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Health Fee Protesters Gather for Teach-In

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Staff Writer

Students gathered in Ives Hall Thursday to participate in a student-led “Health Fee Teach-In,” which sought to expand the scope of grievances regarding the new manda-

tor y $350 health fee to broader issues of student engagement

Daniel Marshall ’15 who co-led the teach-in with Zakiya Williams Wells ’16 and Keanu Str yker ’16 opened the event by stating that all students should be entitled to decision-making power, affordable education

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By SUN STAFF

Cornell will expand its offering of massive open-online courses next year with four new classes, ranging from subjects such as the science and politics of genetically modified organisms to engineering simulations, the University announced Thursday

One of the courses, which will focus on shark biodiversity and conservation, will be taught by faculty and staff members from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as well as Prof Ian Tibbetts, biology, University of Queensland

A course on the debate surrounding Genetically Modified Organisisms will take on multiple perspectives, from political and economic to health and environmental, according to a University press release Faculty members from across multiple departments will introduce students “how to connect their personal values to positions based on evidence ” Computational fluid dynamics and solid mechanics are topics

that will be covered in an introductor y course to engineering simulations, which will also feature guest lecturers from the industry, according to the release

The fourth course that will arrive next year is geared toward the business-oriented mind, for it will focus on principles of mergers and acquisitions

Because the new courses will be developed in the upcoming months, none of them have official titles yet, according to the release They were chosen by the Online Learning Development Group, which Laura Brown, senior vice provost for undergraduate education helms

The courses will be offered in collaboration with MOOC provider edX, according to the University Although the courses may be audited at no cost, those who wish to receive a ‘Verified Certificate of Achievement,’ are subject to a minimum fee, according to the edX website

By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer

and the respect of administrators changes he called “radical departures from world we live in ”

Marshall said President David Skorton and other administrators handled the announcement of the fee poorly, citing a lack of transparency and a leaked email sent by S A President Sarah Balik ’15 which urged Student Assembly members to keep information about the fee confidential

“Students have been patiently waiting for administrators to release more information,” Marshall said “ This email shows that there was a lot of manipulation behind the scenes and that there was a c o n c e r t e d e f f o r t t o withhold information from students ”

“I’m not going to respect Skorton if he talks down to me I’m not going to respect someone just because of their title ”

St r y k e r a d d re s s e d widespread complaints from Cornellians who have called the occupation of Day Hall ineffective and disrespectful He said he and others have met with Skorton before on a variety of issues and did not find the meetings productive

“ We get the same thing ever y time,” he said “Condescending, patronizing talk I’m not going to respect Skor ton if he talks down to me I don’t think someone deser ves my respect just because of their title ”

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8 - 9 a m , Lecture Hall 3, Veterinary College Challah for Hunger

10 a m - 1 p m , Mann Library

Noliwe Rooks: Michelle Obama, Food Justice And the Big Business of Poverty in the South Bronx 12:20 p m , 232 Goldwin Smith Hall

C.U. Music: Composers’ Forum 1:25 - 3 p m , 316 Lincoln Hall

I P and Pizza: What Is Eligible for Patent Protection? 1:30 p m , 102 Mann Library

iV, The League Vegan Conference

8 a m - 8:45 p m , Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Basics of Digital Photography 12:30 - 3:30 p m , 124 Comstock Knoll Rd

Public Debate: Should the United States Federal Government Require Measles Vaccination for All Its Citizens?

2 - 3 p m , 115 Rockefeller Hall

C U Jazz Jam Sesson

5:30 - 7 p m , Jansen’s Dining Room, Hans Bethe House

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Master of Public Health (MPH) in Global Health L eadership & Administration

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News, “Arts Quad Sculpture Will Be Featured in PBS Documentary,” Thursday

Speaking about Cornell community’s response to the Arts Quad Needle

“A lot of people have expressed affection for [the sculpture] I’ve had several comments from students saying It s nice to see art on the Arts Quad

Stephanie Owens, director of the Cornell Council for the Arts

News, “At Panel, Myrick ’09 Calls for Housing Plan to Combat Poverty,” Wednesday

Speaking about how to change the drug and criminilization cycle in Ithaca

“[We] have to change our priorities at the federal and the state level We have got to get better health care and better mental health We have to invest more in education instead of cutting it We have to invest more in job training programs ”

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Opinion, “A More Permanent Solution,” Wednesday

Speaking about students’ ideology behind fighting the student health fee

The protests on Monday and those expected throughout the week show that students are tired of the status quo We have a system where the voice of students is rarely sought often sidelined and frequently ignored Cornell is our University and it is time to demand a seat at the table

Wyatt Nelson ’16 and Andrew Soluk ’15

News, “Chef Hans Butler Introduces Local Food to Risley Dining” Wednesday

Speaking about prioritizing the quality of the ingrediants served at Risley Dining Hall

“You can do everything local, but we ’ re in a global economy so you have to pick and choose and be conscious of why you ’ re buying something So I think that it’s important to be conscious of making your decisions not just shooting from the hip all the time ” Hans Butler, chef at the Risley Dining Hall

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State

Lifton Appointed To Assembly Work Group On Climate Change

Assemblyperson Barbara Lifton (D-125) has been added to an Assembly Climate Change Group that will examine federal and state policy proposals to combat climate change, according to a press release New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced the creation of the group on Thursday

National

Obama Asks World Leaders To Use Tolerance To Combat Terrorism

President Barack Obama asked world leaders to increase their commitment to human rights, religious tolerance and peaceful exchanges to fight against the recent terrorist attacks in places such as Australia, Europe and Canada, according to The New York Times

