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Big ‘Sound’ Ideas Humanities professors explore the effects of sound studies in interdisciplinary fields of academia

Student Groups Call for Release of Imprisoned

Qatari Poet in Letter

By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

Amnesty International at Cornell is joining Cornell Organization for Labor Action to pen a letter to acting President Michael Kotlikoff, requesting that he pressure the Qatari government to release poet Mohammed al-Ajami from prison Ajami received a 15-year sentence in February of 2013 after he was tried for unknown charges He had previously been arrested for writing poems insulting the t h e n - r u l i n g Emir of Qatar and supporting the Tunisian revolution that began the Arab Spring, according to the letter International organizations from Amnesty International to the United Nations are also calling for Ajami’s liberation, the letter said Christopher Hanna ’18, co-president of AIC, said the organization was asked to write the letter by

Freedom Now a non-profit organization that works to free people imprisoned for their political or religious beliefs because of Cornell administration’s ties to the House of Thani, Qatar’s ruling family “We are particularly concerned that Cornell has ties to a ruling family that is responsible for the incarceration of a student dissident who was studying abroad at the time of his alleged crimes,” Hanna said Hanna said he believes pressure from Cornell will be able to influence the Qatari government ’ s decision “ T h i s [ p r e s s u r e ] could come in the form a phone call or a statement of

support, ” Hanna said “We think this is feasible, given Cornell’s deep ties to the Qatari regime After all, Qatari royal Sheika Moza sits on the Board of Overseers for Cornell’s campus in Qatar ”

Gala Stresses Global Health Awareness

By HENRY KANENGISER Sun Contributor

Nearly 100 students attended the second annual Global Health Gala an event which aims to raise both funds and awareness for international public health issues on Sunday in Willard Straight Hall Memorial room

The fundraising event was d e ve l o p e d by Gl o b e Me

International to spread awareness about global health issues and encourage students to get involved in efforts on campus, according to Rie Seu ’17, external co-president of GlobeMed Gen Meredith Associate Di re

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about her experience working to improve the HIV health system in Haiti at the event

Working with the local government and non-governmental organizations, Meredith said her team turned the HIV treatment infrastructure into a “gold standard model for HIV surveillance systems in developing countries

Police Discover Package of Meth

Ithaca Police identified a package that contained materials used in the production of methamphetamine near Wal-Mart Monday, according to an Ithaca Police press release

At 11:30 a m Monday, officers responded to a report of a suspicious package by Fairgrounds Memorial Parkway, just under a block from WalMart’s store

After determining that they needed additional resources to analyze the package, Ithaca police officers were joined by a New York State Police Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team, the Ithaca Fire Department and Bangs Ambulance, the release said

The teams found ingredients and equipment commonly used to manufacture methamphetamines enough to substantiate a charge of Unlawful Disposal of Methamphetamine Laboratory Material, which is a class E Felony, according to the release Police made no arrests and the investigation is ongoing, the Ithaca Police Department announced Compiled by Stephanie Yan

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 Trait?

12:20 - 1:20 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

PPPMB Seminar: Marla Coppolino and Lou Walcer

3:30 - 5 p m , A134 Barton Lab

From Baltimore to Palestine: Connecting the Dots 4:30 p m , Multipurpose

Noncustodial Alternatives to Imprisonment and Offenders’ Union Formations and Dissolutions in Denmark

Noon - 1 p m , 2nd Floor Conference Room, Beebe Hall

Stefan Einarson: Does ITC Overcome Institutional Voids in Developing Countries?

12:20 - 1:10 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

Resolving Subduction Zone Rheology and Afterslip

Following the 2011 M9 Tohoku, Japan Earthquake 3:30 - 4:30 p m , 2146 Snee Hall

Nina Rappaport: Vertical Urban Factor y 5:15 p m , Milstein Hall Tomorrow

Cornell to Become CDC Center of Excellence

Prof: To Alleviate Inequality, Make Public Services More Accessible to Poor

By JULIA GREENBERG Sun Staff Writer

Reducing poverty and inequality depends on improving the poor ’ s access to public services, Prof David Grusky, sociology, Stanford University argued in a lecture Monday Grusky, the director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford, spoke to an audience of nearly 200 spectators about how rising commodification has exacerbated i li

“It’s not just that the poor have even less money relative to the well off, it’s also that money is increasingly needed to secure good ser vices and opportunities,” Grusky said “It’s the combination of [the two different factors] that gives rising inequality its teeth ” The decreased marriage rate and increased incarceration rate of black males have acted to promote inequality, while the commodification of ser vices like care for children and the elderly makes people increasingly li h k f h i

according to Grusky

Grusky explained that commodification also applies to less direct purchases of goods and ser vices, such as the high-quality public schooling becomes available in expensive neighborhoods

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Exclusion, segmentation and erosion wear away the immunity that family, community and state previously had from the market, Grusky said

“A neoliberal commitment to monetize ever ything” is one of the greatest causes of rising commodification, Grusky said

He explained that our cultural instinct is to monetize objects rather than giving them away Grusky discussed two potential ways that this unequal system could change in the future

The first, which he said he believes is unlikely to happen, is a “major redistributive reform,” where money is transferred to the poor so they can afford ser vices that are currently too expensive

The second is decommodifying ser vices and allowing the poor to access more opportunities, he said

Grusky said that regardless of the way change occurs, he simply wants to see it happen

