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Schumer: EPA Should Investigate Ithaca Schools Water
After shutting off water, school district welcomes government help in preventing future contamination
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Wednesday’s water shut-off was motivated by an “abundance of caution” welcomed the intervention of the government on the state and national level
fying the water
Following complaints and safety concerns in Ithaca’s public schools last week, Senator Chuck Schumer (DN Y ) called on both the Environmental Protection Agency and Congress to help evaluate and address the presence of lead in the district’s water supply
“Lead
poisoning is an irreversible, preventable tragedy that robs many families and children of their future.”
“I am calling on the federal EPA to step up to the plate and get all hands on deck to help the community test this water and move forward with ways to remediate this situation,” Schumer said in a press release Friday “We need the EPA inspectors and lead experts here, on the ground, as soon as possible to work with the school district to develop a plan and prevent any future contamination ”
Ithaca superintendent Luvelle Brown who said
“The Ithaca City School District is committed to working diligently to ensure the safety of our students and staff,” Brown said “We thank Senator Schumer for his support and advocacy on our behalf, and we welcome federal health expertise to the area to work collaboratively with the school district to remedy this situation ”
Schumer stressed that Ne w York state deser ves Congressional legislation to expedite the process of puri-
War on drugs | Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and a panel of local experts presented the Ithaca Plan in a press conference at Tompkins County Public Library on Wednesday morning
Myrick’s Drug Policy Receives Mixed
Ithacans
By RUBY YU Sun Staff Writer
Mayor Svante Myrick’s ’09 controversial new drug policy plan which proposes the implementation of the country ’ s first supervised heroin injection site has been met with mixed reactions from both the Cornell and broader Ithaca community At these proposed injection facilities, drug users would be able to receive monitored injections of opioids to reduce the risk of overdose without the fear of arrest The mayor ’ s plan is billed as focusing on rehabilitation rather than punishment, as it will instruct police officers to direct users to the social service system rather than perpetuate incarceration for low-level offenses
Several Cornellians expressed enthusiasm for the plan, saying they are hopeful about the larger changes the initiative could spark Maria Chak ’18 said she appreciates the mayor ’ s efforts in reforming the system “from a punishment to a more rehabilitative framework ”
“For more than four decades, law enforcements have been arresting low-income, people of color for drug abuses but it has proven to have little effect,” Chak said “Now, Mayor Svante’s proposal to implement supervised injections facility will provide the support for drug addictions and prevent the number of deaths related to an overdose ” Shayra Kamal ’18 said she approves of how the
“Lead poisoning is an irreversible, preventable tragedy that robs many families and children of their future,” Schumer said “We need to do everything we can to eliminate this hazardous lead from upstate New York homes, which are vulnerable because so many were built before 1978 when lead paint was banned ”
The threat to children in Ithaca’s school system is a cause for concern and demands immediate action, Schumer said in the press release
“According to the National Institutes of Health, lead is much more harmful to children than adults because it can affect children’s developing nerves and brains,” the release stated “That is why it is particularly concerning this lead-water issue is occurring within a school system, and underscores the need for
Mad Men Writer and Executive Producer
To Speak at Cornell
By DEVON GILLIAMS Sun Staff Writer
Semi Chellas the writer and executive producer of the critically acclaimed AMC drama Mad Men will speak about her
e x p e r i e n c e s i n t h e t e l e v i s i o n i n d u s t r y o n Ma rc h 1 0 i n Klarman Hall
Chellas’ lecture, “Telling Secrets: Notes from the Writers’ Room,” will explore the processes and inner workings of television writing, including the dynamics of writing for an auteur, according to the University
The writer will also discuss how facts and research shape the creation of a storyline a n d h ow t o a p p ro a c h w r i t i n g for characters created by someone else
C h e l l a s w a s born and raised in Pa l o A l t o , C a l if o r n i a a n d g re w u p i n A l b e r t a , C a n a d a Sh e
most notably for two episodes of season five which she co-wrote w i t h s e r i e s c re a t o r Ma t t h e w
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w o rk o n t h e s e episodes catapulted her to running the writers room for the show’s final two seasons, according to an inter view with The Globe and Mail Chellas is most known for her work on Mad Men, which centers around the enigmatic and deeply flawed character, Don Draper, who is a wildly successful ad executive in the 1960s struggling with his own identity and sense of purpose in the series’ seven seasons Chellas is also the co-creator, e xe c u t i
earned a B A in literature from Yale University, studied English as a Mellon fellow at Cornell and studied the Canadian Film Centre
i n To ro n t o , a c c o rd i n g t o h e r IMDB profile
T h e a c c l a i m e d w r i t e r h a s received six Emmy nominations for her work on Mad Men
Many students said they are excit-
to hear from
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beloved series
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Today
Monday, February 29, 2016
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Understanding Unconscious Bias and Micro-Inequities 9 - 11 a m , G10 Biotechnology Building
Looking for an Answer to Mass Atrocity: How Sure Are We Now That International Criminal Justice Is the Way to Go? 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 277 Myron Taylor Hall
Big Ideas in the Humanities: Sound
3 - 4:30 p m , Groos Family Atriun, Klarman Hall
Inequalities Series: Too Much for Sale 4:30 - 6 p m , Hollis E Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall
The Tragic and the Ordinary 4:30 p m , Guerlac Room, A D White House
Tomorrow
Spontaneous Flows in Soft Active Matter
12:20 - 1:20 p m , 700 Clark Hall
Smelling Your Phenotypes: What Have We Learned About Scent as a Floral Scent? 12:20 - 1:20 p m , 135 Emerson Hall
Beneficial Breakthroughs 3:30 - 5 p m , A134 Barton Hall
From Baltimore to Palestine: Connecting the Dots 4:30 p m , Afriacana Studies and Research Center
Prototyping Absence, Remaking Old Media 4:30 p m , Guerlac Room, A D White House
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T h e C o r n e l l - a f f i l i a t e d
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week The decision reflects the growth of the program, which coordinators say has expanded beyond the realm of p l a n t s Da v i d St e r n , BT I ’ s
