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Third season of rebuilding follows multiple setbacks; August completion slated

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Skorton Will Host Town Hall at Noon

By SOFIA HU Sun News Editor

By ANNIE BUI Sun Managing Editor

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En g i n e e r i n g a n d Ap p l i e d Sciences at Harvard during his time as dean Morrisett received his B S in mathematics and computer science from The University of Richmond in 1989 and Ph D f ro m C a r n e g i e Me l l o n University in 1995, a c c o rd i n g t o h i s biography He has e a r n e d n u m e ro

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r, teacher and administrator, and his experience will help advance

President David Skorton will discuss the University’s finances in a town hall Monday The meeting follows significant criticism from students about the lack of financial transparency and the administration’s decision to implement a $350 student health fee for all not enrolled in

t h e s t u d e n t h e a l t h i n s u r a n c e plan

“Cornell is a complex place, and many of you are asking important questions that suggest we need to shed more light on some of that complexity through a c o m m u n i t y - w i d e c o n ve r s at i o n , ” Sk o r t o n s a i d i n a

University-wide email announcing the town hall last Tuesday

T h e Un i ve r s i t y ’ s f i n a n c e s have come under student and faculty question, especially in light of an annual $55 million deficit in the provost ’ s budget To address the deficit, Interim Provost Harry Katz said all of Cornell’s colleges and administrative units will see a 2 to 2 3 percent cut of their expenditures In total, they will see a budget cut of $27 5 million, The Sun previously reported

W h i l e t h e t ow n h a l l w i l l broadly address Cornell’s finan-

cial str ucture, students began raising prominent questions and i s s u e s o n t h e Un i ve r s i t y ’ s finances following the administ r a t i o n ’ s a n n o u n c ement of the $350 health f e e i n February

“I completely agree with you that there has not been enough transparency.”

S t u d e n t s p r o t e s t i n g t h e h e a l t h fee occupied Day Hall on Feb 9 and asked Skorton to clarify the University’s finances

Addressing their questions, Skorton said, “I completely agree with you that there has not been

enough transparency, although I have tried to improve this during my administration ” Skorton and Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94, vice president for student and academic services, have stated s e ve r a l t i m e s f ro m a Fe b 1 2 St u d e n t A s s e m b l y town hall to a Feb 2 7 m e e t i n g w

administration will host university-wide town halls and meetings with the shared governance

Monday, March 16, 2015

Today

Melting Point Depression, Morphology Development And Pore Formation With Erdogan Kiran 9 - 10 a m , 165 Olin Hall

Financial Transparency Town Hall Meeting

With President David Skorton

Noon - 1 p m , G10 Biotechnology Building

Globalizing Transitional Justice With Ruti Teitel, New York Law School 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 277 Myron Taylor Hall

The Mexican Innovation System

With Samantha Rullan, Universidad Veracruzana 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 262 Uris Hall

Tomorrow

Techniques in Artificial Insemination in Domestic And Exotic Cats

Noon - 1 p m , Thaw Lecture Hall, Baker Insistute

The Effects of Turbulence, Inertia and Gravity on Particle Motion in Isotropic Turbulence With Peter Ireland

Noon - 1:15 p m , 178 Frank H T Rhodes Hall

High Tc Superconductivity in a Single Atomic Layer of FeSe With Jennifer Hoffman, Harvard University Noon - 1 p m , 700 Clark Hall

March Stem Cell WIP

Noon - 1 p m , Lecture Hall III, Vet Research Tower

weather FORECAST TUE WED THU FRI

The weather this week is a r oller coaster ride, with higher highs than last week and lower lows than we have seen in a while Don’t put those winter coats away just yet, Cor nellians.

Some thought spring was in sight but in actuality, winter is back for a spell Bundle up

Hi: 37° Lo: 21° Snow

Here’s a throwback to those Februar y days we all missed so much, wih the low expected to drop into the teens

Hi: 27° Lo: 18° Cloudy

The high climbs back into the 40s today and another glimpse of spring peeks through the clouds

54° F Lo: 36° F Cloudy Hi: 43° Lo: 25° Sunny

As Nicki Minaj raps in “Feeling Myself ” feat Beyoncé, “Today I’m icy but I’m praying for some more snow ” Nicki gets her wish because snow is expected

Hi: 39° Lo: 27° Snow

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Veterinarian Prof. Francis H. Fox

DVM ’45 Remembered for Humor

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c i a t e d w h a t h e d i d f o r m e , a n d f o r m y f e l l ow s t ud e n t s , a n d we w a n t e d t o g i ve b a c k ” Up o n f i n d i n g o u t t h a t a s c h o l a r s h i p w a s t o b e

e s t a b l i s h e d i n h i s n a m e , Fo x h a d t o l d t h e

Un i ve r s i t y h e w a s “ h u m b l e d ” “ I h o p e i t w i l l h e l p s t u d e n t s w h o l ove t h e p rof e s s i o n a n d f e e l a c a l l i n g t o m e d i c i n e b e c a u s e o f t h e i r l ove o f a n i m a l s a n d s a t i s f a c t i o n i n w o rk i n

By PHOEBE KELLER

Prof Emeritus Patrick W Concannon Ph D ’71, a visiting fellow and emeritus faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine died Feb 23, according to the University He was 73

status in 1999

Information Service in Ithaca

CALS Researchers Develop Three New Kinds of Alfalfa

By TOM SCHREFFLER Sun Staff Writer

Researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have developed three stronger kinds of alfalfa for grazing cattle and farmers, the University announced Wednesday