“It’s not like I have some intrinsic preference for two versus one, ” he said “I’m rather indifferent I care only about getting the job done and figuring out which pathway is likely to garner support ”

Julia Greenberg can be reached at jgreenberg@cornellsun

Profs Explore Role of Sound Studies in Humanities

By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer

Faculty from various areas of the humanities discussed the interplay of sound with technology, cultural identity and music in a talk on sound studies Monday

Prof Trevor Pinch, science and technology studies, who had recently finished editing the Oxford Book of Sound Studies with a colleague, spoke about the technological aspect of sound studies

“Sound studies can be defined as an emerging interdisciplinary area that studies the material production of music, sound, noise and silence and how these have changed throughout history and within different societies,”

Pinch said

Sound studies is a new field because the ability to record sounds is a relatively new development, according to Pinch

“In 1877, with Edison’s phonograph, you could copy sound and its material form for the first time,” Pinch said “Therefore, the language and the technology for understanding sound is still not stabilized ”

In contrast, Prof Kim Haines-Eitzen, near eastern studies, said her work focuses on understanding the intersection between sounds, places and identities Additionally, her interdisciplinary interests led her to develop a course called “Sound, Silence and the Sacred,” in which students created a map of sounds on Cornell’s campus

century ancient text from the I work with,” Haines-Eitzen said “Sound is an added layer of complexity to history ”

Prof Benjamin Piekut, music, discussed how the intersection between music and sound studies has brought new ideas to both departments

“Sound studies is an interdisciplinary area that has started outside the music department,” Piekut said “But I would say in the last ten or so years, we have imported a lot of the concerns from sound studies into music studies ”

Using John Cage and David Tudor composers of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as examples, Piekut explained

that one of these concerns is the concept of authorship

“John Cage sought to diminish the compositional roles by letting sounds be themselves,” Piekut said “However, authorship is an important aspect in the aesthetics of music

Understanding sound in this way, there’s no authorship ”

The discussion was the second panel in the University’s Big Ideas in the Humanities series, which is part of a celebration commemorating the opening of Klarman Hall

So Hyung Kim can be reached at sohyungkim@cornellsun com

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Haines-Eitzen said she has also been working on a project that integrates sound in the desert with a study of ancient history

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Students Say Qatari Offcials Violated Ajami’s Rights

Urge Kotlikoff to support poet’s release from prison

Ana Jiminez ’18, the president of COLA, said students have a responsibility to encourage the University to call out Qatari officials’ human rights violation “We, as Cornell students, have a responsibility to urge our University to use its powerful affiliations and regional influence via Weill Medicine in Qatar to uphold the values of egalitarianism and belief in the potential of written and spoken expression,” Jiminez said

Alfie Rayner ’19, member and organizer of COLA, agreed, adding that the Qatari government needs to assume responsibility for its actions against its civilians

“From labor abuses in the World Cup

construction, to the unregulated kafala system, to the detention of Mr al-Ajami, the Qatari government has shown a blatant lack of accountability towards its citizens and migrant workers who provide the nation’s infrastructure,” Rayner said

Hanna added that although Qatar claims to be progressive, the country has a history of human rights offenses

“The Qatari regime portrays its country as being one of progress and internationalism, but its stained human rights record suggests otherwise,” Hanna said

On the right is the complete letter from the two organizations

Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun com

Profs Push Public Health Initiatives

to walk in the shoes of the professions I thought I wanted to do before investing in the right educational track ”

We ask for your assistance in securing the release of a prisoner of conscience

In 2011, poet and third-year student of literature at the University of Cairo Mohammed al-Ajami was arrested by Qatari security forces Mr al-Ajami the father of two daughters and two sons, the youngest of whom was born after his arrest was eventually charged with “inciting the overthrow of the ruling regime” and “criticizing the Emir” through two poems performed at a private slam poetry event in Cairo, Egypt

The poems in question did, in fact, express sympathy for the Arab Spring uprisings that famously gripped nations throughout North Africa and the Middle East that year As an artist and man of conscience, Mr al-Ajami used the spoken word to envision a more perfect and just future One of his pieces, dubbed “The Jasmine Poem,” offers stirring support for those who risked death to advance democracy in Tunisia: “So, rebel, tell them, tell them in a shrouded voice, a voice from the grave: tell them that tragedies precede all victories ”

Following a trial and appeals process that were rife with blatant violations of domestic and international law, Mr al-Ajami was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in Doha Central Prison Placed in solitary confinement, he now sits in a cell less than ten miles from Cornell’s medical campus In a poem written behind bars, Mohammed provides us with a call to action: “Tell your children, east and west and keep telling them, until the birds sing it in the branches that a people without opinions is nothing but a herd that’s thirsty, yet blind to the nearby oasis ”

around the world ”

Prof Patrick Stover, nutritional sciences, highlighted the contrast between the ways public health officials and physicians deal with disease

“The fundamental assumption in any public health intervention is that there are likely to be tradeoffs,” Stover said “[In clinical medicine], the Hippocratic Oath is ‘do no harm’ and is assumed by some [to mean] ‘take no risk ’”

Stover encouraged students to take advantage of the resources available to those studying global health at Cornell

“Cornell has such great breadth and reach,” Stover said “You can study public health in almost any context ”

Meredith agreed, adding that internships helped her develop her interest in health policy as an undergraduate

