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Provost Search Committee

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Forum Monday

The University’s Provost Search Committee held a public forum for faculty, staff and students Monday, where logistics and challenges of the ongoing search were discussed

The forum, which was held in Uris Hall Auditorium and attended by approximately 30 members of the Cornell community, follows the committee’s discussions with the Faculty Senate and University Assembly earlier this semester

Two members of the search committee Alan Mathios, dean of the College of Human Ecology and Prof John Siliciano, law, senior vice provost for academic affairs moderated the discussion and answered questions

Mathios, who is also vice-chair of the committee, said potential replacements for the provost include both internal and external candidates, which he said differs from previous provost searches that were limited to internal candidates

S. A . Aims to Implement Referenda Process in Fall

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The Student Assembly will aim to implement a previously passed referenda p r o c e s s t h a t h a s b e e n d e l a y e d a f t e r Pre s i d e n t D a v i d Sk o r t o n re t u r n e d the resolution for consideration, according to Juliana Batista ’16, executive vice president for the S A T h e p r o c e s s w o u l d allow any student to submit a question for studentwide referendum after collecting enough signatures, according to the resolution

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Batista, one of the resolution’s co-sponsors, said S A representatives aimed to host the process during the spring elections when the referenda process was i n i t i a l l y p r o p o s e d However, due to changes i n t h e e l e c t i o n c a l e n d a r and Skorton’s decision to return the resolution for reconsideration, the S A is w o r k i n g t o h a v e t h e process ready for fall elections

In his response to the resolution, Skorton asked the S A to address parts of the resolution “ So m e c o n c e r n s w e re raised about the specificity of the language versus the current capabilities of the O f f i c e o f A s s e m b l i e s , w h i c h n e e d t o b e

Ac c o rd i n g t o D a v i d Vakili ’16, arts and sciences representative for the S A , some of the issues raised include how the infrastructure for the process will look like “ To be a candidate for S A e l e c t i o n s , c o l l e c t i n g signatures is all on paper, b u t we re a l l y w a n t t h i s petition process to include a n e l e c t r o n i c o p t i o n because it’s 450 signatures not the 100 needed for a c a n d i d a t e w e ’ v e encountered some security i s s u e s w i t h p u t t i n g t h e names online,” said Vakili, another co-sponsor of the resolution

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“Quipu and the Quanta of Language”

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S.A. Referenda Process Hits Delay

Despite this, Batista ’16 says student reaction has been strong

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the fall semester I’m tr ying ver y hard to make that happen ”

Despite the delay, Batista said she believes student response to the referenda process has been strong

“People want it Plenty of people have passed me

saying they want it,” Batista said “ There are a lot of people with a lot of questions about the process Some issues brought up include questions like should we have a diversity requirement on campus? A co-ed fraternity? How can we address odd-even parking in Collegetown?”

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com

Search Committee Hopes To Reach Decision in Fall

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The committee is working with search firm Spencer Stuart the same firm that helped find President-Elect Elizabeth Garrett, according to Mathios He said the committee hopes to come to a decision this fall

Siliciano said the search committee which Garrett chairs will make a recommendation, which will then be pending approval by the Board of Trustees

“I think anybody coming into the provostship at this point has a lot of challenges, even in so-called ‘normal’ times,” Siliciano said “It’s an incredibly challenging job It’s not only the chief academic officer which means all of the deans and all of the departments all ultimately report up to you, but [it’s] also the chief operating office the person who manages the budget ”

One of the main topics of conversation at the forum was the difference between what an internal hire might offer to the position

that an external candidate could not, and vice versa

Mathios said he believes that “ no candidate is going to be perfect on all branches ”

“I think internal candidates come with advantages and disadvantages You know the organization, but whatever your faults are, [they] are also more visible,” Mathios said

In reference to the discussion on the qualities of an internal versus external candidate, Mathios said that “there’s no single element that someone must have ” However, he added that committee members “ on every dimension talk about the competencies of the job ”

Siliciano said the decision whether to choose an internal or external candidate as provost is “ very complex ”

“What Alan suggested we do is to really think that through in the context of the individual candidates,” Siliciano said

Daniel Zimmerman can be reached at dzimmerman@cornellsun com

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Utah to Allow Firing Squad Executions Three Workers Die in Scaffolding Collapse

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah became the only state to allow firing squads for executions when Gov Gary Herbert signed a law Monday approving the method for use when no lethal injection drugs are available, even though he has called it “ a little bit gruesome ”

The Republican governor has said Utah is a capital punishment state and needs a backup execution method in case a shortage of the drugs persists

“We regret anyone ever commits the heinous crime of aggravated murder to merit the death penalty, and we prefer to use our primary method of lethal injection when such a sentence is issued,” Herbert spokesman Marty Carpenter said However, enforcing death sentences is “the obligation of the executive branch ”

