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CORNELL TO CREATE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Staff Writer

The University seeks to establish a new College of Business to be launched at the start of the next academic year, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced Dec 14

The new college, which will require approval through a charter change by the Board of Trustees this week, will consist of programs from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the Johnson Graduate School of Management Each school will continue to maintain its own identity, according to Kotlikoff

Kotlikoff asserts that three main benefits will come out of the new college: enhanced opportunities for all members of the college,

a better environment for research for faculty and an overall more effective structure among Cornell’s business programs The new college will also allow Cornell to expand its initiatives and programs at home and abroad

The new college will include 145 research

faculty members and 2,900 undergraduate, professional and graduate students, making it a “ top 10 business school in terms of scale and impact,” Kotlikoff wrote

“Cornell intends to establish a single, uni-

fied College of Business, with the goal of cementing the University’s position as a world-class center of teaching, research and engagement for business management and entrepreneurship,” said Joel Malina, vice president for university relations, in a statement Soumitra Dutta, dean of the Johnson School, will become dean of the College of Business, while Chris Barrett, director of the Dyson School, will become deputy dean and dean of academic affairs for the college

While the University seeks to unify its business programs, it does not intend for the integration of the schools to cause them to change their operations

“Each school will maintain its unique identity and mission, while its already strong stature, scope and impact will be markedly

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Alumni Threaten to Pull Donations Amid Concerns About New College

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

lumni are threatening to pull the University’s endowment funding if the Board of Trustees votes to approve the proposed College of Business at the end of this week

Plans for the College of Business

which were announced Dec 14 would merge programs from the School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

“Within the new College of Business, the distinctive nature and excellence of each school, brought together with the other

accredited business schools to take advantage of integration for the benefit of students and faculty, will be the defining feature of the business program at Cornell,” President Elizabeth Garrett said in a Dec 21 statement

While the administration hopes that the Board of Trustees will decide to formally recognize the new college, many alumni and

By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Staff Writer

faculty members have voiced concerns over the proposed college’s funding and structure Faculty Senate Votes to Table Just two days after the proposed College of Business was first announced, the Faculty Senate unanimously passed a resolution

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Learning from Your Colleagues: Teaching Strategies You Can Use 9:30 a m - 3:15 p m , 423 ILR Conference Center

Dyson School Seminar: Insider Trading Patterns 11:30 a m , 401 Warren Hall

MicroRNAs, Pseudo-miRNAs and a Tale of New Birth 2 - 3 p m , 226 Weill Hall

Chemical Approaches to Study Ubiquitin-Like Proteins 4 - 5 p m , 135 Baker Lab

Monday Night MAKE 9 p m , Conference Room, Carl Becker House

Panhellenic Bid Day Cornell Campus

Two-Dimensional Materials Beyond Graphene: Synthesis, Atomic-Scale Characterization and Applications 12 - 1 p m , 401 Physical Sciences Building

Understanding Fairness in Multi-Resource Allocation 4 p m , G01 Gates Hall The Martian 7 - 9:21 p m , Willard Straight Theater Tomorrow Monday, January 25, 2016

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To our new fr eshmen, welcome to Cor nell! To all our r etur ning students, welcome back! If you ’ r e coming fr om the East Coast and finding our snow lacking , not to wor r y: we ’ ve got some mor e on the way

Dunbar’s Closes Doors After 36 Years in C-Town

Dive’s departure from Collegetown follows multiple bar closures last year

By ANNIE BUI Sun Managing Editor

This story was originally published online on Dec 31

After more than 36 years in operation, Dunbar’s is the next Collegetown watering hole to shut its doors, according to former manager Brian Rettger

A Collegetown fixture established in 1979, Dunbar’s is known to many Cornellians for its dive bar atmosphere, with ceiling tiles and walls scribbled on in permanent marker and six-dollar “Group Therapy” special

Rettger told The Sun Thursday that owner Dave Pepin had decided to close the establishment over break, and that the “timing is unfortunate ”

Though Rettger was unable to provide details on the reason for the bar’s closure, Pepin had decided to put the bar up for sale in 2013 due to his desire to spend more time with family, The Sun previously reported

The closure of Dunbar’s follows the shuttering of a number of Collegetown bars in recent years The building that housed Pixel Lounge was demolished this summer to make way for a new residential and commercial develop-

ment on Eddy Street Stella’s Restaurant, Bar and Café located at 403 College Ave also closed this year, and is now occupied by StartupTree

