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PROVOST TO SLASH BUDGETS ACROSS C.U.

To address $55 million annual de cit, colleges will see cuts totaling $27.5

By GABRIELLA LEE

By PHOEBE KELLER

Staff Writer

The University will host a town hall meeting on the student health fee March 16 and will form a committee that will find ways to consolidate campus costs, President David Skorton told student activists in a meeting in the Memorial Room Friday up with over 100 chairs, Skorton opened the discussion by explaining that administrators are working to make information about the health fee more accessible and urged students to attend the open town hall presentation on the health fee

The fraternity was referred to the Greek Judicial Board for alleged hazing activities, according to Malina T

The student health fee which was criticized by many students following its announce-

recognition for the Sigma Pi fraternity Friday afternoon after it was placed on interim suspension status Feb 20

Under interim suspension, the fraternity was not allowed to partake in any activities other than the operation of its residence, according to Joel Malina, vice president for university relations

“Sigma Pi may take advantage of all benefits of recognition in accordance with the recognition policy,” Malina said in a statement

University has lifted a suspension on a fraternity this semester On Feb 4, administrators lifted a suspension on t h

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reports of behaviors involving “alcohol and an illicit substance” were found unsubstantiated

On Fe b 1 3 , t h e Un i ve r s i t y restored full recognition status to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity following its suspension on Feb 2

C o r n e l l Po l i c e issued a crime alert following a report of a forcible touching that occurred on the 200 block of Williams St early Saturday morning

reported that a collegeaged white male, who she said she believed was ver y intoxicated, a p

Monday, March 2, 2015

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Genome-Wide Crossover Distribution: Population of Maize B73 and Mo17

11 a m - Noon, 321 Weill Hall

Brown Sugar, Golden Beaches, Green Economy? The Delicate Balance Between Sustainability and Economic Growth in Barbados 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 262 Uris Hall

The Role of Botanic Gardens in Bio-Cultural Conservation 12:20 - 1:10 p m , 404 Plant Science Building

Public Corruption and Federal Prosecution:

The Kwame Kilpatrick Trial 3 - 4 p m , 184 Myron Taylor Hall

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Tech That Can Save You a Trip 9:30 - 10:30 a m , 226 Weill Hall

Free Screening of Waste Land Noon - 1:30 p m , 226 Weill Hall

American Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Success or Failure? 4:30 p m , Statler Auditorium

Picture Freedom: Black Women, Illustration and The Abolition of Slavery 4:30 - 7:30 p m , Multipurpose Room Africana Studies Center

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Temperatures are slowly climbing , but remember to stay bundled up

Hi: 28° Lo: 26° Cloudy

There is 20 percent chance of snow, but this might be the warmest day you can expect for a while

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Don’t let today’s clouds get you down Make sure to pack your gloves to brave the outdoors

16° Lo: -2° Cloudy

Finally, after a week of clouds, enjoy the sun today Be sure to soak it up

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By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer

Family, friends and faculty gathered to remember Shannon Jones ’15 at a memorial service Sunday afternoon in Sage Chapel Jones, who died Nov 25 in her home in Cayuga Heights, was a senior independent major in the College of Engineering Benjamin

Cayea, 32, was charged and indicted with second-degree murder for allegedly strangling Jones in a “domestic incident ”

Friends said they remembered the joy she shared with them and the enthusiasm with which she reached out to anyone

Jones had a “unique approach to life,” Yashwardhan Rathouse ’15 said

“Shannon was my favorite person I met her freshman year, six years ago, ” Rathouse said “I liked Shannon, and I think that’s because she had an enormous capacity to empathize and love people who have absolutely nothing in common with her ”

Patrick Landy ’15 said Jones’ enthusiasm was “infectious” and that she had “remarkable maturity and emotional depth ”

“Shannon was unafraid to love life and always had an undiscriminating joy to share with those around her,” Landy said “She made efforts to reach out to everyone Shannon actively made the choice to reflect positivity on those around her I am very inspired by her example and I intend to follow it in my own life ”

Jones was a member of Prof Mason Peck’s, mechanical and aerospace engineering, Violet Satellite Project team, and several project members at the memorial recounted instances of her enthusiasm

Jennifer Chen ’15, a member of the Violet Satellite Project, said she remembered Jones as a “ a passionate, positive, encouraging, strong, and unique woman ”

“She inspired me to focus less on what other people think of me and more about myself and my feelings,” Chen said

Hailee Hettrick ’17, who is also a member of the Violet Satellite Project, remembered how Shannon “lived, loved and laughed so much ”

“She was anything but shy,” Hettrick said “Shannon was a force to be reckoned with Brilliant, considerate, strong willed, spirited, and graceful She was a one of a kind engineer ”

Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94, vice president for student and academic services, said that in Jones’ application to Cornell, her willingness to reach out to others shone through

Non-Pro t Brings Tennis to Children With Autism

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell branch of ACEing Autism a national organization that provides tennis lessons to children with autism disorders to improve their motor, health and social skills launched on Saturday at the Reiss Tennis Center

Volunteers worked one-on-one with children at the hour-long event, playing with them and teaching them how to hit a tennis ball

This new program will host biweekly tennis lessons for children of all abilities from age five to 18, with the purpose of Saturday’s event to familiarize the children with volunteers, according to Alexandra Saint Laurent ’16, the head coordinator of the branch

