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S.A. Reforms May Boost Minority Representation

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun News Editor

The Student Assembly will consider restructuring in order to better represent minorities on campus, the assembly will address how to “forge a more inclusive, accepting and truly representative future,” at an open forum, April 7, according to the Restructure Student Assembly, event page

The S A passed a resolution in March creating the First-Generation Liaison at Large Position, in order to represent the interests of students on campus who are the first in their families to attend college However, some groups remain underrepresented on the S A “due to the systemic exclusion within t

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The key issue that the S A hopes to address is increasing minority representation according to Emma Johnston ’16, S A Executive Vice President

Petition Urging Bernie Sanders To Visit Ithaca Gains Support

Attracts over 3,000 signatures in under week

By TOM SCHREFFLER Sun Staff Writer

A petition urging Democratic Presidential candidate Sen Bernie Sanders (D-Vt ) speak at Schoellkopf Field before New York’s April 19 primary created by Ithaca resident Alexander Stick has received over 3,000 signatures in under a week “New York is pivotal for the Bernie Sanders campaign let’s get enough signatures to fill the 25,597 seats in Schoellkopf Field at Cornell University,” the petition reads Stick said in his petition that upstate New York is home to “ one of the highest concentrations of [Sanders] supporters in the country ” Kayla Elyse Brooks, a research technician in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and a member of the Facebook group “Cornellians for Bernie Sanders 2016,” said that she would welcome a Sanders rally

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Begging for Bernie | A petition to host presidential hopeful Sen Bernie Sanders (D-Vt ) at Schoelkopf Field has sparked support in Ithaca

Cornell Store Will Open Commons Branch

By RUBY YU Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell Store is set to open a new branch in the Commons in mid May, which will be located at 102 East State Street a corner location on the west end of the Commons pedestrian mall, according to Gary Ferguson, executive director of Downtown Ithaca Alliance

“Adding the Cornell Store to downtown’s retail offerings is exciting,” Ferguson said It will bring new vibrancy and energy to downtown and we think it will serve as a catalyst for even more new retail ”

He said that the downtown location will offer

the Cornell Store an opportunity to improve outreach “ to community residents as well as visitors and tourists ” “Customers will be drawn from two primary groups community residents who are not

visitors/tourists who comprise a large segment of the downtown customer base,” Ferguson said According to Karen Brown, director of Campus Life Marketing and Communications, the new store opening serves as a chance to connect with the broader Ithaca community

“This is an excellent opportunity for us to

Cornell Republicans to Host Fox News Correspondent

By ALEXA ESKENAZI Sun Staff Writer

Kimberly Guilfoyle news personality and one of the cohosts of the “Five on Fox News Channel” will speak on the necessity of balanced political discourseat Cornell on April 12

“We are very excited to host Ms Guilfoyle at Cornell,” said Mark LaPointe ’16, chairman of Cornell Republicans “Her talk

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Guilfoyle’s keynote speech will address the manner in which the election has been portrayed in the news, emphasizing the need for a style that respects and values dissenting opinions The club’s press release explained that Guilfoyle’s experience as a host on Fox News prepared her well to speak on this subject

“While not an outspoken conservative like we have hosted in the past, Guilfoyle should provide an objective opinion on the GOP candidates especially as it re l a t e s t o h e r ow n experiences in media and on ‘ The Five,’” McLaughlin said

The club invited Guilfoyle to campus because she will offer a “fair and balanced” stance on both politics and specifically on Fox News’ 2016 presidential elect i o n c ove r a g e , a c c o rd i n g t o Austin McLaughlin ’18, secretary of the Cornell Republicans

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as she will likely speak to the value of respectfully listening to dissenting opinions

“Ms Guilfoyle is well-qualified to speak about individual and objective thought from her career in the news industry and from being a former attorney, he said We expect the event to be a unique opportunity to hear about

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Baker Institute Seminar Series: Dr Bill Tsai Noon - 1 p m , Thaw Lecture Hall

Origins of Temperate Adapted Maize: Integrating Archaeological Evidence With Inference from Modern Diversity 12:20 - 1:10 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

GSA Seminar: Can Agriculture Interventions Improve Child Health? Evidence From Tanzania 1- 2:15 p m , B75

Jungatae Seminar Series: Origins and Evolution of Asexuality And Social Parasitism in Fungus-Growing Ants 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 2123 Comstock Hall

Sean Patev: Does Culture Histor y and Preparation of Sporangia Affect Pathogenicity 12:20 p m , 404 Plant Science Building

Beyond Deportation: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion

1 - 2:15 p m , 27 Myron Taylor Hall

Comedian Myq Kaplan

7 p m , Bear’s Den at The Ivy Room

“Ineffable” We are in a church. You turn toward Silent me and say, “Pray.” But I am, Am already. And yet I cannot seem to let It show. Cannot, For some reason, Cannot, just cannot say so

University

Engaged Cornell Graduate Grants Fund 10 Ph D Students

The Engaged Graduate Student Grants will sponsor ten Cornell doctoral students to work with community partners in New York State and around the world on research projects, specific to their field of study, according to the University

