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Students Seek Potential Health Fee Alternatives

By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer

The Residential Student Congress of Cornell discussed possible plans of action in response to the implementation of the $350 annual health fee at its meeting Monday

The new health fee, which mandates students who are not enrolled in the Student Health Insurance Plan to pay a $350 fee at the start of the 2015-16 academic year, was announced by President David Skorton earlier this month

“This [fee] would affect 70 percent of the undergraduate and residential student population, so it’s a very relevant topic for us to be discussing and talking about as a group, ”

said Alex Parkhurst ’17, advocacy director of RSC, which is comprised of two representatives from each residence hall on campus

The RSC plans to “conduct a survey of the residential student community to determine if the cost of receiving care at Gannett Health Services is driving students away from needed health care services and publicize the results widely,” according to the resolution that was drafted

Parkhurst said the survey will move the student body in a more constructive direction by providing statistics about the financial burden of the fee on students

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Inequality at MLK, Jr. Lecture

Melissa Harris-Perry encourages students to resist ‘ being silenced’

By SAMANTHA ACRICHE Sun Staff Writer

Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC host, writer and professor, addressed conflicts of racial inequality at the annual Martin Luther King Jr Commemorative Lecture in Sage Hall Monday

The ceremony began with a reflection by Jamila

‘We can’t breathe’ | Below: MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry talks about issues facing the black community in modern America at yesterday’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr Commemorative Lecture Right: King himself speaks before an audience of 2,600 in Bailey Hall on April 14, 1961, stating that the underlying philosophy of the sit-in movement then underway was “understanding love and goodwill” and that the struggle in the South was for “moral ends through moral means.”

Carter, a Martin Luther King, Jr scholar from Ithaca College

“Dr Martin Luther King, Jr will continue to live on in our hearts,” Carter said “He taught us that in order to live we must be willing to die for what we believe We all have the power to change our com-

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C.U. Students Visit United Nations Campus in New York City

By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer

Over one hundred Cornell students and faculty members traveled to the United Nations last Friday to tour the recently renovated headquarters and participate in a panel discussion

This year ’ s trip to the U N marks the 11th consecutive year students have traveled to the headquar ters, according to Prof N’Dri Assié-Lumumba, Africana studies, who said she has organized the annual trip each year

According to AssiéLumumba, the trip to the

U N helps prepare students for roles as professionals by contributing to locate their formal learning from inside the classroom “within the broader context ”

“For me, having the United Nations right here truly represents the golden opportunity to [bring to our students] that sense of discovery [of their broader global context],” Assié-Lumumba said “It is a great service to give them that opportunity ” Representatives from different departments of the U N discussed with students about the role of women, climate change, humanitarian affairs and sus-

tainable development, according to AssiéLumumba

Students chose the panel’s topics through a unique selection process organized by Assié-Lumumba, who said she wanted “something more ” than the typical briefing which may accompany tours to the U N

“I wanted students’ own participation as well,” AssiéLumumba said “There is a whole process for selecting the topics And then I work with the U N to select speakers who are experts on the respective topics ” Jeffrey Ly ’16 said he was impressed with how well

Cornell students were able to interact with panel members

“It made me proud to be a Cornellian, honestly, to see

“I realized that people are out there doing things, and that these people were probably just like me.” J e f f r e y L y ’ 1 6

how these students were able to present these things right off the bat on topics they were hearing about right away, ” Ly said Students also toured the recently reopened rooms of the General Assembly, the

Economic and Social Council and the Security Council The U N reopened these rooms just last September after a sixyear, $2 2 b i l l i o n r e n o v ation of its h e a dq u a r t e r s , according to a U N press release

Ly said the tour “ gave a lot of history on how everything came together at the United Nations ”

“I realized that people are out there doing these things, and that these people were

probably just like me, ” Ly said “The tour, for me, was an inspiration ” Assié-Lumumba said she believes a trip to the United Nations can have a powerful impact on a student

“These experts presenting [come] from different parts of the world,” Assié-Lumumba said “The goal is for the students to get a sense of what is there and to stir the interest and curiosity of the students to follow up with more searches and look for more information beyond the U N ”

Christopher Byrns can be reached at cbryns@cornellsun com

Using Technology to Get Students Prepared for Class 8:30 - 9:30 a m , B12 Day Hall

John Palmore: Technique for Simulating Higher Reynolds Number In Physical Space Noon - 1:15 p m , 178 Frank H T Rhodes Hall

Summer Activities Fair

1 - 5 p m , Statler Ballroom

The Rules of War: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and International Law

5 - 6:30 p m , The Café, Anabel Taylor Hall

In-Home Care for Elders Noon - 1 p m , 224 Weill Hall

George Dimopoulos: Novel Roles of Insect Housekeeping Proteins As Immune Factors 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 2123 Comstock Hall

Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture And Development Seminar 12:20 - 1 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

New Solutions for Citrus Greening: Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Analysis of Liberibacter Transmssion by the Asian Citrus Psyllid 12:20 - 1:20 p m , 110 White Hall

Around the Ivies

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Engineering Group Invites Students

