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Candidates for Student Trustee Share Platforms

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun News Editor

Four graduate and professional students are vying to become the next student trustee on Cornell’s board in this year ’ s election

Although a graduate or professional student will be elected this year, all students can vote in the election, according to a University press release

Voting will begin at 8 a m on Monday and end at 10 a m on Wednesday

Dara Brown grad Brown said she hopes to encourage a more inclusive campus culture by addressing unconscious biases and improve campus safety by increasing support of existing programming

See STUDENT TRUSTEE page 5

Outage Cuts Power to C.U., Ithaca

damaged transmission line caused blackout

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Assistant News Editor

p m , about an hour after the initial loss of power Personnel sectioned off the area and are currently making repairs to the line, according to Pass Several laboratories on campus experienced difficulties with equipment during the power

TCAT Board Unanimously Approves Summer Service Reductions

The Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Board of Directors voted unanimously to reduce the transit agency ’ s summer service in a special meeting Monday, according to a TCAT press release

The reductions include changes to the service schedule of 21 bus lines, which already run with decreased frequency in the summer

In a series of meetings with the Cornell and Ithaca community last week, the agency explained that the changes are a result of chronic bus operator shortages TCAT is 10 drivers short of the optimal number it needs to meet demand for its summer routes and has been filling this gap by hiring contract drivers which cost an additional $33,000 a week according to the release

Although federal laws did not oblige TCAT to hold public hearings because the cuts are emergency or temporary changes, the company held four public sessions and accepted feedback via email and a special phone line, the release said

“We felt transparency was extremely important,” said Alice Eccleston, TCAT Acting General Manager

Based on public feedback, TCAT will attempt to reduce inconvenience to riders such as by maintaining transfers between popular roots as it makes the service changes, according to the release

The release added that the organization will continue to prioritize filling bus operator positions

Compiled

by Stephanie Yan

Students Aid in Fighting Collegetown Fire

The Ithaca Fire Department, Ithaca police and Bangs Ambulance responded to a fire at 111 Osmun in Collegetown just after 2 p m Monday, according to The Ithaca Voice

Sarah Le Cam ’16, one of the building’s residents, told The Voice that another resident noticed smoke coming from a secondfloor porch

Le Cam added that she and the resident called 911 before putting out the fire using a fire extinguisher and pots of water

None of the five residents were home when the fire started, according to Le Cam Firefighters are still investigating the cause of the incident, The Voice reported

Compiled by Josh Girsky

University

Evdokimov ’18 becomes frst C.U. student to earn distinction in 10 years

By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer

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Cornell faculty members

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Technology in an effort to increase research and development of “ smart ” fabrics for use

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electronics, consumer products and first-responder clothing Cornell is one of 32 universities to team up with the non-profit and contribute to the $317 million public-private partnership, according to the University

Cornell professors in the fields of fiber science, engineering and computer and information science are actively contributing to the project, the University reported

Local

Despite years of economic decline in upstate New York, Therm Incorporated will dramatically increase the size of its manufacturing plant in Ithaca

The plant expansion will cost about $2 5M and allow the c o m p a n y t o i n c re a s e i t s machining capacity, according to The Ithaca Voice

The company, which specializes in aerospace and industrial turbine custom machining, has remained in Ithaca since its founding in 1935 It currently employs 158 workers, and plans to increase that number with the plant expansion, The Voice reported

National

For the first time since his inauguration, Mayor Bill de Bl a s i o ( D - N Y ) i s u n d e r scrutiny for possible corruption in campaign fund-raising

The case is against both Jona Rechnitz, who raised money for the campaign and the nonp ro f i t t h a t s u p p o r t e d t h e major, and Jeremy Reichberg, who funded the non-profit, according to The New York Times

According to reports, the two donors benefitted from their donations in exchange for possible municipal action, or a promise of action

As of now, no conclusions could be made with regard to whether or not Mr de Blasio was aware of any transaction, or to whether or not there is enough evidence to proceed w

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t o p ro s e c u t e under corruption charges, The Times reported

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a b l y t r u e o f a l l a t h l e t e s , h a ve a c e r t a i n l e ve l o f f o c u s , ” Ne w m a n s a i d “ W h e n t h e y p u t t h e i r m i n d t o a c e r t a i n g o a l , t h e y a re a b l e t o

a c c o m p l i s h i t ”

So Hyung Kim can be reached at sohyungkim@cornellsun com

Speakers Call for Integrated Approach to Medicine

By NATHANIEL LACELLE-PETERSON Sun Contributor

Issues in global health require integrated solutions that employ both medical and social perspectives, Gunisha Kaur

’ 0 6 M D ’ 1 0 a n d Pr o f E r i c B r u mberger ’01, anesthesiology, said in a lecture Friday

B r u m b e r g e r a n d Kaur discussed what they called a “biosocial” approach, which they said combines the fields of medicine and the humanities

T h e b i o s o c i a l a p p r o a c h i s necessar y for understanding the c o n s e q u e n c e s o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l health care programs such as the introduction of ultrasound devices in areas of India where women “ are incredibly under valu e d ” a c c o r d i n g t o Br umberger

“ Women at all stages of pregn a n c y w i l l f i n d t h e s e i l l e g a l ultrasound clinics, get sex determination done and then commit f e m a l e f e t i c i d e , ” B r u m b e r g e r said “It’s incredibly difficult to b r i n g l e g i t i m a t e r e a s o n s f o r ultrasound use into this healthcare system in an easy way ” Kaur explained the problems involved in introducing ultrasound to India using economics “ These things come down to economic factors the economic productivity or ability of women to contribute economically to the family unit,” Kaur said “ That becomes a problem in a society where women cannot contribute because it’s an agricultural society ”

medical technology into a culture are often unclear to those outside of the society, according to Kaur

