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Black Students Share Stories Of Racism,Discrimination at C.U. ly wealthy, white university population,” said Noelani Gabriel ’16, delivering a speech written collectively by a group of students.

The speech calls on the University to “work with all Black students and their stories of racism on Cornell’s campus was the focus of the entire Trillium food court, deliberate and appropriate speed to grant the demands of where nearly 150 students gathered to hear and deliver its students who are demanding a fair shot in the game.”

“If this institution truly expects to uphold the values of short speeches Tuesday afternoon. For roughly 15 minutes, Ezra Cornell’s utopian institustudents shared anecdotes, tion on a hill, it will realize from being singled out as the “The campus environment is not that ‘any student, any study’ “black girl in the back” of the conducive to the overall success of should not be an empty quip, room during a guest lecture to but a promise of a full, wholebeing told that Ujamaa students of color.” hearted, and steadfast comResidential College is like a mitment to ensure that every “cell block.”

Noelani Gabriel ’16 student in every school and Additionally, students delivcollege has the resources, the ered speeches on the history of racism at Cornell and in solidarity with the University of love, and the support to survive and thrive the rigors of our institution and the trials and triumphs of life,” Gabriel Missouri and other college campuses.

“The founding mission of Cornell University is that said. “It is time for Cornell to be on the right side of histoany person can find instruction in any study. Yet, while ry.”

Following the speech and a historical recount of racist Cornell touts its compositional diversity, the campus environment is not conducive to the overall success of students events on campus, students, one-by-one, shared brief perof color and many other students whose cultural or socioeconomic backgrounds do not fit the mold of the historicalSee BSU page 5

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Stand up | Students from the Black Students Union gather at Trillium yesterday to share anecdotes of racism they experienced on the Cornell campus.

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By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Assistant News Editor

This is the first story of a two-part series.

Addressing over 100 students in Ujamaa Residential College, President Elizabeth Garrett and vice president for student and campus life Ryan Lombardi discussed the potential for a University-wide diversity course

requirement, the need to increase Cornell’s diversity and racial tensions on college campuses around the country.

“It seemed like a particularly appropriate time to come and talk to you all,” Garrett said. “We’re here to talk about about the things we’re doing now, what new things we ought to be doing to make sure this is a campus

Former C.U. Student Killed in Paris Attacks

By ANNIE BUI Sun Managing Editor

Pierre Innocenti, a former student who spent several months at Cornell taking hospitality management courses, was killed in the terrorist attacks that shook Paris Friday night, The New York Times reported.

According to the University’s media relations office, Innocenti was a visiting student for a semester in the fall of 2000.

Innocenti, along with his cousin Stéphane Albertini, was in attendance at the Eagles of

Death Metal show at the Bataclan concert hall. He and Albertini were among the 89 people killed when three men with assault rifles entered the venue and began shooting indiscriminately.

Innocenti’s father said Innocenti and Albertini had been standing at the bar when the armed men barged into the Bataclan, according to The Times.

The cousins shared a “passion for rock and pop music” and going to concerts. A friend of Innocenti said he expressed hesitation about attending the See PARIS page 5

that lives up to our ideals of diversity and inclusion.”

Garrett said she received the letter of demands delivered by Black Students United Tuesday, assuring the group that she would respond to their requests by next Monday, the day requested in the letter.

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City of Lights | The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the French national colors, days after terrorist attacks in Paris.

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Project to include new bridge

By JACK WENDLER Sun Contributor

Next summer, Pine Tree Road, south of Cornell, will undergo a $1.8 million construction project that includes installment of a new bridge superstructure, widening of the road and the inclusion of shoulders.

Though the project’s start date has not yet been determined, the project is expected to be “largely complete” by August for student move-in day.

“We are waiting for the county to bid the project within the next month or so. We will most likely know by the first of the year,” said University Planner Leslie Schill at a University Assembly meeting Tuesday afternoon.

Commuters can expect to encounter slower traffic work zones throughout the entirety of the project. According to Schill, planners of the project hope the project will produce measurable benefits for the community.

“We think that it will help for commuters, particularly campus commuters and graduate students ... in Maplewood, potentially even with one extra link in the next few years to connect to East Hill Plaza and the East Hill village of the future,” Schill said.

The new bridge will necessitate railroad tracks to be pulled out of the current location.

New multi-trail links will be constructed around the roads for pedestrians use for recreational walking, running or biking.

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Lowell resident Lindsay Miller said Friday that she “absolutely loves the history and the story” of Pastafarians, whose website says has existed in secrecy for hundreds of years and entered the mainstream in 2005.

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Gum Returns to Seattle Wall SEATTLE (AP) — Chewing gum once again adorns Seattle’s famed gum wall less than a week after it was steamed clean of 20 years’ worth of old chewing gum.

Seattlepi.com reports a flash mob met Saturday to leave their gum behind on the wall in the city’s Pike Place Market. The group made a peace sign with the Eiffel Tower in the middle to honor Paris after Friday’s terror attacks.

Last Tuesday powerful steam cleaners melted off an estimated 1 million pieces of gum from the wall, which hadn’t been cleaned in 20 years. Market officials said they had expected people to continue leaving their gum after the cleaning.

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Pritchard: Propelled by Love of History From Seattle,to France,to Cornell PHOTOS BY VIVIAN VAZQUEZ / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Staff Writer

“I always liked historical fiction when I was a kid,” recounted Prof. Sara Pritchard, science and technology studies. “I liked reading stories set in the past. I will confess, I was a big fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House on the Prairie series.”

Despite her early interest in history, Pritchard said her ambitions were not particularly lofty growing up as a child — and most certainly not academic.

“I never wanted to be an astronaut as a child,” Pritchard said.

“I’ll admit that I had very gendered ideas about my future.

I thought that I would be a high school teacher or maybe even a secretary.”

Raised in Seattle, Pritchard attended public school from kindergarten to through high school, which she said influenced her ideas of diversity.

“That was really important to my educational and life experience in terms of having a sense of what a diverse city Seattle is, with all its different people and their various backgrounds and perspectives,” Pritchard said.

After studying history at the University of Puget Sound, a liberal arts college in Western Washington,

Pritchard then went on to complete a Master’s and a Ph.D in history at Stanford University.

“Between my college experience, graduate school experience and where I’ve worked either as a post-doc or a professor, I think I’ve crossed almost every university category,” Pritchard said.

According to Pritchard, her experience across a wide range of academia has given her a broad perspective on various dynamics of post-secondary education. She has been particularly attuned to the gender biases that are imposed on professors by students and viceversa.

Pritchard recalled her first day of teaching at Montana State University, her first faculty teaching job, when she was interrupted by a student questioning her credentials during an overview of the course material.

To Pritchard, her title of “Professor” should have been enough, she said.

Her faculty peers advised her not to justify her position with her educational background — which includes postdoctoral fellowships at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania — for fear that it might isolate her from her students, many of whom were non-traditional or first-generation college students, according to Pritchard.

“I think that being at Cornell, there are certain

assumptions about both the students and the faculty,” Pritchard said, referring to the expected academic pedigree of faculty members at an Ivy League university.

“I have to say, and I think that maybe this comes out of my public education, I don’t think the pedigree makes the person or the scholar or the teacher,” Pritchard said.

Pritchard herself has not always been in highly sought-after academic positions. Between undergraduate and graduate school, she worked as a barista in Seattle and then spent six months living in France.

“That was also a formative experience,” Pritchard said. “I lived in a very rural part of southeastern France, in a chateau within a village of seven houses.”

Pritchard’s interest in France started in middle school when she started formally studying French.

According to Pritchard, it was her time in France that would ultimately be one of her first forays into the type of research that has been at the core of her academic life ever since.

