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As the University considers whether or not it should begin offering massive, open online courses, it has begun teaching a free, online course on hospitality marking the latest in the University’s attempt to navigate its place on the web

The self-paced, online course, “Marketing the Hospitality Brand through New Media: Social, Mobile, and Search,” which began earlier January, is based off of class materials from the School of Hotel Administration

Taught by Prof Robert Kwortnik, services marketing, and Dr Bill Carroll, senior lecturer in the hotel school, the course was first offered as a regular class on campus in Spring 2012

“That class became the springboard for the online course, which [Carroll and I] developed throughout the summer and fall of 2012,” Kwortnik said

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In response to several repor ted sexual assaults in the fall, Cornell introduced a program on sexual assaults and safety to orientation week in Januar y University officials say that it may make par ticipating in the program, called “Speak About It,” mandator y for all incoming students in the fall

The program aimed to educate students about issues related to preventing sexual assault

One hundred for ty-nine ne w students attended the program Administrators will evaluate their feedback before deciding whether to offer the program in the fall, according to Sarah Jones, assistant dean for ne w student programs

“ The goal is really to introduce students so that they can get examples of different ways to use language to talk about consent, ” Jones said “It was also about ways to be a bystander in our c o m m u n i t y So i f y o u ’ re a t a par ty and you see someone or you see your friend has had too much to drink, how do you reach out to them to see if they need help?”

Laura Weiss, director of the Women’s Resource Center, said she thinks having an event like

‘Speak About It’ in orientation is a good conversation-star ter

“Introducing [students] to the idea early is a good idea,” she added

Weiss said that the ne w prog r a m i s o n l y a p o r t i o n o f Cornell’s overall response

Former Cornell vice president Steven Muller Ph D ’58, who was instrumental in ending the Willard Straight Hall Takeover in 1969, passed away Saturday due to respiratory failure He was 85 years old

According to Prof Theodore Lowi, government, Muller had helped negotiate the peaceful withdrawal of armed student protesters during the Takeover when students took over the Straight to demand that the

University improve its treatment of black students

“I have nothing but good memories of [Muller] He was very collegial and had that quality of being able to engage people to help them see others’ perspectives I was impressed by his genuine listening to students,” Lowi said in a press release “He took most of the troubles [of the protests] on his shoulders " In addition to negotiating the peaceful resolution of the Takeover, Muller was also instrumental in creating the Einaudi Center for International Studies,

according to Prof Emeritus Walter Lafeber, history

“He succeeded Mario Einaudi as director in 1962, and was instrumental in making the Center one of the leading entities of its kind in the United States [Einaudi Center for International Studies] was a pioneering effort in many ways, and we owe a great deal to Muller’s foundational work in those critical initial years, ” Lafeber said in an email “[Muller’s] most significant,

‘Speak About It’ focuses on consent, boundaries and healthy relationships,” Jones said “It’s a one-hour presentation by a group of per formers who are sharing real stories from college students from around the countr y They use those stories to talk about sex and healthy relationships and how ever y member of the community has a role in preventing sexual assault ” Jones said that the program e n c o u r a g e s s t u d e n t s t o d i s c u s s numerous topics regarding sexual relationships

“I think it really needs to be big picture It’s never a job that’s really done,” Weiss said

Weiss said that she thinks the Un i v e

s i t y w i l l c o n t i n u e t h e ‘Speak About It’ program next semester

“I think the Speak About It p ro g r a m w i

o n t i n u i n g par t of orientation going for ward because I think introducing to students the issues that it covered from their first moments on campus is impor tant, ” Weiss said

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Two days after President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, Susie Bright, a blogger, speaker and ‘ sexpert ’ a sex expert delivered what she called a “sexual State of the Union” at Cornell

Embracing sexual expression, Bright said that she faced backlash when she published and founded “On Our Backs,” the first magazine to feature lesbian erotica, in the 1980s

“[Other feminists] thought that we were crudely and violently exploiting female imagery to the detriment of all womankind,” she said “We were saying that we were taking control of our sexual image and [that] this is a fundamental of women ’ s sexual liberation movement ”

Later, Bright said she realized that her opponents “had all the same sexual idiosyncrasies, fantasies, wishes, dreams as anyone else ”

“Now, when I look back on it, it was a much more tragic turf war The women ’ s movement had been marginalized,” she said “As I grew older, I would find myself in the living rooms and bedrooms of people who had once been my enemies on the subject, and I would say, ‘What do you know? Old

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Over time, Bright said, she realized that people who censor sexual expression indulge in sexual acts and fantasies similar to everyone else

“Everyone is sexual This is why [the censors] bother me so much,” she said “They want to be able to see everything They want permission to indulge in all of it But just them Not for you ”

The opposition to sexual expression has not changed throughout the years, according to Bright

“If someone were to ask me what hasn’t changed in the sexual State of the Union, I would say that would be the top of my list,” she said

Reflecting on Obama’s second inauguration, Bright said that she was politically motivated to attend the event She said she wanted to be present at the inauguration that had more to it “than who won or lost [the presidential election] ”

“I was part of a group of artists who came up with the idea that making art in public was one of the best examples of participatory democracy that one can demonstrate,” she said Bright added that she wished to “be a part of something that was bigger something that witnessed a peaceful transition of

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In addition to reflecting on the presidential inauguration, Bright also criticized the lack of discussion on sex trafficking around the world

“It’s an issue that there’s no country that doesn’t have its own version of [sex trafficking victims],” Bright said “Unfortunately, on the world stage, a subject like [sex trafficking] is spoken of, as if it weren ’ t another form of forced labor Why do we talk about ‘ sex slaves’ differently, as opposed to somebody who is forced to work in any other occupation without pay, under threat of violence?”

