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Court Denies Former Student’s Insanity Appeal

An appellate court on Thursday denied the insanity appeal of a former Cornell graduate student convicted of murdering his wife in June 2009

Blazej Kot, who is currently serving a 25-year-sentence on three felony charges, murdered Caroline Coffey, a postdoctoral student at the College of Veterinary Medicine, on June 2, 2009, weeks after they returned from a honeymoon in Costa Rica, The Sun previously reported Coffey and Kot were on a jog on the Black Diamond Trail when Kot fatally slashed Coffeey with a boxcutter, set fire to their apartment and attempted suicide after leading police on a high speed chase Kot, now 30, was convicted of second-degree murder, third-degree arson and tampering with physical evidence after a three-week trial in Tompkins County Court in April 2010, The Sun previously reported During the trial, Dr

Rory Houghtalen, a psychiatrist and expert witness for the defense, argued that Kot suffered from mental illness and therefore should be charged with manslaughter rather than murder

J P McCarthy the judge on the appellate court which denied the insanity appeal said in his report that Kot and his lawyer, Margaret McCarthy, argued in the 2010 trial that the court “erred by failing to order a competency hearing ”

The defendant argued that due to his mental condition, he was “incapable” of participating in the trial, according to the appellate court ’ s ruling Kot also argued that he was entitled to a hearing that would assess whether he was capable of participating in the trial and on whether new information on his mental health would have resulted in a “ more favorable” verdict had that information been presented

However, J P McCarthy rejected this appeal, citing the defendant’s actions during the 2010 trial In his ruling, McCarthy said that defendants are generally assumed com-

petent to stand trial and that a history of mental illness or suicide attempts do not require the court to hold a competency hearing

Additionally, J P McCarthy said Kot appeared to understand the trial proceedings and that the defense did not request a competency hearing

“Up to and throughout the trial, [the] defendant continuously exhibited an awareness of the nuances of the criminal justice process, including, as is pertinent to this discussion, the crucial role that Houghtalen, as his forensic psychiatric expert, would play in his defense,”

J P McCarthy wrote in his ruling

By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer

Candidates vying for the positions of presid e

Student Assembly answered moderators’ questions about their platforms and student govern a n c e e x p e r i e n

l Thursday

Three presidential candidates Juliana Batista ’16, Matthew Stefanko ’16 and Jeffrey Breuer ’16 and two vice president candidates Emma Johnston ’16 and Peter Biedenweg ’17 participated in the debate Thursday

Speaking on his reason for running for president, Breuer said he has observed the S A as a student and “[felt] that there has been a very poor effort made to bring students in ” While Batista and Stefanko have both served on

the S A for three consecutive years, Breuer is new to the organization

“I think it’s time for some new energy, especially when we are talking about these new administrators coming in who we can work effectively with if we star t the right way, ” Breuer said Batista, the current executive vice president for the S A , said she believes she has the ability to “be the person on the ground” and “sit in the room with administrators ”

“I really want to be the person that not only speaks for students but with students,” Batista said “I can be the person that you can meet at Libe Cafe and talk about an initiative that you want to see on campus but also be the person in a board room with administrators making sure that they are held

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Monday, March 9, 2015

weather FORECAST

Environs Messian Festival: Nature Rendered at the Keyboard 10 a m - Noon, Barnes Hall Auditorium

The Delicate Dance of Charged Grains in Zero Gravity 11 a m , 416 Physical Sciences Building

Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership and Innovation: Evidence From China Noon - 2 p m , 401 Warren Hall

Negotiating the Boundaries of Latin American Studies And Caribbean Studies

12:15 - 1:15 p m , 262 Uris Hall

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Diet and Controlling Global Obesity Epidemic: From Science to Policies

4 - 5 p m , 146 Stocking Hall

University Assembly Meeting 4:30 p m , 401 Physical Sciences Building

Politics in a Grey Zone:

Connivanc Militancy in Tunisia and Malaysia 4:30 p m , 101 McGraw Hall

C U Music: Contrapunkt 8 p m , Barnes Hall Auditorium

After the coldest Februar y on r ecord since 1934, it seems that spring is finally upon us Enjoy the beautiful weather, Cor nellians!

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Although today is the only day this week that will not reach over 40 degrees, it is still much warmer than most days we ’ ve had in the past few months

let the clouds get you down, it’s another warm day Tonight’s temperatures will dip down into the low 20s, so make sure to dress warmly Hi: 39° Lo: 28° Mostly Cloudy

Compiled by Madeline Cohen

Alumnae Share Career, Relationship Advice at Panel

By EMILY FRIEDMAN

Sun Contributor

In a p a n e l - s t y l e d i s c u s s i o n c a l l e d “ W h a t I Wi s h I

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“I know that I am giving 100 percent plus, and if you don’t recognize that, that’s on you.”

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a n d c of o u n d e r a n d p r e s id e n t o f T h e Ne w A g e n d a , a w o m e n ’ s a d vo c a c y g ro u p b e g a n t h e d i s c u s s i o n b y e x p l a i n i n g t h e c h a n g e i n t h e f i g h t f o r g e n d e r e q u a l i t y o v e r t h e p a s t f e w

d e c a d e s “ So m e t h i n g h a p p e n e d i n t h e ’ 9 0 s t h a t s u d d e n l y we

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t u r y w o m e n h a ve a c t u a l l y s t a r t e d t o m ove b a c k w a rd s o n

m a n y m e a s u re s ”