The grant is open to all graduate students who wish to advance their studies through research and scholarship The grant is meant to support their doctoral dissertations

Winners of the grant include Sean Cosgrove, Peter DelNero, Rohini Jalan, Marsha JeanCharles, Laura Menchaca, Fernando Galeana Rodriquez, Abigail Snyder, Urshila Sriram, Gaurav Inder Singh Toor and Amy Vasquez, according to the University

Local

What Tompkins’ 20 Percent Poverty Rate Actually Means

The New York State Community Action Association released a report that revealed that Tompkins County had one of the highest percentage of people living in poverty, at 20 6 percent In the report, the country ranks third in New York, behind Bronx and Kings Counties

According to the Ithaca Voice, however, the numbers are skewed given the high student population The paper reports that the poverty rate would be cut in half if it factored out the student population, making it a county with a very small poverty rate The NYSCAA report is based on census data According to the Voice, an important variable contributing to Tompkins poverty rates is its high cost of living, which is not a factor in census data

National

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to ‘One Person One Vote’

The Supreme Court ruled that all residents, whether or not they are eligible to vote, will be counted when drawing election districts on Monday The decision will greatly impact areas with a large number of unauthorized immigrants, non-citizen immigrants who are here legally The decision favors Democrat policies, as it shifts political power from rural areas to cities

“Nonvoters have an important stake in many policy debates children, their parents, even their grandparents, for example, have a stake in a strong public-education system and in receiving constituent services, such as help navigating publicbenefits bureaucracies,” Justice Ginsberg wrote in her majority opinion, according to The New York Times

Compiled by Samantha Acriche

Renowned Astrophysicist and Interstellar Producer Kip Thorne to Speak at C.U.

Thorne to discuss gravitational waves, black holes, Big Bang and warping of spacetime

By SO HYUNG KIM

Staff Writer

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BET Networks CEO Explains Pledge to ‘Tell Stories Differently’

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S.A. Considers New Minority Representation

Says assembly must better represent marginalized community members

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STUDENT ASSEMBLY Continued from page 1 Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun com

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Ms Guilfoyle’s experiences, lessons that we should consider and her thoughts on the election thus far ” LaPointe said he expects Guilfoyle’s presentation will be of particular interest to the student body especially considering the recent attention drawn to Cornell faculty’s political campaign donations as heavily leftleaning, as reported by The Sun

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Iceland’s Prime Minister Refuses To Resign Despite Panama Papers

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Iceland’s prime minister told parliament Monday he will not resign even as thousands of angr y protesters demanded he step down and call new elections because of leaked documents that raised questions about his financial affairs

The leaked documents have sparked a media investigation of possible links to an offshore company that could represent a serious conflict of interest

“I have not considered quitting because of this matter nor am I going to quit because of this matter, ” a defiant Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson told parliament “ The government has had good results Progress has been strong and it is important that the government can finish its work ”

He left the building as protesters gathered outside Police estimated the crowd at 8,000 people a throng called by duty officer Arnar Runar Marteinsson the largest protest he had ever seen in Reykjavik

Participants blew whistles, banged pots and pans, set off fireworks and stomped the barricades separating the protest site from the parliament building The sound was deafening and reminiscent of the sustained protests in 2008 and 2009 that led to the fall of the government after a financial collapse crippled the island nation

“ There is no other choice but for the prime minister to go, said Gudrun Jonsdottir, a teacher in Reykjavik “ The people of Iceland will not tolerate this corrupt government You can hear how angr y we are ”

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Sigmunder David Gunnlausgsson

and his wife set up a company

with the help of a Panamanian law firm at the center of a massive tax evasion leak The reports have prompted calls for a no-confidence vote in parliament against him

He told parliament he and his wife have paid all their taxes in full and he denied having assets in a tax haven Gunnlaugsson also said there was nothing new in the information contained in the Panama Papers data leak

A variety of opposition figures still called for him to leave office and have called for a no-confidence vote against his center-right government

The revelation concerns the company Wintris Inc , which Gunnlaugsson allegedly created in 2007 along with his partner at the time, Anna Sigurlaug Palsdottir, who is now his wife

He allegedly sold his half of the company to Palsdottir for $1 on Dec 31, 2009, the day before a new Icelandic law took effect that would have required him to declare the ownership of Wintris as a conflict of interest

Wintris lost money as a result of the 2008 financial crash that crippled Iceland, and is claiming a total of 515 million Icelandic kronur ($4 2 million) from the three failed Icelandic banks: Landsbanki, Glitnir, and Kaupthing

Gunnlaugsson has been accused by opposition leaders of a serious conflict of interest because as prime minister he was involved in reaching a deal for the banks’ claimants Former Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir called for Gunnlaugsson’s resignation, as did Birgitta Jonsdottir, the popular head of the Pirate Party

Gunnlaugsson, the head of the center-right Progressive Party, began his four-year term in 2013, five years after Iceland’s financial collapse

Twenty Billion Dollar Settlement Over the 2010 Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Ends Years of Litigation

NEW ORLEANS (AP)

A federal judge in New Orleans granted final approval Monday to an estimated $20 billion settlement over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resolving years of litigation over the worst offshore spill in the nation’s histor y

includes $5 5 billion in civil Clean Water Act penalties and billions more to cover environmental damage and other claims by the five Gulf states and local governments The money is to be paid out

Department has estimated that the settlement will cost the oil giant as much as $20 8 billion, the largest environmental settlement in U S histor y as well as the largest-ever civil settlement with a single entity

U S District Judge Carl Barbier, who approved the settlement, had set the stage with an earlier ruling that BP had been “grossly negligent” in the offshore rig explosion that killed 11 workers and caused a 134-million-gallon spill

In 2012, BP reached a similar settlement agreement with private attorneys for businesses and residents who claim the spill cost them money That deal, which didn’t have a cap, led to a protracted court battle over subsequent payouts to businesses

A court-super vised claims administrator is still processing many of these claims

BP has estimated its costs related to the spill, including its initial cleanup work and the various

Treasury

settlements and criminal and civil penalties, will exceed $53 billion

“ We are pleased that the Court has entered the Consent Decree, finalizing the historic settlement announced last July,” BP spokesman Geoff Morrell said in an email

In Louisiana, where delicate coastal marshes were damaged by the oil, Gov John Bel Edwards said the decision clears the way for the state to

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, who acted as a coordinating lawyer for the five Gulf states, also was among those touting the settlement David Uhlmann, a University of Michigan law

Department’s environmental crimes section, said

“ The question that remains is whether we have learned enough from this tragedy to prevent similar environmental disasters in the future,” he said

While overall reaction to the settlement has been positive, there were lingering complaints that some of the BP payments may be tax-deductible for the oil giant Court documents state that the civil penalties will not be tax deductible, although other settlement costs could be

“ We are saddened to learn that the gross negligence of BP continues to enjoy taxpayer subsidies,” Lukas Ross of Friends of the Earth said in an emailed news release

Aims to Make

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Inversions Less Appealing With New Set of Regulations

announced a ne w package of rules Monday aimed at making “ tax inversions” when U

lower tax rates less financially appealing

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third round that Treasur y has put for ward on inversions, seek to limit internal corporate borrowing that shifts profits out of the United States Tax inversions have sparked a political outcr y Last November, d

Allergan announced a $160 billion deal that could save New York-based Pfizer hundreds of millions of dollars in U S taxes annually by moving its headq

Ireland, where Allergan is based

L a t e Mo n d a y, P f i z e r a n d Allergan issued a joint statement saying that they are reviewing the

new Treasur y rules and would not speculate on their potential i m p a c t I n v e s t o r s , h o w e v e r, appeared to think the rules could undermine the two companies’ deal, and sent Allergan's shares down nearly 22 percent in afterhours trading Pfizer’s shares rose about 2 percent

Treasur y Secretar y Jacob Lew

s a i d Tr e a s u r y ’ s n e w r u l e s a r e designed to make inversions less economically beneficial for companies But he again called on Congress to act to halt the practice

“Only new anti-inversion legislation can stop these transactions,” Lew said on a conference call with reporters “Until that time, creative accountants and lawyers will continue to seek new w a y s f o r c o m p a n i e s t o m ov e their tax residences overseas and a v o i d p a y i

announced bills to make it harder for U S corporations to invert and President Barack Obama has included proposals in a package of measures to reform corporate taxes But prospects for passing such legislation in an election year are not deemed high, given t h e w i d e d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n Democrats and Republicans on taxes

In a statement, Sen Charles S c h u m

Treasur y ’ s new set of proposals But he said “the only way to slam the door on inversions for good is to pass tough, strong legislation and reform our tax laws ” Lew said the new Treasur y proposals would also take aim at foreign companies that acquire multiple U S firms over a short period of time Lew said these transactions were being done by what he called “serial inverters” in an effort to keep slashing their U S tax liabilities

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Medical Amnesty Conundrum

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The Duty to Be Offended

Manyhave argued that Silliman Associate Master Erika Christakis should not have sent her famous email last semester because its content and the actions it seemed to downplay offended certain students Few said she meant harm most of the argument focused on the email’s effect The syllogism of those calling for the Christakises’ removal was: Students in your college feel deeply offended, ergo you are failing This argument found many and intelligent proponents What accounts for its power?

Negative, natural rights are central to the Western political tradition Conceived most famously by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, such rights are common to all people

A few things worth noting about these rights as Hobbes, Locke and others understood them: First, they protect individuals from certain things They are most precisely rights against, not rights to (I am not here concerned with discussions of property rights) Second, they concern physical aspects of human beings Hobbes’ first right, for instance, is a right against being murdered Third, they protect against certain effects A drunk driver who kills you has violated your right to life even if he intends no harm Fourth, because they protect physical aspects of human beings, violations are pretty easy to detect For instance, everyone knows when you ’ ve murdered someone

Last semester ’ s protestors did not exactly demand a right against offense But their objections to Christakis’ statements map quite nicely onto features of the right against murder (or physical violence) They objected to the email’s effect on certain students, disregarding Christakis’ intentions They therefore implied that no one should have to experience a certain kind of behavior from others: behavior that offends them And, of course, offense is intellectual, while violence is physical but notice how many students claimed that Christakis’ email made them feel “unsafe ”

Unlike physical violence, however, offense is subjective It’s usually easy to tell what is and isn’t physical violence

Accusations are easier to falsify Offense has many definitions, but in deciding whether something is offensive (to a particular person), you ’ re pretty much limited to that person ’ s word If person A says something, and person B does not claim offense or resentment, it would be very strange to say person A offended person B

The argument against the Christakises gains its power from the fact that a person saying he’s offended is necessary and sufficient for him to be considered offended We have no measure more objective than someone ’ s own claims Given past racism against people of color at Yale and elsewhere, it is easy to see how the claims of many students that they were “harmed” by the Christakises’ behavior purchased the Yale mind There was no socially acceptable way to tell them that they were wrong to feel that way

Many people defended Ms Christakis’ intentions, but they were answering a charge that hadn’t been leveled: that of hostility Some people spoke about the impossibility of having a university if an offended person can demand another’s silence After all, statistics can offend someone if he detests the conclusions they serve

The slippery slope argument is fine, but what it’s really getting at is the claim that hearing new arguments, especially unsettling ones, is necessary for education The protestors are wrong not because they’d rather Ms Christakis not speak they’re wrong because they’d rather students not hear what she has to say They think, in other words, that crying foul is sometimes a proper reaction to arguments about the truth of the matter

Minds, like bodies, need nourishment to grow and improve The best nourishment for a mind is a new argument An argument, if it is really that, is true or not true the person making or hearing it is not important It does not say, “ you ’ re wrong because you ’ re a scoundrel ” To the degree that a statement is, say, a slur or a slander, it does not conform to the rules of argument Of course, this is not true if you ’ re claiming that Donald Trump’s poor character would make him a poor president But that claim rests on the notion that anyone ’ s poor character would make him a poor president It does not follow that, because Donald Trump is a boor, he’s wrong about immigration

These intellectual norms and others liberalize our minds and help us pursue knowledge Hopefully we all came to Yale for those purposes And hopefully these norms are strong everywhere But if they are to be strong anywhere, they must be strong at a university The Christakises did Yalies a favor by exposing them to unsettling arguments, about the role of the master, about free speech, about what counts as offensive Here’s hoping we all benefit from their expert teaching

Comm ent of the day

“We have to accept more and more students because we keep adding more and more stuff we can’t afford, diluting all of the core programs. We can’t do it all and be the best Nobody can ”

Re: “Cornell’s Class of 2020 Chosen From Record Number of Applicants,”

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Nominate Trump to Save The Republican Party

From July 18 to 21 in Cleveland, Republican delegates will vote for the nominee to represent their Party for President of the United States, with 1,237 delegates required for any candidate to receive the nomination on the first-ballot With Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) consistently leading polls ahead of the Wisconsin Republican primary, the chances of front-r unner Donald Tr ump winning the presidential nomination on the first-ballot the only candidate with a chance to do so at the GOP convention appear poised to decline, perhaps fatally If a candidate doesn’t receive the support of the required 1,237 delegates on the first-ballot, when certain delegates are bound to candidates based on the primary results of the states they represent, then delegates are no longer tied to state results and a contested convention is in full swing Most interpret this turn of events as the increasingly inevitable scenario in which the Republican Party can finally rid itself of Trump and install Cruz, Governor John Kasich (R-OH) or a currentlynot-running Republican elite as a unifying candidate However, if the ultimate goal of the Party is to retain voters and maintain the longevity of existence, then the Party should nominate Trump

As aforementioned, a Cruz victory in Wisconsin would increase the likelihood of contested convention come July; an outcome that enables the Party to rid itself of Trump and nominate a candidate that can bridge the gap between the Trumpists, the FarRight and the Establishment to win in the Fall If this election cycle has proved anything, it’s clearly that this candidate is not currently running for the Republican nomination But again, that’s no problem in a contested convention The Party can simply nominate Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) to step in and save the day like he did after the departure of Predecessor Boehner Disregarding what a blatant slap in the face to democracy this would be, not only would this tactic result in a general election loss, it would threaten the viability of the Party

Each effect a November defeat and diminished longevity comes with an identical cause; nominating Ryan, or anyone not currently running, inherently involves alienating

the 35 to 40 percent of the voting bloc that’s infallibly committed to Tr ump After years of eventually acquiescing to Establishment candidates McCain, Romney the conser vative constituency is convinced the only way to win is to nominate one of their own Their votes for Trump are as much support for him as it is backlash to the elites of the Party Not only would these voters not vote for a Ryanesque candidate, it’s entirely plausible these voters would completely disavow the Republican Party, especially if the nomination leads to yet another general election defeat Which it will because if you don’t turn out the base you don’t win And if you disenfranchise 35 to 40 percent of your constituency, you don’t exist much longer

So if a White Knight isn’t a credible strategy, that leaves Cr uz or Kasich to save the Par ty While Kasich may be entirely acceptable to

the Democrats his religious-appeal is limited in a general and his ideologue views on abortion and carpetbombing, as well as his government shutdown engineering skills, will doom him with women and independents Clinton already leads Cruz in all general election polls, save for the one produced at Fox News Cruz may not be as damaging for the longevity of the Republican Party as a contested convention nominee or Kasich, yet it’s not entirely clear how the Trumpists will react if their man is swiped aside by the Establishment despite entering the convention will the most delegates Certainly, some may object to the Party in later years and more still will abstain in the Fall That leaves Trump as the last man standing Trump will almost certainly lose in the Fall many Establishment-types, while willing to stoop to Cruz, would never relent to Trump, nor would many women or independents and he is certainly

Each effect a November defeat an diminished longevity — comes with identical cause; nominating Ryan inherently involves alienating the 35 40 percent of the voting bloc that’s infallibly committed to Trump

the center-wing of the Party, the results of his nomination would be similar to those of a last-minute installment at a contested convention Though Kasich is actively seeking the presidency, he has only emerged victorious in one state where he resides as Governor and would reek of Establishment compromise to those currently supporting Trump or Cruz a k a 80 to 85 percent of the constituency The majority of those voters aren ’ t enthusiastically voting for Kasich in the general which would result in a loss and, again, may risk permanently disenchanting significant blocs of voters If not Kasich, then Cruz? If not by firing, then by drowning? While Cruz may likely be acceptable come November to a large swath of Trump voters and support from elite officials indicates the Establishment may be willing to come to him to defeat

alienating to the traditional sect of the Party Yet while those Purists may leave their Party for one election cycle, it’s almost entirely assured they would not concede the Party to the Trumpists after a Fall defeat And that is the gift of the Trump Card If all the aforesaid options result in defeat, then why not lose with the People’s Choice? By allowing his nomination to progress, the Party will not risk estranging the 35 to40 percent of Trumpists and the defeat will appear natural The Establishment will be eager to make amends and retain power after the Fall and the Trumpists and Far-Right will know that compromise is necessary Long Live the Empire

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Shay Collins

Is Teen Suicide’s It’s the Big Joyous Celebration, Let’s Stir the Honeypot a long album? Its 26 tracks boost it to a nearly halfhour longer duration than that of the Maryland band’s 2012 i will be my own hell because there is a devil inside my body And even though many clock in at two minutes or shorter, the pure number of songs on the release can seem intimidating or, if you switch your mindset, welcoming It s the Big Joyous Celebration does not pack neatly into a succinct metaphor Maybe the album is a vaulted stone mansion, one whose fickle owners draped each room in a different collection of tapestries and rugs The metaphor would hold if so many of It’s the Big Joyous Celebration’ s tracks did not sound so acutely like wistful send-offs from suburban attics and basements

If nothing else, It’s the Big Joyous Celebration disrupts It disrupts a control-F approach to reviewing that encourages ripping a few characteristics out of context and nailing them down in aseptically organized paragraphs Look lo-fi vocals, teen nihilism, tinkling synthesizers! Is it possible to take such an approach to listening It’s the Big Joyous Celebration? Certainly it’s possible, but it also completely misses the point, which is, ironically, that there is no point It’s the Big Joyous Celebration isn’t a breakup album, a concept album or anything in such a restrictive vein; it’s a vast, ornate vessel of timbres, melodies, screams, musings Perhaps the

Despite almost dying in Februar y, DMX came back in March with “Moe Wings,” his first single in almost three years The track finds X continuing his career-long tradition of sounding like an enraged pitbull, gnashing its teeth and growling at you from behind some sorr y-ass chainlink fence Rapping over a low-chord string arrangement and crashing drum-kit beat, he spends the first verse bringing down other rappers by asserting his masculinity over theirs, and the chorus declaring himself to be “hot like moe wings ” Such belligerence gives DMX his appeal, but as he gets older, his bark makes him sound more like an angr y

album causes a spatial, rather than analytical, listening When I started listened through It’s the Big Joyous Celebration, I wanted to sketch it, to draw it a sprawling make-believe map like those often included in fat fantasy novels “Living Proof,” the album’s opener, winds through a pine-lined dirt road (maybe one that cuts across the face of slate grey mountain) as Max Kuzmyak’s wandering trumpet brushes back and forth throughout the song ’ s second half Soon after, “Alex” finds Teen Suicide in a dusty enclosed porch (the dim garage/living room that houses the band for the song ’ s music video feels equally apt) as they weave a lattice of depravity, vulnerability and powerful melody After singer/guitarist Sam Ray tunnels into a haze of unending afternoons and coke malaise (“She buys a gram of coke and doesn’t want to die”), the guitar tears through with an affirmatively not-cathartic riff The non-closure is an arresting quality that causes It’s the Big Joyous Celebration to flow in multiple directions rather than just start to finish; nothing is ever truly closed off, forgotten or finished

The listener’s attention oscillates due to the large number of songs on It’s the Big Joyous Celebration Serendipitously, certain songs, riffs and phrases rise to the surface, like the melancholy guitar and keyboard melody that marks “V I P ” or the visceral ineffability of the distortion and screaming that wrap “Beauty” into a gauzy cocoon The album has a number of

alleyways series of songs that venture off into an idea or aesthetic for a few minutes From “God” to “Have a Conversation,” Teen Suicide slowly submerges the listener in minimal, airy lo-fi ballads Similarly, from “My Little World” to the album’s aptly named closer, “If I Don’t See You Before You Leave, Teen Suicide puts their songwriting prowess on full display with tightly layered tracks that evidence their marriage of emotive honesty and textural complexity

For some, this review might read like a criticism of It’s the Big Joyous Celebration; the album can be confusing, it’s not conspicuously organized, it’s multivalent It trades one digestible persona that is easily summed up into a band tee or plugged into an algorithm for a haze of obscure, even contradictory characters This is good The album’s refusal of clear structure makes it intricate, fascinating and requiring of future listens

The album resists a calculated, rigid listening It is not an album to listen to once with a notepad or from which to select a few exemplary moments to construct one argument about what it all means Rather, it’s an album to continually replay for months, allowing changes and new realizations to arise, and accepting that certain aspects will dissipate

Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun com

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old man yelling at you to get off of his lawn Nevertheless, “Moe Wings” has vital signs The track shows, if nothing else, that X still has it in him to make tracks as energetic as greatest hits like “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem,” and “Party Up,” and it’s satisfying to hear him hit his mark in this way, especially after Februar y ’ s scare

Also in the track’s favor is verse three from L A rapper Joe Young Where DMX falls short lyrically, Young picks up the slack, assuming the role played by X on much of his most interesting work: the role of the Gansta tr ying to reconcile his violent tendencies with his faith in God, and

desire to be a good person “ The Lord is great, sur vive the maze/Rebuke the devil in ongoing debates,” raps Young, “I tr y to be cool and tr y to show love At the same time I want Trump on his back with his face blown off ” And with these words, the track win me over ever y time, as it is continually relieving to be reminded that I’m not the only one experiencing this desire and crisis of conscience regarding the current Republican frontrunner

Matt Pegan is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mpegan@cornellsun com

With his new single “Close” featuring Tove Lo, Nick Jonas is burnin’ up While I hold on to my childhood memories of the curly-haired JoBro, he is no longer a teenage heartthrob in a boy band Last year, Jealous” topped the charts as we saw Nick take over in a brand new style charming, sophisticated and sexy An emotional confession that distinguishes itself from conventional love ballads, “Jealous” was one of my favorite songs of the year and it certainly established Nick’s career as a solo artist Naturally, I was excitedfpr “Close,” the first single off his upcoming album Last Year Was Complicated “Close” is a smooth and sexy duet with Swedish singer Tove Lo The “ Talking Body” artist, known for her intimate lyrics, was a perfect choice for the provocative duet

The song opens up with the pulse of steel drums, a rhythm echoing a heartbeat The video shows Nick Jonas and Tove Lo sitting in chairs and separated by distance, admiring one another with an intense gaze The song maintains a slow tempo as tension builds and Jonas slowly tries to overcome his emotional vulnerability “Space is just a word made up by someone who’s afraid to get too close,” Jonas softly sings as the chorus approaches and their tensions erupt The chairs pull back and forth from eachother as they desperately tr y to get “close ” Like magnets coming together and breaking apart, their attraction is uncontrollable, yet some unwanted force holds them back until the the song ’ s end when the two finally overcome their fear of getting close

While perhaps not as impressive as “Jealous,” “Close” is certainly a great track for the solo JoBro He is set to go on tour this summer with Demi Lovato where we will likely see Jonas showcasing his energetic, sexy and captivating performances with the singer Who knows, maybe Nick and Demi will be releasing a single together in the near future Throwing it back to Camp Rock days now that’d be pretty cool

Campo is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at acampo@cornellsun com

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Weather Postpones Ivy League Battles After Two Wins

BASEBALL

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“It was big to do it at home,” Pepicelli said “ We faced two really good arms that had challenged Florida, so we kne w that they had some good stuff ”

The come-from-behind effor ts were capped off two quality pitching per formances In the first game, junior right-handed pitcher Paul Balestrieri went the distance for the Red, surrendering just one r un in seven innings of work

“I thought that was the best Paul has looked all year, ” Pepicelli said “He had good fastball command, worked down in the zone, and got ahead in the count which really put him in position for some quick innings ” I n t

Tennis Loses Twice

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Despite the optimistic showing to begin the season, Coach Tanasiou stressed that it is way too early to be thinking about qualifying for the NCAA tournament

“I don’t know for sure, ” Tanasiou said “I don’t pay attention to the rankings until the ver y last match I think I’m stating the obvious, but I think its increased our chances I think we ’ re near the cut-off We’ll see four ver y good matches left, four good oppor tunities to climb in the rankings ” T h e m e n h

Providence for a battle with Brown on Saturday It will then continue play against Yale in Ne w Haven the next day

Samuel Hummel can be reached at shh84@cornell edu

Willettes was pulled after just two innings of work in which he surrendered three r uns

“I thought Timmy had good stuff, I just didn’t like the match up ver y much,” Pepicelli said Har vard seemed to be seeing the ball well from the right-hander, so Pepicelli made the pitching change The decision proved to pay off for the Red Pepicelli brought in sophomore left-hander Justin Le wis, who stifled Har vard for three innings before giving way to another lefty, senior Michael Byrne

Byrne went on to secure the win for the Red with two shutout innings

“ We needed to change the momentum when we went to Le wis and Byrne,” Pepicelli said Offensively, Cornell does not over whelm its opponents, but the Red seems to know when to chip in and

produce r uns

“ When we are at our best we are ver y timely and ver y clutch,” Pepicelli said “ When those innings star t to build we tend to do a really good job capitalizing off of them ”

That was the case against Har vard, as Ruther ford knocked in three r uns at the right time to give the Red the lead Ruther ford’s hitting was a prime example of Cornell baseball at its best

Cornell was supposed to take on Dar tmouth on Sunday and St Bonaventure on Tuesday, but all those games have been postponed due to weather The men return this upcoming weekend, travelling to Brown and Yale for two straight doubleheaders

Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun com

Behind the Scenes: The Human Side of Sports

SILVER

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MacLellan traded away forward Brooks Laich; the longest tenured athlete in D C at the time of his departure

Laich was a fan favorite among Caps fans There was the story where he stopped on the side of the road to help a stranger change their tire just hours after a crushing loss to Jaroslav Halak and the Montreal Canadiens in game seven of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals

Then there’s the case of TJ Oshie, who was traded to my Capitals last summer from the St Louis Blues Oshie most known for his incredible showing in the shootout against Russia in the 2014 Olympics was loved by all in St Louis, and even caused 5-year-old fan Libby Liu to have a meltdown that

went viral across the sports world In turn, Oshie called Libby live on ESPN’s SportsCenter, and sent her a care package of signed Capitals gear

Stories like these are what made Laich and Oshie so beloved i n t h e i r a re a s , a n d yet, they were traded away like pawns in a chess match

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important to keep one thing in mind. They are people, just like you and me

attached to players because, in our happy place, we imagine that these men or women would be our best friends We look up to these people because they followed their dream and made it a reality Laich and Oshie were just two athletes, two people involved in the sports world that were traded away for prag-

This doesn’t even touch on the toll that the business-side of sports has on the players’ families While I’m confident that Courtney will land on his feet in another organization, his family had temporarily created their lives in Ithaca Now, they are left with questions and u n c e r t a i n t y a b o u t what’s next

While we idolize all these professional and collegiate athletes, coaches and managers, it’s important to keep one thing in mind They are people, just like you and me

Zach Silver is an Assistant Sports Editor on the 134th editorial board He can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun com

Roller Coaster Weekend Ends With Three Softball Wins

Softball increases season win total; drops fve games as Ivy League play gets underway

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The Cornell women ’ s softball team has found their footing after picking up wins in three of eight games over the past week The team found success against George Washington and Harvard, but came up empty against Marist and Dartmouth

This last stretch of four doubleheaders has been an improvement after the team only won once in their first 11 games The team still sits with Princeton at the bottom of the South Division and posts a 200 winning percentage as they try to fix their defensive struggles

Despite this, the Red has shown some promise as of late and have gained confidence going forward with their season

“A lot of our wins came when we played better defensively,” said head coach Julie Farlow “I think that is going to be a key component Pitching is of course always important Sometimes our pitchers are pitching well but our defense isn’t backing them up So I think when we can put both those pieces together we are finding more success ”

Last Tuesday, Cornell (4-16, 1-3 Ivy) marched into our nation’s capital and took both games in a doubleheader against George Washington (16-15, 5-1 A10) The Red won 9-7 and 7-6 in the pair of games

The first game against the Colonials was h i g h l i g h t e d by s e n i o r c a t c h e r L e a n n e

Iannucc’'s three-run homer in the top of the seventh inning

Fo l l ow i n g Ia n n u c c i’s l e a d , Re b e c c a Kubena knocked a grand slam in the first inning of the second game to put the Red out to a lead They went on to hold that lead for the next nine innings and clinch the win

A f t e r t h e i r s u c c e s s i n Wa s h i n g t o n , Cornell travelled up the coast to face

The little things | Even though things are not going as hoped, small positives, like

the softball team optimistic as they look forward

Marist (21-7, 2-0 MAAC) Unfortunately, the Red dropped both games against the Red Foxes by scores of 10-2 and 5-1, respectively

“We are a team that can ’ t make a lot of mistakes, and when we do they are just compounded,” Farlow said “Marist was a very fast team They put pressure on us whenever they put people on base ”

Marist also stole nine bases in the doubleheader, which gave Cornell a difficult time defensively

From Zero to Hero: The Rise of Hassan Whiteside

Ifirst heard about Hassan Whiteside in early 2010 Then a 20-year-old freshman center playing for the Marshall University Thundering Herd, Whiteside dominated the Conference USA, and his head-turning statistics made up for the lack of national attention that a midmajor program like Marshall typically received Whiteside led the nation in

blocked shots, and his per-game averages 13-9-5, points, rebounds, blocks earned him increasing attention from NBA scouts

For mid-major players who dominate conference-play, the NCAA tournament can serve as a showcase on a national stage an opportunity for the underestimated to prove themselves versus the top programs Stephen Curry is one example Playing for Davidson, Curry scored 40, 30 and 30 in the NCAA Tournament against Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin, respectively He became the most recognizable face in college basketball and his draft-stock benefited from his March-heroics

When Morehead State upset Louisville in the 2010 tournament, Kenneth Faried earned a nationwide reputation as a tenacious rebounder, and the Nuggets selected him in the first round of the draft the following season Unlike Morehead State, Marshall did not make the NCAA Tournament in Whiteside’s lone season at the school So, while NBA

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scouts and diehard college basketball fans knew about Whiteside, many of the more casual fans had yet to meet the goofy, lanky seven-footer from Gastonia, N C

After his freshman season at Marshall, many believed that Whiteside had lottery-pick potential if he were to return to school for a second season Some mock drafts predicted him to be the first-overall pick in the 2011 draft, but after his college coach left Marshall to take another job, Whiteside declared for the 2010 draft The Sacramento

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After the the Red finished their series with GW and Marist, the team returned to Ithaca hoping get back on track as they began Ivy League that weekend Cornell squared off against the Crimson (12-13, 22 Ivy) on Hoy Field for the first home game of the season

There was no joking around for the Red on this April Fools Day, as the team came out and won the first game, 8-6 But the Crimson fought back and took the second game of the day 9-1

against They continued to hit the ball well They threw the ball pretty well And then we made mistakes so ever ything really compounded ”

“We are a team that can’t make a lot of mistakes and when we do they are just compounded ”

While Cornell was able to split the series with Harvard, the other Ivy opponent of the weekend did not give the Red have the slightest chance of winning Dartmouth (15-9, 4-0) came to the hill ready to dominate The Big Green beat Cornell in 5 innings both games, 12-4 and 16-3

“They are a very good hitting team, ” Farlow said “They have been good and they continue to be good And they are a team that you can ’ t make any mistakes

Defense wins games

Going forward, the team looks to get back on track by cleaning up their game and getting everyone healthy “One big thing is getting everybody healthy,” Farlow said “We only have 16 and when three people are not available, you run out of options ” Fa r l ow a l s o n o t e d that the team needs to work on making routine plays, but also has to be more aggressive on defense at the same time She believes the style of play needs to change

“Be loose and make plays,” she said C

play on Tuesday when they will take on Siena (12-11, 0-2 MAAC) in Loudonville

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com

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Men’sTennis Kicks Off Ivy Play, Defeats Harvard

By SAMUEL HUMMEL Sun Contributor

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Baseball Rebounds to Sweep Harvard

By TROY BRIDSON

Staff Writer

Two late inning rallies in back-toback games propelled the men ’ s baseball team (8-9, 2-0) to a doubleheader sweep of Harvard (7-12, 0-2) The Red relied on clutch hitting from junior first basemen Cole Rutherford to drive in the go ahead runs in both games With five straight losses at the hands of University of Central Florida (17-13, 2-1 AAC) and Rollins College (19-14, 5-7 SSC), the Red needed to re s p o n d w i t h s o m e v i c t o r i e s However,, the team wasn ’ t overly concerned with the losing streak on its Florida trip

“UCF was a real tough opponent, ”

said head coach Dan Pepicelli “We knew they would be one of the best teams we play all year ” Rollins also pres

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t h a ve a w i n n i n g result on the field, Pepicelli noted trip w a s h e l p f u l i n examining players for assignment as the season unfolds

“We used a lot of guys so we could learn some things before Ivy League play,” Pepicelli said

On Saturday, against Harvard, the Red put the pieces together both offensively and defensively to get back

on the winning track The team did not get discouraged, even when trailing the Crimson Pepicelli was happy w i t h h i s t e a m ’ s tenacity

“ We re a l l y s h owe d a l o t o f heart coming from b e h i n d i n t w o g a m e s , ” Pe p i c e l l i said “I thought we played up to our standards ” Starting the Ivy League season on a winning note was crucial for the Red The pair of victories against a rival in Harvard should give the Red some confidence in upcoming home games

Following the firing of Cornell men ’ s basketball head coach Bill Courtney a couple of weeks ago, Jeremy Hartigan, the associate director of athletics for communications, tweeted out “Incredibly sad that Bill Courtney will no longer

efforts were not shown in a drastically improved basketball program He was “always first class,” Hartigan later tweeted “One of the kindest, most respectable coaches,” another tweet read One thing was clear: Cornell basketball might be looking toward the

be Cornell’s head basketball coach Great basketball mind, but even better friend ” This got me thinking Even though Cornell is not known for most of its sports, there are still many people who devote their lives to Cornell athletics And as mundane as the firing of the basketball coach is for a struggling Ivy League team to the average Cornellian, it means the world to those involved I kept reading through tweets by Hartigan and other people who were close to and worked with Courtney All of them had great things to say about Courtney, even if his

future, but this University lost a well-respected man

This brings me to the main point of this column Sports, as much as they are a business-first world, driven by what’s best for a team ’ s success, is just as much human as it is business And this often gets lost in the weeds I’m from just outside D C , so naturally I’m a ver y big Capitals fan Finally, this could be the year it all goes right for D C sports It’s been 23 years since we won a professional championship; the most of any city that carries all four major sports teams And yet, this