Modified Mosquitos To Combat Diseases

A proposal to use the country ’ s first ever genetically modified mosquitoes has been introduced, according to The New York Times The mosquitos are born in a lab and injected with DNA that allows them to fight mosquitoborne diseases, dengue fever and chikungunya

Cornell Hockey Team Creates Fundraising Competition

Campuswise online competition raised over $11,000 for Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes

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Johnston said the University originally divested purely because of “financial concerns. ” However, the decision was not publicized at the time of divestment In fact, there is no formal record of the decision to divest at all, and Edwards has only said that divestment occurred sometime before he assumed office seven years ago, (according to Johnston ) Johnston said she believes the lack of transparency would make it easy for the University to reinvest if coal were to b e c o m e p r o f i t a b l e a g a i n T h u s , t h e S A ’ s action in publicizing coal divestment, and emphasizing the environm e n t a l n e c e s s i t y o f s u c h a c t i o n , i s impor tant to ensure that the endowment por tfolio stays away from coal, she said

doing, we thought we were missing out on a leadership oppor tunity,” Johnston said Joseph Fridman ’17, undesignated

added that Nor thwestern University has received publicity for divesting from six coal companies earlier this week “ No

companies yesterday in a pretty contentious 24 to 22 decision,” Fridman s

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things like that which provide some context for where the student assembly is going to go ” In the official resolution document and in the presentation before the S A , the resolution’s sponsors stressed the

from coal companies Johnston said she hopes that this will ensure that the University stays divested even if coal becomes profitable again

Thursday’s vote follows two S.A. resolutions passed in 2013 and 2

“The S A ’s action in publicizing coal divestment is a step towards financial transparency.” E m m a J o h n s

“Since we never announced that we stopped investing in coal, there's nothing that would hold our investment office back from investing in it again,” Johnston said “ The S A ’ s action in publicizing coal disinvestment is a step towards financial transparency and a signal to our investment office that the decisions they are making for financial reasons are beginning to align with our actions towards carbon neutrality on campus ”

A c c o r d i n g t o Jo h n s t o n , t h e S A made the decision to draw attention to the seven-year-old coal divestment decision when they saw how much publicity other universities were getting from coal divestment and realized that Cornell’s lack of transparency was suspect

“A couple of students and I saw how much national publicity Stanford got from divesting from direct holdings in c o a l l a s t s p r i n g , a n d s i n c e w e h a d known for a while now that this is something Cornell had already been

“I hope they leave with a deeper understanding of why people make certain life choices.”

University to divest funds from all fossil fuels, including oil and

Johnston

Ho w e v e r, t

divestment resolution failed to pass the University Assembly last May, The Sun previously repor ted The decision made the U A the first Cornell assembly to call against divesting the University’s endowment from the fossil fuel industr y Johnston said following this public showing of the S A ’ s suppor t for divestment, she hopes that the U A will “ reassess ” last year ’ s decision

While the University’s decision to divest from coal was driven purely by economic considerations, Johnston said coal divestment “aligns with our sustainability goals that we ’ ve had on the ground ”

“[Cornell’s divestment shows] that our endowment is star ting to align with the sustainability goals we ’ ve set for ourselves,” Johnston said

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Ezra ' s Oracle welcomes inquiries from all members of the Cornell community about anything and everything related to the University We seek out answers to campus mysteries, research rumors and investigate issues of relevance to Cornellians

Questions can be submitted via email to ezrasoracle@cornellsun com Or whisper them in the ear of the Ezra Cornell statue on the Arts Quad

Q: It’s really cold out Does Cayuga Lake ever freeze over completely?

Let It Go ’15

A: Because of its depth, it’s pretty rare for Cayuga Lake to freeze over completely But it definitely has happened, with some records indicating six years of complete freezes since Cornell’s founding: 1885, 1904, 1912, 1936, 1962 and 1979 Legend has it that the president of Wells College in Aurora (about 26 miles north of Ithaca) traditionally cancels classes for a day when the lake completely freezes The winter of 1912 was one of the coldest, and the lake was frozen solid for weeks Floyd “Flood” Newman 1912, famously ice skated the entire 40 mile length of the lake (He would later become a Cornell trustee and donor of Helen Newman Hall, Newman Lab and Newman Arboretum ) Attempting to repeat that feat is highly discouraged; two Cornell students drowned just days after Newman’s achievement

Q: Has Cornell ever charged a health fee before?

#FightTheFee ’16

A: With all the “dialogue” recently between protesters and administrators about the newly announced $350 health fee, it’s easy to forget that a health fee was actually the norm for students for much of Cornell’s history Beginning in fall 1908, an “infirmary fee” of $2 00 per semester was collected from every undergraduate, with the amount gradually increasing over the years The fee allowed students to be admitted to and treated by the Cornell infirmary for a period of up to two weeks without any additional charges

Of course, dissent from students was common back then as well A 1927 article from The Sun mentions students who “complain incessantly about the injustice of paying an infirmary fee ” A 1932 letter to the editor even criticized the infirmary’s operations and asked for more transparency in how it used its funds, and the issue made it into student government candidate platforms in 1933 A common complaint was that the average student never received any direct benefit from the fee if he or she didn’t use the infirmary’s services In the late 1940s, the separate fees were rolled into one overarching “University fee,” but the health services component was present at least through the 1970s A 1968 notice in The Sun helpfully reminds students that their health fee covers four different services: treatment at Gannett, medical care by attending physicians on staff, emergency surgical care and up to two weeks of hospitalization

Q: Since Cornell’s relatively new February Break falls on President’s Day, are there any Cornellian U.S. presidents who we can celebrate?

