02-08-13

Student A ssembly

Urges C.U. to D ivest

From Fossil Fuels

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN

In a victory for environmental activists at Cornell, the Student Assembly passed a resolution Thursday demanding the University divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry by the end of 2020

The resolution, which also calls for 30 percent of the divested money to be reinvested in sustainable enterprises, was passed by the S A by a vote of 22 for and 2 against, according to former Kyoto NOW! co-president Anna-Lisa Castle ’13 Kyoto NOW! a climate justice organization began working on the resolution about a year ago, according to Castle The S A debated the proposal last week, according to S A President Adam Gitlin ’13

The resolution served as a way to put pressure on the administration to invest in sustainable organizations, former Kyoto NOW! co-

Cornell ROTC Reacts to Lift

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By NOAH RANKIN Sun Staff Writer

Tomorrow

GET SET Workshop for Grad Students, Future Educators, and Teaching Assistants 8:45 a m – 3:30 p m , 251 Malott Hall

Valentine Card Making

10 a m – 12:00 p m , Big Red Barn

Dumpling Throwdown

3 – 8:00 p m , Hasbrouck Community Center, Hasbrouck Apartments

Memories of Milosz Exhibit & Poetry Reading

5 p m , Andrew Dickson White House

The Mickees With Charlie Walters

7 – 9:00 p m, Bear’s Den in the Ivy Room, Willard Straight Hall

N ews, “I thac ans S te p U p Fra ck in g Pr ote sts, ” M onday

Sp eaking ab out the intense consequences of fracking and the lo cal resp onse

Do you want to force p eople to b ecome subjects in an uncontrolled human exp eriment? Fracking represents the massive industrializ ation of a landscap e we are less frightened of jail cells than of p oisoned water

Prof. Sandra Steingrab er, Ithaca College, Environmental Studies and S ciences

Ar ts, “A n O de to Ani m ati on, ” Tu esday

Sp eaking ab out why animated movies aren’t just for kids

“These movies are art Literally They are painted, and sketched, and digitally mastered They include a layer of emotion and p ersonality that you don’t get in live filming , b ecause the characters are built created given the illusion of life by a man with a p en or nowadays with a tablet You don t just see a character ; you see a p erson ’ s vision of a character How they feel ab out who they ’ ve created ” Arielle Cruz ’15

Sp eaking ab out obser ving chemicals distribute on complex oxide thin f ilms

“When I heard ab out this 15 years ago I thought this is crazy It ’ s like taking mud and ro cks throwing it at the garage do or, and getting the Mona Lis a It do esn t seem p ossible

Prof Jo el Bro ck , Applied Engineering and Physics

It’s common knowledge that “Cornell” and “ snow day” don’t fit in the same sentence In light of Winter Storm Nemo, what would you do all day if classes were somehow canceled?

“I don’t really attend class all that much to begin with, so it wouldn’t make that much of a difference ” Barely a Student ’14

“Spend the day in Helen Newman playing basketball ” Ball is Life ’15

“Do the same thing I usually do: roll out of bed at noon, and look out the window and head back to bed ” Hit the Snooze Button ’14

“Make ice penises, duh ” Getting It In ’15

People Value E xperiences

More Than Objects, Study Says

By ERIKA HOOKER Sun Staff Writer

Are people more likely to be happy talking about the designer jeans they got at Christmas last year or about an epic spring break trip skydiving in Fiji?

According to a ne w study by Prof T h o m a s G i l o v i c h , p s y c h o l o g y, a n d Amit Kumar grad, talking about experiential purchases makes people happier than talking about material purchases

“Experiences give you the oppor tunity to tell a stor y and we enjoy stories,” Kumar said

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r findings on seven different studies they conducted, which all looked at various aspects of talking about experiential and material purchases They are currently working on publishing a paper with their findings

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either a material or experiential purchase they had made The par ticipants were then asked to specify their most significant purchase in the last five years in the categor y they were assigned and to answer questions about the sati

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Par ticipants re por te d that talking was much more impor tant to their e xpe rie ntial pu rch as e s than to the ir material purchases Results also indicated that par ticipants got more purc h a s e s a t i s f a c t i o n f r o m e x p e r i e n c e s , according to the study

The research, which focuses what will most increase consumers ’ happiness, may help consumers shift their patterns of consumption so purchases can be more satisfying, according to Kumar

“Maybe you save 20 bucks on a shir t to go out to a movie with your friends i n s t e a d , ” h e s a i d “ Yo u g e t e xc i t e d about going and can still talk about it

later Experiential purchases have benefits before and after ”

According to Gilovich, the current study is an extension of a paper he previously wrote with another graduate student, Leaf Van Boven ’00 Gilovich said that the first paper studied experiences and material things and found that experiences made people happier

“I had to ask myself why this was, ” Gilovich said “I had an ideological consideration that people talk about e x p e r i e

because of it ”

Although designer jeans may physically last longer than a spring break trip to Fiji, Gilovich said people’s happiness diminishes as they become accustomed to these things in their lives

“One of the biggest findings in well being and happiness is how readily we adapt to changes in life, both good and bad,” Gilovich said “ This [ready adaption] is an enemy of happiness, because material things don’t endure in our minds ”

Gilovich said that the evidence suggests that society should spend less money on material goods and more money on experiential purchases in order to be happier

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According to Kumar, research in happiness and well being, similar to the ne w study, has been increasing in popularity in recent years

“How can we live our lives in a way that will make us happier?” he said “People are discovering there are ways of actually measuring these things ”

Erika Hooker can be reached at ehooker@cornellsun com

Cornell Leads Iv y League Schools in Peace Corps Recruits

By KEVIN MILIAN Sun Staff Wr ter

Cornell has been ranked fourth in the nation among mediumsized schools for producing Peace Corps volunteers

The University currently has 40 alumni working overseas in the Peace Corps Cornell produces the most Peace Corps recruits of Ivy League schools

The Peace Corps is a U S government-run program that trains volunteers to work in a host nation to advance its social, rural and economic development, according to the Peace Corps’ website

A total of 1,595 Cornellians have served in the Peace Corps since its founding in 1961

Cornell alumni currently serve in 25 countries, including Benin, the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Georgia, Indonesia and the Philippines, according to Marshall McCormick, Cornell’s Peace Corps coordinator

