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INSIDE THE J.A.’S OFFICE

J.A.Hopes Outsourcing 6.4 Cases Will Expedite Process

Administrators say they prioritize accuracy over timeliness when handling sexual assault cases

By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Assistant News Editor

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series examining the Cornell disciplinary system. For the first part of the series, visit cornellsun.com.

When Interim Judicial Administrator Jody Kunk-Czaplicki gets a referral, she said her office first performs a basic, brightline analysis to determine whether the alleged misconduct falls under the purview of University codes. If the office decides it does, administrators launch an investigation.

During this stage, multiple witnesses with competing testimony and unclear pieces of evidence can sometimes make it difficult to resolve the issue.

Until last year, the J.A. was responsible for investigating referrals under both the Code of Conduct and Policy 6.4, which governs cases including sexual assault and sexual violence. At the beginning of this year, Policy 6.4 cases were moved to the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations. However, as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator, the J.A. is still involved in those investigations.

APRIL RYLES / SUN FILE PHOTO

Promising policy | Cases pertaining to Policy 6.4 were transferred from the J.A. to the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations at the beginning of this year.

While Policy 6.4 cases represent the smallest proportion of total code violations, the Judicial Codes Counselor, a law student charged with representing accused students in J.A. proceedings, said they are the most

time-consuming to defend.

Are We on Time?

Last year, the J.A.’s office came under fire for taking too long to investigate cases under

both its Code and Policy 6.4. Amanda Minikus J.D. ’15, who served as JCC for the 2014-15 academic year, said lengthy investigations sometimes resulted in psychological damage to her clients. However, KunkCzaplicki said that while her office aims to be efficient, she is primarily concerned with effectiveness.

“I will not disrupt or append or minimize the investigation, so the thoroughness of the investigation is critical to our office,” she said.

The timeliness of the University’s handling of Policy 6.4 cases was strictly scrutinized last year, when representatives from the JCC’s office publicly alleged that the J.A. was missing the federally-recommended 60day deadline for the investigation of sexual assault cases. In the JCC report, Minikus called the average of seven to eight months she says it takes to resolve Policy 6.4 cases “unacceptable.”

Policy 6.4 cases have since been transferred to the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations, so only time will tell whether the new investigative team will be See J.A. page 4

Sandy Berger’67, Common Council Votes to Support Former Clinton Living Wage for Workers in County Adviser, Dies at 70

By KYLE OEFELEIN

Sun Staff Writer

By ANNIE BUI

graduate at Cornell, Berger was president of the Interfraternity Council, an orientation counFormer national security selor and a member of the adviser Sandy Berger ’67 died Undergraduate Secondary Schools in Washington, D.C. Wed- Committee, among other activnesday at the age of 70. ities. Following graduation, he He served as the national attended Harvard Law School, security adviser for where he earned his former President juris doctor degree Bill Clinton from in 1971.

1997 to 2000 and As national seas deputy national curity advisor dursecurity adviser ing Clinton’s secfrom 1993 to ond term, Berger 1996, according to helped shape forthe University. eign policy and BERGER ’67 Berger died of played tremendous cancer, according to a statement roles during the Clinton adminreleased by the Albright Stone- istration’s decision to carry out bridge Group, a strategy and airstrikes in Kosovo and push business advisory firm Berger for free trade, according to The led with former Secretary of Associated Press. He was also State Madeleine Albright. involved in the response to alBerger was born on Oct. 28, Qaida’s attack of U.S. embassies 1945 in upstate New York.

See BERGER page 4 During his time as an underSun Managing Editor

The City of Ithaca’s Common Council joined with the Town of Ithaca and the Tompkins County Legislature to support a living wage for all workers in the county by a unanimous vote Wednesday.

The event attracted a large turnout from residents of Tompkins County, as 30 to 40 concerned citizens migrated from a rally outside to the City Hall meeting to voice their support for the resolution.

During an almost hour-long public comment section at the meeting, many of the attendees spoke out in support of a living wage, citing personal experiences, nationwide trends and economic studies.

“This is the right moment to push,” according to Bill Goldsmith of the board of public works. Goldsmith cited a letter to President Barack Obama from 600 economists, including seven Nobel Prize winners, which claims increases in the minimum wage have little or no

negative effect on unemployment.

A worker at the local recycling plant who fought for a living wage and won, spoke out at the council meeting on behalf of others who are not as fortunate.

“Everybody else is still fighting to live, fighting to eat, fighting to pay bills, fighting to have a place to live, and there’s nobody really speaking for

them,” the worker said. “We speak for everybody, everybody here in Tompkins County.”

The council voted unanimously to support the resolution, saying “We are in support of the living wage as the minimum wage across Tompkins County.”

To read the rest of this article, please visit cornellsun.com.

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Let live | The City of Ithaca’s Common Council, the Town of Ithaca and the Country Legislature united to support a living wage Wednesday.

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Snow Blankets Cornell Campus

By COURTNEY RUBIN

Stephanie Britt ’96 never wanted to wear snow boots with her formal dress - black high heels were what she originally had planned.

But with this weekend’s 6.8 inches of snow, she had no choice, at least until she got to the dance.

“Even with the boots, my hose got covered with snow anyway,” she said.

The last time Cornell saw a snowfall like this was when five inches fell on Jan. 12, 1991, reported Jeff D. Schultz ’93, a meterology major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

“A half a foot of snow is nothing unusual or spectacular,” he said. “Especially since there’s been relatively little snow this winter.

Nineteen inches, to be exact.

Average snowfall for winter is 65 inches, Schultz said. But last year only 53 inches of snowflakes touched the ground, and only 48 the year before.

The winter of 1989 to 1990 was the last “normal” winter, with 62 inches.

“I wish it had snowed like this before Friday,” said Nicki L. Grupka ‘’96, who skis for her physical edu-

cation credit on Friday nights. “We always end up skiiing on mud or ice - never snow.”

“I love the snow,” said Grupka, who spent part of Saturday evening sledding and sliding down Libe Slope with three friends.

Many cars went sliding this weekend, but not for fun.

There were several snow-related accidents this weekend with cars sliding off into a ditch or skidding, said Gene Goehner, a patrol officer from the Ithaca Police Department who said he worked from 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Snow-laden days are always filled with more accidents than the ordinary winter day, he said.

Snowy days also bring more injured students to Gannett Health Center, said Dr. Hope Perry. She said she saw three or four sprained ankles from skiing, something she had not seen yet this winter because of the lack of snow. But there has been “no great influx of patients” because of the snow yet.

Of course, “a lot of people wait until Monday to come to Gannett,” she added.

Wait to put the snow boots back in the closet, Schultz said.

NEWS

Local Coach USA To Provide Alternative To Big Red Bullet Representatives from Shortline Coach USA said they would provide a new expedited, direct bus service from Ithaca to New York to compete with the newly established Big Red Bullet, according to The Ithaca Journal. The bus will be offered at non-peak hours and will now offer free Wi-Fi, plug-ins and beverages to all customers. Similar amenities are offered by Big Red Bullet and Cornell’s Campus to Campus bus.

National Shooting at California Social Services Center Kills 14 Two people armed with assault rifles stormed a social services center in San Bernardino, California yesterday, killing 14 and wounding 17, according to The New York Times. The suspects died in a police confrontation hours later.

— Compiled by Paulina Glass

TCAT Will No Longer Face Potential Cuts

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By JENNA RUFOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit will not face budget cuts as the Senate and House have agreed to restore 5340 transit DAN SALISBURY / SUN FILE PHOTO program funding and give New York almost $100 million for its various transit opera- All aboard | TCAT will no longer face potential federal budget cuts, as the U.S. Senate and House tions. have agreed to restore funding worth $100 million to transit operations across New York state.

