buildings

Fully furnished. Spacious living areas with large bedrooms & closets.

Hardwood floors, spectacular views, eat-in kitchens with additional sun rooms. Laundry & parking.

Collegetown Center: Concierge Service, quiet building, Fitness Room Studio, 1, 2 BRs Parking Collegetown Court: Super convenient, exceptional value Studio, 1, 3, 4, 5 BRs Other Collegetown Locations: 210 Dryden Road - Singles, 2, 3 BR's 214 Dryden Road - 14 BR House Parking Rent Smart. Live Well.

607-272-3000 Visit our office at: 119 Dryden Road

www.ithacarenting.com 312 College Ave Collegetown’s Best Address Beautifully Furnished Studio, 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom & 3 Bedroom units.

Office Open M-F 9am-9pm; Sat/Sun 12n-5.

607-273-9777 or 312collegeave.com

College Ave. 2, 4 & 5 Bedroom Fully furnished.

Large bedrooms with walk in closets.

Laundry & parking.

607-339-1137

Collegetown Crossing College Ave's Newest Location 307 College Ave. Now Leasing for 2016-2017 Completely New Studios, 2, 3 & 4 Bedroom Apartments.

Fully furnished, heat & hot water included.

Rental office at 226 Linden Ave. www.collegetowncrossing.com 607-330-2442 info@urbanithaca.com

Dryden South Now Leasing for 2016-17.

4 bed, 2 bath suites, generous floor plans.

Fully furnished, Safe, Secure, Private.

Floors 2-5 $1190 on a ten month lease, 6th floor penthouse $1390 ten month lease. www.DrydenSouth.com

ITHACA-APARTMENTS.COM Your #1 Apt. Source 1, 2, 3 bdrm. with modern upgrades, washer/dryer options. Professionally managed with 24 hr. maintenance.

Now accepting applications for 2016-17 607-257-4037

COLLEGETOWN APARTMENTS 2016-2017 STUDIO AND 1 BEDROOM FURNISHED, LARGE, LAUNDRY, EXCELLENT CONDITION. $750-UP. CALL 607-2720781/908-334-3665/ 908-635-8009 Beautiful Five Bedroom Apartment Lower Collegetown Original woodwork throughout the house.

Huge bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, washer/dryer, fully furnished.

Available 8-5-16. $525.00 per person plus utilities.

Certified Properties of TC Inc 607-273-1669 certifiedpropertiesinc.com Collegetown Terrace Apartments Available now and for Spring Semester!

Rooms, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments to share. Heat, hot water and high speed wireless internet included.

Free State of the Art Fitness Center Covered parking available for a fee.

Novarr-Mackesey Property Management www.collegetownterraceithaca.com office@ithacastudentapartments.com 607.277.1234

607-339-1137

PJ APARTMENTS Collegetown

1, 2, and 3 Bedroom Apts

Studios to Large Houses

607-229-5116

8 Bedroom 2 kitchens, 2 baths, furnished, laundry.

DISCOUNTED RENT, including heat.

4 Bedroom Apt DISCOUNTED RENT, including heat.

607-272-3389 before 7pm avramisrentals@aol.com

www.pjapts.com pjapartments@gmail.com Many New Beautiful Renovations Completed.

2, 3, 5 or 6 Bedrooms on Blair St. 607-339-1137 1BR - 2BR Apartments 309 Eddy St New bldg, fitness center, elevator, nice furniture, AC. From $1175 includes heat, water, furniture. nick@lambrourealestate.com or 607-256-3778 office

1BR Cottage 125 Eddy St Cute mini 1BR-house, nice furniture, AC. $1195 Aug-Jun Lease (10-mo.) includes water, trash pick-up. nick@lambrourealestate.com or 607-256-3778 office

Houses, Apts, Parking 1 to 10 Bedroom Collegetown - College Ave, Linden Ave, Dryden Rd, Bryant Ave, Cook St. 607-330-2442 info@urbanithaca.com www.urbanithaca.com

North Campus 3 Bedroom Apartments On Site Laundry www.ithacastudentapartments.com 607.277.1234

Rent Now At Today's Rates for 2016!

