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Kotlikoff Takes Over

Garrett undergoing treatment after Friday surgery

By SUN STAFF

Board of Trustees Chair Robert S Harrison ’76 announced that Provost Michael Kotlikoff will serve as Acting President of the University after President Elizabeth Garrett underwent surgery related to her illness Friday in an email to the Cornell community Friday evening Garrett is currently undergoing treatment

at Weill Cornell Medicine after her colon cancer diagnosis, the University announced in a statement on Feb 8

John Carberr y, senior director of University media relations, said the University had no further comment on the change in University leadership

The Sun News deaprtment can be reached at news-editor@cornellsun com

Students React to Nevada And South Carolina Results

By JULIA GREENBERG Sun Staff Writer

A f t e r t h e re s u l t s o f t h e Nevada and South Carolina prim a r i e s ro l l e d i n Sa t u rd a y evening, several students shared their conflicting reactions to Hillary Clinton’s Nevada primary victory and Donald Trump’s win i n So u t h Carolina

c primary by a margin of four percent and received four more delegates than Bernie Sanders In South Carolina Trump won 32 5 percent of the votes and all 50 delegates, whereas Rubio and Cruz won 22 5 percent and 22 3 per-

cent of the votes, respectively Nate Jara ’16, vice president of the Cornell Democrats, predicted that Clinton’s victory in Nevada will build momentum for her campaign “Clinton has built a massive lead in southern states and a strong performance on Super

might not be

likely determine

through the rest of the primaries ” Clinton’s victory should help

James Franco to Speak at Cornell

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Assistant News Editor

Actor and filmmaker James Franco will deliver the convocation address to Cornell’s Class of 2016 during commencement celebrations on May 28, Zachary Benfanti ’16, the chair of Cornell’s Convocation Committee announced Friday

Benfanti said this year ’ s speaker selection committee was determined to choose a speaker whose background and experiences would “ resonate with the widest audience possible ”

“In Franco, we feel extremely fortunate as he has found success acting, directing, producing, teaching, leading philanthropic efforts, but most importantly staying diligent in his educational pursuits as evidenced by [his] wealth of degrees,” Benfanti said

By LAUREN KELLY Sun Staff Writer

Pro f Kenong Xu, hor ticulture, and Prof Lena Kourkoutis, applied physics, were among the 105

Presidential Early Career Awards

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White House announced Thursday The PECASE Award is the highest honor the U S government bestows to outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers President Obama congratulate

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“ These early-career scientists are leading the way in our efforts to confront and understand challenges from climate change to our health and wellness,” President Barack Obama said in the release

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identification of a gene called Ma that largely controls apple fr uit acidity levels

Student Assembly Special Election Winners Share Visions

Seek to improve communication between student body, S.A. and administration

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

Four new Student Assembly members Jung Won Kim ’18, Dale Barbaria ’19, Matthew Indimine ’18, and Nelson Billington ’17 were elected to fill vacancies for the rest of the semester that arose when S A members transferred to different Cornell colleges, left to study abroad or not attend enough sessions, the S A announced Friday

The new representatives expressed interest in improving communication both between students and the administration, and among students on campus They also said they aim to make school resources more accessible to all students

As a voting member of the Academic Policy Committee, Arts and Science Representative Kim said that his first initiative is to begin open course evaluations that will make the syllabi of all Arts and Sciences courses open to the public

“ This way, students may know what they are getting into before actually enrolling in courses and thus save a lot of trouble during add/drop period,” he said

Kim also said he plans to compile a director y of Arts and Sciences alumni to make the college more cohesive and interconnected He promised to partner with the Cornell Annual Fund and collect alumni information for the director y via senior polls, starting this year with the Class of 2016

S c h o o l o f Ho t e l Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n Re p re s e n t a t i v e

Billington said he hopes to increase communication between students in the School of Hotel Administration and the S A , in order to unify students and ensure that the

identity, mission and community of the school remains intact He said he plans to meet extensively with synergy committees and relay information efficiently

Although initially concerned about the transition, Billington explained that he now feels more confident with the administration’s plan for the future

“Maintaining a business curriculum grounded in hospitality is essential for the future of this incredibly unique program, ” he said “I will stand for strengthening the Hotel School and expanding collaboration with Dyson and Johnson ”

Indimine, the new LGBT representative at large, said he aims to bridge the gap between members of the LGBT

“I perceive [Anabel’s Grocery] as something that has prevented the S A from fully focusing on its constant function of acting as a conduit between the student body and the administration ”

community and all other communities on campus by effectively and sustainably promoting inclusion

“I want to foster a greater sense of acceptance and understanding of LGBT issues on campus as a whole,” he said

