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C.U. Considers Cutting Free TCAT Bus Passes

Due to Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit’s $700,000 budget deficit, the University Assembly is considering a resolution calling for Cornell to revoke free TCAT bus passes for first-year undergraduate and graduate students

According to the resolution, which was discussed during a meeting Tuesday, a primary cause of TCAT ’ s losses is an increase in ridership on behalf of first-year students George Ruizcalderon ’15 the sponsor of the resolution said he hopes that the transportation service will be able to meet their loses and continue operating without financial concerns by charging first year students a fee for the bus service

TCAT passes have been complimentar y for both first year undergraduates and graduate students since 2006, according to Ruizcalderon, chair of the University Assembly Campus Infrastr ucture Committee All other students are able to purchase bus passes for a discounted price of

“My overall main question is where is our tuition money going?”

Ithacan s Cr itici ze P roposed

Cornell Height s D evelopment

Developers plan to get ‘ one-on-one ’ input from community

plex is planned to be built among Greek houses and other preserved properties in the district

Ithacans spoke out against a proposed apartment complex at 7 Ridgewood Rd at a Planning and Development Board meeting Tuesday evening, citing a lack of finalized plans and concern for the character of the historic neighborhood

Due to concerns over the “cementious compound” being built in the Cornell Heights historic district, Walter Hang founder of Toxics Targeting, Inc , a compiler of environmental information in New York State created an online petition against the development that has reached over 900 signatures The modern-style apartment com-

Adam Walters an attorney representing CA Student Living, the developers of the proposed project introduced the project to planning board and described the changes the project has undergone since its inception, including downsizing from one large, connected structure to three separate buildings with mostly interior but some exterior parking

According to Walters, the developers want to proceed at the planning board level and make any needed changes to the plan before presenting the final plan to the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission

“We’ve revised a lot of material,” he said “Our

Haven Elections Postponed

Due to Community Unrest

limit, causing at least one student to be asked to leave by advisors

Executive Board elections for Haven, the LGBTQ Student Union, were cut short Tuesday after arguments erupted over presidential candidates, in an environment that several students described as “unsafe ”

Tensions arose after one student Adam Jaani ’14 was ushered out of the Willard Straight Memorial Room by Haven advisors after breaching the “community norms ” set at the beginning of the elections

The elections were officially postponed after the presidential vote ended in a tie and unrest continued

“The elections got to a point where it wasn’t about the candidates.”

“ The election process was poorly organized, leaving students feeling unheard,” Jaani said The presidential elections, which drew over 100 students, were structured so that each of the three candidates Bailey Dineen ’15, Haven vice president, Mo Cliffstone ’15, facilitator for Peer Educators for Gender and Sexuality, and James Dominic ’16 had the opportunity to speak about their platform, followed by a questionanswer period and a “community conversation” with a strict fiveminute time limit for each candidate Students, however, continued to speak out after the time

“There was an escalation in the lobby between the candidates, and then there was more escalation in the memorial room while the e-board was in conversation [after the vote],” said Carol James, an advisor to Haven “Candidates were being put on the spot and put in a position where they were pressured into making a decision right there, which was not fair or just ” The tie had occurred between Dineen and Dominic, according to James Dineen, who had been in the race for several weeks, called for Dominic to resign on account of only joining the race the day prior, citing a lack of experience Dominic, on the other hand, was endorsed by current Haven president Jadey Huray ’14 for bringing a platform that she said would provide “unity” for the organization According to Huray, the other candidates and some of their supporters repre-

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Cornell Caring Community: Breaking the Silence 9 p m , Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

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BURNING QUESTION | March 24, 2014

The Sun asks Cornellians on Twitter who they would like to see at Cornell’s Convocation in May

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LINCOLNTON, N C (AP) Police say a man in

Nor th Carolina sucked a woman ’ s toes at a Wal-Mar t after he convinced her he was a podiatr y student and persuaded her to take off her shoes

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Lincolnton, and that at some point during the process, the man stuck her foot in his mouth Harris said the man apparently tried the same thing at another WalMar t 15 miles away, where he told a woman he was conducting a sur vey on the feet of different races and nationalities

The second woman also agreed to take off her shoes, but left when the suspect asked her to remove her socks

Both confrontations happened Monday, March 17 Police are looking for the man

ALAMOGORDO, N M (AP) Organizers say a planned dig into a New Mexico landfill for a rumored cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time is expected to proceed despite state environmental regulators’ concerns

Fuel Entertainment and LightBox Interactive are seeking to excavate an old Alamogordo landfill that reportedly was a dumping ground for “E T the Extra-Terrestrial” game cartridges

Jonathan Chinn, an executive producer at Los Angelesbased LightBox, said Thursday that the search hasn’t been halted

Syracuse Student Will Run to C.U. for Pike Fundraiser

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sented an ongoing “fragmentation” of the community

“The elections got to the point where it wasn ’ t about the candidates as much about who you came to support and what political ideologies you had I think that’s where it became exceedingly problematic,” Huray said “I think what happened and how it blew up just demonstrates the sheer fragmentation of the community ”

