02-05-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

City Considers

Repeal of Min. Parking Rules

After much debate, the Board of Public Works, the government body responsible for the City of Ithaca’s streets and sidewalks, unanimously approved a resolution Monday recommending the elimination of minimum parking requirements throughout all city zoning districts

Currently, city parking laws require developers to include one parking space for ever y two housing units

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Mayor Svante Myrick ’09, a strong supporter of overhauling the city’s parking laws, has previously said that the current laws increase the costs of housing in Ithaca

“ We know that mandating parking has helped make this city too expensive for working families by subsidizing the cost of vehicular ownership and increasing the cost of housing,” he said in an email to the members of the Planning and Development Board in May

According to the Board of Public Works’ resolution, the city loses approximately $1 million ever y year from

inefficient parking operations Additionally, excess parking created through the minimum parking requirements competes with public parking, the resolution said

The Board’s recommendation is intended to “maximize potential revenue from the city’s parking resources, ” the resolution added

Residents of Ithaca provided their input on the minimum parking requirement at the meeting Monday

Comedian W. Kamau Bell to Perform at C.U.

centers his acts on social and political commentar y He is a founding member of the comedy collective “Laughter Against the Machine” and perhaps is best known for his weekly stand up comedy series, Totally Biased With W Kamau Bell Student response to CUPB’s announcement of Bell ranged from excitement to curiosity

Aft er App eal , Univ. Reduce s Phi Sigma Kappa’s Punishment

“Future planning in Collegetown requires that we eliminate this requirement,” he said

Opponents to the repeal have said that without a minimum parking requirement, excess cars will spillover into other neighborhoods rather than into the parking spaces creat-

Resident Tom Hanna lauded the resolution to repeal the minimum parking requirement, saying that the current parking laws are an “obstacle”to development

After appealing to the University’s Fraternity and Sorority Review Board, the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity’s yearlong punishment has been reduced to one semester, a University official confirmed in a statement Monday Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94, vice president for student and academic ser vices, made the decision to reduce Phi Sigma Kappa’s punishment as long

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Searching for Love In All the Wrong Places: Finding Technology Entrepreneurial Opportunities at Cornell 6 - 8 p m , 203 Thurston Hall

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Origin of Terrestrial Water 3:30 - 4:30 p m , 2146 Snee Hall

Marx and Freud in Latin America: Politics, Psychoanalysis and Religion In Times of Terror

4:30 p m , Amit Bhatia Libe Cafe, Olin Library

James Carpenter Lecture: Light in the Public Realm 5:15 - 7 p m Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

By Jacob Kose 13

A vaporous trail of burnt, blistered beans enveloped the South Meadow Street Chipotle like a fat old man hugging the oxygen out of all his grandchildren Somewhere within was a stovetop, squeezing each bean at the waist until our lunch bled black The customers were afraid: some took maybe one step from their Subarus and Volvos, most didn’t even crack their windows Ever yone fled as if the miasma had infused the guacamole, salsa, rice, and cheese with arsenic They awarded me the ver y first spot in line as if I were Jesus or Alex Trebek

I felt sorr y for the inevitable Ithaca College freshman who’d burnt the beans His Pandora station had probably played the ten-minute, live version of a Mumford & Sons song instead of the four-minute studio version, and that couldn’t be entirely his fault Kerplunking tub after tub of beans into an industrial bean vat lures ever y rookie chef to sleep Besides, the place needed morale and the overheated squeeze was seducing my star vation I recited the menu aloud, promised to buy at least one burrito, and thought of lessons learned in Vietnam

My most recent visit with our Vietnamese speculators reinforced how difficult it is to sync oneself perfectly with nature, especially with food Two weeks ago, my Vietnamese landlady had explained that picking fruit at its perfectly ripest point is a subtle but crucial aspect of the native magician’s craft She was pointing to a grove of fruit trees and boulders behind a brick building I had trouble seeing this magic through the walls of palm trees encompassing us, so she beckoned me follow her to my room, settle, and wait for breakfast

The whole place had a feel of somewhere you should live, not just stay a weekend The trees and buildings separated guests just enough to induce an air of spontaneity and community Outside my one window, I saw the landlady putting portions of fruit and grains on the

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other neighbors rather than into the parking spaces created by developers

The repeal of the requirement might lead to dramatic changes with new housing projects being built in Ithaca

Josh Lower ’05, the developer

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College Ave , has been attempting to receive a parking variance, or a n e xe m p t

parking laws, since he first proposed his project

His project, which would add 103 bedrooms to Collegetown, is currently not feasible without the

variance because he would have to create 57 parking spaces for the proposed building’s residents A repeal of the minimum parking law would bring his project one step closer to becoming a reality

The Board of Public Work’s resolution will also aim to address Ithaca’s parking problems by supporting a position the city recently created: director of parking

The position was created in order to better manage parking owned by the City The position’s target start date is April 1, Myrick said at the meeting

as the fraternity complies with the review board’s conditions

The chapter’s appeal follows the University’s announcement that it would expel Phi Sigma Kappa after “underage and excessive alcohol consumption” violations, the most recent of which occurred on Dec 2

A representative from Phi Sigma Kappa declined to comment regarding its appeal

According to Tommy Bruce, vice president of University communications, the review board upheld its previous decision to revoke the chapter’s recognition but added a modification that the chapter would be eligible for provisional recognition as early as September 2013

Provisional recognition, or probationary status, will entitle Phi Sigma Kappa to receive all the benefits of a recognized chapter after the spring semester The benefits of recognition include access to the University’s facilities and the ability to participate in Universityprovided programs and the Greek governance system

However, if the fraternity violates the University’s recognition policy during its probation, the chapter may lose its recognition once again, according to the University’s recognition policy

Phi Sigma Kappa was allowed to appeal the review board’s initial decision to expel the chapter for one year during a 48-hour window after the University’s announcement Jan 14