Rutherford Delano Kennedy ’17

A: We’re still waiting for the first Cornellian to be elected Commander-in-Chief Perhaps he or she is sitting next to you in a government class, so start networking now (We’re not the only Ivy League institution still waiting for a president though Dartmouth and Brown are president-less as well, and the University of Pennsylvania only has William Henry Harrison as a dropout )

But a few brave Cornellians have attempted to reach the U S government ’ s highest office over the years, beginning with Joseph Foraker, who in 1869 became one of the first eight students to graduate from Cornell Foraker served as a U S senator and governor of Ohio, but fell to William Howard Taft in his 1908 challenge for the Republican presidential nomination Newspaper magnate Frank Gannett 1898 briefly ran for the Republican nomination in 1940, but lost to Wendell Willkie Edmund Muskie LLB ’39, a former U S Senator and governor of Maine, campaigned for the Democratic nomination in 1972, losing to George McGovern He later became Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter

For now, we’ll just have to be satisfied knowing that Jimmy Smits MFA ’82 played President Matt Santos on The West Wing and William Sadler MFA ’74 played President Ellis in Iron Man 3 And President Arthur Morgan in John Grisham’s novel The Broker attended Cornell That totally counts, right?

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My First Impression Of Molecular Gastronomy

Do you want to try something special for dinner today? How about a premier, perfectly tender steak or a piece of juicy, rich and fresh tuna fillet? Or go ahead, pick a fancy French restaurant and order a duck confit with truffle sauce? Maybe you fancy something extra special something such as coconut bubbles, parmesan air, strawberry spheres, etc The above dishes are not just crazy ideas that are made up you can actually see and try them in restaurants and make them yourself These are among the representative take-on dishes of the hottest molecular gastronomy that is trending nowadays While mostly accepted as molecular cuisine, molecular gastronomy is a sub-discipline of food science that seeks to investigate the physical and chemical transformations of ingredients that occur in cooking

Molecular gastronomy was first introduced as a revolutionary way to modernize culinary practices based on knowledge in scientific disciplines such as chemistry, physics and biology The concept of incorporating such techniques in the kitchen was raised for long, but it wasn ’ t until 1988 when the term “molecular gastronomy ” was created by Oxford physicist Nicholas Kurti and chemist Hervé Benefitting from the countless options of techniques in fields of physics, chemistry and biology, whose interior goal is to study and to manipulate the composition and status of objects, molecular gastronomy has been growing fast The application of new tools and techniques has enabled various new forms of ingredients that have never even been imagined previously now presented in restaurants Siphons are used to make foams; ultrasonic probes are used to make emulsions; liquid nitrogen, which can create extremely low temperature, is used to make sorbets in no time Many compounds widely used in lab studies are now reapplied as food additives in modern kitchens to give fun twists of molecular cuisines

New Yorkers, who are among the most passionate advocates of fun, new things, have greatly supported the growth and prosperity of restaurants featured molecular cuisines in the city Though normally sold at expensive prices, many people are willing to embrace the trend and wait in line before those fancy restaurants to pay the checks for such an experience Wd~50, opened by leading American proponent of molecular gastronomy Wylie Dufresne, was once the leading restaurant in molecular cuisine located in New York City Unfortunately, Wd~50 closed last year when a new building started being developed on the same site Wylie Dufresne opened a similar but more affordable restaurant called Alder in 2013 As a total life-experiencer (aka: foodie) who lives in New York, I couldn’t wait to try the fun twist of cooking after all my research about it With all my hope I went for Alder, only to find that it was not actually featuring molecular cuisine However, it did also incorporate the owner ’ s fun twist about molecular cuisine to its menu, especially to the presentation of their courses (all the dishes were decorated in a most pleasant way) The texture of the sauces also seemed to be made with techniques from molecular cuisine It was a fun experience, but I wouldn ’ t see myself trying it again in the short term, because I wasn ’ t filled up at all For me, the courses were too focused on playing with presentation and creativity that they almost forgot about themselves as food There was only enough food for me to taste, not to eat Comparing Yelp ratings of both restaurants, I found it interesting that despite the fact that Wd 50 served meals at more than double the prices of those at its less expensive alternative, people seemed to enjoy it more Negative comments on Alder were actually focused on it being overpriced and as having small dish portions Appearing confusing at first sight, the different ratings that the two restaurants got were due to the fact that the ratings were done by different groups of diners people who choose to pay two hundred dollars for a meal would never calculate the price versus portion of the meal! Despite the rapid growth of restaurants featuring molecular cuisine and increasing application of such techniques in the kitchen, it is not for everyone just yet Until now, molecular cuisine was mostly provided by high-end restaurants and was more appreciated by the rich

Some restaurants may have over-featured molecular cuisines in their menus putting too much attention to the presentation of the food and adding twists for no reason to their menus Especially when farm-to-table ethos of whole foods is brought back to the stage, negative comments on molecular cuisines increases as experimenting with chemicals and hightech gadgets may seem to be gimmicky However, it is worth noticing that there is confusion about molecular gastronomy and molecular cuisine, science and technology The initial goal of molecular gastronomy is to gain knowledge about food, as explained by its definition as “looking for the mechanisms of phenomena occurring during dish preparation and consumption ” Such study for us to understand the food we eat is as important as, if not more important than, our knowledge about any other field As for the application of new tools and techniques in kitchen, it does show peoples’ eternal wills of exploration and to excel It may take time for them to be perfectly infused in everyday cuisine, but at least we can look forward to it in the future