Indimine explained additional plans to work with the Greek Tri-Council to encourage inclusion within chapters and to hold training sessions on bystander inter vention,

Cornell Hosts First Make-a-Thon

By ANNE SNABES Sun Staff Contributor

One hundred and twenty students gathered from Cornell, colleges throughout the Northeast and local high schools to design models of tech gadgets for daily life in C o r n e l l’s f i r s t - e ve r Ma k e - a - T h o n t h i s weekend

Sixteen teams participated in this competition, which was run by Life Changing Labs, an organization that provides mentorship, resources and real life experience for “Cornell’s top entrepreneurially minded students,” according to the group ’ s website

Students of varying interests from engineering to business participated in the competition Competitors were challenged to design a product that would incorporate smart living into day-to-day routines

“With these criteria too, it’s a little bit more than just making the coolest thing,” said Michael Raspuzzi ’16, the main organizer of the competition “It’s making

something that solves a problem that is the best solution for that problem, and can impact the world in some way ”

Despite the original plans for the event, high school students competed against college students, rather than against others in their age group, according to Raspuzzi

“The judges did not know were high school teams pitching,” he said “The top three teams were selected based on criteria listed alone

The 16 competing teams had to come up with ideas for a product, create a prototype for the device and pitch their model in a final presentation

A Make-a-Thon differs from a hack-athon because hack-a-thons rely more heavily on software, while this kind of contest relies on hardware, according to Raspuzzi

“In a normal hack-a-thon, you sign in, you meet the six people you ’ re going to work with, and then you go into a room for 24 hours,” Raspuzzi said “This is very different everyone is in one space ”

sexual assault and mental health issues

Indimine also addressed beginning a “Leave of Absence” fund to offer financial assistance to students who want to take a leave of absence, but are unable to return home for various reasons

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LGBTQ+ community, because, unfortunately, some students may be unable to return home due to their families' lack of acceptance, ” he explained

Engineering Representative Barbaria said he plans to work closely with Engineering Representative Justin Selig ‘17, to further current projects He expressed hopes to continue the S A ’ s support of students in the College of Engineering

“ This would include continued financial support for project teams and keeping the College of Engineering in mind when the S A pursues curricular and procedural changes,” he said

Barbaria also said he would like to push the S A to work on small projects that will help students and encourage the S A to function as a “conduit” between the student body and the administration

“I have seen much of the S A ’ s efforts focused on Anabel’s Grocer y Store a brilliant and noble project but I perceive this as something that has prevented the S A from fully focusing on its constant function of acting as a conduit between the student body and the administration,” he said “I hope to work closely with the already seated members of the Student Assembly, and I will do my part to keep the S A running efficiently ”

Competitors were judged on five different criteria, including the importance of their idea, its viability, the product they create, its creativity, and presentation of the product, according to the Make-A-Thon’s P R Lead Jimmy Guo ’16

Cornell a Capella Group, The Chordials, Releases Ninth Album

By ALEXANDER CHAKRIN Sun Staff Contributor

Tw o y e a r s a f t e r t h e release of their last album,

t h e c r i t i c a l l y a c c l a i m e d Cornell a capella group,

T h e C h o rd i a l s , re l e a s e d their ninth album, Surface, on Friday

The Chordials, founded in 1997, have been nomi-

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Contemporar y A Cappella Recording Awards, according to their press release

“ Su r f a c e i s o u r n i n t h studio album and is a collection of all of our favorite songs from the past two

y e a r s ” s a i d C h o rd i a l s ’

Pre s i d e n t , Gr a c e B e c k e r ’17 “Recording albums is an important part of our identity as a group, so I'm

sure Surface will not be our last ” Because budgetar y allocations for clubs by the Student Assembly Funding C o m m i s s i o n d o n o t include funds for media equipment, the group used private funds to suppor t this project, according to D e d z i d i L a d z e k p o , ’ 1 6 , another member of The Chordials

“A lot of the fundraising h a p p e n s t h r o u g h t i c k e t sales at our concerts and other performances around campus, ” she said “ This time, we also did a small f u n d r a i s e r o n o u r s o c i a l media ” T h e a l b u m “ a i m s t o process all of the emotions that might arise during a drastic life change,” accord-

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guides its listeners through a “tough, toxic situation ” “ T h e a l b u m o u t l i n e s