“Cornell produces students with an extraordinary skill set that integrates nicely with the skills that our host communities request, ” McCormick said Cornell offers two master ’ s

degree programs affiliated with the Peace Corps the Master of Professional Studies degree and the Master of Regional Planning degree in which students spend two years working with the organization

Evan Delahanty ’07, a current volunteer in the jungles of the Republic of Suriname, focuses on community economic development and youth development in the nation

“One of my largest projects so far is designed to stimulate renewable energy in Suriname,” he said in an email “This project will support entrepreneurs in the interior of Suriname who want to sell small solar energy devices and educate consumers about climate change and how they can benefit from renewable energy ” Delahanty also works with students in the sixth grade of the school in his host village, teaching the students English, computer skills and entrepreneurship

“We make and sell juice as a hands-on business lesson for the kids, with all profits going towards the group and the goals the children set for themselves,” he said

Delahanty cited Cornell’s diverse environment as one of his

influences in deciding to volunteer

“My college experience prepared me to be comfortable interacting with a diverse group of people working through a diverse set of problems,” Delahanty said

McCormick echoed

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Delahanty’s sentiments, citing several characteristics that play a role in Cornell being “ so effective in producing volunteers ”

“I think the culture of civic engagement at Cornell resonates very well with what the Peace Corps does,” McCormick said

“Students that serve with Peace Corps have a commitment to making a difference and can see tangible results within their two years of service ”

Kevin Milian can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com

Lifting Ban on Women in Combat

Will Open Up New Jobs, Cadet Says

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w h i c h s h e a d d e d i s “ n o t t y p i c a l l y a f e m a l e p o s it i o n ” – s h e s a i d s h e i s l o o k i n g f o r w a rd t o s e e i n g w h a t n e w o p p o r t u n i t i e s w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e t o w o m e n T h e c a d e t s a n d Mc K e e g a n a l i k e s t r e s s e d t h a t t h e a r m y i s a l r e a d y, f o r t h e m o s t p a r t , g e n d e r n e u t r a l “ Ev e r y c a d e t g o e s t h r o u g h a t h r e e w e e k s u mm e r t r a i n i n g – i t ’ s a b o u t a s i n t e g r a t e d a s i t c a n g e t , ” L i e u t e n a n t K e v i n P B a s s n e y ’ 1 3 s a i d “ I s l e p t i n t h e s a m e t e n t a s w o m e n ; t h e y u s e d t h e s a m e b a t h r o o m s a s m e I t h i n k t h e o n l y t h i n g t h a t w a s d i f f e r e n t i s t h a t t h e y h a d a m e n ’ s a n d a w o m e n ’ s c h a n g i n g t e n t T h a t w a s i t ”

A l t h o u g h t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f D e f e n s e w i l l n e e d t o c o m e u p w i t h a p p r o p r i a t e n e w g e n d e rn e u t r a l s t a n d a rd s t h a t t h e s o l d i e r s m u s t m e e t f o r t h e s e p o s i t i o n s , s i n c e i t s l i f t o n t h e b a n i s s o n e w, n o o n e c a n b e e n t i r

president Rebecca Macies ’14 said Gitlin said that the resolution aligned with the University’s already demonstrated prioritization of environmental issues

“The administration in many ways has already shown its commitment to sustainability and a greener campus, ” Gitlin said “But this is an important statement from students encouraging the University to invest in a greener and more sustainable future ”

Day Hall administrators and the Board of Trustees will next consider the proposal, according to Student Trustee Alex Bores ’13

“I think the administration and Board of Trustees are always amenable to student suggestions, but they don’t always agree with them,” Bores said “We will have to see their conversations in the next weeks and months develop ”

The resolution, which was presented by Castle and Macies at the meeting, touted the benefits of the divestment program Many members voiced their support for the resolution during the ensuing debate, like Ulysses Smith ’13, vice president for diversity and inclusion for the S A

“I agreed with this last week; I agree with it now [The S A has] been approving resolutions that are in support of Cornell’s mission and its green initiative,” Smith said

However, during the meeting, other members of the S A expressed concern about the effect of the resolution on the University’s endowment

Geoffery Block ’14, at-large representative for the S A , said that although he supported the principle behind the resolution, he

questioned what the effect of the policy would be on Cornell’s endowment

Bores, who supported the resolution, also acknowledged potential obstacles facing the policy

“There were a lot of comments [at this Assembly meeting] realizing there were a few snares in implementing [the policy] There are a number of potential obstacles in its existing form,” Bores said

In response to questions about the financial impact divestment could have on Cornell’s endowment, Castle cited a study that concluded that the financial risk of divestment has been exaggerated Castle noted that the resolution did not particularly specify how the divestment should be conducted, which she said will allow the administration to handle the divestment in a manner administrators see fit

Current Kyoto NOW! co-president Dennis Fox ’15 said that although there were possible issues with divestment that could arise, everyone at the meeting agreed that the University needed to make sustainable investments

“I didn’t have any problems with the reservations that were voiced tonight No one disagreed with the principles behind the [resolution],” he said

Irrespective of opposition to the resolution, Castle emphasized on the importance of being ‘ carbon neutral ’

“When we say ‘carbon neutral’, we should mean it,” she said “It doesn’t mean we should just start recycling on campus; we also want to see that we are not hypocritical by investing millions of dollars in the fossil fuel industry ”

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Let’s be honest: Nobody is reading this paper today Seriously, the only people who will dig out of their snowed-in dormitories to read the print edition of The Sun are its editors, who are (and this is coming from us) a bunch of dweebs So we ’ re gonna write about something only newspaper nerds want to talk about: fonts! Here are four fonts our Berry Patch reporters use on their resumes and what it says about them

Helvetica: Helvetica is the font version of Banksy People who want their colleagues to think they know a thing or two about fonts praise Helvetica to high heaven Much like Banksy, Helvetica owes its popularity to a documentary, Helvetica, that was popular among whitebread NPR faux-intellectuals who enjoy name-dropping documentaries in order to shame their friends for enjoying James Bond movies When you use Helvetica on a resume, you are telling your potential employer that you are a poseur While this might get you hired at an accounting firm (theyʼre notoriously desperate for cred), advertising firms will burn your resume in their daily sacrifice to David Ogilvy

