01-22-13

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By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Writer

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Pike Returns to C.U.

Following E xpulsion

By KERRY CLOSE Sun News Editor

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Behavioral Workshops, Alan Sanfey 11:45 a m

1:15 p m , B10, Sage Hall

CALS Study Abroad 101

1 - 1:30 p m , 170, Roberts Hall

Dispersed and Kinetically Arrested Phases in Colloids:

A Micro-Mechanical Perspective

4 - 5 p m , 700, Clark Hall

Tomorrow

Trends of the Aging LGBT Community Noon - 1 p m 224 Weill Hall

Sexual State of the Union 4:30 p m Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Billie Tsien Lecture: Extra Ordinary 5:15 - 7 p m Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

By Abigail Woughter 15

My mom says that all mothers tell their children they’re beautiful, even when it isn’t true She isn’t one of those mothers She laughs as she says this and pushes her brown hair, which reminds me of a horse’s tail brushed over and over, behind her shoulder The light sparkles on her hair I want to count each strand, like God does My mom says He knows how many hairs are on my head, and hers, and dad’s when he had hair, and even the old man down the hall who smells like milk left in the refrigerator too long

She tells me that it is a bad mother who tells her homely child that she is beautiful because boys with truthful mouths will only hurt that girl She says being the ugly duckling is a noble thing, and don’t I like that stor y about the ugly duckling? I tell her I do And what if the ugly duckling hadn’t known she was ugly, she says, where would the stor y be then?

“I equip you with truth, my love,” she says, and she strokes my forehead with her cool hand “No one can hurt you as long as you know the truth ” I look at her and she is full of light, like a twinkling star on a night when the sky is ver y dark She keeps her big, soft hand on my forehead and looks me right in the eyes My mom ’ s eyes are the same color as the deep parts of the lake we visit in the summer

My best friend Linda has the most beautiful patch of light brown skin on her neck She also has one on the topside of each of her wrists The one on her neck is circular shaped, but not a perfect circle, like a puddle with blurr y edges The ones on her wrists are more oval, like cracked Easter eggs Birthmarks, they’re called Linda has had them since before she could talk or walk, when all she could do was cr y The birthmarks remind me of buttons or chocolate candies, and I wonder why Linda has them and I don’t

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Reported Missing, IPD Says

By AKANE OTANI Sun News Editor

WASHINGTON (AP)

Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with “passion and dedication” to broaden equality and prosperity at home, nur ture democracy around the world and combat global warming for generations to come as he embarked on a second term before a vast and cheering crowd that spilled down the historic National Mall

“America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands,” the 44th president declared in a second inaugural address that broke new ground by assigning gay rights a prominent place in the wider struggle for equality for all

In a unity plea to politicians and the nation at large, he called for “collective action” to confront challenges and said, “Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time but it does require us to act in our time ”

Elected four years ago as America’s first black president, Obama spoke from specially constr ucted flag-bedecked stands outside the Capitol after reciting oath of office

that all presidents have uttered since the nation’s founding

The events highlighted a day replete with all the fanfare that a security-minded capital could muster from whitegloved Marine trumpeters who heralded the arrival of dignitaries on the inaugural stands to the mid-winter orange flowers that graced the tables at a traditional lunch with lawmakers inside the Capitol

The weather was relatively warm, in the mid-40s, and while the crowd was not as large as on Inauguration Day four years ago, it was counted in the hundreds of thousands

Big enough that he turned around as he was leaving the inaugural stands to savor the view one final time

“I’m not going to see this again,” said the man whose political career has been meteoric from the Illinois Legislature to the U S Senate and the White House before marking his 48th birthday

On a day of renewal for democracy, everyone seemed to have an opinion, and many seemed eager to share it

“I’m just thankful that we ’ ve got another four years of democracy that everyone can grow in,” said Wilbur Cole, 52, a postman from suburban Memphis, Tenn , who spent

part of the day visiting the civil rights museum there at the site where the Rev Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in 1968 The inauguration this year shared the day with King’s birthday holiday

Less upbeat, Frank Pinto, 62, watched on television at a bar in Hartford, Conn , as the president was sworn in and spoke An unemployed construction contractor, he said that because of Obama’s policies, “My grandkids will be in debt and their kids will be in debt ”

The tone was less overtly political in the nation’s capital, where bipartisanship was on the menu in the speechmaking and at the congressional lunch

“Congratulations and Godspeed,” House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, said to Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as he presented them with flags that had flown atop the Capitol Outside, the Inaugural Parade took shape, a reflection of American musicality and diversity that featured military units, bands, floats, the Chinese American Community Center Folk Dance Troupe from Hockessin, Del , and the Isiserettes Drill & Dr um Corps from Des Moines, Iowa

O ver Break, Students Build Sustainable House Abroad

By EMMA JESCH Sun Staff Writer

Over winter break, Cornell students began building an affordable and environmentally sustainable model house in Nicaragua

The students, who are part of Cornell University Sustainable Design an organization that promotes sustainability through design traveled to Nagarote, Nicaragua to build the house The house will serve not only as a home for a family, but also as a platform to demonstrate ideal eco-friendly housing initiatives, said Kai Keane ’14, one of the students who led the project

The house and its landscaping part of the Sustainable Neighborhoods Nicaragua project are the product of more than three semesters ’ worth of research on designing sustainable and affordable housing for low-income Nicaraguan families, according to Keane The house is scheduled to be completed around mid-February 2013, according to SNN’s press release

