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ILR Strives to Increase No. Of Low-Income Students
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Need-blind admissions may pose challenge, ILR dean says By CAROLINE FLAX
and improving yield rates for admitted students from low-income backgrounds. “[Recruiting students] has more to do with trying to get kids to apply to the program who have diverse backgrounds,” Katz said. He added that the ILR school also “tries to convince stu-
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Members of the Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project rehearse the song “Fireflies” by Owl City in American Sign Language on Wednesday.
News A New Way
City officials held a ceremony for the groundbreaking of 140 Seneca Way, a new commercial and residential development in downtown Ithaca. | Page 3
News (Don’t) Silence Your Phones
Prof. Deborah Streeter, applied economics and management, uses text messaging to increase student engagement in class. Students, not surprisingly, like the idea. | Page 3
Opinion Declaration of YOLO
Life, liberty and the pursuit of YOLO — opinion columnist Katerina Athanasiou ’13 explains the importance of puzzling out your life motto. | Page 7
Arts Land Down Under
James Rainis ’14 is blindfolded and taken underground by an anonymous art collective. What he found surprised him. | Page 9
Sports Color Clash
Men’s Soccer hosts Syracuse Orange tonight in the first round of the NCAA tournament. | Page 16
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As part of the University’s “Toward New Directions” diversity plan, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations is focusing on increasing the number of students in the college who come from low- “We believe in diversity, income backgrounds, according to and part of ILR’s role a recent report. According to ILR Dean Harry is to advance the Katz, ILR has achieved “fabulous world of work.” success” in increasing ethnic diversity: About 40 percent of the Class ILR Dean Harry Katz of 2016 in the college are underrepresented minorities. Now, one of the college’s five new diversity goals is to dents that [Cornell] is a good place to come, for further diversify the socioeconomic makeup lots of reasons, including the fact that there are of the student body, according to a report of students like them already here on campus.” annual initiatives published by the Office of In addition to increasing the number of Diversity and Initiatives. applicants from lower-income families, ILR Katz noted that this particular diversity is also aiming to increase the number of goal may be one of the most difficult for the transfer students, tenure-track faculty and college to achieve. study abroad participants from underrepreSince Cornell has a need-blind admissions sented economic and racial backgrounds. process, administrators do not consider an Specific to the ILR curriculum, the colapplicant’s income level when his or her appli- lege’s administrators also hope to re-evaluate cation is submitted. To attract prospective low- the freshman colloquium — a mandatory income students, then, the University will need See ILR page 5 to focus on increasing low-income applicants ALLY SPIER / SUN FILE PHOTO
C.U. Surveys Mental Health Of Transfer, Int’l Students this response rate is “in the ballpark of the figures” from other schools that administer a similar An email survey to identify survey. The Cornell Stress Profile, and reach stressed, anxious or depressed transfer and interna- part of a screening program run tional students was recently sent by the American Foundation for by Gannett. Despite its potential Suicide Prevention, was piloted at effectiveness, a small percentage Cornell in March 2011. The iniof students responded to the sur- tiative aims to identify problems that can intervey, and others said the ques- “We respond and give fere with a student’s academtions made them feel feedback to all [survey] ic, social and personal welluncomfortrespondents.” being, accordable. ing to an According Wai-Kwong Wong email sent by to Dr. Gregory Eels to stuEells, director of counseling and psychological dents invited to take the survey. Survey results showed that 16 services for Gannett, incoming international and transfer stu- percent of respondents were in dents have been the initial target the highest risk category and 49 populations for the survey percent fell into the moderate risk because they “have the most dif- category –– the top two of the ficult time adjusting to a new four categories in the survey, according to Wong. The other campus environment.” Gannett reported a 6-percent two categories were reserved for response rate from a group of students determined to be at low more than 700 students who were or negligible risk. “We respond and give feedinvited to complete the profile this semester, according to Dr. back to all respondents, but urge Wai-Kwong Wong, assistant all students in the two highest risk director for community-based services at Gannett. Wong said See DEPRESSION page 4 By MANU RATHORE
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Space for Entrepreneurs To Open Above CTB By NOAH TULSKY Sun Staff Writer
The entrepreneurial Cornellian can get excited about another new space for start-up collaboration that will soon open in Collegetown. Stemming from a collaboration between Entrepreneurship@Cornell and Student Agencies, a 5,300 square foot space for entrepreneurial networking called eHub is expected to open above Collegetown Bagels next fall, according to Entrepreneurship@Cornell
Executive Director John P. Jaquette. eHub, which will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, will serve as a space for all students working on or interested in business and innovation to use, Jaquette said. Visitors will have access to resources including faculty advising, visiting alumni and collaboration with like-minded students from across the University, he said. Dan Cohen, a lecturer at Cornell and the director of See eHUB page 4
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AEM Prof to Students: Don’t Put Away Phones By LUCY MEHRABAYAN
that one person who always raises his [or] her hand and so we may not always hear the minority speak, so I have been thinking While some professors may discourage about how to enrich the conversation with texting in class, Prof. Deborah Streeter, students,” she said. “Even the more introapplied economics and management, verted students who polled are more likely embraces it. In her class AEM 3340: to defend their position, so that was a surWomen, Leadership and Entrepreneurship, prising consequence that added to the Streeter is using texting as an interactive inclusivity.” tool to encourage discussion. Kher added that the polling enhances Streeter started using texting to poll stu- interactions with and between students, dents during lecture a few years ago. She including encouraging those who do not said that students were bewildered by the speak up in class as often to do so to defend prospect of using their phones in class. their position. “Students were shocked when I said “Polling … allows us to know what each ‘everyone get your phone out’ instead of student thinks about an issue in seconds ‘put your devices away,’” Streeter said. She and the discussion evolves from their opinstill gets that reaction, she said. ions. We are not influenced by the first two When giving lectures, Streeter uses to three people who always raise their hand polleverywhere.com, which allows any in any class and may take the conversation device connected to the Internet to respond down a side path,” he said. to a poll. It takes students about 10 seconds Streeter added that allowing the use of to submit an answer and then all responses cell phones changed the nature of the course are immediately by making the displayed on the students more “To ask [students] to close their lecturer’s screen, relaxed. devices is to ask them to cut off she said. In addition to Streeter said her classes at their hand. Their phones and her inspiration Cornell, Streeter devices are so much a part of their for the idea came also teaches Flip from one of her the Switch life and ... some of the professors students, who W o r k s h ops, don’t understand.” suggested that which are intendcell phones ed to help educaJamie Kalousdian could be used to tors at various draw more active schools transform engagement from students during class. The cell phones from distracting devices to rapid polling facilitates conversation in the interactive classroom tools. The workshops class, she said. teach professors how to incorporate texting Although the iClickers used by many and other technologies, such as video, into professors at Cornell also poll students in their courses. class anonymously, Streeter said she found Jamie Kalousdian, manager of media that students did not like them. production for the Dyson School, who Students do love their cell phones, works with Streeter to teach the workshops, though, Streeter said. said educators need to start embracing, Romi Kher grad, a Ph.D. student in rather than discouraging, the use of techapplied economics and management who nology in the classroom. assists Streeter in the AEM 3340 class, said “To ask [students] to close their devices he supports the use of the polling-through- is to ask them to cut off their hand. Their texting technique in the course. phones and devices are so much a part of “Anonymity makes students comfortable their life and that is one of the parts that sharing their opinions, and when students some of the professors don’t understand,” he see that there are others in class that feel as said. they do, they are more willing to defend Since texting in class, and the use of their opinion and this leads to much deeper devices in general, is activity that will only and meaningful debates in class,” Kher said. continue to increase, educators need to Ashley Pelzel ’14, who is taking the class think of ways to adapt the behavior to serve this semester, also praised the method as a productive academic function, Streeter having a positive impact on the class. said. “You’re not going to be scared of what to “Maybe today you can tell students to say. We are asked a lot of personal questions close their laptops, but in five years their and people answer a lot more candidly books or notes might be on their mobile because of this,” Pelzel said. devices,” she said. Streeter said students perceive a significant difference between raising their hands and sending text messages in class. Lucy Mehrabayan can be reached at “Oftentimes discussion is dominated by lmehrabayan@cornellsun.com.
