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“Walk the Moon was an excellent choice for Slope Day. We believe that Cash Cash will complement the band well and appeal to the Cornell students interested in electronic music ”

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“We have agreed to and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Provost and the dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,” John Dyson ’65 said in a Saturday address to the Board of Trustees

The MOU will allow the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management to be a part of both the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the recently approved College of Business, according to Dyson

“The CALS dean will be involved with all major decisions, and in case of disagreement with the [College of Business] dean, issues will be resolved by the Provost,” Dyson said “[It is] truly a shared school with a balanced mission between business and its traditional agricultural and NYS Land Grant missions ”

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Re s i d e n t s o f En f i e l d , Ne w York are opposing plans to build a wind farm on a hill in their town which could produce 20 percent of Cornell’s annual energy

In December 2014, Cornell announced plans to purchase all electricity generated by Enfield’s Black Oak Wind Farm following its construction The farm will

produce 16 megawatts of renewable electricity a significant percentage of of Cornell’s annual energy usage

“This is a major step toward Cornell becoming a carbon-neut r a l - c a m p u s , ” s a o d Ky u Ju n g Whang, vice president for facilities services, in an interview with the University

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Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Aluminum Tolerance in Plants 11:15 a m , 404 Plant Science Building

The Psychology of Tort Law Book Celebration 12:15 - 1:45 p m , 390 Myron Taylor Hall

New Perspectives on the Brain Mechanisms of Attention 3:30 p m , 202 Uris Hall

Dining With Diverse Minds: LGBTQ+ and Intersectionality 4:40 - 7 p m , Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room

2016 Monkey Year Spring Festival Gala 7:30 - 10 p m , Bailey Hall

Tomorrow

Family Day: Dragons and Mythical Creatures 10 a m - Noon, Johnson Museum

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Speaking about the announcement of the formation of a new College of Business

“My initial reaction to the news of this initiative was like many of yours mixed I was excited about the possibilities that this could create for our students faculty staff and broader University But I was also concerned about the seeming lack of constituent input and poor communication of the concept ” Annie O’Toole, grad

Speaking about former President Skorton’s Climate Action Plan

For me, the more important thing is the research and creative work and education that goes on and not thinking about some arbitrary year date that we really haven’t studied with respect with how feasible it is for us to reach that ”

President Elizabeth Garrett

Speaking about the results of experiments done on mice

What we found in the current study is that we completely prevented the development of new tumors in these mice and we even shrunk the original tumor in size which was a pleasant surprise ”

Prof. Michael King, biomedical engineering Ne ws, “Ral

Speaking about the problems driving the Black Lives Matter movement

“The main contradiction of black life today is on one hand, legally equality and superficial inclusion, and on the other hand economic uncertainty ”

Prof Russell Rickford, history

U.N. Climate Conference Guests Debrief

By KYLE OEFELEIN Sun Staff Writer

Six attendees of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris where 195 nations negotiated a historic climate change agreement shared their perspectives on the conference at a for um Wednesday night at Tompkins County Public Librar y The librar y was packed with engaged townspeople and students with many questions about the conference, commonly referred to as COP21

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Prof Johannes Lehmann, soil science, agreed, expressing his belief that the treaty was a step in the right direction

“ There was a lot of trepidation that we would end up with no hope,” Lehmann said “It turned out to be ver y different this time, and you could feel it ”

Lehmann also called the attending the summit a “really a huge oppor tunity ”

“From my perspective as a scientist this is as close to political decision-making as you can get, ” said Lehmann

Prof Karen Pinkus, romance studies added that the conference was interesting from a language perspective

“There was a lot of trepidation that we would end up with no hope It turned out to be very different this time.”

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“In terms of where we are, that is a ver y ver y aggressive target, but it is what the scientific community and the island nations of the world were asking for, what we need if we are going to protect the planet,” Howar th said

The summit’s atmosphere was ver y positive and cooperative, according to public health biologist Sarah Steingraber

“[ The mood] was urgent, it was determined, and it was in good faith,” Steingraber said “I don’t think it was in any sense cynical, though there were cer tainly forces at work tr ying to undermine and neutralize the treaty at ever y turn ”

Steingraber said her opinion of the treaty was generally favorable, expressing her confidence in the agreement ’ s str ucture

“ T h e r e a r e g o o d b o n e s , t h e s c i e n c e i s s o u n d , ”

Steingraber said “ There are pledges in place for almost ever y nation and there is a ratchet mechanism in place to make the pledges more significant over time ”

“It was fascinating to sit in on the negotiations where it would be a discussion talking about syllables, comma placement, very precise terminology,” Pinkus said “There is an incredible amount at stake in this ”

Other panelists attended COP21 as members of activist groups, according to Colleen Boland, a conference attendee and a founding member of We are Seneca Lake a group campaigning to stop a company from fracking near Seneca Lake

“Advocacy groups of all kinds had gathered outside the official summit, to bear witness, exer t pressure, change the media narrative and other wise appeal to the better angels of those who were inside negotiating on behalf of the citizenr y of the entire planet,” Boland said Pinkus, however, said she did not feel as hopeful as Lehmann did about the agreement ’ s prospects

“ We forget that we are a ver y small segment of the population in a ver y small par t of the world, and we matter ver y little when we think about the enormous capital and investments and infrastr ucture of the big carbon monoxide institutions that we ’ re up against,” Pinkus said

Institute Named Top New York Employer

By JONATHAN LEVENFELD Sun Staff Wr ter

For the second time in three years, the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research an independent research institution integrated with the University was named one of the best companies to work for in New York State, according to a BTI press release

The institute is one of 80 businesses on the 2016 list, which is compiled annually by the Best Companies to Work for in New York program The institute was previously honored with the title in 2014, according to BTI Human Resources Manager Meredith Dessoye