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ever y stage of the transition, mostly in the context o f re l a t i o n s h i p s , ” Re e c e said “From pre-surfacing, to post-surfacing, and the act of crossing over itself, our music aims to process all of the emotions that might arise during a drastic life change ” T h e g r o u p c h o s e t h e songs for the album based o n w h i c h t h e y t h o u g h t audiences would be most receptive to, according to A n i t a A l u r ’ 1 7 , a n o t h e r member of The Chordials “During each semester, the Musical Director and Assistant Musical Director essentially looked through the group ’ s repertoire from the prior term to decide which songs had the most recording potential ” The album is a collaborative effort of the group m e m b e r s , a c c o rd i n g t o Brian Gips ’15 “ T h i s a l b u m w a s recorded over four sessions spanning three semesters, b u t t h e

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Sanders’ weakness as a candidate

“Bernie has been r unning one of the ‘whitest’ Democratic primar y campaigns in recent histor y as there is hardly any racial diversity among his suppor ters, ” he said Students also shared their disappointment with Tr ump ’ s success, several asser ting that the re s u l

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imaries is not emblematic of a par ty that can sway independents in the general [election], especially given the hateful rhetoric we ’ ve seen so casually leveled at immigrants and minorities time and time again,” Jara said “For the sake of the par ty, I hope things change ” S o m e s t u d e n

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towards Rubio since he is the last ‘establishment Republican’ r unning that can win the nomination,” Zhu said “As more and more candidates drop out of the race, Rubio’s prospect of winning

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Julia Greenberg can be reached at jgreenberg@cornellsun com

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“We [used] a combination of light and temperature sensors to first, sense the light outside and then adjust the light levels of your house inside accordingly,” Chen said “We [adjusted] the light levels inside through dimming lights and adjusting blinds, which will be fully automated ”

The winning group created a product called P!llPall, a product that helps people remember when to take their medications, according to Ruth Silcoff, a junior at Ithaca High School and member of the winning team

“The bracelet is programmed w i t h w h e n yo u n e e d t o t a k e them,” she said “When it is time for your pills, it vibrates until you press a button The button dispenses the pills for that time and stops the vibration ”

Silcoff said the invention is intended for anyone who takes pills on a regular basis, but it is specifically geared toward older people who take more pills and may have worse memories

Joanne Kim ’17 said she competed with a group of all juniors that had multiple ideas, one of which was considering how they could aid children and the elderly in the medical field

“This past summer I had to help my grandma through her hospital needs because she got fairly ill,” Kim said “I think this is a really awesome opportunity to help further that cause and to make some innovation for the elderly in the medical field ”

She said her group was not just focused on winning, even though many other groups had that goal

“ While we ’ re all here, we ’ re very excited about it,” Kim said, “And we ’ re really dedicated to making a change ”

Anne Snabes can be reached at acs328@cornell edu

James Franco to Address Graduating Class

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including the Spider-Man trilogy, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Spring Breakers and This Is the End

The actor was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the drama 127 hours In 2014 he took his skills to Broadway, making his debut in an adaptation of Of Mice and Men, his website says Franco is also known for his plethora of education experiences in 2006, unhappy with the his career path he re-enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles as an English major while continuing his work as an actor, according to New York Magazine

He subsequently earned degrees from Columbia University’s MFA graduate writing program and attended both Ne w York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and Brooklyn College He has also studied as a Ph D student at Yale University and attended the Rhode Island School of Design

Benefanti emphasized that, even beyond Franco’s demonstrated commitment to bettering him-

self through his studies, he demonstrates a “worldliness, confidence and ambition” which is essential to what it means to be a Cornellian

“I hope his speech will impact students by helping them recognize that with the time spent at Cornell, you can do absolutely anything that is aligned with what you are most passionate about,”

Benefanti said “Ever ywhere Franco has turned he has left an impact and demonstrated what it means to be an effective agent of change, which is a terrific example and inspiration that through his words will hopefully be driven home even further ”

Franco has taught courses on filmmaking and production at Ne w York University, the University of Southern California and his alma mater, the University of California, Los Angeles, according to IMBD He has also been honored for his charitable contributions to organizations such as the Art of Elysium Charity a group which enables children with serious medical conditions to pursue creative projects

Benefanti said the selection of Franco as the convocation speaker represents a “ coup for convocation

in general,” stressing that the committee seems to have evolved away from choosing purely political figures to address graduating classes

“Prior to Ed Helms [in 2014], there were many years where politicians rose to the top of committee’s list, and [Franco’s] selection represents a departure from that,” he said “Last year with Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, convocation was gifted with not only an alumna, but a story of strength and determination that powerfully encapsulated the spirit of resilience ”

Benefanti said he believes Franco’s enthusiasm for education and “versatility” in professional pursuits will inspire Cornell’s class of 2016 this May