“My ideal career path changed about five times as a young person, ” Meredith said “What helped me find my way and the correct fit for my passion was investing my time in unpaid internships

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Seu added that the clubs plan to continue hosting the gala in following years

Although increasing on-campus student awareness was the primary goal for this year ’ s gala, Kara Beckman ’17, internal co-president of GlobeMed, said she hopes to expand next year ’ s event to i n c l u d e It h a c a C o l l e g e , To m p k i n s Cor tland Community College or the greater Ithaca community

“We can have a better discussion base when we have different types of people,” Beckman said

GlobeMed at Cornell and Cornell Health International organizations which partner with international organizations to increase healthcare for disadvantaged populations co-hosted the gala

Proceeds from the event went to the o

Health International partners, according to Seu

Henry Kanengiser can be reached at hhk33@cornell edu

The Qatari regime intended to make an example of Mr al-Ajami, hoping to quell internal dissent and beat back demands for increased freedoms for its citizenry It appears that it has accomplished the opposite outcome, igniting a flame of international support for both Mr al-Ajami and the democratic ideals his work embodies The campaign to secure his release has gained the support of organizations such as Amnesty International, Freedom Now, PEN International and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, drawing widespread attention to Qatar’s stained human rights record

As you know, the Weill Cornell Medical College in Education City is the product of a partnership between Cornell University and the Qatar Foundation, the latter being a non-profit founded and managed by Qatar’s ruling House of Thani The Qatar Foundation is chaired by Qatari royal Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, who also serves on the Board of Overseers for Cornell’s Qatari campus Sheika Moza represents the same ruling family that arbitrarily put Mohammed al-Ajami behind bars Amnesty International at Cornell University and its allies are certain the al-Thanis’ commitment to philanthropy and medical education does not nullify their obligation to respect fundamental human rights

We urge you, as the acting leader of an institution of higher education that prides itself on its egalitarian values, to raise the issue of Mr al-Ajami’s ongoing detention with the Qatari officials with whom our university is so deeply affiliated His plight being incarcerated for “crimes” of art committed while he was studying abroad in Egypt should be of particular concern to the leaders of Cornell, a decidedly international university that boasts a large number of students studying at foreign universities His immediate and unconditional release is within reach but only if those who have power choose not to stay silent We look forward to welcoming you as a partner in the campaign to secure his freedom

Sincerely,

Amnesty International at Cornell University Cornell Organization for Labor Action

Four Injured as Student Opens Fire With Gun in Ohio School Cafeteria

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP)

A 14-year-old boy pulled out a g u n i n a s c h o o l c a f e t e r i a Monday and opened fire, hitting two students, and then ran f ro

weapon down and was apprehended nearby with the help of a police dog, authorities said

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o we re injured, possibly from shrapnel or while running away None of the injuries appeared to be lifethreatening, said Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones Jones said the 14-year-old was a student and there was a motive to the shooting which he did not identify The boy was charged preliminarily with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault, inducing panic and making terrorist threats, Jones said

Students were eating in the c a f e t e r i a w h e n t h e s h o o t i n g happened around 11:30 a m , Jo n e s s a i d A f t e r w a rd , c l a s smates described a chaotic scene

where they weren ’ t sure what was happening at first Some students fled outside

On e s t u d e n t m i s t o o k t h e first shot for a potato chip bag being popped Thir teen-yearo l d Sh e l by K i n n i n s a i d s h e heard “ a couple of bangs” and realized she was near the shooter “I didn’t really know it was gunshots until I looked over and a kid was grabbing his leg and falling over, ” she said

Many people ran from the scene, and the shooter went out a door, she said She recognized him as a boy who was in a class with her last year, though she wasn ’ t sure of his name Her stepmother, Stephanie Kinnin, said it was unnerving to see emergency responders swarm the school

“There is no feeling like that in the world,” she said “But my eyes found the children walking out looking for parents, and that was heartbreaking Their eyes just told the story ”

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY HARINI KANNAN Sun Contributor

There is no doubt that The People vs O J Simpson will gain popular traction just by virtue of the nature of its content Whether it deser ves this traction is a valid question; given the interesting cast (Cuba Gooding Jr , David Schwimmer, John Travolta) and its place on a cable channel new to making homemade dramas (FX), it seems that The People vs O J Simpson is predestined to be flawed While regurgitating a beaten crime stor y especially considering the emotional distress the Simpson family must continually face seems questionable, the show demonstrates how the case has obvious parallels to today’s racial tensions Therefore, The People vs O J Simpson, at best, can be described as being caught at the crossroads of well intentions and poor execution

The show establishes its multifaceted purpose in the ver y first scene by setting the sociopolitical backdrop of the crime stor y, intentionally making connections with the racial climate still persisting in today’s world Themes such as police brutality and shootings of unarmed black youth both featured in the tense racial divide of 1994 and echo the tragedy of today’s residual inaction These themes shape an alternative perspective to the trial and provide a voice that historically was muddled by the drama of the trial itself These parallels are overt; the creators make no pretense of subtly alluding to the racial tensions that fueled much of the controversy in the 1994 trial The themes themselves are not novel, nor does the show present them as clever and unique However, these blatant visual thematic constructions allow the viewers to fully immerse themselves in the past and present flaws of law and order in America It is important to realize that the creators of The People vs O J Simpson are not condoning or supporting O J Simpson by portraying additional sociopolitical facets of the trial On the contrar y, one of the show’s more commendable qualities is its attempt to distinguish itself as more impactful than another tiresome drama by using the show as a medium for social commentar y The People vs O J Simpson also faces the significantly difficult task of historical balance With a stor y of this ten-