Phi Sigma Kappa was the second fraternity that the University took action against during rush week

The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity was placed on provisional recognition status for at least four years due to incidents involving “underage and excessive alcohol consumption ”

During the same week, the University, citing hazing incidents, revoked recognition of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity for no less than four years

Both Pi Kappa Phi and Tau Epsilon Phi did not attempt to appeal their decision, according to Claudia Wheatley, director of press relations for the University

Calif. Comedian Slated To Probe Race, Politics

BELL Continued from page 1

“I’ve never heard of this guy before But I feel like what he has to say is pretty interesting because it’s more than just comedy,” Paul Maier ’13 said Richmond Wong ’14, executive chairperson of CUPB, said Bell will discuss social and political issues throughout his act

“ We think that he is really a rising talent It’s a really good opportunity to bring him to campus, ” he said “ We think he will be ver y topical, and he will be

a b l e t o d i s c u s s class, race, sex and p o l i t i c s t h r o u g h both commentar y and comedy ”

“I feel like what he has to say is pretty interesting because it’s more than just comedy.”

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T h o u g h t h e message of Bell’s work is controversial –– as it deals with sensitive social issues –– the show will be “interesting,” according to Sarah Reitman ’15, a member of CUPB

“ We are ver y excited to have him We are really looking for ward to his comedic message, ” she said Bell has been praised as “ one of our nation’s most adept racial commentators with a blistering wit” by Punchline Magazine and as “the most promising new talent in political comedy in years ” by The New York Times He was voted as San Francisco’s best comedian by the S F Weekly and the San Francisco Bay Guardian, according to Bell’s official website Tickets to the event will be available free of charge at the Willard Straight Hall resource center next week, according to CUPB’s website

Erica Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun com

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Editorial

Keeping C.U. Grads Local

Cornell is not known for being geographically diverse; a plurality of its students hail from the Tri-State Area Since Cornell is New York State’s land-grant university, this regionalism is certainly justified But being a land-grant institution does not only mean that Cornell has a mission to educate some of the best and brightest New Yorkers; it also has an obligation to attract the talented students from across the United States and the world, and keep them in the state With upstate New York continuing to struggle economically, Cornell should incentivize students to stay in the region and help revitalize upstate communities

Though Cornell has worked to attract more students from across the U S , about 28 percent of students both because of the University’s land-grant mission and its geographical location still hail from New York In recent years, the University has worked to diversify its student body geographically, racially and socioeconomically We commend the Administration for committing to these diversity initiatives, and encourage them to continue bringing in more students from traditionally underrepresented states But with upstate communities struggling to achieve economic prosperity, the challenge the University now must face is how to keep students here in the Southern Tier and Central New York, and reverse the brain drain that has plagued the region

The decline of manufacturing in upstate counties and a shortage of jobs requiring advanced degrees has contributed to an exodus of young adults from the region

According to the New York State Center on Rural Schools, if New York State did not include New York City, it would rank 49th out of 50 states in terms of the percentage of people migrating into the state Without efforts from institutions like Cornell to spur job creation and inspire young college graduates to remain in the area, the region’s economy will only worsen

Though Cornell has strong ties to the Southern Tier region, all too often these bonds are not shared by its students After four years on The Hill, newfound Cornell graduates are quick to leave Ithaca for New York City and its environs, either because that’s where their families are or where they can find jobs As a land-grant institution, Cornell has a responsibility to help benefit the entire state including New York City But New York City s gain should not be in exchange for upstate s loss Rather than letting graduates flee Ithaca for the bright lights of the city, the University should incentivize graduates to stay in upstate New York a region desperately hurting for a talented workforce

As Cornell looks to expand partnerships between academia and industr y with the Cornell NYC Tech campus and Weill Cornell Medical College, it should apply this same strategy to help boost the upstate economy an approach advocated by William Dudley, president of the Federal Reser ve Bank of New York Expanded and more visible partnerships between Cornell and businesses in the region would help attract graduates and keep them in upstate New York As Gov Andrew Cuomo looks to fund capital projects in the region to grow the upstate economy, job opportunities in health care, energy and agriculture are likely to increase However, in order to keep more Cornellians in the region, the University must translate these partnerships into strong relations with upstate communities Giving Cornellians a shared identity with the people of Upstate New York will incentivize them to stay in the region after they leave The Hill

Divestment: a misguided debate

To the Editor:

Re: “Editorial: Divesting Selectively” Opinion, Jan 29

I’m all for divestment Yet, unfortunately, the vernacular on divestment within The Sun and around campus has amounted to little more than fantastical statements Let me illustrate

The portion of our endowment that would be divested is found primarily in the Resource Related section Within Resource Related, five managers make up approximately 8 2 percent of our entire endowment and are listed as follows: Cargill, Gresham, RMS, Riverstone and NGP RMS manages renewable timberland and is a testament to how profit can coincide with conservation Cargill, Gresham and Riverstone all manage a wide basket of commodities that include anything from bauxite to gasoline, while NGP is heavily invested in fossil fuels

Assuming the basket managers each have half of their holdings invested in fossil fuels, we approximate that 38 percent of our 8 2 percent of the portfolio is invested in fossil fuels

Adding on an additional 1 4 percent from equity exposure, we can generously approximate that 4 5 percent of the endowment is somehow related to fossil fuels

Consequently, roughly $239 million of Cornell’s $5 3-billion endowment is invested in fossil fuel or 0 06 percent of Exxon Mobil’s $410-billion market cap Of course, all change starts somewhere, so if the top 25 endowed universities decided to divest their fossil fuel exposure, the collective value of $9 6 billion would total roughly 2 percent of Exxon Mobil’s market cap

To illustrate how insignificant this is, eight days of average trading volume for Exxon Mobil exchanges more money than the entire $9 6 billion across these top 25 endowed universities