Brooklane Apts.

1 Bd. at North Campus Free parking, laundry on premises.

607-254-5444 www.northwoodithaca.com

Campus Hill Apts.

709 Stewart Ave. A few 1-4 bedrooms left!

Westbourne Apts. on North Campus Studios and 3 Bedrooms.

Roadrunner Internet ,standard cable, water and dumpster included.

Furnished with T.V. Some apts have fireplaces and balconies.

Call to book an appointment now before Thanksgiving break!

Kimball Real Estate www.kimballrentals.com

27 H OUSE FOR R ENT Eight Bedroom House Lower Collegetown Two kitchens, two full bathrooms, all new flooring, washer/dryer, fully furnished. Parking available.

Available June 5, 2016. $555 per person.

Certified Properties of TC Inc 607-273-1669 certifiedpropertiesinc.com $3000.00 Credit on First Month’s Rent Ten Bedroom House Cook St. Two kitchens, two full baths, large bedrooms, washer/dryer, parking, fully furnished.

Available 6-5-16. $615 per person.

Certified Properties of TC Inc 607-273-1669 certifiedpropertiesinc.com

2 Bedroom Apartment $950.00 Includes Utilities

32 P ETS

2 Bedroom apartment available in Varna, Spacious floor plan, within walking distance to the Cornell Vet School, on the TCAT bus route. Washer and Dryer on the premise for tenants use. Credit check and security deposit required for details call Kathy 607564-9057

Luxury cat boarding in a private residence.

The Sun’s Classified Headings

Collegetown Plaza: Fitness Room, fantastic Cayuga Lake Views Studio, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 BRs Parking

26 A PARTMENT FOR R ENT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Pet sitting in your home.

Insured. Reliable.

Call or text: 607-244-4588.

Or register at drydenpetandhome.com

Personals Adoption Notices Services Dining and Entertainment Graduation Housing Travel Ride Wanted Lost and Found For Rent For Sale Automobiles Bicycles Motorcycles Computers & Electronics Auctions and Sales Help Wanted Position Wanted Business Opportunities Wanted Wanted to Buy Wanted to Rent Parking Roommate Wanted Rooms for Rent Apartment for Rent House for Rent House for Sale Summer Sublet Sublet Commercial Space Pets

14 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015

SPORTS

Red Hopes to Bounce Back After Slow Start W. HOCKEY

Continued from page 16

Cornell’s offensive attack has struggled to begin the season and a vulnerable Syracuse defense might be able to get them on the right track.

Similarly, Colgate has demonstrated that they have a very potent offensive. The team currently ranks seventh in the nation

of terms of goals per game, averaging almost three. However, much of this production can be attributed to the team’s opening stretch of the season, in which they began 4-0-1. Over these five games, the Raiders averaged five goals per game and scored six goals twice during the period.

The hot start demonstrated just how potent their attack could be.

“Colgate has done a great of

limiting the amount of scoring opportunities for the opposing team, while making sure they capitalize on their own chances to put the puck in the net,” said junior forward Kaitlin Doering.

Since this hot start however, Colgate has struggled. The team is averaging less than two goals over their past six contests and hasn’t experienced a win in over

three weeks. Goalie play has been pretty good for the Raiders, with the team allowing less than two and a half goals per game, but the offense hasn’t generated enough production. Like Syracuse, Cornell may be facing the Colgate at the exact right time, when the team is struggling.

But in order to take advantage of their opponent’s struggles, the Red must be able to score. The Red currently rank in the bottom three in the nation in terms of goals scored, and are dead last in power play production. Doering has some ideas about how to increase this production.

“In order for us to initiate scoring opportunities we need to make sure we have a strong net presence and aren’t limiting our-

selves to the perimeter of the ice,” Doering said. “By moving the puck quickly and creating space for ourselves, we should be able to find lanes to the net and be certain we are the first to any rebounds. We must not only create second opportunities, but capitalize on them as well. That will be the difference this weekend.”

The Red must hone in their game if they want to come away with a sweep in these next two games.