“ Me d i c a l t e c h n o l o g y t h a t ’ s supposed to be really good for

health and improve health outc

text, ” she said “Just looking at it

think that the ability to farm would have such an impact on health ” Br umberger and Kaur both cited their undergraduate experiences as cr ucial to their inspiration in beginning the lecture series which is a c o l l a b o r a t i o n b e t w e e n Weill Cornell faculty and Cornell undergraduates “ It’s re a l l y i n t e re s t i n g to be able to teach people at the beginning of their career, where theyre just star ting to think about medicine,” Kaur said “ We together came up with the idea about a year ago, par tially because we both graduated from Cornell, that it would be great to come

back and teach students ”

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hopes students will use the lecture series to learn about the different ways they can work in global health “ [ St u

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them to realize that it’s all out there for them, and there are limitless possibilities ”

The talk was the second in a ne w course “Global Health Case Studies from Weill Cornell Medical College” that focuses

health

Power Outage Affects Labs, Classes

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outage, with students voicing complaints that they lost work or damaged important materials

Although certain crucial equipment, such as ultra-cold freezers, was able to be run on backup

machines turned off completely, a

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d Feigenson, biochemistr y

“[It was] just a half hour with dim light, but no one was using s e n s i t i ve e

time,” Feigenson said, describing his own lab

Some research instr uments are connected to an uninterruptible power supply unit, which allows for a safe shutdown in the event of power loss, according to Pro

chemistr y Prof Melissa Hines, chem-

istr y, added that she was unaware of any serious damage the power outage inflicted on laborator y equipment in either chemistr y labs or the Cornell Center for Materials Research’s shared facilities

“ In t h e C C M R f a c i l i t i e s , most of our critical equipment, such as our multimillion dollar electron microscopes, have unint e r r u p t a b l e p owe r s u p p l i e s which give us time to shut down the instruments in an safe fashion,” Hines said “Having said that, many labs cannot immediately bounce back from a power outage, as sensitive equipment may need a day or few days of conditioning before it is ready to use ” Hines added that the Cornell Na n o f a

already informed its users that the space will be closed until tomorrow at the earliest

The outage also forced some professors to cancel classes Erika Axe ’18 said power returned to her Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistr y class which took place in Baker Hall approximately 10 minutes after the class began

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Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun com

Candidates Vie for Student Trustee Seat

STUDENT TRUSTEE

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work to preser ve the unique identities of the individual schools combined in the new College of Business

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Cornell, Brown said she was the C

Issues Committee chair on the Student Assembly Brown said her

increased her awareness of sexual

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“As an undergrad, in terms of c

geared towards bystander prevention Recent meetings with the Cornell University Police have lead me to believe that increased advocacy of the SHARE program and funding for late night transportation ser vices may be equally

pus living for years, ” he said He added that he hopes to develop an opt-in student legal ser vice that will reduce bad leases a n d q u e s t i o n a b l e p r a c

landlords

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s record of “working hard and getting things done” will be useful to him as a student-elected trustee

“I’m not intimidated by the administration or the tr ustees, and won ’ t hesitate to cast a vote 63-1 if that’s what I truly think is the right thing to do,” he said

Tiffany St. Bernard grad

St Bernard said she hopes to improve campus climate through strong diversity and inclusion initiatives, increase safe and affordable housing and foster campuswide engagement through transparent dialogues among students, faculty and administration

“I’m not intimidated by the administration or the trustees, and won’t hesitate to cast a vote 63-1 if that’s what I truly think is the right thing to do ” N

effective avenues for increasing campus safety,” she said

Amy Molitoris grad

Molitoris said her top three priorities as student trustee will be to work with the University to find solutions to the ever-increasing student loan debt, remain committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2035 and ensure the University becomes a fair chance employer

The board should advocate for Cornell to join the ‘ban the box’ initiative removing a question concerning criminal convictions from its job applications in order to remove bias against applicants with a criminal histor y according to Molitoris

Molitoris added that she hopes to improve the board’s communication with Cornell’s constituent assemblies and ensure that its decisions are democratic

“A l t h o u g h s e v e r a l s p e c i f i c issues should and need to be

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s a s a trustee would be ensuring that undergraduate, graduate and professional students voices are heard and advocating for issues my constituencies deem important,” she said

Molitoris also represented the College of Veterinar y Medicine on the Graduate and Professional

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Nathaniel Rogers grad Rogers who has ser ved as Vice President for Operations of

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a s G P S A Liaison to the Faculty Senate said he will push the board to a d d re s s t h e l a c k o f a

o rd a b l e housing in Collegetown and surrounding neighborhoods

“ [ T h e ] C o r n e l l e n r o l l m e n t really determines the demand for Collegetown housing, and we ’ ve been underfunding and understaffing our support for off-cam-

As chair of the GPSA Diversity and International Committee, St Bernard said she hosted a dinner last semester enabling members of the Cornell community to discuss issues on campus “ T h i s d i n n e r d i d n o t o n l y bring to light diversity and inclusion related issues, it also provided an environment that facilitated engagement and communication across the University,” she said “ I f e l e c t e d a s y o u r St

d e n t Trustee, I hope to continue these efforts, among many others ”

Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun com

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Jacob Rubashkin | The Jacobin

On Bernie Bros And Blue Faces

Thoughit might seem far-fetched

months both the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries will be over and the general election will have begun Barring some unforeseen calamity, t

Donald Trump, Sen Ted Cruz (R-T X) or G ov Jo

K a s i c h ( R - O H ) a n d

h e Democrats will nominate either Hillar y Clinton or Sen Bernie Sanders (D-VT) At the moment, both races are in a state of flux, and as prognostication is a field fraught with difficulty, I’m not going to make any bold predictions as to the identities of the eventual nominees To a certain extent, it doesn’t even matter who the nominees are No matter who emerges victorious, America will be faced with a stark choice in November, and the correct decision could not be more obvious T h e Re p u b l i c a n Pa r t y, c a t e g o r i c a l l y, offers a reactionar y set of policies that would strip millions of Americans of the protections and rights, both economic and social, that they have accrued over the past centur y There is no such thing as a modera t e Re p u b l i c a n r u n n i n g f o r p re s i d e n t Trump is political demagogue whose neopopulist/authoritarian ideology appears to be made up on the fly Ted Cruz is so repulsive and uniformly hated by even his own party and coworkers that Sen Lindsay Graham (R-NC) once mused that you could kill him on the Senate floor and no senators would testify against you And John Kasich, who has cultivated an image of relative moderation, has a record of cons e r v a t i v e p o l i c i e s o n e v e r y t h i n g f r o m reproductive rights to union-busting to supply-side economics stretching from his tenure as governor of Ohio all the way back to his time as the hatchet-wielding chairman of the House Budget Committee All three would be disastrous for the nation if elected to the presidency

So why, then, do upwards of 30 percent of Bernie Sanders supporters say that if Hillar y Clinton is the Democratic nominee, they will refuse to vote for her? Such a stance is foolish, misguided and incredibly h a r m f u l I f Hi l l a r y C l i n t o n i s t h e Democratic nominee (and according to math, that is a likelihood) then ever y member of the Democratic Party, from the cardcarr ying socialists to the San Francisco tech entrepreneurs to the Montana farmers and ever yone in between should vote for her Likewise, if Bernie Sanders gets the nod, the party should similarly coalesce behind him The stakes are too high to act otherwise

When a Sanders supporter declares that Hillar y is too repulsive to vote for, they leave themselves with three options The first and easiest is to stay home When you refuse to vote, you aren ’ t taking a bold or courageous stand against the system You are willfully abdicating your responsibility as an American citizen, and you renounce any right to complain about government for the next four years You also do a great disser vice by depriving down ballot candidates of the votes they so desperately need You want to see real change? Cast a vote for John Plumb instead of letting Rep Tom Reed (R-NY) run away with another term

You want to start a revolution? Start by electing a new state representative and state senator, such as Leslie Danks Burke, who will fight for an increased minimum wage a n d c o l l e c t i v

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change happens from the bottom upwards; by staying home because of an unpalatable name at the top of the ticket, you forfeit the opportunity to effect changes in other areas

The second option is to vote for a thirdparty candidate, a so-called “ protest vote ” There are some benefits to a protest vote

You still feel like you are fulfilling your responsibility to vote, but you get a rush from subverting the system While I am sure that Jill Stein or Gar y Johnson is grateful for your support, protest votes are incredibly destructive Many Sanders supporters are too young to have participated in the 2000 presidential election (as am I), but its outcome alone should be more than enough to dissuade anyone from ever casti n g a p ro t e s t vo t e Ha d a m e re 5 3 8

Floridians voted for Al Gore instead of Ralph Nader, George W Bush (quite possibly the worst president since Herbert “Great Depression” Hoover) would never have taken office A group of voters half the size of Intro to Oceanography could have prevented the Iraq War, further deregulation of the financial industr y, an EPA that for eight years cared more about industr y jobs than protecting the environment and the appointments of two incredibly conser vative justices to the Supreme Court But apparently, to enough voters, bucking the system and voting for Nader was more important to than the future of the nation Protest votes do not work In the case of Sanders supporters, they will only ser ve to help the Republican nominee And that brings us to the third option: simply voting for the Republican It’s a troubling refrain that is increasingly heard across the air waves and the Twittersphere It g o e s s o m

n g l i k e , “ I ’d v o t e f o r Trump/Cruz/Kasich over that sack of lies Hillar y, ” and sometimes it sounds like a f

breath till they pass out unless you do what they want It takes an incredible lack of a

A Trump/Cruz/Kasich presidency would be tangibly harmful to large swathes of the American population For those of us fortunate enough not to have been targeted (as of yet) by the Republicans, it is may be easier to stomach a Trump/Cruz/Kasich p re

neighborhood I don’t have

uterus to defend from government intrusion My skin isn’t dark enough to get punched at a Trump rally and my economic situation is not such that Trump’s chaotic trade policies would wreck my livelihood It is a privilege I have to view a Republican presidency as anything less than an imminent danger, a privilege not ever yone has So to vote for a Republican who is so markedly worse for the countr y than either Democrat, to refuse to vote for a Democrat not based on policy or vision but on some personal vendetta you feel against him or her, is an exercise in privilege that will only harm the nation