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140 Seneca Way | A team of developers and public officials participate Wednesday in the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new housing project, located at the base of East State Street about a block from the east end of the Ithaca Commons.
Construction Begins on New Downtown Ithaca Complex By EMMA COURT Sun Senior Writer
Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 was joined by developers, bankers and public officials Wednesday for the groundbreaking ceremony at 140 Seneca Way, a new commercial and residential development in downtown Ithaca. The new development will include 38 apartments, with amenities for residents that include a health club, a roof terrace and parking for residents. The complex will also contain office space on the first floor, which two Ithacabased organizations have already claimed. Speakers at Wednesday’s event praised the new development for the role it will play in revitalizing downtown Ithaca. Gary Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance — a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development of the downtown area of the city — expressed excitement about the the new building. “You don’t get many opportunities to build buildings at the heart of your city,” Ferguson said. “This [complex] is at the eastern entrance, the gateway into downtown Ithaca. This is iconic, anyone coming east or west is going to see this [building].” The Seneca Way development faced community opposition at the start of the project, something Jeff Smetana, vice president of Newman Development — the development company for 140 Seneca Way — referenced at the groundbreaking. According to Smetana, the project had encountered various “issues and problems” since the idea was proposed three years ago. Residents of East Seneca Street — whose backyards are located adjacent to the back of the complex — initially opposed the project, The Sun reported in January 2011. But as the building underwent the process of securing approval from the city, the design was changed so the height of the north end of the building facing single-family homes was reduced by one story, thus making it more aesthetically pleasing to the concerned residents, according to Myrick. The design of that part of the building was also altered to fit the character of the
neighborhood. Although Myrick acknowledged that not all Ithaca residents are pleased about the new complex, those who were involved in the development of the site and who spoke at the groundbreaking projected an optimistic vision for the future of downtown Ithaca. JoAnn Cornish, the city’s director of planning and development, described the complex as the start of a more vibrant downtown and said it will make the city a “more exciting place to work and build and play in.” Myrick said the new complex marks the turnaround of a trend of “suburbanization and sprawl” that he said Ithaca has been undergoing for years. “We can finally begin to answer the question of, ‘Where are we going as a city?’” Myrick said. “Are we going to continue to pull people away … or bring them closer?” Myrick added that 140 Seneca Way would be both “environmentally and economically sustainable.” The building itself will have an number of “green features,” according to the press release from the developer. Myrick stressed that the building’s potential goes beyond its infrastructure. The site is within walking distance from many shops and restaurants on the Commons — it is approximately two blocks from Simeon’s and Madeleine’s, for instance — and it is therefore likely that those who will live and work at 140 Seneca Way will patronize local businesses, Myrick said. He added that the new complex will also prove an economic benefit to the city because it is being built on a site that was formerly home to a non-profit organization — and thus exempt from property taxes. 140 Seneca Way will therefore play a role in expanding the city’s tax base by providing a new source of revenue, he said. According to Myrick, the city did not make any financial contributions to the project. Developers were able to take advantage of a federal tax credit program that encourages investments in communities that otherwise would be unable to finance business and realestate projects. Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com.
At an open forum held by Princeton University’s presidential search committee, staff members voiced concern about the potential candidacy of former CIA Director David Petraeus, who graduated from Princeton in 1987, for president of the university, The Daily Princetonian reported. An athletic coach at the university questioned whether it would be appropriate to name Petraeus president of Princeton in light of the recent scandal surrounding his extramarital affair, according to The Princetonian. Members of the Student Labor Alliance at Brown University are urging administrators to threaten to end the university’s contract with Adidas, according to The Brown Daily Herald. Adidas allegedly failed to pay severance to factory workers in Indonesia after a factory was shut down, which violates Brown’s Code of Conduct, The Herald reported. Danny Murcia, a junior at Columbia University, will be featured as a vocalist on Pitbull’s forthcoming album, “Global Warming,” The Columbia Spectator reported. Murcia will be featured on three songs in the album, did multiple cuts with Nicole Scherzinger and will write a hook for Will.iam’s next album, according to The Spectator. — Compiled by Sylvia Rusnak
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eLab, a program that helps students accelerate their businesses, said the idea for eHub came from what he and others perceived as a need for a central “hub” to be used for entrepreneurial activity at Cornell. “We saw on campus a number of classes where you can learn about entrepreneurship, hear about entrepreneurship, but not necessarily do entrepreneurship. We wanted to create a place where you could actually do startups,” Cohen said. eHub is the latest in a number of Entrepreneurship@Cornell initiatives that seek to increase opportunities for start-up collaboration among students. For instance, the PopShop — where students can go to work with their peers across colleges and majors on various projects — opened on Dryden Road in April. “Students across the campus, no matter what their interest, [can] sit and talk and meet and match and work on ideas,” Jaquette said of PopShop. Jaquette said that the success of the PopShop, in part, led faculty to seek the establishment of a larger space with more resources and extended hours. “There are lots of students who are really excited about the idea of what it takes to create something out of nothing in a business way,” Jaquette said. Both Jaquette and Cohen said they envision that alumni who come back to Cornell to visit might stop by eHub to see what students are working on and to offer their suggestions. “If you’re an [alumni] entrepreneur and you want to come back to visit, this is where you go to speak,” Cohen said. Jaquette said he hopes eHub will also host minicourses and seminars on leadership to offer educational “building blocks” for the “many people who don’t understand what entrepreneurship is.” eHub will be a resource to students with a wide range of qualifications, Cohen added. He said the
space will serve everyone from the freshman who is new to campus and curious about entrepreneurship to the graduate student “with a fully-fledged concept” for a project. Cornell has recently begun to open doors for the increasing number of students interested in launching or working for start-ups, Cohen said. “I think what’s happened is Cornell is being responsive to demand: Students want to do startups, they want to create their own companies, more and more students want to create their own path, rather than travel the traditional corporate path,” he said. Nick Nickitas grad, a student in the Johnson School who is currently working with a team to develop a new cellphone application, said he feels that Cornell has developed an “electrical energy” toward entrepreneurship that is attractive to applicants. “I chose to come to Cornell because the integrative nature of all these different start-up programs,” Nickitas said. “From eLab, Cornell Startup Weekend, Three-Day Startup, the Popshop, Big Red Ventures and now the eHub, the resources available to entrepreneurs at Cornell are incredible.” Jaquette added that the University is becoming more plugged into the start-up scene, as reflected by the establishment of CornellNYC Tech as well as the high volume of students who are creating fledgling companies while still on campus. “This is the first time you’ve read about Cornell regularly in the national press and [seen] the word entrepreneurship associated with [the University] in this way,” he said. Entrepreneurship@Cornell is working to secure the necessary funding for the project through its alumni network, according to Jaquette. He said renovations of eHub’s future home above CTB are expected to begin this summer. Noah Tulsky can be reached at ntulsky@cornellsun.com.