The iconic Chapter House pub was destroyed in an early-morning fire on April 14, though management has stated that they hope to reopen by next August The Royal Palm Tavern known as “The Palms” closed in February 2012, and both Johnny O’s and Dino’s shut their doors the year before

Rettger said that for him and Pepin who both attended Ithaca College Dunbar’s was their connection to Cornell and the community

“Pep has been a long time supporter of wrestling and hockey, as well as a big fan of all athletics at Cornell,” he said “Several alumni brought the Stanley Cup to the bar during the time he owned the place I know those are fond memories for him ”

For Rettger, who stayed in Ithaca after graduation but has since moved away, Dunbar’s “ was always a bit like coming home ”

“And the jukebox Loved the jukebox,” he said

Tsai Ing-wen LL.M. ’80 Elected President of Taiwan

By ISABEL LING Sun Staff Writer

This story was originally published online on Jan 18

Taiwanese citizens elected the country ’ s first female president, the Democratic Progressive Party’s Tsai Ing-wen LL M ’80, to office in a landslide victory Saturday

Tsai Ing-Wen is the second Cornell grad-

uate to become the president of Taiwan The first was Lee Teng-hui Ph D ’68, who served as president of Taiwan and the chair of the Kuomintang party from 1988 to 2000

According to the Taiwan Central Election Commission, of 99 percent of votes counted, Tsai Ing-Wen had gained a 56 percent majority of the vote Eric Chu, incumbent party Kuomintang’s candidate, gained

31 percent of the vote

Tsai’s election as the fourth directly elected president of Taiwan marks a significant political transition as the Democratic Progressive Party also gained control of the Taiwanese legislature, occupying 68 seats of the 113 seat legislature after Saturday’s elections for the first time in history

Traditionally, the Democratic Progressive Party has been associated with Taiwan’s identity as a sovereign country The incumbent party, Kuomintang, associates with the “One China Principle” which identifies Taiwan and China as one entity Tsai’s stance on sovereignty and cross-strait relationships played a factor in the last presidential election in 2012 where she narrowly lost to the Kuomintang candidate, Ma Ying-jeou

“I will build a consistent, predictable, and sustainable cross-strait relationship,” said Tsai in her victory speech on Saturday

“Following the will and consensus of the Taiwanese people, we will work to maintain the status quo for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait ”

“I also want to emphasize that both sides of the strait have a responsibility to find mutually acceptable means of interaction that are based on dignity and reciprocity

Our democratic system, national identity, and international space must be respected

Any forms of suppression will harm the stability of cross-strait relations,” she warned her Chinese counterparts

Tsai has spent her electoral campaign advocating for the reform of government institutions and judicial systems in order to improve education, economic growth, and communication between the public and the government

“Only by giving our all to advance reform can we face the past, undertake the present, and challenge the future,” Tsai said in a campaign speech in August

This push for reform stems from a disillusionment with the incumbent party and its trade negotiations with China In response, the Sunflower Movement was formed in 2014, inciting protests and a legislative sit-in, demanding more transparency on policy from the government Tsai has promised to move beyond the political division

“Together, we will overcome the challenges that this country faces We will not be divided by an election,” she said during her victory speech Saturday “Instead, we will become even more united because of our democracy ”

I.C. President Announces Retirement Following Protests

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Assistant News Ed tor

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Proposed College of Business Draws Concerns

Faculty, alumni ask Board of Trustees to table college proposal for further development

on whether to approve the proposed College of Business next week, how the college will function remains largely unknown

requesting that the Board of Trustees table the proposal

“Resolved, that the University Trustees table the consideration of the creation of the College of Business until the Faculty Senate can deliberate on the proposal,” the full resolution states

In a Jan 4 letter to the Faculty Senate in response to the resolution, President Elizabeth Garrett said the “only pending action” regarding the College of Business is a request for the Board of Trustees to formally recognize a new administrative unit

“Provost [Michael] Kotlikoff and I determined that it was important first to engage the Board of Trustees on this initial question of organizational structure, and, once that decision is reached, to engage deeply with all the involved constituencies, especially faculty, as key educational decisions are reached collegially,” Garrett wrote

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Although the Board of Trustees will vote

“We don’t know how the college is going to operate yet, ” said Prof Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations “We are led to believe from what the provost said that all arrangements about the college will have to be discussed by the faculty of the three units and some agreement will come ”

The upcoming Board of Trustees vote will concern only whether to create a new administrative unit for the College of Business and does not address how the proposed college would be funded

As part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management receives state funding However, the School of Hotel Administration and Johnson School of Graduate Management are privately funded