The governor ’ s office, in a statement announcing the new law, noted that other states allow execution methods other than lethal injection In Washington state, inmates can request hanging In New Hampshire, hangings are fallback if lethal injections can ’ t be given And an Oklahoma law would allow the state to use firing squads if lethal injections and electrocutions are ever declared unconstitutional

Utah’s new approval of firing squads carries no such legal caveat and represents the latest example of frustration over botched executions and the difficulty of obtaining lethal injection drugs as manufacturers opposed to capital punishment have made them offlimits to prisons

The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep Paul Ray of Clearfield, argued that a team of trained marksmen is faster and more decent than the drawn-out deaths involved when lethal injections go awry or even if they go as planned

Though Utah’s next execution is probably a few years away, Ray said wants to settle on a backup method now so authorities are not racing to find a solution if the drug shortage drags on Ray didn’t return messages seeking comment Monday

Opponents of the measure say firing squads are barbaric, with the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah saying the bill makes the state “look backward and backwoods ” Utah lawmakers stopped offering inmates the choice of firing squad in 2004, saying the method attracted intense media interest and took attention away from victims

RALEIGH, N C (AP) Workers were dismantling a scaffold at a high-rise construction project on Monday when a piece of it fell to the ground in downtown Raleigh, killing three men and sending another to a hospital

All four men were involved in the construction of Charter Square, a glass and steel building in downtown Raleigh, said Jeffrey Hammerstein, community outreach chief for Wake County EMS

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The equipment, known as a mast climber scaffold, moves up and down a building's facade to take workers to different floors

“We just had a mast climber fall off There were men on it,” the caller said, estimating the men fell 200 feet

The operator asked if the victims were awake, to which the caller responded: “No, they’re dead ”

The accident happened as subcontractor

Associated Scaffolding was in the process of dismantling the scaffold on the building’s exterior, said Mike Hampton, the chief operating officer for the building’s general contractor, Choate Construction Company

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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BY LAURA BOLAND Sun Staff Writer

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a c t e r c o m m e n t s , “ Bu t w h o ’ s g o i n g t o p rove i t ? A n d t o w h o m ? ” Fo r t h e re s t o f t h e f i l m Z v y a g i n s t e v f e e l s c o mp e l l e d t o p rove a g a i n a n d a g a i n t h a t t h e v i e we r i s w a t c h i n g a n i m p o r t a n t m e d i t a t i o n o n t h i s q u e s t i o n T h e re l i g i o u s re f e re n c e s a re e s p e c i a l l y e g re g i o u s , i n c l u di n g a c o u p l e s h o t s t h a t l i n g e r l u x u r i o u s l y o n t h e i m a g e o f C h r i s t , a n d a h a n d y - d a n d y v i l l a g e p r i e s t w h o a p p e a r s j u s t i n t i m e t o q u o t e Jo b a t Ko l y a b e f o re t h e f i n a l t r a g e d y T h e l a s t s c e n e , i n w h i c h a d i f f e re n t p r i e s t i s l i te r a l l y s e r m o n i z i n g a b o u t “ re a w a k e n i n g t h e s o u l o f t h e Ru s s i a n p e o p l e , ” d o e s n o t a c h i e ve t h e s o l e m n n o t e o n e w o u l d h o p e f o r If i t s e e m s t h a t Z v y a g i n s t e v i s ove r ze a l o u s a t t i m e s , i t i s o n l y b e c a u s e t h e q u e s t i o n s r a i s e d a b o u t t r u s t , g u i l t a n d c o m m u n i t y a re s o i m p o r t a n t No t o n l y d o e s L e v i a t h a n d e l i ve r a v i s u a l l y r i c h e p i c a b o u t t

Laura Boland is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences

Stephen Meisel

I was expecting to do this review a couple weeks later than I currently am Partly due to the fact that Jenny Death, the second disc of the new Death Grips’ album The Powers That B, was set to come out on March 31, but also partly due to the fact that I, falling into the same old trap as many others have, thought Death Grips would never do anything by any guideline, regulation or even vaguely defined set of rules So instead of a discrete March 31 release, they have allowed their entire album to be streamed track-by-track on the Internet Somehow I was taken off-guard: A fool’s mistake But it turned out more a pleasant surprise than anything else The fresh material Death Grips had put out singles like “Inanimate Sensation” and the eponymous “Powers That B had been promising They weren t the best Death Grips tracks by far, but they gave me hope So I was excited to listen to what was supposedly the band’s last release, (I’m not sure if I believe that) in order to witness the maximum amount of hyper-negativity vocalist MC Ride, drummer Zach Hill and producer Andy Morin had injected into their swan song