“Franco’s versatility is something that is fresh, welcomed and nicely attuned to the evolution of not only convocation, but also Cornell in fostering a community where its students are able to pursue their wildest passions with no reservations whatsoever,” he said “It is an honor to be able to welcome him to Cornell this May ”

Phoebe Keller can be reached at pkeller@cornellsun com

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Xu said that this discover y not only fur thers understanding of fruit acidity, but also has allowed the development of a predictive functional marker, which would help farmers identify which seeds to plant

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u s i n g t h i s m a r k e r t o s e l e c t seedlings of desirable fruit acidity levels at young stages even before the seedlings are planted, thereby c o n s i d e r a b l y i m p r ov i n g a p p l e breeding efficiency by saving time and resources, ” he said

Xu said he is excited for what this award means for his future work

“ The award will encourage us

to work even harder on this project to accomplish more, ” he said “ T h i s i s t h e m o s t s i g n i f i c a n t award I have ever received and I am extremely honored ” Kourkoutis received the award from the Department of Defense for her contributions to the development and applications of atomic-resolution electron microscopy and spectroscopy, and to the discover y and control of new multifunctional materials, she said Kourkoutis and her group of re s e a r c h

t electron microscopy techniques to study the microscopic properties of next generation energy material, according to their project website

“ The PECASE award will supp o r

advance the fundamental understanding of how novel properties emerge in artificially engineered materials,” she said “Ultimately, this will help to design strategies to control them and to engineer novel and technologically relevant materials and devices ”

All recipients of this award will re c e i v e t h e i r a w a rd s a t a Washington, D C ceremony this spring

Lauren Kelly can be reached at lkelly@cornellsun com

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Based on the debut novel of writer Jesse Andrews, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is endearing with its painfully suburban but quirky setting, wide range of eccentric characters and first-person narration by our main character, Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann) From the get go, his character is swiftly established with his first line: “This is the story of my senior year of high school How I almost destroyed my life and made a film so bad it literally killed someone ”

Following the high-school filmmaking duo Greg and Earl (RJ

Cy l e r ) t h ro u g h t h e i r “d o o m e d” friendship with Rachel Kushner (Olivia Cooke), a classmate who’s b e e n re c e n t l y d i a g n o s e d w i t h leukemia, the movie seems to contain the makings of a perfectly mawkish tale, set to induce tears and follow every cliché that might spring from such a relationship It is very clearly a coming of age film, generally filled with the suburban strife of coming to grips with life and responsibility As such, its plot isn’t so innovative or fascinating: A white boy in suburbs grows up (or makes a butchered

attempt to)

The story, for its part, does its best to fight against the the dramatic cliches and sentimental molasses of being a film about a “dying girl ” In themselves, the characters, while sometimes extremely frustrating, work to make the story light but meaningful Where Greg could have been a whole lot more sensitive and heroic, he is instead

socially awkward and comically cowardly

Where Rachel could have been a sad damsel suffering a tragic fate, she is sharp, honest, and funny And where this could have been a sad love story, the relationship between our lead characters as Greg repeatedly notes

is not constructed that way

While the quirky range of characters (Greg’s sociologist father who frequently buys exotic foods; Rachel’s mother who is always just tipsy enough to say relatively creepy things) makes us giggle and brighten the mood, there are some serious undertones in the movie The key to tapping into these is to really hear Greg over his self-deprecation and his way of dealing with a w k w a rd m o m e n t s a n d a c t u a l human bonds To understand Greg is to understand that his words should be taken with a grain of salt It’s in the way he refuses to verbally admit Earl is his friend, though he so clearly is; it’s in the way his sadness at Rachel’s illness manifests in a fight between them

Greg’s problem is not a case of confused identity Rather, it is a problem with honesty and a wellestablished feeling of worthlessness And in the face of a possible death of someone who has a place in his heart, Greg fails in many ways to be able to put himself together in time to leave no regrets behind The result, despite Greg’s narrative efforts to lighten the

film and insist on a witty, unsentimental story, is a rather heart-wrenching sensation and mixed reactions to the feeling of having been played The viewer is left with the distinct impression of having allowed her/himself to be emotionally manipulated

But at the same time, the movie is startlingly honest about death and how we as humans (fail to) deal with it There is no silver lining, no radical shift in personality It is just this: Death sucks Rachel is not some p h i l o s o p h i c a l m a r t y r w h o s e i m p e

death changes everyone and everything The friendship between Earl, Greg, and Rachel is not a dramatic turning point in their lives

Greg’s confrontation with death does not particularly leave a profound impact on his life nor does it really change how he is as a person At the end, he is still himself, albeit perhaps a bit wiser and older In the end, life goes on in a straight, horizontal line across time What remains behind Greg are empty rooms and memories left behind, and the truth that someone is gone, and that the only way to move is forward

Ifyou happened to see a movie over the break, it probably wasn ’ t Zoolander 2 or Kung Fu Panda 3 Why? Because those movies weren ’ t rated R, of course Those movies aren ’ t edgy or cool Audiences need gritty, dirty, violent, sexy movies that break the fourth wall movies like Deadpool to really get the dopamine flowing Let’s have more of those, shall we?