To D e s i g n N e w A m u s e m e n

By SCOTT GARTENBERG Sun Staff Writer

The Theme Park Engineering Group a student-created organization that designs theme parks is hosting a national competition to revitalize an old theme park, according to Ronald Forster ’17, president and co-founder of TPEG

The competition, engaging teams from universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton and The University of Texas at Austin, asks participants to redesign and reimagine the Geauga Lake theme park in Ohio The contest ends Friday, according to Forster

Local

Town of Ithaca Reports Salt Shortage

The Town of Ithaca distributed a public ser vice announcem e n t Fr i d a y a n n o u n c i n g a depletion in salt supply due to the “severity of the winter season t h i s y e a r ” A c c o rd i n g t o t h e announcement, the availability of salt from vendors is “severely limited ” The vendors are working “around the clock” in an a t t e m p t

i l l b e shifted to focus on “salt application at intersections and hilly roadway sections” in order to extend the remaining salt supply to the end of winter

Pipes in Ithaca Bursting Due to Cold

Due to the recent record-setting cold front in the area, water pipes in Ithaca have been freezing and subsequently bursting at an unusually high rate, according to the The Ithaca Times Erik Whitney, assistant superintendent for water and sewer for the City of Ithaca, said over 30 cases of pipes bursting have been reported in the past week

Va r i o u s s e r v i c e c re w s h a ve been called to residences and businesses to fix the pipes and there has been an increase in the amount of ser vice required to deal with the issues, according to The Ithaca Times

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does is meant to replicate what it is like to work professionally in the theme park industry: combining creativity with the business ”

The organization includes members from a variety of academic backgrounds who complete monthly design challenges modeled on requests that ride design firms receive from theme parks, according to Forster

“The idea behind [TPEG] is to integrate all sorts of skill sets that apply to the theme park industry.”

“The idea behind the [TPEG] competition is that you have a plot of land and need to use your creativity and imagination to make it into a new, exciting place to attract guests, ” Forster said “We have to create something new based on very limited information that we are given ”

The competition will be judged by 13 companies, including amusement ride manufacture Premier Rides and roller coaster simulation software designer NoLimits, according to Forster

TPEG, which was founded at Cornell last June, seeks to provide opportunities for students to apply technical skills with student ideas, according to Forster

“[TPEG] comes up with new ideas as far as thrill rides and coaster designs and tries to integrate the fun and excitement of theme parks into the curriculum in public schools,” Forster said “The work TPEG

Miranda Jeffries ’17, a member of TPEG’s executive board, said only some passion in the design field is needed to join the competition

“You really just need to be interested in the theme park industry, as well as enthusiastic about learning more and potentially designing your own rides,” Jeffries said

Forster said he created TPEG on the basis of his love for theme parks and the thrill he experiences on roller coasters

“My love and passion for roller coasters stems back to middle school,” he said “I am absolutely obsessed with them and would love to get a job in the industry in the future ”

TPEG, which won the Academic Curriculum challenge of the Ryerson Invitational Design Challenge last year, does work that is “inherently entrepreneurial,” according to Forster

“The idea behind the group is to integrate all sorts of skill sets that apply to the theme park industry whether that be engineering or design and environmental analysis or art, ” Forster said “We also focus more on connecting to industries to form corporate connections ”

USAID Administrator Speaks at Cornell Monday

Human Rights Initiative director expresses need for NGO, government cooperation

By BENEDETTA CARNAGHI Sun Staff Writer

Sa r a h Me n d e l s o n , senior adviser and director of the new Human Rights Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D C , dis-

c u s s e d s e ve r a l p o l i t i c a l issues including problems of “closing space ”

a n d “ n o n - g ove r n m e n t a l organization efficacy” at a lecture in Goldwin Smith Hall Monday

Me n d e l s o n s a i d s h e has worked in the Obama

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n f o r t h e past four years, serving as a deputy assistant admin-

i s t r a t o r w h e re s h e i s re s p o n s i b l e f o r De m o c r a c y, Hu m a n Rights and Governance

i n t h e Bu re a u f o r Democracy and Conflict

a n d Hu m a n i t a r i a n

A s s i s t a n c e a t t h e U S Agency for International Development

The topic of why governments target civil society “ may sound quite acad e m i c , ” b u t i n re a l i t y “there is a very concrete role for social scientist to p l a y, ” a c c o rd i n g t o Mendelson

“When I left the government I felt that it was p r i m a r i l y a n i s s

w h i c h t h e g ove r n m e n t should work, but there is an enormous amount of research to be done and a space for social scientists to do it,” Mendelson said

The lecture centered on the issue of closing space around civil society According to Mendelson,

governments around the w o r l

NGOs and “close space ” a

r s when governments pass laws restricting registration, foreign funding and l i m i t i n g f re e d o m o f assembly, she said

“ T h e a r g u m e n t upfront is that there are multiple drivers of this phenomenon [of closing space] and we need to have very good contextual information in order to u n d e r s t a n d i n g i t , ” Mendelson said

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u re s have been taken to close space at the United States federal government level, according to Mendelson