Two of the developed breeds are more resilient against insects, including the alfalfa snout beetle and the potato leafhopper, and the third grows more easily because of its expansive root system, according to a University press release

Development of these three varieties has occurred for a long time, according to Prof Donald Viands, plant breeding and genetics, who is head of the project

Work on selecting for resistance against the potato leafhopper has its roots from at least 20 years ago, according to Viands Additionally more than 30 years ago, Prof Emeritus Royse Murphy began selecting in plants that showed the “creeping rooted trait” a trait allows alfalfa to spread wider roots, making it more difficult to uproot

increase resistance to the level where it will make significant impact on the farm

”

There are thousands of plants that researchers examine in order to see if they show traits that would improve resilience, according to Viands

Senior research associate Julie Hansen has “ more than 5000 small plots” of plants at several locations the state at different climates, Viands said In order to develop the three alfalfa varieties, researchers investigated thousands of these plants

The new breed that is resistant to potato leafhopper releases a chemical that creates a resistance mechanism against the insect, which Hansen said was “the most furious pest on alfalfa in all of North America” in the press release

However, researchers still do not know the specific mechanism that provides resistance to alfalfa snout beetle in the other breed they had developed, according to Viands He added that said it is not clear if the plants will remain permanently resistant

By developing more resilient plants, the researchers aim to make livestock operations, especially dairy operations in the Northeast, more “economically feasible,” according to Viands

“Pat Concannon was an exceptional scientist who made major contributions to understanding carnivore reproductive biology,” said Bruce Murphy, a research veterinarian at the University of Montreal, in a statement Murphy said Concannon was a longtime member of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, adding that he was a “dedicated researcher and organizer who never really retired ”

Prof Susan Quirk, animal science, said Concannon also had an impact on the careers of many young scientists at Cornell

“Selection for a particular trait usually has to occur for three or more generations of selection,” Viands said “For some traits, such as resistance to alfalfa snout beetle, it takes many more cycles of selection to

“He will be remembered by many for the engaging discussions we shared with him ”

P r o f S u s a n Q u i r k

After completing his undergraduate years at Boston College and receiving a master ’ s degree from Northeastern University, Concannon completed his doctorate in animal physiology at Cornell, according to the University He remained at Cornell, working as a lecturer in human and animal physiology and veterinary endocrinology

Concannon also worked as a research scientist, specializing in animal reproduction in the departments of clinical sciences and biomedical sciences in the veterinary college, according to the University He achieved emeritus

Concannon wrote more than 130 publications on reproductive regulator y mechanisms, endocrinology and pathology, and was the editor or co-editor of several books, according to the University He was a founding member, president and chairman of the International Veterinar y

“He exuded excitement for discovery and sharing knowledge,” she said “He will be remembered by many for the engaging discussions we shared with him ”

In addition to his work at Cornell, Concannon was a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Florida, Gainesville, according to the University

Concannon is survived by his wife Natalie, two children and five grandchildren

To pay tribute to his love of sailing, a celebration of Concannon’s life will be held at the Ithaca Yacht Club April 25, according to the University Gifts in Concannon’s memory will be given to the Strong Memorial Hospital Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department P h y s i o l o g i s t , P r o f e s s o r E m e r i t u s P a t r i c k C o n c a n n o n D i e s a t 7 3

Phoebe Keller can be reached at pkeller@cornellsun com

Tom Schreffler can be reached at tschreffler@cornellsun com

Skorton to Hold Town Hall Meeting

Computing and Information Science Welcomes New Dean

“ To me, computer science, information science and statistics are central to any modern university, as they

the already great strengths of CIS,” he said “I also want to thank [Kleinberg] for his outstanding leadership ”

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“deeply honored” to be chosen for the position

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“Cornell’s strength in all three fields, the structure of CIS and innovations

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[U]niversity the most exciting place I can imagine ” Cornell CIS houses the departments of computer science, information science and statistical science and was created in 1998, according to the University

Suspect Charged With Murder of Two Ferguson Police Officers at Demonstration

CLAYTON, Mo (AP) A 20-year-old charged Sunday with shooting two police officers watching over a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department attended a protest there earlier that night but told investigators he wasn ’ t targeting the officers, officials said

St Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said Jeffrey Williams told authorities he was firing at someone with whom he was in a dispute, not at the police officers

“We’re not sure we completely buy that part of it,”

McCulloch said, adding that there might have been other people in the vehicle with Williams

Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree assault, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle and three counts of armed criminal action

McCulloch said the investigation is ongoing

The officers were shot early Thursday as a crowd began to break up after a late-night demonstration that unfolded after Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson resigned in the wake of the scathing federal Justice Department report

Americans Will Return From West Africa for Ebola Monitoring

ATLANTA (AP) Public health officials said Saturday that a number of Americans will return from west Africa to be monitored after possibly being exposed to Ebola

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said several Americans who may have been exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone would be monitored The CDC did not specify how many Americans are coming back, but University of Nebraska Medical Center officials say they’ll be monitoring four Americans

“In the unlikely instance that one of them does develop symptoms, we would take them to the Biocontainment Unit immediately for evaluation and treatment, ” Biocontainment Unit

Director Phil Smith said in a statement “Because we have individuals to monitor simultaneously, the safest and most efficient way to do that is in a group setting ” Smith said the patients would be quarantined and kept away from other patients, students and staff

Earlier this week, an American health care worker who contracted Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone was brought to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, for treatment The patient is a clinician working with Par tners in Health, a Boston-based nonprofit organization, according to a statement on the group ’ s website

The CDC on Friday said another American would be brought to Atlanta for monitoring On Saturday, officials said several Americans would be monitored near Emor y University Hospital in Atlanta, the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Americans returning from Africa may have come into contact with the patient who was brought to Maryland, “ or exposures similar to those that resulted in the infection of the index patient,” the CDC said in a statement

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cinderella: The Strength of a Villain

NATALIE TSAY Sun Blogs Editor

Following in the footsteps of last summer ’ s Maleficent, Disney’s live-action adaptation of Cinderella (directed by Kenneth Branagh) is now in theatres Admittedly, a large part of my incentive to see this film was the fact that it’s preceded by the new short, “Frozen Fever” (which was itself worth the rather heinous price of admission) However, I probably would have seen it regardless to keep up with the new trend of what some call “fair y tale revisionism ” Cinderella furthers the trend of Maleficent in these increasingly popular films, the true strength lies in the villain

Granted, it’s not unheard of to like the villain more than the hero In fact, it’s often more common than not As someone whose favorite part of The Avengers is Loki, I understand all too well the fascination with “bad” characters After all, they’re usually the most interesting, torn and tragic roles, and isn’t that much more fun than the stock hero? Despite the preoccupation with almost sympathetic antagonists that pervades pop culture today, Disney has never been known for its villains The classic animated films almost never give them many or any redeeming qualities In recent years, though, it seems that they’ve rounded out their bad guys, and their latest attempts prove that a strong villain makes a huge difference

So let’s get down to the reason I’m here: Cinderella As one would expect, given its director s background, Kenneth Branagh s version of the classic animated film was traditional and elegant Lily James and Richard Madden gave nice, genuine performances as the beloved Cinderella and the charming prince, respectively Throw in Hayley Atwell as Cinderella’s short-lived mother, Stellan Skarsgard as the Grand Duke and Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother and I’d say you have a pretty solid cast

But that was it the title characters were just nice What took the movie to the next level for me was Cate Blanchett as Lady Tremaine, or Cinderella’s evil stepmother In the 1950 ani-

Cinderella

mated film, Lady Tremaine is, quite simply, evil There is nothing that makes her relatable or sympathetic in the least because the line between good and bad was hard and fast, black and white In the new adaptation, Lady Tremaine is still just as wicked as before, but she’s shown in a much different light When she arrives widowed and dressed impeccably well at Cinderella s palace, she realizes that she ll always be second to her new husband’s dead wife She never stops tormenting her new stepdaughter throughout the film, but later, in what was the best scene in the entire movie, Lady Tremaine tells her own story In her life, true love did not triumph, she remarried for the advantage of her daughters and she did not get a happy ending All the while, she’s dangling Cinderella’s glass slipper tantalizingly out of reach, leaving the audience dreading the inevitable moment when she’ll shatter it

Directed by Kenneth Branagh Starring Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden

It’s not surprising in the least that Cate Blanchett has the talent and ability to pull off this complex version of Lady Tremaine, but nonetheless, it was gratifying She was absolutely phenomenal in the role Don’t get me wrong the live-action Lady Tremaine is still an awful person However, Blanchett managed to capture the nuances of why she treats Cinderella so horribly, and in the process of doing so, made the villain of the story a bit more sympathetic, or at least understandable Much like I prefer Loki to Thor, I honestly would’ve loved to see more of her and less of Cinderella

As I mentioned before, Cinderella and Maleficent make me think that Disney is developing a tendency to turn traditionally

two-dimensional villains into characters who are more likeable than the princesses themselves Of course, Maleficent was different in that Angelina Jolie was playing the title role of the film and, therefore, was supposed to be sympathetic Still, that doesn’t change the fact that she was plucked from her animated film, given backstory and transformed from a despicable villain into a character who, while still no hero, might not be wholly bad after all

It would appear that Disney is starting to frequently give their live-action villains the Wicked treatment (a fitting example here, though she’s animated: Elsa from Frozen, voiced by none other than the original Elphaba herself, Idina Menzel) The “villains” of Cinderella and Maleficent were the main reasons that I enjoyed the films as much as I did, so I think Disney’s doing an exceedingly good job with these revisionist fairy tales by writing the bad guys well Next up: live-action Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson as Belle Let’s see if Disney can continue what they’ve started

Natalie Tsay is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ntsay@cornellsun com

Unique and Bleak: The Last Man on Earth

keeps living and holding hope that he will find someone else, but his conversations with God grow more and more hopeless

There is absolutely nothing like The Last Man on Earth on television right now

A title card in the beginning of the show tells us that this world exists after a “virus ” Other than that, we don’t get any information about this virus or why extraordinarily average Phil Miller survived it The first 18 minutes of the pilot chronicles Phil’s single-man struggle to maintain his humanity in a world in which he has seemingly been left alone

Considering Forte’s time on Saturday Night Live, it is not surprising that he nails this very fragile premise with just the right amount of humor and despair What is surprising is that Fox would gamble on a show that is so high-concept, but also finds its humor in such misery and bleakness

The pilot, “Alive in Tucson,” opens with Phil driving a bus around the United States in search of another human He crosses off locations on a map state by state until he sees a country covered in black Xs He blinks and then the show cuts to outside the stranded bus Phil screams, and the scream is drawn out past its natural end It becomes hilarious, but not without despair close behind