Dessoye said the institute was “ very proud” of its recognition and hoped the program would be spurred on to greater success

“We always hope that we ’ re on the right track, and this helps verify that we are doing the right things, and that our employees do think that it’s a great place to work,” Dessoye said

Dessoye said many factors contributed to BTI’s placement to the list, including employee benefits such as 12 weeks of family and medical leave and a positive work environment

“We try to provide a really good environment for our employees,” Dessoye said “We make sure that we take care of them, we let them know that we appreciate the hard work that they’re doing and we try to have some fun while we ’ re here too ”

Because BTI scientists are engaged in rigorous research, administrators play a key role in relieving researchers of administrative work and allowing them to focus on their research

BTI also places an emphasis on out-of-the-office social events including movie nights, family picnics and holiday par ties planned by a “Fun Committee” that bring employees together, according to Dessoye

The list of best companies in New York State is compiled from the results of a two-part survey given to employees of qualifying organizations, according to the press release

While making the list is not new for the institute, Communications Director Kitty Gifford said any award like this is helpful for BTI’s standing “We consider BTI to be a little bit of a hidden gem, with all of the amazing discoveries and research going on here,” Gifford said “In order to stand out in a very crowded field of amazing talent in the Ithaca area, it’s nice to have that recognition ”

Jonathan Levenfield can be reached at jlevenfield@cornellsun com

Prof Recounts Years Advising Indian Government

By MELVIN LI Sun Staff Writer

Swiftly moving from Cornell professor to Chief Economic Advisor of the Indian government was a unique but challenging transition, Prof Kaushik Basu, economics, recounted Baru, senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank, described his life story at a talk Thursday

Basu said that his recently published book, An Economist in the Real World which discusses economic policy development was only written because he kept a detailed diary during his tenure as Indian CEA from 2009 to 2012

According to Basu, his sudden appointment to the CEA’s office and entry into economic policymaking was a somewhat traumatic experience for him

“India’s CEA, I discovered after I went [to India], has never been a person who has had no experience in government My entire career had been in academia, research, and teaching,” Basu said “On the ninth of August, 2009, completely out of the blue, I got a phone call in the evening from the

[Indian] Prime Minister’s office asking if I would consider being the CEA to the Indian government ”

Basu, an Indian national, underwent two months of background checks while still at Cornell before traveling to India to take up his new post

As CEA, Basu had to adjust from working on problems for months a pace he was accustomed to as an academic and researcher to putting together documents in days The experience taught him that policymakers are not always able to give compelling answers with the time and resources available to them, he said

“You have to cut corners, ” Basu said “You don’t want to say wrong things and want to put in caveats, but given the short time horizon, this was the best job I could do ”

Basu said he had never worked in such close proximity to politicians or trained bureaucrats before, and initially found the fast-paced environment very stressful

“In the first two to three months, if I could quietly slip out of the country back to being a professor at Cornell, I would love it,”

Baru said “The whole experience was very, very disturbing ”

During this time, Basu used the story of Polish anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski, who spent years studying the Trobriand Islands, to encourage himself to stay in India and adjust

“I told myself that if Malinowski could go to a faraway island and stay for three years, I can stay in the North Block Delhi for two years and take down notes like an anthropologist does,” Basu said “That’s where my diary keeping started ”

As time passed, Basu said he became accustomed to his new role and helped tackle a number of challenging issues, including high food inflation rates

Basu encouraged Cornell students to persevere through their difficult situations, the way he did in India

“The interaction between the world of talk and the world of action doesn’t happen so neatly The real world is so complex,” Basu said “There will be problems you will encounter that are so difficult you won ’ t know what to do You fumble, you make policy, you will get things wrong, but occa-

sionally you will get [it right], and that occasional benefit can be just so very large ”

Melvin Li can be reached at mli@cornellsun com

Forest Home Drive Closed Indefnitely

FOREST HOME

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The Ithaca Public Works Department is currently working on two project sites one at the intersection of Thurston Avenue and the other about 150 feet east of the intersection according to Gebre

“For the intersection, there are three locations of erosion which need to be addressed as fast as possible,” Gebre said “for the other location, parts of the retaining wall [by the lake] are partially collapsing, so we need to address that problem as well ”

Despite the continued disrepair, Gebre praised Cornell for its help with the reparation process

“ The working relationship [with the University] is ver y good,” Gebre said “ We had three progress meetings and have visited the site together Cornell has a contact person dedicated to this project, which is ver y helpful providing applicable resources ”

According to John Carberr y, director of media relations, the city and the University are working in tandem to address this problem

“Regular meetings, field work and discussion are occurring and will continue until the Forest Home slope failure issue is resolved,” Carberr y said

In light of the current situation, the city is taking more precautions to prevent future erosion problems, according to Gebre These precautions include closing the road and notifying the public and emergency responders of the road’s condition

“ The city is also working on an emergency response plan,” Gebre added

Some members of the Cornell community, including Prof Paul Eshelman, human ecology, do not think the road closure has caused excessive traveling problems

“ The closing of Forest Home Drive does cause some inconvenience, but [it is] not insurmountable,” Eshelman said “ Viewed in a larger context, the partial collapse of the retaining wall that supports the road only ser ves to illustrate the fragile relationship we have with nature as we attempt to control it Until an environmentally appropriate and structurally safe solution can be found and implemented, having to take a detour is not a big problem ”

While Gebre said he was unsure when the road would reopen, he estimated that it would likely remain closed for the rest of the year

The University will make an additional effort to remain in constant contact with the community, in order to prevent prolonged closures such as these in the future, Carberr y said