Bright concluded that the degree of sexual expression there is in a society is related to what that society’s political climate is like “If you can ’ t say something about the body, about sexuality, there’s your standard And everything flows from that,” she said “In places and in cultures where sexual speech is heavily regulated, you see it reflected in every aspect in a lack of democracy

Sexual speech, democracy the freer one is the more participatory you see the other ”

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun com

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Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun com

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Cornell], however, was his work in structuring and initiating the Einaudi Center for International Studies,” Lafeber said in a University press release

Born in Hamburg, Germany, Muller immigrated to England, and then the U S after his father was released from a concentration camp in Nazi Germany He became a naturalized citizen of the U S in 1949, according to a University press release

After appearing in films as an actor during his teenage years, Muller graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1948 and then studied literature at Oxford University He then served in the Army Signal Corps from 1954 to 1955 and completed his Ph D in government from Cornell in 1958, according to a University press release

Muller became provost of Johns Hopkins University in 1971 and assumed the role of the president after only 10 months, according to The Associated Press Muller served as president of the university for 18 years, during which time he fundraised millions of dollars and oversaw the growth of many major academic disciplines

“When [Muller] became president, John Hopkins was in a pretty bad place [financially], just like Cornell I talked to several people and they thought he did a splendid job as president of [ John Hopkins],” Lowi said in an interview with The Sun “They didn’t have any complaints, and I thought if a university president doesn’t have any complaints from the faculty, then that’s pretty successful ”

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t i o n w h e t h e r s u c h t i e s e n d a n g e r t h e o b j e c t i v i t y o f re s e a rc h a t t h e c o l l e g e W h i l e t h e re a re n o a l l eg a t i o n s t h a t Gl i m c h e r h a s c o m m i t t e d a n y w ro n g d o i n g , we j o i n t h e s e e x p e r t s i n t h e i r c o n c e r n t h a t s u c h c o n n e c t i o n s b o t h p e r s o n a l a n d f i n a n c i a l h a ve t h e p o t e n t i a l t o d i s t o r t t h e n e u t r a l i t y o f a c a d e m i c re s e a rc h

L e a d i n g re s e a rc h e x p e r t s f ro m t h e n a t i o n ’ s t o p b i o e t h i c s i n s t i t u t i o n s h a ve p o i n te d o u t t h a t s u c h c l o s e t i e s t o b u s i n e s s c a n p rove h a r m f u l t o a c a d e m i c i n s t i t u t i o n s i n a va r i e t y o f w a y s Be i n g p e r s o n a l l y a n d f i n a n c i a l l y i n ve s t e d i n t h e s e c o m p a n i e s i n G l i m c h e r ’ s c a s e , p h a r m a c e u t i c a l g i a n t Br i s t o l - My e r s Sq u i b b a n d t h e Wa t e r s C o r p o r a t i o n , a l a b o r a t o r y e q u i p m e n t f i r m c a n s t i f l e a c a d e m i c i n t e g r i t y a n d h u r t a c o l l e g e ’ s re p u t a t i o n f o r o b j e c t i ve re s e a rc h Eve n i f t h e s u m d o e s n o t i n f a c t d i s t o r t re s e a rc h , j u s t t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f i m p ro p r i e t y i s i n i t s e l f a p ro b l e m f o r C o r n e l l T h e Un i ve r s i t y h a s d e f e n d e d Gl i m c h e r ’ s t i e s t o t h e p h a r m a c e u t i c a l i n d u s t r y, s t a ti n g t h a t h e r o t h e r d u t i e s d o n o t d e t r a c t f ro m h e r w o rk a s WC M C d e a n In f a c t , Pre s i d e n t Da v i d Sk o r t o n h a s l a u d e d h e r t i e s t o t h e s e c o r p o r a t i o n s , s a y i n g t h e y a l i g n w i t h WC M C ’ s l o n g - t e r m g o a l o f d r a m a t i c a l l y e x p a n d i n g i t s p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h i n d u s t r y We a c k n ow l e d g e t h e b e n e f i t s o f a g re e m e n t s b e t we e n a c a d e m i a a n d t h e p r iva t e s e c t o r, a n d k n ow t h a t t h e s e b o n d s c a n b r i n g l i f e - s a v i n g re s e a rc h a d va n c e m e n t s t o m a rk e t Howe ve r, we re m a i n c o n c e r n e d t h a t Gl i m c h e r ’ s p e r s o n a l f i n a n c i a l s t a k e i n t h e s e c o m p a n i e s ’ s u c c e s s i n 2 0 1 1 s h e re c e i ve d $ 2 5 9 , 5 0 0 i n c o m p e n s a t i o n a n d $ 1 5 m i l l i o n i n d e f e r re d s h a re u n i t s f ro m Br i s t o l - Mye r s Sq u i b b a l o n e c o u l d l e a d h e r t o p u t c o r p o r a t e p ro f i t s b e f o re t h e b e s t i n t e re s t s o f t h e m e d i c a l c o l l e g e ’ s s t u d e n t s , f a c u l t y a n d p a t i e n t s C o r n e l l h a s d i re c t e d t h e f o r m a t i o n o f a p a n e l t o re c o m m e n d a “ c o n f l i c t s m a na g e m e n t p l a n ” t o p re ve n t a n y c o n f l i c t s o f i n t e re s t b e t we e n Gl i m c h e r a n d t h e m e di c a l i n d u s t r y We c o m m e n d C o r n e l l’s c a re f u l

Recently, Cornell’s bible that is The New York Times published an article about how the dating scene of our generation is hyper casual It was mostly the same old article you read about “millennials” that is 60 percent bullshit and 40 percent true I guess I still read it, so the NYT is doing its job On the other hand, I didn’t need another source telling me how sad my love life is Thanks, NYT Basi ll i id exactly

would expect: Our generation goes on fewer traditional dates and we ’ re unsatisfied as a result But I wonder, are we actually unfulfilled with our dateless culture, or are just being made to feel that we should be? Some would say the answer lies in removing ourselves from the hook-up culture, as kind of cultural rebellion I feel a certain pressure to want to go on dates that I can ’ t seem to separate from my actual feelings about the person who is asking me out on one Do I like this person only because they are carrying out the traditional romantic ritual?