“In 2014, [President Ba r a c k Ob a m a ] announced a memorandum directed at agencies who are engaged in civil s o c i e t y a ro u n d t h e world,” Mendelson said “ T h e a d va n c e m e n t o f d e m o c r a c y i n s i d e t h e United States is a direct result of the help of our civil society ” Space is closing due to “the source of funding,” t h e “ l e ve l o f A n t iAmerican sentiment,” the concern of “ counterterrorism” and the “ use and abuse of religious arguments, ” such as the ones against the LGBT comm u n i t y, a c c o rd i n g t o Mendelson

“I would like to focus on this backlash about connectivity and a shift on this sense of sovereignty, ” Mendelson said “On

the one hand we have a g re a t e r c o n n e c t i v i t y o f citizen and really amazing a n t i - c o r r u p t i o n m ovements, but we also have ways of tracking funding that we did not have previously ”

Me n d e l s o n s a i d n u m e ro u s g ove r n m e n t s a ro u n d t h e w o r l d a re m a k i n g i t d i f f i c u l t f o r NGOs to be able to exist and seek to inhibit their work

“ Gove r n m e n t s a re passing laws that make it n e a r l y i m p o s s i b l e f o r

NGOs to obtain foreign f u n d i n g , ” Me n d e l s o n said

Ac c o rd i n g t o Me ndelson, there is a “crisis of NGO legitimacy ”

“People are researching the idea that NGOs are too distant from the people they are meant to represent, ” she said

Social scientists and NGOs can both help collect data on public o p i n i o n , a c c o rd i n g t o Mendelson She said she hopes that by working together, the causes of

closing space can be discovered and “remedied ”

While Mendelson said she has ideas for collabor a t i o n b e t we e n N G Os and social scientists in the future, she said there are s t i l l s o m e o b s t a c l e s t o overcome

“NGOs and social scientists do not necessarily interact well,” Mendelson said “We need to make them come together ”

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Students Plan Response to Fee

FEE

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“Right now, there has not been a lot of justification given for [why] students avoid care a t G a n n e t t , ” Pa r k h u r s t s a i d “A n d o n e o f t h e t h i n g s t h e administration has said in its fact sheets and statements is that we need to offer students a reprieve from the out-of-pocket costs So the real question is, are these outof-pocket costs burdensome to students?”

Parkhurst also said the sur vey will have more experience-based questions for students about the quality of Gannett’s ser vice

“ The goal is to get objective information, and not just opinion,” he said “ The idea is [to f

i v e information we can give to the administration to really empower them and empower us to w

Parkhurst said

The resolution also says the RSC should work to “facilitate a

solutions” to the fee These solu-

from the health fee’s accounts, fee reductions and the inclusion of the new health fee within tuition costs

“[ We want] to give the administration an avenue of getting feedback give them a way to work with us and give them a vehicle to discuss what alternatives we could take,” he said “Because right now, there’s not a lot of discussion about the alternatives ”

The RSC plans to initiate a dialogue with the appropriate a d m i n i s

t a s well, according to RSC President Alexander Powell ’15

“[If we] can make a change in t h e i n s u r a n c e a c c e p t a n c e a t Gannett, that could be a win-win situation for both the students and administration,” Parkhurst said “ That would be an ideal situation ”

The RSC said it plans to disclose the results of its efforts to the Cornell community

Both Parkhurst and Powell said they hope the administration, Gannett and the student b o d y c a n c o m e t o a m u t u a l agreement as a result of the RSC’s efforts

“ The RSC is an organization that works to foster cohesion as well as promote the betterment of the residential community,” Powell said

Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun com

Modern Civil Rights Discussed

At Lecture

U.S. Seeks Stay of Ruling on Obama Immigration Action

HOUSTON (AP) The U S government asked a federal judge Monday to lift his temporar y hold on President Barack Obama’s action to shield millions of immigrants in the countr y illegally from deportation

The Justice Department’s motion for a stay was filed with the court of U S District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas

The federal government on Monday also filed a three-page notice with Hanen, telling him it is appealing his decision to the 5th U S Circuit Court in New Orleans

Last week, Hanen issued a preliminar y injunction sought by 26 states suing to halt the executive action by Obama, who wants to spare from deportation as many as 5 million people who are in the U S illegally The states, led by Texas, have argued the action is unconstitutional and would force states to invest more in law enforcement, health care and education

If Hanen puts his ruling on hold during the appeal to the 5th Circuit, then Obama’s immigration action would be allowed to go for ward while the lawsuit proceeds through the courts

Obama announced the executive action in November, saying lack of action by Congress forced him to make sweeping changes to immigration rules on his own

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Republicans, who say Obama has overstepped his authority, are blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Democrats agree to cancel Obama's order

Justice Department attorneys said a stay of Hanen’s ruling is necessar y “ to ensure that the Department of Homeland Security is able to most effectively protect national security, public safety, and the integrity of the border ” The 20-page motion argued that keeping the temporar y hold “would also harm the interests of the public and of third parties who will be deprived of significant law enforcement and humanitarian benefits of prompt implementation” of the president’s immigration action

Hanen lacked the authority to issue the injunction, the national effect of which is “vastly” excessive