“Our habits and the details of those habits,” said senior defenseman Cassandra Poudrier, “will be crucial.”

Shane Lewis can be reached at slewis@cornellsun.com.

Schafer ’86 Praises Revamped Power Play M. HOCKEY

Continued from page 16

team to make an impact.

“This is game 25 left of our schedule. It seems very quick. It’s a quick sprint to Christmas time and you look at it right now and we have seven games left before we get there. I’ve said it before, but I want to get to Christmas and we’ve got a tremendous

amount of injuries on our team and in that seven-game span, it’s going to be crucial to our hockey team and how we get through this time,” Schafer said. “We’ve got some things we addressed this week and hopefully, it’ll make us a better hockey team as we go down the stretch.”

Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee@cornellsun.com.

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, November 12, 2015 15

SPORTS

FOOTBALL

CROSS COUNTRY

Fencing Heads to Vassar Invitational Cross Country

By SHAN DHALIWAL

Eyes Chance at NCAA Nationals

Sun Staff Writer

Collegiate fencing is different from individual national fencing in that each match is team-oriented as opposed to individual-oriented. Cornell head coach Iryna Dolgikh emphasized how she has been trying to ingrain this idea into her fencers during the preseason.

“Fencing wise, so far, we [have] had a chance to witness everyone’s abilities, find potential for the future, and hope to achieve some interesting results,” Dolgikh said. “Girls have been working a lot to improve [a] ‘team player’ mentality for the upcoming season and, of course, [have worked] hard in preseason [training] as well.”

The Red kick-started the season two weekends ago at the Temple Open in Philadelphia, bringing home three medals.

The team will turn its attention to the Vassar Invitational this weekend in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where it will face a number of tough opponents. However, the team feels very prepared following success at Temple and a long fall season of both mental and physical training.

Team captain and senior foil Angelica Gangemi, who finished twelfth in foil at the Temple Invitational, sid the team has been using its newest members to its advantage and building camaraderie in the fall season.

“We have a lot of new talent [and we have been] getting used to new styles and collaborating with each other to make sure that everyone gets to share their own experiences to benefit the whole,” she said.

The team-over-individual mentality is essential in collegiate fencing, where each individual’s performance contributes to an overall team score. Each fencing match at a tournament consists of nine bouts per weapon (foil, epee, and saber), which makes for 27 bouts total per match. In this way, the first team to win fourteen bouts wins the match. The program sends five fencers per weapon to each tournament, with three of these five actually competing in each match. This weekend, for example, the Red will have eight different matches against eight different schools.

Dolgikh emphasized that the team’s goal this weekend is simply to perform as well as possible in order to maintain the season’s positive momentum following the Temple Invitational.

“We will stay focused and use our energy wisely for the entire day of fencing and strive to do well as a team to bring team victories and individually to earn NCAA points,” Dolgikh said.

Northwestern will probably be the Red’s toughest opponent this weekend.

Dolgikh also mentioned two concrete season goals she has for the team: to make a presence at the NCAA Championships and to perform well at the Ivy Championships, which Cornell is hosting this year.

“One of the main concrete goals, which we work hard for in various ways to achieve each year, is to qualify as many fencers as possible to the NCAA Regionals and Championships,” Dolgikh said. “This year is also special in the way that we are hosting the Ivy League Championships 2016, and since most of our team is returning - joined by the new talent — we hold high hopes.”

The Red has not won an Ivy League fencing title since formal Ivy League play in women’s fencing began in the 198182 season, and this season — with the championship on home turf — seems like the perfect year to end this drought.

By BRITTANY BIGGS Sun Staff Writer

OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN FILE PHOTO

Kickstarting the season | After opening the season in Philadelphia, the Red heads to Vassar for an invitational.

However, success this season will not be easy. The Ivy League is one of the best — if not the best — fencing leagues in the country. Columbia won the NCAA team championship last season and will be one of the many strong teams the Red will have to knock off if it hopes to win the Ivy League.

In terms of NCAA goals, junior epee Victoria Wines — who qualified for the NCAA Championships in both her freshman and sophomore seasons, emphasized the team’s goal of sending as many fencers to the NCAA championship this year.

