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Cornell Will Address Graduate Students Workers’ Compensation

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA

In response to concerns about graduate students receiving workers’ compensation when injured on the job, the University will form a task force to evaluate the feasibility of the issue

The announcement came Monday from Barbara Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School, after months of Cornell graduate students urging administrators to provide workers’ compensation cash benefits or medical care to graduate students injured as a direct result of working on campus Graduate students, however, will not be included in the task force, according to Paul Berry grad, a member of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly The GPSA passed a resolution in February calling upon the University to provide graduate students with workers’ compensation, The Sun previously reported Compensating graduate student injuries that occur while working on campus is currently handled on an individual basis, according to Knuth

“We handle student injuries of all types on a case-by-case basis, in which a student’s health insurance, required for all students at Cornell, covers medical expenses, ” Knuth said

The work graduate students do and the risk they incur is “identical” to that of postdoctoral researchers, lab technicians and faculty all of whom are covered by New York State Workers’ compensation according to Paul Berry grad a member of the GPSA

“The University has both a legal and moral responsibility to compensate injured grad students,” he said “Graduate students work hard and produce value for the University ”

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University Announces S.A. Election Results

By DARA LEVY Sun Senior Writer

The Student Assembly announced Thursday that Sarah Balik ’15 will be the President of the S A for 2014-15, following elections held earlier this week

Balik, who is currently serving as Executive Vice President, said she looks forward to leading the Assembly next year She said her first initiative will be to try to develop a polling system as quickly as possible to get students more engaged with the S A The polling system would allow representatives to spend more time on the issues that students prioritize most, according to Balik

“My biggest goal is to have the [S A be] representative of the stu-

dent body,” Balik said Juliana Batista ’16, who was elected as the S A ’ s next Executive Vice President, said she looks forward to working with Balik on the polling initiative

“I think for me the first step is improving the transparency and accessibility of the S A , which is something we constantly struggle with,” Batista said Transparency including increased interaction between students and the S A was one of Balik’s campaign initiatives in addition to sustainability, funding and health and safety

“I’m really grateful for the opportunity, and I hope I can ser ve the Cornell community well,” Balik said

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News, “Businesses Allege Ithaca Renting Company Drives Tenants Away Through Horrible Leases’,” Monday

Speaking about his past experiences as a tenant of landlord Jason Fane from 1976 to 2005 “We only had two leases [at The Chariot] really long ones and the second one was way more complicated than the first one I think in some ways, Jason is playing the game of business he knows his business ver y ver y well A lot of unassuming young p eople come exp ecting someone to b e straightforward with them, and that do esn’t happ en ”

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Opin ion, “The R oad Not Tak en, ” T ue sday Sp eaking ab out the imp or tance for to day ’ s students to pursue their dreams “I b elieve that Cornell’s push to broaden the scop e of entrepreneurship for students is a step in the right direction We as students of Cornell make up some of America s brightest minds, yet the majority of us have a ‘get hired’ mentality that dominates over the idea of ‘do it yourself ’”

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Safarli ’14

Professor Outlines Problems Facing Higher Education

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The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board recently contacted the University to obtain legal justification for its current policy of not providing graduate students with compensation, according to Berry

“There remains a real possibility that Cornell is violating [New York State] law on a large scale,” Berry said

Individuals at a “non-profit education institution” such as Cornell can only be excluded from mandatory compensation if they are employed in a “ non-manual capacity,” according to New York State Workers’ Compensation Law Manual labor includes filing and carrying materials such as binders or books, according to the law

However, Berry said the work graduate students do as teaching and research assistants for the University often necessitates extensive manual labor

“Research assistants clean lab materials, work with laboratory machinery, carry out repetitive manual procedures and move laboratory supplies or equipment,” he said “Teaching assistants do things such as carry exams and make copies ”

Graduate students are also not covered by compensation law despite being required to give a portion of their intellectual property rights to the University according to Berry

“[We] sign away a portion of the intellectual property rights to anything we make, discover, or create during the term of our appointment or using University resources, ” he said

“The product of our intellectual labor is partially owned by the University ” Berry also stressed that the University benefits directly from the work graduate students do

“The job that graduate students do is clearly work and it’s work that the University benefits from,” he said

Knuth said the University is currently evaluating its current policy regarding workers’ compensation for graduate students injured during their course of study

“We are studying this issue seriously, and have convened a working group to survey other private research universities and to evaluate possible changes we might make in our procedures,” she said

However, there are “serious loopholes” in the University’s current policy that require clarification, according to Berry

“Although thousands of graduate students are at risk each day, there is no guarantee that injured students will receive any compensation under the current policy,” he said

Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrotra@cornellsun com

More Than 4,700 Students Participate in S. A . Elections

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Ba t i s t a , w h o i s c u r re n t l y t h e women ’ s issues at-large representative, said “it is a really refreshing change” to have two female students leading the S A

Batista said during her time serving on the Assembly she “played it safe,” but now she says is looking forward to serving as the representative with the highest position that is not the unbiased chair who must remain neutral

“I’ll be okay ruffling feathers and speaking my mind on issues I’m passionate about,” Batista said