That is, for worse or for worse, the message that Hollywood has received in the wake of Deadpool’ s stunning, record-breaking debut, the highest opening weekend of all time for an R-rated film and for a Februar y release Right on the heels of this news, Fox reported that they would seek an R rating for their upcoming third and final Wolverine movie, the first of its kind in the series If this last movie is indeed based on the “Old Man Logan” comic book arc, as the persistent rumors claim, the rating announcement seems apropos, but its impeccable timing with Deadpool raises con-

cern Their conclusion: Deadpool did so well because of its rating But that’s simply not true Nobody above the age of 17 chooses what film to see based solely on its rating

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old grandfather Good times Like in Deadpool, the R was inherently vital to Watchmen; without it, the film could never have hoped to achieve the tone it was going for If Kung Fu Panda 3 had been rated R after all, I doubt it would have had its desired tone, either Guardians of the Galax y director and graphic novel guru James Gunn has become the de facto clarion voice for superhero movies, often taking to Facebook to criticize or to praise recent releases in the genre Gunn worries that Hollywood will lose sight of what made Deadpool such a fun movie in

my opinion, predictability, and while even Deadpool cannot fully rise above all the tropes and cliches of the superhero genre, it makes a most valiant effort In order to continue making good superhero movies a la Deadpool, Guardians or Watchmen, studios must learn to pick stories and stor ytellers with integrity and vision, regardless of the rating

Sean Doolittle is a senior in the Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at sdoolittle@cornellsun com Pu l p Fi c t Se a n r uns alternate Mondays this semester

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Letter to the Editor

O n s h a r e d g o v e r n a n c e

To t h e E d i t o r :

Shared governance and student par ticipation in University decisions has been an integral par t of Cornell’s str ucture since 1967 Throughout the histor y of our University, we have seen students challenge their role in the policy making system and question whether student opinions and experiences are fully considered The recent decisions of the Board of Tr ustees and University Administrators once again test our faith in the shared governance system

Students are given positions on various committees that govern the University such as the Board of Tr ustees, the Council on Alcohol and Other Dr ugs, the University Assembly, the Provost’s Financial Aid Committee and the Student Health Fee Advisor y Committee, but we question what tangible impact the student voice has on major University decisions Why is there usually only one student allowed on such committees to represent the concerns of a wide variety of constituents? At what stage in the process are students brought into the conversations? Did student voice have any impact on the decision to include only Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival students as domestic students for financial aid or the transition to need-aware admissions for international students?

Though students have been made members of several councils and committees, they often face limitations that create barriers in representation, such as obligations to sign confidentiality agreements, which prevent open discussion between student representatives and the student populations affected Additionally, when students admit to their limitations in delivering appropriate representation, they have been barred from giving their position to other students

At the Feb 11 Student Assembly meeting, the Provost reminded students that not ever y student could have a seat on ever y committee that they wanted We do not believe that this is the current demand of students Rather, students are asking for an oppor tunity for their voices to be heard before radical decisions that greatly impact us are made While we expect our voting representatives to vote in the best interest of their constituency, the impor tance of sharing students’ lived experiences requires a more nuanced approach to selecting student representatives to fill these committee positions Student opinions in these decisions appear to be mere formalities for the administration Moving for ward, we ask the administration to move away from this “tick-the-checkbox” attitude and show a genuine concern about student opinion on campus We request that the administration introduce ideas to students before they are fully baked, and instead involve students, including members of the populations that will be affected by ne w policies, in the development of initiatives and policy changes

Eric Schulman | Schulman’s Schtick

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Aditi Bhowmick | Abstruse Musings

Decoding

The Donald

During the Presidential Debates last Fall, it was remarkable how the ubiquitous Trump emerged as one of the most talked about candidates according to Twitter real-time metrics Over the past few months, Donald Trump has become a hackneyed name in every household for both his calumny and éclat As for me, I cannot help being thoroughly intrigued by this outrageous political figure who clearly does not hold back Despite being a radical liberal, I decided to give Trump the benefit of the doubt and really parse through his proposed policies