Times New Roman: You’re one of those people that hates change, aren’t you? This is the font you use on every single paper you’ve ever written If it were up to you, your ancient Windows desktop computer would be a Smith Corona (our Vonnegut-loving Associate Editor would agree, but you should both move on) You think of yourself as a real-life Ron Swanson, admonishing the frills of modern life (dafont com? psh!) and opting for the tried-and-true methods of old Your prospective employer will look at your history of “running social media campaigns” and wonder how technologically proficient you can really be if you don’t even know how to change the font settings on Word

Futura: If you ’ re applying to work as a “digital youth sustainability marketing intern” for a company that specializes in fair-trade tea and also helps raise money to pay for Smiths cover bands to play at the weddings of gay burn victims, Futura just might work It says that you ’ re young, hip enough to have seen a couple of Wes Anderson movies and that you probably think you look great wearing a tweed jacket with jeans (Editor’s Note: Ever yone looks like a pompous tool when they wear a tweed jacket with jeans )

Garamond: If R Kelly and James Joyce had to work together to write a love letter from Ice-T to Coco as part of a hackneyed sitcom plot to get them back together after a series of preposterous misunderstandings, they would set it in Garamond Garamond (or, as Yates called it, “the typography of lust”) tells employers that, while you are an idealist, you are also a hard-worker who is forward-looking and understands the importance of innovation and other nonsensical business buzzwords People who use Garamond have better sex, birth better-looking children and score higher than average in Scrabble In conclusion: If you want a job, set your resume in Garamond

D ivestment: Resolution Pa sses, Fight Continues

Kfrom 230 other campuses across the countr y, are calling for the divestment of university endowment funds from the fossil fuel industr y On Thursday, the Student Assembly passed “Resolution 32: Toward a Responsible Endowment” in support of the campaign This movement is gaining momentum as an increasing number of universities respond to the moral cri-

sis of climate change And let me be clear: The climate is changing But more than just the atmosphere is at stake; we risk continued economic losses, new natural disasters and unjust human suffering around the world with continued inaction on climate change

Although there are many sources of greenhouse gases, the main sources are fossil fuel extraction and combustion Fossil fuel companies also fund anti-science climate skeptics and misinformation campaigns, while lobbying aggressively against pragmatic climate legislation This industr y does not play by the rules They do not deser ve our money

Divestment does not have to hurt our endowment In fact, divesting from fossil fuels can be seen as a sound financial decision A recent study by the Aperio Group, an investment management firm, found that screening investment portfolios for fossil fuel companies and divesting from them would have an overall negligible effect on returns Along with this idea, the long-term rationality of investing in fossil fuels is increasingly coming under question A report by HSBC predicts that the coal, oil and gas industries will become risky investments in the future as climate mitigation strategies are implemented By 2035, coal consumption is expected to fall 30 percent and oil by 12 percent That means prices will go down High-cost projects (which are also high-cost to the climate), such as tar sands extraction, have

Sandy cost over $40 billion; climate change is a bad investment

Alternatively, renewable investments are producing high returns Green revolving funds are raking in 30 to 47 percent returns at universities like Har vard, University of C

Thursday, President Skorton announced that the University will invest $1 million in our new green revolving fund This is a step in the right direction and it demonstrates that Cornell is willing to put its money where its mouth is Skeptics argue that divestment is misguided and it will have no impact on clim

Cornell’s endowment will not cause Exxon and Chesapeake to go out of business

However, widespread divestment will stigmatize the industr y As Kirat Singh mentioned in his Sun column on Wednesday, during the South African divestment movement, many companies divested to avoid being labeled as discriminator y Wouldn’t it be incredible if the fossil fuel industr y had a similar stigma? “Oh, you fund fossil fuel extraction? I’ll take my business elsewhere ” Divestment puts an idea in place that can start a movement Singh rightly argued “You Only Divest Once,” and with the support of 230 other campuses and international climate change advocacy groups, now is the time The climate will neither repair itself, nor will fossil fuels be replaced with sustainable energy, if we do not put pressure on dirty energy industries Most scientists agree that we, as a planet, are approaching a tipping point in the climate battle; if a movement to divest were to exist, like it did for Apartheid thirty years ago, it should be now, not later Divestment is just one of many tools we can and should use to fight the fossil fuel industr y As students, this is something we have the power to do We don’t need to wait until we graduate to fight for what we know is right The passing of this resolution shows we have broad student support Now it is time for the administration and the B

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destructive industr y, or it doesn’t Let’s think about the future; let’s think about the long term impact on our climate and our endowment Divest now, Cornell!

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

To be 19 years old and writing a review about a last-hurrah work of a posse of 20th-century film greats feels more than a little sacrosanct My father was seven years-old when the first Godfather was released; who am I to shed a tear over Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) reduced to campy Viagra-gone-wrong jokes? I hadn’t even heard tell of Alan Arkin until he faux-grandfathered Abigail Breslin, and I certainly haven’t earned the right to laugh patronizingly at Christopher Walken’s (grand)dad jokes he was applauded for his role in Tarantino’s first writing project True Romance in the same year that I was born and his first Oscar win was 15 years previously

But this is where Stand Up Guys’ most successful punch comes from: Its nostalgia For the largely past-middle-age audience that surrounded me in the theater, it was nostalgia for the grand era of movies that they had once experienced and now long for For myself and the fellow Sun writer sitting next to me, it was nostalgia for a time that we got to see only in the aftermath, an era which had already become legend by the time we arrived on the movie-loving scene These interior conflicts are what make the film so difficult to talk about The premise is a surprisingly original one retired gangster Doc (Walken) picks up old friend and partner Val (Pacino) after a 28-year prison sentence, but soon after they’re reunited, Val correctly guesses that Doc has been ordered by the crime boss Claphands (Mark Margolis) to kill him in recompense for a long-ago accidental heist-gone-wrong Doc is determined to make a grand adventure out of Val’s last day, which includes springing their old buddy/get-away driver Hirsch (Arkin) from his nursing home The most beautiful moments in this movie were like this one, when the film lingered on the potency of that particular sort of love story about life-long friendships, the notion of topping one ’ s “good old days,” and the dignity of grace under pressure Pacino spinning a young woman around