The first thing that came to my mind when listening to this record was just how poor and confining terms of genre have become in discussing rap music Death Grips are ostensibly an “industrial-rap” or “rap-rock” group with a unique style in both those categories Yet Jenny Death doesn’t work like that In terms of a conventional sound, it doesn’t obey It defies In a song like “Why A Bitch Gotta Lie,” arena-size drums are thrown in over a hammering electric guitar riff which is then accented by a violently delivered punk mantra,

and then the entire section is countered by raps through a vocoder It is the type of song that theoretically would be some sort of noisy disaster Ride, Hill and Morin don’t allow that to happen The chaos found in “Why A Bitch Gotta Lie as well as in tracks like “Beyond Alive,” “The Powers That B” and “On GP” is a skillfully controlled one, channeling the distortion and the clipping of the production as well as the off-kilter rhythms of MC Ride’s verses into something that, in its heaviest moments, is an all too powerful type of groove

Other songs thrash about madly and immerse themselves in the psychotic synthesizers and Hill and Morin’s halfhuman, half-machine beats All the while, MC Ride is delivering powerfully For the most part, these pieces were thrilling “I Break Mirrors With My Face on the United States” was the perfect barn-burner to open the album and remind you that Death Grips, in all their glory, are back

But it is also one of these tracks that contains the album’s biggest miss for me, “Inanimate Sensation ” I find this song almost comic, with the car-engine imitations atop a four-tothe-floor drum beat It is, in my mind, the least-compelling track on the album Call it an average track on an excellent album and be done with it

Like I said when I reviewed their single “The Powers That B” last week, all this sound in Jenny Death plays like a kind of garage futurism: energetic and technological, yet homegrown and real The overall forms of its songs remain conventional enough to give the listener what he or she wants, but the cleverness behind them prevent any particular track from dipping

into territories of annoyance or boredom Even “Inanimate Sensation” held my interest over all its other disparaging elements

The lyricism, for the most part, will probably remain a point of controversy Ride feels significantly less present on some of these tracks than I would have liked, given that his talent as a writer was one of the initial factors of Death Grips that hooked me in the first place His style stays no less intimidating, no less brutalistic, but lines like “ my shit s been retarded since the beginning of time” or “ my favorite color is oh my god bitch” simply lack the poetic skill that Burnett has displayed on past Death Grips releases His flow and deliver y remain unrivaled in their creativity, but his words sometimes fall short However, as Ride doesn t do as much “ rapping” in the traditional sense, the quality of the songs isn’t affected much at all by this downside Arguably, the type of vocals on this album only ser ve to push the limits of our genres further

And so the sum of Jenny Death is a deadly work of art It stretches the boundaries, perhaps to the point of redefinition, which once again reminds us that hip-hop and rap music if it includes for ward-thinking Leviathans like Death Grips is a veritable hotbed for innovation in this strange day and age

Stephen Meisel is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at smeisel@cornellsun com

Arts Around Ithaca

Flight of the Heart

March 24, 26, 27 and 28 at 8 p m March 28 and 29 at 2 p m at Ithaca College

Ithaca Underground: Alex G, Lust, Lucia Roberts

Aqueous

8:00 p m on Thursday at The Haunt

If you ’ re interested in an evening of high-energy, improvisational groove-rock and funk, come out to see Aqueous, this Thursday at The Haunt Hailing from Buffalo and experimenting within the national groove scene, they defy genre and confuse labels with their harmonic, free-form sound, which infuses vocal harmony, eclectic arrays of instrumentation and raw energy On their tour through the ortheast, come witness their signature live intensity at the classic Dan Smalls Presents venue

Jael Goldfine

I6:00 p m on Thursday at Angry Mom Records

Alex G, largely self-produced Philly solo act, is a little-told secret in indie rock Compared to a millenial Elliot Smith, Alex Giannascoli has retained remarkable, selfimposed anonymity despite the acclaim he holds in smaller, DIY communities His bleakly introspective, experimental lo-fi rock and pop has a distinctly adolescent affect that is shockingly melodic and provocative Most who have heard him have concluded that there is something special about this singer-songwriter, and he travels to our own Angr y Mom Records on Thursday to per form, where he’ll be joined by C

Jael Goldfine

B o b D y l a n ’ s G u i d e t o C u l t u r a l R e l e v a n c y

n the media-dominated culture we live in, artists tend to market themselves not solely based upon their music, but also through compelling personas that boost their relevance by keeping the public invested in what they have to say For instance, Kanye West’s series of overacted, outraged inter views (HOW, SWAY?!?) during the promotional rollout for 2013’s Yeezus kept the egotist in headlines for months on end Sustained media presence often equates to continued cultural relevance, and yet some artists across genres have managed to build and maintain intrigue through a sort of e l u s i v e m y s t i q u e , a l t e r n a t e l y p o r t r a y i n g themselves as wisened vagabonds or tortured recluses

Bob Dylan has played both of these roles, more or less writing the script for the former (albeit by borrowing a fe w pages from Woody Guthrie) Songs that seem to encaps u l a t e t h e s t a t e o f b o t h h u m a n i t y a n d A m e r i c a ( “ T h e Ti m e s T h e y A re A’Changing,” “ Visions of Johanna”) would not carr y the same sense of credibility without the mythos Dylan cloaked himself in As the man himself once said, “If I wasn ’ t Bob Dylan, I’d probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself ” Though his ungodly lyricism certainly affirms the widespread acknowledgment of his wisdom, Dylan’s true fountain of intrigue lies in the myth that he arose from nowhere in particular with a divine purpose to lead a nation through one of its greatest periods of social unrest

