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Rap artist Ludacris will perform on Slope Day on May 8, the Slope Day Programming Board announced Thursday Indie rock group Ma and Kim will open Sun Ar ts and Entertainent Editor Kaitlyn Tiffany ’15 along with members of the Cornell community sound off on the Programming Board’s decison

At 4:45 p m Thursday, the Slope Day Programming Board announced the headlining act and one of the supporting acts for this year ’ s Slope Day Now that the fact tha Brooklyn indie-duo Matt and Kim will open for rap artist Ludacris on May 8 is public knowledge, it is time to cue the student reaction

The reaction to the selection of opener Matt and Kim is altogether more favorable than last year ’ s reaction to Ivy-bred fratstar Hoodie Allen opening for Kendrick Lamar and miles ahead of 2012’s notoriously derided selection of mainstream one-hit onder Taio Cruz as co-headliner Slope Day Programming Board Executive Chair Lee Singer ’14 said he was happy with the choice of a “ very different” and “ very popular” indie rock group

“To spread the diversity of the festival feel around, we were very interested in Matt and Kim,” Singer said “It will definitely appeal to a different segment of the Cornell community, but it could definitely bring everyone together That’s ultimately the goal of Slope Day: To bring very different groups of Cornellians together to celebrate ”

International Students Required to Buy C.U. Student Insurance Plan

By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor

Beginning in the 2014 to 2015 academic year, the University will require all international students to purchase the Cornell Student Health Insurance Plan as a result of some international students purchasing “insufficient” plans that potentially rack up thousands of dollars in medical costs, officials say

Cornell Will Of fer American Studies

Class in Spring 2015

By SOFIA HU Sun Staff Wr ter

In light of strong student reactions, American Studies 2001: The First American University will be offered in spring 2015, according to Prof Sabine Haenni, director of the American Studies Program American Studies 2001 a one-credit course taught for the last four years by Corey Earle ’07, associate director of student programs in the Office of Alumni Affairs was going to be replaced by a fourcredit course in honor of the sesquicentennial, which will still be offered in fall 2014, The Sun previously reported

However, students, alumni and faculty petitioned for the return of the course through social media, where the campaign has its own Twitter hashtag #SaveAMST2001

By ALISHA FOSTER Sun Staff Writer

The University says it will install traffic control gates at the restricted section of East Avenue to form a physical barrier against general traffic this month

According to Media Relations Specialist Joe Schwartz, the new gates will be raised by a transponder when the traffic light turns green and will only enable buses and sanctioned vehicles to pass through He said the gates can also be raised through a siren mechanism in the event of an emergency

Access through the restricted section of East Avenue has been off-limits to the general public since January due to the construction of Klarman Hall and work on Goldwin Smith Hall

According David Honan, deputy chief of the Cornell University Police Department, vehicles driving illegally through the area have been a major problem for Cornell Police and are

“Many [ international students] are not familiar with the high costs of healthcare in the U.S.”

“Historically, we have had issues and concerns with internat i o n a l s t u d e n t s b u y i n g t r a ve l - t y p e i n d i v i d u a l plans,” said student insurance administrator Jo Ann Molnar-Kieffer, a member of the University’s Student In s u r a n c e Ad v i s o r y Committee “ We tried a d d re s s i n g t h o s e w i t h communication and trying to guide people into making informed purchase decisions ” The decision was ultimately made at the end of last semester to make purchasing SHIP mandatory According to Valerie Lyon, associate director of business and finance at Gannett Health Services, around 90 percent of international students have already been purchasing SHIP without being required, and several peer institutions including Ohio State and Carnegie Mellon University have altered their policies to make university health plans the norm

“Many [international students] are not familiar with the high cost of healthcare in the U S , ” Molnar-Kieffer said “They may purchase an inadequate insurance plan for $1,000 and consider that purchase price their out-of-pocket-expense However, when such a plan has numerous exclusions, they find out they have to

Traf c Control Gates to Appear on East Avenue

dangerous for both drivers and pedestrians

“It creates a serious safety issue and reduces the effectiveness of maintaining the corridor for bicyclists and mass transit,” he said “Cornell Police have stopped many cars and provided educa-

tion and traffic tickets for infractions ” Aymar Marino-Maza ’15 said she believes that the addition of the new gates will not completely eliminate the problem of traffic violations

Using Box for Collaboration Noon - 1:00 p m , 102 Mann Library

C U Music: Midday Music at Lincoln 12:30 - 1:15 p m , B20 Lincoln Hall

Book Reading: The Eye of the Whale: A Rescue Story

3:30 - 4:30 p m , Adelson Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Psychology Colloquium 3:30 - 5:00 p m , 202 Uris Hall

C U Music: Midday Music at Lincoln 12:30 - 1:15 p m , B20 Lincoln Hall

Tomorrow

6 - 9 p m , 101 Robert Purcell Community Center Coffeehouse Event

7 - 9 p m , Ivy Room, Willard Straight Hall C U Music: Jazz Festival 8 - 10 p m , Barnes Hall Auditorium

News, “With Alumni Support, WVBR Studios Return to Collegetown’,” Monday

Speaking about WVBR’s move from its past location near East Hill Pla z a to a new studio in Collegetown

“We’ve b een op erating a bare-b ones radio station for the past 14 years [The new space] features the amenities of any major corp orate radio station, but it has the app eal space and ability to innovate that any college radio station has This will b e a sp ectacular space to create content and to learn ”

