Imagine facing a $3-million budget deficit three years after graduating from college
That was just one challenge that Svante Myrick ’09 confronted in his first year as mayor of the city of Ithaca The process of closing the city’s budget deficit, he said, required him to make “impossible choices ”
“With multimillion dollar deficits occurring each year, pain could only be deferred for so long,” he said
In order to narrow the budget deficit, Myrick said he drew upon his experiences growing up with a single mother who worked multiple jobs to raise him and his three siblings
“When you grow up in a household without enough money to make ends meet, you have to make difficult, and, within the family, unpopular decisions,” Myrick said “My mom would actual-
ly show us her paychecks every week and show us the bills every week, and we’d do the math together I never expected that experience to be useful, outside of my personal life, outside of balancing my own checkbook, but it gave me a tolerance for making tough decisions ”
The ability to make difficult decisions characterized Myrick’s approach to balancing the city budget His controversial proposal included decreasing the number of the Ithaca’s p
November over the objections of the Ithaca Police and Fire Departments, which said the
Myrick looks back | Myrick looks out the window in his office “It ends up looking like a to-do list,” he said of the view of the city
After 33 Years in C-Town,
Owner Plans Dunbar’s S ale
After 33 and a half years of owning Dunbar’s, Eddy Street’s watering hole, Dave Peppin is putting the bar up for sale
“I’ve been there a long time I’ve seen enough,” Peppin said
Peppin said he will remain the owner of Dunbar’s for at least the remainder of the spring semester He added that he hopes the bar will not shut down when he departs
The decision to sell the late-night dive bar spurred in part by a desire to spend more time with his family comes with a “lot of mixed feelings,” Peppin said
“We had the Stanley Cup in there twice I don’t think any other bar could say that Those nights and drinking out of the cup have got to be the highlight of my 33 years
there,” Peppin said Such memories will not make selling the bar, a Collegetown fixture that has seen hundreds of Cornellians pass through its doors, easy, Peppin said
With several bars including The Royal Palm Tavern, Dinos and Johnny O’s having shut their doors in the last few years, Dunbar’s is “really the only hangout bar left” in Collegetown, Peppin said T h e b a r ’ s t r a d e m a rk g r a f f i t i e d walls, scribbled-on ceiling tiles and pictures of Cornell Athletics teams plastered on the walls these markings, Peppin said, are what he “would like to see continue” with the bar’s next owner
“His thought is that it’s something of a Collegetown institution,” said Brian Rettger, manager of Dunbar’s,
Police
Identif y Suspect in Sho otin g
Police have identified Tyrell T McCargo, 22, as a suspect in a reported shooting on Oak Avenue Tuesday morning an incident that caused a man to suffer a gunshot wound to the buttocks
On Thursday,
IPD said McCargo remains at large and is “possibly armed and dangerous ” He was last seen in Cortland, N Y , and was also observed operating a navy blue Acura, according to IPD
IPD describes McCargo as a 6’3” black male, with a thin face, brown eyes and hair in a brush cut
The shooting
Campus Politicos Hope Economy Will Rebound
A s Pre s i d e n t Ba r a c k Obama enters his second term, Cornell faculty and students said the economy and unemployment rates must stay at the forefront of policymakers’ minds
The nation’s unemployment rate remains a critical issue due to other difficult i e s i t t e n d s t o c re a t e , according to Jesscia Reif ’14, chair of the Cornell Republicans
“There are a lot of economic issues that need to be addressed,” she said “The unemployment rate is still the biggest issue, e s p e c i a l l y a m o n g yo u n g people [Unemployment]
causes a whole set of problems: People are unable to pay student loans, and it decreases job opportunities ” The unemployment crisis was preceded by a series o f e c o n o m i c s h i f t s t h a t hurt job growth, according to Prof Sharon Poczter, a p p l i e d e c o n o m i c s a n d management
“In terms of jobs that we ’ ve had in the past 20 to 30 years, there is evidence t h a t e m
shift,” she said “Even before the onslaught of the Great Recession, the labor market was in serious trouble Job growth between
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was reported to IPD at about 1:30 a m Tuesday Police received a 911 call notifying the department of “possible shots fired in the area of Oak Ave[nue] and of a dark-colored sedan leaving the area ” IPD, along with the Cornell University Police Department, spoke with multiple residents Tuesday “who all heard the sound of four or five gunshots,” according to the IPD
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Tomorrow
Storm Tharp: Third Person 10 a m - 5 p m , Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art
Design for Biodiversity Symposium 5 - 8 p m , Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall
Chinese Spring Festival Gala 6 p m - 10 p m , Alice Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall
What’s going on in Ithaca this weekend?
Quotes of the Week
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Speaking about the Men’s basketball team coming back from a loss to defeat Columbia
“[This game] was a huge confidence boost from a team perspective to lose to a team in a pretty embarrassing fashion then [to] go out and beat them in their own house I think we showed a lot of toughness as a unit last night ”
Junior forward Errick Peck
Speaking
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Ar ts , “ Fre e dom From For ge t t in g, ” W e dnes day
Speaking about the loss of popularity many musical artists face after a certain amount of time
“With songs still as memorable as a cloud in the sky Big Pop hasn’t changed much Frank Sinatra was to Bobby Soxers as Justin Bieber is to Beliebers Huge acts that win Grammys will be obscure in 20 years Reactionaries will still turn around and make their own left field music like the punks did ”
Kai Sam Ng ’14
Speaking about the need for awareness about sexual violence against women
“Whether these things happen in Pakistan, another part of India, or anywhere else in the world, the basic right of every human being needs to be respected If we acknowledge and then speak up about these atrocities and support others who do, you can bring justice to those who have already been victimized and protect countless others from being so
Faaiza Khan ’14
C.U. Will Use $25M Grant
To Engineer Sustainable Crop
By SHANE DUNAU Sun Staff Writer
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ––in collaboration with the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom –– has awarded a $25 2-million grant to Cornell to improve breeding of cassava, a carbohydrate-rich tuber plant, in Africa
Though cassava may not be familiar to many Americans, “[cassava] is a huge food staple and food security crop ” in Africa, according to Linda McCandless, communications director for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
One of the ways the project hopes to improve the cultivation of cassava is by shortening its breeding cycle, which is currently five years, according to Erica Barnell ’13, a student who will be traveling to Africa this summer to work on the cassava project
“Cassava is great in terms of energy density, but it has the lowest protein content of any food staple crop, ” she said
The grant will also allow Cornell to bring seven students from Nigeria and Uganda to campus Four of these students will come to Cornell to earn their Ph D s in plant breeding and genetics, according to Dr Hale Ann Tufan, the project manager for the grant
The idea for the grant was sparked when members of the Gates Foundation convened at the 2011 Plant and Animal Genome conference in San Diego, in which attendees met to discuss research and future plans in the field, Tufan said
“Everyone sat around a table and talked about how they could improve cassava, ” she said Cornell scientists will work to improve the
efficiency of cassava by developing breeding methods to increase flowering using genomic selection, a new method that uses statistical modeling to predict how a plant will perform in its environment, according to Tufan
Tufan said that she hopes the grant funding will help “[shorten the breeding cycle] down to one year, or even two ”
The initiative will help improve cassava efficiency both through research on Cornell’s campus and through project implementation in Africa, according to Tufan
“The [Bill and Melinda Gates] Foundation trusts in project implementation and the science run in our faculty departments, creating a natural collaboration with this grant, ” she said
The cassava grant follows several other scientific collaborations between Cornell and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to McCandless
“[Cornell] has a really good track record with the Gates Foundation because of the durable rust resistance in wheat project Scientists here also have great expertise in the genomic selection technologies that will be used in the cassava project,” she said
In addition to improving cassava breeding, the grant will also be used to ensure the project is sustainable, according to Tufan
“We are going to do a lot of training and give a lot of time over in Africa by running [plant breeding] workshops,” she said
The importance of cassava as a staple crop is indescribable, according to Tufan
“I had one Kenyan say to me, ‘Cassava saved my life; when everything fails, it is still there,” he said
Dunau can be reached at sdunau@cornellsun com
Ithaca’s been awfully cold lately, as usual What is your favorite way of warming up?