B o r n Ro b e r t Zi m m e r m a n t o a Russian-Jewish couple in middle-class

Mi n n e s o t a , t h e s i n g e r s u p p o s e d l y adopted his stage name as homage to p o e t D y l a n T h o m a s , t h o u g h h i s refusal to confirm that reinforces the idea that his intrigue lies in our ignorance The Guthrie disciple soon began per forming o r i g i n a l s o n g s , p o p p i n g u p a l l ov e r Greenwich Village’s blossoming folk scene before striking it big in the early 60s A love

affair with fellow voice-to-the-people icon, Joan Baez kept Dylan’s compelling mystique tangible even as he became ubiquitous, and his snarky contempt for media (most obvious in the hilarious troll of an inter view that was his 1965 appearance in Time Magazine) meant that the America’s obsession would never find gratification in a tell-all This myth-building continued to define the greatest moments of Bob Dylan’s career, as the reclusive recover y period following his legendar y 1966 motorcycle accident resulted in that Holy Grail of music known as The Basement Tapes

D y l a n e s t a b l i s h e d re s e n t m e n t t ow a rd media as the new vogue for artists aspiring to cultural pertinence In the time since, this influence has popped up across all genres Rapper Jay Electronica has managed to remain a part of the cultural discourse and sustain the enlightened vagabond image without releasing any actual music After reportedly spending years living as a homeless man in ever y one of the great American cities, he emerged quietly onto the rap scene in 2008 with his largely spoken-word mixtape, Act I: Eternal Sunshine, a beautiful curiosity backed by the score to Michel Gondr y ’ s masterpiece, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Electronica then proceeded to

date Er ykah Badu and connect with all-star producer Just Blaze for a pair of bombastic singles (“Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C” no word on if an “Exhibit B” even exists) that many consider amongst the best rap songs released in the last decade In his most high-

profile move to date, Electronica signed to JAY Z’s Roc Nation imprint in 2010 and announced work on a new album, entitled Act II: Patents of Nobility And then, nothing The walking enigma made headlines for marr ying a Rothschild of all people, but has mostly remained out of the limelight apart from a few guest verses and a show-stopping performance at last year ’ s Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival He has also documented his travels to the far east and espoused his beliefs in the Five Percent Nation of Islam, giving the impression that he spends his free time kicking it with Farrakhan These antics supplemented by his remarkable talent on the mic have maintained a re m a r k a b l y l a r g e f a n b a s e f o r Ja y El e

l d’s shaman-esque mystique seems limitless

Brooklyn rapper Le1f has established something of a fanbase for himself, wider audiences seem to elude him in part due to his queerness, a topic he frequently raps about (“Ask a gay question, here’s a black answer, ” he snarls on “Hey”) Hardworking musicians like Le1f who constantly expresses gratitude to his fans seem relegated to the underground music scene because of their differences, yet there remain artists who build popular mystique through apparent disregard for their listeners Hipsters perpetually fawn over Death Grips, yet the group reveals borderline contempt for the people who buy their music when they arbitrarily decide to not show up to their own scheduled performances

Chris Stanton is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at cstanton@cornellsun com Guest Room appears every Tuesday this semester Guest Room

The American public obsesses over these wandering free spirits because they seem unplugged from the Matrix that is our daily lives These artists’ unknown backstories grant them mystique and a sense of credibility, yet audiences remain incapable of ceding the same embrace to those with inyour-face differences While up-and-coming

The public’s obsession with elusiveness and mystique can pave the way for talented, prophetic artists, but there remains a troubling distinction between what aspects of the unknown inspire intrigue and which ones alienate listeners

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A March 23 news story, “Cornell Organization for Labor Action Continues Qatar Campaign,” stated that students were calling for administrative action to remedy labor abuses at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar In fact, they were calling for action to remedy alleged labor abuses at WCMC-Q

A photo caption accompanying a March 20 news story, “Forum Seeks to Raise Disability Awareness,” incorrectly stated that the subject in the photo works at Student Disability Services when in fact she does not

Constitutional Literacy And Youth Education

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it is said, is vital to every functional democratic system It is the glue that holds governments together; It spells our government ’ s powers and duties and at the same time protects against government encroachment on individual rights and freedoms by government Thus it could be said that the constitution empowers but also places limits on the powers of the various arms of government (i e executive, legislature and judiciary) Most importantly, the constitution establishes the rule of law: No one is above the law, and everyone must follow the law

Enshrined in the U S constitution are basic, yet fundamental rights in the form of the bill of rights The bill of rights, in my view, is the single most important section of the U S constitution, with regards to citizen’s rights Unfortunately, the constitution, a powerful and easily accessible document, still has difficulty finding its way into the libraries and homes of most U S citizens A constitutionally literate citizen is not only able to challenge government, but also able to demand accountability and transparency from his or her government