Drew Endick ’14

Opin ion, “L ETTE R TO THE ED ITOR : Thank you, P resident S korton,” Tuesday

Sp eaking ab out President David Skor ton’s app ointment as the S ecretar y of the Smithsonian “For his actions I will always rememb er President Skorton as someone who cared ab out his students someone who was willing to take a risk to do what is right, and someone who never wavered in his convictions I am sure he will do great work in the Smithsonian and I can only hop e that Cornell cho oses a worthy successor to David Skorton, one who will b e willing to continue to lo ok after the b est interests

time alumni or students watch The Office or see Andy Bernard, they are reminded of Cornell

Jennifer Lee ’14

is all right ”

Ruth Westheimer, sexual therapist and author

Cornell Athletics Annual GARAGE SALE

FRIDAY, MARCH 21 9:00 a m - 4:00 p m Open

New Ithaca Studio Will Provide Space For Wine and Art

By SUSHMITHA KRISHNAMOORTHY

Sun Contributor

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P rof: New P roposal Is ‘ Step in Right D irection’

Though some Cornell professors say they support the Obama administration’s new Gainful Employment proposal intended to prevent for-profit universities from causing students to accumulate large amounts of debts they also say more needs to be done to help protect all students, especially lowincome ones

Seventy-two percent of graduates of from non-profit institutions did not earn as much as high school dropouts on average, according to a Department of Education report

The Department of Education website states that the proposal released on March 14 sets standards that career-training programs at for-profit colleges and institutions need to fulfill in order to qualify for federal aid

Prof Travis Gosa, Africana studies, said

the proposal represents a need for the United States to take further measures to protect all students particularly black students from being taken advantage of by not only for-profit institutions, but institutions of any kind

“Obama’s proposal speaks to the need for us as a nation to regulate for-profit colleges that, too often, sell diplomas and false hopes to our country ’ s most vulnerable citizens, ” he said “Black and lower-class enrollments in for-profit schools have skyrocketed in recent years, though research shows that these students often leave without an actual degree, large debt and few opportunities to move into better jobs or non-profit graduate and professional school ”

Echoing Gosa’s sentiments, Prof Suzanne Mettler, government who recently published Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream said for-

profit institutions tend to take advantage of low-income students seeking educational opportunities, leaving them with high debt and not enough money to pay them off

“Nearly all of these students borrow, and they end up with far more federal student loan debt than graduates of other schools and that’s not counting private loans,” Mettler said “Nearly one in four [students] default on their student loans in three years In other words, people who hoped that going to college would be a path to the American Dream end up in financial ruin ”

Although Mettler said that Obama’s proposal is a “ step in the right direction,” she also said that more specifications are needed in order to prevent for-profit colleges from taking advantage of students

“[A default rate of less than 30 percent is] a pretty low bar for programs that make large profits for their shareholders, use $32 billion in taxpayer money, and leave some of the poorest Americans worse off,” Mettler said “Even maintaining the standards in these proposed rules will prove difficult for the Obama administration ”

The proposal’s standards will be measured through two metrics, debt-to-earning ratios and program cohort default rate the percentage of a school's borrowers who enter repayment on certain loans and default prior to the end of the next one to two fiscal years according to the Department of Education website If these standards are not met, the career-training program will be considered failing and will not be entitled to financial aid for three years, until the problem is fixed

Failing programs include those with a student-debt-to-total-income ratio greater than 8 percent and an average alumni loan default rates greater than 30 percent, according to the Department of Education website

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Student: Mandator y C.U. Health

Insurance Could Have ‘Huge Costs’

Student insurance plan required for all international students next year

pay thousands and thousands of dollars on top of the purchase price ” Ac c o rd i n g t o C r a i g

Mc A l l i s t e r, d i r e c t o r o f R i s k

Management and Insurance and chair of the Student Insurance Advisor y Committee, the minimum federal insurance requirement for travelers to the United

St a t e s d o e s n o t c ov e r m o s t expenses outside of emergencies or medical evacuation

“[ That kind of coverage] has always been inadequate for longterm study at Cornell,” he said McAllister also said SHIP’s yearly cost of $2,212 is a better deal for international students than any other plan that offers the same coverage on the current

h e a l t h c a r e m a r k e t p l a c e u n d e r the Affordable Care Act, since non-American residents do not qualify for most subsidies He said that the SHIP requirement was established to simplify the p ro

y s many international students may not be familiar with “ The systems in other countries var y from national insurance to areas where ever ybody’s

covered and people don’t really have to think about it much to areas where there is no insurance and people are used to pay[ing] a small amount all [out] of pocket for doctor or physician care, ” McAllister said “ We know that we ’ re the most expensive area in the world for healthcare ” Brendan O’Brien, director of the International Students and Scholars Office, s a i d t h a t h e w a n t s i n t e r n at i o n a l s t u d e n t s to view healthc a r e a s a “ r e q u i r e d c o s t for education in t h e U S ” t h a t n e e d s t o b e i n c o r p o r a t e d into their budgets “ In t e r n a t i o n a l s t u d e n t s a r e sometimes ver y, ver y surprised at the cost of healthcare in the U S , ” O’Brien said “ We want t o d o e v e r y t h i n g w e c a n t o ensure that they have adequate coverage, so that they’re able to focus on their academic programs, that they can get the services that they need and that they don’t have financial problems as a result of healthcare bills " In t e r n a t i o n a l s t u d e n t s s a i d

they were of mixed opinion over the new requirement

“I personally don’t use the plan a lot,” Roshni Mehta ’15 said “In fact, I find it an unnecessar y burden But it is insurance and required for safety So it’s a lose-lose situation for me ” Gizem Sakalli ’14, however, said he thinks the plan is “ a good option from the University’s perspective ” Shivang Tayal ’ 1 6 s a i d