Given that Trump has championed a “total and complete shutdown of all Muslims entering the United States,” claimed that Mexican immigrants are “ rapists, and some, are good people,” and has publicly denigrated fellow Republican candidates for how they look, comparing one of them to a “child molester,” it is indeed a predicament that he has come so far in the 2016 Presidential election On the other hand, I am also somewhat confounded by Sen Bernie Sanders’ (D-VT ) growing popularity in a society which appears to be chary about any ideology remotely affiliated with socialism

The materialization of both Trump and Sanders as formidable candidates in the 2016 presidential election elucidates a sense of disillusionment among the electorate which is not necessarily partisan It is a manifestation of democracy taking a stand and a coherent voice rising above the bedlam It is really not that unusual for incendiary politicians and demagogues to emerge in a democracy A popular demagogue is indeed a sign that the electorate has acknowledged a crisis It is also a sign that the American masses are tired of inequality and socio-economic problems that emerges from it It is an indicator that the American electorate is facing the music and a clear signal that American voters are looking for parsimony in politics At this point, people seem to be choosing between two extreme roads out of the mess Their choice, of

course, is informed by their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, they are picking two vastly divergent sides

There is, nevertheless, a very meaningful consensus between the two poles that have emerged in the 2016 election Ardent supporters of both Sanders and Trump want a government which is more populist in nature This is a significant fact that Clinton and her menagerie should pay attention to It is time for political leaders upholding Obama’s legacy to think about the problems posed by alienation of the masses

The way this election has unfolded indicates a deep chasm between the intellectual elite and the American public This cleavage needs to be addressed by those in power before they become parables of bureaucratic elite and reckless political figures disrupt the balance in domestic and international policies further exacerbating the problems faced by the political order today It is time for political leaders to take the divide between Wall Street and the rest of American society seriously and address the deleterious collective public memory of suffering caused by the recession

Finally, it is very crucial to react to the glaring indication that a vast majority of American society does not relate to the decisions and approach of the federal government The 2016 presidential election, so far, has been an admonition that populism cannot be wished away in a democracy The other presidential candidates who are relatively more conventional should constantly be asking themselves how Trump made it so far and how Bernie Sanders became such a formidable candidate The answers to these poignant questions will be crucial for the future president if he or she is committed to doing justice to the electorate

Aditi Bhowmick is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences Abstruse Musings appears alternate Mondays this semester She may be reached at ab738@cornell edu

“Part of me feels like the only way that the U S government will ever see that the high drinking age is absurd is if people like this challenge the law on a regular basis If not, no lawmaker will ever care enough to actually solve the problem He will lose this case, but his actions are a crucial part of getting a stupid law repealed eventually ” Andrew Frey

Re: “20-Year-Old Graduate Student Sues New York Attorney General Over Drinking Age,” News Februar y 20, 2015

Better FIFA, Better Cornell Com men t of the day

Last Tuesday, Sepp Blatter returned to FIFA headquarters in Zurich to challenge the ruinous end of his 17-year reign as the leader of the world’s most powerful soccer association

After a year of explosive corruption allegations, raids and resignations, the FIFA ethics committee found Blatter guilty of conflict of interest, exchanging illicit gifts and dereliction of duty Citing his approval of a $2 million payment to UEFA president Michel Platini, the committee sentenced Blatter to an eight-year suspension from FIFA soccer in December

Blatter’s suspension is the culmination of many years of alleged corruption, money laundering and bribery within FIFA international scandals that involved hefty sums of money, national pride and corporate cover-ups

While FIFA’s commercial sponsors, fans and players can appreciate a governing body that mediates internal corruption, FIFA has not yet held itself to the same pinnacle of liability for abuses of power at lower levels of the organization Since Qatar won the bid for the 2022 World Cup, journalists and human rights activists have called upon FIFA to eliminate exploitation and abuse of the migrant laborers working on the construction of the extravagant World Cup infrastructure a call that has largely gone unheeded Qatar the richest country per capita in the world also houses the highest ratio of migrant workers to citizens Comprising over half of the national population, an estimated 1 4 million migrant workers seek jobs in Qatar In recent years, the promises of a booming $260 billion construction project to prepare for the World Cup brought many foreign job seekers to Doha Migrant workers in Qatar generally come from South Asian countries and low-income backgrounds Human rights reports have indicated a pattern of Gulf companies and contractors engaging in predator y recruiting techniques involving down payments by migrants for employment, deceptive job descriptions and salary promises and dishonest interest rates on loans for

deposits to the company which result in a form of debt-bondage, through which companies hold control over their migrant employees In accordance with kafala, the “visa sponsorship” contract, bosses retain migrant’s visa papers, and often require that workers hand over their passports as well Migrants express decreased mobility and a threatened sense of freedom their ability to leave their job diminishes if their bosses maintain control over their visas and passports Earning paltry compensation, the workers live in tightly packed hostels, where sanitation, health and safety conditions fall below coded standards and access to potable water is erratic According to Amnesty International, workers are forbidden to form or join trade unions; legal restrictions obstruct worker’s capacity to collectively organize for better conditions