The provision has been added to a trans“Compared to other colleges and univerportation bill that will be voted on later in upstate New York in the years to come.”

In 2013, federal government funds sities located in rural areas similar to Ithaca, the week. Originally, an amendment proposed to the bill would cost New York trans- accounted for 10.6 percent of the TCAT’s the ability for us as students to access nearly portation nearly $100 million each year, budget, according to its website. The TCAT every sector of the 14853 life is an invaluable according to a press release by U.S. Senator will now receive that money without much resource to have,” Munitz said.

Poist said she and other TCAT employees issue, said Patty Poist, communications and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). have felt the pressure of the economic downThe proposed amendment would have marketing manager for TCAT. “So long as we follow federal guidelines, turn and appreciate the continued funding. cut transit funding, costing TCAT $207,000 “We are extremely relieved that the fundand we do, such as adhering to federal proannually, The Sun previously reported. curement regulations, ing will be restored, particularly at a time Schumer led the fight equal opportunity and when we need more money, not less, espeagainst the amendment “We are not out of the civil rights law, we receive cially for capital needs to replace our aging in the bill passed by the woods yet as TCAT ... fleet of buses,” Poist said. these funds,” Poist said.

House only a few weeks As time continues, TCAT expressed a Without this funding, ago, advocating the [has] many underfunded TCAT would have signif- desire to acquire more funding, enabling replacement of the bill needs. icantly less funds to cover them to improve their service in the area. with the 5340 transit “We are not out of the woods yet as daily operations and serprovision. This provision Patty Poist vicing costs, including TCAT, and transit agencies all over the provides funding to sevbus replacements and country, have many underfunded needs,” eral agencies throughout facility maintenance, Poist said. With money Poist said. “TCAT has identified that it will the state, according to the release.

“Our regional transit agencies have been from the federal program, the TCAT can need at least $5 million over the next five lifelines for our communities and major dri- continue to focus on its service to the com- years for bus replacements and other capital needs.” vers the New York State economy for a gen- munity.

Jazz Munitz ’19, who said he uses the eration,” Schumer said in the release. “This deal will ensure they can continue humming TCAT weekly, was relieved to hear that Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrufdolsky@cornellsun.com. as that collective economic engine for TCAT federal funding was restored.

Film by Alumnus Depicts Experiences of the‘Modern College Student’

By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

Over 150 attendees watched the pre-screening of the independent feature film, Collegetown, at Cornell Cinema Tuesday. Hugo Genes ’10, the film’s director, said the creative nonfiction film “depicts the modern college student’s experience with student debt and heavy campus recruitment from the financial industry.”

Genes, who is a former arts and entertainment editor for The Sun, said he was inspired to write the film four years ago when he revisited Ithaca as an alumus.

“The idea for the film sort of sparked when I visited Cornell as an alumn[us] for the first time ...

I was walking around Collegetown during orientation week this time as an outsider,” he said.

According to Genes, the film encapsulates his college experience in a nutshell.

“I set out to map how did I go from being a 17-year-old kid who didn’t even know what an investment bank was to wanting to dedicate most of my college experience to getting a job on Wall Street,” Genes said. “Making this movie is me trying to understand how that happened.”

Produced over a 22-month period, the film had a complex production process, as most of the actors also had full-time jobs during production, according to Genes.

VARUN HEGDE / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Lights, camera, action | Hugo Genes ’10 chats with students at the screening of his film Collegetown at Cornell Cinema Tuesday.

“It was a lot of work for the actors to come back into their roles,” Genes said.

However, Genes said he knew the filming process was successful when he saw that his project was creating a dialogue among those participating in the project.

“Making the film was extremely difficult — we had no budget by movie standards,” he said. The breakthroughs came when people would enter the project and bring new energy. I knew things were going well because I would have deep, invigorating coversations with the people about the project.”

Genes said he hopes by watching the film, the audience can begin thinking about their ambitions and planning for the future.

“The target audience are young people today ... 16, 17, 18-year-olds who are watching this are able to learn about the financial positions they’re going to face in college,” he said.

Several students said they enjoyed the film and found it relevant to their experience at Cornell.

“I liked how it really hit close to home, and how accurately he described a lot of the experiences I’ve had at Cornell,” Meg Alzona ’16 said.

Alzona also said the film reaffirmed the value of liberal arts required courses, even though many students may consider these classes impractical for career advancement.

“They initially forced us to

take very liberal [arts] classes that [make] you think ‘that’s not going to help you in the future’ ... but they really teach you these crazy, overarching, highly intelligent, deep ideas that have been around that I have not once learned in a marketing class,” Alzona said. “They teach you how to think, which is the whole point of college.”

Kavitha Lobo ’16 agreed, saying she thought the film was “definitely thought provoking.”

“I think it stresses that we’re all just so naive in college and that you’re going to believe what anyone tells you,” Lobo said.

“But at the end of the day, fol-

lowing your heart is going to be the best route regardless of what everyone else is doing.”

Lobo also said she thinks it is important for students to consider the realities of working in the fields they are pursuing.

“This film gives me hope because a lot of people are going blindly into jobs and the career fair, and that’s fine, you don’t need to know what you want to do,” Lobo said. “But at the very core you’re going to know what’s right. The number one thing is to question. Always question.”

Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun.com.

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able to comply with the Office of Civil Rights’ timetable.

However, Alan Mittman, director of the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations and the person now responsible for leaving investigations in Policy 6.4 cases, said he is unwilling to build an investigative procedure solely structured to meet the 60-day deadline.

“I would not sacrifice thoroughness and fairness for a specific guideline,” he said.

Still, Minikus stressed the need for expediency, stressing that lengthy investigations can take a toll on both the accused and the complainant. The Office of the JCC has recommended that more staff assistants be hired to assist in Code of Conduct and Policy 6.4 investigations to alleviate the workload involved in handling such cases.

While Policy 6.4 cases garner the most public attention, 67 percent of J.A. cases in the 2013-14 academic year were alcohol or drug related, and 75 percent of JCC cases involved alcohol or drugs. Some of these cases may fall under Policy 6.4, but many are simple Code of Conduct violations, including transgressions such as underage drinking, illegal drug use or possession of a fake I.D. Last year, the JCC reported that the excess time spent on Policy 6.4 cases had created a backlog for handling Code of Conduct cases. As the J.A. is no longer responsible for investigating Policy 6.4 cases, representatives from the JCC’s office say they are hopeful that Code of Conduct cases will now be processed more efficiently.

Splitting the burden of Code of Conduct cases and Policy 6.4 cases between two different offices may wind up mitigating the timing issues for both.

Changing Hands

Until this year, sexual harassment and sexual assault referrals were sent directly to the J.A.’s office, meaning that Grant had control over the investigations from the outset.

While Kunk-Czaplicki said there is still a “tremendous amount of overlap” between the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations and the J.A. in Policy 6.4 investigations, WPLR is now primarily responsible for shepherding these cases through to their conclusions.

Minikus said she is encouraged by this change because during her time on campus, she has seen a difference in the way WPLR and the J.A. approached their respective workloads. While WPLR became responsible for student 6.4 investigations just this year, they were already responsible for investigating 6.4 cases launched against faculty members.

Although Minikus emphasized that she does not have statistics to support her perception, she said she thought she observed more contentiousness in WPLR investigations than J.A. investigations.

“I would have been more comfortable with students having their cases adjudicated and investigated by WPLR than J.A.,” she said.

Last year, the JCC enumerated multiple complaints with the J.A.’s handling of 6.4 cases.

cases in which witnesses contradict each other and evidence is scarce or nonexistent — in which the outcome hinges on a couple’s relationship dynamic or the fact finder’s definition of consent. In fact, she told The Sun that many of the 6.4 cases

cases and drug and alcohol amnesty provisions for victims and witnesses of sexual violence — sources tell The Sun more changes are to be expected shortly after the new year.

