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Tr ustees Deliberate

O ver Univer sity ’ s

Impact on New York

By ALEXA DAVIS Sun Senior Writer

Cornell trustees discussed a preliminar y version of the Economic Impact of Cornell report which will quantify the annual economic impacts of the University on various areas of New York State d u r i n g t h e Un i v e r s i t y B o a rd o f Tr u s t

Governmental Relations meeting Thursday

The report, a result of the collaboration between Cornell’s Office of Government and Community Relations and the Division of Budget and Planning, will regularize the collection of data as it pertains to local, s

“Cornell University’s spending is ... a tide that lifts all boats in Tompkins County ”

economies, once the final version is released in May,

Capital Budget and Integrated Planning and the report ’ s manager

Although the report is still in its initial phases, its creators have estimated the influence of Cornell through its aggregate spending on expenditures, construction, employment, voluntar y cash contributions and taxes

In total, the Ithaca campus ’ impact on New York State is current-

Former Israeli Prime Minister Will Address

Students in April

By AIMEE CHO Sun Staff Wr ter

Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel, will address students on April 8 about how Israel “maintains a thriving democracy amongst its Middle East neighbors and improve[s] the world with new technologies,” according to Rachel Medin ’14, copresident of the Cornell Israel Political Affairs Committee

According to Hal Ossman, executive director of Cornell Hillel, Olmert’s appearance is co-sponsored by Caravan for Democracy, an initiative of Jewish National Fund and Media Watch International that brings different speakers from Israel to discuss “the issues affecting Israel, how it is covered in the media and its unique role as the only democracy in the Middle East ”

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Celebrations | Cornell admissions representatives Reba McCutcheon ’96 and Angela Herrera ’03 welcome the Class of 2018 during the Countdown to Cornell event in the Robert Purcell Community Center Thursday

Cornell Admits Most Selective

Cla ss in Univer sity Hi stor y

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

An agonizing wait for high school seniors and applicants to Cornell ended at 5 p m Thursday, when the University notified 14 percent of its more than 43,000 applicants that they were accepted to the Class of 2018

By RIE SEU Sun Contributor

The University’s overall acceptance rate which takes into account both the number of early and regular decision acceptances marked a record low, down from last year ’ s 15 2 percent for the Class of 2017 and 16 2 percent for the Class of 2016

Andrew Weber, assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs, said there are numerous emerging biological threats worldwide due to the easy accessibility of materials involved in the production of biological weapons during a lecture Thursday

“Today, there is a lack of need for infrastructure that only a nation state would have,” he said “[Ingredients are] available at Home Depot ” With regard to terrorist groups, Weber said he was concerned that al-Quaida has asked for brothers with degrees

in microbiology or chemistry to develop weapons of mass destruction He also said he was concerned about the location the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo produced their biological weapons used in the Tokyo Metro attack in 1995, where cult members punctured packets of the neurotoxin sarin on the Tokyo subway system, leading to hundreds of injuries and lasting medical conditions

According to Weber, President Barack Obama is now emphasizing the prevention and detection of these biological threats around the world which includes natural and infectious disease

weather FORECAST

Ne ws, “ Cornel l Approve s $ 1,920 Incre ase in Tuiti on for U ndergraduates,” Monday

Sp eaking ab out how the undergraduate tutition increase will af fec t students receiving f inancial aid

“If an undergraduate student is receiving financial aid and his or her p ersonal and family financial circumstances have not changed, then the financial aid award will typically increase S o what the student on aid sees as the actual cost of attendance that has to b e paid by the student and family will not change in most cases

Barbara Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate S cho ol

Sp eaking ab out the Universit y ’ s direc t monetar y allo cations to the Cit y of Ithaca

“I’m comfortable that our contribution which is one of the first in American higher education on a voluntar y basis is comparable to our p eers But that s actually not the issue The issue is not whether we re somewhere around the median or something like that The issue is how do es the University contribute to a b etter community Perio d ”

President David Skor ton

Ne ws, “ Univ ersit y to E nd Eq uitation Classe s, ” Thursday

Sp eaking ab out the athlethic depar tment ’ s decision to end the equitation program

“The primar y concern is the s afety and well-b eing of the horses and the s afety of ever y single p erson that enters the facility There are to o many horses in a space that isn’t designed for that many horses ”

Andrea Dutcher, direc tor of physical education

Students Oppose State Partnership With Data Collector

By SOFIA HU Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell University College Republicans and the Cornell Democrats have come together to oppose New York State’s adoption and funding of inBloom, a non-profit that seeks to consolidate student information into a single database

“This is a strong show of bipartisanship and makes it explicit that we, as students, believe in standing up for our rights to data privacy and nondiscrimination,” said Michael Alter ’16, the organizer of Cornell campaign against inBloom

Those behind inBloom plan to collect and store up to 400 data fields of information on students in New York State schools, according to The New York Times These data fields include K-12 students’ grades, attendance records, disciplinary information and family relationships

Cornell students from both sides of the political spectrum have criticized the organization, alleging that it intrudes on student data privacy rights and collects information that may be irrelevant to improving students’ quality of education

“Why are certain data points collected and what purpose do they serve in creating these individualized educational experiences?” said Kyle Ezzedine ’14, chair of the Cornell Republicans “Would students who perform poorly in primary school have individualized educations that ‘ trap ’ them in a cycle where they are effectively taught less because of their absences or poor work?”

Students have also raised concerns about whether the data collected would be carefully safeguarded

“[inBloom is] shown to [host] unsecured data for students and have many repeated issues You can see with the fact that so many states have dropped the program that there

are clear problems,” said Maxwell Schechter ’14, president of the Cornell Democrats

Of the nine states that initially partnered with inBloom, New York is now the only state that is actively part of the program, according to Alter The eight other states pulled out of the program due to privacy concerns in Louisiana, the state removed all student data from the cloud when it was discovered that students’ Social Security numbers were uploaded into the system, according to The New York Times

“[InBloom’s] security guarantees were not thorough enough,” Alter said “inBloom has not given assurances that if data breaches ever did occur that they would be required to notify those whose privacy was violated ”

The Cornell Republicans’ and Cornell Democrats’ joint

opposition to the program mirrors bipartisan opposition in the New York State legislature, where policy makers on both sides of the aisle have criticized the system and introduced bills to protect student data, Alter said

Though several big organizations support inBloom including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rupert Mudoch’s News Corp and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, according to Reuters parents in New York State have raised a campaign against the organization, a campaign now also supported by Cornell students

“Students, whether at a university like this one or at other schools across the state, are very passionate about their data security and privacy,” Alter said

Student Startup Provides All-Natural Jerky

By HELEN DONNELLY Sun Staff Writer

Cornellians behind startup Worthy Jerky are looking to find success by selling all-natural steak snacks which have more protein and fewer calories than a serving of yogurt to big name grocery stores such as Wegmans and Whole Foods

According to Alex Krakoski ’16, founder and CEO of Worthy Jerky, he came up with the idea while attending the Leysin American School in Switzerland While in the ski resort town, he said he noticed

that there was a demand for snacks that could be taken on the ski slopes

“I asked my mother to make her homemade beef jerky and send it to me so I could sell it from my dorm room, ” Krakoski explained “It was incredibly successful because I was able to tweak and expand the product line to fit the community’s demands all while using only all-natural ingredients ”

Krakoski said he expanded the business when he came to Cornell and now has a team of Cornell students working for the startup

Camille Kapaun ’16, head of research and development for the organization, said that the product they sell is steak jerky, rather than beef jerky

“It’s a top, sirloin cut, as opposed to most beef jerky products that are mystery meats mashed-up like a beef chicken nugget, ” Kapaun said “It’s a real piece of meat ”

Krakoski said he stresses the importance of natural ingredients in Worthy Jerky’s products

“Mom always told me never to eat foods with ingredients I couldn’t pronounce, which seems to be a good general rule

of thumb for avoiding artificial additives,” he said “We don’t use nitrates or preservatives or any artificial ingredients at all What you taste is what you get ”

There are currently four flavors Citrus Barbecue, Spicy Citrus Barbecue, Teriyaki and Raspberry Chipotle while a new flavor, Coconut Curry, is in the pipeline, Krakoski said

All of the snacks are between 90 and 100 calories per serving, with fewer calories and carbs and more protein per serving than “widely accepted” health snacks like Clif Bars and Chobani Yogurt, according to Krakoski

As the startup does not yet have approved packing from the United States Department of Agriculture, they plan to attend a competition at Ithaca College, as well as Cornell’s entrepreneurial event Demo Day, to spread the word about their product before they launch it in stores, according to Benjamin Pham ’16, chief operating officer for Worthy Jerky

Krakoski said he hopes that Worthy Jerky will continue to expand in the future

“Our hope is to introduce the product line to hotels, golf courses, fitness centers and other more premium venues where patrons greatly benefit from having a healthy snack option that is more durable than anything else,” he said

Helen Donnelly can be reached at hdonnelly@cornellsun com

Cornell Outlines E xpenditures, Magnitude of Contributions

Kieran D onaghy : University spending ha s positive ef fect on surrounding community, Central New York, New York City TRUSTEES

ly calculated to be $3 096 million The current impact on Central New York is $1 612 million; the effect on New York City is $1 209 million and the influence on Tompkins County is $1 18 million

The study’s findings were calculated by referring to direct expenditures, indirect expenditures from vendors using capital from Cornell to pay their own expenses and induced impact from vendor employees, according to Prof Kieran Donaghy, city and regional planning

When broken down by location, the Ithaca campus spends approximately $73 6 million on purchases in Tompkins County, $54 4 million in other counties near Cornell, $61 6 million in other central New York State locations, $41 million in New York City, $29 million in other New

York State locations and $326 3 million outside New York State, according to the preliminar y report

Amundsen said the team developed an in-house capacity to crunch the data and develop the report so that in the future, the University can conduct impact analyses on a regular basis, examine how potential regional developments may affect the University

“One of the things of that we’re really excited about is telling our own story better ”

and surrounding communities and design development policies In addition to calculating expenditures on goods and services, the report also outlined the magnitude of the University’s voluntar y cash contributions

According to 2013 data, Cornell contributes $3,465,885 to Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Partnership; $1,225,789 to the City of Ithaca for fire department and other ser vices; $450,000 to the City of Ithaca School District; $150,000 to Community Housing Initiatives; $58,243 to the Community Transpor tation Initiative; and $44,000 to Tompkins Day Care Council

According to Donaghy, Cornell’s flow of capital has a notable effect that spans across all income levels

“Cornell University’s spending is indeed a tide that lifts all boats in Tompkins County,” he said Households that earn $50,000 per year or less, which comprise approximately 49 4 percent of all Tompkins County Households, including student households, enjoy 24 percent of Cornell’s economic impact, Donaghy said Households that earn annual incomes of $75,000 or less, or 67 5 percent of the county, enjoy 51 percent of Cornell’s impact Those that earn $100,000 or less, 78 percent of the county, enjoy 66 percent of this impact Finally, the 22 percent of households with incomes over $100,000 enjoy 34 percent of the total economic impact, Donaghy said

Donaghy encouraged the committee members to take special note of Cornell’s role in determining how the recession of 2008 and 2009 affected Tompkins County

“The impact of the recession on Tompkins County was softened by relatively steady employment, faculty hiring and student and visitor activity at Cornell,” he said “ The unemployment rate was one of the lowest in New York State The local real estate market was spared mass foreclosures that decimated whole communities elsewhere ”

Donaghy also noted that the report will quantify the costs that the City of Ithaca is able to avoid by using University resources and municipalities when responding to problems The report ’ s creators said these numbers have been calculated; however, they will only be released when the final study is published in May

Gary Stewart, director of the Office of Government and Community Relations, echoed Donaghy’s sentiments, saying that the report can be used in situations when outside organizations question or doubt the magnitude of Cornell’s contributions

“One of the things that we ’ re really excited about is telling our own story better,” Stewart said “People get hung up on one or two datapoints or make erroneous statements like Cornell doesn’t pay any property taxes, when of course the university does We will now have a resource to tell our own story better and it’s a good story to tell ”

Cornell Admits 6,014 From Record-High Pool

ADMISSIONS

The number of applications Cornell received for freshman admission 43,041 was also a record high for the University

This figure represents a 7 6 percent increase from last year, when Cornell received 40,006 applicants for freshman admission

Data indicate that this year ’ s admissions cycle was the most selective it has ever been in the University’s histor y Cornell denied 31,235 students admission to the University, versus 28,481 from last year

A total of 6,014 applicants were offered a place in the Class of 2018, compared to 6,062 for the Class of 2017, according to a University press release Cornell also offered 3,133 students a place on the waitlist, compared to 3,142 from last year

Jason C Locke, interim associate vice provost for enrollment, said in a University statement that Cornell’s reputation as a “stimulating living-learning community” continues to attract a “highly talented” and “diverse” pool of applicants

“With the university’s sesquicentennial on the horizon, our admitted students are living

proof of Cornell’s longstanding commitment to ‘ any person, any study,’” he said

Those who were admitted represent all 50 U S states, in addition to Washington, D C , Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands With regards to international presence, 78 countries are represented within this year ’ s admitted pool

The number of women who were offered a place in the Class of 2018 52 6 percent rose from last year ’ s 51 6 percent

Additionally, the number of admits who self-identified with underrepresented minority populations rose to 25 7 percent of the total admitted pool from last year ’ s 24 9 percent, according to the University Students of color comprise more than 46 percent of those accepted to the Class of 2018, the University said Median SAT I scores among those admitted remained constant in comparison to last year, according to the University Both the newly admitted Class of 2018 and the Class of 2017 saw an average SAT I critical reading score of 720 and an average SAT I math score of 750

Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun com

O lmert to Advocate for Israel’s Contributions

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Weber Discusses Chemical Weapons

attacks in addition to biological and chemical weapons

This increased communication and sharing of both laboratory and clinical information in what Weber described as the “healthification of society” allows governments and physicians to respond properly and contain outbreaks, according to Weber

Weber served for 13 years to reduce threat and uranium in Kazakhstan and Georgia and is currently working on destroying Syria’s entire stockpile of chemical weapons, according to Fredrik Logevall, director of Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, who introduced Weber as “ a leading world authority on the subject at hand ”

Weber said his most significant project was Project Sapphire in Kazakhstan, in which he led the removal of 600 kilograms of 90 percent highly enriched uranium in 1994 In this secret mission, he said, the uranium was taken to Tennessee where it was converted to low-enriched uranium and used in the nuclearpower industry

In 1995, during his stay in Kazakhstan as a United States Foreign Service Officer, Weber said he saw the world’s largest anthrax production facility in Stepnogorsk, Kazakhstan, which housed 300 metric tons of anthrax agent

However, Weber said it was not the sheer size of the facility which has since been safely destroyed and turned into a green field that impacted him

“I was surprised by how low-tech it really was like from a black and white movie,” he said “But it can produce mind-numbing amounts of anthrax agents ”

In Libya, Weber’s primary project was to destroy Libya’s chemical weapons The United States has successfully removed 25 metric tons of mustard gas and 3,500 unfilled aerial bombs, Weber said

“Libya is finally free of all weapons of mass destruction,” he said

Weber said his job is to now “completely destroy” Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile Having worked on this project for three years, Weber said he is worried about a potential regime collapse and “chemical weapons falling into the wrong hands ”

Together with Russia, Weber said, the U S has made a Field Deployable Hydrolysis System the best system to get rid of chemical weapons in Syria Currently, Weber said he is trying to convince other countries to use this technology to clear their chemical waste

“This is potentially a huge success in removing stockpile in Syria,” he said

Weber said he is hopeful that the world is on a path toward the elimination of the use of nuclear weapons

“I am on my twenty-eighth year of federal service, and it has just been remarkable,” he said

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the berry patch

With the changes to the calendar, Spring Break was moved back later this semester to accommodate the addition of Februar y Break Like ever yone else, we are excited to get a break from our prelims and papers, so we at The Sun wanted to find out where Cornellians will travel to next week So we enlisted our best Berr y Patch reporters who were packing their bathing suits and sunscreen and sent them to find out the hottest spots for Spring Breakers this year

The Smithsonian: Since our fearless leader President David Skorton will leave at the end of the next academic year, certain students have decided to beat him to the punch and take a road trip to Washington, D C to see his future workplace They claim they also want to be a bit more cultured and will actually take in some of the sights of the museums, but off-the-record sources say they really just want to party on the White House Lawn

Ithaca: For those who enjoy the snow, wind chill and sleet, these Cornellians have decided to stay in their humble abodes in Ithaca While others are enjoying sunny vacation spots, these students have decided to build a snowman and take a selfie

Mexico/Dominican Republic/Bahamas/Whatever other places are around there: If you want to hang with a ton of Cornellians, you might as well go to Punta Cana Or Cancun Or pretty much anywhere warm and featured on a Spring Break all-inclusive packages website It seems as though those looking for the beach and some fun in the sun are heading south of the border this Spring Break

Other State Schools: Those who think we party hard here have another coming, according to students that are hitting up large state schools over break From Penn State to Michigan and beyond, these Spring Break hopefuls claim they are planning on getting rowdy

The North Pole: While some students may have decided to stay in Ithaca, several students say they are going for something more temperate The North Pole, according to our weather experts basically whoever has the Weather App on their iPhone has actually had some balmy weather this winter

Home Sweet Home: For the percentage of students that are not planning on taking an exotic trip, they reported that they will be returning home Whether that means Westchester or Long Island, these students plan on sleeping in, eating their mom ’ s food and binging on Netflix, we hear House of Cards season two is out

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ealthy The word we say and hear without apprehension; we use it regularly, in many contexts and it is thrown about the ne ws, talk shows and ever y ne w adver tisement But what is “healthy?” According to the Oxford English Dictionar y, healthy is to be “in good health,” but what is that exactly? And, is there one state of good health or many?

Such an abstract concept is often applied widely to society as if there is one state of good health, as opposed to multiple, personalized forms But who decides what is healthful and what is not? For example, dair y is widely accepted as a vital par t of a healthful diet; however, those who are lactose intolerant would surely disagree I have even heard that excessive alcohol consumption, par tying and shopping are all “healthy” behaviors as they release stress but do these activities really improve our health? Wouldn’t we be better to address the stressful stimulus directly and deal with it so that it would no longer cause such miser y? That sounds healthier to me But more healthy? More in good health? This phrase suggests that there is a gradient of the healthy state, yet how does one know when they have passed from in good health to in poor health? Who designates these boundaries or are they as arbitrar y as the status itself?

As a society, we are confused We are constantly bombarded by adver tisements, TV shows and magazines that tell us how to be “healthy ” I cannot even count the number of foods that have been endorsed by TV doctors, and which surely cannot be incorporated into one ’ s diet while staying in a “healthy,” safe caloric range Fur thermore, how healthful is it to be so worried about our health? There must be some consequence to our mental health, potentially giving rise to stress and yes, more shopping How does one achieve a balance between the physical and mental state when our current society clearly emphasizes the former and devalues the latter And what about this healthy food? Low fat and fat free foods that have so much added sugar to compensate for the lack of fat Or the sugar substitutes, which are slowly being shown to have adverse health effects Is that healthful? We go from one diet trend to another without really questioning the validity of it and how it will really affect our body, aside from weight loss We are a product of centuries of evolution, and our bodies have been optimized to process basic, natural foods, so why give it something else full of preser vatives and additives?

Then there is the modern workout culture We spend a considerable par t of our day at the gym, getting ready for the gym, getting to and from the gym, talking about the gym and procrastinating about the gym Although gyms and the idea of working out have been around for ages, the current gym culture and related habits are relatively recent For decades people have been going to gyms and working out as par t of a well balanced lifestyle, and not as a priority to all other aspects What happened to maintaining an active lifestyle by walking the shor t distance to work or taking the stairs? Is it better to compar tmentalize our activity to gym time or spread it out during the day? And is it healthy to expect both a gym trip and additional daily activity on your body? Or perhaps your body will be full of lactic acid, causing soreness and pain And of course, instead of doing the healthy thing and listening to your body you will pop a pain killer and go on your way Can the body handle all that we expect of it?

Gyms are not as common around the world as they are in Nor th America, and yet we have some of the highest obesity rates We have made the gym such a priority that it has become a religion And rightfully so, we have also transferred the concepts of sin and penance where you could be forgiven for all of your sins, dietar y sins that is, by spending 10 more minutes on the elliptical machine or four more laps But is that healthy? Is it healthy to eat something fattening or deemed to be unhealthy by society such that you feel guilty and the need to compensate for it at the gym, slowly degrading your body image and your self-esteem? Why can you not just enjoy the pastr y as a treat and not think about the potential consequences for your waistline

I also like the gym I have been going to the gym for years to take part in the fun classes and it can be a great way to meet people that also like to be active and “healthy ” But I wonder if it is becoming excessive, and whether it qualifies as an obsession Has healthy becomes unhealthy? Ever ything that is labeled as healthy is potentially unhealthy in excess Too many nuts and you will have ingested a great amount of fat and will likely have a stomach ache, and too many clementines will make not only your stomach ache but your mouth sore (trust me on this one) Even drinking too much water can be lethal (“dilutional hyponatremia”) We are a society of overachievers, of competitors and those that want to go big or go home So, when presented with the challenge of, we give 180 percent

I believe in balance and not going to the extremes, but in a society where we routinely push ourselves to and sometimes past the limit, what is one left to balance with? Like many of you, I prefer eating well, being active and taking care of myself, and I think it is time that we all define for ourselves what it is to be healthy, and stop letting other people do it for us It’s time to stop listening to the media and star t listening to our bodies

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Four Technolog y-Relat ed Stren gths

Ne w Vet erinar y Graduat es Of fer

Veterinarians who are looking for a job immediately

familiar to many young

lack of experience means that their appointments may take longer, which results in less revenue to the practice, they will

school straight after col-

That being said, there are several unique assets that young veterinarians

c a n o f f e r p o t e n t i a l employers, one of which is their familiarity with the Internet and social media So this column is formatted in the spirit of that theme as one of t h o s e o m n i p r e s e n t Internet lists 1 Facebook This has to be the top of the list because it s generally

t h e f i r s t t h i n g t h a t

c o m e s t o m i n d w h e n you say “social networking ” While in school, w e u s e i t t o a r r a n g e events, adver tise products and share resources

Our intimate familiarity with Facebook makes it so that we can help a practice create or manage their page in a way that will be the most useful to clients by gen-

e r a t i n g t h e m o s t h i t s and then be accessed by

potential ne w clients

2 Google We know that clients use the Internet to find answers

t o t h e i r p r o b l e m s because that’s what we all do So we can comp l a i n a b o u t “ D r Google” when a client comes in with a stack of p r i n t o u t s f r o m t h i n g s they found online, but w e c a n a l s o u n i q u e l y

e m p a t h i z e w i t h t h e m and explain things in a way that maintains their faith in us even when we ’ re contradicting the

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S o y o u n g g r a d u a t e s could easily offer tips to optimize the way a practice’s website was perceived by current and potential clients 4 Client educa-

t i o n O f f e r i n g t a l k s , s e m i n a r s a n d d e m o nstrations is a great way to educate clients and I think that these ser vices

a r e v i t a l l y i m p o r t a n t , but many clients are not a b l e t o s c h e d u l e t h e t i m e t o a t t e n d t h e s e events It would be rela-

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3 Websites They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover (or a b o t t l e o f w i n e b y i t s label, depending on the circles you r un in), so y o u r e a l l y s h o u l d n ’ t judge a business by its website But the unfortunate fact of the matter is that many people do exactly that I can say for sure that if I’m looking for a ne w place to go to, I’m much more likely to patronize a business with a professional, e f f i c i e n t w e b s i t e t h a n one with an archaic, dif-

Facebook But for ever y one of these practices, there are at least two that could use some help ( I d i s c ove re d t h i s l a s t year when I was tr ying to help my mom find a local clinic for her cat) For better or worse, the i n t e

and

much more than word of mouth, I think it will become cr ucial for veterinar y practices to integrate into the world of social media Hiring ne w graduates is an easy way f o r t h e m t o keep up with

There are several unique assets that young veterinarians can offer potential employers

tively easy for a young veterinarian to create a n e w s l e t t e r o r p o s t Po w e r Po i n t s l i d e s o r video and record events and/or shor t blurbs on cer tain topics for these clients

I’m not saying that older practitioners cannot learn these skills and be just as proficient at them as ne w graduates would be I’ve seen a good number of practices who are ahead of t h e g a m e t h e y ’ v e h i r e d p r o f e s s i o n a l s t o d e s i g n t h e i r w e b s i t e s a n d a r e a c t i v e o n

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ever ything on this list Anyways, isn’t it nice to have someone on staff who can probably figure out that state of the ar t ne w machine the prac-

having to read the manual?

Nikhita Parandekar graduated from Cor nell in 2011 and is a third-year veterinar y student in the Cor nell College of Veterinary Medicine She may be reached at nparandekar@cornellsun com Hoof

A March 27 Dining Guide stor y, “Collegetown Bagels is Ithaca Born and Bread,” incorrectly misspelled Gregar Brous’ last name as “Braus ” In addition, the stor y said Collegetown Bagels has hired students from “ Tompkins’ County Community College,” when the institution is known as Tompkins Cortland Community College

Due to an editing error, a March 27 news stor y, “Cornell, Ithaca Could Face Trial for 2010 Suicide,” incorrectly said that the University and City of Ithaca claimed plaintiff Howard Ginsburg’s ’70 death was unforeseeable In fact, Cornell and Ithaca were referencing the 2010 death of his son, Bradley Ginsburg ’13 The Sun regrets this error

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The Wind Rises: Miyazaki’s Swan Song Falls Flat

ZACH ZAHOS Sun Senior Staff Writer

Any aspiring screenwriter has read Pixar’s “22 Rules of Storytelling” by now Rule Six reads, “What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them Challenge them How do they deal?” Pixar enjoys a sterling reputation because it tells tight, satisfying stories, wherein an unlikely protagonist braves a mountain of intensifying conflict and emerges victorious Up fits all it s got into a three-act structure, the Hollywood standard, and somehow makes it unforced, even sparse

Only Hayao Miyazaki and the powerhouse he co-founded, Studio Ghibli, rival Pixar in the international market for acclaimed animated films Yet Miyazaki tells stories that do not conform to Hollywood structure It explains why the meandering Spirited Away proved so jarring to my nine-year-old brain, in addition to all its weird ghosts and pigs His films use ma, the Japanese word for “ space ” or “ pause, ” to contemplative, disarming effect The best of them are flat-out art films So it is awkward to critique The Wind Rises, Miyazaki’s latest and potentially last film, for it conforms to a straightfor ward biopic formula that plays against Miyazaki’s strengths Of course, everything on screen still brims with beauty and rewards symbolic reading

For the first time, Miyazaki dramatizes the life of a historical figure, with the same name, look and all We meet the young Jiro Horikoshi in his dream, in which he flies a plane of his own invention high in the sky until a monolithic flying fortress emerges from the clouds and sends Jiro and shrapnel plummeting to the ground The Icarus myth recurs throughout the film, for while Jiro’s poor eyesight precludes a piloting career, he instead

Tdedicates his life to designing the world’s sleekest and fastest airplanes, just as World War II beckons That most prototypes snap and set aflame on test runs only motivates Jiro to try harder, yet he must balance his perfectionism within a military sphere willing to sacrifice speed and safety if it means bolting a machine gun onto a wing, with compassionate, grounding human relationships

Unfortunately, this conflict between career and life, war and grace and male superiors and female loved ones fails to reach us with Jiro at its center From the start, Jiro is perfect: He saves a woman and child from the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, fastens a splint on the former’s broken leg like a Boy Scout, carries them to their families and ducks out before they can ask his name Voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the only occasionally awkward English dub, Jiro could not be sweeter, what with his command of etiquette and master y of kenjōgo (“polite language”) His romance with Naoko (Emily Blunt), a sickly girl with a mature outlook on life, offers overwhelming sentiment, effective as it may be Their love colors the second half of the film, and Miyazaki strains to connect them with his larger questions Naoko can only whisper into Jiro’s ear how great he is so many times until they both flatten into cardboard To quote Reverse Shot critic Eric Hynes on Dallas Buyers Club, “Never trust a film that applauds its own protagonist ” The undisciplined narrative disappoints, since Miyazaki works best in looser, more radical genres than the standard biopic But count on Miyazaki to trot out the weird and fantastic, in spite of all else Werner Herzog lends his Bavarian tenor to a watercress-loving German whose quivering pupils resemble black, cartoon suns Out of his mouth slither omens of impending war or wishes of health and happi-

ness, and nothing in between He haunts a resort in midland Japan more like an apparition than a human, as does the Felliniesque inventor Giovanni Caproni (Stanley Tucci), who Jiro encounters multiple times in high-flying dreamscapes In both Jiro’s dreams and reality, struggling aircrafts emit moaning, guttural sounds M i y a z a k i

r e f r a i n s from flooding the soundtrack with ambient particulars (think of all you hear during one establ i s h i n g crane shot from, say, Pirates of the Caribbean), so this aural motif stands out as it humanizes machines that, to Jiro, serve a higher purpose than as weapons to kill

The Wind Ris es Directed by Hayao Miyazaki Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt

but the uneasy alliance amongst Axis nations casts a more permeating spall over the film than any material gains Japanese engineers enjoy in their collaboration with the Nazis That is a good thing

Miyazaki has sustained attacks from his homeland that The Wind Rises communicates an “anti-Japanese” message in its depiction of the military as droning thugs and the war effort as misguided, at best, and sinful, at worst I admire the film’s stance, even though it could have gone further by maybe mentioning the anti-Korean violence following the Kanto earthquake But now and then the film looks out from its bubble When Jiro and his best friend Honjo ( John Krasinski) visit Berlin, they catch a glimpse of Gestapo agents chasing renegade Jews through streets bathed in German Expressionist shadows The Nazis stop to shove their flashlights in Jiro and Honjo’s faces, gritting their teeth to round them up too Jiro saves them both, of course,

Obviously, there is a whole lot I like about The Wind Rises Miyazaki mulls over the outrageous paradox that only in times of war do governments support artists, provided they sacrifice all humane values they hold dear Yet as pretty as every frame is, the film proves far more stimulating after you watch it, as you try and fish out significance from Miyazaki’s sincere intentions Jiro is simply too good and thus boring a protagonist for a film so concerned about mortality, compromise and geopolitical tension He stands aloft the breakers of global tumult, undampened by its waves of red as he floats away on a raft of saccharine fantasy, one that he sees as the world entire Zach Zahos is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

On the Genealogy of Musicality

o make the argument that the intellectual quality of popular song lyrics is plummeting, I could easily use this space to reprint any lyric by Rick Ross or Miley Cyrus However, I d like to make a positive point: that the rock music of yesteryear was rich with references to philosophy and literature Of course, I understand that references do not equal depth and that literary references can still be found in the music of Modest Mouse, Vampire Weekend and Radiohead But below I seek to show the degree to which the memorable pop musicians of the ’60s and ’70s were engaged in conversations with former thinkers or writers I organize these conversations by thinker or movement If you like lyrics that are strong enough to be read as text and enjoy references to history’s most influential thinkers, look to the music from the Age of Aquarius and become a declinist like me Besides, declinism is on the rise

Nietzsche the ultimate declinist (“history is the story of the degeneration of man”) has perhaps received the most noteworthy shout-outs in rock histor y The Doors’ Jim Morrison once told a report that, in order to understand “where he’s at right now ” psychologically, one must read Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy Above any of his contemporaries, Morrison was most truthful to Nietzsche’s suggestion to harness Dionysian energy He was faithful to his books too: His father remembered that Morrison was offered a high school graduation gift and chose the complete volumes of Nietzsche over a car Morrison would go on to write an impromptu ballad “Ode to Nietzsche,” attempt to make a film about the horse that kicked Nietzsche in the head and bring goats on stage to mimic Dionysus, Nietzsche’s chosen God One could argue that Morrison lived according to Nietzsche’s theory of Eternal Recurrence which roughly suggests that a person should live his or her life so freely that he or she would choose to live it over and over again Of course, Morrison lived so freely that he died at 27, giving leverage to Nietzsche’s quote, “The

favorites of the gods die young ”

Around the time Morrison died, however, the most popular song in the United Kingdom was David Bowie’s “Oh! You Pretty Things, a song that describes the coming of a beautiful, superior race to wash away the lowly, crude humans “homo sapiens have outgrown their use ” According to Bowie, these lyrics, as well as those of his Quicksand,” were inspired by Nietzsche’s ideas regarding the arrival of the Overman, or Übermensch, who redeems man by disobeying man ’ s slavish adherence to morality His lyrics reflect the Nietzschean influence less than Morrison or Bowie’s, but John Lennon reportedly read On the Genealog y of Morals while on LSD Lennon’s “Imagine,” however, clearly reflects the idea that nihilism will pave the way to freedom “Imagine there’s no heaven / Imagine all the people / Living for today ” If we negated all values, as Nietzsche and Lennon’s nihilism posits, imagine how free we would be Further testimony to Bowie’s intellect is provided by Brain Picking’s “David Bowie’s 75 Must-Read Books ” Karl Marx’s influence on music is, perhaps, less exciting than Nietzsche’s and harder to trace One band, however, won ’ t let you forget that they are Marxists This band is the Leeds-based, post-punk group Gang of Four Aside from their name ’ s reference to the top four Chinese Communist Party officials under Mao, Gang of Four’s stated purpose was to penetrate the airwaves with reminders of the omnipresence of capitalist consciousness This goal reconciles the contradiction between the band’s production of commercial entertainment and Marxist philosophy and is influenced by the thinking of the Marxist Critical Theorists, who sought to explain the degree to which capitalism has gripped the consciousness of the modern individual Their song, “Natural’s Not in It,” references Herbert Marcuse’s notion of repressive desublimation, which roughly elaborates the idea that ‘capitalism uses sex to sell ” Further, the song pays homage to Marx’s notion of the fetish character of the commodity Marx’s conversation on alienation is echoed in “At Home He’s A

Tourist ” Other songs, such as “Ether” and “To Hell With Poverty,” deal with issues of exploitation and inequality Postpunk also featured references to the sometimes-Marxist Albert Camus with the Cure s “Killing an Arab, a brief retelling of Camus “The Stranger Morrison was known to be inspired by Camus’ “The Rebel” and can be heard retelling Camus’ notion of Metaphysical Rebellion” in interviews

Beyond philosophy, 19th century poetry finds its successors in 20th century rock music Perhaps it was the idealistic, natureloving English Romantics and the brash, rebellious French Symbolists who paved the way for the musical icons of the ’60s Certainly, they paved the way for the ’60s’ first major musical icon, Bob Dylan, who counted Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine and Woody Guthrie as his primary influences Dylan was often elusive about his inspirations he once claimed that the intimate, autobiographical “Blood on the Tracks” was entirely based on Chekhov’s short stories but his lyrics clearly outline his heroes Hear him reference Verlaine and Rimbaud in “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” (“Situations have ended sad / Relationships have all been bad / Mine’ve been like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud”) and Pound and Eliot in “Desolation Row” (“And Ezra Pound and T S Eliot / Fighting in the captain’s tower / While calypso singers laugh at them”) In the later ’60s, Morrison (again) would call himself “Rimbaud in a leather jacket ” The Doors, in fact, named themselves after a quote from English Romantic William Blake “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is: Infinite ” and reference his poetry in their song “Journey to the End of the Night” (“Some are born to sweet delight / Some are born to the endless night”), based on the book of the same title by French author Louis-Ferdinand Celine To see where poetry past and present and rock music truly collide, listen to The Clash’s “Ghetto Defendant,” in which Allen Ginsberg reads a passage about Arthur Rimbaud and French Rebellion to the sound of a raga beat and Joe Strummer’s guitar

Henr y Staley is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at hstaley@cornellsun com Politicizing Art appears alternate Fridays

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Mathews and Minor are both awaiting the NFL draft, which takes place from May 8 through May 10 CBSsports com projects Mathews as a potential seventh-round pick or free agent, listing a “struggle to elude defenders” and “ not consistently stepping into his passes ” as some of his weaknesses

“I think the stuff we need to work on we could work on all the time,” Mathews said “A lot of that is movement and staying balanced throughout a throw, being able to drive the ball and working even more on throwing the ball downfield and throwing deep balls You keep working on the things you need to build on ”

According to head coach David Archer ’05, what is most impressive about Mathews has nothing to do with his arm and all to do with his personality, which Archer said would be highly attractive to an NFL team