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“ o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o l e a r n ” “ Yo u f a l l , yo u l e a r n , yo u s t a n d u p a n d yo u k e e p m ovi n g , ” s a i d Pe re z - Ro s s e l l o , w h o i s a p e d i a t r i c r a d i o l o g i s t

a t B o s t o n ’ s C h i l d re n ’ s Ho s p i t a l

A f t e r d i s c u s s i n g t h e i r c a re e r s a n d p rov i d i n g a d v i c e o n h ow t o e n t e r t h e w o rk f o rc e , t h e w o m e n s p o k e a b o u t t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f h e a l t h a n d h a p p i n e s s

Roundtable | Panelists Amy Siskind

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t h a t ’ s o n yo u , ” Mye r s s a i d T h e p a n e l a l s o d i s c u s s e d ro m a n t i c re l a t i o n s h i p s a n d f r i e n d s h i p s , w i t h e a c h p a n e l i s t re c o u n t i n g t h e i r i n d i v i du a l e x p e r i e n c e s f i n d i n g l ove “ Yo u n e ve r k n ow w h o t h e l ove o f yo u r l i f e w a s u n t i l yo u t a k e yo u r l a s t b re a t h , ” Pe n a v i ć s a i d T h e p a n e l c o n c l u d e d w i t h e a c h p a n e l i s t g i v i n g t h e a d v i c e t h e y w o u l d h a ve g i ve n t o t h e i r 2 2 - ye a r - o l d s e l ve s a n d a n s we r i n g m o re q u e s t i o n s f ro m t h e a u d i e n c e Si s k i n d s a i d s h e w i s h e s s h e w o u l d h a ve t o l d h e r s e l f t h

Internationals, Greek Community Start Cross-Cultural Partnership

By ANDREW LORD Sun Staff Writer

Se ve r a l p a r t i c i p a n t s o f t

Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program discussed their experience as international

fellows pursuing a non-degree fellowship program with approximately 20 students at the Sigma Pi fraternity Saturday

The meeting marks the first discussion in a potential partnership between the Humphrey Fellowship program and the

Gre e k c o m m u n

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o Michelangelo Lieberman grad, graduate assistant to the fellowship program and resident advisor at the Sigma Pi fraternity

The Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program provides a year of professional enrichment in the United States for experienced mid-career professionals from selected countries, according to its website

The partnership will allow Cornell students to partner with the international fellows in order to “ promote cross-cultural e xc h a n g e a n d p e r s o n a l d e ve l o p m e n t , ” Lieberman said Blagoja Mukanov, a Humphrey Fellow who was the advisor to the deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia, said he joined the program because he thought it would be a good way to enhance his professional skillset

“It seemed like a good opportunity to enhance my skills that will help me at my job [in Macedonia], Mukanov said “I also wanted to share my experiences and to see the experiences of others ” Mukanov said his time at Cornell over the past several months has made him realize the unique differences between his culture and American culture

“I come from a country where [the people] are more socially oriented,” Mukanov said “[In America], there is more emphasis on working and individualism It’s just very different ”

Ahmed Soliman, a fellow who is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture in Tunisia, said he has learned several important lessons from his time at Cornell

“If you look at the [agricultural] situation now in Tunisia, it looks like the United States did in 1950 or 1960,” Soliman said “We have a lot to work on in Tunisia, and that is why I decided to apply for this program ” Lieberman, who said his time in the Peace Corps fueled his passion for starting this partnership, said he hopes that the pro-

gram will launch professional friendships between Cornell students and members of the international community

“The point of this [partnership] is to allow students and Fellows to grow together, ” Lieberman said “The Fellows will act as ambassadors of their countries, and at the same time [students] get to act as an ambassador of [theirs] ”

The program seeks to expand in the coming months to include more members of the Cornell community, according to Alec Charbonneau ’16, one of the event organizers

“We’re in the very beginning processes of starting this partnership and hope to open it up to the entire Cornell community next semester, ” Charbonneau said Lieberman said the expansion of the program at the University will lead to a more “culturally aware ” and “appreciative” student body

“When you are introduced to people [through the Humphrey program], you become more worldly without having to leave the Cornell campus, ” Lieberman said “That’s the whole point of this university to not only increase your knowledge but to also improve who you are as a human being and one of the only ways to do this is to meet people from other cultures ”

Peter Gregory, coordinator for Cornell’s Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship program and a senior research associate in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said he believes the program plays an important role in making the world a “better place ”

“The Humphrey Fellowship Program fosters understanding, collaboration and mutual respect among people from all over the world,” he said “I feel as if there were more programs like [this], the world would be a much better place ”

The Cornell Daily Sun Elects Its 133rd Editorial Board

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through Ithaca

Formerly a news editor, A n n ie Bu i ’1 6 is climbing up the ladder

a n d t a k i n g o n t h e Ma n a g i n g

Editor position Annie says she cannot handle spicy food, but that’s hard to believe because she’s a pretty spicy individual Ooh la la Her apartment is also closer to The Sun’s offices than campus itself, so you know where her priorities lie

Sl oa n e Gri n s p o on ’1 7 is our new Associate Editor She loves to w a t c h It’s Al w a y s Su n n y i n Philadelphia and then reflect on how miserable the Ithaca winter is T h o u g h s h e ’ s Ph i l a d e l p h i a born and raised, don’t mistake

Advertising Manager Ha l e y Xu e ’ 1 7 for the fresh prince of Bel-Air, because she’s got way, way more swagger

In case you thought The Sun was just a daily, we also have a website, overseen by Web Editor

A m b e r C h e n ’1 6 She says she’s a b a d w r i t e r, b u t we d i s a g re e because she writes beautiful code

Our resident cheerleader A n n a Fas m an ’1 6 is the newest Sports Editor Fasman, a former tri-varsity athlete, is currently washed up and itching to get back on the

field Since she didn’t get drafted into a single varsity sports team, she chose to do the next best thing write about those who accomplish all that she cannot Blogs Editor Na ta l ie Ts a y ’ 1 8 supposedly hates the sun the star in the middle of the solar system, not our paper Grey skies make her happy and she wants winter to last for at least a few more months It’s safe to say she’s the only one