If these different funding sources are all used to fund the College of Business, the deans of each individual program may lose budgetar y authority, according to Ehrenberg Individual programs within the three merged schools may need approval of all three schools to spend reserves or allocate

endowments to professors, Ehrenberg said Ehrenberg’s concerns about the mixing of state and private funding will become relevant if the Board of Trustees approves the proposition for the College of Business

“Over the next several months, the deans and directors of the three schools and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will work with faculty to develop the academic process that will be critical to achieve our aims of faculty integration and individual school identity,” Garrett said

Many alumni have also expressed a desire to table this issue in order to further develop the details of the new college before its creation is put to a vote by the Board of Trustees

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Some faculty and alumni are asking to table the proposal in part because there is little information available about how the new college will be funded, including changes to the budgets of the three previously independent programs

“It appears that [in the new college] the dean of the Hotel School and who will become the dean of the Dyson program are

going to lose budgetary authority Without it, they’re not really in control of their own destiny,” said Erik Hansen ’71, who with his wife Vanessa Hansen endowed a scholarship to the School of Hotel Administration in 1994

Garrett stressed that the formation of the College of Business would not affect the money alumni provide to each individual school

“All gifts designated for a particular school, including scholarships, will stay so designated, and future gifts can be similarly designated,” Garrett said

After expressing his concerns about the proposed College of Business, Hansen received a personal phone call from Garrett

However, Hansen said he does not feel reassured and plans to write Cornell University out of his will altogether if the merger is approved by the Board of Trustees

“I’m not happy at all,” Hansen said “If the school ends up no longer an endowed college, than my wife and I plan to take the University out of our will We’re not going to do anything precipitously here We want

Alumni Want Hotel School to Stay Independent

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CUPD has directed patrols towards addressing these incidents, according to Zoner The case of graffiti on University Ave is being investigated by the Ithaca Police Department, all other incidents are being handled by the CUPD

“ We t a k e c r i m e s s u c h a s these seriously,” Zoner said

In a n o f f i c i a l s t a t e m e n t released in an email on Januar y 15th, Zoner emphasized the need to balance free expression with lawfulness

“Freedom of speech is an essential cornerstone to academic freedom and it is our job to

protect it,” Zoner said in the statement “ We are also sworn to uphold the law which prohibits the damage and destruction of property and to enforce university policies addressing proper postering ”

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investigating the possibility that these incidents could be linked

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Maxwell Dopsch can be reached at mdopsch@cornellsun com

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Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrudolfsky@cornellsun com

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Board of Trustees to vote on proposition this week

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enhanced by its combination with faculty, curricular offerings and programs in a cohesive College of Business,” Malina said Additionally, Dyson students who are New York State residents will continue to enroll at the contract college tuition rate, Malina said Malina said the University will invite “key stakeholders” to give input for the new college ahead of the Board of Trustees’ meeting If approved, faculty

and academic leaders will “develop the details of the new integrated structure ” following the meeting

“A unified college will advance Cornell’s mission to apply knowledge ” M i c h a e l K

Kotlikoff said he believes the creation of a College of Business brings about a long-needed addition to the Cornell community

“A unified College will advance Cornell’s mission to apply knowledge for public purpose and educate the next generation of leaders and creators to benefit society and solve some of the world’s major challenges,” Kotlikoff said “I look forward to the exciting changes to come and working with all of you, as a community, to advance the academic excellence of our great University ”

Zachary Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun com

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m o r e p r e o c c u p i e d w i t h t h o s e t h i n g s Bu t I ’ m n o t W h y d i d i t t a k e s o l o n g f o r p e o p l e t o l e a r n a b o u t t h e w o r l d b y o b s e r vi n g i t f o r m a l l y ? It i s m i n d b o g g l i n g T h e i n t e r n a l c o m b u s t i o n e n g i n e , p e n i c i l l i n a n d re f r i g e r a t i o n a re a l l s o y o u n g b e c a u s e w e n e e d e d s c i e n c e t o i n v e n t t h e m S c i e n c e h a s d r i v e n n e a r l y a l l o f t h e m a r v e l s o f r e c e n t h i s t o r y b e c a u s e i n v e n t i n g i n v o l v e d t i n k e r i n g w i t h t h e p h y s i c a l w o r l d t h r o u g h s c i e n c e W h a t i f t h a t w o n ’ t a l w a y s b e t h e c a s e ? W h a t i f i t a l r e a d y i s n ’ t t h e c a s e ?

