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Provost De cit Raises Questions Among Faculty

By GABRIELLA LEE

Sun Senior Writer

While colleges and administrative units prepare for budget reductions totaling $27 5 million for the upcoming fiscal year, questions about the decision to decrease allocations remain among faculty members across campus

The budget cuts, which will be implemented across the University on July 1, will be made in order to fix a re c u r r i n g s t r u c t u r a l deficit of $55 million in t h e Provo s t ’ s b u d g e t ,

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Un i ve r s i t y Fa c u l t y Joseph Burns Ph D ’66,

Dutta said transparency on the issue has varied across Cornell’s colleges “A lot of it depends on the school and I t h i n k d i f f e re n t s c h o o l s h a ve d i f f e re n t approaches,” Dutta said “In the Johnson School, we ’ ve been extremely proactive and transparent I think that varies from school to school ”

Prof Elizabeth Sanders, government, said the need to adjust to additional budget cuts after reductions that were made in the wake of the global financial crisis in 2008 was a “surprise ”

“There has been quite a bit of discussion of the provost’s deficit at the Faculty Senate.”

P r o f C h r i s S c h a f f e r

a s t ro n o m y, s a i d m o s t faculty and staff members had not yet heard formal announcements on the cuts, Interim Provost Harry Katz said he had released preliminary reduced budget figures last December

According to Soumitra Dutta, dean of t h e Jo h n s o n Gr a d u a t e S c h o o l o f Management, information has primarily been transmitted to faculty members by their respective college deans

While some faculty members have been aware of the impending budget decreases,

drastic,” Sanders said “

we ’ re going to endure

[due to reduced provost allocations], just when we hoped to be doing new replacement faculty hiring and graduate program rebuilding ”

Prof Adam Smith, anthropology, also said he believes the upcoming budget stringency “ was not something that faculty expected ”

“Given that Cornell has been conducting an enormously successful fundraising campaign and the performance of the stock

Fuertes Museum Funds Sought

Cornell Astronomical Society fundraises for upgrade

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Contributor

The Fuertes Observatory on Cornell’s North Campus may soon see an upgrade and museum addition, which the Cornell Astronomical Society has been crowd fundraising for since February

The Cornell Astronomical Society intends to set up a new museum in the eastern wing of the observatory, which is located past Helen Newman Hall, in order to display a collection of vintage civil engineering and astronomical instruments and observatory history, according to

Samuel NewmanStonebraker ’17, president of the organization

The museum will display several 19th century pieces of equipment that C

years ago in the basement

Stonebraker said

“It started as a slow progression of making [the equipment] more presentable,” said Brecken Blackburn ’15, vice president of the organization “[Plans for the museum] have been talked about for as long as I’ve been here ”

The new museum will offer interactive exhibits, such as optic displays, that will facilitate hands-on learning, according to Blackburn The observatory plans on remaining open to

Planning Board Approves Upson Hall Renovations

By PAULINA GLASS Sun Staff Writer

Renovations proposed for Upson Hall, a building on the Engineering Quad, were approved by the Planning and Development Board at a meeting Feb 24 The project is expected to begin this spring, according to the project’s initial proposal

According to the proposal, submitted to the planning board last December, the renovations would update the aesthetics of the building and improve the building’s energy efficiency and accessibility at a cost of $40 million

Blalock

“My understanding is the project has three stages, two of which are currently funded and the third of which is conditional on additional funds coming in,” Blalock said “I think that they’re going to construct the first two in the spring, but it’s up to the applicant ” Blalock said building projects of a certain scale require approval of the City’s Planning and Development Board

Prof Garrick Blalock, applied economics and management and chair of the board, said he supported the renovations

“I think it’s a great project,” he said

The renovations will take place in multiple phases, which will proceed in

“If somebody wants to build a project in the city of Ithaca that exceeds a certain threshold in terms of its size and scope, they have to go through an approval process, ” Blalock said

The process to approve renovations included multiple steps beginning with the assignment of the planning board as the lead agency for the specific project,

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Downtown Ithaca

Alliance Welcomes Engineering Firm, Specialty Store

By ANDREW LEE Sun Staff Writer

The Downtown Ithaca Alliance and Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 welcomed two new businesses Taitem Engineering and Bramble to the downtown area

Monday

Taitem Engineering is an Ithaca-based consulting firm that specializes in mechanical, electrical and structural engineering, as well as energy studies, energy research and specialty contracting services

According to Theresa Ryan, marketing manager for Taitem Engineering, the firm has acquired a new office building after moving several times

“ We originally had our [offices] at 107 S Albany St before moving to 109 S Albany [St ], then to 110 and now finally back again to our current location at 109,” she said

The firm moved to a new building to accommodate their growing solar design and duct sealing crew, according to a press release from the Downtown Ithaca Alliance

The Downtown Alliance also welcomed Bramble a store that sells herbs and spices in bulk as well as other local products to the area

Owned by a collective of four experienced herbalists, Bramble aims to connect the products of local farmers and herbalists with the members of the Ithaca community, according to co-owner Ciele Gladstein

“All of our products are 100 percent locally made and 25 percent of our bulk herbs are sourced through local farms,” Gladstein said “By keeping our focus local, we are

building a sustainable network that allows us to keep the money and resources of our area directly in the community ”

Located in Press Bay Alley at 118 W Green St , the store will serve as a local venue for events, classes and workshops, according to Gladstein

“We knew the area was full of skilled herbalists and wellness practitioners with products and knowledge to share, but it was lacking a community resource or venue to do it in,” Gladstein said

Gladstein said she and other co-founders came up with the idea for Bramble during the summer, with the idea becoming reality when they discovered the micro-retail stores in Press Bay Alley

“This approach to retail, with its emphasis on small spaces and low overhead costs, allowed us to open a store in the downtown area, ” Gladstein said

Gladstein said Bramble became involved with the Downtown Ithaca Alliance with the encouragement of her landlord, John Guttridge