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he said. But Aditi Bhowmick ’16, an international student who was sent the email unsolicited, said some of the survey’s questions –– including asking students how many times in the past two weeks that they have had thoughts of suicide or planned ways of taking their own lives –– made her feel uncomfortable. “Even if I hadn’t thought about [suicide before], I started thinking about it,” said Bhowmick, who is also a Sun opinion columnist. “[The questions] were very morbid. I wasn’t depressed, but I remember feeling depressed and down after the survey.” However, Shivang Tayal ’16, a student from India, said he believes the University’s outreach for transfer and international students could be effective for some students. “I agree that, for international students, [Cornell] is a very new environment and an environment very different from home,” he said. “If you don’t set up a social backing and a social group for yourself, then such surveys and [programs] that Cornell provides do help people.” Bhowmick, who is also from India, agreed that Gannett is targeting a population that could benefit from the resources it has to offer. However, she said she does not think Gannett “will get very insightful results out of surveying these populations.” “Think about it this way: We are already nervous little kids away from home, and then one gets an email like that. Who would respond to that?” she said. Bhowmick said the follow-up
email she received after completing the survey gave a short analysis of her profile results and advised her to get in touch with the Gannett counselor. “I believe I can help you find relief, and I hope you will contact me to set up a time we can get together within the next day or two,” the email said. “If you would rather talk to me without coming in or identifying yourself, we can continue to exchange messages on this website … If you prefer, we can set up a time to talk by phone or meet in person.” Bhowmick said she was uncertain of how effective the survey’s feedback will be for students who are depressed or suicidal. “Maybe it was helpful for someone who actually needs it. But I am not sure. I feel that it isn’t that effective, as people wouldn’t show up for the follow-up,” she said. “People don’t like being told that there is something wrong with you.” But Gannett officials said the survey is simply intended to be a “simple, secure way to gain insight about whether stress, anxiety, or depression may be affecting” a student, according to the email sent out with the survey. Participants are also not required to follow up on the feedback they receive, but doing so is recommended, according to Eells. “The follow up is something based on the pattern by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and then we individualize it for students,” he said. “It is not mandatory. It is just something that we suggest after the screening and it is advised.” Manu Rathore can be reached at mrathore@cornellsun.com.
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Imagining Cornell Without Bridge Fences
THE FENCES WENT UP ON CAMPUS bridges over Spring Break of 2010. Those Cornellians on campus at the time will never forget the way the campus transformed over those couple of months after the suicides. The community came together to support one another. Professors gave students a rare break. Students chalked supportive messages to peers on the bridges, and Cornell added counselor positions at Gannett. Like at any other university, students come and go, and the University, collectively, forgets. Only one unavoidable reminder remains of the deaths that stunned the campus in March 2010: the black fences lining the bridges. Those fences, however, will begin to come down over winter break. Walking across the bridges every day, you might completely forget about everything that happened. You will only be able to see the nets if you go out of your way to stop, lean your head over the bridge railing and look down. It is important that we do not forget what happened on campus. Now that the national media’s attention has diverted its focus and students have moved forward, the pressure to improve mental health on campus has eased. We must not allow ourselves to settle into complacency. Cornell needs to continue pushing forward the mental health initiatives the campus needs. In the immediate aftermath of the suicides, Cornell hired six new therapists through a $1 million increase in funding from the University and alumni donations. Additionally, Gannett moved quickly after these events to supplement other parts of its mental health framework. Cornell worked to educate students on the resources available to them, using methods like the “Real Students, Reel Stories” video shown to incoming freshmen starting in 2010. In addition, it has worked to train faculty and staff on how to identify struggling students through its “Notice and Respond” program. Everything that we have seen from Cornell has been positive, but it cannot stop here. Cornell now faces a serious challenge in finding a permanent source of funding for the counseling positions it added in 2011. Gannett’s mental health promotion efforts have successfully driven students to seek help when they need it; now, Cornell must fill this increased demand. Even with the million dollars, Gannett is only able to accommodate counseling appointments for those students who most urgently need them, using a triaging system that works to serve high-risk students first. It is not enough to only prioritize students when they are in serious need of help. One proposal to fill the funding gap is to levy a health fee. This fee would eliminate peruse fees for health services that some students are forced to pay and bolster funding for mental health programs. While we understand that a fee such as this would inevitably lead to higher financial aid costs for the University, the University should be working to reallocate resources and make funding Gannett a priority. A healthy campus is something worth paying for. After the nets are completed and the fences are taken down, Cornell cannot allow this funding to disappear quietly. There are still serious issues on this campus that need to be addressed, and we hope that both students and administrators will continue to maintain the focus on these important initiatives.
cloth around his arm and standing no more than three feet directly in front of me. We locked eyes, and in that moment we were eternal I remembered that I was living in the height of the famed Cornell Human vs. Zombie war of the fall of 2012. I looked around the Quad to see dozens of other students wearing identical red bands around either their arms or heads and silently walking around the paths. I was wearing all denim (as per usual) and no red at all but still didn’t want to take any chances of this kid mistaking me for a zombie, so I said to him something along the lines of, “Hey man. I’m not playing.” I thought this would make it pretty clear that I was not actually at all involved in the game, but I was wrong and immediately after I finished explaining this to him, he pelted me with a ball of rolled up socks. I consider myself a pretty tough kid, so it wasn’t too terribly difficult to hold back the tears that were definitely welling up from the pain of the hit. I was able to just walk away from the scene and think to myself, “Wow. That was a really weird experience.” After a bit of reflection though, I realized that the weirdness was not limited to just my run-in with the zombie (or human … I am really not clear on the rules of the game). Weird things happen to me all the time. A man who looked more than a little bit too old to be a student once interrupted my studying by blasting Polka music through some speakers that I guess he must have brought from home for seemingly no reason in the Physical Sciences Building. I am convinced that my freshman floor was haunted (ask anyone who lived on the fourth floor of Donlon last year — they’ll tell you that the “D4 Monster” is no joke). And finally I’m a Daily Sun opinion columnist, but almost nobody stops me on Ho Plaza to ask for my autograph (definitely the weirdest thing to happen to me). Before you start thinking that the weirdness is limited just to me, I’ll have you know that a dear friend of
true. What do you tell your friends from home when you talk about Cornell? Do you tell them stories about how you have incredibly qualified and intelligent professors and how your school is beautiful or do you tell them about the phantom pooper running around campus and defecating at concerts? If you aren’t sure, do your friends a favor and tell them about the bandit who drops trou and drops a deuce all over campus. The weird ones are the ones that stick. The weird ones are the best. And before you write me off as a weird engineer (you can and maybe should do that later though) look at yourself and the people around you. Chances are, you might be weird yourself. Have you ever thrown a flaming pumpkin into the gorge? It is pretty weird that we consider lighting a vegetable on fire and hurling it into a canyon fun, and there are currently dozens of charred and shattered pumpkins beneath all of the bridges. Have you ever walked to and from class in the snow uphill both ways? It doesn’t sound possible but at Cornell … it is. And that’s pretty weird. There are a million reasons why you might be weird, but it really doesn’t matter as long as we recognize that being weird is a good thing. Embrace your weirdness. That kid who chucked the ball of socks at me was pretty weird, and now he gets to be in one of my columns. Isn’t that every Cornellian’s dream? Weirdness and weirdos shouldn’t be social pariahs. They should be campus legends. So if you have a visceral and baseless hatred of the McRib, refuse to eat anything but granola and mozzarella cheese, are convinced that you were abducted by aliens who looked just like Ezra Cornell or whatever other strange things you do, then you’re probably kind of weird. And that’s pretty damn cool. Christo Eliot is a sophomore in the College of Engineering. He may be reached at celiot@cornellsun.com. The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