What I’m saying is that scientists used to have a monopoly on the whole inventing thing. The easiest way to invent something used to require things like test tubes, needles and the like. However, that’s no longer the case. These days, the easiest way to invent something is to get a computer

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T h i n k a b o u t s o m e o f t h e m o s t i m p o rt a n t i n v e n t i o n s o f t h e p a s t 2 0 y e a r s : s o c i a l m e d i a , p e e r - t o - p e e r f i l e s h a r i n g , t h e In t e r n e t T h e s e t h i n g s a re s o f t w a re p r o g r a m s O u r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e p h y s i c a l w o r l d d o e s n ’ t i m m e d i a t e l y c o nt r i b u t e t o t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f s o f t w a re So f t w a re i s t h e o p p o s i t e o f t a n g i b l e It i s a n a b s t r a c t i o n Un l i k e t h e i n t e r n a l c o mb u s t i o n e n g i n e s o r v a c c i n e s , k n ow i n g m o re a b o u t t h e p h y s i c a l w o r l d d o e s n ' t n e c e s s a r i l y m a k e s o f t w a re b e t t e r In f a c t , s o m e t i m e s k n ow i n g l e s s i s b e t t e r T h i n k a b o u t y o u r c e l l p h o n e Do e s k n ow i n g a b o u t i t s i n t e r n a l w o r ki n g s h e l p y o u u s e i t ? K n ow i n g t h a t y o u r p h o n e i s a c o l l e c t i o n o f t r a n s i s t o r s e n c o d i n g d a t a a s h i g h o r l ow c h a r g e s d o e s n ’ t h e l p y o u m a k e a c a l l Pe o p l e u s e s l i d e r s , h o m e s c re e n s a n d b u t t o n s t o m a k e c a l l s H o w e v e r, s l i d e r s , h o m e s c re e n a n d b u t t o n s a re j u s t c o n c e p t s w e m a d e u p T h e y h a v e n o t h i n g t o d o w i t h t h e p h y s i c a l w o r l d y e t t h e y a re i n c re d ib l y u s e f u l Now, I k n ow y o u ’ re g o i n g t o o b j e c t Yo u s h o u l d O b v i o u s l y, s o f t w a re i s n o t o n l y a b o u t a b s t r a c t i o n

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It is a shame that bars are going under, but it is part of a larger trend in human interaction. There used to be a time before social media that people talked and interacted in person

Bob Higgins

Re: “Dunbar’s Closes Doors After 36 Years in Collegetown,” News December 31, 2015

My Abortion Story

Editor’s Note: This story is being published anonymously for the safety and protection of the author and those involved

On November 27, a man stepped into a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs He killed three people and wounded nine others in the name of life Exactly one week later, I stepped into the Planned Parenthood in Ithaca to have my abortion procedure I discovered my pregnancy just two days after the shooting, after missing a second period The following morning, I went alone to the Ithaca Planned Parenthood I needed an ultrasound to determine how far along I was As an athlete, I miss periods a couple of times per year Before I confirmed that I was pregnant, I had no other symptoms besides my two missed periods I couldn’t even think of a time when it might have happened; in my memory there were no broken condoms, no sex without protection I thought that I was nine or ten weeks along “ T w e l v e weeks and four days ” “What?” “You are 12 weeks and four days pregnant ” Suddenly, I felt an enormous weight on my shoulders and lump in my throat; the alternative reality of carrying a baby to term became very real The cutoff for a first trimester abortion procedure is 13 weeks, and the Ithaca Planned Parenthood is only staffed to carry out abortion procedures on Fridays My last chance to have a first trimester abortion was that coming Friday when I would be at exactly 13 weeks

And then it was done I was no longer pregnant I was out and about that evening The next day I woke up early, worked for five hours in the morning, ran for and was elected to an executive board position in one of the organizations I’m involved with in the afternoon and helped with an event for my sports team that evening I survived my finals and went home

There is only one lingering effect from my abortion While driving yesterday, I saw a car with a “Choose Life” license plate background and started crying It’s not due to sadness or regret It’s that my alternative reality, what truly could have happened to me, is all too real

I pictured my body getting larger, forcing me to drop my sport I saw my parents struggling with my medical expenses on top of sending me to school here, I watched my summer internship

ing that I wanted to see it, though the reason why is complicated and somewhat beyond my own understanding Sure enough, there was a grainy silhouette of a spherical head and oblong body, not at all in the shape of a child, but more than just a blob

Perhaps this came through earlier, but I strongly desire to be a mother I want to have kids and give them everything I can My heart throbs when I see pregnant women or parents walking around with their children, and when I imagine my future family

But I looked at the ultrasound image and felt nothing This was not meant to be my child