According to executive director Gary Ferguson, the Downtown Ithaca Alliance was able to provide Press Bay Alley with funding from the state, enabling developers to build the retail space that Bramble currently occupies Ferguson said, although the alliance was easing its recruitment efforts during the rebuilding of the Ithaca Commons, 2014 was still a “good year ” for attracting new businesses in the downtown area

“With the impending completion of [the] Commons construction, we will redouble our efforts and expect to see a number of new businesses choosing downtown for their home,” Ferguson said

Attorney Recounts Corruption Trial of Former Detroit Mayor

Mark Chutkow describes process of convicting Kwame Kilpatrick at law school talk

By ARIEL SEIDNER

Mark Chutkow, a lawyer at the U S Attorney’s Office, spoke about his experience as a lead prosecutor in the public corruption trial of Kwame Kilpatrick a former mayor of Detroit who was sentenced to 28 years in prison in 2013 at the Cornell Law School Monday

Chutkow, who is also chief of the public corruption unit in the Eastern District of Michigan, recounted the sequence of events that lead to Kilpatrick’s ultimate c o n v i c t

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longest corr uption sentence in United States histor y, according to Chutkow

In Kilpatrick’s case, Chutkow said the FBI could not open an investigation into his activity until 2005

“Just to open an investigation, the [Federal Bureau of Investigation] needs two independent sources saying the same t h i n g a b o u t a c r i m i n a l b e h a v i o r, ”

Chutkow said

Once the investigation was opened, Chutkow said the first steps involved wiretapping Kilpatrick’s phones and analyzing his financial records, which revealed that he had received an inordinate amount of cash deposits Investigators also analyzed text messages sent on his SkyTel messaging device, which Chutkow said was a “big break in the case ”

Chutkow said he and his team then

procured a search warrant and uncovered t h o u s a n d s o f t e x t m e s s a g e s , i n

those between Kilpatrick and his accomplice Bobby Ferguson

Ac c o rd i n g t o C h u t k ow, t h e re w a s enough proof to bring a case against Kilpatrick that went beyond his tax evasion and fraud, and into deeper levels of corruption and extortion

Chutkow said Kilpatrick’s messages following a sewer collapse led investigators further to the discover y of his corruption

“For Kilpatrick and Ferguson, disasters were o p p o r t u n i t i e s f

b i g c o n t r a c t s , ” C h u t k ow said

“Let’s get us some money, ” read one of Kilpatrick and Ferguson’s text message conversations about a city contract

Once Kilpatrick had a set court date, preparations for the trial presented new c h a l l e n g e s , a c c o rd i n g t o C h u t k ow

Chutkow said the selection of a jur y from over 400 candidates was an “extensive process

”

“In choosing a jur y, we were more concerned with group chemistr y than anything else,” Chutkow said “In a case like this, the jur y can lose focus [once the trial starts], so we needed an organizing theme for the jur y to use as framework in deciding whether or not the evidence fits the stor y ”

Chutkow said his opening statement was brief and grounded in irrefutable facts

“ We made an opening statement of just 40 minutes to hit on some of the themes of indisputable points [and spoke on] themes of abuse of trust and greed,” Chutkow said “ There isn’t a witness who can refute

those ” Chutkow said the progression of presenting stories of corruption from minor schemes to major ones would allow for the jur y to infer and eventually come to decisions as the trial progressed

“ We started off the case with the pres e n t a t i o n o f s m a l l s t o r i e s , l i k e h ow Kilpatrick and Ferguson embezzled money from a State Arts Fair,” Chutkow said “Even though it wasn ’ t a lot of money, it showed what they were doing After we created little stories, we got to the big stories, like the sewers ” In discussing the final s t a g e s o f t h e t r i a l , Chutkow said he presented financial records as evidence to refute the case put up by the defense

“ We were able to put together a graphi c a l d i s p l a y t o re f u

Chutkow said “[It was] a display over time showing that Kilpatrick’s cash transactions had been negative before he took office and increased positively and quickly as his time in office progressed ”

Chutkow said his closing argument was short and involved recounting the testimonies of key witnesses

“A true public ser vant sees responsibility in their job, not power, ” Chutkow said In the wake of the incident, more meas

improve the city’s economy and create more transparency in the government

s activity, according to Chutkow

“It’s going to take decades for the city to recover, but it’s on its way, ” he said

Some Faculty Express Concern About Potential Cuts

Recently announced budget stringency raises questions about University nances and future plans

members had questions about the provost ’ s deficit, in addition to questions related to balancing the University’s overall budget

college deans and faculty members time to prepare for the coming fiscal year

market has lifted the endowment’s value, who would expect three to five years of budget cutting?” said Smith, who is also chair of the anthropology department

While some faculty members expressed a need for g re a t

y finances, Burns said it was clear that administrators also wished to increase inclusion of faculty members in the University’s decision-making processes

“We faculty welcome our inclusion in such important discussions,” Burns said “But as I understand it, a problem has been that the administration has only recently come to fully understand the budget Universities, and especially Cornell, are very complex organizations so it’s not easy to turn a single knob to get a particular outcome ”

With varying levels of understanding about the provost deficit across campus, many faculty members said they questioned how lowered provost allocations will tangibly affect departments and programs across campus

“If more budget cuts are imposed, I expect that the faculty will ask thoughtful questions at Day Hall to be sure that Cornell is making changes that will streamline operations and reduce costs, but will not affect the University’s fundamental academic values,” Burns said

Dutta, who said Katz had given a presentation to Johnson faculty and staff Friday, added that many faculty

He also said faculty asked questions about whether the budget cuts were “ a short-term fix or a long-term solution”

University academic ambitions and how to align them” with constraints faculty may be facing

Dutta expressed the importance of maintaining communication between administrators and faculty members

“It is very important to make faculty

accounting of the school, because today most faculty aren ’

“The surprise is that we’re going to endure substantial new cuts, just when we hoped to be ... rebuilding.”

