A memorial gathering for President Elizabeth Garrett will be held on March 17 at 3 p m in Bailey Hall, Chairman Robert Harrison ’76 announced in an email to the Cornell community Thursday The event is open to the public
Members of the Cornell community are expected to speak and the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club will perform, according to the University The event will be livestreamed on CornellCast
President Elizabeth Garrett died of colon cancer at her home in New York City Sunday
The memorial follows a candlelight vigil event and a moment of silence earlier this week Cornell administrators also launched a memorial website Thursday that honors President Garrett’s career and contributions to Cornell The site includes articles, photos, videos and an opportunity for visitors to leave personal remembrances
The Marmor and Garrett families ask that memorial gifts be directed to either Student Scholarships, in memory of President Elizabeth Garrett, in support of students with need on the Ithaca campus or to the President Elizabeth Garrett Fund for Colon Cancer Research at Weill Cornell Medicine, which was established this week the email said
By RUBY YU
Staff Writer
Student Assembly candidates running for
sentative presented their platforms
moderated by the Cornell Speech and Debate Society Thursday
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING REPRESENTATIVE
Dale Barbaria ’19
Barbaria, the only candidate to run in the Special Election last month, said he aims to increase the presence of the S A within the engineering community
“My goal by the end of next year is to get a student from the engineering community to run for another S A position besides engineering representative to increase involvement,” he said Rebecca Herz ’18
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The Student Assembly passed two resolutions aiming to augment diversity on campus at its Wednesday meeting afternoon
The assembly passed a resolution supporting the creation of an Asian American studies major 19-1-1, with an additional two community votes bumping the vote to 21-1-1
“The Asian American studies lacks resources and remains understaffed with increase in interest but no additional resources have been allocated to this program since its creation in 1987,” said Linda He ’16, facilitator of Cornell Asia Pacific Islander Student Union
Cornell currently has an Asian American studies minor, but students stressed the need for an Asian American studies
“As a community we are really large our Asian diaspora is really large, so our
experiences are very varied, so it’s really important to have an academic curriculum that can encompass and articulate all those different narratives,” He said
Diana Li ’17, S A undesignated at large, sponsored the resolution due to increased interest in Asian American courses
“We have eagerly seen an increase in
demand for this major, because enrollment numbers in this particular field have doubled, tripled in the last few years, ” she said Department faculty numbers have decreased and several professors only teach Asian American studies classes part-time, according to Li He added that student enrollment in the Asian studies courses has increased in recent years
“For example, two years ago, enrollment numbers for an intro class in this field was at eight people,” she said “This year, that same class has 48 people enrolled We’re asking for the University to put money where its mouth is at ” Li also stressed the resolution’s role in
Herz stressed the need for students to become
her platform
Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun com
Higher education |
YUN SOO KIM Sun News Editor
Friday, March 11, 2016
Music and Wildlife Sounds Noon , Auditorium, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Jason Kaye: Lunch and Career Conversations 12:15 p m , B1 Sibley Hall
ZAWS/ ABC Animal Training Lecture
5 - 6 p m , LH3 College of Veterinar y Medicine
Friday Shabbat Dinner 7 p m , 104 West!
Prints, Pianos, and Poems
8 - 11:00 p m , Johnson Museum of Art
Speaking about the moment of remembrance for President Elizabeth Garrett We thought this would be a nice gesture of how much we appreciate her, even though
Opi nion, “Pl ac e i n t he Moveme nt, ” Tuesday
Speaking about feminism and the status of women
In some ways, we have come so far with regard to how we view and engage with women In others, I look at Twitter Instagram or overhear a conversation in Trillium and think we ’ re still living in the 18th and 19th centuries when all women were good for was having children and keeping house ”
Hickmon ’16
Speaking about the development of a glucose meter for smartphones
“After speaking with countless individuals living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes we knew that one way to accomplish our goal would be to simplify the form factor of a traditional, bulky and burdensome glucose meter kit by integrating it with everyone ’ s most prized possession our smartphone ”
Fathi Abdelsalam MPA ’13 News, “Students Debat e
Speaking about a Facebook group cover photo of white male Computer Science profs
“The photograph was a stark reminder of the white male ‘bro-culture’ myth that women and other minorities in C S are struggling to change All good intentions aside, the posting of the photograph was insensitive to many and obviously struck a nerve through the hearts of those in the community ”
Rachel Wells ’18
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University
Cornell in Turin Program Honored
The Cornell in Turin program was recognized for its work in Turin’s San Salvario neighborhood as part of its research studies of migration and ser vices of immigrants in Italy Thursday, according to a University press release
La Stampa the national daily based in Turin and one of the oldest newspapers in Italy featured the Cornell program ’ s study of community centers in Sal Salvario as models of integration