Other students said they were bothered by the way the elections were handled by Huray and the advisors

“I think situations like these show a fundamental flaw in election structures that invite students to come vote While ideally it portends to be democratic, in reality it ends up being a popularity contest that I think is biased,” Anthony Santa Maria ’14 said “I hope that in the future there is a more in-depth selection process that is more comprehensive of applicants ’ skills and experiences ”

A main point of contention was the short amount of time for discussion of each candidate, which some students felt was “silencing ”

“The way that they were allowing certain people to speak and certain people to not speak necessitates that some people to vocalize, if they’re not gonna be granted a mic,” Tyler Lurie-Spicer ’15 said “In one instance, a person went up to [the advisors] and asked to speak at the microphone because he had a personal issue, and they said no, so he asked me to speak out I think the way that the space works is that it is further marginalizing those who don’t have access to the mic ”

Huray defended the rules that were set for the elections, saying that the community norms balanced “efficiency and effectiveness with providing dialogue ”

“I tried to stress the importance of integrity and the importance of leaving biases at the door, regardless of who you came with,” Huray said “But it clearly turned out that people ignored that, and that they came in with their own biases and prejudices and perpetuated them I think there was a lot of contention that people were being silenced but it’s not as much silence as due process, as much as the fact that we tried to be conscious of time ”

James agreed, though mentioned that the uproar may have been inevitable

“The community rules and asking people to abide by those was definitely part of that structure that we wanted to keep people safe, both emotionally and physically,” James said “Given the reality of the three candidates running for president, I don’t know that there’s anything we could have done differently that would have changed this particular outcome We did our best to create an environment where people could vote and speak and move Haven forward ”

Betrearon Tezera ’14, however, said he thought the fact that a student was ushered out by advisors, with police officers stationed outside of the memorial room, was not evidence of a safe environment

“I am personally offended and I feel personally violated What happened here is akin to police brutality We were policed not only by our voices, but by our bodies,” Tezera said “I completely respect community rules, but I hold as a primary community rule that nobody should touch another person ’ s body without permission That is a violation, and that is what happened And I am incredibly embarrassed by the way things were handled ”

James defended her decision asking Jaani to leave and said he was never physically touched or pushed

“We asked people to live by the community norms, and I said that people would be asked to leave if they didn’t,” James said “And he was not living by community norms, so we asked him to leave ”

Juray said she was “appalled” at the way the elections ended, calling divisions among the Haven community “toxic ”

“Today, all people have seen is their own ego, their own entitlement [and] their own beliefs about what their community should be,” Huray said “Instead, it should be a conversation It should be a dialogue, and I feel that people were such hypocrites today, and that truly disappoints me and hurts me Honestly at this point, I don’t feel safe moving forward ”

Ithacans Debate Cornell Heights Development

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goal is for you to have all the information you seek to make an informed decision This last scheme fits well with the footprints required by the ILPC ”

In response to the petition against the development by residents of the Cornell Heights neighb o r h o o d , Wa l t e r s s a i d C A

Student Living plans to get input from community members directly

“Along with the ward members of the Cornell Heights neighborhood, we are planning a one-on-one meeting that will happen before the next planning board meeting,” Walters said

only considered the development’s effect on Ridgewood Ave and not Highland Avenue, which is adjacent to the property

Attendees also said they were concerned about the property ’ s unusual location, since it is not located on higher land like typical Cornell Heights residences, according to Ithaca resident John Dennis

“Its a dank, lifeless hollow It would be a depressing place for students to live All other properties on

“We feel the property is unique ... and we can develop it in a thoughtful and respectful way.”

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Bill Demo, a resident of the neighborhood, however, asked the Planning and Development Board to block any additional development in Cornell Heights

“I will have that many more bottles of beer and piles of vomit when walking my dog in my neighborhood If the city allows this area to become ‘Collegetown Lite,’ it will not remain as a historic district,” he said “The Cornell staff and retirees living there will slowly depart and leave a student ghetto behind and by that I mean unkempt renting properties ”

Other attendees, including Hang, echoed their opposition to the proposed housing development, citing the lack of finalized plans and disregard of traffic impact to the area

“It would be absolutely inconceivable to me that [the Planning and Development Board] would proceed with outdated plans and no final project,” Hang said “This project is not ready for consideration in final form, there’s no way around that Please take no actions, especially when there’s massive support for [the] protection of the Cornell Heights neighborhood ”

According to Hang, CA Student Living has

Dennis said

Dennis also stressed the potential of automobile accidents due to a street curve on Ridgewood Road

“Putting this kind of density in the neighborhood will create more hazards on an already dangerous road,” Dennis said John Schroeder ’74, a member of the Planning and Development Board, said while he agreed Cornell Heights’ zoning needed revisions to better protect the historic district, the board had no legal basis not to proceed with the environmental review

“Yes, we need some updated plans for the environmental review, but they can be submitted in the coming months,” said Schroeder, who is also the Production Manager for The Sun Walters, however, urged the Planning and Development Board to proceed with the project and said that plans will be finalized after input from the community

“Our goal and job is to listen to legitimate concerns, but we do think the process should start, since it’s a lengthy one We should look at the overpopulation of students and address the concern; we are quite comfortable with the traffic studies that have been conducted,” Walters said

Kevin Millian can be reached at kmillian@cornellsun com

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Historically, the stakes for labeling graduate students as employees are quite high for universities, who would then be legally obligated to furnish students with labor standards, safety requirements, collective barganing rights and workplace injury benefits.

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The veganism that is promoted through mainstream liberal politics does not acknowledge or understand such histories, or engage sustainability with questions of access.

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Comment of the day Web

“That’s great Cornell can increase tuition by $2,000 and no one gets hurt The really rich can afford it and students on financial aid see no impact, according to Prof Ron Ehrenberg Well, the rest who pay full freight, they either don’t exist or don’t matter ” Cornell Greek Guy

Re: “Cornell Approves $1,920 Increase in Tuition for Undergraduates,” News, published March 24, 2014

Bill Schecter ’68 | Guest Room

A Conversation About Tradition A nd a P roposed Memorial

Tradition helps define the Cornell experience As students, we all sat in the same classrooms, shared meals at the Straight, worked to the point of exhaustion in Uris Librar y, partied (occasionally) in fraternities or Collegetown, gloried in the beautifully dramatic landscape and felt bound together in a tradition of excellence We have all felt and still feel part of something larger than ourselves Yes, tradition has its uses

How strange, then, to consider that our alma mater, the repository of so many well-loved Big Red traditions, was born in defiance of tradition A hardworking, generous visionar y, Ezra Cornell, had the audacious idea to create a university that “ can provide any person with instruction in any study ” Any person? Any study? We all know these words ser ve as our University’s motto But how many know that this statement of astounding ambition was prefaced by this equally remarkable and untraditional sentiment:

“Coeducation of the sexes and entire freedom from sectarian or political preferences is the only proper and safe way for providing an education that shall meet the wants of the future ”

The vision was untraditional from its inception and only came to fruition through the further defiance of tradition

A 2006 University exhibition celebrating the founder’s bicentennial informed us that, “As soon as it became clear that it was a fortune, he promptly rejected conventional practice and sage advice, and directed that those riches be used to found a unique university ” Ezra Cornell rejected “conventional prac-

tice ” So did another man who signed into law the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, which helped realize the founder’s vision That man was Abraham Lincoln His signature effectively reversed the veto of his predecessor, James Buchanan, who had opposed the idea of public support for higher education President Buchanan defended tradition We can ’ t be surprised that Abraham Lincoln placed the public good above the revered precedent of tradition After all, in his second annual message to Congress delivered just months after signing the Morrill Act, President Lincoln

memorial be raised to Michael Schwerner ’61, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman (son of Cornell graduates)

These young men were murdered in Mississippi 50 years ago because they chose to take part in a great movement dedicated to realizing our nation’s democratic promise They fought to ensure that all Americans could exercise their sacred right to vote, the foundational right upon which all others depend

We do not have many outdoor memorials at Cornell Perhaps that’s the tradition After all, a great university such as ours has graduated a multitude of distinguished alumni So why should this proposal, which calls for a promi-

that the proposed memorial is symbolic of a great social movement that forever changed American life and that still inspires us to create a “ more perfect union ”

wrote these imperishable words:

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew We must disenthrall ourselves ” He was referring to our greatest national crisis, but these words still have meaning for us in our own “ stormy present ” As the sesquicentennial celebration of our University approaches, a group of alumni now joined by distinguished faculty, hundreds of students and more than two dozen campus organizations has proposed that a prominent outdoor

nent and highly visible display, deser ve “ exception status?”

There are several factors that impel us to “think anew, ” a habit of mind that’s also a valued Cornell tradition The hundreds of students who have expressed their support have not done so because they believe that these three martyred individuals are more distinguished than any alumni of Cornell University From the Student Assembly to Hillel, from Black Students United to the Interfraternity Council, from Cornell Asian Pacific Islander Student Union to the Latino American Law Student Association, students have come forward to pledge their support because they understand

The supporters of the proposal understand the power of a symbol to serve as a continuing call to service and citizenship, and to unity beyond race, religion and region Given campus conflicts still vividly recalled, the proposed memorial offers a sesquicentennial vision of healing, hope and promise The Civil Rights Movement, to which Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman gave their lives, changed America But let us never forget that the Movement also changed Cornell Our University has long offered “instruction in any study,” but only during the past 50 years have these riches been offered to “ any person ” The courageous action initiated by President James Perkins in 1964 to effectively begin de-segregating Cornell was made possible by a movement whose participants were prepared to shed their blood The Movement helped all of us including James Perkins to “disenthrall” ourselves and to “think anew ”

This is why on the occasion of the anniversary of their deaths, and the University’s sesquicentennial year, Cornell should agree to raise this memorial We are a better world, a better country and a better university because of courageous citizens like Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman

Bill Schechter ’68 is coordinator of the The SchwernerChaney-Goodman Memorial Project Guest Room appears periodically this semester

SCIENCE

Pr of. Studies Disappearing Sea Stars

By REEM KHONDAKAR Sun Staff Writer

Since July of last year, sea stars across the East and West Coast have been dying by the hundreds of thousands, according to Prof Ian He wson, microbiology As a result he is investigating whether a waterborne microorganism is behind what has now been coined “ sea star wasting disease ”

Commonly known as star fish, different species of sea stars are par t of the class Asteroidia He wson said the most diverse and abundant populations of sea stars are found along the Pacific Coast of the United States

A c c o r d i n g t o He w s o n , r e s e a r c h e r s realized that sea stars were dying beginn i n g i n t h e s u m m e r o f 2 0 1 3 , w h e n lesions appeared on sea stars at roughly the same time in different coastal area of the countr y, from Southern California to Alaska

“Initially it seemed like [the disease] was restricted to one or two species,” He wson said “However, it has since progressed pretty rapidly into other species of sea stars, to the point where hundreds of thousands of sea stars are completely disappearing ” Previous mass sea star deaths have been correlated to dramatic climatological events, such as El Nino El Nino is a periodic warming of a band of water in the Pacific Ocean that develops off the coast of South America

In the 1970s El Nino caused a massive upwelling of nutrient rich water which c r e a t e d i d e a l c o n d i t i o n s f o r s e v e r a l pathogens that killed off sea stars But, according to He wson, no climate-related link has been found with the current sea star wasting disease

He wson said he began working on the project in October “ What really triggered my activity was when, within the span of a day or two, sea stars in the Vancouver and Seattle aquariums which had housed sea stars for the past 40 years all died,” He wson said “ That was an indication to me that t h e r e w a s s o m e t h i n g p e r h a p

borne, something capable of making it into the aquariums and wiping out their sea stars ”

Research on sea star wasting disease

which is awarded based on the urgency of the problem “ This is by far the most extensive event today that’s happened, and also the most wide ranging as far as the number of species affected by the disease,” He wson said

America are collaborating to find the cause of sea star deaths, each approaching the problem from different angles

According to He wson, the University of South Florida and Cornell are investi-

California Santa Cr uz are investigating potential environmental causes of sea stars death and the impact of sea star deaths on the ecosystem

To find what disease agents might be behind the sea-star deaths, He wson said he compared the abundance of different parasites and vir uses in healthy and diseased sea stars

He wson said he extracts the pathogens from the sea stars, sequences their DNA and compares them to the known DNA sequences of all organisms collected in GenBank, a nationally-funded genome database

This comparison tells He wson what pathogens are actually present in the sea star, he said Finally, using a technique called quantitative PCR, he can find the abundance of each pathogen in sea stars by measuring the relative amounts of their DNA present

This can tell us whether there is more of organism X associated with the diseased [sea stars] than with the healthy,”

He wson said

According to He wson, the approach does not r ule out the possibility that some of the pathogens might be opportunists which colonize a sea star that has already been compromised

To overcome these issues, He wson said he uses an approach where potential pathogens are isolated from the diseased sea star and exposed to a healthy sea star

After obser ving the progression of the disease in the inoculated sea star, he reisolates the pathogen from the sea star,

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between the pathogen and the disease

But finding microorganisms in diseased sea stars does not necessarily mean those pathogens are causing the disease,

He wson said One of the major hurdles in studying sea stars from a microbiological standpoint, according to He wson, is that sea stars constantly take up sea water, and therefore also constantly take in the bacteria that live in sea water

“Essentially they are sea water, and it is difficult to exclude a lot of bacteria from the analysis because they have it r unning through their veins, so to speak,” He wson said

Another issue is that pathogens may later infect the sea star after it has been

agent He wson compared the problem to that of when HIV was yet to be deter-

severely compromised immune systems “ When HIV first star ted, the main symptoms that people were turning up with were all manners of weird infections, which were not actually the root of the disease,” He wson said “It took some time to find what the cause was, the HIV vir us We’re dealing with a situation not unlike that ”

While the research is still ongoing and candidate pathogens are still being identified, He wson said he believes that as of now, it is possible that multiple disease agents are behind the sea star deaths

Khondakar can be reached at rkhondakar@cornellsun com

BICEP2 Telescope at South Pole Finds New Suppor t for Big Bang Theor y

By KATHLEEN BITTER Sun Science Ed tor

Last week, a team of scientists from 12 collaborating institutions announced a major discover y for the field of cosmology and astrophysics: They had found the “ most direct evidence yet ” for signs of the b i g b a n g , a c c o rd i n g t o Pro f Mi c h a e l Niemack, astronomy

To understand the discover y, start with the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB which is left-over light from the big bang that is still present throughout the universe today, according to Niemack The first detection of CMB in 1965 provided the first strong evidence to support the big bang model, Niemack said

Studying the CMB has allowed scientists to learn a lot about the universe, including its age 13 8 billion years and more about its contents, including dark matter, Niemack said Dark matter is the largely-undetectable type of matter that does not reflect or absorb electrom a g n e t i c r a d i a t i o n b u t i s t h o u g h t t o make up the majority of matter in the universe

The CMB is still a large part of cosmology research today, Niemack said One important aspect of the CMB is that it looks exactly the same throughout the universe, according to Niemack

“One of the theories that was developed to help explain the astounding uniformity that we obser ve in the CMB is called inflation,” Niemack said

The theor y of inflation states that right after the big bang occurred, the universe went through a large expansion in an

extremely short period of time, which Niemack described as “the first trillionth-

after the big bang ”

The expansion was rapid enough to create ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves, which are predicted to exist by Einstein’s theor y of General Relativity, according to Niemack Up until this latest finding, gravitational waves had never been directly obser ved

Using the BICEP2 telescope, which is located near the South Pole, researchers were able to see direct evidence of these

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u l t s release, the telescope is located in dr y, cold Antarctica in order to minimize interference in measurements from water vapor in the Earth’s atmosphere

The experiment was led by John Kovac of Har vard University, according to the project’s results release The release also said that BICEP2 is not an acronym, simply a name

BICEP2 and similar telescopes of the last decade use novel detector technologies that allow it to contain more super-sensitive detectors than previous technologies, according to Niemack But BICEP2 is specialized to look for evidence of gravitational waves

“ The BICEP2 project is explicitly optimized to look for this one possible signal from inflation,” Niemack said

BICEP2 is also a new way of studying the physics of the universe at high energies, according to Niemack He said that with improved measurements from future

telescopes and more data from BICEP2, scientists will be able to study physics at energies that are one trillion times larger than what is being studied at the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator

“ This opens a completely new path to studying the high energy physics of the early universe,” Niemack said “Prior to the results from BICEP2, we had no strong indication that this path actually existed ”

New developments in CMB research are driven by creating increasingly sensitive detectors for telescopes that are then focused on the same area of the sky for years at a time, Niemack said

The next step after the BICEP2 study is confirmation of the result by other groups, according to Niemack He said he and other scientists are already looking at how to optimize their own telescopes in order to replicate the BICEP2 findings

Niemack works on a similar telescope t

Cosmology Telescope Niemack said the Atacama telescope has a larger lens than BICEP2, which allows it to have 20 times better resolution on the sky and work for a variety of projects, including dark energy research and looking for new clusters of galaxies

“ We are in the process of upgrading the detectors for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, and we plan to have about 3,000 superconducting detectors about six times more detectors than BICEP2 in operation later this year, ” Niemack said Niemack said the team at the Atacama

Cosmology Telescope is currently looking at how to adjust their measurements over the coming years in order to test the BICEP2 results with their higher-resolution instrument

The team also plans to look at whether the same signal is obser ved at different wavelengths of light in order to learn more about the physics of inflation, according to Niemack

Niemack said this research would be

BICEP2 results as well as take a deeper look into the physics of the inflation of the universe

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improve the quality and precision of their instruments in order to learn more about the origins and state of the universe, according to Niemack

“ We are pursuing the design and development of new telescopes, superconducting detector technologies and analytical techniques to enable extraction of new

Niemack said

According to Niemack, the Atacama Teloscope is poised to pursue a wide range of research in the field of cosmology, including confirming the BICEP2 results

“In addition to our current work with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, this combination of approaches will enable us to characterize microwave signals from inflation and dark energy in much greater detail to learn more about the birth and future of our universe,” he said

Kathleen Bitter can be reached at science-editor@cornellsun com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

TheBigRedCarpet

Interviews with Cornell’s finest student filmmakers

BY MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

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a b o u t h ow t h e y h a ve s t u d i e d t h e m e d i u m a t C o r n e l l , a n d w h a t t h e i r p l a n s a re f o r t h e f u t u re i n e n t e r i n g t h e i n d u s t r y

T H E S U N : W h a t f i l m s i n s p i re d yo u a n d h a d t h e

s t ro n g e s t i n f l u e n c e o n yo u r w a n t i n g t o m a k e f i l m s ?

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l a t e - n i g h t p o k e r g a m e w i t h p s yc h o l o g i c a l u n d e r t o n e s ( M a s q u e ra d e ) I ’ m a l w a y s i n t e re s t e d i n m a k i n g f i l m s t h a t e x p l o re

s o m e f u n d a m e n t a l q u e s t i o n I m y s e l f h a ve

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p l e s i t s a t a re s t a u r a n t a n d t h e y e a c h l o o k d ow n a t t h e i r ow n p h o n e s t o t e x t o t h e r p e o p l e Bu t t h e w o r s t p a r t i s w h e n

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D S : I j u s t re a l l y l i k e f i l m s w i t h g o o d s t o r i e s

Be c a u s e I a m a yo u n g e r f i l m m a k e r a n d d o n o t h a ve m a n y re s o u rc e s , i t ’ s p ro b a b l y s m a r t t o k e e p

s t o r y w o u l d b e r i g h t

S U N : W h e re a re yo u h o p i n g t o t a k e yo u r c a re e r i n f i l m a f t e r l e a v i n g C o r n e l l ?

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“I’m always interested in making films that explore some fundamental question I myself have wrestled with ”

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D S : My f r i e n d i s w r i t i n g t h i s s u p e r - f a n t a s t i c b o o k a b o u t a ’ 9 0 s p o p i d o l a n d a c r a z y m a n a g e r w h o r u i n s h i s c a re e r It re a l l y i n s p i re s m e a n d I ’d l i k e t o a d a p t i t i n t o a s c re e n p l a y a n d m a k e i t Ji m m y, i f yo u a re re a d i n g t h i s , I p ro

t h i n g s s i m p l e a n d re a l l y d r a w t h e a u d i e n c e i n w i t h a s t o r y t h a t c h a l l e n g e s p e op l e I re c e n t l y f i n i s h e d a c o m e d y c a l l e d Bu s B oy s , w h i c h I s p e n t s i x m o n t h s o n i n t h e w r i t i n g p ro c e s s , s o t h a t t h e

w i n g i n g S i n g l e s

By Jael Goldfine

No one does nostalgia like Johnny Cash In his lost single, “She Used To Love Me A Lot,” to be released March 25 on an album of tracks originally recorded in the early 1980s called Out Among The Stars, it is unclear whether Cash is mourning the loss of a lover, or an era “She used to love me with a love that wouldn’t die / looking at her now I can ’ t believe I said goodbye / It would only take a minute to turn back the clock / She used to love me a lot ” In his somber baritone, Cash croons about a disenchantment with himself, that could mirror the one America was going through during the ’80s, as his career hit an all-time low Thirty plus years after Cash recorded the track, and 11 years after his death, it’s hard to hear the track in context, but it’s a nostalgic treasure plucked from an era long past

Of course, today, Cash’s cult of adoring baby-boomer groupies salivate over his every thundering syllable, but this song is more than a piece of Cash paraphernalia, or an ode to The Man in Black it’s sweet, melancholy rockabilly blues at its finest, and as only Cash can deliver Jo

Jael Goldfine is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jgoldfine@cornellsun com

Y G

“R ea ll y Be ”

By Calvin Patten

YG’s latest single, “Really Be (Smokin’ and Drinkin’)” is a Compton affair presented by some of the newest stars of the left coast Featuring Kendrick Lamar and produced by the L A -based duo of Ty Dolla $ign and Terrance Martin, “Really Be” leaked last week in support of YG’s debut studio album, My Krazy Life Ty Dolla $ign serves up a classic, West Coast g-funk styled beat for the two Comptonraised rappers to jump on YG’s first verse finds him briefly channeling his inner Ice Cube, discussing how his substance abuse is a necessity in the face of the poverty, death and violence that propagate the streets This is not a bummer of a song though YG may superficially acknowledge the struggle, but this man is absolutely faded, first and foremost His second verse finds him in more familiar territory, dealing with “ a bitch that’s irritatin’ from all these questions she askin’ ” Unsurprisingly though, it is Kendrick that takes the cake, detailing how the deaths of two of his friends has him getting high, despite his disinterest in that lifestyle “Why the fuck I've really been smokin'? / What the fuck, I'm the sober one, ” he exclaims Leave it to the good kid to find legitimate consciousness in a YG song

Calvin Patten is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com

By Calvin Patten

Six years since “Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)” and four years since “Exhibit C”, Jay Electronica has taken a few minutes to remind the world that he is still the greatest rapper you have probably never heard of While he has appeared on occasional tracks (notably Big Sean’s “Control,” where I preferred his verse to Kendrick’s), he has largely been unheard from On Sunday, however, rapping with ferocity over Drake & Soulja Boy’s “We Made It” alongside label boss Jay Z, Jay Elec again gave us reason to believe that his anointment as a rap legend has been merely delayed

Following the opening Eastbound and Down sample, Jay steps into Drake’s first verse, largely miming, as Drake had, the “Versace” flow Elec focuses on Five Percenter teachings, claiming to be “the Farrakhan of rap, ” while also apologizing to fans that have waited so “patiently ” Hov tries to keep up, dissing Drake (“Sorry Mrs Drizzy for so much art talk/Silly me rappin’ 'bout shit that I really bought) about Drake’s Rolling Stone quotes, but after Elec’s hell and brimstone sermon it just sounds petty Ironically paralleling “Control,” this “We Made It” freestyle will generate clicks due to Hov’s statements, but it is Jay Elec that sends other artists looking for cover

Calvin Patten is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

o r t h e f i r s t t i m e i n w h a t f e e l s l i k e f o re ve r, I h a d a re a l c o n ve r s a t i o n w i t h m y

b ro t h e r Hi s n a m e i s Ni c k , h e i s a f re s hm a n a t U C L A a n d h e i s j u s t ove r a ye a r yo u n g e r t h a n m e , t h o u g h yo u w o u l d n o t t h i n k i t i f yo u p u t t h e t w o o f u s b a c k - t ob a c k By t h a t , I m e a n h e f re q u e n t s t h e g y m a l o t , a n d i t i s t h e re , b a c k h o m e , w h e re h e w o u l d a d v i s e m e o n w h a t e xe rc i s e t o d o a n d p re c i s e l y h ow t o d o i t He m a k e s a g re a t t r a i n e r, a n d I t h a n k h i m f o r h e l p i n g h i s l i t t l e o l d e r b ro t h e r, b u t i n o u r h o u s e o r d r i v i n g a ro u n d , a t d i n n e r o r j u s t l a z i n g a b o u t w i t h n o t h i n g b e t t e r t o d o , I s e n s e d a d i s t a n c e b e t we e n t h e t w o o f u s So i t w a s a p l e a s u re t o c a l l h i m W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g , a f t e r m i s s i n g t w o o f h i s c a l l s , a n d h e a r n o t h i n g a b o u t v i d e o g a m e s , m o n e y o r f i t n e s s o u r g o - t o t o p i c s f o r h a l f - h e a r t e d d i s c u s s i o n ove r t h e l a s t f e w ye a r s In s t e a d , h e c o u l d h a rd l y c o n t a i n h i s e xc i t e m e n t a s h e r a n t h ro u g h e ve r y t h i n g t h a t ’ s l a t e l y b e e n o n h i s m i n d : s t u d e n t g ove r n m e n t , c a m p u s a c t i v i s m , c a re e r s a n d t h e We s t b o ro Ba p t i s t C h u rc h Re g a rd i n g t h a t l a s t o n e : Ap p a re n t l y m e m b e r s p ro t e s t e d n e a r U C L A a f e w d a y s p r i o r, b r a n d i s h i n g t h e i r i n f a m o u s “ Go d Ha t e s Fa g s ” s i g n s I t o l d h i m t o s a ve h i s b i l e f o r e v i l s l e s s f r i n g e a n d t ro l li s h t h a n t h a t d i n o s a u r, b u t I k n e w h i s h e a d w a s i n t h e r i g h t p l a c e Ni c k i s s t a r t i n g t o l o o k a t t h e b i g g e r p i ct u re It t o o k m e u n t i l s e c o n d s e m e s t e r f re s hm a n ye a r t o d o t h e s a m e , t o s e e c o l l e g e a s a m e a n s n o t o n l y t o re a d b o o k s , h a ve f u n o r g e t a g o o d j o b b u t t o c h a n g e : Fi r s t i n t e r n a l l y a n d t h e n , yo u h o p e , o u t i n t h e o p e n I n e ve r t h o u g h t I ’d t a l k d i v e s t m e n t , t h e I s r a e lPa l e s t i n e c o n f l i c t a n d d i ve r s i t y i n c o l l e g e a d m i s s i o n s w i t h m y b ro t h e r, b u t t h e re h e w a s , c h e w i n g t h ro u g h t h e s e i s s u e s a n d m o re w i t h a p a s s i o n t h a t t e l l s m e f u r t h e r re s e a rc h a n d e ve n a c t i o n a w a i t i n h i s f u t u re In a l l l i k e l i h o o d , h e w i l l b e s t m y k n ow l e d g e o n t h e s e s u b j e c t s , re g a rd l e s s o f w h e t h e r t h e y a re t i e d t o h

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Red Goes 1-3 in Weekend Tournament

By LISA AWAITEY Sun Staff Writer

This weekend, the Cornell softball team traveled to Dover, D E to compete in the Sean Savage Memorial Tournament for Epilepsy Awareness

The Red went 1-3, splitting a pair with Central Connecticut and dropping a doubleheader to the host, Delaware State

The Red opened play on Saturday with a pitcher ’ s duel, culminating in a total of 10 hits from both teams combined In the circle for Cornell was sophomore Meg Parker, who recorded seven strikeouts on the day The game remained scoreless until t

Connecticut RBI single to center field dropped Parker to 3-4 on the year

The Red rebounded in the nightcap, however, beating Connecticut State in a decisive 5-0 victory

“The shift in momentum between the first game, which resulted in a 1-0 loss, and the second game, which we won 5-0, was really just due to our hitting,” said freshman outfielder Jessica Bigbie “In between the game we talked about how we were struggling with the pitcher and made adjustments going into the second game, which resulted in some timely hits and eventually the win ”

Scoring began in the fifth with senior outfielder Lauren Bucolo’s bases loaded walk Senior infielder Jenny Edwards’ sacrifice fly to center field brought in another run, and Parker’s three-run homer provided the Red with a cushion Senior pitcher Alyson Onyon also contributed to the shut out,

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For much of the year, basketball fans are restricted to the NBA, which is a far different experience NBA teams don’t put for ward the same tough defense as those in the college game There is far less passing and creativity on both sides of the cour t There are some fant a s t i c t e a m s , s o m

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shoulders In college, the number of players who can win with individual effor t alone is ver y small But somehow, this lower concentration of talent doesn’t d e g r a d e t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e game In fact, it raises it This year ’ s bracket will likely be as exciting as ever, because there doesn’t seem to be an obvious favorite Louisville is the defending champion, and the sqaud may feel slighted at only receiving a No 4 seed It’s not out of the question for them to go deep in the tournament yet again Additionally, there were a number of upsets in the major conference tournaments UCL A beat Arizona and Viriginia beat Duke, for e x a m p l e D u k e h a s a l r e a d y been upset, but it will be intere s t i n g t o s e e i f t h o s e o t h e r teams can keep the momentum up and succeed in the tournament The answer is anyone ’ s guess, and only time will tell But for now, I can ’ t wait to see the rest of the drama of March Madness 2014 unfold

Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowitz@cornellsun com

holding Central Connecticut to only three hits

Next for Cornell was a doubleheader against the host, resulting in 2-0 and 3-1 losses to Delaware State, dropping the Red to 7-10 on the season

In the first game, Delaware’s defense came out strong to keep Cornell off the scoreboard The Red left six base runners stranded to hand the foe the shut out

Cornell got on the board first in the second contest, but an error in the third led to three runs for the Hornets Onyon held Delaware to five hits and struck out three

The Red hopes to put more points on the board as it prepares to compete in the Ivies, according to senior infielder Christina Villalon

“Our main team goal is always to win Ivies,” Villalon said “With Ivy play beginning on Friday with a doubleheader against Dartmouth, and Saturday against Harvard, the road to the championship is upon us ”

Cornell kicks off its Ivy season this weekend, hosting two doubleheaders on Niemand-Robison Field The Red will matchup against Dartmouth on Friday, March 28 and then face Harvard the following day

“We are learning from every game, ” Bigbie said “Wins as well as losses are learning experiences, teaching us what adjustments need to be made to come out on top the next pitch, the next play, the next at bat, the next game ”

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Scott Chiusano can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

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C.U. Swe e ps St . John’s at Hom e

By DANIELLE LETOURNEAU

The No 38 Cornell men ’ s tennis team swept No 74 St John’s, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon for its fifth consecutive win of the season

The Red gained a quick 2-0 lead after winning the top two doubles matches Junior Sam Fleck and freshman Chris Vrabel won the No 1 doubles match 8-1, and juniors Jason Luu and Quoc-Daniel Nguyen won 8-5 at the No 2 spot

The team was happy to get the early advantage with the doubles wins, according to Fleck

“Doubles was great this weekend,” he said “We played with a lot of energy on all three courts and we really worked on the stuff we had been practicing in training ”

According to Vrabel, the team focused on playing aggressively and attacking at the net in the week leading up to the match

“In doubles practice this past week, our coach was really focused on being aggressive especially at the net, ” Vrabel said “Me and Sam did that really well so we were able to win pretty comfortably ”

In singles, both the No 2 and 4 positions went to three sets After losing the first set, sophomore Stefan Vinti, currently ranked No 121 in the country, and junior Alex Sydney each came back to win the next two sets in a decisive manner

At the No 5 position, Vrabel clinched the win over two close sets, 6-3 and 7-6

“I felt like I started the sets a little slowly, but then I got more into the groove as I went on and felt in control of the

point,” Vrabel said “I was really more aggressive and it worked out ”

Vrabel said he adjusted his play by taking less risky shots to maintain consistency and save points

“I feel towards the beginning of both sets I was going for low percentage shots and wasn ’ t giving a large margin, so I adjusted a bit and didn’t hit as close to the lines,” he added

At the No 1 position, Fleck enjoyed a comfortable win, only dropping one game in his two-set match Coming off an injury, he is proud of his performance and hopes to continue to improve moving forward

“I struggled a little bit previously, but it’s improving every week and this weekend it was much better,” Fleck said “I was much more confident Hopefully I’ll play just as well this weekend ”

Cornell will kickstart its Ivy season on Saturday at 1 p m when the squad takes on Columbia at the Reis Tennis Center

The team expects a fight in the upcoming game against Columbia and is ready to go all-in to claim the victory

“We want to continue what we ’ ve done,” Fleck said “It’ll definitely be a close match All Ivy matches are very competitive Everyone is around a similar level ”

The team hopes to keep its winning streak alive and build upon its solid 10-4 record

“Our team has been playing really well recently and we hope we can make it a good match and get the win,” Vrabel said

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f o r c h a m p i o n s h i p e x c i t e m e n t t h i s time of year, and thankfully the wond e r f u l d a y s o f March Madness are upon us to do the job It’s a fantastic e x p e r i e n c e f o r spor ts fans Star ting with 66 teams, no o t h e r t o u r n a m e n t has as many single elimination, do-ord i e s c e n a r i o s a s M a r c h M a d n e s s does Ever ything is on the line in ever y s i n g l e g a m e Whether the No 1 s e e d s w i l l m e e t expectations, which t e a m w i l l b e t h e biggest unpredicted success stor y of the year, and who will cut down the nets at the end is so hard t o p r e d i c t A n d that’s par t of what makes it so excit-