The project team said it hopes the house can act as a precedent to ameliorate Nicaragua’s housing shortage

“Nicaragua currently faces a severe housing shortage,” the team ’ s press release said “Two out of every three Nicaraguans confront difficulties related to housing ”

As the project team looks to the future, it hopes to eventually broaden the scope of its work, according to Keane

“We hope that this project can extend much farther than just this one house,” Keane said “It can be replicated all over and eventually [can be] nationally implemented ”

Often, housing relief measures use metal roofing and concrete blocks for construction However, these materials are environmentally unsustainable or potentially dangerous, according to Prof Marvin Pritts, chair of the horticulture department and an advisor for SNN

SNN’s model home is built from all-

natural local sources, such as clay, hay and soil, according to Keane

“The students’ design has the potential to be a nationally implemented model,” said Alan Wright, executive director of SosteNica one of SNN’s nonprofit project partners in SNN’s press release

SNN divided its efforts into seven components: the house team, energyefficient stoves, composting toilets, landscaping, neighborhood planning, grey water treatment and business and communications

To provide funds for the project, the students raised more than $25,000 through grassroots efforts during Fall 2012, according to Keane

“The money paid for the project’s legal and administrative fees, tools, labor and overhead costs, ” Keane said “Although gaining momentum was difficult, we raised all the money we needed ”

The SNN project could not have been possible without the collaborative effort of the Center for Engaged Learning and Research, CUSD and nonprofit partners, like SosteNica and Ceprodel, according to Keane

“With generous help and crucial support from Richard Kiely [director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Research], we were able to make this project a reality The center really helped bring together like-minded people for a truly successful project,” Keane said

The project also serves as an educational opportunity for students to broaden their learning horizons beyond the classroom, according to Pritts

“There’s something about getting people out of their comfort zone

Projects like these foster personal growth experiences for participants facilitating meaningful exchanges that allow individuals from around the world to get to know and learn from each other,” Pritts said in the project’s press release

P i Kap pa Alpha Returns

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Its reestablishment will make it the first fraternity to return to campus with provisional recognition since President David Skorton said that “pledging as we know it has to stop ” in Aug 2011

Starting Monday, about 50 fraternity alumni and staff from Pike’s international fraternity headquarters will spend six weeks at Cornell, enlisting the help of administrators, faculty and student leaders to suggest and recruit new students to join the fraternity, according to a University press release

“ They will go about asking people on campus with high levels of credibility to actually recommend people who

t h e y t h i n k w o u l d make good members of this organization,”

Apgar said in an interview with The Sun

“It’s a much more per-

s o n a l re c r u i t m e n t process ”

since Pike lost its recognition in 2010, the University denied the fraternity’s request “ There had continued to be students who were formerly members of the fraternity who were still [on campus],” Apgar said “It could have derailed the progress that the alumni and national organization hoped to make ”

A year later, in the summer of 2012, Pike submitted a second –– and ultimately successful ––proposal to return to campus this spring “ We’ve been in regular contact with alumni and the national organization for several years, ” Apgar said “ We are confident they have a sustainable plan to recruit new young men to recolonize the chapter with values and principles that are in alignment with the University’s ”

“I’d like to see Pike return as one of the leading houses on campus.”

The Pike chapter house at 17 South Ave is currently occupied by graduate students, who will continue to live there through the spring of 2014, according to Bob Forness ’87, vice president of the fraternity’s alumni The fraternity’s new members will not move into the house until the fall of 2014, according to Forness

Pike’s alumni and national organization hope to encourage the new members to “establish a strong colony before they also have to manage the demands of operating a house,” according to Forness

“ The national organization wants the fraternity to demonstrate [that] they will live up to Pike’s values,” Apgar said

During the summer of 2011, Pike submitted a plan to return to campus and recruit new members starting in Januar y 2012, according to Apgar Because it felt that not “enough time had lapsed”

supported by an alumni board, which will offer coaching and mentoring

chapter leaders as they

University, according to Forness

“I’d like to see Pike return as one of the leading houses on campus, ” Forness said “ We want to partner with our undergraduate leaders to ensure a successful recolonization ”

Apgar said he hopes that Pike’s return will ser ve as an example to other Greek organizations on campus

“It demonstrates that there are ver y different ways to go about recruiting and what you say your organization stands for,” he said “Other organizations can see it’s not required to take risks that some of these groups take, and you can actually recruit excellent members who are committed to what the fraternity is about, and not just the social aspects ”

Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun com

Cornell Tech Campus Launches Beta Class

TECH

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The eight students currently enrolled at the tech campus will have an opportunity to shape the future of CornellNYC Tech, according to Huttenlocher

“The beta terminology really refers to the smaller, more personal nature of the classes, and the opportunity to help shape the campus as the very first students,” he said

Despite being the first group of students to go through CornellNYC Tech’s program, the “beta” class will still have access to various components of the tech campus program, including having access to leaders in the tech industry

“The technical and business courses, the Friday practicums and the masters projects with industry mentors –– which are the main components of the NYC programs –– are all in place for this semester, ” Huttenlocher said

Not everyone, however, is happy with the start of classes at the tech campus

Monday evening, a group known as New Yorkers Against the CornellTechnion Partnership distributed leaflets and gathered signatures outside the tech campus ’ current offices, protesting Cornell’s partnership with Technion because of its political implications