p re s i d e n t a n d C E O , s a i d BTI’s most recent discoveries “employ techniques of chemistr y, virology and bioinformatics that add dimension to our portfolio of plant science projects ”
He added that the Institute’s new name both “ recognizes our connection to BTI’s past ” and allows the organization room to grow and venture into new fields, the University said
Local
Taughannock Falls Named One Of Most Beautiful
Waterfalls In World
Ithaca’s Taughannock Falls was named one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world this week by media company Thrillist Also on the list were a variety of waterfalls from around the world, with locations including Venezuela, Iceland and Croatia
“Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet past rocky cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet over the gorge, ” says the description of the falls on the New York State Park website The waterfall is located in Taughannock Falls State Park and is surrounded by hiking trails It also features the “largest single-drop waterfall East of the Rockies,” according to the Thrillist website
Solar Panel Array
To Cover 10 percent Of Ithaca College’s Power
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has partnered with Ithaca College to construct a 2 9 megawatt solar energy project which will meet a significant portion of the college’s needs, according to The Ithaca Voice The initiative will promote the use of clean, sustainable energy, aiming to lower energy costs while reducing the school’s greenhouse gas emissions
Richard Kauffman, the Chair of Energy and Finance for New York State said that this project is in line with Gov Andrew Cuomo’s (DN Y ) plan to promote green energy by emphasizing solar power, the Voice reported
Politicians, Cornellians Address Climate Change
By DREW MUSTO Sun Contributor
A number of local politicians joined students and faculty members at an interdisciplinary panel Friday, banding together to advocate the need for grassroots advocacy and open dialog in addressing climate change
The climate crisis “ represents the greatest social crisis of our time,” argued Lara Skinner, the associate director of the Worker Institute at Cornell’s School of Industrial Relations, as she began the discussion
“Women, people of color, children, the elderly, workers, immigrants and low-income communities of color will all be affected [by climate change] disproportionately,” Skinner said
She added that these low-income communities will be hurt “first and worst ” by the repercussions of a change in climate
After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, there were 100,000 newly homeless people in New York City Many of these low-income people were previously living on friend’s couches and in illegal basement apartments, according to Skinner
Skinner advocated an effort that would simultaneously combat the
growing income inequality in New York state and reduce global warming pollution
“We can create many, family-sustaining ‘climate jobs’ by retrofitting buildings for efficiency, improving communities’ public transportation systems and massively increasing New York state ’ s solar and wind capacity, ” she said
Minority communities often face the most immediate, day-to-day impacts of “environmental issues, such as mining and direct coal plant pollution,” said Aubree Keurajian ’15, environmental activist and former KyotoNOW! co-president
“Environmental justice is not just talking about the impacts of climate change,” Keurajian said “It is also very important to talk about the immediate aspects of the fossil fuel extraction industry ”
Steve Englebright, New York State assemblymember and chair of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation, offered several potential solutions to environmental injustice
“I believe that my committee needs to start removing fossil fuels from
C.U. Hosts First Social Impact Conference
By GRACE SANTARELLI Sun Contributor
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t h e c h a n c e t o l e a r n f ro m t h e m , f i n d o u t w h a t t h e y ’ re d o i n g a n d w h a t c h a l l e n g e s t h e y ’ re f a c i n g ” Zi j i n L i ’ 1 9 , a n a t t e n d e e , s a i d “ It w a s i n s p i r i n g t o h e a r Ku n a l Me h t a re ve a l h i s a d ve n t u ro u s j o u r n e y f i l l e d w i t h c h a l l e n g e , a u d a c i t y a n d s o c i a l i m p a c t ” Pa r t i c i p a n t s a l s o h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o
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Producer to Speak on Career in TV
Mad Men is credited with changing the landscape of modern television in more ways than one, including its inclusion and development of strong women characters, its use of “period” as a character in itself and, most notably its development of a highly stylized and sophisticated
“The little pointers and takeaways she will have for college students will be so important ”
Molly Kluger ’17 said she is excited to learn about the creation of her favorite characters in Chellas’ lecture
“The character development through the series was so well done that it is hard to not form personal attachments to the characters,” Kluger said “I am excited to get a glimpse of how Mad Men came to life through Semi Chella's writing ”
t e l e v i s i o n s h ow, according to The Los Angeles Times Watts said she hopes the Chellas’ talk will help improve her own writing “The little pointers and takeaways she will have for college students will be so important,” Watts said “After working on what is hailed as the smartest show on television she knows what works, what doesn’t and has mastered the art of storytelling ”
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Earth, is also the town where the Ku Klux Klan once ran the C
streets and rallied 10,000 people in a city park
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n Disneyland a generation later Now a majority-Hispanic city of 350,000, it is hardly wel-
y f o r a K K K protest against immigration Mayhem ensued Saturday as s o o n a s s i x K l a n m e m b e r s pulled up in a black SUV for the rally they had advertised and pulled out signs saying “ White Lives Matter ”
Do z e n s o f p r o t e s t e r s s w a r m e d i n a n d s o m e o n e smashed a window The vehicle then sped away, leaving three K l a n s m e n d re s s e d i n b l a c k shirts decorated with the Klan
c r o s s a n d C o n f e d e r a t e f l a g
patches outnumbered Police said one Klansmen c a r r y i n g a n A m e r i c a n f l a g stabbed a protester with the bald eagle decorating the end of h i s p o l e C o u n t e r - p ro t e s t e r s , m e a n w h i l e , c o u l d b e s e e n stomping on the other two By the end of the melee, three people had been stabbed, one critically, and a dozen others arrested “ [ T h e c o u n t e r - p r o t e s t e r s ] were so angr y, they would have t o r n t h e s e f o l k s l i m b f r o m limb,” said Brian Levin, who directs the Center for the Study o f H a t e a n d E x t re m i s m a t California State University, San Bernardino “I was afraid for their lives ” Levin, who came to Pearson Park expecting to record the rally for research, found himself protecting the Klansmen until police could inter vene On a video Levin shot and posted to Twitter, he later asked one of them, “How do you feel that a Jewish person helped save your life today?”