“I ended up hearing about a small research institute that was based in southeastern France,” Pritchard said. “They focused on environmental history and environmental studies. I basically wrote them a letter and proposed coming and doing research for them in exchange for having access to their library.”

Her first book, titled Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône, focuses on the Rhône River as a way to look at the effects of technological development and environmental management on state building and political identity in France.

Pritchard’s newest research endeavor will focus on the history and effects of light pollution.

“It’s challenging to organize this project spatially,” Pritchard said. “In some ways the problem is very localized — for instance, Schoellkopf Field’s lights and their impact on migratory birds immediately above.”

Pritchard noted, however, that the light pollution phenomenon can also be looked at on a much larger scale.

“I’m working on an article right now that examines NASA satellite images of light pollution from space,” Pritchard said. “I’m trying to figure out a way to tell a story that can encapsulate light pollution's multiple dimensions and spatial scales.”

Maxwell Dopsch can be reached at mdopsch@cornellsun.com.

In‘Last Lecture,’ Prof. Monger Tells Students to Dream Big

By JULIA GREENBERG Sun Contributor

Think big and carve your own paths, urged Prof. Bruce Monger, earth and atmospheric sciences, in his “last lecture.”

The last lecture series, hosted by the Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, brings speakers to reflect on his or her life experiences and share thoughts with students, as if it was the speaker’s last lecture.

In his lecture titled “My Slightly Unusual Life-Journey And Some Important Things I Have Learned Along the Way…,” Monger recounted how he grew up in the small town of Shelton, Washington, where the two main industries were saw mills and logging. Despite his deep love for science as a child, Monger said in high school he “just mindlessly sort of followed what [his] friends were doing,” taking carpentry and

Finally grasping the significance of his woodshop instead of science classes.

After high school, he continued to fol- own determination and free will, Monger low his friends and went into the logging said his life took a dramatic turn. He “really business, “because that’s what everyone else wanted to think big” and travel the world, did.” However, during one solo motorcycle and because of his passion for science he trip to Colorado during a summer vacation, decided he wanted to become an oceanographer. he said he had an enrolled epiphany that “Stop and pause for a minute in Monger community colchanged the direction of his life. and ask, ‘What would be the lege, although his mother thought he While checking coolest thing I could be?’ and was “giving up honinto a motel, he est work” as a logger. realized, “That’s commit to it.”

There, he said he what adults do ... “started from zero” I’m totally an adult.

Prof. Bruce Monger and worked his way I’m in charge of up, later transferring everything now. to the University of Washington, where he That had never dawned on me before.”

“If I just wanted to ride my motorcycle majored in oceanography.

From there, Monger went on to compast Colorado, I just could,” Monger said.

“I can do whatever I want.” plete a Master’s degree at the University of

Washington and a Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii. Afterwards, he worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, learning how to use satellites to study oceans.

Over time, Monger has also achieved his dream of travelling the world — his work has taken him to locations like Rome, Hawaii, Jerusalem and India. He has also taught classes on satellites in Thailand and in Argentina, all the while getting “to see some cool parts of the ocean that not many people have seen.”

When Monger began teaching Introduction to Oceanography in 2006, only 142 students enrolled in his class.

Eight years later, nearly 970 students take his class, making it the most popular course at Cornell.

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-sonal experiences with racism.

“Just last week, in my intro swimming class, a couple friends of mine were talking about where we live. They live on West Campus [and] Collegetown, and I said where I live. I lived in Ujamaa Residential College, and one of those people said, ‘You live in a cell block?” a student said. “No. I don’t live in a cell block. Ujamaa is not a cell block.

Ujamaa is not ‘the hood.’ Ujamaa is not a prison. Ujamaa is my home.”

Another student recounted how she applied to be a campus tour guide, thinking it would be an opportunity to help bring students of color onto campus. When speaking with a co-worker, the student was told that she was a “diversity hire.”

“I am not your token every time some inner city bus [comes to campus] and wants to schedule a tour for campus,” the student said.

Students around the dining hall spoke, until other students on the second floor of Trillium launched into speeches expressing solidarity with University of Missouri and other college campuses and calling on students to support their movement.

“We urge you to reflect on your place and power in this university. Though our numbers are small, our impact is and will continue to be immense,” another student said.

“Do not let injustice go unheard, because you all have the rightful and deserving place on this campus. Support your black peers at this time and galvanize in solidarity with Black Students United and our efforts.”

The speeches ended with a chant that quotes AfricanAmerican activist Assata Shakur: “It is our duty to find for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.

And we will lose them.”

By 1:20 p.m., the more than 150 black students and

allies funneled out of the building, marching in silence towards Day Hall. Once there, students delivered a sevenpage letter with demands addressed to President Elizabeth Garrett, who was not in her office at the time.

In an interview with The Sun later that afternoon, Garrett said that while the University is committed to diversity and inclusion and has made progress through Towards New Destinations initiatives, there remains progress to be made.

“I don’t think any of us are satisfied with where we are with respect to making sure that all of our students feel that voices are being heard, that we’re discussing important issues, that we’re bringing all of their perspectives on those issues,” Garrett said. “You talk about all the tensions on

campus — this is a reflection of issues we’re dealing with in larger society.”

Garrett, who met with students at Ujamaa Residential College on Tuesday evening, said the discussions she has had with students have been productive.

“Every discussion that I’ve had with students has been productive and brought up important issues, indicated a willingness to work together with faculty, staff, administration and students,” Garrett said. “It’s going to take some time for us to continue with these discussions. We have a lot of work to do, but I also think that as an institution, we’ve actually accomplished some things.”

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

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Students gather for a photo outside of Day Hall, after delivering a letter of demands to President Elizabeth Garrett’s office.

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Stressing that she believes it is important to cultivate an atmosphere of empathy for students of color, Garrett also said she understands it is different “to live the life than to empathize.”

“Some of you know I clerked for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall,” she said. “I remember once he told me that he never had to look down at his hand to know he was an African American in this country, and that’s always kind of stuck with me. I want to hear from your lived experiences.”

Diversity Requirement During the discussion, a student suggested that Cornell implement a mandatory diversity course for all incoming students, similar to how the University currently requires freshman writing seminars and swim tests.

“You would think the President could just say that’s what we’re going to do,” Garrett responded. “There is no ability at the current time to have University-wide curriculum requirements. Each college sets its own requirements.”

However, the provost is also starting a strategic planning committee to reevaluate this policy.

“We will do everything we can to make sure you know how those processes work. I will not have things die because it just got too confusing,” she said. “I think we need to continue to talk about how to move forward on that and figure out how we feel about a University-wide requirement. I want to be very transparent on this.”

Faculty and Staff Diversity A student suggested that faculty’s reluctance to embrace a diversity requirement may be due to lack of racial diversity on campus.

“It’s great for you all to be working with us, but there’s very little diversity in the higher administration at Cornell and at all levels including faculty,” the student said. “Until we address those issues, we’re going to continue struggle with pushing through this diversity requirement.”

Garrett stressed that Cornell’s faculty shares a commitment to diversity and inclusion, advising students to make a common cause with the faculty. Faculty diversity changes more gradually than that of the student body because there are fewer new faculty members added each year.

“We have been working very hard on increasing the diversity of the faculty,” Garrett said. “We’ll share those numbers with you, I think we’ve made some gains on that.”

Additionally, Lombardi said he prioritizes diversity in his search for new staff members.

“I have already told my staff to never bring me a candidate pool that’s not a diverse pool,” Lombardi said. “I will reject it straight out if that’s the case.”

Several also expressed concerns about the University’s failure to retain minority faculty members.

“When you attract one of these great faculty members, you want them to be with you for their career,” Garrett said. “I think retention is an enormous part of this. We need to emphasize mentorship and support for professors of color.”

