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positive community relations.

“Thinking about what it is that I’ve learned in the time that I’ve been in Ithaca, I’ve been thinking about things that have made a difference in my life not only as an Ithacan, not only as someone at the University, but just as a person,” Skorton said.

Skorton said the first lesson he learned during his time in Ithaca was the importance of nonprofit work, citing local examples including Sciencenter, the Backpack Program, and United Way. “It’s very, very important that we think about the importance of

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Barrier on the plaza | Students for Justice in Palestine rally against Cornell’s partnership with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Wednesday.

SJP Rally Draws Counterprotest

Demonstration criticizes Cornell-Technion partnership

By NOAH RANKIN AND SOFIA HU Sun City Editor and Sun Senior Writer

Dozens gathered on Ho Plaza Wednesday as Students for Justice in Palestine staged a rally protesting the University’s ties with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, which culminated in a shouting match among some participants.

The rally, which began around 1 p.m., featured students dressed up as Israeli Defense Forces shoving and searching other student actors in order to represent checkpoints on the West Bank. According to an SJP statement , students also held up banners representing the wall “that Israel built to separate itself from the Palestinians.”

The rally was a part of a wider event, where SJP members placed banners around campus, including in Duffield Hall, Sage Hall and at the Klarman Hall construction site. Such banners stated messages including “Don’t engineer this occupation — Free Palestine,” “Cornell + Technion = Israeli Apartheid” and “Cornell: Colonizing Since 1865.”

According to Abram Coetsee grad, a member of SJP, Technion, Cornell’s partner at Cornell Tech, “has a lot of investment” in an “apartheid system.”

“It helps build the surveillance and military equipment, which helps sustain this kind of violence in Israel,” Coetsee said. “Over the past year, Cornell has partnered with Technion to build its Roosevelt campus and that is one of our main targets right now. Our overall goal is to push for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and try to undermine the oppression that Israel is creating in Palestine.”

Coetsee added that Cornell students should be aware of their University’s relationship to Technion for this reason.

“Most people in Cornell aren’t aware of the fact that it’s the number one of all American universities leading the partnership in the oppressive regime in Israel,” he said. “No other American university has this type of relationship. By partnering with Technion, we’re helping building the weapons that are killing and hurting people.”

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President David Skorton emphasized the importance of connecting Cornell with the greater local community and thanked local service clubs for their collaboration with his administration’s team in an address to the Ithaca Country Club Wednesday morning.

As the featured speaker at the annual joint service clubs meeting hosted by the Ithaca Rotary Club, Skorton spoke of what he said were the four main lessons he has learned from his time in Ithaca. All four lessons were centered around the importance of

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Skorton speaks | President Skorton speaks about the importance of positive community relations during an address given to service clubs Wednesday.

Ithaca Gorges,Landmarks Debut on Google Street View

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer

Up, up and away | A display that reads “Cornell: Colonizing Since 1865” hangs from a crane at the Klarman Hall construction site Wednesday morning.

People all over the world will now be able to see that ‘Ithaca is Gorges’; on Wednesday, Google released Street View images of Ithaca’s scenic areas.

The partnership, between Google maps and the City of Ithaca’s Geographic Information System Program, began in May after being accepted to Google’s Trekker Loan Program, which includes expanded mapping services that are inaccessible to Google’s car, according to GIS staff member Susan Nixson.

The equipment — which includes a backpack with a 15-lens camera system that automatically

takes pictures every 2.5 seconds — is delivered to third party participants, who collect footage of these destinations, according to Susan Cadrecha, a press representative from Google.

“By loaning the equipment to organizations around the world with the Trekker Loan Program, we can capture images from new locations more quickly, and improve our ability [to] make these images available online for all to enjoy,” she said.

Cadrecha added that Google is interested in partnering with universities. “[Google is] interested in partnering with organizations like tourism boards, government agenSee GOOGLE page 5

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As part of the program, Ford and Falkson began drinking wine approximately an hour before the program began. Hamilton then performed a step by step sobriety test, explaining what police officers look for when determining if a person is intoxicated. “[Intoxicated] college students tend to sing the ABCs like they’re in kindergarten,” said Hamilton.

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Ford said he believes in the goals of alcohol education. “Alcohol is so pervasive in our society, we often don’t stop to think,” he said.

After consuming half a bottle of wine, Ford’s blood alcohol level was .03. Falkson had an identical blood alcohol level after drinking four glasses.

A blood alcohol level between .06 and .09 is considered driving while impaired, under New York State Law. A blood alcohol level of 1.0 is driving while intoxicated, Hamilton said.

Though both were under the legal limit, Falkson commented, “I would never get behind the wheel of a car after drinking.” Her husband was present to drive her home.

During an earlier part of the program, Hamilton showed a video about the illegal alcohol market, documenting the black market production and sale of alcohol.

“This alcohol is produced in a dirty and disgusting atmosphere. You have to watch what you drink. You don’t know what you’re getting,” Hamilton said.

“People will think twice about drinking and what they buy,” said Gabrielle Finley ’00, an R.A. from Class of ’28, in response to the video.

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Employee Assembly Talks Turnover, Staff Complaints

By MOLLY KARR Sun Staff Writer

Members of Cornell’s Employee Assembly discussed the importance of maintaining staff morale in light of high employee turnover during a meeting in the Physical Sciences building Wednesday.

While President David Skorton — who was originally scheduled to speak — was unable to attend due to a cold, Mary Opperman, vice president for human resources, answered members’ questions concerning what Opperman described as a recent increase in staff complaints and turnover.

“For a number of years, the idea was, ‘We needed to get our budget taken care of and then we’ll go back to the way things were,’ but people are realizing that won’t happen,” Opperman said.

B.J. Siasoco, executive vice chair of the E.A., asked Opperman if the University could take specific initiatives to better help its staff.

“There are culture and climate issues we need to address,” Opperman said. “I think the long-term answer is to address how [human resources and faculty] work together.”

According to Opperman, one of these issues is the recent economic slump that caused staff to search for additional jobs. In addition, Opperman stressed that the age gap between staff members needs to be respected.

“We have new generations coming in and older generations who are staying longer than they had planned to,” she said.

Michelle Stefanski-Seymour, an ambulatory technician at the University, said she believes Cornell should support faculty growth.

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Talking turnover | Members of Cornell’s Employee Assembly discuss issues including employee turnover and overall satisfaction Tuesday in the Physical Sciences Building.

“We are trying to support employee growth,” she said. “[Cornell] need[s] supervisors to promote growth for faculty members.”

Human resources has implemented a formal rotational program, which encourages faculty members at Cornell to explore different positions and increase their career-progression, as part of a new attempt keep employees satisfied, according to Opperman.

“It is an intention of ours to use career growth mechanisms besides changing jobs to help people create movement,” Opperman said.

A housing questionnaire was also sent out to graduate students and faculty in response to complaints about the lack of affordable housing. Greg Mezey ’09, chair of the E.A. and director of food and beverage for the Statler Hotel,

emphasized the need to make the best of such resources.

“We need to lay groundwork ... so once we get data we aren’t a year behind in analyzing results [of the survey],” Mezey said.

When asked about how the E.A. and faculty could form relationships with President-Elect Elizabeth Garrett, Opperman advised members of Cornell’s staff to directly contact her.

“We have to start out with assumptions. Assume she will want to engage with the non-faculty workforce,” Opperman said. “What we do know she isn’t fazed by disagreement — to me that’s a really positive thing.”

Molly Karr can be reached at mkarr@cornellsun.com.