Stand Up Guys

Directed by Fisher Stevens Starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin

the dance floor at a bar to Sam & Dave’s “When Something is Wrong with My Baby” perfect But the film had almost as many bad moments, in which the actors seemed stripped of their dignity Pacino following a Russian prostitute up the stairs at a brothel, only after he’s downed half a bottle of Viagra depressing Best known for his Academy Award-winning documentary, The Cove, this is the first feature film by director Fisher Stevens Partnering with first-time screenwriter Noah Haidle, the pair struggle with obvious pacing problems, frequent patches of trite dialogue, and many cheap-thrills á la Betty White’s look-at-oldpeople-doing-things-they-shouldn’t shtick Pacino and then Arkin’s characters are laboriously befuddled by the automatic ignition on a stolen sports car and Arkin’s stupefied This is like the future!” is just too pandering to handle The repeated joke of the film, told in tandem by Pacino and Walken, is cheesy too, but much more likable: “We have two choices: We can either chew gum or kick ass And I’m all out of gum ” Walken delivers most of the film’s legitimate comedy with the line: “These guys are animals They’re the type to take out your kidneys and not even sell them” as well as one of his best dramatic performances in years His strongest moments are when the plot isn’t forced when he’s monologuing, catching up with Arkin or establishing the oh-so-important relationship with friendly waitress Alex (Addison Timlin), as opposed to when he’s following Pacino around, pulling dour expressions while he watches his friend’s desperate antics

A surprising amount of back-up in the comedy department comes from supporting actress Lucy Punch (remember her from Ella Enchanted, not from Bad Teacher) As the daughter and successor of a fondly-remembered madam in the neighborhood brothel the boys frequented in their good old days, she somehow earns an entire backstory flush with character, empathy, warmth and respect, delivering only laughs that are righteously-earned and surprisingly-wholesomely delivered Arkin isn’t in the film quite as much as one might wish, but the

T w o F i l m s , 12 M o n k e y s

The first time I saw 12 Monkeys, Terry Gilliam’s tale of time travel and global catastrophe, it blew my mind Yes, I was only 11, and most of my other experiences in the realm of science fiction had involved cute little animals forcibly stuffed into little balls, and yes, almost the entirety of the plot flew completely over my head, but the movie revealed possibilities I had never before imagined as possible The movie’s most important takeaway, as I later learned through subsequent views, concerns the subjectivity of memory and the limits of our perception of reality In my case, 12 Monkeys had altered both and my perception of film, culture and society would never be the same

I wasn ’ t the only one affected by 12 Monkeys: When the film was released in 1995, it was met with many critical accolades, though not without serious reservations about the film’s admittedly convoluted plot Yet, few critics realized the film’s link to La Jetée, a French science-fiction “film” composed almost entirely of a montage in which pictures taken immediately before disasters are coldly analyzed to create a loosely coherent plot It is difficult to immediately see the link between these two films: How can a convoluted futuristic thriller, filled with expensive special effects and high-budget acting be based on a 29-minute collection of stills from the 60’s?

To start, the films share a similar plot In La Jetée, a prisoner living in the devastated remnants of post-WWIII Paris is sent back and forth through time to find food, supplies and a way to save what is left of Earth All the while he is tortured by a perpetual memory that he does not understand the origin or meaning of Similarly, in 12 Monkeys, a prisoner is sent back in time to stop a virus from wiping out most of humanity while he is haunted by an ever-present and ever-changing dream of people who he does not recognize being murdered In both films, any further details would act as spoilers, but, suffice it to say, Gilliam was inspired deeply by

scenes he is in add a much-needed adrenaline shot to a plot that is mostly dragged through its first 30 minutes

Pacino’s performance is spotty at best, a travesty that weighs the movie way down Val has none of the power of Michael Corleone, little of the real spunk of Frank Slade and all of the sloppy late-career disregard he displayed in his decision to appear in Adam Sandler s abysmal Jack and Jill

The only glimpse of the powerhouse Pacino is during an exquisite monologue towards the end of the movie in which he tamps down the crassness long enough to note, “They say we die twice Once when the breath leaves our body, and once when the last person we know says our name, ” and to then deliver the question to Walken, “You gonna say my eulogy?” He frames the whole movie as an interpretation of life in which a person ’ s only task is to be good to their friends and to recall them fondly if they outlive them to be “ a fuckin’ stand-up guy ”

The soundtrack will signal to the audience to remember a better time for the crime genre and give a hint of setting (it’s no particular city, but could it be Chicago?), following Baby Huey, Elvin Bishop and Muddy Waters deep into the era of The Sting and The Godfather, Mean Streets and Thieves Like Us The prevailing antics of the movie’s stars are more reminiscent of another late (partially) and great (completely) crime duo who didn’t quite know what type of movie they were making they were on a “mission from God” as certainly as Pacino and Walken were “all out of gum ” A movie that’s not sure how serious it is, the sentiments of this film could hail from Harold & Maude just as easily as they could Ferris Bueller Then again, they wouldn’t be unfamiliar to the guys of Goodfellas either Thus, despite its failings, Stand Up Guys is largely a tribute A tribute to buddy movies, to crime movies, to the golden era of 70’s film, to the careers of three Hollywood legends, to comedy and to heart, to jokes that are overused but can sometimes still be funny, to clichés that are cliché for a reason

As Arkin decides in a lilting and skimmed-over revelation, this isn’t the good old days: “It’s better Because this time we can appreciate it ”

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun com

the Chris Marker’s seminal work, which was rated the best time travel movie of all time by Time Magazine in 2010

The two films could not be further apart in terms of style, at least on the surface Marker’s minimalist creation, whose moderation is clear in every aspect of the production, is almost unrecognizable in Gilliam’s overstuffed epic that features a budget in the millions rather than the thousands, hordes of well-known actors and zoo animals (Marker’s work had a budget of just about 0) It is difficult to say whether this divergence makes one of the films “better” than the other; yet, it is clear that Gilliam’s work is a very different beast than its ancestor

Despite this superficial difference, the two works share a sort of sensibility, a tone derived from the worlds of delusion they create and a hopeless feeling that endures after viewing 12 Monkeys undoubtedly tilts between a balance of philosophy and entertaining violence, and this isn’t necessarily a bad thing: In the end, both films make you think Though the questions they raise differ, they share an ability to turn one ’ s traditional understanding of the world upside down