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The procedure that Friday was safe and easy, lasting only about 10 minutes; still, I hope that I never need to have it again For one thing, though not particularly painful for me, it still involved a lot of things being put in my vagina that I never wanted in there It’s very uncomfortable For another thing, I don’t want to be in that situation again While the abortion provided the solution to my situation, becoming pregnant was still a mistake, an accident

opportunities dwindle as I prepared to have a baby around the middle of June, a baby I wouldn’t be able to support, a baby I would have to give up for adoption, or give up my own future in order to be a mother It terrifies me that my story where I received only support from those around me, I was able to get the abortion I needed when I needed it, I was not harassed and faced no adversity and I was able to carry on with the life I wanted to have seems atypical; there are so many people who want to prevent anyone from having the care that I received It doesn’t matter to me what your religion is or what your personal values are If you do not believe in abortion, don’t get one Make sure your sex life reflects your values, too But your values have no place in my uterus After my ultrasound, I asked if to see the image I went in know-

This was not my future I know, I know that people can learn to love their mistakes Maybe in another three months that image would have made my heart throb, too But in that moment it made no difference and still doesn’t to me I realized that having a child now, when I am in absolutely no place to support it, is the biggest risk to the future I want to give my children There is one important person I have not yet mentioned Who was the guy? He’s my boyfriend I knew he was amazing before, but he proved himself to be truly incredible during this process He didn’t ask for a say in my decision to have the abortion and eased my stress instead of exacerbating it Since then, our relationship has only grown stronger He doesn’t understand how incredible this is to me; I expected, at minimum, that this would be a rocky point for us, but we remained smooth, steady and loving I supported Planned Parenthood before my abortion, but now I am a true believer Before my abortion, I prepared myself for hate and judgment from even my loved ones, but now I pledge to return and pass on the incredible love and support they gave me I am so happy to have regained control over my life and body That is my abortion story

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A n y t h i n g B u t L o v e l y : The Hateful Eight

BY MARINA WATTS Sun Staff Writer

New Year’s Day brought the world Quentin Tarantino’s latest bacchanal, The Hateful Eight The bloody and suspenseful events of this character piece keeps audiences on the edge of their seats It is a traditional western with the all the Tarantino flair we know and love Originally, the script was leaked in January 2014 and Tarantino called it off, however, after a successful reading of the script and persuasion from his muse, Samuel L Jackson, he changed his mind The result: the eighth film Tarantino has directed named for just the occasion

The film is broken down into six chapters, narrated by Tarantino himself This division of the film makes it easier to process the layers of detail and the build up of suspense

The Hateful Eight takes place over the course of a single day A bounty hunter and his captive (Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh, respectively) are on their way to the captive’s hanging in the town of Red Rock On their way, they pick up another bounty hunter (Samuel L Jackson), and the alleged sheriff of Red Rock himself (Walton Goggins) in their carriage

As an ongoing blizzard exacerbates their journey, they stop at a haberdashery and meet four others who have ulterior motives that may not be so distant from those of the weary travelers they encounter

The cinematography of the film is incredible The intense winter backdrop sucks you in, and as the wind whistles you feel as though you are no longer in your local cinema Some of the sets were refrigerated at 30 degrees, so the chills were a mutual feeling on and off the silver screen There is also impeccable detail put into the sets and costumes, which further draws audiences in His two major cinematic influences for this film were The Thing (1982, which he showed to the cast for inspiration) and his very own Reservoir Dogs (1992) Tarantino was also inspired by the Western television shows

Trap those guys together in a room with a blizzard outside, give them guns, and see what happens ” Of Tarantino’s films, The Hateful Eight is the first film to use its own original score, composed by Ennio Morricone Previously, Tarantino’s films would include an original score and other music for its soundtrack Morricone’s score received a Golden Globe this January

The Hateful Eight delivers Its typical Tarantino quirk is evident throughout, even with its slower start Though the exposition drags on, it creates a stronger sense of anticipation once things get interesting about an hour in Not a word is wasted and I could not help but to laugh, despite the raised stakes and morbid moments throughout Jackson runs the show and it is captivating from start to finish