The injunction issued by Hanen should only focus on Texas “ so that we can move for ward with these executive actions in other states, ” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday

“ We will continue to oppose attempts by the Obama Administration to implement its executive amnesty scheme that undermines the rule of law, mocks the principles of

Constitution,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement responding to the federal government ’ s request for a stay

It is not unheard of for judges to delay rulings they have issued Last year, a federal judge ruled Texas’ same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional but put that on hold to allow the state to appeal But legal experts say it’s unlikely Hanen will put his ruling on hold, because his ruling said states would “suffer irreparable harm in this case ” if Obama’s actions on immigration were to proceed while the lawsuit is argued

“Based on [Hanen’s] language, it stands to reason that if you stay this order then those harms would start to accrue and that's the whole point of him enjoining the order

Gulasekaram, a constitutional and immigration law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law in California

The first of Obama’s orders to expand a program that protects young immigrants from deportation if they were brought to the U S illegally as children had been set to take effect Feb 18 The other major part, extending deportation protections to parents of U S citizens and permanent residents who have been in the countr y for some years, was not expected to begin until May 19

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

N a rc i s s i s m M atc h e s Co m pa s s i o n

BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer

The Oscars matter insofar as without them, fewer people would have seen or at least have the privilege to consciously ignore small, human-sized movies like Boyhood, Whiplash and Still Alice Or so the thinking goes; a world where works of art are not pitted against each other in competition, where the long months of campaigning and op-ed defaming makes each final victory feel more than a little pyrrhic, could very well be more egalitarian and receptive to intimate, intrinsic artistry but that is not the world in which we live

For better or worse, Sunday’s 87th Academy Awards reflected the conflicted state of things in America today, with every forward-pushing acceptance speech tempered by a nostalgic spectacle or tone-deaf joke There was, as per usual, no lack of self-congratulation

Birdman fits the Best Picture profile, given the film’s insular regard for itself, which aligns perfectly with the Academy’s Along with other recent winners The Artist and Argo, it offered Hollywood the chance to stop, light a smoke and think, “Aren’t we great?” The ceremony ’ s low points belabored this self-love, stretching the broadcast’s runtime to the longest in eight years, while the brightest moments shined past any one film or celebrity to illuminate, as only an awards show can, a myriad of political issues

The low points, I am sorry to say, almost always involved the affable, seemingly perfect host, Neil Patrick Harris He started strong with a song and dance number that ran through movie history and brought Into the Woods star Anna Kendrick on stage for harmonies A cynical Jack Black

Frozen singer’s cheek as if he were Romeo

It was the creepiest, most GIF-ready snippet of the night, though equally weird was when Terrence Howard took the stage to introduce Whiplash, The Imitation Game and Selma Midway through, he paused to say, “Our next film is amazing I’m blown away myself right now, ” before reading the synopsis not to Selma, but The Imitation Game Drunk off emotion or some other drug, Howard could barely convey his enthusiasm for the other injustice-themed also-ran in the Best Picture race and not the good one It felt like anything could have happened during his minute on stage; Imagine if Travolta just wandered, out of focus, in the background

jumped on stage to rant, in his own singsongy way, about the omnipresence of superheroes, “formulaic scripts” and, reaching for his smartphone, “ screens in our jeans” in movie culture today, to much applause

Without such an irascible counterpoint for the rest of the show, Harris struck a tone at once overly chipper and flippant For the whole show, Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer had to go along with a gag where Harris locked his “predictions” in a box that, when revealed, proved how the whole show is predictable, scripted or just ill suited to three-hour joke set-ups His banter punned on Reese Witherspoon’s name or the furry ball dress of Dana Perry, just after the Best Documentary Short Subject winner opened up about her son ’ s suicide His Birdman/Whiplash parody, where he took the stage in tighty whities to Miles Teller’s accompaniment on drums, displayed his most obvious assets without hiding, at least to awards season addicts like me, that Fred Armisen and Kristen Bell made the same joke at the Independent Spirit Awards the night before

What this show never fails to deliver are the moments of unscripted awkward that, against all the micromanaged rehearsals leading up to it, scramble the evening’s gloss I should disclose that the so-called disasters, like John Travolta’s garbling of Idina Menzel as “Adele Dazeem” last year, are my favorite parts of any live broadcast anyone who follows up how embarrassing Travolta was with the decree that “he should never be up there again!” is no fun Thankfully the show’s producers are fun, and reunited Menzel with Travolta, who after being introduced as “Glom Gazingo” petted the

While Tegan & Sara, The Lonely Island, Questlove, Mark Mothersbaugh and Will Arnett hit peak goofiness during The LEGO Movie’s “Everything Is Awesome,” it was John Legend and Common’s performance of “Glory,” from Selma, that provided the moral center for the night With lyrics evoking both the march to Montgomery and the Ferguson protests and a grand backdrop of Selma’ s Edmund Pettus Bridge, “Glory” struck a chord with the audience, bringing star David Oyelowo and Chris Pine to tears It’s easy to be cynical about such emotional displays at awards shows, but the way Legend brought Dolby Theatre and viewing parties across America to silence during his final solo cut through all the noise to contemplate the seemingly irreconcilable divide that exists in our country, the Academy most certainly included, to this day Lady Gagas Sound of Music medley, though impressive, felt too sweetly nostalgic after such a conscious musical statement