As both state and federal law governing sexual assault on col-

J.A. CASES BY INCIDENT TYPE, 2004-10

DATA FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014

Crime and punishment | The graph above shows J.A. cases by incident type from 2004 to 2010.

The office reported that J.A. investigators periodically informed accused students they had no right to remain silent during questioning, that the office was not disclosing the selection process for co-investigators and that investigators, as J.A. employees, were not impartial and sometimes lacked expertise in the areas they were investigating.

Kunk-Czaplicki’s appointment as interim J.A. was approved only days before Policy 6.4 cases were transferred to WPLR, so she never had the ultimate responsibility of overseeing those investigations. However, she defended the quality of the 6.4 work done during Grant’s tenure, saying she thought investigations were completed thoroughly and within reasonable timetables.

In outlining his goals for 6.4 cases, Mittman said he is committed to “managing the cases so that they’re done properly, effectively, efficiently and if they were to be scrutinized by anybody down the road, they will pass muster.”

This kind of attention to detail is imperative, Minikus said, because while the public may have an image of the typical sexual assault case in their heads, actual cases present such complexity that they can be very difficult to distill in an investigation. “[These cases] are very, very messy. We are not talking about, most of the time, cases in which one party was clearly incapacitated or refused consent,” she said. “Even those cases are not cut and dry, and, yeah, I’ve had a handful of those, and you feel bad for everyone involved, but at the end of the day most of them are not like that. They are very complicated.”

Instead, Minikus described

she was involved in centered on alleged assault or harassment in “the context of a monogamous, long-term relationship on campus.” In those instances, she said, one must look into the context of the relationship, which can prove extremely difficult.

While the accused in those cases, of course, may rightfully deserve findings of code violations and harsh sanctions, Minikus maintains that the facts can be impossible to parse without a complex understanding of the campus social scene and culture. In the cases she was involved in, she said she felt as if investigators were reluctant to consider the social and generational context.

Policy 6.4 Going Forward

While some changes to Policy 6.4 went into effect at the beginning of the school year — most notably, the introduction of an affirmative consent standard in sexual assault

lege campuses have been evolving rapidly, the University has had to scramble to keep Policy 6.4 in compliance with evolving legal standards.

“I just think that [the current version of Policy] 6.4 … was, in my opinion, hastily drafted, because, like all other universities, Cornell was desperate to come into compliance with [the Office of Civil Rights’] guidance,” Minikus said.“As a result, there are some significant loopholes.”

Policy 6.4 was originally passed as a modification to the Code of Conduct, and only briefly mentions certain procedural issues, like the rules governing temporary suspensions; the deadlines and standards of that procedure are found within the body of the Code. The position of the Office of the JCC has been that this means the Code’s definitions and deadlines are binding on Policy 6.4. However, Minikus said the J.A.’s office and WPLR claim Policy 6.4 and the Code of

Conduct are under separate ownership, meaning that the procedural provisions of the Code do not apply to Policy 6.4 cases.

This has led the J.A. and the JCC to disagree on some procedural rules governing 6.4 cases. For example, the standards and deadlines governing temporary suspensions in Code of Conduct investigations are more specific than they is for 6.4 cases; the JCC thinks the Code standards should apply to both types of investigations, but the J.A. and WPLR defer solely to the language of Policy 6.4, separate from the Code of Conduct. Minikus said these points of confusion illustrate the need for a more thoughtout Policy 6.4.

Ever since the Title IX investigation into Cornell’s handling of sexual assault cases was announced this past summer, the University has been working to bring Policy 6.4 and its associated procedures into legal compliance. Mittman declined to comment on Cornell’s prospects for the resolution of the investigation, but said the University is working to revise the policy to respond to recent changes in law “as soon as possible.”

“We want to make sure our policies are clear and accessible to our students,” Mittman said, “and, in that regard, we also want to make sure the procedures involved strongly enforce the policies, while at the same time protect[ing] our students, whether they be a complainant or a respondent.”

In outlining her hopes for the revised Policy 6.4, President Elizabeth Garrett primarily emphasized the University’s responsibility to protect alleged victims in investigations, though she also spoke to the need to ensure that investigations yield accurate results.

“We must also have a system where those decisions can be appealed appropriately, and where appropriate sanctions are applied,” she said. “In cases in which sexual assault is believed to have or found to have occurred, there should be serious and severe sanctions.”

Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun.com.

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in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

Berger found himself in hot water in 2005, when he pleaded guilty to “illegally removing classified documents from the National Archives,” according to The AP. Sentenced to probation along with a $50,000 fine, he had expressed remorse over the action.

Albright said in a statement released through her consulting firm that Berger had a “deep and abiding commitment to public service” and that he shaped the lives of “countless people.”

“He was one of my dearest friends and among the wisest

people I have ever met,” she said.

“I will always treasure our decades-long partnership, both in and out of government, and I will be forever proud of what we accomplished together. All of us at ASG will continue to draw inspiration from his vision and leadership.”

President Barack Obama also lauded Berger’s humanitarianism in a statement.

“Around the globe, families and children are living healthier, more secure lives because, as a private citizen, Sandy was a humanitarian who helped the world respond to crises and feed the hungry,” he said.

Additionally, Obama com-

mented on Berger’s tact and passion during his time in government.

“From his service in President Carter’s State Department to President Clinton’s National Security Advisor, Sandy devoted himself to strengthening American leadership in an uncertain world,” Obama said. “Today, his legacy can be seen in a peaceful Balkans, our strong alliance with Japan, our deeper relationships with India and China.”

Berger is survived by his wife, three children and five grandchildren.

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

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Sun’s Top 10 Albums of 2015 To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar

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E•MO•TION Carly Rae Jepsen

Back when Emotion came out, I wrote it a 1700 word, five star review for this section. Before that, my critical oeuvre looked about as pretentious as you would expect from some ostentatious college music nerd who thinks that using the word “oeuvre” is ever acceptable to describe his own corpus of distended writing: that is, chock full of 12 hour ambient dark metal albums and Bandcamp releases that tens upon tens of people have ever even heard. I’m not going to say that Emotion necessarily changed my musical perspective or anything so extreme; but I will say that, for what it’s worth, Emotion was the first true blue pop album I ever enjoyed, start to finish.

That isn’t to say that it’s the first good pop album I ever listened to, but just that Carly Rae does something irresistible with her music. Even if I had tried to hate Emotion (which I did) I wouldn’t have been able to (which I wasn’t). Which, if my shallow little example of revelation is worth anything at all, should be proof enough that Emotion was, without any shadow of a doubt, the best pop album of 2015; and importantly, it wasn’t anything more.

— Troy Sherman

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No Cities To Love Sleater-Kinney

If you needed proof that rock is not dead, Sleater Kinney delivered some muckraking evidence this winter with No Cities To Love. Described by our own Mike Sosnick as “feminist dad rock” No Cities is indeed the product of matured riot grrrls. The album is intellectual, grounded and emotionally complex in a way their sound wasn’t (and wasn’t supposed to be) before their nine-year hiatus, but still captures the potent punk pissed-offness and corporeal moxie that is inherent to their sound. As political as it is personal, Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss have delivered an album accessible and energetic: a burning but cooled off story of themselves as a collective, changed and changing.