Com men t of the day

I“Unless the city can find a giant umbrella or tarp to holster over Ithaca, the downtown retailers are going to see less foot traffic because no one wants to be outside when it is zero degrees ”

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Re: “EDITORIAL: Addressing the Health of Downtown Retailers,” Opinion published Februar y 19, 2015

Web Living and Leasing With Pets

’ m in the process of finding a place to live after graduating from vet school I’ll be living with another future veterinarian, and we both have two animals, which is a completely reasonable number in my world I know several veterinarians who have five to 10 pets generally the first couple of pets are intentional and the rest are animals that they’ve

Obviously, in my line of work, ever yone I interact with on a daily basis has pets Even most of my non-veterinar y friends have animals or have plans to adopt animals when they are

found that

Then come the pet fees I’ve had pets and been in many different rental situations over the years I’ve found the most common to be either a one-time pet deposit that is refunded at the termination of the lease if the house is in good condition (sometimes they subtract the cost of shampooing the carpet from this), a monthly pet fee p e r a n i m a l ( w h i c h i s f a i r l y common but often exorbitant and I don’t really understand the purpose of this) or a onet i m e n o n - re f u n d a b l e p e t f e e (presumably these people are assuming that there will be petr e l a t e d d a m a g e s t h a t t h e y’l l

never had and do not want to have any kind of animal

So in my little bubble where people and animals live together all of the time, I was a little taken aback the first time a rental agency was appalled at the number of animals I said we would have In my mind, the fact that three of the four are cats is a good thing I would imagine that three rambunctious dogs could get into much more trouble than three cats who sleep for up to 20 hours a day I must have tunnel vision though, because I’m pretty sure that some of the landlords and agents I talk to think that we ’ re c a t h o a rd e r s T h e y ’ re m u c h more understanding after I tell them that we ’ re vets and have v e r y w e l l b e h a v e d a n d w e l l taken care of animals, but I still find the initial reaction to be surprising (and hilarious)

have to take care of ) On top of this, there are also often restrictions on the number of animals, size of animals and occasionally species I’ve seen several places that are either cat only or dog only

On one hand, I understand where the landlords are coming from Many animals shed quite a bit and the fur gets ever ywhere I’m meticulous about vacuuming regularly because I don’t like living with it, but I can see how it could cause a p r o b l e m i n c a r p e t e d r o o m s with some tenants Cats who aren ’ t well trained or are ver y bored can also scratch carpeting, and dogs who aren ’ t well trained or are ver y bored can chew on things Also, cats and dogs who are not well trained or are sick can urinate and defecate inappropriately On the other hand, the majority of ani-

mals I know have responsible owners who manage them well and consequently the animals are not destructive It seems more sensible to me to just have the tenant assume responsibility for any pet-related damage I would comfortably sign a contract saying that I would pay for any damage to the apartment caused by my animals An argument could be that the tenant could contest that the damage was caused by their pet, but I feel like fur, teeth and claw m a r k s a

misidentify If the damage is minor enough that it can be c

I could probably argue that a small child is even more destructive than a pet but charging a “child fee” would be morally wrong, and pets shouldn’t be treated much differently Ni

wear and tear or taken out of the ini-

deposit

the way that people live with their animals and treat other people’s property, and I understand that in the end the landlords are just tr ying to protect themselves It’s just sad to me that people are often prevented from obtaining their ideal living situation because they’ve welcomed animals into their family and buying a house of their own is impractical I could probably argue that a small child is even more destructive than a pet but charging a “child fee” would be morally wrong, and in my completely biased opinion pets shouldn’t be treated much differently

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Best Director

SHOULD WIN: RICHARD LINKLATER

Boyhood pulls off the bravest conceit in modern American cinema in just about the most humble way possible Linklater opted for a simple, sunny aesthetic, foregrounding his characters and time even before them The movie flows naturally from one shot to the next, some cuts spanning a millisecond of the story ’ s time and others jumping forward over a year Glances carry as much dramatic weight as fights and dangerous car rides, for Linklater stresses the effect events have on his characters, and how that effect will morph or whither over time He built a small, quiet world that feels impossibly alive

Zach Zahos

WILL WIN: ALEJANDRO G. IÑARRITU

The race for Best Director pretty much boils down to Alejandro G Iñarritu and Richard Linklater While Linklater took an enormous risk sculpting a film over the course of more than a decade, Iñarritu took just as large a leap by filming Birdman an uproarious comedy all within one shot The result is a bravura piece of cinematic joy that swoops and soars, turning a story about a washed-up Hollywood actor, into an unforgettable meditation on what it means to be a human with an ego in a very capricious world Iñarritu should be acknowledged by the Academy for his achievement, as well as his cinematographer, Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, for the second year in a row

Mark DiStefano

Best Picture

WILL WIN: BOYHOOD

SHOULD WIN: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Boyhood’ s achievement is so singular that, in some way, a Best Picture win for The Grand Budapest Hotel could send a more actionable message to filmmakers and those financing them Wes Anderson filters classic Hollywood, in the form of rapidfire banter and pristine 4:3 compositions à la Trouble in Paradise, through a lens both idiosyncratic and democratic, demanding significant legwork in just about every below-the-line category (production design, costumes, etc ) except CGI Like the Golden Age auteurs before him, Anderson makes art that seamlessly fronts as crowd-pleasing entertainment In this unstable age of independent film production, such a fusion of personal vision, collaborative spirit and cultural value deserves to be rewarded as both the pinnacle of what movie-makers can accomplish and a model for what the industry can aspire to produce again