So, when I was asked to go on a date Monday night, I was supposed to figure this all out As I was getting ready, I couldn’t decide if I was getting dressed for my night class, the date or to go out for syllabus night afterward Clearly, I was mentally and emotionally confused about the whole thing

The date ended up being completely fine We went to dinner, it was snowing it was all very romantic and traditional Wouldn’t you know, a date turns out to be a great way to assess if you ’ re compatible with someone! For a moment, I thought, “Maybe the way our generation seeks partners is misguided ”

Morgan Bookheimer is a senior in the College of Human Ecolog y She may be reached at mbookheimer@cor nellsun com Behind the Time appears alter nate Thursdays this semester Not

even a date could melt Morgan’s icy heart

heart freezes over with a harder layer of ice with each passing day at this school, but at least I didn’t date a bunch of losers

We need to stop worrying about the means and start thinking about the end

The person matters, not whether you ever went on a traditional date with them Relationship lines are blurred in college I could be romantically interested in my classmate, who is also my partner on a project, who is also my editor (not you, Liz, wink wink) Going on a

The next day, I assessed whether the experience was actually fulfilling I came to the conclusion that it doesn’t really matter if you get to know someone on a date, or at a bar, or in a class or via technology Whatever relationship model persists in a particular culture will have its pros and cons Maybe at Cornell, we are emotionally guarded and have a penchant for drunken hook-ups, but we also spend less time in committed relationships just to avoid being alone Sure, my

date with that person might be fun, but not crucial

How many of us really know ourselves well enough to accurately assess if we are interested in someone anyway? This is the greater problem in our and really any generation We know ourselves in the way we know our social media brand, in the way we know our major (some of us), and in the way we know what groups we are a part of However, when it comes to the ebbs and flows of our personality and how to surf those waves with a partner, we are confused

Honestly, the tools I use to assess my interest in romantic partners are pretty arbitrary: Am I attracted to them? Do they dress well? Do they have good taste in music? The things that seem to matter only scratch the surface of who a person is I mean, I have multiple somewhat creepy crushes on people I’ve never even met So, as a 20-something and a millennial when I read these stories about how wrong our hook-up culture is, it just seems so removed from the actual experience There are a lot of things wrong with the traditional dating culture as well for instance, why should the man be the one to pay but that’s a different column As college students, we ’ re lucky if we find “the one, ” regardless of how we try to find them

Over the course of Cornell’s history, no professor has ever come up with a formula to find love But here’s to hoping The New York Times covers it if they ever do

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m ov i n g t r a i n s o r t o f a d ve n t u ro u s Now s o m e o f yo u m i g h t b e t h i n ki n g : “ Bu t Ji m o t h y ! Yo u h a ve n ’ t e ve n

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r a i l t r a i n ( p re f e r a b l y Cz e c h )

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K r a k e n , l e t a l o n e c o p u l a t i n g i n o n e ( C o p u l a t i o n C a n o e i s n ow t h e n a m e o f m y Se a L e ve l C l u b c a n o e c h a r t e r s e r -

Singh is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at jsingh@cornellsun com Quest for the Perfect Tale appears alternate Thursdays this semester

v i c e ) T h u s , a n yo n e w h o c a n d o t h e d i r t y i n o n e g e t s m y re s p e c t Now, h a vi n g s e x o n a c a n o e T h a t i s a n o t h e r m a t t e r e n t i re l y T h e o n l y w a y I c a n i m a g i n e t h i s w o rk i n g i s h a v i n g t w o c o u p l e s o n e i t h e r e d g e o f t h e c a n o e h u m p i n g a t t h e s a m e t i m e i n o rd e r t o k e e p t h e c a n o e f ro m t i p p i n g If yo u ’ re i n t e re s t e d

First in Command

ociety imposes roles of dominance and roles of submission on people in their everyday interactions with one another Nearly every meeting comes with a predetermined ranking For instance, the barista at Starbucks wants to make your drink just the way you like it because she is there to serve Similarly, you are at Cornell, in part, to impress professors with your hard work When you meet any random individual at a party, an instant determination of the dominant and submissive individual is established when one person refuses to smile back or disregards a question posed to him or her by the other Usually, these first measures of dominance and submission carry into later

in charge, he looks forward to being with someone who can get him begging

interactions between the two people It usually takes a drastic move to change these roles, once firmly established Yet, there is a way to make waves in the pool of power struggles Get someone in bed with you and strip him or her down to his or her tighty-whities, then decide who’s on top You might be surprised by the drastic changes in the dynamic Everyone wants to be dominated as well as to feel dominant We have it in us to be the giver and to be the taker, even if the taker usually just gives and gives, then gives more in the morning A big burly man would most definitely pop a stiff one just thinking about a little chick climbing on top of him, pulling his huge arms over his head (or as far as they will go, those damn trapezoidal muscles) and telling him that he is in for a ride Or, more accurately, he is about to be ridden As much as he prizes being

I am a prime example of a person who desires both ends of the domination spectrum when I get it on My close friends know that I have a thing for innocent types, those who are inexperienced but ready and overly willing to learn from a dedicated teacher I like the feeling of overwhelming a boy with intense sexual energy I always think back to my middle school boyfriend and the time I granted him his first glimpse of boobies His eyes went wide and his mouth curled into a slight grin as I sat on top of him and slowly removed my shirt and bra, revealing my ne w pubescent developments to their first suitor It was as if I had him at “nipple ” Each time after that, I was the one on top I later broke up with him and watched him beg me to take him back The energy of the bedroom is power ful nyet mysterious Use it wisely