The primar y could still go either way Sanders could gain steam and sweep the rest of the calendar and walk triumphantly into Philadelphia with the requisite delegates for the nomination If that is the case, we must do ever ything to make sure that six months later he is delivering his first inaugural address If Clinton continues to lead the race, then come July, the party must come together behind her For all of his faults, Sen Marco “Roboto” Rubio (RFL) was right when he said that this election was especially significant In no situation would a President Trump or Kasich or Cruz be better than a President Clinton or Sanders, and to think other wise is dangerous America, don’t cut off your nose to spite your face There is too much at stake to treat this vote like a five-year-old treats his oxygen intake

Jacob Rubashkin is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at jrubashkin@cornellsun com The Jacobin appears alternate Mondays this semester

Hebani Duggal | Teach Me How to Duggal

Tell Us Something

We Don’t Know

Sittingin Libe earlier today, I was in convenient earshot of some interesting conversations going on around me

Most conversations in Libe, as every undergrad at Cornell knows, center around one of four topics: how much studying you haven’t done yet, what happened last night, whether or not you should get coffee or something completely random I couldn’t even begin to guess at in a single column

Today, the most interesting conversation in my vicinity was one I was genuinely impressed at Libe Cafe for hosting It included two students (grad students in the Johnson School, I’m guessing), two aggressively large cups of espresso and a heated debate about the recent emergence of the Panama Papers into the public eye

The Panama Papers, as they are unfairly labelled according to President Varela and his high-profile New York Times column published today, are a “particular trove of documents [that] came from a single law firm

based in Panama” highlighting the existence of previously undisclosed shell companies The scope of the illegally obtained and subsequently released information in itself is unparalleled As Johnson grad student #1 so eloquently described it, they’re “basically the Wikileaks of rich people and their bank accounts ”

While not an unfair description in itself, the Panama Papers do more than just shed light on alleged government and corporate misconduct worldwide They are specific, very specific about the people involved, about their money, about how much money, about where and about how The papers have referenced “12 current or former world leaders, as well as 128 other politicians and public officials, including associates of Vladimir Putin the Russian leader isn’t himself mentioned by name in any of the documents FIFA executives, the prime minister of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, his wife and Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri ” They are also the largest data breach we have seen yet

So what do the Panama Papers imply that Wikileaks or Edward Snowden’s controversial exposé of the NSA’s doing haven’t already brought to the public’s attention? Well, as our aforementioned Johnson grad students chose to highlight over gulps of coffee and a quartercard covered table, quite literally nothing The the Panama Papers, at their core, don’t tell us anything we don’t already know Rich people have money Rich people want to keep their money safe Tax evasion is a global problem that exists, has existed and will continue to exist The Panama Papers bring to light the doings of some unlucky people that got caught but they don’t really do much else

There is a slightly more to be said about this (jaded) argument You could argue that the Panama Papers have taken the away the secrecy that so many believed would keep them from ever being caught They have revealed something Assange and Snowden could not the wealthy are wealthier than we originally had thought, and tax evasion is not something we can simply continue to avoid The point at which the argument remains inconclusive, however, is whether the Panama Papers bring to light an issue we will actually choose to do something about The question that remains: do we move forward learning from our mistakes or if we will allow for smarter ways to get around our half-hearted attempts at fixing the system exist?

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Politics, Supreme Comm en t of the day

Re: “LETTER TO THE EDITOR | On Divestment,” Opinion April 7, 2016

No one likes ties There is

y under whelming in accepting the defeat of competition inherent in a draw One would almost rather the opponent won, if only for a sense of closure But no, the competitors slink away, licking their

does not easily suffer such lack of resolution

Neither does the legal system, the ultimate realm of decision In its absolute form justice is uncompromising and unremitting Yet justice is a stranger in life, like equality and liberty Law, the interpreta-

y t h o s e deigned qualified, is far more familiar Law is derived from justice but it is not justice it is right and wrong as our f l a w e d m i n d s a n d f l a w e d societies see such familiar, c o n c re t e a b s t r a c t i o n s We can change the law but justice will not change; we can bend and break the law but justice will accept neither

the most esteemed, most tr usted, most high sages of Law deliver their verdict: 4-4 You get to languish on death row, sur veilled by the prison g u a rd s o f p u b l i c o p i n i o n , u n t i l someone you ’ ve never met is perm i t t e d t h ro u g h a ve r y e l a b o r a t e hazing ritual known as “Senate confirmation ” As facetious as such a scenario is it illustrates the need for definitive judgments Using basic mathematics and a r udimentar y knowledge of government, one can see how a Supreme Cour t comprising eight justices hinders the ultimate goal of legal interpretation; 4-4 decisions result in the lower cour t ’ s decision

some what) not mine

The contor tions being pulled by Republican Senators are surely not h e a l t h y f o r a m a n

Grassley’s age Republicans praised Garland, a universally liked and respected jurist, only to arrive in 2016 with a vocal segment of the par ty base suffering from a neurotic fear of judicial change (people who as children, it seems, never quite grasped the concept of sharing)

The Founding Fathers intended the judiciar y be free of political taint The Cour t ’ s changes in recent histor y, punctuated by this latest standoff, prove that the ideal is no more Moreover, the Senate was cre-

The Founding Fathers intended the judiciary be free of political taint. The Court’s changes in recent history, punctuated by this latest standoff, pro that the ideal is no more.