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plan” which he projects will sweep across upstate New York
The plan includes a $3,000 tax cut that businesses could receive if they eradicate objects with lead present and a $1,000 tax cut to clean water that has already been contaminated The senator stressed that it is in the state ’ s financial interest to alleviate these threats to public health
“Addressing these housingrelated health hazards makes economic sense, as ever y $1 spent to reduce home lead hazards provides a benefit of at least $17,” the release said
Panels Call for Action to Fight Climate Crisis
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urban centers because they are driving an asthma epidemic in places like the Bronx and Queens,” Englebright said “That is unconscionable ” New York State assemblymember, Barbara Lifton (D-Ithaca) made one addendum to Englebright’s solutions, saying that policymakers “ must listen to the voices of people who might normally be disenfranchised ”
Lifton recognized that many citizens, particularly students, face innumerable daily responsibilities However, the assemblymember emphasized that democratic engagement need not be time consuming or burdensome
“There
is an urgency for change that is unprecedented in the world.”
P r o f B o b H o w a r t h
“If most people could just provide a small amount of time effectively pushing our stalled political system through voting or joining national groups and weighing in on that level then we can win,” Lifton said
Prof Bob Howarth the David R Atkinson professor of ecology and environmental biology and an attendee of the 2015 U N Climate Change Conference in Paris spoke about climate change’s environmental consequences and the best methods to mitigate them
According to Howar th, the scientific community agrees that a temperature anomaly the difference between the average temperature of a calendar year and the long-term average value temperature of above 1 5 degrees Celsius would be a “ travesty ”
“We’re on a trajectory to reach that 1 5 degrees 12 years from now, so this is not something far into the future anymore, ” Howarth said “There is an urgency for change that is unprecedented in the world ”
Panel members, also stressing the problem’s urgency, drew on expertise from their own disciplines to detail suggestions for activism
Prof Lauren Chambliss, communications, advocated grassroots solutions to the climate crisis As the communications director at the Atkinson Center for Sustainable Future, she said public opinion is evolving toward a greater understanding of and desire to address climate change
“We are seeing change at both the policy level and in public understanding,” Chambliss said “This is happening in part, because people’s voices are loud and rising ”
Prof Br uce Monger, ear th and atmospheric sciences, moderated the panel discussion and concluded the event with a bold call to action
“Every so often, a generation gets called upon to do something extraordinary, ” Monger said “This generation is being called upon to take the planet to zero carbon emissions ”
Ithaca Drug Policy to Have Little Infuence
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plan takes a more holistic approach to reducing drug incidence, unlike other plans which she said can serve merely to discourage drug use
“Myrick’s plan for prevention is rooted in identifying and combating the causes for anxiety, depression and other mental health issues,” Kamal said
Despite the positive feedback from some students, others remain skeptical of the feasibility of the plan’s benefits Kaitlyn Yong ’18 expressed concern that the supervised injection facilities could become a place for scenes of aggression
“There’s no guarantee that these individuals will not do heroin outside these ‘injection facilities’ and these places could possibly be subject to violence or crime because they house these types of drugs,” Yong said Kamal agreed, saying she is concerned these facilities might take away the negative connotation of heroin use, tacitly supporting drug usage
“Even if the facilities reduce the number of overdoses, opponents can point to these centers as encouraging increased drug use since users can consume drugs in a safe environment, which sets a precedent for implicitly sanctioning drug use, ” Kamal said
The plan would have little influence on
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Cornell students, because reports of heroin use have been consistently low at Cornell, according to Laura Santacrose, health initiatives coordinator at Cornell’s Skor ton Center for Health Initiatives a center which aims to reduce the harms caused by substances including alcohol and other drugs
“According to our most recent survey data, fewer than 1 percent of Cornell students used heroin in the past month and fewer than 2 percent have ever used it,” Santacrose said
However, the plan has the potential to affect Ithaca’s business owners, who have experienced multiple incidents when drug users use store bathrooms to inject heroin, according to Kevin Cuddeback, owner of Gimme! Coffee
Cuddeback has taken precaution to prevent his establishments from being used for this purpose by installing keyed bathroom door policies
He said he supports the plan, because it will attend to “addiction as a mental health issue rather than a criminal justice issue ”
“Incarceration is extremely costly and woefully ineffective as a rehabilitative force,” Cuddeback said
Kassandra Frederique, New York state director at the Drug Policy Alliance a national organization working to end the war on drugs said that Ithaca business
owners stand to gain by supporting the plan
“The more effective the plan, the less likely people will be loitering under the influence in front of businesses, injecting in restaurant bathrooms, disposing of used syringes in trash receptacles that might prick their employees when they are clearing out the trash at the end of the night,” she said