“The Technion is complicit in Israel’s violations of international law and the rights of Palestinians,” the group posted on Facebook

The NYACT has been urging Cornell and New York City to end their partnership with Technion, according to the group ’ s Facebook page

Huttenlocher, however, said that he believes the partnership is beneficial because it will allow the University to offer dual masters of science degrees and join other top institutions who engage in the world

“The Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute continues that tradition, bringing one of the world’s strongest technology universities to our new campus in New York City,” he said

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun com

Teach-In Calls for Honest D

iscussion of Racism

RACE

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time, so I have hopes for the future and I think that we are moving in the right direction because people are thinking about [racism],” said Kendrick Coq ’15

Bolgatz argued that racism as a social issue exists on both an individual and a societal level

“In a lot of ways, [when] we think about racism, we think about personal prejudice But there is also another layer when we say racism that is institutional It is not just ‘I don’t like you, ’ but there are actual structures in our society that make it so that some people are advantaged and some people are disa d v a ntaged,” she said

Throughout the workshop, students shared personal stories about their experiences with discrimination and their first encounters with racial differences Bolgatz and other students specifically discussed instances known as “microaggressions,” which, according to Bolgatz, are seemingly innocent utterances that “feel little, but really kill you ” Bolgatz compared combating racism to “running up the down escalator” because it requires constant effort in order to progress,

causing many people to avoid the issue

Bolgatz added avoidance can be intensified by a sense of guilt

“White guilt is the best excuse for doing nothing about racism,” Bolgatz said

Still, she offered students a number of strategies to use when confronted with racist or discriminatory behavior She urged students to approach, acknowledge and build upon previous ideas discussed instead of trying to prove their peers wrong In this way, Bolgatz said that conversations about racism can move forward while being more open, engaging and productive

B o l g a t z f u r t h e r urged students to be “ s t r a t e g i c ” in their responses to r a c i s m without reverting to guilt, confusion or discomfort

“Racism is a smog We can ’ t help but breathe it in, but it is our responsibility to work for change,” she said “Frustration and guilt are good for about five seconds It would be easy to wallow in frustration and be paralyzed by guilt, but don’t let yourself get stuck in them ”

Lauren Avery can be reached at lavery@cornellsun com

King on Day Of Obama Inauguration

AT L A N TA ( A P )

Commemorative events for the Rev Martin Luther King Jr slid seamlessly into celebrations of the swearing-in Monday of the

n a t i o n ’ s f i r s t b l a c k p re s i d e n t , with many Americans moved by the reminder of how far the

c o u n t r y h a s c o m e s i n c e t h e 1960s

“ This is the dream that Dr King talked about in his speech We see histor y in the making,” said Joyce Oliver, who obser ved

K i n g D a y b y v i s i t i n g t h e

National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn , built on the site of the old Lorraine Motel, where King was assassinated in 1968

In Atlanta, at the 45th annual ser vice for the civil rights leader at the church where he was pastor, those gathered in the sanctuar y were invited to stay to watch

President Barack Obama’s second inauguration on a big-screen TV

As the nearly three-hour service closed at Ebenezer Baptist

C h u r c h , o r g a n i z e r s s u g g e s t e d forgoing the traditional singing of “ We Shall Overcome” because the inauguration would begin

But the crowd shouted protests, so the choir and congregation s a n g t h e c i v i l r i g h t s a n t h e m before settling in to watch the events in Washington

In the nation’s capital, dozens took pictures of the King statue before walking to the National Mall for the inauguration

Nicole Hailey, 34, drove all n i g h t w i t h h e r f a m i l y f r o m

Mo n r o e , N C Sh e a t t e n d e d

Obama’s first inauguration four years ago and was carr ying a c o m m e m o r a t i v e Me t r o t i c k e t from that day with Obama’s face on it

She and her family visited the King memorial before the swearing-in

“ It’s Ma r t i n L u t h e r K i n g ’ s special day,” she said “ We’re just celebrating freedom ”

At the ceremonial inauguration, Obama took the oath on a Bible once owned by King He called it “ a great privilege ” The King Bible was one of two used;

t h e o t h e r h a d b e l o n g e d t o Abraham Lincoln

In Columbia, S C , civil rights

l e a d e r s p a u s e d d u r i n g t h e i r annual King Day rally to watch the inauguration on a big screen Most of the crowd of several

h u n d re d s t a y e d t o w a t c h

Obama’s address

“You feel like anything is possible,” Jelin Cunningham, a 15y e a r - o l d b l a c k g i r l , s a i d o f

Obama’s presidency “I’ve learned words alone can ’ t hurt or stop you, because there have been so many hateful things said about him over the past four years ” Moments after being sworn in, the president signed nominat i o n p a p e r s f o r f o u r n e w appointees to his Cabinet, Sen John Kerr y for secretar y of state, White House chief of staff Jacob Lew to be treasur y secretar y, former Nebraska Sen Chuck Hagel for defense secretar y and White House adviser John Brennan to head the CIA

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Editorial

Changing Frat Culture, Beyond the Punishment

ON JAN 9, THE UNIVERSITY DISBANDED the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity after two of the fraternity’s pledges were hospitalized during a hazing incident The administration subsequently punished the Phi Sigma Kappa and Pi Kappa Phi fraternities on Jan 14 for engaging in repeated acts of “underage and excessive alcohol consumption ” We hope these punishments will deter other houses from taking similar actions However, they will only be successful if they are pursued in conjunction with broad cultural changes