Furthermore, migrant laborers face long and cumbersome trials to seek justice for labor abuse Legal avenues for rectifying exploitation, debt-bondage, or unpaid wages are precarious, unreliable, expensive, and difficult to access

Human rights activists additionally decry the high dangers of physical labor in the sweltering heat of Qatar summers a report from the International Trades Union Confederation shows that an unparalleled rate of laborers have perished in the recent construction boom In spite of international outcry over the labor conditions for workers preparing the 2022 World Cup, numerous corresponding lawsuits and hundreds of workers’ deaths, FIFA has kept a squeamish distance from the labor abuse allegations In contrast with the flurry of court proceedings, international press conferences, and multinational raids surrounding and leading up to Sepp Blatter’s suspension, FIFA prosecutors have not undertaken any radical upheavals to undo internal corruption against the migrant workers The FIFA ethics committee ’ s prioritizes seem to rank justice for misused dollars over justice for thousands of exploited migrant laborers working to bring a Qatari World Cup to fruition

As soccer fans, consumers of the products advertised by World Cup sponsors and as people who (as Judith Butler has said) are “undone” by the exploitation of others’ vulnerability, we, too, are accountable to the fulfillment of labor justice for migrant workers And while the laborers in Qatar may seem a world away, at Cornell, we know this issue hits close to the heart and home In Ithaca, the Cornell Organization for Labor Action (COLA) has called upon Cornell Administration to undertake similar action towards mitigating possible labor abuse on the Weill Cornell Medical campus in Qatar Well aware of the structural insufficiencies that posit migrant laborers at high risk for exploitation, COLA has pressured the University to enlist a third party investigator to inspect the potentiality for exploitation on the Cornell campus in Education City, Qatar a measure that was supported by the Student Assembly in S A Resolution 16 Nonetheless, as the Sun has previously reported, President Garrett referred to this proposition as “frankly, unrealistic,” and wrote that a wide-scale investigation of labor abuses “threatens to divert resources from areas where we can be most effective” in a response to S A president Juliana Batista

Too often, corporate, state and collegiate bodies worry about the loss of resources only when they perceive a loss of capital Cornell administration tells us that our highest accountability is to return on investment, at the possible expense of those who may be crushed in the pursuit of profit FIFA and Cornell two elite powers vested with immense privilege and influence have an obligation to do better, to use our privileged platform to disrupt global chains of exploitation (of which we may be perpetuating) and to ensure workers at all levels of our organizations are guaranteed security, rights, compassion, and humanity

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To b e g i n t h e g a m e , Ma ssimilian won the opening faceoff and sprinted down the field and, when Penn State failed to stop him, found the back of the net to give Cornell its first goal of the season The goal was the secondq u i c

Massimilian set last year against Harvard

The first quarter ended with a tied score at 2, but it was all Cornell, who gets a week of practice before the team travels to Fl

Hobart, for the majority of the

period The Red held a 16-4 advantage on shots in the period, maintaining possession for the majority of the quarter

“I think overall from the start we had nice long possessions, which is a big positive,” Edmonds said “But the biggest thing is finishing opportunities which we didn’t We had two- and threeminute possessions in the fourth quarter, we were getting looks we just weren ’ t burying them ”

“We knew it was going to be a 60-minute game, unfortunately we played 45 or 50 minutes today,” Kerwick said Edmonds’ Hat

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun com

Cornell Back on Track With Three-Point Weekend

Following 2-2 tie with Harvard, Gillam leads Red to shutout win against

By ZACH SILVER Sun Staff Writer

They say that revenge is a dish best served cold, so having turnaround performances against two Ivy rivals on ice must be twice as nice

This past weekend, Cornell (13-8-6, 8-7-5 ECAC) got a second look at two teams who gave the Red a great deal of trouble earlier in the season Last time around, Dartmouth (14-12-1, 11-9-0) and Harvard (15-8-4, 11-5-4) handed the Cornell two straight losses in the midst of the team ’ s longest winless streak of the season

In the defensive battles, the Red was able to redeem two disappointing performances and muster a three-point weekend, tying Har vard on Friday and narrowly beating Dartmouth 1-0 on Saturday

“We are starting to play better than we have been in the past, ” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said

The Crimson and Green put up nine goals collectively against the Red in the earlier weekend, so defense was without a doubt going to be a focus going into this weekend, according to Schafer