That’s just one company

One of tenets of investing is the concept of diversification don’t put all your eggs in one basket In Q4 of 2008, our endowment posted a 16 9-percent loss, $850 million gone in an instant Six months earlier, the endowment rose 2 percent despite equity markets already falling The simplistic and much abridged reason: commodities In the first half of 2008, the PowerShares Commodity Index gained over 60 percent Assuming Cornell’s endowment had a relatively small allocation of 15 percent in commodities (data is not available), the endowment profited nearly $500 million, twice current fossil fuel investment While the bubble imploded shortly thereafter, commodities outperformed equities by a 20-percent margin throughout the crisis The reason why we did not lose considerably more than 16 9 percent is because of the relative performance of defensive assets such as commodities Diversification! Figure-wise, the 20-percent relative margin of commodities over equities potentially saved us well over $200 million money that could bring Gates Hall, 25 endowed professors, and full tuition endowments to more than 100 students a year

I truly understand how passionate people are over this issue This is not a manifesto meant to belittle a movement against global warming of which I count myself a member There are solutions; divestment is just not one of those

Laura Miller

Last week’s excellent dialogue in these pages on the question of Cornell divesting from fossil fuels has motivated me to jump on the bandwagon Cornell and its peer institutions are indeed well-positioned to affect the tenor of the c l i m a t e d e b a t e I n i t i a l l y, a n “ o b v i o u s ” move in my mind, divestment now appears to be a potent tool that advocates should use carefully I want to emphasize that the concerns I am about to highlight are not cases against divestment activism Rather, they are calls to accompany it with a wariness that comes from acknowledging hist o r i c a l l e s s o n s o f s o c i a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e divestment and investment

Calls to divest from polluting industries or br utal regimes fall into two broad categories The first are those that appeal to a purely normative, ethical standard that says we cannot suppor t the injustices we might be facilitating The second variety are those that also tr y to usher in a ne w economy or regime The first sor t admittedly has a lower burden, a simple appeal to Cornell’s Tr ustees to pull Cornell money out of oil, coal and gas firms would fall into this categor y The advocates of such a move, however, still need to engage in a thorough and honest assessment of the c o u n t e r f a c t u a l

instance, if Cornell divesting from listed A m

reliance on foreign drilling fields where weaker regulator y capacities lead to even more environmental damage The second brand of divestment is more interesting to examine because it also attempts to bring positive reform The United States’ universities have been par t of such an attempt before when a divestment campaign was launched against the Apar theid regime in South Africa

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu to get on the right side of histor y before it began divesting The case of Columbia is par ticularly i

Columbia’s divestment from South Africa was only one par t, albeit a cr ucial one, of a deeper movement that involved a year of sit-ins, teach-ins and peaceful demonstra-

meetings Cornell students and faculty also held protests in favor of divesting from South Africa However, the University’s response was less enthusiastic If the fossil fuel divestment movement is to strive for something beyond the healthy consciences of its advocates, it has to look to Columbia in the 80’s as an example

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Disinvestment can be a power ful tool, but it is a single-use device A 1999 study by Ivo Welch and Paul Wazzan argued that even in the South African case, where the disinvestment consensus was far stronger, there was barely any direct financial pressure on firms doing business with the regime Selling sprees by large entities temporarily depressed stock prices but “socially indifferent” investors soon stepped in to take advantage of the under valued assets

Critically, for the broader cause, there was little you could do once you had divested because you lost all future leverage by doing so Divestment provided a one-shot oppor tunity to attract media and public attention to the cause and to boost morale among suppor ters In the South African

Last week, I joined a team of more than 2,000 Cornell students clambering through the obstacle course that is the Student Assembly Finance Commission Together we jumped through the hoops of budget forms, scratched our names across boxes for new officers and scrambled to upload supporting documents By the end of the process, I was drained and exhausted from grappling with this bureaucracy I had expected a simple process of confirming that we were dedicated Cornell students Yet applying for SAFC funding was not the objective process I expected it to be Each step of reg-

istering my student organization for the process felt more instructive than inquisitive Clearly, the SAFC has an idea for how every student group should be organized and our funding will be held ransom until we submit to this conformity

Yet for many of us, student groups are spaces where we can explore alternative ways of organizing Last semester, before we reached out to the SAFC, my group tried a hierarchical leadership structure However, we found that this made members feel ostracized from the group and they subsequently stopped coming to meetings This semester, our goal was to try a different structure one that would be horizontal with every decision being made by consensus when possible But as we filled

case, the publicity ser ved the campaign well Had the oppor tunity been wasted, even Berkeley’s massive withdrawal would

about the Apar theid regime

Key differences between the fossil fuel and anti-Apar theid divestment movements make the former admittedly harder to popularize The difference is not one of the

prevalence of financial self-interest the

University endowments and pension funds that problematize fossil fuel divestment today occurred in the 1980s as well The first impor tant difference is the theater of action Although small American investors in the involved firms were affected to some degree by anti-Apar theid divestment, the

American citizens is likely to be more direct and pronounced The increasing economic impor tance of domestic energy p r o d u c t

only exacerbates opposition to the movement Second, in the South African case, American divestment aimed to expor

equality to South Africa rather than promote a ne w value domestically This, I would argue, produced constr uctive incentives for American corporate actors to back

divestment A set of principles demanding equal treatment of employees irrespective o

became prominent in the rhetoric of antiApar theid activists in Washington The Principles had been crafted by the Rev Dr Leon Sullivan, a board member at General Motors GM was also, by many accounts, the largest employer of blacks in South Africa Once Sullivan had succeeded in

enforcing the principles within GM, it had a ripple effect among other American firms that risked being labeled discriminator y and complicit with the United States if they abstained from adopting the Sullivan Principles in their South African operations

These barriers help explain the headwinds being faced by divestment advocates today Despite the scientific consensus, many minds are yet to be convinced that the shor t-term financial tradeoff is wor th making To do that, it is essential that divestment be only one in a bouquet of many moves pursued by climate activists at Cornell and beyond