Best Actress

Julianne Moore is the clear favorite in the Best Actress category This is her fifth nomination after losing four times, she has swept the major awards this season and she is reviving a trope the Academy voters love: that of an established actor challenging themselves by playing a character struggling with an illness or disability But beyond that, Moore’s performance in Still Alice is masterful Not only is she a careful study of the behavioral changes that accompany each stage of Alzheimer’s, Moore illuminates what is essential about Alice: the love and tenderness that persist through it all She inhabits her character completely and fearlessly in a way that seems effortless Moore alone makes the film worth watching

Laura Boland

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Which film was this year ’ s favorite for Best Picture was never a mystery While many will argue whether Richard Linklater’s Boyhood stands its ground in the field based solely on its technical and storytelling merits, it has got the obvious advantage the gimmick But what a gimmick it is The 12 years Linklater took to film this coming of age story is almost unprecedented And watching these actors age naturally in what may be best described as a narrative period piece is nothing short of mystifying It’s a film that needs to be analyzed with the process in mind, and one can safely assume that the process will carry enough weight with the Academy to make Boyhood the obvious favorite

SHOULD WIN: MICHAEL KEATON

Recently, self-awareness has skyrocketed in terms of social equity And one would be hard pressed to find a more “ meta ” performance than Michael Keaton’s as washed up, superhero franchise actor Riggan Thomson Keaton’s performance contains more range and subtlety than any in the field, as Riggan’s manic mood swings and fracturing psyche provide a role with as much complexity as the Enigma Keaton simply mesmerizes, stepping up to every challenge the role presents It’s a performance that is satisfyingly exhausting to watch, one that leaves you as emotionally drained and confused as the character himself To put it simply, Keaton just goes there at every opportunity, and we hope that he snags the honor of Best Actor while he’s there

Chris Stanton

WILL WIN: EDDIE REDMAYNE

Based on both its voting history and the number of nominations given to Imitation Game and Theory of Everything, the Academy loves biopics about white men overcoming adversity Thus any film about Stephen Hawking qualifies as awards bait; but, Theory’s excellent cast makes it a shoe-in for the acting categories Toss in a tour de force performance from an up-and-coming, classically trained actor like Eddie Redmayne, and a win is almost guaranteed While Benedict Cumberbatch poses a minor threat, Imitation Game has lost a lot of buzz in the last few weeks The only contender with a shot at being Redmayne is Michael Keaton, whose status as an underappreciated industry veteran coupled with his brilliant turn in Birdman may earn him the statue come Sunday

Evan Needell

“I’m the biggest hypocrite of 2015,” Kendrick Lamar claims at the beginning of his latest track, “ The Blacker the Berr y ” Until the final verse, the meaning of this line is unclear The song begins as an angr y tirade against the white system by a black narrator, a diatribe against an unspecific and broad “ you ” Lamar raps, “It’s evident that I’m irrelevant to society,” and accuses that society of “making me a killer ” The song is built around an insistent boom-bap beat, with Lamar’s aggressively spe wed lyrics suppor ted by a chor us sung by Jamaican ar tist Assassin Lamar pulls the r ug out at the end of his final verse, revealing why his character calls himself a hypocrite “So why did I weep when Trayvon Mar tin was in the street / When gang banging made me kill a nigga blacker than me? / Hypocrite!” This is an outlook almost never heard in hip-hop; most political rap places the blame for inner-city violence on the poor living conditions and limited options available to young African Americans This follows Lamar’s already incisive comments about the shooting of Michael Brown, when he asked, “when we don’t have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us?” However, Lamar does not indicate that severe injustice is not being perpetrated against young African Americans; he simply argues that these conditions do not excuse violence against one another “ The Blacker the Berr y ” has already star ted an impor tant conversation in the hip-hop world about its relationship with gang violence, and hopefully Lamar’s upcoming album will continue this progress

Jack Jones Jack Jones is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at djones@cornell edu

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Chris Stanton Chris Stanton is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at cstanton@cornellsun com

Certainly Chauvinistic Sertanejo

“God is great / Beer is good,” Billy Currington in the poetic chorus of his countr y hit, “People Are Crazy ” Alcohol has always been a central focus of popular American countr y music, and that trend hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down, with songs like “Drunk on a Plane,” “Day Drinking” and “Red So l o Cu p ” t o p p i n g t h e Bi l l b o a rd c h a r t s re c e n t l y

Historically, the male-dominated, whiskey-soaked genre has also been a bastion of mainstream misogyny While those lyrical tropes have been becoming fewer and farther between in countr y ’ s biggest hits, they still persist

But lest you think that America has cornered the market on backwater, drunken chauvinism, allow me to introduce you to sertanejo, essentially Brazilian countr y music Born in the 1920’s Brazilian countr yside, sertanejo now dominates the countr y ’ s air waves Back in its nascent stages, sertanejo focused on portraying the good ol’ slow life in the rural backwoods through the viola caipira (countr y guitar) Like its American counterpart, sertanejo morphed as its commercial success grew through the introduction of the electric guitar and, eventually, high production values and massively overdone stage performances So too transformed the lyrics, as they shifted toward the decidedly less wholesome themes of sex and alcohol

Sertanejo’s (and arguably Brazil’s) biggest star right now, Michel Teló, sticks to the inoffensive, if boring, side of love with his lyrics

Popularized by the likes of

Ne y m a r a n d C r i s t i a n o Ronaldo, “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” b e c a m e p o t e n t i a l l y t h e world’s most popular song in late 2011 Teló, still a tender heartthrob à la 2009