The year 1941 saw the release of Citiz en Kane

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n d starred in the film, which has been criticized for its resemblance to the life of the ne wspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst The stor yline is the quintessential American Dream, per fectly arching a rise and fall for its tragic hero: Charles Foster Kane Due to its technological advances, its interpretation of the American dream and its emphasis on the gratuitous excess that comes along with power, Kane stands the test of time, even 75 years later

The film follows the ups and downs of fictit i o u s m e d i a m o g u l

C h a r l e s Fo s t e r K a n e ( Welles) through his rise to power and subsequent loss of ever ything The film is driven by the effor t to find out the significance of Kane’s last word spoken before he died, “rosebud ” Through a series of inter vie ws with Kane’s close friends and family and a flashback-and-for th driven plot, audiences learn where he went wrong, and where he went right Hearst’s impact on the ne wspaper business was profound, and many of his practices still influence the world of journalism today But why did Welles choose Hearst as his inspiration? Perhaps it was his background, as he was born into a family who hit it big in the California Gold Rush, and spent time in boarding schools and traveling By choosing Hearst, Welles was taking a big chance in losing an audience; Hearst, through his ne wspapers, controlled the opinions of many Americans and would indirectly affect how much Kane would make in theaters

There were many parallels between Kane and Hearst Xanadu, Kane’s home, is ver y similar to Hearst Castle Hearst, like Kane, was also sent away to boarding school to make him a well-rounded and educated man

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magnitude, it is tricky to provide a depiction without being swayed (even intentionally) by bias from one side of the stor y or another Factors like increased camera time on certain characters, language and dialogue, deliver y or even lighting can change the way the audience perceives the stpr y on a cognitive level However, the show seems to successfully strike a balance between the two sides of the trial (at least given the first few episodes released) The audience re

each other such that we feel the rage and determination the pros-

during their scenes, but still feel sympathy for Simpson and his

while the stories of the defense and the prosecution are inseparable from one another, we have a sense of emotional distinction between the two that leads each individual viewer to cultivate his or her own opinions of the trial However, The People vs O J Simpson suffers from an inability to deliver the significance carried by the themes of the show This might seem to contradict what I said earlier, that the show makes both visual and written decisions to strike a balance between the two sides of the crime However, the directors, writers and creators essentially negate their efforts by including rather jarringly trivial scenes that devalue the overall execution of the production One of the most insignificant decisions w

become distractions to the viewer The director, Anthony Hemingway, has an affinity for histrionic camera zoomins on characters midway through anti-climactic dialogue

The viewer can ’ t help but laugh, which immediately detracts from the actual sociopolitical weight that underlines most of the scenes (of course, except for those featuri n g t h e K a rd a s h i a n s ) Ev e n makeup decisions hurt the show; John Travolta’s facial travesty, for instance, has the viewer laughing ever y time he has screentime Since this is usually when he’s with O J , it further devalues the emotional weight of his grief I would even go so far as to criticize Cuba Gooding Jr ’ s portrayal of O J , making him less like a suave and charming man and m o re l i

Kardashian children They’re portrayed as idiotic, selfindulgent children, further establishing their irrelevancy in the show At most, the inclusion of Kris Kardashian makes some logical sense, but the entire scene seems to be the show’s way of pandering to a general audience for cheap entertainment Other decisions, while small, can

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It’s true that if a viewer goes into excruciating detail about all the faults in a show, he or she is bound to feel that the execution is not perfect But perfect execution is not the problem with The People vs O J Simpson, because the production is rarely even close to perfection The problem with The People vs O J Simpson is that the show sets an intense thematic bar for itself with the ver y first scene of the show, suggesting a ver y distinct path onto which it will take its viewers However, ver y soon the viewer enters some sort of cognitive dissonance we expect a show with some sort of solemn backdrop, but we ’ re visually assaulted by decisions that make us laugh The inability to follow through with the thematic contract the show signed in the first scene leaves The People vs O J Simpson close to commendable, but not quite memorable

Harini Kannan is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at hkannan@cornellsun com

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Even though Alexander was a flop as an opera star and Davies was actually a ver y talented actress, the idea of the figurehead pursuing romance outside of his marriage with a potential starlet hit close to home for Hearst

According to F Scott Fitzgerald, as he wrote in Esquire in 1940, “Hearst, with his whim of iron, became obsessed

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loomed like a holy grail ” This is ver y similar to Kane, as he builds opera houses and directs t

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Interestingly enough, he never saw Kane

The cinematography of Citiz en Kane was revolutionar y and changed filmmaking The most groundbreaking technique that came from Welles is the use of deep focus, the visual effect of keeping objects in the foreground just as clear as they are in the background Welles also cut holes into the floors of the sets and studios in order to per fect the high-angle shots we see whenever we look up at Kane This technique has been used ever since to emphasize the power of par ticular characters

During the film’s production, Welles watched the 1939 film Stagecoach a r umoured 40 times Stagecoach is a Western that tells the stor y of people traveling west

“[Director John] Ford made cer tain through casting and dialog that the purpose of each scene was made clear, and then he lingered exactly long enough to make the point