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

the Student Organi zation

out the forms for the SAFC, we soon learned that this is not what they believe Cornell organizations should look like

First, there was the issue of officers All groups must have a president, treasurer, and two other officers From this first step of registration, hierarchy is mandated Continuing along the registration process, every organization has to submit a constitution as well as bylaws It would be fine if this was a self-determined document created by each group, but the SAFC has very specific requirements here as well They specify what each article of the constitution should contain, giving guidelines for everything from voting process to meeting structure

Essentially, the constitution and bylaws are pre-written without room for variant organizing practices

As a group that strives to be anti-oppressive, the nonhierarchical and consensus-based structures of our organization represent our core values I understand the importance of the SAFC in commissioning finances to student organizations responsibly, but it has stepped far beyond this role The SAFC has become an instructive model for how student groups should organize their process and express their core values For many of us on campus, our organizations are an escape from institutions in which we feel powerless We create these communities to celebrate our common interests In these spaces, we have the power to explore what is possible when passionate members come together Yet the requirements of the SAFC constrict this exploration and

limit the possibilities of what our student organizations can become

This pre-professional culture of hierarchal organization has become a national sentiment In his inaugural address last Tuesday, North Carolina Gov Pat McCroy (R) explained his plan for the public university system in North Carolina His staff is drafting legislation “in which we change the basic formula and how education money is given out to our universities and our community colleges, not based on how many butts [are] in seats, but how many of those butts can get jobs ” Nationally, we are sacrificing the kinds of organizational thinking that has supported the love of learning in favor of training the next generation of corporate America Whether it’s a university in North Carolina or a student organization in Ithaca, N Y , it is clear that administrations are cracking down on students’ attempts to explore alternatives to the structures that supports dominant employable practices, rather than community-based organization that thrive on the empowerment of the individuals involved

These disempowering organizational models clearly prioritize product over production Their Machiavellian nature is great for reaching end goals Yet when an organization is rooted in a community and works toward supporting the desires and sentiments of those members, its daily operations and structure must grant each participant the strength and opportunity to be a leader I wish my organization did not have to learn this lesson the hard way Yet, if the SAFC does not change its registration procedures, I fear that many future Cornell organizations may unnecessarily find themselves in the same position

Tyler-Lurie Spicer is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He may be reached at til4@cornell edu Personal Politics appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Sun sat down with Jacob Thompson ’13 and Theodore Wolf ’13 who won the HeermansMcCalmon Award for best screenplay and play, respectively, to be produced by a student They discussed their work, their plans for the future and what they ve learned along the way

THE SUN: How did the staged reading go at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts on Friday?

JACOB THOMPSON: I thought they were great A lot of people showed up; it was pretty exciting It was cool to see the actors read my script

THEODORE WOLF: It went very well It was a very good turnout and the actors were fantastic All the actors are faculty or visiting faculty at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts It was Carolyn Goelzer, Sarah Chalmers Simmons, Laurence Drozd and J G Hertzler They all come from really strong professional backgrounds Our director, Bob Moss, was really accommodating and did great work with what he was given

SUN: Was it different from what you expected?

J T : The first time it was bizarre We [did] rehearsals all week, but the first time I heard them read it out was really weird It was cool that something I’d written [was] actually [being] read aloud by professional actors

SUN: What do you plan on doing with your cash prize?

J T : I am a film major, so I’m looking into buying a camera or software, and maybe [using] a couple hundred bucks just to treat myself to something

T W : My plan was to put it away I want to write professionally, so I was planning on using it as a writer’s fund and using it if I needed to pay entry fees to competitions, pay to get things registered or copyrighted or if I happen to need to fly out to Los Angeles or go down to New York for any reason

SUN: And Theo, what are you majoring in?

T.W.: I’m a College Scholar focusing on humor That’s how I can write a pilot as part of my thesis The hard part is finding ways to relate [humor to other assignments] Every single course I’ve ever taken here has been keeping in mind that I want to write my thesis on humor The hardest part has been choosing the bulk of those and [finding] ways to write about what I really want to write about I write a lot of comedic stuff, but I find that it doesn’t stand alone as well The play I wrote for this competition is not particularly humorous, but I have little lines of humor here and there I think the greatest tragedies tend to have some of the best comedy in them

and a lot of the saddest moments can spawn great humor

SUN: Theo, I read a summary of your play could you explain its plot a little more?

T.W.: It s only a 10-minute play, so it s kind of hard to explain without revealing too much The idea is about a couple playing chess and remembering their past, and [laughs] I can ’ t really say more than that without ruining the artistic effect it might have

SUN: Does that topic especially resonate with you? Is the idea of memory something you play with a lot?

T W : It’s a couple in their old age remembering A few years ago, my grandpa came and lived with us outside of Boston for the end of his life I heard his stories and learned more of his past than I had ever really known I’m intrigued by the prospect of old age and looking back and how people might still look forward as they’re closer to facing death This [play] sort of explores that

to starting up screenplays that I’ll never finish

SUN: Are screenplays and plays a more powerful form of writing for you than the other genres?

J T : I’ve never really been a good fiction writer, but for screenwriting, a lot of it is focused on visuals and it’s just easier for me to visualize And the dialogue is a lot of the writing, so it’s less like for writing a fiction novel, you ’ ve got to worry about prose, poetry, shit like that

“I think the greatest tragedies tend to have some of the best comedy in them and a lot of the saddest moments can spawn great humor ” T h e o W o l f ’ 1 3

SUN: And for your screenplay, Jacob, I’m curious how you came up with the idea It’s about a large woman trying to overcome her personal struggles, but you yourself are not a tall woman

J T : It’s actually funny, I was in Screenwriting I last fall and we had a two-page assignment and the prompt was to write about a character that was nothing like yourself so I picked a large woman A couple of weeks later, we had our first rough draft for our first 10-page script due and I had that character already in mind and had already thought a lot about it, so that’s how it came about

T.W.: Well, I do all sorts of writing, and I find that every kind of writing has its own benefits I feel like playwriting is the closest to poetry You can fill any screenplay or television show with metaphors and hidden meanings, but plays they can have special effects, but they can ’ t dominate It becomes much more about the characters and the dialogue I like writing all of them, but for this competition in particular, I just found a play would be more fitting for my artistic vision

SUN: Do you have any projects that you ’ re working on now?