With 2,244 votes, Balik defeated her opponent Thaddeus Talbot ’15 who received 1,585 votes Talbot will now serve as one of the S A ’ s undesignated at-large representative

More than 4,700 students voted, according to Alfonse Muglia ’14, S A director of elections

Muglia said a main focus of the elections committee this year was to encourage students to attend the candidates’ debates and to get student organizations more engaged in elections

He said the endorsements from student organizations helped students better understand candidates’ platforms

“I’d like to think it gave people a better choice,” Muglia said

Still, Muglia said the changes did not affect voter turnout

“It shows that a certain group on campus will vote, and a certain group on campus won ’ t vote, ” he said Batista, who ran unopposed, said the low turnout could possibly be attributed to changes in the academic calendar

She also said that the uncontested Executive Vice President race could have played a role “because people really do look to the President and Executive Vice President races as a barometer of the election ”

There were no election rules violations this year, according to Muglia Last year, a presidential candidate was disqualified after it was found he violated the University Code of Conduct, The Sun previously reported

Se ve r a l r a c e s we re ve r y c l o s e Shivang Tayal ’16 won the international liason at-large seat by 16 votes, and R J Raglin ’16 won the second minority at-large seat by 38 votes

“All the candidates who ran really put in a lot of work,” Muglia said The Human Ecology representative election will go to a re-vote next Monday to Wednesday, following a technical error in which a candidate’s platform was mislinked, appearing on the ballot for both candidates, Lauren Goldman ’16 and Amber Parrish ’17, according to Muglia

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Assembly election results can be found on the S A website

Dara Levy can be reached at dlevy@cornellsun com

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Earlier this week, President David Skorton announced that he will be leaving Cornell to become the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute after the sesquicentennial celebration in June 2015 While the Board of Trustees is searching and reviewing candidates for our new president, we at The Sun wanted to gauge the public’s opinion on who should be the next president of Cornell So we enlisted our best Berry Patch reporters who were gorging on cheesecake in Café Jennie and sent them to find out who the students would like to see as Skorton s predecessor

Denice A Cassaro: Between her colorful emails and her pseudo-celeb status, we can understand why the students wanted Cassaro as their next president Her page-long emails and determination to keep students on listservs have proved that she has the creativity to be a potential candidate for the job

The Big Red Bear: Since Cornell has been pushing diversity lately, students suggested keeping with the trend and inviting the Big Red Bear to give the president position a try They claim that he has the spirit for the job but the non-opposable thumbs could pose a potential problem

Spiderman: In student opinion, The Sun website culprit would make a great president of the University Besides fighting crime in his off-hours, Spidey would provide a voice of justice for the people of the Hill

The Associate Editor of The Sun: As Skorton said in a press conference on Tuesday, “I periodically when I’m getting ready to file my column for The Cornell Daily Sun live in complete fear of the Associate Editor, who has control over my life in ways I never thought possible “ Thus, we are going to toot our own horn and say that the A E of The Sun should get thrown into the mix of presidential candidates as well

President Skor ton

Comm ent of the week

“ I periodically when I’m getting ready to file my column for The Cornell Daily Sun live in complete fear of the Associate Editor, who has control over my life in ways I never thought possible I am the President of the University I’m a full professor, and yet I’m reduced to complete abject fear of what the Associate Editor is going to do by editing my deathless prose and by getting back to me in a time frame consonant with my sleep cycle not their sleep cycle When I’m getting to bed, my colleagues at The Daily Sun are just getting to work ”

University President David Skorton

At a press conference, March 11, 2014

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Q : W h y a re t h e re s o m a n y b u i l d i n g s n a m e d Ol i n ? – – L o s t Fre s h m a n ’ 1 7

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Q : W h y i s t h e D y s o n S c h o o l o f Ap p l i e d Ec o n o m i c s a n d M a n a g e m e n t i n t h e C o l l e g e o f Ag r i c u l t u re a n d Li f e S c i e n c e s ? – – C A L S Gr ow s t h e Iv y ’ 1 5