12 Monkeys is screening at Cornell Cinema this Saturday at 9:30 p m

Samuel Bromer is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at sbromer@cornellsun com

1 See Black Francis 9 p m on Saturday at The Haunt

By this point in your life, you either love the Pixies or have gone far too many years without “Debaser” storming your virgin ears If you fall into the latter group, I guess The Haunt’s Saturday show with Black Francis, frontman of the Pixies, means little to you For the rest of us, we’ll be screeching and yelping our lungs out as the anti-hero of alternative rock graces our presence Black Francis will perform plenty of selections from his prolific and ever-incendiary solo work from recent years, but if tradition has any say, he will very likely throw in a “Monkey Gone to Heaven,” “Where Is My Mind??” or even a “Cactus in there for the old timers

2 Watch The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 9:30 p m on Friday 3:30 p m on Sunday at Cornell Cinema

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Do This Stuf f Instead:

See the Storm Tharp Exhibit at the Johnson

Meet strange and beautiful people at Third Person, an ethereal selection of ink on paper portraits by Storm Tharp '92, on display at the Johnson Museum till Apr 7 The self-concocted word games and Japanese portrait prints which inspire Tharp's whimsical or troubling narratives are also on view Tharp's subjects are very well-dressed; the impeccably tactile detail on sweaters and plaid shirts hint at Tharp's youthful dream of becoming a fashion designer, and more importantly raise the question: Why is fashion important to anyone? Over at Milstein Gallery (running till Feb 22), fabric sculptures wild assemblages comprising photographs of body parts, shibori textiles and striped shirts stand in for apologies or assertions Taking center stage, however, is a mural Tharp worked on alongside Cornell students As the youngest Cornell alumnus to hold a monographic show at the Johnson, Tharp is in good company; previous featured artists include Gordon Matta-Clark and James Siena

4 Watch the Grammys

8 p m on Sunday on CBS

ISunday, how do I make thee less sucky? This weekend, anyway, it will be with the Grammys, home of the most expensive and ridiculous performances of the year The award show that led the world to ask: Who the hell is Bonny Bear? This year, instead of staring at Nikki Minaj in an awkward coma of fear and entertainment, I will be watching two of my guys: Justin Timberlake and Frank Ocean Justin Timberlake is performing his first live show in years and Frank Ocean is, well, he is just Frank Ocean So what’s not to love, really? That’s what I’ll be doing this Sunday You know you want to see Lady Gaga’s newest outfit and Ke$ha’s newest personality

Compiled by Arielle Cruz, Daveen Koh and Zachar y Zahos

Grappling With Histor y: Django vs. Lincoln

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moment: Right after a heavily raciallycharged election, right before a historicallyc h a r g e d i n a u g u r a t i o n ( t h e f o r t u i

u s match-up of Obama’s second inauguration and MLK Jr Day) and even more perfectly, side-by-side with Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln These two films make the same historical allusions, but could not have a more opposing treatment of their salient theme: race Lincoln begins with two black men talking to President Lincoln (Daniel DayLewis) One speaks cautiously about the issue of emancipation and tries to cool the temper of his fellow black soldier as not to upset Lincoln The latter is more militant, makes demands for black soldiers’ salaries and as he paces backwards, recites the Gettysburg Address to pressure the president to keep his promise for “ a new birth of freedom ” These two overcast the rest of the film with a historical

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“Uncle Tom” (or as Malcolm X phrased it house negro”) versus t h e m i l i t a n t b l a c k

(Samuel Jackson’s Stephen), arguing that even worse than the racist slave-master Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the Uncle Tom black man who doesn’t fight for slave emancipation and thereby betrays his race

For its attack on passivity and use of humor in a painful setting (antebellum South), Django has been subject to condemnation and controversy This film will likely be garnered with Oscars this March but I think this film’s greatest contribution to us is its controversy I’ve heard some who like Django up until it “ goes too far ” I think that this “going too far” is actually the discomfort that these issues warrant and pushes our moral appetite by forcing us to look at the issue in its present day context

People often say the “Mandingo” scenes “ go too far” and have criticized Tarantino for creating a non-existent recreation and exploiting a landscape just morally bankrupt enough to suit his imagination I think that the mentality of “Mandingo” fighting (a fight to death between slaves for the

man (X referred to as “field negro”), but for the rest of the film, Spielberg does not add anything to the conversation on race Django ends with the same opposition, this time to a much bolder, important claim

The final hurrah of Django’s ( Jamie Foxx) vendetta is to shoot the “house negro ”

owner ’ s enjoyment) is comparable to the set-up behind today’s professional sports culture where many claim there is a “slave auction mentality behind owners forcing their (often black) players to take steroids and overlook potentially serious injuries With these scenes, Tarantino forces contem-

plation with discomfort

At other points, Tarantino creates modern day comparisons with humor When Dr K i n g S c h u l t z ( C h r i s t o p h e r Waltz) allows Django to buy his ow n c l o t h i n g , D j a n g o g e t s excited and chooses an ostentatious royal blue Napoleonic riding costume and regal coif The scene obviously references many modern- day rappers who come from underprivileged environments and, when their talent is answered with money, emphasize fashion and materialism over restraint or, as Kanye West says, “I know Spike Lee’s gonna kill me but I’d rather buy 80 gold chains and go ign’ant ” With Lee’s public disdain for Django (“It’d be disrespectful to my ancestors to see that film”), West and Tarantino can both rejoice in brushing off Lee’s judgement

All these scenes and many others in the film tread a fine line between okay and offensive Lincoln, on the other hand, is agreeable, tame, sensitive to the issues and consequently, no one is talking about it with the same energy Django is doing what c i n e m a d o e s w h e n i t ’ s a t i t s b e s t

Psychoanalyst film theorists argue that cinema exists for acting out on or opening up the audience’s repressed desires Django is crawling into America’s racial subconscious and bringing out the innards (even the grossest) for display Both a black revenge fantasy and white domination nostalgia get representation by the film’s characters two threads subtexting American political discussions in the age of Obama

And for that reason, I think 2012 compelled us into a new thinking man ’ s cinema