J T : I’m actually working on completing a documentary on female bowhunting that I started in the fall It’s like a 20-minute documentary that I’ll be finishing up this spring I’m doing an independent study, I’m working with the new film teacher, Tara Nelson; and I’ll be doing showings occasionally with [an] advanced class

“I’ve never really been a good fiction writer, but for screenwriting, a lot of it is focused on visuals and it’s just easier for me to visualize ” J a c o b T h o m p s o n ’ 1 3

SUN: Have you been screenwriting and playwriting, respectively, for a long time?

J T : I’d written a screenplay for a film class the year before my screenwriting class, but no, this is the first time I’d written a legitimate screenplay

T W : Not really I took a dramatic writing class at the Schwartz last spring and I’m now taking the advanced screenwriting class I wrote my first play in the dramatic writing class, it was just a 10-minute play And over the summer I had ideas that I was like “Oh, that would make a good 10-minute play,” and fleshed them out But mostly I write a variety of things, ranging from poetry to short stories

T W : I am constantly generating ideas, and usually I have more ideas than I have time or the will to work, so I just constantly throw ideas [around] I have screenplays and television pilots and plays that I have all in the works at once, but I find that plays are not necessarily where I want to be spending most of my time right now Just because they’re more of a selfindulgence for me I might be able to get them produced, but it feels more practical when I’m writing something for television because that’s really what I want to do

SUN: Is there one outstanding piece of work that you look back on as the one that had the most room for improvement?

J T : Oh yeah Actually last year, I was in the intro film class and the final project was a five to 10-minute narrative piece, so I had to write a script for that And the script I wrote ended up not really making any sense at all

The whole thing from there on, like when I tried to film it, didn’t make sense So that’s the main thing, if you have a good script, it works, but I had a terrible script, I just kind of scrambled through it, wrote it half an hour before class, didn t really think anything through, tried to make it like Inception, where it was like a dream within a dream It just didn’t work Yeah that was I regretted it because then it showed in the theater and a bunch of my buddies were there I knew as I was doing it, I was like, “This is soap, ” but I had to stick with it at that point

T W : Well actually, back sophomore year, I wrote an original pilot, which I entered in this big festival that happens every year called the New York Television Festival I was really hopeful about it, and I was like, “This is comedy gold ” My parents had read it and thought it was great So I entered it, didn’t win, didn’t get called back or anything, and a year later when I actually had taken my dramatic writing course and understood how to actually write a screenplay, I looked back at it and I was like, “Wow, this is total crap ” I keep meaning to go back and take it and revise because it has all these great ideas that are not really properly executed, and I think it could actually be a quality piece of work, but I haven’t yet taken the time to do that

SUN: What are you planning on doing after you graduate this year?

J T : Right now, I’m looking for jobs in the film or television industry out in Los Angeles, Toronto, where I’m from, and out in Vancouver

T W : I’m probably just going to go home, work on my writing and try to send things out to agents or build contacts See if I can somehow magically land a job with T V or a studio or something along those lines

SUN: Any dream jobs?

J T : There are a couple of T V shows that are being produced in Toronto, like Suits But out in Los Angeles, I’m talking to an editor who works on a lot of Adam Sandler movies I’m hoping I can get in with him I’m also talking to a Cornell lacrosse alumnae who was the head of MSNBC sports, like directed the Olympics for the last 20 years I’m interested in sports, too, so something in that arena would be cool

T W : My dream would really be writing for a 30-minute comedy on television, along the lines of “How I Met Your Mother” or “30 Rock ”

Danyoung Ada Kim is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at dkim@cornellsun com

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Henr y Staley is a freshman in the College of Arts Architecture & Planning He can be reached at hstaley@cornellsun com

An Ode to Animation

y name is Arielle and I like animated movies That’s what I feel like I am saying whenever I express to other people that I really want to go see an animated movie that just came out, like I’m admitting some kind of embarrassing addiction My love of animated film is not an addiction, of course; that would be a little weird But what I don’t understand is that once you pass a certain age, and I clearly have no idea what that age is, it suddenly becomes unacceptable to go see Monsters University or Wreck-It Ralph unless you ’ re accompanied by a child under 10

Usually when I ask a friend if he or she wants to see one of these perfectly delightful films with me, my friend inevitably tells me some variation on Well, no, he or she basically just says that cartoons are for kids That cartoons are cheesy That they’re harder to connect to That they just aren ’ t as good as real movies ” That is so far from the truth

Yes, some cartoons are geared toward children and most are marketed towards children, but that doesn’t mean that they are only for kids There was a stab at airport security typecasting in Wreck-It Ralph and what could be more adult than the exploration of the pure sadness of growing up in Toy Story 3? Don’t tell me you didn’t cry

There are some animated movies that have been given a kind of exception to the age limit rule Most people agree that Toy Story 3 is acceptable if not a must to see, especially since it came out at a time when most of us were heading to college for the first time

People tend to agree that Wall-E was a good one as well because of its strong comments on the state of the environment But if these are the only animated films you ’ ve seen in the past four years, you are missing out It is statistically impossible that the rest of them are too juvenile for our collegiate minds Fantastic Mr Fox was written and directed by Wes Anderson, for goodness sake

There have even been animated movies made explicitly for adults Persepolis, a daring portrait of a girl coming of age amid

the Iranian Revolution The Illusionist, a silent film about a middle-aged magician in Paris Chico and Rita, a love story in Spanish about a singer and songwriter in the 40s and 50s They don’t feature little kids, or monsters, or spare us from angst, drugs, explicit language or reality

These movies are art Literally They are painted, and sketched, and digitally mastered They include a layer of emotion and personality that you don’t get in live filming, because the characters are built, created, given the illusion of life by a man with a pen, or, nowadays, with a tablet You don’t just see a character; you see a person ’ s vision of a character How they feel about who they’ve created

How one goes about creating the tone of a movie through nothing more than lines is something I will forever be in awe of How can it not be easy to connect to these characters when what is behind them is so inherently real?