Through these incidents, the University has continued to show that it is willing to punish houses for violating the rules after they happen This strategy of deterrence is important for incentivizing houses to abandon their risky pledging practices As we have seen in recent years with such fraternities as Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Pi Kappa Alpha, the University has not hesitated to expel chapters from campus that engage in hazing

However, even when the University has pursued this policy in the past, chapters have continued to flout the rules and thus put the health and safety of their members in jeopardy To tr y to prevent these behaviors in the first place, Cornell has embarked on a strategy to “end pledging as we know it” by shortening the pledge period and requiring each chapter to submit a detailed plan of pledging events to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs for approval

While we commend Cornell’s tough action, these incidents have only affirmed our belief that broad cultural changes beyond what the University has proposed are essential to changing the system To end these harmful practices, we believe that prospective members should be initiated immediately after they accept their bids While some fraternities may argue that students need time to learn house rituals and traditions, we firmly believe that this process can begin after initiation eliminating the potential for hazing

We do not wish to condemn the fraternity system as a whole Greek life is full of tradition, histor y and philanthropy, all of which demonstrate the positive role the system can play at Cornell Our problem and that of the administration is with the continuation of an initiation process for prospective members that seeks to achieve brotherhood and unity through sometimes dangerous and humiliating hazing activities

However, these actions are often ritualized, making the cycle of hazing hard to break Yet it is imperative, for the well-being of our community, that chapters end this cycle and cease these harmful practices

The disregard by chapters for the safety of their brothers is the greatest justification for University action In the case of TEP, the University came to the decision to disband the fraternity after a thorough investigation of an October incident in which pledges were placed in “sexually humiliating” situations The two other fraternities, meanwhile, were only punished after multiple recent incidents of underage and excessive drinking

These activities have degraded, harmed and even killed Cornellians in the past They can no longer be tolerated by the University or by the student community

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Quenching

Whether it is in the music we listen to, the movies we watch or what’s happening right in front of us I have been witnessing a plague that many are referring to as “the thirst ” According to urbandictionar y com, the thirst is defined as “ an epidemic where a male or female does anything for the opposite sex because they are yearning for attention or sex [ The] only way to be cured is to get what they [desperately need] ” While I am not here to discuss the epidemic itself, I intend to examine our refusal to determine our attraction to others based on their personalities rather than their aesthetics Which is a long-winded way of saying that people

have become quite shallow

The biggest problem with this ever-growing shallowness is the fact that people are a lot less happy I have witnessed quite a few of my friends become absolutely miserable due to their poor, superficial decisions It seems as if what they saw as real feelings were actually strong superficial attractions When one is attempting to make a relationship work based on feelings that aren ’ t there, they will often find them-

Po l i t i c a l p a r t i e s d o n o t v i e w w o m e n a s a v i a b l e p o l i t i c a l c o n s t i t u e n c y j u s t ye t It i s n o s u r p r i s e t h a t a p ro p o s e d c o n s t i t u t i o n a l a m e n d m e n t t o re s e r ve 3 3 p e rc e n t o f t h e s e a t s i n n a t i o n a l a n d s t a t e l e g i s l a t u re s f o r w o m e n h a s l a n g u i s h e d i n Pa r l i a m e n t f o r ye a r s De p e n d i n g o n t h e re g i o n , p a r t i e s a p p e a l t o c o n s t i t u e n c i e s d e f i n e d by c a s t e a n d re l i g i o n , b u t n o t g e n d e r A s a re c e n t p o s t o n R e u t e r s ’ I n d i a b l o g a r g u e s , “ Po l i t i c a l p a r t i e s a s s u m e t h a t [ w o m e n ’ s ] vo t i n g p a t t e r n s a re m o s t l y i n f l u e n c e d by

Evaluating the Discontents

Kirat Singh is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at ksingh@cornellsun com Evaluating the Discontents appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

t h e m a l e m e m b e r s o f t h e f a m i l y o r c o mm u n i t y ” T h i s s e t u p e x p l a i n s w h y p a r t i e s n o t o n l y l a c k i n c e n t i v e s t o r e s p o n d t o d e m a n d s f ro m w o m e n ’ s r i g h t s g ro u p s , b u t a l s o h a ve p e r ve r s e i n c e n t i ve s t o h e e d t o e x i s t i n g p a t r i a rc h a l i n s t i t u t i o n s A l l - m a l e , u n e l e c t e d v i l l a g e c o u n c i l s c a l l e d k h a p s c o n t i n u e t o s e t u n o f f i c i a l r u l e s f o r d a i l y l i v i n g i n l a r g e p a r t s o f No r t h In d i a ’ s r u r a l h i n t e r l a n d Ma n y o f t h e c o u n c i l s i s s u e d b i z a r re l y o f f e n s i ve s t a t e m e n t s f o l l ow i n g t h e De c e m b e r r a p e , b l a m i n g w o m e n a n d s u g g e s t i n g l owe r i n g t h e l e g a l a g e f o r m a rr i a g e a s a s o l u t i o n t o t h e p ro b l e m T h e s p o k e s p e o p l e o f m a i n s t re a m p o l i t i c a l p a rt i e s a p p e a r i n g o n En g l i s h - l a n g u a g e n e w s c h a n n e l s h a v e c o n d e m n e d t h o s e s t a t em e n t s , b u t r u l i n g g ove r n m e n t s i n s t a t e s w h e re t h e s e c o u n c i l s o p e r a t e h a ve t a k e n n o m e a n i n g f u l a c t i o n a g a i n s t t h e m A l l t h i s re m a i n s d e p re s s i n g l y u n s u r p r i s i n g If a h o u s e h o l d’s vo t e s a re t o a s i g n i f i c a n t m e a s u re i n f l u e n c e d by i t s m a l e a d u l t s , t h e n t h e l o c a l p a r t y l e a d e r s h i p w i l l a p p e a l t o t h e m , i r re s p e c t i ve o f s t a t e m e n t s m a d e t o t h e n a t i o n a l m e d i a St i l l , t h e p e r s i s t e n c e a n d b re a d t h o f p e a c e f u l p u b l i c o u t r a g e