A : T h e C o l l e g e o f A g r i c u l t u r e a t C o r n e l l w a s o f f i c i a l l y f o r m e d i n 1 8 8 8 b y c o mb i n i n g d e p a r t m e n t s o f a g r i c u l t u r e , a g r i c u l t u r a l c h e m i s t r y, b o t a n y, e n t o m o l o g y a n d v e t e r i n a r y m e d i c i n e In 1 9 0 4 , t h e c o l l e g e b e c a m e t h e Ne w Yo r k St a t e C o l l e g e o f A g r i c u l t u r e , w h i c h t h e n a d d e d “ L i f e S c i e n c e s ” t o i t s n a m e i n 1 9 7 1 Ma n y p r o g r a m s t h a t b e g a n i n C A L S e v e n t u a l l y s p u n o f f t o b e c o m e t h e i r ow n s e p a r a t e c o l l e g e s , i n c l u d i n g v e t e r i n a r y m e d i c i n e , h u m a n e c o l o g y ( f o r m e r l y h o m e e c o n o m i c s ) a n d h o t e l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n O n e o f t h e p r o g r a m s t h a t b e s t e xe m p l i f i e s t h e e v o l u t i o n o f C A L S f r o m a n a g r i c u lt u r e - o n l y f o c u s i s A E M Fi r m l y r o o t e d i n t h e c o l l e g e ’ s c o m m i t m e n t t o a g r i c u l t u r e , A E M b e g a n a s a m e r g e r o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t s o f R u r a l E c o n o m y a n d Fa r m Ma n a g e m e n t A s t h e b u s i n e s s i n t e r e s t s o f C o r n e l l i a n s d i v e r s i f i e d a n d t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l i n d u s t r y s h r a n k , t h e d e p a r t m e n t e v o l v e d w i t h t h e t i m e s Mu l t i p l e n a m e c h a n g e s l a t e r, t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f A g r i c u l t u r a l , R e s o u r c e a n d M a n a g e r i a l E c o n o m i c s b e c a m e Ap p l i e d E c o n o m i c s a n d Ma n a g e m e n t i n 2 0 0 0 T h a n k s t o a g e n e r o u s g i f t f r o m t h e

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Joseph Mulvey | What’s Up Doc?

Toward a Clinical Immunolog y D ept.

There is an inexorable mantra among physicians confronted with autoimmune disease: that autoimmunity has both genetic and environmental components Physicians point to cases of identical twins and to family history to illustrate the validity of this aphorism However, the immune system, like any other, obeys cellular mechanisms and can be analyzed logically; there is a specific cause, or combination of causes, however veiled, for each patient It is time we begin identifying and addressing these causes on an individual level

The immune system, or some aspects of it, is the newest system in the human body from an evolutionary standpoint It involves the interplay of a myriad of cell types, extracellular matrices, cytokines, integrating centers, co-inhabitants and even gene splicing Why then should such a comprehensive, vital system have no home in medicine? Sure, it is a $35 billion and growing market for medications according to Reuters, and we all know someone being treated for an autoimmune disease, but by whom are they being treated? A psoriasis, vitiligo or alopecia areata patient will see a dermatologist If you have remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema, you are off to see a rheumatologist Infectious disease handles the worm with which your eosinophils are having trouble “Immunologists” deal with allergy medicine in the Th2 wing, and gastroenterologists handle Crohn’s disease, microbiome dysregulation and ulcerative colitis I believe this system is flawed

Alopecia and psoriasis are less closely linked by the location in which they manifest (the skin) than they are by their elaboration through T-cell infiltrates These conditions are closer even to ulcerative colitis than ulcerative colitis is to gastroesophageal reflux disease Superseding the physical organs in which diseases manifest, the common mechanisms underlying seemingly diverse autoimmunities demands a devoted service I propose a clinical immunology department

As a lifetime patient with a unique global immune diathesis ranging from manifestations of RA to TTP to UC and several other acronyms, I have seen few changes in the way these diseases are treated now compared to how they were 20 years ago There are more drugs, ever more DMARDs, and more treatment options There are more epidemiological studies that document better responses to one dosing regimen or another which guide specialists to adjust their treatment plans, but rarely is anything decided on an individual scale

Currently, for example, when a rheumatologist treats a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, the disease is referred to as a singular entity A wellequipped clinic may list that the patient is positive for rheumatoid factor or anti-nuclear antibodies, however, the disease is generally treated the same way: empirically Nearly every patient presenting with moderate rheumatoid arthritis will be started on a COX-2 inhibitor, followed by methotrexate if the condition persists If this too fails to control the symptoms then a biologic agent such as a TNF-alpha decoy receptor may be considered Such uniformity is not the quality of medicine to which we should aspire Patients may spend years losing micron after micron of tissue before an acceptable drug balance is found through trial and error

Getting into medical school is competitive to say the least All young doctors today understand advanced science, research and drug mechanisms It is time the medical community started employing that knowledge One place this has been successful is oncology Compared to immune disorders, oncologists rely more on clinical trials and bench to bedside medications in their work, demanding them to look outside of established protocols In oncology, tumor biopsies are taken and examined for biomarkers, which predict treatment, and for the presence of targetable receptors Cancers of the same tissue, and even with the same histological appearance, are not all treated the same way For this reason, as a scientist and soon to be physician, I deeply respect the field of oncology, and I want the same for immunology

I am a proponent of a “clinical immunology” consult service, with its own residency program, and which outside of consults, sees the crosssystem cases that baffle other physicians Cases that affect the skin and intestine with cellular infiltrates may not be cross-system at all They share an overlooked system: the immune system

One day a visit to a rheumatologist will not be limited to joint manipulation, function tests, and blood work identifying factors that rarely affect the treatment plan, but instead will include draining synovial fluid sample for immunology specialists These experts will then determine that because the fluid shows t-cells producing large amounts of IL-6, as opposed to macrophages pumping out TNF-alpha, that maybe a tailored combination tocilizumab and ultra-low-dose cyclosporine with a touch of fecal bacteriotherapy would be more appropriate than MTX and adalimumab One sample in the right hands could save a patient years of suffering and lasting damage