The plan would provide the police with more time to solve more serious crimes and so they would be able to “ act as a resource for people in need,” Frederique said
“Ithaca’s law enforcement community has clearly stated on multiple occasions throughout this process [that] this is largely a health issue and they want to connect people to services rather than arrest people, when appropriate,” she said Frederique also urged more cities throughout the United States to adopt their own unique drug plans
“Sometimes broad-based policies are insufficient to deal with the realities and nuances in cities across the country, ” she said “What is so special about the Ithaca Plan is that Ithaca’s realities are what informed the Plan Other municipalities in the United States should build the plan that works for them ”
Ruby Yu can be reached at ryu@cornellsun com
Sen. Rubio Gains Support, Assaults Trump’s Character
KENNESAW, Georgia (AP)
A f l o o d o f m a i n s t re a m
Republican officials and donors have lined up behind Marco Rubio in the week since former Florida Gov Jeb Bush suspended his campaign for president And yet Rubio’s team concedes that neither the influx of support, nor the conversion of many of Bush’s wealthy donors, i s e n o u g h t o s t o p Do n a l d Trump Instead of riding the wave of new support alone, Rubio has been forced to speed up plans for an all-out assault on the billionaire businessman’s character
Rubio had hoped to wait until the chaotic Republican n o m i n a t i n g c a m p a i g n h a d shrunk to a two-man race But with a growing sense of urgency among GOP stalwarts to settle on a Trump alternative, the young Florida senator is trying to simultaneously slow Trump and cast himself the savior of the party ’ s future
“I will never quit I will never stop until we keep a con man from taking over the party of Reagan and the conservative movement, ” Rubio thundered at a rally with 2,000 people in Oklahoma City on Friday It is a delicate balance
Rubio, a 44-year-old firstterm U S senator, is trying to project leadership in the party while also going after Trump using his own game, marked by mockery and uncanny aim for his opponent ’ s vulnerabilities
But it’s a necessary one, says Rubio's latest big endorsement, Tennessee Gov Bill Haslam “Rubio looked around and thought, ‘Well, I might not like it, but that's what the media is covering and that’s what people are responding to ’”
But Rubio is quickly getting a feel for what he began during Thursday’s debate, launching a d i re c t c h a l l e n g e t o Tr u m p ’ s
appeal to working class voters
In recent days, Rubio has dished about Trump’s on-stage perspiration and alluded, jokingly, that Trump may have wet his pants He’s also taken to referring to the billionaire busin e s s m a n a s a “ c o n a r t i s t ” dozens of times a day while campaigning
“It’s amazing to me A guy with the worst spray tan in America is attacking me for putting on makeup,” Rubio charged as he campaigned in Georgia on Saturday “Donald Trump likes to sue people He should sue whoever did that to his face ”
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Jackets Full of Geese
hat guy in the new pastel vest is probably paying part of my tuition He wears nice boots, and jackets full of geese, but his parents paid for my breakfast this morning And surely, he does not know how to salvage a pair of shoes with some scotch tape for a few months; I guess we can ’ t have it all
Over the last few weeks, there have been some days when buildings with gilded names have looked down with cold stares These are the days when I’ve looked at this man and wondered how comfortable he must feel in a classroom he paid to sit in Of course, I have had as much to do with my classmate’s parent ’ s income as they do, so it’s perfectly
a r b i t r a r y t h a t t h e y should be a full-paying student as opposed to myself But this makes it no less meaningful
Ma y b e h e g e t s angr y sometimes, and marches to protest the College of Business or a new fee Or maybe he’s just content with the knowledge that he i s a n i n d i s p e n s a b l e c o n s t i t u e n t
Regardless, his experience with the University is under written by a belief that it owes him something Without all of the hims and hers that do the paying, there would be no University at all So I wonder what his expectations are
Mo s t d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n w i t h t h e
Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
meaning of your degree Then, of course, there are faculty, staff and donors, all of whom see their future to some extent shaped by the actions of the University It’s a complicated and messy constituency; one we should not expect to dominate
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n incredibly narrow realm of concern The scope of our interest is generally limited to four years, meaning we ’ re unlikely to have the kind of perspective necessar y for cer-
expertise, which was noted in a letter last week written by R Alex Coots grad University administration and educational p
degrees, and as long as it does, it’s just arro-
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University stems from expectation At its most basic, a complaint comes from the belief that the University failed to consider a particular student perspective Be it a health fee or a college merger, the source of discontent is the belief that the primar y constituency, the student body, was not consulted, or that consultation was purely tokenistic (see: “Letter to the Editor: On Shared Governance”) In the case of the College of Business, a portion of the anger stems solely from the lack of consultation In other instances, the understanding is that, if students and faculty genuinely were consulted, the University would have found universal dissatisfaction and would have adjusted its plans Often, though, it isn’t that the decisions that are made are necessarily bad but rather that we expected to be asked about them first So the question is, as a student, what is it actually reasonable to expect?