BY GWEN AVILES Sun Staff Writer

PSA: Sexism still exists, especially in the entertainment industry! After watching Carrie Fisher, the actress who starred in the original Star Wars trilogy reprise the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, viewers attacked her appearance across social media and stated that she is “ too old to be acting ” After watching Brad Pitt, an actor with gray hair who has clearly aged since his first hints of stardom in The Big Short, viewers hailed him as “the rising star of political cinema ” Quite the discrepancy, if I do say so myself To be fair, I don’t think any actors should be judged for their looks, but rather for their job: their acting However, this seems to be an idealistic and unpopular view Fisher addressed the reductive and insulting comments about her age and perceived attractiveness on social media with a Twitter post of her own, in which she stated: “Youth and beauty are not accomplishments, they’re the temporary happy biproducts of time and/or DNA ” The story deservedly has garnered attention from both major and minor media sources However, this story is being told from a specific angle; Fisher’s strong responses are meant to inspire readers and, while they fulfill that job, the conversation should not end with the reverence of one woman ’ s retort

The vile comments about Fisher’s appearance highlight the plight of female actors in the movie business Remember the Bechdel Test (or was that just a passing trend)? While it is far from comprehensive or flawless in its execution, the Bechdel Test indicts the limited representation of women in film According to Fusion, 45 percent of movies that were released in 2015 passed the test Though that may seem like a high percentage, we must ask how much traction these movies have Of the eight films nominated for the 2015 Oscar Awards, two of the films passed the Bechdel Test and none of the

Bonanza, The Virginian and The High Chaparral According to Deadline Hollywood, Tarantino pays homage to the way that during the seasons of such shows, characters would reveal their true identities and intentions He says that, similar to the sitcoms in The Hateful Eight, there are “ a bunch of nefarious guys in a room, all telling backstories that may or may not be true

films were female centric This year may be a little better with many critics agreeing that Carol, which chronicles the friendship and blooming romance of two women in the 1950s, is a major contender for both an Oscar nominee and win Another female-centered movie that is not as widely hypothesized for a nominee, but perhaps should be, is Joy

Joy, released Christmas Day, is a holiday miracle Starring Jennifer Lawrence as the brazen titular character, Joy’ s opening scene alerts us that the movie is “inspired by the true stories of daring women One in particular ” That one woman is Joy Mangano, the trailblazer who invented the Miracle Mop and subsequently built her own business empire Success wasn ’ t a swift journey for either the fictional or real life Joy, however

As per usual, Tarantino delivers intense gore that is as artistic as it is nauseating It wouldn’t be a Tarantino film without the occasional wincing through violence that lasts for about three hours The brutal force the characters use on each other shows Tarantino’s utter lack of limits or boundaries As much as you want the three hours to be over, you also cannot wait to see what will happen next, and what the next scene to make your stomach churn will be Originally, the film was planned to include a complete overture and intermission Either way, it is the longest of Tarantino’s films (unless you combine both parts of Kill Bill) Rumors circulated prior to the release of the movie that it was the sequel to Django Unchained Originally, Tarantino was working on a sequel to that film called Django in White Hell He abandoned the idea, since audiences would already know of Django’s disposition and start guessing the film’s outcome Even though the film does occur in a historical period similar to that of Django, there is no connection between the two In this film, the timeframe is the 1870s (a few years after the Civil War) in Wyoming, according to the script Overall, there is a similar feel between the two films

A gorgeous character piece that will keep you guessing until the end, The Hateful Eight is probably the fastest three hours you will ever experience

Marina Watts is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at mcw236@cornell edu

Lawrence and Bradley Cooper (who plays Neil Walker, a television executive for the Home Shopping network) will be sorely disappointed In fact, if one did not know any better, one would think that this is Lawrence and Cooper’s first time working together Their lack of rapport in Joy is not at all reminiscent of the affinity they had for each other in Silver Linings Playbook and Serena Perhaps their restrained relationship is not completely their fault, however Cooper does play Lawrence’s boss for the majority of the movie, a relationship that does not always lend itself to camaraderie More likely, though, is that the relationships portrayed in Joy are simply the result of lazy writing

There is no doubt that many of the characters are mere pawns in director David O Russell’s attempt at a modern day fairytale Rudy, for instance, is simply the evil father with no depth to him After Joy goes bankrupt, he laments that it is his fault because he “ gave her the confidence that she was more than an unemployed housewife ” Meanwhile, after she becomes successful, he leeches off her, without so much as an apology The only characters that are not written one dimensionally are Joy and her ex-husband, Tony (Édgar Ramírez) Through her painstaking journey, Joy reflects humanity in all its paradoxes with her vulnerability and strength Tony is equally complicated; he may be irresponsible and infuriating at times, but he does not adhere to the quintessential evil ex-husband role that viewers would expect him to In fact, he is one of Joy’s biggest supporters and even arranges an interview for her with one of his influential friends Their relationship as compassionate partners is refreshing