Justin Bieber despite his ripe age of 34, continues to crank out predictable yet catchy hits with themes kosher enough to be played on repeat by middle-aged moms in minivans As trite as they may be, Teló’s tracks are lapped up by tween girls and Universal Music alike, with lines like, “I’m needing your kisses and your love / I’m waiting for you so we can love each other ”

Joining Michel Teló in the new subgenre termed sertanejo universitário in which accordions take a backseat to poppy synths and cowboy hats are traded for tribal tattoos and acid wash jeans is the slightly more risqué Gusttavo Lima His massive hit, “Balada,” cranks up the creepiness in its bridge, which goes, “Se você me olhar,

vo u q u e re r t e p e g a r / E d e p o i s namorar, cur tição,” and is laden with double entendres The (relatively) innocuous reading translates to, “If you look at me, I’ll want to get you / And later flirt, have fun,” while the highly sexualized version that’s obviously on ever yone ’ s mind reads, “If you look at me, I’ll want to hook up with you / And later make out, have fun ” Either way, there’s an u n m i s s a b l e o b j e c t i f i c a t i o n o f women, made even sketchier by the chor us ’ s self-referential final line, “ Gu s t t a v o L i m a a n d y o u ” (“Gusttavo Lima e você”), and a gyrating crotch shot in the music video

Moving away from sertanejo universitário, the inebriated misogyny really starts to ramp up Fernando & Sorocaba appear to be a strange pair: One is decked out in cowboy boots, a plaid western shirt, a massive hat and an even bigger belt buckle, while the other looks like he was vomited on by an Ed Hardy factor y Beyond its bouncy guitars and admittedly ultra-catchy hook, the biggest highlight of their single, “É Tenso,” is its lighthearted look on probable sexua l h a r a s s m e n t a n d d e f i n i t e alcoholism The song begins: “It’s my flaw, I drink indeed / I kiss, I hook up / And the next day I don’t remember a thing ” W h o k n ow s w h a t e i t h e r Fernando or Sorocaba could have done last night? They certainly don’t, and I’m sure they don’t remember if it was consensual But isn’t that a problem, you may ask? Not according to them, as they later sing, “ The problem is I get drunk and make trouble / But I don’t remember anything after wards / It’s OK, no big deal / We pin the blame on the cachaça” (a Brazilian spirit distilled from sugar cane) The moral of the stor y is if you ’ re drunk which you often are as a result of your compulsive binge drinking the cachaça can take all responsibility for your presumably seedy actions

As cringeworthy as other sertanejo tracks may be, Henrique & Juliano’s “Não Tô Valendo Nada” truly takes the skin-crawling cake Compared to their themes,

drunken sexcapades seem downright saintly; they sing about the tough, real-world struggle of being prevented from following through with adulter y The song starts by Henrique going to the club with his girlfriend, but “the most beautiful girl in the galaxy” walks by Of course, this being a sertanejo song, he’s unable to restrain himself He sings, “I’ll wait for my girl to want to go to the bathroom / So I will get five minutes of being single / It’s fast, she won ’ t even suspect a thing,” the mantra of a dedicated boyfriend And just in case you still thought he had any moral qualms with his goal of infidelity, the next verse goes, “I should have come to the club with my buddies / Then it would have been inevitable, she and I would have done it, no way out / And we would have finished each other at my house ” Pesky girlfriends, always stopping us from forcing other girls into sexual situations What downers

Sertanejo is dangerous Yes, it reinforces binge drinking, sexual harassment and adulter y, but its most lethal weapon is how damn catchy it is I have found myself walking around campus way too many times singing Henrique & Juliano choruses, voluntarily forgetting how nasty they are Just like “Drunk on a Plane” justifies and reinforces habitual Jim Beam-chuggers, many sertanejo tracks promote rape culture as much as any hip-hop cut Sertanejo’s existence doesn’t make misogynistic countr y music any better, but keep in mind that America’s far from alone

Mike Sosnick is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at

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Duke Defeats North Carolina in Thrilling Addition to Rivalry

DURHAM, N C (AP)

Very few leads are safe these days against No 4 Duke

The Blue Devils have figured out how to come back, and that has made them an even tougher team to beat in their biggest games

"When you have done it," coach Mike Krzyzewski said, " you feel like you might do it again "

In a thriller befitting college basketball's most intense rivalry, the Blue Devils (23-3, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) let an early 13-point lead slip away and trailed by 10 with less than four minutes left in regulation before

rallying to beat No 15 North Carolina 92-90 in overtime on Wednesday night It was their sixth straight win, and their ninth in 12 meetings in the series against the Tar Heels

It was the third time since 2011 that North Carolina led by double figures at Cameron Indoor Stadium but left with a loss

The Blue Devils also came back from a 10-point deficit with 14 minutes remaining to beat St John's last month for Krzyzewski's 1,000th career win, and rallied from 11 points down with 13½ minutes left to give No 2 Virginia its only loss

That's after they went down big and stayed down in consecutive losses to Nor th Carolina State and Miami

"When we got down, we started playing tight," senior guard Quinn Cook said "We started wishing shots in and not shooting with confidence Against St John's, we just believed in each other and shot our shots (Against Virginia), "Coach, he kept telling us, 'Keep believing It's going to be an amazing win '"

So was this one

Cook scored 22 points while freshman Tyus Jones matched a season high with 22 The three freshmen who start for Duke had

their customary big games: Jones had eight assists, Justise Winslow added 16 points and Jahlil Okafor had 12 points and 13 rebounds

"It's tough for this game to always live up to the hype," Krzyzewski said "But I think ( Wednesday night's) game exceeded it "