Nothing feels super fluous ” The same can be said about Citiz en Kane; this cinematic obsession with Kane shows the method to his madness

So, many people may ask, why is Citiz en Kane still i

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employed are impor tant It is an extraordinar y film for technological reasons, like the deep focus shots that Welles employed Ever ything was also done on such a large scale, that it would be difficult to appreciate otherwise This excess was per fect from a stylistic standpoint However, Citiz en Kane was an unusual film for its time, since the film gives a psychological explanation for ever ything that went on

The stor y of William Randolph Hearst’s rise and fall is archetypically American, in his working from nothing into something to become a figure who dominated the first half of the twentieth centur y In retrospect, Citiz en Kane can be considered an autobiographical film for Welles He was, after all, only 24 when he worked on the film People thought he peaked too soon as a cinematic boy genius, but he still kept his feet wet in the ocean that is enter tainment Even though Welles still went on to do great things, he never made anything with such grandeur again

This film was nominated for nine Academy Awards at the 14th Academy Awards Ceremony, but it only went home with the award for Best Original Screenplay Welles’ ar tistic and visual work was not appreciated until decades later

You’re most likely to watch Kane in college; it’s regarded highly by many professors across the school and assigned in many courses Basically, if you play your cards right and take the right classes, you can watch Citiz en Kane once a semester while in college Or if not that, The Lion King Both are recommended

Marina Watts is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be

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The women’s track team posted a handful of strong performances at Heps over the weekend held in Barton Hall

Cornell Unable To Beat Crimson

TRACK & FIELD

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May

“We are all anxious to get revenge at Outdoor HEPS held at Princeton,” Attah stated

On the women ’ s side, The team was able to secure a second place overall team finish The second place finish was highlighted by stunning performances on the field and on the track

In the field unit, the Red took second, third and fourth place in the shot put, with sophomore Michaela Smith taking second Freshman Leena Morris, who was able to win the Ivy League weight throw title, came in third, followed by Taylor Drayton in fourth

On the track the the seniors on the team played a major role in Cornell’s success Udeme Akpaete, Kristen Niedrach and Caroline Kellner were all able to secure second place finishes in the 400, 1000 and 5000, respectively In show of collective effort, the Red’s 4x400 team also had an impressive showing yesterday with a second place finish

Sophomore Taysia Radoslav was able to beat the meet record in her second place finish in the 500m

Bursting through the finish line, the crowd erupted as she was able to finish such a strong race

“It felt unreal to look up and see my time It was a huge PR for me and it was definitely a tough race ” Radoslav said “I looked over and the first person I saw was my coach and he was so happy for me ”

Charles Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun com Brittany Biggs can be reached at bbiggs@cornellsun com

GRAD,

GRAD

I have bad news I was walking my St Bernard Monday morning when he pulled me and I fell, breaking my lef t wrist, which is my drawing hand They said it takes 4-6 weeks to heal I’m really upset about the whole thing In a couple days I’ll experiment with my right hand, but I doubt I could make it work; we’ll see Sorr y for this unfortunate debacle!!!!

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CORRECTION

A Feb 26 news story, “Cornell Administrator Reveals Seven Hazing Investigations Underway This Month,” incorrectly stated that the Tri-Council had opened the hazing investigations In fact, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life has

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Cornell’s

Architectural Legacy

Cornell University has a proud tradition of bringing in world-renowned architects to design its signature buildings This is evident in the fact that C o r n e l l’s c a m p u s c o n t a i n s n o t e w o r t h y works from numerous Pritzker Prize winners The Pritzker Prize, I should note, is an annually-awarded honor that the world architecture community bestows upon an individual who has made an important contribution to the field of architecture To put it simply, the Pritzker is to architecture what the Nobel is to peace It’s a big deal Of 40 all-time Pritzker laureates, six have buildings on Cornell’s campus, one of the highest proportions of any school in the world The six buildings are Uris Hall

various building renovations to be reminded of what cheaping out on design can lead to: much of the engineering campus, for instance, was built on the cheap in the 1950s, prizing function over form and leaving Cornell with some of its ugliest, most utilitarian buildings around, including Hollister, Phillips and Upson halls Today, just 60 years later, Cornell is already doing a full renovation to Upson, reusing only the skeleton of the building in the new design and scrapping every other bit of it Hollister and Phillips are next Gannett, also built in the 1950s, is getting its aforementioned expansion and then it, too, will be blown out for renovations Let’s learn from the mistakes of the past and put up

No matter how tough times are in the present, remember that the structures Cornell constructs today will stand for decades, maybe even centuries, and that their architectural integrity ought to last just as long.