To feel true domination, there must be a sense of fear involved When you lose control of a situation completely, fear begins to brew When you don’t know at all what comes next, anticipation intensifies You become absorbed by the other’s bedroom initiatives You then have nothing left to do but lay back and allow yourself to be taken, without resistance, fully giving in Has anyone ever held down your arms with his or her knees, pulled your hair and told you to shut up after each sentence you utter? Has anyone ever forced you to scream, “Fuck me!” louder and louder before they will fulfill you? Has anyone ever grabbed your whole body, flipped you over, held your legs together with one hand and then grabbed your ass with the other while thrusting himself inside of you? Well, if not, then let me tell

you: It’s hot One person usually just gets this animalistic energy that brews up during intercourse or foreplay Let them do their thing, even if their typical role is that of a spectator They could surprise you with a jolt of kinkiness

Although it may be the ultimate domination there is no need for freaky sex toys, ropes or chains joining you in bed By encouraging domination, I am not claiming that all women have it in them to be a dominatrix, Van der Sex style, complete with whip, blindfold and black leather high-heeled boots with matching miniskirt and bra Men do not need to be blessed with baseball size biceps and a deep voice to make their women succumb (although that deep voice whispering naughty nothings in my ear doesn’t hurt my libido) We all have it in us to be naughty and in control in the bedroom, even if we like to present ourselves as sweet and respectable in all other situations We all know the sexy librarian It is the most sexy when a normally very shy and proper person becomes a tiger under the sheets (or in the shower, on my desk chair or on the kitchen table)

It is highly important to our development as adults to experience dominance over one another It is good to practice achieving domination from a place of inferiority, not just in the bedroom but in other aspects of our lives It will certainly help us as college students when we enter the workplace as lowly interns, analysts and assistants Although tough, it is not impossible to change dominance roles in real life But our sex lives are the safest place to experiment, like working under a hood in the chem lab If we are ever going to get places in life, we must pull ourselves out from under the weight of societal rank We must be able to shake up our worlds enough so that our employer may experience life on the bottom, looking up at our pretty faces

Dining Guide

By ZACHARY SIEGEL

What to Eat in Another World

I had the opportunity to travel to China this winter break, and I was exposed to the complex cuisine of the diverse country The Chinese food we all know and love dare I say, “American Chinese food” often masks the heterogeneity of China’s regional culinary traditions, despite how tasty and convenient our favorite dishes may be Hunan, Cantonese and Zhejiang food each bring something very different to the table One ingredient in particular, the Szechuan peppercorn, symbolizes our misunderstanding of Chinese cuisine and the difference between an authentic dish and our oversimplified take-out

For those who have never tried these enigmatic peppercorns, they numb your taste buds and leave a peppery, spicy, sour flavor lingering on your tongue The chemical sensation feels similar to a very mild electric current constantly running through your mouth It’s weird really unlike any other culinary ingredient, and it takes some getting used to But after a few bites, I found myself infatuated with the unique effects of these peppercorns and unable to resist the allure of Szechuan cuisine

The Chinese call the sensation ma la, which translates as numbing and spicy Ma la is a hallmark of the Szechuan region in the southwest of the country, but the peppercorns are typically left out of dishes found in the surrounding regions A Szechuan broth-based stew known as a hot pot teems with ma la, creating a dish incredibly different than the hot pots of the surrounding provinces of China Chinese cuisine’s regional variation, often neglected in America, is in fact a key aspect of Chinese cuisine

Szechuan peppercorns repre-

sent all of the problems with the general American interpretation of Chinese food; it’s use departs from the emphasis on saccharine, crowd-pleasing, oily dishes that dominate our menus Sale of the ingredient was banned from the United States from 1968 through 2005, and thus American palates have been denied the distinct pleasure of true Szechuan flavor

“But sesame chicken and beef with broccoli are so good,” you may point out; “American Chinese food may not be exactly authentic but it’s a delicious and familiar choice to fill me up for dinner ” However valid that may be, taking a culinary risk can yield great rewards I crave those established dishes as much as anyone, but failure to explore the varieties of Chinese cookery is like eating with your head in the sand You’re missing out on something exciting

Granted, it’s not so bad to keep ordering in from Apollo or Jade Garden for dinner I love American Chinese food, as fraudulent as it may be But for those seeking a new culinary experience, adventures await in Chinese regional cuisine

For those who love intense spice, Hunan food is known for its heat Many Cantonese dishes from southern China can be found on American menus, but the region offers far more than the hackneyed versions of the food we order in The spices of India are common in western China, creating some dishes that I would never have thought I would see in a Chinese restaurant And, of course, Szechuan serves up the puzzle of ma la Kind of like those extra-hot Buffalo wings you love despite the pain they assault you with, a dish swarming with Szechuan peppercorns will keep you eating more because the only momentary escape from the grip on your tongue is to shove more food

in your mouth No

dishes share the appeal of an exciting new approach to the cuisine Many are unapologetically traditional and would likely not

Stewed soft shell turtle with beef testes and bull genitals on the menu of my first meal in China failed to seduce my adventurous side I was excited to tr y new

Chinese food, but I drew the line somewhere before two parts of a bovine penis accompanying turtle meat on my plate

Visiting China was eye-opening, but, most importantly for me, it was also a culinary experience (mouth-opening, if you will) I encourage everyone to order something wholly unfamiliar next time you eat in a Chinese restaurant, or

any restaurant for that matter The authentic dishes are often there, waiting to be ordered by a daring American You may find a flavor combination that you never expected Or, it may feel like someone is forcibly holding a battery to your pepper-filled taste buds Either way, I think you will like it

Zachary Siegel can be reached at zsiegel@cornellsun com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A$AP Rocky may be from Harlem his given name is Rakim Meyers, in a nod to Wu-Tang legend Rakim but listening to Long Live A$AP, the much-hyped 24year-old’s debut album, you wouldn’t know it The album, released only a year after his critically acclaimed mixtape, draws influence from sources both within and thoroughly removed from the world of hip-hop