“We are mainly hoping to get the kids

acquainted and geared up to have a fun next few weeks,” she said

Judy Hockley, a resident of Endwell, New York, said she drove 45 minutes from her home to attend the event because she thought this was the “perfect” thing for her seven year old son James and will that it help his selfesteem

“It’s hard because his friends at school can play football, baseball and basketball,” Hockley said “I haven’t been able to sleep the last few nights because [tennis] is so perfect for him He needs the confidence building because he’s trying to identify himself with all these other kids who play football and baseball He hasn’t stopped smiling [since this lesson started] ”

Volunteers who taught the children how to play tennis said that the sport provides social and physical interactions that are beneficial to

children with autism

John Oakley, an Ithaca resident who has been involved with program for the past year, said he believes that tennis provide the “ perfect” context for social interaction for children with autism

“When kids have a social interaction in the hallway at school, they think about what the other person meant And did what I say come out right?” Oakley said “But here in tennis, you can control those interactions, and so these interactions happen in a way that’s easier for kids with autism to understand ”

Richard Spurling, the president and founder of the ACEing Autism national organization, said he hopes the program will help add fun into the lives of children with autism as well as their parents

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“When a parent learns that their child has autism, the first thing that they want to do is make their child better,” Spurling said “They want to find the best therapies, and the best services, everything is a bit unknown So they tend to forget about the fun ”

However, there is a lot more to ACEing Autism than just “hitting a ball,” Spurling said

“A lot of these kids have low muscle tone, some kids have trouble holding a racket and some kids don’t understand our verbal instructions,” he said “So we are helping them with their verbal, cognitive, and social abilities ”

Saint Laurent said she thinks ACEing Autism gives meaning to children with autism and their families because it helps to address stigmas associated with mental illness These stigmas can have a “major effect” on a child’s development, she said

“It’s important for everyone to know that just because someone is different or not the ‘ norm ’ , it doesn’t mean that it’s bad or wrong, ” Saint Laurent said “I think that this is a goal that ACEing Autism works towards ”

Provost Budget Cuts to Address $55 Million Annual De cit

budget deficits “would jeopard

first implemented in fiscal year 2014, according to Katz However, maintaining a $55

m i l l i o n y e a r l y d e f i c i t i n t h e

p r o v o s t ’ s o f f i c e o u t o f t h e

Un i v e r s i t y ’ s ov e r a l l b u d g e t o f

$2 1 billion is not sustainable, according to Katz He also said that while the provost ’ s budget has been in the red for five years, the University’s overall budget is balanced

‘Some Budget Stringency’

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innovative academic programs ” By reducing provost allocations and capturing some of the growth in tuition revenue which is proposed to increase by 3 9 percent for endowed colleges and out-of-state contract college students the Office of the Provost plans to close the yearly deficit with a one-time adjustment, Katz said “ We’r e g o i n g

t h e process next year, and in the future there won ’ t be a deficit,” Katz said in an inter vie w with The Sun “ The $55 million gap is being closed long-term ”

decrease by a total of approximately $27 5 million, which will

account for half of the provost ’ s office deficit, according to Katz

Additionally, funds from the tuition increase will account for the other half of the deficit, he s

Suppor t Pool tax, the provost ’ s office takes in 10 percent of undergraduate and graduate tuition

However, the proposed

influenced by the str uctural deficit in the provost ’ s budget, Katz said, and the t

“based on policies and discussions with the Board of Tr ustees ”

allocations by that amount ”

Each college’s budget cut will be determined using a formula based on the total resources held by the college, Katz said

According to a document distributed by Gretchen Ritter ’83, dean of the College of Ar ts and

The College of Engineering had $242,439,000 in net expend i t u

2 0 1 3 , according to the operating and capital budget plan The college operating budget would decrease by $4,848,780 if two percent of net expenditures are cut

“We’re going to solve the process next year, and in the future there won’t be a deficit. The $55 million gap is being closed long-term ” H

Provost allocations to colleges and administrative units for the c

h Katz decided to reduce in consultation with President David S

college deans, according to the document might “ stay at a lower base,” according to Katz

However, provost allocations may rise in the future if the office generates more revenue “ They’ll grow over time from other stuff, but they won ’ t snap back,” Katz said

Reduced Allocations Will Be ‘Painful’

Katz said that for the colleges and administrative units affected, it will be “painful to reduce

Sciences, distributed on Feb 9 to Ar ts and Sciences faculty, the c

mately $400 million by $5 to $10 million

The ar ts college and other endowed colleges were the most a

according to Katz The proposed two to 2 3 percent cuts would fur ther impact their budget

The College of Architecture, Ar t and Planning had net expenditures of $49,096,000 in 2013, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e Un i v e r

i t y ’ s Operating and Capital Budget Plan for fiscal year 2013 A proposed cut of two percent of net expenditures would result in a $981,920 decrease in the overall college budget

Looking Into Inefficiencies

In the coming weeks, Katz said he will be meeting with different admini

budget deficit In an effor t to allot enough time for colleges to prepare for upcoming

said he released tentative budget cut amounts in late December Colleges are expected to present budget plans that will outline how they plan to tackled the lowered budget to the Provost’s office star ting in three weeks, according to Katz The provost ’ s

should aim to reduce spending by increasing efficiency and not by laying off staff and reducing student ser vices “ We’re

increase efficiencies par ticularly

” Katz said “ We have redundant systems in some of the colleges

President Skorton Promises Budget Transparency at Future Town Hall

-ment on Feb 5 is an annual $350 fee that all students not enrolled in the Student Health Insurance Plan must pay starting in the 2015-16 academic year