For a little while, Phil accepts his status as the only man on earth He takes this as an excuse to do all the stupid things he could never do before The show employs physical comedy through a series of montages Phil decorates his home with Oscars, the eagle rug from the Oval Office, a dinosaur skull and priceless paintings He goes bowling in a parking lot, starting off with regular bowling pins, upgrading to glass lamps and then finally full fish tanks stacked on top of each other Phil

We cut to five months later, and we see Phil oscillating between existential dread and upbeat mania he can ’ t decide if he’s alive or dead He has created an entire town out of inanimate objects, and even turns the female mannequin into his girlfriend He goes to shake the mannequin’s h c i

Phil actually wakes up to Carol, played by the brilliant Kristen Schaal, but he is disappointed with her While this makes him less sympathetic, it is a more realistic twist Phil has had years to fantasize about finding some blonde babe Pre-virus Phil and Carol would never have gotten along, and possibly never even met, but for now, they don’t have anyone else

her come off a little weird and not very intelligent Still, it struck me when she said, “We weren ’ t chosen we were forgotten ” Carol makes Phil propose marriage so that any children born wouldn’t be out of wedlock With this, Phil and Carol are playing their own twisted version of Adam and Eve

T m i because Phil accepts that the mannequin will never be the human companion he craves He falls to the ground and whispers at the god with whom he had been talking, “You win ” And so Phil decides to kill himself

He puts brakes on his suicide mission when he sees someone else’s campsite

Honestly, it was a little disappointing to know that he had found another human because Forte was doing such a stellar job on his own

The other turns out to be a beautiful blonde woman and it feels too easy, because it is

The second episode, t e ” o ask hard and fascinating questions Phil and Carol clearly coped with the loss of the human race very differently Phil did whatever he wanted, and Carol still lives by the rules that previously existed when there were others She gets upset when Phil runs through stop signs; at the paintings he stole for his home and parking in a handicapped spot Carol feels that letting go of the rules is letting go of the world they had before and therefore her humanity Unfortunately, the episode moves a little too quickly and Carol unravels too fast, having

The third episode was titled “Raisinballs and Wedding Bells ” In this last episode, Carol and Phil get married Carol wants everything to be perfect, but Phil doesn’t care He doesn’t care so much that he doesn’t even get the rings the one task that Carol assigned to him, but Phil sees the tremendous effort that Carol has put into their wedding and eventually does get them They get married and Carol even tries to compromise with Phil, engaging in some recreational blowtorching They win each other’s commitments and consummate their new marriage, which leads to awful dirty talk on Carol’s end, and confusion on Phil’s end They seem to be a couple who are destined to be together because they are, after all, the last man and the last woman on earth The very end of the episode shows Phil blowing through another stop sign this time hitting a limousine The beautiful, graceful, January Jones walks out and then the credits roll

The discovery of January Jones’s character leaves the viewers wondering how many other people are alive in this world It also leaves the viewer wondering if Phil will honor his commitment to Carol after the beautiful Betty Draper steps into their lives Overall, the show debuted as one of the best shows of the year unique, funny and singular

Radhi Parikh is a sophomore in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations She can be reached at rp459@cornell edu

A Cockeyed Optimist: Kimmy Schmidt and the Ideal New York

Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, two of 30 Rock’ s showrunners, have struck comedy gold again with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix’s original offbeat sitcom that follows indomitably-cheery apocalypse cult survivor Kimmy Schmidt’s attempts at assimilation into the population of New York City Kimmy, played by Ellie Kemper of The Office fame, is an outsider of both time and space, having spent most of her life 20 feet below ground in a nuclear bunker in Indiana, and the show reaps most of its humor from this situation

Like 30 Rock and unlike many other shows that are set there, Kimmy Schmidt films on-location in New York City Creators Fey and Carlock and I know this is an incredibly cliché thing to say have always treated New York as a character of its own, filled with peculiarities and personalities that are so offbeat and ridiculous that they can ’ t help but seem real

The characters of 30 Rock, much like the characters of Seinfeld, were a cynical, self-

a b s o r b e d bunch that hated NYC the scent of maple syrup, hipsters, crippling loneliness and complained about it all the time, but were resigned to acceptance According to Liz Lemon, “You can try to change New York, but it’s like Jay-Z says: ‘Concrete bunghole where dreams are made up, there’s nothing you can do ’” In this regard, Kimmy Schmidt seems to exist in some alternate New York City of infinite possibilities, thanks to the presence of its eponymous optimist

If 30 Rock’ s Manhattan was the real deal, Kimmy Schmidt’ s is the postcard Most television set in NYC (Sex and the City, Gossip Girl) features characters that have walked the streets and grown familiar with the diners and markets and clubs It’s insular and exclusive and exotic Kimmy is filled with a newcomer ’ s wonder from the moment she arrives She is a tourist, an outsider, a stranger in a strange land It’s a refreshing if ultimately unrealistic portrayal of New York that we rarely see on TV but usually experience when we go there ourselves Carrie Bradshaw eats cupcakes at Magnolia Kimmy goes to Times Square George Costanza eats at Monk’s Cafe Kimmy gets dinner at Dylan’s Candy Bar Marshall and Lily drink at MacLaren’s Pub Kimmy frees a horse in Central Park

The most iconic tourist landmark featured in Kimmy Schmidt, however, isn’t so much a single location as it is an entire art form: You can ’ t swing a bat in an episode of Kimmy Schmidt without hitting Broadway Even the shows title, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, is an allusion to The Unsinkable Molly Brown, the 1960 musical based on the life of Titanic survivor Margaret Brown Titus Andromedon, aspiring Broadway performer and Kimmy Schmidt’ s breakout character, is played by the incomparable Tituss Burgess, an accomplished actor and incredible singer known for originating the role of Sebastian in the stage version of The Little Mermaid In every episode, Titus contends with the challenges that come with trying to make it as an actor in New York City, from auditioning

for a role in SpiderMen Too: 2 Many Spider-Men to having headshots taken and making a music video By the end of the first episode, Titus and Kimmy sing “The Circle of Life” from the stage adaptation of The Lion King before they are drowned out by the car horns and shouting of NYC

But the connections to Broadway do not end with the storyline From the regulars to the guest stars, Kimmy Schmidt is almost exclusively filled with famed stage actors from past and present Lillian, Kimmy’s hippie landlady, is none other than stage actress Carol Kane, who is known for playing the headmistress Madame Morrible in various productions of Wicked regularly between 2005 and 2014 Julian, Jacqueline’s philandering husband, is played by actor/playwright Mark Harelik of The Immigrant and The Light in the Piazza Julian’s ex-wife Helene is two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole Grant Beldan, Kimmy’s elderly war-veteran blind date, is played by the prolific Broadway actor John McMartin, known for originating the role of Ben in Stephen Sondheim’s Follies Daddy’s Boy, the fake 1938 movie musical that Logan references, stars Nic Rouleau, Jefferson Mays and John Cullum, three incredible musical actors Coriolanus Burt, Titus’s acting nemesis, is recent Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart, a k a Genie in the recent Broadway adaptation

of Aladdin And that’s not even the entire list So what gives? It can ’ t be a coincidence that Kimmy Schmidt is filled to the brim with musical actors Fey and Carlock knew exactly what they were doing when they were casting the show Musical theater is the perfect medium to draw actors from to populate Kimmy’s New York: It’s very often romanticized and silly, and characters feel happiness so strongly that they have to sing about it These actors know how to embody this pure bliss and goofiness better than most serious film and television actors, so they are a clear fit Kimmy’s entire outlook on life is just like a musical: She’s a cockeyed optimist just like Nellie Forbush from South Pacific Her New York is an idealized world just like the kind found on a stage, and that magical feeling is what makes Kimmy Schmidt such a great series

Sean Doolittle is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at sdoolittle@cornellsun com Pu l p Fi c t Se a n r uns alternate Mondays this semester

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Stefanko’16 and Johnston ’16 For S.A. Leadership

OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR, many students across campus have questioned the role of the Student Assembly at Cornell Tensions recently peaked between Cornellians and the Assembly recently following the announcement of the student health fee, when some on the S A were criticized for not representing the student body’s interests In order to ameliorate some of these concerns, the incoming leaders of the Assembly will need to focus on ensuring a smooth transition between administrators while remaining loyal advocates for students Out of each of the candidates for S A President and Executive Vice President, we believe Matthew Stefanko ’16 and Emma Johnston ’16 are best suited to lead the S A into the next academic year and bring reform to the student government system to best represent students

We support Stefanko because he views student government objectively Though he has been a member of the S A for three years, we believe he views the S A ’ s inner-workings with a critical eye that will prove invaluable in addressing some of the Assembly’s major flaws and ability to represent all students

His work as vice president for finance will also be indispensable during the incoming byline funding cycle to ensure each organization will receive a fair allocation of funds in a transparent and efficient manner And as a member of the Provost Search Committee, he will be directly involved in choosing one of Cornell’s new senior administrators, which will give him a greater understanding of the administration as a whole, allowing for more opportunities to provide funding to student and academic projects

Johnston, who has served as a member of committees for two years and is currently the College of Arts and Sciences representative, has also proven herself a leader within the S A Her work on issues such as student engagement and sustainability at Cornell including the creation of Cornell ECO and her controversial stance on divesting from the fossil fuels prove she remains capable of following through on tough issues facing the University and will work with representatives to ensure their work is heard

Both Stefanko and Johnston have also made great strides on the student-run grocery store, which will open later this year Their collective vision to focus on issues that directly affect students and to provide more reasons to participate in shared governance are among the most important reasons for electing them as S A president and executive vice president

Juliana Batista ’16, current executive vice president, shows a great amount of passion in her work on the S A Her work establishing AIDS Week at Cornell and her work as vice president for outreach and women ’ s representative show her commitment to improving the lives of students on campus Although Batista has shown herself strong in creating legislation that has the potential to directly affect Cornellians across campus including the referenda process we hold reservations over her ability to remain objective as a moderator of meetings and be open to outside ideas not within her own agenda Her proposed list of student grievances to provide to President-Elect Elizabeth Garrett and demeanor towards the incoming administration, we believe, shows a potential unwillingness to compromise and to work with those in Cornell’s senior leadership

Throughout his campaign, Jeff Breuer ’16 made strong efforts to reach out to the community about his vision, which we believe could bring a refreshing sense of pragmatism to the job of S A President Still, we are uncertain of his ability to lead the governing body due to his lack of experience on the S A Additionally, we believe Peter Biedenweg ’17 lacks the experience to ensure each representative on the Assembly receives the proper support and oversight We believe Batista and Breuer would make excellent undesignated at large representatives, who could work to bridge relations between average students and the Assembly