aware of the financial

University as a whole,” Dutta said “The more information that they can share the better the shared understand is and that’s better for making a collective consensus about the right way to proceed ”

Eduardo Peñalver ’94, dean of the law school, also said he expected faculty from the law school to ask for more specific explanations on the source of the deficit and how the University had decided to fix it

Katz, who was previously dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said he had made a concerted effort to release preliminary figures early so as to give

“There has been quite a bit of discussion of the provost ’ s deficit at the Faculty Senate and at other forums that involve faculty,” Prof Chris Schaffer, biomedical engineering, said Schaffer who is also a member of the University Faculty Committee and the director of graduate studies for biomedical engineering said that he could “recall Provost Fuchs describing the issue at a Faculty Senate meeting as long ago as last Spring or even the previous Fall ” Dutta said faculty members at the Johnson School had also been prepared for budget cuts

“We were expecting it,” Dutta said “It’s just that it has become more official and more certain right now ”

College deans will be meeting with Interim Provost Harry Katz and Vice President for Budgeting and Planning

Paul Streeter beginning in the next three weeks to present budget plans for their colleges According to Katz, the Office of the Provost will not be approving budgets that lay off staff or reduce student services

Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun com

Student Org. Seeks to Add Museum to Observatory

the public during the construction process, according to NewmanStonebraker Once completed, the museum will be free to the public and require minimal upkeep, he said

Currently, the space for the museum is used mostly for storage According to Newman-Stonebraker, approximately three-quarters of the collection is on makeshift display and funding would go toward improving the condition of the rooms and make equipment displays more appealing

Some of the items on display with handwritten note cards had been put on display 25 years ago, according to Blackburn She noted that the project was “multigenerational ”

“We want to print some large posters about Carl Sagan [to] keep the focus on Cornell ”

B r e c k e n B l a c k b u r n ’ 1 5

As of Monday afternoon, the Astronomical Society has raised approximately $3,000 through a Cornell crowdfunding website and hopes to to reach its goal of $7,500 by March 10, according to Newman-Stonebraker The Astronomical Society plans to immediately start cleaning the space and improving the lighting once fundraising ends

“We want to get nice placards for each display,” Blackburn said “We also want to print some large posters about [former Cornell astronomy faculty member] Carl Sagan and the history of the observatory, [to] keep the focus on Cornell ”

The crowdfunding site has been a good way to reach people outside of the astronomy department With over 4,000 people visiting Fuertes every year, Blackburn said the site will enable those who once visited and enjoyed their experience to donate to the organization’s cause Blackburn said adding the museum to Fuertes is a “natural” next step in the observatory’s progression “It is something that should happen,” she

Kimberly Lee can be reached at kwl38@cornell edu

Upson Hall Renovations

P a s s P l a n n i n g B o a r d

Updates to Upson will begin this spring

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according to Blalock

“We conduct an environmental review and a site review,” Blalock said “The environmental review is concerned with whether or not there will be any environmental impacts that we need to worry about, and then we need to make sure the plan for the site fits with the city’s overall development plan ”

Ac c o rd i n g t o Bl a l o c k , t h e process was simple due to the “ u n c o n t r ov e r s i a l ” nature of the project

“It’s really a b u n c h o f i m p r o v ements [to the b u i l d i n g ] , a n d s i n c e there are really no immediate neighbors other than Cornell, there’s really no one to object to it,” Blalock said

ments to the look of the building “ I ’ m re a l l y e xc i t e d f o r t h e Upson renovation because it will better complement its modern neighbor, Duffield, and enhance the collaborative space it already provides,” Merrifield said Allen Jiang ’18, who is also in the engineering college, said he is looking forward to an updated Upson Hall

“ [ T h e re n ova t i o n s ] w i l l b e good ” Jiang said “[Upson] felt really old, like it was the casualty of budget cuts ”

“I think it’s fair to characterize the building as being one that needs refreshing ” P r o f G a r r i c k B l a l o c k

Bl a l o c k s a i d h e p e r s o n a l l y approved of the improvements to the building’s aesthetics, which he said were intuitive and necessary

“Clearly, this was a building that was built at a time [in 1956] when aesthetics were different than what they are now, ” Blalock said “So I think it’s fair to characterize the building as being one that needs some refreshing ” Graham Merrifield ’18, student in the engineering college, echoed the need for improve-

Blalock said he hopes the renova t i o n s w o u l d not only improve t h e l o o k o f Upson Hall, but the overall feel of the Engineering Quad as well “When it’s all done, which may be a couple years, I think you’ll find the Engineering Quad will be just a lot more inviting, welcoming and attractive,” Blalock said

At l a s t Tu e s d a y ’ s m e e t i n g , Planning Board member John Schroeder ’74, The Sun’s product i o n m a n a g e r, s u g g e s t e d t h a t

Upson’s basic corr ugated terra cotta design be used for future re n ova t

En g i n e e r i n g Qu a d b u i l d i n g s , which would eventually give the whole quad a new unified architectural look

Paulina Glass can be reached at pglass@cornellsun com

BY SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

Malaise pervades writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Cigarettes crackle unreasonably loudly, puncturing neo-noir shadows, as The Girl (Sheila Vand) and gardener-cum-drug dealer Arash (Arash Marandi) wander around the fictional Bad City neighborhood Amirpour’s pared-down dialogue and mysterious characters, however, eventually drag the viewer into a world of ennui, not suspense

Vice Films, a sister department to Vice Magazine and vice com, produced A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and the film fits into Vice’s prevailing formula Whether through articles, films or web documentaries, Vice often tells pseudo-intellectual stories of drugs, sex and crime that contain little narrative meat And, while a reader can peruse a few Vice articles, satisfy their scandalous sweet tooth, and venture off to other websites, watching A Girl is a 100-minute commitment

A compelling story of loneliness and abuse exists within A Girl

Unfortunately, tangential scenes that serve mainly to show off the director’s retro Goth aesthetic and the cinematographer’s dexterity dilute Amirpour’s potential tour-de-force Many of A Girl’ s failings result from self-indulgent screenwriting habits