— Jael Goldfine

Ivy Tripp Waxahatchee

Growing from P.S. Eliot, a project with her twin sister, into Waxahatchee’s first record, Cerulean Salt, Katie Crutchfield’s confidence blossomed exponentially. Always confessional, her songs’ gentle coos tugged at heartstrings in a way that felt, above all, genuine. With Ivy Tripp, Crutchfield has taken full control over her sound. It’s more powerful now, without relinquishing any of her intimacy and warmth. Her maturity projects her contentedly wistful lyrics with just a little more force than before, like “La Loose’s” hyper-self-aware diary entry of a verse. Dripping with authenticity, Ivy Tripp feels both immediate and timeless.

— Mike Sosnick

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Kendrick Lamar's follow-up to 2012's good kid, m.A.A.d. city was perhaps the most anticipated album of the year. It seemed impossible that Lamar could equal the accomplishment of his perfect debut. Instead, he blew it away in scope, ambition and depth. Across 16 tracks and nearly 80 minutes, Lamar burrows into complex issues, using his dexterous voice to produce an astounding variety of tones and emotions, from anger to false bravado to introspection to drunken sobbing. The music itself is a history lesson in modern African-American music, blending jazz, funk, soul and classic hiphop into one omnivorous, fluid sound. The most important thing about To Pimp a Butterfly, in the end, is Lamar's refusal to settle for easy answers about racial conflict and institutional racism.

Instead, he raises question after question.

— Jack Jones

Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett is as much a raconteur as a singersongwriter on Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Think. The album, whose title is simultaneously quite clever and incredibly frustrating to type, reads like a window into Barnett’s life. But there is little tender about her delivery; rather, it’s very matter of fact and at ease. Instead of baring all and wallowing, she keeps Sometimes I Sit lighthearted and upfront — even when discussing an artist’s experience with Melbourne gentrification on “Depreston.” Sometimes I Sit is an easy, welcoming album without any stifling blankets of sadness. It wraps you in, but the relationship always feels like a friendship, never smothering.

— Mike Sosnick

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Summertime 06’ Vince Staples

This gritty widescreen take on SoCal inner-city decay grows in depth and effectiveness with each listen. The dark, minimalist production hints at menace without ever becoming ponderous or unsubtle, and Vince’s monotone flow is positively hypnotic. The man is a realist with no joy in his music, but that doesn’t rob him of listenability and panache.

Ultimately, his debut album is lean, spare, austere and engaging. You won’t find a more concise, powerful metaphor than “I’m stop and popping like a shooting guard” on any record this year.

— Max Van Zile

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Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean, by providence impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar? Everything and more has been written about Hamilton and its landmark cast recording. Half rap, half classic Broadway, it seamlessly bridges the historically vast gap between theatregoers and hip-hop fans. Billboard’s review of the album — produced by Questlove and Black Thought of The Roots — called the cast recording the best rap album of 2015, ahead of Drake and even Kendrick Lamar. A bold claim, but not without merit. Tickets for Hamilton are essentially sold-out through the next year, but you can (and should) listen to the album if you have any interest in great rap or great musical theatre. Do not throw away your shot.

— Sean Doolittle

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Savage Hills Ballroom Youth Lagoon

Say what you want about pop music being soulless and stupid. You might find Katy Perry saccharine or Pitbull idiotic, but there’s no lack of passion in “Hello.” Its universal appeal, best captured by the SNL sketch in which the song saves Thanksgiving dinner from prying aunts and racist grandparents, is the single’s greatest strength — even more so than Adele’s stellar vocal performance. Every piece of “Hello” is profoundly moving, from the soaring chorus to the twinkling piano. At once a technical showcase for Adele’s stunning range and a guaranteed heartstring-tugger, “Hello” is the non-danceable mainstream pop song of the year, hands down. Many maintain that “Someone Like You” remains Adele’s strongest track, but the singer isn’t dwelling in the past. “Hello” proves that she’s as relevant at 25 as she was at 21.

— Shay Collins

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Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens made perhaps the best album of his long and varied career by stripping away all of the musical complexity and experimentalism for which he is known.

Carrie & Lowell is, instead, a beautiful, melancholy 45 minutes of acoustic folk. Inspired by the death of his mother, the album meditates on the broadest of themes (life, death, memory), but does so in profoundly intimate, personal terms. His delicate fingerpicking, hushed cooing and elegiac melodies come together to create something more than the sum of their simple, unvarnished parts. Carrie & Lowell may be an album about Stevens's personal life, but it also feels universal enough that anybody might hear the echoes of themselves in its songs.

— Jack Jones

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Ugly Cherries PWR BTTM

Back in January, I’m not sure what exactly I was expecting the genre-spread of the Sun’s Top Ten Albums of 2015 to look like; all I am sure of is that I didn’t foresee myself hailing an album like Ugly Cherries as one of the best of the year. And that’s not because it doesn’t fit into my stylistic wheelhouse, or because it was some difficult gem of challenging obscurity that took me listen upon grueling listen to absorb; actually, I loved it from the first note. Rather, I wasn’t expecting to fall in love with an album like Ugly Cherries because I just wasn’t expecting an album like Ugly Cherries. It’s flagrant while being accessible. It’s challenging to your conceptions while being agreeable to your ears. It’s something you’ve never heard, built with all of the tried and true tools that you know can never miss. But most importantly, it’s unequivocally, unabashedly, unavoidably gay, without it’s gayness being what makes it a great record. What makes it a great record is the music — the loud, thrashing, tender, thoughtful, brainless, corporeal rock n’ roll as it was meant to be played.

— Troy Sherman

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DINING GUIDE

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Dining Guide

Your source for good food

A Guide to Cornell Food Courses

PHOTOS BY CATHY ZHANG / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

By CATHY ZHANG Sun Contributor

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ornell is renowned for its “any person, any study” motto, and applies it through a variety of majors and course offerings, including food and culinary courses. Today, I will explore some of the food classes offered here that are worth sparing your space in your schedule for.

Food Science 2300: Chef’s Chemistry Offered in the spring, this onecredit weekly food-science based cooking class is offered to only 30 sophomores and freshmen in the departments of Food Science and Nutrition and in the School of Hotel Administration. Those who are qualified must also obtain a registration code from the professor to reserve a spot. In this night cooking lab class,

students learn the scientific principles behind existing and emerging food trends, and apply techniques learned into making things like liquid nitrogen ice cream, fermented vegetables and toffee. Each class includes a presentation-style lecture from culinary professionals like professors in the food science department, graduates from the Culinary Institute of America and chefs from Cornell Dining. Interested students should expect a nice meal at the end of every class and prepare for a grand feast of a final. For the final lab, groups are assigned different courses to enter into a cooking contest. This class challenges students’ knowledge on food pairing, cooking techniques and creativity.

Nutritional Sciences 2470: Food for Contemporary Living Whether you’re interested in learning about healthier alterna-

tives to heavy desserts, or just want to enhance your cooking techniques, then this two-credit lab class is for you. As one of the few Nutrition courses offered to all majors (though dietetics students preferred) with no pre-requisites, this intensive nutrition lab class emphasizes on understanding the food ingredients and techniques involved in different food groups and applying the learned knowledge to real-life nutritional practices. Food science and nutrition principles, food safety, cultural variations on differing food groups and sensory evaluation are integral components of this course. The other parts consists of a major meal planning project where students plan a three-course menu that fulfills the Dietary Guidelines for calorie and nutrient requirements and a comprehensive lab practical exam.

Though the class has no prerequisites, it is highly recommended that students take Nutritional Sciences 1150: Nutrition, Health, and Society as

a foundation course.

Hotel Administration 2360: Food Service Management, Theory and Practice It would be nearly impossible to neglect the School of Hotel Administration when it comes to food and beverage classes. Hotel Administration 2360, or what Hotelies call “Hotelie Culinary,” is one of the required courses all Hotelies take, usually during their sophomore year. After taking Hotel Administration 1360: Introduction to Foodservice Management, usually freshman year, students attend this combined lab and lecture class in which students are introduced to the practical side of food and beverage operations. Students gain experiences in recipe and menu development, production schedules, dining event planning and a five-hour practicum in the Statler Hotel kitchen. Compared to Nutritional Sciences 2470, this class is more technique- and business-based and well-prepares students who aspire to enter the restaurant industry.