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OPINION
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of YOLO “I
just decided I wanted to only do things that make me happy. And the last two months have been amazing,” he said. We were having coffee at Stella’s when a friend revealed he had recently adopted a new life philosophy. Then he asked, “What is your life motto?” I was a bit dumbfounded. I’ve written thesis statements for countless papers and articulated missions for organizations. At times, I’ve even outlined core values for a project. But I’d never done the same for myself — or at least not in a concrete, formal way. The proposition fascinated me. Every day, we get out of bed and take on the day’s joys and challenges. Our approach, our actions, our decisions are obviously motivated by something. To take that something and put it into words and then try to shape your everyday interactions is intriguing. In the eleventh hour, as I sat to write this, I sent a quick email to some close friends. I know, it seems rather sacrilege to ask something so personal via the interweb, but time was of the essence. To my surprise, the responses were plentiful and delightful — for the most part. Some borrowed from other cultures or practices. A friend from home shared “Que será, será’” — a Spanish saying she encountered while studying in Madrid last fall. Another took a practice from yogis, “Meditate — but really live — with your palms faced open to the universe as to be open to receive all that is around you. Living with this readiness to receive is far more important to me than running around trying to find what it is you are ‘supposed’ to find.” Some were about remembering the “big picture” in life. One friend shared, “Whenever I have a lot on my plate, and I fail to remember why it was that my eyes were bigger than my stomach, I muse on a line from one my favorite books by Jean-Paul Sartre called Nausea: “I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.” Another shared a quote from homeboy Thoreau, “All good things are wild and free,” which she uses as motivation
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spent last weekend in Manhattan. Although I had watched hours of Sandy storm coverage and had read about the blackouts, the displacements and the flooding, I hadn’t really understood what had actually happened until I walked through lower Manhattan and saw small storefronts with smashed windows, trash piled on sidewalks and a lingering fear that traveled through the brisk autumn air. Although I was seeing
for spontaneity. In one response, a friend shared a sentiment I can identify with. One chapter of The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (a fantastic book, I might add), mentions the tenet, “When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.” Similarly, she described, “I believe that I must live in the Now. Whether that moment consists of blissful happiness or incurable pain I believe I should be all in it. There is always something to gain from all types of experiences.” Some responses were lighthearted. One friend’s personal mantra, “Surround yourself with people who are funnier and smarter than you.” Another buddy (and fellow columnist) shared: “My life philosophy is this: Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” One friend had a more critical view, believing that life mottos are inherently flawed because everything depends on context. He said, “You should try to follow it but you can’t poo poo yourself if you don’t.” He has a point. Declaring your mantra can lead to disappointing yourself and perhaps negating the purpose of a centralized philosophy, which, in an ideal world, would lead to a more fulfilling and centered life. Another friend (another stinkin’ Sunnie) built on the initial critique, “Putting a lot of thought into a motto that works for you and sticking with it can help you accomplish deeper meaning from both succeeding at and failing at that motto, like one of my mottos, ‘respect everyone, every age, and have a conversation with them.’ You can’t know someone unless you talk to them, and even though you may not have the energy or presence of mind to genuinely respect everyone in the moment, I’ve found that I can learn valuable lessons from five-year olds
Katerina Athanasiou Kat’s Cradle always remember. “It’s about progress, not perfection.” Essentially, it’s about direction. We do what we can, we work toward our ideals. So, is it a worthwhile feat to actually write out your “life motto?” Maybe. Perhaps, just as a business might use a “central value system” to evaluate if a certain decision is right or wrong, so can we. I’m not saying that people are companies. But in the complexity that makes up your late teens and early 20s, as we start to define who we are as adults, maybe this can help.
Katerina Athanasiou is a senior in the College of Art, Architecture, and planning. She may be reacched at kathanasiou@cornellsun.com. Kat’s Cradle runs alternate Thursdays this semester.
Thank Goodness was the sense of community, the kinship amongst New Yorkers, that brought the Upper East Side resident who had been unaffected by Sandy’s breath to the streets of Queens with food and water. I couldn’t understand that, despite the racing and honking and mania of New York City, anyone who had something to share — money, food, bedrooms or electricity — did. The stories I had read were not those of the most magnanimous, but
Hannah Deixler Shades of Grey The City 10 days after the disaster, Sandy’s bitter aftertaste remained. However, what was more striking than the “CLOSED INDEFINITELY” signs that rested on windowsills throughout Tribeca was the overwhelming selflessness New Yorkers showed. I had read accounts of marathoners who had, in lieu of pitying themselves for training for a cancelled race, distributed food and blankets to families in Long Beach. I had watched the relief concert. I had retweeted celebrities’ tweets about the Red Cross. I had even texted to donate in a sorry attempt to help from afar. But what I hadn’t understood — and couldn’t understand until I saw it first hand —
and 95-year olds.” I see the good and bad in declaring your life motto. Right now, there are tenets I hold that I practice in action, and others that I don’t — or at least not yet. I know how to value happy times. I think that’s best captured by a line from Kurt Vonnegut’s “Man Without a Country.” He writes,“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’” I believe in balance — sleeping, exercising, zero-tasking enough so that I can have a healthy life. That’s something I’m still working on. And that’s okay. My freshman summer, I worked for a farmer. When I was describing how overwhelming I found the environmental issues of our generation, he said something I’ll
were rather representative of what was happening on every block. I couldn’t understand how extraordinary it was that that New Yorkers, in all their varied forms, came together in the wake of disaster in a beautifully genuine way. Returning to school, I almost instantaneously forgot all that I had seen and heard, and immediately fell back into the Cornell grind, knowing that I have just one final push until Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Every Thanksgiving, my American history junkie of a father delivers the story of the Mayflower, Squanto and the bravery of the pilgrims, before asking everyone at our Thanksgiving table to share what we are most thankful for today. As I have
gotten older, my Thanksgiving table has gotten smaller: Grandparents have passed, cousins have moved away and friends of friends have found other gatherings to crash. But, no matter how large or small my Thanksgiving dinner may be, I am, as I remind myself each year, lucky to have people who I love and who (I think) love me. “I am thankful for you all,” I might respond. This weekend in New York City, followed by a long and contemplative drive back to Ithaca, I was reminded that, although I’m thankful to have close friends and family, I am also grateful for all the people I don’t spend Thanksgiving with, the people I don’t even know, nor ever will. I am grateful for the men and women who have fought in wars past (and present) so that I can say what I want, pray to whomever I want and control, as a woman, what happens to my body. I am grateful to go to a university that is providing me with the tools I need to compose a successful and meaningful life. I am grateful to the woman who picked up the quarter I dropped when my hands were full at Wegman’s yesterday, and I am grateful for the little girls standing outside in cold Ithaca autumn selling cookies to raise money for cancer research. Despite all that gratitude, as a cynical student at a rigorous university that, some might argue, is in a state of “crisis,” it is easy to hone in on all that is wrong, and all that is immediate. The bureaucratic administration, the prelims, the anxiety about jobs (or lack thereof ), the sleepless nights and the asshole who did-
n’t call the next day are more salient to all of us than the goodness of the New Yorkers who are housing 10 people in their one bedroom apartments. It is all too easy, when wrapped up in my own story, to forget about that which I don’t see or feel everyday. It took me a trip outside of this Cornell bubble to realize — or remind myself — that, even beyond my great friends and supportive family, the world and the world’s people are awesomely good. Humans (even me!) are optimistic, resilient, giving beings, especially in the face of crisis. So, as Thanksgiving approaches, I am particularly grateful (or more aware of my gratitude, as I imagine it’s always been there) for the goodness of the human race, and I don’t care if that sounds silly. I am. So, you heard it here first: This is both a New Years resolution and a Thanksgiving resolution. I will actively show gratitude, not just for all that is good in my life, but for all that is good in people. And I hope you will too. Research has shown that we feel happier, more connected and more optimistic when we are thankful for our lives. No matter how cold, grey and grinding our week may be, we can (and should) say thank you. There is too much good floating around not to.