Students meet with politicians, tour business sites and visit community centers that
h a v e o n g o i n g p r o g r a m s
d e s i g n e d t o h e l p w o m e n , immigrants and poor families,
a c c o rd i n g t o Ko r a v o n Wittelsbach, senior lecturer,
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Local
Ithaca Celebrates Tibetan National Uprising Day
T h e It h a c a c o m m u n i t y
g a t h e re d i n t h e C o m m o n s Tuesday to celebrate the 57th
a n n i v e r s a r y o f Ti b e t a
Journal
Approximately 55 people attended the event, including m o n k s f r o m t h e Na m g y a l
Mo n a s t e r y In s t i t u t e o f Buddhist Studies
The monks led the Prayer of Words of Truth, a minute
o f s i l e n c e a n d s a n g t h e Ti b e t a n n a
about current conditions in
Journal
Tibetan National Uprising D a y m a r k s t h e c o n f l i c t
b e t w e e n Ti b e t a n d C h i n a , which caused the Dalai Lama to flee from Lhasa to India in 1959
National
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Canadian Prime Minister
President Obama greeted
C a n a d i a n Pr i m e Mi n i s t e r
Ju s t i n Tr u d e a u d u r i n g Trudeau’s visit to Washington
D C , according to The New York Times
The two leaders agreed to a joint plan to reduce the release of methane gas into the atmosphere, in an effort to curb global warming, reported The Times
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Josephine Chu
West
Schoellkopf Stands Torn Down Due to Underuse, Disrepair
The west stands across from the Crescent at Schoellkopf Field are in the process of being torn down due to underuse and potential safety hazards, according to Jen Baker, associate director of athletics
William Sitzabee, associate vice president of engineering and project administration, said the University decided to disassemble the stands “in lieu of an expensive repair for a facility that was underutilized and not needed ”
“They had reached a state of disrepair that limited their use to a point where they were no longer effective,” Sitzabee said Schoellkopf Field is the home of Big Red football, sprint football and men ’ s and women ’ s lacrosse The west stands were added in 1947, increasing the stadium capacity to 25,597, according to the University
President Garrett and the Capital Funding and Priorities Committee the committee that oversees approval for university projects with budgets over $500,000 approved the decision last December, according to Sitzabee
Compiled by Molly Kluger
Development Committee Promotes Low-Cost Housing
By DREW MUSTO Sun Staff Writer
Ithaca Common Council’s Planning and Economic Development Committee voted to circulate an incentive zoning for affordable housing ordinance at City Hall Wednesday
The proposed ordinance provides developers with incentives such as the elimination of minimum parking requirements and exemption from site plan review to build affordable living units, according to the ordinance
Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said the high cost of housing is “the largest problem in Ithaca” in a Facebook post on Wednesday
He supported incentive zoning as a means of making city living more affordable, saying the most important effect is to increase the supply of housing and listing possible ways to do so
“The first is that we can build more subsidized housing,” Myrick said “The second is incentive zoning, so that we can encourage the private market to build subsidized housing ”
Myrick added that the proposal is a way for the community to increase the Ithaca housing situation without resorting to previously contested measures
“This proposal is an opportunity for those of us who claim to care about affordable housing but oppose large-scale subsidized housing,” Myrick said
Lynn Truame M A HPP ’91, community development planner of the Ithaca Urban Renewal Project, defended the efficacy of the proposed incentives
Truame referred to the exemption from site plan review incentive, saying that the developers would like the city to do “anything to streamline our project approval process ”
“The site plan review exemption incentive is probably the strongest one we have,” she added
Alderperson Graham Kerslick (D – 4th Ward), executive director of the Atkinson Center for Sustainable Research at Cornell, was
generally in favor of the ordinance, but he expressed reservations about some of its provisions
He noted that the elimination of minimum parking and density bonus incentives were clear to understand but questioned the site plan review incentive
“The site plan review process can often turn up many issues, in particular on large projects where there’s a lot of public interest,” Kerslick said “I’m not sure I am as supportive of that incentive as I am for the other two that are listed, which are, to my mind, clearly better linked
to the program ”
Alderperson Seph Murtagh Ph D ’09 (D –2nd Ward), the committee chair, doubted that the incentives were strong enough to attract developers
“It’s all carrot; there’s not really any stick in here,” Murtagh said “I want to move forward with it, but I think it might be good to set a point in the future 18 months or two years where we look at it again and see if any developers are taking advantage of it ”
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Ruby Yu can be reached at ryu@cornellsun com
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Student Fashion Spotlight
BY KATIE O’BRIEN Sun Staff Writer
Catrina Corley ’16 is a Fiber Science and Apparel Design major and a Theater Production minor Hailing from Houston, Texas, Corley had a business designing costumes before coming to Cornell, and now seeks to balance extravagance and fun with everyday-wearability in her designs The Sun spoke with Corley about Cornell, her fashion philosophy and her D C -inspired designs in the upcoming Cornell Fashion Collective Runway Show
T H E S U N: How did you get started with designing, and what made you decide that you wanted to pursue it as a career?