When “Glory” rightly won Best Original Song after, Common and Legend were one of many to unashamedly marry thank-yous with impassioned political statements Common pleaded for equality and freedom of expression via mention of the Charlie Hebdo and Hong Kong protests, while Legend stressed the disproportionate amount of incarcerated black men in prison Best

Documentary winner

Laura Poitras, with her Edward Snowden-starring Citizenfour, urged awareness of the surveillance state, while Patricia Arquette, who won Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood, stumped for gender equality as Meryl Streep, flanked by a cheering Jennifer Lopez, pointed and hollered in approval Graham Moore, Best Adapted Screenplay winner for The Imitation Game, seized everyone ’ s breath as he confessed to attempting suicide 18 years ago

He followed this harrowing anecdote with the hope that his presence on stage will inspire those younger than him, who feel like they do not belong, to “ stay weird” and “ stay different ” It was a powerful speech

morally good Great movies are rarely any of those things, and never all three at once, but “the movies,” the mystique of Hollywood that the Academy and theater chains sell, is, always

It is that feeling of uplift, if oh so fleeting, that jettisons Eddie Redmayne’s light track record and The Theory of Everything’s deadness from my mind when he took the stage for Best Actor His youth, his recent marriage and his humility made for an infectiously adorable speech, which filled the room I watched from with high-pitched “Awww”s Julianne Moore deserved Best Actress not just for her work in Still Alice but for her unparalleled career, yet her speech was what we wanted to hear for its focus on love, family and community The work itself has no hold on the rapture of the Oscar moment before all the lights and cameras, only gratitude, conviction and a manageable dose of human weakness thrive Birdman’ s second-half sweep in Best Cinematography, Original Screenplay, Directing and Picture introduced the manic, musky humor of the film into the speeches, which did not vibe well with the prevailing Oscar ethos I have already expressed my unfavorable opinion of the winning film, which I think is little more than clever Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel were the rare masterpieces to actually make it into Best Picture consideration, which makes their loss more painful, since cinephiles more often than not revere their favorites in closet-sized shrines, without much notice from the outer, louder world

But Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman’s director, said something that resonated with me during his acceptance speech, which went as follows: “Ego loves competition, because for someone to win, someone has to lose But the paradox is true art, true individual expression, as all the work of these incredible fellow filmmakers, can ’ t be compared,

The thing about Graham Moore winning, though, is that he wrote an awful script “Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine,” is a line The Imitation Game trailer holds dear and the movie itself repeats, out of the conviction that historical characters speak as if composing their memoirs Share that quote on the Dolby stage, however, and it naturally, indisputably belongs The Oscars so rarely award real art because they, themselves, are not art, and they don’t need to be The most memorable moments are inspirational, rousing and

can ’ t be labeled, can ’ t be defeated, because they exist, and our work will be judged, as always, by time ” I can ’ t say I think his film, with its Justin Bieber references and inexplicable gender politics, will survive that ultimate test, but I thank him for taming that ego this awards season has fed so well, for just a moment, to remind us of the absurdity of this whole artless enterprise

Zachary Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

50th Anniversary: John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme

Fifty years, two months, and 15 days ago, four geniuses (or was it one genius and his three disciples?) cut the greatest jazz record of all time, if not the greatest musical composition of the 20th centur y Fifty years ago exactly as of just a fe w days ago Impulse! Records released A Love Supreme: An exultant suite in four movements, crafted by four brilliant musicians and sculpted by one sonic prophet as a musical laudation and thanksgiving to his Providential Savior John Coltrane’s awesome master work has proved to be the most enduring, affective and influential jazz composition to have ever been put to wax In 30 brief minutes, Coltrane and Co not only changed the shape of all music to come by expanding the fundamental possibilities of organized sound and massaging the boundar y between ar t and popular music, but also created one of the monoliths of American cultural heritage: A work which, once this nation cr umbles, as all are wont to do, will be hailed, alongside Citiz en Kane, the Model T, Moby Dick and the atomic bomb, as one of the United States’ indeli b l e m a rk s o n t h e human tradition an American Aeneid So, it’s no wonder that A Love Supreme can still steal your b r e a t h a f t e r 5 0 years

Stentorian and affirmative, the first movement, Acknowledgement,” opens with the smash of a gong, which gives way to a saxophone riff tiptoeing over the air y wash of cymbals A bassline stalks in and overshadows the sax, with a dancing dr um lurking and a persistent piano seeping close behind Soon the saxophone returns, this time to stay For the next

several minutes, the band plays with an impro-

notion that this was painstakingly composed: Coltrane wails, juxtaposing bouts of divine, dissonant heedlessness with smooth planes of sage constraint; McCoy Tyner strokes his ivor y thoughtfully, a lush and reser ved counterpoint