selves confused, upset and wondering where the things went wrong However, at the time my friends could not see the difference like I could I am not claiming to be a relationship expert; I am merely stating that it is much easier to notice when you ’ re a thirdparty witness

The thirst is also making certain males and females realize that they no longer need to exert an effort in order to get what they want This obviously does not apply to ever yone, but to a select few that are able to get by based on their looks If someone is able to coast through life due to their physical attributes, they lose motivation to exceed other expectations in their lives that can only come from working hard

This is ver y similar to a naturally-gifted athlete that fades in a b i l i t y d u e t o h i s lack of a work ethic

We c a n n o t a l l o w this to happen As peers, we must push one another to be the best we can be, looks aside

The thirst not only applies to how we examine each other’s aesthetic qualities, but also to how we look at anyone who we see as successful whether it be the star athlete or the kid with the trust fund On the day after Martin Luther King Jr ’ s birthday, it would be ideal to begin to judge others based upon the content of their character, not just their looks or their perceived status I must plead with you to do so From

choosing your friends to your significant others, make sure you are gauging their personality and intellect At a school as prestigious as Cornell, we all obviously seek to be the best we can be However, I am not so sure that we always seek the best in others That is something we need to work on It is my firm belief that by looking for the best in others, we can bring out the best in ourselves

As members of the Cornell community, we cannot allow these trivial matters to stand in the way of building meaningful relationships and leading fulfilling lives We must live up to prestige of “Ivy League” in ever ything that we do The standards associated with going to Cornell apply to much more than academics If you came to this University solely for its outstanding academic prowess, then you might have came to the wrong school Our parents and Cornell’s faculty demand the most of us, so why can ’ t we demand the most of each other?

As far as I am concerned, it does not matter if I must standalone From here on out, I will expect the most of all my peers By choosing this school, I believe you chose to live a life of excellence and you should pursue that goal in ever ything that you do Whether it be in the classroom, on a field or in your relationships, we should expect top-notch results from one another If you choose not to and you find yourself and those around you skating by on the things that were handed to you, such as your looks, I would like for you to remember that it s not me, it s you

Deon Thomas is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He may be reached at dthomas@cornellsun com It’s Not Me It’s You appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY KAITYLN TIFFANY Sun Staff Writer

“ What’s wrong?” asks Ray (Alex Karpovsky) of a sullen Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) during the season one finale of Girls “Ever yone ’ s a dumb whore,” she responds, still reeling from the thought that she has accidentally worn white to her cousin Jessa’s ( Jemima Kirke) surprise wedding

Her assessment of the situation rings somewhat true, then and now Season one left Hannah chasing an ambulance, Marnie making out with a wedding officiant, Shoshanna losing her virginity and Jessa marr ying a neverworse Chris O’Dowd after a week-long courtship Girls has been praised for its honesty, its unabashed stance on 21st centur y feminism, its punch line-less but comedy-rich dialogue and the stripped-down (often literally) performance of its lead actress, director and writer, Lena Dunham But as much as the girls of Girls are only “almost getting it kind of together,” so was this premiere Not all plot threads continue realistically from last season, attempts to diversify the cast are fairly transparent and Dunham’s dedication to her characters from the first season now takes a backseat to a desperate stringing-along of the plot

MARNIE Marnie (Allison Williams) is fresh off the two cruelest break-ups in the histor y of ever: her mid-sex dumping of her college boyfriend, Charlie, and her brutal parting of ways with best friend, Hannah are devastating Marnie is much more interesting as a newly-unemployed single woman; her almost-sex scene with Hannah’s gay exb oy f r i e n d ( a n d c u r re n t r o o m m a t e ) , El i j a h ( A n d re w Rannells), represents Williams’ biggest challenge yet “How am I supposed to get a hard-on when you ’ re r o l l i n g y o u r e y e s ? ” asks Elijah, and the s c e n e i s s h u t d ow n

w i t h c h a r a c t e r i s t i c Gi rl s d i s c o m f o r t While Elijah is still a c a r i c a t u re o f t h e stereotypical gay BFF who really adds nothing, Williams kills the

s c e n e d e s i g n e d t o reveal Marnie as a girl whose self-esteem is a little too reliant on the trappings of “ grownup ” success and the security of a long-term relationship

unsmotable ” I will personally feel cheated if they don’t let us see who this girl really is, aside from a British accent and a bunch of uber-cool maxi dresses