One place to begin is the issue of stakeholders In this respect, one would think t h a t t h e s t u d e n t s s h o u l d h a v e t h e strongest voice, as their ever yday lives are shaped by the decisions of their university This, I think, is the basis of a lot of the expectations that have developed
It’s not quite complete, though To the extent that a person ’ s degree determines their success as a graduate, Cornell alumni should probably be consulted as well This surely is the opinion of Lee Bender and the countless alumni who troll The Sun’s comment section like an angr y 14-yearold looking to release some angst It’s not an entirely unreasonable thought to have: you pick a school for certain reasons, and if the school changes, so too does the
not really the point University decisions craft the world in which its students live, and contribute largely to the way they form their current identity Students are the most direct stakeholders and the only group of people that experience the University’s primar y function, its education It’s important that their experience be given the greatest weight when shaping policy, and that they be trusted to speak for themselves
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Campus decisions may not always go the way the student body wants, and nobody should maintain that as their expectation it may be that creating a College of Business is legitimately the best course of action But there is an inherent harm to failing to actively, openly and publicly consider the student perspective, even if that perspective is not reflected in the final decision
The troubling consequence of opaque and distant decision-making is that stud e n t s c o m e t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e i r University is not their own; that it is not a breathing body of which they are a part Theirs is not a shared endeavor Instead, at best, the University belongs to someone else It belongs to the woman with the jacket full of geese At worst, though, it’s just a cold apparatus with which you interact, existing entirely independent of your life And this belief has tangible implications It affects one ’ s quality of work, their emotional and mental wellbeing and their ability to truly engage with their surroundings It also acts as a quiet censor of those who don’t believe that their experience matters, meaning we are less likely to hear those voices when we truly need to So, I guess, open ears is my expectation
Rubin Danberg Biggs is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at red243@cornell edu The Common Table appears alternate Mondays this semester
Been a Long Time Comin’ or Three Short Stories
Abrief
anecdote:
It is freshman year I’m sitting on the TCAT bus when on walks a friend of mine She is a black woman
Wait no
She is a beautiful, intelligent, remarkable and resilient black woman There we go, much better
Anyway, she is being fully herself fully black She is “loud,” her vernacular is unfiltered and unrestrained, her body language ripples with freedom, her tone is pure, her content honest
And me? I am reserved, perfectly still, my body trying to fold itself up and become invisible I want desperately for her to stop drawing attention to us
The question: What is the moral of this story?
When I first set foot on this campus, I was the masterful assimilator, ensuring that everyone was at ease, no matter what To some extent, I still am I still love when people are surprised by the music or films or other art that I unexpectedly know about I love when I can do things that make people do a double-take I love when I know someone I’m not supposed to know I love when I can demonstrate my adeptness for sliding into any group, any environment, any space, regardless of the race, gender, sexuality, religion, etc of those within the group I love that I’m
chock full of surprises, constantly challenging every norm about what a black man should be I love that I can resist the tremendous pressure to feel isolated or otherized
But when I first got here from Atlanta, a city in which I had been the racial majority, I wrestled greatly with my newfound identity as a black person I wanted to embrace the reality of my people’s limited presence on this campus, but when I looked to the older students, they seemed too loud to me Or perhaps too vocal, or too political, too upset, too radical They were, quite simply, too unabashedly black I preferred to save that part of myself for whenever I was home
as a result, I can be internally arrogant about this sometimes (Forgive me for this fault, I’m working to get better )
Now then: I was sitting in German class the other day, and I could not have been more frustrated Although I’ve been speaking German for over 11 years, this high-level discussion about the
I tried to lock eyes with this person that she could see me: Human Black But she always averted eyes whenever she caught me looking at her
But these courageous souls constantly thrust themselves into the social sphere, and with gusto
Allow me to provide another brief anecdote, but first some context:
I am obsessed with the breadth of human communication If I ever get rich, I will spend all of my free time learning new languages They are the ultimate key to empathy, in my opinion And, for better or worse, I harbor a sort of intellectual hubris when it comes to speaking I’m really good at speaking articulately I know how to engage and impress people when I open my mouth I know that I’m good, and
The Ithaca Plan Mayor Svante Myrick’s ’09 comprehensive plan to reform the city’s drug policy is t w o ye a r s i n t h e m a k i n g Dr a f t e d i n response to the city’s increased rate of opiate/opioid abuse, the plan draws on knowledge from a cross-functional committee of law enforcement officials, academics and experts on drug recovery programs Each of the four pillars of Myrick’s policy addresses a different facet of drug abuse in Ithaca: prevention, treatment, law enforcement and harm reduction The most controversial element of the proposed plan is the final pillar of the policy, which would establish a 24-hour crisis center to ultimately serve as a safer injection facility where heroin users can administer the drug under the supervision of a medical professional
The inspiration for the Ithaca Plan comes from the success of a similar program in Vancouver, where two supervised injection facilities have been operating for nearly 15 years as safe clinics for drug abusers The theor y behind the harm reduction approach to public health policy rests upon the humane idea that, as a community, we have a responsibility to keep drug abusers alive in order to give them the treatment they deserve As over 30 published articles have proven, the facilities in Vancouver have been incredibly successful at both preventing overdose deaths and improving public safety
Myrick’s Ithaca Plan represents a serious departure from our country ’ s unfortunate intellectual legacy regarding drug abuse and addiction In 1971, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs when he declared drug abuse in America to be “public enemy number one ” Since then, the national response to drug policy has been