C AT RI N A C O L R EY : I got my start making costumes for science fiction fans These are the people who go to Comic Con, Dragon Con I made one Star Trek costume one time, and people would not let me stop! So I started a business and it was pretty popular It was called Space City Costumes It’s no longer in business because of school, and it was just, I couldn’t do it I got my start through making dramatic things, things that aren ’ t normal everyday clothes sometimes you just want to be extravagant or special, I like making things like that People still email me wanting costumes to this day, and I’m like, “Hey, sorry, not yet!” So that was how I got my start
S U N : What brought you to Cornell?
C C : Well, I’m from Houston, Texas, and I hadn’t lived anywhere else I was curious to know what it would be like to live in another state I got accepted to the University of Texas and to Cornell They both have similar design programs, but because Cornell was so different I decided to come here
S U N : And how have you liked it here?
could get a good bowl of gumbo, and I do like wearing flip-flops year-round As a non-traditional student, it was horrifying at first because I didn’t know if I would fit in or relate to my younger peers After being at Cornell for four years, I was impressed with how much I have in common with everyone here and I’ve made really good friends Getting out of my comfort zone in Texas taught me a lot about myself and my strengths and weaknesses, and Cornell’s program has the right balance of tech, business and fashion
S U N: Tell me about your designs What s your approach to designing and what motivates you?
C C : My philosophy is that clothing has power, and when you put on something really cute, or something really powerful, you act like the clothes you wear So if you just floundered around wearing sweats and a t-shirt all the time, you might be comfortable all the time, but are you going to take yourself seriously? Whereas maybe you ll put on a really nice silk dress, and it just makes you feel sexy So I like to not be boring, and when somebody’s wearing something I made, when they walk into the room, I want people to admire it I like to make things that are different and fun and unexpected
C C : Well, the barbecue leaves much to be desired! I wish I
S U N : Can you talk about your collection for the fashion show? What s it like and what inspired it?
C C : So for this fashion show, I wanted to do something really fun I spent my last semester in Washington, D C through Cornell in Washington, and I interned in the Department of Commerce’s Office of Textiles and Apparel Through the internship and the program in Washington, I got to see Washington, D C I’d never been there before and I didn’t realize it was so cool; it was very unexpected to me One of the things that I really liked was being
in a modern city built up around all these old buildings that have been around since the beginning of our country, for the most part And I just found it really fascinating how you ’ re on your cell phone, but looking at something that was builtaround Lincoln’s time it was just fascinating to me
So I was inspired by Washington, D C itself My collection is called “American Rome,” and that is a nickname for Washington, D C And so I took some of the design details from architecture like Roman columns, and I made direct designs based on those And I also was inspired by George Washington himself; I used some of his military uniform’s details and just made designs that paid attention to some of the trends that are going on now like off-the-shoulder and I applied some of the old, 1790s techniques and brought them together My models will have on George Washington wigs and they ll be dressed as Roman columns it’s going to be really fun and really extravagant But the pieces are still really wearable, you could say, “Hey, if I take just this jacket I could wear it somewhere and not feel like I m dressing up for Halloween ” I’m really excited about it, and have worked tirelessly on it with no sleep!
S U N : Do you have any particular fashion inspirations?
C C : I really like Donna Karan, I liked Nicolas Ghesquiere when he was at Balenciaga and I liked everything John Galliano did, before he had a meltdown; we ’ re working on forgiving him
S U N : Any graduation plans?