“ We are supporting the city in its efforts, and will continue to provide regular information and support to the Cornell community, ” Carberr y said

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Dyson ’65 Okays Business College

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DYSON Continued from page 1 Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrudolfsky@cornellsun com

Wind Farm Raises Noise, Ethics Issues

WIND FARM Continued from page 1

University’s progress towards an original carbon neutrality goal, which is delineated in the Climate Action Plan

Through a website called Black Oak Wind Farm Concerns, residents have expressed worries about the proposed wind farm, including the adverse effects of infrasound low-frequency sound that can cause sleep disturbance or deprivation and noise pollution from turbines

On the concerns website, some Enfield residents suggested that turbines must be placed at greater distance from residential areas than the current law requires in order for them to avoid these potential problems

Residents also argued that although the Black Oak Wind Farm has been advertised as a

“community-owned wind farm,” Enfield receives no direct benefit from the project

“In this case, the energy is being bought 100 percent by Cornell University and does not benefit Enfield itself,” Jud Lemke, a member of the committee advising the Town of Enfield on the wind farm project, said

There are not any financial incentives for citizens of Enfield either, according to Lemke Outside investors who will provide further funding in order to make the project more financially viable will receive all financial benefits of the wind farm, she said

“It seems quite unjust that the people of Enfield which is not a very wealthy community are being used to generate enormous profits for people who do not even live in their community,” Lemke said

The Enfield Town Board

approved the wind farm project in Jan 2015, according to The Ithaca Journal

Over 180 residents of Enfield have signed a petition asking the town to amend its laws regarding wind turbine noise levels, and to delay the project until these issues are addressed

“The residents who live where this project is being built are asking the Town of Enfield to pause long enough to review the law that was passed seven years ago, to see if it needs to be updated to take into account all the new data that has come to light,” said Lemke

The Town of Enfield Wind Farm Advisor y Committee will meet Feb 9 to discuss the proposed wind farm further, according to the town ’ s official website

at spark@cornellsun com

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Occupiers of Oregon Wildlife Sanctuary Indicted

PORTLAND, Ore (AP)

The four remaining occupiers at an Oregon wildlife refuge are facing charges, according to court

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e n c e against federal authorities and used social media to urge others to join them

A newly unsealed indictment names 16 defendants, including

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Ammon Bundy and other occu-

p i e r s a r re s t e d l a s t we e k A l s o named is Kenneth Medenbach,

w h o w a s a r re s t e d a f t e r b e i n g

c a u g h t d r i v i n g a g ove r n m e n t vehicle to a supermarket

A federal grand jury charged all with felony conspiracy, accusing them of using intimidation to p re ve n t f e d e r a l o f f i c e r s f ro m

d o i n g t h e i r w o rk a t Ma l h e u r National Wildlife Refuge

The holdouts have said they are not leaving without a guarantee they won ’ t be arrested If they stay true to their word, the indictment buries any chance they will surrender on their own

The U S Attorney’s Office and the FBI declined comment Thursday, but the lack of movement in recent days indicates

n e g o t i a t o r s we re n o t o f f e r i n g amnesty

The remaining occupiers are: David Fry, 27, of Blanchester, Ohio; Jeff Banta, 46, of Elko, Nevada; and Sean Anderson, 48, and Sandy Anderson, 47, a married couple from Riggins, Idaho

Fry’s father, William Fry, was disappointed that his son has been charged, saying in an email:

“We were hoping for a more positive outcome ”

He said his son is no different

t h a n t h o s e w h o b e l i e ve “ o u r country is heading in the wrong

Bill to Overhall NYC Carriage Horse Industry

Falls Apart Before City Council Vote

NEW YORK (AP) A much-debated plan to dramatically overhaul New York City’s carriage horse industr y collapsed Thursday, with the city council pulling the reins on a plan that would have limited the tourist-toting animals to a small section of Central Park

The colorful coaches, which have clip-clopped through Manhattan for more than 150 years, are frequently depicted on television and in movies and a must-do for visitors who delight in romantic rides past some of the city’s top tourist attractions and along the graceful, winding paths of Central Park

direction ”

“He believes it so strongly he is willing to stand up with the hope that these actions might wake the nation up and lead others to get involved to change our country ’ s course, ” the father said William Fry said he is still “hoping and praying to welcome our son home safely ”

Responding to the grand jury indictment, Ammon Bundy on Thursday struck a defiant tone in an audio recording and a written statement from the county jail in Portland where he is being held

“Taking over the refuge was not only right, it was the duty of the people to do,” Bundy said in the audio recording, which was released by his family

Bundy called his jailed followers “political prisoners” who were just trying to educate ranchers and others about their constitutional rights on federal lands and abuses by federal authorities

Bundy made reference to the death last week of one of the lead o c c u p i e r s , Ro b e r t “ L a Voy” Finicum, who died in a confrontation with FBI agents and Oregon state troopers that also resulted in the arrest of Bundy and others

Bundy said in the recording “Go home, Oregon State Police, you have already killed enough” and “Go home, FBI, it is time to end this ” F B I a g e n t s , Ore g o n St a t e Police and other law enforcement officers are deployed around the refuge as the last four occupiers continue to refuse to leave

The standoff began Jan 2, with Bundy’s group demanding the federal government turn public lands over to local control and free two ranchers imprisoned for setting fires

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Manhattan’s loud, traffic-clogged streets were no place for the animals and called for the industr y to be shuttered They appealed to Mayor Bill de Blasio many via generous campaign donations and he vowed to end the practice on the first day of his term

That was in Januar y 2014 Now, 25 months later, a compromise deal that would have limited but not eliminated the carriage horse industr y has fallen apart just a day before it faced a city council vote, freeing the carriages to fully remain on the city streets, at least for now