SHOSHANNA The “least virginy-virgin,” Sex in the

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time around She rocks a fascinator to Hannah’s housewarming party Of her virginity, she doesn’t miss it; it just feels like something’s “miss-ing ” W h i l e h

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b o o k a n d re a l i t y T V opinions on love have been naïve contrasts to the post-sexual revolution platitudes of the o t h e r g i r l s , h e r a s s e rtions are the only ones in this episode that seem genuine, and she alone diagnoses herself and others with honesty

JESSA Jessa gets a full 30 seconds of screen time She has dreads She is married to a yucky yuppie named Thomas John and doesn’t even know his address That’s the joke Her all-star moment of season one was proudly declaring, in a post-sex state of dishevelment to her virgin cousin “ That was me proving that I cannot be smoted I am

To her virginity-taker, Ray, she snaps and shouts, “You don’t wanna date me? That’s fine because I don’t wanna date you either Because I only want to date people who want to date me because that is called self-respect ” But then he kisses her and spills his beer all over the pile of coats Shosh would call that “adorbs,” and so would I I want a lot of help coming up with a good c e l e b r i t y - c o u p l e n a m e f o r them, though And if they have to break up, I want a c o n c i l i a t o r y In g l o u r i o u s

Basterds reference

HANNAH In an MVP break-up scene in season one, Hannah (Dunham) shouts at Adam (Driver) before he is hit by a truck, “I’m more scared than most people are when they say that they’re scared I’m like the most scarred person who’s alive ” But when we return to Hannah, she’s calling all the shots in a new relationship-sans-label with Community’ s Donald Glover, a black Republican named Sandy with whom she forbids usage of the word “love” in any context Their political opposition is set up to be a sitcom-ish clash, with Ayn Rand jokes and verbal sparring between Sandy and Hannah’s motley assortment of liberal friends (They all went to Oberlin, guys )

Hannah’s new emotional responsibility and disdain for Adam is a little confusing Wasn’t it just two episodes ago that she swooned at his backhanded confessions of affection, and even declared, “No one could ever hate me as much as I hate myself, o k a y ? So a n y m e a n thing someone ’ s gonna think of to say about me, I’ve already said to me, about me, probab l y i n t h e l a s t h a l f hour”? It’s not that I don’t want to see her happy eventually, but I ’d p re f e r t o u n d e rs

Dunham has said, “My

together over

s s u e i s t h a t they’re there for each other, but also completely obsessed with what it means to them ” As a viewer, I want to be there for Hannah, but I’m also completely obsessed with what her experiences mean for me

“I always thought the saddest feeling in life is when you ’ re dancing in a really joyful way and you hit your head on something It’s sad and embarrassing and I feel like Hannah’s entire life is like dancing and then hitting her head on something,” Dunham summarized in a Hit Fix inter view That feeling is where Hannah’s, and the collective girls’, best moments come from In season one, Hannah’s “joyful” dancing to Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” with Marnie after finding out she has an STD? Perfect Season two hasn’t had a stellar moment like this yet, messily filling diversity quotas with one-dimensional characters and making us play catch-up with the plot, but thankfully there’s the hope that this is just Dunham’s inexperience with the series format, as this is her first project away from film (Tiny Furniture Watch it Watch it now )

If it can maintain itself in season two, what Girls has over ever y other comedy is the way that it lets its characters succeed and fail in the subtle arcs of gritty realism The dialogue can be shockingly witty and entertaining, but the characters can also fall completely inarticulate when they become vulnerable There are not a lot of big and triumphant, nor melodramatic or devastating, moments just a lot of simple ups and downs, a lot of stress and embarrassment, a lot of tenderness and joy, a lot of “I love you ’ s ” and a lot of “dumb whores ”

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun com

ARIELLE CRUZ Sun Staff Writer

The Original Django

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e n e m i e s Fr a n c o Ne ro , t h e o r i g i n a l s t o n e - f a c e d

Idiot Box? Think Again

This break, I only finished one book on my reading list

I did, however, watch a whole lot of television, catching up on some old shows and checking out some new ones that friends and family have raved about, including, Breaking Bad, Homeland and Dexter (What can I say? Apparently I like my violent anti-hero types) And you know what? For all of television’s reputation as a brainless, trashy entertainment medium, these programs are really, really good And really, really addicting But why?

According to Alyssa Quart of The New York Times, it’s because these shows offer us a “welcome escape from a muddled, technology-addled existence” a distraction from our many other distractions Quart suggests that these “ supernarrative” shows with their strong, continuous plots provide a sense of “narrative order” and coherence to lives otherwise fragmented and saturated by a media-dense landscape of endless tweets, texts and cat memes

For years, though, we ’ ve been told just the opposite that the Internet makes it harder for us to pay attention, to watch anything longer than a YouTube video or read anything more than a Tweet except Back in 2008, Nicholas Carr wrote an op-ed piece for The Atlantic, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” As you might guess from the title, Carr argued that the Internet makes it harder for us to concentrate on long narratives that require sustained attention or deep thinking itself Google, he said, is the chief culprit; its founders wanted to create a vast archive of information instantly accessible, an artificial intelligence of sorts to assist our own An overabundance of content is especially valuable to corporations, who learn more about their target audiences the more distracted they are, the more links they click on Carr worried that we will

no longer be able to interpret or relate information, only skim it, only cram our minds with unending content He found himself no longer able to read novels