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Commonly known as The Establishment, this renowned student-run restaurant is a juniorlevel restaurant management course in the School of Hotel Administration. According to Chris Gaulke, the lecturer of the class, students “take ownership of a night in which they design an aesthetically-themed menu,” as well as coordinate costs, sources, purchases, marketing and “staff” (who are all students). In order to experience the comprehensive aspects of restaurant management, students are divided into two groups and rotate between front-of-house and back-of-house throughout the semester. The

themed menu recipes usually originate from students’ family recipes or hometowns. If you’re looking for a budget-friendly and classy dinner for a night, Establishment might just serve you right.

Nutritional Sciences 4880: Applied Dietetics In Food Service Systems After taking Nutritional Sciences 2470, Hotel Administration 1360: Introduction to Foodservice Management, and Microbiology 2900: General Microbiology, dietetics students can take this senior-level class as the epitome of their “foodie adventures” within the Division of Nutritional Sciences. For the past eight years, Nutritional Sciences 4880 has conducted experiential learning labs on West Campus that culminate in themed dinners in West Campus dining rooms. Through planning and executing these dinners, students develop skills required to operate and manage a foodservice program. According to DNS lecturer Emily Gier, R.D., “the collaboration with Cornell Dining and West Campus allows students to interact with chefs, administration and customers in a meaningful way. In the past semester, student groups have developed themes such as “Farmer’s Market” and “Dining with Dr. Seuss” with themed foods that are both delicious and nutritious. Everyone is welcome to sample and evaluate these themed dinners, and social media promotion is encouraged!”

From fun cooking basics and healthy cooking classes to upscale restaurant management classes, Cornell truly offers a medley of culinary adventures for all types of foodies out there.

Cathy Zhang is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology. She can be reached at cz223@cornell.edu.

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SPORTS

Family Ties Come Full Circle for Luke Hagy

Senior Cornell football running back finishes college career on same field on which grandfather played football

By JOON LEE

support Luke at Penn for his last game for the Red. Louise met Anthony in high school and became a frequent visitor to Every game starts with a conversation.

Franklin to watch her husband play for Although the routine changed slightly the Quakers. this season for Cornell football running Karen describes her father as humble, a back Luke Hagy due to his team captainquality she sees in Luke. “Luke is very cy, he made sure that his pregame ritual humble, and that’s another quality that happened before every single game he Luke has gotten from him,” Karen said. played in a Red uniform. Hagy ran down There was something, however, that to one of the end zones and took a knee.

Anthony liked to boast about. “[Anthony] By himself, Hagy would talk to his grandtold all of his friends that [Luke] was father, Anthony Cugini, who passed away going to be the greatest athlete,” Louise when he was in the fifth grade. says. “He was always bragging and that “I would just tell him that I miss and was even before [Luke] started football. that this game was for him,” Hagy said. “I He just thought that he was going to be ask him to look out for me. To keep me good.” safe.”

Hagy certainly made his mark in the But for Hagy’s last game in a Cornell Cornell football record books. The senior football uniform at Franklin Field, the leaves the hill with the sixth-most rushing home of the Penn Quakers, the routine yards in school history with 2335 rushing held greater significance: Cugini played yards, a first team and second team Alloffensive line under legendary coach Ivy selections and 10 receiving touchGeorge Munger during the 1950s. Back downs (10th all-time in Cornell football) then, many regarded the Ivy League as among many other accolades and school one of the top football conferences in the records. He also is the only player in Ivy country.

League history to have at least 2000 rushSo for Hagy, playing his last game on ing yards and 1500 receiving yards. the same field where his grandfather “It’s just surreal, I’ll tell you,” Louise played meant a great deal to the player says. “[Anthony] would’ve loved to have COURTESY OF KATIE CUGINI whom head coach David Archer ’05 refers seen him play.” to as one of the greatest running backs in Family genes | Anthony Cugini — Hagy’s grandather who passed away in 2002 — played Surrounded by family screaming for Cornell football history.

Hagy and the Red, Louise sits stoically under legendary football coach George Munger at Penn and graduated in 1954.

“It was kind of surreal,” Hagy said. looking at the field, covered by a Penn tify why a maroon car should count as a tions at the game in mid-November. Quakers blanket. Anthony received the red car,” Luke said. “I definitely took that Armed with vuvuzelas, cow bells and sev- blanket as a senior in 1954 and Louise ‘There’s a Piece of My Dad With Him’ eral massive signs, Hagy Nation’s presence brings it to every one of Luke’s games Karen Hagy sees a lot of her father in competitiveness from him.”

In 2002, Cugini and the Hagy family at Franklin is more than tangible.

Luke, the younger of her two kids. There’s with one caveat. “I tell her that she's only visited Penn and On the Red’s last offensive drive of the allowed to bring it if she only wears it on something about the Franklin Field for a season, Cornell inched towards the end the red side,” Hagy said. “It’s red on one way Luke carries himself that evokes memo- “He never let me win. It reunion of the 1952 zone. On the 14-yard line, Cornell quar- side and blue on the other side.” ries of her father, Karen didn’t matter if it was a Quakers team. At the terback Robert Somborn dropped back Louise seems restrained in her emotime, Karen said, and tossed the pigskin to Hagy, who tions as she’s watching Luke carry the said. The competitiveboard game or some Cugini was very sick. scampered towards the end zone before a football for the last time in a Cornell uniness, the athletic ability, On that day, Cugini and big hit. Hagy laid on the ground, winded, form. Katie Cugini, Hagy’s cousin, turns the drive to win. “I feel athletic activity.” the quarterback of ’54 and was forced to exit like there’s a piece of around to Louise and Quakers team took the game with 1:18 left my dad with him every Luke Hagy hands her a phone with Hagy, then a fourth on the clock. As “It’s just surreal, I’ll tell pictures of Anthony in game that he plays,” grader, onto the field Somborn prepared to you. [Anthony] would’ve his high school and Karen said. “It makes it really special in that regard.” Whenever and tossed around a football. “I didn’t snap the ball from the Penn uniforms. Louise Luke enters a room, Karen said, he can understand how great of an experience it Quaker’s seven-yard loved to have seen him is left speechless. make people laugh. Her dad was exactly was for me, but it was just awesome to go line, Penn coach Ray “Where did you find play.” out on the same field he played on and Priore sprinted down the same, she said. these?” Louise says as Louise Cugini Luke and Cugini used to play games just throw the football around with him,” the field to call a timeher voice begins to together. “He never let me win,” Luke Hagy said. Cugini passed away in out, allowing Hagy to trembles. She looks at said. “It didn’t matter if it was a board September 2002 at 69 years old. He never re-enter the game. the pictures, looks for a “This is perfect,” Hagy thought. “I’m handkerchief and wipes away the tears game or some athletic activity, Cugini got to see Luke play football. going back in.” never let the little Hagy claim victory. The beading up under her eyes. “Oh my,” ‘I Told Him That It Was For Him’ Somborn snapped the ball and tossed Louise said. “It’s hard to believe that two would sometimes sit on the porch of “Hagy Nation,” as the family coined Hagy the ball, who zipped into the end Luke’s playing his last college ball on the the house, pick a color of a car and would earn a point anytime a car passed by of their personal cheering section, represents zone for a Cornell touchdown on the last same field.” The emotional magnitude of that color. “It was always me trying to jus- one of the most vocal and passionate sec- play of his collegiate football career. Hagy the situation seems to finally dawn on her went down on a knee. “I told him that it as she continues to wipe away tears. was for him,” Hagy said.