His music draws on Houston’s oozy chopped-ands c re w e d s o u n d s , t h e c o n f i d e n t , s m o o t h f l ow o f California gangster rap, and lyrical gymnastics that can clearly be traced to hip-hop staples like UGK In fact, with a few exceptions, like the choppy string-based loop of the album’s star-studded climax, “1train,” a homage to Wu-Tang Clan and the other legends of A$AP’s hometown, that New York sound is unrecognizable here

A$AP travels far from his roots, bringing in producers that are known for their abilities to circumvent genre restrictions, like Danger Mouse and Skrillex, as well as Florence Welch, of Florence + the Machines Welch seems somewhat out of place on this album that is colored with lyrical content worn out by genre-clichés, which is especially the case on the catchy but ultimately meaningless track “PMW” (you can guess what the acronym stands for)

Despite Long Live A$AP’ s refreshing genre-and-geo-

graphic mishmash, unlike the other recent highly anticipated hip hop releases like Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m A A d city, A$AP sometimes seems satisfied with the status-quo of bragadocious, catchy lyrics and surefire club hits that lack the substance to make this a truly substantial release The intention of the album’s hit second single, Fuckin’ Problems,” for example, is clear: there is no secondar y motive behind the lascivious claims of debaucher y Other times, though, A$AP reveals a subtle sense of self-deprecation that is a welcome change from the album’s often brainless premises On one of the most promising tracks, “LVL,” A$AP employs one of his many aliases, “Mr Pistol Popper,” over a groovy, trip-hoppy beat produced by Clams Casino, as he coolly utters, “fuck a copper ” It isn’t clear whether this is coming from the mind of his ultra-ghetto alter ego or from A$AP himself, but this lack of clarity adds some much-needed ambiguity to lyricism that is often in need of it However, “LVL” is the exception Most of the time, A$AP is unambitious and seemingly content to achieve success in his lyrical comfort zone rather than trying to find any true clarity or meaning through his experiences In all fairness, though, A$AP’s rise to fame was nearly unprecedented He has risen to fame in an era where rappers ’ , and musicians in general, rise to stardom is so

BY ARIELLE CRUZ Sun Staff Writer

Yesterday, something beautiful came across my Facebook feed It was brightly colored, yet unassuming I expected nothing from this small block of text that I passed by on my leisurely scroll Another festival announcement for a show I probably wouldn’t get to go to I clicked and scanned anyway Better to look at this than begin my first assigned readings of the year Blurgh

This was no ordinary festival announcement It was an announcement more glorious than I could imagine It was the list for the Governors Ball A festival that last year had been mildly exciting -- but not quite exciting enough to blow 200 dollars on -- had transformed into the lineup of all east coast concert lineups Or, as my roommate put it ever so succinctly, “Holy shit ”

The official lineup for Governor’s Ball in Ne w York City was released online on Tuesday The festival, which takes place each year on Randall’s Island in early June, may be far away, but the general excitement surrounding it has made all of the time between then and now seem insignificant

Let me put my excitement in perspective

H E LLO G OV N A’ !

Last year the big headliners were Passion Pit, Duck Sauce, Chromeo, Beck, Modest Mouse and Explosions in the Sky Those were the biggest names on there One of them has only one recognizable song in its arsenal, “Barbara Streisand ” This year ’ s festival will be headlined by Kanye West, Kings of Leon and one more big name that has yet to be announced

The full list includes the artists behind at least five of the top 20 albums of 2012 on most major yearly rankings Last year ’ s artists would have landed on the middle tier of this year ’ s supped-up lineup at most

Moving from a two day event with about 20 artists to a three day extravaganza with over 60 acts, the Governor’s Ball has graduated from another blip on the summer festival radar to what is sure to be a major and well attended concert of 2013

What is even better than this list of names, you ask? That the festival is taking place only five hours away from our campus, and only about 20 minutes to an hour from where most Cornellians hail from, the Tri-State Area

Although the ar tist selections for Governors Ball are not quite as forward-thinking as some of the west coast festivals like Coachella, a festival that has a knack for recognizing talent far ahead of the general public, the Gov Ball staff did develop a cache of artists

rapid that there’s ver y little time to reflect on the journey they took to get there It seems that A$AP’s nearinstantaneous transition from the streets of New York to his current sublime lifestyle has left him bereft of a strong identity or any real ability to reflect deeply upon his past As he nostalgically reflects in the album’s finale, Suddenly,” he has gone from ugly to comfortably suddenly ”

Yet, scattered throughout the album there are hints that he has the potential to move beyond the played-out hit-making rhymes, be more than this album suggests, and take on a more serious role in the hip-hop community In “Hell,” another impressive Clams Casino-produced track featuring Santigold, A$AP declares, “heaven need a villain just like hell need a newer idol ” On “1train,” he claims to feel like “ a villain or a missionar y ” These juxtaposing lyrics cut to the heart of A$AP’s real issue: will he be tempted by the beckoning of highgrossing hits and “lightweight” rapping, or will he take the high road to success through a search for something more? Only time will tell, but for now, this album, while catchy, well-produced and impressively wide-ranging on the production side, falls short

filled with recent up-and-comers Some of which, like Feist, Azealia Banks and The Vaccines, look as though they were hand picked off of Coachella’s past lineups But certainly not all Beach House and Dirty Projectors who produced two of the Cornell Daily Sun’s top albums of the year and the Lumineers will be making appearances in our lovely big apple I take a little pride in that

If fingers crossed I am able to attend, one of the shows I will literally fight people to get to is Kendrick Lamar I can think of nothing better than blissfully gangster rapping along to good kid, m A A d city as awkwardly and enthusiastically as only a white girl from Westchester can I spent half of my car rides during winter break sitting with friends, turning Lamar’s music up and dancing like a complete G I got some weird looks Worth it

Alt-J will be a must The British band released its first full length album, An Awesome Wave, was released last year and won the prestigious Mercury prize, past winners of which include PJ Harvey, The xx (another Gov Ball attendee) and Franz Ferdinand, to name a few The band earned it The energetic and eclectic beats guided by the smooth and commanding voice of Joe Newman cast a power-

f u l aura that made me want to bask in it forever

Beach House’s Bloom, Best Coast’s The Only Place and Grizzly Bear’s Shields were incredibly well received last year, and The xx, Of Monsters and Men and Local Natives have created some great music over the past years that have been popularly sampled and added to film and T V soundtracks like 90210 Kanye West is an obvious choice Cocky or not, he is amazing Maybe we’ll spot a very pregnant Kardashian in his midst Or the festival will get a visit from his good friend, and Scarsdale dweller Jay-Z Well, I can dream can ’ t I?