“ This is great!” said longtime driver Christina Hansen, adding that the proposed legislation “would have put us out of business ”

The deal has been a debacle for de Blasio since he took office

Though many New Yorkers seemed blase about the issue, it assumed an outsized role in the city’s political discourse

A media blitz, led in part by actor Liam Neeson and launched to counter the ones funded by the animal rights groups, portrayed the horse-drawn

carriage industr y as an essential part of New York that provides about 400 jobs, many to Irish immigrants

The next blow came when a series of city unions, usually de Blasio’s staunchest allies, broke with the Democratic mayor, urging him to reconsider his decision in order to save not only the jobs but a profitable source of tourism The New York Daily News then launched a front-page campaign called “Save our Horses ” And public polls consistently showed a majority of New Yorkers did not favor a ban

Eventually, a compromise between the mayor, the city council and the union that represents the horse carriage drivers was struck

The bill would have cut the number of horses from 220 to 95, with 75 allowed to work in Central Park at one time The animals would have been restricted to the park and the city would have built a new stable in the iconic greenspace at the cost of $25 million And pedicabs would have been banned from operating in the park below 85th St

The compromise seemed to leave no one happy, yet appeared to have enough support to pass a scheduled vote on Friday But when the Te a m s t e r s u n i o n b a c k e d o u t , C i t y C o u n c i l Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito scuttled the vote

“ With the legislation now finalized, our members are not confident that it provides a viable future for their industr y, ” said George Miranda, president of Teamsters Joint Council 16

The collapse was a political blow to de Blasio and his staff, who seemed eager to finally get the item off the political agenda Instead, the deal fell apart just hours before his annual State of the City speech

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Given the dramatic events across campus over the course of this week, rumor has it that Hollywood executives have been seen mucking it up in Libe Cafe this week, asking about potentially turning the week’s happenings into the next Oscar-bait movie for Leonardo DiCaprio to star in if he doesn’t win an Oscar for his performance in The Revenant

According to some sources who may or may not have overheard the conversations between the studio suits and students heavily involved in the week’s happenings, these are the potential movie angle and titles being thrown around by those involved in the film franchise’s development Rumor has it that they’re also trying to build off some of the post-Star Wars hype as well The Hollywood machine at its finest

Attack of the Trustees: Starring former Disney Channel heartthrobs, this film will chronicle the how a tonedeaf board of trustees came to the decision to form a College of Business on Cornell’s campus and not divest in fossil fuel industries while trapped in underground bunkers without a way to hear feedback from the people whom the decision will actually affect in the real world

The Hotelies Awaken: An orphan, abandoned on the slope, goes on an surprising adventure throughout the (Ithaca) galaxy to bring balance to the force while an army of hotelies need to blow up a big space station that has the power to blow up other galaxies Super original plot, I know

The Environment Strikes Back: In wake of the Cornell Board of Trustees decision not to divest from the fossil fuels industry, Ithaca, along with the greater Earth community, suddenly heats up exponentially causing the entire world to melt and eventually implode without any signs of human life The screen fades to black as Mother Nature has the last laugh while looking over the meeting rooms where the Trustees made their decision

Rodriguez | Guest Room

Greek Life: Where Do We Go From Here?

Before I get into all this I’d like to throw out a disclaimer about who I am, where I’m from and where I am specifically where I am as I write this, which happens to be a room with a ceiling painted to look like the album artwork from the Dark Side of the Moon My feet are propped up on a coffee table on top of which are a plethora of half empty Keystones, a water pitcher turned bong and a two-day-old copy of The Wall Street Journal still wrapped up in plastic and tied by a rubber band

By the powers of deduction and readily apparent typecasts, one would not be so alarmed to find out that this room is one of many similarly charming rooms clustered together in a manor-like estate where a

a number of college students’ chances to fully participate in the positive experiences that Greek life has to offer before it even begins

I’m not saying these punishments are ineffective or even unwarranted, but often times when a chapter is reprimanded as such there are many young men and women that end up losing out on a potentially rewarding, memorable and unique college experience because of the actions of their peers

This is all beside the point because the fact of the matter is that these issues within the Greek system still haven’t gone away, and in order for them to do so it requires action and understanding on the part of the entire campus

It is my opinion that choosing to chastise a community without full acknowledgement of or empathy for its existence outside of its problems does as much damage to the community as the problems themselves.

bunch of twenty year old males run around doing twenty year old male things Yes I’m talking about a frat, and yes I am one of those twenty year olds running around in it I’m sure that “f ” word triggered an immediate image of who I am and the dimensions or lack thereof comprising my individuality, and I won ’ t lie, sometimes I fit snugly into that image, but for the most part I’d like to think that my persona extends beyond the stereotypical

For the purposes of thought provocation and impartiality, I’d like to ask you to siphon off some open-mindedness for the remainder of this article while at the same time taking my position into consideration My intent is not to preach a pro or anti Greek life manifesto, but rather to express some concerns I have with a system of which I happen to be a part of and raise some questions about its future and role in the college community

Problems exist within Greek Life and the way in which it is regarded that’s a fact These problems are perpetuated by the actions of some of those within the Greek community as well as some of those outside of it It’s a two-way street of negativity that leaves little room for progression It is my opinion that choosing to chastise a community without full acknowledgement of or empathy for its existence outside of its problems does as much damage to the community as the problems themselves Rape culture, hazing and various forms of segregation are real issues that still fester in the dark recesses of the Greek community, but it seems as if the shinning aspects of Greek life and what it provides for kids my age have taken a backseat in popular social discourse