“I’ve been inside The Sun’s offices all week, so I had no indication of the weather ” Hermit ’14
“I am Indian I am cosily warm on the inside Bring it on, Ithaca!” Indian-and-I-know-it ’15
“I don’t ” Cold-blooded ’15
“Flying back to Singapore Not very practical, I’m afraid ” Freezing Editor ’14
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2000 and 2007 was only half what it had been in the preceding three decades ”
Jessie Palmer ’13, president of the Cornell Democrats, said the national debt ceiling is the most significant national issue in the wake of the recent fiscal cliff crisis which without the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 could have led to a sharp decline in the budget deficit, as well as a mild recession increased unemployment
“ We need heightened bipartisan behavior Congress needs to figure out where we are spending, what do we need to do to save money, where we actually need to spend money, ” she said “Ultimately, we need to stop average Americans from feeling the brunt of [the debt ceiling] ”
The average male high school graduate saw the largest drop in earnings over the last 40 years, according to Poczter
“Employment grew in high-education, high-wage professional, technical and managerial occupations and in low-education, low-wage food ser vice, personal care and protective-ser vice occupations [while] employment fell in middle-skill, white-collar and blue-collar occupations,” she said “ The drop in middle-income manufacturing jobs was especially precipitous ”
The middle-income drop is tied to an increase in jobs
Poczter
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ondar y education or specialized training were becoming increasingly scarce, driving workers without the requisite skills into lower-wage jobs or out of the labor force altogether,” she said
To combat unemployment, Poczter said policymakers should invest in U S education
“Our education needs to emulate the evolution of our competitiveness,” she said “ We need to initiate more sector-wide collaborations to build consensus and share the costs of improving education ”
Fiscal motivations are critical to lowering the number of people who are unemployed, Reif said
“[To combat unemployment rates], taxes should be cut, specifically tax cuts that favor employers who are hiring,” she said “ We need to give financial incentives for employers to hire ”
The solution to the economic crisis will require bipartisan cooperation among from policymakers, according to Palmer
“Both sides need to give and take a little,” she said “Politicians have said in the the past that it’s not going to be fun, it’s not going to be easy, but [to solve this issue], they need to compromise ”
Although the bid for the presidency has ended, the battle against unemployment should continue, Poczter said
“Unemployment as a major issue should not be neglected simply because the election is over, ” she said
who described the bar as a “divey sports bar ”
“[Peppin has] made it clear that he wants it to stay pretty much the same, ” Rettger added
So far, Peppin said he has heard from three people interested in buying the bar He said that, although it is too early to predict, he thinks the prospects for Dunbar’s sale seem promising
“I’m not sure how interested they are, but I think as word gets around, someone will buy it It’s in a good spot, it’s unique and with [ The Palms, Dinos and Johnny O’s] closed, I think our business has been better on weekends,” he said
Although Peppin said there have been times when he would have “rather been home or on vacation” than at the bar, he
Colleague: Ithaca Mayor ‘ Taking Us in New
has worked to balance his commitments to the city with his status as a Cornell alumnus
cuts would jeopardize public safety
Myrick said none of the changes implemented in his budget were particularly innovative; they have been used by other cities and even by the University to solve fiscal problems Still, he said, the changes did require him to stand firm in the face of opposition
”What it took was a fair amount of willpower,” Myrick said “Changes of this kind, you get a lot of pushback But it was my job to explain that remaining the same wasn ’ t an option The way things were going [was] going to lead us to bankruptcy ”
Myrick –– who keeps an Ithaca College flag in his office –– said he
“Ever ybody knows I’m a Cornell grad,” Myrick said “I’m just trying to send a signal to our friends on South Hill Although I may have gone, in their eyes, to the wrong institution, I still have their best interests in mind ”
Myrick said he hopes to encourage collboration between Cornell and the city
As the city struggled to close the budget deficit, many Ithacans, including Myrick, suggested that Cornell which, as a tax-exempt non-profit institution, does not pay city taxes on its land increase its contribution to the city budget
Jennifer Dotson (G-1st Ward) ––who was the acting mayor in 2012, filling in for Myrick when he was out of town or otherwise unable to complete his duties –– praised Myrick’s work ethic
“I’m impressed by what he’s accomplishing,” Dotson said
recalled several fond memories formed at Dunbar’s over the years: seeing former patrons who frequented the bar decades ago return for a weekend, as well as welcoming hundreds of Cornell alumni into the bar over Homecoming and Reunion Weekends
“I may not remember some of their names, but they come in and they still come back, and Dunbar’s is where they come, ” Peppin said “I’ve always appreciated that, and I hope to keep in touch with Dunbar’s and the people I’ve met ”
Peppin summed up his Dunbar’s experience in a few wistful words
“I’ve enjoyed it I’ve enjoyed the kids, and we ’ ve had a great crowd,” he said
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tively, I also think he has opportunities to take fuller advantage of the expertise of senior City Hall staff ”
Dotson agreed, noted that Myrick’s young age he is 26 years old contributes to some of his bold decisions
“Everybody knows I’m a Cornell grad. I’m just trying to send a signal to our friends on South Hill ”
“I was elected to look out for the best interests of the city, and I actually think the best interests of the city and the best interests of the University collide quite a bit,”
Myrick said “Now, convincing the University of that fact has been a bit tougher ”
Under an agreement with the city, the University will contribute about $1 225 million to the city budget this year, according to Simeon Moss ’73, deputy University spokesperson
Still, Myrick said he hopes this amount will increase in subsequent years
“I don’t think it’s enough and I think the city needs more, ” Myrick said “And I actually don’t think that’s me being tough on the University ”
Looking forward, Myrick said he will use his second year in office to make sure the reforms of his first year “do what they were intended to do, which is improve our performance, make us more efficient, and save us money ” Common Council member
Still, Dotson said, she remains critical of some of Myrick’s decisions
“He has really ambitious goals regarding changing the structure of city government and of certain departments, which is painful for some people,” she said Dotson and fellow Common Council member Ellen McCollister (D-3rd Ward) praised Myrick’s efficiency and ambitions for the city ––as well as his sense of humor McCollister said Myrick has done an excellent job increasing communication with the public through his social media presence, acquiring more than 3,000 Twitter followers
While McCollister commended Myrick’s abilities, she also expressed hope that Myrick would incorporate a broader spectrum of voices into his policy decisions
“Going forward, I’d like to see him appoint people of more diverse viewpoints and experience to our various city boards,” McCollister said “Administra-
“He’s taking us in a new direction We’re going to make some mistakes It’s not realistic to expect you ’ re not going to make any, ” Dotson said Myrick –– who is both biracial and the youngest mayor in city history –– said his youth took a humorous turn when the 15-yearold black son of a staff member was mistaken for Myrick in the elevator of the mayor ’ s office
“Someone turned to him and said ‘Are you the mayor?’” Myrick said “[His mom] told me the story
She said, ‘No, you don’t understand He came home and he was so excited ’ Because to be that age, to be a young black man in America, you get confused for a lot of things People assume a lot of things about you He had never had someone before mistake him for a figure of authority and respect And she said she saw in him that day something change in the way he thought about himself ”
After Shooting, Univ. Encourages Student Safety
SHOOTING
Police: Teen Shot by Fellow Student at Georgia School
ATLANTA (AP) A student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-yearold in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away, police said
Multiple shots were fired in the courtyard of Price Middle School just south of downtown about 1:50 p m and the one boy was hit, Atlanta Police Chief George Turner said In the aftermath, a teacher received minor cuts, he said
The wounded boy was taken “alert, conscious and breathing” to Grady Memorial Hospital, said police spokesman Carlos Campos Grady Heath System Spokeswoman Denise Simpson said the teen had been discharged from the hospital Thursday night Campos said charges against the shooter were pending
Police swarmed the school of about 400 students after reports of the shooting while a crowd of anxious parents gathered in the streets, awaiting word on their children Students were kept at the locked-down school for more than two hours before being dismissed
Investigators believe the shooting was not random and that something occurred between the two students that may have led to it
Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis said the school does have metal detectors
“The obvious question is how did this get past a metal detector?” Davis asked about the gun “That’s something we do not know yet ”
The armed resource officer who took the gun away was off-duty and at the school, but police didn’t release details on him or whether he is regularly at Price Since 20 children and six adults were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in December, calls for armed officers in every school have resonated across the country
Hours after the Atlanta shooting, several school buses loaded with children pulled away from the school and stopped in front of a church about a half-block away Parents tried boarding the buses Police who initially tried to stop the parents, relented and screamed, “Let them off!” about the students
James Bolton was at work when his sister called saying a teen had been shot at his son ’ s school and was in the crowd as parents began swarming the fleet of buses