“I accept the responsibility that I have failed to give acceptable transparency, ” Skorton said “We will start rolling out transparency on [March 16] at the town hall meeting, which will also be web streamed and open to everyone ” Michael Ferrer ’16 expressed concerns about the quality of information that would be shared at the town hall meeting

“You get to release the data that looks good, and we have to play on your terms, ” he said “Forgive me for not being naive ”

Skor ton responded, “There is no motive for me to bullshit that information I intend to give you the correct data, the good stuff and the bad stuff ”

In response to questions from Wyatt Nelson ’16 about reallocating existing University funds to cover the health fee, Skorton said he is forming a ne w committee

that will seek to consolidate campus costs “We’re setting up a committee co-chaired by Mar y Opperman, vice president for human resources, and Harr y Katz, interim provost, that is going to look for inefficiencies,” he said “The point of that committee is to get [costs] as

“Give me feedback on what’s missing. I want to do everything we can to restore that trust.”

D a v i d S k o r t o n

low as possible without taking on unacceptable risk ”

When asked who else will compose the new committee, Skorton said he was unsure because the project is still in its planning stages, but that administrators are working to make it become a reality “ as quickly as we can ”

Ferrer also asked about increased student involvement in administrative decisions, citing a leaked email that Sarah Balik ’15, president of the Student Assembly, sent to S A representatives urging them not to release “confidential

information” about the fee

“For a lot of us, I’d call it a cover up, ” Ferrer said “The shared government system seems somewhat broken ”

Skor ton responded that universities have recently been run “ more like corporations,” but said he was “proud” that Cornell’s Board of Trustees contains two student members

“The fact that we have voting members on the board who are students is actually quite unusual in the United States,” he said

“The question will be how can we get more information out and have people feel like they have ability to affect the outcome ” Murphy also responded to inquiries about the $200 of the health fee that will go to repay Gannett’s debt

After the 2009-10 school year, which saw an outbreak of H1N1 and a string of student suicides, Gannett significantly increased its staff of physicians and mental health workers, according to Murphy

“That increase in staff was funded initially through one time gifts which only lasted three years, ” she said “After

the allocation to Gannet went down, I had two choices either fire staff members or figure out some other mechanism I told Skorton in my professional opinion it would be irresponsible to fire staff

”

Skorton explained he had originally predicted that the University’s budget surplus would be sufficient to cover the additional Gannett costs, but that this turned out to be a miscalculation

“My expectation was that by the time the three year loan ran out, the surplus would be enough to sustain new services,” he said “My assumption was that we would accrue enough, but it did not come to pass ” Skor ton urged students to send their ideas to him, both regarding the information at the town hall meeting and means to increase student involvement

“Give me feedback [on] what’s missing,” he said “The worst part of [the student reaction to the fee] for me was the erosion of trust with the administration I want to do everything we can to restore that trust ”

Phoebe Keller can be reached at pkeller@cornellsun com

Crime Alert Issued Saturday

Katz: Decrease in Allocations ‘Painful’

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Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun

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I wasn ’ t exactly sure what to expect when I walked into Risley Theater on Friday night to watch a reading of Moisés Kaufman’s The Laramie Project I certainly was not prepared for what the night had in store for me I thought it was so cool that eight actors would be playing over sixty characters, but, considering this, I was unsure about how convincing the performance would be In the end, I was completely overwhelmed; the end of the second act of the play even brought tears to my eyes Frankly, The Laramie Project has made me consider the severe repercussions that an act of violence has on a community and made me wonder if there is ever a truly “acceptable” or “appropriate” response to acts of violence

The play is interesting not only because of the fact that a small cast plays an incredible number of characters, but also because every character is based on a real person and every line of dialogue is based upon true statements from residents of Laramie, Wisconsin Knowing that everything was so true made the play even more powerful Even though Risley was not that crowded, there was an undeniable, unavoidable weight in the theater Perhaps it was because of the heavy topic that was being discussed on stage, but I think it was more than that Each actor was so

convincing in their respective performances and deliveries that I sometimes had difficulty believing that there were only eight of them playing so many characters The sincerity with which this play was delivered was beautiful and admirable and awakened a sense of sadness within each member of the small audience I think the intimacy of the space certainly added to the intensity of emotion felt by the audience, along with the fact that there were minimal props and there was virtually no set This play was presented to us in its barest, most vulnerable form and it was almost painfully beautiful

Ultimately, I think The Laramie Project is a wonderfully thought-out play The story is simple: On Oct 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wisconsin was brutally beaten in a field by two men He was then tied to a pole and left there overnight He was found in the morning and died of exposure six days later The story is simple enough, but what the play truly captures are the reactions of the residents of the town The cast of characters covered the entire spectrum of people affected by the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard that night in Laramie I think my personal favorite interaction was between the police officer that found Matthew and the officer s mother While they both pretended that they had been barely affected by the events in their town, their facial expressions and tones of voice hinted otherwise And honestly, I do not think I can quite do justice to the emotional catharsis I felt at the end of the second act when Matthew was officially declared dead I think the beauty of this play is twofold: Firstly, the fact that the dialogue is based directly off of first hand interviews lends the play a sense of authenticity that could not have otherwise been replicated Secondly, the characters discuss not only the murder of Matthew Shepard, but also their lives and experiences in Laramie I loved trying to understand the heart and mind of every character I had to keep reminding myself that each character represented a

real person, who may or may not be alive today, because it was so easy to forget that this incident in Laramie did, in fact, happen

And I think that adds yet another layer of complexity to the play; it hurts to think about the fact that hate crimes are a reality and that they could happen to people that we know and love, so it is far easier to distance oneself from events like these than to entertain the notion that they could ever happen in one ’ s home town

But ultimately, we cannot ignore hate crimes or acts of violence

As one of the residents of Laramie said, ignoring these crimes gives the perpetrator of violence more power So the residents of Laramie decided to take an active stand against the violence that almost destroyed their town, taking back some of the power that had been robbed from them and allowing each member of the town some sense of closure, regardless of their thoughts about homosexuals or their speculations about the reason for the attack

Finally, I would like to congratulate and thank every single person involved in the making of this performance of The Laramie Project The minimalist setting was perfect and the actual performance of the play was an absolute pleasure to watch Every actor did complete justice to the characters they portrayed I left Risley that night feeling like the residents of Laramie, ready to take power back into my own hands

Hadiyah Chowdhur y is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at hchowdhur y@cornellsun com

The Great White Way: Rap on Broadway

“If you think about it, Broadway composer Meredith Wilson, he might have actually created one of the very first rap songs ever back in 1957 ” With that, 2014 Tony Awards’ host Hugh Jackman introduced the most awkward, stilted bit of the otherwise entertaining night: a call and response rap version of The Music Man’ s opening number “Rock Island” with LL Cool J and T I Who knew that a white person, let alone Meredith Wilson one of the whitest people to exist, ever invented rap music? Jackman, he-who-is-notNeil-Patrick-Harris, probably didn’t mean to say that, exactly, but it is undeniable that Broadway has an odd relationship with hip-hop as a musical genre

Let’s set this straight: “Rock Island” is not a rap song It’s a patter song It’s really fast, it’s rhythmic and

and rhyming;

it’s a tongue twister in song-form, and it’s meant to be hilariously difficult to sing and understand Patter songs have been a staple of comic opera for over 400 years, made famous in numerous Gilbert and Sullivan works The best example is “Major-General’s Song” from 1879’s The Pirates of Penzance, in which Stanley rhymes “lotta news ” with “hypotenuse” at something like 200 beats per minute It’s impressive seriously, watch a video of this, it’s outrageous but it’s not rap Gilbert and Sullivan’s operas were the precursor to what we

understand as modern musical theatre, so it’s no wonder that the patter song would go on to enjoy a long career in many musicals of the 20th century You’ve got The Music Man’ s openi n g n u m b e r a n d “ Ya Go t Tro u b l e ” a n d Company’ s “Getting Married Today,” among many others You even see patter in Barenaked Ladies’ “One Week” and Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues ” It’s everywhere

I suppose I understand why Wolverine might have some difficulty in differentiating between rap and patter They are both rhythmic and often include rhyme and a quick tempo The main difference, as I see it, is that rap is spoken to a beat, like poetry, and patter is sung, with each syllable of a word often residing on its own note Some musical theatre professionals understand that difference, at least vaguely, and yet rap continues to

posers to this day L

t examples of appropriation, it took 10 years for white people to notice Rap

the late 1970s in the black and Latino neighborhoods of New York,

Sondheim was writing Into the Woods, that he decided to try his hand with the newfangled genre, because, as he wrote in his memoir Look, I Made a Hat, rap “became omnipresently pop-

Bernadette Peters whom I hate, come at me

#Lupone4lyfe raps about rutabagas and watercress and pretty much just a list of vegetables for an entire passage It’s cringeworthy and bad Even Meryl couldn’t fix that Bro a d w a y i

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Ac c o rd i n g t o t h e Bro a d w a y League, 80 percent of Broadway theatregoers are Caucasian, with an average age of 44 years old and an average household income of $200,000 Other wise known as old, rich white people And if there’s one thing old, rich white people love, it’s rap music A match made in heaven if there ever was one Last year, the blink-and-you’llmiss-it production of Holler If You Hear Me, the Tupac jukebox musical, opened at the Palace Theatre on Broadway and closed its doors after a disappointing 38 performances That’s only just above a Carrie: The Musicallevel disaster Some critics blamed the tough economic environment of Broadway and some blamed the serious nature of the musical

That’s bogus The reason the Tupac musical failed is that the typical theatregoer thinks that Tupac and Biggie are the same person, your average “thug” and not the musical pioneer and virtuoso he was Holler was unyielding and violent and real Maybe too real for Broadway audiences, but it was true to itself and its message and that’s the most respectable thing a musical can be

To his credit, in Look, I Made a Hat, Sondheim goes on to write that the reason he never wrote more rap in his musicals was not because he couldn’t find a place for it, but because he “didn’t have the imagination to ” So

Manuel Miranda writer, composer and star of the hip-hop fusion musical In The Heights with possessing the imagination to bring rap into the musical theatre mainstream Miranda is

one of the brightest minds working in the business today, working toward melding traditional, white Broadway expectations of narrative and tone with the musical stylings of hip-hop, realizing rap ’ s musical potential in ways its never been done before It’s conventional and experimental; in Sondheim s words, “It s one pathway to the future ”

This season ’ s hottest theatre ticket is Miranda’s Hamilton, the biography of Alexander Hamilton as told through the eyes of Aaron Burr The musical is almost entirely rappedthrough by a diverse cast It’s a chimera, part1776, part-hip-hop, that never feels gimmicky or unnatural; a cultural reimagining that stands poised to, with its upcoming off-Broadway-toBroadway transfer this summer, merge the two mediums once and for all It’s entire run at The Public Theatre has sold-out, and I’m positive that the Broadway production tickets will be just a difficult to procure when it opens I hope to be first in line, right next to Hugh Jackman, for a ticket when that time comes

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Omar Khurshid | Guest Room

I Slept Outside One Night; They Do That Every Night

As a matter of ritual, Cornellians complain about the Ithaca weather I do this too Just two Sundays ago, there was a windchill of negative 40 degrees Given how cold it has been, I thought it would be a good time to remind ourselves about a vulnerable segment of the Ithaca community: the homeless On the night of Nov 22, I joined Kellie Meyer, a morning show anchor for WENY-HD in Elmira, members of the Ithaca Rescue Mission and other community members to be part of the Great Ithaca Sleep-Out to experience one night of homelessness at Stewart Park We did this in order to raise awareness for National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week that was running from Nov 17-23 This Sleep-Out was organized by Ms Meyer and the Rescue Mission as part of the #IthacaHomelessChallenge for the week

I told Kellie in the morning that the experience was terrible The toe end of my shoes had burnt to a brown color because I had to keep them near the fire lest my toes suffer from frostbite It was near 15 degrees that night Despite sleeping next to a fire, wearing multiple layers and placing blankets over my sleeping bag, I was still shivering in the morning Another member of our group commented, “If I were homeless, I would get as far away from the Ithaca cold as possible ” Unfortunately, many of the homeless are not able to do that How does one live like this every day?

With all my privileges, this was an incredibly humbling experience, one that has made me more grateful for the shelter, resources and access I had growing up and have at Cornell Additionally, I want to recognize that my experience at Stewart Park is not nearly the same as what a person who is homeless feels on a winter night in Ithaca The ways in which my experience differ from some or all homeless individuals are important to identify First, our group had the luxury of a permit to have an open fire, a fact we were reminded of when an Ithaca Police officer told us, “We don’t even allow the homeless to have open fires ” Second, we all implicitly understood and were certain that this experience was temporary and that we had a warm bed awaiting us in the morning That feeling of security is not present for the homeless Third, not all homeless individuals live in communities and experience homelessness communally like we did at the Sleep-Out I can only imagine how much worse it feels to experience all the difficulties and emotions of homelessness alone

My experience, however, is far less important than the voices and experiences of the human beings who live these nights, not as a matter of choice but are forced to experience them as a matter of survival There are a variety of different reasons one suffers from homelessness, but an examination of the scope of the problem in Ithaca is instructive According to documents compiled by the Tompkins County Housing and Homeless Task Force, there were 1,746 bednights in December (at either the Rescue Mission, Advocacy Center or in Motels put up by DSS) One bednight means one individual sheltered for one night It doesn’t mean there were 1,746 different people sheltered in that month, but that on average 58 people were in shelters on any given night This number also does not mean there were only 58 people who used shelter services or that they were the same 58 every night Furthermore, this number does not include the number of homeless who are turned away everyday Dan Sieburg, the director of the Rescue Mission in Ithaca, related to me that turning away homeless people from shelters is a common occurrence because their shelter is often full and thus overburdened Lastly, this number would be an underestimate of how many people are homeless in Ithaca because it doesn’t include those who do not seek shelter services and live outside Something needs to be done to alleviate the stress on the system so that all of those who are homeless in Ithaca can have access to adequate services and care, can eventually find housing and live a life with dignity

The problem of homelessness is directly related to the issue of affordable housing As reported in The Sun on the Student Assembly forum for “enhancing lines of communication,” housing was stated as “the biggest issue we have in Ithaca ” What was not stated is that Ithaca has the incredible combination of one of the lowest rates of housing vacancy less than 1 percent for apartments in downtown Ithaca in 2011 and around 6 percent for total housing units in 2010 and extremely high rents This combination makes for a complex problem that requires an equally complex approach for the solution

According to the Off-Campus Housing Office, nearly 50 percent of all undergraduate and 85 percent of all graduate Cornell students live off campus As we are very much a part of the Ithaca community, I urge all Cornellians to be mindful of the issue of homelessness and affordable housing and engaged with it in some way Whether that be learning about the issue, volunteering at shelters and food pantries, donating clothes and blankets or being part of the community conversation on the problems and solutions to affordable housing and homelessness through the Homeless and Housing Task Force, we should do what we can with the time that we have on campus

Comm en t of the day

“Not only is Israel a haven for Jews escaping anti-Semitism, but it is also a haven for Arab Christians and other minorities who are getting killed throughout the Middle East,”

IM. Lynn

Re: “ THROWDOWN THURSDAY: The Four Cases of Anti-Israelism,” Opinion, published Februar y 25, 2015

A Deeper Look At Bitcoin

f you read my column week to week, you would remember I wrote about Bitcoin I like coins, and I like bits (or am

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a n d Pro g r a m m i n g i f yo u don’t get the joke don’t worr y there are 10 kinds of people in the world; people who get this joke and people who don’t) So for me, Bitcoin is on another level The thing is, most people don’t know much about Bitcoin I wrote my column with that in mind But, I’ve been dying to dive into Bitcoin in more detail So, I want to cover the subject again going into the financial

e c o n o m i c s a n d t e c h n o l o g y behind Bitcoin The first thing I want to address is how Bitcoin gets its value To understand this, you need to understand how currency gets its value We know currency values aren ’ t arbitrar y and w e c a n b a l l - p a r k t h e m T h e method applicable to Bitcoin is the quantity theor y of money It says a currency ’ s value is derived from: the amount of real goods p u r c h a s e d w i t h t h e c u r re n c y (calculated using a basket like the CPI), the amount of currency in circulation and the rate at w h i c h t h e c u r re n c y c h a n g e s hands Multiplying the supply times its turnover, then dividing by the amount of real goods

b o u g h t , re s u l t s ro u g h l y i n a value in real terms I say rough because there are assumptions I’m glossing over Economists call this turnover the velocity of money And, the key takeaway is that the value of the currency rises with its velocity all else being equal Although empirically calculating Bitcoin’s velocity is difficult, m a n y a r g u e i t ’ s h i g h e r t h a n other velocities This is because Bitcoin transactions take constant time: 10 minutes to be exact (although most vendors don’t actually require you to wait) Yes, a transaction through other currencies could take even less time, but it could also take even more It could take minutes to pay a cashier at a convenience store, or months and some clever accounting to move

money out of a countr y like China that restricts the movement of capital (not that I’ve done this) Here’s a more intuitive way to think about the quantity theor y of money: A currency ’ s purpose is to facilitate exchange, so a more valuable currency ser ves that purpose better by being e xc h a n g e d m o re o f t e n T h i s p r i n c i p l e s t a r t e d a p p l y i n g t o Bitcoin in 2010 after one of Bi t c o i n ’ s f i r s t t r a n s a c t i o n s A Fl o r i d a p r o g r a m m e r p a i d 10,000 bitcoins for two Papa Jo h n ’ s p i z z a p i e s He t r a d e d some ordinarily worthless bits in h i s c o m p u t e r ’ s m e m o r y f o r cheesy goodness because Bitcoin is a currency with some revolutionar y advantages I talked a lot about those advantages last time so I’ll reiterate quickly Bitcoin is decentral-

The solution involves a computation called a proof of work, which is required for processing transactions Each proof of work references the proofs of works a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e p re v i o u s t r a n s a c t i o n s m a d e w i t h t

Bitcoins in the current transaction The proofs of work form a chain Adding to the chain of transactions requires devoting par t of your CPU power to proofs of work So, the longest chain is the one that majority of the computers agree on Think of it like a kind-of voting mechanism with parallel CPU power Of course, I still haven’t finished the full stor y Collusion a m o n g p o o l s o f m i n e r s t o reduce payout variance makes it h a rd t o s a y w

Generals’ Problem while staying true to its decentralized philoso-

ized As a result, you can use it to pay for things regardless of who or where you are a trait theoretically reflected in its high velocity But, I didn’t talk about what made these advantages revolutionar y to avoid an in-depth explanation of Bitcoin

Bi t c o i n i s re v o l u t i o n a r y b e c a u s e t o b e d e c e n t r a l i z e d , Bitcoin had to functionally solve a problem in computer science called the Byzantine General’s p r o b l e m T h e p r o b l e m a s i t relates to Bitcoin is getting relia b l e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e order of transactions without a central authority In order to get reliable information about the order of transactions, Bitcoin miners need to agree on that order But, miners are competi n g t o p r o c e s s t r a n s a c t i o n s before each other

T h e By z a n t i n e G e n e r a l’s problem was first described in a paper written in 1980 It took until nearly 2008 to devise a practical solution for Bitcoin

because they would destabilize the currency if they did Also, the quantity theor y of money

them for speculative purposes

Some say the speculation will die down, but that remains to be seen

For the sake of the layout editor I’ll stop here But truth be told, don’t think I could address ever ything I wanted to if I spent another week on Bitcoin It represents an ever evolving discussion about exchange and the role for technology in exchange There will always be more to add to that discussion It’s why I find Bitcoin so cool, and it’s also why it’s here to stay

Eric Schulman is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at eschulman@cornellsun com Schulman’s Schtick appears alternate Mondays this semester

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had been deafening only moments earlier, was quieted and it seemed like all the momentum had swung back to Harvard

With under two minutes on the clock, the Red had brought the lead back up to seven, but the game was far from over Harvard guard Corbin Miller, one of the best free throw shooters in the league, was fouled on a 3-pointer attempt With the crowd screaming, he missed all three shots

“That will probably never happen again in his career, ” said Harvard guard Wesley Saunders about the missed free throws “He can make free throws with his eyes closed ”

Saunders, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, scored a team-high 19 points but needed 21 shots to get there In a battle of two top candidates for Player of the Year, it was Shonnn Miller who shined the brightest, totaling 24 points and 15 rebounds

And it was Shonn Miller, not Saunders, who made clutch baskets down the stretch to give his team the lead Following Corbin Miller’s missed free throws, Shonnn Miller got the ball and effortlessly knocked down a jump-shot to put the Red up by nine with a little over a minute remaining, effectively ending the game Harvard started fouling and Cornell, the best free throw shooting team in the league, connected on all but one free throw to end the game and complete the upset

“[Shonn Miller] was aggressive right from the beginning No hesitation, whether it was driving to the basket, or from three point range, ” Courtney said “That’s the guy we thought he could be at the beginning of the year He’s shown flashes of that but i don’t think he’s put together a complete game like that all year ”

With 21 total offensive boards, Harvard outrebounded Cornell, 43-33 Courtney acknowledged that his team is often outsized in the paint, but says his players’ hustle is what allows them to overcome size differences