( 1 9 7 2 ) , t h e Jo h n s o n Mu s e u m o f A r t (1973), the Schwartz Center (1989), Weill Hall (2008), Milstein Hall (2011) and Gates Hall (2013) Whether you like each of those buildings is up to you, but all of them are, at the very least, among the most talked about and often controversial structures on Cornell’s campus Yet, despite this tradition, today the Un i ve r s i t y i s b u i l d i n g n e w s t r u c t u re s around campus that are bland They’re boring They serve a function and that is all I’m referring to Klarman Hall and the Gannett Health Center expansion The former is a glass box that makes reference only to its neighbor glass box across the street, the Physical Sciences Building The latter is a wholly unremarkable four-story e x p a n s i o n t h a t m a x i m i ze s i t s s q u a re footage by occupying every possible inch of its allotted space, curving with the street exactly It seems to have been designed with the intention of never offending anyone Come to think of it, “inoffensive” may be the perfect word for these two new buildings While I like that Cornell selected a local architect for Gannett and a design firm run by Cornell alumni for Klarman, I suspect that the negatives of the finished products which Cornell students far into the future will have to endure will heavily outweigh the positives of keeping design contracts local I’d rather a faceless stranger design an architecturally significant Klarman Hall than have a significant Cornell architecture grad put up a faceless glass box on our beloved campus

There will be those in the Cornell community, as I’m sure there are on Cornell’s Board of Trustees, who would complain that hiring a world-renowned architect would be too expensive, that in these stillfiscally-conservative times, we ought to cut costs wherever possible The two buildings in question will, after all, serve the purposes for which they are meant Before we spend money on high-quality design, we have to be able to explain to Cornell’s donors and students that their money is being spent wisely

I believe that that argument can be made quite easily: first, no matter how tough times are in the present, remember that the structures Cornell constructs today will stand for decades, maybe even centuries, and that their architectural integrity ought to last just as long Second, one has only to look around campus at Cornell’s

buildings in the present that won ’ t need similarly expensive renovations in the near future

A final argument is that, as I see it, we need not hire out every building contract to a world-renowned, high-priced architect Cornell also has a proud tradition of using the ingenuity of its students to create great works of art and science I can think of few greater works of art and science than ice cream In Food Science 1101, Cornell students have for years invented new ice cream flavors for the Dairy Bar Why not do the same for architecture? Hold a design competition for new buildings to which student groups could submit project proposals This would allow a competitive process to take shape, get students involved in forming the new Cornell design language, and save the University money no more hiring pricey design firms, either local or world-renowned

One thing I love about the college campus is that, in such a small area of land, one can find such a diverse set of architectural styles Cornell’s campus has a little of everything: classical and brutalism, empire and modernism I can experience the history of architecture simply by touring the grounds of my school At Cornell, it’s easy to see the time period when designing a building meant designing a monument, when it meant making an architectural statement, and when it meant putting function above form I love that I can walk down Tower Road and look around me and see a representative piece of architecture from every decade from the past 150 years My worry is that this decade’s architecture, which started off so strong with the gorgeous forms of Gates and Milstein halls, will be diluted by the banality of architectural forms of the likes of Physical Sciences, Gannett and Klarman Cornell has plenty of construction laid out in its master plan for the coming years: new buildings, new additions, new quads Who knows, maybe someday it will be Cornell undergrads architects, engineers, arts majors who win the Pritzker Prize for their design of some addition to our campus However Cornell’s design process eventually evolves, one thing is clear: it’s got to change

Timothy Vhay is a junior in the College of Engineering He can be reached tmv47@cornell edu Guest Room appears periodically this semester

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Lessons From the Ivy Mental Health Conference

Af e w w e e k s a g o , I a l o n g w i t h n i n e o t h e r

Cornellians had the opportunity to travel to the University of Pennsylvania for the first annual Unmasking the Ivy League: A Conference on Mental Health Through the event we had the chance to learn and collaborate with our Ivy peers and see how we can improve the way that we look at mental health on our own campus

One of the biggest takeaways from the conference for me was understanding the scale of this issue on college campuses With the success of Mental Health Awareness week last semester and a number of events that groups like Minds Matter host regularly to create a campus dialogue on the issue amongst diverse communities, we are moving towards a healthier campus That being said, our current system of mental health care is not without its flaws

An issue that the Cornell delegation brought to the table was the conversation on leaves of absence Our current leave of absence policy requires that students who, under the advice of a medical professional, feel that they need to take a leave from campus to support their mental health are given the option to take a leave of absence for a year Students who elect to take the Health Leave of

While this policy has been very successful for a number of students, there have been issues for some students who are required to take a leave of absence, but may find that their home environment is not conducive to their recovery.

Absence are not considered Cornell students while on their leave because they are not enrolled in classes Because of this designation, they are required to leave campus and receive care outside and must prove that they are healthy enough to come back

While this policy has been ver y successful for a number of students, there have been issues for some students who are required to take a leave of absence, but may find that their home environment is not conducive to their recover y There are also a number of students that come from other countries from whom a policy like this could create significant complications

The obvious solution that comes to mind is finding a way for students who are taking a leave of absence to stay in Ithaca, live off campus and get care here For many s t u d e n t s , a n o p t i o n l i k e t h i s i s s i g n i f i c a n t l y m o re amenable because it gives them the ability to stay near friends and their campus involvements, while also taking an academic break and receiving care

Finding a way to make this a policy that can work for all students requires us to consider that students on this p o l i c y d o n o t r e c e i v e f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t f r o m t h e University because they are no longer considered students To live off campus and support oneself is a rather lofty financial burden and any kind of aid program would have to have significant capital backing it

When this conversation came up during the conference, our Ivy peers seemed to have similar issues with this policy Some had a little more flexibility with their policies, while others were less developed than ours There were no obvious solutions to solve the major concerns with the issue, but there is a new momentum amongst all the Ivies after the conference, particularly considering mental health leaves of absence

Considering the layers of complications with the policy, this is an issue that requires a creative solution from the community, and is something Cornell policy-makers and students should remain cognizant of