And yet, plenty of viewers will watch episode after episode of their favorite program A friend told me he had no control when it came to watching these shows he finished whole seasons in maybe two days, three days max Even my grandparents stayed up until 1 a m watching “Downton Abbey” after my parents gave them the first two seasons on DVD Nevermind that my grandmother probably had to wake up early for her water aerobics class the next morning she had to keep watching

In making her argument, Quart contrasts today’s hit shows with those of the 80s or 90s Unlike today’s shows, these earlier shows were often formulaic The principle conflict would be solved within the allotted time slot and rarely carried over to the next episode A lot of cop dramas still follow this format Law & Order always ends with a trial, CSI with the bad guy caught Although some plot lines surrounding the main characters are carried over into the next episode, they are always peripheral to the main drama Viewers can easily tune in and follow the action without knowing any backstory about the main characters During the early 2000’s, Quart says TV shows began operating in a “hyperlink” fashion In attempting to appeal to a Web-savvy audience, shows like Lost and Heroes offered nonlinear narratives with flashbacks and crisscrossing between characters

haps even the series finale

Previously, we needed the formulaic shows, the shows

with closure in the allotted time slot If you tuned in halfway to Law & Order: SVU, you would still know the main plot points If you only watched the show occasionally, you would still get a nice, neat conclusion at the end, not a cliffhanger Today, however, more and more people stream whole seasons at a time, and writers are free to complicate their plots and characters and to give us long and winding narratives

In contrast, today’s hit shows offer complex narratives that span multiple episodes, even multiple seasons As the narrative unfolds, the plot has more twists and turns The conflicts become more complicated and the characters more richly developed We are forced to make connections, to remember things from previous episodes Everything is sequential and causal Nothing is extraneous Details from the first episode lay the foundation for the season finale, per-

What this means is that the long narrative is not dead (and maybe I didn’t neglect my reading as much as I thought ) Contrary to what Carr feared, it may be as ripe a time as any to read novels

Emily Greenberg is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences & Art, Architecture and Planning She can be reached at egreenberg@cornellsun com Greener on the Other Side appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

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Cornell Heads to Road for Rematch

(WE GOT THE BEST OF THE BEST)

Marissa Adkins

Ju Ahn

Marie Artale

Emily Balcombe

Dalton Brauer

Juliana Batista

Journalists and Cornell professors assess how well the media covered the 2012 Presidential campaign and its aftermath

at 5:30 p m

Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Arpita Bose

Chloe Chan

Devin Cox

Shamika Dighe

Caroline Donelan

Sarah Frick

Gabby Gallegos

April Gillis

Kendall Goodyear

Kairys Grasty

Olivia Gristwold

Jules Guacelli

Hadley Harrison

Leigh Heidelberger

Josephine Hong

Olivia Iselhart

Erika Jobson

Gabriella Johnston

Lea Kassa

L auren Kline

Julia Kogos

Melissa Lercher

Morgan Martin

Mallory Matson

Richalice Metendez

Eva Morgan

Jacqui Mulholland

Decker Nielson

Cailin Owens

Meredith Persico

Elena Pfisterer

Mary Regan

Emily Roehr

Alexa Salazar

Madeline Salinas

Rachel Samuel

Trish Sharma

Angela Sheng

Katie Sherman

Suzy Struckmann

L auren Stuzin

Paisley Terenzi

Allegra Terhorst

Megan Trillo

Sarah Turgeon

Alanna Weiss

Emma Vergara

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Continued from page 16 Lauren Ritter can be reached at sportseditor@cornellsun com

Football Head Coach Kent Austin Leaves Cornell

Players Receive Awards

After a strong season on the team, Cornell men ’ s soccer junior defender Patrick Slogic and junior forward

Daniel Haber were named to the NCAA’s A l l - No r t h e a s t First Team

named to the list and it only speaks to how well the program performed this year ”

Slogic, along

“I appreciate being named to the list and it only speaks to how well the program performed.” P a t

“It’s really nice to receive that recognition after the season our team had,”

Slogic said “I appreciate being

with being the tallest player on the Cornell roster, made his appearance on the All-Ivy First Team earlier in the

postseason, along with his second AllRegion First Team honor Slogic was one of the core defenders for the Red this season, giving up 13 goals all year

The Red finished the season with a 15-2 record and won its first Ivy League title since 1996 The squad also made it to its first NCAA tournament since 1996

Z aw i s l a n Honored for Coaching

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Writer

After leading the Red to a 15-2 season and an NCAA tournament appearance for the firs t time s ince 1 9 9 6 ,

Coach of the Year this past December

“Kent has provided terrific leadership for our program these past three years.”

Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun com

Haber said the award is as much a reflection of the team ’ s performance as of his own, even though he scored 18 goals and grabbed 43 points this year Haber also earned a spot on the ECAC’s Division I All-Star team as one of its three for wards before singing a professional contract to join Israel’s club team

Zawislan took the job in 2009 after the Red’s disas-

2008 campaign

After winning six games in 2009, four games in 2010 and eight games in 2011, Zawislan’s 15-win season in 2012 gives him a 613 winning percentage – the thirdhighest in Cornell soccer histor y

scored more goals each season for three consecutive seasons and the Red broke a

Maccabi Haifa

FC “ This nomination is about the program, ” he said “No player is ever recognized without being part of a great team ”

“I couldn’t be prouder and happier for Coach [Zawislan] I am glad to see him recognized.”