“Making the SHIP compulsory for internationals may have a huge financial cost.”

money and said he believes that

options, such as plans held by family members, should still be considered

“ While it is well-intentioned and comprehensive health insur-

plan,” he said

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun com

e Pe tition Re c e ive s Approximately 900 Signatures

COURSE

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According to Simon Boehme ’14, one of the organizers of the campaign and a teaching assistant for American Studies 2001, the online petition in support of the course received approximately 900 signatures within 48 hours

“If you look at the list of people who signed the petition, it includes alumni all the way from the Class of 2004 to current freshmen,” Boehme said “It covers the Cornell Democrats, the Cornell Republicans, researchers, athletes, Greek members, staff [and] graduate students ”

those very few things ”

The four-credit sesquicentennial course that will be offered in the fall of 2014 will still be taught by Prof Isaac Kramnick, government, and Glen Altschuler Ph D ’76, dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions

The four-credit course and American Studies 2001 serve different purposes for different students, according to the petition The petition says American Studies 2001 serves to deepen students’ connection to the University and is not as heavily academically focused as the four-credit course

“The petition ... includes alumni all the way from the Class of 2004 to current freshmen.”

Jon Weinberg ’13, another campaign organizer, said the overwhelming amount of support for the course reflected the strong impact Earle has had on the University

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“Corey has had so much of an impact on students that stretches beyond the [one hour and fifteen minutes] on Monday evenings,” Weinberg said “There are very few things that people from all over the campus map will unite together behind This is one of

Boehme said the success of the #SaveAMST2001 campaign should give students “inspiration ”

“This campaign truly speaks to the power of the student voice and of collective action,” he said “When we work together, we can create outcomes that benefit the Cornell community ”

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com

S t u d e n t s : E a st Av e . Tra f c G a t e s W i l l Not Be Ef fective, P ractical

TRAFFIC

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“It won ’ t change anything It doesn’t make sense because people are going to go through when the light’s green anyway, ” MarinoMaza said “The only thing that would change anything is having a cop there preventing people from going through ”

Honan said he believes vehicles have been failing to abide by the new regulations as a result of being unaware of the traffic rules

“The reasons [drivers gave us] have ranged from not being aware

of the closure to believing that they could proceed without being caught,” Honan said He added that Transportation Services previously attempted to increase visibility of the closure, but these attempts were unsuccessful at controlling traffic violations

“We have explored options to better sign and advertise the closure but continued to see violations The gates seem to be a logical next step in order to reduce these violations,” he said

Lauren Lee ’14 said she hoped introducing the traffic gates would

help control traffic flow, though she said did not the practicality of initially closing East Ave

“I think it’ll be more effective, but I don’t understand why it’s such a big deal, why cars can ’ t go through,” Lee said

However, Kejing Jiang ‘14 said she did not see a significant longterm benefit in installing the new traffic gates

“I don’t know if it’s worth the cost of installing the gate and then removing it,” she said

Alisha Foster can be reached at afoster@cornellsun com

CATHERINE CHEN ’15

A Call for More Student Input Surrounding Sexual Health

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Comment of the day Web

Joelle Jach

Re: “LETTER TO THE EDITOR: #SaveAMST2001,” Opinion published March 19, 2014

Entrepreneurs and Investors

Get Stoked: Title III Is Coming

LCommission closed the comment period on its p ro p o s e d c rowd f u n d i n g regulations If you ’ re an entrepreneur, this ne ws should get you stoked The closing of the comment period means the s t a r t u p c o m m u n i t y i s one step closer to gaining a valuable tool for financi n g e a r l y - s t a g e c o m p anies

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who, up until now, were generally limited to tradi-

venture capital, loans and incubator arrangements

While all of these sources will undoubtedly continue to be important for many startup companies, equity crowdfunding will

give entrepreneurs a valuable alternative Startups will be able to receive smaller dollar contributions from thousands of non-accredited investors

Ti t l e I I I w i l l a l s o broaden the investment opportunities available to t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c

Because of the SEC’s curr e n t p r i v a t e p l a c e m e n t f r a m e w o r k , i n v e s t m e n t opportunities in startup companies are often presented only to accredited

Individuals whose annual i n c o m e o r n e t w o r t h exceed $100,000 will be allowed to invest 10 percent of either their annual income or net worth (whichever is greater) up to $100,000 per year O f c o u r s e , c r ow dfunding is not without its drawbacks For example, a s m a n y c o m m e n t a t o r s have noted, the cost of the initial and ongoing d i s c l o s u re s re q u i re d b y t h e n e w r u l e s m a y b e

Under the SEC’s proposed rules, which will effectuate Title III of the JOBS Act, startup companies will be able to raise up to $1 million per year by selling securities to the general public through online funding portals

investors In order to be an accredited investor, an individual needs to have a net worth of over $1

m i l l i o n o r a n a n n u a l income of over $200,000 ( o r $ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n j o i n t income with a spouse) This means most ordinar y people are excluded f r o m i n v e s t i n g a t t h e early stage in some of the most exciting new companies Under the proposed rules, non-accredited investors will have a w h o l e n e w r a n g e o f p o t e n t i a l i n v e s t m e n t s available to them, subject only to a few limitations