Though justice brooks no halfmeasures its offspring, law, is much more accommodating The writing, reading and altering of law allows for human disagreement Indeed, law is the basis for the how the democratic state functions upon the foundation of law and through its power over the law

T h a t s a i d , w h e n g ov e r n m e n t must read its own writings, justice should be its guide when interpreting law, those responsible, as an institution, must seek to clarify not to obfuscate The law as understood by the people, their institutions and t h e s t a t e s h o u l d b e t h e s a m e

s t a n d i n g b u t n o t b e i n g u p h e l d

nationally A woman in Ne w York might easily access her constitutional right to abor tion while another in Louisiana is required to spend time in a gulag before being allowed access to even the phone numbers of her state ’ s abor tion clinics

Though there must always be room for argument, a common understanding of what is legal and what is i l l e g a l i s o f u t m o s t i m p o r

e

When the people can twist the law, the result is scandal or revolution When an institution can twist the law, the result is anger or oppression When the state can twist the law, the result is terror, totalitarian

Bringing you back from such serious abstraction, let us return to the real world, where our subject is most assuredly law Imagine this: your appeal against a death sentence (for a murder you didn’t commit, l e t ’ s a d d T h o u g h I d

u

t t h a t w o u l d m

m u c h

O l d Antonin) sits before the Supreme Cour t A fe w arguments and six hundred ineffectual placards later,

Despite this judicial deadlock, the GOP (affectionately known as “the par ty of Lincoln”; less affectionately known as “the par ty of Dubya”) is set on preventing any resolution until “the people have spoken ” But the people have spok e n – 5 3 p e rc e n t o f A m e r i c a n s believe that the Senate should hold hearings for Merrick Garland and o n l y 1 6 p e r c e n t b e l i e v e Republicans’ justification that they are stone walling Garland to ensure consideration of public opinion Yet how would Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY ) and Sen Chuck Grassley (R-IA) know? The pair was recently seen stuffing each others’ ears with $100 bills and letters from constituents, on which were scrawled e x p l e t i v e - l a d e n d e m a n d s t h a t

R e p u b l i c a n s “ s t o p t h a t d a m n

Muslim from keepin’ on near-darn r uinin’” the Right’s “all encompassing control of the judicial system ” which will “ soon tighten over ever y facet of American society and stifle the propaganda peddled by agent provocateurs and enemies of the people ” Their words (paraphrased,

ated as a bulwark against populism it has the capacity to act as a buffer between the masses, easily lead, and Justice But again, the Senate, its members elected by the populace and happily paying the absurd cost of doing politics for s u c h e x c l u s i v e o f f i c e , h a s b e e n infected and per vaded by the “electoral-industrial complex ” The state and law become little more than an amorphous mass to be prodded and enticed into assuming the shape that one desires it to take Ideas aside, Republicans know that the Democrats are highly likely to retain the presidency and could flip the Senate blue in November Even without a Democratic Senate, Hillar y Clinton, having sur vived The Berning and with four years ahead, would force Republicans to grind out an acceptable nominee If s h e w e r e t o c o n t i n u e G a r l a n d ’ s nomination the Republicans would look ver y, ver y stupid for not confirming him earlier If she were to nominate a judge fur ther to the left, conser vatives will r ue losing out on Garland Republican Senators are merely delaying the inevitable and will lament the day they didn’t settle for a draw

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Six Female Cartoonists You Should Know About

This article was originally going to be about sexism in the comics industry It’s no secret that the comics scene has done a notoriously poor job recognizing women creators and readers, particularly in America’s superherochoked testosterone-fest This was no clearer than at this year ’ s Angouleme Grand Prix, a sort of Cannes Palme d’Or for the comics world, when none of a whopping 20 creators nominated were women This resulted in a major fracas among smarter members of the community, resulting in boycotts from attendees and nominees alike and the hashtag #womendoBD (short for bandes desinees, the French word for comics), predating #OscarsSoWhite’s highlighting of award show prejudice by over a month However, when I described the premise of my article exploring this heady topic to my peers, I generally got the same response: Are there even that many major cartoonists who are women? Isn t it a boy s club, after all?

This extraordinarily common assumption is also an incorrect one While American publishers have often failed to highlight the accomplishments of women cartoonists, there have always been especially outside of the superhero assembly line numerous influential, impressive women who have pushed comics as a medium to its greatest potential Indeed, in the age of bestselling memoirs such as Allison Bechdel s Fun Home and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and the waves of massively popular shojo manga by and for girls flooding bookshelves throughout the ’00s (not to mention the recent success of film adaptations of Julie Maroh’s Blue is the Warmest Color and Phoebe Gloeckner’s Diary of a Teenage Girl), it is impossible to say that women are not creating major, universally beloved comics And yet this perceived absence of women remains

In an attempt to put this wrongheaded notion to rest, I’ve put together a list of a few of my favorite women working in comics today It’s not by any standard a complete list, but it is one that highlights artists who make and have made truly great and lasting contributions to the form These are not only some of the best women in comics, but some of the best cartoonists out there, period

JULIE DOUCET

(My New York Diary, My Most Secret Desire)

One of the leading figures of the ’90s autobiographical comics boom, Julie Doucet’s stories are searing, hilarious and confrontational all at once Serializing her work in the brilliantly titled solo anthology Dirty Plotte ( plotte being a French slang term for female genitalia), Doucet was one of the first artists to really put everything on the line, depicting herself and all manner of bodily discomforts in memoir vignettes and dream journals that celebrate all the dirty little things we try to forget about daily life, shifting from English to French as seamlessly as her shifts from humor to discomfort The degree of honesty in her work is as refreshing as it is startling in one memorable string of dream stories, Doucet imagines what her life would be like if she had a penis, in illustrations that are playful yet aggressive, brash yet vulnerable Her memoir My New York Diary, depicting her tumultuous relationship with her boyfriend and substance abuse, is an all time classic, taking the reader on a tour-de-force travelogue of experiences both mundane and harrowing, reading like a Mad magazine parody of real life Her art is gloriously grungy, splotches of black accenting harsh lines, packed with information and impact Later autobio cartoonists such as Chester Brown cite Doucet as a major influence, yet to my mind the energy of her work still towers above the rest