of learning and growing, I am no longer that kid from the bus anymore If I have something within myself that is a part of me, that something deserves to be expressed, always
Holocaust was the first time where I felt truly incapable of saying exactly what I wanted to say I simply lacked the words
To wit: There are few experiences worse than the debilitating dread of undesired silence To communicate, to be heard in earnest, is to be human And I felt as if I had been reduced to nothingness This was partially my fault though, because I hadn’t been staying on top of my German I felt ashamed that I had forsaken this mode of communication for so long Yet buried within that moment of shame was a nascent epiphany, which I will now share with you
While walking out of German class, I realized that, after two years
Final anecdote: The other day, I was eating dinner with a beautiful, black woman in Rose The student sitting next to us did little to conceal her disp l e a s u r e when we sat down, and made sure to glare at my friend, who was being fully herself, at every poss i b l e moment I tried to lock eyes with this person so that she could see me: Human and Black But she always averted her eyes whenever she caught me looking at her Eventually, she sighed, glared one last time and left abruptly
Listen, I don’t care whether or not this woman ’ s actions were racially motivated, whether overtly or via the subconscious And I don’t even wish her any ill will, because I’m happy, I’m warm, I’m blessed, I’m kind and I love all people However, unlike the Sun columnist of old, who felt compelled to do lip service to those parts of himself at every conceivable opportunity, I refuse to relinquish the fullness of Amiri Banks And if you don’t
The Ithaca Plan
characterized by inefficient measures such as mandator y minimum sentencing for drug offenders and increased police surveillance in urban areas Importantly, the effects of policies enacted under the zerotolerance logic of the War on Drugs have not been evenly distributed throughout society, with the majority of law enforcement efforts concentrated in low-income urban neighborhoods Many policies rely
level, Ithacans must work towards accepting that drug abuse is a public health issue that cannot be solved with law enforcement tactics alone
Drawing off the successes of initiatives in Vancouver, the Ithaca Plan challenges us to unlearn everything we have been taught about addiction Research has proven that addiction is not the result of poor life choices and lack of willpower on an indi-
heavily on racial profiling, like New York City’s “ stop and frisk” initiatives that have been consistently shown to target minorities and non-white neighborhoods at a disproportionate level On a larger scale, both the War on Drugs and the mass incarceration it supports have a disproportionately n e g a t i ve i m p a c t o n r a c i a l m i n o r i t i e s , women and LGBT individuals Drug policy that compounds the disadvantages that these groups already face is not worth pursuing Myrick’s proposal is only radical in comparison to the 45 years of misguided drug policy that precede it It can be difficult to understand such a compassionate and prevention-based policy when the prevailing logic of our criminal justice system has resulted in decades of legislation that treats drug addicts as delinquents instead of as sufferers In order for Myrick’s policy to succeed on a community
vidual level And while addiction isn’t a lifestyle choice, as the individual punishm e n t - b a s e d d r u g p o l i c i e s o f t h e p a s t decades might have led people to believe, it isn’t necessarily a disease that can be cured by a uniform 12-step procedure Rather, contemporary science views addiction as a learned experience that is probably better addressed with cognitive behavioral therapy to restructure the brain’s learned habits There are no shortcuts toward reducing drug addiction, and even the most comprehensive policy measures will face limitations The Ithaca Plan is a vital step towards undoing the damage wrought by decades of failed drug policy but it is certainly not without its own shortcomings The most obvious flaw is the historical context: over the past generation, the demographic of illegal drug users has shifted from inner-city crack cocaine users (most of whom were
understand what I’m talmbout, let’s just say that I’m not finna let anyone get away with challenging the presence of my blackness I’m not gon ’ hide anything, or be conciliatory Imma look racism in the eye and tell it to come see ’bout me Imma switch to my colloquial slang freely while still flexin’ on these folk who think they know sumn They can question my capabilities all they won ’ t, but ion care no more I’m not out here tryna appease anybody but myself And I’m ready for the relentless storm of vitriol, retaliation, and online comments that might come with that I’ve been the nice guy for long enough
Still, given all of that, let me be perfectly clear brothas and sistahs: You ain’t gotta talk or walk like me to be black You ain’t gotta pretend you been rocking with the Beyonce of Formation since you first learned how to dance You ain’t gotta be rapping The Blacker the Berry with Kendrick all day every day or wear a nappy ass afro I’m still gon love you, and I still gotchu, whether you want me or not Why? Cuz don’t none of that make you black Nah, only one thing make you black: the blood in ya veins If you black, you black Non-negotiable And that’s that
Amiri Banks is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He may be reached at abanks@cornellsun com Honest A B appears alternate Mondays this semester
black) to suburban opiate users (most of whom are white) That the contemporary policy response to drug abuse tends to emphasize treatment cannot be explained in the absence of racial considerations In fact, the modern approach to drug policy as a public health issue reveals the persistence of racial inequalities in public policy There were no treatment centers organized in response to the 1980s crack epidemic that devastated so many inner-city communities When the majority of drug users are disenfranchised, low-income and non-white, policymakers tend toward punishment instead of looking for longterm solutions The fact that policymakers failed black communities during the crack era does not make today’s heroin epidemic any less critical, but it demands we evaluate the racially asymmetric impacts of public policy on our communities
Supervised injection facilities do not purport to end drug abuse overnight, nor do they claim to be the best or only way to reduce drug abuse What they will do, however, is reduce public drug use, prevent overdose deaths and promote treatment instead of criminalization The Ithaca Plan is not designed to end opiate/opioid abuse once and for all; it is a policy designed to prevent people from overdosing in the streets and to give them the basic medical attention they deserve as members of our community For Ithaca, harm reduction will likely be just as important as prevention