This week Illumina advertised that it could analyze a human genome for $1,000, a procedure that cost Steve Jobs one-hundred times that amount only a few years ago Less than a decade ago, James Watson was sequenced at 7 4 fold coverage for an extraordinary amount of money

Last year, for $3,000 I sequenced my genome at approximately 46 fold coverage revealed a hitherto unseen HLADRB1 mutation, a possible cause for my disease that convinced my physicians to treat my disorder with the drug abatacept Things got better Twenty nine years, and millions of dollars in treatment expenses later I had something concrete to go on

Joseph Justin Mulvey in the Class of 2016 for the Tri-Institutional MD/PhD Program through Weill Cornell Medical College Comments and reactions can be sent to opinon@cornellsun com What’s Up, Doc? appears alternate Fridays this semester

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Comm en t of the day

“It’s an utterly nonsensical, unfair system where for-profit private publishers reap increasing profits from [the public] ... by publishing research which is paid for by the taxpayer’s money. This is sadly just another example where privatization took place in the common goods and it shouldn't have happened.”

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Re: “Cornell University Libraries Face Escalating Journal Costs,” News published March 13, 2014

Pet O w nership:

Ideali sm vs. Reali sm

Lately I’ve been noticing that I am no longer as idealistic about certain aspects of the veterinary profession as I used to be Specifically, I’ve been thinking a lot about what the ethical requirements are to be a pet owner To explain this train of thought, I’m going to start with a story

The first pet that I was old enough to beg my parents for was a cockatiel (a small parrot you ’ ve probably seen in pet stores) I was around 10 years old, and one of my friends had a cockatiel that I thought was amazing, so I talked to my parents who told me that I should prove to them that I really wanted it My interpretation of this was to write them a long detailed proposal where I showed that I had done the research on how to take care of it, created a little budget detailing how much it would cost and pledged to care for it completely I stuck to my word once I got it that bird and I were almost inseparable until I went to college, and giving her away was one of the hardest things I’ve done I’m telling you this story so you can see where I’m coming from when I think about pet ownership To me, being a pet owner means knowing ever ything possible to make sure that your pet leads a healthy, happy life

This isn’t the first time I’ve said it, but I’m one of those people who can be completely rational about other peoples’ animals and totally neurotic about my own

So when I first started spending time with veterinarians in high school,

I remember being appalled at the way some people treated their pets

Please note, none of the cases mentioned in this column are real, but the situations are very common There were plenty of clients who doted on their pets, but there seemed to always be some who had no idea what to do, to the extent that their animals would suffer simply because of the human’s ignorance For example, the people who waited until their animals

cat so much he couldn’t bear to think about putting her down, even when it seemed like it was “time” to everyone else? Or the parents of the raggedy little girl who doted on her little puppy, but they lived in a third world country and couldn ’ t afford flea and tick medication, so the tiny puppy had more than 50 ticks on it and was potbellied from tick-borne diseases? The conclusion I came to and that I’ve expounded in several other columns

had not been eating or drinking for days before they brought them to the vet would make me angry When an animal stops eating and drinking there is usually something very wrong, and I couldn ’ t believe that people would let their animals continue to be uncomfortable for days I was convinced that these irresponsible people should never be allowed to have pets, and wished there was some type of regulatory system in place to enforce that

After a few years, I came to realize that these were not “bad” people (when is the world ever so black and white?) but were simply uneducated Often, they cared for their animals just as much as I did How can you dislike the man who loved his elderly, disease-ridden

After a few years, I came to realize that these were not “bad” people but were simply uneducated.

is that educating our clients is vitally important I understood that they didn’t all approach pet-ownership with the same thirst for knowledge that I did, but cared so much that they would do the right thing if only they knew what it was As more time passed, I realized that conclusion was true for many, but not for everyone There are some people who are, through no fault of their own, simply un-teachable You can say to them “when your donkey breathes like this, it means he is very sick and you need to call us, ” but the next time the donkey is sick they still won t call because they won ’ t recognize what you pointed out, or didn’t understand what you meant even when you explained it as simply as possible

However, they still have the best of intentions and when you tell them their animal is suffering, they are horrified If I were a law student instead of a veterinar y student, I would say ignorance is no excuse you ’ re still going to get a ticket when you ’ re speeding even if you claim not to have known the speed limit Younger me would have agreed, and wanted to take away these peoples’ animals and place them somewhere they would be happier But I’m working to be part of a profession where compassion for both humans and animals is paramount, so I’m not sure how to think about it anymore Do I just do the best I can for the animals when I see them, and understand that their lives will not be the lives that I would want for my pet, but that’s just how life works? Or do I fight for the animals to the bitter end? Inherently, I want to do the latter, but ultimately I think I will have to work to figure out where to draw the line for true suffering I can then approach everything up to that line with an understanding that I won ’ t always be able to make everything perfect, and I have to try to not let that keep me up at night

Nikhita Parandekar graduated from Cor nell in 2011 and is a third-year veterinar y student in the Cor nell College of Veterinary Medicine She may be reached at nparandekar@cornellsun com Hoof in Mouth appears alternate Fridays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Student Fashion Spotlight

BY MADELINE SALINAS Sun Staff Writer

In her final collection for the Cornell Fashion Collective, Fiber Science and Apparel Design major Marianne Dorado ’14 gives a new meaning to showing some skin Inspired by tattooing and scarification practices in Africa and Papua New Guinea, Dorado’s collection incorporates the geometric elements of tribal codes into a collection of sophisticated, urban silhouettes With custom textiles and intricate detailing, Dorado’s collection is the culmination of her experience at Cornell and growth as a designer

After stumbling upon the etchings of explorers in the New World and Africa, she was intrigued by the intricate tattoos adorned on otherwise simple figural representations Drawing on the research of a tattoo anthropologist, Dorado has interpreted tattoo and body modification practices in her color scheme and used the lines and symmetry of tribal codes in creating geometric patterns for the jackets in her collection Dorado uses the collection to look at the symbolism in tattooing “For me, in this collection the clothes and the silhouettes have kind of been a canvas to showcase these symbols and these techniques A lot of these designs have the front and the back of the garments different because I’ve tried to use every area to show a different piece of art in a way, ” she said

Napped cream wool and black leather give the collection a primitive, organic feel

The materials chosen for the collection are especially powerful in driving its message, leather in reference to exposed skin and red representing the blood and pain in the practice of body modification To recreate the texturization of skin, a modern motorcycle jacket showcases trapunto details, a technique where the fabric is quilted and stuffed with sections of extra batting to create a raised surface

The collection’s primitive elements are

evident in the collection, but each piece is ultimately urban, chic and wearable Dorado’s collection does an excellent job of incorporating heavy-duty material into remarkably intricate designs, from subtle texturization to thin leather insets fit together with wool in a sleek coat Sharp laser-cut patterns and a diagonal hem modernize the neutral tribal patterns on coats in the collection, creating a powerful contrast with the organic aesthetic of the fabric The edgy details are balanced by the collection’s neutral palette and simple silhouettes

Though her true passion is in womenswear, Dorado includes three menswear looks in her collection, and the simple color scheme and geometric silhouettes tie the two together well Moreover, the style and many of the elements of the collection, such as trousers and jackets, are relatively androgynous “There’s a little bit of masculinity and femininity in each in this collection,” Dorado said Dorado’s senior collection is in many ways unique from her previous work For one, black plays a large role, which Dorado says she uses to emulate the contrast between ink and skin With metallic elements such as gold embroidery and metallic cables accenting a black sweater, and the collection is also more modern than many of her previous designs ironic considering her inspiration For the runway, Dorado plans to enliven her concept and add a futuristic touch by tattooing her models in metallic gold

“I feel like this collection is definitely representative of how far I’ve come through this program and how my aesthetic has developed,” Dorado says She credits Cornell and professors, especially in giving her experience with laser cutting, which plays a huge role in the collection The pieces in the collection may also play into future designs, potentially in her clothing and apparel line, Unfair Advantage, sold a the Art & Found in Ithaca

While she hopes to continue and expand Unfair Advantage in the future, Dorado is open to different plans for the future and hopes to gain experience working for a larger company In the meantime, her collection is an excellent showcase of her personal aesthetic Her custom textiles and blend of mens and womenswear showcase the breadth of her interests and strengths as a designer The Sun talks fashion with Dorado below

THE SUN: Where did you first get your inspiration for this line?

MARIANNE DORADO: That was my starting point, and so I started doing more research into bodies and figural representations of these new peoples that they were discovering Then, I stumbled upon a tattoo anthropologist and he’s done an excellent job of cataloging these interesting body modification and tattooing techniques from around the world So a lot of my work is focused on Africa and Papua New Guinea where these things are still practiced He looks at the history behind the tattooing and it’s practice

by modern people in the tribe today I learned a lot about the techniques behind those designs, which is what really inspired me in trying to recreate those looks and those patterns in a modern way without disrespecting the culture that they came from I didn’t want to just take the exact same tattoo de tribesman and coat and call i to use those shapes as an kind of create and tattooing

SUN: Did y ally use their bols in the co lection?

M D : I created my own symbols with focus o metric aesthe metr y and c ness of the sha body More ideas behind tooing than th al symbols th use And the thing goes wi scarification a And similarly, ing at scarific techniques trying to recr those with fab has been rea i n t e r e s t i n g going throug a lot of quilt ing samples and what I ended up going with was a m o d i f i e d t r a p u n t o quilting technique, where you quilt a design into the fabric and cut open the back of the material and stuff it with extra batting or cotton to create a raised surface So I’m creating all of these raised, circular surfaces and they make these motorcycle jacket-type shapes, so it hearkens back to that style in a new way that references this scarification

SUN: Are you thinking of including any tattooing on your models?