The Girl’s neck-bite decisions play out a contrived metaphor of addiction The Girl follows an evident blood-sucking modus operandi: Kill only dealers and junkies Her murder of cocaine-addled, violent Saeed (Dominic Rains) over The Free Electric Band’s fuzzy track “Bashy” packs a cathartic punch Yet, after her second kill, I wanted to shout, “Oh I get it, she’s sucking the life out of addicts like, you know, the drugs themselves ” The characters’ interactions only further the film’s forced construction

Much of A Girl’ s dialogue crosses over from pointedly minimalistic to melodramatic Consider, for example, a scene in

which The Girl tilts her puppy dog eyes up at Arash and murmurs, “I’ve done bad things ” The line feels ridiculous coming from a character who sustains herself by stalking people and chomping down on their throats In a similarly pointless scene, The Girl corners the nameless street urchin (Milad Eghbali) and admonishes him to “be a good boy” for the rest of his life The dialogue fails to advance the plot or explain The Girl’s behavior: Is she moralistic or animalistic, conflicted or predatory?

In fact, A Girl’ s most entrancing scenes barely relate to the plot and instead dive headlong into the film’s saturated atmosphere The Girl slowly twirls alone in her basement apartment to Farah’s “Dancing Girls,” a mute cross-dresser passionately dances with a single black balloon, Arash’s detoxing father curses the cat for having his ex-wife’s eyes Amirpour succeeds as a director when she abandons her drawn-out, convoluted plot and crafts vivid, imaginative scenes Unfortunately, Amirpour drowns a few captivating scenes in a mass of late-night, black-and-white tedium In the first segment of the film, Amirpour introduces a large number of small plots: Arash’s relationship with his addict father, Arash s relationship with Shaydah (Rome Shandaloo), his employer’s daughter, Saeed’s abuse of Atti (Mozhan Marnò), a Bad City prostitute The film’s progression drops nearly all of the initial sub-plots and still only covers the plots concerning Arash and The Girl’s relationship and Arash’s father’s addiction haphazardly A Girl’ s structure suggests that Amirpour wrote interesting introductory scenes and, failing to sufficiently cut down to the integral storylines, tried to tie whatever she could into a semi-comprehensive skein

a slowly rolling black triangle against the dirty wall occasionally punctuated by the extension of a pale hand

Furthermore, A Girl triumphs at embodying the cultured, cosmopolitan characteristics that make Vice articles and videos so, well, addicting Underground soundtrack featuring morbid Iranian techno? Check Gratuitous shots of metal suitcases filled with cocaine and ecstasy? Check Unsettling portrayal of early morning streets in an abandoned city? Check Yet, it walks the line between complex enough to seem profound and simple enough to easily follow extremely well

In some scenes, A Girl tries to be a neo-noir narrative In others, it unabashedly embraces its status as art school experimentation for the hipster masses Yet, Amirpour’s refusal to fully commit to either extreme prevents her from fully embracing one of her many compelling storylines, or from eschewing the plot for emphasis on her beautiful, macabre scenes A Girl explicitly tells a story of addiction and intimacy in a half-formed underworld Implicitly, it announces Vice’s successful campaign to extend into feature films, bringing its too-cool-for-school attitude and narcotics obsession along for the ride

Despite its shortcomings as an entire film, A Girl succeeds on a few, smaller notes Amirpour is an inventive mise-enscène director with an inverse-Wes Anderson eye for detail In one isolated scene, The Girl pushes herself along a wall on the urchin’s skateboard Covered by a black cloak that extends from the top of her head to the sidewalk, the viewer sees only

Or maybe A Girl simply exists to transmit an unnerving, suffocating ambience As Farah sings in “Dancing Girls” while The Girl slowly twists and spins, “She’s just a normal girl / dancing to her favorite song / It’s time to go / let’s get on with it

Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun com

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Paddling down a lazy river, a figure dressed in traditional Native American garb the kind seen in spaghetti western films comes to light We then get a glimpse over the bow of the canoe, revealing plastic bags and floating newspapers The man dressed in native garb continues to paddle through what now appears to be a city harbor filled with garbage The background is painted with billowing smoke

The native man now stands at the edge of a highway, watching people throw trash out of their car windows A bag filled with what appears to be fast food remains hits the feet of our protagonist, spraying him with the garbage

Some people have a deep abiding respect for the natural beauty that was once this country And some people don’t People start pollution, people can stop it,” says a gruff voice accompanying the scene As the camera pans up toward the native man ’ s face, we see one single tear rolling down his cheek

The famous commercial, produced for Keep America Beautiful Inc by the former Marsteller Agency, was released on Earth Day in 1971

As iconic as the “ crying Indian” advertising campaign was even having been named one of the top 100 ad campaigns of the 20th century by Ad Age would it have the same iconic effect if it ran today?

The commercial is inherently racist, taking advantage of cultural stereotypes of an already exploited race Although the commercial would probably not be as well received nowadays,

The Real Crying Indian

maybe the more than 30 year old advertisement would not raise as much controversy as one might think Depictions of Native Americans have historically been that of the “noble savage ” Native Americans are represented in media as belong to a particular time and particular space Popular media fails to depict native people as having moved out of those particular times and spaces into spaces of modernity The media prevents depiction of “real” Native Americans, favoring the fictitious representation

Now, it’s one thing to blame Mr Iron Sights Cody (the actor portraying the native man) and Marsteller for the inaccuracy and racist depiction of Native Americans, but the 70s were a different time, right? The media industry has moved past inaccurate, racist depictions of native people, right? Historically, Native Americans have been consistently played by white actors Burt Lancaster in 1954’s Apache, Henry Brandon in 1953’s The Searchers and A u d r e y Hepburn in 1960’s The U n f o r g i v e n , just to name a few

However, even Mr

American heritage is questionable According to Mr Cody, he was born in Oklahoma territory to his Cherokee father and Cree mother the New Orleans Times-Picayune questioned Mr Cody’s heritage in 1996 following an interview with his half-sister, May Abshire, and the surfacing of some documentation including his baptismal records which pointed toward Mr