Lincoln is a good example of a genre I hope we forego: films that take familiar stances on issues and contribute to a stalwart in the national discussion, providing us with a commonly accepted set of P C “ answers ” to the problem so that we can “ move on ” I think this attitude is the real issue I have a problem with movies that put serious topics behind a glass casing as if in a museum and cover over historical brutalities to cater to contemporary attitudes I can ’ t help but compare these different treatments to the two black soldiers who open up Lincoln: One makes us feel comfortable and content with our present views; the other makes us uneasy and angry, may make us think farther than we’d like to, but ultimately, the second turns us in the right direction

Henry Staley is a freshman in the College of

Architecture & Planning He can be reached at hstaley@cornellsun com Politicizing Art appears alternate Fridays this semester

Globetrotters Bring Laughs to Ithaca

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

“And that, guys, is what you call an air ball ” Big Easy the Harlem Globetrotters’ central showman received a booming laugh from the crowd as a blue, red and white balloon shaped like a basketball floated into the rafters of Newman Arena The stunt which started with a simple switch of balls during the opposing team ’ s free throws was one of many on Tuesday night that combined incredible basketball talent and light-hearted entertainment

The Harlem Globetrotters, who are a household name today, originated in the South Side of Chicago in the 1920s Ever since their first performance in Chicago’s Savoy Ballroom in 1927, the Globetrotters have been touring the country, amusing and shocking audiences across the nation

Contrar y to public belief, the Globetrotters do lose Though they squeaked out a 106-100 win over the visiting Global Selects on Tuesday in a game that included four-pointers, playing with two balls and baskets worth double the points, the Globetrotters are not always so successful

Every year, the team sets aside a three-

week tour where they play real Division One college teams without the excess hoopla In 2006, the Trotters made their win total exactly 22,000 with only 345 losses most recently an 87-83 defeat by the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ All-Star Team in March of the same year

However, Tuesday night was about simultaneously pleasing a crowd packed into the stands of Newman Arena and proving the superior athleticism for which the Globetrotters are known so well The team ’ s smallest players and guards Scooter and Bull put on a display of dribbling talent midway through the third quarter, sliding across the court on their knees, putting the ball between their legs and behind their backs and avoiding defenders at the same time Moose whose puffed-out hairdo gave him a few extra inches on his height was, for the most part, a walking slam-dunk contest, receiving alley-oops and slamming home 180s and reverse dunks The 7-4 center Stretch was a totem pole on the court, blocking shots and at one point holding the ball up at full arms ’ length for a teammate to grab and dunk Big Easy provided most of the entertainment, interacting with the crowd by bringing kids and adults alike onto the floor, making them dance and shoot baskets for prizes

With the clock winding down in the fourth quarter, the Globetrotters took a two-point lead Though the Trotters have over 22,000 wins under their belts and a 98 5 winning percentage, fans still sat on the edge of their seats, waiting to see if the men in blue jerseys could pull out another exciting victory With his back to the basket, Big Easy dropped the ball behind him and kicked it into the air with the heel of his foot It looked as though it was meant to be

a shot, but as the ball remained suspended in mid-air, Bull leapt fully over a defender, grabbed the ball and dunked it The buzzer sounded and the fans leaned back in their seats It was another win for the Harlem Globetrotters, full of some truly breathtaking basketball and a lot of laughs

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com

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which they’ve been doing a good job with,” said senior for ward Eitan Chemerinski

The big stor y for the Crimson so far has been Chambers, who has made a profound impact in his rookie season, averaging 13 3 points and 6 1 assists He leads the conference in the latter categor y by a margin of almost two per game Though the Red is f a m i l i a r w i t h H a r v a rd’s g a m e plan and style of play, the squad has yet to see Chambers himself in live action and will need to find a way to contain him

“He’s young and we have to tr y to speed him up and make him uncomfortable,” Gray said “[Young guys] tend to play free, and that can be one of their strengths when they come in and just play ball So we have to make him think and take away the things he likes to do ”

The Red has spent time this week studying film of Chambers’ game, hoping to pinpoint his strengths

“ O u r c o a c h e s a l w a y s d o a good job preparing us with the film they watch,” Chemerinski said “ We’ll watch a lot of film on him and have a game plan [for guarding him] ”

On Saturday, the Red will be back at it against Dartmouth (513, 1-3), a team that has struggled in the past and finds itself in a three-way tie for the bottom spot in the conference However, one of the squad’s losses was a f i v e - p o i n t ov e r t i m e d e f e a t b y Har vard in which the Green was actually up by seven with 1:10 left on the clock

“Dartmouth is an improved team; they’ve been playing well so we’ll have to come out with a lot of defensive intensity and push the tempo, ” Chemerinski said The Green’s offense features balanced scoring, with four play-

ers averaging eight or more points p e r g a m e C e n t e r G a b a s Maldunas leads the team with 10 8 points and 6 2 rebounds and will be a focal point for the Re d’s d

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p a i n t So p h o m o re J vo n t e Bro o k s w h o w a s r u n n e r - u p b e h i n d sophomore Shonn Miller for Ivy League Rookie of the Year last season is averaging 7 5 points, but has yet to break out in conference play

“ We c a n ’ t ov e r l o o k Dartmouth at all,” Gray said “ We’ve seen what they’ve done They played Har vard in a tough game coming down to the wire They’ve struggled in the past, but at this point, we can ’ t afford any more losses ”

This “ can ’ t lose” mentality has per vaded the Red’s locker room, as the team understands the precarious position it is in right now In a tie for third place, the squad stands in the middle of the pack, and two wins this weekend would

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tough opponents right now and it’s a great challenge for us, ” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86

“We’re looking forward to the game on Friday night Our guys have been awesome in practice this week on both Monday and Tuesday

T h e y ’ ve c o m e i n a n d have gotten to work and haven’t pouted they

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t h e m s e l ve s T h e y ’ ve been ready to go and that kind of attitude, as a coach, makes me really proud of them ” De s p i t e t h e ro u g h patch, the players have not hung their heads

“I think you’d be sur-

prised with the attitude right now in the locker room, ” D’Agostino said “It’s actually pretty positive, pretty upbeat We feel like we ’ ve worked pretty hard the last couple weekends and obviously, we haven’t gotten the results we ’ ve wanted but we do feel like our work ethic and compete level [are] there ” Cornell is returning f o r t h e p e n u l t i m a t e home series of the season after falling in hardf o u g h t l o s s e s t o St Lawrence and Clarkson last weekend The Red has lost eight of the last nine for the first time in Schafer’s 18-year coaching tenure While trying to reverse the team ’ s fort u n e t h i s we e k e n d ,