In terms of trying to tackle and confront these issues, our Greek system here at Cornell is leagues ahead of most other schools, and I believe these efforts presented by the Greek community have opened many promising doors However, these efforts have come at the expense of kicking off, suspending and policing various chapters, which has resulted in the destruction of

Over the next couple weeks each new member of every chapter of every Greek house at Cornell is required to attend a series of informative seminars called the Delta Series The purpose of these seminars is to teach, advise and warn members of the Greek community about issues like sexual assault, hazing and diversity This is a fine example of the encouraging efforts put in place by Greek organizations and I think it is an absolute necessity for promoting change, but within my short time at Cornell I have already witnessed a chapter under investigation for hazing allegations, and within this past week I’ve seen another chapter reported and suspended for a sexual assault case That’s a problem It doesn’t matter in either of these cases whether or not the accusations were actual occurrences It’s a problem not only for the chapters or even the Greek community as whole; it’s a problem for the administrators, the school and in turn, the entire student body

As a member of the Greek Community it is disheartening to see the lives, reputations and communal accomplishments of outstanding individuals tarnished because of the actions of a dumb, ignorant few As a human being, it is even more disheartening to see a school with such a high pedigree have its students involved in such issues regardless of the specific organization the students of the university belonged to So where does that leave us? What does the future hold for the Greek system? Is there even a future to be had? For some there’s a simple answer: no, we don’t need it For others it’s not that simple I think it’s necessary to evaluate what it means to be Greek in this day and age, and whether or not it is possible to entirely eliminate expansive social issues by dissolving a community that has been pigeonholed as a source of these issues

A J Rodriguez is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at ar688@cornell edu Guest Room appears periodically this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Baskets: The Unseen Side of Clowns

BY MARINA WATTS Sun Staff Writer

Zach Galifianakis’ latest project involves him clowning around literally He teams up with creators Louis C K (writer and star of Louie) and Jonathan Krisel (director of Por tlandia) for a delightfully unor thodox comedy about pursuing your dream no matter what anyone else tries to tell you Baskets is as odd as you would assume and then some, but its peculiarity feeds and then star ves your need to know what happens next The trailer for the show invites the curious in for a peek at the darker side of being a clown: it’s smar t and refreshing

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(Galifianakis) and his failed endeavors to assimilate into real

strange nature has a selective audience, as its humor will either completely appeal to its vie wers or turn them off Nonetheless, between its premise and Galifianakis’ charismatic presence, Baskets leaves vie wers satisfied

The first episode opens with Baskets taking courses at a prestigious clown college in France Le Academie de Clown Francais Baskets quickly realizes that, lacking fluency in French, he will experience great difficulty when performing, both in and out of the classroom

Beside himself, he moves to r ural Bakersfield, California with his girlfriend Penelope (Sabina Sciubba) to find another way to fulfill his destiny as a clown After using Baskets as a reason to leave France, Penelope distances herself once they arrive in California Baskets is thus on his own to find work and star t making a living He takes a job as a rodeo clown, losing his clown name Renoir and reluctantly facing reality

Sometimes the sad love songs you listen to are not about the type of love you think they are Sometimes they aren t even romantic, though they may be rather striking Kelly Zutrau, Joe Valle and Mar ty Sulkow the trio who make up Wet seem to be early-rising exper ts at crafting songs that ooze distilled electronic sounds and R&B patterns, gliding along Zutrau’s whimsical voice singing highly realistic and exhausted lyrics to create an enrapturing soundscape The band’s debut album, Don’t You, is the band’s first release since their 2013 self-titled EP I star ted listening to the ne w album for background music and soon found myself unable to focus on what I was doing because I was so wrapped up in what I was hearing The world is not exactly suffering a shor tage of sad indie-esque songs and, even though I’d heard their EP and kne w they were a force to be reckoned with, I hadn’t realized how well this album would sink its teeth into me maybe my upcoming five-month trip out of the countr y and away from ever yone makes a good foundation for it, but I seriously doubt that’s the only reason

Don’t You is nothing if not lovely It goes beyond Wet’s earlier EP to create a more expansive and nuanced collection of songs It is lovely in a tr uly dark kind of way, however There is no arguing against Zutrau’s way of lulling you in with the sweet qualities of her voice, and by the time you ’ ve star ted to pay attention to what she’s saying, you ’ re too cushioned in by Valle and Sulkow’s gentle instr umental webbing to extract yourself from what you ’ re hearing The opening track of the album, “It’s all in Vain,” takes your hand rather gently as Zutrau requests, “ Tell me baby tell me slowly/all the things you couldn’t show me/tell me one more time before I leave,” bounded by the distant hum of a synth waiting for the introduction to end

After his sobering return from overseas, Baskets faces a number of challenges He must now deal with his overeager mom, Christine (Louie Anderson), and compete with his twin brother Dale (also Galifianakis) to be the more successful and win Christine’s approval Along the road to his

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lines with a deadpan tone that will knock you dead ever y damn time She is a victim of circumstance and befriends Baskets pitifully,

proves herself to be a loyal companion

his personality is not easy to love right off the bat

Mar tha str uggling to order flavored soda With each line, you can almost count down to when he blows his fuse

Only Galifianakis could take on the role so delicately, and he fascinates audiences with his por trayal of Baskets’ dead-end life He understands the gravity of the situation and works with bold determination to put his life back together He shines in the show Like the other characters, he is typecast as an awkward and strange soul Baskets walks to the beat of his own dr um and has an angsty flair to ever ything he does His fr ustration is evident throughout the show so far, and we cannot help but to slightly sympathize with him The tension of the show is simple, but distinct from any of Galifianakis’ previous roles: Baskets desires to fit in with the rest of society as a clown, but cannot The demand for clowns is low, but the demand for dreamers is always high Galifianakis is ver y committed to the role and does all of his own clown stunts