Hannah Deixler is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at hdeixler@cornellsun.com. Shades of Grey appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
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oped nature of the shop that embodies the ideal college eating experience. I am usually not the biggest fan of curry, but the West African chicken curry soup, concocted by one of the owners, changed my mind. A perfect blend of spices, the curry had my taste buds begging for seconds (and thirds and fourths). I usually find curry overpowering in many dishes, but this soup exhibited mastery over what can be a fickle spice. The shredded chicken mixed with vegetables and artful blend of spices had my friends and I lauding it as the best curry dish we have had. Served daily is a French Onion soup, in addition to a soup of the day. Some say you can’t judge a book by its cover. But let’s get real: We all do it. Despite what I was taught in elementary school, a book simply will not tempt me if the cover illustration is not tantalizing. A sub is the same way; if the roll is lackluster, no matter what genius the contents may hold, the rest of the sub loses its appeal.
Needless to say when the sweet Thai chili creation was placed in front of me (on white paper, of course), I judged that it was going to be far above sub-par. And my judgment was right: The thick, fresh bread, baked daily in house, encased the eclectic array of ingredients with just the right ratio of bread deliciousness to generous contents. The combination of sweet grilled onion and pineapple with shredded chicken mixed with a tangy, sweet Thai chili sauce made me wonder how I had not thought of this delectable fusion before. All of their sauces, including the sweet Thai chili sauce, are thought of and created by the brother duo. And for half of a hearty sub at $7, I’d take any of Gorgers fantastic combos and sauces over a $5 foot-long any day. Award another point to Gorgers: It has a food challenge. The base of the challenge stems from its Caribbean Fire Sub and is then loaded with Trinidad scorpion chili pepper and more peppers on top of that. After finishing the sub, if you do, three min-
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I’d like to tell you a story. One filled with surprise, challenges overcome and hearts won. The story begins when I went to check out the new sub shop Gorgers on West State Street one inconspicuous Monday night. As I walked in, no one else but my friends and I inhabited the newly renovated restaurant. Looking up at the large paper menu taped to the bulletin with red duct tape underneath it declaring “Best Subs” hastily written in sharpie, I was quick to judge. Then I looked closer at the menu and saw sub combinations I had never seen before: Coconut Shrimp, Bahn Mi, Cabernet Steak, Pittsburgh Vegan, among others. Although my taste buds were intrigued, I was unsure if they were going to be pleased. My friends were having the same dilemma: Go the classic route and get a Buffalo Chicken or Hummus sub that would guarantee satisfaction or take the risk and go for a combination unlike any I had ever encountered. One of the owners, half of the brother duo involved in this subventure, was more than willing to accommodate the others I was with. He offered an array of different options and suggestions helpful in creating the perfect offbeat sub. The Sweet Thai Chili sub seemed like an engaging combination worth adventuring, so I ordered that and started off with their soup du jour of West African chicken curry. We sat down at the only seating arrangement of a long tiled counter extended across a wall adorned with really interesting local and affordable artwork. Not long after, our starter of flatbread and hummus arrived. Served on a large, white piece of paper, I wondered if their dishwasher had broken and if they ran out of plates. As I took a first bite of the soft, untoasted flatbread and smooth red pepper hummus, I became more charmed by the serving style than critical of it. As music choices of Aqualung, Dave Matthews Band and Norah Jones played in the background while we made small talk with the owner, the relaxed and chill vibe of the sub shop came to light. My uptight preconceived notions quickly slipped away, as I embraced the quirky yet charming undevel-
utes must pass before you are allowed to drink anything. Luckily for us, we were able to get dinner and a show as we watched one brave young fellow, Zac Peterson ’14, a Sun staff photographer, conquer this fiery feat and win a Gorgers t-shirt. Just as we were getting ready to leave, one of the brothers was holding three potatoes in his hands and asked the best possible question: “Do you guys want some fresh potato chips?” Five minutes later, out come the best potato chips I have ever had. Perhaps it was the oil and the warmth of the chip, or maybe it was the fact they were on the house. More likely, it was the best and most fitting ending to our Gorgers experience that won my foodie heart. Gorgers is the place to go (or to call for delivery) if you’re looking for delicious, distinctive subs and an intimate, chill ambience. I give Gorgers two subs up. Casey Carr can be reached at ccarr@cornellsun.com.
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Mr. Zero is not pleased. A despondent loser, he trundles mechanically through his miserable life and deals despairingly with his miserable wife. In a rage after losing a job he previously held for 25 years to an adding machine (an old calculator), he decides to murder his boss. In case you were not already convinced, no, he is not a traditional musical star. But Adding Machine: The Musical, a darkly comic and doubtlessly evocative new musical adaptation of Elmer Rice’s play opening at Kiplinger Theater this Friday, likes its humor black, and Zero’s just the man for the job. When pressed to describe the musical in a word, Alexander Quilty ’15, who plays the tormented Mr. Zero, described it as “weird.” Given more thought, his answer was a bit less controversial: “intriguing.” And these characteristics certainly aren’t negative: Adding Machine is a truly fascinating character study. As musical director Michael Doliner ’13 relates, it’s a “huge theatrical experience.” The play’s technical elements are essential to bringing its unique story to life. Doliner says these elements make the musical “An entirely new sort of show.” As Doliner explained, he has met with the show’s professional designers every week for over eight months, planning and perfecting its scenery, costumes, and lighting. All of this planning takes a lot of work, but Doliner, who has devoted 24 hours per week to the show, sacrificing countless assignments along the way,
says that though it is a lot to take on, it is “worth it if you love theater.” The music of Adding Machine is every bit as innovative as its technical elements and just as arduous to perfect. The score, which has won a number of accolades, including a Drama Desk Award for “outstanding music,” incorporates elements of jazz, gospel and music best described as “undefined” as it weaves its way through the performance. Quilty calls it “the most difficult music [he’s] ever had to sing for a show,” in terms of rhythm, and Doliner admits that the “neverbefore-heard” tunes and eclectic harmonies caused some difficulties. But the show’s two music directors have aided in taming the complex score. As Doliner explains, this complexity is essential in that it “fuels the action and informs the work rather than just being incidental to the plot,” while Quilty acknowledges that after months of practice, the pieces take on “a certain momentum” unique to this musical. It may at first seem somewhat peculiar to see such inventive efforts applied to a musical that was adapted from a play written in 1923. But Doliner believes that the musical is just as relevant today as ever, if not more so. “We live in a time where technology is replacing people, where people are being replaced by computers and recorded messages,” he explains. “Adding Machine challenges us to take charge of our lives again.” One repeated line in the play, “I didn’t have the nerve,” epitomizes this modern societal condition — and, as Quilty explains, Mr. Zero’s lack of nerve causes the viewer to consider “having the gumption to go out and change instead of waiting for
Killing Your Boss, Losing Your Job And Other Musical Motifs
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something to happen to you, and then, when it doesn’t, being shocked and disappointed.” Beyond this social message, though, Doliner believes that Adding Machine is most important because it prompts the viewer “to expect more from musical theater.” Adding Machine’s fascinatingly frank look at the modern condition shows that the musical “can really be an important medium for communicating to a lot of people.” It may be no West Side Story, then, but Adding Machine will
nevertheless make you laugh as it forces you take a serious look at the human cost of technological advancement. Adding Machine premieres at the Schwartz Center this Friday at 7:30 p.m. and runs until December 1. Sam Bromer is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at sbromer@cornellsun.com.