The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project was conceived in 1999 by Professor Jamin Raskin of the American University Washington College of Law in order to recruit and mobilize talented law students to teach constitutional law and juvenile justice in underserved public high schools The project is designed to engage high school students, while informing them of their rights and duties as citizens

Because many students do not participate in and feel detached from politics, the movement for constitutional literacy was born of the belief that high school students will profit for a lifetime from learning the system and structure of rights and responsibilities under the U S Constitution With the launch of the Cornell Law School chapter this semester, Cornell has thus joined the league of law schools taking on the herculean but noble task of educating public high school students in the local community via the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project The Cornell chapter, which had its first special session last Friday at the New Roots Charter School, Ithaca, as part of a temporary arrangement with the high school with hopes to commence fully in the fall semester of 2015, is posed to bring quality education in areas of criminal and constitutional law

In the following semester, Cornell fellows will work with a supervisor to teach in groups of two or more at least once a week in local high schools like New Roots New Roots Charter School is the first in what will hopefully be a string of schools that the Cornell chapter will be serving in Ithaca’s local community next semester In total, there are 18 chapters across the United States with the main headquarters in Washington College of Law, Washington D C The opening of the Cornell chapter makes Cornell only the second law school in the Ivy League participating in the project, the other being Yale Law School Cornell Law School has thus joined the literacy battle in order to provide quality education to Ithaca’s underserved high schools and to ensure that Ithaca students are constitutionally literate This is indeed a step in the right direction as is evidenced by the passion, commitment and determination displayed by the programs fellows and student representatives New Roots Charter School is but the first in a string of schools that will be served by the Cornell chapter when it commences fully next semester

The chapter hopes to become as prominent in Cornell as the Cornell Prison Education Program which mobilizes students to teach incarcerated men at the Auburn and Cayuga Correctional Facilities, while offering a liberal arts curriculum leading to an Associate of Arts degree for the prisoners Unlike the Cornell Prison Education Program, which offers nearly a dozen courses each semester in vast areas such as genetics, economics, creative writing, constitutional law and medical anthropology, the Marshall-Brennan program will focus mainly on criminal law and criminal procedure and constitutional law

In order to achieve this, the project aims to utilize two different textbooks for its curriculum: Youth Justice in America and We the Students Both books focus on criminal and constitutional law respectively and will both be used by the fellows to help educate students on their legal and constitutional duties and as well as rights as US citizens

Once fully commenced next semester, the teaching fellows, along with the high school students, will receive academic credits each semester for their participation in the project And like the Cornell Prison Education Program, the fellows will also be supervised by a faculty member at the Law school

The special sessions have so far proven successful and students seem engaged and interested The program has managed to spark their interest and as said before, it is indeed is a step in the right direction It has not just been a successful trial session for the Cornell chapter and its fellows alone, but one for New Roots as well as this could open the door to future partnership and collaboration for both institutions while unlocking numerous possibilities and opportunities for both fellows, students and the Ithaca community at large In the words of the late Martin Luther King Jr , “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically Intelligence plus character that is the goal of true education ” It is therefore safe to say that we have gotten the students thinking Now we can only hope to build on what we have started and hopefully progress to the next level

Chiemezie Okeke-Ojiudu is a law student at Cornell Law School He can be reached at Associate-Editor@cornellsun com Guest Room appears periodically throughout the semester

Comme nt of the day

“We don’t have to forget our ethnic roots, and we don’t all have to eat the same foods and listen to the same music, but for a multiracial and multiethnic society to work, we do have to have hold some things in common [We must] be able to communicate with one another through a common language ”

Rogerclegg

Re: “ WALSH | The Language of Culture,” Opinion published March 23, 2015

Jacob Glick | Glickin’ It

Where Does The Sun Stand ?

Withyesterday’s announcement by the young, firebrand Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), everyone should now know that our nation is once again in campaign mode as if the sudden anguish over Hillary Clinton’s emails had not been a large enough hint that the 2016 season was already upon us At Cornell, however, campaigning has just ended; with the election of Juliana Batista ‘16 and Emma Johnston ‘16 as the next leaders of the Student Assembly, Cornellians are giving some thought not to campaigns, but to what it means to govern In today’s campus environment, this will invariably involve talk of student activism, especially mobilization against the financial sins of the outgoing Skorton Administration

Nowhere have these ruminations on student government been more visible than in the pages of The Sun, where recent editorials have painted a disturbingly inconsistent view of student activism that, I fear, is an unwitting capitulation to those who protest solely for the sake of protest The trouble started with The Sun’s endorsement of Matthew Stefanko ‘16; that is not to say that there was anything wrong with The Sun’s endorsement of Stefanko, rather the rationale behind its endorsement The editorial relied mainly on Stefanko’s perceived “understanding” of the University’s administration, in part because he is “directly” involved in searching for our new Provost This was contrasted to Batista’s “potential unwillingness to compromise and to work with those in Cornell’s senior leadership,” a trait which The Sun’s editors derived from the outgoing Executive Vice President’s apparent antipathy towards the Garrett Administration, as well as her legislative agenda that, while impactful for Cornellians, was not deemed sufficiently “objective” for a future leader of the S A