The fact that Christine was willing to fund Baskets’ flight all the way to France to attend clown college makes, in retrospect, no sense due to the language barrier The exposition we must endure to get to the point where we find humor in Baskets’ situation is too lengthy in contrast to Galifianakis’ past projects The idea of a clown not being able to fill their role in society as an enter tainer is unfor tunate Baskets’ humor is neither animated nor emotional, but it is smar t The dialogue is witty and fast-paced, and not a line is wasted The show’s little scenes are jam-packed with hilarity as well In the pilot, one brilliant scene shows Baskets and

Mar tha is standoffish as well, and her low-key admiration for Baskets is equally sweet and comical Christine is also ever ything you would hope for in a

shamelessly sharing photos of her children throughout the year Anderson is hilarious in this role, and he gives Christine a per fect quirky air

The pilot season of Baskets is only six episodes, but I expect recurring hilarity throughout the successive four The show’s premiere on Jan 21 broke records for FX as 1 75 million vie wers tuned in, the most-watched basic cable comedy premiere since 2014 The deadpan jokes and stellar cast make this show a must-see

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

so it can roll into a heady and air y beat “Now I see you hardly know me/I learned your way I learn so slowly she calls out, following up by practically blur ting out, “ you don’t hear me when I/tell you that it’s all or nothing/all or nothing baby please/let me go ” The lyrics sound worn-down and all emotions seem to have been washed out by the fatigue of sustaining themselves If there was a romance behind the stor y, it seems lost in the sense of acquiescence to failure sitting behind each song, although there’s nothing juvenile or whining about any of the pieces Don’t You makes you ache, sure, but it also has a rather beautiful air of understanding and maturity about it The lyrics are so wretched because they hold a tr uth behind them a ver y difficult and ar ticulate tr uth The exper tly gauged instr umentals have a minimalist quality that goes past the often suppor tive nature of other instr uments to augment and elevate the mood to some greater lucidity Wet has a simple and honest way of demonstrating how loneliness can burrow so deeply inside a relationship and become the only shared experience that remains

And Zutrau isn’t shy about displaying this sense of loneliness in understated and bare lyrics “It’s all in Vain,” sets up an image of sitting across from someone in a room and having the sinking feeling that neither of you are actually there with each other, that there’s no real sense of comrader y or connection There is no image of a lovestr uck kid willing to swallow whatever their par tner tells them here, just a guileless and nonjudgmental denial of the situation’s permanence “I won ’ t hide the ways I’ve tried/it’s just not right it’s killing me tonight,” Zutrau cries in a slight crescendo on Don’t Wanna Be Your Love” as the music follows her into a vast clearing of sound that

leaves you breathless in the sense of resignation Even in the slightly more pop-esque songs on the album like Weak, there is still the undercurrent of desperation and a heavy knowledge that whatever battle is being fought, it was already over before the lyrics were dreamt up Zutrau actually embeds a good number of these piercing questions and requests throughout the album “Small and Silver weaves a circle of her desires and the pain of longing for unachieveable things; the spiral of the chor us into echoes of “leave me desperate/leave me breathless, oh/leave me helpless, oh/leave me desperate/leave me, leave me ” is just trail after trail of possibilities which feel like they won ’ t even be pursued The result is that the entire album, rather than seeming to arrive at any kind of a destination, is instead trapped in some subdued and selfaware limbo

A different album and perhaps a kinder one to the psyche of anyone listening to it would tr y to end with some island of hope in the album, some kind of reassurance that the loneliness has both high and low tides, that sometimes these feelings of transience are really just happily misplaced intuitions “ These Days” is the final track, and it closes out with another question of identity: “today you don’t know me, you said/today I scare so easily/today I am away from you/today I passed strangely/today you don’t know ” It seems this album is not so kind as could have been hoped, but at the ver y least it’s exceptionally astute and honest, and there is a kind of island of comfor t in knowing that someone can create so much beauty and so much strength out of so little hope

Jessie Weber is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jlw372@cornell edu

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On Sunday Jan 1991, 10 days before the commencement of Desert Storm which kicked off with our noble nation dropping 88,500 tons worth of bombs onto the nation of Iraq Whitney Houston stepped out to the microphone in a red, white and blue tracksuit With a powerful voice trained in nightclubs and gospel choirs and accompanied by the Florida Orchestra, she then performed one of the best and most popular renditions of the Star Spangled Banner in U S history It became a hit, actually charting at 20 on the Billboard Top 100 After Sept 11, 2001, it became a hit again, this time peaking at six It was, of course, not even the main event of the evening It functioned simply as the pre-game ceremony for Super Bowl XXV That championship turned out to be quite the nail-biter, but that’s irrelevant for the time being

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The way I see it though, Whitney’s National Anthem has never been more relevant And what’s important about it today is more than the quality of her vocal performance Looking at it now can show us how, even if you ’ re not a fan of football, the Super Bowl is a vital event in the American consciousness After all, Whitney herself sang it in front of 73,813 people, with an estimated 79 51 million people watching from around the world This Sunday, in the middle of the violent and desensitizing crises which plague not only our nation but the

world at large, Lady Gaga will sing the A m e r i c a n n a t i o n a l anthem in front of an e s t i m a t e d 189 million viewers If past perform a n c e s , i n c l u d i n g W h i t n e y ’ s , have been any indicator, fighter jets will roar overhead as the crowd loses their shit over the final note Like the Super Bowl itself, it will be an orgasmic display of American might It will be the tightly wrapped ribbon on the gift of our destructive patriotism, the capital letter of the sentence our consumerist bacchanal has now implanted into Western Civilization as unalterable fact