“We know for both Harvard and Dartmouth we had to have tight gaps all weekend and play well defensively,”

Schafer said “Both these teams have been doing a great job this year creating offense ”

Yet again, the story of the weekend was junior goalie Mitch Gillam, who recorded his sixth shutout of the season, stopping 65-of-68 shots

“Our guys did a good job of letting [Gillam] see pucks,” Schafer said “He also did a good job using his stick around the net controlling rebounds He was solid and didn’t let things get through ”

Perhaps the biggest turning point in the Dartmouth game was the Red’s ability to fend off a 5-on-3 unscathed after two minor penalties committed by senior Christian Hilbrich and freshman Anthony Angello

“It was huge coming off that 5-on-3,” Gillam said “We just clogged up the middle and didn’t give them anything We played the way we wanted to win ”

Along with the 5-on-3, the Red felt the momentum from the impressive tie with Harvard helped lead into Saturday’s game

“We got our swagger back and we were building off the game against Harvard [on Friday],” Gillam added

The biggest question with only two games left in the regular season is where the Red will end up in the standings With two points separating Cornell in seventh place with St Lawrence in fourth place, the ECAC is still up for grabs after third place Every point from now on is huge

“It’s a big win in both the national and league picture,” Schafer said “We knew we had to get points and focus on getting a win ”

With the two games left coming against RPI and Union, two teams the Red has not beaten yet this year, they are not letting the past dictate its confidence going forward

“We’ve had that [playoffs] mindset all year, ” Gillam said “I think we can be a top team in the nation and I think we can turn heads in the end ”

Zach Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun com

Despite Late Rally, Laxers Fall to No.19 Penn State

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Will the real Cornell lacrosse please stand up? Was it the sloppy, inexperienced team that gave up five unanswered goals in the third quarter against Penn State? Or the resilient and efficient squad that fought back late in the game?

Lions’ goalie Will Scheiner

On the other hand, Penn State fired 10 shots at senior goalie Brennan Donville The captain failed to notch a save in the third period Despite his third period struggles, Kerwick praised Donville’s performance, calling him “ great in the cage ”

around from behind the goal to score

Finally, freshman Colton Rupp knotted up the score at seven with his first career goal

The answer is still up in the air But one thing is for certain, No 15 Cornell will begin its season with a loss for just the second time in the past 12 years

A comeback late in the fourth quarter wasn ’ t enough to make up for the error-prone third quarter as the Red lost to No 19 Penn State, 8-7

After taking a lead into the half, Cornell (0-1) started the third quarter lazily, missing ground balls and turning over the ball carelessly Penn State (3-0) took advantage, scoring five goals in the quarter, giving the Nittany Lions a 7-3 lead

“I thought we got a little stagnant and had some poor turnovers, ” said head coach Matt Kerwick “They capitalized in transition which we knew they were very capable of They’re a great transition team ”

The Red was listless for the entirety of the third quarter, failing to generate much offense and struggling to contain Penn State’s offensive attack Cornell took just three shots in the third quarter, none of them posing much of a challenge to Nittany

Kerwick pointed to the relative inexperience of the squad as a big reason for the multitude of errors in the third quarter

“We made a lot of young mistakes today,” Kerwick said “I thought there were three or four little mistakes that are magnified in a one-goal loss A lot of them were by freshmen and [Penn State] is a big opponent to play your first career game ”

Cornell pumped in four goals in the fourth quarter, eventually tying up the score at seven

“The fight in the fourth quarter I think really showed who we ’ re going to be moving forward,” Kerwick said He also noted that team ’ s resilient character shined through in that final period

Facing a four-goal deficit, the Red’s offense went to work

First it was senior attackman John Edmonds coming around from behind the net to quickly push the ball past Penn State’s goalie, scoring his second goal of the game

Then it was senior midfielder Ryan Mathews who sniped the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal Edmonds then completed the hat trick, again coming

“We pushed the guys to [be confident] in the fourth quarter and [Edmonds] led the way and really set the tone offensively for us, ” Kerwick said “We had some chances and unfortunately you can ’ t dig a hole like we did in the third quarter and expect to come out on top against a very good opponent like Penn State ” Mistakes similar to those made in the third quarter again resurfaced late in the game Following Cornell’s flurry of goals,

junior faceoff specialist Dom Massimilian won the faceoff but was whistled for a violation, giving the Nittany Lions the ball Penn State would eventually score on the ensuing possession

Cornell had one last shot at tying the game late in the fourth quarter, but a crease violation gave the ball back to Penn State, all but eliminating the Red’s shot at completing the comeback

The Red began the game strong, showing poise and control in the first 15 minutes

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