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Comm ent of the day

“Professors aren’t dim enough to give us the benefit of the doubt in a situation like this. Besides, you can survive without your computer, there’s nothing wrong with taking notes on paper ”

Grumpy Human

Re: “Cornell Faculty Explain Changes to In-Class Laptop Policies,” News Februar y 29, 2016

As primar y season swings into Su p e r Tu e s d a y, b u s i n e s s m o g u l D o n a l d Tr u m p appears poised to collect a massive delegate haul, while Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt ) remains a thorn in t h e s i d e o f Hi l l a r y C l i n t o n

Seemingly able to generate headlines at will, the businessman owes his success to the media coverage that has suffocated rivals, leaving a multitude of establishment figures

G ov e r n o r S c o t t Wa l k e r ( ROhio), Governor Chris Christie (RN J ), Governor Jeb Bush (R-Fla ), Senator Lindsay Graham (R-S C ), etc incapable of gaining traction Though the “political revolution” Bernie Sanders so fondly mentions seems to have stalled for the moment, the formerly independent Senator from Vermont continues to remain viable and push the Clinton campaign past its comfort zone

How is it possible that two candidates squarely outside the mainstream of presidential politics have been able to continuously thwart detractors and mount a formidable run at the nomination of either party?

Well, simply put: a political revolution Unfortunately for Senator Sanders, the revolution is not yet one that transfers political capital from entrenched establishment figures to the American people, but rather one that transfers communication mediums from the traditional media gatekeepers major television networks and well-established n e w s p u b l i c a t i o n s – t o t h e American people Mobile applications Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, etc not only expand access to the electorate, especially to a younger demographic, but they also enable politicians, o r re a

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s t o bypass the conventional media in favor of more-sympathetic partisan news outlets or simply in favor of themselves

Donald Trump has over six million followers on Twitter and is a prolific tweeter, using the medium not only to retweet like-minded supporters, but also to masterfully s p i n d e b a t e p e r f o r m a n c e s a n d attack rivals Using Twitter, Trump has been able to frame Bush as “low-energy,” Cruz as a “liar,” and Rubio as a “lightweight ” The busi-

nessman utilizes the tool so frequently that Politico released a column earlier this month with the headline reading, “ Tr ump Breaks 15-hour Twitter Silence ” While Trump has Twitter, Bernie Sanders has Facebook; a New York Times headline claims, “Seeking the Presidency, Bernie Sanders Becomes Facebook Royalty Through Quirky Sharing ” Sanders largely avoids attacking fellow contenders via social media, instead opting for a strategy that i n v o l v e s “ p o s t i n g i m a g e s t h a t share a quotation, which he has either written himself or dug up from a historical figure and then superimposed onto a photograph ”

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S a n d e r s n o m i n a t i o n i s a n o noption; among superdelegates w h o a r e n ’ t b o u n d b y s t a t e p r i m a r y / c a u c u s o u t c o m e s Clinton holds a 453-20 advantage

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respond, Twitter is there to blast his message in his words to his people When people want to see for themselves what this Trump thing is all about, they don’t have to go to ABC or The Washington Post; they go to his Twitter page

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media posts and/or comments, leaving his message intact and simply amplifying his words to millions more Perhaps this is why Trump has succeeded where Sanders has failed Social media gives politicians unprecedented access to young voters, but young people are often fickle and rarely vote Senator Sanders c

media, but Trump is such the enigma that traditional ne ws outlets can ’ t keep themselves away, thus

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Committee of attempting to sabotage his candidacy Without social media to galvanize the youth and t h e f a r l e f t , i t ’ s l i k e l y t h e

D e m o c r a t i c e s t a b l i s h m e n t w o u l d have succeeded in tabling a Sanders c a m p a i g n b e f o r e i t g o t o f f t h e ground

Though social media has existed through previous election cycles, the current campaign represents the first in which an entire generation of voters came of age with the technology In past elections, establishment politicians and their surrogates could flood traditional news outlets to disparage Trump and his contentious remarks In a world without social media or other conser vative blogs, Trump may have found it difficult, if not altogether impossible, to facilitate his message t h r o u g h u n r e c e p t i v e o l d - g u a rd media Now, when Trump wants to

giving Trump reign of both new and old media and access to both young and older voters In a Trump-less cycle, maybe Sanders would have been that candidate By fully grasping the potential of social media to transfer communication power away from party elites and towards candidates themselves, Trump and Sanders have each succeeded in crafting their own narrative and launching plausible outsider campaigns Both candidates have exposed major rifts on their respective sides with Sanders pulling Clinton and the Democrats to the left and a potential Trump nomination threatening to alter what it means to be a Republican Can the parties catch up?