The Interview W
hen my editors contacted me with the vague exceedingly uncomfortable. Moreover, I proposition that I interview an underground, was being filmed for posterity! I grew even more self-conscious and, as such, threw on anonymous art collective, I leapt at the chance. I was given the phone number of a guy who identified a hoodie, as if it would defend me from himself as my “spirit guide” and was told to meet him on the scrutiny. It did not help. As I moved from a confused stammer campus (he requested that all specifics be withheld). He was an AAP guy with a scarf and horn-rimmed glasses (cue 50 to a less confused one, we began to discuss percent of readers exclaiming, “Hey, I know that guy!”). I what this piece — for lack of a better term assumed that my “spirit guide” was, in fact, a member of the — was supposed to confront. When collective in question; it turns out that he was merely help- offered the chance to be interviewed, ing preserve his friends’ anonymity. He removed his scarf K_____ and R. Blue chose to take the and, promising that I would not be harmed or otherwise opportunity to “subvert hierarchical molested, requested that I blindfold myself. I hesitated — norms.” Instead of a nice sit-down interthis sounded like the beginning of a particularly crappy hor- view where we sip coffee and talk about ror movie — but blindfolded myself anyway. My guide their influences, they put me at their made a topical, “People will just assume you’re a pledge” mercy, leading me to an unknown space and literally placing themselves above me. joke. I laughed nervously. After what felt like 10 minutes of stumbling across the The interviewer lost his editorial control heart of campus, I was led downstairs and my blindfold was and became the subject, something that removed. I was taken down a dark hallway and brought into made me feel rather foolish. I shuffled my a room with a heavy metal door. As I entered the sparsely lit feet. There was something to be said about space, the door was closed behind me. I found myself at the the frivolity of art criticism here, but I was not of the right mind or temperament at bottom of a sewer grate. This, admittedly, was perplexing. “What the hell is this?” I asked to nobody in particular. the moment to properly discern it. “And the audience?” I asked, trying to A quick scan of my surroundings revealed a rather provocative environment: Mirrors lined the walls, confronting me conceal my own embarrassment. My genial captors laughed and with neverending reflecadmitted that it would all be tions of my distressed self. a little too masturbatory if no The metallic walls were audience were present. This embellished with overwas an art show, after all. grown vines, and the floor When my squirming was littered with garbage. began to subside, I finally got Most terrifying, though, Getting down to some questioning. was the appearance of a Heinous This was an interview, after video camera. It was all all. K_____ and R. Blue starting to uncannily informed me that they are most interested in “large scale resemble a scene from the tortuous Saw series. My captors, amid some amused giggling from their interactive and inhabitable installations constructed and assembled audience, introduced themselves: K_____ and dismantled over a short period of time, leaving no trace or R. Blue, two AAP students working in “Site driven respons- recollection of the intervention itself.” Each of their instales to spaces that have a transient quality.” I discovered that lations is public, an exhibition granting a few hours of I was the centerpiece of their latest installation. Like anyone access to spaces that have either been forgotten or closed off who has ever been observed by a small crowd of strangers by the University. The audiences are small so as not to draw whilst trapped in the bottom of a drainage ditch, I was unwanted attention from the authorities. Like street or per-
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formance art, its ephemerality adds to its power. Witnessing something this strange happening in an otherwise unremarkable place has an undeniable novelty to it. It takes a lot of speedy work for a rather brief pay-off. Luckily, there are some photos. After being freed from the confines of the claustrophobic sewer grate, my bespectacled spirit guide offered his sympathies. “We didn’t realize how creepy it would be,” he confessed, as if trapping an unwitting journalist in an underground cage was ever considered not a creepy thing. Still, I have to admit: I had lost faith in anything weird ever going on here on this campus. Between this, the appearance of the self-proclaimed Antichrist and that ear-biting fiasco outside Louie’s Lunch, maybe Cornell can still surprise us after all these years. James Rainis is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun.com.
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When I’m Feeling Ghettofabulous: A Playlist Approach to Life S
ome people make playlists for special occasions but I like to make playlists for specific moods. There are some songs you just can’t listen to without emotional preparation. For example, you just can’t randomly start listening to the Hospice album by The Antlers unless you want to be reduced to a pile of blubbering mush for the next 12 hours. As one of my friends once eloquently put it: “Hospice, man. That album is responsible for a p p rox i m a t e l y 47 percent of the tears in my lifetime.” Just as you can’t fully experience “Honey Bunny” by Girls unless you’re driving down the 101 with your top down, feeling that special, carefree elation that only summer brings. It’s true that some moods and some songs are inexplicably linked, which is precisely what makes my playlists so personal. And so, here I am about to expose my deepest darkest iTunes “Most Played Songs” to you, providing the very material for which you may use to mock me. Devoid of shame, I’ll rundown the playlists that comprise the soundtrack of my life. “WHEN I’M FEELING GHETTOFABULOUS” This is, by far, my mostplayed playlist, and it’s come to aggregate every peripherally related song I might want to listen to when I’m getting ready to go out,
going out or trying to provide common ground for disparate music listeners when I’m already out. I mean, you just can’t not relate to old school Usher — and if you really can’t relate, I can already tell we have nothing in common. Confessions Part II was at least 50 percent responsible for Generation Y’s libido (and at least 70 percent responsible for my own). This playlist is truly exhaustive, comprising music undeniably ghettofab-
by its shared qualities of slowerpaced, more ambient sounds — in other words, “chill study muzak” (which is, coincidentally, what this playlist is cross-listed as in my Spotify). It runs the gamut from old-ish indie rock veterans Belle & Sebastian to neo-soul Nujabes and even to classical concertos (where my Vivaldi at, bro). For math and word-less work, I tend to go with music with some verbiage for the cognitive stimulation. Otherwise, for reading-centered study, I tone down the verbal complexity, which is where foreign music (French folk, usually), hip hop instrumentals and soundtracks (Dario Marianelli makes a mean one) come in. Side note: This is also the perfect hangover recovery playlist between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Nothing like some “Superstar” by Sonic Youth to lull me a less head-pounding state.