She conceded that faculty of different ethnicities face various

challenges and that administrators must adopt “nuanced” means of supporting faculty members.

Racial Tensions On Campuses Regarding the eruption of racial tensions on various college campuses, Garrett said she sees the role of the University as eradicating such hateful speech “through reason, through empathy, through grace [and] through bravery.”

“There are always going to be people who will use freedom of expression to behave uncivil ways and hateful ways, in ways that as a community that we would not support,” she said. “I think that’s where it’s important for all of our voices to be heard, to ensure that the words that are hurtful that reflect violence or ignorance are combatted not just by persons of color but by the community.”

Garrett said she is committed to the success of students of color at Cornell and assured students that a productive dialogue would continue, telling students, “I do not want you to feel disempowered.”

Shanice Maxwell ’17 said she was gratified that Garrett is committing to continuing the conversation, but said she is sick of hearing the line, “there will be more discussions.”

“President Skorton used that line often and I just really want to see action,” she said. “Our community plans on following up with her and Vice President Lombardi as well. We have no problem holding them accountable for any actions they take or fail to take.”

Phoebe Keller can be reachecd at pkeller@cornellsun.con.

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The cousins shared a “passion for rock and pop music” and going to concerts. A friend of Innocenti said he expressed hesitation about attending the concert, but later decided to go, The Guardian reported.

Innocenti and Albertini were also co-managers of Livio, a pop-

ular Italian restaurant in the suburbs of Paris. Innocenti’s brother, Charles, covered for the two men Friday night so they could attend the concert, The Times reported.

Following the attacks, the restaurant’s storefront was inundated with candles and flowers in honor of the two men.

Annie Bui can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

Pine Tree Road to See Construction in Summer $1.8M project includes new bridge PINE TREE ROAD Continued from page 1

“It will serve to fill a gap and connect a link between campus and the East Hill Recreation Way, so [it will be] a well utilized community asset,” Schill said.

The University, City of Ithaca and Tompkins County will pay approximately $600,000 of the construction’s $1.8 million price tag, with the

remaining $1.2 million provided by the state and federal governments.

“All three local partners had to dig deep and come up with a bit of extra funding because initial bids a year ago came back above early estimates,” Schill said.

All funds are committed.

Jack Wendler can be reached at jqw6@cornellsun.com.

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ow far are we willing to go to become aware? What even is the goal of awareness? Is it to promote research for a given disease, to provide information about a previously obscure condition or to make sure we realize the implications of our comments and actions?

Or can it take on a more destructive form, such as acts of terrorism intended to promote radical religious views? Recently, it seems like the idea of awareness has become so diluted that each new campaign is mere lip service for an issue. Increasingly, each online call to action seems more trivial than the last.

The more we formally present something as an awareness campaign, the less we seem to get out of it.

Today, each issue-ofthe-week necessitates some sort of formal recognition, whether it’s a Facebook filter or a ribbon. While some are truly worthwhile and contribute to a sense of community, such as Facebook’s French flag filter, other social media recognition movements seem superfluous.

In dedicating a “day” to a disease or social issue, we only temporarily understand the importance of such a problem. And we regularly forget about these issues once the designated awareness day has passed. This is especially the case in social media campaigns. After all, is there any difference between a Hepitisis C hashtag and #DonaldTrumpisaracist? Will one become etched into your long-term memory, or will both be relegated to the short term?

Does it even make a difference if you became aware of an issue, and do nothing about it? There isn’t much research about the effectiveness of these awareness campaigns, yet we cherish them as if they were a national pastime. The most convincing finding to date is that an anti-smoking awareness campaign elicited five times the daily average hotline callers, which is promising, but not sufficient evidence.

Maybe these campaigns are just an excuse to justify the copious amount of time we spend on social media. It’s our way of being charitable in a network that we often feel guilty using. It could also be a legitimate way to take advantage of such a large community to promote certain causes. But it could be just another form of selfpromotion, as often is the case in social media. Some friends of mine have recently criticized the French flag profile as a vehicle to reminisce about abroad experiences.

Recently, I came across an Instagram post of a man flaunting his cleanly shaven face, and proudly asserting that he “goes

against the grain” in not conforming to the “no-shave November” trend. This seems kind of meta to me. Next thing you know, a guy will decide not to shave, and subsequently grow a beard, because if he did shave, he would seem non-conformist. I think Movember is a genius awareness campaign, in its ability to highlight vanity and certain aspects of human nature. It’s fun to grow facial hair. Especially as a college student, when many of your classmates may be incapable of such a physiological feat, it may even be a sign of maturity.

Yet, for each person who grows a mustache out of sincere commitment to men’s health, there are ten who blindly follow along with this fashion trend. You could argue that they may be ignorant, but they are still contributing to a greater cause. But is it enough to follow an awareness campaign because it is a social norm, or should there be greater expectations amongst those who promote such causes?

What if the majority of those who supported the civil rights movement decided to get a soul patch, and that was it? Would that have been enough to challenge the Jim Crow South? There should be action behind commitment to a cause. The next time you see someone with a mustache, rather than commenting on their straggly facial hair, you should ask them how they’ve contributed to men’s health recently.

I wonder if there was another way to advocate for certain issues while legitimately rousing the concern of the public. This past summer I interned at the Partnership for Palliative Care, an organization that aimed to, by and large, promote awareness of the benefits of palliative care — the comprehensive management of serious illnesses — amongst patients.

Time will tell if these “awareness-centric” efforts will be successful. I suspect that they won’t, as sustainable awareness can only be effective if there is true demand for such information — this was the case for the AIDS and civil rights movements (which could be considered early campaigns of the sort). In the case of palliative care, individuals often do not recognize that they should be demanding this service, which makes advocacy and awareness tricky.

In the meantime, here’s to growing beards and pouring ice buckets on ourselves.

Maybe these campaigns are just an excuse to justify the copious amount of time we spend on social media. It’s our way of being charitable in a network that we often feel guilty using.

Philip Susser is a senior in the College of Human Ecology. He can be reached at pss226@cornell.edu. An Ithaca State of Mind appears on alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Katy Habr | On the Margin

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To Beirut, With Silence

ince the devastating siege of Paris on Friday night, the world has turned upside down in shock and mourning. Throughout the ordeal, Lebanon was still reeling. We mourned not only for our French brothers and sisters, but also for ourselves. We mourned for the terrorist attack just the day before that stole the lives of 43 people, and yet was largely ignored by the entire world. While no Snapchat filter or Facebook picture is going to help anyone, be it in Paris or Beirut, the lack of recognition of the attacks in Beirut is telling. No buildings were lit with the Lebanese flag to mourn our lost people. In fact, most friends I talked to about the incident told me they hadn’t even heard about it at all. All over social media, there had been silence amongst my non-Arab friends, though I am not entirely blaming them, because it is largely the fault of the media. Ironically, most people now know about the attack simply because of articles pointing out the unequal coverage. When we don’t even get a symbolic safety check on Facebook, I wonder: Why? Why shouldn’t our friends and family that care if we are safe? How white do we have to be for our deaths to matter? What does it take for the world to care about our suffering?

Perhaps the reason the attacks have been ignored in the media is that France is a Western country, and therefore many Americans easily identify with the people of France. Perhaps along with the mourning and pain comes a fear that if terror can strike in Paris, it can strike in the United States. Certainly, France is much closer to the United States both politically and geographically than the Middle East; it is harder to ignore, to “otherize.” Perhaps white lives are seen as more valuable. Or perhaps victims of violence in the Middle East are dehumanized by stereotypes. The common

How white do we have to be for our deaths to matter? What does it take for the world to care about our suffering? perception of the Middle East as an unstable, volatile, war ridden area of homogenous countries allows this attack to be perceived as nothing out of the ordinary — disregarding the fact that the Middle East comprises many different countries, most of which have long been in a state of peace. In fact, this attack was the deadliest Lebanon has seen since its civil war ended in 1990. This was not an everyday occurrence — it was as big a deal as the attacks were to France — just as shocking and devastating, just as painful.