Cody being of Italian-American rather than Native American heritage Mr Cody denied this, stating that he was in fact a Native American

Even more notable is the recent recreation of The Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp as Tonto Depp claimed to be of Cherokee heritage in 2002 on Inside the Actors’ Studio, and later, while speaking with Entertainment Weekly in 2011, added that he may be of Creek descent Depp’s heritage is still under question

In speaking with MTV com, Depp said that his film was “ an oppor tunity for [Depp] to salute Native Americans ” He continued to mention that he hoped to end years of Native American misrepresentation in Hollywood, even though the film continues the same trend of misrepresentation

excerpted reveals that media representation harms natives:

I’ve seen the film Depp’s performance mimics those of Burt Lancaster, Henry Brandon and Audrey Hepburn He speaks in the same, “ sort of monosyllabic stuttering, uttering, Hollywood Indian-speak,” said Hanay Geiogamah, a University of California, Los Angeles professor and a Kiowa tribe member Geiogamah continues to note that “[Depp] could have, had he wanted to, cast himself as The Lone Ranger, and put a qualified, capable American Indian actor of whom there are quite a few now, in the role of Tonto ” So does this misrepresentation of Native Americans in the media really affect the Native American population? The NPR interview with Geiogamah from which these quotes are

“It’s a major setback for the Native American image in the world because that’s how millions of people will think American Indians are now, ” said Geiogamah “After all these years and all this effort to try to get Hollywood to understand their portrayal of Native Americans, and some real good work having been accomplished, to see it all sort of pushed aside because a big star wants to play Tonto ”

From the airing of the “Crying Indian” commercial to modern films like The Lone Ranger, not much has changed It seems like the media will never get it right, which just leaves us with the question: Who’s the real “crying Indian?”

Benjamin Maracle is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at bdm85@cornell edu Gu e s t Ro o m r uns

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Responsible Budget Cuts

IN RESPONSE TO AN ANNUAL DEFICIT facing the Office of the Provost, the University will cut allocations to each of Cornell’s colleges and central administrative units in July Following the closure of the $55 million budget shortfall, all colleges will likely see a 2 to 2 3 percent decrease in annual expenditures While we commend the University’s commitment to responsibly managing its finances, we are concerned about the feasibility of cutting expenses without negatively affecting academic services for students

Cornell has made great strides to ensure that the University’s budget has remained balanced, highlighting its commitment to remaining fiscally responsible when allocating resources By addressing this deficit which has occurred over the past five years following the 2008 global financial crisis the Provost affords individual colleges the opportunity to address issues of efficiency and ensure that money spent is used responsibly

We commend Interim Provost Harry Katz for his stance against reductions in academic services and staff, but we question whether this remains feasible Having their appropriations cut by $27 5 million, colleges and administrative units could be forced to cut or scale back programs that directly affect students’ educations Although this reduction of college budgets was announced months before colleges are expected to conform to the changes providing more time to address potential challenges informing and working with departments across the University will be imperative to ensure a transparent and productive reduction in expenditures Administrators in Day Hall must work with all levels of leadership across Cornell’s colleges, as well as faculty and staff, when strategizing on how to shape the University’s future academic programs in a way that does not compromise students’ education

To address half of the annual deficit, a portion of next academic year ’ s tuition increase of $1,830 for all undergraduates, which was announced Thursday, will be allocated to the Provost’s budget While the tuition increase which Katz says was not enacted in response to the need to eliminate the budget shortfall enables colleges to cut less than they would have without the additional funds, the University places an increased financial burden on students by continuing to increase tuition at an alarming rate Administrators must continue their commitment to providing a large amount of financial aid to students, while balancing the costs of a Cornell education with the need to address larger financial concerns

By addressing fiscal challenges in a responsible manner, the University has the opportunity to make progress in promoting efficiency We urge administrators to collaborate with faculty and the colleges to ensure that these cuts do not prove to be detrimental to Cornellians’ education

I Want to Love You Cornell, But You Are Being Dif cult

ISusan Murphy for speaking with students at the meeting in Willard Straight Hall last Friday The discussion was calm and respectful, but I walked away from the meeting with a sinking feeling in my gut I walked away from that meeting with a deep personal conflict brewing: Can I really trust what Skorton says? When I was an underclassman, I was enchanted by all the truly wonderful programs and faculty that make Cornell great and I trusted the administration Now, through reading, research and thinking, I have seen through the Ivy Walls I have learned about many inconvenient tr uths that underpin the University’s greatness, and I had descended into internal conflict

I have a love-hate relationship with Cornell because it does many things I and many students are proud of, but it frequently cuts back on its virtues to bolster its bottom line Below are a few examples of things that have undermined my trust I know these things bother many more people besides myself; Administrators and students alike have admitted to and identified an intense erosion of trust

1 Cornell employs far more administrators than faculty Cornell University spends 36 percent of its annual budget to employ 3,250 full time administrators Only 100 of those administrators are classified as “Student and Academic Affairs and Other Education Ser vices” by the National Center for Education Statistics Compared to the more than 3,000 administrators, the University employs 1,745 full time “instructional staff,” including ever yone from the lowliest adjunct to the tenured professor

2 Cornell hosts world class professors, but recently the administration has cut their salaries and continues to add fewer and fewer new full professors They leave many adjuncts living near and below the poverty line paying them only two or three thousand dollars per class and w i t h o u t t h e re s o u r c e s t h e y n e e d t o become great thinkers, researchers and teachers

3 The University hosts dozens of musical performances and showcases art, but in 2010 it slashed the performing arts department budget, effectively destroying the department’s ability to interact with the community and provide consistent and quality culture to the student body

4 Cornell does excellent research that advances human knowledge, but the administration fails to provide graduate

students who carr y out that research with basic medical protections when they are seriously injured protections that are c o m m o n p l a c e a n d re q u i re d b y l a w throughout American industr y leaving graduate students burdened with tens of thousands in medical expenses after a lab accident

5 Ac c o rd i n g

o a C o r n e l l Endowment investment analyst I spoke to last week, Cornell could provide free tuition using only the interest the endowment produces without touching the six billion dollar principle But this year the Board of Trustees raised tuition once again, as it has for the last five decades, and continues to grow its massive endowment

6 At a meeting with President Skorton, he admitted that the Board of Trustees does and should hold “Supreme Power” because Cornell needs to be run like a corporation I’ll inject some personal opinion here: a corporation has a profit motive A university has an education m

Cornell should be run like a corporation?