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Garrison plucks in the undercurrent, teasing at the suite’s imminent motif; and Elvin Jones batters along, tinkling his cymbals and rolling his dr ums, with what seems like only peripheral awareness of his peers ’ playing And then, after almost five minutes of this daring, disjointed (on the sur face, at least) supplication, the main motif a four note, instr umental croon paralleling the suite’s title crawls unassumingly out of John’s sax, and proceeds to be iterated devotedly as the backing band paradoxically grows more restless Soon, the saxophone iterations cede to a shor t piano burst and then the titular, monotone proclamation of “A Love Supreme ” And as these

can be anything: Any muse, any source of

higher being, natural or supernatural It could be nature ’ s great expanse, or it could be Jones’s dr um solo at the beginning of “Pursuance ” It could be the touch of God as he granted Coltrane with his spiritual compositional ability, or it could be Tyner’s undeniably, hedonistically human piano technics which dazzle in Par t III It could cer tainly be the Gates of Heaven ushered open by the pouring mist of “Psalm,” or it could be the base, primitively

whole suite is grounded in Coltrane’s cr y of, devotion to, plea towards and metaphysical yearning for A Love Supreme ” For him, this “love” was the perceived divinity that rescued him from addiction and sin But, as you listen and the next three movements diffuse around you for another 20 minutes or so, you realize that this supreme love

Whatever form this “Love” may assume for any listener, though, it is undeniable that the sounds emitted by Coltrane and his band are t h e e p i t o m i c

f “A L ov e Supreme ” And therein lies this record’s timeless brilliance: whoever listens, in whatever language, at whatever period in time, under whatever circumstances, this will be a record of inspiration, revelation and beauty Long after

Christianity is anything more than a historical oddity studied for its social implications by groups of bespectacled historians, Coltrane’s everlasting ode to his God will remain a source of spirituality and inspiration for any intelligent creature whose ears it graces A Love Supreme transcends its purpose, its creator and its time; It is bound by no social context and requires no greater understanding, only ears and a listener looking for something greater, something to aspire to Just as it astounds 50 years after its inception, it will continue to astound 50 years after the publication of this ar ticle and 50 years after that A Love Supreme, like Beethoven’s 9th Symphony or Homer’s Iliad, is a timeless masterpiece; So to it, happy bir thday Here’s to another 50 years

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Sexual Assault: What Has Cornell Done and What Can We Do Now?

Sexual assault remains a serious issue that deserves continued attention, on Cornell’s campus and on college campuses across the country

I recently conducted research on sexual assault policies and Title IX investigations across the Ivy League, and I discovered that Cornell is doing well compared to our peers In fact, Cornell is only one of two Ivy League institutions that has not been investigated by the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights for violation of Title IX in the handling of sexual assault cases Penn is the second

However, there is still much work to do before we can be sure that our community is a safe and respectful one where students need not fear sexual victimization We must continue to re-examine our policies and discuss both minor and major changes that could improve the Cornell community

Compared to our peers in the Ivy League, Cornell has had relatively few sexual offenses reported by campus police and Title IX complaints filed against the University But take this with a grain of salt These statistics are hard to compare because it may be a positive sign to see higher sexual offenses reported This could indicate that students feel more comfortable reporting incidents, which we want to encourage Still, these numbers support a general takeaway from my research that Cornell is successfully addressing the issue of sexual violence

Cornell has been proactive and appropriately reactive in amending our sexual assault policies In 2013, Cornell moved our sexual assault policy out of the Campus Code of Conduct and into Policy 6 4, after many years of tough discussions about how to make

improvements It was during this transition that Cornell changed to a “preponderance of the evidence” standard of proof and to a system of investigations by neutral fact-finders for adjudication of sexual assault complaints

Additionally, when the White House issued new recommendations for sexual assault campus policy in 2014, Cornell already had many of the recommended measures in place Some of these measures include: confidential victim assistance, around-the-clock services, education and training programs, preventative and bystander intervention programs, student education and awareness programs and comprehensive online resources

To me, these measures seem like no-brainers Of course Cornell and our peers should have these programs and resources in place But I was surprised to learn that many of our Ivy League peers did not have very comprehensive programs in place, had been downright resistant to change rather than proactive and appropriately reactive and had seriously botched some very difficult cases that students were brave enough to bring forward

While Cornell is doing comparatively well on this issue, the standard should be higher than what I saw across the Ivy League We must not get complacent and we must fight the urge to avoid talking about major policy changes just because we made some major positive changes recently Policy 6 4 should be treated as a living document Both language tweaks for clarification and sweeping changes should be on the table as we continue to learn about how best to prevent and address sexual assault cases

In our continued discussions, we should also devote attention to the rights of the accused in the implementation of Policy 6 4 Further, we must continue to educate our students, faculty and staff to prevent dangerous situations from developing in the first place I believe that Cornell can be doing more on education and prevention, and I believe we can learn a lot from some of our peers that have (finally) recently made bold, dramatic changes to their sexual assault policies

Until major societal and attitudinal changes occur, the problem of sexual violence is not going away In the meantime, Cornell should continue to do its part to create a more respectful and supportive culture on campus, and to provide a fair avenue for adjudicating sexual assault claims when our culture doesn’t live up to our standards

Comme nt of the day

To claim, as Obama did, th ISIS is not a product of Isla does not strike me as a particularly provocative statement Annie O’Toole