Stefanko in the first place In saying that the S A system is “broken” because representatives often choose to “ cater to the administration” in a way that causes our campus to often see “ our shared-governance structure as a symbolic form of representation that only serves to rubber-stamp decisions of this University’s administration,” The Sun not only preemptively critiqued the incoming S A president as an insider, despite its prior week’s assertion that her “demeanor” was not sufficiently welcoming to the future Garrett Administration, it also attempted to annex the sentiment of student discontent with the University Administration, which it seemed to dismiss when it endorsed a candidate because of his superior rapport with administrators and with the institution of the S A itself

There is, of course, a difference between promoting shared governance and promoting reflexive and counterproductive antipathy to the Skorton and Garrett Administrations Perhaps the edi-

Is this what The Sun th Cornell’s new normal? the sort of student activ that The Sun believes to S A ’s path back to legi I hope not

After the student body handily rejected or, more likely, ignored

The Sun’s suggestions, a postelection editorial reversed course entirely First, it explained away Cornellians’ disagreement with its endorsement by citing low voter turnout as a reason to say it is “difficult to see any of the individual candidate’s [sic] victories as victories for students,” and then went on to seemingly disavow the reasoning behind its endorsement of

Cornell’s new normal? Is that the sort of student activism that The Sun believes to be the S A ’ s path back to legitimacy? I hope not

Though the dramatic display of the Day Hall takeover captured the imaginations of many Cornellians student and faculty alike it is not the sort of student activism that this campus needs Just as the equally dramatic “takeover” of the S A itself, in the wake of last year ’ s failure of Resolution 72, failed to bring success to campus activists who sought to boycott the Israeli occupation, the takeover of Day Hall did not rid Cornell of SkortonCare It did, however, reveal a shocking lack of disrespect for President Skorton, as well as ad hominem attacks that distracted from and delegitimized some very valid concerns about the University’s new policy Now it can be argued that students who oppose this view are working from a severe disadvantage, because the faces of their movement were seen as furious rather than far-sighted So I will ask The Sun again: is this what ought to normalize student activism at our University?

tors at The Sun, who have covered both Batista and Stefanko’s political careers at length, saw Stefanko as channeling that same, “outsider” energy in a more constructive manner But, even if that were the case in their endorsement, it was irreparably undercut in the subsequent editorial after Stefanko’s loss What I am referencing why I felt the need to write this column was the The Sun’s assertion that “accessibility, transparency, affordability and meaningful representation” were “normalized by student activists throughout [this] academic year ” Based on the fact that the editorial also cites the preliminary lack of objection by the S A to the dreaded student health fee, I can only imagine that the student activists who “normalized” the emphasis on shared governance were those who stormed Day Hall and, as shown in a widely circulated YouTube video, attacked President Skorton in a way that clearly and shamefully disdained substantive debate Is this what The Sun thinks is

In its endorsement, The Sun chose to reject Batista’s candidacy because her “passion” on issues such as AIDS Week and women ’ s advocacy did not suffice as meaningful activism that could strengthen the shared governance setup in the coming year Fair enough But it boggles the mind to see The Sun dismiss Batista as a leader incapable of objectivity or of collaboration with the Administration, and a week later has the audacity to assert that, in order to better represent the student body, newly elected officials ought to subscribe to the immature and ultimately ineffective tenor of recent campus debates I think we are far better off with a student activism that is grounded straighttalk with administration officials and in legislation that has, in The Sun’s description of Batista’s efforts, “the potential to directly affect Cornellians across campus, ” rather than a brand activism that depends on slogans, showmanship and shouting to make its point I challenge The Sun’s editors to evaluate whether or not it agrees with me

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By BEN DENSON

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Cornell rolled over Brown this Saturday at Schoellkopf Field en route to a 14-6 victory and a 3-0 record in Ivy League play The Red is now 62 overall this reason

The Red started off the game on a very strong note, scoring nine goals in the first period of play Senior captain Lindsay Toppe scored four goals with two assists After her performance this weekend, Toppe has 126 total career goals

“I can ’ t say enough about senior captain Lindsay Toppe,” said head coach Jenny Graap “She goes hard every day in practice and continues to work on her game Her knowledge of attack strategy is excellent, and she can adapt her game to whatever the defense throws at her ”

Sophomore goaltender Rene Poullott had an excellent game, finishing with eight saves, and continues to remain a viable option in the net

Cornell led Brown 23-9 in shots in the second half Senior Claire MacManus played an excellent defensive game, forcing two caused turnovers and a ground ball in the opening 30 minutes