The lack of coverage is not accidental. It normalizes these attacks, makes them seem typical. It reduces our people and their deaths to statistics instead of humans with lives and stories, and this furthers the belief that we just don’t matter. It is reminiscent of the lack of coverage of this summer’s attack on a Kuwaiti mosque that killed 27 people, and of the following disregard for the beautiful response of a united country because it did not fit in the narrative of the Middle East as a place full of violent, sectarian divides. Among the few headlines Beirut has received, most were phrased to incite sectarian blame by referring to the bombed area a “Hezbollah stronghold” in order to politicize the death of civilians.

When president Obama referred to the attacks in Paris as “not just an attack on the people of France, [but] an attack on the civilized world,” he did not mention the attack that had occurred in Beirut just the day before, nor the suicide bombing in Baghdad that killed 21 people at a funeral — both of which were also perpetrated by ISIS. He has never called ISIS’ terrorist attacks throughout Syria and Iraq an “attack on the civilized world.”

The implication of this statement is not surprising. President Obama pushes the trite and racist narrative that we are somehow uncivilized and thus such attacks are commonplace and insignificant. To add to this insult, tweets by an aspiring Republican senator, Everett Stern, rejoiced over the deaths of innocent people in Beirut, wishing for a larger attack to take out Hezbollah while ignoring the fact that the victims had been civilians.

Being half Lebanese and half Syrian, these recent events are personal. To be truthful, I did not imagine that my heart would break for a country I barely remember, and my tears at hearing the anthem at Monday’s vigil took me by surprise. Although I have never been to Syria, and haven’t been to Lebanon since I was a child, I know it could have been my family and me in Beirut. It could have been us as refugees, fleeing Syria from the very same terror inflicted on Paris. If I had died, no one would know. No one would care. It’s an awful feeling to know that my life doesn’t matter because of where I am from — a feeling that fills me with frustration, sadness and rage.

So to those that mourn and pray for Paris, continue to mourn; we mourn for Paris too. But also mourn for those killed in Lebanon and Syria, as I know many in the Cornell community are doing. Mourn for those killed in Iraq, Yemen and Palestine by Western-backed regimes.

Mourn the loss of lives of innocent people and extend love and grace to all those who had their lives robbed by evil. Mourn for Paris, but mourn also for those unrepresented because silence fits a political agenda and because their lives are not deemed as important as Western ones. Mourn for those who no longer have a home to defend or land to fight for, for the people who we don’t remember because they are so far away that they can easily be forgotten.

Katy Habr is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell.

Comments may be sent to kh547@cornell.edu. On the Margin runs alternate Wednesdays this semester.

Letter to the Editor

A letter on behalf of the Cornell Latinx Delegation To the Editor: This past weekend, Brown University held the 10th Annual Latinx Ivy League Conference where delegations from each Ivy League institution were in attendance. The purpose of the conference is to bring Latinx students from each institution together in order to discuss issues related to their respective campus communities, as well as the broader Latinx community.

Friday night, a party was held Brown University’s at Machado house. Those who attended from our delegation reported feeling unsafe within Machado, as they were met with armed security officers at the front door. At one point during the night, there was an between altercation Dartmouth College student Geovanni Cuevas and a security officer who eventually “slammed [him] against the wall and slammed [him] to the ground. Meanwhile they accused [him] of resisting when [he] wasn't, and scraped [his] face and chin. [He] was then detained outside of Machado until Brown students could verify [his] identity and the security officers finally let [him] go.”* The next morning, the conference had intended to start off their activities with two keynote speakers; instead, Geo recounted what had occurred at the party the night prior. We were shocked to hear that one of our own had faced assault by an officer. Needless to say, it was difficult to move past his retelling. One of our community members, at a space where we were supposed to discuss these issues, experienced violent assault by a security officer, highlighting the very need for organizing and hosting these kind of spaces, such as the conference. The incident only emphasized our insecurities as students of color on campuses, a feeling that we are constantly reminded of as we enter predominantly white spaces. As a response, we, the Cornell delegation, along with the other Latinx Ivy League delegations, have created a list of demands and subsequent letter from all eight Ivy League institutions. Along with this effort, the Brown delegation also held an open forum, following the drafting of the demands, where the larger community of students of color within Brown University were invited to come in to express their grievances towards their university president, Christina Paxson.

Overall, the Cornell delegation felt that the experience was emotionally taxing.

Specifically, in the forum, we witnessed fellow students of color openly expressing their anguish. Some were brought to tears after having to thoroughly and repeatedly explain their frustrations to their own presi-

dent. We could feel the high emotions and tension within the room.The incident exemplified the way that our communities were and are suffering as we continuously fight to be treated equally. We had collectively reached a breaking point, and this was even more evident amongst the Brown students in attendance who were aware of their own struggles on Brown’s campus.

Despite the incident occurring at Brown University, it is important to note that it is not the only institution of higher education that is rampant with diversity issues. We directly want to address the fact that all Ivy League presidents were contacted, including our own President Garrett, with mixed responses from each university.

Our president has yet to contact us directly in any way in order to ensure our safety, nor has she even addressed the incident and the issues it has raised in any capacity.

President Garrett, along with others in upper-level administration, has also failed to publically acknowledge other incidences of racism that have recently occurred in institutions of higher education throughout the country, including Yale University, University of Missouri, Ithaca College, University of Kansas and Purdue University, to name a few. Although each school faces their own unique challenges specific to their campuses, we are still faced with similar struggles collectively as students of color in higher education. These are not necessarily individual occurrences, but rather are ones that interconnected. They present a prevalent issue of systemic racism and the constant marginalization of other identities within higher education.

The statement written by the delegates of the Latinx Ivy League Conference directly addresses these issues within Brown University as well as the other Ivy League schools. One demand that directly addresses the lack of response from President Garrett is the call for “[o]ne public statement from all Ivy League presidents responding to each bullet on this list, stating how they will implement similar solutions at their home institutions. This publication must include the amount of funding allocated toward each respective Ivy League’s diversity and inclusion programs, and be released

by Monday, November 23, 2015.”

Given the events on campuses across the nation, we demand that President Garrett and Chief of Police Kathy Zoner make a pledge to ensure the safety of people of color and other marginalized identities. The pledge must be made public in some way so that it is not only our delegation’s commitment to make sure they follow through, but the entire

campus’. We will ensure that the administration follows suit on all of our demands and hopefully create a space for dialogue between one another.

To the Cornell community, specifically the students of color on this campus: We want to express our need for greater inter-community cohesion.

While at Brown, we were impressed with the efficiency displayed by the larger community of color to mobilize within a few hours to express grievances at the improv forum with President Paxton. They immediately came together to take action; this coincides with what was detailed within our statement to administration: “As urgently as we’ve addressed this incident, we expect an equally urgent response. We demand immediate action, and will hold our institutions accountable until complete and appropriate action is taken and sustained.” Although it began as an issue amongst Latinx students, it branched out to encompass the other students of color within Brown’s campus who understood, and could relate to, this shared struggle. We believe that issues like police brutality aren’t just exclusive to the Latinx community. It, along with many other issues, is shared amongst all students of color. Despite this, it is also important to remember the effects of anti-Blackness specifically, even amongst our own individual communities.

Solidarity is powerful. A unified community of students of color in a predominantly white institution is powerful. We must work as a united front in order to move towards greater change in institutions of higher education.