I know that I am not the only person who finds the process magical There is an entire association dedicated to it On Feb 2, this association, the International Animated Film Society, announced the winners of the 2012 Annie Awards, which celebrate the best animated films of the year and achievements in animation This year ’ s Best Animated Feature was Disney’s Wreck-it Ralph, beating out Pixar’s Brave (thank God) and Focus Features’ ParaNorman The award was much deserved This film, which moved through the video game world, was fluid and ambitious, unafraid to shift animation styles what felt like every 15 minutes It toyed, for one of the first times in an animated feature, with video game worlds and their integration It was much more impressive than Brave which, when compared with the Pixar legacy, fell flat

The association also gave awards to the Best Animated Short, Paperman, and Character Animation in a Live Action Production, Life of Pi Tiger, among others Paperman, which

premiered in theaters before Wreck-It Ralph, a black and white short about love, is undoubtedly one of my favorites When a man and woman have a meet-cute on a subway, the man cannot stop thinking about her and trying to find her all day It is a playful fairy tale that gives me hope that true love does exist

In addition to shorts and features, there are a couple of awards dedicated to animation within live action movies, a sign that the two are becoming more and more intertwined as technology improves Why should magic be trapped in the world of Disney?

These movies are odes to technology: to the new things we can make it do and the millions of ways we can create and destroy an image

I am so grateful that these awards exist to call attention to the world of animation every once in a while and honor a medium that deserved more praise than it gets

The next time that weird friend of yours asks you if you want to go see an animated movie, just think about it for a second They’re not all for kids and calling them cheesy is ignoring an entire facet of their production Give it a try Because trashing animation is pretty much the worst

Arielle Cruz is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Science She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com Just the Worst appears when things are the worst

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NEW YORK (AP) Dwayne “ The Rock” Johnson shrugged off aliens so he could get more milk for his kids in a Super Bowl spot for the Milk Processor Education Program Anheuser-Busch’s commercial told the stor y of a Clydesdale colt growing up and returning to his owner for a heartfelt hug years later And a Jeep ad portrayed the trials and triumphs of people waiting for the return of their family members

The reason for all the drama off the field? With 30-second spots going for as much as $4 million and more than 111 million viewers expected to tune in, marketers are constantly looking for ways to make their ads stand out And it’s increasingly difficult to captivate viewers with short-form plots involving babies, celebrities, sex and humor unless there’s a compelling stor y attached

“A lot of advertisers are running long commercials to tell these stories that engage people often in a ver y emotional way, ” said Tim Calkins, clinical professor of marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern “ These spots that tell stories really stand out in the clutter ”

Tear-Jerking

Mini Epics

Chr ysler started the long-format commercial trend last year, with a two-minute spot starring Clint Eastwood that became ver y popular

This year, Chr ysler led the trend again with its two-minute salute to troops and their families The ad featured Oprah Winfrey reading a letter from the Jeep brand to encourage families to stay hopeful Wendy Ochoa, a high school teacher who lives in Novi, Mich , said the ad was ver y emotional “It tugs on your heartstrings,” Ochoa, 44, said “How can it not?”

Anheuser-Busch also pulled at heartstrings with a spot about a Clydesdale colt growing up and moving away from his farm and his trainer who raised him from birth Years later, the trainer drives to Chicago to see the horse in a parade The horse spots his trainer and gallops toward him, nuzzling him fondly as the trainer hugs him

“ The Budweiser commercial with the Clydesdale made me cr y, ” said Wendy Ponzo, 49, who was watching the game in Pont Pleasant, N J

User-Inspired Tales

Lincoln’s 90-second ad was inspired by tweets by fans about road trips The company asked people to send their stories, and Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC's “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” decided on which tales would be used

The ad, which was based on more than 6,000 tweets from fans, shows adventures during a fictional road trip A woman picks up a German hitchhiker, and they go to an alpaca farm, get stopped by turtles crossing the road, and drive through a movie set

Rap pioneer Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons and Wil Wheaton, who acted in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” made cameos in the spot

Coca-Cola created an ad based on an online campaign that pit three groups a troupe of showgirls, biker style badlanders and cowboys against each other in a race through a desert for a Coke

Starting Jan 23 and continuing through the end of the Super Bowl, viewers voted online for their favorite group The group with the most votes the showgirls was revealed when the Super Bowl ended

Audi also went with an ad that told a stor y and was inspired by viewers The company ’ s 60-second ad featured an ending that was voted on by viewers prior to the game

In the ad, a boy gains confidence from driving his father’s Audi to the prom, kisses the prom queen once he arrives at the dance and gets decked by the prom king In the end, he drives back home with a smile on his face

The Audi mini-epic was a favorite of Super Bowl viewer Stephanie Bice, 39, a business development director in Oklahoma City

“It was fun and whimsical,” Bice said Comedy Goes Long

Not all of the stor ytelling ads were dramatic, though Samsung’s two-minute ad showed Seth Rogen (“ The Guilt Trip”) and Paul Rudd (“Role Models”) getting called in to do a “Next Big Thing” ad for Samsung But they’re agitated once they realize that they’re sharing the spotlight LeBron James, an NBA basketball player for the Miami Heat, makes a cameo, appearing on the screen of a tablet