J ay n e Z u r e k ’ 1 6 not only designs great papers as our new Design Editor, but also great figure skating routines She skates competitively at least when she’s not coughing all over the place W h e n a s k e d f o r f u n f a c t s about herself, K ik i L i ’1 7 said she’s “ an awesome percussionist ” Hopefully, she will drum up creative ideas as our new Multimedia Editor

Online Managing Editor Jo e y Wal te r ’1 7 replaces former Editor in Chief Haley Velasco ’15 as our token Ne w Jersey native But don’t worry guys, he doesn’t have any plot to move The Sun to the Garden State He’d actually rather move it to China, where he has s p e n t t h e p a s t t w o s u m m e r s teaching economics

Though their last names mesh really well, News Photography

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Br e w ’1 8 could not be from more different places Chew, a California native, needs the sun Brew, an Ithaca native, just steps outside her home to go to class You’d think they’d be depressed and anxious having to assign news stories every day, but incoming News Editors Gab ri e l l a L e e ’1 6 and S o f ia Hu ’ 1 7 are the happiest people on The Sun mostly because Gabriella goes by Glee, a nickname that Sofia shouts all the time because they’re basically conjoined twins Gabriella reportedly naps 22 hours a day yet somehow still makes it down to the office And though Sofia is a die-hard newsie, she is currently masterminding a plot to join all of the departments at The Sun

T h e n e w A r t s a n d

Entertainment Editors are too hip for the rest of us Mi ke So s n ic k ’1 6 says he wants to be friends with everyone else on The Sun, but actually intimidates us with his musical taste And everyone wishes Ja e l Go l d fi n e ’ 1 7 would love them back, but she says John Denver is the first and likely only man she’ll ever love A

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n t Ed i t o r Tr o y

Sh e r m a n ’1 8 digs writing about music In case you ’ re doubting his

passion for it, just know that he plays the harmonica and the jaw harp and has made an incredible 10 dollars over the years as a street performer Science Editor No ah R an k in ' 1 6 is an English major but swears he’s qualified for the position because he was good at biology and chemistry in high school In reality, he can ' t work his way around a lab without shattering test tubes and forgetting to put the cap back on the bottle of hydrofluoric acid

Di n i n g Ed i t o r R a c h a e l

C u s ic k ’ 1 7 is more than suited for her new job Her grandma thinks she’s super creative

Ou r 1 3 3 rd A s s i s t a n t Ne w s Editor team is basically the female equivalent of The Beatles All the fangirls scream for them, making it basically impossible for us to put out the news section They’re also a talented bunch R e b e c c a

Bl a ir ’ 1 7 is rocking the debate world when she’s not rocking it in the ne ws depar tment M a d d y C oh e n ’ 1 8 is going to feed the office for weeks to come as soon as she gets Buddy Valastro, her fellow Hobokenite, to make a lifesize cake of the news editors

Pau l i n a Gl a s s ’ 1 8 singlehandedly powers The Sun with her sunny disposition, even though she’s from rainy Seattle P h o e b e Ke l l e r

’1 8 rounds out this team ’ s musical talent with her amazing flute and piccolo skills

W h i l e l a s t ye a r ’ s A s s i s

Sports Editor team was known as “the three girls,” this year they are the three boys Jo

friends often call him a hipster

We think it might have something to do with his impeccable collection of skinny ties, vinyl and beanies A d a m Br on f in ’1 8 says his favorite sports are basketball and lacrosse, but he thinks he’s a squash superstar after taking that

’1 6 is perhaps the chattiest editor in the office She can eyeball a Pica, the best unit of measurement on the plan-

incredibly jealous, even if she doesn’t admit it

A dd y Pai ’1 6 serves not only as Marketing Manager, but also as the Chief Operating Officer of Smart Woman Securities Born in Los Angeles but raised in Shanghai, Human Resources Manager A de l e Gu ’ 1 7 is the ultimate foodie

Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at associate-editor@cornellsun com

Presidential Candidates for S.A. Discuss

Court Denies Kot’s Insanity Appeal Thurs.

accountable for what they are saying that they are going to do ”

Stefanko said his experience as the current vice president for finance for the S A has prepared him to place “ a huge amount of pressure from the administration on cost perspective,” pointing to recent issues on the $350 health fee and tuition increase

“My experience as the vice president for finance over the past year has made me understand the issues that students are facing,” Stefanko said “I a m u n i q u e l y q u a l i f i e d t o approach the new administrat i o n a n d c o n f r o n t t h e m o n these issues ” Johnston, current Arts and Sciences representative for the S A , said she is working to make “ a m o r e c o m m u n a l c a m p u s ” through her work on a planned student-run grocer y store, ment a l h e a l t h p r o g r a m m i n g a n d environmental sustainability initiatives

“As [executive] vice president, I would be able to take that to a higher level by advocating for higher funding for these initiatives,” Johnston said

Biedenweg, like Breuer, has never held an elected position on the S A and emphasized the “outsider perspective” he would bring to the executive vice president position Biedenweg also said he has “been paying attention” to issues as a member of the S A Communications Committee

“ The biggest issue facing students around this campus and something that I would like to work on is the fact administrators are not informing students about what’s happening around campus, ” Biedenweg said

To a d d r e s s t h i s i s s u e , Biedenweg proposed a studentelected tr ustee repor t to help inform students and to make sure the “student-elected trustees have a ver y active role that they can play around campus ”

Stefanko said in an inter view after the debate that he believes the debate allowed people to hear the different platforms of the candidates and highlighted “ some of the differences between candidates ”

“ I t h i n k m ov i n g f o r w a rd that’s really what this campaign is going to be about,” Stefanko said “It’s more about how we can effectively and actively make those changes ” Biedenweg said the debate allowed the Cornell community to ask “pressing” and “appropriate ” questions

“Overall, I think it was a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y t o h a

thoughts and concerns for what changes need to occur on campus voiced,” Biedenweg said

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

From Cornell Student to Visionary Photojournalist

Caldwell (whom she would end up marrying in 1939), BourkeWhite completed her first full work, You Have Seen Their Faces, in 1937

A pioneer, a visionary photojournalist and a woman of many “firsts,” Margaret Bourke-White ’27 brought history to life Bourke-White found her passion for photography by capturing the beauty of University buildings while she was here at Cornell Shortly after graduating, Bourke-White set out to bring visually capture current news events through her photographic work for Fortune magazine and Life magazine

Margaret Bourke-White: From Cornell Student to Visionary Photojournalist, curated by Stephanie Wiles, director of the Johnson Museum of Art, celebrates Bourke-White’s remarkable career Having previously studied with pictorialist photographer Clarence H White at Columbia University, Bourke-White brought the unique painterly style with her when she transferred to Cornell Using a second-hand Reflex camera, Bourke-White purposely blurred images to give it a unique painterly feel Bourke-White regularly submitted a “photo-feature” to the Cornell Alumni News According to Wiles, Bourke-White also sold her photographs to fellow students and often sold her work to fraternity houses as well Her photographs remind us that the beauty of Cornell’s campus remains as impressive now as it did in the 1920s The exhibition is as extensive as it is due in part to generous donations from the families of Bourke-White’s classmates

Using networks that she developed at Cornell, Bourke-White freelanced after graduating, regularly taking commercial jobs in Cleveland until she was hired by Henry Luce in 1929 the beginnings of her work for Fortune magazine As the first photographer hired for Fortune, Bourke-White became nationally recognized She opened a studio in New York City in late 1930

Like so many photographers at the time, Bourke-White was tasked with covering the Great Depression Traveling through Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina in 1936, Bourke-White captured images of Southern sharecroppers and tenant farmers Working with author Erskine

The project helped Bourke-White develop a compassionate humanitarian approach that’s clearly expressed through works such as The Louisville Flood, published in Life magazine in 1937 This photograph captures the image of a line of disheveled African Americans in front of a billboard depicting a smiling white family that ironically reads, “There’s no way like the American way ” Published as Life magazine’s feature story in the February 15, 1937 issue, the photograph captures the devastation that occurred after the Ohio River flooded As a stand-alone image, the photograph carries a heavy racial connotation that proved affective upon publication, and has since been recognized as an enduring and influential image

Henry Luce asked Bourke-White to join the ranks of the largest staff of photographers ever assembled as Life magazine’s first woman photographer Bourke-White, along with other photographers for Life, became a celebrity Self-Portrait in HighAltitude Flying Cloths in the Sahara Desert, North African Invasion which was produced by Bourke-White herself appeared on the first page of the March 1, 1943 issue of Life magazine, later becoming as popular as a pin-up

Margaret Bourke-White became the first woman to fly with American pilots in a successful combat mission in March 1943 She would continue to accompany troops on the frontlines, bringing back to the states some of the most shocking images of World War II images of emancipated concentration camp inmates, piles of corpses and other such horrors Bourke-White crossed into Germany with General George Patton’s Third Army, becoming one of the first photographers to capture the liberation of Nazi death camps

WWII was not the only frontline Bourke-White endured; she also found herself covering the Korean War Bourke-White found a new angle on coverage of the war She aimed to cover the largely undocumented North Korean guerrilla warfare that continued to destroy infrastructure in United Nations controlled areas

Risking her own life in hopes of revealing the unseen side of the war, B o u r k e - W h

e set precedents for future phot

and Life magazine set out to uncover the misunderstood or unseen stories behind some of histor y ’

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Photojournalists from this point on understood that they would have to go to great lengths to live up to the precedents set by this remarkable team of photojournalists

Margaret Bourke-White retired from Life magazine in 1969 after symptoms of her Parkinson’s Disease, which she was diagnosed with in 1952, began worsening Bourke-White continued to contribute to Life while fighting through her illness She died in 1971 after one of the most successful photojournalistic careers of the 20th century The Johnson Museum of Art offers the most comprehensive collection of Bourke-White’s photography on display, now until June 7 In celebration of her remarkable career, the exhibition shows how any Cornell student might achieve remarkable things, just as Margaret Bourke-White has

Ben Maracle is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at bdm85@cornell edu

J u k e b o x t h e G h o s t a t t h e H a u n t

Out of all of the fundamentally friendly, wistfully unimaginative and undeniably enjoyable indie bands currently making noise just below the surface of pop radio, Jukebox the Ghost is among both the most innocuous and likeable Through four albums the latest of which is only a few months old their tightly crafted piano-power-pop has bubbled and bounced just as much as you’d expect the music of a band named something as sweet and meaningless as Jukebox the Ghost to (that is, a whole lot) They are and always have been the perfect band for all the quasi-alt kids you know, the ones who obligatorily don’t want to fit in, but are neither emotionally tormented enough for emo nor existentially pissed off enough for metal to latch onto: They’re just south of popular, their lyrics are vapid enough so that any listener can inject ‘ em with whatever meaning they want and their sound is just about as harmless as that of a baby bunny playing the melodica Jukebox is the epitome of a cute and pretty and fun and painfully, embarrassingly sincere pop-rock band Or, at least that’s what I thought until I saw them perform on Friday night at the Haunt, where they delivered a show that, in its endearing looseness and hilarity, changed my mind completely Not only did they expectedly deliver on the musical front, inciting a good amount of unforced dancing and emotion but they also, eschewing any level of seriousness, shattered my notion of them as robotic cliche-spewers By making fools of themselves and cracking genuinely funny jokes in between songs, Jukebox proved that they are, instead of jaded emotional gurus who don’t actually have anything original to say, sly little joke-rockers whose tongues are jammed so far in their cheeks that they can barely croon lyrics like “why don’t you show me where it hurts” without cracking up

“Breed” later, Secret Someone’s ceded the stage to Little Daylight This second opener was a whisker more professional, but a good deal less entertaining Sure, they could play and sing and perform a little bit better than Secret Someones, but they weren ’ t quite good enough to squeeze any emotion or reaction out of their utterly synthetic sound But, alas, they took up a little of our time while Jukebox did whatever it is they do to prepare, and I wouldn’t exactly say it was time wasted

Little Daylight scampered off the stage forgettably, giving way to the longest soundcheck I’ve ever had to stand through Thankfully, though, Jukebox the Ghost’s humor (which was to

hit the crowd full force later in the night) salvaged the wait

well received and quickly got us all to forget about having been left in the soundcheck’s lurch for far too long Taking a quick break, Ben introduced the band and, chuckling, told us all, “After this, we ’ ve only got two stops left on our 6 week tour So, I’m gonna hafta say sorry to you guys; this is the end of the tour, we ’ re getting a little tired, and so we ’ re gonna be a little weird ” And thank God, he wasn ’ t lying After that little announcement, Ben started stroking out the mock-ragtime intro to “Victoria”; but, instead of sticking to the enumerated musical plan (which would have made the dusty piano intro seem like a forced trope), he dragged out the intro, turning the performativity up to 11 and teasing his bandmates (who subsequently broke out into laughter) by approaching the song ’ s start-queue, lingering, and backing away It was utterly goofy and endearing, and was just the first of a slew of similar little quirks that ruled the rest of the show Others included: throwing a stuffed dog into the audience for crowd-surfing purposes; adopting mock-southern accents as they described their life on the road; numerous and loving quips and jeers, curse words included, at the crowd and giving Ringo the reins for the garish vocal intro to “Hollywood ”

The night kicked off around eight with the cutesy post-foxcore DIY stylings of Secret Someones, a Brooklyn-based fourpiece (three parts girl strummer, one part guy drummer) who, in regular punk fashion, made up for not quite having their shit together by putting a whole lotta heart into their performance

Thirty minutes and one rather fantastic we ’re-just-starting-to-figure-out-how-to-use-feedback-esque rendition of Nir vana ’ s

While they were checking their instruments and vocals with a sloppy version of the Star Spangled Banner, they noticed that the we, eager for some crowd-performer interaction, wanted to sing along So, with abundant background noise and unchecked instruments, the band got together to lead everyone in our National Anthem, complete with conductorial hand motions and oozing theatricality They weren ’ t ready to play yet (and wouldn’t be for another 20 minutes), but with this they began proving, even before their set, that they weren ’ t exactly the emotionally stingy pretty boys that they come off as

Finally, Ben, Tommy and Jesse (piano, guitar and drums respectively) assumed the stage They jumped immediately into a few songs off of their new record Jukebox the Ghost, which were

All this isn’t to say, however, that the show was completely bereft of sincerity The emotional peak of the night was near the end, when Tommy and Jesse gave Ben the stage for a solo (if you don’t count the vocal loops) strike at the gushing and, ultimately, affecting “Undeniable You ” He then left the stage to resounding applause, having effectively shed all of the goofiness from early to deliver a truly emotive ballad After a few minutes of whoops and claps, the band regained the stage and invited both of the openers up for the encore Lest we end the night with “Undeniable You”’s gravity, the amalgam on stage announced that they’d be engaging in an extended blues jam Chuckling, they corrected themselves, and said they’d perform a song that they had all just recently recorded They broke into “Sweet Home Alabama,” which they got a minute into before all keeling over in laughter, apologizing for their goofiness and finally breaking into a no more serious, but perhaps a little more fitting, cover of the Bangles’ legendary goof-rock paean, “Walk Like an Egyptian ”

Troy Sherman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at tfs48@cornell edu

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T a c k l i n g t h e F u t u r e

This weekend, the latest crop of editors and managers took the reins of this institution with a commitment of bringing The Sun into the future The previous board made great strides in improving this publication, and I am honored to continue their work with the immensely talented individuals of the 133rd editorial board

Some of the most important events in our university’s recent history occurred over the past year, and this year holds the opportunity to be just as transformative Next month, the sesquicentennial celebration will culminate on Charter Day, where Cornellians, old and new, will gather in Ithaca to celebrate this University Yet in light of this revelry, Cornell remains a flawed and complex institution We at The Sun assure you that we will remain on the frontlines for both the good and the bad as we tell Cornell’s story as it occurs

Over the course of the year, we promise to continue to bring you in-depth stories about the news, sports and cultural issues you care about And building from the work of our predecessors, we will continue to evaluate our position as a media organization in the 21st century, finding the best ways to deliver information to our readers through both digital and print platforms

The Sun continues to pride itself on its integrity and its stance as a record of Cornell history For nearly 135 years, the members of this publication have worked continuously towards providing Cornellians with a go-to source of information As we move forward, we urge you to provide us with feedback and hold us under scrutiny so we may continue to serve the entire community in an open and honest fashion As we develop new methods of storytelling and provide you with the most up-to-date information, our mission remains the same: to deliver the important service of informing the campus Please drop me a line at editor@cornellsun com if you ever have any questions, comments or concerns about The Sun and our always-evolving direction

Amanda Minikus | Guest Room

Addressing Rights and Responsibilities at Cornell

Untilthey’re in trouble, Cornellians usually don’t know that our office exists Staffed by four law students, the Office of the Judicial Codes Counselor provides free assistance to students, faculty and staff who are suspected of violating University codes JCC associates navigate the disciplinar y processes alongside our clients and thus observe the practical, everyday implications of university policy Even scrupulously drafted policies operate differently in practice than on paper, and JCC associates have insight that we’d love to share with the people who can effect change But at Cornell, it’s often difficult to ascertain the identities of the individuals or groups who have that power

On Feb 25, The Cornell Daily Sun published an article covering this very topic Titled, “University Assembly Hopes to Centralize ‘Disjointed’ Campus Codes,” it accurately summarizes the problem: Cornell policies lack consolidation and consistency, and are often products of mysterious drafting processes Language is vague Overlapping policies are fraught with contradictory provisions Extremely important issues, like student privacy in residence halls, are inadequately addressed Where policy ownership is clear, the process through which a question or a recommendation may be submitted to address these problems is not And, in my experience, approaching the administrators who would appear to have some authority over a particular policy results in redirection to another office, and another, until you ’ re right back where you began There is little accountability

While my concerns initially involved routing JCC questions and observations to the right people, I started talking to students and stumbled upon a bigger issue: Cornellians don’t even know what the policies are And then, when they look, they can ’ t find them Forget ownership, feedback loops and revision If members of the community are ignorant of University policy and their rights and responsibilities within it, they can ’ t help to improve them

So, we have a triple-tiered problem

It begins with access Existing policy related to Cornellians’ rights and responsibilities needs to be in one place These should include, at a minimum, the Campus Code of Conduct, the Code of Academic Integrity, University Policy 6 4 and anything that governs student activities, residential life and employment What do these all have in common? They are policies and codes that articulate what Cornell expects from its community members, what Cornellians may expect in return and what happens when one side fails to uphold its end of the bargain Put it all together and call it something like, “Cornell Community Handbook of Rights and Responsibilities ” Print it, bind it, distribute it to new students during orientation, and upload a pdf online This can happen now, and it doesn’t require any administrator to cede authority over her slice of the policy pie

Next, address accountability Every policy and code should announce the identity of its owner and include the procedures for feedback submission Consolidate policy points of contact in an appendix of the Community Handbook Announce policy revie w timelines so that concerned Cornellians may participate Finally, require the annual submission of revised policies to a central authority responsible for assembling the Handbook

And that brings us to the third point: Give somebody authority over this At a minimum, that means the power to compile the policies and distribute the Handbook But an additional responsibility could address current problems with accountability and transparency: Make this entity serve as central point of contact for the policy feedback loop Students and faculty often

identify problems with policies, but they don’t have time to track down policy owners (especially if an issue appears in multiple places) They also don’t have time for sustained participation in the revision process

This entity could receive and route concerns to the right people and promote collaboration to interpret language, fill gaps and address inconsistencies Most importantly, it could monitor this process and provide oversight Finally, this entity could maintain a “Community Bill of Rights,” which would logically ser ve as a preamble in the Handbook It should include extrapolated principles from existing policies, codify cherished Cornellian values and include a provision addressing access to policy accountability and transparency

To illustrate, I’ll touch on an issue of concern that appeared in the Feb 25 Sun article: dorm room searches Many of our clients face charges based on evidence obtained as a result of law enforcement entry to their rooms Sometimes it’s clear a student consented to entry, and other times the “ emergency ” provision in the housing contract covered the situation I’ve also seen cases where, based on the students’ sides of the story, it was unclear if either of these exceptions applied More troubling almost all students are woefully unfamiliar with the requirements for “knock and announce ” and the vital role consent plays in all kinds of searches This issue shouldn’t serve serve as the launching pad for a campaign to criticize police practice Where the boundaries of authority are ill-defined, we can ’ t wag our fingers at CUPD Likewise, Cornellians can ’ t lament the violation of their rights when those rights are unclear But the community would benefit from r ules governing interactions with law enforcement, and Cornellians should feel comfortable asserting the rights they do have Right now, those rules and rights are rather hazy Expectation of privacy on a university campus is a tricky legal issue, and answers will require participation from offices like the Judicial Administrator, Residential Life, University Counsel and CUPD We’ve come full circle This is precisely the sort of issue that this proposed reform could tackle Look at existing policy and see what, if anything, is already there Then figure out who should fix it and get the right people involved Ensure the policy revision process is transparent When the answers are finalized, publish them in an accessible place so that community members can find them

As The Sun cautioned in a Feb 27 editorial, we must proceed carefully We shouldn’t create new bureaucracy to monitor the bureaucracy, and this entity should not consist solely of administrators Its members must include students, employees and faculty Cornell should consider empowering an existing entity, such as the Codes and Judicial Committee, which already exercises a similar authority and has the confidence of the Board of Trustees Perhaps its composition would require tweaking, but this may be better than something new that takes time to assemble and lacks pre-established legitimacy

When Cornellians don’t know what the rules are, they are more likely to violate them Although ignorance of the law is never an excuse, Cornell has a responsibility to make the rules easy for community members to find and influence This is not a call for administrators to relinquish ownership of their policies This is a call for improved accessibility, which in turn will promote transparency and strengthen accountability within the Cornell administration

Amanda Minikus is Candidate for J D /LL M, Class of 2015 Reactions can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun com Guest Room appears periodically throughout the semester

Walsh | Words With Walsh

e B e s t Y e a r s

Despite the stress of prelim season, I had a chance this past weekend to reconnect with a few alums who graduated at the end of my freshman year It was so wonderful to see them again and hear about their successes so far in their post-graduate lives, especially since I am on the cusp of graduating myself During all of our reminiscing, one of them said something that truly struck me: “College is not the best four years of your life ”

From the moment many of us entered high school, every aspect of our lives was focused on getting into college We constantly heard from our parents, teachers and older siblings and friends that the college experience was indeed the best four years of their lives With that mentality hammered into my brain for such a long time, I initially had trouble believing my friend who said just the opposite

But now that I’ve had a few days to consider my friend’s words, I’m starting to realize that she could not have been more correct in her observation With life expectancies higher than they’ve ever been, why should the best years of our lives be constrained to such a short period so early in our lives?