We, the Cornell Latinx Delegation, invite all students of color to attend La Asociación Latina’s Cafe con Leche this Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, at 6 p.m. to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the Day Hall Takeover. We will meet outside Day Hall, where we will walk collectively to the Latino Living Center. Students will be given background information regarding the 1993 campaign, followed by a dialogue concerning this past weekend’s events, as well as an in depth discussion on our campus climate for students of color at Cornell.

Unidxs en la lucha, On behalf of The Cornell Latinx Ivy League Conference Delegation, Benjamin Nicolas Hernandez ’15 Paola Muñoz ’17 Sarah Zumba ‘18 You can find the full statement from the Collective of Delegates attending the 2015 Latinx Ivy League Conference at Brown University on the online version of this column.

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Climate Change

Cornell Study Finds Common Food Culprits Correlate Little With Obesity

Fast food, candy, soft drink consumption shown to have no effect on BMI of 95 percent of population

By MARY NATTAKOM Sun Contributor

Fast food, soda and candy have long been key targets in the battle against obesity. However, researchers at the Food and Brand Lab recently found that junk food consumption might not be the prime cause of the current obesity rate in the United States, which is about 34.9 percent for adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The study, led by Prof. Brian Wansink and Prof. David Just, applied economics and management, looked at national data of the consumption frequency of candy, soda and fast food based on body mass index (BMI). For 95 percent of the population, there was no correlation between consumption of these foods and BMI. “If we look at people who are heavier versus people who are lighter, there really doesn’t seem to be a big difference in how they’re going about eating these foods,” Just said.

The exception to this is morbidly obese or extremely underweight individuals, according to Just. While their consumption habits do correlate with their BMI, these individuals only account for a small percentage of the population.

The study was motivated by the increasing public focus on targeting these foods to tackle obesity. Earlier this year, Berkeley, California passed a centper-ounce tax on sodas and several states have additional sales taxes on

non-diet soft drinks. In January 2014, Mexico began imposing a tax on sugary soft drinks, citing concern for public health as its reason.

“We went in and tried to figure out what this relationship is, expecting there to be some mild relationship,”

that contain unnecessary amounts of fat or flour.

“Be conscious of intake of added fats like salad dressing, cooking oils, cream, and sour cream and things containing lots of flour such as cereal, breads and baked goods as these are the foods that

“We need to be thinking broader. We can’t just narrowly focus on a few problem foods and think that’s going to wipe out the obesity problem in the U.S.” Prof. David Just Just said. “We were just sort of shocked to see a flat line.”

Instead, the study pointed to increased overall calorie consumption

by Americans — an average of 500 calories more per day compared to forty years ago — as a more likely culprit for obesity.

According to an infographic published by Just and Wansink, rather than depriving yourself of favorite foods, obesity can be combated by monitoring overall calorie consumption and remaining especially conscious of foods

Americans are eating more of,” the graphic says.

The results from this study may have substantial implications in public health, including the notion that junk food and soda should not be the main focus of policymakers.

“We need to be thinking broader.

We can’t just narrowly focus on a few problem foods and think that that’s going to wipe out the obesity problem in the U.S.,” Just said. “We need awareness that fast foods and soda are not good for us, but I think we start to

shoot ourselves in the foot a bit if we push for a soda policy and say this is going to change people’s lives when it’s probably not.”

The real culprits likely stem from the lack of consumption of healthy foods, like fruits and vegetables and may be found by determining what type of foods people consume most.

However, further research is needed to investigate the cause, Just said.

In striving to uncover a link between junk food and obesity, the study also uncovers some hidden bias toward food.

According to Just, certain foods have been targeted because it is “easy and obvious, and not necessarily because it is really the problem.”

“It’s part of a broader effort to look at what sorts of biases we tend to have not only in terms of what sorts of foods we choose to eat or choose not to eat, but also the biases we have when we approach a subject as a researcher,” Just said. “It looks at what sorts of biases we come with and how that impacts what sorts of questions we ask and how we interpret the data.”

The study will be published in a forthcoming issue of Obesity Science and Practice.

Mary Nattakom can be reached at mtn36@cornell.edu.

Weight on it | These infographics (provided by Prof. Brian Wansink and Prof. David Just) demonstrate the relationship between caloric intake and obesities, as well as the consumption of different types of food at various weight levels.

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Cornucopia is a biweekly podcast that covers fascinating research stories unfolding across campus. Join hosts Addison Huneycutt ’18 and Ali Jenkins ’18 as they dig into the juiciest discoveries they can find. In each episode, you’ll meet a researcher, chat with Addison and Ali, and hear some corny jokes. Check out the science section of The Cornell Daily Sun for biweekly updates about the latest episode.

This week’s episode features Dr. Bruce Monger, who teaches Introductory Oceanography at Cornell. He spoke about several of the most serious problems with climate change and how we might start to fix them. Most of these problems revolve around the ocean,

temperature. Monger explains that the most trusted climate change research in the world, compiled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, states that this increase in temperature is “unambiguous.” Furthermore, scientists are 95 percent certain that humans are largely responsible for this global warming.

“We are now more certain that humans are largely responsible for global warming than we are that smoking causes cancer,” Monger said.

Monger explained that while investing in environmentally friendly technology is costly, we cannot afford to ignore the problem. The increases in temperature have caused the sea levels to rise, and a one meter rise would be disastrous to coastal areas. He explained that

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“Even if they don’t live near the ocean, or make a living off the ocean by going out and fishing or something like that, [people] should still really care about this because it supports their ability to live on this planet,” Monger said. “Every other breath you take you owe a ‘thank you’ to the ocean because half the photosynthesis that makes oxygen every year is made by the oceans.”

He went on to describe the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In the past seven years, humans have raised the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere by around 200 parts per million, leading to a global increase in

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Finally, Monger spoke about the activism he hopes to instill in his students.

“You guys have chosen a path of knowledge, and you now have a responsibility to use that knowledge to make a better world,” he said.

“People build universities so that you can give back to the society and lift the whole society and make it better.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Master of None:

On Aziz Ansari’s Smart New Sitcom

BY SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

In Master of None, viewers meet a more thoughtful and mature Aziz Ansari. Ansari’s hyperactive rants about bed sheet thread counts and Kanye West are mostly absent, replaced by honest depictions of relationships, family and workplace strife. In the tenepisode Netflix original series (which Ansari co-created with Parks and Rec producer Alvin Yang), Ansari plays Dev Shah, an artistically struggling but financially stable actor in New York City. Dev and his cohort deal with the hyper modern — prowling review sites to find the best tacos, to the everyday — moving in with a significant other. Most often, however, Ansari and Leung’s storylines find a narrative sweet spot that is silly and poignant, such as when Dev seeks out the most polite, but strategic, way to offer a Father John Misty ticket to potential dates over text. Maybe the best review is a visceral one: Master of None is a hilarious sitcom that made me cry. A few times.

The weeping came from Master of None’s second episode, “Parents” — an early storytelling climax. Dev and his friend Brian (Kelvin Yu) realize that they have grown distant from their immigrant parents. The emotional core of the episode occurs before most of the action unfolds. When Dev and Brian refuse to do simple favors for their fathers, Ansari — also the episode’s director — flashes back through their fathers’ stories. The audience sees Dev’s COURTESY young, recent immi- PHOTOS OF NETFLIX grant parents (Rohan Kymal and Shunori Ramanathan) eating alone in the hospital cafeteria after being rudely snubbed by an older doctor. In an equally powerful scene, we see Brian’s father, Peter, as a child (Mason Yam) forced to kill his pet chicken for his family to eat. The flashback subtly pans back to adult Peter (Clem Cheung) kindly excusing his son. Yet, Ansari and Yeung dabble in sentimentality without getting mired in it. Dev later buys his father Ramesh (played

by Ansari’s actual father Shoukath Ansari) a guitar to

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fulfill his childhood wish, only to find that he prefers to play iPad games instead of practicing.