“Move, I see my son, I see mine!” he said, running up to embrace James Bolton Jr “As long as I got this one back I’m OK,” he said, holding his son ’ s head against his chest as parents nearby frantically searched for their children
Bolton Jr said he was in class when the intercom sounded and a school official announced the building was under immediate lockdown
Dow Logs Best January in Nearly Two Decades
NEW YORK (AP) The Dow logged its best start to the year in almost two decades
Stocks rallied in the first week of the year after U S lawmakers reached a deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” and then pushed higher toward record levels as optimism about the housing market recovery grew Decent company earnings for the fourth quarter and an improving job market also helped lift markets
The Dow Jones industrial average ended the month up 5 8 percent, its strongest January since 1994, according to S&P Capital IQ data The Standard & Poor’s 500 finished the month 5 percent higher, its best start to the year since 1997
“There’s not a whole lot of bears left here,” said Jeff Hirsch, the editor of the Stock Trader’s Almanac, adding that the market may struggle to gain further in February
Stocks have also benefited as investors have put money into equities in January By one measure, the monthly flow into stock funds was the largest in nine years
About $51 billion in net deposits was moved into stock funds and so-called hybrid funds, which invest in a mix of stocks and bonds, consultant Strategic Insight said Thursday That’s the most since $56 billion flowed in during January 2004
On Thursday, stocks drifted lower as investors digested more earnings results and reports on the economy
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 49 points to 13,860 58 The S&P 500 dropped 4 points to 1,498 11 and the Nasdaq composite was little changed at 3,142 13
The Dow is just 304 points from its all-time high
Among companies reporting earnings Thursday, UPS Inc , the world’s biggest package-delivery company and an economic bellwether, fell 2 4 percent to $79 29 The company ’ s fourth quarter was hurt by weak global trade, and it forecast 2013 results below expectations
January’s rally started to slow Wednesday after a report showed that the economy unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter of last year
Stocks have gained against a backdrop of low borrowing costs and a slow, but steady, economic recovery
However, the market may struggle to build on those gains in the immediate future as traders and investors turn their attention back to Washington, said Ernie Cecilia, chief investment officer at Bryn Mawr Trust
The budget deal struck at the start of the year dealt with taxes, but across-the-board spending cuts were pushed back from Jan 1 to March 1 While a showdown over the nation’s borrowing limits appears to have been put off, lawmakers have yet to agree on how best to reduce government spending Those negotiations could be protracted and increase stock market volatility, said Cecilia
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Former U S Sen Chuck Hagel (R-Neb ) arrives for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Ser vices Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Jan 31, 2013
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We s t e r n c u l t u r e , t h e o f f i c i a l s b l a m e e ve r y t h i n g b u t t h e o f f e n d e r Ou t r a g e re a c h e d a b o i l i n g p o i n t w h e n t h e s o n o f
In d i a ’ s p re s i d e n t , a d e m o c r a t i c a l l y - e l e c te d m e m b e r o f t h e n a t i o n ’ s p a r l i a m e n t ,
d e c l a re d t h a t w o m e n m a rc h i n g i n t h e p ro t e s t s a re “ h i g h l y d e n t e d a n d p a i n t e d”
a n d t h a t “ s t u d e n t s w h o g o t o d i s c o t h eq u e s ” h a d n o r i g h t t o b e p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n d e m o n s t r a t i o n s Fo r a c o u n t r y t h a t h a s t a k e n g i a n t p r o g r e s s i v e s t r i d e s s i n c e
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re s p e c t f o r w o m e n Cornell saw an unusually high number of sexual crimes repor ted on and around campus this fall From repor ts of o u t r i g h t a s s a u l t t o c o m p l a i n t s o f
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c o m m u n i t y re e l i n g C o r n e l l i a n s h a v e responded with a wave of action from the ramped up activity of the Women’s Resource Center to meetings held to discuss sexual safety and consent And yet fr ustration continues over what many perceive to be a lingering sense of apathy in the Cornell community The biggest roadblock for victims continues to be the ambiguous public understanding of what constitutes assault From questions of whether an act was tr uly forced, and not a consensual act gone wrong, to comments about the influence of alcohol or the behavior of “sluts,” I have heard outrageous opinions expressed And the people expressing them are not 16th centur y barbarians, but my fellow male and female students per fectly rational, rights-respecting individuals who by no means condone the mistreatment of another human being
So w h e re d o e s t h e p ro b l e m re a l l y l i e ?
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A previous version of a Wednesday news story, “Vigil Honors Rape Victims,” stated that Karan Javaji ’14 is a woman In fact, Javaji is a man Heroes & Villains
wd j o k e s a n d w i s e c r a c k s o n “f o rc i b l e t o u c h i n g i n c i d e n t s , ” l i k e a t C o r n e l l T h i s p ro bl e m i s n ’ t re s t r i c t e d a l o n e t o t h e t w o p l a c e s I c h o o s e t o c o m m e n t u p o n It i s p a n g l o b a l a p p e a r i n g f ro m t h e To ro n t o p o l i c e o f f i c e r w h o s u g g e s t e d t h a t “ w o m e n s h o u l d a v o i d d r e s s i n g l i k e s l u t s ” t o t h e Br a z i l i a n c o m e d i a n Ba s t o s w h o s u g g e s t e d t h a t a r a p e v i c t i m “ s h o u l d b e g l a d f o r t h e o p p o r t u n i t y ” Bl a m i n g t h e v i c t i m i s a n i s s u e t h a t i s s t i l l ve r y m u c h e n d e m i c T h e re i s n ’ t m u c h d i f f e re n c e b e t we e n t h e c o m m e n t s o f a p u b l i c f i g u re i n De l h i w h o s a i d t h a t “ If g i r l s d o n ’ t s t a y w i t h i n t h e i r b o u n d a r i e s , i f t h e y d o n ’ t w e a r a p p r o p r i a t e c l o t h e s , t h e n n a t u r a l l y t h e re i s a t t r a c t i o n T h i s a t t r a ct i o n m a k e s m e n a g g re s s i ve , p ro m p t i n g t h e m t o j u s t d o i t , ” a n d t h e c o n ve rs a t i o n s a t p a r t i e s a n d b a r s a t C o r n e l l re vo l v i n g a ro u n d “ s o ro s t i t u t e s ” o r “ h o s w h o we re a s k i n g f o r i t ” T h e re i s n ’ t m u c h d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n v i c t i m s i n De l h i w h o a re b l a m e d f o r b e i n g t o o “ m o d e r n ” o r t h o s e a t C o r n e l l w h o a re b l a m e d f o r b e i n g i n t ox i c a t e d o r w a l k i n g h o m e a l o n e a t n i g h t T h e t h i n g i s , n o rm a l i z i n g c o n ve r s a t i o n t h a t e i t h e r h e a p s m o r a l o p p ro b r i u m o n a l l t h i n g s s e x u a l o r re l e g a t e s i t t o p o o r h u m o r i s t h e f i r s t s t e p i n c re a t i n g t h e s o c i a l c a t e g o r i e s o f “ g o o d w o m e n ” a n d “ b a d w o m e n ” T h i s l e a d s t o a s o c i a l c o n s t r u c t t h a t m a k e s i t o k a y t o a s s a u l t “ b a d w o m e n , ” b e c a u s e s o c i e t y b e l i e ve s t h a t s u c h t h i n g s d o n ’ t h a p p e n t o “ g o o d w o m e n ” b e c a u s e t h e i r “ g o o d” b e h a v i o r d o e s n ’ t r a i s e a n y c h a n c e o f a s s a u l t W h e t h e r t h a t g o o d b e h a v i o r re f e r s
w i t h i m p u n i t y I g i ve f u l l c re d i t t o t h e a d m i n i s t r a t o r s a t C o r n e l l f o r t r y i n g t o d o t h e i r b e s t o n t h a t f ro n t ; t h e De l h i g ove r n m e n t a l s o f i n a l l y s e e m s t o b e w a k i n g u p a n d t r y i n g t o d o m o re t h a n j u s t b l a m e t h e w o m e n t h e m s e l ve s Bu t by a n d l a r g e , i t i s n ’ t a p ro b l e m w i t h t h e r u l e b o o k b u t w i t h t h e s o c i a l n o r m s t h a t we l i ve w i t h Gl o b a l s o c i e t y h a s a p ro bl e m w h e n d i a l o g u e o n s e x i s e i t h e r c o mp l e t e l y re p re s s e d , l i k e i n De l h i , o r t a k e s p l a c e m o s t
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A previous version of a Wednesday news story, “C U Defends Medical Amnesty,” stated that Chris Sanders ’13 is the president of the Interfraternity Council In fact, Sanders is the former IFC president
So we ’ re just putting the cap on the second week of classes, and I’d say the spring semester is well on its way For a certain group on campus though, this has been your third week back in Ithaca I’m sure you all know which early arrivals I am referring to
Now, this group gets lots and lots of press some of it truly good, but most of it definitely bad They hold a special week each year, and during this week, Cornellians decide whether they will participate wholeheartedly or avoid these well-intentioned activities It’s time we address some of the controversies sur-
rounding these folks
I am referring to those in our campus ’ notorious Greek system, which has recently undergone tons of changes But something that hasn’t changed, and will not change, is brotherhood and sisterhood (the latter is a pretty foreign concept to me, so I’ll stick to brotherhood)
Please, the 70 percent of you who are not
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in the Greek system, do not stop reading The concept of brotherhood found within Greek houses can be used to shed light on universal truths regarding friendship, comfort and trust Brotherhood, that unconditional support you will find in joining a house, should mean more than just friendship For many of you freshmen, that is precisely why you joined a house in the first place (granted, the dying bar scene and lack of alternative drinking outlets could have been a factor)
Greek houses are organizations comprised of real people who impose implicit (and sometimes explicit) social pressure on one another in order to adhere to a norm of thoughts and
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conduct expected by all members This organization will likely expect you to receive your fraternity brothers as your best friends and to define friendship by its standards
For many of you, friendship will be defined by your fraternal brotherhood, but for many more, the friendship you share with your brothers will define what brotherhood means to you fraternity brothers will
become real brothers You will be asked to give yourself over to the house, to commit time, energy, love and even faith