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Alice Wang Profanity Prayers ulous — or whatever I, as the most non-ghetto Asian girl, may deem as such. Admittedly, some tracks are a little out of place, but I’ll fight to the death to keep “Roses” by Outkast next to Dre’s Chronic, below Biz Markie and above my beloved A Tribe Called Quest. The next time you hear a girl hijack the DJ station at a frat party, plugging in an iPhone to blast Wu Tang over, like, “Levels” or some similar nonsense, know that I have risked my neck in order to bring boogie justice to the world, one verse of “C.R.E.A.M.” at a time. “WHEN I’M FEELING BACKGROUND MUSIC-Y” As my second most-played playlist, this set is characterized
“WHEN I’M FEELING ’90S/’00S NOSTALGIC” Awwww shiettt, ain’t nothing like harmonizing boy bands to make me feel like I’m seven and staring at a poster of Boys II Men. If this playlist doesn’t stir the deepest parts of your elementary-aged soul, then you most likely lived under a rock for the entirety of the bubble gum pop ’90s. And don’t forget: This was
the time period that allowed you to say, “I liked Train before ‘Hey Soul Sister’” and back when Justin Timberlake starred in the “Drops of Jupiter” music video — rather, back when music videos were still a thing. A childhood just isn’t a childhood if you never conjectured what “I’m blue da ba dee da ba die” means. Whether you want to admit it or not, you do enjoy a little throwback of Dido or Blink 182 or Backstreet Boys every once in a while. Everything from Beck to Smash Mouth to TLC resides in
this playlist, and every one of these songs is an all-time fave. This playlist is seriously a time portal back to when you knew every word to “MMMBop” (except I still know every word to “MMMBop” so...). Actually, looking back, this playlist may or may not just be a rip-off of Kidz Bop Vol. 6. Alice Wang is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at awang@cornellsun.com. Profanity Prayers appears alternate Thursdays this semester.
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Ten Questions Columnist Katie Schubauer caught up with women’s squash senior Maggie Remsen to discuss her best friend, her singing abilities and inside vacation jokes. 1. Maggie, you are a senior captain on the women’s squash team. What has squash meant to you over the course of your college career? Squash has meant a lot to me. It was really nice to come in to Cornell with an established group of friends. It has also given me a lot of structure and a lot of social ties to a great group of people. It’s been a really great thing for me to have as an addition to what I do here at Cornell. Who is your favorite teammate? Oh my gosh. My favorite teammate probably changes on a daily basis. In the past it has always been Lauren Sachvie, but I guess this year I would have to say … Lindsey Seginson, who we call ‘Nemo.’ Do you have someone on the team who needs special assistance
and whom you help with schoolwork? Yeah. Fellow Squash captain Nicholas Sachvie is also a Comm. major and I like for him to send me his things before he hands them in so I can look them over and I help him with his deadlines and that kind of thing. 2. Why are you so fond of Brown University’s squash coach? (Laughing) The Brown University Squash coach is Chris Sachvie. He was a senior here when I was a freshman and we …. really enjoyed our time together when he was here. Has it ever been awkward for you to date your big sister’s brother? No … I hope not. I don’t think so anyway. I kind of became good friends with my big sister before dating her big brother (laughing) — this sounds so weird — so I think that really helped. For the record she is my big sister in my sorority just so there is no confusion. Who is a better cuddler, Nick or Chris Sachvie? I would have to say Chris …. 3. Is it true that your best friend is 90+ years old? Yes. He is ninety-three and it’s my grandfather and his nickname i s
‘Moon’ because his head is so round. How did you and Ali Guba become friends? On one of the first nights of orientation week our freshman year, Ali and I met and discovered that her best friend from home and I had been involved with the same person at the same time. Apparently, Ali had been looking at me on Facebook not knowing I was also going to Cornell and when we realized who each other was it was a very ironic and weird moment. 4. Do you consider yourself a good singer? Yes. Is it true you can hit notes as high as Michael Jackson? Yes. He is one of my biggest influences. Have you ever been in a singing group? Freshman year of high school I tried out for my a capella group singing a great song from a Gap commercial at the time called ‘Love Train.’ It really didn’t show my range, so unfortunately I did not make that a capella group. Can you please describe your favorite dance move? OK, yes. I’m very proud of this dance move. It’s called ‘The Elephant’ and it basically requires one hand on the head and the other hand stretched out and waving in the air just like an elephant’s trunk and it’s been really popular with my team and my friends. They seem to really like it. 5. Do you consider yourself a good driver? Yes, I do! And I don’t think my teammates think that I am a good driver because I get a little careless, but yes. I feel very strongly about this, and I would really like to know who doesn’t think I’m a good driver. How many accidents have you been in? Zero on record … but maybe two or three minor minor accidents here and there. How many cars have you had at school? I’ve actually had four different cars up at school, which sounds ridiculous but it’s kind of just recycling what’s not
being used at home. I think the crowd favorite of the cars I’ve had up here was my burnt orange Saturn car that I had sophomore year … which I actually got into a car accident with so it had to be taken home. But yeah … four different cars. What kind of car do you drive now? I drive the Nissan Rogue and people like to say that ‘Maggie’s gone rogue’ while I’m driving it. Or maybe I just like to say that. 6. What would you say to the rumor that your family was genetically engineered to be blond-haired and beautiful and good at country club sports? (Laughing) I don’t think that’s true! I’m definitely blonde but other than that I’m not sure how accurate that statement is. We’re all just really, really tall. 7. Who is Sylvester? Sylvester Stallone is my elephant…my stuffed animal elephant who is on my bed right now. Speaking of that, you live in a large house in Collegetown, but could you please tell us specifically about your room? Well, I live in a 12-room house that has huge rooms— one room has its own walk-in closet and I happen to have the tiniest room in the house. It’s on the first floor and it’s the size of that walk-in closet. It’s pretty much the same size as my bed, but it also happens to be the room within the house where we hang out the most and I’m really proud of that. What is your preferred method of entering the house? Through my window and onto my bed. 8. What is your favorite inside joke from vacation? Well, in Punta Cana sophomore year my friend, William Kiplinger found a very tiny lime in one of his drinks and it was just really funny because he’s not tiny and so our joke was “the tiniest of limes” and there was a very funny picture where he is holding the lime out with his long fingers. But my friend, Nicole Uber, who was not on that trip absolutely hates that joke so we try not to say it too much nowadays.