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When I ended my last column with an exhortation that students protesting the health care fee must remember that a tactlessly presented proposal is not proof that the Skorton administration was acting in bad faith, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was not high on the list of luminaries I hoped might stumble across that day’s copy of The Sun In retrospect, perhaps he should have been higher The national embarrassment of the one-time “America’s Mayor” has garnered far too much attention for far too long; why are we discussing the hateful musings of a miserably failed presidential contender who is making us all suffer through his audition for a Fox News talk show? And why, more disturbingly, are significant players within the current crop of Republican president hopefuls refusing to disavow Giuliani’s remarks? The story has lingered on our newsfeeds, and so I felt compelled to write about the absurdity of its endurance Giuliani’s initial remarks that President Barack Obama does not love America or its citizens because “he was not brought up ” in the same manner as the patriotic Republicans in the room are beyond the realm of defensibility His followups, which included assertions that the remarks were not race-baiting because Obama’s mother was white, and that the president has been under the sway of Communist ideology since before puberty, are somehow less offensive to me For years now, legions of Republicans, threatened by their impending irrelevancy, have boxed themselves into similarly repugnant remarks It is his first speech that frightens me

held assumption that both parties have disparate visions of what will make our country better, rather than disparate amounts of love for their countr y, then we have a chance to move forward constructively

And yet, this conflation of policy and patriotism which was rarely, if ever, exploited by those opposing the Bush Administration’s invasion of Iraq or its expansion of “enhanced interrogation techniques” continues to color reactions to President Obama’s recent actions in office, and not only from stale presidential hopefuls who have long since fallen from grace

From all across the political spectrum, the president has come under fire for his speech last week during his summit on violent extremism, in which he asserted that ISIS (or, as he so insistently calls it, ISIL) should not be considered Islamic, nor should its leaders be considered by the wider world to be religious figures of authority

To claim, as Obama did, that ISIS is not a product of Islam but rather

mandos can permanently quell the conditions of misery and regional discontent that allow the lunatics of ISIS to gain traction in the first place The Arab world must work with us, and they are far less likely to do so if the American president declares “ war on Islam ” Such a rhetorical flourish would only satisfy those among us who crave an enemy, while it would undermine the moral clarity and philosophical nuance that makes America the natural leader in fights against extremism, whether Islamist or otherwise

of those who have “ per verted Islam” does not strike me as a particularly provocative statement

Our country cannot equivocate on the enormity of ISIS, nor can we shrink away from rooting out its warriors But it is abhorrent to denounce our president as something less than patriotic for refusing to start a religious war between the most powerful, predominantly Christian nation in the world and the idea of Islam George W Bush, for those of us with shorter memories, spoke out against Islamophobia in the wake of 9/11, and made similar statements of solidarity with the mainstream Muslim world

The echo chamber that has allowed Giuliani’s comments to commingle with critiques of Obama’s approach to ISIS has, in the past few weeks, thrown our caliber of national debate back to the age of “birtherism ” A few days ago, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said he could not confirm whether Obama is a Christian, an asinine aside by a presidential contender that meshes perfectly with both Giuliani’s “love” comments and the assumption that the president, by refusing to make himself an ideological enemy of the world’s population of one billion Muslims, is somehow “soft” on Islamist extremism Ask Osama bin Laden if he agrees

In a robust, democratic society, the notion that love of country must be commingled with adherence to partisan ideology should never have enough traction to even merit a rebuttal President Obama’s policies might be anathema to Rudy Giuliani and, indeed, some of those policies may indeed have been misguided, or at the very least presented as ineptly as was SkortonCare but the political realities of any administration should never translate into abstract accusations of insufficient patriotism or sincerity As long as our political debate retains the long-

Over a decade later, the territorial breadth and state-building ambitions of ISIS make it even more essential for the United States to maintain the trust of the Muslim community In the end, nearly every American ally that is necessary to destroy ISIS is a Muslim one: neither British airstrikes nor Israeli intelligence nor French com-

So where does that leave us? Responsible commentators and citizens must ensure that Rudy Giuliani drift into paranoia is not taken seriously (which, in the end, it is not) But we must also realize that Giuliani’s comments represent a more virulent strain of modern American thought, of which the opinion pages of The Sun are not entirely innocent It is difficult to boast that our campus is a progressive and tolerant place when nearly ever y adversity we face whether with Greek life or diversity initiatives or, yes, health-care fees causes us to break out into a chorus of accusations, in which no one but the speaker’s faction has a sincere stake in resolving the issue at hand If we go about our arguments whether they encompass the nation or just our campus with the assumption that our rivals’ motives are inherently hollow, then eventually our rivals will cease trying to persuade us otherwise And that is no way to have an argument

While Cornell is doing comparatively wel this issue, the standard should be higher what I saw across the Ivy League. We m not get complacent and we must fight th urge to avoid talking about major policy changes just because we made some major positive changes recently Jacob Glick is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He may be reached at j