“I wished [Anthony] was here to see Louise Cugini sits in the bleachers of him,” Louise said. “That’s the thing. I Franklin Field, the same place she think he does see him.” watched her husband play more than 60 years ago. Nearly 40 members of the Joon Lee can be reached at Hagy and Cugini family showed up to joonlee@cornellsun.com.

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

JOON LEE / SUN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Head first | In the last college football game of his career, Hagy gained 83 yards on the ground, 45 through the air and scored a touchdown.

Hagy Nation | Nearly 40 relatives, coming from as far as Texas and Hawaii, came to support Hagy at his final game for the Red.

JOON LEE / SUN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

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Letter to the Editor

A response to Lee Bender’84

Serendipitous Musings

F

eminism. What is wrong with that word? Ask whoever told Emma Watson to refrain from using it in her 2014 United Nations speech. The actress gave a speech to the U.N. Women’s HeForShe launch event last year, encouraging men to fight with women for gender equality across the world. She proudly used the word “feminism,” explaining that it is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities, not a term that is used to label man-hating. She told The Evening Standard in a recent interview that she was encouraged not

the discrimination against men, there is concrete evidence that gender inequality exists, and it disproportionately disadvantages women. Young believes real conversations must “let men talk not only about feminist-approved topics such as gender stereotypes that keep them from expressing their feelings, but about more controversial concerns: wrongful accusations of rape; sexual harassment policies that selectively penalize men for innocuous banter [...]”

People are trying to turn the issue towards men and away from women.

Feminism is about promoting gender

“Feminism” may seem like a mere word that shouldn’t hold so much power. But it does. There is a negative stigma surrounding the word — which should not exist.

Re: “Letter to the Editor: A Change for the Worse,” Opinion, Dec. 2.

With all due respect, no one asked for your opinion and, to be frank, we’re pretty ashamed of it. Although we don’t expect every Cornell alumnus to understand today’s campus climate or the experience of students of color at Cornell, we do expect someone who graduated from this prestigious university to approach complex problems like this one with a shred of intellectual curiosity and with an empathy that attempts to accurately understand the real conversation happening on our campus. When you accuse students of fighting for “safe spaces,” you fail to try to see what students of color are actually interested in combatting.

When students of color are fighting for better graduation rates, the same resources that white students are granted, a faculty composition that represents our diverse university and for a campus free of slurs and derogatory remarks, they are not asking for too much. Instead, they are responding to the insidious reality that white privilege dominates this campus. As a white, double legacy student, you weren’t at a statistical risk to not graduate, no one ever called you the n-word and you were likely connected with alumni, students and faculty when you stepped on to campus in the early 1980s. When you spoke with armed campus police, you could be certain that they represented your best interests — that they were there to keep you safe.

You call our generation “coddled, narcissistic, self-absorbed, thin-skinned young people, permanent ‘victims,’ who will be ill-equipped to function effectively in the real world.” This narrative is tired. I encourage you to come back to The Hill to see students double and triple majoring at higher rates than your generation, getting involved in more campus activities than ever before and launching their careers in varying, impressive ways. This is all happening while we steadily increase the racial and socioeconomic diversity of our student population and the number of first generation students that attend. Not to mention that we also face astronomically higher tuition, rent and food costs than you did, are often asked to work two or three jobs to pay the bills and still graduate with burdensome amounts of student debt.

You may notice that every signatory on this letter is white. This is deliberate. It’s important that you understand that students of color are not the only students who believe that change needs to happen. We hear — with far too much frequency — that protesters should stop whining and appreciate the opportunity to even attend a university like Cornell. Those messages falsely presume that students of color protesting are the only ones who believe that Cornell is broken.

We’re not writing today to speak for or to take the microphone away from our peers who are fighting for the same equality that you erroneously assume was secured forty years ago. Rather, we’re here to say shame on you for daring to take that microphone away, all the while knowing that those students of color who have bravely grabbed it will keep fighting, talking and holding it no matter what. We write in support of their work. We are sorry your article will continue to spread misinformation with minimal context. We don’t say that in pity as they certainly don’t need it. We say it because during moments like this one, we don't know what else to say.

What we do know is that those students have, and will continue to make, this university a more productive place and will leave as the “respectable leaders” that you ask them to be. Whether or not they become those leaders in a way that you, or others who share your perspective, find respectable is of no concern to us.

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to use the word, for “people felt that it was alienating and separating and the whole idea of the speech was to include as many people as possible. But I thought long and hard and ultimately felt that it was just the right thing to do.

If women are terrified to use the word, how on earth are men supposed to start using it?”

Watson’s speech might have occurred last year, but the spotlight on feminism shouldn’t fade — especially in light of this recent news revealing that Watson was told not to use the apparently “alienating” word. The amount of criticism that came from her speech was equally disconcerting. Much of it focused on how Watson ignored men when talking about feminism. Although she told men that “gender equality is your issue too,” people immediately criticized the name of her campaign: HeForShe. It still targeted men as the problem and disregarded the sexism they face as well. In a TIME magazine article, Cathy Young wrote that the present form of feminism “has too often ignored sexist biases against males, and sometimes has actively contributed to them. Until that changes, the movement for gender equality will be incomplete.” She used examples of how assault victims receive less media publicity and less outrage when they are male, as opposed to sexual assault cases where the victims are women.

I do not disagree that male victims receive less sympathy and media attention for sexual assaults or sympathy for domestic violence acts against them.

However, it is also true that one out of every five American women has reported experiencing rape in her lifetime. For men, it’s one in 71. And it doesn’t only stop there. White American women earn 78 percent of their white male counterparts earn; black women earn 64 percent of what their white male counterparts earn, and Latina women earn 53 percent of what their white male counterparts earn. Furthermore, 4.8 percent of Fortune 500 CEO’s are women — a historic high.

So although Young and many others alike criticize Watson for being part of

equality for both genders, and it is evident that females are facing the brunt of sexism.

Furthermore, the majority of those criticizing Watson for her speech seem to have missed the point. They are merely trying to find problems with a speech that was meant to inspire and promote change. Malala Yousafzai, an activist and blogger who survived a Taliban attack on her life for demanding equal access to education for both girls and boys, and was the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, decided to call herself a feminist because of Watson’s speech.

Yousafzai explained that although she constantly fights for the rights of other women, she didn’t quite identify as a feminist before the speech. She had heard many negative connotations surrounding the word and hesitated whether or not to to call herself one.

After hearing Watson speak, she told the actress, “When you said ‘if not now, when?’ I decided there’s nothing wrong by calling yourself a feminist. So I’m a feminist and we should be a feminist because feminism is another word for equality.” Yousafzai’s switch to call herself a feminist reveals how powerful Watson’s speech was and how “feminism” shouldn’t be viewed as a taboo word. It should represent an inspiring and empowering ideal. Men and women alike should strive for gender equality.

“Feminism” may seem like a mere word that shouldn’t hold so much power. But it does. There is a negative stigma surrounding the word — which should not exist. People are afraid of using it, for they don’t want to identify themselves with “men-haters.” If people who believe in promoting gender equality have the courage to call themselves feminists, and feel comfortable using the word ‘feminism,’ the word will hold its true meaning.

I am a feminist, because I believe in equal rights and opportunities for women and men.

Gaby Leung is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached atgl376@cornell.edu. Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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OPINION

Kevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

Taking the Lead on Climate Change A

ccording to the World Meteorological Association, it is very likely that 2015 will be the warmest year in recorded human history. At the same time, carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have now reached 400 parts per million, the highest level they have been in millions of years. And they continue to rise rapidly.