Schafer will coach his 599th and 600th career games for the Red

“We’re going to get back to some old ment a l i t i e s a ro u n d h e re , ” Schafer said “The way is that if [you’re] not scoring goals, then stop them Our lack of scoring we ’ ve put a lot of focus on it over the last few weeks, not capitalizing on our chances it’s been frustrating our team Well, now it’s time to stop them stop them from scoring and frustrate the other team and get ready in transition and capitalize on our opportunities ” A

hopes have taken

With eight regular season games to go, the Red is hoping to build momentum going into the ECAC Tournament in March and make a charge for an automatic bid

“We haven’t stopped believing in ourselves at a l l , ” D ’ A g o s t i n o s a i d “ We re a l l y l i k e o u r hockey team Man for m a n , I ’d p u t u s u p against anybody in the countr y We’re still really confident in ourselves and we know we have the pieces in place to make a run ”

Chris Mills can be reached at cmills@cornellsun com

provide a significant boost

“Right now there’s a state of emergency, we understand we can ’ t take anymore losses, we have to focus in on each game and play like it’s our last,” Gray said “ This is a good opportunity to keep moving up the ladder, we just have to play together It’s an important time of year to be playing our best ”

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Dual Season Under way for Red

By REENA GILANI Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell tennis teams continued to put up solid results last weekend, with the dual season now officially underway for both teams On the men ’ s side, the squad (3-1) came away with split results after facing two ranked teams Meanwhile, the women (2-0) found great success in a doubleheader here in Ithaca

Last Friday, the No 70 men ’ s team took on No 52 Alabama (5-1) and suffered its first loss of the season, 5-2 The two points for the Red came from singles wins by sophomores Jason Luu (7-5, 6-4) and Quoc Nguyen (6-3, 6-4) Cornell also put up a good fight on the doubles side, with the tandem of sophomore tri-captain Alex Sidney and junior tri-captain Venkat Iyer coming away with a win, but Alabama ultimately took the point by winning two doubles decisions Despite its solid attempt, Cornell lost four of the singles matches as well, giving Alabama the victory

“I thought we played pretty well as a whole We had a lot of chances both in singles and doubles to win the match,” Sidney said “We certainly competed well, but the next time we get an opportunity like that we won ’ t let it slip away ”

On Sunday, the team had another opportunity to show its strengths and came out on top The Red bounced back from its Alabama loss to take down No 66 St John’s (0-5), 5-2, marking Cornell’s first win over a ranked team this season The Red lineup started off very strong in doubles, sweeping all three matchups for the point To clinch the victory, the team won an additional four singles competitions

“We really came off firing in doubles and just rolled it through That gave us a huge amount of confidence going into singles,” Sidney said “Maybe it was just in the back of our minds that we all wanted to go and watch the Super Bowl, but after the confi-

dence we gained in the doubles, we started off strong in singles and played solid throughout the entire match ”

Looking ahead, the men host a doubleheader on Sunday at Reis Tennis Center, with a schedule consisting of Fordham at 1 p m , followed by Buffalo at 6 p m

“We’re training really hard with the usual lots of running and lots of intense practices We want to make sure that we have enough energy to compete hard in both of these matches,” Sidney said

On the women ’ s side, the team started off on Sunday by first taking down Maryland-Baltimore County (0-4), 6-1 Cornell won all three doubles matches for the point and then proceeded to win an additional five singles contests, each of which was won in straight sets

“I thought everyone came out fired up and ready to play, which was great, ” said senior co-captain Christine Ordway “I was especially proud of our freshman [Laila Judeh and Dena Tanenbaum], they played really well and handled their nerves great ”

The match against St John’s (1-2) had very similar results, with Cornell getting the doubles point and another five from singles for a 6-1 victory Overall, the two Sunday contests set the stage for the Red moving forward

“If we keep up the same intensity and focus that we had this weekend, I think we will have a great season, ” Ordway said

This weekend, the women were scheduled to participate in the ECAC Indoor Championships at Columbia, but the match has been canceled due to the promise of a winter storm coming through the Northeast

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from the Hall of Fame

So when it came to light in the week leading up to the Super Bowl that Lewis, as well as several Alabama players from the NCAA Football Championship team here had been reportedly using deer antler spray, which contains a substance banned by the NFL as well as the NCAA, it became a major story

It seems ignorant to ignore the fact that Ray Lewis, at the extremely old age of 37 for an NFL player, came back from a torn tricep to play in the Super Bowl

area created in a black and white question He either has or he has not used PEDs and it should be extremely clear if he has failed a substance test in the past Second, to offer this statement up as the support for your star linebacker, and repeat what can only be called the battle cry of Lance Armstrong for the past decade, was insulting to sports fans everywhere

I don’t believe that Lewis recovered from his torn tricep with his own will and determination, and I don’t believe that anyone linked to a company that is actually called Sports with Alternatives to Steroids is acting within the rules

It is no longer reasonable to give someone like Ray Lewis the benefit of the doubt when he comes back from an injury in less than half the prescribed time.

This injur y, which is known to take an average of six months for a full recovery, only took Lewis ten weeks to overcome and return to playing for the final games of the Ravens season

It would seem that to juxtapose this miraculous feat with the Baseball Hall of Fame vote not to mention the wonderful production being put on by Lance Armstrong in recent weeks that sports fans are willingly ignoring Lewis’ recovery timeline Where the MLB players have testified and admitted to their steroid usage and Lance Armstrong’s two hour chat with Oprah left nothing to the imagination, people are seemingly willing to hold out hope for Lewis

Following the onslaught of media attention, the response from the Ravens’ management seemed like the broken record heard over and over again by any professional athlete accused of doping ESPN quoted John Harbaugh, head coach of the Ravens and one of the aforementioned smiling brothers, as saying, “My understanding is that he’s passed every random substance test that he’s taken throughout his career ”

The first problem with this statement is “My understanding is that” seems like a gray