“We’re hoping to qualify four or five girls to the championships this year,” Wines said.

However, it is hard to make specific goals this early in the season. Freshman saber Zoee D’Costa, who earned a bronze medal in her first collegiate fencing tournament at the Temple Invitational, emphasized how more specific season goals will develop as the season progresses.

Right now D’Costa said the team’s goal is “to win as much as we can and to improve as much as we can.”

“At this point,” D’Costa continued, “that’s really all we can look forward to, and hopefully as the season progresses we’ll have clearer goals toward the Ivies which we’re hosting and toward the end of a great season.”

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun.com.

Sportstradamus Predicts the CFP LEWIS

Continued from page 16

ity that no team from the SEC gets a nod. While LSU could potentially get in, a two loss Ole Miss team has no shot.

Now to the Big 10. Michigan State was likely doomed by their loss to Nebraska, and Michigan was previously doomed by their punters inability to do the most basic job in football. So the only real chance the Big 10 has of making the playoff is Ohio State winning out. If Iowa remains undefeated and beats Ohio State in the Big 10 championship game, then things would really get interesting.

Would an undefeated Iowa squad be more impressive than an undefeated or one loss Big 12 champion? I’m leaning towards no.

If Baylor wins out, I don’t see any way that the committee snubs them again from the playoff field. The

Bears would have wins at TCU and Oklahoma State, as well as against a hot Oklahoma team. If Oklahoma State wins out, they also would be in the same situation. TCU needs to win the rest of their games and hope that Ole Miss wins the SEC, and Notre Dame loses to Stanford, both of which are very real possibilities. All in all, the Big 12 has a good chance of making the playoff.

So where does this leave Notre Dame? If Notre Dame wins out, and Stanford goes on to win the Pac-12, would their resume be more impressive than that of an undefeated Big 12 Champion? I don’t think the committee would snub the Big 12 two years in a row, so I think Notre Dame wouldn’t make the playoff in that situation. However, if Notre Dame wins out and the Big 12 produces a one loss champion, they’re a lock.

The champion of the Pac-12 is a longshot to make the playoff, but it

could happen. Stanford must win out, or Utah must win out and hope Stanford loses to Notre Dame. Both teams must hope that Ole Miss wins the SEC, and either Clemson loses or the Big 10 produces a one loss champion.

The popular projection of the final CFP rankings is this: Clemson at number one, Alabama at number two, Baylor at number three, and Ohio State at number four. However, I have a feeling that Ohio State will lose against either Michigan State or Michigan, and that Oklahoma State will win out and win the Big 12.

Notre Dame is also going to beat Stanford. If that happens, then we end up with Notre Dame at number three, and Oklahoma State at number four.

Shane Lewis is a second year columnist. He can be contacted at slewis@cornellsun.com.

Sportstradamus appears every week this semester.

This Friday, the Cornell women’s and men’s cross country team looks to meet the goals they set at the beginning of the season and try to punch themselves a ticket to NCAA Cross Country Nationals. To do this, the team would have to perform exceptionally well at the Northeast Regionals in Boston, There, they will compete with top teams from their NCAA region for coveted spots in the championship in Louisville, Kentucky.

After an entire season of growth and accomplishments, the team enters this Regionals in a different place than they did last season.

“We were a good team last year, but I think we are stronger and deeper going into Regionals this year. We are closer to the mix of the top teams,” said men’s cross country head coach Zebulon Lang. “We have been preparing for this meet all summer & fall and we are excited about the opportunity to race with some of the nation’s best.

This Friday we will race 4 nationally-ranked teams. (No. 2 Syracuse, No. 9 Iona, No. 16 Columbia, No. 29 Providence).”

Artie Smith, the head coach for the women’s cross country team also feels the change in tides for his accomplished team.

“The team has had a very good vibe the last two weeks,” Smith said. “Training continues to go very well. In fact, I think we’ve had some real breakthroughs in recent weeks and it is clear the team feels like November will be their best month of racing yet. We’ve been preparing for this part of the season all year and I think they are very ready to have their best race of the season this Friday.”