I wish I had room to talk about the Vaccines, A zealia Banks, Nas, and Japandroids But, alas you will have to research for yourself, good readers New York, we officially have a festival we can be proud of (and gloat about a little), an event that may cause as much travel congestion as a presidential visit An ode to the best of 2012, and hopefully an indicator of more good to come, the Governors Ball is a place that all music lovers should try to get to this June

Arielle Cruz is a sophomore in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com

MEREDITH JOYCE Sun Staff Writer

Time is not something we spend too much time thinking about Where is it? Can we control it? On Ne w Year’s Eve at 5 p m , as the Museum of Modern Arm officially closed, The Clock star ted It was especially appropriate given that Ne w Year’s is one of the only times that we collectively celebrate time, that vaguely defined and vastly complicated human constr uct It turns out that sitting through time might be the most interesting way to pass it

The Clock, Christian Marclay’s latest a

interesting both in concept and in

footage, all ripped from the past 100 years of film histor y There are scenes from French, Italian and American movies even High School Musical makes an appearance What ties the entire film together is clocks Marclay found shots from films where clocks were some where in the frame, whether prominent or hidden, from ever y single minute of the day, and ordered those shots in such a way that the seconds, minutes and hours are never altere or skipped In the end, this conglomeration of unre ed shots comes to form a 24-hour day In e Marclay’s work is simultaneously free from the con of a linear or rational stor yline and bound constraints of time itself

pushs the boundaries of the ar t world, even as it blurs the lines between different mediums Star ting as a D J in the punk rock scene of the 1970s, Marclay has worked on visual ar t for museums around the world However, The Clock is his most ambitious work yet

SITTING THROUGHTIME

had to watch films to find the clocks something that doesn’t exactly catch the untrained eye This arduous process requires an almost uncanny amount of attention to detail In one scene, the clock is behind the receptionist as a man comes to meet a woman at a bar In another scene, there is a brief shot of a watch in the middle of a dr ug deal Sometimes the clock is the focus of the shot and sometimes it’s just another prop

Born in California, raised in Switzerland, educated in A m e r i c a n a r t s c h o o l s a n d b a s e d i n Ma n h a t t a n a n d London, Marclay is known for his challenging and experimental works, which often combine sounds, noise, video and film into one indefinable genre His work constantly

Capturing time takes a lot of time To make this piece, Marclay spent three years finding and cutting the film’s thousands of excerpts With the help of Final Cut Pro, he

Watching The Clock, I was completely captivated What should have been tedious, long and time consuming was incredibly interesting, clever and thought-provoking As the clock moved each minute, I felt that I was peeling away more of the myster y of ubiquitous time

No still or minute does the entire piece justice As a vie wer, I felt like I was at once paying attention to the present scene and to the entire concept of the film I was interested to see the next clip but I was also searching for the clock in the frame

What I most enjoyed about The Clock is that it does not reveal, or even vaguely reference, its maker It’s a piece meant to make you sit and think, providing a landscape upon which a vie wer can r uminate about me, what it means and where it is, or if it even lthough it leaves the vie wer with more queshan answers, it’s successful in putting time on level

k is almost too clever It has a concept you just need to explain to others and a depth that will keep you thinking for a long time It’s timeless Take a minute or 24 hours See it

Meredith Joyce is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations She can be reached at mjoyce@cornellsun com

The Four Crowds of NYC Concert Culture

Having been trampled on by many a sloshed New Yorker, I’ve come to know the New York City concert scene all too intimately Whether it’s the Knitting Factory, Le Poisson Rouge or even Terminal 5 (shudder appropriately), no venue can evade the necessary evils of concert culture Of course, that entails $15 Bud Lights (I m looking at you, Gramercy Theater), endless delays of “technical difficulties” and a species specific to the island, the Manhattanite try-hard When each aforementioned ingredient enters into a potent slurry (myself caught in the middle), what results is a wonderfully deplorable dialogue that sounds, strangely, not unlike unaired portions of an HBO’s Girls script It’s 50 percent Texts From Last Night, 50 percent Betches Love This, and 100 percent shameless amusement If there was a @GSElevator for the pretentious hipster fucks that “don’t believe in labels” at, like, a Sleigh Bells concert, this would be the shit that came out of their mouths Here are some of the real-life overheard lines that so perfectly represent four crowds you’ll meet at any music venue in the City

THE VIP

“I’m press ” The press, in response to every question ever asked

You know that joke about vegans? “How do you know if someone is vegan? Don’t worr y, they’ll tell you ” Yeah, that pretty much sums up the press They like to huddle in little groups next to the entrance lines for the mere pedestrian concertgoers and often proclaim to possess the hearing powers of, like, Ray Charles They wear their press badges and DSLRs proudly on their chests like some type of emblem on their superhero costumes (read: uniform of chucks and plaid) and vehemently refuse to dance during sets They get to pee in the special air-conditioned toilets and score free

merch from all the PR peeps trying to smooze them Every fourth word out of their mouth is “ press, ” even if they’re just some loser with a tiny radio show at a state college ouch! But, I tell you, even when I am press at a concert, I still feel like somebody’s lame cousin they had to invite to the school dance, or something And then when I’m not press, I can ’ t help but be attacked by the pervasive VIP ethos that forces me to watch these badge-bearing bitches jaunt off to their majestic porcelain commodes as I wait in line for the sodden Porta Potties Talk about the Haves and the Have-Nots