There’s no doubt that college is a wonderfully entertaining and transformative time in our lives There is no other period of time during which we will be able to live with all of our best friends in one small city, experience the thrill of being (somewhat) independent for the first time or eat cereal for dinner without being harshly judged The college experience, especially at Cornell, takes you in as a freshman and molds you into the person you are truly meant to be by the time you graduate

Despite offering up these amazing experiences, college is also a time of extreme stress, and I think that we Cornellians understand this more than most How can college be the best four years of our lives if we spent half of it locking ourselves in the Olin stacks? How can it be the peak of

our entire existence if we spend every other week having panic attacks about prelims and projects and extracurriculars and job applications and research and everything else in between?

After considering this, it seems foolish to believe that the best four years of my life are almost over My life and the lives of every graduating senior have barely even begun We are taking our first steps towards actual adulthood and achieving our first professional accomplishments For the first time in our lives, we will be able to use what we have learned in school to dedicate ourselves full time to our chosen career

As someone who wishes to eventually go into the field of international development, I cannot wait for my work to have a real impact on peoples’ lives I might be proud of a 50-page-long paper I wrote, but that work benefits only myself We seniors should be excited this will be the first time in our lives that we will work for a purpose other than achieving a good grade Engineers will be inventing new and better machines and products, biology researchers will be finding cures for diseases, former AEM majors will be investing in new and exciting business ventures, and everyone else will still be looking for a job (just kidding mostly)

Life does not stop being fulfilling, exciting and awe-inspiring just because you graduated I first realized this during my semester abroad when I fell in love with tiny Chinese fishing villages and the beaches of southern Thailand There are so many places in the world I haven’t seen, and so many cultures I haven’t experienced During college, most of us simply don’t have the time or resources to travel or learn about the world firsthand Luckily, we have our whole lives ahead of us to do so

Despite my excitement to begin the rest of my life, I will certainly mourn the insanity of Cornell and college life after I graduate I’ll sometimes wish to be in a place where drinking wine on school buses, buying seven coffees in one day and partying on a 45-degree angle slope wearing a fanny pack are all considered rather normal behavior I’ll miss living within five blocks of almost all of my friends and I’ll miss our shared experience of slowly becoming “real” adults

Fellow seniors, I hope you feel the same way The best years of our lives are far from over For many of us, they haven’t even begun For me, despite having some occasional existential crises about graduating, I am incredibly excited for the rest of my life to begin While many of us will always love Cornell with the burning hot passion of a thousand suns, this isn’t the end of the road for anyone We have a whole world ahead of us, and I’m so excited to see what we all do next

Ch a l l e n g e : Tr a v e l b a c kwards through your cognitive chronology, choosing a memor y from each year

As you patiently work through each memor y, become your past self; tr y to recall the mindset you had and embrace your decisions as if you ’ re making them now, in real time Don’t stop until you ’ ve reached age five

Now, tr y to name five decisions you remember consciously m a k i n g c o n s c i o u s l y b e i n g the operative word at that tender age If you can, unear th

t h e t h o u g h t p a t t e r n s b e h i n d each decision and feel the conv i c t i o n w i t h w h

how logical they seemed to you then

If you actually bothered with attempting this little exercise, kudos If you succeeded? Well, d a m n I h

h i n g b u t respect for you

Think about how differently we perceive the trivial, naïve concerns of small children When we look b

vie w our actions from a

s e n s e , because a comfor table cushion of time separates us from the person under scr utiny and we k n o w h o w m u c h w e h a v e changed over the past two, five or 10 years However, what if we remove this space? Think about how much or little you have changed in the past two months Or two weeks Or two days Currently, I’m grappling with a quar ter-life crisis that finds me at a crossroads between Ecology and Writing As a result, all my most recent forays into the latter have been defined by extraordinarily high levels of objective

s e l f - c r i t i c i s m A f t e r re - re a d i n g many of my old columns and s t o r i e s , I ’ v e s o m e t i m e s b e e n pleasantly surprised But more o f t e n t h a n n o t , I ’ v e f o u n d myself thinking, “ Wow As an appreciator of good writing, the vast majority of this stuff is not all that great Cer tainly not as spectacular as I once thought ” These days, the metaphorical

ink has barely dried on the page before I’m denouncing my literar y productions as sub-par But the ironic benefit to such immediate self-deprecation has been i n c r e a s e d e x c i t e m e n t f o r t h e next attempt For example, I can genuinely say I haven’t changed much since about one week ago, when I sent a series of ill-advised Facebook messages (sigh) to a young woman who shall remain nameless That being said, I’m not wallowing in a state of perpetual regret Instead, I look forward to my inevitable improvement, which feels a lot better t h a n m u l l i n g o v e r m y unchangeable past

Literacy is a superpower, a craft to be honed until your dying day You have so much u n t a p p e d a u t o n o m y j u s t b y nature of the fact that you continue to draw breath on this E a r t h Yo u c a n i m m o r t a l i z e yourself In much the same way that no one can stop you from

fine by me Quite frankly, I write for myself And so should you! If you touch someone, wonder ful If not, whatever Either way, no one can stop you from asser ting your raison d’etre Over seven billion minds currently exist on this planet and they’re all cooking up recipes But only you know the secret ingredients to your own unique concoctions Oh, and as a Biology major, I have to add: You beat billions of potential human beings to make it out of your mother’s womb, Ms or Mr Successful Zygote S o , n e e d l e s s t o s a y, y o u ’ v e earned the right to express yourself