M D : I am My models are going to have gold makeup face tattoos of my own design that go around ide of their necks and as well Bright, shiny llic gold Gold is my personal accent Similar e jewelry that is used in some tribes, with neck elongation Gold just spoke to me as a bright accent color for the collection as a way to modernize things and make them stick out The cables on this sweater are all gold and all of the embroider y work that I’m doing is in gold Again, with the contrast all of these symbols stand out against the background For me, in this collection the clothes and the silhouettes have kind of been a canvas to showcase hese symbols and these echniques And that’s why a lot of these designs have the front nd the back of the garments different, because ve tried to use every rea to show a different piece of art in a way

SUN: Are you going o continue designing for Unfair Advantage when you graduate?

M.D.: I hope so! Possibly expand the line and start getting things produced in the city We’ll see what happens and where jobs take me after I graduate I love doing my own stuff and having that freedom to make whatever I want and see it sell, see it be popular

SUN: What do you see yourself doing after graduation?

SUN: Has it also influenced your color scheme?

M D : Generally, I try to stay away from black just because I love color and I just think there are more interesting things that you can use But for this, the contrast in the fabrics was really important to me because of the way that the ink contrasts the skin in a lot of my research and a lot of my drawings and photographs and stuff and it just felt right to use black So my color scheme is cream, black and red This sounds really gory, but it was inspired by a lot of the pictures of the scarification tattoo processes, which are really bloody because the tools that they’re using are really rough and rudimentary Also, pain is a part of the experience and the process so there’s a lot of blood and the red symbolizes that process and pain, which is an important part of the whole step

M D : I think I want to work in womenswear, I think it’s where my true passions lie, at least right now I’m looking to get a job with a large company as a design assistant and get as much out of that as I can, make my contacts, pay my dues to the industry and we’ll see from there I really want to start working for myself as soon as possible but that takes income and a lot of startup capital

The Daily Sun will be running the Student Fashion Spotlight series for the next month, highlighting fashion designers at Cornell The series will lead up to the 30th Annual Cornell Fashion Collective runway show on April 12 in Barton Hall Ticketing information will be made available in the coming weeks

Madeline Salinas is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at msalinas@cornellsun com

The Americans: TV is Heating Up With Cold War Drama

other (a particularly harsh sting, as they know that the other’s missions routinely involve sex with other people)

Season 2 of FX ’ s espionage thriller The Americans begins with a fatal fight scene that results in the death of an innocent With a bang, The Americans announces that it’s not messing around There are stakes in this drama, and they are deadly

For anyone not caught up on the first season, The Americans is about a couple, El i z a b e t h ( K e r i Ru s s e l l ) a n d P h i l l i p Jennings (Matthew Rhys), living in the suburbs of Washington D C in the early 1980s They have two normal, happy children, and together the Jennings run a successful travel agency The only difference between the Jennings and the other couples on the street is that they are undercover KGB spies trained killers who were recruited in Russia at a young age to live in the United States for the rest of their lives as seemingly normal Americans Adding complications to the mix is the fact that their next door neighbor, Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), is an FBI agent whose job is to find Soviet spies

The first season, while of course involving the usual action, espionage and sex that any show like this requires, was ultimately about Elizabeth and Phillip’s marriage Each episode involved in some way the two dealing with the question as to whether after all these years of being together in a marriage that was arranged by the KGB, whether something real between the two have emerged or whether they are bitter at each other for denying each other opportunities at a real relationship As an example of the show’s use of marital strife, it was revealed that Elizabeth and Phillip have both had affairs that they kept from each

IThe second season, while not abandoning the marital issues of the first season, has created a détente of sorts between the two and so far has been more about Phillip and Elizabeth realizing that their work is not just dangerous to themselves, but to their children and to those around them A terrifying scene in the season premiere involves the two finding another spy couple shot dead in a hotel room, and their daughter murdered as well Espionage isn’t just wearing funny wigs and installing bugs anymore At the end of the second episode, Elizabeth asks Phillip how they could possibly live each day fearing for the safety of their ver y own children, to which Phillip sadly responds, “ We’ll get used to it, like we got used to ever ything else ” This line encapsulates the dilemma Elizabeth and Phillip face: at what point does loyalty to Mother Russia outweigh their desire to have a normal, perhaps even American, life?

Another ver y enjoyable aspect of the show is the way it portrays the time period Elizabeth and Phillip wear a variety of ’80s caricature disguises, with accessories ranging from plumber moustaches to big-haired librarian wigs And in terms of depicting U S -USSR relations at the time, the show is impressively precise The show effectively mimes details from the time period For example, in the first season, when Ronald Reagan is shot, the KGB goes into a tailspin believing that there will be a power vacuum in the United States government, which the real KGB actually believed The audience knows that Elizabeth and Phillip will be on the losing side of histor y, and the show uses it to that advantage As the Jennings and

’ ve noticed that in certain circles where books are not popular and masculine bravado is the only writer who anyone will admit to reading is invariably Hemingway That’s not to say that non-literary, manly types are the best candidates to appreciate his work or that Hemingway wrote for these audiences, but it is peculiar that other notoriously “masculine” writers like Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller or even Jack Kerouac do not get the same amount of attention Hemingway seems to be the only acceptable reading material for those who are chauvinistic about their lack of interest in reading