Part of me is suspicious that the chills and awe I get everytime I watch Whitney’s performance are the same sensual affects so many of our patriots feel when they hear the proto-fascist phrase “Make America Great Again ” I hear it and I know, at some deep level, that I am a

part of that machine Her voice seems to be filled with announcement and revelation, of what exactly I’m not sure But every little part, every single note shining in that “how the hell can a human being do that” register, makes you believe in the power of the American empire It is of an aesthetic class which includes religious hymns and battle cries On an individual level, it makes you feel a part of something beautiful, something utterly sublime This is America, you think This is the greatest country on Earth Ignore anyone else who says otherwise You want to soar over the Grand Canyon in a slow-motion fly by or, at least, believe that the United States stands for all that is true and good in the world

Like I said, ten days later, with her final, bold lines still echoing throughout the hearts and minds of Americans, the U S military laid waste to the Persian Gulf The political situation for our coming Super Bowl will be a bit different Perhaps Lady Gaga’s singing

won ’ t be so rife with militaristic context

However, anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past year will know that the American religion is on the rise “What happened to the Old America?” many are saying “What happened to Whitney Houston making us forget that we were about to turn the Iraqi infrastructure into an afterthought?” is what they’re asking

Whitney Houston’s performance is especially pertinent to our current political situation because it is the ultimate realization of the America that people want back This is the display of strength that so many Americans want to see We want the epic scale and sense of importance We want to feel protected by virtue of muscle-size and good looks We want to turn on the television, see the best singer in the world, accompanied by the best orchestra in the world, preparing us for the best athletes in the world, and think, “I am a part of this, and everything will be okay ” For a nation so proud of its individualism, we sure do love feeling like someone else is in control

I’ll be watching the Super Bowl this Sunday Statistically, I’m sure the majority of people reading this column will be tuning in as well Certainly, it’s not a sin to appreciate sports or ceremonies But I urge everyone on Sunday to remember that, at the end of the day, it’s a bit more than a really popular football game It’s a festival; it’s a ceremony; it’s a goddamn pagan rite of spring

Stephen Meisel is a sophomore in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at spm243@cornell edu Ap p e a r a n c e s r uns alternate Fridays this semester

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Cornell Hosts Ivy League Foes Over Weekend

By JESSICA BROFSKY Sun Staff Writer

The women ’ s basketball team will head into two Ivy League games against Brown a n d Ya l e t h i s we e k e n d T h e Re d h a s played four Ivy League contests, currently holding an Ivy record of 3-1

“I think we had a really gutsy win on Saturday night coming off our Har vard loss Friday night,” said head coach Dayna Smith “ When we are playing together and sharing the ball and playing team

defense, we are getting a lot of good things accomplished ” Brown and Yale have different styles of basketball compared to what the Red is u s e d t o p l a y

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r y guard-oriented,” Smith said “ They have some terrific scorers on the perimeter They play a different style of defense from each other and from us, so I think that that’s going to be a challenge We are going to really have to take care of the bas-

ketball, rebound and play penetration defense ”

Yale plays an aggressive man-to-man defensive style Smith said they like to deny and allow ball pressure Brown, on the other hand, plays a matchup zone defense Both of these

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ve been effective for the two teams Because of this, these games will be different from the last four Ivy ones

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n e Campbell said the Red will have to be tough

m e ntioned that Brown is coming out a terrific preseason with a lot of confidence, so the Red will have to shut them down early and tr y to get a lead as quick as possible

“ When we are balanced in our scoring we ’ ve been able to win some games and really do some nice things on offense,” Smith said

Last season, the team split its matches against Yale and Brown, proving that they matched up ver y evenly

“In the Ivy League, we take ever y team ver y seriously,” Campbell said “ We give ever y team respect because you never know who is going to be hot one night We tr y to have the same mentality for each game that we ’ re going to have to give

Icers to Battle Top-10 Teams

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer

ever ything we have to beat them ” Smith compared the current team to last year ’ s, which was much younger This year she says they are playing ver y hard and scrappy basketball “ We’ve developed more of a balanced scoring attack,” Smith said “I like the bal-

ance, we

ve lost some games this season So we continue to strive to have that balanced play on offense ” Campbell spoke of

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ucial piece to the team On the team as a whole, she said, “ We have a lot of

together, and I think that’s why we ’ ve been successful ” Smith said the team ’ s main goal is getting better and more consistent ever y day It’s a simple strategy, one that does not involve a complex formula “ We don’t want to make too many adjustments with having to change who we want to be,” Smith said “ We want to play team basketball We want to outwork our opponents ”

Jessica Brofsky can be reached at jbrofsky@cornellsun com

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Hatter Expected to Return for Red

By ADAM BRONFIN

After becoming the first player in the 118-year history of Cornell basketball to score at least 32 points in back-to-back games, freshman guard Matt Morgan is the hottest player in the league In four Ivy

games, Morgan, the reigning Player of the Week has combined for 120 points, over 40 more than the next highest scoring player

Yet despite his offensive outburst, Morgan still does not lead the conference in scoring That honor belongs to Morgan’s backcourt mate, Robert Hatter

The junior guard, who missed his previous four games with an ankle injury, will return this weekend when Cornell battles Brown and Yale

Will there be a clash when Hatter and Morgan, both high-volume scorers, return to the same backcourt? Head coach Bill Courtney laughed when asked if there would be conflict between the two talented guards

“No clash We’ll be a better team, ” Courtney said “If you look at the last game they played together at Howard, they both had terrific games, both very efficient I think with him back it helps both those guys to be more efficient They’re going to have much better shooting numbers because it’ll take a little bit of

the pressure off each of the guys ” Hatter and Morgan get their first chance to show off to the the conference how good they can be together when Cornell battles Brown on Friday The Bears will enter the game losers of three of their previous four games, but according to Courtney, they’re still a dangerous team, led by talented point guard Tavon Blackmon