Kennedy Meeks and Brice Johnson each scored 18 points to lead North Carolina (18-8, 8-5)

Nate Britt pulled the Tar Heels within two with one free throw with 3 5 seconds left He missed the second, Marcus Paige raced in and got his hands on the rebound but Winslow grabbed it as the

buzzer sounded Tokoto had 15 points, Isaiah Hicks scored 12 and Britt finished with 11 points, while Johnson added 12 points before fouling out early in overtime for the Tar Heels, who have lost four of five

Britt put them up by 10 with less than four minutes to play with his knifing layup through the lane And then the Blue Devils stormed back

"It's not like we drew up anything," Krzyzewski said "When they came back, that was on them We just said, 'Play, man Follow your instincts and play ' And they did "

Red in Need of Two Big Wins

To Stay in League Contention

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While Men’s Defense Continues

Offense Is Still Lacking

senior standout Wesley Saunders

Despite a fantastic performance from Miller, most of the credit for the victory should be given to the Cornell backcourt Sophomore guard Robert Hatter stole the

9 point performance, but freshman guard Wil Bathurst had a crucial

Olean, New York native scored seven points, including his own individual 5-0 run to keep the Green from making a run late in the game

In addition to their offensive production, the Red guards dis-

movement with tenacious ball pressure and sound rotations forcing 14 turnovers from the Green

The Red have been using a ball pressure and trap heavy defensive scheme for the majority of the league season and it has proved vital to the squad’s success and ability to stay in games Head coach Bill Courtney expects the team to maintain these defensive trends as the season winds down

“We know there are only a few weeks left in the season, and the guys played hard and got a win,” Courtney said “Every game matters in this conference, and we will keep playing the way we know how coming down the stretch ”

The Red dominated the overtime period, outscoring Dar tmouth, 17-8 Cornell made all of their shots from the field during the period and held the Green to only 3 for 7 shooting

After the win, the squad hit the road for Cambridge to face league leaders Harvard, led by

The Red kept Saunders at bay, holding him to eight points on 27 3 percent shooting from the field and 11 rebounds Despite the squad’s ability to keep the Crimson star in check, the Red struggled with their own shot, shooting just 24 percent from the field for the game

Despite struggling from the field, the Red went into halftime

l e a d i n g by t h re e p o i n t s

However, they were blown away in the second half as Harvard o

failed to conver

a field goal attempt in the half, a stat that would doom the best of teams

“We allowed them to make a run at the start of the second half, and weren ' t able to keep up or re c ove r f ro m t h a t , ” C o u r t n e y said “We didn't hit shots later in the game and they did ”

In the end Harvard, the preseason Ivy League favorite, came out victorious and now is in a race with Yale for the top spot in the conference and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament The Red are not out yet, but the way Harvard and Yale are playing at the moment, it looks as if the only teams who can beat them are each other

The Red hit the road again t h i s we e k e n d f o r v i t a l g a m e s against Yale and Brown With just s i

, teams are continuing to fight for their NCAA Tournament lives as well as bids in other postseason tournaments

By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

This past weekend, the No 10 Cornell University men ’ s lacrosse team traveled to compete against the No 4 Syracuse at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse In a fast paced competition, the Red (0-1) lost to the Orange (2-0) with a final score of 14-6

After an extremely close opening to the game, Syracuse went on a 5-goal run over the second and third quarters to open up their lead The Red was not able to recover from Syracuse’s run, and was unable to retake the lead

The Red did however show a tremendous amount of potential talent and the ability to compete with the top teams in the nation The Red exhibited signs of early season potential and looks to only to continue to develop as their season progresses for ward

“Ever yone hoped for a different outcome; that being said, it was just the first game We will look at the film and build from there,” said senior attackmen Jack Molloy

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Domenic Massimilian who went 14-23 on face-offs

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Sophomore Goalie Christian Knight also had an excellent game with 13 saves Knight had 9 important saves in the first half that allowed the Red to stay competitive

Senior midfielder Connor Buczek had three goals and junior midfielder John Edmonds had 2 goals Junior transfer student Bradlee Lord also had one goal

“ We still feel confident Obviously the result wasn ' t what we had planned, but we are already moving onto our next opponent, Hobar t, ”said senior defenseman Jordan Stevens

“ We need to continue to focus on the fundamentals and continue to play as a unit,” Stevens added

Seven different players scored for Syracuse including Randy Statts and Hakeem Lecky, each of whom had 3

g o a l s Sy r a c u s e ’ s d e f e n s e w a s a b l e t o c a p i t a l i z e o n

Cornell’s struggle to hold possession As a result, Syracuse was able to end Dan Lintner’s incredibly impressive 16 game scoring streak Cornell had 10 turnovers in the first 30 minutes, and only 10 of 17 shots were on goal These problems will need to be addressed if the Red wish to be

successful in the future

“ This week against Hobart we will need to control and capitalize in transition,” Knight said

In the second half, the Red was able to improve upon their performance and minimize their turnovers After scoring only one goal through the first half, Cornell scored five in the second The team also reduced their turnovers by four These improvements against a top Syracuse team helped illustrate their possible potential for the rest of the season

“I think ever yone is optimistic about the potential of this team That being said, success doesn’t just happen

Men Prepare for Bulldogs, Bears

By VERONICA DICKSON Sun Staff Writer

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We are staying focused on what we can control which is our effort and work ethic on a daily basis,” Molloy said The Red will play next when it takes on Hobart College at the Greater Binghamton Sports Complex in Binghamton on Friday