Become infatuated with your thoughts Embrace them Write from a position of vulnerability Write with candor Write stories in a journal Write poetr y on the back of a failed prelim If you ever find yourself spontaneously talking about an idea, write! If y o u e v

thinking, no one can stop you from ar ticulating your thoughts either As far as critics go, you dictate the weight their opinions carr y for your own self-perception Br ushing off a snide comment or ignoring a pompous f a c i a l e x p r e s s i o n i n r e a l l i f e requires mental for titude; doing the same for an online troll or c r i t i c a l re v i e we r s h o u l d c o m e with ease

Consider the fact that I have written about love of all people over and over and over again in m y c o l u m n s W h y ? S o t h a t someone might stumble across a column, finish the last sentence, and suddenly burst into tears of over whelming joy? So that this h y p o t h e t i c a l r e a d e r c a n t h e n exclaim that they too love all people? No, of course not I don’t write to proselytize If my words today come off as highly romanticized, like one of those p re a c h y i n s p i r a t i o n a l s p e e c h e s given to high school graduates,

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for expression I’ve already written about my love for music, and plan to write about my love for film So for the ar tistic folk, more power to you I just hope you’ll give writing a shot too To

: Congratulations on your starring role as yourself in the critically acclaimed film Your Life I’m in awe of the exceptional visuals generated by your perception I commend the glori-

d for your experiences You’ve provided the steady hand thus far, but the movie hasn’t ended and you have work to do Before the end credits roll, I hope you will u s e y o u r v o i c e t o i t s f u l

capacity I hope you will use writing to ensure that your stor y does not go untold

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Nine Wrestlers Named to AllIvy Teams; Eight NCAA Quali ed

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Women Say Goodbye to Two Seniors, Drop Last Two Season Home Games

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but unfortunately couldn’t pull it out, ” Aston said “ The season as a whole was really unexpected I doubt many people thought we would have done as well as we actually did this year and it is a great building block for next season and ultimately the program as a whole ”

Senior Christine Kline echoed Aston’s sentiment “Even though the season did not end the way we wanted it to, it was a great season, ” she said “ The program really took a leap for ward this year and with such a young team, it will be exciting to see what happens ”

Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun com

Red Unlikely to Be Selected for Post-Season

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from the Red in the end The t a b l e s t u r n e d f ro m t h e l a s t matchup between the two teams, when Red went on a 22-0 run to p u l l a w a y f ro m t h e Ti g e r s a month ago in Ithaca

“We were unable to control the pace as we would’ve liked to We hung around early but in the second half the tempo was not in our control and that hurt,” said head coach Bill Courtney

The Red was able to keep its t u r n ove r s d ow n , c o m m i t t i n g eight in the game, but it did not conver t those possessions into positive trips on the offensive end The following day’s game at Penn would be the final contest for the senior class and the Red wanted to ramp up the intensity and send them out on a win

T h e s q u a d c a m e o u t w i t h improved intensity and a drive to make positive runs in the game Miller came out with another “Player of the Year” type performance, pouring in 23 points and g r a b b i n g e i g h t re b o u n d s However, Penn came to play, eventually taking a 20-point lead

in the second half

“We played with a purpose, but let them make too many big p l a y s t h ro u g h o u t t h e g a m e , ” Courtney said

T h e Re d a g a i n k e p t i t s turnovers down, committing just six However, the defense was unable to force the Quakers into turnovers and only snatched eight takeaways of its own

D e s p i t e i t s d i s a p p o i n t i n g defensive performance, the squad, behind M i l l e r a n d f r e s h m a n guard and for ward Wil Bathurst, who had a career high 20 points and eight rebounds in just 21 minutes, mounted a late game c o m e b a c k t o c u t t h e Qu a k e r lead to just five Eventually, time ran out in the game and on the Red’s season, and Penn won, 7972

with 11 more wins than last season, an improvement that most people outside of Ithaca did not think possible It was a turna ro u n d t h a t s h o u l d s e n d t h e squad into the offseason with optimism and a drive to correct the shortcomings of this year ’ s campaign

The squad still has a slim

“We were unable to control the pace We hung around early but in the second half, the tempo was not in our control ” B i l l C o u r t n e y

“It wasn ’ t the way we wanted to finish the regular season, but this team continued to fight for each other and that is worth so much,” Courtney said The Red finished the season

chance of being selected to a postseason tournament such as the CBI, however, it is likely that Saturday’s game was the last for this years team The Red will finish the season in sixth place in the c o n f e re n c e T h e Iv y L e a g u e championship and the NCAA Tournament berth that it carries w i l l b e d e c i d e d i n a p l a yo f f between Harvard and Yale this Saturday in Philadelphia

Amir Patel can be reached at apatel@cornellsun com

Koll Named Coach of the Year, Dean Player of the Year

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Senior Wr ter

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“There are a lot of great wrestlers and to be named among them is a very humbling thing.”

By AMIR PATEL Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men ’ s basketball team closed the 2014-15 season this weekend with road games against Princeton and Penn The Red dropped both games to finish the season 13-17 overall and 5-9 in the Ivy League After finishing last season, 2-26, the Red had one of the best turnaround seasons in recent history

Despite the vast improvement from last season, the Red squad finished in disappointing fashion, going 1-3 in its last four games, granted, the one win was against perennial power Harvard Against Princeton, the Red saw senior forward Shonn Miller put together another stellar performance with 25 points and eight rebounds

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