Despite a clear scientific consensus on the existence of anthropogenic climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions have continued at an accelerating rate.

These facts give an undeniable urgency to this week’s major climate change conference in Paris, known as COP21. Representatives from 195 countries have come together in hopes of reaching an agreement that might prevent our rapidly approaching climate disaster. With each moment of inaction, the planet moves closer to a warmer, inhospitable future. For many countries, this future poses a terrifying threat, and they have already caught a glimpse. In sub-Saharan Africa, increasingly sporadic rainfall and continued desertification imperil the food supply; in Polynesia, rising sea levels raise fears that entire nations will someday sink beneath the waves.

But it is a cruel irony that many of those who are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are also the least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, any effort to seriously combat climate change must be led by the largest economic and political powers of the world. The United States, China, Europe and other leading nations have an obligation to act — it is reprehensible to continue creating the conditions of

this impending environmental catastrophe.

It is a burden that is unfairly placed upon the poor, the young and those who are not yet born. Even if this moral argument is not viewed as compelling, self-interest alone should motivate all sides to reach an agreement.

It is curious that this debate is often framed as a balance between environmental protection and economic growth. Rather, they go hand-in-hand; combating climate change is a necessary step to protect the

investment in the developing world. To be certain, the task of creating a sustainable world is daunting — but so was the Industrial Revolution.

We do not know the exact details of what type of climate deal might come out of COP21. It will depend on a careful overlay of national interests and complicated priorities. However, in this milieu, President Obama has emerged as a strong leader for a comprehensive global agreement. Yet, at the same time that he fights to secure commit-

President Obama’s efforts to secure an agreement.

The right has a strong tendency to attack Obama for supposedly failing to demonstrate foreign policy leadership. But they would choose to shirk American responsibility on climate change. In the middle of an urgent international crisis, they would prefer that the United States stand by and do nothing. Jeb Bush has attacked Obama for supposedly having a foreign policy of “American passivity.” Yet, when asked if he would’ve attended COP21, Bush said he was uncertain, leaving open the possibility of allowing the United It is a cruel irony that many of those who are most vulnerable to the States to be unrepresented in an effects of climate change are also the least responsible for urgent meeting of 150 world leadWho, really, is the passive one? greenhouse gas emissions. Indeed, any effort to seriously combat ers.Climate change is an emerclimate change must be led by the largest economic gency. This is not a matter where and political powers of the world. we can take a “wait-and-see” approach. Every moment of unabated emissions brings us closhealth of the future economy. If the world ments and concessions, his ability to negoti- er to dangerous tipping points, and soon, it continues on our current path, we will be on ate is stymied by a chorus of opposition from will be too late. The United States cannot track for more than four degrees Celsius of back home. stand by and allow this to happen. President warming, triggering what the World Bank Despite the fact that large majorities Obama correctly recognizes this — but his has deemed “cataclysmic changes.” On a believe we should reduce emissions, the power is not unilateral. At this crucial time, planet besieged by widespread crop failures Republican Party continues to stand vehe- we must stand with him. Americans have and coastal inundation, our current global mently against any form of action. Many always risen to meet our greatest challenges, economy and supply chains may seem a Republican elected officials deny the exis- and I am confident that we still can. It is quaint relic of the past. tence of climate change altogether. This merely a question of whether we will.

Nonetheless, this is not merely a case of includes Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a firm believIf we choose not to, we will face the judgstaving off a brewing economic calamity. er that climate change is a hoax, and sadly, ment of history. I do not think it will be There is significant reason to believe that the the current chair of the Senate Committee kind. transition to a low-carbon society will stimu- on the Environment and Public Works. The late growth and innovation. The rise of green Republican Party’s denial of science has cast Kevin Kowalewski is a junior in the College of Arts and industries may reorganize labor markets a shadow over COP21. It would not be an Sciences. He may be reached at krk78@cornell.edu. across the world, revitalizing post-industrial understatement to say that their continued Democratic Dialogue appears alternate Thursdays this nations and providing new avenues for criticism represents an outright sabotage of semester.

THROWDOWN THURSDAYS Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

Jesus and the Politics of December I

did not grow up in a “religious” home; I was not baptized as a baby, and before I was 16 I had only been to about two or three church services. For me, God was an afterthought –– something I rarely considered. When confronted with the idea of a deity, I embraced a quasi-agnostic attitude towards the subject of God. If there was a God, I thought that He was impossible to discover or understand. For me, the concept of a God was hard to accept and even harder to comprehend.

In September of my junior year of high school, my aunt invited my family to come to her small, local church. The church only had about 30 people; everyone wore jeans and the pastor wore a bright Hawaiian shirt while giving the Sunday message. But what struck me was not the casual atmosphere, but rather the simplicity and the clarity of the pastor’s message. There weren’t any strange rituals, meaningless repetitions or Latin sayings. Instead, the pastor simply read through a chapter of Matthew and explained the meaning of each verse, one at a time. After that, my family –– the same people who wouldn’t be caught dead saying grace before a meal –– started going to church every Sunday.

As the months progressed, my agnostic shell began to crack as I began to understand the simplicity, beauty and veracity of the Bible. In January 2013, I decided to give my life to Jesus Christ –– a decision that I have never once regretted. Now, it seems as if my world –– the world of Christianity –– has gained particular attention as of late via the presidential race and the holiday season. Let’s start with the race for the White House.

Numbering in the tens of millions, the born-again Christian community is one of the most influential sectors of American society –– and the politicians have taken great note of this. From Jerry Falwell’s “Moral Majority” to George W. Bush’s evangelism, thousands of politicians, on both sides of the aisle, have invoked the name of the gospel in the political arena.

At the Values Voters Summit in September, Donald Trump proudly waved his Bible around, stating: “I’m a good Christian.” Throughout her political career, and especially during her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has invoked the Bible and Christianity as vehicle for “social justice,” stating: “We have to summon up what we believe is morally and ethically and spiritually correct and do the best we can with God's guidance.” The list of politicians who have invoked the name of the gospel during this campaign is extensive –– and yet, I question the motivations behind this invocation.

In the gospel of Matthew, Christ warns not to boastfully pray in public, stating: “And when you pray,

When a candidate proudly waves a Bible through the air and claims that they are “a good Christian,” are those actions for the glory of God or for personal aggrandizement? you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men.” Instead of this boastful prayer, Jesus commands: “When you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place.” In other words, Jesus said that when one boastfully praises God in the streets, the individual is simply seeking personal aggrandizement. Instead, Jesus states that one can truly praise God by worshipping him privately, via a personal relationship with God. With the words of God in mind, I turn back to the politicians. When a candidate proudly waves a Bible through the

air and claims that they are “a good Christian,” are those actions for the glory of God or for personal aggrandizement?

Are politicians praising God in a “secret place,” or are their praises “on the corners of streets so that they can be seen by men?” In essence, many of today’s political leaders use the Bible as an electoral tool rather than as a message of salvation, love and joy.

Turning away from the election, the Christian world has also faced a renewed fight in the “War on Christmas.” In essence, this “war” is just as political as the race for the White House. Certainly, a few politicians have sought to ban Christmas trees and other holiday decorations on public grounds –– yet these isolated incidents are few in number.

Despite the rarity of these cases, many politicians and media leaders have sought to exploit these situations. For example, various individuals, including Donald Trump, have recently attacked Starbuck’s decision to have a plain, red cup for the holiday season, stating that there should be a boycott of the company.

But I ask this: How many pastors, priests and reverends are praying that Starbucks changes their Christmas cups? How many Christians are praying for Christmas tree displays? In my own experience, the real war on Christmas, and Christianity in general, is in Syria, Iraq, Sudan and elsewhere.