THE DRUNK THERAPIST

“We understand each other on SUCH a deep level because we both grew up with the same abandonment issues and by that I mean the economy and our moms ” Girl who “ so totally almost went to art school”

I met this girl standing in line for Ghostface Killah, and I’d already been listening to her conversation for half an hour before she started playing therapist to her friend Standing there, psychoanalyzing her as she tried to psychoanalyze her friend doesn ’ t make me any better of a person, but these pseudo-psychologists are such easy targets

Any venue south of 14th street will be crawling with these slurring girls who can ’ t get

over themselves but still say things like, “He’s just someone who can ’ t get over himself ”

ANYBODY FROM BROOKLYN

“Ross just asked me to model for his project It’s like a cult-themed photoshoot, so they’ll cover me in blood standing naked in the forest, and my boyfriend’s doing the lights You

should so totally come model too ‘ cause you ’ re like skinny in a way that looks like you just have a fast metabolism even though I know you just never really eat ” Typical passive aggressive Williamsburg girl

I overheard this gem at the hipster mecca known as the Glasslands Gallery, waiting for the set to start The crowd was packed with the art-house type, half the girls wearing vampy all-black outfits with red lipstick and half the guys rocking beanies in 75-degree weather When I overheard this line, it sounded so stereotypically Brooklyn that it almost seemed scripted from a “Shit Brooklyn Girls Say” skit Alas, these people truly exist, and as I waded my way through a crowd of graphic design interns holding a craft beer in one hand and an iPhone paid by their daddy in the other, I suddenly felt the irony of it all: How can so many people trying to be so different end up all the same?

THE PSEUDO-INTELLECTUALS

Referring to Hamilton Leithauser, vocals for The Walkmen: “He looks like Norman Mailer!”

-Girl who has no idea what Norman Mailer looks like “Now all he needs is a ukulele!”

-Same girl who pretends to read Norman Mailer also has no idea what a ukulele sounds like

These guys are the worst because not only do they like to insert the word “literally” in places it doesn’t belong, but they also like to get into very loud belligerent arguments about, like, the importance of social media in catalyzing the uprisings of the Arab Spring There’s nothing worse than the words Hosni Mubarak” to kill the buzz of a sweet set Oddly, this crowd of pseudos exists largely downtown Midtown and above, instead of twats trying to outsmart each other, you get punks trying to out-yuppie each other and a lot of old dudes taking out hot younger women Also notable: The higher the level of pseudo-intelligence, the worse the dance skills

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

E D A I L Y S

S e arc h e s For Ivy Win

SWIMMING & DIVING Continued from page 16

develop as it approaches the Ivy League Championships

Looking for ward, the Red will have its final regular season Ivy League meet on Feb 2nd against Brown Both the

m e n ’ s a n d w o m e n ’ s t e a m s hope to end their regular season on a high note and have a

s t r o n g p o s i t i v e m o m e n t u m going into the championship season

“ O u r f i n a l d u a l m e e t against Brown will be a meet that we can definitely win if w e f o c u s , ” O ’ Ne i l s a i d

“ What's impor tant for us all to remember is that although we all have our own individual events, swimming and diving is a team spor t If we suppor t each other and remain unified as a team, Brown will have a hard time beating us

”

Jibrine said she hopes this

s e a s o n ’ s c o m p e t i t i o n a g a i n s t Brown follows the success of last season ’ s meeting between the two teams

“Last year we were victorio u s a g a i n s t B r o w n , s o t h e team is motivated to bring in another win against them this year, ” she said “Also, since the Brown Meet is only a couple

w e e k s a w a y f r o m t h e Iv y

L e a g u e C h a m p i o n s h i p s , t h e team will be focused on swimming as fast as possible to be in good standing going into the Championship ” With only a month and a half left in this year ’ s season, both the men ’ s and women ’ s swimming and diving teams

l o o k t o b u i l d m o m e n t u m g o i n g i n t o t h e t e a m ’ s f i n a l races The team looks for its

f i r s t Iv y L e a g u e w i n ov e r Brown

“I have a good feeling about these last few weeks We are a mentally strong team and I think we have a chance to perform extremely well at our final two meets, ” O’Neil said

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

This Saturday, the Cornell women’s fencing team will travel to Temple University to compete in the Philadelphia Invitational, the last tournament before the Ivy League Championship The Red (12-1, 0-0) are riding the momentum that was started during a ver y successful fall season, in which the team was only defeated once, by No 6 St John’s who placed 3rd in last year’s national championship The Philadelphia Invitational will feature No 8 Northwestern, No 9 Temple and No 10 Duke three talented squads who will put the Red to the test

or n ell Pre pare s for Ter rier Inv it e at B.U.

TRACK & FIELD

Continued from page 16

-ers, ” he said “Ever y time I jump, I compete with myself

a n d t h e b a r Ev e n t h o u g h sometimes I don’t win against the bar, it’s a constant war ”

Next up for the Red is the

Te r r i e r I n v i t e a t B o s t o n University this weekend

Women’s head coach Rich Bowman said the Red will have the oppor tunity to compete against other Ivy teams that it does not usually face during the course of a regular season before the Heps

“ We l i k e o u r d e p t h , ” Bowman said “ The more people we can get [competing], the better we’ll get We’ve a lot

o f t e a m m e m b e r s t h a t c a n

c o m p e t e a n d c o n t r i b u t e

They’ve been great up to this point and we ’ ve got a long way to go ”

Taylor said he is asking the team to tr ust individual abilities to contribute to a team win this weekend