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Short, Sweet and Powerful: 35MM at Risley Theatre

MARISSA TRANQUILLI Sun Staff Writer

When I walked into Risley Theatre on Wednesday night to watch the final dress rehearsal for 35MM: A Musical Exhibition I knew little more than that Apart from the name, seeming to refer to some type of measurement or camera type, I was walking in with a completely blank slate and perhaps a few apprehensions Within the first few minutes I was blown away

35MM is an interesting undertaking Known better as a “musical exhibition,” 35MM is the musical work of Ryan Scott Oliver: Each song is taken from one frozen moment, written as a companion to a selection of the photographs by Matthew Murphy The songs span genres from rock to country and each one caters to a different human emotion Though some, such as “Caralee,” are more amusing than anything, others like “The Party Goes With You,” are deeply moving

The Melodramatics Theater company has undertaken this exhibition, employing musical talent from Cornell, Ithaca College and the Ithaca community to an absolutely breath-taking result This “flash fiction in musical form,” as director Amina Omari ’04 calls it, keeps it movement and costuming minimalistic and allows the words, presented in tandem with the photographs, to speak for themselves As I saw each of the pictures appear on the beautiful backdrop, I could simply see nice photography However, by the end of each song, the photographs began to cry their stories: The songs defined the moments and I began to be unable to separate the music from the visual aspect

The set for 35MM is the most amazing set I have ever seen grace Risley Theater with its presence Due to the lack of movement, the stage is a multi-level maze, giving dimension, creating barriers and synthesizing isolation depending on the blocking of the song The backdrop is a feat of woodwork, projecting films strips and the narrated photographs onto the strips

The pit band is not a pit orchestra It is as a band by our modern definition: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drum set

and keyboard Packed full of talented musicians, the pit band manages to nicely compliment the singers

Which brings me to the greatest part of the musical itself: the singing I was absolutely floored when the actors opened their mouths to belt out their opening songs

Though the first piece, “Stop Time,” was merely decent, the production went up from there: constantly trying to top itself with each song, drawing the audience in with the powerful and beautiful voices of the cast The solo pieces were able to showcase each voice to its strength and I began to fall in love with this show Following the introduction, “Crazy Town” really mixed up the apprehension I was feeling by catering to every weird dream feeling you ’ ve ever had With Christopher D’Amico, a senior at Ithaca College, on lead vocals, the entire song creates a surreal atmosphere, with an upbeat and exciting drive

The show’s songs allow a floor for every type of relationship to speak from: from vampiristic to abusive, happy to broken “The Party Goes With You,” sung by Lyndsey Boyer, a graduate student at Ithaca College, took things slower from the more fast paced, upbeat songs previously The subtleties of Boyer’s intonation and expression pulled upon the heart strings and made what seemed like a normal, bordering on joyful picture take multiple levels of meaning and heart break Luckily, before the mood broke into tears, James Scott ’13 strode on stage for “Good Lady” the fast rock atmosphere easily restored Following the upbeat “Make Me Happy” with the overpoweringly amazing vocals of Ariel Arbisser, sung in duet with Scott, the show took a turn for the romantically beautiful with “The Seraph ” This may have been my favorite piece of the evening, sung by Charlie Crawford, Ithaca College ’17, I found myself smiling unconsciously and my society ingrained stereotypes of angels being question

Though in reality the rest of the songs are all worth note, I found myself leaving the theater humming only one piece: “The Ballad of Sarah Berry” super fun and made for tv high school movie-ish, with Ariel Arbisser on lead vocals I couldn’t get enough The show also features the talents of Masayuki Gibson (musical director) and Laine Levitt, a senior at Ithaca College I will admit I was worried entering the theater having never heard of 35MM or anything pertaining to it However, after seeing the Melodramatics Theater Company’s production of the show, I know it is a show I would love to see again It is an extremely powerful performance connecting visual to auditory explorative sensations The show is short, sweet and an experience that I would recommend to all

Marissa Tranqulli is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at mtranquilli@cornellsun com

Picture Perfect or Missing the Point?

The genocidal Khmer Rouge took 13-year-old Rithy Panh and his family from their peaceful home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sending them to the countryside to forced labor camps, along with millions of other Cambodians These labor camps were practically comical in their hellishness in their pursuit of a pure, agrarian, communist society People were regularly tortured and killed Children informed against their parents thanks to a combination of brainwashing and fear (in one devastating anecdote Panh tells, a child informs on his mother for picking mangoes, which the Rouge considered “private enterprise”) Extreme starvation was the norm Even names, perhaps the most basic individual marker, were disallowed Instead, everyone had to call each other “comrade” or “friend ” Panh, in his film The Missing Picture, which was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the most recent Academy Awards, attempts to catalog what happened to him, and others, during

this terrible period of Cambodian history While documentaries about awful genocides are nothing new, Panh redefines the genre by making carved clay figures to represent himself and everyone else The film’s narrative consists of these clay figure reimaginings (the figures do not move and are not animated) equipped with constructed clay settings as well, with Panh narrating what is going on over them, and then punctuated by archival footage The use of the figures is an ingenious move on Panh’s part, but it also a move out of necessity: The Khmer Rouge made sure to stifle any footage or photographs (i e what Panh shows us is the “missing picture”) that showed the brutal nature of its deeds