C C : I am going to the highest bidder for either New York or D C It depends, really, on what I get offered and where somebody can really use all my talents I do everything from building computers to designing, to whatever I’m an all-around girl I’d love to work with a team and collaborate on designs
Katie O’Brien is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun com
Speak for Themselves: An Interview With
BY TROY SHERMAN Arts & Entertainment Editor
Five underscores and no letters seems like a questionable name for a band; everything has to be called something, right? Not according to Brad Nathanson ’17 and Carsten ThueBludworth ’17, the two members of Their band name doesn’t have any pronunciation; you ’ re not meant to say it And while on the surface this might seem like a gimmick, they have the music to back it up Their recorded output is limited so far to one promising E P , The Linden Sessions, which jolts and tumbles with a compositional vivacity and surety of form indicative of a band much deeper into its career than In anticipation of their inaugural performance at The Sun’s Big Red Desks Concert Series an idea in the vein of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts in which local and up-and-coming talent will perform for online dissemination in the Daily Sun offices I sat down with the two members of to talk about how they came to be, their main influences and their outlook on performance, composition and music in general
T H E S U N : First off, tell me about the band Who plays what and how long have you been playing?
C A R S T E N T H U E - B LU D WO RT H: I play drums and keyboard, and sometimes guitar, too Mainly drums, though Brad plays guitar
B R A D NAT H A N S O N: We both like each other’s instrument better, so a lot of times during practice we’ll switch and play and jam [Laughs] I mean, I’m just kidding, I’m a guitar player for sure But it’s fun to switch it up For me it makes you think on your feet and not fall into just playing what you ’ re comfortable with
S U N : How long have you guys been playing in ?
B N : We were matched up randomly freshman year, and we always talked about playing music together pretty seriously But since he didn’t bring his drums up to school, it was always just playing acoustic guitars in our room or outside somewhere We lived together the next year with a bunch of other people, and we still had this dream of playing together, which never
really happened We both stayed in Ithaca this past summer, and Carsten’s mom drove him up from Florida with his drum set We both just played music; that was our main goal This summer was the point where we stopped talking about doing it and actually did it And then when the semester started, we just sort of went right into it
S U N: So speaking of your performances, what is your live dynamic like? What do you try to go for when you perform? Do you go in with a set, or do you just jam?
C T : We usually try to do a mixture of both, though I’ve found that it really depends how we ’ re feeling during the set, in the moment Just the other weekend we had a show that was a lot different than our other p e r f o r m a n c e s , where we jammed a lot
fusion with electronic influences But it feels really organic because it’s very much about the music rather than the words That’s a huge thing for me
more We did a switch jam where we played each other’s instruments, and we played some extended versions of our songs which had some new stuff that we had never played before then It all just kind of happened in the moment That being said, we do go in with a few songs in mind that we ’ ve written for a kind of basic outline
S U N: That seems like a good dynamic So, I’m sure you guys probably listen to a bunch of music, but in the context of , what do you guys try to draw on for your sound?
C T : Some of the music that I started listening to which inspired me to bring in the keyboards was lots of Jason Lindner and his band Now vs Now It’s all instrumental; a lot of jazz
B N : And that’s a huge thing for our band, too As you know, the name of the band is The reason being that, for us, words don’t have as much of a place in the music as the sounds we create, partly because words have a specific meaning Of course there can be different interpretations of different words, but the second you say a word someone gets an idea in their mind Because our music is instrumental and because our idea is to make you change your perspective on certain things, we thought that placing a word in reference to our group wasn ’ t the right thing to do So is our band name We’re well aware that it’s a difficult thing logistically, and we ’ re okay with that Carsten and I come from different backgrounds in what we ’ ve done with music, what we used to listen to and what we still listen to, and it’s super evident in our sound I think I was totally out of my comfort zone when we started playing together this summer I had been in a pop rock band in high school and I listened to Jimi Hendrix and blues guitar players Carsten totally introduced me to this “math rock” world of sounds For me, it made everything exciting again When you hear our music there are elements of very highly composed, structured, mathematical sections And then we’ll break out into a jam that is much more about emotion, sort of seeing where it takes us We like to call what we play “emotional math rock ” [Laughs] It’s because we think that math rock tends not to capture our emotive capabilities, and that s what we re interested
Troy Sherman is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at tsherman@cornellsun com