T R A C K & F I E L

Men, Women Take Second at Ivy

By CHARLES COTTON & BRITTANY BIGGS Sun Staff Writers

It is not often that you host the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships as the favorites to win over a longtime rival defending its title Yet, coming into this weekend, this was exactly the case with the Cornell men ’ s track and field team, competing for a league crown in Barton Hall in Ithaca, looking to knock off a solid Princeton team But as Sunday began to wind down, it became clear that this storybook ending to the indoor season was not to be

Instead Cornell finished second in the Ivy League with 142 points, trailing only Princeton and its 165 point first place total The women ’ s team also finished second, scoring a point total of 123 50 only bested by Harvard’s 136 50

Men’s head coach Adrian Durant said he felt his team could have done more

“The general feeling is disappointment,” Durant said “We were the favorites going in and had been doing very well all year, but when it came time to step up to the plate, Princeton just did a better job of showing up ”

Junior sprinter Tobe Attah had similar praise for Princeton

“Their team was ready to perform and attacked in all areas, slowly but surely outscoring us in a number of events, ” Attah, a Sun staff writer “I have to commend them on showing up when they absolutely needed to ”

The Red won five events during the two-day meet and had noteworthy performances from several key athletes

On Saturday, junior Rudy Winkler was the top weight thrower in the league for the second straight year His throw was good for fourth best in Ivy League history

Senior Ben Rainero took home first in the 3K with a time of 8:08 32 With four events in the books, including two victories, Cornell led the field going into Sunday’s action and would need to keep it up to close out the win

Sunday’s results, however, were not quite what the Red needed Though they did win three more events, it was not nearly enough Princeton would take over the lead relatively early on in the day and never looked back

“We were good on Sunday but they were perfect,” Durant said “They had a perfect meet, and you have to respect them for that ”

There were a litany of strong performances from the Red Senior Max Hairston won the 60 meter hurdles in 7 8 6 s e c o n d s Au s t i n Ja m e r s o n d o m i n a t e d i n t h e Heptathlon, taking first with 5,396 combined points, and the 4x400 relay team finished in first place to close out the

meet, behind the especially strong performance of Attah, the team ’ s anchor Princeton had already clinched the championship at that point, but Attah kept running hard

“For me personally, it was a combination of having the right training to perform that day and the drive to fight for my team until the very end,” Attah said “I knew at the time, regardless of the performance, Princeton would win the meet I just did not see that as a reason to not go out with a bang for the team I love ”

But when disappointing results in the shot put, the 60meter dash, the 800 and the 1K, to name just a few, let the lead slip away, the spirited home fans who packed Barton did not have as much to cheer about as they would have liked

“Having the HEPS atmosphere here at home was unforgettable,” Attah said “The amount of support from friends and past teammates coming all the way to Barton to cheer us on made this meet memorable It was heartbreaking though to see Princeton suffocate us in a wide array of events ”

The Tigers won seven events on Sunday including three 1-2 finishes to claim its 19th Indoor Ivy League title Since 1997, Cornell or Princeton has won Indoor HEPS each year, and the rivalry remains strong

“We are all disappointed to lose to Princeton at home,” Attah said “We can all be proud of the great performances today, but there has always been a Cornell/Princeton rivalry, and they came out on the winning end ” Durant still wants to remain positive going forward, and he knows he has an equally strong outdoor squad

“A loss like that is tough to take, and we have to figure out what we can do to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” Durant said “But this is an amazing group of guys one of the most talented we ’ ve ever had here and I think that when they do step up to the plate, it’s going to be a very special thing ”

Cornell will look forward to the outdoor season starting up soon, with some unfinished business to take care of in

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Red Picks Up First Season Victory

Rupp views senior midfielder John Edmonds as one of these mentors

The Cornell men ’ s lacrosse am travelled down to West lm Beach, Fla this past eekend to play its annual atch against Hobart The ed came away with 10-8 vicry in front of 2,000 fans to tend its winning streak ainst the Statesmen to 12 aight games Freshman attack Colton upp had two of the Red’s 10 als in the match

“Since we ’ re a very young am, it was great getting the n, ” Rupp said “It was a great nfidence booster for us defitely to get the first win ” Seventeen of the team ’ s 45 embers are freshmen With ch a young team, it is essenl that the team ’ s upperclassen be active in helping these freshmen transition to college lacrosse

“It’s nice playing with senior John Edmonds,” he said “He’s really shown us the way, and all the seniors have shown us what college lacrosse is like and how hard we work here, and it’s just been a great opportunity and really exciting so far ” Edmonds, who had two goals and two assists in the game, emphasized the great progress the freshmen most notably Rupp and freshman attack Ryan Bray have already had this season

“I think they’ve really done a great job adapting to the change of college lacrosse,” he said “They’ve picked it up extremely quick, and they continue every day to get better and better, which is extremely impressive ” Edmonds also mentioned that the team ’ s greatest strength

in the game was defense

“I think what went well against Hobart was our defense,” he said “I thought [senior goalie] Brennan Donville played an outstanding game ”

Donville collected eight saves in the win, his second straight game notching at least that many

The match marked the first time Hobart and Cornell had played each other in Florida in the 137-year history of the rivalry, which is the oldest rivalry in collegiate lacrosse

“It was a good bonding experience for the team, playing together and hanging out in the hotel,” Rupp said “We ended up getting the win which made the trip that much better ” Edmonds agreed, speaking highly of the opportunity to get to play in the Sunshine State

“There is a growing fan base of lacrosse, and I think the environment was really cool,” he said “I think we were all definitely excited to play there and really satisfied with the turnout and fans and the play of both teams ”

The Red (1-1) now focuses its attention on No 16 Albany who the Red play this Saturday in Albany, N Y

When asked about the team ’ s season goals at this point, Rupp emphasized that the team does not like to look at the season as a whole

“Our team goals are obviously to win every game, so I think we ’ re just going to take it game by game and try to win every game, week by week and keep working our hardest at practice,” he said “I think good things will come ”

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun com