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R.RAWLINGS III

University President 1995 - 2003, Interim President 2016

Will replace acting president Kotlikoff

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer

President Emeritus Hunter R Rawlings III will return to the Hill once again to serve as interim president after he was unanimously appointed by the Board of Trustees Thursday Rawlings will take the helm of the university on April 25, succeeding President Elizabeth Garrett after her death from colon cancer on March 6 Rawlings, 71, will serve until Cornell’s 14th president assumes office, with an international search to fill the position set to begin in the coming months, Board of Trustees Chair Robert Harrison ’76 said Thursday As Cornell’s 10th president, Rawlings served from 1995 to 2003 This will be his second term as interim president, the first of which took place

Trustees Resolution Mourns Garrett’s Death

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

Senior Vice Provost of Academic Affairs

John Siliciano has been named Deputy Provost, Acting President and Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced at the Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday morning

“This is in recognition of John’s terrific oversight of the Provost Office and his involvement in every initiative in the Provost Office,” Kotlikoff said

Following the successfu adoption of this resolution, Zubrow also read the

University Assembly, expressing condolences and appreciation for President Elizabeth Garrett

Cornell during her time as President ”

The Board also held a moment of silence for Garrett before proceeding with the usual business of the meeting

The Board of Trustees heard reports

“The members of the University Assembly express their genuine appreciation for the service, vision and leadership [of Garrett].”

The trustee meeting began with the board’s adoption of a resolution mourning President Elizabeth Garrett’s death

“She set in motion a process that had long been regarded by university leaders as important but daunting establishing a College of Business,” Acting Chairman Jan Rock Zubrow said

“ Whereas, in this time, the University Community has come together to mourn her passing and celebrate her life,” the

resolved, the members of the University Assembly express their genuine appreciation for the ser vice, vision, and leader-

Assembly and the University Assembly Juliana Batista ’16, reported about the recent initiatives on the Student Assembly to allow

events in the first two quarters of the current Quarter System

“I would prefer the freshman to be in that sort of [monitored] environment rather than in an unregulated environment off campus, ” Batista stated

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Cornell Faculty Elect Dean and Associate Dean of Faculty

The Cornell faculty have elected Prof Charles Van Loan, computer science, to be the new Dean of Faculty and Prof Chris Schaffer, biomedical engineering as Associate Dean of Faculty, according to results released Thursday

Much of the debate in this election revolved around how best to increase communication between the faculty and the board of trustees

“‘ Thinking out loud’ in front of the faculty needs to be

and

” said Van L o a n

“To create a climate for this to happen, the trustees, the administration and the [faculty] senate must each dial back their strict constructionist views of who can do

communications, was also elected faculty trustee, while Prof Julia Felippe, veterinary medicine, was elected to the Nominations and Elections

committee

Prof Rob Thorne, physics, Prof Durba Ghosh, history, and Associate Prof Kate Walsh, management and organizational behavior were elected to the University Faculty Committee

The turnout for the election was historic, with almost 900 faculty members voting, according to acting and associate dean of faculty Michael Fontaine Compiled by Josh Girsky

in April

between 2005 and 2006 after President Emeritus Jeffrey Lehman ’77 resigned

“It is an honor to once again be called to help lead this great institution,” Rawlings said “There is much momentum around Beth’s vision, and I will work with Mike [Kotlikoff ], the leadership team, deans, faculty, students and staff across our campuses to continue building the university’s strengths around those priorities ”

President Garrett underwent surgery last month, as the next leader of Cornell Harrison described Kotlikoff ’ s leadership as exceptional and thanked him for his service “during what has been an unprecedented and challenging time for Cornell ”

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Lehman Schwab ’18, was indicted on multiple drug charges Thursday after he was reportedly found with nearly 20 grams of cocaine in his suite at a Cornell residence hall

Schwab, 19, was taken into custody on Dec 4, 2015 after police searched his suite in Hans Bethe House, a west camp

a University release

Records show that police found nearly 20 grams of cocaine in Schwab’s room along with small ziplock bags and a digital scale that officers believe were used in the process of selling the drug, according to the Ithaca Voice

Schwab a student at the time was charged with two counts of thirddegree criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly having cocaine with intent to sell He also reportedly had “compounds, mixtures or substances” with at least half an ounce of cocaine, according to The Voice

It is currently unclear whether Schwab is still a Cornell student or permitted on campus A University spokesperson said more information may be released Friday, according to The Voice

Schwab is scheduled to be arraigned at the Tompkins County Courthouse on April 6 He is being represented by Norma Schwab, and the case is being p r o s e c u t e d b y A s s i s t a n t

Attorney Eliza Filipowski, The Voice reported

Compiled by Josephine Chu

Friday, March 25, 2016

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News, “Stand up Comedians Dave Coulier and Hannibal Buress to Perform at Cornell,” Tuesday

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Speaking about the Tapestry program, which promotes the benefits of diversity [I am proud] to help students find some common ground and shared experiences and learn from one another when they first enter campus ”

Speaking about the reasoning behind future renovations to the Ag Quad “A fair amount of utility work needs happen in the Ag Quad and because of that we have the opportunity to revitalize the quad s aesthetic ”

University architect Gilbert Delgado

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Sammy’s Pizza Closes C-Town Location

By YUN SOO KIM Sun News Editor

C o l l e g e t ow n , Sa m m y

according to Sam Chafee, the restaurant ’ s owner

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Since its opening in 2014, the restaurant has become one of the staple late night eateries for Collegetown students

According to Chafee, the restaurant closed because the building’s lease expired and the landlord decided to transform the space into a real estate office for his properties

Chafee said the “old good memories we had when we started in Collegetown [in 1997]” prompted the opening of Sammy’s Express again in 2014 However, Chafee noted that business is “ not like it used to be ”

“I think everyone eat[s] at dining halls at Cornell I know the quality of food got much better on campus, ” he said

Chafee reminisced about “old good days” when he said Sammy’s was the first store to open in Collegetown in August 1997

“We were so busy at this time Cornell dining halls close[d] early and more people [ate in] Collegetown,” he said

Chafee added that recently, even with the regular visits from the “late crowds [visiting] after bars with lines sometimes till the front door,” the restaurant still strug-

gled to find sufficient professional help

Connor Riser ’16 called that the restaurant ’ s closing “ a huge loss for the Collegetown Community ”

“Sammys had become the go-to pizza place for my friend group, ” he said “The quality was high and the pricing was fair ”

Riser emphasized his disappointment with the latest change to Collegetown’s landscape, saying he “truly believe[s] Sammy's Pizzeria closing really changes the whole vibe of Collegetown ”

“One of my goals for senior year was to make it up on their picture wall and now I'm devastated knowing that dream will never come true, ” he said

Liam Bui ’17 said that the restaurant “ was a nice place to go for drunk late night food,” but pointed that hours were inconsistent leading up to the store ’ s closing

“I recall a few times coming in at normal hours on a weekday and the pizza was cold and the store was empty, so it doesn't come as a huge surprise that they closed down,” Bui said

Riser said he was “completely shocked” by the store ’ s closing

“Every time I went in there it was fairly packed,” he said “Considering how everything closes in Collegetown though, I guess I should have seen it coming ”

Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun com

Klarman Hall Time Capsule to Commemorate 2016 Humanities

By HENRY KANENGISER Sun Staff Writer

This week, the College of Arts and Sciences began accepting faculty, staff and alumni contributions to the Klarman Hall time capsule, which is scheduled to be buried during the formal dedication of Klarman Hall on May 26, according to the University

The capsule which will be placed between Klarman Hall and Lincoln Hall intends to encapsulate the way that students learn the humanities, according to Kathy Hovis, University writer for the College of Ar ts and Sciences

Submissions should answer the question, “If you could talk to a Cornell student 50 years from now, what music, movies, shows, books and art do you love

today that you would want to make sure they know about? Why are these works so important to you?” according to the University Gretchen Ritter ’83, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, said that this capsule will

“The opening of this building and its dedication have given us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of the humanities ” G r e t c h e n R i t t e r ’ 8 3

commemorate the year 2016 as it was a particularly special year for the humanities at the University Klarman Hall, which was completed and opened up to the public this year, was “the first building dedicated to the humanities on Cornell’s central campus in 100 years, ” Ritter said “The

opening of this building and its dedication have given us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of the humanities, not only to Cornell, but to our lives and the world around us ” The purpose of the capsule is “ to capture life at Cornell today – especially the role of the humanities in our lives and pass it on to the Cornell community of the future,” she said

A committee composed of four professors – Prof Gregor y Michael Londe, English, Prof Benjamin William Anderson, classics, Prof Naminata Diabate comparative literature and Prof Andre w J Hicks, music – are responsible for selecting some of the specific items to include in the

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First Senior Gala

By JULIA GREENBERG Sun Staff Writer

Approximately 800 people are expected to attend the first Senior Gala at the Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art on April 16 to celebrate the 2016 senior class at Cornell, according to Bobby Dougherty ’16, co-chair of Senior Days

“Ever y year, students look forward to their last semester and all the fun events to commemorate senior year, ” Dougherty said The Cornellian Senior Gala is supposed to be a wonderful way to celebrate four great years on campus in the classy setting of the Johnson Museum ”

The black-tie event will feature three cash bars, catered food, live jazz performances, three deejays, and two dance floors, according to the event ’ s Facebook page

Seniors and their guests will walk down the “Red Carpet” when they arrive, greeted by a jazz quartet, Dougherty explained

“As people walk throughout the museum, there will be catered spreads and bars, and they can also enjoy many beautiful art pieces ranging from a laser light exhibit to ink painting from Southeast Asia,” she said

Guests will have access to two different dance floors one overlooking Cayuga Lake and the other under the sparkling star “Cosmos” exhibit At 10 p m , Ryan Lombardi, Vice President for student and campus life, will give a toast in honor of both the Class of 2016 and Elizabeth Garrett, Dougherty said “We hope to create a memorable night to lead into the last few weeks at Cornell,” she added John Lowry ’16, president of the class of 2016, will also give a toast at the gala, representing the senior class council

“We are about to start a new stage in our lives and it is important to not forget how remarkable our four years were, ” he said Lowry further emphasized the importance of graduating Cornellians coming together as a class “That’s the spirit that has filled the heart of the Senior Gala from its beginning,” Lowry said “April 16 will be one of those special nights where we can gather and celebrate, identified not by the fraternities, sororities, or groups we belong to, but rather who we are as a senior class ”

Julia Greenberg can be reached at jgreenberg@cornellsun com

Alum Receives Whiting Award for Drama

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Contributors

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Anna Delwiche can be reached at acd82@cornell edu

Trustees Unanimously Approve Rawlings’ Return

“President Garrett built a strong leadership team, and we have set an ambitious agenda,” Kotlikoff said “I look forward to working with Hunter, who knows Cornell so well and is so highly regarded by the faculty His inspired leadership and experience make him the perfect choice ”

Rawlings the current president of the Association of American Universities, a post he will leave in May made his mark on Cornell during his presidency through the launch of Cornell’s Residential Initiative, which resulted in freshman moving to North Campus and the creation of the West Campus house system

In 2001, Rawlings inked the deal that lead to the creation of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, now known as Weill Cornell Medicine in

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Qatar He also established the Presidential Research Scholars program and held appointments in the Departments of Classics and History

Harrison said he believes Rawlings is “uniquely suited to take the helm of Cornell at this time of transition ”

“Cornell University is indeed fortunate that Hunter has agreed to step forward once again to lead through a time of transition,” Harrison said in a statement “The board’s unanimous vote is evidence of the respect for his leadership at Cornell and as one of the nation’s premier advocates for higher education ”

Rawlings was the president of the University of Iowa from 1993 to 2003 before his time at Cornell He earned his Ph D in classics at Princeton University in 1970

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The president of the GPSA, Richard Walroth grad also reported a crisis international students are currently facing on campus regarding tax return issues to the board “International students affected by this are feeling scared, angry, abandoned,” Walroth said

International students are currently unable to receive their tax returns from the IRS, contributing to financial hardships, according to Walroth

“ No o n e h a s g o t t e n t h e i r money back and there is no clear timeline about when the IRS will issues these funds,” he said

In the final report in the open session, University Assembly chair

Matthew Battaglia ’16 explained the importance of the U A on campus in the shared governance system

“The U A is unique that it brings together stakeholders from all of Cornell’s four constituencies,” Battaglia said

Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrudolfsky@cornellsun com

Humanities Time Capsule Will Be Buried

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time capsule, according to Hovis Anderson said that there is no final consensus on what items will be included within it,b u t i d e a s i n c l u d e p h o t o g r a p h s o f t h e

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s i o n s a n d s t o r i e s w i l l b e re a d a n d w i d e l y d i s t r i b u t e d t o t h e e n t i re C o r n e l l c o m m u n i t y d u ri n g t h e Un i ve r s i t y ’ s b i c e n t e n n ia l c e l e b r a t i o n , ” Hov i s s a i d St u d e n t s h a v e e x p r e s s e d t h e i r e x c i t e m e n t a b o u t t h e a d d e d e m p h a s i s o n h u m a n i t i e s a t C o r n e l l “ I t h i n k i t ’ s re a l l y a we s o m e t o b e p a r t o f s u c h a n e xc i t i n g e ve n t a s a h u m a n i t i e s m a j o r, ” s a i d Zo e K a l

Jury Finds Law School Sued By Unemployed Graduate Not Guilty

A jury found Thursday that a San Diego law school did not mislead a graduate who sued on the grounds she was lured to the school by false promises that her degree would land her a job after graduating

The San Diego Superior Court jury rejected Anna Alaburda's claim against the Thomas Jefferson School of Law on a 9-3 vote that was reached after about four hours of deliberations over two days

While more than a dozen similar lawsuits have been filed in courts across the country, the case is believed to be the first of its kind to go to trial

A l a b u rd a , w h o f i l e d h e r l a w s u i t i n 2 0 1 1 , a r g u e d t h a t T h o m a s Je f f e r s o n used inflated data to bolster the success rate

o f i t s j o b - s e e k i n g g r a d u a t e s T h e 3 7year-old woman graduated near the top of her class in 2008 and

where it’s fully litigated, and depositions and documents examined, to see the hype, the chatter about that did not prove to be the truth, as found by a jury, I think that’s a helpful message, ” Sullivan told reporters after the verdict

Juror Wade DeMond, who works on regulatory affairs in the pharmaceutical industry, said he questioned how Thomas Jefferson collected employment data after Alaburda’s time but that it made a goodfaith effort in her case

“The jury instructions, the questions we were asked, were very specific and they were time-bound: Did Thomas Jefferson f a l s e l y re p re s e n t employment data for t h e U S Ne w s & World Report editions that she reviewed? So that means the whole

“The jury instructions [...] were very specific and time-bound: Did Thomas Jefferson falsely represent employment data from the U S News & World Report editions that she reviewed?” W a d e D e M o n d

s a y s s h e h a s b e e n unable to find a full-time job as a lawyer Meanwhile, she said has been saddled with $170,000 in student debt She sought $125,000 in damages

The trial came amid growing debate over such promises by schools competing to recruit students The lawsuit was among more than a dozen similar ones filed in recent years against law schools, including Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco and the University of San Francisco School of Law Though most of the lawsuits have been dismissed, critics say they point to a need for greater regulation

a n d t r a n s p a re n c y f o r l a w s c h o o l s , s o prospective students know their employment prospects, the debt they will incur and their chances of successfully passing the bar

Michael Sullivan, an attorney for the law school, acknowledged “isolated mistakes and “clerical errors ” in data collection but said there was no evidence that the school lied He said the verdict set no precedent but may send a signal to other students who sue ” Having an opportunity

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t h i n g g e t s n a r rowe d down to the 2004 and the 2005 editions,” he told reporters

T h o m a s Je f f e r s o n repor ted post-graduation employment figures that exceeded 70 percent and topped 90 percent in 2010

But the school did not disclose that those figures included part-time and non-legal work such as a pool cleaner and a sales clerk at Victoria’s Secret and were based on a small sample of graduates, said her attorney, Brian Procel

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Francisco also alleged the schools were misrepresenting their post-graduate employment figures

The Golden Gate lawsuit was settled, with each of the five plaintiffs receiving $8,000, according to a May 2015 court filing The case against the University of San Francisco was dismissed in May In court filings, both schools said data were available that showed what percentage of students actually obtained jobs at law firms

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Yo u ’ l l A l w a y s B e a L o s e r : T i t u s A n d r o n i c u s a t H a u n t

BY JACK JONES Sun Staff Writer

Titus Andronicus play their own music to warm up the crowd This is fitting; Titus Andronicus don’t seem scared of over-indulgence Their breakthrough album was 2010’s The Monitor, an hour-long kitchen-sink explosion of punk riffs honky-tonk piano, a bagpipe solo and lyrics American Civil War as a metaphor for perso alienation Their latest album manages to su Monitor in grandiosity; 2015’s The Most Lame Tragedy runs an hour and a half long with sev intermission tracks and two tracks titled “N Future Part IV: No Future Triumphant” and “No Future Part V: In Endless Dreaming ” Luckily, Titus Andronicus balance the pretension of their album formats with unpretentiously great songs At their best, they meld arena-rock riffs with a ferocious punk attack Stickles’s lyrics are clever, full of allusions to histor y and music and almost relentlessly pessimistic; but even at their most anguished, the music remains dynamic and exhilarating Their ability to bal ance melody equally with chaotic drive kee their live show entertaining even for those don’t know the band’s music Former Arts ed Goldfine ’17 wasn ’ t familiar with their musi really enjoyed the show Current Arts editor ’18, on the other hand, described himself as “ g the show, but considered spending up to $25 on a vinyl copy of their newest album at the merch booth after wards, so you can see that they provoke complex reactions

kitchen workers and the bartenders’ friends” and lyrical truisms like “certain songs, they get so scratched into our souls ” He’s the ultimate ever yman performer, which fit nicely with the Haunt’s atmosphere, where performers often mill around during other performers’ sets like both Finn and Stickles did

with, and the haircut you got two weeks ago still looks great, ” which sounded more sincere than ironic The songs they played, on the other hand, were their leanest, most forceful and most anthemic In the studio, they sound like many different bands; live, they sound like one

Craig Finn of the Hold Steady ser ves as the opener on the current “No Faith No Future No Problem” tour, and provides a nice counterpoint to the relentlessness of Titus’s music His songs are much more measured, languishing in wr y lyrics like “the hard drugs are for the bartenders and the

Titus showed a lighter, more playful side at the Haunt Stickles tried to hawk the “triple-L P quadruple gatefold” record at the merch booth, and wished bassist Julian Veronesi a happy birthday by playing a distorted “Happy Birthday” on his guitar and telling him something like “ You’re as good a bass player as you are nice to hang out

Titus gave a cathartic show, and deser ved the enthusiastic mosh pit of mostly young males that grew throughout it rable sight to see these guys yelling euphorio the songs ’ refrains, which are often bleak: show you my fatal flaw,” “ You’ll always be a and “ Your life is over ”

Most punk fans agree that punk is dead, or at ast that its best moments came decades ago

Titus Andronicus don’t play like inheritors of a strand of hardcore punk musicians that valued brevity and unalloyed sonic assault, and sneered at any hint of musical pretension The band they recall most is The Clash in its early career, one of the first punk bands to straddle genres and exper-

ments and lyrics Fucked Up, Titus’s colleagues among the most innovative and xciting current punk bands, also make go-broke grandiose statements: 2010’s David es to Life was an 80-minute rock opera with ndecipherable lyrics and lavishly layered guiact that both Titus Andronicus and Fucked a lengthy rock opera within the last few years y g about the current state of punk, a genre that formed originally in opposition to the excesses of prog and stadium rock These bands value earnestness over cynicism, and are unafraid of tripping over their ambition I think this is what the kids moshing to Titus Andronicus love most about them

Jack Jones is a sophomore in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at jackjones@cornellsun com

Reel Talk: Hitchcock / Truffaut Editor Rachel Reichmann

BY MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

After a screening of Hitchcock/Truffaut last week at Cornell Cinema, Sun Staff Writer Mark DiStefano ’16 was fortunate enough to speak with the film’s co-producer and editor, Rachel Reichman The conversation encompassed favorite films, a liberal arts education, the process of film editing and the nature of art itself

T HE SU N: What do you see the essential job of an editor to be?

RACHEL REICHM AN: Well, for every film it s different In documentaries of course, the editor is a stronger participant in the storytelling than they are in narrative work And in fact, the structure is so essential to the storytelling in a documentary that what’s beautiful about it is you can have a kind of gut feeling about it, but move the pieces around and then that will bring about the actual manifestation of what your gut is telling you the story is And that brings me to one of the most odd and wonderful things about editing, which is that it’s intuitive

SU N: Where did your journey into the filmmaking world begin? Did you go to film school?

R R : Yeah, I went to the School of Visual Arts I liked movies, but I was not a movie kid What happened to me was I went to an open school, they called it a free school, when I was in high school in the ’70s, where you could kind of do whatever you wanted and get credit for it And so I took a college class that was probably an extra credit at Washington

University, which was near me, and went somehow to a film class that must have been focused on European cinema, because I remember seeing a bunch of Bergman and Antonioni And I remember being about 15 and just being so blown away when I saw Persona and L’Avventura And I remember going to see at that time, Pasolini’s Salo came out

SU N: To get into Hitchcock/Truffaut, what was the genesis of that project and how did you become involved?

R R : Well in fact, the project was originated by some other people As you may have noticed, it has a co-writing credit of a man named Serge Toubiana Serge is the man who was the director of the Cinémathèque Française [from 2003 to 2015] He was put in touch with the original tapes of the conversation between Truffaut and Hitchcock, which took place in ’62 This was maybe 15 years ago, or at least that’s when it came to public light, and this was I think 27, 28 hours of material And at that point, an American producer named Gail Levine, whom our film is dedicated to, she began to collaborate with Serge about a concept to make a film using the tapes as a kind of spine, if you will, of the structure And about three years ago Gail died of cancer And it happened very quickly And what happened was that the French television company involved began to search for a partner in the States and a new director

They teamed up with Charles Cohen, a wonderful guy who had started a company a while ago in distribution [Cohen Media Group] [Cohen] is on the board of the New York Film Society, and Kent [ Jones] is the director of the New York Film Festival Kent had just about four years ago finished a film that I was

lucky to be involved with called A Letter to Elia, which is about Elia Kazan So since Kent had made at least one film [about a historical film figure] he also made a wonderful film about the producer Val Lewton that he produced Wonderful film, highly recommend it

SU N: This film is so condensed and so fluid, and that’s a credit to both you and Kent for condensing so much information into an 80 minute runtime, which I really admire A very tight film

R R : I think the hardest part was, how do you get the richest, most salient points in, and not burden the film with an unwieldy shape And again, Kent wasn ’ t interested in some sort of cookie-cutter history It’s just not his thing, he wanted to make a movie, and by gosh, he did! In terms of structure, we began with the pieces where there was a kind of potent spark If you look at it, this is not a traditional shape [for a film] It kind of loops around twice, we do a very quick little history just to encapsulate what the film was going to be about, to kind of get people settled How do you nail that thesis? It’s different for every single documentary A very conventional documentary would have five central characters, pre-title sequence say, “What was the reason that Robert Moses wanted to expand the highways?!” and then, “What was he up against?!” and, “He was a bastard! He was a genius!” And then you have the title of the movie We were hell-bent on not going that route

SU N: Insofar as the interviews went, how did you decide on which famous directors to interview?

R R : Those were Kent’s decisions The one

thing I weighed in on was that there was an idea at the beginning to include a lot of people who were not directors Some of the actors [from Hitchcock’s films] are still alive, there are lots of good scholars on these guys, and someone could have made a good film going that route But somehow it just made perfect sense to me to include directors only First of all, we were not interested in people simply singing melodically about Hitchcock

SU N: But twice You have Hitchcock passing it to them, and then them throwing down the gauntlet to us, and talking about how they love the cinema the same way that he did, and that’ll inspire the same thing in somebody who watches this movie I do think it has the ability to get people excited and talking about cinema

R R : I’m glad to hear that There’s one thing I wanted to go back to, when you were talking about the length of the movie, and the concision that was a tricky one for me, because I wanted the film to open up more And Kent wanted it to move like a railroad train And we never had an argument about it, we actually don’t argue, that’s not the way we work, but that was a little bit of an issue Of course as the director, Kent’s decision was the final one and my job is to get his vision on screen, but my job is also to bring to it my perspective In that sense the editor saves the director from themself sometimes So I was really really glad that he and I could work together, and when something didn’t work for him he’d say so

A longer version of this interview can be found at cornellsun com

Mark DiStefano is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at gds82@cornell edu

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In response to the Language House controversy

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Ruth Weissmann | A Word to the Weiss

In the house where my brother lives, there are mirrors ever ywhere There must be 15 or 16 of them lining the halls; circular mirrors with ornate frames, s q u a r e s m i r r o r s l i n e d w i t h o l d p h otographs, the floor-to-ceiling ones that interfere with normal depth perception Ever ywhere I am I can see myself turning corners and gliding down the slipper y wooden hallways and opening interior doors I have an ugly affair with mirrors, not unlike a relationship with a disapp r ov i n g g r a n d m o t h e r w h o m y o u f req u e n t l y c h e c k i n o n Mi r ro r s u s u a l l y worsen my mood, yet they are magnetic to me I glance at my reflection at ever y pass, revolving slowly like a microwavable pizza, catching all my angles Fix that stray hair, tuck this in, don’t stand like that I think mirrors offer an opportunity to prove to myself I am not as strange looking as I think Only half the time am I satisfied