Emily Hardin is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at enh33@cornell edu Free Lunch appears alternate Mondays this semester
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Last Friday, Kesha lost her legal battle for Sony to release her from her contractual obligation to her producer, Dr Luke Kesha claims that Dr Luke drugged and raped her when she was 18 years old, and that he sexually, physically, verbally and emotionally abused her over a period of 10 years New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich ruled that she was going to do the “commercially reasonable thing” and uphold the contract, telling Kesha that Doctor Luke’s $60 million investment in her career “decimates your argument ” The judge’s denial of Kesha’s request to obtain an injunction to break her contract was a devastating blow not only to Kesha’s emotional well-being not to mention her career but to the ability for other people
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So n y h a s argued that it should be enough for Kesha that they will allow her to record music without ever having to interact with Dr Luke But, as her music would still be under the control of Dr Luke’s imprint, this leaves him in a position of power over Kesha allowing him to profit from her sales or, alternatively, to take any number of actions to use his power to continue his abuse or enact revenge Not having to personally interact with him does not free Kesha from the trauma and violence of being contractually under her longtime abuser’s control
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way to blame a victim for their own abuse, in the aftermath of the court case, much scrutiny has been directed toward Kesha and how she handled her assault feeding into the myth that there is one ideal way for a victim to act in the aftermath of their sexual assault in order to be worthy of justice For example, people including talk show host Wendy Williams and many a comment-section scumbag have questioned why Kesha did not speak out sooner or why she denied that Dr Luke raped her in 2011 Victims of sexual violence deal with their trauma in any number of equally valid ways, and even if they do not call the police, do not immediately speak out, do not remember all the details, interact w i t h t h e i r assailant posta s s a u l t o r were inebriated at the time of the assault, i t d o e s n o t m e a n t h a t they are lying
o r t h a t t h e y were “asking for it” all these behaviors are in fact classic signs and symptoms of trauma According to her lawyer, Kesha was coerced and intimidated into remaining silent: “Dr Luke repeatedly threatened that if she ever told anyone about these abusive incidents, he would destroy both Ms Sebert and her entire family Ms Sebert wholly believed that Dr Luke had the power and money to carr y out his threats ”
Furthermore, Kesha’s case is not an isolated incident; her case is indicative of a larger, structural sickness in the music industr y that does not punish men for sex-
Annabel Campo is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ac2489@cornell edu
ual harassment and assault, but punishes victims for speaking out Despite the visibility of women as the faces of pop music, men occupy 95 percent of production jobs in the music industr y, and a culture among executives of silence and complicity toward sexism and abuse leaves women vulnerable In Januar y, Vice compiled 11 stories of women who have experienced sexual abuse i n t h e d a n c e m u s i c i n d u s t r y In a December article, Lina Lecaro detailed the sexism and harassment she has faced in her decades as a female music journalist, and her realization that “ many times I’ve accepted inappropriate behavior from male subjects and disregard from male editors because I was just grateful to be there in the first place ” And when venues have been provided for women to speak out, the response speaks volumes: Last year, Pitchfork Senior Editor Jessica Hopper tweeted: “Gals/other marginalized folks: what was your 1st b r u s h ( i n m u s i c i n d u s t r y, j o u r n a l i s m , scene) w/ idea that you didn’t ‘ count’?”
Hundreds of people tweeted stories in response And an anonymous female Los Angeles-based record label employee who says she has been “ a victim of sexual harassment and assault on multiple occasions” recently created a Tumblr, called “ The Industr y Ain’t Safe,” for women to anonymously share their stories of sexual harassment and assault in the music industr y, and it has dozens of posts It is imperative that we as a public believe and support women who do come for ward with their stories of sexual violence to combat this culture of victim-blaming and inaction In appropriately dark humor, some have suggested that women ’ s recording contracts apparently need to have a “ rape
clause” that invalidates their contract in the case of sexual abuse
The support Kesha has received from other musicians, including Lorde, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, Lily Allen and the trend of #FreeKesha is heartening, especially if you avoid reading the comment sections of articles or the responses to these statements of support on Twitter But while Kesha completely deser ves to have the spotlight on her now, we need to not limit our discussion of sexual assault in the music industr y to just discussing Kesha’s individual case and not stop talking about it when the buzz around her case fades Kesha was extremely brave for speaking out and refusing to record while she is u n d e r t h e p ow e r o f h e r a b u s e r Unfortunately, after the court ’ s ruling, her ability to record music now remains in limbo But Kesha still hopes that other victims will speak out: In her first public statement since the cour t case, Kesha wrote, “At this point, this issue is bigger than just about me Unfortunately, I don’t think my case is giving people who have been abused confidence that they can speak out, and that’s a problem But I just wanted to say that if you have been abused, please don’t be afraid to speak out There are places that will make you feel safe There are people who will help you I for one, will stand beside you and behind you I know now how this all feels and will forever fight for you the way perfect strangers have been fighting for me ”
Katie O’Brien is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences Midnight Radio appears alternate Mondays this semester She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun com
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C.u. Hosts Ivy HeptagonalS
This past weekend, Barton Hall took on the role of home to the Ivy League track and field championship The women finished second in their respective events, with Harvard proving to be too much as they won for the fourth straight year.
For the men, Cornell also finished second behind Princeton, who repeated as champions this year Cornell led at the end of day one but were not able to hold off the fierce Princeton lineup Senior Max Hairston was a leader for the Red, winning the 60mH and running in the 4x400 relay win.