MOTO HAGIO

(A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, Heart of Thomas)

The ’70s saw the first wave of major female cartoonists working in Japan, often referred to as the “Year 24 Group,” creating popular, daring works for a (mostly) female readership that soon became popular nationwide series such as Ryoko Ideka’s Rose of Versailles and Keiko Takemiya’s To Terra are still widely read These were cartoonists creating lush, engaging, innovative work for a general readership, a key moment in comics history The best storyteller of the Year 24 Group is

undoubtedly Moto Hagio, who to this day crafts beautiful, intelligent and emotionally honest tales of difficult feelings and people who dare to transcend traditional gender roles In science fiction stories such as A, A1 and A Drunken Dream, Hagio spans generations crafting stories of memory and gender in a post-human identity the space-exploration queer romance short X + Y features perhaps the first nonbinary character in a shojo manga In the gay boarding school melodrama Heart of Thomas, Hagio depicts the kind of intense, tender emotions and experiences usually associated with women in a narrative centered on men, revealing these feelings to be universal All of these stories are told in gorgeous, full-page compositions that overwhelm the reader in the work’s beauty and passion But what’s really special about Hagio is that her comics are popular, appealing melodramas this is a cartoonist crafting the kind of intimate, literary stories that we tend to label “alternative” for a mass, young readership, entertaining and engaging the reader at whatever level they are ready for In a way, this is comics at its most perfect, stories that will deeply affect just about anyone

of fear and superstition Carroll s stories tend to be less about individual moments of shock, and more about evoking the sensation of creeping dread and superstition The mood of her work is intensified by her formal playfulness many of her comics are presented in a downward scrolling progression, giving the reader a sense that they are traveling deeper into a secret truth, or a nightmare Carroll is far from the first webcartoonist to use this scrolling format, but she is perhaps the first to really accomplish something evocative with it, particularly in the modern classic His Face All Red and the quiet, desperate parable Out of Skin

However, some of Carroll’s best comics have appeared on the printed page, as in Through the Woods, a collection of stories new and old illustrated in ambitious, colordrenched pages an homage to Goodnight Moon late in the book is particularly unforgettable Carrol’s comics are the kind of stuff that make me want to read more comics, and her work is highly recommended to anyone who enjoys a little scare

MICKEY ZACCHILI (Venom Comic, RAV

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KYOKO OKAZAKI (Helter Skelter, Pink)

The ’80s was a decade in which comics specifically for an adult readership began receiving widespread exposure, and the Japanese comics scene was no exception In this climate of older, more sophisticated readership, the new genre/demographic of Josei manga rose out of shojo, stories and artists addressing an audience of adult women with adult concerns Many of these comics can be dismissed as little better than Harlequin-style paperback romances, but a number of truly impressive artists emerged from this scene, none better than the great Kyoko Okazaki Okazaki tells stories about women at the outskirts of the fashion world, negotiating relationships, self-image and commerce The alternately fluffy and brutal rom-com Pink charts frenzied bubble-economy consumerism through the misadventures of unlikely protagonist Yumi, a sex worker with a pet alligator Her masterpiece, Helter Skelter, is a bonafide body-horror fashion freak-out, a fractured narrative of an impossibly beautiful fashion model Ririko’s grotesque evolution through plastic surgery and her splintering sense of self Okazaki is a consummate artist, elegant, minimal lines accented through bold, downright impressionistic screentone patterns Okazaki’s comics grip the reader from start to finish and demand to be read over and over again

EMILY CARROLL

(Through the Woods, Out of Skin)

The last decade has seen the rise of webcomics as a powerful subsection of the comics world, and I cannot think of a better webcartoonist than Emily Carroll Posting impressive short stories to her personal website (emcarroll com), Carroll tells moody, dark fairy tale horror stories in the mode of the Brothers Grimm, lushly illustrated tales

Perhaps the best artist of self-published zines active today, Mickey Zacchili’s comics are dense, scribbly things that at first glance might seem unreadable but are in fact extraordinarily communicative Springy, animated forms dance across Zacchili’s page, the furious motion of the lines guiding the reader’s eye naturally through the action and antics Zacchili’s stories are a dense soup of ’90s anime, Fort Thunder art comics, Image comics and all the things we thought were cool when we were twelve Her jam comics with Michael Deforge and Patrick Kyle are particularly well regarded, picking a single topic and just running with it titles have included Jumping Comic, Smartphone Comic and Pixar’s Cars Comic Zacchili worked in a similar vein alone in the recent Venom Comic, a furiously drawn bootleg love letter to the Spider-Man villain that reads like a frantic celebration of what comics can be However, Zacchili’s masterpiece is the ongoing series RAV, a surreal biker romance epic that combines tough-guy posturing with millennial anxiety, bluntly hilarious dialogue and powerful imagery Zacchili’s comics are self-published in beautiful risographed pamphlets, the sort of thing you can ’ t find in stores often unless you find a really cool store However, most of her work is available for purchase on her website, mickeyz org, where she also sells patches and clothing displaying the same impressive wit found in her cartooning Her packages usually come with a half dozen of her trademark “cool dog” stickers, and a whole lot of joy for new readers

ELEANOR DAVIS (How to be Happy, Flop on Top)

One of the most diverse and exciting talents of our time, Eleanor Davis is a true cartoonist, a dynamic artist and an earnest storyteller Working professionally as a freelance illustrator (you may have seen her work on a number of Google’s day-long themed logos), Davis’ art has a lighter-than-air, perfect sort of quality, expressive lines and colors creating bulbous figures that exude a sense of humanity, physicality and warmth Her stories run a whole gamut of subject matter, from the quixotic modern biblical fable In Our Eden to the charming children s book Flop on Top to the porn-industry romance of her recent Frontier story BDSM, but throughout her varied work Davis always manages to bring her stories to a moment where people are find real human connection with each other, this sublime sense of really knowing someone else

Much of Davis’ work has been collected in a book titled How to be Happy, a phrase that seems to encapsulate the whole of her varied oeuvre these are comics about that struggle to be happy, the droll impossibility of an easy path to happiness, and the extraordinary beauty of those brief wonderful moments when we really are fulfilled

Nathan Chazan is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences

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Does Spieth Merit Critique?

SHATZMAN Continued from page 12

those close-seconds behind Spieth’s “ most shocking collapse in golf history ” Van de Velde and McIlroy are just two of many other golf “collapses, ” in addition to Adam Scott, Greg Norman, Phil Mickelson, etc

But it isn’t just O’Connor’s “ most shocking” claim that is bothersome He just briefly mentions Willett’s tremendous final round where he shot a 67, the second lowest score of the tournament Spieth peaked at -7 Willett finished at -5 So even without Spieth’s blemish on the 12th, Willett played himself into contention to win Spieth didn’t lose the Masters Willett won

Also, Spieth’s “collapse” occurred on Amen Corner the nickname, by no coincidence, given to the 11th, 12th and 13th at Augusta because of their difficulty These are some of the most challenging golf holes in the world High scores are common at Amen Corner and much of the field struggled on these holes throughout the weekend

It is a Masters’ tradition that the defending champion dresses the new winner in his green jacket O’Connor insists “ you have never seen someone look so unhappy wearing a green jacket on Masters Sunday” as Spieth was when he crowned Willett I watched the ceremony, and had I not seen the entire tournament, I wouldn’t have known that Spieth had lost the lead earlier in the day He smiled as he gave Willett his jacket and patted down the collar, showing his maturity and professionalism the likes of which are admirable at just 22-years-old Of course he was hurting inside Who wouldn’t be? But he certainly didn’t show it like O’Connor claims

It seems that O’Connor sees Spieth as infallible O’Connor notes that at last year ’ s Masters, as Spieth entered Sunday with a four-shot lead, he felt that Spieth “wouldn’t melt down because there was no evidence suggesting he would ” But sports aren ’ t fueled by evidence Sports breed the unexpected Predictions and probability become moot when Spieth makes a quadruple-bogey or when a team like Middle Tennessee beats Michigan State The thrill of sport lies in its unpredictability

At just 22-years-old, Spieth has already won two majors In three appearances at the Masters, he has finished second, first and second, respectively Phil Mickelson didn’t win his first of five majors until his mid-30s After McIlroy’s “collapse” in the 2011 Masters, people wondered whether he could recover He won the next major the 2011 U S Open by eight shots So let’s not overhype a few bad swings by Spieth who, by the way, is listed as the favorite to win the U S Open in June Losing hurts It always does But Jordan Spieth loses far less often than most people

Ben Shatzman can be reached at bshatzman@cornellsun com

Unmasterful Performances

In an article published prior to yesterday’s final round at the Masters, ESPN senior writer Ian O’Connor wrote that, “Jordan Spieth is almost certainly going to win his second Masters title on Sunday ” He went on to assert that “there’s convincing evidence that Jordan Spieth won ’ t lose it ” He cited the strengths of Spieth’s game: tremendous putting, exceptional scoring at Augusta and so forth These are the reasons that Spieth has become the face of golf, and along with his character, it is why I root for him He finished tied for second on Sunday, three shots behind first-time Professional Golfers Association Tour winner Danny Willett

Ben Shatzman

Calling the Shatz

The feature story on ESPN com this morning, after Spieth disastrious quadruple bogey, was O’Connor’s latest, titled: “Jordan Spieth’s collapse at the Masters the most shocking in golf history ” The title made me wonder if perhaps this was an incredulous reaction to an overconfident prediction, as I recalled O’Connor’s piece from the previous day Spieth, attempting to repeat as Master’s champion, began Sunday’s final round with a one shot lead The top of the leaderboard was crowded with the game ’ s top players, including the number one player in the world, Jason Day Strong winds this year made for difficult scoring conditions when compared to last year For example, Spieth won the 2015 Masters’ at -18, while Willett won Sunday only at -5 Spieth birdied the final four holes of the front nine to take a commanding, five-stroke lead heading into the final nine The 22-yearold then bogeyed holes 10 and 11, and after hitting consecutive shots into the water, carded his infamous quadruple-bogey on the par-three 12th He dropped several spots on the leaderboard, and although he bounced back with birdies on two of the next three holes, he finished three strokes behind Willett

To label Spieth’s play “the most shocking collapse in golf history” is gratuitous and unfair I cannot help but wonder if such a title was written to attract clicks and views for ESPN Judge for yourself whether Spieth’s “collapse” was the most shocking in golf history At the 1999 British Open, Frenchman Jean van de Velde needed a double-bogey on the parfour 18th to win the tournament He made seven in what was a hole of poor decisions and worse execution

In his “ most shocking” piece, O’Connor brushes-off Van de Velde’s as “ more comedy than tragedy ” Is heartbreaking defeat comedy?