“I thought Brown’s senior goalie had a strong game between the pipes with 14 saves Brown battled us well on the draw control,” Graap said on the strength of Brown’s team

Throughout the game, the Red were confident, as they should be shown by the team ’ s 3-0 Ivy League record

“Coach Friedrich, Coach Moore, Coach Fallon-Oben and I are all pleased with our squad’s start in the conference,” Graap said “Being 30 feels great, but we are also keenly aware that the 4 games remaining in the Ivy League will be incredibly challenging”

As the team aims to qualify for the Ivy League tournament, Cornell’s undefeated leaguer record so far is the best possible start to the season Cornell expects tough matchups against Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn and Princeton later this season

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much of the game, SMU ultimately took a commanding 5952 lead with just over one minute remaining Then madness ensued

With 1:06 left, UCL A sophomore guard Br yce Alford drained a difficult 3-pointer, cutting the Mustang’s lead to four Hall-ofFame coach Larr y Brown had f o u r t i m e o u t s a t h i s d i s p o s a l A f t e r A l f o rd’s 3 - p o i n t e r, o n e would have expected Brown to call one those timeouts to, you know, gather his players and draw up a play for a crucial possession But he didn’t

With 34 seconds left, UCL A freshman center Thomas Welsh

b l o c k e d S M U s e n i o r c e n t e r Yanick Moreira’s shot The Bruins wasted little time, and with 29 seconds left, UCL A senior guard Norman Powell is fouled, and headed to the line for two free throws He sank both SMU lead by just two points This is the NCAA tournament You were inducted into the Hall of Fame You have four timeouts Call one, dude For some godforsaken reason, Larr y Brown still does not call a timeout UCL A is pressured SMU 90 feet from the basket, looked to get a quick steal, and if unable to,

“I was very pleased that we started both halves well and were able to control the tempo of the game, ” Graap said “Having the opportunity to get a lot of players into an important Ivy League contest was very valuable Without a doubt, Cornell’s effort was a full team effort ” Toppe said the team goes in with the same mentality every game

“When you start the game with authority and an aggressive attitude, it is easier to carry that mentality throughout the game, ” Toppe said

Ben Denson can be reached at bdenson@cornellsun com

would foul to extend the game But before they can do so, SMU s e n i o r c e n t e r C a n n e n Cu nningham threw a bad pass that went out of bounds Turnover an UCL A’s ball

With 22 seconds left, UCL A head coach Steve Alford (he’s not in the Hall of Fame, but apparently recognizes that this is the N C A A t o u r n a m e n t ) c a l l e d a timeout to gather his players and draw up a play With 13 seconds left, Br yce Alford threw up a wild 3-pointer that was nowhere close to going in However, Moreira touched the ball close to the rim, and the refs called goaltending The basket counted UCL A up by one point Ever yone in the stadium went nuts The call was controversial to say the least Larr y Brown still had four timeouts You’d think he would obviously use a timeout to get an explanation from the refs and to draw up a game-winning play, right?

Again, Brown failed to use a timeout Did he fall asleep? What was the deal?

T h e c o m m o t i o n f r o m t h e goaltending call was over in seconds (even the announcers were stunned at how fast this occurred) and suddenly SMU had the ball with less than 10 seconds left

Ju n i o r s t a r g u a rd Ni c Mo o re missed a 3-pointer, got his own rebound and missed again

U C L A w o n S M U ’ s s e a s o n ends Larr y Brown takes his four t i m e o u t s t o a n e x p e n s i v e Thursday-night steak dinner

To you, Larr y Brown, I ask: what were you thinking? You’re in the Hall of Fame, man Who knows what would have happened had Brown used any of his t i m e o u t s , b u t h e s h o u l d h a ve talked to his players and calmed them down in the most highpressure basketball situation of their lives

Seven of the 15 players on Br ow n ’ s r o s t e r w e re s e n i o r s , meaning the loss to UCL A was the final game of their collegiate careers I feel for them A coach should never go home with a timeout, much less four and especially not in the frickin’ NCAA tournament

Some may blame SMU’s loss on the refs for the questionable goaltending call To me it was a goaltend But correct call or not, don’t blame the refs They were doing their jobs

Larr y Brown wasn ’ t doing his And he gets paid $2 million per year

Shatzman can be reached at bshatzman@cornellsun com

Spor ts

Softball Splits Series Against Mount St. Mary’s

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY

Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell softball team traveled to Emmitsburg, Maryland this past weekend to play a pair of games against Mount St Mary’s College Though the game scheduled for Saturday was canceled, the Red split the doubleheader on Sunday, losing the first game, 85, while winning the second game, 9-7

After splitting with Mount St Mary’s the weekend, the Red’s record stands 3-8, placing them at fourth in the Ivy South conference

Despite the overall lack of consi l l for the Red had big weekends

“[ Junior infielder] Emily Wein drilling line drives all day to get th said “[ Junior catcher] Leanne Iann ond game, throwing out two speedy the other way with clutch triple wit

“We’re well aware of what we need to work on as we head into Ivy play.”