We’re just visiting this house visiting m y b r o t h e r, m o r e s p e c i f i c a l l y, i n t h e Polish town he’s lived in for the past year It’s b e e n a n e m o t i o n a l l y heavy trip so far We arrived Tuesday, on the d a y o f t h e B r u s s e l s attacks, and today we drove 45 minutes to v i s i t t h e Au s c h w i t zBi rk e n a u c a m p s We left for Auschwitz in the early morning, and the weather here is just c o l d e n o u g h t o b e bothersome when the s u n i s b e h i n d t h e clouds There are four mirrors in the foyer alone, and as we buttoned our coats I glanced into the nearest one I remember being unhappy with my hair, which I had thrown into a ponytail in the wake of an uneasy night’s sleep in a foreign land

The Nazi camps were, to say the least, chilling Most of what a typical tour g r o u p v i e w s i s o r i g i n a l a n d l a r g e l y untouched, so it’s no great stretch of the imagination Walking through the buildings where prisoners lived, worked and perished is an experience that transcends daily life and consumes all immediate thought, almost like being in a long movie when you leave, you ’ re not sure how much time has passed and you can ’ t remember what you were thinking about beforehand

O n e s u c h b u i l d i n g d i s p l a y e d t h e sparse, overcrowded rooms where prisoners lived On the walls outside the rooms were thousands of photographs, set up like mug shots, taken of each individual person upon their arrival and including t h e i r n a m e , a g e , a n d t h e d a t e s t h e y

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“You would realize that fossil fuel divestment is about changing the context entirely, and making green energy accessible to all while fighting climate change and preventing the systematic destruction of the planet.”

Michael Re: “Don’t Let Paris be Another Kyoto, Divest from Fossil Fuels!,” Opinion March 23, 2016

Jeremiah Grant | Gates & Ladders

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ast week I caught a mistake in one of the readings for my Nutritional Science 3090: Global Health Case Studies class The article was entitled “What Can Medical Anthropology Contribute to Global Health?” by Pfieffer and Nichter It discussed how national health systems were underperforming because of a lack of infrastructure Together, the authors hold two bachelor’s degrees, three master ’ s degrees and two doctoral degrees However, while discussing health challenges the authors grouped “Africa” in with “other resource poor countries ” Africa is a continent, not a country Back in August of 2014, the Washington Times cited both Vice President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as having referred to Africa as both a country and a nation I understand that everyone makes mistakes sometimes However, I also believe that repetitive mistakes require examination When four highly intelligent, highly educated individuals make a basic geography mistake, we must question whether the knowledge we are receiving from the people our society deems as researchers, ambassadors and teachers should be blindly trusted and regarded as fact I believe we must go out into the world and discover truth for ourselves Cornellians who consume media about international affairs are always asked to make a choice: whether to accept or reject the reality of the world they live in The best analogy for this is The Matrix in the scene where Morpheus presents Neo with the choice of choosing between the red pill or the blue pill The blue pill will allow Neo to continue to live his life ignorant of the truth The red pill will awaken Neo’s senses to the true reality of life In one hand, a student can believe an ahistorical view of the world This is a reality where inequality and oppression are nonexistent and global white supremacy is a myth It believes that neocolonialism is a fairy tale when countries report that the World Bank and the IMF are engaging in predatory lending practices and

are sabotaging their economies

This is the blue pill and once one takes it ignorance becomes bliss On the other hand is the red pill

The student has the ability to swallow the hard truth and becoming “woke,” aware of the ugly realities of the world they live in Many people I talk to describe the state of “wokeness” as a permanent state of consciousness, a mental attitude I believe that the choice to be conscious or unconscious to life is an daily choice, an hourly decision and a second by second stance It is making the choice to see the world in its full glory, pleasure and pain, façade and fact, falsity and truth

Our dilemma in the present day is that we live in a hyper-visible world of information technology that still renders certain people invisible both inside and outside our society Continents, countries, movements and populations of people are misrepresented and misinterpreted, not only in the media but also in academia It is easy to read a book or an article about world affairs or take a vacation However, a vacation is a pseudo-escape from reality with a front row seat to distraction It is passive, easy and comfortable We cannot afford to take the easy path It is harder to learn a language and engage with a community However, this is the work that needs to be done I believe this is the reason why the College of Arts and Sciences has a language requirement All that is next is a diversity requirement It is the job of Cornellians, regardless of GPA, to have the courage to go about this task of correcting the wrongs of the past, bridging our gaps of knowledge and contributing to true cultural understanding with curiosity and passion The world does not need any more careless Spring Breakers who present a misconstrued image to the world of who all Americans are The world does not need any more tourists It needs ambassadors