ILR Professor Wins Labor Economics Award Prof.Gary Fields says international community should focus on global poverty issue

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Staff Writer

The winner of the 2014 Institute for the Study of Labor Prize in Labor Economics, Prof.

Gary Fields, industrial and labor relations, says that improving employment opportunities is a key part of economic develop-

ment.

Fields — who won the prize Monday for his work and research in economic policy — said he has spent time in the households of some of the world’s poorest individuals.

According to Fields, half of the world’s population live on less than $2.50 a day.

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“The major problem they face development efforts,” he said. is not employment but low earn- “Helping the poor earn their way ing,” Fields said. “They are out of poverty is a laudable goal working hard and working and can serve as a rallying cry for poor.” national and international Fields said development action.” efforts should focus on improvThe prize won by Fields is ing labor outcomes for the poor. presented each year by the “It fol“Helping the poor earn lows that to assure their way out of poverty that ecois a laudable goal and n o m i c d e v e l o p - can serve as a a rallying m e n t cry for national and reaches the international action.” p o o r , developProf. Gary Fields m e n t efforts must be targeted on improving Institute for the Study of Labor employment and earnings,” he — a German economics research said. group that operates a network of Fields added that he has 1,300 economists and helped develop policies to aid the researchers across 45 countries poor in developing countries, — to exceptional academic including improving the World accomplishments in the subject Bank’s lending programs. of labor economics.

In addition to assisting the Fields said he is “deeply honWorld Bank, Field said has was ored” to have received the award. also able to provide assistance to Early in his career, Fields labor programs in South Korea rejected traditional approaches of by designing new programs. economic research and examined “[There are] two major pro- the relationship between distribgrams,” he said. “A minimum ution patterns and economic wage system and an employment growth, according to a insurance system, which consist- University press release. ed of unemployment insurance, “Fields turned this approach job training and labor market upside down and called on econinformation.” omists to analyze how the rates Fields also stressed the impor- and type of growth helps or hintance of decreasing the global ders distributional goals,” the poverty rate. release said.

“The question itself assumes a key part of the answer: that fight- Madeline Cohen can be reached at ing poverty must be the focus of mcohen@cornellsun.com.

Local Tompkins County Legislature Approves 2015 Budget

After months of debate, local legislature approved the proposed 2015 county budget and capital budget for the next five years, according to The Ithaca Times.

The $180.8 million budget will decrease the county tax rate by .45 percent on average, according to The Ithaca Times.

Community Police Board Approves Body Cameras

A proposal to have Ithaca Police Department officers wear body cameras received approval from the Community Police Board in a meeting Wednesday, according to The Ithaca Voice.

Though the proposal is moving forward, there is no timeline yet for the implementation of the cameras, according to The Voice.

National Obama Proposes High-Speed Internet For More Schools

In a conference Wednesday, President Barack Obama led school superintendents in signing pledges to integrate more technology into their classrooms, The New York Times reported.

Currently, fewer than half of U.S. classrooms have high-speed internet, according to The Times.

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Skorton Stresses Importance of SJP Protest Against C.U.’s Mainaining Ties With Community Technion Partnership SKORTON

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nonprofits,” Skorton said. “It’s astonishing in a community our size, a modest size, how much activism and volunteerism and nonprofit work there is.”

In his speech, Skorton metaphorically compared collaboration between Cornell and the local community to the “glue that holds us together.” “[We are] a bunch of people living in the same vicinity,” he said. “But with that glue, we are friends and neighbors who are there for each other. We will end every day, as we start every day, being grateful to each other for all we do together — I’m grateful to you.”

Skorton said the second lesson he learned was that university leadership is “good” only if it is also good for the community.

“This is true anywhere, but it’s especially true in a modestsize college “I’ll be thinking about t o w n , ” what a fabulous Skorton said. community Ithaca is.”

“Cornell and Ithaca, and President David Skorton really all of To m p k i n s County — we sort of grew up together over the generations. We benefit from each other.”

Skorton said that Rev — the new collaborative incubator downtown between Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College — is a “fantastic and exciting” example of how university leadership can work together with locals to create broader opportunities. “[Rev is] something that I hope people will think about going forward,” Skorton said. “One of the things that will determine our future in Tompkins County is whether we can think very carefully of new ways to come together with new and good business ideas. If there’s one thing that people in Tompkins County have, it’s a huge, huge surplus of terrific ideas.”

He also cited multiple local business organizations as examples of constructive collaboration between local and University leadership, including Local Leaders of Color. “[Local Leaders of Color] has been enormously important for me and part of my ongoing education — not only as an Ithacan, but my ongoing education as a member of any community anywhere,” Skorton said.

In his third lesson, President Skorton further emphasized the importance of “transparency and consultation” in resolving differences of opinion between organizations.

“When we consult with each other about

issues — whether current issues or ones that we foresee down the road — and share information, candid perspectives and honesty, we build trust and take a big step toward better solutions,” he said.

He called on locals at the meeting to show President-Elect Elizabeth Garrett the same “honesty” they had shown him during his time at Cornell.

“One of the things I’m asking you to do for the next president of the University is be as open and straightforward with Beth Garrett as you’ve been with me,” Skorton said. “It’s the only way that we’ve been able to move forward as successfully as we have.”

Skorton acknowledged that despite substantial effort by the University at this kind of conflict resolution, Cornell administrators had difficulty aligning with the community in the face of the 2008 economic downturn.

“Cornell took a variety of actions on this crisis,” Skorton said. “Often, the biggest employer in a community, especially a university, will buffer negative effects of a fiscal downturn. We were not able to buffer that as much as I wish we had been able to.”

In concluding his speech, Skorton said the most important lesson he has learned in his time in Ithaca has been how “fabulous” the Ithaca community is.

He recalled his first impressions of the Cornell campus, including the “visual beauty” of the gorges, but said he is most grateful to the people of Ithaca for creating a caring community.

Skorton said the most important beauty he has observed is the “beauty of the people.”

“You guys [are] hard-working and caring and creative people — just a fabulous community,” he said. “The most important thing about the community is not that we have beautiful scenery or four seasons, but it’s the fact that we actually give a darn about each other.”

Skorton added that although he will be leaving Cornell in June to become secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, he will keep Cornell in mind, as he said the Smithsonian is “the same basic kind of organization.”

“I’ll be part of a different kind of institution, but still a nonprofit devoted to discovery and education — the same basic kind of organization,” he said. “I’ll be thinking about things that are important in terms of the people and the leaders. But most importantly, I’ll be thinking about what a fabulous community Ithaca is.”

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun.com.

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The University, however, maintains that its relationship to Technion is a purely “academic partnership,” The Sun reported in March 2013.

Partway into the rally, several students arrived holding signs modeled after the Israeli flag with the words “Israel is invested in peace.” According to Josh Raphael ’18, SJP chose a bad time to criticize American and Israeli practices, as four rabbis and a police officer were killed

by Palestinian militant group Hamas in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

“They said we’re currently standing on occupied lands. I don’t pay much mind to that,” Raphael said. “I support constructive conversation, but after [Tuesday’s] terrorist attack, when Palestinians shot up a synagogue, I just find it very distasteful.”

Samantha Weisman ’15, president of Cornell Hillel, said that Hillel is not especially interested in SJP’s demonstration.

“Our focus is not on the demonstration today, but on the five innocent people who were murdered by terrorists [on Tuesday] in Israel,” she said.

“Our energy is going toward honoring those people, engaging in peaceful and respectful dialogue about Israel and supporting and advocating for peace.”

