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I.C. Strike Called Off After 11 Hours of Bargaining

Faculty charges of unfair labor practices pending, await action by NLRB

By ANNA DELWICHE and RACHEL WHALEN Sun News Editors

After an eleven-hour bargaining session with administration, the Ithaca College contingent faculty called off their two-day strike originally slated for Tuesday and Wednesday on Sunday night

The negotiation session, which involved members of an I C bargaining committee and I C administration, addressed much of what the contingent faculty union wanted, according to a member on the bargaining committee who wished to remain anonymous

“It was not just an eleven-hour session, but nearly eighteen months of work on this contract

These negotiations are a long time coming According to members of the Ithaca College bargaining committee, the negotiated contract brings a pay increase for part-time faculty and more stable appointments to full-time faculty at the college

How e v e r, t h e t e n s i o n s between the faculty and the administration are not all put t o re s t C h a r g e s w i t h t h e

National Labor Relations Board for unfair labor practices still stand, largely referring to Ithaca College firing contingent faculty members after they formed a union in June 2016 Three former contingent professors who were also active union members have filed cases through the Cornell Labor Law Clinic, and these cases

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are still under review with the National Labor Relations Board

Prof Rachel Kaufman, writing, Ithaca College, explained that the relation between the failure of I C administration to renew contracts with faculty members who were members of the union is the basis of the NLRB charge

“As I understand, the most active members [of the bargaining committee] were let go, ” she said “To see them be let go so unceremoniously right after they were really active in forming the union basically that’s what the Law Clinic took a look at ”

Calling Off the Strike

The end of bargaining and the calling a faculty strike at Ithaca College came at the eleventh hour of negotiations

After 18 months of negotiations with

By YUICHIRO KAKUTANI Sun Staff Writer

A day before his scheduled lecture Tuesday evening, former Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan, who presided over the countr y during the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear disaster, discussed risk, loss and his legacy in an interview with The Sun

The Prime Minister noted that while the Japanese were well-equipped to handle the natural disasters of 2011, they were unprepared to deal with the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant

"The Tsunami and the earthquake, while devastating, was nothing unexpected; Japan is a country with lots of earthquake We have a lot of people equipped and experienced with dealing with earthquake related

disasters,” Kan said “On the other hand, the nuclear disaster was something no one was prepared for We had no one experienced to deal with it ”

The prime minister said that the electricity company known as Tokyo Electric Power Company, which operated the nuclear

reached | I C protesters express discontent at this late February demonstration.

the I C administration, the college and the contingent faculty union finally settled on a contract Sunday night at the end of an eleven-hour bargaining session, according to bargaining committee member Prof Tom Schneller ’08, music, Ithaca College

I C contingent faculty representing more than 30 percent of the college’s faculty have spent over a year negotiating a pay increase for part-time faculty and greater job stability for full-time faculty

The contingent faculty strike, scheduled for March 28 and 29, was a move that was meant to push the administration to concede greater changes in negotiating, according to Kaufman

Kaufman noted that the union had seen concessions

Cornell, Union File Grievances On O p e n i n g Da y o

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun Managing Editor

The graduate unionization took an ugly turn after the first day of voting Cornell Graduate Students United and its affiliates in addition to Cornell administration have referred grievances to an arbitrator after a controversial email was sent out last night by Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Barbara Knuth and alleged complaints by student voters of coercion and “electioneering by CGSU/AFT/NYSUT ”

The CGSU complaint was filed after an email sent out last night by graduate school administrators suggested that less graduate students could be hired if unionization were to occur The suggestion appeared in an Ask a Dean forum, where graduate students

can submit questions anonymously to the deans of the Graduate School

A question included in the email asked how the University would pay for the added benefits the potential union would bargain for “It is possible that significantly increased costs for these items could lead to reduced numbers of graduate students at Cornell, but faculty, departments and colleges would need to make those decisions,” Knuth wrote in the response Knuth told The Sun that the response was revised to remove the sentence that appeared problematic, “ not because it was determined to be a violation, but in our good faith efforts to address concerns raised ” Cornell also filed a grievance against

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Touring the Past Through Plaster Casts

Classics prof challenges ‘whitewashed’ portrayal of ancient civilizations

By JULIETTE OVADIA Sun Contributor

As students hunt for tables, stare intently at their computer screens or wait in the endless, winding lines for a between-class snack, they often unwittingly ignore the plaster casts of the Venus de Milo and Victory of Paeonius that gaze at them from across Klarman

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In a Classical Society tour of the plaster casts in Goldwin Smith and Klarman Halls, Prof Verity Platt, classics, curator of the Cornell Cast Collection, emphasized the importance of the continued preservation and appreciation of this plaster cast collection

With the construction of Klarman Hall, Platt said she was approached in 2015 to create a proposal for Klarman Atrium that would display select casts

“When I was asked to come up with a proposal for Klarman, I really didn’t want to just impose a kind of outdated model of canonical classicism on this space, because that’s not what the humanities is about anymore, ” Platt said

One example of Platt’s curation is the casts of friezes on the Nereid Tomb that now hang

in Klarman These friezes come from a fourth century tomb excavated in southwest Turkey that incorporates both Greek and Persian elements

According to Platt, those casts “tell us something different about the ancient world that isn’t the story that you get in all the textbooks,” countering a “whitewashed, western, origins of civilization story, ” she said

Likewise, Platt called for the “rethinking of what casts are and what they can mean now

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The value of the cast a plaster copy of a work of art stems from its “dynamic engagement ” with students who can access a three-dimensional replica of valuable ancient artifacts in an educational setting that they might otherwise only see in photographs or on visiting Athens or Rome, according to Platt

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More than 500 plaster casts of statues and reliefs from the Near East and Ancient Greece and Rome to Medieval and Renaissance Europe were displayed first in McGraw Hall and, by 1906, in Goldwin Smith

“The cast collection [ is] basically a laboratory for classical exploration.”

By the twentieth century, the advent of photography and the increasing ease of travel rendered the plaster cast obsolete, Platt said Casts, although initially integral to the study of art and archaeology, were soon relegated to warehouses and the trash heap

“The interesting thing about casts is that what they give us is a[n] impression of what they thought classical sculpture looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries, this neoclassical idea of bleached white marble,” Platt said

“The cast collection [is] basically a laboratory for classical exploration,” Platt said

Beginning in the 1890s, the Cornell collection of plaster casts was established and expanded with the financial support of trustee Henr y Sage and the encouragement of

“But then over time that came to be seen as a kind of deadness, [with these] ghostlike, dead objects,” she added

Nevertheless, in the 1970s, the Cornell plaster casts were rediscovered, adorning the walls of the Temple of Zeus cafe which in fact takes its name from one such cast, according to Platt

It was only in the first decade of the twenty-first century that restoration of the casts began

She cited the creation of a database of casts at Cornell and a New Humanities Initiative proposal for the creation of a Center for Media, Material Culture and the Senses to display the preserved casts as ways in which these casts antiques in their own right can serve as educational and artistic resources

“The idea of the laboratory in the humanities is very current, ” she said “[The study of plaster casts] would be a new way of thinking about [preservation and arts education] in relation to this medium of replication and tool for hands-on teaching and learning ”

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from the administration following a protest held on campus in Febr uar y, but she said that it was “clearly going to take pressure to make [the administration] do the right thing ”

“ What we ’ ve seen in bargaining is that the only time that they’ve really had a significant move is after we ’ ve taken action and put pressure on them that seems to be what they really respond to, ” she added “ We have spent so many months making significant, significant decreases in our pay propos-

“It was really community support on and off campus that really brought the spotlight to the issue.”

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cessions in other proposals only to

come back with stock no ” Schneller said

that came out of negotiations could set the tone for colleges and universities across the countr y

As colleges rely more and more on contingent labor, Schneller explained, this poses a threat for students interested in entering the academic workforce The contract that was just negotiated can be a step in changing this trend and thus “ a ver y positive thing,” he said

“[Students] do not want to go into academia anymore because it is becoming increasingly less likely that you ’ re actually going to land a tenuretrack job,” Schneller added “So there has to be these protections The union provides a degree of stability that is really essential for many college [and] university professors across this countr y ”

Prof Brody Burroughs, ar t, Ithaca College added that community involvement in this process has been significant to reach this point

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against CGSU and its affiliates, claiming that its members were coercing voters

Vice President of Human Resources Mar y Opperman also sent out an email on Monday claiming that prounion advocates were violating the agreement through other measures

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f CGSU/AFT/NYSUT representatives have told eligible voters who don’t suppor t the union not to vote, ” Opperman said in the email “ The student making the report noted he felt threatened by the representatives ”

Four American Arbitration Association officials stationed at the four polling places on campus all said that there were no instances of any coercion or harassment to people waiting to cast their vote

However pro-union members fired back, claiming that the University provided no evidence to back up its claims

“ There's an important difference between the grievances submitted by Cornell and CGSU: those submitted by the union reference specific, well-documented violations of our Code of Conduct, while Cornell's are wholly unsubstantiated,” said Jaron Kent-Dobias, grad “It's disappointing the Graduate School would publicize such alarming claims based only on hearsay ”

The arbitrator Howard Edelman ruled Monday night that there can be no “electioneering” within 100 feet of polling places and that administrators and CGSU officials may make no coercive statements to prospective voters

The Ask a Dean forum has been a breeding ground for conflict Administrators claim they are addressing legitimate concerns from students who are always anonymous while union organizers claim that it is the University’s method of circumventing the agreement reached between the two sides in May that prevents professors or administraters from tr ying to persuade graduates to vote “ no ”

Recently, the forum has been filled with many questions on unionization and the Cornell Graduate Students United’s campaign The responses, as well as certain questions, have caused conflict between administrators and union organizers, particularly, Knuth and CGSU member Paul Berr y, grad

The drama started three weeks ago, when Berr y received an email newsletter from the graduate school including two Ask a Dean questions One asked about the potential consequences of a CGSU strike and the other asked whether the student should be concerned about CGSU’s “non-Cornell affiliates ”

Knuth posted responses to both questions which were linked in the email providing details on dues structure and speculating on some possible consequences of a strike, while maintaining that a strike has never before occured at Cornell, so it would be impossible for

her to know

Berr y was displeased, and responded to Knuth via email

“Maybe tr y some yoga and meditation?” he wrote to Knuth “[P S ] this misuse of the graduate school listser v is completely irresponsible ”

A few days later, Berr y emailed the graduate school deans in the hopes of getting a question posted on the forum about whether Cornell would challenge the results of the election if CGSU were to win, as Columbia University did when the Graduate Workers of Columbia won their unionization election

Berr y repeatedly asked to confirm that his question would not be altered without his knowledge, other than to make it anonymous, pointing out another answer on the forum stating that the deans make no editorial decisions other than to make sure the student is currently registered and to make it anonymous

Knuth responded to his email suggesting that he tr y what he advised a few days earlier

“ Your series of emails implying the graduate school does not do what we advertise we do for Ask a Deans is bordering on paranoia,” she said in her email response “Have you tried yoga or meditation?”

The email then continued by assuring him that they will not edit his question and thanked him for already providing an anonymized signature, something she said not ever yone does He responded politely before adding another quip

“I did some meditation today actually, ver y relaxing,” he said

“ Thanks, Paul,” Knuth responded “I prefer yoga, and am glad to know that you have a technique that works for you ”

After, Berr y cced Knuth’s assistant asking if she “would like to weigh in on this important debate too?”

The assistant responded by saying that she has tried both yoga and meditation, but has a hard time finding time to fit them into her schedule regularly

Berr y, although polite in the exchange, was unhappy with the behavior Knuth exhibited, both during the email conversation and before it as well

“Dean Knuth’s behavior during the union campaign has been unprofessional and completely inconsistent with the values of any university,” he told The Sun “Unfortunately, I was not surprised at all when recently the dean responded to my legitimate concern by accusing me of ‘bordering on paranoia ’”

Director of the Worker Institute Prof Ileen DeVault, industrial and labor relations, said that the University’s actions, including Knuth’s use of the Ask a Dean forum, go against the spirit of the agreement they signed with the union in May 2016

Josh Girsky can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com

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e r s , a n d myself,” Kan said “Unfor tunately, I was often uninformed about what was happening on-site in the initial stages of the crisis ” K a n a l s o c l a i m e d t h a t T E P C O d e l i be r a t e l y c h o s e t o h i d e c r u c i a l i n f o r m a t i o n

“I was often uninformed about what was happening on-site in the initial stages of the crisis ” N a o t o K a n

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Understanding Unionization

YESTERDAY AND TODAY, CORNELL GRADUATE STUDENTS are voting on the question of their potential unionization, the finale to a series of events prompted by an August 2016 NLRB ruling that graduate students can be considered workers with the right to unionize This is a reversal of a 2004 ruling which stated that graduate students should have a “primarily educational, not economic, relationship with their university ”

The role of graduate students has become highly contentious; students argue they play an indispensable yet under-appreciated role in Cornell’s research initiatives and course curricula Cornell Graduate Students United supports unionization as a means of increasing the benefits of all graduate students at Cornell through a collective bargaining unit The potential union will aim to give graduate students a say over issues ranging from health insurance to stipends and wage increases, ultimately to improve students’ living and working conditions

Critics of the union point out potentially flawed voting procedures and the potential union’s ability to fairly represent grad students At Yale, “slim margins of victor y ” in the voter turnouts revealed divisions across departments when it came to unionization Due to similar conflicts within Cornell’s graduate student body, it is difficult to gauge whether a union’s bargaining efforts can adequately ser ve and reflect the concerns of graduate students at large; divisions can “dampen the effect of a union’s arguments, ” according to Prof Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations Other criticisms of unionization include the potential damage to faculty-student relationships and fears that the reach of the union will extend beyond the economic issues of students and intrude on academic decisions that are better left to the University

The Sun takes no official position for or against unionization, but we urge students to be cognizant of the potential union’s powers and limitations It is in their best interest to be as informed as possible about the benefits and drawbacks of the unionization before casting their ballots, as this decision will affect not only currently employed students, but also generations of graduate students to come

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“As a public employee, I salute Cornell graduate students for making the effort Despite the claims up above, the proof is in the pudding when it comes to unionization. Unlike many other developed countries, employees in this country are overwhelmingly at will and employers are not contractually bound to any benefits or wages that they themselves set Only a contract that is legally enforceable will ensure that an individuals working conditions cannot be unilaterally changed on them ”

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Re: “Graduate Students to Vote Monday and Tuesday on Union Recognition” News

March 27, 2017

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American Healthcare Act (an act whose formal short title was “ World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017”) is a major blow to Donald Trump and Paul Ryan In the words of the former, “nobody knew that health care could be so complicated” (or, as the latter would s a y, “ a c c e s s t o c a re ” ) B e s i d e s a c r u s h i n g d e f e a t f o r a d i v i d e d

Republican Party unable to reach a vote on the bill, its withdrawal once again puts the lie to Trump’s chief c a m p a i g n a r g ument of being a solid dealmaker

In t h e p re s id e n c y, y o u c a n ’ t t r a d e o n y o u r father’s name and money, as among the rarefied airs of Ne w Yo r k C i t y real estate Indeed, Tr u m p d e m o ns t r a t e d a f u n d amental misunderstanding of the art of the deal by both playing his hand too early and lacking knowledge of the parties with whom he was dealing (but who can blame a man for that when watching Fox is soooo much more satisfying)

When the rubber hit the road the party unity that drove Senator Rand Pa u l ( R - Ky ) t o q u e s t i o n w h y

Republicans should investigate other Re p u b l i c a n s ’ Ru s s i a c o n n e c t i o n s wasn ’ t enough to actually get anything done Gridlock remains the norm just not now because of c r o s s - a i s l e b i c k e r i n g b u t d u e t o intra-clique squabbles

The Freedom Caucus, a group of u l t r a - c o n

Representatives with an unhealthy

f i x a t i o n o n t h e d e f i c i t , r o u n d l y despised the bill, with allies terming the AHCA “Obamacare Lite” and “Obamacare 2 0” (Which is being g

Housing and Urban Development Secretar y described Obamacare as the worst thing “since slaver y”)

Me a n w h i l e , m o d e r a t e s f e a re d swathes of their constituents rounding on them in 2018 after losing coverage under the World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan Even had it passed the House the bill would have likely faced its demise in the Senate, where members have more diverse constituencies and must thus practice more moderate politics

Now that the Republican Party is

involvement in the process itself was rather muted It seems Trump’s usually oiled jaw was clamped shut by the shock of the third rail Instead, Trump stepped back, with the bill passing from Ryancare to Trumpcare to Who Cares? That said Trump did press for a requirement that insurance companies cover treatment for electrical burns, golf related injuries and Vietnam-induced heel spurs Now, Trump’s already laying the ground for future excuses, prophesy-

faced with the task of governing, the widening gulfs between politicians driven by purity to principles and their counterparts driven by pragmatism may jeopardise its ability to enact its agenda Though some measures, such as tax reform, have sufficiently broad-based support to get through, other changes may end up o u t o f re a c h w i t h t h e Fre e d o m Caucus standing athwart Ryan and figuratively yelling stop With this, the Freedom Caucus may begin to function in a similar fashion to Southern Democrats through the 20th centur y as a rump party that lacks the power to enforce its will but possesses the numbers to prevent the party leadership from doing so

Amidst all this, Trump himself offered few deal-breaking inter ventions possessing any nuance His normal bellicosity shone through, with hyperbolic statements pouring

ing that Obamacare will “implode” then “explode” (Trump’s campaign experience should help him in that

Muslim time bomb sent by sneaky sneaky Democrats to destroy my presidency ” Where will Trump turn next? All we know is that he inherited, as he so eloquently explained in a recent inter view, “ a mess a mess in so many ways ” (It’s difficult to quote Trump directly as his sentences read like watching a dog on LSD chasing its own tail) He did drop this gem though, demonstrating that his ego hasn’t taken too much of a knock from all this commotion “I can ’ t be doing so badly, because I’m president, and you ’ re not ” Sad

Alex Davies is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be

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Imagine waking up and opening the tap to muddy water According to the World Health Organization, that is the p re d i c a m e n t t h a t 1 8 b i l l i o n p e o p l e worldwide find themselves in Often water treatment plants are expensive and require too much energy to r un A team at Cornell hopes to change that Pristine, cr ystal clear water is a luxur y, AguaClara hopes to make it a right

“From a ver y broad perspective, we want to deliver drinking water and waste water treatment to communities around the world, mainly in r ural settings We do this by developing gravity powered designs that can be transferred to communities anywhere,” said Zoe Maisel ’18, team lead

The team ’ s treatment plants mirror traditional systems Chemicals known as coagulants are first added to the water to force suspended par ticles to clump together These clumps are then made to collide, forming “flocs,” as the water passes through a series of sharp turns These heavy “flocs” then settle to the bottom of a sedimentation tank Finally, the water is forced to pass through a series of filters and is lightly treated with chlorine to remove any remaining contaminants

The team currently has 14 plants in Honduras and two water towers in India Though the technology in both countries remains the same, the team tweaks their design to cater to the different sources of water: groundwater in India and streamwater in Honduras

“In Honduras, we have a really good w o rk i n g re l

t i o n s h i p w i t h a n N G O and we do research here and then basically, send off our designs so that they can build them They then provide us with feedback, tell us what they need, what needs to be improved,” Maisel said “ The good thing about it is that it can be pretty much implemented anywhere, obviously with some changes but the basic design of a gravity powered treatment plant is universal ”

The team consists of 19 subteams, most of which research different techn o l o g i e s t h a t c a n b e a d d e d t o t h e plants After modifications have been thoroughly tested, they are added to the base design

“ We have a couple of research teams that work on the main plant We have a filtration research team, we do some high rate sedimentation work and we have a couple of wastewater teams that are doing most of the ground-breaking work on how to design our first low energy waste water treatment solutions,” said Natalie Mottl ’18, team lead

Arnav Ghosh can be reached at aghosh@cornellsun com A G U A C L A R A — C L E A N W A T E R F O R A L L

plants are based on anaerobic digestion, a

process involves adding microbes that

biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen to the water According to Maisel, the main component of such plants, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket systems, require high amounts of concrete and large pieces of land to build, o

Thus, another one of the team ’ s key goals is to create modular systems that can be made in Honduras and shipped to small communities

With numerous water filtering systems available in the market, the question of how AguaClara differentiates itself from its competitors is a natural one According to Mottl, a serious issue with existing systems is the overreliance that communities have on their producers Indeed, many commercial systems require specific par ts or energy inputs that may not always be at hand in r ural communities

“ They can be appealing to communities because they seem to be a quick fix and something that other countries will help subsidize and provide grants for I think that this type of plant is one of our main competitors and we tr y to beat that system by focussing on only l o c a l l y s o u r c e d m a t e r i a l s We f o c u s mainly on concrete and PVC, which can be expensive to put down especially because the former is ver y labor intensive but you can get it in any par t of Honduras,” Mottl said

“All of our designs are open-source, so anyone can access them, anywhere That’s really impor tant for us because in other models where there is patented information, it makes it really difficult for the community to have ownership,” Maisel added

Because of the different needs of communities, AguaClara’s base design is often tweaked by on-sight engineers Specifically, plants treat water at different rates depending on the size of the c o m m u n i t y a n d t h e i r c o n v e n t i o n a l water needs

“ We h a v e a p l a n t i n Ta m a r a ,

Honduras and we talked to the plant operators, who work there 24/7 and have to log in information ever y hour They told us about the problems they were experiencing and just hearing that they actually kne w about the technology used in the plant was inspiring

engineers but they have learned about the technology because they work with it ever yday and they are proud to do so, ” Maisel said “I think that is one of the things that shows us that it is working well because people want to work with the plant and they treat it as a community responsibility It’s a revered job because it’s so socially impactful ”

“An interesting insight I got from the trip was that until people really have a switch in mindset, they really believe that this is the norm, it’s like a test, almost a rite of passage to drink d i r t y w a t e r Pe o p l e c a n i n i t i a l l y b e against having a water treatment plant because they think it’s been like this f o re ve r s o t h e re ’ s d e f i n i t e l y a s o c i a l dynamic that is hard to see from the United States,” Mottl added

In line with their vision to build more modular systems, the team is working on a one litre per second plant that aims to ser ve smaller communities of 300 to 400 people that often lack the c a p i t a l t o i n ve s t i n l a r g e t re a t m e n t plants

“ Tr ying to provide clean drinking water for r ural communities was the reason AguaClara was star ted, it’s just that we didn’t have a good answer until now So we were working with midsized communities but a 1 litre per second plant can ser ve 300 - 400 people, that’s really what we were tr ying to do to begin with,” Mottl said

The team also hopes to diversify into designing more waste water treatment plants As opposed to the primari l y p h y s i c a l p r o c e s s e s u s e d t o t re a t drinking water, waste water treatment places a higher emphasis on biological a n d c h e m i c a l t

quently, Mottl believes that the team will have to conduct more research and experiment with plant designs before they can be passed onto communities

“Applications of naturally constr ucted systems are more a subject of wastew

research, there is more place to move around in because there are many different par ts to it You have things like trickling filters and constr ucted wetlands, those all pretty much use natural materials like rocks or wood chips and we may look into that later on, ” Maisel said

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

X Ambassadors to Bring Music Fest to Ithaca This Fall

BY KATIE SIMS Arts and Entertainment Editor

This fall, after school is in full swing and the August heat subsides, Ithacan band X Ambassadors are bringing a music festival to Stewart Park in Ithaca Focused on drawing diverse national acts to the town, and showcasing the best music, food and drink in Ithaca, the first Cayuga Sound Festival is set for September 22-23 The Ro o t s w i l l b e c o - h e a d l i n i n g w i t h X Ambassadors, and K Flay, The Knocks, Margaret Glaspy and Jukebox the Ghost are also on the bill

The festival is a collaboration between the X Ambassadors, This Fiction artist management and DSP Shows, an Ithacabased concert promotion and production company formerly known as Dan Smalls Presents They’re already thinking about the festival in the long-term “ We want to start this small, but eventually grow it into something really special that will draw people from all over the world to see all the incredible things Ithaca has to offer,” said X Ambassadors’ lead vocalist Sam Harris

While it’s not on the same scale as many major festivals, it’s no small event that they are putting together They’ve booked 14 artists a full bill for the 10 hours at Stewart Park and may add a few more for pre- and post- parties The lineup is broad and well-rounded, with an act for nearly any taste Dance, pop, hip hop and i n d i e a re we l l - re p re s e n t e d Se ve r a l b i g national names are on the ticket, as well as upcoming artists like K Flay and Margaret Glaspy, as well as local performers, like rapper Sammus and soul band Stone Cold

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Saturday, when there will be two stages in Stewart Park, with staggered set times for live music going almost without interruption from noon to 10 p m

with VIP tickets, including dinner at Ithaca Beer Company, shows at The Haunt and The Dock on Friday night and even talks and seminars, no less, about the music industr y

Though Stewart Park is large enough to support the event, parking and transportation are generally limited The event organizers are working on this, saying they have planned for buses from downtown, and are considering busing from college campuses and setting up designated off-site parking areas The buses will be free to and from the festival, according to Smalls X Ambassadors and DSP Shows both

conveyed that the festival was largely about giving back to the Ithaca community Smalls said that talks about the festival started because “the band owes a lot to Ithaca and wanted to give back ” They’re planning to do so by bringing national touring acts to the city, featuring local eateries and supporting local nonprofit organizations They have outlined some of the nonprofits they are planning to support, such as Friends of Stewart Park and The Ithaca Youth Bureau, but not how much of the money they earn will be

donated

The festival is open to all ages and children under five years old enter free In addition to the Friday seminars and shows, VIP tickets include access to special parking, bathrooms and a viewing area with a bar General Admission tickets will cost about $60, while VIP tickets will cost over $200 All tickets go onsale March 31

Katie Sims is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at arts@cornellsun com

G u c c i M a n e L i g h t s U p B a r t o n

BY

After D J sets that included multiple playthroughs of “Fake Love” and “Bad and Boujee,” one arguably misplaced playing of The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” and several cries of “ Y ’all ready for Guwop?” and “Let me hear you say brr,” the lights finally went black Instantly, dozens of phone flashlights and Bic lighters lit the center of Barton Hall

“Eeeeeeyyyyyyyy!” came a voice from backstage, to thunderous applause

“Let me hear you say ‘It’s Gucci!’” Sporting a backpack, aviators, and a hoodie bearing his namesake, Gucci Mane delivered a quick, but high-energy set on Sunday night, featuring earlier songs like “Go Head (Shawty Got A Ass on Her)” and “Making Love to the Money,” as well as hits from his time since his release from prison, such as “St Brick Intro” from “ The Return of East Atlanta Santa ” In between each song, he gave ample time to flash his trademark smile and rattle off his trademark lines Gucci was well aware of the audience he was perf

Commission executives after the show, offering the crowd a handful of opportunities to feature on his Snapchat, and attempting to take song requests from the raucous crowd up front Before the show, he posted a photo on his Instagram of himself, backpack and all, in front of the entrance to Barton Hall, captioned “First Day of School #CornellUniversity #IvyLeagueGuwop Professor #Wizop ” Opening for Gucci was Boston rapper Bia, fresh off performances at South by Southwest, who was well-received by the crowd; the audience managed to lodge requests for her songs “ Talk Shit,” “ Whip It” and Gucci Mane tribute “Gucci Coming Home ”

Cameron Pollack is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at cpollack@cornellsun com

D o g S e e s G o d : R e m i x o n N o s t a l g i a

BY VARUN BIDDANDA Sun Contributor

Rather than inventing something never seen before, sometimes the most novel idea is a reiteration on the familiar Cog Dog Theatre Troupe took this route with their production of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead Performed at Risley Theatre and directed by Sydney Wolfe ’19 and Amber Pasha ’20 this play imagines the characters from Charles Schultz’s Peanuts as teenagers in the throes of adolescence With Charlie Brown having outgrown his name in favor of “C B , ” it quickly becomes obvious that many of the characters are almost unrecognizable from their comic book days, but nevertheless they capture many issues familiar to us

In a moving reading of his letter to his unresponsive pen-pal, C B , played by Tyler Lloyd ’19, commences the play by lamenting the recent and the horrifying death of his dog Far from the peaceful passing that anyone would desire for their beloved pet, his beagle, infected with rabies, mauls to death a canary whom he had befriended (an obvious parallel to Woodstock) and is subsequently euthanized CB’s beagle is never referred to by the familiar “Snoopy” nor by any name for that matter In this way he, along with the rest of the characters of the show, is divorced from his past Not only does this accentuate his death but it also jolts the audience from the carefree nostalgia captured by the characters of Peanuts In CB’s quest for meaning, the death of his pet becomes a recurring theme and the dog’s physical absence is superseded by what borders on a symbolic omnipresence throughout the play

Having long discarded their former identities as Peanuts characters, these teenagers assume many of the typical archetypes of high school An older version of the philosophical Linus, Van played by John Hannan ’20 and his wisdom are reincarnated as a pothead equipped with a convenient syncretism of Buddhism and Rastafarianism Van’s hazy profundity is juxtaposed by the frivolous preoccupations of Tricia/Peppermint Patty and Marcy/Marcie, performed by Helena Kim ’20 and Ana Carpenter ’19 respectively, their often humorous exaggerations of adolescent vanity offer the audience a reprieve from the overarching seriousness of the play Julia Shebek ’19 brings to life CB’s sister, an adolescent with an everchanging philosophy on life who is the sole member of her school’s drama club Her developing play consists of a spirited monologue expressing a caterpillar’s fer vent desire to become a platypus Deeply affected by the tragedy

Monopolies will ruin all that is good in America Apple Inc – once that hallowed American ideal of what two dudes can accomplish with some ingenuity and a two-car garage – will repackage all your hopes and dreams, then sell them back to you Of course you’ll buy it, because opening a Mac at a coffee shop suggests to others that you ’ re a creative mastermind one b r e a k t h r o u g h away from writing the century ’ s next great novel, while a P C labels you a corporate hack I write this, obviously, as a fellow drone caught in Apple’s matrix, knowing all too well that I’ll someday purchase one of those face-sized phones and continue to wallow in self-aware, consumerist guilt

This is all old news, and dorm-room philosophy at that It is also old news that Apple – either as a flex of monopolistic power, or an attempt at gauging just how much they can bully their customer base without losing business – has decided to phase out the traditional headphone jack The 3 5-millimeter port on every device you ’ ve owned since buying that portable C D player to crank Millennium? Soon to go the way of the Backstreet Boys The phrase, “Pass me the

occurring around her, the loss of her innocence is manifested by the change in her monologue; far from the initial dream of becoming a platypus, she now laments having become a person Shebek’s candid portrayal of her character offers a sincere look into the struggles of adolescence and the immense confusion and hopelessness that often defines this tumultuous period

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removed from the school setting, having been insti-

Despite her isolation or perhaps because of it

Van’s Sister (Heather Vega ’19) is one of the most poignant characters in the entire play Vega’s nuanced portrayal seamlessly magnifies both the

along with her character’s

front issues of suicide, being in the closet and homophobic violence

Seeing the characters transformed from their comic strip versions, my initial reaction bordered on horror; the people I witnessed before me seemed like morally disfigured and degenerate incarnations of the innocent group of friends with whom I, and so many others, had grown up Witnessing the heart wrenching consequences of their indifference and cruelty as they spiraled around in the c

tance of these surrounding changes

Besides adolescence in general, the production deals with the heavy themes of homophobia and the violence it often involves The demonstrations of this violence are not limited to the physical but also to the verbal and the deliver y of ever y slur and curse hits the audience like a knife sharpened by the actors ’ unwavering conviction

What I particularly enjoyed about the play is that it is a resonant portrayal of what many gay people experience, both in terms of nuance and in dimension While the tale

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Dominguez ’20) has had his sexuality predetermined by his schoolmates who now ostracize him, C B ’ s unlikely romantic interest in this social outcast forces him to confront his own sexuality

Played by Sam Feibel ’20, Matt/Pig-pen, while a pathological germophobe on the outside, has nonetheless internalized his dirtiness in the form of unbridled homophobia and sex-obsession He r uthlessly antagonizes Beethoven to the point of suicide, despite the implication that Matt himself is gay and harbors a hidden interest for C B , but is closeted In addition, Tricia’s behavior alludes to a possible interest in Frieda, the girl she mercilessly bullies These different stages and variations on the gay experience transform the play into a work that explores narratives of the LGBT community while bringing to the fore-

aux”? Meaningless

Until recently, I had come to terms with the fate of the aux cord All things must pass, and wireless ear buds probably should have taken over by now This Zen-like acceptance of the changing times, however, disintegrated the moment I first laid eyes on the abomination destined to replace old-school headphones Somehow, they look exactly like a worse version of Apple’s classic default earbuds, which featured the ability to cause pain in both ears and fall right out at any sudden motion The new model, though, is a true work of nightmarish expressionism for its insistence on plugging right into your phone’s power jack Again, this is old news, and third-party companies will undoubtedly develop better, cheaper earbuds that work with the new iPhone Still, it’s difficult to look at a physical pair of these things and not think that they’re disrupting the proper order of the universe Rarely do aesthetics feel wrong, but these have a bizarre sort of asymmetry that recalls my childhood fear of CatDog

Unsurprisingly, a lot of people empathize with this gut reaction, as Apple’s announcement last September and subsequent release of the iPhone 7, sans headphone jack threw the world of music and tech blogs

cence, the transformation of the familiar to the startlingly unrecognizable furthered the hopelessness that permeated the atmosphere of the play

But, despite the discomfort that we may feel at having these beloved characters g r ow u p, D o g Se e s Go d reminds us of the inexorable t r a n s i t

and the challenges it promises In many ways, the long gone backdrop of the Peanuts functions almost as a mirror, reflecting with startling clarity much of what we, the twenty-something audience, have experienced since our childhood The actors bring to sharp focus the various aspects of adolescence; we obser ve not only per vasive hypocrisies and unflinching cruelty, but also the tender vulnerability that comes from a world turned upside down In the end, C B ’ s pen-pal writes an unexpected response, urging him and ever yone else to be strong despite the losses and rough times Mentioning a boy “who plays piano just like [C B ’s] friend” and a dog who likes to sing along to the music, the letter alludes to the afterlife of C B ’ s two departed friends Restoring our protagonist’s faith in the God he had long doubted, the letter provides a glimmer of hope out of the ineffable losses that befall C B The emotion of this final scene was undeniably palpable throughout the theatre and the actors succeeded in conveying to the audience this faint, but nonetheless present, reassurance for what may lie ahead Tyler Lloyd is a contributing writer for the Sun Arts and Entertainment Section He had no input in the writing or editing of this review

Var un Biddanda is a sophomore in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at vdb22@cornell edu

into immediate chaos Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (AKA “Woz”, AKA “Seth Rogen”) said the tech company was about to “tick off a lot of people ” Pigeons and Planes posted an obituary for the aux cord, citing “planned obsolescence” as its cause of death The Guardian published an editorial speaking against Apple’s decision, only for Genius users like “Stephen Pringle” to annotate said article with insults about the author’s intelligence

On the other hand, many responded to Apple’s announcement with ambivalence, or even a “good riddance ” The 3 5-mm port, in its earliest iterations, dates back more than a hundred years, and its sound quality will eventually seem grossly lo-fi in hindsight All of this technical chatter, though, ignores the social component of the aux cord If nothing else, that universal port was something of a social equalizer

In California, kids become eligible for their driver’s licenses at 16, but cannot immediately drive with other people in the car, unless they happen to be relatives or legal adults At 17, these provisions no longer apply, and the driver is now said to “have their year ” The law, I imagine, intends to prevent young drivers from getting distracted while operating a motor vehicle, but it mostly creates the perfect opportunity for low-stakes teenage rebellion Growing up there, it became something of a ritual that when the oldest person in a friend group got their license, they’d immediately

pile kids in the back of whatever vehicle their parents allowed them to drive

Of course, the aux cord was there every step of the way, and variations on “ pass me the aux ” became a staple expression of teenage carpooling If your car only had a tape deck, odds are that an aux cord dangled awkwardly out the front of it, attached to a cheap plastic cassette that could filter MP3s into the stereo Lo-fi or not, the aux cord remains the most broadly functional means of playing tunes It’s universal precisely because it’s outdated, and works with any range of devices – old or new, Apple or not – in every part of the world For that reason, the best Bluetooth speaker can ’ t even put a scratch on the aux cord’s legacy

For a monopoly that has slowly taken over every element of our daily lives for the last 30 years, it’s a little surprising that it took Apple this long to pull a roadside execution on the aux cord Yes, I understand that they have already made adapters to use old-school headphones on the new iPhone (Because what’s one more purchase?) And perhaps I’m just nostalgic for the days of MP3s, of collecting music rather than allowing Spotify to reduce my (super unique and unpredictable) tastes into a soulless algorithm Mostly, though, I’m just sad to retire the phrase, “Pass me the aux ”

Chris Stanton is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at cms459@cornell edu Really Terrible and Such

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Baseball Continues Impressive Start to Season

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Junior places 14th overall in 100 breast, 13th in 200 in Indianapolis

By MARY BARGER Sun Staff Writer

Cornell men ’ s swim and dive junior Alex Evdokimov traveled to Indianapolis this weekend to compete in the NCAA men ’ s swimming and diving championships; he returns to Ithaca with All-American honors in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke

Evdokimov swam in the prelims of the 100 breaststroke on Friday morning, finishing 11th to guarantee himself a spot in the consolation finals that evening In the prelims, he swam in a time of 52 19 just 06 off the school record time In the finals that night, Evdokimov came back to swim 52 47, earning 14th place overall in the event

On Saturday morning, the junior guaranteed his spot in the finals of the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:54 13 in the prelims In the consolation finals, he swam 1:54 22, to finish 13th overall

Evdokimov’s performances earned him All-American honors in both events He has now earned three individual All-American accolades, a feat never-before accomplished by a Cornell swimmer, something even more impressive considering the incredibly competitive field this year

Though not Evdokimov’s event, four swimmers Jor Schooling, Caleb Dressel, Jack Conger and Ryan Held medaled in the 100 butterfly in Rio this past Olympics, showcasing the level of competition this year ’ s NCAAs consisted of

“This meet is arguably the fastest swimming competition in the world from a depth standpoint,” said head coach Wes Newman ’09 “It is incredible to see that kind

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of talent swimming in the NCAA It was incredible to watch ”

And as a sport that is decided by the slimmest of margins, that was just the case for Evdokimov at NCAAs

“If Alex had been two tenths faster in the 100 breaststroke in prelims, he would have been in the top eight,” Newman said “However, had he been three tenths slower, he would have not even been in the top 16 ”

Sluggers Overpower Bucknell

By KAREN PAPAZIAN Sun Staff Writer

Cornell baseball raked in three more wins in its four-game series against Bucknell this

p a s t we e k e n d T h e t h re e w i n s c a m e o n

Sa t u rd a y a n d Su n d a y w i n n i n g b o t h Saturday games 5-2 and 11-4, and one more win on Sunday, 7-3, while dropping the last game of the series, 1-0

As the first four-game series for the Red all season, strong pitching and an explosive offense paved the path to Saturday’s doubleheader sweep, and split on Sunday

“Especially with four game weekends, having good pitching is paramount and the team with a deeper staff has a big advantage,” said freshman pitcher Jeb Bemiss, who earned his

first career win game two Saturday “[Head coach Dan Pepicelli] pushes us to ensure that our preparation is unmatched, and that has resulted in a lot of confident arms in the pen so far ”

On Saturday, Cornell (9-4) senior starting pitcher Tim Willittes tossed a complete game to solidify the 5-2 win over the Bison (9-12) in the first game of the doubleheader Willittes won his third game of the season by pitching seven innings, giving up only five hits and two runs, and notching four strikeouts

Junior infielder Ryan Krainz went two-fortwo and scored two runs, while senior Cole Rutherford put up a solo blast to put the Red up 3-1 in the sixth, which would prove to be

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Though Evdokimov did not find himself on the podium, his coach is incredibly proud of the effort Evdokimov put forth, especially to land himself a spot in consolation finals

“The fact that Alex swam his fastest races in prelims, securing himself a position in his final races, is very impor-

Red Ends Season at NCAAs; Wines Wraps Up Career

By JOSH ZHU Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The Cornell fencing team capped off its season this past weekend with a 15th place finish at the three day NCAA Championships

Senior Victoria Wines represented the Red in epee, placing 18th ove r a l l , w h i l e j u n i o r s Ga b r i e l l a Zusin and Lyubov Kiriakidi placed 16th and 17th, respectively, in foil

“It’s always great to compete with the top 24 fencers in each weapon, ” said head coach Daria Schneider “We still have a lot to improve on but I’m very proud of our fencers for being able to qualify for such a prestigious event, and I look forward to helping them perform at higher levels in future competitions ”

Competing in her last tournament as a member of the Red, Wines entered the championships as one of the favorites to win it all Previously during her sophomore year, Wines had placed third overall in championships the highest finish in Cornell history

“I’m sure [ Wines] was disappointed not to finish her college c a re e r w i t h a h i g h e r f i n i s h , ” Schneider said “She did struggle with a hip injury prior but I think it was more of the mental game which affected her It’s really unfortunate that she’s a senior and we won ’ t have more time to keep

working on it ” Wines finishes her Cornell career as one of the most successful fencers i n s c h o o l h i s t o r y T h ro u g h t h e course of her career, Wines has qualified for the NCAA championships four consecutive years, with a third place finish in 2015 Her accolades a

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Iv y selections and one gold medal and three silver medals in the NCAA Northeast Regionals

In the foil event, both Zusin and Kiriakidi finished the tournament with eight wins, with Zusin slightly edging out her teammate in the standings due to touch differential Kiriakidi had a notable first day in which she led all Cornell fencers with a 7-8 record and a +0 touch differential

“I felt like I fenced better in the

Kiriakidi said “I was focused on every bout, and I may have put too much pressure on myself later on, but when I kept a good mindset, my best came out ”

memorable bout during the tournament ’ s fourth round in a matchup with Notre Dame’s Lee Kiefer, who currently holds the number one ranking in the world Despite facing

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