“Obviously what he can do physically is impressive, but with Jeff, if you take the time to get to know him and be around him, it’s what’s inside him that I know will make him successful at the next level,” Archer said

CBSsports com also lists Mathews as a “hard worker with strong preparation skills and a team-first attitude,” all things that his coach noted about the four-year starting quarterback

“He has the want-to, he has the willpower, he has the heart, he has the courage, he has incredible football intelligence,” Archer said “And beauty is in the eye of the beholder when it comes to these things ”

While neither Archer nor Mathews could give any indication of whispers or rumors about what teams were expressing interest in him, Archer did say that his quarterback would be most attractive to teams looking for a player they could mold into their system

“I look at him as kind of like a ball of clay for an NFL team that they can shape and mold he has all the tools,” Archer said “His off the field toughness and leadership intangibles are off the charts, so somebody is going to get a heck of a football player ”

Archer acknowledged that in the “ cat and mouse game ” of the NFL draft, it is never easy to predict where a player will go Mathews said he is looking at May’s draft as just the “ next thing” on his journey to what will hopefully culminate in an opportunity at an NFL camp “ There’s always a next thing that you ’ re working for and you ’ ve got to make sure you ’ re putting your all into the next thing that you ’ re doing,” Mathews said

No matter what the NFL draft might bring for Mathews, the senior quarterback said he hopes to spend the day with his father and his teammates

“I know I’m going to be with my dad but I’d like to be with the guys too, ” Mathews said “ You know so many people have given me so much, especially from Cornell, and I want them to be there for that moment, regardless of what really happens ”

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Mathews, Minor Work Out

Before NFL S cout s on Pro Day

By SCOTT CHIUSANO

Sports Editor

Senior quarterback Jeff Mathews blew on his hands as he watched senior wide receiver Grant Gellatly reel in one of his bullet passes near the sideline Mathews barely had time to yell out “ great catch,” before another ball was in his hands waiting to be tossed downfield Mathews and senior outside linebacker Tre’ Minor worked out in front of professional football scouts in Thursday’s Pro Day, underneath a rare Ithaca sun that warmed the turf of Schoellkopf field just enough for the two NFL hopefuls

of the process is showing that, hey, we can throw all day if we need to ”

While he was not out there all day, Mathews did throw for over half an hour, tossing what he believed was close to 90 balls, more than the 50 or 60 that most NFL prospective quarterbacks normally throw The senior signal caller’s passes were crisp and on the money, with his intended receivers cleanly hauling in the majority of them

“There’s always a next thing that you’re working for ”

Jeff Mathews

The scouts took notes on Minor first, who was asked to do sprints before showing off his agility and foot speed with some defensive drills Mathews then took the field, throwing to four of his teammates who ran different routes, some cutting to the sidelines and some to the endzone

“I thought it went well,” Mathews said “We got a lot of throws in, which was by design I think part

A crowd formed on the sidelines as Mathews and Minor worked out, made up of many of their fellow teammates who had come out to show support Mathews emphasized how important it was for him to hold Pro Day on Schoellkopf

“Number one, I love being at Cornell It has been a blessing to be able to be here for the last four years, ” he said “I really wanted to come back here for one last time and throw on Schoelkopf when it kind of mattered That and throwing with your teammates and everything is a great experience ”

On We d n e s d a y, t h e Chicago district of the National Labor Relations Board r uled that Nor thwestern football players qualified as employees of the University and had the right to form a union T h i s i s t

r uling hand of the NCAA and its growing power over the world of college spor ts T

With its ability to put p r o g r a m s o n p r o b a t i o n (there are currently 10 such programs), and thus jeopardize these profit centers, the N C A A h a s h e l d a n u n t o u c h a b l e p o w e r ov e r athletic programs The revenue lost by not attending b o w l g a m e s a n d l o s i n g scholarships for their football team is a sacrifice that affects these schools where they feel it most: in their wallets

their scholarship, they have to play football In order to play football, they have to be healthy and abide by team r ules that are outside t h e r e a l m o f w h a t i s required of a normal student The fact that their s c

argue, would legally make them employees

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m e d i a , a n d t h e N C A A itself, is that Nor thwestern players are fighting to be p a i d R a t h e r, t h e r u l i n g shows that they already are paid in the form of their scholarship and deser ve a chance to represent themselves and establish workers’ rights in connection with their scholarship

The NCAA, the governing body for college athletics, was formed in 1906 as a nonprofit association, and i s c u r r e n t l y m a d e u p o f 1,281 institutions As college athletics have grown in popularity, the NCAA has been unable to adapt to the changing scener y Top athletic programs earn more than $100,000,000 in revenue each year from ticket sales, media deals and vario u s o t h e r a v e n u e s t h a t come back to the athletic program and university

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s b e i n g l e d by Kain Colter, Nor thwestern’s quar terback His focus is on the distinction of “studentathlete,” which is a term the NCAA invented to tr y and avoid the gray area being confronted by Colter and the Nor thwestern football team

The main point of their argument is that the scholarships they receive act as payment for their per formance In order to receive

The long-held argument o f u n i v e r s i t i e s a n d t h e NCAA alike is that college athletics are enhancements

to the regular student life With only one percent of college athletes playing professional spor ts, the emphasis should clearly be on the “student” and less on the “athlete,” but the demanding intensity and competitive nature of college athletics often ske ws this distinction

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