Of course, this may be a matter of recognition Hemingway is likely the most cited writer of the twentieth century and his novels are considered quality literature by En g l i s h p ro f e s s o r s a n d p h i l i s t i n e s a l i k e Bu t Hemingway has received a posthumous myth-marketing campaign that has been particularly successful, and potentially geared towards the above reading demographic This mythology has painted his personality as the ultimate expression of masculinity: the athletic, dignified dilettante who loved bullfighting and hunting, skiing, boxing and fishing; the man who inspired George Plimpton’s participatory journalism (Plimpton once said, “I just want to write something that Papa (Hemingway) would like”); the man who volunteered to fight any man in Cuba; the heavy drinker who has inspired drinking glasses with a measurement that corresponds to the appropriate Hemingway portion, above the lesser-por tions marked for authors such as Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Poe and Thoreau; the stoic who used few words, often only answering in “ yes ” or “ no ” ; the soldier who earned medals in World War I and, apparently, liberated the Paris Ritz Hotel in Occupied France and the Casanova who

their spy network risk their lives to find out about a project like Star Wars (which we now know didn’t ever work), the tragedy of their personal sacrifice is heightened since we know their mission is for naught What is perhaps most impressive about The Americans is the way the show gets the

they’re rooting for Elizabeth and Phillip are

empathize with them However, the show is unflinching in portraying the harm they intentionally inflict on innocent people Likewise, we want to see Stan succeed, as he is working for the “good guys, ” but it is undercut by the fact that he is after the protagonists (although he does not know it), and that he is cheating on his wife with one of his informants The Americans differs from shows like Breaking Bad or The Sopranos in that the show is not tr ying to make the audience culpable for rooting for

moved from woman to woman and dedicated novels to his favorites (in the HBO miniseries Hemingway & Gelhorne, this reputation is glorified)

However, this biographer-created, media-promoted reputation only explains some of the reasons why his brand is synonymous with manhood Hemingway engineered this reputation through his books, which feature disillusioned, testosterone-heavy men and explore themes related to masculinity A number of scholars argue that his unique treatment of masculinity may be due to his experiences in World War I, where middle-class American soldiers collided with the laissez-faire, post-Victorian mores of Europe Some argue that this treatment is overcompensation for latent homosexuality Think of the scene in A Moveable Feast when F Scott Fitzgerald tells Hemingway that Zelda belittles him for his penis size Fitzgerald asks Hemingway if he agrees and Hemingway tells him to look at ancient sculptures of Greek gods This and other passages illust r a t e t h a t , e ve n t h o u g h h e w a s retelling stories that took place forty years ago, Hemingway clearly had some insecurities to settle Masculine competition also drives “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” in which a not-so-happy Macomber is cuckolded, taunted and out-performed by a professional hunter who Macomber hires to take him and his wife on a big-game safari Some explore masculine-feminine dynamics: the relationship between impotent Jake Barnes and “boyish” Brett in The Sun Also Rises can be read as either a conservative argument that androgyny or other transgressions of the sexual norm compromise heterosexual relationships or a critique of the limitations promoted by those sexual mores

But when I think of the friends I have who would be embarrassed to read anyone other than Hemingway, I don’t think they pick Hemingway because they identify with either

a monster like Walter White or Tony Soprano Instead, the show creates complicated characters that are constrained by their personal and professional duties, and as a result our loyalties are constantly shifting Hank Schrader’s pursuit of Heisenberg

whether our partial desire to see him fail is our collective flaw of over-identifying with a protagonist In The Americans, however, the audience’s many allegiances to the different characters makes any situation bad, no matter who comes out on top The Americans is one of many shows across the TV landscape that effectively portrays a large cast of complex characters, but the fun, action and espionage put it over the top into must-watch weekly viewing

Jesse Weissman is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at jweissman@cornellsun com

the man or his characters or his themes I think they find solace in his style Hemingway’s language declarative, active and so terse that it seems disillusioned with language itself speaks to a sort of alienation from emotions An alienation from emotions promoted by masculine stereotypes that might cause one to not want to be seen reading a book I think of a moment in The Sun Also Rises when Hemingway seemingly mocks his own narrator When Robert Cohn, the sycophantic underdog whom the other characters direct their insecurities and anti-semitism at, knocks out Jake Barnes, the narrator, Jake claims that he was “hit and ended up on the floor” In this moment, I think, Hemingway pokes fun at the very stereotypes that he perpetuates

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Mark’ With NCAA Title

“I think that bodes well for us that we were able to come back in [the second] game and t u r n o u r f o r t u n e a r o u n d , ”

Schafer said “ That’s something just a little different about this hockey team than I’ve had in the past Even down a goal or two going into the third these guys had confidence to come back ”

According to Iles, based on the matchups with Clarkson throughout the season, the Red understands that this game will c e r t a i n l y n o t b e l a c k i n g i n intensity, given the big stage

“It’s going to be a battle, games [against] Clarkson are always a battle,” Iles said “ It’s a g re a t r i v a l r y we ’ re looking for ward to it I ’ m s u re they’re going t o b e w e l l p r e p a r e d They’ll come i n h e re w e l l - c o a c h e d a n d i t should be one great series ”

ly proud of ” Iles has played virtually ever y minute for the Red in goal since taking over the starting position d u r i n g h i s f re s h m a n s e a s o n And despite measuring in at just over five-foot-nine, there is no other player his coach would rather have between the pipes as the team makes its playoff run “A lot of other goaltenders will put up, for the year, some real gaudy numbers,” Schafer said “But I don’t think there’s a c o a c h i n Di v i s i o n I h o c k e y who’s been able to roll out a guy and [say], ‘ you know exactly what you ’ re going to get from him ’ He’s been the model of consistency ”

Given nine of the Red’s past 13 games have been decided by o n e g o a l o r f e w e r, t h e t e a

“My primary goal coming here was bringing a National Championship back to Ithaca.”