‘Apartheid Is Fucking Apartheid’

Some individuals at the rally — which included members outside the Cornell community who were not affiliated with SJP — confronted the students representing Israel, smearing their sign with ketchup and shouting things such as “Apartheid is fucking apartheid,” “there’s no logic to Zionism” and “we will

respond to aggression with aggression.”

Both pro-Palestine and proIsrael protesters got into heated shouting matches during the demonstration, though there was no police action taken — unlike during the more intense tensions that took place during a protest between SJP and Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee on Ho Plaza in fall 2012.

Kathy Zoner, chief the Cornell University Police department, was present at the demonstration with a few other officers, however. According to Zoner, CUPD showed up to ensure that things didn’t “get out of hand,” though there was nothing that required police action.

“We had a call-in complaint,” Zoner said. “I think a

“As a bystander, I don’t think it’s necessary for strangers to exhibit such hostility. I don’t know why we have to be so angry.”

Joanne Kim ’17 bystander called in about someone being roughed-up on the Ho Plaza area but it turns out that it was a role-acting as part of the protest, so thankfully no one was hurt.”

Joanne Kim ’17, a bystander, said that she thought the rally involved a lot of unnecessary hostility.

“Frankly, I don’t really know anything about the issue,” Kim said. “As a bystander, I don’t think it’s necessary for strangers to exhibit such hostility. I don’t know why we have to be so angry. But it’s not my war.”

Coetsee said he thought the rally was a productive discussion on issues between Israel and Palestine, despite the hostility perceived by onlookers.

“It would be a mistake to think that if there is … anger and frustration then there is no reason to be speaking. I definitely think that this is fruitful,” he said. “These confrontations are already part of the structure that we’re a part of — this isn’t some new kind of huge explosion.

This is just the presentation of what’s already there.”

Coetsee, however, challenged the notion that Israel and its supporters are mainly interested in peace.

“If Israeli was invested in peace, they wouldn’t keep a wall to separate people because they’re from a particular ethnicity. If Israel was invested in peace, they wouldn’t destroy people’s houses at will,” he said.

“They would behave a lot differently, they would realize that they went into a place and colonized it and destroyed a lot of peoples’ lives and are destroying a lot of peoples’ lives today.”

The Sun’s News Department can be reached at news@cornellsun.com.

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Google Street View Showcases Cornell Gorges, City Scenery Google works with Ithaca’s GIS dept.

GOOGLE

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cies, non-profits, universities and research groups around the world who can help obtain needed permissions for interesting places,” she said.

Nixson said reading about the Trekker’s visit to the Grand Canyon prompted her to apply for participation in the program and added she believes Ithaca’s natural beauty led Google to partner with the city. “‘Ithaca is Gorges’ — I think that saying is really heard around the country,” she said.

Nixson and other volunteers explored and took photos Ithaca’s numerous gorge trails, waterfalls, parks and other natural landmarks, according to a press release from the City of Ithaca.

The footage went live on Wednesday morning, after a few months of Google processing the photos, compiling them into panoramic images and formatting them for their Street View service, according to Nixson.

The release was scheduled to coincide with International Geographic Information System Day, a day that celebrates applications of the technology, Nixson added.

“It’s an educational effort around the world to make people aware of how [Geographic Information System] technology impacts, and improves, their everyday lives,” she said.

Ithaca’s Geographic Information System program — part of the city’s Department of Public Works — handles internal city projects and uses mapping technology to increase the ease and efficiency of municipal workers’ jobs, according to the program’s website.

Nixson said she hopes the collaboration with Google will contribute to the city’s goals.

“In addition to the tremendous recreational and tourism uses these tools provide, they can also be used by a number of professions such as emergency services, educators, event planners and maintenance crews,” she said.

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun.com.

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Not just the Koch Brothers To the Editor: Re: “GUEST ROOM: Money Doesn’t Talk, It Whispers,” Opinion, Nov. 19.

David Brotz ’18 argues that Democrats would “be wise to begin to examine the exploitation of avenues through which conservative activists are trying to undermine ... The Affordable Care Act,” and specifically fingers the Koch Brothers as culprits.

Perhaps Mr. Brotz would be wiser to examine the specific way the Affordable Care Act’s architects (specifically Jonathan Gruber), prevented transparency about the act from reaching the American public. According to The Wall Street Journal, “[it] ‘would not have passed’ had Democrats been honest about the income redistribution policies embedded in its insurance regulations.”

Concerning oneself with transparency only when it involves the Koch brothers and their kind is believing the pendulum swings only one way. I can’t help but think the midterm elections were partially the result of this type of muddled thinking.

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was hacked. Which is so crazy! Who Orphan Black), it’s important to divulge as would ever want to hack into my little or as small of information as possible to accounts? All that they would find is your outer ring. The last thing you want is snarky columns about my time in Europe being the pity party of your friend group, the and starving Neopets. They’d have to spend martyrs or the living soap opera of typical so much time feeding them to proper health undergrad problems. As a generation, we’re and that would be such a hassle. Even I don’t very into openness. As digital exhibitionists, remember my Neopets password, so maybe we love to tell everyone what we’re eating, it’s a good thing I was hacked. But yeah, what we just saw on TV and what flavor apparently being a savvy Millennial with a peanut butter we are (gotta love those “strong” password that have at least one char- Buzzfeed quizzes). And this is not a bad acter and number, I was hacked somewhere thing: It’s how we stay connected to our in Italy. The “free” wifi network didn’t even friends, our digital scrapbooks of our lives. work! All I wanted was to post some photos This openness isn’t just limited to social of me eating my weight in pasta, but I guess media, as East Coast college students, we live that warrants a full invasion of privacy in this in a very liberal culture and sometimes country. divulge more than we “should.” I mean, I’m And what an invasion it was! My virus- published next to two sex columns for crying laced email was sent to everyone, from the out loud. We take this openness for granted, Assistant Dean of the Law School, to every as both young adults and Americans, and member of the Big Red Bands. While I was that’s when protection comes in. Or discredelightfully snoozing tion at least. Free flow on a train from of communication is Venice to Bologna, great until it’s taken Protection surpasses any of advantage of, and my fellow Cornellians were fighting it bites us in our our classes taught at Cornell. then à la The Matrix with digital derrières. this spam email. It As for the “protect It’s not just about protecting was legitimately your heart” mushyyour GMail account or your gushy stuff, it’s really scary when some of the adults who got simple. All emotional Snapchat passowrd, the email thanked experiences in this me for the file and world are valid — but about protecting your said they’d see it in a and should be felt — bit. I can’t even but with consent heart, too. begin to express the only. No one is embarrassment of allowed to make you sending 25-plus emails apologizing for my feel anything without your permission, and incubus of electronic viral invasion. Even when intentions become harmful, that’s Financial Aid thought it was a legitimate when you know you have to protect yourself. message, and who knows what would have However, it’s not as easy as I’m making it out happened to the hacked Cornell bank to be. Emotions are messy, amorphous and accounts. affect people with or without intent. The So while my ego inflated from the important thing is to know yourself well and “power” of my personal Cornell network, I know when it’s alright to let others in and balked at all the people who unknowingly when to shield yourself and be strong. trusted my viral message and thought it was For my final aspect of protection, I ask a legitimate message. It felt like a post- you all to protect your belongings. While dystopian spy film, where people willingly yes, excessive materialism is a horrid aspect of trust their friends and get betrayed in a dra- the human experience, we all love our matic plot-twist. Which is what this column iPhones too much and can’t function withis all about. Not surprising plot-twists like in out them. I guess this applies a lot more to Gone Girl, but about security and protection those of us traveling to new places, where in the digital age. sticky fingers often try to get a piece of the While my COMM professors will swear good ol’ US of A (someone please shut me that I’m quoting one of their classes, protec- up now). But even in the cold Ithaca bubble tion surpasses any of our classes taught at (snowglobe) things get stolen all the time. As Cornell. It’s not just about protecting your a night desker for The Sun I compiled countGMail account or your Snapchat password, less of police reports where computers, but about protecting your heart, too. The phone and even clothes were stolen from heart is a very fragile organ — 10 out of 11 libraries and gym lockers. Really guys, premeds say it’s important to remember this clothes from Teagle? So gross. This proves fact for their prelim. The other one is too that even in the ivory tower, protection is busy sleeping in the cocktail lounge to needed. Just watch your stuff, don’t assume remember this made-up factoid. someone doesn’t want your dead-skin cellJoking aside, it’s important to protect ridden belongings. yourself, in all aspects of the word. Protect So take care of your passwords, hearts, yourself from the harsh Ithaca elements by clothes, friends, etc. While we all are happy buying a warm (but stylish) peacoat (no with our “master password” that gets us more North Faces or Canadian Goose access into everything, there’s a crippling fear Jackets please). Protect your lymphatic sys- that rushes in when that privacy is comprotem by getting some NyQuil and healing mised. Same goes for our emotional sanity your throat. And, lastly, protect your heart and our safe havens. The hassle of having to from people who want to play with it. Don’t send apology emails or of having emotional let anyone play with it for that manner, it’s turmoil or having to call the police is too yours alone to share it, so keep it safe. Like much to add unto our stress-filled lives. For Elsa said, “conceal, don’t feel, don’t let it now I’m going to change my password, and show.” And while she learned that repressing I encourage you all to do so to! Make it a your feelings was a bad idea, there’s definitely challenge for those pesky hackers. some worth to being safe about your inner thoughts.