But the new member education process is when this social pressure is most palpable
Some of this pressure will allow you to grow in ways you never thought possible But there is a fine line between unselfish generosity to something larger than oneself and blind commitment to a group New members are told, “This marks the beginning of a journey, of a new chapter in your life, of the future lifelong bonds you will make and break here at Cornell It might be truthful and sincere, but this is pressure nonetheless
Know this: No one gets to tell you who is and is not your brother You have your own personal barometer for defining brotherhood
Like so many before you, if you sell yourself to your organization, you may find the greatest friends you have ever found but you may also be selling yourself short
The exclusivity of brotherhood is illusory You do not need a fraternity or ritual experience to find brotherhood By allowing fraternal friendship in whatever form to dictate what friendship means to you, you take a risk in losing sight of your own personal definition
Before coming to Cornell, I sure as hell never thought of my friends back home as my brothers They were friends some better than others but still friends My fraternity may have introduced me to the concept of brotherhood, but they don’t own it
I own my brotherhood Who I get to call my brother is my choice
My true brothers are those whom I have selected and who have selected me We have given pieces of ourselves to one another, shared vulnerabilities and reciprocated acts of kindness They earned my trust as I earned theirs I know what values they hold, and I know that they seek a deep, interpersonal connection
When we ’ re done here and out in the “real world,” and we don’t have our social organizations to fall back on, who will we have to turn to for acceptance? If we don t have the confidence to identify friendship and brotherhood for ourselves, we may never really find it College is the time to develop that ability to discern the shallow from the meaningful, truth from illusion to challenge ourselves to consider those big questions of life
Fraternal brotherhood has introduced me to new frameworks of friendship and has helped me begin the pursuit of answers to those questions It is a family I can always return to, but it’s only the beginning The lessons my house has taught me about brotherhood have enabled me to find true brothers both in and out of the fraternity
So gimme a try; I’m always looking for some more
Rudy Gerson is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached a rgerson@cornellsun com Rooting Around column runs alternate Fridays this semester
Not the D eci sion , the D ecider
he Supreme Court will soon hear what some have already begun calling the defining civil rights case of our era In 1996, Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act, which among other things, exclusively recognized traditional marriage for the purposes of the federal government In 2008, the California Supreme Court found a right to gay marriage embedded in the California state constitution Later that year, voters passed a popular referendum known as Proposition 8 that reinstated only the traditional definition of marr ying back into California’s highest law
The question before the Supreme Cour t now is whether DOMA or Proposition 8, both of which recogn i ze o n l y t r a d i t i o n a l m a r r i a g e , v i o l a t e t h e Fi f t h o r Fourteenth Amendment rights of gay couples to due process and equal protection under the law While the Court prepares to rule on these issues, proponents of gay marriage must recognize that the broader question of whether gay couples should be allowed to marr y is a question that only the legislature can effectively answer
Ten states, including New York, have adopted gay marriage More recently, some states have even passed it through popular referendums However, opposition is still widespread, and the vast majority of states refuse to recognize the institution Twenty states have constitutional prohibitions against same-sex civil unions and gay marriage Another 17 states ban gay marriage in either their state constitutions or laws It is important to note that this opposition is not geographically limited, but extends to nearly ever y corner of the countr y Commitment to traditional marriage remains a national, rather than a regional, political majority
Some argue that recent Supreme Court decisions have paved the way for a constitutional right to gay marriage They point to: Loving v Virginia, the decision that struck down bans on interracial marriage; Lawrence v Texas, which struck down bans on homosexual sodomy; and Romer v Evans, which ensured that local Colorado municipalities could pass anti-discrimination measures to protect gays Proponents of gay marriage hope these cases indicate that the time has come for the Supreme Court to establish full gay marital equality
As politically persuasive as these proponents ’ arguments may be, their legal basis is somewhat questionable To start, equal protection and due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments have never been interpreted to include gay marriage A large majority of states today still stand in opposition to that interpretation
The majority in Lawrence, for instance, makes a point of saying that although bans on homosexual sodomy are
unconstitutional, the Court was by no means establishing a right to gay marriage There is a constitutional distinction between conduct that a state cannot prohibit and conduct that a state has an obligation to endorse
The Court’s reasoning in Loving was narrow and involved specifically the role that anti-miscegenation laws played in perpetuating a broader system of unconstitutional racial discrimination Clear distinctions between who was “white” and who was “black” were pivotal in enforcing segregation, which anti-miscegenation laws accomplished by regulating procreation and genetically separating the races But bans on gay marriage are not the key factor in the existence of homosexual discrimination, which is comparable neither in nature nor degree, to racial discrimination in the South
In many states, including those that do not recognize
s a m e - s e x m a r r i a g e , gays enjoy legal rights specifically tailored to p r o t e c t t h e m a s a group, such as hate crime legislation, as w e l l a s t h e r i g h t s enjoyed by all citizens (freedom to assemble, t o v o t e , e t c ) T h e same could not have been said for African-Americans living under Jim Crow who suffered mob lynchings with no public response and consistently faced state violations of basic constitutional protections The reasoning in Loving was not that each American has a right to marr y whomever they choose, but rather that anti-miscegenation laws were facilitating unconstitutional racial discrimination That reasoning does not apply to gay marriage
As I mentioned earlier, the Court is set to decide not whether gays should be allowed to marr y, but whether the right for gays to marr y is in our Constitution Those are two ver y different questions and the distinction is important: The latter question is for the Court; the former question is for the people
There is a vibrant political debate in this countr y regarding whether there truly exists a benefit to promoting exclusively traditional marriage Do we want that debate within the democratic marketplace of ideas or stifled by a 5 to 4 Supreme Court decision? Consider that since the right to vote was democratically established for women, it has remained unquestioned Contrast that with the right to abortion, in which a 5 to 4 decision interjected the Court into what was then, and remains today, a vibrant democratic debate America has yet to
resolve the issue of abortion because finality comes not from the Court, but from the democratic process
The best support for proponents of gay marriage comes in Justice Anthony Kennedy’s passionate majority opinion in Romer He argued that discrimination protection for immutable characteristics such as homosexuality is not a unique or “special right”, but rather a basic entitlement of ever y American A state cannot deny equal protection of this right on the basis of sexual orientation simply because the majority disfavors that particular group Romer could be applied in the upcoming case to render marriage, like discrimination protection, a basic e n t
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l l Americans including gays Like discrimination protection, that basic entitlement then could not be rescinded without violating the rights of gay couples to equal protection under the law
The American people resist judgments rendered by the Supreme Court, sitting up high, which affect the fundamental institutions of our society The polling evidence is clear: Younger Americans favor gay marriage far more than their parents do Allowing the gay movement to continue to gain political traction is a better course than risking a social backlash to Supreme Court overreach The important question for gay rights advocates ought not to be what affords gay Americans superficial recognition the soonest, but rather, what foundation will best secure gay rights for good The democratic process, not the Supreme Court, is the only path that can ensure the legitimacy of full gay equality as a part of America’s identity
Justin DiGennaro is
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Sex, Drugs and Beats: An Inter view With Prof. Austin Bunn
Prof Austin Bunn, Performance and Media Arts, started classes a week late this semester But he wasn’t calling in sick In fact, Bunn was at the Sundance Film Festival premiering a movie that he co-wrote, Kill Your Darlings Earlier this week I had the chance to sit down with Bunn an old professor of mine (so proud!), to talk about his new movie, Sundance and what is looking to be a very successful career in film Bunn has only been teaching at Cornell for about six months, but his name can already be heard around campus as that professor who is doing something amazing He currently teaches screenwriting and dramatic writing and will be teaching screenwriting next semester
THE SUN: Tell me a little bit about your movie
PROF AUSTIN BUNN: So, Kill Your Darlings is the story of the origins of the beat generation, so it’s about Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Bill Boroughs when they were young men, long before they became the people that you know them to be So if most biopics are about like great men at the peak of their lives, this is about them at point zero of their lives when they’re just kids and they’re still figuring out who they are and trying to become artists One critics who reviewed the movie called it Beat Generation: First Class these are these major American literary figures when they’re just punks, bad students, you know, dorm roommates, when they’re kids
SUN: But this movie isn’t really about their published works is it?