For the senior and Cornell’s all-time saves leader, the series w i l l m a r k o n e m o re h o m e appearance in a storied college career, which culminated this year in a 688 save season and Ivy League Player of the Year award

“I love ever y opportunity I get to set foot on this ice,” Iles said “[P]laying in front of the Ly n a h Fa i t h f u l i s s o m e t h i n g special, but playing in front of twenty family members is really unique and something I’m real-

have the safety net that a p l

k e Iles, who has had little diff i c u l t y r a c king up recognitions and statistical records, provides But for number 33, one prize still remains “I’m still determined to leave a mark in the form of a team championship,” Iles said “[M]y primar y goal coming here was b

i n g i n g a Na t

Championship back to Ithaca, because it’s been a long time We’re hoping we can start that w i t h a n E C AC Championship ”

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Icers to Battle Clark son In ECAC Quart er nals

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Wr ter

With the continuation of the 2013-2014 season potentially hanging in the balance, the men ’ s ice hockey team returns to Lynah Rink this weekend to begin its quest for the ECAC crown

No 12 Cornell (15-8-5, 11-7-4 ECAC) will play host to Clarkson (20-15-4, 11-9-2) in a best-of-three series this Friday and Saturday at 7:00p m , and Sunday at the same time if necessary A series win would earn Cornell a spot in the ECAC’s semifinal round in Lake Placid and move the Red one step closer to punching one of 16 tickets to the NCAA Tournament

“I’d be kidding you if I told you I didn’t know where we were sitting in the national picture,” said senior goaltender and 2013-2014 Ivy League Player of the Year Andy Iles “But at the same time, kind

of like [head coach Mike Schafer ‘86] said, you take care of what you can control If we accomplish the goals we want to accomplish, we’ll be in the NCAA Tournament Our first goal is to win the ECAC Championship, and if we win the ECAC Championship, we ’ ve guaranteed ourselves a spot in the Tournament It starts this weekend, and we ’ re prepared and we ’ re looking forward to it ” A last-minute 3-2 overtime victory over Harvard two weekends ago was just enough to lock Cornell into one of the ECAC’s top four seeds, giving the team a first roundbye during the opening round of conference action Senior captain and for ward John McCarron expects the fourth-seeded Red to gain an edge from the extra time off when the fifth-seeded Golden Knights who in the first round defeated Princeton two games to one come to Lynah on Friday “ We were able to rest our bodies,” McCarron said “It kind of gives us a leg up

Women Take to Lynah Against Mercyhurst in NCA A Tour nament

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h e NCAA tournament at Lynah on Saturday at 3 p m The Red will take on Mercyhurst in the quarterfinals, a team that gave Cornell (245 - 4 , 1 5 - 4 - 3 E C AC ) t w o t o u g h matchups earlier in the season

The Lakers (23-8-4, 15-3-2) had a ten-game winning streak snapped last weekend, but still have not lost a contest since late Januar y Cornell and Mercyhurst have matched up 12 times in the past five years, with the Red narrowly leading the overall series, 6-5-1

The first matchup between the two teams this season on Januar y 10 ended in a 4-4 tie, with neither squad able to find the winner in overtime Senior defender Alyssa Gagliardi had two goals and an

Protect this house | Senior goaltender Andy Iles will be protecting net for the Red on home ice in front of a large crowd that will include 20 of his family members.

on Clarkson Obviously they had to play three games, so they’re going to have some wear-and-tear on their bodies Hopefully we can use that to our advantage ” Schafer agreed, citing the extra energy of his own players on the ice in practice this week

“You can definitely see some of the guys who play a lot of minutes [have] got a little more jump,” Schafer said Overcoming Clarkson, however, which jumped out to early 2-0 leads in both meetings with the Red this season, will be anything but an easy task

“They’re obviously a really solid team, ” Iles said “They’re big, they’re strong, they’re powerful They have some size up front

They have some size in the back end ” Clarkson head coach and former Cornell assistant Casey Jones has assembled a defense that ranks No 17 nationally in points allowed (2 51/gm) and has helped freshman goalie Steve Perry to four shutouts this season in just 21 games

“Usually when they get the lead, they’re pretty good at defending it,” Schafer said, recalling both meetings this season Cornell fought back to tie the game at two apiece in both encounters, ultimately losing on the road in November and later winning at home in January, both by a final score of 3-2

Laxers Kick off Conference Play

By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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