Kevin Milian is a senior in the College of While one’s interior monologues are a Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached safe performance for your best friend (com- at kmilian@cornellsun.com. Milian Dollar Baby plete with Pad Thai and an episode of appears on alternate Thursdays this semester.

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OPINION

Ruth M. |

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Save Water, Shower Together

ne of the things that Cornellians learn here in Ithaca is that you won’t find on any syllabus is how to survive the frigid, blustery winters.

Whether it’s spending $800 on a jacket that really isn’t much warmer than a much cheaper North Face jacket (I’m looking at you, Canada Goose), wearing a onesie under all your clothes (is that just me?) or skipping class to hide under your heated blanket all day, nothing beats a hot shower and some body heat. Yes, those of you who aren’t aware of what column you’re reading, I’m about to talk about shower sex.

Once you master it, shower sex can be the hottest (literally and figuratively) sex you have. The hot water is pulsing on your back, the room is full of steam, and your skin is wet and slides against your partner’s. You may feel limited in such a small space, but the fact that you’re doing it in the shower is pleasurable and adventurous enough without switching positions multiple times. Some positions depend on if you’re in a stand-up shower or a shower with a bathtub, but I’ve done it in both and thoroughly enjoyed it in both.

First of all, there are no excuses not to perform oral sex. Worried

about the smell in that region? Seductively clean your partner first. Rubbing soap and hot water all over someone else is a huge turn-on for both of you, and gives you a great opportunity to put your hands all over them, including between their legs.

Just make sure you rinse well to avoid the taste of soap. Then get on your knees and suck away, and you’ll have plenty of water to keep y o u r mouth lubricated. If y o u r partner s i female, it might be easier if she sits on the edge of the bathtub for this, but it’s totally possible to do in a stand up shower too.

I find that penetration is easiest from behind, no matter the height difference between you and your partner. If you’re in a bathtub, the person receiving can place their hands on the end of the bathtub and support himself or herself while their partner enters them from behind. Picture this

position as the kind of grinding that would have gotten you kicked out of a high school dance. The person entering gets the direct hot water on their back so any sweat produced while thrusting is immediately washed away, and the person receiving gets any deflected spray while performing the “Jersey Turnpike” (Jersey Shore throwback, anyone?) If you’re in a stand up shower (seriously kudos to anyone trying this in a dorm bathroom), t h e receiver can brace himself or herself against the wall and arch their back so that their partner may enter. If you’re short, try standing on your toes, and if you’re tall, you’re definitely going to have to bend your knees for this one, especially if you’re the penetrator. This position takes a little bit of balance, but just think of it as an added workout, making you that much more toned for the next time someone sees

Once you master it, shower sex can be the hottest (literally and figuratively) sex you have.

Hitch |

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you naked.

Penetration from the front is only really possible if one person can hold the other against the shower wall. This definitely presents a slipping hazard, but it’s doable.

As the person held up against the wall, I find it a little uncomfortable to have my vertebrae pressed against a wall, and I also have never truly trusted in the ability of my partners to hold me up on a slippery surface. However, it has been done and it’s worth a try at least for a little while if you want to switch positions while having shower sex.

After all of this aerobic activity, no one wants to clean up afterwards. The great thing about shower sex is that any ejaculate goes right down the drain, and as the postorgasm desire for cuddling sets in, you can gently wipe each other clean, wrap up in a towel and head to the bedroom without that post-sex smell. Better yet, your sheets won’t smell like sex either. Save water, shower together.

Ruth M. is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. She can be reached at ruthm@cornellsun.com. I’m Just Gonna Shake It appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

Hints From Hitch

How I Got Back Into the Game (and How You Can,Too)

’ll admit it. Even the sex columnist can go through a bit of a dry spell. My most recent one lasted a couple months and included a number of lonely nights and used-up pieces of toilet paper; if you don’t understand the reference, don’t Google it. However, very recently, I was able to break the cold streak and it ended up being well worth the wait. Holding for applause.

Despite the awesomeness of having sex and not having to watch it, I can’t say the end didn’t come without some hesitation, challenges and general ineptitude on my part in the bedroom. The nerves I felt as I took off her bra and slipped off her pants made me reminiscent of the clumsiness of losing my virginity in the back of my family’s minivan about five years ago — a feeling I was hoping I had left behind with awkward school dances and my acne-ridden skin.

Regardless of your circumstance, getting back into the game after an extended period of abstinence can be as scary and intimidating as the first time; my feelings of nervousness were even more intense than my first time.

Whether it is concern over developing sexual chemistry with a new partner or fear that they will be unimpressed with your abilities in the boudoir, ending the drought comes with a number of unique challenges that, oftentimes, can make extending the cold streak a more appealing option than taking a risk and opening yourself up to someone new. In my opinion, none of these challenges exist without solutions and embracing the possibility will, more often than not, leave you waking up happy and ready to embrace the game again and again and again.

First off, get back to what you know and love. I’m all for experimentation, but this is not the time for a position that you’ve never tried or a toy that you’ve never used. Your first time having sex following an extended break should be mind-blowing and easy. Including positions and moves that you know you are good at and you enjoy will help increase your confidence while ensuring that your partner is having a good time. For me, I love going down on girls (understandably a crazy concept for some guys and the subject of my next column) and that’s the first thing I did when we moved into the bed-

those questions to make sure you will not regret going home with him/her in the morning.

During my conversations, most of the reasons for this hesitation come from an internal lack of self-confidence and, usually, are entirely unrelated to the question of whether or not the person actually wants to have sex. Usually, I find that the person really does want to get back into the game, they’re just unsure whether or not others want to have sex with them. My best recommendation is to ask the important questions before you start meeting people or deciding whether or not to go home with somebody. Once you’re in the moment, go with your gut and have a good time.