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Despite being the defending champions, George Mason (1-5, 0-0) is also off to a rough start this season The Patriots have a new team this year, with 14 of their players graduated from last year ’ s conference-winning squad Six of these seniors were starting position players and two were top starting pitchers George Mason is now a very young team and Cornell will look to take advantage of its inexperience this coming weekend

“From a pitching standpoint, we did a great job this weekend, so we will have the same approach going forward I expect to see some low scoring games this weekend,” said assistant coach Scott Marsh “The weather has definitely affected us offensively because we haven’t been able to get outside and for our hitters, this is really their first chance to see live pitching As the season progresses, our offense will only get better going forward ”

The Red will need to take all three games against George Mason this weekend in order to get back to an even record for the season Game one of the series is set for 2:30 p m Friday in Fairfax, Virginia

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c h i s e - d e f i n i n g m ove by a d d i n g C a r t e r - W i l l i a m s Only time will tell

With so much promising talent, the 2015 deadline is sure to have a significant impact on the franchises involved in major deals.

T h e Su n s h a d t h e b u s i e s t t r a d e d e a d l i n e o f a l l , dealing Dragic to Mi a m i , a c q u i r i n g Br a n d o n K n i g h t and then sending Isaiah Thomas to Boston for Marcus

T h o r n t o n a n d a 2 0 1 6 f i r s t - ro u n d p i c k Fro m t h e Suns’ standpoint, it w a s a s o l i d d a y Dragic wanted out and they ultimately

respected his trade re q u e s t Br a n d o n Knight is just 23 years old and the B l e d s o e - K n i g h t d u o s h o u l d b e a m o n g t h e b e s t b a c k c o u r t combos in the l e a g u e T h o m a s w a s coming off of the bench in Ph o e n i x a n d a f t e r a n i c e s e a s o n i n S a c r a m e n t o , h e d i d n ’ t d e s e r ve a b e n c h ro l e He s h o u l d t h r i ve u n d e r Br a d St e ve n s i n B o s t o n , and the Suns

g o t a f i r s t - ro u n d pick in return It

w a s a b i t o f a s t r a n g e m ove by the Celtics, seeing a s t h e y d r a f t e d Marcus Smart sixth ove r a l l i n 2 0 1 4 , replacing the gap l e f t by R a j o n Rondo It’s unclear whether the Celtics’ front office pictures a Sm a r t - T h o m a s combo, or if Smart didn’t appear to be t h e p l a ye r t h e y thought they drafte d A n y h ow, despite giving up a f i r s t - ro u n d p i c k , t h e y a c q u i re d a g o o d p l a ye r i n T h o m a s , w h o could be the key to a late-season playoff push in Boston It’s n o t a s though any of the t r a d e d e a d l i n e m ove s we re appalling none of them were but rather, a couple of years down the road, these moves are bound to have c o n s e q u e n c e s These trades were intriguing With so m u c h p ro m i s i n g young talent dealt, the 2015 deadline is sure to have a significant impact on t h e f r a n c h i s e s involved in major deals Whether that impact is positive or negative remains to be seen

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Women, coming off two away games, look toward ECAC playoffs

By DANIELLE LETOURNEAU Sun Staff Writer

C o r n e l l ( 1 6 - 1 0 - 3 , 1 4 - 6 - 2 E C AC )

women ’ s hockey finished its regular season on a strong note with dominant w i n s a g a i n s t R P I ( 6 - 2 3 - 4 , 4 - 1 6 - 1 ECAC) and Union (4-22-8, 1-16-5 ECAC) this weekend

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Engineers, Cornell cr uised to a 7-1 win over RPI However, on Friday night, the team had to battle back from a 1-0 deficit to win the game On a Cornell powerplay for tripping, RPI’s Alex Gr uschow was passed the puck in the left circle She then loaded up a wrister that beat Voorheis to the shor t side RPI would hold onto the lead going into the first intermission

How e v e r, C o r n e l l w a s q u i c k t o bounce back and regain control of the game Three minutes into the second, senior for ward Jillian Saulnier netted her third goal in the past two games after she deflected a rebounded puck past RPI’s netminder, Brianna Piper

Fi v e m i n u t e s l a t e r, s e n i o r f o r w a rd Brianne Jenner and Saulnier controlled the puck in RPI’s zone, playing catch at the point When the oppor tunity arose, Jenner snuck past two defenders to shoot the puck five-hole into the

cage, earning Cornell a 2-1 lead Up until the last fe w minutes of the third period, the game was close, with b o t h t e a m

Doering capitalized on a powerplay

Sophomore for ward Hanna Bunton attempted a wraparound shot, but it

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g pounced on the rebound in the crease and slammed it past Piper for a 3-1 lead To top off Cornell’s win, Saulnier scored with three minutes left in the game

In its last regular season match, Cornell had an outstanding per form

Sophomore goaltender Paula Voorheis stopped 25 Dutchwomen shots to get her second shutout of the season and fifth of her Red career In the second period, she fr ustrated the Union team by blocking all 10 shots

With momentum from the RPI matchup, the team jumped to an early lead five minutes in, when junior forward Anna Zorn deflected Bunton’s slapshot into the net to score her first

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Men Drop Three Opening Matches to GWU

By REHAN SABRI

Sun Contributor

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