Knowing that they face stiff competition, the athletes are focused on what they bring to the table at this year’s regional.

“Going into Regionals, I think my teammates and I have a lot of determination to finish the season with our strongest races yet,” said sophomore Erin McLaughlin. “We’ve been running really well in workouts lately, so we have confidence in our ability to compete at the national level. At the same time, we’ve kept a sense of fun throughout the season, which I think has contributed to the fact that we’re excited to race hard for our teammates as well as ourselves.”

Close to the finish line, the athletes said they know just how close they are to the goals they strive to achieve.

“We all know how close the last meet was,” said senior co-captain Brian Eimstad. “If we can all perform at the level we are capable of, there’s a very good chance that we can make it to nationals.

Columbia has a lot of points this season, so if we beat them at regionals, they will likely "push our team in" with the way qualifying work.”

With so much on the line, little tweaks and adjustments could make all the difference for the Red. “They really and truly don’t need to change anything in terms of effort,” Smith said. “The competitiveness and strong finishes to our races have been terrific. The team has made it a focus to get better positioning early in the race and we’ve also addressed some things that should help with that. The key is to bring the same type of effort while executing a bit differently earlier in the race and to compete with confidence.”

Regardless of what happens on Friday, it has been a season of growth and success for both teams.

“It’s hard to pin one favorite moment from the season, because I think this season has been special in the way that we’ve come together as a team, especially in workouts,” McLaughlin said. “Before the Heps meet, we did a long run together out on the trails, which was fun because we normally do our long runs by ourselves. It was a great team bonding experience coming into the Heps.”

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

Sports

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2015

16

MEN’S HOCKEY

Men’s Icers Look to Bounce Back Against Colgate

By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Giving up a three goal lead, especially in a potential statement game against a top-five opponent, certainly was not the way that Cornell men’s hockey coach Mike Schafer ‘86 drew things up. The Red are off to a quick start to the season, finishing off the second weekend of the season with a 3-1, and as the team looks to square off with conference opponent Colgate in a home-and-home series, Schafer and his team continues to deal with several injuries.

With sophomore forward Dwyer Tschantz out indefinitely, sophomore goalie Hayden Stewart sidelined with mononucleosis and senior center John Knisley not set to return until after Christmas, Schafer will continue to mix and match his lines in order to make the best of a tough situation.

“I don’t know if we’ll have a full complement of forwards, so there will be a lot of moving guys in and around,” Schafer said. “We might play seven defensemen as opposed to our forwards. As I said, with the amount of injuries we have, there is going to be that going on for a long period of time. Guys are trying to prove themselves and getting ice time. We’ll move guys in and out all year round.”

The Red has seen a wide range of contributors so far this season. Freshman and junior forwards Anthony Angello and Jeff Kubiak stand atop the Red’s offensive leadership with six points, three goals and assists a piece.

Sophomore and senior defensemen Reece Wilcox are tied for second on the team with four points apiece.

So while the team has been solid on the offensive end, Schafer noted several areas where his team fell flat during Saturday’s game against Quinnipiac.

“In the neutral zone, we gave them the puck way too many times,” Schafer said. “Almost twice as much as we got it from them. Between the blue lines in a critical area.

We learned a lot of good things about us. Our power play did a solid job. Our penalty killing was OK. We tried to address that.”

The power play has been one of the Red’s strength so far this season. Cornell currently ranks 12th in the nation in power play conversion percentage, while also ranking 20th in the country in penalty killing. This improvement in the power play stems from a shift in mentality, according to Schafer.

“One of the things we’ve talked about is taking more of a shooting mentality on the power play this year and attacking off of broken plays rather than going to set up and trying to go with something that we’re familiar with,” Schafer said. “A lot of power play goals are scored that way.

I think you saw on Friday night, or Saturday night, we kind of set it up and shot it and we captured the rebound.”

“Hunger,” Schafer said, plays a major role in the success of a power play unit.

“It seems kind of stupid, but when you’re on a power play, how fast can you get the puck back out after you shoot it so you can get another shot?” Schafer said. “That hunger is a big part of having a good power play. So we’ve changed that this year and we’ve used multiple people on it and if a guy’s attention wanes and they’re not ready to roll, we just plug someone else in that is ready to roll on the bench.”

So as the team prepares for its conference games this weekend, Schafer said that it is important for his team to keep in mind that there is not a whole lot of time for his See M. HOCKEY page 14

DAVID NAVADEH / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Freshman standout | Freshman forward Anthony Angello, whom the Pittsburgh Penguins drafted, is tied for the team lead in points with six via three goals and three assists.

Trying to Predict Red Preps for Orange,Colgate College Football Playoff

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

By SHANE LEWIS

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The Cornell women’s hockey team hits the road this weekend when they travel up to Syracuse on Saturday to take on the Orange in an out-of-conference clash. The Red returns to Ithaca and ECAC play on Tuesday when Colgate comes to Lynah Rink. The pair of games marks a contrast with last weekend’s grueling coupling of games with top ranked teams Princeton and Quinnipiac. Both Syracuse and Colgate come into their respective games struggling and should offer considerably less of a challenge.

Syracuse comes into Saturday’s game having won only twice in their past six games. The Orange were blown out last Tuesday against Clarkson, falling 5-1. The Orange’s four victories this year have come against teams with a combined record of

13-28-1.

Syracuse struggles cannot be blamed on their offensive attack, which has produced an impressive 2.75 goals per game over the first third of the season. The attack is led by forwards Stephanie Grossi and Melissa Piacentini, who have combined for 30 points this season. The Orange also has a capable scorer in Nicole Ferrara, who has already totaled six goals.

Syracuse’s problems can be found inside the net. When Syracuse has lost this year, they have given up an abundance of goals. In their six losses, opponents are averaging almost four goals per game. In wins, the Orange have held opponents to a very impressive 1.25 goals per game.

Syracuse has shown the ability to put the puck in the net, but they need their defense to keep them in the game.

The year’s second College Football Playoff (God, I hate that name) rankings were released on Tuesday. There were a few surprises, but all in all, I was largely satisfied with the list. It’s hard to argue with the top three choices in the ranking — undefeated Clemson clearly belongs at the number one spot and, even though I hate to say it, Alabama is looking like they might be the best team in the country. Although Ohio State has continued to look sloppy, there’s no way the committee keeps an undefeated Buckeye

spot, and you could even make the case that teams like Stanford and Iowa do as well.

Although there are problems now, it looks like these issues will be sorted out by the remainder of the season. Most teams currently have their College Football Playoff destiny in their own hands. Let’s look through the different scenarios that could occur by year’s end.

If Clemson wins out, they’re a lock for the number one spot in the playoff.

However, they have no margin of error.

Shane Lewis

See W. HOCKEY page 14

Sportstradamus

CHRIS PHARE / SUN FILE PHOTO

A slow start | The women’s hockey team hopes to bounce back this weekend against Syracuse and Colgate after a tough weekend against Princeton and Quinnipiac.

squad out of the top four, and their number three ranking is appropriate.

The biggest debate on the ranking is the number four spot. Notre Dame currently fills the spot, and if the playoff were to begin today, they would play Clemson in a rematch of earlier this season. Although I’m thrilled that my Irish are currently in the playoff, I’m sure that many people would disagree with their ranking. Baylor, who many believe was snubbed last year, is undefeated yet is still only ranked sixth. Oklahoma State is also undefeated and just had an impressive win over TCU. Yet the Cowboys come into the rankings at number eight. Both teams have a strong case for the fourth

If, let’s say, North Carolina knocks them off in the ACC Championship game, they likely don’t get the nod. This would also spell doom for the ACC as a whole, as there is no other team in position to make a push for the CFP. If Alabama wins out, they’ll obviously be a lock for the playoff. If Alabama wins the SEC West, and Florida beats Alabama in the SEC Championship game, then Florida would likely make the playoff. However, if Bama doesn’t win the SEC West, and Ole Miss or LSU go on to beat Florida in the SEC Championship, there is a strong possibilSee LEWIS page 15