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I like to think that I am a good person But when I honestly think about it, there is no reason for me to believe that this is due to anything but sheer luck I have lived a privileged life, and I have no idea what I would be capable of if circumstances ever pushed me to the edge It is easy to assume that the horrors of this world are the handiwork of deranged, unstable people, but the evidence of history, full of genocide, mass murder and ethnic cleansing shows this to be a dangerous misconception How is this possible? How do ordinary people, most of whom just want to live comfortably, come together to perform heinous, unspeakable crimes against humanity? In order to answer such questions we have to determine something definite about the fundamental reality of human nature These are the types of questions that interested professor Stanley Milgram, the researcher behind the infamous obedience experiments which took place at Yale University in the ’60s The 2015 film Experimenter, directed by Michael Almereyda and presented this past Friday at Cornell Cinema, tackles not only these issues, but the fundamental question of whether any person can ever be free to make their own decisions
realness that enhances the sense that these are people no worse than you or me These are gentle people People with families Good people
The film focuses not just on the experiment, but on the concept of obedience in all of its forms, especially as they manifest in the life of the individual Milgram may have been some sort of genius of social psychology, but in many direct addresses to the camera, we learn that this persona is just as calculated and shallow as his test subjects’ morality It is crucial to note that
The premise of the experiment is simple Milgram, played with complete conviction by Peter Sarsgaard, tricked his test subjects, newly christened as “teachers,” into believing that they were administering real electric shocks to another test subject for answering questions incorrectly However, with each wrong answer, the the voltage of the shocks increased, and soon the “learner” (who was in on the experiment) began to yell, shout to be let out and even go completely silent Astonishingly, around 65 percent of the subjects proceeded all the way to the maximum voltage, 450 volts, merely because a man in a lab coat politely requested that they continue These scenes are in many ways the centerpiece of the film, and they unfold with a chilling
except for the scenes of the experiment as it happens, most of the film is shot with a dreamlike, intimate quality that not only makes it apparent that this is a narrative, but casts doubt on the power of any narrative to convey truth Artificiality is king, and it is not about the correctness of the story but about how persuasive and convincing the narrator is In this way, as Milgram navigates the objections to his work and his relationship with his wife, played by Winona Ryder, it becomes difficult to separate the man he is from the man he tells us he is
This artificiality is carried through to the setting and cinematography of the film Many of the shots take place in front of gorgeous, but obviously fake backdrops When Milgram and his wife visit his former professor, the entire scene is shot against fake black and white photographs This makes the gender poli-
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After all the hype had died down, and they’d played the last show of an extensive international tour, the members of Future Islands must have found themselves in an insecure place In March 2014, the band’s popularity boomed all at once thanks largely to a breakthrough moment their ecstatic performance of “Seasons ( Waiting on You)” on The Late Show with David Letterman and the subsequent internet craze that this moment spawned By mid-2015, however, I imagine the natural uncertainties of being a band post-15 minutes of fame had set in Would Future Islands be forever remembered as that band that played on Letterman? What could lay ahead for them now that their big moment of mainstream attention had come and gone? Songs from the Shoebox, the first full-length from Future Islands side-project The Snails does not answer answer these questions per se, but it does tell us that vocalist Samuel T Herring and bassist William Cashion have chosen what may be the best response to the crossroads they have come to face as musicians They chose to go back to making the music they’ve always loved without worr ying too much about how many people are still listening Ever ything about Songs from the Shoebox from the relentless snail-play in its presentation to the fact that nowhere on its bandcamp page is it definitively tied to Future Islands suggests that the album is not meant to be Herring and Cashion’s next large-scale artistic statement Rather, it is a chance for them to let loose and explore more experimental avenues: chiefly, those psychedelic and punk elements which have always been part of Future Islands’ sounds, but which have typically taken a
tics of the scene even more poignant as we see two men debate the nature of control in front of the women who serve as little more than their assistants These techniques run the risk of coming across as heavy-handed, but they are implemented so beautifully and unobtrusively that they succeed Even a simple, almost cliché line like “Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards,” is dissected and fragmented until it becomes a beautiful sentiment again On the whole, it is a beautifully shot, directed, acted and edited film, and one whose message might be even more important now than it was in Milgram’s time I mentioned the beautiful editing, and one of absolute best parts of the showing was the chance to have a discussion with the film’s editor, Cornell alumna Kathryn Schubert, M A ’05, Ph D ’05 Schubert graciously answered ever y question, which ranged from the insightful to the inane She explained her unconventional journey from a doctorate in philosophy to a feature film editor, and she offered a refreshing peek behind the curtain of the filmmaking process This was her first time working as the head film editor on a feature length project, and her handiwork was apparent in many of the excellent transitions and poetic image sequences of the movie Schubert downplayed the role of her personal philosophies and vision in the making of the film, but it was obvious to this viewer that this was just a perfect example of modesty at its best Having her there was invaluable and quite revelatory
At one point Milgram says in the film, “sometimes awareness is the first step to our liberation ” It was quite clear to me that this is a film that has the potential to inspire great awareness in people, not just of their own flaws, but of the fundamental ways we still lack understanding of how the mind works It is painful to examine your own potential darkness, but as this movie and Milgram’s work make abundantly clear, if we fail to do so then the remaining days of the human race may be short indeed
James Frichner is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at jfrichner@cornellsun com
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As with Future Islands, Herring’s warm, quivering growl of a voice plays the dominant role for The Snails, but there are quite a few characteristics on Songs from the Shoebox that belong exclusively to the latter band The most distinctive of these is the saxophone Whereas the melodies of Future Islands’ songs are comprised of the brilliant synth works of non-snail Gerrit Welmers, the melodies of Snails songs are produced by a Baltimore-based collaborator whose playing meshes with indie-rock in the same felicitous manner as Colin Stetson’s Additionally Songs from the Shoebox features certain stylistic elements, which were played a minor role in Future Islands’ music, but have been brought into a new prominence Cashion's percussive bass work, for example, has always sounded like that of Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook, but his playing has never exhibited this influence more strongly than on Songs from the Shoebox The most upbeat elements of Hook’s work with Joy Division are channeled by Cashion throughout the album and repackaged in a colorful, happy wrapping Indeed, mid-album instrumental “Dusty Snails” sounds like it could be a tribute to the bass-line of “Disorder ” The title Songs from the Shoebox, for me, conjures images of the sorts of knick-knacks and keepsakes you might stow away in your closet and, living up to this image, the album plays a bit like a scrapbook It feels simultaneously unserious and deeply personal, trivial and precious Opener “ Tight Side of Life” sets the mood for the album, starting with cartoon spring sounds before leaping dramatically into upbeat post-punk guitar work After a psychedelic drum
breakdown in the song ' s second half, the the sax makes its entrance, carr ying the track through its melodic finish If you listen to one song from Songs from the Shoebox, make it the title track “Shoebox ” At least sonically, this song brings the record down from playfulness to a far more solemn place If we ’ re comparing The Snails to Joy Division and early New Order, then “Shoebox” is their “Ceremony ” Just like “Ceremony,” “Shoebox” glides back and forth between gorgeous, downtempo guitar riffs and a passionate, uptempo chorus The difference is that while the brooding, Ian Curtis-penned lyrics to “Ceremony” center around a fractured relationship, I’ll be damned if on “Shoebox,” Herring isn’t singing about basketball (I cannot be certain as Herring’s voice is often difficult to decipher and lyrics, but I swear I hear stuff about ballgames, being able to “dunk that thing,” and “hit the three ”) Whether he’s talking hoops or not, when Herring gently repeats during one of the songs refrains “She likes to watch me play, she likes the way I play” he sounds like he’s at his most vulnerable, and it’s the album’s finest moment
While Songs from the Shoebox isn’t serious or ambitious in the way a new Future Islands record might be, it strikes gold in the balance Herring and Cashion strike between revelling in low-stakes experimentation and keeping to their their commitment as pop musicians of producing deeply enjoyable music
Matthew Pegan is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mpegan@cornellsun com
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at JPMorgan Chase the summer of my freshman year in NYC Yet despite working with bond values, derivatives, financing and debt pricing, one of the most important lessons I took away from my time was that certain things in this world are priceless However, I do not believe students need a corporate internship to learn this lesson, it can be learned on the train ride to work The J train runs between Jamaica Center in Queens and Wall Street in Manhattan and in between our starting point and your destination you meet an array of characters The concrete jungle is home to the rich and powerful, but it is also home to the underestimated to the underserved I have heard some of the saddest stories: mothers trying to support their children, veterans without homes, performers with talent, hungry men wanting meals and immigrants holding signs for support I feel unnerved every time I enter into a subway car and hear a person tell a compelling story about how they are seeking money and then to proceed to see no one donate a dime in help I will not use the word begging because some of the stories one hears while on the NYC subway are equivalent to crowd funding is without the Internet It does not matter if it is 8 a m or 11 p m , the NYC subway system is home to a vast array of stories I believe that stories are priceless However, having seen people’s lack of empathy, the cold shoulders and disdainful looks for over ten years, sometimes I begin to question people’s intentions Sometimes I wonder what would happen to me if I ever had to crowdfund, not on the subway but online Would people’s attitude change if they get behind a computer screen? Everyday I am reminded of my commute between Jamaica Center and Wall Street, the screech of subway cars, wheels twirling in revolution and doors opening with opportunity I initially attributed people’s lack of donations to one of three reasons The first was doubt; the person who heard the com-
pelling story fundamentally doubted the person ’ s mission, vision or authenticity The second was seeing people’s actions reflected their attitude on life If a person gives a menial donation it is because that person thinks your cause is menial, hence the small act of giving, thus it can be seen as an insult In my mind if I ever had to crowdfund I would have to make sure to emphasize brand, net worth, and for the minimum contribution I believed the campaign deserved If you ’ ve told your story and people still do not decided to give, what else can you do? As I thought about the question longer and asked people for their opinion I realized that sometimes no matter what you do some people will just not give to your campaign even when they hear about it Psychologists John Darley and Bibb Latane coined this phenomenon as “The Bystander Effect,” while others will argue that this term was recognized earlier in the parable of “The Good Samaritan ” In retrospect I learned that it is impossible to convince everyone that you are doing good work, it is impossible to please everyone and that some people will look at your efforts and simply walk away However, I believe that part of the problem rests in the hope we put in our capitalist system Capitalism leads us to believe that we are productive members of society only so far as we are products of the system and uphold the system Under a capitalist system we ascribe emotions to dollars, care to numbers and commitment to digits The only pieces of paper we want to see are bills that are paid, not handwritten thank you notes, happy birthday cards and crayon paintings from our children Under this framework, capitalism leads us to doubt the value and authenticity of our neighbors In our society we question if humanitarian efforts, requests and campaigns have the purest of intentions However, we are hesitant to question our own intentions for doing the work we do on an everyday basis Moreover, capitalism leads us to believe that the person who has the most
money brings about the most change Throughout time the names have taken different forms, bourgeois and proletariat, the one and the 99 percent In a capitalist society we know cents are found in our wallets, but forget sense comes from our minds We remember the physical change in our pockets, but forget the intangible change comes from our hearts Capitalism does benefit many people, yes After working at JPMorgan Chase I saw the power that can be shared by helping give people access to funds There are many benefits of capitalism, however, I do not believe the benefits should blind us to what the consequences are and the hidden costs we are paying to keep capitalism alive Is it time we reimagine our value system and reexamine what we put value on? There are some things in life that are too priceless to compromise
Here at Cornell, Professor Edward Baptist teaches a class in the spring called HIST/ASRC 2006: Understanding Global Capitalism Through Service Learning Professor Baptist takes students to Petersfield, Jamaica during Spring Break to critically analyze the economic policies of the world, understand their repercussions and see the effects it has on the local community This year, 17 students from the class started a GoFundMe entitled “Service Learning in Jamaica” with ten days left to reach their crowdfunding goal Classes and trips like these in the History, Africana, Economics and AEM departments are necessary for undergraduates to critically think and ask the important questions If one admits that capitalism is corrupt, what then is the proposed alternative? If the “developing” country is underdeveloped by the “developed” country, what is the role of the citizenry in addressing the issue? What is priceless and what is not? Which is more important, debt or death?
Jeremiah Grant is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences Jeremiah can be reached at jg856@cornell edu Gates & Ladders appears alternate Fridays this semester
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Baseball Finishes Opening Weekend 1-2
Red looks to improve defensively, maintain offensive production this weekend against Wofford
By JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer
First year head coach Dan Pepicelli and Cornell baseball have shaken off the nerves with opening weekend in the past Coming up against a tough opponent in Wofford this weekend, the Red looks to stick to the game plan they worked on during the offseason and eventually start to put together a winning record
Cornell (1-2) is coming off a mildly successful opening weekend, picking up one win in the three-game series against Northeastern (6-5) The Red surrendered 22 runs on the weekend and were shut out twice by the Huskies Clearly, their rust was showing
“The main thing we need to improve on is trusting our process, ” said junior infielder Cole Rutherford “Coach Pepicelli and all of the assistant coaches worked tirelessly with us the entire offseason on implementing the details that will enable us to be successful ”
While the defensive results are alarming, it is too early for anyone to start panicking
“I think a lot of that defensive stuff will work itself out just with people calming down from opening weekend,” Pepicelli said “I’m not going to overreact ”
Pepicelli noted that even some of his best players were not showing their best stuff
“Frank Padulo made a few errors and if you watch him play everyday he is as good of a defender as there is,” Pepicelli said
Junior infielder Padulo himself is not sweating it either
“We just need to play to our standard and have trust in ourselves and the system, ” he said “That trust will allow us to go out and play loose, especially on defense where it will allow us to play with more rhythm ”
Rutherford also agrees with Pepicelli in
Ivy League Basketball To Begin Postseason Tournaments in 2017
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They say you can ’ t teach an old dog new tricks, but for the first time in the 64-year history of the Ivy League, the conference is changing things up The League’s Council of Presidents approved a four-team conference tournament in men ’ s and women ’ s basketball with the winner earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Basketball tournaments, according to a conference press release Prior to the announcement, The Ivy League was the only Division I conference to not have a postseason tournament