The prayers of the Christian community are directed towards these war torn lands where the word of Christ is regularly persecuted –– not towards some faux “War on Christmas.” This public outrage over an imagined “war,” alongside the consistent use of the gospel to further presidential ambitions, just helps to show how truly disconnected the political world is from the Christian community.

Michael Glanzel is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at mg786@cornell.edu. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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“We usually win most of the events,” said senior tri-captain Jennifer Zhang. “We’re not focused on points, but on individual swims.”

Gallagher said heagrees the emphasis is on individual performance in a nonconference event.

“Expectations are high for some fast swims,” he said.

Zhang pointed out that aside from the Ivy championships, the Bomber Invitational is the only meet of the year that the Red will come into with rest. Being in top form after an entire semester of training and being rested lend themselves to the real potential for personal records.

“As a team, we’ve been training really hard and have been meeting goal times at practice,” Zhang said.

“I hope to cap off the first semester with a bunch of lifetimebest swims,” Gallagher said.

Looking forward into the New Year, Gallagher said he believes the Red can use the Bomber Invitational to improve for league competition.

“It helps us prepare for Ivy Championships,” he said.

Senior tri-captain Jenna Immormino said she believes mixed team results against Ivy

competition the last couple of weeks will have no bearing on the weekend to come.

“We were facing tough competition,” she said. “Our times have been even faster than last year. I think we have a good mindset.”

Maintaining that positive mindset during a meet is important. To lean on the insight of the late Yogi Berra, [swimming] is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical. Immormino believes she has a sideline role to play in helping her teammates perform the best they can.

“As a captain, it’s important to pay attention to every single swimmer,” she said. “[I offer] all around support, trying to keep the morale high.”

Indeed, Gallagher believes that a successful weekend will be a motivator for the season’s 2016 leg.

“I expect come Monday, the team to be excited [for the rest of the season],” he said.

Immormino is impressed by her teammates’ character, and said she believes in their ability to perform this weekend.

“I’m really confident in our girls,” she said. “Out of the pool attitude is really great. I’m excited.”

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

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-cially confident in the work her and the team have exhibited.

“I think our biggest weapon going into this weekend is that we have established ourselves to be a ‘blue collar’ team,” Woods said.

“Every day players are coming in

and working hard, doing what they need to do, and taking steps forward for the team. Playing our game for the full 60 minutes — being relentless, aggressive and coming wave after wave, will be our biggest weapon.”

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

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Icers Make Team Canada

Poudrier, Bunton, Hart earn national team honors

By BRITTANY BIGGS and JOON LEE

the Canadian team. In her previous three years on the hill, Poudrier was named to the ECAC All-Tournament team in 2015, 3rd Hockey Canada announced on team All-ECAC Hockey and Ivy League Wednesday that Cornell women’s hockey honorable mention in 2014 and the ECAC senior defenseman Cassandra Poudrier, Hockey All-Rookie team in 2013. Poudrier junior forward Hanna Bunton and fresh- has nine points on three goals and six assists man defenseman Micha Hart will play for on the season.

Canada’s National Women’s Development In her first two years for Cornell, Bunton Team at the 2016 Nations Cup in Füssen, has made a quick impact for the Red. The 5Germany. foot-9 forward was named the Ivy League Poudrier, Bunton and Hart were among Rookie of the Year and earned ECAC the 22 players named to Canada’s roster that Hockey All-Rookie team honors during her includes 13 forwards, freshman year in 2014. seven defensemen and “We’re looking forward to Bunton has been a strong two goaltenders. The trio presence offensively for of Cornell hockey players getting our team together Cornell this season, tallywas selected by a Hockey on ice to defend our gold ing eight goals and five Canada general manager assists in 12 games this medal.”

Melody Davidson, a team season. or regional scouts and the Hart is the youngest Dwayne Gylywoychuk coaching staff. of the Cornell trio and is “We’re looking forin her first year playing ward to getting our team together on the ice under head coach Doug Derraugh ’91. Hart overseas as we aim to defend our gold played for the Okanagan Hockey Academy medal,” said Team Canada head coach in the Junior Women’s Hockey League and Dwayne Gylywoychuk in a press release. spent two years on the Canadian U-18 “These players have been working incredibly team, which she captained in 2014-15 to a hard to prepare for this event and we believe silver medal at the IIHF U-18 Women’s we’ve selected a tremendous group to repre- World Hockey Championship. Hart has six sent Canada.” points on a goal and five assists this season.

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Defending the gold | Senior defenseman Cassandra Poudrier was one of three Red hockey players named to Team Canada for the 2016 Nations Cup. 2, 1-2-2 ECAC) will head to Canton, N.Y. to play against St. Lawrence University in a mid-season match. The team will also travel on Saturday to Potsdam, N.Y. to compete against Clarkson University.

“They both have really good teams that compete really hard,” Poudrier said. “I think that our biggest weapon is once again our work ethic. We have a team that is ready to battle day in and day out, which makes it really hard to play against us. The team is excited to be playing league games this weekend.”

With both teams, the Red will place high emphasis on their opponent’s aggressiveness.

“Both teams are real aggressive,”

Derraugh said. “Usually it’s a real fast-paced game with high-skilled players. It is going to be a fairly close matchup.”

The team is also looking to see what they can improve on at this point in the season “Striving for consistency,” Derraugh said.

“I think we have been inconstant in the first half of the season and we are now looking to work on this constancy as we go forward,” Derraugh said. “Number of areas we have been working on. Special emphasis has been placed on our defense system and special teams” Senior forward Taylor Woods feels espeSee W. HOCKEY page 11

WOMEN’S SWIMMING

Finishing Off Red Ready for Bomber Invitational The Semester Strong

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer

Because Cornell requires a swim test, it should come as no surprise to many readers that it was hot and humid at Teagle Pool on Tuesday afternoon. Cornell women’s swim and dive head

coach Patrick Gallagher was working with one of his swimmers, freshman Jordan Silbert, fly/IM, before practice when I arrived.

Walking up and down the length of the pool made for an unusual interview.

“What’s the team mindset?”

“What’s the team mindset,

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Crosstown invite | The women’s swimming team will head across town

Jordan?” Gallagher joked, “Are you more worried about the meet or finals?”

Gallagher clarified he was only half kidding. With finals coming up, it is an awkward time in the semester to have a swim meet.

Cornell women’s swim and dive (2-3, 1-3 Ivy) is set to compete in the Bomber Invitational hosted by cross-town Ithaca College this Friday through Sunday.

“We’re fortunate [the meet] is close,” he said.

The Bomber Invitational is a non-conference event for the Red. LaSalle will be the only other Division I school at the meet, with the rest of the competition being made up of regional Division 2 and Division III colleges. As a DI program, Cornell is likely to place near the top of the leaderboard.

“I don’t think any of the teams will be able to compete with our depth,” Gallagher said.

to Ithaca College for the Bomber Invitational.

Final Standings

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his is my last column of the calendar year, and I honestly couldn’t decide what I wanted to talk about. So as usual, I think I’ll just go on a rant about a lot of things. Oh and seriously, thanks to everybody who

What’s next, “Cornell football dominates but loses 21-0?” If you lose by two goals in a sport where teams only score once every five games, then you did not dominate. I don’t care what the other circumstances were. I love a good sugarcoated head-

Shane Lewis Sportstradamus actually reads this. And if anybody of you happen to know my man Bill Simmons, make sure you pass this along to him.

Now to sports.

My friend recently sent me the headline of an article about a soccer game that read, “Team dominates but loses 2-0.”

line though, and this one was particularly hilarious.

Kobe Bryant announced that he will be retiring at the For read the rest of this article, visit cornellsun.com. Sportstradamus appears every Thursday this semester.

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