7 Cornell provides financial aid to many students who are in need, but then imposes a $350 fee that won ’ t be covered by financial aid, and that could easily be p a i d f o r i n a m o re re s p o n s i b l e w a y Meanwhile, middle class families are shut out of the University because they are too rich to get aid but too poor to afford $61,000 per year of expenses, expenses that exceed the annual income of at least half of all of Americans

Students asked Skorton some of these questions at the Friday afternoon meeting He didn’t give us any concrete answers about how the University would combat rising administrative costs He promised the health fee and tuition increases would continue

The Board of Trustees and the administration have lost my trust, and they have failed Cornell’s mission They have given in and are turning Cornell into another profit-driven corporation with an overs i z e d a d m

r a t i o n We d o n ’ t n e e d another committee investigation or more administrators to “look into it ” We need to empower a diverse group of people, like we have in the past, to guide Cornell away from the tr ustees ’ corporate plan and t ow

University I want to love becomes unrecognizable

Wyatt Nelson is a junior in the School of Industrial a n d L

wyatt outoors@outlook com

A March 2 news story, “Skorton Promises Transparency to Student Activists,” incorrectly stated that the town hall on March 16 will be regarding the student health fee, and that there will be a committee formed to find ways to consolidate campus costs In fact, at the town hall, President David Skorton will give a presentation to the campus about financial transparency, and there is currently no plan for a committee L e t t e r s t o t h e e d i t

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It was definitely the CIA It’s always the CIA

The fact is that if you ’ re asking who was behind Nemtsov’s assassination, you ’ re asking the wrong question It matters ver y little who was actually behind the assassination The man could have been killed by a brain aneurism, and Putin would still be held responsible for creating a political climate where Nemtsov had to die for his opinions Julia Ioffe, a contributing writer to the Ne w York Times Magazine, had it right when she wrote: “People in the opposition will not believe anything that comes out of the Kremlin in terms of who did this They perceive this as a message directly sent to them When you see Boris Nemtsov’s body lying with the Kremlin as a backdrop, they understand that's a message directed to them ”

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i t i o n l e a d e r, b u t a l s o i n h o n o r o f t h o s e w h o t r u l y b e l i e ve d i n t r a n s p a re n c y b e t we e n t h e p e o p l e a n d t h e i r s t a t e “ It’s u n l i k e l y I w o u l d h a ve c o m e t o t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n i n Ma r y i n o , ” s a i d Ma r i n a Ne v s k a y a , a m a rc h e r i n Su n d a y ’ s t r i b u t e , “ Bu t a l l d e c e n t p e o p l e h a d t o c o m e h e re W h a t h a p p e n e d w a s a p e rs o n a l s p i t i n m y f a c e I d o n ’ t w a n t t o h i d e m y f a c e f ro m m y c h i ld re n ” Tr u s t b e t we e n a g ove r n m e n t a n d i t s p e o p l e i s i n t e g r a l t o t h e p ro g re s s o f a c o u n t r y ; w i t h o u t f a i t h i n t h o s e c h o s e n t o re p re s e n t t h e i n t e re s t s o f t h e p e o p l e , t h e re i s n o ro o m f o r e c o n o m i c g row t h o r i n t e l l e c t u a l f re e d o m It’s s i m p l e , re a l l y i f yo u f e e l a s i f yo u r l i ve l ih o o d i s n o t p ro t e c t e d by t h e g ove r n m e n t , yo u w i l l b e l e s s w i l l i n g t o t a k e f i n a n c i a l r i s k s t h a t c o u l d c o n t r i b u t e t o a n e x p a n d i n g e c o n o m y If yo u d o n ’ t t r u s t i n t h o s e i n p l a c e t o p ro t e c t yo u r r i g h t t o e x p re ss i o n , yo u w i l l h e s i t a t e t o e x p re s s yo u r s e l f “Au t h o r i t y, w h e n f i r s t d e t e c t i n g c h a o s a t i t s h e e l s , w i l l e n t e r t a i n t h e v i l e s t s c h e m e s t o s a ve i t s o rd e r l y f a c a d e b u t a l w a y s o rd e r w i t ho u t j u s t i c e , w i t h o u t l ove o r l i b e r t y, w h i c h c a n n o t l o n g p o s t p o n e t h e i r w o r l d’s d e s c e n t t o p a n d e m o n i u m , ” A l a n Mo o re s a i d i n a d d re s s i n g t h e c h a o s a ro u n d h i m I ’ m n o t s u re i f I c a n s a y t h e s a m e “d e s c e n t i n t o p a n d e m o n i u m ” i s w h e re t h e Ru

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“It is absolutely ridiculous that the administration can view raising tuition as the best way to meet their budget deficits. Every year of my time at Cornell my tuition has increased close to $2,000 (far above the rate of inflation) ”

Aaron Bholé Re: “Provost to Slash Budgets Across University,” News, published March 2, 2015

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The Legacy of the Politician, The Reporter and the Billionaire

Co n s i d e r i n g t h e r e c e n t deluge of the complete third season of the critically-acclaimed House of Cards that Netflix rained down upon the huddled, unwashed masses