A B : No Not at all Allen Ginsberg isn’t even a writer; he doesn’t consider himself a poet, he wanted to be a labor lawyer So our movie is long before they became famous And it’s about really the relationships how they met each other They met through this “fourth beat”: This guy named Lucien Carr Who has never really been explored dramatically very much He was a very charismatic, charming guy He was also about 20 years old and he introduced Allen to Jack and introduced Allen to Bill Boroughs and sort of talked on that they were going to be great
people He really inspired them But he also was someone who had a kind of, he had a darker side of himself, he was pretty manipulative and he ended up murdering a friend, a mutual friend of this group of guys named David Kamerer The circumstances of the murder are quite suspicious: Not only did he stab this friend of his, but he dragged his body to the Hudson River, put stones in his pockets, tied his hands up, tied his feet up and basically drowned him in addition to stabbing him So real malice And as it turned out Jack Kerouac and Bill Boroughs were jailed as an accessor y to the murder and Allen Ginsberg was involved in helping him design his defense So the climax of our movie is what happened that night between the two of them and how it affects their lives
SUN: So why did you choose to write about this topic?
A B : Well like a lot of young people, and, I don’t know, maybe yourself, I discovered the Beat writers in college and Allen Ginsberg really got me through my freshman year of college He’s a very powerful poet and somebody who really taught me about the weight of shame and a certain kind of liberation, the power of a transformational friendship; that’s what the Beats really represent, is friends Writers who are friends So those kinds of lessons really gave me a lot of inspiration and made me want to park my butt in a chair and write So if you read the back catalogue of the Beats, the Jack Kerouac books that people don’t read like Visions of Cody, Visions of Gerard, when you read the biographies the murder of David Kamerer is in all of them but its just a little footnote It’s almost like John, the director, would describe it as like The Manchurian Candidate: it was like they all had the same paragraph about it, about the murder Why was that? Its as though they had kind of agreed that there was a certain narrative to it So we started doing research, and this murder was the front page of The New York Times in 1944 I mean Lucien Carr was an undergrad at Columbia, why had he murdered this guy I mean Jack Kerouac’s name was in the paper I mean this was a really big case And when we started reading more I realized there’s more to this story that people don’t know There’s a side of this murder that explains what happened
SUN: So you ’ ve written a bunch of plays and screenplays and things like that before Have any of them gotten this big or is this the first one?
A b : No, this is definitely the biggest You know, I have other scripts that have producers and directors attached floating around, but it changes everything when the thing gets made So, yeah, this is the biggest one, so this will be kind of my debut as a screenwriter
SUN: So now you ’ ve made it to Sundance
A B : Yeah!
SUN: So tell me about Sundance
A.B.: Sundance was pretty freaking awesome I think the thing that I most took away from it was that it’s a film lover’s heaven There are so many movies you ’ re seeing And you ’ re seeing them without any movie reviews without critics telling you what’s good and what’s bad, just sitting down in a seat based on a title and a little bit of description, so you get a very authentic experience of the movie without any received ideas So in that way it’s really fun These are fresh voices, idiosyncratic characters, stories you don’t see everyday, and they don’t move in traditional ways, so that was really exciting
SUN: Right So, your movie did get picked up for distribution?
A B : Yep
Sun: When do you think it will come out?
A B : What they’re talking about, and things do change, is they’re talking about a fall release and that tends to be a time of year when things that are a little bit darker, a little bit smarter come out And our movie is about literary figures you know, it’s a period movie and it’s a little edgy, well it’s a lot edgy, we’ll definitely have an R-rating So that’s the time when it will probably come out That could change
SUN: Can you define edgy?
A B : I mean our movie is, I will joke with you, I don’t know if this is printable but one of the crescendo moments is what John affectionately calls the “death-fuck montage ” (laughs) and there’s like 4 or 5 major characters and its just like violence, sex, drugs, violence, sex, drugs, violence, sex, drugs and it happens for like five minutes so it’s a big intense orchestral experience of huge decisions, you know Someone’s getting killed, someone s having sex, someone s hearing about a friend dying, someone ’ s injecting drugs, you know its just like whoa It’s a lot But I think John is a really smart director and it’s a powerful moment in the movie All of these guys making fateful decisions That was the idea
SUN: So what did you take from the experience that you want to pass on to your screenwriting students? Was this experience a game changer in any way?
A B : Look at you [laughs], ‘ game changer ’ Well just so many things, I’m still processing the experience You know it’s just a lot, a lot to take in I mean maybe one simple clear lesson is you know I teach screenwriting, I teach short film screenplay writing and most students who come into the class are like, “What is this form? I’d rather work on a feature I want to like go work in the film business ” You go to Sundance and you realize: 1 Some of the best movies are in the shorts category Because they have a whole ‘shorts’ category, just movies under, I think, 40 minutes or 30 minutes So they’re really dynamic and
really quirky and fascinating So there’s a real market for shorts And almost all of the filmmakers who were in the dramatic competition also had a short that had been to Sundance or had gone through the screenwriting lab or the directing lab So there’s a way in which Sundance pre-vets these people through those things So when students want to know why I’m working on a short film, my answer now is like, because that’s how you get places You know you can ’ t just go right in the feature film market, its very challenging Hone your craft with short stuff So that’s one thing I’m going to take into classes and also I just saw so many movies that changed the way I think about films and how films get written and what stories are So I’m trying to broaden my own principles about what success and excellence looks like
SUN: Do you have anything else you ’ re working on right now? Gearing up for your next project?
A B : Well, I worked on an adaptation of a book already called Dancer From the Dance that Alan Ball, who was one of the executive directors of Six Feet Under, is hoping to direct, so he’s in the middle of attaching cast to that That would probably be the next film that would go into production And that would probably be the most public thing I could talk about
SUN: You started out with plays though; do you think you ’ re going to kind of make the shift to screenplays now?
A B : people ask me that I love playwriting and I love theater The funny thing is, well, I’ll tell you this: What I’ve come to as a truth for myself, and I think other theater artists have different perspectives, but theater these days is really a cover band industry And what I mean by that is that its theaters just want to produce other things that have been successful You know, they’re a cover band They want to do plays that were successful in New York, that were successful on the West Coast Film is in the business of new films That’s what film does They don’t do the cover band thing So as a creative worker, as a creative person, you want to work where there’s work, and you want to make the work that is needed by the industry And there’s something really profound and really collaborative about film that’s exciting Theater less so Living in Ithaca it’s a little harder because there just aren ’ t that many theaters here So with film I can still be a part of the process and stuff That’s why, yeah, increasingly I’m thinking about it I don’t know if I’ll forever be behind, film is just something I’m thinking about right now
SUN: Thanks so much for talking with us
A B : Of course
Arielle Cruz is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com
GOD OF COMEDY
, WH Y HAST THOU FO RSAKEN 43?
BY TAJWAR MAZHAR Sun Staff Writer
Movie 43 is an exceptional film I can honestly say that few films have made me feel as much emotion as this 90 minute anthology of no holds barred comedy
However, most of these feelings relate to disgust, revulsion and gagging
I rarely get mad at movies I believe in artistic license and audience interpretation Yet, all that aside, Movie 43, produced by Peter Farrelly and longtime partner Charles Wessler (There's Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber, Shallow Hal) made me furious
Movie 43
Made over four years and starring ever y-working-actor-theycould-get, the film was a special brand of painful that completely misunderstands the YouTube generation s sensibilities I think the added blow for me came from watching Beast of the Southern Wild the day before a film that delicately addresses sensitive human experiences to paint a gorgeous story Starring first time actors, it is the starkest contrast to the celebrity filled mess that is Movie 43
Mr Farrelly, just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should Given the scarce audience on a Saturday evening showing and a dastardly box office turnout despite extensive online marketing, it seems like most of the world agrees
There is certainly something to provocative films see A Clockwork Orange, anything Tarantino, or even slapstick ridiculous for example, many of Farrelly and Wessler’s previous films
Directed by Bob Odenkirk, 11 others
Starring Emma Stone, Stephen Merchant, Richard Gere
Peter Farrelly even took to Twitter urgh that’s a line I never ever want to write again ever to tell critics to lighten up
"To the critics: Movie 43 is not the end of the world It's just a $6-million movie where we tried to do something different Now back off ” Farrley continued, “To the critics: You always complain that Hollywood never gives you new stuff, and then when you get it, you flip out "
Movie 43 can be forgiven for being gross and sloppy Its biggest sin is that it’s just not funny The thrown together amassment of skits being passed as a film is introduced to us via a frantic screenwriter (Dennis Quaid) pitching his screenplay to producer Greg Kennear At one point, following a sequence that follows Kate Winslet as she embarks on a blind date with Hugh Jackman otherwise perfect save a pair of balls hanging from his chin Quaid’s character returns to scold the audience That ver y responsive male body part is, according to Crazy Quaid, a metaphor for the boundaries we create to keep from falling in love
Fair enough Movie 43 I’ll play along So maybe the sketch about a lifelike iBabe music player that mutilates the genitals of teenage boys that try to have sex with its cooling fan is a reflection on how corporations like Apple care only about the bottom line and not Chinese factory workers or consumer safety?
Maybe the one about intensive homeschooling where the mother goes as far to makes out with her son to teach him about awkward high school encounters is about 21st century helicopter parenting?
AAnd perhaps if I squint just enough, Halle Berry’s “Truth or Dare” shtick with Stephen Merchant was a cute reflection on the difficulties of letting go and finding romance in our modern world?
Yeah, no I don’t think so
There is so much head scratching involved in why Oscarcaliber actors like Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, and critical darlings like Emma Stone, Kristen Bell, Chloe Moritz, Richard Gere and Gerard Butler would do this to us
What happened, Kate? Were the Oscars and Golden Globes getting too heavy for you? Uma, are you getting back at the world for that We Need to Talk About Kevin snub? Christopher Mintz-Plasse, was it it too much pressure to be associated with good crude comedies Did it seem best to just rip that off like a bandage?
Stars ARE just like us They probably also succumb to peer pressure (I mean, everyone is doing it in this move) and the temptation of back-end deals for a couple days of work with friends
Of course, three sophisticated Cornell senior girls might not be the film’s target audience However, behind us sat large groups of teenage boys likely the key demographic for this and they too seemed hardly impressed
Mumblings “What the f “ , “whyyyy”, and “I bet they’re going to bring up dicks noww ” were overheard Mind you, these were not in a tone of awe, but genuine disgust I can ’ t even give Movie 43 the 15-year-old male endorsement
It is my moral duty to warn you that this movie is not even worth a curiosity watch Save your 11 dollars and self worth: Watch something anything else
Tajwar Mazhar is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at tmazhar@cornellsun com
The Early Adopter’s Co nundrum
s fans from all over the world wait excitedly for the next installment of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful HBO T V series, Game of Thrones, I feel like a spectator, divorced from the rising tide of Internet hubbub and wordof-mouth anticipation that accompanies pop culture events of this kind Don’t get me wrong I’m no Game of Thrones neophyte, unaware of what the fuss is all about As a reader of the novels long before the TV series became more than a speck in the minds of HBO execs, I feel like I’ve been privy to the birth of a cultural meme, however modest I was a Game of Thrones hipster, having read the books before they became cool
The books were my companions growing up My 13-year-old self spent happy hours following the violence, shadowy conspiracies and sordid sexual trysts endemic to the series I read this series before I did Harr y Potter They accompanied me through some momentous landmarks in life They were among my go-to books to re-read when I didn’t have money to buy new ones (somehow the teenage me never got it into his head to visit the library) The third volume was released in 2000; I was introduced to the series just in time for the fourth volume to come out after a half-decade long wait Eventually, however, the downtime between successive releases of volumes became too long That, combined with my vastly expanded reading horizons as a result of financial independence, meant that my engagement
with the narrative of the series faded It became more of a fond but fading memory of my childhood
I did buy successive books when they appeared, of course not that very many of them came out during these past five years (one, in fact) But the experience of reading them was never the same It lacked an essential spark, that vital essence that hooked me in the first place
Many readers felt the same way They attributed it to a decline in the quality of writing, of the sluggishness of pacing Others thought that George R R Martin was getting too caught up in his world, and that the plot was growing too large and complex to control I shared the same sentiments, but thought that part of it was my fault; the books were simply released too infrequently to sustain my engagement So, per functorily, I read itss latest iteration, A Dance With Dragons, without having reread the first few books, which was my custom I filled myself in on forgotten characters and events using the ubiquitous wiki pages created by more hardcore fans than I
So when the HBO adaptation was released to near universal acclaim, I was bemused by the sudden upsurge in interest in the series, now transformed and uplifted into an entire franchise It was fun to hear people bemoaning the gratuitous sex and violence of the series, which apparently had more of a visceral impact on viewers of the television
series than it did readers of the books I sat, stoic, through the first few episodes, before I decided that the series wasn ’ t really for me The settings were too pedestrian, the budget too limited and the characters too different from my mental image of them, to be compelling I did find interesting, however, other people’s reactions to the series After one friend near clawed her eyes out over a momentous character death in the first series, I could only smirk and tell her that she ain’t seen nothing yet In a way, it was almost like vicariously experiencing the books from a fresh perspective, and the schadenfreude moments didn’t hurt either But actually watching the episodes? I wasn ’ t averse to doing so if an easy opportunity presented itself, but didn’t particularly feel compelled to actually making the effort
I feel that if I do actually start following the series, it’ll take over as the dominant account of the story in my mind Pictures speak a thousand words, as the stale old adage goes, and moving pictures more so Martin’s prose is functional, lean and moving but his imagery isn’t particularly masterful, and the sight of floating castles does more to imprint itself on the mind than a mere description of it When that happens, who knows what that might do to my subjective experience when reading successive novels, when they come out in a decade’s time? The Lord of the Rings movies, excellent though they mostly were, already did that to my subjective experience of the book I can ’ t imagine Frodo as anything but a baby-faced Elijah Wood, or hear the Howard Shore soundtrack whenever I read sections of J R R Tolkien’s prose If anything, I should studiously refrain from watching the series if I really wanted to preserve that impression of the books that I have in my mind But I know that if someone were to
hand me a box of DVDs as a gift, I’d still watch them If only to see how they portrayed this or that from the books I think the HBO series has been a good thing in all It’s given Martin a new legion of fans, generated exposure to the notion that fantasy can be legitimate literature and provided some swashbuckling action and intrigue to brainwash today’s generation into maintaining the capitalist status quo of class relations Admittedly, Martin’s blog, formerly a place where he’d provide running updates about his writing process, has mutated into a platform from whence he relentlessly advertises HBO merchandise and posts trailers and pictures of behind the scenes happenings from the Game of Thrones set But it’s rekindled a new interest in the series in me, and in people I know, who hitherto probably wouldn ’ t have touched the books with a ten foot pole I loathed Joffrey’s guts before it was cool, and all that But deep down, a selfish part of me thinks that it might’ve been better if it never happened It’s a tiny little yammering voice, admittedly, but one that still lobbies for my attention I’ve seen other franchises – Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials – receive big screen adaptations, and they’ve fundamentally altered the relationship between reader and book by introducing a loud, attention-seeking visual element to the mix Some tiny part of me yearns for that antediluvian age where reader could curl up with a good book and not have to wonder which A-list celebrity would best fit his or her mental image of the protagonist
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to 2-0 for this season against the competitive northern rivals
away with two goals According to Schafer, the team will need to focus closely on eliminating lost opportunities, especially during power plays, and avoiding penalties It will also have to approach each game with a renewed intensity and the mindset that the team controls its own destiny ever y time it skates onto the ice, Schafer said “ We need to go for ward playing with just an undying, unrivaled passion for ever y loose puck and ever y possession That’s the mentality we need to adopt right now, ” Schafer said “ We can ’ t wait for someone to do it for us
You can make excuses for just about anything We have to change our luck, we have to change our fortune and we have to change how we play as a group of players and coaches ”
This weekend will offer the Red the perfect platform to test out its new team mindset, playing against opponents Cornell has historically had the edge over The Red leads the series against St Lawrence (11-10-3, 4-5-3), 5641-7, as well as the series against Clarkson (5-13-6, 4-62), 58-49-14 Defeating both teams, 3-1, when the teams met at Lynah in early December, Cornell looks to move
M ICE Continued from page 16 Lauren Ritter can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com
“[ The North Countr y is] always a tough place to play,” Birch said “Clarkson and St Lawrence are historically ver y hard-working teams ver y physical so it’s always a battle up there for us This year we played pretty well against them in the series here, so I’m looking forward to playing against them, and it should be a good battle ”
The more relaxed mood heading into the weekend road trip could provide the Red the stability it needs to have a weekend of consistent, competitive action in two important conference games
“ The guys are much more relaxed,” freshman for ward Christian Hilbrich said “Since Sunday, it’s been a whole new atmosphere Ever yone ’ s just been relaxed The leashes are definitely shorter, but [Schafer] is letting the player’s feel comfortable in their own skin and I think that’s really paid off ”
Hilbrich received recognition from Schafer for his noteworthy contributions during last Saturday night’s contest against Brown
“I thought Christian Hilbrich did a tremendous job [versus Brown,]” Schafer said “I thought he had a big
impact all over the place, and I think [freshman] Gavin Stoick, never playing [for ward before], had him playing for ward for a long period of time had an impact I would say that the guys who came in the line-up I thought those two young guys there did a real good job ”
Schafer has expanded the depth of his talented roster, substituting younger players into already strong front and back lines Utilizing ever y player on the roster is becoming increasingly important as the Red approaches playoff season, especially with sophomore for ward Cole Bardreau out for the remainder of the season with a neck injur y “[Playing in the game against Brown] was not something that comes along ever y day,” Hilbrich said “It was [Schafer’s] kind of way of saying we ’ re going to get a fresh start and he needs the whole team to partake in the journey we ’ re going to have to go on here We’re going to have to go on a run to make something of the year and make the playoffs ”
After this weekend’s trip to the Nor th Countr y, Cornell will return to Lynah to play Quinnipiac and Princeton on Feb 8 and 9, respectively
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With First Ivy Win Under Belt, Red Battles Princeton, Penn
By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor
After Harvard’s basketball program was battered by a school-wide cheating scandal at the beginning of the academic year, the Princeton Tigers (8-7, 1-0 Ivy) willingly stepped in as the Ivy League media’s preseason favorite in the conference In a two-game road trip this weekend, the Red (9-10, 1-1) will try to take down the top-ranked Tigers at Jadwin Gymnasium before heading to Philadelphia, Pa , on Saturday for a bout with the struggling Penn Quakers
(3-15, 0-1)
Coming off its first conference victory in a back-andforth battle on the road against Columbia last weekend, the Red hopes to continue its success away from the familiar floorboards of Newman Arena
“Anytime you win on the road you get confidence,” senior guard Johnathan Gray said “Everyone has to be mentally prepared to try to tough out another couple wins We have to have a swagger about us knowing we can win on the road ”
The Tigers, however, have been a recurring roadblock for the Red on the road The squad has not beaten Princeton at Jadwin since its Sweet Sixteen run in 2009
According to senior for ward Eitan Chemerinski, Princeton’s length in the paint will likely pose the biggest problem for the Red
“They’re a big team, they’re disciplined and I think that’s one of their big advantages,” he said “If we speed them up and keep up the defensive intensity we brought at Columbia, that’s the best way to take away their offensive threats ”
The Tigers’ most dangerous offensive threat comes from forward Ian Hummer, who has already earned four Ivy League Player of the Week awards this season and has scored double figures in 13 of his 15 starts The 6-7 senior is second in the conference in scoring with 15 5 points per game and fourth in rebounding with 6 5 boards per game With Hummer’s formidable presence on the low block, the Red understands it needs to make a conscious effort to keep the ball out of the paint
“In general, it’s going to be important to limit the post touches and to keep the ball out of the post, ” Chemerinski said “We can do that by denying the ball and not letting entr y passes into the post and staying in front of [Hummer], making it difficult for him to catch [the ball] ”
Hummer’s threat also comes from his ability to create his own shot, an uncharacteristic but particularly impressive talent from a post-player, Gray said
“We have to have all five guys understand where he is on the court, ” Gray said “Princeton wants to go to him, he’s the one guy who can break the offense and look to score He can make plays any time, and we need to make sure we ’ re there to help when he tries to attack ”
The infamous Princeton offense that has been shaped and fit into countless college basketball programs across the country consists of a very specific mentality The Tigers’ game plan is relaxed and looks to move into an offensive set that features constant motion with back-door and off-ball screens which can free shooters and post players
“They’re going to try to slow the game down They have
a particular set offense that they’ll use to get us out of our rhythm,” Gray said “They’ll try to throw the ball in the post a lot and keep it in the 50-60 point range Whoever dictates the tempo will win this game ”
The Red, however, thrives on attacking the basket in transition, as demonstrated in its 66-63 victory over Columbia The Red went to the free-throw line 29 times in the win, with 12 of those opportunities coming from sophomore guard Galal Cancer
“We’re always trying to play aggressive on offense,” Chemerinski said “When we ’ re driving, trying to get to the lane, that’s often when we ’ re at our best so hopefully we can keep that up ”
Though the Red has relied heavily on its outside shooting this year and in the past, the squad only shot 25 percent from beyond the arc against Columbia and was much more successful when the ball went inside
“We’re a better team when we ’ re attacking the basket,” Gray said “We’re a good shooting team, but we have to make sure that we start inside and work out ”
After matching up against the Tigers on Friday, the Red will head to Penn’s home court on only half a day of rest
The Quakers are coming off a 12-point loss to Princeton in its last Ivy game
Penn was a contender for the Ivy title last season, losing a disappointing tie breaker game to Harvard to decide the conference champion However, the Quakers lost a good portion of its scoring in Zack Rosen and Tyler Bernadini, who combined to score over 30 points per game in their senior campaign
“Playing at Polestra is always tough,” Gray said “[Penn] lost two big parts of their offense, but we understand that other guys will step up [Miles] Cartwright will be a lot more aggressive in the offense, and they have shooters and guys who know how to play ”
Cartwright the lone starter returning from last years ’ team is averaging 13 5 points and 3 4 rebounds for game Junior forward Fran Dougherty is averaging just under nine boards per game in only 10 games
Though the Quakers have struggled to find their offense so far this year, Gray said his team understands that the Ivy League is no place for underestimations especially when a team is playing on its home court
“Hey, it’s a road game; we have to treat it like any other team in this league,” he said “We know each other inside and out, so we ’ re prepared We have to make sure we take care of Princeton first ”
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the many years As a group, we could not be where we are today without him ”
Junior forward Brianne Jenner scored two goals and junior goaltender Lauren Slebodnick recorded 18 saves in the shutout
“Tuesday night’s win was very exciting,” Fortino said “We played so well as a team and came out from the drop of the puck with great energy and intensity and controlled the tempo of the game ”
Cornell has yet to play Union or Rensselaer this season, but the Red has defeated both teams historically The Red has a 16-game winning streak against Union and has won 11 of 15 contests against Rensselaer
Both teams are down towards the bottom of the ECAC standings, but Cornell is not taking anything for granted
“Both games are going to be tough and we cannot underestimate either of them.”
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Other milestones on Tuesday night came from playmakers Jenner, Fortino and Slebodnick Jenner scored her 150th goal in her career off an assist from Fortino The assist was the 93rd for Fortino in her career, moving her into fifth all-time on the Cornell list of assists Slebodnick (14-4) earned her 41st victory, tying her for third on Cornell’s list
“We knew going in how significant the game was and we proved that we wanted it more and battled hard to get a very important win,” Fortino said “We used our team speed well, moved the puck quick and won the little battles all over the ice Also we capitalized on our scoring chances which helped us out a lot ”
This weekend marks the beginning of the end for the Red’s season as the remaining eight games will be against ECAC opponents
“Overall, if we play a strong team game we will be successful,” Fortino said “Both games are going to be tough and we cannot underestimate either of them At this point of the season, every game is ver y impor tant and if we want to reach our goals at the end of the season, we cannot afford to lose a game ”
Union is on a five game losing streak, but has played tight against quality teams The Dutchwomen fell to Harvard, 1-0 back in January and tied Quinnipiac, 2-2, earlier in the season Rensselaer is on a two game winning streak and has not lost since Jan 18 The Engineers swept Union last weekend in a home-and-home series
“In order to beat Union and RPI, we are going to have to carry forward the habits we have been harping on all year: playing fast and using our team speed, having a defence first mentality which means strong on the forecheck and blocking shots in the d-zone,” Fortino said
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training and lots of practice to head into this upcoming weekend with the team heading on the road to face Hofstra at1 p m and Columbia at 6 p m on Saturday
“Our biggest issue right now is to continue to get better on bottom We have put a lot of time into that, and will continue to work on it,” Dake said Improving in that regard will give an edge at Nationals
“It was a tough loss, but our thoughts are on Nationals and we still have plenty of time to improve and focus on that,” senior Joe Stanzione said Koll said that although some players will have tough competition heading into the weekend, individually each player seems prepared for the upcoming challenge
“Chris Villalonga at 149, has a really good matchup [ahead] at Columbia as does Jesse Shanaman Those are probably their two best kids They have seen these guys before The boy that Chris is wrestling, he has beaten that kid before, [Villalonga] beat him last year Both wrestlers are ironically, very similar, they go very hard and wear you out What I am looking forward too, is that this week we have had a full week of training
I am hoping they will feel more rested and be a little quicker ”
Two matches in one day comes with its own set of challenges, both mentally and physically The team will travel from one competition straight to the next, which could be a problem if the first one against Hofstra does not go well Cornell will then have to head to Columbia to take on the Lions straight from the last
“ This weekend we wrestle two matches back to back, which is really hard to do We should win both matches It’s really hard to due [two], physically If you lose, now you are feeling sorry for yourself Now you have to hop on a bus and go and wrestle in the city in a little tiny gym, ” Koll said “It’s a hard place to wrestle Even though we should come out with dual meet victories individually, they are some really important matches this weekend ”
After this weekend, Cornell will go up against Bucknell on Feb 10 for Senior Night at Friedman before heading away for the National Duals midmonth and then on to NCAA Championships in March
“I’m looking forward to the National Duals and to starting the journey towards NCAAs,” Dake said
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Line ’em up | Senior forward Eitan Chemerinski emphasizes drawing fouls by attacking the paint.
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The Cornell women ’ s ice hockey team will head into the weekend in second place in the ECAC league, right behind Ivy foe Har vard The team will look to take home two wins this weekend against Union and Rensselaer to take the lead away from the Crimson On the other hand, the men lost both
against Ancient Eight competitors Yale and Brown, which put the team in 9th out of the 12 teams in the league The Cornell men w
this weekend with the hope of destroying the lossing streak that the team is currently facing
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Last weekend the Red came back to the hill to face off against two very different competitors: UPenn and Oregon State
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p a c k e d Fr i e d m a n Wrestling Center with t o u g h m a t c h u p s , which, according to head coach Rob Koll, were not reflected in the final score
“[Penn] was a lot tighter than the score [showed] I knew we were mildly favored in a f e w m a t c h e s , b u t w i t h t w o ove r t i m e matches, if we had lost two of those, then it’s
re a l l y, re a l l y t i g h t , ” Ko l l s a i d “ [ Se n i o r ]
Stryker Lane was out of the lineup, so it was nice that the kid who was his backup did a nice job [Penn has] a very good team
Between Cornell and Penn, the winner has gone on to win the Ivy title for the last 26 years ”
The day ended with seven wins out of a possible 10 for Cornell, including victories from senior three-time national champion and captain Kyle Dake, freshman Nahshon Garrett, sophomore Bricker Dixon, junior Chris Villalonga, junior Jesse Shanaman, senior captain Steve Bosak and sophomore Jacob Aiken-Phillips
“ I l i k e w re s t l i n g here [at Friedman],”
Koll said
On Su n d a y, C o r n e l l f a c e d o f f against Oregon State, failing to get momentum from the depths of its roster to close the day with a win Instead, the Red fell to the Beavers, 23-20, in front of a crowd of around 3,100 fans
“We knew we had a t o u g h we e k e n d ahead of us, and both teams are very competitive The only difference is we don't wrestle against Oregon State very often, and their style is a little bit different,” Dake said
The dual came down to a tie going into the heavyweights, but Cornell just could
not grasp some crucial opportunities It failed to add another “W” to the season tally
“Wrestling is about matchups and we had some of our very best guys matchup up against some of their weaker kids Our very best are as good or better than anyone in the country We just didn’t have matchups with our best kids and their best kids,” Koll said “It didn’t work that way We ended up
losing as far as the number of matches we won I knew on paper that we weren ’ t favored in 133, 141, 149, 157, 174 was a tossup and [not at] 197 That’s seven matches that we weren ’ t sure [about] and we won four [out of the seven] ” Coming out of the loss to the Beavers, the Red has been preparing all week with
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NF L Wrap-Up: S ea son Award s
As t h e N F L s e a s o n draws to a close, with only the Super Bowl left to be decided, it is time to reflect on the entirety of the season and sort out the awards of the year Rookie of the Year: Colts QB Andrew Luck Easily the toughest call Robert Griffin III deserves it as well, and I would not have a problem with him winning the award
If you were to include the postseason, I would give the award to Seattle QB Russell Wilson, but it is a regular season award Looking at where the Colts were last year, Luck’s regular season body of work is extremely impressive Luck essentially replaced a sure-fire Hall of Famer in Peyton Manning, and did so effectively No team has leaned more on their quarterback than the
t c h l o s i n g s i x o f i t s l a s t s e ve n g a m e s De s p i t e t h e s t r i n g o f u n a nt i c i p a t e d l o s s e s , t h e t e a m i s l o o k i n g t o h e a d i n t o t h e c o nt e s t s a g a i n s t St L a w r e n c e a n d C l a rk s o n w i t h a c l e a n s l a t e i n m i n d , a c c o r di n g t o s e n i o r d e f e n s e m a n a n d t r i - c a p t a i n Br a d e n Bi rc h “ I t h i n k a s a g ro u p, we c o ll e c t i ve l y d e c i de d t h a t i t ’ s a l m o s t l i k e a f re s h s t a r t [ p l a y i n g a w a y t h i s we e k e n d ] g e t t i n g s o m e e n e r g y b a c k i n t o t h e p ro g r a m , ” h e s a i d “ It s t a r t s w i t h p r a c t i c e g e t t i n g s o m e g o o d p r a c t i c e i n , l o t s o f e n e r g y, re a l l y u p b e a t L i k e I s a i d t w o d a y s a g o , we ’ re s o c l o s e t o b e i n g a s t ro n g t e
C.U. Looks to Extend Si x-Game Streak
By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Writer
Colts with Peyton Manning In his last full year on the Colts, Manning went 10-6 This year, the Colts were an
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k attempted 627 passes this year, over 200 more than Russell Wilson or Griffin Luck took the worst team in the league and made them a playoff team, while Griffin and Wilson also had Pro Bowl running backs behind them
The Cornell women ’ s hockey team comes into this weekend on a six-game winning streak having outscored opponents 28-4 in that stretch Perhaps coming off the team ’ s most impressive win of the season on Tuesday, Cornell is still four points behind Harvard (17-21, 14-1 ECAC) for first place in the conference
The weekend’s games will also help to raise awareness for mental
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health in the “Do it for Daron Series ” The No 5 Red’s (17-4, 122 ECAC) games against Union (716-3, 0-11-3 ECAC) on Friday and Rensselaer on Saturday (8-153, 7-6-1 ECAC) will comprise the charity event that will show supp
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Daron Richardson Tuesday night’s 4-0 victory over No 7 Mercyhurst was not only Cornell’s last non-conference midweek test, but also marked a historical point in women ’ s hockey at
Derraugh became Cornell’s winningest coach, passing head coach Bill Duthie with Derraugh’s 136th win
“As a team, we are so proud of Coach [Derraugh] and his accomplishments,” said senior captain and defenseman Laura Fortino
“He has done tremendous things for this program, which shows through his hard work, passion and dedication for our team over
Seven up | Last weekend, senior tri-captain and defensemen Braden Birch and the Cor nell squad lost to Yale, 3-2, in overtime and the Red will take on St Lawrence and Clarkson on the road this weekend
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Gone streaking | Junior forward Brianne Jenner and the rest of the Cor nell women’s ice hockey team look to continue their six-game winning streak with victories over Rensselaer and Union LOWELL GEORGE / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