Above all else, it’s important to remember that the awkwardness will subside. For some, it will take a few times, and for others the nerves might go away when your lips touch your partner’s lips for the first time. But having the peace of mind that opening yourself up emotionally, and physically, will lead to better sex and an increased comfort with new partners is crucial.

I hope knowing the sex columnist struggles with droughts, dry spells and cold streaks will help you recognize that it is a completely normal part of the collegiate sexual experience. I can say that breaking my most recent dry spell has been nothing short of a success and I’ll be setting down my laptop shortly and moving back into my bedroom...

Including positions and moves that you know you are good at and you enjoy will help increase your confidence. room. I have confidence in it and, after hearing her moan within seconds, I remembered that I knew what I was doing and I was able to get back into the zone.

I’ve found that droughts not only can make us worse at sex physically, they also have the ability to wreck our confidence. Numerous conversations with men and women at Cornell have led me to understand the multitude of questions that make people hesitant to change their lifestyles and put themselves out there. Asking questions about your partner and your willingness to engage in sex is important. But learning to recognize the distinction between asking questions for the sake of extending your nerves is wholly distinct from asking

Hitch is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at hitch@cornellsun.com. Hints From Hitch appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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DINING GUIDE

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Dining Guide

Your source for good food

The Foodie’s Guide to Ithaca’s Guiltiest Pleasures

By RACHAEL CUSICK Sun Staff Writer

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bit too often, we indulge in things we’re not too proud of. Occasional nights at home are spent contently watching Magic Bullet infomercials; frequent mornings in class are reserved for chainskimming BuzzFeed articles.

And if asked for one’s opinion on R. Kelly’s remix to Ignition, many of us would all culpably confess that we’re never happier than the moment it graces our car stereos. Basically, life is filled with guilty pleasures — and our taste buds would be damned if they were the exception to these satisfying, yet questionable habits.

Whether we’re stressing or relaxing, ravenously hungry or simply bored out of our minds, each of us has that go-to food that satisfies the most relentless of munchies. But a true “guilty pleasure” food is a delicate species. At minimum, it must be the size of a small, yet husky, toddler. It should make you slightly embarrassed to consume in front of strangers, yet not too ashamed to devour moments after the cashier bestows it in

your hands. And, most importantly, the more casual the food the better, because it’s not really an indulgence unless you can enjoy it in your college sweatpants and crumb-festered bed.

And so, this article scrounges up the most binge-worthy, heartburning foods in Ithaca and narrows them into categories for every type of major craving.

SUGARY: ICE C REAM S ANDWICH , WAFFLE F ROLIC After writing an entire article solely dedicated to the town’s best desserts, picking the Sugary option was the biggest ethical dilemma I faced all week. But after a quick menu scroll and the knowledge that IthacaToGo would deliver warm waffles to my doorstep, the case was quickly closed. Waffle Frolic’s menu is lined with both sweet and savory offerings, ranging anywhere from simple (think: butter and powdered sugar) to fried chicken drizzled with maple hot sauce. I settled on the ice cream sandwich solely because the menu warns that it is “big enough for two”, which we all know really means enough for me, myself and I. Each order includes two fluffy waffles folded over two scoops of Purity ice cream, caramel sauce, whipped cream and Belgian chocolate sauce. I elected the bittersweet chocolate ice cream and a one dollar addition of fried bananas to fully maximize the ridiculousness of eating this bad boy alone. The buttermilk waffles were warm, buttery and perfectly enveloped the melting chocolate cream, while the sweetness of the caramel humbly matched the nuttiness of the fried bananas.

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ommends consuming this dessert-for-breakfast beast solo, you can always split it amongst friends, and spare the stomachache and judgmental glance from the deliveryman.

creamy — all tied into one “husky toddler”-sized food. The Maven is best enjoyed on weekend nights with an order of fries from the secret menu and the best of freshman year friends.

bits. Laughably rich and cotton ball fluffy, Cornell’s maple cheesecake ice cream tasted just as great after an entire cone as it did on that first hypnotic sample.

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Pretty much nothing at Cornell rivals the sentimental A scoop of ice cream doesn’t smell of freshman year that necessarily qualify as a guilty lingers around Louie’s Lunch pleasure in and of itself. But truck.

For sneaking hours I debated samples of Each order said ice cream which greasefilled, delicious once, not includes two not Louie’s menu twice, but item would be fluffy waffles eight times the one to write in fact folded over does a b o u t . fall into that Sandwich or shamefaced two scoops c a t e g o r y. fries? Regular of Purity ice After the man menu or secret m e n u ? scooping ice cream, cream samUltimately, out of respect for ples over caramel the secret menu Parents’ sauce, and freshman We e k e n d politely year nostalgia, I whipped decided on the shooed me Maven sandaway from his cream and stand, I made wich.

The Belgian it my mission Maven is a sub with chicken to get a cone chocolate tenders, buffalo of this creamy perfection by sauce, melted sauce. cheese, bleu the end of the cheese dressing, BBQ sauce, day. To note, Cornell Dairy is tomato and lettuce. After select- notorious for its air-ridden ice ing your level of spice for the cream, putting all creamy conbuffalo sauce and a few minutes, tenders to shame. This flavor a tin foil wrapped baseball bat of combines the earthy background bread is handed over. The sand- of sweet maple syrup with the wich is smoky, greasy, cheesy and occasional tang of cheesecake

If, like me, any of you were on the unfortunate side of pudgy growing up, the humorous appeal of this menu title hits a little too close to home.

Beef, lettuce, tomato and onion — all seems a bit weak, right? Don’t worry. The two grilled cheese sandwiches as buns will obliterate that look of confidence right off your face. I coerced the friend I had taken along to take a gamble on the Fat Kid while I selfishly ordered the restaurant’s take on a bacon cheeseburger, fittingly titled the Perfect Burger. When our food arrived, steak knives pierced through the tops of these leaning towers of ground beef and cheese. We ultimately concluded that the grilled cheese and burger combination that was the Fat Kid was great separately, but together, they fell on that infamously unfortunate side of pudgy. But the Perfect Burger, which was smoky yet cheesy, creamy yet tangy, balanced that perfect heaviness every child and bacon cheeseburger strives for.

Rachael Cusick can be reached at rcusick@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT John Mulaney To the rescue at Bailey hall

BY SEAN DOOLITTLE AND KAITLYN TIFFANY Arts & Entertainment Editors

After comedian Hannibal Buress cancelled at the last minute, the Cornell University Programming Board was left without an act and with hundreds of tickets sold. Thankfully, Saturday Night Live writer amd stand-up comedian John Mulaney was booked with only two days to spare. The Sun spoke with John Mulaney about his experiences with SNL, his new sitcom Mulaney and Mad Men. THE SUN: I’m a senior and my mom insisted that I ask this question: How did you get your job at Saturday Night Live?

JOHN MULANEY: So, Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler used to see me at this place called the UCB Theater in 2008. They had me send a couple of tapes from Conan O’Briens I had done — when it was Late Night with Conan O’Brien — I had done that show a couple of times, so they had me send those to Saturday Night Live. I had been doing stand-up a lot. I auditioned in a big audition room with a lot of people — it was like me and Donald Glover and Ellie Kemper, Bobby Moynihan, maybe Jordan Peele. I can’t remember anyone else.

Oh, and Nick Kroll! Bobby got it. I did not get it, but they offered me a writing job based on the audition. Which happens a lot. Sometimes they don’t see someone as a comedy performer and they give them a writing job.

comedy specials. Do you think your bits work better as stand-up or as a sitcom premise?