“If you look at any game of ours, when we ’ ve been successful, it’s because we ’ ve been the more scrappy team, the more aggressive team, ” he said “I think that at the end of the day, our grit and hustle really helped us win ”

Harvard, who entered the contest with just one Ivy League loss, was nationally ranked to start the season Coming off three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, the Crimson seemed to be on the path towards a fourth The Red may have derailed that Courtney joked after the game that Yale’s head coach may send him a thank you note for allowing the Bulldogs back into Ivy contention After the weekend,

Harvard and Yale are tied for first place, with two games to play

Harvard’s first in-conference loss came against Dartmouth (12-14, 5-7 Ivy), who the Red hosted on Saturday night for Senior Night A ceremony before the game honored the six seniors on the team In a rematch of Cornell’s overtime win several weeks ago, the Red looked to capitalize on its momentum from Friday’s big upset

Cornell was within one with five minutes to play in the first half, but a red-hot shooting streak from the Green allowed Dartmouth to furiously go up by 12 at the end of the half The Green extended the lead to 20 with seven minutes to play and the game seemed out of reach

But Cornell did not cede the game just yet A couple of quick shots and Dartmouth turnovers and the Red found itself down by just eight with a little under five minutes to play

Sophomore guard Robert Hatter, who struggled to shoot against Harvard, was the brawn behind this run, getting to the rim and drawing contact He scored the Red’s first eight points of the game and finished with 23

“Hatter’s always aggressive Whether [or not] he’s missed his first seven shots, he’s going to continue to shoot He drives me nuts sometimes as a coach, but you gotta live with that because he continues to fight,” Courtney said

Following a steal on an inbounds pass, sophomore guard JoJo Fallas turned the ball over and Dartmouth scored on the other end, pushing the lead back to double digits The Red kept up the pressure, but there just wasn ’ t enough time on the clock Dartmouth won, 56-45

Cornell shot 54 percent in the first matchup against Dartmouth this season On Saturday, the Red managed to shoot just 35 percent

“We didn’t make the shots and that’s kind of been the story of this group Especially at the beginning of the game, we got some open looks, but we missed the shots,” Courtney said “I felt like we started to force a little bit, trying to make plays instead of going to the open guy ”

With 42 seconds left in the game, Courtney took his seniors off the court The crowd responded with a standing ovation, thanking the seniors for their years of work

“We’re like brothers, we ’ ve lived together all four years, ” Cancer said of his fellow seniors “We really thought we could something special Those are some talented guys I’m proud to have had these guys as my teammates It was just a great experience overall ”

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun com

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intensity in cuts and protecting t h e b a s k e t o n d r i ve s a n d rebounds ”

Cornell in the lead, 27-23

For the Red, seven players contributed to the box score, with sophomore guard Megan LeDuc’s

o u t s t a n d i n g 1 3 - p o i n t p e r f o rmance leading the way Classmate Nicholle Aston added 10 of her own, in addition to sophomore forward Nia Marshall and sophomore guard Kerri Moran both adding nine more each

The teams traded baskets for most of the second half, keeping the score close, but the Crimson pulled away with a 16-4 run with only a few minutes left in the con-

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d e f e n s i ve p re s s u re a n d k e p t Cornell to just 15 4 from outside the 3-point arc to hold on the lead

“[It was] just a tough weekend

o n t h e ro a d At Ha r va rd we played a stellar first half and then came out flat in the second,” Aston said “We lacked an overall

The same storyline played out a g a i n s t Da r t m o u t h , w h e n t h e squad traveled north to play the Green on Saturday “ Da r t m o u t h re f l e c t e d t h e same issues unfortunately,” Aston said

The Red’s shooting kept them from making the game competitive against the No 6 Green (1313, 3-9 Ivy) The Green shot 38 percent from inside the arc and an i m p re s s i ve 4 5 p e rc e n t f ro m b e yo n d t h e 3 - p o i n t l i n e Comparatively, the Red only shot 26 percent from inside and 16 7 from outside the arc Despite the ove r a l l s h o o t i n g p e rc e n t a g e , Aston was able to convert on five of her shots, adding 10 points and n i n e re b o u n d s f o r t h e Re d Marshall added 10 more points and Moran had an outstanding a l l - a ro u n d p e r f o r m a n c e w i t h eight points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals

For the Green, junior forward Lakin Roland’s shots were falling left and right, and she totaled 17 p o i n t s f o r Da r t m o u t h R i g h t behind her was sophomore forward Fanni Szabo with 16 points

The Dartmouth squad lit up the Red’s perimeter defense and got out to a 28-19 lead at the half In the first five minutes of the second half, the Red scored seven quick points, and cut the Green’s lead to just six points Dartmouth answered back with a straight 15point run, and put the final score at 54-35

“We are hoping to end this [season] on a high note in honor of seniors,” Aston said

“We’re obviously disappointed with our losses this weekend,” Moran said, echoing Aston “We have one weekend to make an impact in this league and we are l o o k i n g f o r w a rd t o t h e t w o chances we have left ”

Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky @cornellsun com

Spor ts

Jenner Nominated for Patty Kazmaier Award

By JOHN ZAKOUR Sun Staff Writer

Senior forward Brianne Jenner started playing hockey at age three, and realized by the ninth grade she could play at an elite level By her 14th birthday, Jenner focused solely on hockey as her sport Her goal was to play Division I hockey and see “how far hockey could take [her] ” Hockey has taken her to a gold medal, an Ivy League school and a nomination as one of the Top-10 players in Division I hockey