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but when you dig deeper into the power dynamic within the Lakers leadership, it is clear that with Dr. Jerry Buss’s ailing health leading him to pass the reigns to his son Jim, the younger Buss, wants to start fresh and establish himself as the owner of the Lakers. Phil Jackson was a centerpiece of the Jerry Buss Lakers empire, coaching the team to 5 NBA Championships as a perennial powerhouse, so it seems likely that Jim Buss does not want to live forever in his father’s shadow by bringing back a coach who is nothing but reminiscent of a past era in Lakers history. Furthermore, how can Jim Buss properly assert his power within the Lakers clubhouse if he brings back a guy who would not only dwarf him physically, but also have the influence to effectively usurp Buss’s
power and to have significant say in major Lakers decisions. It’s clear that Jim Buss wants to move on from that era and establish his own presence and assert his own power. All that being said, though, was Mike D’Antoni really the right guy to inherit the position of head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. D’Antoni may not be Phil Jackson, but he certainly has a great amount of clout for his ability to put up nearly ridiculous offensive numbers in his “Seven Seconds or Less” offensive scheme. You know Steve Nash is happy about this prospect of being reunited with D’Antoni. D’Antoni’s offensive scheme is very heavily point guard oriented, with that person being the “field general” directing his teammates on offense and facilitating the floor. With Nash in Phoenix, his offense was always Top-5 in points per game. You have to think that guys like
Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard would excel in the D’Antoni pick and roll scheme with Steve Nash. Take Gasol, a 7-foot power forward who can shoot from just about anywhere on the floor, including from three point range, with good footwork and a passing ability to boot. If Dwight Howard can get back to his peak physical shape, and improve his footwork down low in the blocks, he would also be a great roll man with Nash, and you know that D’Antoni is the kind of coach who can definitely facilitate that improvement. D’Antoni is not free of the criticism that surrounds a guy with a strategy like his, and that is that his teams historically do not play very much defense. While he was able to improve the Suns and turn them into a contender in the West, his teams there did not have any hardware to show for it, and his lack of defense was most exposed in New
York when the coached the Knicks to mediocre records. You have to believe though, that with defensiveoriented players like Metta World Peace and Dwight Howard (4 NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards between the two of them), as well as a traditionally offensive minded super star in Kobe Bryant who actually takes a tremendous amount of pride in his ability to defend superbly (12 times recognized on the NBA All-Defensive team, nine times on the first team), that D’Antoni’s defensive short comings will be evened out by more than competent defensive rocks in his lineup. Probably the biggest question mark in the D’Antoni hiring is what is going to be Kobe Bryant’s role in D’Antoni’s system? In his offense, the two guard traditionally runs to the corner, and stays there so that if his defender is forced to help inside after a pick and roll or
penetration, the player inside can pass to the open corner shooter for the three point shot. A player as dynamic as a Kobe Bryant is not going to be content sitting in the corner waiting for a pass that may never come. Kobe may not be a facilitator, but he’s also not a stationary shooter. There undoubtedly are numerous unanswered questions about how this whole situation is all going to fold out. Who knows if trading one Mike for another Mike was really the best decision to make, but one thing is certain, Mike Brown had to go, the man was dwarfed by not only the situation he was in, but also by the people he was around. This Lakers fan does not know what’s next, but he has his fingers crossed. Juan Carlos Toledo is a columnist whose columns appear alternate Thursdays. He can be contacted at jtoledo@cornell.edu.
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No.11Red Hosts Syracuse In NCAA Tourney First Round By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor
Winning the Ivy League title was only the beginning. “Winning an Ivy League championship was the first goal. It was a must have goal on the way to our second, more Syracuse important goal, which is to perform in the postseason,” said senior goalkeeper and tri-captain Rick Pflasterer. “If vs. we don’t perform in any single game, it could mean our last of this season and the last of my career.” Cornell On Monday night, the No. 11 Red (15-1, Tonight, 7 p.m. 6-1 Ivy League) learned Berman Field its post-season fate — a Thursday night contest against local rival Syracuse (12-6-0, 5-3-0 Big East) at home in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. “We’re all very, very psyched for this game. It’s a winable game if we play the way we always play and stay focused,” junior midfielder Stephen Reisert said. “We aren’t going about [preparing for the game in] any
different way.” Cornell looks to carry its growing momentum into the post-season, as the team surrendered only one loss, falling 2-0 to Brown on Oct. 20. After last weekend’s 10 decisive win over Columbia, Cornell secured the Ivy League Championship — the team’s number one goal since the preseason. With Pflasterer in net, the Red recorded seven shutouts with the ‘W’ — helping the senior break the single-season record for wins by a goalie (15) and place second in program history for career wins (28). While Cornell’s overall season record has garnered national recognition, entering tonight’s game, the scoreboard will read 0-0 and each team will have to fight to earn a result. “In a tournament like this, it doesn’t matter what you’ve done. You don’t get any points for a previous record,” said junior striker Daniel Haber. “It’s all about who comes out, executes their game plan better and gets the win.” Despite the pressure which comes from competing in a national tournament, the team is staying focused on the game at hand. Preparing for the game, the team quickly refocused after its Saturday win at Columbia. “Everything went into overdrive with gathering information and scouting
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Color clash | The Cornell Red spent the past few days preparing to host the Syracuse Orange in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, which begins tonight on Berman Field at 7 p.m.
reports,” head coach Jaro Zawislan said. “We want to put ourselves in the best position to succeed on Thursday.” The series between the local rivals is in Cornell’s favor, with the Red having a slight edge 39-22-7. Despite having a strong
W.Basketball Beats Binghamton in Midweek Contest, Prepares to Host Syracuse on Friday Night The Red traveled to Binghamton last night, where the team defeated the Bearcats
match-up with three minutes left, despite a double-digit lead for Cornell early in the second half, which CORNELL 60 Binghamton matched with run. BINGHAMTON 56 a 20-2 Junior guard Allyson Game: 1ST Tot 2nd DiMagno led the team Cornell 33 60 27 with 17 points and eight Binghamton 23 56 33 rebounds. Also, senior forward Clare Fitzpatrick scored at 7 p.m. The Red bested 13 points, including a 5-for-5 Binghamton in a tight 60-56 performance from the free
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Getting paper | Senior forward Clare Fitzpatrick was one of the top scorers for the Red in the tight game against Binghamton last night.
throw line, while junior guard Shelby Lyman grabbed 10 points and six assists for the night to top of the scoring for Cornell. T h i s weekend, Cornell Cornell will face off against Syracuse at vs. home on Friday at 5:30 p.m. This marks the second Penn week in a row that the team Tomorrow, 5:30 p.m. Newman Arena will open the week with a game on the road followed by a late-week matchup at Newman Arena. The game versus the Orange will be part of a double-header with the men’s team, which takes on St. Peter’s at 8 p.m. The game against Syracuse continues to be the oldest in the history of the program. The series began during the 1971-1972 season with a victory for the Red, 6424. — Compiled by Haley Velasco
offensive line this year, according to Zawislan, his team is ready for the contest. “Our players embrace the challenge.” Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun.com.
A Mike for a Mike I t’s been an eventful past week for the Los Angeles Lakers. Scratch that, it’s actually been an overly dramatic past week for the Los Angeles Lakers — almost on par with all the craziness that was the interactions between the Jersey Shore cast, which of course involved really intelligent and well-formulated arguments over topics relevant to society and the state of the world.
Buss made the executive decision to hire Mike D’Antoni — a head coach with a great amount of clout — but when you weigh D’Antoni next to Phil Jackson, there’s absolutely no comparison, the guy doesn’t measure up to 11 NBA Championships. So, why hire D’Antoni? Was this merely a case of Jackson asking for too much? Did Jim Buss not want to put back a tremendous amount of power
Juan Carlos Toledo Showtime at the Forum Exaggerations aside, the past week for the Lakers has involved calls for Mike Brown’s firing; Lakers owner Jim Buss saying Brown was safe; Brown being fired after a 1-4 start; fans calling for Phil Jackson; interviews and meetings for new coaches; Phil Jackson being told he would have until the end of the weekend; then surprise surprise Mike D’Antoni being hired — all while the Lakers won their next two games in the midst of all this chaos. If there’s one thing that was made clear, it’s that Lakers fans chanting, “We want Phil” went ignored by the team’s front office. Jim
and influence in the hands of Phil Jackson? Beyond the political reasons why I think Phil Jackson was not hired, I think it’s obvious that the Lakers personnel is not quite suited to work in the triangle offense that Jackson would undoubtedly run. Steve Nash is far too skilled a point guard and facilitator to be severely underutilized in the triangle. Derek Fisher was a great piece of the triangle puzzle, but the Lakers just wouldn’t get Nash’s full potential if he was in the triangle. This seems a likely reason, See TOLEDO page 15