“I think fear is a limiting factor for athletes,” he said “And for most kids at Cornell, it’s the fear of failure, than the fear of success Really putting yourself out there in a situation where you have the oppor tunity to fail is a big thing I hope that they overcome their fears ”

Both coaches said that the track at BU is a fast one, which will probably affect how the Cornell r unners compete

“I’m excited because it’s one of the fastest tracks around,”

j u n i o r s p r i n t e r E b o l u t a l e s e

Airewele said “It’ll be nice to see if I can r un all events that I want to r un for the Heps in this meet ” C

Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun com

Bardrea u End s Sea s on

Af t er Ne ck Frac t ure

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Assistant Sports Ed tor

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s h i f t , b u t re t u r n e d t o f i n i s h t h e re s t o f

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“Growing up, you were always taught [that] when somebody gets wronged on your team, you’ve got to take care of it, so I think our team knew that Unfortunately it’s college hockey. You’re not allowed to fight really, but that kid knows what’s coming for him

s i d e l i n e , w h i l e we a r i n g a n e c k b r a c e

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Un f o r t u n a t e l y i t ’ s c o l l e g e h o c k e y yo u ’ re n o t a l l owe d t o f i g h t re a l l y, b u t

t h a t k i d k n ow s w h a t ’ s c o m i n g f o r h i m

No t h re a t e n i n g o r a n y t h i n g , m a y b e [ Bu r g d o e r f e r ] d i d n ’ t m e a n t o d o i t , b u t h e k n ow s h e d i d s o m e t h i n g w ro n g , ”

Mc C a r ro n s a i d Ba rd re a u re t u r n e d t o t h e Re d a f e w

we e k s a g o , a f t e r b e i n g p a r t o f t h e U S ’

g o l d m e d a l w i n a t t h e Ju n i o r Wo r l d

C h a m p i o n s h i p s i n Ru s s i a a f t e r d e f e a ti n g Swe d e n i n t h e f i n a l s “

It’s u n f o r t u n a t e f o r t h e yo u n g m a n t o b e s o h i g h w i t h t h e Wo r l d Ju n i o r [ C h a m p i o n s h i p ] a n d t h e g o l d , a n d t h e n c o m e b a c k a n d g e t h i t f r o m

b e h i n d a n d f r a c t u re h i s n e c k a n d b e

o u t f o r t h e s e a s o n , ” S c h a f e r s a i d “ De va s t a t i n g f o r C o l e ”

“ It w a s a h u g e b l ow t o u s [ Ba rd re a u i s ] s u c h a b i g p a r t o f o u r t e a m I c a n ’ t e ve n i m a g i n e h ow h i g h h i s e m o t i o n s we re [ a f t e r w i n n i n g t h e Ju n i o r Wo r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p s i n Ru s s i a ] t o g e t t h i s [ i n j u r y ] i s p ro b a b l y a n a l l - t i m e l ow i n h i s l i f e It’s h a rd t o d e a l w i t h , ” Mc C a r ro n s a i d “ He’s g o i n g t o s u pp o r t o u r t e a m ; h e ’ s g o i n g t o b e w i t h u s h e re [ f o r ] t h e re s t o f t h e w a y We a l l h o p e [ f o r ] t h e b e s t f o r h i m , we ’ re g o i n g t o l o o k o

Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun

Red Falls to Iv y Rival Columbia C.U. Hosted Invitational

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Wr ter

T h i s p a s t Fr i d a y a n d S a t u rd a y, t h e m e n ’ s a n d women ’ s swimming and diving teams competed against Iv y L e a g u e r i v a l C o l u m b i a University Although both the men and women had some exciting races and the men ’ s diving team in particular had an impressive showing, both

t e a m s we re u n a b l e t o b e a t Columbia

With a final score of 172127 on the men ’ s side and 178-115 on the women ’ s side, the Red was unable to secure the all around points necessar y to win in both the men

p

Nicole Jibrine

a n d w o m e n ’ s r e s p e c t i v e meets

T h e w o m e n ’ s s w i m m i n g and diving (1-6) team put forw a rd a t r e m e n d o u s e f f o r t against Columbia However, in a meet in which Columbia set four pool records, the team was unable to close out the event with a win “ We f o u g h t o u r h a rd e s t but Columbia had great depth to bring in a lot of points and they were really prepared to s

C o l u m b i a h

e r y strong overall showing in this meet and showed an extremely deep team On the men ’ s side, the Red (1-6) had an impressive start to the meet The diving team had an early lead of six points But performances later on by the swimmers raised the possibility of a fast end to this year ’ s season “ We had some awesome p

weekend Some standout performances from the meet i

Luo's two wins with outstanding times,” senior diver James O’Neil said “Races such as his make the team excited to see how we will perform at Ivy Championships ” Although the final points w

Red’s effort, there were many

By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Writer

While the majority of Cornell students were home on break, the track and field teams have had meets each of the past three weekends and are taking steps in the journey to reclaim the indoor Heps championship This past weekend, the Red hosted the Upstate Challenge in Barton Hall —a meet in which the Red competed against six other teams

According to men ’ s head coach Nathan Taylor, the Upstate Challenge saw most of Cornell’s athletes get the chance to finally compete

“The Upstate Challenge was the first meet where just about everyone was competing,” he said “It was good for this meet to show us where some of the athletes are ” Taylor said that this meet was challenging for him as a coach

“It’s a challenge to really push yourself when there isn’t really very much competition,” he said “Some guys can do it, and some guys can ’ t [ Junior Montez Blair] and [sophomore Stephen Mozia]

demonstrated that they can Both are ranked second in the country [in their respective events] ” Sophomore thrower Stephen Mozia shattered the Barton Hall and Cornell record in the shot put with a throw of 65’ 3 25”, while junior high jumper Montez Blair broke his own Barton Hall and Cornell records three times, finally clearing a height of 7’ 5 5” Blair said he reamins motivated to compete, despite the strength of the field around him “I don’t compete against oth-