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Women Continue Strong Start Against Albany
ning-streak with a victor y over No 19 Albany, 9-5 This win comes after Albany got the best of the Red last year in the second game as well in a 12-11 barnburner At this point last year, Cornell was 1-1 in the standings but the team now sits at 2-0, outscoring opponents 1611
No 9 Princeton and Har vard are the only teams to come out of the
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Men Unable to Salvage Wins Over Union, RPI
By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer
Moments away from securing a hard-fought, high-intensity victory, the men ’ s hockey team (13-9-7, 8-8-6 ECAC) saw a shot deflect high off junior goaltender Mitch Gillam, hitting a second Cornell player and bouncing into the back of the net It was a heartbreaking end to regulation on a night when the Red seemed desperate for a victory against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (16-13-7, 8-7-7)
“It’s frustrating, I mean we tipped the game tying goal in for them,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86
RPI equalized with a mere 24 seconds left the third period to force overtime Still, the Red had a bevy of chances in overtime to win the game
“Jeff Kubiak was in on the break and [Christian] Hilbrich was fed in front for a great opportunity,” Schafer said “Their goaltender made the saves ”
On Friday night, Union (13-12-9, 6-10-6) whacked Cornell 5-1 The Red came out sluggish in the first period and could never recover from an early two-goal deficit
However on Saturday, Cornell pushed the tempo early in the first period Freshman forward Anthony Angello scored 28 seconds into the game on a deflected puck that nipped defenseman’s skate
It was the tenth goal of the season for Angello, who would add his 11th goal in the second period Angello leads the Red in scoring this season
Cornell kept up the offensive pressure for most of the period, with junior Jake Weidner and sophomore Trevor Yates having two scoring chances
“I was happy with the distribution of offense we created,” Schafer said “Even though some of the other guys didn’t score they had good opportunities throughout the course of the night ” Cornell appeared to be the faster, more physical team But their inability to convert on more scoring chances in the first period would come back to haunt them
RPI tied the score early in the second, but Angello answered quickly to give Cornell the lead again
Freshman defenseman Alec McCrea put Cornell up 3-2 early in the third as the RPI goaltender lost sight of the puck
Still, in the closing minutes it felt as though Cornell should have been up by a lot more RPI remained pesky Even though they were undersized compared to Cornell, they brought tough and chippy play, sometimes shoving Cornell players after the whistle
RPI’s desire not to quit eventually paid off in the closing minute
Who else totally forgot that it was an Olympic year!? No one ever really thinks about the Olympics until late summer actually comes around (sorr y athletes who have been training since they were four for 2016 to arrive) Michael Phelps, Gabby Douglas, Usain Bolt; hard to believe that was all four years ago! But here we are, a
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The Olympics are always a couple months of guaranteed pomp and circumstance, moments of unfathomable joy and victor y and of heart-wrenching grief, or just plain fascination because,
Even with the tie, Coach Schafer was proud with the way his team competed, especially of the senior class, which played their last regular season home game on Saturday night
Seniors John Knisley, Teemu Tiitinen, Reece Willcox and Hilbrich skated around the ice after the game on Friday as the crowd embraced and thanked them for their four years of service to Cornell hockey
Cornell’s experienced senior class will help the Red make sure they have the right mentality going into the playoffs
Hilbrich stated that his team will be prepared come Friday
“Playoff experience is really important because it is a different type of game, ” Hilbrich said “Our team will be ready to play playoff hockey ”
Nonetheless, Hilbrich also noted that playoff hockey is a
Astonished | Freshman forward Anthony Angello’s two goals were not enough to combat RPI’s last second equalizer, giving
“They’re great individuals,” Schafer said “They’re so engaged with the athletic department, the Cornell campus and the community ”
The four seniors will lead Cornell into the ECAC playoffs next weekend against Union, who has remained a touch task for the Red
The question remains as to which team will show up next weekend Cornell’s determination and consistent play on Saturday differed greatly from the troubling performance on Friday
“Our guys played extremely hard and had energy and that’s what we’ll need going into the playoffs,” Schafer said
WOW there is some cool stuff But it seems like in recent years, the Olympics have drawn more attention for not just the athletes, but what goes wrong with the venues And this year, much like Sochi, all that makes headlines these days regarding Rio 2016 are the apparent unsanitar y conditions of the location
Why does it seems like Olympic locations can never get their you-knowwhat together? It is only the greatest world spectacle of athletics held ever y four years, and locations are always picked at least eight years in advance, so it seems a little odd that not finishing construction on, I don’t know, the athletic village might be a bit of an oversight There were so many confusing and just straight up ridiculous problems with the 2014 Sochi Olympics that the biggest trend on twitter that Februar y was “#SochiProblems ” It also doesn’t seem ver y fair to the athletes and coaches who have been working tirelessly, for probably their whole lives, for this one moment are greeted with hotels that do not have decent floors and adequate pillows and
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“There is another level to hockey in the playoffs especially in our league,” Hilbrich said “The first round is just as hard as the second round [All the teams] are so familiar with each other that everything that normally wins you games is a wash ”
Although Cornell has stumbled as of late, the Red have the talent and experience to make a deep run in the ECAC tournament As Hilbrich said, predicting playoff outcomes is a wash Expect it to be a wild ride
rooms Congrats, teams, on your years of dedication and hard work, as a reward you get to sleep on a hard bed a foot away from your teammates next to an exposed wire and get to dodge feral canines on your way out! #Blessed
After the mess that was Sochi, I think we all hope that Rio will take a queue and make an extra effort to not be as much of a disaster, but from what is being reported, they seem to be plagued with an additional slew of problems What is really hur ting them at the moment is Zika and the water sanitation At the moment, the U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that pregnant women should consider avoiding traveling to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil Fantastic Not that it’s a countr y ’ s fault for having an outbreak, but Olympic tickets are not really an impulse buy, so being told now, after y o u h a v e p a i d a l l t h a t m o n e y a n d planned out a whole trip, that you probably you shouldn’t go at the risk of killing your unborn child, that is a bit of a downer to say the least
Then there’s the water for the sailing,
rowing and triathlon events If you just Google “Rio water, ” the first 10 articles that pop up talk about how the water is contaminated with untreated sewage and dead fish Or, here’s the fun one, there was human arm photographed in the Olympic sailing waters I wonder if any of the aquatic athletes are reading these and thinking that maybe this year ’ s Olympics might not be worth it? Not to mention Rio de Janeiro is a city with one of the highest crime rates, but I guess that takes back seat to the whole “I might be swimming in sewage and dead fish” thing
This is the OLYMPICS though, these host countries are supposed to be showing off the best that they can offer, and to be a celebration of incredible human feats, yet it seems the most recent events have overshadowed the athletics with site malfunctions or the athletes keep getting shafted in some way Hopefully Rio can sort it all out, by August, and we can enjoy the sailing, rowing and triathloning in nice, limb-free waters