Anyone who has followed women ’ s hockey at Cornell knows that Jenner is a special and talented ice hockey player We did not need an award to tell us that But if you were not sure, all of the award nominations should convince you On Feb 26, Jenner was selected as a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, bestowed to the top player in Division I women ’ s ice hockey This year marks the second consecutive season Jenner has been selected as one of the Top-10 players in college hockey In typical 21st century fashion, Jenner told me she found out about her selection over Twitter, adding that it is “usually how those things go ”

The selection capped off a great few days for Jenner The Red won game one of its opening playoff series Friday and Jenner was named to the First Team All-Ivy (which she has gotten all of her four years on the hill) and Ivy League Player of the Year in the span of two days

While a player is more than her awards and statistics, Jenner’s stats are certainly impressive The senior forward and team captain from Ontario, Canada, leads her conference, the ECAC, in both assists (31) and total points (45) and leads Cornell in all-time assists (131)

Jenner’s head coach, Doug Derraugh, offered nothing but high praise for one of his star players

“I catch myself as a coach, because she does so many special things out there, becoming a fan rather than thinking about coaching,” he said “[ Jenner is] an incredible person, a great student, great in the community and great leader ”

Derraugh also emphasized how Jenner is a great Cornellian, as well as a strong athlete

“She’s a perfect example of what you should be here,” he

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said Coach Derraugh also explained that Jenner is a caring person, who goes out of her way to accommodate all of her teammates Maybe the best evidence for him was Cornell’s 3-1 win over St Lawrence Up 2-1 with nothing but an empty net in front of her, Jenner passed to a teammate, giving her the goal

Jenner balances her time as a student athlete well Coach Derraugh explained Jenner is a great role model to “have our young players have someone like that to look up to ”

One of Jenner’s many accomplishments with the Red was starting a goal drive called Marker for Madison to help a family whose young daughter was suffering with cancer She is happy she was a force for positive change and improving others’ lives, as now Madison is now well enough to skate around with the Red

Jenner was diplomatic during our talk about her nomination, focusing on her team ’ s task at hand in the ECAC playoffs, rather than on her personal feats Jenner said she

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considers any individual award in a team sport a “recognition of the whole team ” Jenner emphasized her goal is to win her conference tournament and an NCAA championship Individual awards are secondary to Jenner It is the team ’ s success that matters to her Even though she already holds one the highest honors in hockey a gold medal with team Canada she is “ never really satisfied ” Jenner would rather own the NCAA title that has eluded her during her time at Cornell than any personal award

Jenner said she hopes to continue to play for her country after she finishes her senior season with the Red Jenner also plans to pursue a professional hockey career in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League after graduation

When asked if he will miss Brianne Jenner, coach Derraugh’s reply was simple “No doubt,” he said He is not the only one

John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun com

Red Trumps Harvard Crimson Red Drops Both Weekend Contests in New England

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Staff Writer

Shonn Miller thumped his chest across the court, emphatically noddin crowd Shon Miller, who normally ke emotions in check while on the flo reason to celebrate He had just hit a s put Harvard away for good Ivy Leagu Harvard Three time defending ch Harvard

“I normally look mad or I don emotion at all, but I just felt, when I shot, ‘ yes, ’ it feels good, the crowd’s we ’ re heading towards a win,” the 6’ said “We finally beat them for the first time in my career It was just a lot built up to that point ”

The victory was the first for the Red against Harvard in five years and was head coach Bill Courtney’s first career victor y over the Crimson (20-6, 10-2 Ivy) The game snapped a three-game losing skid for the Red (13-15, 5-7) and

kept playoff hopes alive

But it almost did not happen In the Red’s previous game this year against Harvard, Cornell took a threepoint lead into halftime, but was unable to maintain the lead as the Crimson went on a 24-2 run that silenced any hopes of an upset Friday’s game could have very easily wed the same script ut, unlike last game in which the Red in the second half, Cornell came out g by making shots, forcing turnovers playing suffocating defense As the Red t going, the crowd’s excitement began to ow “When we go small and apply our full ssure, that really gets the crowd excited really fuel off that energy, ” said senior Cancer “When the crowd is into it, it s us ”

ook a 12-point lead off of a Shon Miller ith 10:48 to go Harvard immediately with a 3-pointer of its own as the shot d on the next possession

More hot shooting from the Crimson narrowed the lead to three with 5:27 left The crowd, which

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer

The women ’ s basketball team traveled on Friday to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to play the Harvard Crimson The squad then went to Hanover, New Hampshire, on Saturday to play the Green at Dartmouth College

The team dropped the Friday game with a final score of 60-54, and lost to the Green as well, with a final score of 54-35

The Crimson (11-14, 4-7 Ivy) is currently ranked No 5 in the Ivy League, compared to Cornell’s No 3 Harvard’s usual group of standout players once again pulled through for the Crimson; Erin McDonnell and Kit Metoyer, who combined for 30 points, led the charge for the squad Harvard’s shooting improved in the second half to 43 percent, from 41 percent in the first twenty minutes

This gave the Crimson the edge over Cornell, who shot 34 percent in the first half and 36 percent in the second half The boards also belonged to the home team, who grabbed 42 compared to Cornell’s 33 rebounds Despite the rebounding and shooting percentage, the first half ended with