Junior Meg Parker had allowing four earned runs

Goodin said, “Our pit solid this weekend, and w what we need to work on a play ”

While the Red bats p plate, the team struggled d

T a y l o r G o o d i n

“We were fortunate enough to split with Mount St Mary’s, but there’s no doubt in my mind that we were the better team and losing the first game was a huge disappointment,” said junior infielder Taylor Goodin “As a team we weren ’ t able to capitalize on opportunities to drive in runs ”

Junior outfielder Michiko McGivney agreed with Goodin’s sentiment

“Mount St Mary’s is a 3-11 team; this is a team we need to shut the door on, ” McGivney said “Despite scoring a lot of runs, we had a lot of bad at bats, not swinging early, letting juicy pitches go by, putting poor swings on the ball, and not coming big with runners on was the biggest thing ”

M E N ’ S T E N N I S

“Our biggest weakness ably defense,” Goodin sa the Ramin Room just do the game atmosphere There’s simp to simulate playing on dirt and th that come with playing outside ”

“Practicing the majority of the t Ramin Room can make you ove and lost that sharpness and intens live game, ” McGivney said “But las we got to go outside one day to pl defense which was really refreshing

The Red has a lot of good to build on after this weekend but

Cornell Shuts Out Buffalo at Home

Red rolls over Bull as team takes fourth straight heading into Ivy play

By JESSICA BROFSKY Sun Staff Wr ter

As head coach Silviu Tanasoiu has said all season, the Cornell men ’ s tennis team is steadily improving, and they are gaining momentum with ever y practice and match The Red beat Buffalo, 7-0, this Sunday in Ithaca The match is the team ’ s last before the start of the Ivy League schedule, and the Red are in their best position of the season

against the Bulls the two years ago Cornell, however, walked confidently into the match due to the team ’ s play as of late

“I think the guys have sharpened up a lot,” Nguyen said “ We’ve played about 12 to 13 matches so far and it’s tough to see any of our players play a bad point or make a bad decision anymore ”

Confidence is at an all time high for the Red as they go into their match against Columbia Saturday The team

h e a d s t h i s m a t c h a g a i n s t No 2 9

Cornell, ranked 52nd in the nation, has as good a shot as anyone

“Not many people think about it but tennis is a ver y fast sport, if you get down early in a match it’s extremely tough to work your way back,” Nguyen said “ We just have to stay on our toes, play with a lot of energy, and we should be fine ”

As he reflected back on the season thus far as the team approaches Ivy matches, Nguyen said, “ There’s nothi n g c o m p l i c a t e d we h a ve t o t h i n k about, just keep it simple and I’m confident we have a chance to bring home the Ivy title ” S O F

“ This has been the most consecutive wins we ’ ve had all season, ” said senior Quoc-Daniel Nguyen “It’s not just the winning streak but I feel like we played ver y well from all positions to shut out Buffalo ”

Wins do not always correlate with the level of tennis exhibited on the court, but this time for the Red, it did Five players won all of their matches, and, for the fifth game in a row, Cornell won the doubles point

“Our doubles [play] has improved dramatically since the start of the season, ” Nguyen said “I think we started off losing three of the first four doubles points we played, but have won almost all of the other ones If you can get that first point going into singles it always helps ”

As for singles, sophomore Colin Sinclair’s match was riveting, according to Nguyen, who considers it a highlight from Sunday

“I thought Colin had the tightest match at the number four position,” Nguyen said “He won the first set easily but the second set went into a tiebreaker and it was going back and forth for a while so that was exciting I think during that point in the match almost the entire center was watching his court ”

While the Red lost its match against Buffalo last year, the team won easily

Columbia with four consecutive wins Nguyen stressed how important it was to not focus on who they are playing, but rather to stay focused on their own games Once the games get going,

Jessica Brofsky can be reached at jbrofsky@cornellsun com

In April 2012, Southern Methodist University hired Larry Brown as head coach of the men ’ s basketball team The school had not reached the NCAA tournament since 1993, and was leaving Conference USA for the highly competitive Big East So hiring Larry Brown a Hall of Fame coach who has won titles in both the NBA and NCAA made sense

SMU agreed to pay Brown roughly $2 million annually a steep price in college basket-

ball terms but for a coach of Brown’s caliber, it seemed worthwhile Brown’s reputation would attract high-profile recruits, and with a talented roster, Brown would be able to lead the Mustangs to success And this season, he did SMU, now playing in the American Athletic Conference, went 27-7, won the conference regular season and won the conference tournament, locking them into an NCAA Tournament bid

Until that point, Brown appeared to be worth the $2 million price tag But on Thursday afternoon, in the school’s first NCAA basketball tournament appearance since 1993, Larr y Brown failed Southern Methodist University

The sixth-seeded Mustangs were pitted against the 11th-seeded UCLA Bruins, a team that, while talented, did not deserve to make the NCAA tournament After trailing for