“He’s a one man fast break,” Courtney said of Blackmon “We’ll just try to contain him He’s different than most of the players we see in this league with his speed and quickness He has to see a wall of defenders every time he’s pushing the ball up the floor ”

Blackmon is first in the Ancient Eight in assists and is coming off a dominant performance against Penn He scored 23 points and dished out 10 assists as the Bears picked up their first in-conference victory of the season over the Quakers

“It’s not going to be an individual

Cornell Welcomes Columbia, No. 4 OSU

Red continues trek toward 14th consecutive Ivy League championship

By ANNA FASMAN

A s o n e o f t h e m o s i m p re s s i ve t e a m s i n C o r n e a t h l e t i c s , t h e w re s t l i n g t e a m

h a s t a k e n h o m e 1 3 c o n s e c u t i ve Iv y t i t l e s ove r t h e l a s t 1 ye a r s B o a s t i n g m e m o r a b l w re s t l e r s l i k e Ky l e Da k e ’ 1 a n d c u r r e n t j u n i o r G a b De a n ove r t h e ye a r s a we l l a s t h e u n s u n g h e ro e s t h e w re s t l i n g s q u a d , e s p e c i a l l y t h e s t a r t i n g 1 0 , c o n s i s t e n t l y c o m e s o n t o t h e m a w i t h d r i ve a n d c o n f i d e n c e D e s p i t e r e c e n t s t r u g g l e s h e a d c o a c h R o b e r t K o e x p e c t s h i s t e a m t o t a k h o m e ye t a n o t h e r t i t l e “ I b e l i e ve o n e o f t h e re a s o n s o u r t e a m h a s w o n s m a n y Iv y L e a g u e t i t l e s ove t h e ye a r s i s b e c a u s e we d e x p e c t t o w i n i t , ” h e s a i d “ [ H o w e v e r ] , w e c e r t a i n l d o n ’ t o v e r l o o k a n y o p p o n e n t s , e s p e c i a l l y o u r Iv y c o m p e t i t o r s , b e c a u s e o n e l o s s w i l l a l m o s t c e r t a i n l y c o s t u s t h e t i t l e ” T h i s we e k e n d , t h e Re d ( 3 - 4 ) w i l l f a c e Iv y o p p o n e n t C o l u m b i a o n i t s w a y t o t h e t i t l e b e f o re t u r n i n g a ro u n d a n d f a c i n g No 4 Ok l a h o m a St a t e t h e n e x t d a y Hi s t o r i c a l l y, t h e t e a m h a s s t r u g g l e d t o c o m e o u t o n t o p o f t h e C ow b oy s , a c o ns i s t e n t l y s t ro n g t e a m “ Ev e r y o n e s t r u g g l e s a g a i n s t O k l a h o m a St a t e b e c a u s e t h e y a re a l w a y s a To p - 3 t e a m , ” Ko l l s a i d “ We h a v e n ’ t f a c e d t h e m v e r y o f t e n b u t t h e re re a l l y i s n ’ t a n y t h i n g we c a n d o d i f f e re n t l y o t h e r t h a n we h a ve 1 0 d i f f e r e n t w r e s t l e r s o n t h e m a t t h a n t h e l a s t t i m e we f a c e d t h e m ” W h i l e Ko l l c o n s i d e r s t h i s s e a s o n t o b e s u c c e s s f u l t h u s f a r, t h e t e a m h a s s e e n u n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c a l l y d i v i d e d re s u l t s w i t h t h re e w i n

The Paris Perfection Problem

Asix-foot-five tattooed talismanic Swede with a ponytail, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is an imposing striker Coupled with this tough persona, Zlatan can do an insane array of tricks and flicks with a soccer ball, topped off with a powerful shot He has scored more than 400 career goals, at a rate of almost two every three games In short, he is one of the 10 best soccer players in the world

Zlatan plies his trade for Paris SaintGermain, a club that competes in France’s Ligue 1 The league is widely considered one of the top five in Europe in terms of quality Zlatan’s 2012 arrival from AC Milan strengthened the league’s talent pool PSG could afford a player of Zlatan’s caliber because Qatar Sports Investments purchased the club in 2011 The chairman of QSI, Nasser al-Khelaifi, bankrolled a major spending spree, allowing the club to land superstars such as Ibrahimovic In the years after QSI’s takeover, PSG signed more global stars with QSI’s money, ranging from proven talents like Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani to up-and-coming starlets, such as Marquinhos and Marco Verratti This influx of talent positioned the French club for a positive future

The team followed through, winning the league championship in the 2012-13 season PSG went on to win the title in the next two seasons, as well This season, to the surprise of no one, they are currently at the top of the Ligue 1 standings What is shocking, however, is the distance between PSG and the rest of the league the second-place team, AS Monaco, sits 21 points behind PSG So far, in 23 games, PSG has won 20, drawn three and have yet to record a loss in league competition They also sport a whopping goal difference of 48, meaning they have scored, on average, over two more goals per game than their opponents Basically, the team is far better than the rest of the French clubs

PSG’s per formance this season becomes less surprising when you consider the team ’ s finances According to French Football Weekly, their season budget of €490 million is more than four times the budget of any other team in Ligue 1 On paper, there is nothing wrong with Khelaifi’s major investment in the club The players he has purchased have allowed PSG to compete with the major European giants in the UEFA Champions League, the Europe-wide competition that determines the best team on the continent PSG even reached the quarter-finals last year, which they could not have done before Khelaifi bought the team Their continental resur-

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