Watching Joy is somewhat indulgent It requires you to remember why you first started watching movies in the first place Maybe you wanted to enter a new dimension Maybe it was to feel good, to believe in the possibilities of life, to experience some sort of magic Many of the stories that used to feel magical to us as children, specifically fairytales, have become problematic and unrealistic in our disillusioned minds (I’m looking at you, Disney) Joy is a reminder that the greatest rags to riches stories can actually occur They may not be the norm in fact, they are far from the norm, but they do exist The American Dream was not always dead J o y : M o p p i n g U p a n A n d r o c e n t r i c H o l l y w o o d

The movie, narrated by Joy’s grandmother (Diane Ladd), follows Joy from her early beginnings as a precocious child inventor of paper toys and dog collars through her years as a middle-aged woman with broken dreams Joy is the matriarch of her family Unfortunately, this position has proved itself to be more overwhelming than empowering because she is expected to rescue everyone, including her own parents Her mother (Virginia Madsen), who has never recovered from her divorce from Joy’s father, spends her days locked in her room watching soap operas Joy’s father, Rudy (Robert De Niro), is largely unsupportive of Joy and her lifestyle, yet calls upon Joy whenever he is in financial straits Joy also has two children of her own to support while her ex-husband lives in her basement and does not contribute to the family financially With an inundation of bills and demands, Joy does not have the time or resources to pursue her dream of becoming an inventor That is, until the ordinary meets the extraordinary and the grueling household task of mopping up glass and cutting her hand leads Joy to envision a self-wringing mop

Viewers who came to the movies expecting to see great on-screen chemistr y between

While this dynamic characterization is not pervasive in Joy, the movie s effort to represent minorities is an impressive and worthwhile reparation Joy’s marriage to a Venezuelan man is woven so naturally into the movie, but viewers are aware that the exhibition of biracial relationships in Hollywood movies is not a regular

practice (and when it does occur, it is often accompanied by an exoticization of actors of color) The same praise can be given to the casting of Dascha Polanco as Joy’s best friend, Jackie Polanco, best known for her portrayal of Daya in Orange Is the New Black, may simply be seen to some as Joy’s sidekick in this movie; she is certainly capable of bigger roles But Polanco’s humor and talent is not eclipsed by her supporting role and her inclusion in a tale of staunch female friendship not only speaks to her talent, but to the diverse nature of representation in Joy Finally, the melding of Joy Mangano’s story into a film is an exercise of radical representation in itself Steve Jobs has already had six films made about his life One may argue that Apple is more relevant to our lives than the Miracle Mop While this is admittedly true (no one ’ s typing on their mops in Olin), it is also true that the lives of female inventors, engineers and scientists are not presented in films as often as those of their male counterparts Thus, Joy presents us with what it still a radical idea: Maybe there is something worthwhile about women beyond the symmetricality of their faces and the curvature of their bodies after all

Gwen Aviles is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at gfa28@cornell edu

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Virginia Tech for 12th Straight Win

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C a ro l i n a a re h a rd l y w o r r i e d about moving back into the top spot in The Associated Press poll

They’re focused on playing better Johnson scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Sunday, leading the No 2 Tar Heels over Virginia Tech 75-70 for its 12th straight victor y With No 1 Oklahoma losing to 19th-ranked Iowa State this week, North Carolina (18-2, 7-0 ACC) could find itself back atop the poll Monday, a spot it held at the beginning of the season but quickly lost

“It doesn’t matter, ” Johnson said “ We’ve still got to come out and be ready to play ever y day That’s nice to have it (the ranking), but at the same time, we ’ ve still got to play We’ve got a bullseye on our back now with that No 1 ranking ” Roy Wi l l i a m s e a r n e d h i s 350th victor y with the Tar Heels and a unique place in basketball h i s t o r y, b e c o m i n g t h e f i r s t NCAA coach to win at least 350

games at two Division I schools He won 418 games at Kansas before joining North Carolina in 2003

North Carolina, which is off to its best start in the conference since the beginning of the 200001 season, led by as many as 20 in the first half The Tar Heels were up 57-49 with 11:01 remaining but the Hokies went on a 12-2 run and took a 61-59 lead on a basket by Kerr y Blackshear Jr with 8:05 remaining It was their only lead of the game

Se t h A l l e n m a d e t w o f re e throws with 19 2 seconds left for the Hokies (12-8, 4-3) to pull to 72-70, but Marcus Paige hit two free throws with 17 8 seconds remaining to push the lead back to four