“It’s great to give the studentathletes that experience, something to play for and fight for at the end of the year, even if you ’ re not in first place,” said Cornell men ’ s basketball head coach Bill Courtney “It gives you something to strive for and it adds so much excitement for the Ivy League to have a tournament and bring all the universities together in one place ”
The tournament will be implemented beginning next season,
2016-17, and will take place on March 11 and 12, 2017 at The Palestra in Philadelphia, Penn’s home court
“The presidents adopted the proposal to establish men ’ s and women ’ s basketball tournaments after thoughtful discussions and careful review of the thorough information provided by our athletics directors and head coaches,” said Pete Salovey, Yale president and chair of the council, in the release “Ultimately, this decision was based on enhancing the overall experience for our basketball student-athletes, while also paying attention to time demands by shortening the regular season ”
One distinction, however, is that the team that finishes with the best record in the conference at the end of the regular season will continue to be recognized as the Ivy League champions
“The structure of our basketball tournaments is consistent with our model of college athletics and the format allows us to preserve the significance of the regular season, ” said Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris in the release “Most
saying he believes things will begin to work out defensively
“I know our team was not satisfied with how the defense performed and we will continue to put in the work to make sure that we are up to our standard,” Rutherford said
There were also some good aspects of last weekend that the Red can ride on going into the weekend
“We had some positives at times last weekend offensively that we can build on, ” Padulo said “If we stay more focused and win each pitch, we will be fine ”
“[Wofford has] been playing well so far this season and we will have a good test against them,” Rutherford said “They have a lot of team speed and like to steal, bunt and put the game in motion, so that is what we are expecting out of them ”
“The main thing ... we need to improve on is trusting our process ”
Cornell will travel to Spartanburg, S C to face the Wofford Terriers (10-4) for the first time since 1902
It is essential that the Red trust the process and focus on what they have been doing, when facing a quality opponent such as Wofford
“[Wofford] is a real good program, ” Pepecilli said “They are really dynamic on the bases [and] have been one of the [top] teams in the country every year on stolen bases We are going to have to really control the running game ”
Wofford’s dangerous run game could prove costly if the Red’s defense does not have a better outing this weekend Minimizing baserunners against a strong base running team like Wofford is crucial
Pepicelli has decided to stick with the same rotation of junior right-hander Paul Balestrieri for game one, senior left-hander Michael Byrne for game two and junior right-hander Tim Willittes for game three
Willittes allowed 5 earned runs over 4 1 innings in last Sunday’s 11-0 loss to Northeastern, but Pepicelli and the coaching staff are sticking to their guns
“I think Timmy WIlletts didn’t have his best game, ” Pepicelli said “He thinks there is better in there I think there is better We are looking forward to seeing how he does on Sunday He’ll be good I’m confident in him ”
Pepicelli believes Willetts and the rest of the Red just need to find their rhythm and success will follow
Cornell will play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 p m against the Terriers, and then a third on Sunday at noon
Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com
importantly, this creates a landmark event during March Madness for our basketball student-athletes to anticipate while they are in school and to cherish throughout their lives after graduation ” Courtney said he disagreed with the common concerns that the tournament reduces the importance of regular season games
“You still have to get into the top four,” Courtney said “I don’t think it diminishes [the regular season] at all College basketball is such a great regular season sport anyway ” Harris noted that momentum for the tournaments had been building since before her seven-
year tenure with the Ivy League There had been several movements to add in a tournament but none gained much traction until Fall 2014 when the athletic directors of the eight Ivy schools met to create a “working group ” comprised of athletic directors and head basketball coaches, according to Harris
This group was critical in creating a format that was fair to each university and preserved the amateurism of Ivy League basketball
Last season, the Bulldogs and the Crimson tied in the regular season and then squared off with a bid to March Madness on the line
Harris said that the success of that game made the conference feel as though a tournament should be
made a reality Harris called the environment “fabulous,” and noted that even though it was a neutral site, there was still a “packed house ” She also said The Palestra makes the most sense for the first ever tournament, calling it “venerable and iconic ” Beyond 2016-17, no decision has been made as to at which university the tournament will be held, or even if the tournament will occur at one of the eight Ivy schools
Adam Bronfin and Joon Lee can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun com and jlee@cornellsun com
Core Four | Only the top four teams in the league will compete in this tournament, which will increase competition
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ADAM BRONFIN and JOON LEE Sun Sports Editor, Sun Senior Writer
Long Break | It has been 114 years since the Red last played Wofford, in 1902