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t i o n s o f t h e Un d e r w o o d s , I t h o u g h t i t would be prudent to begin this column with a quick discussion o f m y p r o g re s s t h r o u g h t h e t h i rd s e a s o n Fa i r w a r n i n g , there will be some slight spoilers ahead But since I have only w a t c h e d t h ro u g h t h e s e c o n d episode of the third season, I w i l l n o t g e t i n t o t o o m u c h detail If you want to avoid s p o i l e r s , s k i p t h e n e x t p a r agraph and begin reading when I discuss the reporter and the billionaire mentioned in the headline

One of the exchanges that typifies the desire of the main characters to cultivate a legacy (a recurrent theme in the show) occurs in season two, episode seven when then-Vice President Under wood and then-President G a r r e t Wa l k e r discuss Walker’s p e r f o r m a n c e Fr a n k c o u n s e l s W a l k e r : “Presidents who obsess over histor y obsess over their place in it, instead of forging it,” to which the historically-minded Walker a s k s , “ W h o s a i d t h a t ? ” T h e response: “I did, just now ” The c h i l l i n g m o m e n t p r ov i d e s a s

Under wood and the plodding, advisor-reliant Walker of no relation to non-fictional proba-

b l e Pr e s i d e n t i a l c a n d i d a t e

Governor Scott Walker (R-WI)

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The spoilers are done now unless you have the real-life news on your DVR and are planning on catching up when you have a chance to binge watch Moving from the fictional politician segment of the column to the ver y real reporter section, I wanted to briefly discuss David Carr no, not the q u a r t e r b a c k w h o w a s E l i Ma n n i n g ’ s b a c k u p w h e n t h e New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI Journalist David Carr was well-known as the New York Times media critic before his death on the newsroom floor on Feb 12 A tenacious advocate for print journalism amidst the scorn of digital media companies that he covered, Carr once aggressively told off the founders of new media darling Vice Media for suggesting that the New York Times wrote about “ sur fing” instead of serious news coverage The interaction was record-

Details like that are horrifying, and th obviously muddle his legacy. But leg cannot only be a sum of the amazing things that one has done.

heartwarming ones During the throes of his drug addiction, he once left his newborn twin girls in a car in the middle of winter while he bought drugs, something he recounted in his 2008 book The Night of the Gun Details like that are horrifying, and they obviously muddle his legacy But legacy cannot only be a sum of the amazing things that one has done, it also must factor in the negatives Carr was a r e p o r t e r w h o m I d e e p l y admired, and I miss his work already

Another recent stor y comes from the Oracle of Omaha, seemingly folksy, loveable billionaire who also bears a strik-

Berkshire Hathaway (Buffett’s famous conglomerate holding company that owns insurance,

Buffett’s 50th annual letter to the company

ed in the 2011 documentar y about the Times “Page One,” and the clip has become a widely-shared audiovisual eulogy to a man who didn’t pull punches with his reporting or his questioning

I’m sad to say that before his death, I did not know much about Carr’s stor y I read his Media Equation column most weeks because the business of media fascinates me, but I did not know the specific of the m a n ’ s l i f e A f t e r re a d i n g h i s obituar y I learned that he was a former drug addict, who had fought off addiction, put in years of good repor ting and then rose to his well-regarded p o s i t i o n T h e r e w e r e s o rd i d details to go along with the

President, we see that barbed quips about legacy do not make a president At the start of the t h i rd s e a s o n , Pr e s i d e n t Un d e r w o o d h a s t e r r i b l e approval ratings, and his party ’ s leadership has decided not to have him run in the upcoming p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n i n 1 8 months He too, in this ver y early stage of the season, begins to worr y about his legacy

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junior blue-liner Cassandra Poudrier hammered a one-time slapper off the face-off to beat Saints goalie Carmen MacDonald The Red would keep its lead going into the third period

Six minutes into the third period, St Lawrence tied up the game However, Derraugh admired his team ’ s ability to stay positive and aggressive

“I thought the girls did a great job of not getting down when [St Lawrence] tied the game, ” Derraugh said “They kept their heads up and showed strong resolve to push back to get the next goal ” Cornell came back 3:50 minutes later to regain the lead After a failed shot attempt by junior forward Jess Brown, sophomore defender Sydney Smith tapped it back to Brown, who poked it into the goal At the end of the game, senior forward Jill Saulnier hit the puck into the empty net to secure Cornell’s 31 win, and a 1-0 lead in the series

On Saturday, Cornell had an incredible comeback from being down 2-0 going into the third period to win the quarterfinal game, 3-2 The Saints pressured Cornell from the start, drilling shots towards net After the first 40 minutes of play, St Lawrence led shots on goal, 28-13

In the final period, the Red flicked a switch and worked quickly to get back into the game In the first three minutes of play, junior forward Anna Zorn loaded up and slapped the puck past the Saints’ MacDonald to spark Cornell’s comeback

As the crowd grew and got louder, the team fed off Lynah’s energy and played more confidently and with greater disciplined With 12:07 to play, senior forward Brianne Jenner pounced on the puck and passed it to Saulnier, who one timed the puck into the goal to tie up the game In the last four minutes of play, Jenner won the faceoff and passed the puck to Saulnier, who rushed past a Saints defender, creating a two-on-one with senior forward Emily Fulton Saulnier made a patient play to draw the defender, before hitting Fulton a saucer pass which Fulton hammered past MacDonald to send the crowd into an absolute frenzy

“It was a lot of fun and Lynah is a great place to play women ’ s hockey,” Derraugh said “We are very fortunate to play in front of the crowds that we do ”

Next week, the team travels to Clarkson to play in the semifinals So far this season, the Red has found success against Clarkson, tying its most recent game against the Golden Knights and winning the one before that

Last season, Cornell beat the Saints to win the ECAC championship Derraugh said his team is feeling confident going into these games and is happy about its matchup this weekend

“I think the experience from last season certainly helps,” Derraugh said “We will play hard and confident hockey ”

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school record, beating the previous record by over a second Junior Victor Luo, sophomores Liam Sosinsky and Jordan Berger also had exceptional races and were able to score in this event