After Virginia Tech’s Justin Bibbs missed a 3-pointer with 8 seconds to go, the Tar Heels’ Johnson made one of two free throws with 6 5 seconds remaining for the final margin

Zach LeDay led the Hokies with 17 points Jalen Hudson added 14

Three Freshmen Start in Loss to Columbia

shot attempts In today’s game, Lo sliced through Cornell’s defense, requiring the Red to collapse its defense, each time he drove to the hoop

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to let up, allowing Columbia to shoot 60 percent from the field, including six of nine on threes “ We didn’t have necessarily the defensive intensity we normally would have, or that we wanted to have, guarding them in the second half,” Cour tney said Columbia began to build its lead as

the first half ended, taking a three point lead after 20 minutes of largely back-andfor th play After halftime, the Lions came out firing, outscoring the Red 8-0 in the first two and a half minutes of the second period Junior guard JoJo Fallas made a three to stop the r un, but Columbia answered right back with a three of its own Fr

layup with 13:38 left in the game, cut the Columbia lead to five, the closest Cornell w

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injured Hatter and Davis replacing junior guard Darr yl Smith in the star ting lineup, Cornell star ted a total of three freshmen Just like last week, the freshmen’s impact was apparent Along with Stone Gettings and Matt Morgan, all four freshmen who played scored at least five points

seven games, winning two of them The Red opened break with a road loss to perennial powerhouse Syracuse Cornell battled with the Orange, trailing by just four points at the break and pulling ahead early in the second half, before Syracuse went on a r un and dispatched the Red, 67-46

Following Syracuse, Cornell welcomed Monmouth and its wild bench antics

The Red hung with the Hawks, one of the top teams in the mid-majors, for most of the game before Monmouth pulled away Hatter scored 27 points in the loss

The Red got its first victor y of break when the team traveled to Jersey City to play Saint Peter’s Sophomore guard Wil Bathurst was key in the victor y, scoring 1 8

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Big First Period Propels Harvard to Victory

Crimson comes out fring, using 3-0 run to dominate the start of Saturday’s game

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That is until Har vard took back the wheel and peppered in four more goals while holding Cornell scoreless The Crimson answered back a couple of minutes later, when H a r v a rd’s Wi l e y Sherman made a onetimer from the blue l i n e , a s h o t t h a t Schafer said “typically doesn’t go in for us ”

H a r v a rd w o u l d a d d on one more goal later in the period and an open net goal at the ver y end of the game “ When we star ted to come back there, when we got the second goal, I think we may have got a little anxious

and fell on top of ourselves,” said freshman for ward Mitch Vanderlaan

“When we started to come back I think we may have got a little anxious.” M i t c h V

Schafer said he sees the failed comeback as something the team can learn from With 10 more games left, all of them in-conference, the Red will look to maintain consistency in its play, somet h i n g t h e t e a m h a s str uggled to do this season “ When it was 3-2, we got excited but we got away from doing the things that made us climb back into 32,” Schafer said “ We got to learn our lesson with that, and we will We’ll address some things and become a better hockey team after this weekend ” With a full week of practice coming up, Cornell will attempt to iron out

many recently-formed weaknesses “ We got away from our game a few t i m e s t h e re , ” Va n d e r l a a n s a i d “ We stopped being physical at times It’s definitely back to the drawing board for us, we’ll move for ward from here ”

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“It was a frustrating week of hockey,” Schafer said “ We valiantly tried to battle back in the game, but they’re a good hockey team and we dug ourselves too big a hole to overcome ”

The Red travels to Clarkson and St Lawrence next weekend to tr y to get back on track in the ECAC

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’ ve been thinking a lot about the idea of loss lately and what it means to lose something or someone Near the end of last semester, a kid from my graduating class in high school passed away in a car accident and the news hit me a lot harder than I thought it was going to I didn’t know him that well and o

ranged from a friendly head nod to a cursory conversation about whatever game was on the night before Knowing that at any point I could forever be 20 years old in the minds of others and that this guy from my grade was now nothing more than a memory made me sink into a pit of sorrow

And there’s the prospect of loss in life; as the days that separate me from my cap and gown slip away, so slips away my sense that I’m free to make careless, even reckless, mistakes as the sense of every single one of my actions having ramifications continues to loom large over my shoulder And as I get older, the idea of losing family members grows by the day, namely my grandparents who live halfway across the world

That gnawing feeling I felt in my gut is something I’ve really only felt in sports I remember in 2007 when, for days, I couldn’t turn on the television, read the newspaper or turn on the radio The pain of loss was way too strong In the aftermath of Super Bowl