The aforementioned archival footage that is shown is all Rouge propaganda, with the exception of one grainy piece, which Panh tells us got the Rouge cameraman who made it executed Thus, the figurines act not only as a necessary representation of what occurred, but their making is also a labor of love by Panh, as the Rouge tried to destroy people’s individuality and Panh’s painstaking physical reconstr uction of individual people counters that effort In a particularly moving scene in the film, we see the figurine of Panh’s father (who died in protest at the labor camp) being made, and Panh narrates, “I want to hold him close ”

a brightly colored shirt with polka dots While this is perhaps a bit self-serving, the act is quietly revolutionary, for it demonstrates Panh’s conviction that “for if a picture can be stolen, a thought can ’ t ” In addition, Panh reconstructs times of parties and family gatherings in his childhood before the Rouge took over, with sounds of laughter and chatter imposed over the scenes, reminding the audience of all that was lost Panh explicitly says that under the Rouge, “laughter, song and dance vanished ” However, the figurines also serve to heighten the horror of the events that Panh is narrating to us We see some of the victims with their shirts off, getting even more skinny and hollow with the passage of time An execution is vividly reconstructed, with a cut to the throat being as detailed as possible Ironically, although the figurines are motionless, it as if their stillness is more vivid than if they had been animated In fact, as I was watching it, I often forgot that the film was not animated

The use of the figurines is simultaneously lovely and haunting The Rouge made everyone wear the same black uniform, but Panh makes himself as wearing

Perhaps the only misstep in the film is the degree to which the narration dominates the film There is almost never a moment where there isn’t voiceover by Panh, and as a result, some of the moments that packed more than enough emotional punch actually ended up being a bit on the nose However, the mistake is understandable because the figurines do not move or talk and many of the settings have to be explained In addition, Panh’s narration makes it clear how personal the story he is telling is, and how much pain he is experiencing as he relives these events

Even if you already know about a lot about the Khmer Rouge, The Missing Picture is a profoundly moving film that has very smart ideas about memory and how the historical record can be misleading but also illuminating While I left the film shaken, I came away actually feeling optimistic, as Panh’s indepth physical reconstructions show that people will not forget what happened during that time in Cambodia, even if the memory has to be forced to be in the form of a cartoon

Jesse Weissman is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at jmw397@cornell edu

Lu dac r i S H ead l i n e sS lope Day

Matt and Kim, known for applying do-it-yourself musicmaking practices to the Top 40-sounding maximalist pop tradition, made theirdebut with a self-titled album in 2006 Best known for their singles, “Daylight” and “Let’s Go,” the pair was a favorite of the indie-showcasing Bonnaroo, Forecastle and Lollapalooza Festivals in 2013 And while they are decidedly alternative and new wave, Cornellians who are unfamiliar with the duo shouldn’t be worried Pitchfork dubbed them “the quintessential ‘ party ’ band” in 2007 As a Cornellian who is excited about both the opening act and the headliner, Aurora Rojer ’17 says she is “Bouta shake my indie money maker!”

Ludacris joins a long line of big name hip-hop headliners, and like Kendrick Lamar in 2013, he will perform with a live band Singer said he thinks the hip-hop and band atmosphere that Ludacris will bring will “pair ver y well with Slope Day ” “ [ L

s ] is a very big name,

over the

years, a legendary hip-hop icon,” Singer said The SDPB has a pattern of picking up artists in some of the most exciting moments of their career scoring Kanye West just four months after the release of The College Dropout, Drake one month before his debut Take Me Home, Neon Trees before their one-and-only summer of relevance and now, maybe, Ludacris before he makes his comeback The Atlanta, Ga native, who debuted in 2000 with the triple platinum Back for the First Time, saw major success in the early to mid2000s, hung back a bit towards the end of the decade and then made an awkward transition into mainstream cinema most notably in 2004’s Crash, the Academy’s most dubious recipient of the Best Picture award in recent memory His last full length album, Battle of the Sexes in 2010, received a mixed critical response; it was labeled a “porno-style album,” by Allmusic writer David Jeffries, and The Washington Post’s Sarah Godfrey declared it “sexed-up, party-oriented music catchy but hardly groundbreaking ” Ludacris’ much-delayed project Ludaversal is scheduled for 2014, and boasts slotted featured artists such as the Top 40 darlings Kelly Rowland, Usher and David Guetta, hip-hop superstars Jeremih, Wiz Khalifa and Young Jeezy and, interestingly, legendary soul artist Anita Baker The rapper ’ s first release since May 2013 came in January, when he unveiled the track “Party Girls,” a spin-off from Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” in 1997, featuring Jeremih, Wiz Khalifa and Cashmere Cat

Whether or not this represents another pre-careerhighlight snag for the Slope Day Programming Board, many Cornellians seem tentatively thrilled by at least one of the two announced performers Freshman preparing for their first Slope Day and seniors getting ready for their last, however, value the experience of the Slope above the standard polarization over headline choice

“While a lot of people wouldn’t have these artists as their first choice, I feel like as long as they bring the type of energy they’ve been known to bring to their performances, it should be a good time for everyone, ” Timon Amirani ’17 said

SLOPE DAY ANNOUNCEMENT: REACTIONS ON TWITTER

Holy crap Ludacris is our Slope Day headliner Cornell, you are kind of awesome sometimes @parkr This @CUSlopeDay announcement is Ludacris!