In regards to Spieth, O’Connor notes that “there was nothing remotely funny about this one ” In the 2011 Masters, Rory McIlroy took a four-shot lead into Sunday, a one-shot lead into the final nine and then went triple-bogey, bogey and double-bogey on holes 10, 11 and 12 Was that funny, too? McIlroy finished in 15th place, ten shots behind the winner

This year, Spieth came in second place, good for $880,000; a decent consolation O’Connor did not mention McIlroy among those close-seconds behind Spieth’s “ most

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Tennis Takes Two on the Road

By SAM HUMMEL Sun Staff Wr ter

The men ’ s tennis team (10-10, 3-2 Ivy) returns to Ithaca this week after a successful weekend on the road against Brown (8-16, 0-4) and Yale (12-10, 0-4), taking both matchups 4-1 and 5-2, respectively

Head coach Silviu Tanasoiu was incredibly pleased with his team ’ s overall performance throughout the weekend

“I didn’t think we played our best tennis, and that was very encouraging from my standpoint because we were able to find our way to a win in all those matches, ” he said “I felt like everyone contributed, either in doubles or singles We handled the weekend very well as a team ”

Tanasoui mentioned the team had some challenges with the courts at Brown’s new facilities

“It’s always a tough environment playing away especially in their new facility,” he said “There were four courts with surfaces faster than we ’ re used to ”

However, a major key in their success against the Bears was their strict mindset and focus on playing good, fundamental tennis, which was rooted in practices leading up to the matches

“We didn’t let down our mindset,” Tanasoui said “We stuck to our training and we were ready to face Brown I thought we played very fundamental doubles to start off, and that carried through to the singles We were very composed in critical components ”

“I felt like the guys kept it strictly to tennis in those critical moments, ” Tanasoui said “They were focused on things they were able to accomplish, without trying to think about winning or losing They kept focusing on tennis we were very intentional in the moments that mattered in that match ”

Capitalization in those critical moments was essential in helping them scrape by with a win against the Bulldogs

“It was an absolute battle from the first point to the very last one, ” Tanasoui said “Every single match was highly contested by both teams I felt like it was a great college match They were fighting their hearts out and so did we fortunately we came out on top at the end ”

Perhaps the most impressive component of the team ’ s success thus far is that junior Colin Sinclair and freshman David Volfson have yet to drop a set against Ivy foes after being promoted to the No 1 doubles position Tanasoui attributes their success to solid fundamentals and a shared competitive drive

“They were fighting their hearts out and so did we fortunately we came out on top in the end.”

Before this weekend, Tanasoui noted how “critical components, ” or capitalizing on crucial points, were the main focus for the Red Following a tight loss to Dartmouth at home, he stressed his team ’ s need to better capitalize in key scenarios

Tanasoui liked how his team improved immensely in capitalizing, especially in the match against Yale, where five out of six singles matches went into third sets

“They stick to the fundamentals,” Tanasoiu said “They focus on very simple things and they’re very good at executing They’ve been very consistent in that way I think they’re both extremely ambitious with very driven personalities They match very well with what they’re trying to accomplish on the court ” Sinclair also attributed his and Volfon’s success to their strict mental focus and chemistr y playing with one another “We just try to go out there and do the right things,” said Sinclair “It helps that we ’ ve played together for the whole year and so we know each other’s games well and can predict what shot the other will play ”

Going forward, the Red will face off with Penn (7-13, 2-2) at home for senior day this Friday Sinclair mentioned that the Red cannot wait to continue their momentum from the past weekend and give graduating senior Stefan Vinti a win

for his last match at home

“[I am] very excited for senior day this weekend,” Sinclair said “We only have one senior graduating so hopefully we can get him a win in his last home match ” Vinti, like Sinclair and Volfson, has yet to drop a singles match against Ivy rivals so far this season and is currently on a six match winning streak His performance is a result of his experience and drive to make the most out of his last year, Tanasoui mentioned “I think he has a sense of urgency, ” Tanasoui said “He truly wants to be at his best for the team I think he’s changed over the years, and he can see that his heart and soul is invested in doing his best for the team

Following senior day’s battle with the Quakers, the Red will hit the road for Princeton (14-8, 2-2) to face off with the Tigers on Sunday

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Baseball Falls to Bears, Bulldogs

The hometown team returned empty handed this weekend as Cornell baseball

dropped all four games in its doubleheaders against Brown and Yale The games did not come without excitement, however, as the team managed to keep each game within two runs

The Red (8-13, 2-4 Ivy) had just come off a sweep against Ivy League opponent Harvard (9-17, 2-6), but now sits at the bottom of the Lou

Gehrig division with two wins in the conference after a long and hard fought weekend

“Yeah it was tough,” said head coach Dan Pepicelli

“We got walked off pretty much three times We are just trying to figure out the back of the bullpen a bit ”

The first and shortest game of the weekend was came against Brown (9-15, 35 Ivy), where Cornell almost executed an impressive comeback in the final inning, but fell short 4-2 Brown’s starting pitcher Christian Taugner pitched a full seven innings, picking up the win with 10 strikeouts and only one earned run

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