J.M.: I wanted to have stand-up portions of the show, because the character does stand-up. But I wanted to take things from my special because my thought was, “Some people have seen these, but most people haven’t at all.” So I wanted to lead with my best stuff. In the first episode, I did jokes from both albums, and I just wanted people who have never seen my face before to see some of my favorite bits.

SUN: Could you tell us about casting Mulaney?

You’ve got Seaton, Nasim Pedrad and even Elliot Gould, one of the greatest SNL hosts of all time.

J.M.: They see everyone in comedy. And they’re all doing really well now.

J.M.: He’s in the Five Timer’s Club, right? It was the craziest thing. I was like, “In a dream world, my boss would be Martin Short. In a dream world, my neighbor would be Elliot Gould.” To me, they are the archetypes. If you can’t get them, who can you get like them? And we actually got them! And then I thought, “This part would be great for Nasim, but she’s on SNL. It’ll never happen.” I asked Lorne’s permission to ask her, and she said she wanted to do something else and came over to the show! I had worked with Seaton at the D.C. Improv once, in 2008, and really liked him. He gave me a reel of stuff, so I had that for years. When I was casting the character Motif, I said, “Why not Seaton Smith?” When he got approved — and I’m not saying that anybody didn’t like him — I was blown away that we hadn’t had a problem with casting at all, which was great. It was a very lucky situation. We said, “We want these people,” and they were all available.

SUN: Your best known SNL sketches involve the characters played by Bill Hader. Did you write those specifically for him?

SUN: Your Wikipedia page is really bad. [Shows him the page] I’m going to edit it for you.

SUN: Those are some huge names that you auditioned with.

J.M.: I started working with Bill during my first week. We wrote a sketch about Mark Spitz — I saw him today on the front page of The Sun — that was my first sketch ever, with Michael Phelps, but it didn’t get on. We wrote together like every week. A lot of it was rejected.

SUN: I’ve heard you, for Stefon, added jokes after dress rehearsals to get him to laugh. Lorne Michaels really hates when people break character. Did he think it was funny for Stefon to do that?

J.M.: Lorne’s very cool, he would never tell you, “That was funny.” He knew what I was doing, too, so he didn’t blame Bill, but I don’t think he blamed me, either. Everyone would mess with Bill to get him to break. Like, Andy Samberg would stand next to the camera, staring at him with his arms crossed.

It was kind of a group effort. It was a thing. That’s why I kept messing with him. When you break and it’s fake or it’s forced, that is shitty. But if we make it spontaneous every time, it’s pretty great.

SUN: Is there another sketch or character on SNL that you wrote that people don’t talk about as much as Stefon?

J.M.: Well, a writer named Rob Klein and Colin Jost and I would write these Governor David Patterson jokes for Weekend Update. Fred Armisen and I wrote “The Kissing Family,” which was about a family that kisses a lot [Laughs].

Fred, Bill and I would write sketches where they would play Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. Those were the recurring ones. And so many sketches that people didn’t like, too.

SUN: In Tina Fey’s book she wrote about hiring a writing staff and said they mix “Harvard nerds and Chicago improvisers and stir.” You’re a Georgetown nerd. How was your experience in the writing room?

J.M.: Well, the Harvard Lampoon itself, they live in, like, a Flemish castle. The weirdest group of people you’ll ever encounter. It’s not just that it’s Ivy League, they’re just the strangest group of undergrads. I like that recipe, that Tina wrote about. Having stand-up comics is also very important.

They’re really good at jokes. Stand-up structure is a lot like writing an episode of television. You take one premise and you try to take as many jokes out of that as you can.

SUN: For Mulaney you use some of your stand-up and your

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J.M.: Oh, thank you! Write whatever you want and I will

publicly say that it is true.

SUN: And finally, how do you feel about Mad Men’s final season?

J.M.: They’re not dragging it out, it’s going out at the right time. I’m going to miss it. It was one of the first shows that I saw advertised and watched the first episode. Which I never do. Would that people did [Laughs]. Normally a show is on for a few months and people start saying, “You haven’t seen it?!” and then you have to watch all of them at once. I watch it pretty much every Sunday. Such a good show.

Sean Doolittle is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Kaitlyn Tiffany is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. They can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun.com.

Self-Deprecation Isn’t Always Lame

BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Arts and Entertainment Editor

“‘Tickets for Hannibal Buress will be honored,’ I think that’s what I’m going to call this tour,” announced stand-up comedian, Saturday Night Live staff writer and star of the Fox sitcom Mulaney, John Mulaney on Tuesday night at Bailey Hall, as he flipped through a copy of this newspaper. Before beginning his set he also played a recorded message from Buress, who apologized for cancelling his show due to the fact that he was “really caught up in this kickboxing thing right now” (the show was actually cancelled due to scheduling conflicts with the filming of a Seth Rogen movie). Mulaney, as a last-minute replacement, was a good sport, yelling “And I get the money!” and dubbing himself a superhero who had never even been near Ithaca in his life, but who, upon receiving the call “Ithaca needs you,” was ready to be of service.

He arrived with Seaton Smith, a cast member of Mulaney who opened the show with a politically-charged and raciallyfrank set that had Bailey Hall roaring with self-conscious laughter. Smith capitalized on the easy targets of black Republicans, the Cornell wealthy and the political hypersensitivity of university administrations, often going for the throat and the edging back with an impossible-to-resist, “Oh, now I’ve lost y’all. I’m sorry, crowd.” To open his segment on political conservatism he asked the audience, “Any Republicans out there?,” waited for the hands to go up and then shouted “Yeah! White power!” Which offended only gross people. After asking for black Republicans to raise their hands (they didn’t), he continued with an outraged lambasting of the black Republicans who won mid-term elections and then went on TV to talk about how America needed to “get back to his roots.” In fact, the Washington D.C.-based comedian took most of his material from the racially-charged American political climate, with sick but hilarious bits on the black community’s paranoid fear of President Obama being assassinated during his first inauguration and Hillary Clinton’s misguided early 2008 comment comparing Obama’s early lead in the primaries to that of Robert F. Kennedy. There was

also a prolonged story about witnessing a woman getting hit in the face with a rat, the point of which was to express Smith’s admiration of the work ethic of crackheads (“You don’t see a crackhead wake up and be like, ‘I’ll go get crack tomorrow.’”)

It was a bit of a shaky transition into Mulaney’s somewhat less risky joke style (a style he acknowledged himself, addressing a couple of high school students and saying “I know I’ve said some stuff, but make sure to tell your parents that Hannibal would have been way dirtier”). Mulaney started off slow with an unfunny story about trying to operate a new-fangled vaporizer in Colorado but gained speed, feeding off of audience interaction and a wealth of jokes that he pulled, on the spot, from a copy of The Daily Sun. His schtick is mostly to tell tales of personal embarrassment and mild family dysfunction — his father’s rivalry with Bill Clinton (and his mother’s long-running crush), his French bulldog’s assertion of dominance over him in his own house, the well-worn phrase “why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free” as it applied to him finally proposing to his girlfriend (“a bossy Jew,” being her main descriptor) — with scads of self-deprecation and a presumption of his own innocence. I try not to like man-children if I can help it, but Mulaney’s awareness of his own conceit makes it nearly forgivable (I say “nearly” because of one obnoxious and seemingly earnest joke about how it’s totally okay for a woman to talk about her vagina but “no one wants to celebrate the penis of a 32 year-old weirdo”).

In his New in Town special, Mulaney tells a joke about being alone with a woman in the subway at 2:00 a.m., unable to understand why she is edging away from his so clearly harmless kindergarten-face and Gumbo-body, in ostensible fear.

Linda Holmes at NPR commends this bit as “a sneaky piece of stand-up about privilege,” pointing out that the subject of the joke is not the woman, but Mulaney, in his ignorance about how it might feel to be a woman, alone in a confined space with a strange man, at a late hour. Mulaney does this often and pointedly — calling attention to his own failings not just because self-deprecation is oh-so-adorable, but because it is the appropriate way to handle a position of privilege without sounding preachy or patronizing.

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High Maintenance and the Non-Stoner Stoner Comedy

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s a wise yik once yakked, you can’t spell “Ithaca” without “THC.” Anyone who has personally corroborated the veracity of this statement will rejoice in the return of the best show not on TV — the perfect and precise non-stoner stoner comedy, High Maintenance. As Vimeo’s first venture into paid original programming, this web series premiered its second season last week to continued critical acclaim and admirers of its business model. Filled with bizarre and beautiful vignettes of New York City life, High Maintenance follows cocreator/director/writer/actor Ben Sinclair’s “The Guy” as he delivers eighths to his var-

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ied clientele, jaunting in and out of tiny dramas that represent, in micro- and macro-level detail, the nuances of urban existence. It has the loving, sardonic ambling of Louie set in the Brooklyn brownstones of Girls while studying the characters of Portlandia, albeit taken much

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more seriously. It’s hailed as the future of TV, the future of storytelling, and oh, it has some bud in it, too.

High Maintenance reveals something we’ve known all along, that the Cheech & Chongs of the film industry try so coarsely to thwart: The real stoners of the world tend to be some of the most creative, most productive, most successful people we know. The reason why they use is often much more interesting than the fact that they use. Whether its for the numbness or the boredom or the adventure, like us, our story and this story tangentially involves marijuana, but marijuana is not the story itself. Likewise, our dealers are not hardened criminals but modern, benign, threedimensional human beings like The Guy. And part of this show’s charm is The Guy’s affable nature. Sinclair plays him like a chill confidante, dopey at times but with a sneaky emotional intelligence that transforms each cramped NYC apartment transaction into a quick therapy session.

This is not a show in which things happen, in which style or setting dictate, though all are executed with perfect ease. This is a show of character studies, meandering with flaneur-like pleasure along side alleys and conversational detours. Before you know it, a zany but somehow believable plot has crescendoed

and diminuendoed in the extra-short six to 18 minute duration of each episode.

There’s a longtime client who shacks up with a deceptively homeless girl from OKCupid and a Jewish family who fights dirty over Passover Seder as the Top Chef-

Alice Wang Profanity Prayers testant caterers listen in while receiving a double hand job. There’s a cross-dressing stay-at-home dad who hides his weedsmoking but not his cross-dressing from his wife and kids. There’s a quiet gym-rat who lands a date in spin class and expresses his devotion to an intergalactic cult by sticking crystals up his dick.

Throughout all of this, there is no modern drug humor, like in Broad City or Workaholics. Instead, there are dreamy little meditations into the everyday lives of New Yorkers we definitely know (and pointedly avoid eye contact with on the L train). There is extreme economy in storytelling, which co-creator-director-writeractor Katja Blichfeld learnt as Emmy-winning casting director for 30 Rock. Instead, High Maintenance celebrates its unique compact web format, doing things that a standard TV series cannot. Instead of delivering a formulaic 30-minute episode, with a clear main protagonist, a consistent

supporting cast and a reliable season-long arc, High Maintenance has the freedom to take risks and create a stand-alone portrait within each video. Likewise, without a studio goliath to manage content, husband and wife creative team Sinclair and Blichfeld are free of mediating variables to dilute their message, establishing a direct conversation between the audience and artist.

The end result is a show not about hip New Yorkers (of which there are many programs of this type) but a show about New Yorkers, who happen to be hip, who happen to smoke, who happen to have honest interactions with The Guy. With wholeness of integrity to emotional development and independent filmmaking, the series is wrought with excellence in subtlety, with quiet moments jumping between scenes, between one New Yorker’s neuroses to the next. The episodes, released in batches of three, deliver uncommon depth and complex warmth — and all for just $1,000 of self-funded production costs per episode.

By season’s end, High Maintenance demystifies the stranger on the subway, making him/her full and familiar and utterly heartbreaking. The only catch is trying to refrain from binge-watching the whole thing at once — which, actually, could also be said about a newly delivered eighth ounce of kush.

Alice Wang is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at awang@cornellsun.com. Profanity Prayers appears alternate Thursdays.

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Hagy Discusses the Value of Teamwork On and Off the Field TEN QUESTIONS Continued from page 16

huge influence on me choosing to play football in college, but I think it influenced my [decision] to go to the Ivy League. Hearing stories about him playing from my grandma and about the academics here, it definitely played a part in my choice.

7) Are there any lessons you have carried from football into your everyday life?

The biggest lesson, I would say, is always trying to get along with other people and trying to work well with a group. There’s definitely adversity in football, especially with a lot of different people trying to find ways to work together toward a common goal. Taking that lesson every day in the classroom or at home too is important.

8) You’re from Pittsburgh. Are you a Steelers fan?

I’m a huge Steelers fan.

Have you ever seen a game?

I have not since I’ve come to college since I’m not home as much, but when I was in high school, one of my best friends from home had season tickets, so I’d always go to at least one game with him.

They’re always a lot of fun.

9) Do you have any hidden talents, hobbies or passions that people don’t know about you?

People might know about this because [my roommates and I] dressed up as them for halloween, but [I] play a ton of Mario Kart.

We always have competitions seeing who is the house champion.

Do you have a go-to character?

I’m always Donkey Kong.

10) Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

In 10 years, I see myself moving back to Pittsburgh and settling down. Hopefully, I’ll be married by then and either have kids or will have a kid on the way.

Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun.com.

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The Most Exciting Game To Grace the Ivy League F orget FiveThirtyEight and ESPN, the Cornell-Columbia football game represents all that's great about college football. On a beautiful Manhattan day, a 0-8 Columbia and losers of 19 in a row played a 0-8 Cornell. It was supposed to be an awful game between two bad teams, seemingly evenly matched. Columbia’s last win was 19 games ago over Cornell at home. This was a winnable game for each and a chance to avoid a winless season. It was like the opposite of the 2011 Alabama LSU game, a supposed classic between two great teams with everything on the line. The final score was 9-6 in overtime and the game not particularly exciting. On the other hand, Cornell and Columbia produced one of the most entertaining games I’ve ever seen.

Yes the teams were so bad that even ESPN picked up on the novelty of it. And FiveThirtyEight, the brainchild of Nate Silver that so accurately predicted the 2014 elections, ran a piece on it calling it the “Worst of College Football.” I can summarize the article for you very quickly — the stats say Cornell and Columbia suck at football. According to the statistics, the Red and the Lions really suck. At everything. Except punting, for whatever reason.

In the game itself, Columbia lived up to its reputation early, falling behind, 21-0. The rout was on! But the Lions were able to get together and score a touchdown to bring it within 14. And when a Cornell long snap sailed over punter Chris Fraser’s head, things really got wild. Fraser tried to kick the football out of the back of the end zone for a safety, but was penalized for “illegal kicking,” (haven’t heard that one before), setting up the Lions in the red zone. Columbia was able to convert and make it a one score game. Game on, routs off.

The craziness really hit a peak in the second half. After another Lions score to tie it up, a seemingly normal kickoff was too short for the Cornell return man to handle. As he sprinted to play the ball, it bounced backwards, allowing Columbia to recover its own kickoff. Not an onside kick. Columbia was able to recover their own ball, giving themselves great field position, field position it subsequently squandered during its first play from scrimmage. The Lions quarterback dropped back and threw an interception. Then, Cornell was backed up and then threw a pick.

Ok, catch your breath here. So Columbia finally converts on a fourth down in the process and scores to go up, 27-21. But that’s not even the craziest part. The extra point, normally a mere formality, is blocked and run back the length of the field for a rare two point safety, making it a four point game in a game featuring all touchdowns, 27-23.

John Zakour Point Blank Luke Hagy puts the Red up for good on a long touchdown run, Cornell’s third long score of the day, after running into his own lineman.

After exchanging punts, Columbia has a chance to win the game down three. Despite the game featuring four touchdowns apiece, Columbia needs a touchdown to win because of its blocked extra point. And Columbia looks as frantic as ever on offense. The most unusual conversion of the drive, in which two Columbia receivers are both close enough to the ball to catch it, and I’m still not sure if the receiver who caught it was the intended one. It’s a hectic drive and a fitting conclusion to the game. Finally, Columbia has a fourth and 11 that looks to decide the game. The quarterback scrambles, looks downfield and throws it away out of bounds. A throwaway on fourth down. An illogical conclusion.

And in a three point game, it’s a missed extra point that decides it, leaving Cornell with the win and the Empire Bowl title.

I paid money to watch this game live online. Why? Because it was awesome. Let’s reflect here. A game between two teams that combined for 0-16 had an illegal kicking penalty, six turnovers, a recovered kick off, a blocked extra point and subsequent two point run back, ends on a fourth down throwaway. I might go my whole life without ever seeing this in a football game again. Cornell and Columbia, two ancient rivals who first met in 1889, played a classic in Manhattan. No, it wasn’t the pinnacle of college football. But it was a blast. As someone who’s watched a bunch of football games on Saturdays (including the huge AlabamaMississippi State clash), I can honestly say that it was one of the most entertaining football games I’ve ever seen. It might not have been the best played game. In fact, I can definitely say it wasn’t. But it was a beautiful embodiment of all of college sports.

At the FCS level of college football, no Ivy League teams participate in the playoff even if they’re deserving. In reality, an Ivy League team never had a shot at the title. In some respects, the football is always meaningless. So what is Ivy League football about then? It’s about true student athletes, in a league that doesn’t even offer scholarships for sports, playing for the love of the game and pride. It’s about continuing ancient rivalries and games between future lawyers, doctors, businessmen and leaders. But it’s good enough that NFL players, including some really good ones, have played in the Ivy League.

So when FiveThirtyEight came along, they missed the point entirely.

They just pointed at the sideshow. But this game was more than that. It was a group of guys honestly giving it their all and producing a great game game.

John Zakour is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be contacted at jzakour@cornell.edu. Point Blank appears every Thursday this semester.

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sively, had there been fewer penalties.

“The game was as physical [as] usual.

There were some good hits,” she said. “I’d Tuesday night, Cornell women’s hockey say the amount of time we were penalty finished its five home-game stretch with a killing hurt us overall. If we were full close 3-1 win over local ECAC rival, Colgate strength for the time we were short handed, University. we might’ve scored a couple more goals.”

Cornell started the game with a 1-0 lead Cornell gained a quick lead into the third after 3:55 minutes of play. Senior forward period. Fifty-seven seconds in, O’Connor Emily Fulton tipped the puck to fellow for- shot a pass towards sophomore forward ward senior Jillian Saulnier, who created a Hanna Bunton, but it hit the skate of a two-on-one set up with sophomore forward Colgate defender and deflected into the net.

Kaitlin Doering. Saulnier passed the puck O’Connor tried to help create more scorcross-ice to Doering, ing opportunities by who one-timed her shot putting pressure on COLGATE @ CORNELL and slid it five-hole into Colgate. the goal.

1 3 “I joined the rush a lot After this goal, Cor- Game: to try to create more scor3RD 2ND 1ST nell fought to maintain Colagte ing opportunities and got 0 1 0 its one point advantage. Cornell 1 lucky scoring early in the 2 0 Despite some added third,” she said. pressure from the opposition, the Red was Colgate fought back the entire period, able to contain Colgate’s efforts and keep its but was unable to get the puck past sopholead after the first period. more goaltender Paula Voorheis. Colgate In the second period, with Saulnier and was forced to pull its goalie at the end of the sophomore defender Sydney Smith off for third period and during the final minute of tripping, Colgate was able to quickly capital- play, Fulton lobbed the puck across the ice ize on the two-man advantage. The puck into the empty net to tie down Cornell’s was drilled towards the net and then tipped third consecutive win. in by Colgate’s forward Megan Sullivan. The Cornell had a long week, with this game was tied, 1-1, going into the second matchup being the third game in five days. intermission.

Despite being a little fatigued, O’Connor is Freshman blue-liner Erin O’Connor, who confident in the team’s ability to win. just won the title of ECAC Hockey Rookie of “There were some tired players, but I the Week, believes that the team’s normal think we all still managed to pull through physical style worked well. However, she also and get a win no matter how fatigued we thinks that the team could have created more were,” she said. goal opportunities and played more offenTo win, the team focused on playing

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defensively and fighting for puck possession.

“Team strengths in the game last night included pulling through with a win and battling hard to get it,” O’Connor said.

“The team focused on D-zone for the most part, winning every battle, protecting our net and most importantly, getting the puck out of our zone.”

This win, along with the two prior, have helped Cornell gain confidence. The team is looking forward to its next games against

Minnesota.

“I think the team has gained confidence from the past three wins especially after the rough start to our season. We are looking forward to our next games. It will be a good test playing Minnesota Duluth this coming weekend, which isn’t in our conference,” O’Connor said.

Danielle Letourneau can be reached at dletourneau@cornellsun.com.

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Assistant Sports Editor and Ten Questions Columnist Anna Fasman ’16 caught up with junior running back Luke Hagy to talk about everything from the Pittsburgh Steelers to buffalo chicken wraps at Trillium.

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Cool wins | Freshman defender Erin O’Connor played a strong game against Colgate

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ball?

So it all started in fifth grade. I played soccer up until that point, but all [of ] my friends were playing football, so I finally convinced my mom to let me play. I played two years of little league and then went into middle school football, and I’ve been playing ever since.

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2) Do you have any pregame superstitions or rituals, either alone or with the team?

I just started this in the last couple of years, but before every game I go down to the opposite endzone and take a knee.

My grandpa played football at Penn and he passed away in 2004, so I go to talk to him and have him look out for me.

3) If you could be on any other Cornell sports team, which team would you want to be on?

I would probably want to be on the basketball team. I played football, basketball and baseball in high school, and I really liked basketball. It’s super fun.

4) What would you say is the best meal to eat on the Cornell campus?

One of my favorites is going to Trillium and getting a buffalo chicken wrap. It’s my go to.

Karting | Junior running back Luke Hagy, pictured above with his housemates, spends a lot of his free time playing Mario Kart, trying to win the title of house champion.

Do you eat it often?

I usually go to Sig Nu for breakfast

and pack a lunch, but if I don’t do that, I always go to Trillium to get a wrap.

So often?

Yeah.

5) Your number, both in high school and college, has been 25. Is there any significance behind that?

There’s no significance really, but when I first started, my number was seven, and I don’t know why, but I just like the number 25 as a running back.

When I was in middle school, I actually was 25 too. It’s been cool that every year that I changed teams, 25 was a senior of someone graduating, so it worked out nicely.

6) Your grandfather also played college football. Do you think that has influenced you at all in your decision to pursue the sport?

I don’t know if it necessarily had a See TEN QUESTIONS page 14