Throughout the series, the writers and cast excel when they forego quick punch lines for poignant messages. Master of None’s fourth episode, “Indians on TV,” opens on young Dev watching a supercut of Indian caricatures in television and video games.

Throughout the episode, instances of racism tally up: casting agents insist that Dev “do” a fake accent, a channel executive sends an email wondering which Indian actor will “curry their favor.” Ansari’s ultimate writing strength, however, is his refusal to write jokes at his and other Indians’ expense. “Why can’t there be a Pardeep who does one of the jobs Bradley Cooper’s characters do in movies?” Dev laments. There’s a vague sense of humor to the delivery, but it is an honest sentiment. The episode is just as hilarious as any other in the series, but racism is always met first-and-foremost with indignation.

Yet, Ansari also retains humility in Dev’s character.

Dev is kind and friendly, but not infallible. For example, Dev tries to mansplain away his director’s sexism in the show’s seventh episode, “Ladies and Gentlemen.”

The episode, which was directed by Lynn Shelton, depicts the sexism in New York’s sound stages and bars.

In one harrowing scene, Dev’s co-worker Diana

(Condola Rashad) is stalked home from a bar by a creep who whines, “Give a nice guy a shot!” while pounding on her apartment door. Dev increasingly sees the sexism that faces his friends and co-workers throughout the episodes, but he falters in the final scene. When Dev’s director Brad (Ian Kahn) neglects to shake any of Dev’s female friends’ hands, Dev’s girlfriend Rachel (Noël Wells) and friend Denise (Lena Waithe) scoff at his sex-

ism. Dev brushes off an upset Rachel, arguing, “Maybe he wasn’t motivated by a crazy sexist agenda when he didn’t introduce himself to you guys.” Rachel, however, strongly refutes Dev: “When somebody, especially my boyfriend, tells me I’m wrong without any way of knowing my personal experience it’s insulting.” Ansari again foregoes a last laugh for a serious, important takeaway to close the episode.

Master of None’s notable weak point is (certain members of ) its supporting cast. Although Denise is a down-to-earth foil who brings out Dev’s humor and intelligence, as well as a witty and sentimental character on her own, Dev’s other buddies fall short of the mark. Arnold (Eric Wareheim, who also directs a few episodes) presents as little more than a slang-slinging millennial cliché. Dev and Arnold’s conversation about hand-dryers and 8 Mile that opens the sixth episode comprises the singularly worst minute of the series. Just when Arnold reaches peak immaturity, he drops an even more annoying line: “You’ve gotta be creative nowadays. For example, I really like this girl, so I sent her an e-vite to my heart.” Whereas Wareheim delivers terrible lines humorously, Brian (Yu) struggles with the opposite problem. Brian is an excellent character — charming, confident, a little goofy — but Yu apparently cannot deliver a single line without an awkward half-smile. The larger problem with the supporting cast, however, is that they derail the show’s atmosphere. When Arnold responds to Dev’s anxieties with bizarre, cutesy suggestions, it’s unclear if he is supposed to be a realistic friend, or a jab at the way the Internet imagines millennial culture.

Overall, Master of None is a huge step forward, both for Aziz Ansari and for sitcoms in general. Ansari (rightly) feels no need to be subtle in his quest to not make a “minority sitcom,” but rather a sitcom that features underrepresented actors and actresses in compelling, emotional, realistic roles. Ansari discussed his struggles with typecasting and the underrepresentation of minority characters in a Nov. 10 New York Times piece. Many news outlets have picked up “But a straight white guy is not every man. The ‘everyman’ is everybody” as the article’s kicker, but an equally impactful thought comes a paragraph later. Ansari recounts that Alan Yang, the show’s co-creator “asked [him]: ‘How many times have you seen an Asian guy kiss someone in TV or film?’” In Master of None, a diverse cast kisses, eats, jokes and complains together, and it all feels incredibly real.

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

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“The president of G.O.O.D Music has been announced / A quarter million a year, and that don’t bounce,” raps Pusha T on his latest single, “Untouchable.” The song is the first taste of the 38-year old’s long-awaited sophomore album, King Push, but the rapper born as Terrence Thornton understands what the big news is here: G.O.O.D Music has changed management. Pusha T himself has taken over the position of president from Kanye West, who founded the label in 2004 after the release of The College Dropout, and built it into the star-studded roster it is today. That Kanye would trust his brainchild to Pusha T is no surprise — the two have worked together closely for more than five years now, and West played a big part in helping the former Clipse member find success as a solo artist. However, the announcement symbolically reaffirms every Kanye fan’s most cynical suspicions: that Yeezus himself has turned his back on music in favor of fashion and family. “Untouchable,” then, inevitably feels like a consolation prize — the teddy bear a nice carny gives you if you cry enough.

Thankfully, “Untouchable” is a great song, equipped with all of the gleeful menace and layered wordplay we’ve come to expect from Pusha. This time around, he goes one step beyond wearing his influences on his sleeve by repurposing an old Notorious B.I.G. lyric as the song’s hook. The omnipresent Timbaland provides a bizarre, anxiety-inducing instrumental straight out of a John Carpenter movie, which serves as the perfect backdrop for the self-proclaimed King to remind us why My Name Is My Name was one of the best albums of 2013.

“Untouchable” is no “Numbers on the Boards,” but few things are. And as Swish looks less and less likely to materialize by year’s end, King Push provides us something more tangible to look forward to — with equal anticipation.

Aziz, Louie and New York City

n the most recent season of Louis perfected a more cyniC.K.’s hilariously depressing series cal — yet consistently Louie, the titular character takes his humanist — approach 16-year-old daughter to a matinee of a to this form of stand“celebrated 1960s play” that stars the up. A lifetime comic, dream lineup of Michael Cera, John the middle-aged C.K. Lithgow and Matthew Broderick (sadly, hit a new depth of this play does not exist and was created insight with the debut for the purpose of the show). During an of FX’s Louie in 2010. especially dramatic moment in the per- Armed with that formance, Louie looks over at his groundbreaking show daughter, Lilly, and notices her messing as a blueprint and a with her phone. Immediately after the wealth of unique life curtain falls, he commences a familiar experiences to pull tirade about her (our) entire generation from, the 32-year-old sacrificing their engagement with the Ansari has shifted into real world in favor of a screen-based a promising new gear. lifestyle.

Master of None has yet In a moment uncharacteristic of the to reach the artistic show, Lilly snaps back, explaining that peaks of Louie, but as she had been reading up on the play’s the New Yorker’s Emily production history in order to better Nussbaum put it, it understand what was happening “feels like the future.” onstage. Louie’s reaction is priceless — Right from the start, equal parts pleased by his daughter’s Master of None positions itself within appreciation of the play and shocked by the tradition of “urban singles” comehis own false assumptions about her. It’s dies, in which groups of friends navigate a moment that captures a specific gener- the perils of uncertain careers and ational divide, but also one that would romantic endeavors. In a move bornever occur in Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix rowed straight from the Louie handseries, Master of None. A promising col- book, the show stars Ansari as a less suclection of work that might best be cessful incarnation of himself: a moderunderstood as a companion piece to ately successful actor named Dev whose Louie, the ten-episode series replaces biggest gig was a Go-Gurt commercial.

C.K.’s middle-aged existentialism with The narrative of his daily life provides youthful for a simulindecision. taneous love To clarify, I letter and have never middle finconsidered ger to that myself an Aziz great cinefan. I find his matic charReally Terrible, and typical roles acter of New Such Small Portions! in film and York City. television — Also simmost notably ilar to C.K.’s on NBC’s Parks and Recreation — to be show, Master of None carries a blend of hyperactive caricatures that primarily comedy and drama that lends itself to a serve to provide over-the-top reactions meandering narrative and an almost to what everyone else is doing on- cinematic composition (the framing screen. His standup, though, has always and editing here are more purposeful been a mature brand of “bachelor” com- than most anything on TV). edy, in which he draws upon his failed To be fair, Louie itself owes a large dating experiences to incite awkward stylistic debt to classic Woody Allen laughter from audience members who films like Annie Hall or Manhattan — understand his struggles all too well. romantic comedies that feature a Following a divorce in 2008, Louis C.K. Woody surrogate navigating life in New

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York. While it’s convenient to situate Ansari’s show within the Allen-C.K. tradition, Master of None “feels like the future” because of how it differs from those works. C.K. navigates a world defined by middle-aged exhaustion, and Allen one of younger women and whitewashed intellectualism. Ansari refreshingly abandons their cynicism in favor of curiosity, empathy and optimism.

Through Dev, he navigates unaddressed issues like the challenges of romance in a digital age, the racial biases of showbiz and, above all, the privileged struggle of decision-making in the face of infinite options.

Within the confines of a standard TV format, these issues would draw the show thin in its attempts to comment on any and every problem facing privileged young people today. But the whip-smart writing team of Ansari and Parks writer Alan Yang crafts the series so that each episode tackles a specific issue, while the broader season chronicles a love-story arc between Dev and Rachel (the talented Noël Wells). For example, an episode entitled “Ladies and Gentlemen” juxtaposes the harassment that women face on a day-to-day basis in urban spaces with the relatively blissful bubble that men inhabit. Aziz possesses an extraordinary ability to

manifest broad ideas like this in daily interactions.

This skillset, along with Ansari’s background, provide for the show’s greatest, but most understated, strength. From episode to episode, Master of None casually and comically examines multiculturalism through its diverse cast while remaining aware of how much identity matters. Through Dev’s ever-present empathy, the show gives voice to perspectives that audiences could never find in Louie or an Allen film. Sadly, that’s a novel concept in an industry largely dominated by white faces and masculine viewpoints.

As a show defined by the fear of decisions leading to dissatisfaction, Master of None ends on a fittingly ambiguous note. A vague sense of romantic optimism pervades the season finale like the denouement to an Allen film, and angsty viewers may crave a more resolute conclusion. While the end product is flawed, Ansari’s infectious positivity and increasingly ambitious scope set high standards for its future.

Chris Stanton is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at cms459@cornell.edu. Really Terrible, and Such Small Portions! runs alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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free throws after Hatter was whistled for his fifth foul.

The Raiders stretched the lead to three but junior guard Darryl Smith answered back with a corner three with 35 seconds to play. Freshman guard Matt Morgan tried a deep three to win the game but it was off the mark.

In the first overtime, Smith led the way, giving the Red its first four points in overtime. He connected on two free throws with under two minutes to play to bring Cornell up eight.

But just when it seemed like the Red could cruise to the win, Colgate turned up the pressure and furiously came back, making shots and forcing Cornell into turnovers. Down by one, Colgate hit a three to give the Raiders a two point lead. Facing the possibility of dropping to 02 on the season, sophomore Wil Bathurst drove and laid the ball up and in to send the game to double overtime. Bathurst ended with 14 points and seven rebounds coming off the bench.

Morgan had two 3-pointers in the second overtime but Colgate’s shooting remained hot as well. Morgan had 12 of his 16 points in the extra periods.

With less than a minute to play, Morgan ripped down a rebound on the defensive end after a Colgate miss. After some quick ball movement, freshman guard Troy Whiteside made a

three in the corner, putting the the Red up by three with 48 seconds left.

Colgate hit a couple of shots after, but sharpshooting from the free throw line from the Red kept the game just out of reach.

The Raiders’ shot to send the game to triple overtime was just off the mark and Cornell escaped with its first win of the season.

At various times throughout the game, Cornell seemed to have the win locked up, but turnovers or missed assignments on defense allowed Colgate to hang around. Despite the mistakes throughout the game, Courtney said he’s proud of the way the team continued to stay with the Raiders and not give up.

“We didn’t show a lot of basketball smarts, but we showed a lot of basketball heart,” Courtney said. “When the game was on the line, guys who had made bad plays before stepped up and made huge plays to help us win the basketball game.”

With such a young, inexperienced team, Courtney said he sees the game as great learning moment for Cornell.

“You can’t simulate this practice,” Courtney said. “It’s one of those things that has to happen in a game experience and having those pressure situations. It’s good to get that learning experience and still get the win.”

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun.com.

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Find Out Who Made Ben Denson’s ‘All-Jewish’ Team

Sandy Koufax,Hank Greenberg,Shawn Green and Kevin Youkillis headline all-star squad DENSON

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never felt particularly Jewish until he entered the MLB. Along with managing the Israeli National Baseball Team, he has proven to be a more than capable skipper for the Detroit Tigers the last few seasons. Can he cement his legacy by being the first Jewish manager of this millennium to win a World Series?

First Base:

The Hebrew Hammer wins this one hands down. One of the greatest hitters of all-time, Hank Greenberg helped create the concept of a modern power hitter. With 331 career home runs and 1276 Runs batted in, Greenberg represents a generation of MLB players whose careers were stifled by World War II. Had he not taken four years off of his career to serve in the Air Force, some say he would have reached 500 home runs and 1800 RBI’s. Nicknamed “Mo”, as an anti-Semitic reference to the prophet Moses, anti-Semitism is, arguably, the reason for Greenberg’s eighth ballot into the Hall of Fame. Nonetheless he made it to Cooperstown, and is the best hitter on this list.

Second Base:

Current Detroit Tigers second-basemen Ian Kinsler really can do it all. The 33 year old four-time all-star continues to produce, hitting for both power and contact. He is also the all-time career stolen base leader among Jewish MLB players, with 197. Hopefully he can make a dent in future

post-seasons with fellow boychik, manager Brad Asmus. Be sure to watch Kinsler play near-flawless second base, while being one of the most dynamic current MLB players.

Shortstop:

One of the more sparsely played positions by Jewish MLBers, I had to dig deep into the baseball almanac for this one. Playing primarily in the 1940’s, Cleveland Indians Hall of Famer Lou Boudreau clinched eight AllStar appearances. He also managed the Indians to their last World Series victory- in 1948- one for posterity, perhaps?

Third Base:

It’s hard not to choose a .304 career hitter, six-time allstar, and NL MVP winner, but it’s very easy to bar someone from this list for cheating. Ryan Braun (plays both 3B and OF) is a cheater, as he joins the likes of Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, and the rest of the steroid generation. Say it ain’t so Ryan. Since Braun’s suspension due to violating the MLB’s drug policy, he hasn’t been the same player- looking like he may be missing something … testosterone supplements perhaps?

Kevin Youkillis, “the Greek god of walks”, dabbled with third base on the Red Sox, Yankees, and White Sox during a nine-year career. A true mensch, Youkillis was a core part of the 2004 and 2007 championship Red Sox teams. He is forever immortalized in baseball history for helping break the Curse of the Bambino against the Yankees in 2004, and humorously enough, playing for the Yankees a few seasons later. Youkillis is a reliable option

Teams Look Ahead to Bill Fields Tournament POLO

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“It was an intense last minute of the game.”

Looking ahead, the Bill Fields Tournament is taking place this weekend.

Collegiate polo teams from across the country

will compete at Cornell’s home arena. Eldredge believes his men and women are ready.

“I’m pleased where

both teams are,” Eldredge said.

Keith Bollt can be reached at kbollt@cornellsun.com.

for third base.

Outfield:

Besides Shawn Green, not many others can grace us with their presence on this list. In terms of strictly talent, most Jewish outfielders seem like they should have finished their bachelor’s degree instead of trying for a batting title.

One of the better players (on this list) not be in the Hall of Fame, Shawn Green is second behind Hank Greenberg in career Home Runs and RBIs among Jewish players.

Never a superstar, he proved to be a reliable power hitter.

A steadfast middle-of-the-lineup batter, Green enjoys embracing his Jewish roots by giving to charity, going to synagogue, and cooking homemade kugel. Green is a Nice Jewish Boy. The kind of guy Yentle would marry.

Honorable mention to former journeyman, Gabe Kapler. The other “Hebrew Hammer”, ironically, always flaunted a mammoth Magen David tattoo during his 13 year career. Sacrilegiousness aside, this makes him almost as cool as fellow Yid Amar’e Stoudamire.

Owners, GMs, agents, and all other business like positions aside, it’s a special day when the rare boychik actually steps on the diamond. But hope spring eternal each and every spring. Stay hopeful and maybe we’ll see the next Ryan Braun-without the cheating part. Grab a schnitzel, schmooze with the whole mishpocheh, and take pride in the Jewish pastime of kvetching over some baseball.

Ben Denson is a second year columnist. He can be contacted at bdenson@cornellsun.com. The B.D. Report appears every week this semester.

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Men Pull Out Victory Over Colgate Red survive double overtime thriller to earn first win of season Hatter finished with a game-high 33 points, but fouled out before the end of regulation. Late in regulation, sophomore Jordan Abdur-Raoof also fouled out of the game as did David In a game with two overtimes, 199 total points and count- Onuorah in the second overtime.

Before he fouled out, Hatter dominated, showing his less “I don’t believe it” moments, the victory came to the team offensive versatility. The guard sliced through Colgate’s that wanted it more.

“We have to be the group that gets those second balls, that defense, shooting 11 0f 20 from the floor including four of gets to the floor, that makes what we call winning plays,” said nine on 3-pointers. Onuorah similarly had a great with nine head coach Bill Courtney. “We made enough of those plays to points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Already a very young squad, without the two junior starters, come up with the W.” The Red battled Colgate for 40 minutes “You can’t simulate this Cornell was left with an nexperienced group of players of regulation then 10 more in two overtimes, “When they fouled out down the eventually coming away with the thrilling practice. It’s good to get stretch, and it was just [the young guys] victory. Cornell overcame foul trouble and that learning experience out on the floor, everybody kind of had to mistakes to beat Colgate, 101-98. and still get the win.”” go to a different role,” Courtney said. “I Cornell (1-1) had an early 18 point think adjusting to those different roles that lead against the Raiders (1-1), but the Red Bill Courtney they normally don’t see was a little bit of an started faltering in the second half. adjustment. They made some mistakes Three straight 3-pointers brought the Raiders within two, and a couple minutes later the lead was during that time, but once they got through that learning down to one, but sophomore guard Robert Hatter hit a shot curve they were able to make some plays down the stretch.”

Late in regulation, Colgate took the lead off a pair of from beyond the arc to bring the lead back up to four. He sunk two free throws on the next possession to give Cornell a 72-66 lead. Colgate quickly cut the lead back to one.

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By ADAM BRONFIN

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Thriller night | The Red made enough clutch plays down the stretch to eek out a win over the Raiders.

Jewish All-Stars Women Dominate Skidmore 16-3; A Men Blow Lead to Roger Williams POLO

s the World Series rolls around every American Jew asks themselves the age-old question: are there any members of the tribe in this years Fall Classic? For this year, the answer was no. Owners and General Managers do not count (sorry Fred Wilpon), but if they did count we wouldn’t even have to ask the question. Jews and athletics are often thought as antonyms, but there are exceptions- as we can see with America’s pastime. So who are the greatest Jewish Baseball players of all time?

I am biased towards players from my lifetime since I’ve actually seen many of them play, and contrary to popular belief, Rod Carew is not a Jew. Out of the roughly 160 Jews who have played in the MLB since it began in 1876, very few have

Ben Denson The B. D. Report made a dent in the sport. Let’s see the ones that we (kinda) remember.

Pitcher: If he won four World Series, it would have been enough. If he were a seven time All-Star, it would have been enough. If he were a three-time CyYoung winner, it would have been enough. If he didn’t pitch game one of the 1965 World Series because it was Yom Kippur, it would have been enough. If he led us out of Egypt, it would have been enough. While Sandy Koufax was actually not the messiah, many thought he was. Considered the greatest pitcher of all-time, this selection was obvious. It’s hard to find a better all-around pitcher in the history of the MLB. Need I say more?

Catcher: Brad Asmus played from 1993 to 2010 for a handful of teams. Seen of as more of a journeyman, Asmus is on this list mainly for his prowess as a defensive catcher. The Dartmouth grad stayed close to his roots with an Ivy-League Degree, but he See DENSON page 15

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer

16-3 final. Eldredge credits his team’s defense for holding Skidmore. He was satisfied with how his team played the second half but acknowledged the dynamics of Winslow’s offensive presence; he said pulling Winslow is akin to “pulling Kevin Durant or Carmelo Anthony”.

The men’s team also had a game last weekend. Like the women a day earlier, the men rode a fundamentally sound start to an early advantage.

“We had a good first half,” said junior captain Ignacio Masias.“We were spread out and making our plays.”

Despite being up big early, Cornell was well aware Roger Williams was capable of coming back into the game.

The Hawks only founded a polo program this year, but Eldredge was well aware of its players’ reputations.

“We knew they were a very experienced team from what they’ve done in high school,” he said.

Indeed, a six-goal lead pried open in

the first chukker and maintained in the second chukker began to slip away.

“They had a really strong third chukker,” Masias said.“Our horses were tired and we weren’t separating well. They are a very strong team.”

Eldredge gives credit to the Hawks for dragging themselves back into the game.

“They made an adjustment defensively to help shut down Ignacio,” Eldredge said. “We didn’t have our best game. They got back into the game; credit to them.”

After a Roger Williams onslaught, Cornell nursed a one-goal lead into the fourth chukker. The game’s ultimate outcome was to be ill fated. However, the Red showed its staying power by slowing the Hawks’ momentum in the fourth chukker and making the game close.

“We made some adjustments to slow down their offensive game,”

Cornell polo was off to the races last weekend as the men’s and women’s team each led by six points after their first chukker. The women (5-1) would go on to beat Skidmore Polo Club 163 at home on Friday, while the men (42) could not hold their lead and lost to Roger Williams 17-16 in a shootout at home on Saturday.

Head coach of both teams David Eldredge said the women’s team had worked on improving their start after having spotted their opponent an early lead in previous weeks.

“When they came out on the field they were pretty well geared up,” Eldredge said.

Senior captain Anna Winslow agreed that Cornell had a strong start.

Winslow added that the horses themselves are variables in a polo game’s outcome.

“We had the best horse in the string See POLO page 15 in the first chukker, which helped us to outscore them early,” Winslow said.

“We also had good teamwork and communication starting off.”

Cornell added on in the second chukker and led 13-2 at the half. With a large lead, Eldredge made the decision to pull Winslow and give an opportunity to other players.

“We had a very strong lead at halftime,” Eldredge said. “I wanted to give sophomore Hannah Noyes some game time, rest Anna and give senior Claire Stieg more time.”

The Red’s three goals allowed is the fewest all season. Eldredge praised his team’s defensive fundamentals.

“They were very spot on with their SONYA RYU / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER defensive rotation and how they Shutdown | The Red women put on a strong defensive performance, holding [made] their play[s],” Eldredge said.

A 13-2 halftime score evolved into a Skidmore to only three goals.