Out of all of the candidates for these positions, we believe both Stefanko’s and Johnston’s visions and experience on the S A will help foster a stronger shared governance group that will represent undergraduates across campus

Risa Lieberwitz | Faculty Viewpoint

Saving Academic Freedom and Tenure

What’s up with the recent interest in unionization in private universities? Public university faculty and graduate students have been organizing for decades under state public sector collective bargaining laws In private colleges and universities, though, federal law makes it difficult for tenure-track and tenured faculty to unionize But nontenure-track faculty including instructors, lecturers, and adjunct faculty do not face that legal obstacle Recent unionization by private university non-tenuretrack faculty includes Georgetown, Tufts and Washington University

This upturn in unionization can be seen as a response to the corporatization of the university since the 1980s Universities have been commercializing research, commodifying education and imposing a corporate employment model. Administrative hierarchies have become top heavy and increasingly engaged in unilateral decisionmaking that undermines faculty influence over academic matters From 1976 to 2011, the number of full-time executives and managers at private colleges and universities increased by 219 percent, while the number of part-time faculty positions grew by 377 percent

Currently, 70 percent of all faculty positions in post-secondary institutions are non-tenure-track, often with poor working conditions low wages, no benefits, no job security It should be no surprise that the so-called “contingent faculty” are unionizing

Let’s look more closely at how collective bargaining could push back against the effects of corporatization The increase in contingent faculty positions undermines academic freedom, which is the most valuable working condition for faculty Unions could help win back academic freedom and tenure

Academic freedom gives faculty individual rights to teach and research and speak publicly without fear of retaliation from their employer This includes the right to criticize the university administration and donors As importantly, academic freedom is a collective right of faculty governance in decisions such as academic program creation, curriculum and budgetary decisions

Tenure, as a strong form of job security, protects academic freedom This serves the public interest in protecting the faculty’s ability to do their work free from pressures or influence by university administrators and donors Contingent faculty, who are vulnerable to job loss, cannot fully exercise academic freedom

Could unionization strengthen academic freedom and tenure? Unions can bargain for increased job security, such as renewable employment contracts for contingent faculty. This is a significant improvement. But it is not the same as tenure Faculty on renewable employment contracts remain

insecure in the ongoing cycle of evaluation and potential job cuts

This is where the potential collective power of all faculty comes in Tenure-track and tenured faculty should see themselves as allies of non-tenure-track faculty All faculty are part of the academic profession with common interests in academic freedom The shrinking ranks of tenure-track and tenured faculty have experienced the negative impact of corporatization, as university administrations have taken unilateral actions without consulting with faculty senates and other governance bodies The loss of tenure-track faculty positions is part of the same corporatization process that undermines faculty rights of academic freedom

Put more positively, collective action is the best way for faculty to challenge corporatization by asserting their rights to academic freedom and tenure We have a range of options to achieve those goals Where tenure-track and tenured faculty are able to unionize, this adds to their collective power

Even where they face legal obstacles to unionization, private university tenuretrack and tenured faculty can strengthen existing faculty senates Whatever form of collective action is used, this work should build alliances with contingent faculty

As a first step, all faculty ranks should be full members in faculty governance bodies

Further, when non-tenure-track faculty choose to unionize, tenure-track and tenured faculty should support them As allies, faculty senates and unions can lead efforts to increase academic freedom, including negotiating for rights of nontenure-track faculty to transfer to tenuretrack and tenured positions

Is this just a pipedream? Has corporatization become so pervasive that tenure and academic freedom will simply become part of history? Are renewable contracts the best we can expect from unionization?

It is worth remembering that 100 years ago, during the height of industrialization, faculty faced similar problems For-profit corporations used their growing economic power to donate millions of dollars in the expectation that universities would serve private corporate interests Faculty responded collectively, forming the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), demanding and winning rights to academic freedom and tenure We face a similar moment today when global corporations exercise even greater power and where university corporatization threatens academic freedom and tenure Through collective action, including unionization, faculty can join together to fight for and regain their rights

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A March 13 news story, “Cornell to Hold First ‘Giving Day’ Fundraiser Later This Month,” stated that the University has established a target of $300,000 to divide among its colleges In fact, the $300,000 is a pool of special challenge match funds pledged by donors, which will be given as extra dollars to the colleges or units who win challenge competitions

A March 12 women ’ s fencing story stated that Victoria Wines was the only qualifier for NCAA’s thus far and that Ediona Sera finished in 10th place for the foil In fact, Ediona Sera and Angelica Gangemi both qualified for women ’ s foil as well due to their finishes at the tournament, meaning Olivia Weller is the only at-large candidate for the NCAA tournament Additionally, Sera finished in 11th place

Aditi Bhowmick | Abtruse Musings

India’s Daughter

“Awoman is like a flower, soft and pleasant, a man is like a thorn, harsh meant to protect the woman ” ; “She is like a precious gem, and if you leave her on the road, the dog will take it”; “A young woman should not be out of the house after 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p m ” these were some of the lousy justifications provided by the defense lawyers of rapists cited in the documentary, India’s Daughter

The film sheds light on the heinous Delhi Gang Rape (December 16, 2012) So what happens when any of the ostensibly glorious pillars dictating gender in Indian society are challenged by a woman? What happens when a girl goes out to watch “Life of Pi” (God forbid it was 50 Shades of Grey) with her friend? Jyoti Singh had just completed her medicine studies and was about to start her medical internship She was a step away from a secure life as a doctor An incredible achievement for a young girl from a lower-middle income family in masochistic and anachronistic Indian society

Everytime I get done with finals, I go out to the bars with all of my friends I look forward to unwinding Jyoti had just achieved a milestone I would say that she deserved a break with her friend But of course, a few entitled Indian men decided that as a “decent” girl, she should not have been on the streets of India’s capital city with a man who was not relative after five p m

They unanimously decided to teach her a lesson They raped her on a moving bus, and shoved an iron rod into her vagina They were so enraged at her “misdemeanor,” that they manually pulled out her entrails through her vagina One of the perpetrators was a juvenile They all took turns while she cried for help from the back of the moving bus

The documentary has been banned by the Indian government following the controversy that ensued surrounding one of the convict’s remarks in the film He states, “Girls are more responsible for rape than boys One

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needs both hands to clap ” I have a serious problem with the ban on the film, with the culture surrounding rape in India, the overbearing silence surrounding the issue and the persistent failure to respect women across the world

I am breaking the silence over this gross miscarriage of humanity at Cornell, not because I happen to be an Indian woman, but because I am human I am terrified that after two years of being imprisoned with a death sentence, the criminals in this case still face the camera saying, “It was the girl’s fault ” I am terrified of the resilient nature of this embedded mentality

This rape incident was not a freak occurrence It is tangible evidence of a mentality which pervades the atmosphere in every Indian city Every time I go back home to India, my mother explains to me that home is different from America I can save my cute outfits, makeup, all the “fun” for America for my own safety and not because she wants me to be miserable I don’t put up a fight because I watch the news and know it is all true Every time I step out of my apartment complex, dressed in my most conservative clothes in the midst of the summer heat, I feel the eyes on me My friends from high school used to say, “Take it as a compliment ” I cannot I know the eyes are on me because they view me only in terms of sex They could not care less about the amount I work in school, my profession, anything at all because they know that if they wanted to, a group of them could do the same thing to me that they did to Jyoti on December 16 They could get away with the shame associated with rape, as society places the shame of rape entirely on women And if, then, a well-wishing filmmaker from BBC decided to document my suffering as a cry for help, my government would ban it The silence would just continue

Jyoti was as committed to doing well in life as I am She wanted to become a doctor to make her parents proud I am working hard at Cornell to make my parents proud She wanted to reverse the norm that spending on marriage must be more important than a daughter’s education My parents and I are doing the same How is it that I got lucky and she had to meet an appalling death at 23 and her memory is still insulted after her death?

The difference is that her parents could not afford to send her away to a different country and let the continents in between protect their daughter from her own country, the place she grew up calling home

Why is it that women must be compromising at every step? We work as hard as men We do as well in our classes We even agree to fit in 48 hours worth of taking care of the house and family along with our own career to prove that we are equal

Dear Indian government, sexual perpetrators, judicial institutions your attitudes towards us makes me sick I will be as straightforward as I can: Dear Indians please start caring about your daughters as much as your sons Dear men of the world it is high time you started respecting women We should not need to beg you for the respect we deserve for being human just like you

is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She may be reached at ab738@cornell edu

“Punishments are not draconian enough Expel the rapists Announce details of expulsions, including names, publicly Put the expulsions and the reasons permanently in the rapists’ Cornell transcripts.”

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Re: “Sexual Assault Bill May Require Cornell Policy Revisions,” News published March 12, 2015

Eric Schulman | Schulman’s Schtick

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K e a s e y s c o r e d , t y i n g t h e g a m e a t f o u r L i n t n e r n o t c h e d o n e m o r e l a t e i n t h e f i r s t h a l f o f f o f a f e e d f r o m s e n i o r m i d f i e l d e r C o n n o r B u c z e k A f t e r e i g h t m i n u t e s o f s c o r e l e s s p l a y i n t h e t h i r d p e r io d , D o nov a n f o u n d L i n t n e r i n t h e c r e a s e a n d L i n t n e r e a s i l y f o u n d t h e b a c k o f t h e n e t , e a r n i n g h i s s e c o n d h a t t r i c k i n b a c k - t o - b a c k g a m e s “ [ L i n t n e r ] i s m e t h o d i c a l a b o u t w h a t h e d o e s He’s c o ns t a n t l y m o v i n g o f f b a l l , l o o ki n g f o r s o f t s p o t s i n t h e d e f e n s e , ” K e r w i c k s a i d “ O u r g u y s a r e n o t a f r a i d t o t h r o w i t i n t h e r e f o r h i m b e c a u s e h e ’ s s u c h a g o o d f i n i s h e r T h e l a s t t h r e e g a m e s , h e ’ s b e e n g r e a t f o r u s , a n d n o w i t ’ s r e a l l y g o i n g t o h e l p o u r o f f e n s e a s w e m o v e t h r o u g h t h e r e s t o f t h e s e a s o n ” D o n o v a n e n d e d t h e d a y w i t h f o u r g o a l s a n d t w o a s s i s t s , h i s f i f t h s t r a i g h t g a m e w i t h f i v e p o i n t s T h e Ne w Je r s e y n a t i v e n o w r a n k s f o u r t h n a t i o n a l l y i n g o a l s p e r g a m e Hi s s e c o n d a n d t h i rd g o a l s o f t h e d a y e x t e n d e d C o r n e l l ’ s l e a d t o f i v e g o i n g i n t o t h e f o u r t h q u a r t e r B u c z e k s c o r e d h i s o n l y g o a l o f t h e g a m e t o b e g i n t h e f o u r t h , e f f e ct i v e l y p u t t i n g t h e B u l l d o g s a w a y K e r w i c k s a i d h e c r e d i t s q u i c k , s m a r t b a l l m ov e m e n t a s b e i n g a s t r o n g c o m p o n e n t o f t h e f l u r r y o f s e c o n d h a l f g o a l s “ We t h o u g h t w e c o u l d c re a t e m a t c h u p o p p o r t u n i t i e s a g a i n s t t h e m a n d i f w e d o d g e d h a rd a n d m ov e d t h

M E N ’ S L A C R O S S E

Red Opens Ivy Season With Win Against Yale

Ivy wins | Senior attackman Matt Donovan scored three of the Red’s goals in its nine goal run on Saturday

W O M E N ’ S L A C R O S S E

By ADAM BRONFIN

The first game of the 60th Ivy League lacrosse season began with Cornell mistakes and ended with Cornell dominance The Red quickly lost the ball on its first possession and Yale came back the other way to score After winning the ensuing face-off, the Bulldogs quickly scored again, giving them a 2-0 lead less than two minutes into the contest

But that did not faze the Red Cornell methodically worked its way back into the contest, tying the game at four late in the second period That is when ever ything clicked for the Red The team went on a 9-1 run, spanning almost 27 minutes In the end, the No 9 Cornell (4-2) knocked off No 6 Yale (5-1) by a score of 14-7

“ We like to pride ourselves on being a second half team, ” said senior attackman Danny Linter “ We are one of the most conditioned teams in the countr y We just tried to come out, step on their toes a little bit and pull away from them ”

It was Lintner and fellow senior attackman Matt Donovan who led the charge in the second half Both notched three of the squad’s four goals during the streak

“ We were getting some good looks early on but their goalie was making some great saves and we weren ’ t putting the ball where we needed to, ” Donovan said “Fortunately, in the second half, it fell a little more, and once you get into a rhythm it starts to feel good and you just kind of play instead

Cornell Overtakes Ivy Foe Columbia

“Lacrosse is a momentum sport, ” said women ’ s Lacrosse coach Jenny Graap in an interview with Sun on March 13 She couldn’t have said it better, as Cornell’s win over Columbia on Saturday was all about shifts in momentum Cornell (5-1) beat the winless Columbia Lions (0-5) by a score of 18-12 at Robert K Kraft Field in Manhattan

On a team of seven competent freshmen, freshman midfielder Joey Coffy stood out with a career high three goals for Cornell A Western New England All-Star High School selection her sophomore and senior years, Coffy now has five points in six games played Freshman midfielder Taylor Reed recorded her first multi-goal game with two goals

Graap said she understands the importance of her outstanding freshman class

Columbia started off the game on a hot streak, scoring the first four of five goals in the game All around, Cornell played an uncharacteristically poor first half The Red struggled defensively, allowing seven goals in the showery, overcast contest

Thanks to two scoring runs, lead by a goal from sophomore midfielder Shelby McNeilly, the Red notched an 8-7 lead and shifted its momentum in its favor

“[ We] needed to bring energy into second half instead of being complac e n t w i t h t h e l e a d , ” Gr a a p s a i d

“With [only] three seniors on [the] team, we are fairly young and lessons like that are crucial for a young team I would rather learn the lesson early on than later on during the Ivy Tournament ”

“There is a lot of talent in [the]

freshman class with seven women field players,” Graap said in a pre-season interview “Overall, they have excellent speed [and] noteworthy intensity All seven are challenging for playing time ” Cornell now stands at 2-0 in Ivy League play, with the goal of making the Ivy League Tournament The top four teams in the Ivy League with the best league records qualify for the competitive Division I tournament

“We would like to compete in NCAA tournament, ” Graap said “The goal is to have this team progress through the season and get better Come May we want to be a powerful and dangerous team ”

of thinking about things too much ”

Playing in rainy conditions that were less than ideal proved tough for both teams to start the contest But the Red was able to settle in, with senior midfielder John Hogan scoring Cornell’s first goal of the game with nine minutes left in the first quarter Lintner tallied his first goal on a man-up opportunity two minutes later

A slip-up defensively allowed Yale’s Conrad Oberbeck to score his 15th of the season, putting the Bulldogs back in the lead While Oberbeck was able to put another one in the cage in the fourth quarter, the Red’s head coach Matt Ker wick said he was impressed by s e n i o r d e f e n d e r Jo rd a n St e ve n s ’ defense on the attackman nevertheless

“Jordan is an incredible leader for us He’s a tireless worker and he had a good matchup with Oberbeck, a ver y good attackman,” Ker wick said “ We just told Jordan to go out there and do his best on [Oberbeck] When he’s in that zone, in terms of having to cover a ver y good attackman, he’s one of the best in the countr y ”

Overall, the seven goals put up by the Bulldogs were the fewest allowed by Cornell all season and Yale’s lowest output of the year Ker wick said he thought the defense was outstanding, led by Stevens as well as sophomore goalie Christian Knight Knight settled down after the Bulldog’s converted their first three shots and was key in orchestrating the Red’s 13 successful clears

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