Way more excited for Matt and Kim than I am for Ludacris, but looking forward to one last #SlopeDay nevertheless!

Ryan Bender ’14 also expressed his excitement for the act

“I am beyond excited for Ludacris,” he said “Everyone loves throwbacks Nelly was great three years ago, and I feel like Ludacris is going to be even better It’s always a fun day and it’ll be nice to just bop around to friends’ houses before the show and have a great day on the Slope I’m looking forward to it, but of course it’s bittersweet ”

Other students, however, were less enthused for Ludacris, including Greg Nostrand ’17

“Matt and Kim seems fun, but Ludacris? Feel like they could have gotten someone better and cheaper, he said Yana Makuwa ’16 added that she thought the board did a good job of catering to what the Cornell community wants

“They did a really good job of covering a lot of people’s tastes, ” Makuwa said “I am super excited for Matt and Kim and will probably feed off my friends’ reactions for Ludacris ” Now that the months of suspense and off-hand guessing (Krewella?! Ellie Goulding?!) are over, the only thing left to speculate about is whether or not the word “moneymaker,” is soon to make a comeback on Cornell campus

Ruthlessness: A Frag rance by Frank Underwood

Just as your retinas are recovering from the streaming marathon of everybody’s Valentine this year, Frank Underwood, Netflix has announced the official renewal of House of Cards for a third season Just in time, as my blood thirst for the Underwood’s special brand of deeply satisfying depravity has renewed with vigor With too much pesky morality creeping back into my consciousness, I pine for the dark camp of Kevin Spacey’s Underwood, of that monotone bastard formed in equal parts by masterful deception, Southern charm and Freddy’s baby-back ribs To abate some of the withdrawal of your vicariously-experienced villainy, here are some instances of celebrated sin and slick verbiage delivered by an Obama-approved television POTUS

“There are two kinds of pain The sort of pain that makes you strong, or the useless pain The sort of pain that’s only suffering I have no patience for useless things ”

David Fincher ain’t playing games, son In Frank’s fourthwall-breaking aside in the series’ opening scene, he snuffs out an injured dog without so much as a flinch Purposefully, Fincher uses this line to set up the show for the signature perversion of HoC’ s Machiavellian anti-hero Its equally brilliant sister line in season two ’ s first episode serves a similar objective: “There are two types of vice presidents: doormats and matadors Which one do you think I

intend to be? Both quotes embody the Underwoods’ philosophy of ruthless pragmatism that underlies the true sinister underbelly of American politics This is one example of how HoC looks to some semblance of historical accuracy though its entirety may be rife with laughable implausibilities This scene reminds the viewer of the same ruthless pragmatism and corrupt bargaining that allowed Lincoln to pass the thir teenth Amendment, of George Washington’s family crest, “The ends justify the means, ” of a callous America we’d like to malign but, in actuality, venerate We have been weaned with an appetite for blood, both by the nature of the human condition and by the backbone of this country, and who can blame us?

“One heartbeat away from the presiden-

cy and not a single vote cast in my name Democracy is overrated ”

Speaking of implausibility, there seems to be a barrage of journalism intent on dissecting the outlandish mechanics of House of Cards’ political plots This, to me, entirely

misses the point While it s true that Frank is simply too good at knowing how everyone will react around him to be a truly believable protagonist, HoC is not meant to be a strict imitation of reality That is perfectly adequate Not all political programming needs to be a probing indictment of Washingtonian affairs In fact, come to think of it, how closely does real-life politics even resemble reality? And how closely does reallife politics resemble the barnyard shenanigans in Animal Farm? Unfortunately or perhaps gloriously the two may be more comparable than initially believed Besides, HoC is wondrously binge-watchable because viewers get off on Frank’s ridiculous omnipotence The audience is rewarded for their laziness of thought, for cracked plotlines and cheap twists (R I P , Zoe Barnes) After all, what the show does best is feed our addiction for how fucking awesome it would be to always get everything you want And guess what? We are all hopelessly, happily enslaved by this fantasy

“A great man once said, ‘Everything is about sex Except sex Sex is about power ’”

Season two saw the re-characterization of Claire as the Lady Macbeth to Frank’s Richard III It was about time HoC elevated her status from season one ’ s anti-feminist sidekick to a formidable co-conspirator The couple traded mutual infidelity for intramarital freakiness get it, Meechum! and it made for an overall more spirited story arc Though the threesome seemed more like a throw-away to wrap up the lingering ques-

tion of Frank s bisexuality from his visit to his former military college, the rest of season two ’ s commentary on sex, power and the Underwood’s marriage was (almost) equally shocking

“He chose money over power In this town, a mistake nearly everyone makes Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after ten years Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries I cannot respect someone who doesn’t see the difference ”

Ar ticulated per fectly by our favorite wordsmith, HoC once again elucidates the potency of the Underwoods’ shared motivation For every backchannel political maneuver, for every loaded exchange amongst foeturned-friend-turned-foe-again, the viewer jizzes just as hard as Frank on his power trip

Even better, as Claire adds her own trademark deceit into the mix, their collective ambition of upward mobility grows impossibly more intense When Frank struggles between defending Freddy and regaining President Walker’s trust, Claire forcefully commands: “I’ve done what I had to do

Now you do what you have to do Seduce him Give him your heart Cut it out and put it in his fucking hands ” Damn, Lady MacB ain’t fucking around After all, D C ’ s a jungle Hunt, or be hunted