“Our season outlook has not changed at all We know that the game against Syracuse does not represent how we will do this season We are staying positive, and are excited to get back on the field against Hobart,” Knight said

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Making strides | After being predicted to finish last in the Ivy League, the Red has exceeded expectations Cornell sits 4th in the standings and already has 10 more wins than last year The team split last weekend’s games

Women Look to Avenge Loss, Sweep Bears This Weekend

By NATHANIEL MARTIN

The last time the Cornell and Yale women ’ s basketball teams met, both were undefeated in Ivy League play

In that game, the Red started the game strong, jumping out to a 29-24 halftime lead in New Haven, thanks largely to 13 first half points from sophomore Nia Marshall However, the second half was a different stor y “ Yale’s aggressive defense caught up to us, and we let up when we

h a d t h e l e a d , ” s a i d h e a d coach Dayna Smith

C o r n e l l ’ s a d v a n t a g e was erased

j u s t ov e r five min-

u t e s i n t o the second half, and with 7:04 left in the game, Yale regained the lead for good The Bulldogs’ physical style of play caused eight second half turnovers by Cornell (by comparison, Yale turned the ball over just three times in the second half ) and enabled Yale to hold on for a 60-53 win Yale will be the first of two home matchups for the Red this weekend, as the team looks to avenge its away loss with a home victor y According to

s o h p o m o r e g u a rd Me g a n L e D u c , C o r n e l l m u s t b e r e a d y t o p l a y a g g r e s s i

the final buzzer sounds

“ We are looking to play the full 40 minutes against Yale as well as executing our

offense despite Yale’s physicality,”

Perhaps no one will be as essential to this gameplan as LeDuc, who leads the team in

m

per game

Coach Smith e c h o e d L e D u c ’ s tune, emphasising the impor tance of playing a complete game

After Overtime Win, Red Falls to Crimson

Men’s basketball splits another weekend

By

The Cornell men ’ s basketball team spent February Break in snowy New England taking on Dartmouth and Harvard in two pivotal Ivy League games On Friday, the squad defeated the Green in overtime, 8172, but dropped its Valentine’s Day showdown with the first place Crimson the following evening, 60-41 The Red now sits in fourth place with a 4-4 record in the conference

The Red’s matchup with Dartmouth was an odd one Although the offense did not appear to flow smoothly, four of the squad’s five starters hit double figures, including a 17 point, 15 rebound performance from senior forward Shonn Miller

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Yo u ’ l l K n o w W h e n Yo u F i n d Yo u r P a s s i o n

T“We won’t be satisified unless we go 2-0 this weekend.”

M e g a n L e D u c

“ We’re going to focus for 40 minutes on working hard with the lead, execution of offense and maintaining defensive energy for the duration of the game, ” Smith said The second game will take place Saturday against Brown, whom the Red defeated 65-52 in their previous matchup That game f

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y i n which four Red players scored in double figures

St r a t e g i c a l l y, t h e Re d has put much effort into studying their opponents ’ tactics on both sides of the court

“ We are going to tr y to s h u t t h e m d o w n b y

and personnel,” LeDuc said

Sm i t h b e l i e ve s t h e road to defeating both opponents starts with u n d e r s t a d n i n g h o w they run their offense and defense

“ Working against their defenses, Yale plays pressure and Brown plays zone and also likes to p r e s s We a r e spending quite a b i t o f t i m e o n

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here are moments when I read something that strikes a p a r t i c u l a r c h o rd , a n d I think man, I wish I could write like that I’m about halfway through Roger Kahn’s famed baseball novel The Boys of Summer right now, and that has happened already more times than I can count He has a way of describing the game I love with sentiment and compassion, p re s e n t i n g re a d e r s w i t h s t o r i e s about the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s that are as much about life as

they are about baseball

One of those stories takes place in Youngstown, Ohio, in the humble home of former Dodger George Shuba His is a name that I had never heard before reading this book, and it is probably unrecognizable to all but the truest of Do d g e r f a n s Bu t Sh u b a w a s k n ow n f o r h i s f i e r c e b a t , h i s s m o o t h l o o k i n g s w i n g a n d f o r being the first National League player to hit a pinch-hit homerun in a World Series game

Kahn writes about his particular admiration for “Shotgun” Shuba’s swing, and he is no less smitten when he meets the former Dodger in his home, many years after his playing days

“’I would have given anything to have had your natural swing,’” Kahn says to Shuba But at this point in his life, Shuba is a religious family man, and the way his swing cut through the strike zone like a knife is a distant, if not willingly

forgotten, memor y What is truly beautiful about this scene is the disparity between the adoring and sentimental fan and the bitter and a g i n g b a l l p l a y e r W h e n Sh u b a admits that raising a family is “the real part of his life,” Kahn questions whether all the rest (meaning baseball), really meant anything to h i m Sh u b a ’ s re s p o n s e i s b o t h heartbreaking and shockingly candid: “’Not nothing Just not important You do something important Write But playing ball ’” He jerked

Who’s on First

his head and looked at the beams in the cellar ceiling ‘ What the hell is that?’”

As fans we look at professional athletes in terms of the legacies t

Robinson broke the color barrier, Magic Johnson taught the NBA h ow

V / A I D S , Michael Jordan showed the world what it meant to have a gift The list is endless Athletes like those are the lucky few because their legacies were created for them We may forget what Robinson batted in 1952, but we will never forget what he did for the game of baseball What about the players, like Shuba, who were great in their t

anonymity ever since their playing days ended?

Looking back on a career is never easy It resurfaces inevitable memories of failure that can some-

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