D a n i e l H a b e r Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun com

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i n 2 0 1 2 by scoring at least one goal in 28 consecutive games The team broke another record

Achieving greatness | Head coach Jaro Zawislan was named the NSCAA Northeast Region Coach of the Year.

when it won 12 games in a row this fall

Still, Zawislan gave credit to the people around him

“ We have quality players, quality people, quality students here I’m so proud of all of them They make it happen ” T h

highly respect Zawislan for his determination “ I c o u l d n ’

striker Daniel Haber “He is more dedicated than proba-

bly any coach in the countr y and I am glad to see him being recognized for turning around this program ”

concluded, Zawislan said he h a s b e e n

“ We have to make ever y day count towards becoming a better and better program, ” he said “ We haven’t scored any goals yet in 2013 and we haven’t got any wins ”

sdale@cornellsun com

Spor ts

Red Defeat s Lions in Matchup

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Writer

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Wr ter

The woman ’ s basketball team (96) went 3-3 during Cornell’s winter recess

On Dec 18, the Red traveled to Corpus Christi, Tex to take on the Texas A&M Islanders (1-16) Despite senior for ward Clare

F i t z p a t r i c k ’ s tenth career double-double and junior guard Allyson DiMagno’s 18 points and eight boards, the Red suffered a 52-49 loss The team ’ s dismal three-point shooting, ( atjust 17 6 percent) culminated in a missed three-pointer by junior guard Stephanie Long with just four seconds to go in the game

Cornell finished its two-game trip to Texas on Dec 20 when the Red took on Texas University (710) Cornell held Texas to 34 percent shooting, but the Longhorns’ size was too much for the Red who lost the game, 53-40 Despite the loss, head coach Dayna Smith was happy with the team ’ s performance

“[It was] a great all-around defensive effort,” she said

The Red then returned to Ithaca to take on William & Mary (2-14) on Dec 30 Cornell shot 47 percent from the floor and had four players reach double-figures in scoring during the contest After two consecutive three-pointers by the Tribe’s

s a b l e t o a t t e m p t ” T h e Re d p i c k e d u p i t s d e f e n s e a n d t h e L i o n s g o t c o l d d u r i n g t h e s e c o n d h a l f, s h o o t i n g 0 - f o r - 6 f ro m t h e 3 - p o i n t - r a n g e De s p i t e C o l u m b i a ’ s p o o r s h o o ti n g , L i o n g u a rd Br i t t a n y Si m m o n s h i t a f re e t h row t o m a k e i t a t h re e - p o i n t g a m e w i t h 1 2 : 0 2 l e f

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Janine Aldridge with a few minutes remaining in the second period, the Red knocked down a pair of free throws to lock up a 60-56 victory

Cornell began the new year in Lewisburg, Penn to square off against Bucknell (11-7) The Bison’s 46 3 percent shooting from the floor was too much for the Red, who shot a seasonlow 22 4 percent and lost the game, 64-39

Following the loss, the team traveled back to Newman Arena to face Buffalo (5-12) on Jan 5 The Red shot a scolding 52 percent from the field in a 70-43 blowout Clare Fitzpatrick scored 15 points, including the 1000th point of her career

“[We’re] very happy and proud of her,” Smith said “[We’re] looking for big things from [her] in this upcoming Ivy season ” Cornell rounded off its non-conference schedule with a 75-55 win over Daemon College in Newman Arena on Jan 13 The Wildcats shot 47 percent from the field to the Red’s 41 percent, but Cornell outrebounded Daemon, 40-32

“That was a good win for us [Daemon] was a tough team, ” Smith said

After completing its non-conference schedule, the Red looks forward its Ivy League games ahead

By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor

Over the weekend, t h e No 6 Re d wrestling team traveled

n o r t h , f a c i n g o f f against Brown on Sa t u rd a y a f t e rnoon After a 420 shutout against

t h e Pr i n c e t o n Ti g e r s j u s t o n e

we e k b e f o re o n Jan 12, Cornell

a d d e d a n o t h e r notch to the “W” colu m n , d ro p p i n g t h e Bears, 35-6

“ We we re f e e l i n g really good coming out of Princeton and had a solid week of practices

We went into Brown with the same mindset

that we do with every match: that we need to focus on what we can control and if we go out and wrestle hard, the score will take care of itself,” said senior

beganStanzione defeate d Za c h a r y Ta n e n b a

h o n Ga r

h e a v y we i g h t St r y k e r Lane

Sa t u rd a y b e g a n with a solid start for the Red, as senior Joe Stanzione picked up a 6-3 exhibition match

w i n b e f o re t h e d u e l a g a i n s t Brow n

u a l with a major decision

w i n a g a i n s t Brow n junior Billy Watterson

Ga r re t t w a s t e d n o time, earning a takedown just after the first whistle

The rookie brought

Watterson down to the mat a few more times as the Brown wrestler tried to work his way back up to his feet Garrett had the lead, 50, heading into the second round, adding t h re e b a c k p o i n t s Opening the second in the down posit i o n , Ga r re t t w a s able to escape before adding a double leg takedown Entering the final round with a 11-0 lead, the rookie added two more takedowns before settling for a 16-3 final score Off to a strong start with four points on the

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senior Beau Martino at 133 Dixon managed a 4-0 lead after the first round, earning a take-