Alice Wang is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at awang@cornellsun com Profanity Prayers appears alternate Fridays this semester

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Red Prepares for Union’s ‘One-Two Punch’ Defense

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an all-around solid game, I think we’ll be in good shape ”

Two of Union’s biggest threats stem from what Schafer called the “ one-two punch” of defensemen senior Mat Bodie and junior Shayne Gostisbehere, who both figure prominently in the Dutchmen’s attack with 29 and 28 points, respectively

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“You have to be a little more careful with some of the talented D-men they have back there jumping into the play,” junior forward Joel Lowry said “You don’t want to give them too much time or space, you want to limit them ”

The Lake Placid ice sheet also poses a separate set of issues for the Red, as the rink is Olympic-sized versus the more common NHL size the Red has played on all season Olympic rinks are much wider, which can change the style of play needed for success

“Everyone thinks the wide ice surface is going to open things up, but it can close things down,” Schafer said, noting that he spoke to the team about these problems at practice that day “If you ’ re a team that wants to stay up in the perimeter in Lake Placid, your offensive chances are going to diminish ”

With such a short turnaround between the Clarkson series and the upcoming game against Union, the Red spent the earlier part of the week with only a light practice schedule before heading up to Lake Placid

According to Lowry, while the team has moved past the Clarkson series and is now “fully focused” on Union, keeping the consistency from the Clarkson games is critical

“I think we played three pretty solid games from an effort standpoint,” he said “That’s the biggest thing for us, just making sure we have that consistent effort and intensity ”

If the Red wins on Friday, the team moves on to play the next day in the championship game against the winner of the Quinnipiac-Colgate game If the Red fails to advance past the semifinals, there is still a chance the team would qualify for the NCAA tournament, although the Red’s fate would be uncertain Schafer deflected all talk of the championship game and NCAA tournament, saying that the Red’s sole focus at the moment was the Union match-up

“For us, we just want to win If you win, you move on If you don’t, you leave it up to the scenarios,” he said “We don’t waste any time with it ”

The Red missed last year ’ s championship weekend for the first time since 2007, marking only the second time total in the last ten years the Red has not made it past the quarterfinals The Red last won an ECAC championship in 2010 Union captured the 2013 and 2012 titles, while Yale took home the crown in 2011

“We’re super hungry it’s been a while,” Lowry said “Union has won the last two years, they kind of have a target on their back We’d love to take them down It means a lot to the school and it means a lot especially to the seniors this is their last crack at it ”

Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun com

Ayanbadejo S ays NFL Is

Becoming More Progressive

that once his teammates “have a little discussion with him about how they can be the best teammates for him, then it’ll eventually be just like he was at Missouri ”

The talk was focused around Ayanbadejo’s own experiences in NFL locker rooms, jockeying with big name players about words the “F-word,” the “G-word,” the “R-word” that he has decided to strike from his vocabulary

“I’d encourage you guys to be sensitive to some of the things you say, ” he said

While not ultimately critical of the NFL’s policy towards controversial issues like LGBT inclusivity, Ayanbadejo did say that the league lags behind other professional sports

“The NFL is going to have to declare what their message is,” he said “They talk about supporting [Sam] but they need to do a little bit more ”

When asked if there were any signs of change coming to the

NFL, Ayanbadejo admitted that there was hope, calling the league a “revolving door,” with players rotating in and out

“When these new young guys come in, they’re a lot more progressive They believe in different things,” he said “I think the NFL is becoming more proactive ” As Ayanbadejo neared the end of his speech, one full of anecdotes about the people he has met and digressions about his children and his candy bar of choice, it became clear that his message was more about universal compassion than a call for staunch advocacy

“I’m here before you not because I’m a football player, but because I believe in the right thing, I believe in equality,” Ayandabejo said in the closing moments of the talk “You might have something that you ’ re proficient at, something that you ’ re great at, but that might not even be your greatest asset Your greatest asset might be doing the right thing ”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com

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NFL Star Ayanbadejo Talks LGBT Inclusivity in Sports

to be treated like everybody else ”

Red Will Take On Union in ECAC Semi nals Showdown

that a lot from the defensive side of it ”

Less than five days after junior forward Brian Ferlin’s overtime goal sent the men ’ s ice hockey team pouring over its bench and onto the ice to celebrate its game three ECAC Hockey quarterfinals victory over Clarkson in front of a raucous Lynah crowd, the fourthseeded Red heads to Lake Placid for a Friday afternoon semifinals showdown with two-time defending league champion Union

Union, who entered the tournament as the top seed, swept Dartmouth in its quarterfinals matchup to extend its current unbeaten streak to 11 The Dutchmen recently jumped to second in the major national polls and previously grabbed the ECAC regular season title with an 18-3-1 league record

“They’re great defensively they’ve got great stick position on the ice surface, they make it difficult to make plays on [and] they’re very committed as a group of players to the defensive side of the puck,” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said of the Dutchmen “Everyone will go and point and say they’re one of the best offensive teams in the country, but they spring

Union is the only team to beat Cornell twice in the regular season, taking the Red, 3-0, in the first matchup and then beating the team, 41, at Lynah While both Schafer and several players have cited the first game against Union as one of the low points of the season the Red mustered only 11 shots on goal throughout the entire game the second game was a physical, hard-fought battle with a more even balance of scoring chances