Whether or not this story and indictment will carry over into the legacy of Lewis remains to be seen, but for someone who allegedly committed a double murder after his last Super Bowl and made it out without going to jail, I’m going to propose that it doesn’t seem like this allegation will hold

The lesson to be gained from the connection between Lewis and the Hall of Fame ballot is that the amount of cheating in sports has almost reached a tipping point, if it hasn’t already It is no longer reasonable to give someone like Ray Lewis the benefit of the doubt when he comes back from an injury in less than half the prescribed time

The records of the MLB players who “ tarnished” the game still stand There is no asterisk Nor is there a small footnote accompanying Lewis’s MVP award It’s not the place of the Hall of Fame to pass moral judgment if the excellence of these players is still being acknowledged in baseball

So now it will be up to the NFL and other professional sports leagues to decide to take a firm stand, or retroactively punish players 10 years after their playing careers They either have to start questioning the integrity of the sport, or they are forced to honor its cheaters

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Back at Ly nah, Red Hopes to End Five-Game Skid

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Wr ter

Looking to snap a five-game losing streak, the Red will get a kick start against the ECAC’s top team this weekend Cornell (8-11-2, 4-8-2 ECAC) is returning to Lynah Rink to host No 2 Quinnipiac (19-3-4, 12-0-2) on Friday and will battle Princeton (7-10-3, 5-6-3) on Saturday

“It’s going to be great to be home,” said senior defenseman and team tri-captain Nick D’Agostino “Especially for myself I only have potentially two weekends [left] here at Lynah So it’s great to be back here, I love playing in front of this crowd We feed off the energy, we ’ ve kind of let down the faithful a little bit, but we ’ re ready to go and hopefully we can get a couple wins for everybody this weekend ”

A veteran Quinnipiac team is in the midst of a 19-game unbeaten streak, dating back to a 3-2 victory over Colgate on Nov 9th That was one day before the Bobcats defeated Cornell 4-1 in the teams ’ previous meeting this season

“They’re having a great year, ” D’Agostino said “They’re a real mature team they have a lot of seniors on their team And obviously they’ve bought into the system that they’re playing in and it’s working for them [There are] a

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Bouncing off the boards | Senior defenseman and tri-captain Nick D’Agostino hopes that his team can bounce back from a mid-season slump, especially as his time playing at Lynah winds down

lot of similarities [between] how they play [and] how we play their penalty kill, their neutral zone and obviously it’s a team that we can look up to So this weekend we ’ re just going to have to compete and work hard and stay out of the penalty box and try to win the special teams battle against them ” Although the ECAC-leading Bobcats will present a significant challenge for the Red, the atmosphere in the locker

C.U. to Host Har vard, Dartmouth

By SCOTT CHIUSANO

The characteristic spattering of red and white in the stands of Newman Arena will turn entirely black this weekend, as the Red takes on Harvard and Dartmouth in the annual Newman Nation

Jersey Night The first 1,000 students to arrive at Friday night’s m a t c h u p a g a i n s t Ha r va rd w i l l receive a voucher for a black jersey that can be cashed in at Saturday’s game against Dartmouth

This weekend marks the first home Ivy series for the Red (101 1 , 2 - 2 Iv y L e a g u

promise of a large crowd is giving the team a little extra motivation for two important games

“Any time you come back home you ’ re excited to play, [especially] after two tough road games, ” said s e n i o r g u a rd Jo h n a t h a n Gr a y “Having a lot of people packed in and hearing the crowd behind us is going to be very exciting, we ’ re anxious to get out there ”

The crucial pair of weekend games will kickoff at 7 p m against Harvard (12-6, 4-0), a team that lost its two star players due to a cheating scandal at the beginning of the year The Crimson has still managed to remain undefeated in the conference and is one game ahead of Princeton Though Kyle

C a s e y a n d Br a n d y n Cu r r y accounted for almost 20 points a game last season, Gray expects that the Crimson’s strategy will not have changed much despite the loss

“We’ve scouted them a little bit, they have some young guys, ” he said “There won ’ t be anything different in their style of play, we just have to pay more attention to personnel ”

Most of the Crimson’s scoring so far this season is coming from the backcourt in guards Laurent

R i va rd , Si y a n i C h a m b e r s a n d Wesley Saunders, who are combining for more than 30 points per game Saunders and Chambers are also both shooting better than 46 percent from beyond the arc

“In general, I’d say we’ll have to contest their three-point shooters and limit their dribble penetration, M

room has been filled with anticipation for a high-caliber showdown

“Quinnipiac is a great team to play Whether it’s Quinnipiac, Princeton, [or] whoever it may be, they’re all tough opponents right now and it’s a great challenge for us, ” said head coach Mike Schafer ‘86 “We’re looking forward to

Antler Spray for All

Ten days ago, I lived in a world where deer antler spray was not on my radar If pressed to define its use, I would have been forced to lie and sound foolish

However, if you followed the hype leading up to the Super Bowl and were not easily distracted by SportsCenter keeping track of which Harbaugh brother smiled more times during their joint press conference (the answer is John with 7 over Jim with 3) you heard a lot of news about Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis’s possible doping allegations, as well as

other athletes, related to their use of deer antler spray to promote muscle growth

What makes this particularly interesting is that it comes on the heels of an extraordinary circumstance in Major League Baseball last month: no player gained the 75 percent approval needed to secure a place in this year ’ s Baseball Hall of Fame class This has happened seven other times in the history of the Baseball Hall of Fame, but there are record-holding players on the list that did not come close to securing a spot

This year ’ s ballot recorded the third-highest number of

votes, and players like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens were all included These aforementioned players have all been connected to steroid use during their careers, and several of them have admitted to their usage of performance enhancing drugs during their careers

Even though not all of the players on the ballot have been linked to steroid use and notable players that deserve to be in the Hall of Fame such as Curt Schilling, Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio were also not voted into this year ’ s class the message is clear Schilling commented on the voting results by saying, “I think as a player, a group, this is one of the first times that we ’ ve been publicly called out ” It would seem that the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, which does the voting, has taken this opportunity to punish these players that have seemingly betrayed our trust in the glory of baseball This is not the first occasion of this feeble attempt at making a statement; Pete Rose serves as a prime example of how cheating can keep you from the Hall of Fame

Sucks to Suck

So when it came to light in