The ad won over some fans in the ad world

“I could watch the Samsung ad over and over again,” said David Berkowitz, vice president at digital marketing agency 360i “It’s as good as any Seth Rogen movie ” Budweiser, a long-time Super Bowl advertiser, also told a continuing stor y in two of its ads One showed rival 49ers and Ravens fans each creating a voodoo doll for the other team with the help of R&B legend Stevie Wonder In the other ad, fans go to great lengths to curse a rival fan’s “lucky chair ”

“It’s only weird if it doesn’t work,” the words in the ad read Mercedes-Benz’s 90-second ad had a Faustian plot

A devilish Willem Dafoe (“Spider-Man”) shows a man ever ything that comes with a Mercedes-Benz CLX: A date with supermodel Kate Upton, dancing with Usher, driving around with beautiful girls, getting on the cover of magazines including Vanity Fair and GQ, getting to drive on a racetrack

Women’s Hockey Hopes to Continue Winning Streak

W HOCKEY

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n e ove r Un i o n , i t c a n s o m e t i m e s b e d i f f i c u l t t o re g a i n yo u r f o c u s i n a g a m e t h a t ’ s m u c h c l o s e r, ” s h e s a i d “ So w h e n yo u ’ re i n t h o s e s i t u a t i o n s , yo u n e e d t o p a y a t t e n t i o n a n d m a k e s u re t h a t we we re d o i n g a l l t h e l i t t l e t h i n g s r i g h t o n t h e p e n a l t y k i l l a n d i n t h e d e f e n s i ve zo n e We we re g re a t i n t h o s e a re a s , w h i c h w a s i m p o r t a n t e s p e c i a l l y l a t e i n t h e g a m e ”

“[Brianne Jenner is] on fire and it’s huge for us, especially at this point in the season. She’s one of the best leaders we have on the team, so for her to come out strong like she’s doing now is setting an incredible pace for the team ”

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Red Trounced by Ivy Opponents

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Wr ter

The women ’ s basketball team suffered its first two Ivy losses of the season this weekend, falling to Princeton on Friday and Penn on Saturday in Newman Arena

In the contest on Friday, the Tigers jumped out to an early 12-point lead with 10:35 to go in the first half

The Red managed to get back in the game, however, going on a nine-point run to close the deficit to three

Cornell’s defensive stops fueled its comeback, which led to transition baskets

“It all stemmed from our defensive effor t, ” said head coach Dayna Smith

Despite the Red’s efforts, the Tigers went on a 17-4 run to close the first half with a 16point lead

The Red jumped out an early 11-3 advantage, but the Quakers fought back to make it a one-point game with 12:39 left in the first half After trading buckets for the rest of the half, Cornell entered the locker room with a slim 25-24 lead

Penn exploded in the second half with a 16-4 run to take a 40-29 lead Cornell was unable to dig itself out of the hole and the Quakers eventually beat the Red, 6556

Smith was disappointed with the Red’s lackluster performance

“We clearly have to get refocused on the defensive end.”

D a y n a S m i t h

The Red was unable to stage another comeback in the second half The Tigers nearly doubled its first-half lead to win the game by a final score of 77-46

Although Princeton’s star, senior guard Niveen Rasheed, scored 21 points in the contest, Smith said that the team played “fairly good” defense against her She also praised Rasheed’s talent

“She has such a quick first step and the ability to elevate on her shot She’s doing that against every other team in the league,” Smith said

The Tigers shot 59 percent from the field, while the Red was only able to make 31 percent of its attempts

Senior forward Clare Fitzpatrick led the Red in scoring with just 11 points

After the blowout on Friday night, the Red went back to work on Saturday against the Penn Quakers

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-son, Colin Kaepernick showed his inexperience, missing some throws, including his interception to Ed Reed Kaepernick’s lack of experience also showed in his inability to anticipate throws and hit open receivers Kaepernick and the 49ers showed a surprising lack of urgency and even burned a timeout in the middle of the third quarter

But things can change in an instant The young mercurial quarterback turned it around in the second half, throwing the deep ball and bringing the 49ers back in the game

In that great stretch of football, it was easy to see what makes Kaepernick a standout quarterback His perfect throw to Randy Moss on third down and his long touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree were a testament to his arm talent

The 49ers defense also came alive in the second half by recovering a Ray Rice fumble that gave the them great field position Delanie Walker had a huge block on a Frank Gore touchdown and made some key plays, including a brutal tackle of Ravens return man Jones The ensuing drive ended

“We respect Penn and we know they have some good players, but I thought our team was capable [of winning],” she said

The Quakers were able to take control of the game by out-rebounding the Red, 4330

“We did not play team defense [and Penn’s] effort on the rebounding side was tremendous,” Smith said

After the weekend, the Red is 2-2 in the Ivy League

The team is fifth in the league behind Princeton, Harvard, Dartmouth and Penn After playing both Princeton and Penn, Cornell will face Harvard and Dartmouth next weekend to complete the circuit of teams that lead them in the Ivy standings

For the Red, this week is all about practice, Smith said

“We clearly have to get refocused on the defensive end,” she said “When our team puts our mind to it and comes to practice and works to get better, you see it in the games ”

Skyler Dale can be reached at sdale@cornellsun com

in a David Akers field goal to make the score 28-23, cutting it to a one-possession game After a 49ers goal line stand and a rushing touchdown by Kaepernick, it was only a twopoint deficit

The Ravens then responded with a drive, but were unable to punch it in for seven and had to settle for a field goal

“The veteran Ravens’ defense stepped up just in time.”

All of this setup what every young quarterback dreams about Kaepernick and the 49ers had the ball with five minutes left, in need of a touchdown to win The 49ers moved the ball ruthlessly The Ravens’ mistakes from earlier in the game (when they opted for a fake instead of a field goal) loomed large Without the mistake, the deficit would have been eight But the veteran Ravens’ defense stepped up just

in time, sealing their world championship with a goal line stand

The last moments of the Super Bowl provided plenty of drama and points of debate Jim Harbuagh barked for a holding call on the fourth down play that ended the 49ers’ hopes, and later, the Ravens elected to take a safety deep in its own end instead of punting it

Looking forward, it’s easy to see Kaepernick improving and the young 49ers getting back to the Super Bowl in the next few years The Ravens, on the other hand, are an old veteran team that will, in all likelihood, spend a large cap hit resigning their quarterback They are by no means a lock to make the playoffs in a tough AFC North next year, so the Super Bowl win probably meant more to their franchise than a 49ers win would have

When it was all was settled, the (working) scoreboard displayed 34-31: the result of another Super Bowl and a fitting finale for the NFL season

John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun com

Jumping for joy | Women’s

came out victorious in a close

rival Brown to pick up its first Ivy League win

Ravens Turn Out

g h t s on 4 9 e r s

When the lights went out i n t h e Me rc e d e s Su p e rd o m e w i t h t h e Ravens up by three touchdowns, many people thought the lights were going out on the 49ers season

The power outage created some interesting drama early in the second half, with fans wondering how each team would react

Would the 49ers be able to stop some of the Raven’s momentum?

Would the long stoppage in play cause the 49ers to think about the deficit and lose focus? The CBS announcers all seemed to think the outage would benefit the 49ers (but then again, would you expect the CBS crew to say it’s only going to get more out of hand?)

I enjoyed the speculation Every aspect in the Super Bowl is analyzed to death in the fortnight prior to the game, but here was something totally unexpected that happened that rattled the announcers

Women Take Home First Ivy Win

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

This past weekend, the men ’ s and women ’ s swimming and diving teams traveled to Providence, R I , to compete against Brown University in the Red’s final regular season Ivy League meet

Both Cornell squads performed impressively, exemplifying the Red’s late-season momentum The women ’ s team was able to capture its first regular season Ivy League win after narrowly defeating the Bears The men also showed a great deal of competitiveness and excitement going forward into championship season, but the team was ultimately unable to topple Brown

The meet was extremely close from start to finish

The women ’ s team (2-6, 1-6) was able to close out its win over Brown with a final score of 153-147 The Red took an early lead and continued to have the necessary 1-2 finishes to stay ahead The squad posted seasonbest times and raced with confidence throughout the entire meet

“The team as whole stepped up and swam [its] fastest times of the season, ” sophomore swimmer Nicole Jibrine said “Both Brown and [Cornell] were putting up really fast times, so we had to swim faster than we were before to be able to win the meet ” Sophomore swimmer Bethany Douglas also said that the level of competition between the two teams meant that each point was crucial

“Going into the meet with confidence about our level playing field allowed us to race with confidence,” she said “We felt strong and went after it which allowed us to succeed Every point throughout the meet could have been a turning point it was just such a close meet ”

Going forward, the win against Brown gives the

Red a new level of confidence heading into Ivy League Championships With its taper still ahead, the women ’ s team should have an exciting end to the season

The men ’ s team (1-7, 0-7) also competed in an intense meet against the Bears as well Despite some hard-fought races, the men finished the meet trailing the Bears, 178 5-121 5

“We came to the meet ready to compete and that is exactly what we did We did our best and kept the meet close the whole time,” said senior diver James O’Neil

“Brown is a team that has some quality swimmers, but we have more depth We can definitely beat them at Ivy Championships and we will use this past weekend’s meet as fuel for the fire ”

O’Neil added that certain swimmers and divers played important roles in the meet

“The distance events made a strong contribution at this meet [juniors] Taylor Wilson, Sarah Schlichte and Melissa Mrozinski all made a huge impact during the 1000-meter and 500-meter races, ” he said “[ Junior] Kim Jerome also had some excellent swims and [junior] Manita Herlitz-Ferguson won both diving events ”

Both the men and women ’ s squads are working to continue improve times in the final part of the season

The upcoming Ivy League Championships will give both teams the opportunity to show the Red’s depth and to achieve the results the teams have worked hard for during the season

“We now have about a month until Ivies Our coaches are going to get us as ready as possible for [the] championships,” O’Neil said “If we continue focusing our efforts on our specific events and continue training hard, we will see some great results at Ivies ”

Red Captures Eighth Straight Win

By BEN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer

and the teams Suddenly everyone had to improvise Before the lights went off, it seemed unlikely that San Francisco could rally in the second half The 49ers had two turnovers in the first half and were looking down the barrel The Raven’s special teams produced the longest play of Super B ow l h i s t o r y w i t h a 1 0 8 - y a rd return from Jacoby Jones for a touchdown In stark contrast to his c

(who was named the MVP of the game) looked calm as ever, throwing a dangerous deep ball The Ravens were also winning the battle in the trenches The usually dominant 49ers offensive line had its hands full The Ravens were firing off the line, almost as if they knew the snap count For the first time in the postsea-

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The No 5 women ’ s hockey team entered this past weekend riding a six-game winning streak after a convincing midweek victory over No 7 Mercyhurst The Red carried its winning momentum into the weekend games in an impressive fashion, routing Union, 8-1, and Rensselaer, 3-1, in consecutive games at Lynah Rink These victories give the Red (19-4, 14-2 ECAC) sole possession of second place in the ECAC, and with one game against first-place Harvard still to be played, the Red now controls its ECAC fate

“Being in control of our own destiny is cru-

cial from here-on out, ” said senior defenseman Laura Fortino “If we win the rest of our games, we know that we can finish first in the ECAC, and that was our goal from the beginning of the year As a team, we ’ re taking that in a positive way and helping that motivate us each and every game to go out there and play our best so we can come away with the win ”

The Red took a 1-0 first-period lead against Union (7-18-3, 0-13-3 ECAC) on Friday, then broke out with five more goals in the second According to Fortino, the goals came as a result of a team-wide offensive effort

“It just goes to show how strong we are