“ There were a lot of things that led to the team ’ s success this year but I would say team cohesion was essential,” senior Tim Satterthwaite said “ The team was close this year and it was c l e a r t h r o u g h t h e s w i m m i n g that people weren ’ t just swimming for themselves but were swimming for a team and a family and that is what makes all the difference ”

On the diving side, the Red had three scores on the 3-meter b o a rd Ha l l owe l l p l a c e d 1 1 t h overall, which earned him fifth place all-time in Cornell standings Matt McCoy finished 16th and solidified an eighth place overall Cornell position

After a strong season, the Red is optimistic going for ward

“I could not have asked for a better senior season With huge wins over Dar tmouth, Brown and Penn, we had more league dual meet wins than I have had in my career combined, as well as the highest finish at Ivies in three y

n t h e league getting steeper ever y year, this team was able to rise up and have some incredible swims and great memories Cornell swimming is back on the map again ”

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Women Win Twice, Advance To Semi nals With Clarkson

By DANIELLE LETOURNEAU Sun Staff Writer

With the help of a loud and lively home crowd, Cornell (18-10-3, 14-6-2 ECAC) beat St Lawrence (19-12-5, 13-5-4 ECAC) in two straight games to advance to the semifinals of the ECAC tournament

On Friday, the team controlled the puck for the majority of the game, taking away goal oppor tunities from the Saints However, St Lawrence’s goal attempts were potentially

Cor the Red gave up

breakaway

However, sophomore goaltender Paula Voorheis stepped up to

Su n d a y ’ s m u c h - a n t i c i p a t e d

Cavaliers-Rockets game lived up to the hype, as two MVP candi-

d a t e s o n t i t l e - c o n t e n d i n g t e a m s

dueled in an overtime thriller But in the second half, the game took an unexpected turn when one MVP candidate kicked the other MVP candidate square in the jewels Yes, James Harden that guy with that beard delivered a subtle yet clearly deliberate foot to King James’ manhood Players from both teams jawed back and forth for a moment, but eventually the dust cleared, and no players were ejected

I didn’t expect LeBron James to retaliate against Harden with anything more than a few words James has never been a trash-talker, instead opting to let his play do the talking But man, if Harden had kicked, say, C h a r l e s B a r k l e y i n t h e b e a n s , I would’ve expected an all-out brawl to e n s u e Of c o u r s e , Ba rk l e y h a d a much different, far more confrontat i o n a l o n - c o u r t p e r s o n a l i t y t h a n James has Over the years, the number of fights and the amount of trash talk in t h e N B A h a s b e e n o n a s t e a d y d e c l i n e T h e re w a s t h e i n f a m o u s Malice at the Palace in 2004, when the Pistons, Pacers and fans at the game engaged in a massive brawl that r e s u l t e d i n s e a s o n - l o n g b a n s A

decade earlier, Charles Barkley threw a ball at Shaq and Shaq responded by tackling his current colleague to the floor And how about the notorious Re g g i e Mi l l e r t r a s h - t a l k , a n d t h e c o c k i n e s s o f Mi c h a e l Jo rd a n a n d Larr y Bird? Where is that today?

The bad-boy persona in the NBA has vanished since those guys retired Is the new generation of players simp l y l e s s c o m p e

thinks so Last month, when asked why there is less trash-talk in the l e a g u e t o d a y, P i e r c e a n

w e r e d , “Computers They play NBA 2K instead of going to the park”

Pierce, now 37 years old, played

d Michael Jordans of the league And his response is spot on The stars of the 90’s and earlier had little technology with which to entertain themselves Miller didn’t play NBA 2K Jordan didn’t post tweets after games Shaq didn’t follow Barkley on Instagram These guys didn’t have the technology that connects players in the league today When they met on the court, it was pure competition

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she believes the team did a good job defending and keeping the Saints at bay The hard saves were also a way to get her warmed up and focused

“The first two shots were breakaways but I think it got me warmed up, ” she said “I didn’t get many shots, but the ones I got were hard I think [St Lawrence] would have had more opportunities had the team not put in the extra effort ”

Head coach Doug Derraugh agreed and felt that those saves were crucial to the team ’ s success

“They came through with speed and we weren ’ t aware of what was happening behind us and it’s a whole different game if they score on those two goals, so those two were crucial for us, ” he said

Despite a sloppier start, Cornell refocused, regained control and had more shots on goal in the middle period With 7:48 remaining in the

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Men Place Sixth in Ivy League Championships, Break Records

By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Wr ter

This past weekend, the Cornell’s men ’ s swimming and diving team competed

a t t h e Iv y L e a g u e

C h a m p i o n s h i p s i n Princeton, New Jersey The Red had an incredibly successful overall meet and was able to have its best finish since 2011 Overall, Cornell finished sixth within the Ivy League, with a total of 692 team points The Red had an impressive team and individual showing and was able to illustrate its ability to

c o m p e t e w i t h a n y Iv y League team

“This year marked a huge

improvement for the team at Ivy Championships,” said senior Thomas Hallowell

“Ever yone demonstrated a lot of toughness and we had some really strong performances overall ”

The Red’s strong performance came as a result of a season ’ s worth of consistent hard work and effort

“This year we focused a lot on being tough and prepared to fight for each and every race, ” Hallowell said “A lot of guys dug deep to finish out races and we had an Ivy Champion in two e ve n t s [ Fre s h m a n ] A l e x Evd o k i m ov i s t h e f i r s t Cornell swimmer to be Ivy Champion since 2010

Overall, I think the team ’ s fighting spirit allowed it to push through obstacles and have the best performance at Ivy Championships in four years ”

Evdokimov was able to walk away as champion in both Ivy League breaststroke e ve n t s He w o n t h e 1 0 0 breast and the 200 breast beating out many top swimmers, including Princeton’s Ja c k Po h l m a n n a n d Harvard’s Eric Ronda The r a c e w a s i n c re d i b l y f a s t paced and close; the top three finished within 08 seconds of one another Evd o k i m ov a l s o s e t a

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