“We had a tough game against [Union] here at home, we thought we played pretty solid and ended up losing the hockey game, but we were happy with our game plan and we were happy with how we played,” Schafer said Junior defenseman Jake Macdonald shrugged off the notion that the Red needed to make any drastic changes to the team ’ s game plan to defeat the Dutchmen

“Honestly, I just think we have to play the same way we did the last time we played them,” he said “I thought that we outplayed them if we can continue to chip pucks into their zone and get pressure on their defense and just have

“I know a lot of you guys are just like me and feel the same way I do, but I just have this thing right here ” As he said this, Super Bowl champion and three-time Pro-bowler Brendon Ayanbadejo held up his hefty championship ring, which had been glittering in the dim lights of Statler Auditorium as he paced the stage, decked out in a bright yellow shirt and skinny blue jeans

This was one of many lighthearted moments in Ayanbadejo’s speech, which at times delved into hard-hitting and relevant topics in politics, but also took the time to poke fun at other Ivy League schools Cornell’s chapter of Athlete Ally brought the former Baltimore Raven to campus to speak about LGBT inclusivity in sports, and Ayanbadejo began with his own personal story about how he came to be an equal rights advocate

Ayanbadejo burst onto the national media scene after publishing a blog post in the Huffington Post, showing his support for same-sex marriage and his opposition to California’s Proposition 8 He said it was pop-sensation Britney Spears’ spontaneous marriage one night in Las Vegas that got him thinking about the dichotomies in marriage equality that our society supports “She could meet someone in one night and get married, because she was heterosexual,” he said

A product of an interracial marriage, Ayanbadejo’s father is Nigerian and his mother is Irish, labeling him what he aptly called “caramel macchiato ” It was his parents ’ marriage and the landmark Loving vs Virginia case which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage that inspired Ayanbadejo to become an advocate for same-sex marriage later on in his life

However, a theme of the night was Ayanbadejo’s insistence on the fact that he did not want to be labeled as an advocate for a specific cause

“I’m an advocate for everybody,” he said “But right here and right now, it’s time for our LGBTQ brothers and sisters to get what’s theirs, and that’s

Cornell to Battle Rutgers Saturday at Home

The Cornell women ’ s lacrosse team will be back in action on Saturday, as the squad plays host to Rutgers in the afternoon Cornell (4-2, 1-1 Ivy) ended its three-game winning streak last Sunday, falling to Albany 10-17, and will go into the clash with the Scarlet Knights (4-4, 0-0 Big East) hoping to return to its winning ways

The contest will be Rutgers’ first unranked matchup since March 1, after facing-off against four straight top-20 teams The Scarlet Knights enter Saturday’s game following their take-down of James

Madison, 8-7, on Saturday at High Point Solutions Stadium

Rutgers came back from an early 3-1 deficit to go on and win the game

Head Coach Jenny Graap ’86 was keen to emphasize the increased importance of the Rutgers game following the team ’ s loss to Albany

“Absolutely,” Graap said, when asked if the loss to Albany makes the upcoming games all the more vital “I think one of the main issues that our squad struggled with against Albany was handling their pressure, handling the physicality of the game ” Little separated Cornell statisticallyfrom Albany last weekend, with the Red roughly

matching its opponent in shots, ground balls and draw controls According to Graap, the Red has had a strong offensive season thus far, racking up a solid 77 goals in six games She suggests the Red’s downfall over the weekend may be attributed in part to its weak defensive showing “ We gave up too many goals to Albany, so absolutely, we ’ re working hard on playing more stingy defense,” Graap said “The Cornell defensive unit is working on supporting each other on the field, playing together more and basically working on the concept of a better team defense ” Graap outlined her expectations of the team looking forward, urging

the Red to play scrappy defense and emphasizing the importance of endurance and mental strength

“I’m expecting a very energized performance from the Cornell unit I think our intensity and our passion to win the game really need to be there for the full 60 minutes, ” she said “For me, we need to focus on the process and not the outcome We as a squad need to focus on ground balls, handling the pressure and team defense ” Despite Sunday’s loss, Cornell enters the game in good standing, currently posting an unbeaten record at home The Red has faced Rutgers 15 times in program history and holds a 12-3 advan-

tage Saturday’s matchup will bring the two squads together for the first time since 2012, when the Red edged Rutgers, 8-7, in Piscataway, N J Cornell’s firepower up front also provides reason for optimism, with junior attacker Lindsay Toppe leading the Red in points (27) and goals (21), while sophomore attacker Emily Tripodi ranks ninth nationally in assists per game (2 67) and 14th overall in total assists The Red looks to conquer Rutgers to improve to 14-3 on the series with the Scarlet Knights and 5-2 on the season

Hamdan Al-Yousefi can be reached at halyousefi@cornellsun com

Ayanbadejo’s ability to name-drop celebrities in the gay and straight communities was both impressive and relevant, as he discussed his relationships with people like Michael Sam, Giselle, Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs It was his mention of Sam that was most pertinent for the audience, though, as the Missouri defensive lineman who came out last month has been a familiar face in the media recently According to Ayanbadejo, it was Sam’s decision to come out to his teammates before his final year of college that allowed him to have such a successful senior campaign “ When he did that, they unscrewed the top off his talent, threw the lid away, and the guy just skyrocketed,” he said “Just imagine if we did that with everybody; just imagine if we lived in communities where people always supported us and cheered us on ”

Ayanbadejo acknowledged that there would inevitably be a flood of media surrounding Sam this year, but