Post WWII, President Harry S Truman and the U S Government created as a flagship international educational exchange program on Aug 1, 1946 known as the Fulbright Fellowship According to Gilbert

Levine, Cornell’s current Fulbright and Fulbright-Hays program advisor, “The Fulbright Program is an unique investment program, not a problemsolving program! It is intended to develop a more knowledgeable and culturally empathetic cadre of individuals who will become leaders in their fields of endeavor professional, social, and political It is clear, from our current political campaign that the U S would benefit from a greater population of educated young people who had personal experience living and working in other countries ” The Fulbright Fellowship is the example of an opportunity for future global leaders who want to engage in an experience of ambassadorship, cross cultural exchange and peace building

Past generation of scholars and academics dedicated their lives to accurately present the world as they knew it in their time However, their knowledge alone was not enough None of them were able to account for all of the complexities, nuances and contradictions that their future, our present, would bring The mantle of responsibility for research, teaching and truth telling lies with the scholar ambassadors of the future The ambassadors of the future should pack the backpack of responsibility, the suitcase of curiosity and the carry-on of conscience They must be able to speak their truth and share their stories with others wherever they are in the world Tomorrow’s scholar should be able to see through deceptive identities of a textbook world and be willing to reauthor the scripts of their mind

The global shapers of our century must actively participate in engaged learning and research to question and challenge convention There are three kinds of people you meet in life: those who read the news, those who write the news and those who are the news

Which one are you?

Jeremiah Grant is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences Jeremiah can be reached at jg856@cornell edu Gates & Ladders appears alternate Fridays this semester

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Keith Bollt can be reached at kbollt@cornellsun com

Red Hopes to Regain Positive Momentum Against Penn

The Cornell men ’ s lacrosse team continues Ivy League play this weekend with a game against Penn, looking to regain positive momentum after the team ’ s loss to Yale last weekend The loss marked the first time the Red had fallen to the Bulldogs since 1999

Cornell (3-3, 0-1 Ivy) has finished on top of nine of its last ten games against the Quakers, but Penn (4-2, 1-0 Ivy) has a very strong team this season and will surely be a tough opponent

The Red has been focused on this game in practice since the loss to Yale The team will typically begin a practice week focusing on general lacrosse drills and then gear Thursday and Friday toward studying the weekend’s opponent using tape and special, selected drills

Freshman attackman Zachary Ward one of 17 freshmen on the Red’s roster emphasized that the team will have to win the ground ball battle in order to be successful against a high-caliber team like Penn

“I think [winning the groundball battle] is really important this week coming after a loss especially,” he said “We just have to get back to the basics ”

The Red have one of the best face-off and ground ball players in the country in junior midfielder Domenic Massimilian and really hope he will step up this weekend Massimilian ranked second in the nation last season with 9 38 ground balls per game and is averaging 8 5 this season He has won the faceoff battle in five of his six games

Obtaining possession is essential for success in lacrosse, which makes having a good ground-ball player like Massimilian key

Ward, who has had a breakout season as a freshman, emphasized how veteran players like Massimilian have helped him and the other freshmen transition from high school play Ward emphasized the speed of collegiate lacrosse as the major difference from high school

“It's been a lot faster,” he said “When I first got here, I realized how the speed of the game is much different in high school ”

Ward had two assists in the loss to Yale and has two goals on the season Both goals came in the Red’s 6-5 win over Colgate on March 15, when senior attackman John Edmonds fired an assist to Ward for a goal at the buzzer

Ward described how Edmonds has helped him extensively with the assimilation to college

“He’s been a big role in my time here,” he said “He's really good at letting you know that there will always be peaks and valleys ”

“The special moment we had at Colgate really helped me, ” he added

The lengthy lacrosse season is full of ups and downs for any team, and communication between younger and older players is essential for establishing camaraderie It is essential the Red take the season one game at a time

For now, though, the Red are focused on the Quakers A win this weekend will be essential for establishing positive momentum going further into Ivy League and postseason play

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun com