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Skor ton Talk s St udy

Abroad, Financial Aid

The Sun sat down with President David Skorton in March to discuss a range of issues including study abroad, financial aid and Greek life at Cornell

THE SUN: You said that you want to see 50 percent of undergraduates study abroad by 2020 How is the University planning for that loss in tuition?

DAVID SKORTON: When I wrote that think piece a couple years ago, my thought was that Cornell has a ver y proud international tradition we had international students in the ver y first class in the 1860s from three or four countries We’ve been leaders in a lot of things, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with projects in India, Africa, the Philippines, for generations Our medical college, Weill Cornell, is in its thir teenth year of a complete campus in the Arabian Gulf But in some

World of color

Professors Debate Merit O f Academic Disciplines

By ERIC OBERMAN Sun Staff Writer

Professors from five different departments argued the merits of their academic disciplines in a hypothetical life or death situation at the fourth annual “Life Raft Debate,” sponsored by Logos, Cornell’s undergraduate philosophy club and journal

“Engineers make aspirations real But more importantly, we create.”

Before the debate, audience members were told to pretend that they were in a life raft in a post-apocalyptic future, and must choose one or none of the professors to take the final spot At the end of the debate, the audience voted to save none of the professors

The five participating professors were Prof David Levitsky, nutritional sciences, Prof Durba Ghosh, history, Prof Rachana Kamtekar, philosophy, Prof Mason Peck, mechanical and aerospace

engineering and Prof Sam Nelson, industrial and labor relations Nelson argued that the audience should not save any of them

Each professor made an opening statement to the audience to argue for their survival

Peck said he believes engineering “is not just about handy skills like starting fires or building bridges or launching spacecraft ”

“Engineers make our aspirations real We solve problems, sure, you’ll need that in this new world,” he said “But more importantly, we create ”

Following Peck, Kamtekar argued that philosophy is the only field of study that is beneficial without being applied to other fields

“Engineers who make brain scanners are worthless without neurologists And sociologists studying legislation about neurology are subordinate to lawmakers,” she said “But philosophy is not done for the sake of other things, because it studies human good ”

Carl Bernstein to Visit Cornell

Journali st helped break Watergate scandal

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun News Editor

Investigative journalist Carl Bernstein best known for his breaking coverage of the Watergate scandal will speak at Cornell next Wednesday as part of the Hillel speaker series

Bernstein and fellow journalist Bob

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Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for their coverage of the Watergate scandal where burglars affiliated with the administration of former President Richard Nixon

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Cornell Hillel, said she is “happy” the o

i s b r i n g i n g B e r n s t e i n t o Cornell because of his unique professional experiences

“He is ver y unique from speakers we ’ ve brought so far,” Weisman said “ We had an ice cream genius Jerr y Greenfield, sports anchor Linda Cohn, famous actor Josh Malina, a sex therapist Dr Ruth and now an award-winning journalist ”

Bernstein also has written five books and previously ser ved as the Washington Bureau Chief of ABC News, according to his website In addition to The Washington Post, Bernstein has written stories for USA Today, The Rolling Stone and Time

Samantha Weisman ’15, president of

We i s m a n s a i d s h e h o p e s Bernstein’s speech will highlight the diversity of Hillel’s programming

“I think he will not only bring a different perspective to campus, but also continue to show Cornell that Hillel is versatile and has events that cater to all students and interests ” Rachel Minton ’15, vice president of Hillel and chair of the speaker series committee, said Bernstein’s speech will appeal

See BERNSTEIN page 4

Stars of MTV Shows to Perfor m at Bailey

Stand-up comics and stars of the hit MTV shows Girl Code and Guy Code Nessa, Jordan Carlos and Damien Lemon will perform at Bailey Hall May 2

The performers will have an “unpredictable and hilarious” panel discussion about various topics ranging from flirting to relationships, according to

the event ’ s Facebook page

The event will also include a question and answer segment between members of the audience and the performers Girl Code is the highest-watched television show in its timeslot on MTV, according to the website for Mills Entertainment, the company partnering with MTV to

launch the comedy tour

The event is part of the Guy Code and Girl Code college comedy tour and is sponsored by the Cornell University Program Board and the Multicultural Concert Funding Advisory Board Tickets are being sold both in advance online and at the door Compiled by Anushka Mehrotra

Today Wednesday, April 16, 2014

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Biophysics Colloquium 4 p m , 700 Clark Hall

Making MOOCs Panel Discussion

4:30 - 5:45 p m , Hollis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

College Music, Living and Eating

6:30 - 9:30 p m , 101 Robert Purcell Community Center Bethe Ansatz

7:15 - 8:15 p m , 125 Hans Bethe House

C U Music: Senior Piano Recital

8 - 9:30 p m , Barnes Hall Auditorium

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Vietnamese Peasants and the Propaganda Wars of the 1960s Noon - 1:30 p m , Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave

Represent! Black Women by Black Women

4:30 - 6 p m , Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Poster Making and Printing

5 - 6 p m , Stone Classroom, Mann Library

Rawlings Cornell Presidential Research Scholars Senior Expo

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Ruffwear: Preparing the Active Dog for Outdoor Adventures 6 p m , Paddock Lecture Hall

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NEW YORK (AP) A Ne w York City man claims that a credit repor ting agency falsely repor ted he had no financial histor y because his first name is God

According to the Ne w York Post, God Gazarov of Brooklyn says in a lawsuit that Equifax has refused to correct its system to recognize his name as legitimate He says an Equifax customer ser vice representative even suggested that he change his name to resolve the issue Gazarov is a Russian native who is named after his grandfather

The 26-year-old owns a Brighton Beach je welr y store and is a graduate of Brooklyn College He says he has high scores with two other major credit agencies

Education and Community Center, Susan Tallarico, tells KIRO that receptions would take place just steps away from where raw sewage is processed She says there’s no odor because all the processing is contained It costs $2,000 to rent the center for eight hours

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Stanford University

Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 4:30 p m 258 English Faculty Lounge Goldwin Smith Hall

M AKING MOOCS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 4:30–5:45 DISCUSSION HOLLIS AUDITORIUM GOLDWIN SMITH HALL

Learn the experiences of those who created Cornell’s inaugural MOOCs.

Participants Include: Edward E. Baptist, History

David Chernoff, Astronomy

David Easley, Economics

Louis Hyman, ILR

Stephen Wicker, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Laura Brown, Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Reception to follow at 5:45–6:45 in the Goldwin Smith Entry Lobby This event is open to the public

Florida Rep. Talk s

By ANNIE BUI

Congressman Tom Rooney (R-Fla ) spoke at Cornell Tuesday about his path to “life on the Hill” from his first experience interning in Washington, D C , to his eventual run for a seat in the United States Congress

Rooney said he was unsure of what he wanted to pursue in his early years while he was interested in sports, he said he was not interested in politics

“I went on to college to play sports at Syracuse but when I eventually realized that I wasn ’ t going to be a professional athlete, I start[ed] to focus on my studies,” he said

Rooney who went on to work for former Republican Senator Connie Mack III in Washington, D C said the experience of getting to work on Capitol Hill is the “best way ” to become involved in public policy

“Whether it’s at some high level or not, getting to work on the Hill and learning the ins and outs while meeting people is the best way to do it,” he said “I worked in the mail wing, pushing a little cart around the office, delivering mail to important people ”

After seeing many people with “good jobs” who held master ’ s or law degrees during that time, Rooney said he was motivated to pursue those degrees

“If I didn’t want to be a mail person anymore, I had to get my graduate degree,” he said

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Representatives in 2008, he said he was running against two older men who were “much more ” experienced, but who lacked “idealism” and “ambition ”

“In the end, if I run for Congress and lose, then I can look at my kids in the eye when they’re all grown up and say, ‘ you know, I ran for Congress once upon a time,’” Rooney said

According to Rooney, he and his team knocked on approximately 30,000 doors in his district during the campaigning period

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“You’re going to have a million people tell you you can ’ t do something, but the hell with that if you don’t try, you’ll regret it,” he said “But if you try and fail, that will never happen ”

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Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun com

Professors Make Case for Academic D isciplines

DEBATE

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Kamtekar added philosophy could help survivors deal with metaphysical issues in the post-apocalyptic world

“Engineers can make you a good hut, but you what will you do when you live in the hut?” she asked “For human beings, asking and answering life’s questions is what fulfills us Not just how to make stuff, but make stuff that will make us objectively happy ”

Ghosh argued historians can take lessons from the past and apply them to the future

“The first mistake people make about historians is that we talk about the past The question in regards to this life boat is what should we do about the future,” she said “History is a discipline that is intended to narrate the past for the future ”

She said that this focus on the future would make historians useful after an apocalypse

“History is for optimists,” she said “We should be thinking optimistically to the future when we think of what kind of history we want to write ”

According to Levitsky, nutrition would be a very practical skill in this post-apocalyptic world, as it could help ensure that survivors are healthy

“I can ’ t think of anything more intimately close to life than my discipline of nutrition,” he said “[Nutrition] is understanding why eating certain foods and combinations will maximize your life Because that is what nutrition is about: life and maximizing it ”

However, Nelson argued against the value of saving any of the professors He said that hubris and ego were the true motives for each professor trying to save themselves, and that if the professors would truly be useful in the future, they would have been able to prevent the apocalypse in first place

“It’s possible if you pick one of these people you could make earth worse than hell,” he said “All of them failed already, because we live in an apocalypse now ”

Sadev Parikh ’14, president of Logos, said that he thought this was the most successful Life Raft debate of the four held at Cornell so far

“I honestly think that this was the best [debate] in terms of content, ” he said “I think [Nelson] really added an X-factor this year ”

Voting was extremely close between the five participants, according to Daniel Cook ’14, editor-in-chief of Logos’ journal

“It was surprising that the devil’s advocate won, but I think the closeness of the race reflected just how qualified our panel was, ” he said

Eric Oberman can be reached at eoberman@cornellsun com

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Skorton : University Greek System Is ‘ Worth Defending’

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ways I think we ’ ve fallen behind the curve a little bit One of them, I believe is not as many students having meaningful international experience I’ve been told by students that some of the administrative obstacles are challenging What constitutes a meaningful international experience?

There’s nothing magic about the 50 percent number I just meant to say that I thought we should increase the opportunities for students and lower the barriers The tuition is a ver y insightful question It depends on the kind of experience that you ’ re talking about Certainly a full semester or a full year experience does make a dent in the tuition revenue On the other hand, there are lot of advantages not just to the students but to the campus to have a more cosmopolitan student body Experiences that are not full semester experiences, as far as I know, [not] not affect the tuition in a significant way So [tuition] is definitely an issue, but it depends on how you constitute the experience I do think that part of the responsibility of the University is to equip you with the skills you’ll need for whatever you do, and it’s really hard to find an endeavor now that doesn’t have some international aspect to it I think we have to do better, and I’m really excited about what’s to happen

SUN: At a recent Student Assembly meeting, you said that a weakness in the University’s financial aid policy was the availability of aid to middle-income students What are some of the solutions that the University is currently working on to remedy this shortcoming?

D S : It’s a definite problem If a family is having major decreases in its family revenue, how are they going to deal with this, when it’s unexpected? I was getting a steady stream of emails when the recession first hit saying ‘Can you somehow do something because we ’ re going to have to pull our kid out because we just can ’ t deal with it ’ So we started putting more resources into student financial aid [for] those that had the greatest need, and moving up as high as we could afford For half the families in America, from $60,000 down, depending on assets, there’s no parental contribution People at the top end of the income ladder, who make what I make, can afford to spend the money on education, and I don’t see any problems with that personally, because there are all kinds of benefits to that education So it’s between those groups and I wouldn’t even say between extremes, because the financial aid policy deals with more than half the families in America So there is a gap but it’s a shrinking gap, because the financial aid has gone up so much that it covers more than half the families in America

The other side, which is much more robust and long-term, and won ’ t help you if you ’ re a Cornell student right now, is to get a better handle on the cost of running the University, so that the increases in the cost of running it are less, so that the increases in the tuition are less [and] so that the challenges are less And as long as the increase in tuition are suprainflationary, those families between what’s covered and their ability to really deal with it, they’re going to have more and more challenges because their incomes are going up a certain amount, and our costs are going up a faster amount

We’re trying to increase the money available and are trying to put a break on the cost of the University We’ve been trying to do that from the top, shrinking the administrative ranks Right now we ’ re still falling short of the goal of covering everyone, but we ’ re doing way way better than we were before, and the proof of that is in an economically diverse student body

As you know, we cap loans at $7,500 a year, so our average indebtedness for students a year is less than the national average I think a lot of that is because of the very generous financial aid, but there’s no question that there’s a gap and we ’ ve just got to push hard to try to fill it

SUN: In 2011, you made a statement about Greek life, saying ‘We’re going to end pledging as we know it ’ Do you feel that recently there’s been a push to make these positive changes in the upcoming months?

D S : I give a lot of credit to the student leaders I was really upset as all of you were about George Desdunes ’13 dying Since I’m a medical doctor and my clinical practice largely dealt with high school and college age students with congenital heart failure, that’s how I got to know people in your age group It was upsetting to me and everyone when that happened There must be a way to still have the Greek system but have the risk factors for this happening somewhat more contained I believe in respect, which is also used in the medical tradition

You can ’ t wipe anything out, and I don’t believe that there’s some moral problem drinking, but when it gets to a certain point or used in a coercive way it’s unacceptable There have been a few continuing problems in a minority of the houses, but I still think the Greek system is worth defending, and I think we ’ re going in the right direction Everyone makes bad choices, but it depends whether those bad choices affect someone else But let me say this for the record: hazing is not just a problem in Greek life It happens in athletic teams, in bands, in groups and nationally, so I don’t think it should be focused solely on the Greek system It would be very unfair But the Greek system, as a system, seems to be a risk factor for drinking immoderately and for hazing But I think people are doing great things to prevent this from happening, and I think the transparency of what’s been going on has been increased and the regular consultation that Susan Murphy’s operations has with students is the key to this At the end of the day someone has to decide, and student input is a large part of this

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Appel Commons

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Carl Becker House

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Day Hall Main Lobby

Dickson Hall

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Johnson Museum

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Mac’s Café

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Mann Librar y Myron Taylor Hall and Hughes Dining

Noyes Main Lobby

Okenshields (Willard Straight Hall)

Olin Hall

Physical Science

Baker (Goldie’s)

Plantations (Welcome Center)

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Risley Dining

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Sage Hall Atrium

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Snee Hall

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Tatkon Center

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Trillium & Trillium Express

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In prayer New York Police End Muslim Surveillance Program

NEW YORK (AP) A special New York Police Department unit that sparked controversy by tracking the daily lives of Muslims in an effort to detect terror threats has been disbanded, police officials said Tuesday

NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis confirmed that detectives assigned to the unit had been transferred to other duties within the department’s Intelligence Division

An ongoing review of the division by new Police Commissioner William Bratton found that the same information collected by the unit could be better collected through direct contact with community groups, officials said

In a statement, Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, called the move “ a critical step forward in easing tensions between the police and the communities they serve, so that our cops and our citizens can help one another go after the real bad guys ”

The Demographics Unit, conceived with the help of a CIA agent working with the NYPD, assembled databases on where Muslims lived, shopped, worked and prayed Plainclothes officers infiltrated Muslim student groups, put informants in mosques, monitored sermons and cataloged Muslims in New York who adopted new, Americanized surnames

After a series of stories by The Associated Press detailing the extent of the NYPD’s surveillance of Muslims, two civil rights lawsuits were filed challenging the activities as unconstitutional because they focused on people’s religion, national origin and race

Former Police Commissioner Ray Kelly had defended the surveillance tactics, saying officers observed legal guidelines while attempting to create an early warning system for terrorism But in a deposition made public in 2012, an NYPD chief testified that the unit’s work had never generated a lead or triggered a terrorism investigation in the previous six years

Linda Sarsour, the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, said she was among a group of advocates at a private meeting last week with police brass at which the department’s new intelligence chief, John Miller, first indicated the unit renamed the Zone Assessment Unit wasn ’ t viable She applauded the decision but said there’s still concern about the police use of informants to infiltrate mosques without specific evidence of crime

Bill to Protect Unpaid Interns Signed

Into NYC Law

NEW YORK (AP) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation Tuesday that makes sure the city’s law against discrimination applies to interns, whether they’re paid or not

The law, passed by the City Council late last month, clarifies that the protections of the city’s Human Rights Law cover interns as well as employees It was proposed after a federal court ruled last year that a woman who brought a sexual harassment claim against a television company couldn’t sue because she wasn ’ t paid and therefore not under the law's protection

“Our administration is fully committed to aggressively defending human rights in our city, and this legislation will provide critical legal protection for unpaid interns in the workplace,” de Blasio said

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, who first proposed legislation on the issue when she was in the City Council, said, “In more than 30 years of public service, I have sponsored over 1,000 interns in my career and they work as hard as many full-time employees I’ve seen Interns deserve equal protection under the law ”

The working conditions for unpaid interns have come under scrutiny recently Several lawsuits have been filed against music companies, publishing companies and other industries over concerns that all interns deserve salaries

Study Finds Signs of Brain Changes in Pot Smokers

NEW YORK (AP) A small study of casual marijuana smokers has turned up evidence of changes in the brain, a possible sign of trouble ahead, researchers say

The young adults who volunteered for the study were not dependent on pot, nor did they show any marijuana-related problems

“What we think we are seeing here is a very early indication of what becomes a problem later on with prolonged use, ” things like lack of focus and impaired judgment, said Dr Hans Breiter, a study author

Longer-term studies will be needed to see if such brain changes cause any symptoms over time, said Breiter, of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital

Previous studies have shown mixed results in looking for brain changes from marijuana use, perhaps because of differences in the techniques used, he and others noted in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of Neurosciences

The study is among the first to focus on possible brain effects in recreational pot smokers, said Dr Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse The federal agency helped pay for the work She called the work important but preliminary

The 20 pot users in the study, ages 18 to 25, said they smoked marijuana an average of about four days a week, for an average total of about 11 joints Half of them smoked fewer than six joints a week

Researchers scanned their brains and compared the results to those of 20 non-users who were matched for age, sex and other traits

Authorities: Missing S.D. Girls Found Dead in Creek

ELK POINT, S D (AP)

Two South Dakota girls on their way to an end-of-school-year party at a gravel pit in May 1971 drove off a country road and into a creek where their remains lay hidden until last fall when a drought brought their car into view, authorities said Tuesday State and local officials held a news conference Tuesday afternoon confirming that the 1960 Studebaker unearthed in September included the remains of Cheryl Miller and Pamella Jackson, both 17-year-olds who attended Vermillion High School

The investigators showed dozens of photographs of well-preserved clothing, Miller’s purse and even her driver's license complete with a smiling photograph Those personal items and DNA were used to identify the girls, said Attorney General Marty Jackley Jackson didn’t have her purse along

Classmates who saw the teens before they disappeared and other evidence indicated that they had not been drinking, he said In addition, mechanical tests on the car pointed away from foul play, Jackley said He noted that the car was in the highest gear and the headlight switch on the dashboard showed the lights were on

“It’s consistent with a car accident,” Jackley said “To start with, the forensic pathology and anthropology reports indicate that there’s no type of injury that would be consistent with or caused by foul play or inappropriate conduct ”

He said the bodies were found in the front seats, as opposed to the back seat or trunk, and that their clothing did not appear to be missing all of which points away from their deaths being caused by a crime

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Confessions Of a Former YouTube Hotshot

When I sat down with the ghost of acclaimed Irish novelist and poet, James Joyce, he gave me a valuable piece of advice that I try to keep in mind when composing each of my columns; he said, “Write about what you know ” This explains why my columns aren ’ t included in “Sex on Thursday ” Probably not unrelated, I do know the Internet pretty well In fact, I somehow managed to achieve mild YouTube fame in tenth and eleventh grade Before a crazed fan approached me and my mother waiting in line for Rango tickets at the movie theater and I took down all of my videos, I had amassed roughly 1 3 million total video views try not to faint ladies

A lot of you are learning this and probably thinking that it makes sense I am an opinion columnist for THE Cornell Daily Sun; obviously I’m an artiste The videos I posted were no less artistic and profound than my columns (read: a parody of Lil Mama’s “Lip Gloss” about sneakers, a DVD commentary of my experience at the Denver Aquarium, etc ) I did not, however, upload my films (yeah I think it’s fair to call them films) because I fancied myself an artist I did it because I liked the validation I found in the comments made by people who more often than not had Jonas Brothers-themed usernames As a 15 year-old who was still pretty crushed that learning to play “The General” by Dispatch on guitar just could not outweigh the boyish acne and utter lack of knowledge about how one should try talking to girls, reading online that I was a “ qt ” was refreshing and helped get me out of bed in the mornings

Unfortunately, though, basically anyone with an Internet connection can put comments online and it turns out a lot of assholes have access to the World Wide Web So for every nice comment like “ wow this is so jokes”

Did I achieve the level of fame I dream during A P United States History? Wel am a Daily Sun opinion columnist and study mechanical enigneering in Ithac N Y so yeah, I obviously “made it ”

(username: Cas10001), u guys r funne” (username: haleybaby11498) or “oh my bieber! youre at safeway! and i love you a lot <3” (username: Elena1648Xx) there were plenty of “ omg u suck” (username: TheNoobishGamer) and other nasty comments criticizing my highly evolved sense of humor and video editing skills

Did I let these comments get me down? Absolutely not I was a YouTube hotshot, and these videos were going to propel me to a level of celebrity known only to the likes of Rihanna, Macaulay Culkin and theoretical physicist, Robert Brout I subscribed wholeheartedly to Young Money, Cash Money mantra: “Haters make me famous ” I was not, however, above following the links back to these haters’ personal YouTube channels and writing some harsh comments on whatever videos they had uploaded One thing that struck me though was for how comfortable these Internet trolls were telling me I looked like I was 10 years-old (honestly, fairly valid) or that my behavior suggested I didn’t get enough oxygen in the womb, they were a lot less comfortable creating and uploading content of their own

Did I achieve the level of fame I dreamt of during A P United States History? Well I am a Daily Sun opinion columnist and study mechanical engineering in Ithaca, N Y so yeah, I obviously “made it ” Even if I had never become the absolute king I am today, I would still prefer to have posted my videos and been ripped apart in the comments than never do it at all Religious figure, Jesus Christ (the man whose birthday we all use to index our calendars), said that “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire” (Matthew 7:19) I may not have been a tree that brought forth “good” fruit, but I was a tree that was trying his best The Internet trolls, in addition to having a pretty weak command of the English language, brought forth no fruit If I was a disappointing tree like an Apricot, then the trolls were something else entirely like one of those cell phone towers that thinks it looks like a tree but is really just an eyesore

So that was the anecdote to set up the conclusion of this column We are all fortunate enough to take part in the human experience, but we only get to do so for so long We might as well make something of it Impressive people in history are rarely critics they’re creators They are less concerned about things happening to them, like being able to afford an expensive vehicle or a smoking hot wife and are more concerned with doing things of value to others I am not trying to make it sounds like I am an impressive person because I posted some videos online What I am saying though, is that we are all at Cornell and have the resources available to make ourselves productive people

You can learn things here that will make you interesting and inventive What I am saying is that although it may be a lot easier to criticize the efforts of others and perhaps say things like “this column is not very good” or “this kid is kind of preachy and self-important” those who you are criticizing are the creators that will leave a legacy after they are gone

Do think about what you are creating though it makes me pretty uncomfortable that somewhere online is a video of me performing my original song, “The Hannah Montana Rap ”

The Five People You Meet At Cornell D ay s

Although I am far from Cornell, I have seen many statuses describing the absolutely balmy weather in Ithaca this weekend

At first, I was confused How could it possibly be 80 degrees in April at Cornell!? But then I realized: It was Cornell Days, that magical time when soon-to-be freshmen come to campus and see Cornell in an idealized, manufactured, warm light, in order to entrap them into attending I remember my own Cornell Days experience well; it was the reason I chose to come to Cornell, so I harbor no resentment towards the event in and of itself However, as I’ve watched it from the inside for the past two years, I’ve noticed the same patterns

Now, I am happy knowing that the children of those parents are soon escaping their all-powerful clutches to embark on a new era of independence at college 2. Accepted students who already know every detail of Cornell’s history: As I’m sure all of my readers know, there are certain Cornell students who were probably born underneath the statue of Ezra Cornell, they know so much about Cornell’s past and current operations I truly admire these people, because not only do I know virtually nothing about Cornell, I

I’m not saying this necessarily diminishes the quality or pep of their tour; perhaps they have some superhero ability to give a wonderful tour at that ungodly hour of the morning But still, there have to be some members of the tour guide army who just aren ’ t quite making it to their proper level of enthusiasm and passion for the wonderful world we live in at Cornell 4 Younger (or older) siblings dragged along for the day: My sister was definitely one of these, and I would like to publicly apologize for that

Cornell Days, even for a curr student, is one of my favorite times of year, all stress and jokes aside It reminds me w I came to Cornell

There are certain types of people who are always in full force during Cornell Days, and here they are:

1 Moms who want to go to Cornell more than their children: At my own Cornell Days, I actually had lunch with one of these families The mom was so incredibly into Cornell that there was no way her son could have been as excited as her, even if he too loved the school She asked the Cornell students at least 100 questions over the course of an hour-long lunch, and they were not always questions about Cornell, but more often questions like, “ What was your SAT score?” or “What sports did you play in high school? My son plays five varsity sports ” Stuff like that At the time, I was annoyed and felt sorry for the son

don’t think I know as much about anything as they do about Cornell That takes commitment However, it takes even more commitment to know all of that before you even know for sure if you ’ ve been admitted to Cornell! Kudos to those kids who are correcting the tour guide in their mind on their first day as a Cornell student That is true commitment 3 Unenthused tour guides: Cornell’s tour guides are excellent, knowledgeable and peppy at a level beyond anything most humans could ever summon However, at eight a m on the Saturday for Cornell Days, I’ve seen many a tour guide schlepping across campus for their eight a m meetings, still hungover from the night before

here Each year, thousands of younger siblings are forced to endure not only endless college tours throughout the fall, but then the admitted students days And while sometimes they are older siblings, who are more able to put up with the situation because of their wise collegiate statuses, most of the time they are younger brothers and sisters The worst part about it is that they will have to attend all of these events, maybe even at the same schools, in a few years when they’re applying to school As an eldest child, I am eternally grateful for having to only do everything once I salute the patience of those younger siblings, brought along for the ride and probably forced to miss school just to see Cornell The sun is out, though, so it could

be worse 5 Cornell students who have five prelims this week and are confused as to why there are thousands of high schoolers on campus: You’re just sitting in Libe, eating a delicious chocolate chip muffin, when all of a sudden what seems like 20,000 children storm the lobby of Olin This can be very confusing, but don’t worry Just because you have an ungodly number of tests and papers to write for next week does not mean for a second that Cornell won ’ t pretend that we ’ re all mentally healthy, calm, perfect specimens of college life during Cornell Days A tour guide probably pointed to you and said something like, “Look, Cornell students sometimes just relax and have snacks ” If only they knew the truth Cornell Days, even for a current student, is one of my favorite times of year, all stress and prelims and jokes aside It reminds me why I came to Cornell, and I hope it convinces other people to make the same decision Because despite all the craziness and weird Cornell history buffs, I am abroad right now and I can ’ t wait to be back in Ithaca And if this socalled Cornell Weather Machine is only a tool to show prospective students how good Cornell really can be, I can get behind that

Sarah Byrne is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences

She be reached at sbyrne@cornellsun com Let It Byrne appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

SCIENCE

By KATHLEEN BITTER Sun Science Editor

Last week it was announced that hundreds of thousands of websites all share a vulnerability that could put your bank account, your email, and even your Tumblr account at risk a hole in secure website logins known as the Heartbleed Bug

To understand Heartbleed, start with the software the bug resides in

“OpenSSL is an open-source software library that provides secure communication over the internet,” according to Prof Nate Foster, computer science

Short for Open-source Secure Sockets Layer, the software library handles both the encryption of information you send through the internet and ensures that wh connect to your ba website, for exampl you are actually connected to your bank’s website and not a malicious third party, Foster said

“When we go to websites that have HT TPS built into them what’s done is that the information i encr ypted automa cally so that the req you send just look meaningless junk t body who’s watchin Prof Ken Birman, er science

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One feature of “heartbeat,” accordi computer will sen OpenSSL a “ping” connected, and Op affirmative response intervals, like the re The Heartbleed ture, hence the name, Birman said

chances of this having happened for any individual are low ”

Despite the fact that the Heartbleed bug has existed within OpenSSL for two years, according to Foster, it was only discovered and reported recently on the same day by both Finnish cybersecurity firm Codenomicon and an engineer at Google

At this point it is unclear exactly how much Heartbleed has been exploited by people with malicious intent, according to Foster

“It will take some time for network administrators to scan their logs and determine if exploits have occurred in their networks,” Foster said

According to Birman, it will also be hard to tell exactly when OpenSSL was exploited and by whom, because OpenSSL does not have a method for tracking where its heartbeats are com-

“It’s a little surprising, actually, that this wasn’t noticed. It’s just the kind of thing ever yone looks for.”

Prof. Ken Birman

“What seems to have happened is that a cleverlydesigned malicious piece of software written by a bad guy could connect to an HTTPS site without knowing your credentials and just send it heartbeat requests, ” Birman said “And because of a mistake in the way the OpenSSL code was written, the heartbeat request would come back with an answer that included some information that was captured from the inside of the computer memory of the server you were talking to ”

According to Birman, if you happen to be logging in when someone is exploiting Heartbleed, your password could be included in the information captured from the server, allowing someone to take over your account

Heartbleed could also be exploited by malicious servers in order to steal information from users of a certain website, according to Prof Emin Sirer, computer science

“No one knows if any such websites were set up, and if so, they would affect users whose browsers were vulnerable

If such a site were to attack a client, it could steal users ’ passwords or other authentication credentials,” Sirer said “The

Each of the three techniques comes with its own drawbacks, however

“Testing is difficult to perform, one would have to hypothesize the existence of the bug before one can craft a test case for it , ” Sirer said “Analysis is also non-trivial; automated tools typically have difficulty with code bases as complex as OpenSSL And manual inspection is slow and laborious ”

According to Birman, companies concerned about their website security will often pay security companies to look for vulnerabilities in their secure log-ins and fix them before someone with malicious intent finds them

“It’s a little surprising, actually, that this wasn ’ t noticed,” Birman said “It’s just the kind of thing everyone looks for ”

OpenSSL’s open-source nature also means it would be difficult to determine who, if anyone, is responsible for the security hole Developers on open-source projects often use aliases like anyone would use an anonymous username on a website, and it is taken for granted that they are not creating potential security holes, Birman said

However, Foster still says open-source is still a good

idea

“Open-source software is generally high quality and bugs tend to get fixed very quickly because there is such a large community of developers working to improve it,” he said

Foster said a way to avoid security holes like Heartbleed in the future may be to write important pieces of software in more modern programming languages

“OpenSSL is implemented in a langauge called C that was developed at Bell Labs in the early 1970s,” Foster said “C is popular because it is fast, but it forces programmers to deal with a lot of low-level implementation details that are very tricky to get right ”

So far there have been few documented reports of Heartbleed being used for malicious intent, according to Foster

Birman said that a patch for Heartbleed was released almost immediately after the bug was reported, but for the patch to work a website has to install it, which may take some time depending on who runs the site Small businesses that use OpenSSL for secure purchase pages but do not know about Heartbleed could remain vulnerable for a long time

Network routers like the one you are using in your apartment are also vulnerable to Heartbleed exploits, Birman said, but people very rarely update the software on their routers

“This openSSL flaw, it’s going to be with us for years, ” Birman said

Birman, Foster and Sirer all recommended that users should change their passwords as soon as possible in order to protect their information Since many people use the same password for multiple websites, it only takes one of those sites failing to patch the Heartbleed vulnerability for a user to give up the password to everything from their online banking to their email, Birman said

“Generally passwords should be difficult for a human or computer to guess as close to a random string of characters as possible,” Foster said

According to Birman, the best password would be a short phrase that you can remember without much trouble and that someone who does not know you would not be able to guess exactly

“Write a sentence about the place you were born,” Birman said

While someone might know where you born, they may not know exactly what your first thought is about your hometown, and they probably wouldn’t be able to guess exactly where you choose to place a number or punctuation mark in your sentence

“If people use passwords that are longer sentences which have capital letters and numbers and punctuation in them, the odds of someone guessing that password are really low,” Birman said

While there are lists available of what sites have been affected by Heartbleed, according to Foster, it is impossible for you as a user to know whether a specific website is vulnerable unless they tell you

Birman said users should wait to change their password for a site until they know that any vulnerabilities in OpenSSL have been patched

Fortunately, while Heartbleed allows an attacker to see the password you use to log in to a site, it will not reveal what information you exchange with a site for the rest of your interaction with that server This means if you log in and immediately change your password, your account will be safe, according to Birman

“If you have to use an HTTPS site and don’t know if they had an issue, or whether or not they fixed it, you have two options,” Birman said “You could use one of those test programs that are out there now at some risk that the test itself could be dangerous or you could just assume the worst and log in, but change your password each time you visit the site ”

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

By CAMILLE WANG Sun Staff Wr ter

While Prof John Hopcroft, computer science, won perhaps the most prestigious award in computer science the Turing Award in 1986, he still continues to p

engage in educational outreach across the globe

Hopcroft said he strongly believes in pursuing the advancement of the informational age, which he says will impact any field that utilizes technology “

Prof. John Hopcroft Researches Algorithms, Improves Education

fundamental change the past 30 years we have taught a lot of discrete mathematics, and in the future it’s going to be probability and statistics because the amount of data we are going to be looking at is so large,” Hopcroft said

Currently, Hopcroft said his research focuses on developing algorithms to ana-

dimensional data to ever yday solutions

“Suppose I had a photograph and I accidentally scratched it how would you recover the photograph and get rid of the scratch? Mathematically you are given the sum of two matrices one is the photograph and the other is the scratch You would like to separate them and mathem

Hopcroft said “It’s a lot of math, but it’s impor tant ”

Hopcroft received the Turing award for developing a novel way to analyze algorithms He said that people used to analyze computer algorithms by how long they would take to r un

But Hopcroft, recognizing the problem of ever-increasing data, instead suggested that computer scientists should evaluate algorithms by how much of a computer ’ s memor y they use up, known as their growth rate

“At the time, people said it was stupid,” Hopcroft said “And today ever yone is saying, wasn ’ t that so obvious? This led to material that is now taught around the world It is a ver y simple idea people now say ‘John that’s trivial,’ but it wasn ’ t then ”

In addition to his research, Hopcroft is

also involved with a number of academic boards and advisor y committees, including the Engineering Advisor y Board and Microsoft’s Technical Advisor y Board for Research Asia He said that working with s u c h g

insight on impor tant issues in science, and it also led to a shift in the trajector y of his life when he was asked to help an entire countr y with its educational system

Currently, Hopcroft said he spends his summer and winter breaks working on a project to help improve science education in China

Hopcroft said he works closely with Shanghai Jiao Tong University to develop a better educational and teaching system

“ The government of China knows that if they want to be a leading nation, they h a ve t o i m p rove e

t i o n , ” Ho p c ro f t said

Hopcroft said he seeks to develop a plan based strongly on the educational system in America, focusing on world class research rather than how much research money scientists can pull in

He is working with the president of SJTU to hire 15 ne w faculty, all of which will be hired on a tenure system rather than the traditional three-year contract

If the “experimental” faculty on tenure do well, the university plans to switch all of their faculty to a tenure track in a fe w years

Hopcroft said his work with SJTU will be helping to forge a pathway for other

According to Hopcroft, ever y university in China is tr ying to improve and thus are likely to move for ward in improving edu-

cation

“ We changed the promotion criterion to that of the United States professional development and excellence in teaching,” Hopcroft said “And I think we can have a real impact, and I think we can improve the Ph D program That will help other institutions in China ”

Besides his work in China, Hopcroft said his passion lies not only in global teaching but also mentorship at Cornell

According to Hopcroft, his mission for teaching is to both guide students in their career path, as well as to teach mathematics in a way that students can understand

He said he finds it especially re warding to see the success of his former students and know that he played a role in motivating them

“ Talent is uniformly distributed around t

Hopcroft said “And providing an opportunity for people that didn’t exist before is a really re warding thing What’s really exciting is the oppor tunity to help people ”

And indeed, students have also recognized Hopcroft’s commitment to teaching

The top 20 members of the graduating class have named him twice as the most inspirational figure in their education

Hopcroft said his students have gone on to ser ve on top academic boards and have become leaders in universities

“[A legacy] is really in the students you educate and how you help them in their success, ” Hopcroft said

Camille Wang can be reached at cwang@cornellsun com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Mindy Project: Not Another Sit-(Rom)-Com

After a torturous three-month hiatus, The Mindy Project is finally back And though the show is having far too much fun toying with our fragile emotions (and we are very fragile these days: Even though I stopped watching months ago I’m still appalled by the How I Met Your Mother ending), there isn’t a fan out there who isn’t relieved to see awkward gynecologist (Mindy Kaling, The Office) back and better than ever

The Mindy Project centers on Mindy Lehiri, a 31 year-old doctor living in New York City Now before you go running away screaming, “This is what every single romantic comedy in the entire world is about I cannot watch an entire series of this,” The Mindy Project begins its first episode by showing Mindy in love with romantic comedies and then promptly screwing everything up for her Granted, there is a bit of a rom-com vibe throughout the show, but the constant debunking of tropes keeps the audience laughing and slightly on their toes Mindy works at Shulmann and Associates, alongside sexy British doctor Jeremy Reed (Ed Weeks) and angry, competitive Danny Castellano (Chris Messina) Personally, I hate hospital dramas so I was super psyched to discover that while the primary action occurs in the office, there are no plot lines pertaining to specific patients After all, a gynecology drama could only explore so much Rather, the show is about the project that is Mindy: about her life, her mistakes and how she grows (or sometimes not) as a result

What truly makes The Mindy Project great however is the debunking of romance tropes Films would have us believe that showering together in the morning is super sexy, one night stands just happen and having sex in an airplane bathroom is hot They

never stop to consider that one person has to stand in the water and get covered while the other person is just cold standing on the other side or how truly cramped it is in the airplane bathroom The Mindy Project takes the time to show us scenes that are closer to our reality Mindy is a relatable character with personal flaws and, though gorgeous, presents a different body image than most sitcoms tend to normalize

One of the greatest parts of Season Two, especially coming off the hiatus, has been the inclusion of a new doctor at the practice Replacing James Franco’s obligatory guest appearance at the onset of the second season let’s face it, that man is the go-to cameo actor Adam Pally joined the recurring cast as Dr Peter Prentice Since the return from hiatus, Peter has begun to show some three-dimensionality and become a truly funny and fun character A sweet side that he seemed to lack previously has been revealed in the past two episodes and (I don’t think I am too biased from his performance in Happy Endings) Peter Prentice is quickly moving up my list of awesome characters within The Mindy Project His sweet consolation and defense of Mindy has brought out the best in him and I think all viewers are finding themselves more intrigued by this new doctor than previously

And then, of course, there is Morgan If you watch the show for nothing else, watch it for nurse Morgan Tookers (Ike Barinholtz) From smuggling small puppies under his shirt into a frat party, to a tattoo across his stomach reminding him “No More Stealing Cars,” Morgan is a ridiculous man full of constant surprises an expertly engineered ensemble role

While Season Two of The Mindy Project has given us what we

all wanted (then ruthlessly ripped it away three episodes later) what is has truly given us is what we all needed: More Mindy The show speaks to people in any of Mindy’s positions: female, smart, pop culture-obsessed, awkward, unlucky in love, not society’s expectation for beautiful and a non-Caucasian heroine If you can relate to any of these classifications, The Mindy Project will resonate strongly with you

Marissa Tranquilli a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at mtranquilli@cornellsun com

Doll & Em, HBO’s newest six-episode comedy from across the pond was created by and stars Emily Mortimer (30 Rock, The Newsroom) and her real-life best friend, Dolly Wells (Bridget Jones’ Diary) The show provides yet another meta-glimpse into showbiz, but without the sardonic spin or cultural commentary of its obvious predecessor, 30 Rock, or the doctored, extraordinary plots of its network buddy/Mortimer’s other project, The Newsroom In fact, Doll & Em joins a whole roster of recent dramedies to center on female friendship (Two Broke Girls, Broad City, Girls) and to be included in the ever-expanding genre shorthanded as “jerk TV ”

“Jerk TV,” the paragon of which is undoubtedly Seinfeld, portrays main characters whose behavior is reprehensible, but not necessarily out of the ordinary they elicit deep but negligible cringes, not jaw-drops and their happiness isn’t something we root for or against, so much as willfully postpone in favor of a few face-plants (Much like the happiness of that girl from high school You know the one She beat you out for Valedictorian by three one-hundredths of a point?) This genre has gained so much traction in the last decade, its near impossible to name a comedy hit that doesn’t fall inside it The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and the list goes on

Doll & Em’ s premise is perfect to slot it as a breath of fresh air in female-centric comedies, as well as a heavy gag of stale air in the world of celebrity worship Mortimer’s TV-self is living and working in Los Angeles, starring in a movie which is continually referred to as “the female version of The Godfather ” Her best friend since their sharing-a-bath days (as depicted in the credits), Doll, has been suffering a messy separation from a London husband and Em decides to do her a favor by flying her out to the States and paying her to be her personal assistant The arrangement is supposed to be perfect Doll gets out of London and earns some money, Em gets to have her best friend on set with her all the time But the first episode establishes the many flaws with this set-up quickly and deftly In the loosely-improvised pilot, Em laughingly explains to Doll that she won ’ t need to wash her clothes or anything (“That would be so weird The maid does that ”) and that she won ’ t need to get her coffee, either But, wait “Just in case though ” Em likes a really foamy latte, with three shots, in a medium cup, extra hot

A lot of the tension in the show revolves around just such palpably elitist problems divvying up the gift baskets that Em receives in her trailer, deciding who gets to make out with a handsome stranger in Susan Sarandon’s (as herself ) jacuzzi and a whole host of other petty schoolgirls-meetHollywood examples of shared dibs and contested power dynamics, all set in the well-lit world of West Coast privilege It takes a mere two hours before the show takes us to Doll’s breaking point “It’s quite confusing when you go to a party with someone you ’ ve known your whole life and get put in a separate room What is this, the fucking feudal system? Should I list to you the many horrors of what it is to be your personal assistant?”

I liked Doll & Em more than I meant to on these grounds While Girls tries to present the moments that make or break friendship as cataclysmic and the result of deliberate callousness and cruelty, Doll & Em shows how friendships can break under the weight of daily reiterations of incompatibility, subtle jealousy and good intentions gone haywire Doll & Em isn’t ceaseless entertainment sometimes unrealistically cataclysmic is better than catatonic, the pace this show often moves at but the last three episodes of its debut season present a surprise moment of

wonted perspective

A major plot point throughout the season was that Em’s movie was not going very well she received copious and exceedingly rude notes from her director on her performance and is frequently reminded of how strong, terrifying and beautiful her character is meant to be The second half of the season deals with the back-breaking conflict of Doll and Em auditioning for the same role in a romantic comedy Doll gets the call back but is too afraid to tell Em, who she can see is already buckling under the weight of self-doubt and a fear that she is too old to land many more big parts, especially if this one doesn’t go well It is when Em finally finds out about Doll’s callback that the series’ secret backbone is revealed: “You’ll be fine Em, you ’ re a strong woman ” “If one more person calls me a strong woman I am going to scream I am not a strong woman! I’m FUCKING VULNERABLE!”

In an interview with Vulture, Mortimer explains how the show became an accidental commentary on this form of politics so particular to Hollywood “It’s such a cliché conversation in our business ‘God, it’s such a wonderful opportunity to play this strong woman!’ It was just amusing to us that the more Em gets told how lucky she is, the more freaked out she feels about how she’s not nearly strong enough to play this strong woman ” While Em’s character takes care to emphasize how hard she tries “ not to get precious about her job,” most of Doll & Em shows her doing exactly that It’s only this penultimate episode break-through that gets at the meat of why her behavior is so deplorable Mortimer and Wells bide their time throughout the series and then go straight for Hollywood’s jugular roles for women past their late-20s are few and far between, and they’re supposed to feel ohso-lucky to play something akin to be a “ strong ” female role model after that prime

As Doll hobbles on crutches through episodes four and five and accepts the doting attention of the crew members with cringe-worthy self-pity, as Em snaps at the slightest of slights and screams at Doll for getting sunscreen in her mouth, we ’ re meant to see them as spoiled brats, not strong women It’s all to be taken with a grain of salt Mortimer and Wells know exactly how lucky they are in the grand scheme of things but there’s something to be said for their attempts to burn that strong-woman trope to the ground They do it dazzlingly, no moment of indignity spared

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

English singer-songwriter Charli XCX released a new single this week, off of the soundtrack for the upcoming adaptation of John Green’s most famous work of depression-romantization and star-crossed teen lovers, The Fault in Our Stars Derision for the film the track belongs to aside, Charli XCX exhibits her devine hook-writing capabilities yet again in “Boom Clap ”

In a steady-handed ’80s throwback coated in sugary synth, the MTV-dubbed “princess of gloompop ” keeps it light-hearted but acerbic as always “No silver or no gold / you could dress me up so good / you ’ re the glitter in the darkness of my world,” she sings, in lyrics that aren ’ t so much clever as they are silly superflua and genuine earworms Not quite as solid as the “whisky-wasted beautiful” “SuperLove,” or the insanely addictive and cooly bitter “You Ha Ha Ha,” of 2013, “Boom Clap” is still good fun

In short, the lady’s on a roll her 2013 LP True Romance was a Pitchfork “Best New Music” darling, her hilariously fun Clueless-remake collab with Iggy Azalea, “Fancy,” was met with blogosphere acclaim, she penned Icona Pop’s break-out single, “I Love It,” last year and rumors of a fulllength album at the end of 2014, with conspirators such as Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo have been confirmed Remembering that I have months to wait for this sophomore LP is the most vexing thing that has happened to me in at least three hours C ha r l i

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com

Ja ck W hi t e

“Hi g h B al l St e pp er”

By Jael Goldfine

Jael Goldfine is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jog8@cornell edu

Ed Sh e er an “Si n g”

By Caitlan Sussman

Ever since I witnessed Brit-folk powerhouse Ed Sheeran rev up a 20,000 strong crowd at Madison Square Garden in the fall, I knew he was truly a force to be reckoned with The 23 year-old, with his characteristic bright red hair, hoodies and soothing voice that can have anyone from teenage girls to middle-aged women swooning, has turned a corner since the days of “Lego House” and “The ATeam ” Sheeran recently collaborated on the soundtrack for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, with his highly acclaimed single “I See Fire,” and has teamed up with the likes of Elton John and Taylor Swift to release pop hits that have received numerous accolades

“Sing,” from Sheeran’s upcoming album, X, reveals an entirely new side of the versatile artist In this track, co-written by Pharrell Williams, Sheeran sheds his cozy acoustic vibe for funk-infused melodies, a driving beat and an agile falsetto reminiscent of Justified-era Justin Timberlake In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Sheeran said the album featured “ a few songs about drunken regret and comedown from certain things ” This single, about finding romance while drunk at a dry industry party, certainly fits the description One might not immediately envision a partnership between Williams and Sheeran, but “Sing” maintains a perfect balance between Williams’ lighthearted cockiness and Sheeran’s own classic acoustic charm All in all, this is a really marvelous track

Caitlan Sussman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at cms447@cornell edu

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Jackie Robinson Day Continues to Inspire

N EW YO R K ( A P )

Marking the 67th anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier, the Rev Je s s e Ja c k s o n p r a i s e d

Commissioner Bud Selig for the strides the sport has taken in minority opportunities over the past two decades Jackson traveled to baseball’s 1992 winter meetings to criticize its lack of minorities in management, and he pushed for change Selig retired Robinson’s No 42 in 1997 on the 50th anniversary of the big league debut of the Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman Se l i g e s t a b l i s h e d a Di ve r s e Business Partners program the following year and in 1999 started requiring clubs to consider at least one minority for each manager and major executive opening MLB also s p o n s o r s 3 5 J a c k i e R o b i n s o n F o u n d a t i o n Scholars

J a c k s o n s a i d Ja c k i e Robinson Day had become “ a national holid a y f o r a l l practical purposes ”

er long enough, things can turn around,” Selig said later Fo r t h e f i r s t t i m e s i n c e Robinson’s number was retired, no players in the major leagues were wearing No 42 Players using the number were grandfat h e re d a t t h e t i m e o f Se l i g ’ s announcement, and the last to use No 42 was Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera, who retired at the end of last season “ To d a y a l l o f o u r p l a ye r s league-wide will wear No 42 to celebrate the man who helped change the future course of our game and more importantly our country, ” Selig said

A ceremony had been scheduled for Yankee Stadium to unveil a plaque commemorating Nelson Mandela’s visit to the old Bronx ballpark in 1990 The Yankees’

“Baseball must continue to be more than just a game on the field.”

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“To honor Jackie in this way h o n o r s t h e b e s t i n A m e r i c a , ” Jackson told Selig on Tuesday at MLB’s third Diversity Business Summit “In many ways, had Jackie not succeeded you could not have Atlanta Falcons or the Braves or the Carolina Panthers You could not have these southern teams if Jackie had failed ” Robinson’s daughter, Sharon, p re s e n t e d Se l i g w i t h a l a r g e plaque Jackson spoke from the audience after Selig’s speech and told him “ you took to heart that challenge ”

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occurred more than a year before President Harry Truman desegregated the U S military and seven years before the Supreme Court’s Brown v Board of Education decision that ruled state laws requiring segregated public schools were unconstitutional

“Baseball must continue to be more than just a game on the field,” Selig said “ The game ’ s remarkable ability to serve as a common bond should be used to create opportunities for all people regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation or gender ”

Selig became acting commissioner in 1992 and got the job permanently in 1998 He plans to retire in Januar y He said the Diverse Business Partners program had led to purchases of more than $1 billion in goods and services from minority- and women-owned businesses

But the percentage of AfricanAmerican players in the major leagues has been cut in half since peaking at about 18 percent at times from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s

Se a t t l e Ma r i n e r s m a n a g e r Lloyd McClendon, who is black, says some of this generation’s players don’t know of Robinson's accomplishments

“They don’t know a lot about the histor y, and I don’t really blame it all on them I think their generation is a generation that was force-fed these things,” he said, holding up a smar t phone

“Everything’s now Not much of an appreciation for the past and what it meant, particularly when it comes to baseball and baseball players The paths that were paved for them, I don’t think they really get it, or really understand it ”

Boston Comes Together

On Bombing Anniversar y

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Red Takes 10th at P r inceton Invite, Readies for Nav y

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men ’ s golf team competed this past weekend at the Princeton Invitational The invitational was held at Springdale Golf Club in Princeton, N J , and consisted of a 54-hole event spanning Saturday and Sunday Of the 15 teams competing, Cornell finished 10th overall and sixth among the Ivies, with scores of 289-294-300 for a final score of 883 Harvard came out on top in the tournament with a final score of 832 They narrowly took first, finishing just three shots under second-place finisher Yale, who had previously held a four-year consecutive winning streak Yale finished with a final score of 835, followed by Dartmouth with 854, Columbia with 864 and Seton Hall with 867

Senior Zack Bosse shot a 2-under-par final round of 69 to help push the Red into a 10th place finish

This was the first time this season that Bosse broke 70 He tied for 24th overall in the individual portion of the invitational, shooting a 72, 77 and 69 for a combined total score of 218 Furthermore, he tied for the best among all 78 golfers in the event for going 5under on part 5s during the weekend

Despite a mediocre team result, the Red has shown improvement thus far and should feel more confident moving forward, according to senior Carl Schimenti

“We can take a little more confidence out of this weekend’s tournament as opposed to the last Zack, Luke and I were able to keep some decent scores on the board while not playing our best,” Schimenti said “While we didn't finish well as a team again, it's encouraging to see signs of improvement ”

Senior Carl Schimenti also had a strong showing this weekend He tied for 28th place overall and had 39 pars over the course of the invitational

The Red must be prepared to put in hard work in order to see improvement against its Ivy foes in the future, according to Schimenti

“This weekend we competed with all of our Ivy League peers and we placed sixth out of eight Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth finished first, second and third respectively As I have always said, improvement is a product of hard work,” he said

Schimenti added that the team plans to emphasize putting skills in practice this week, hoping to fix this

weakness and optimize results moving forward

“A particular focus this week for us will be putting If there is one aspect of golf that can really improve a round it’s putting,” he said “The last couple weeks we haven’t putted well and it has reflected in our scores ” Schimenti said that the Red is looking forward to the Ivy League championships, which are just two weeks away, and hopes for a strong performance to advance the squad to regionals

“We are excited to have the Ivy League championships coming up in 2 weeks Ivies is the one tournament that really matters in our year If we win, we go to regionals,” he said It’s a blank slate, so everything that has happened up until that point really doesn’t matter We may be underdogs to win, but all it takes is one good week to get to regionals ”

This coming weekend, the Red will compete at the Navy Spring Invitational in its final preparation before the Ivy League Championships The Ivy’s will take place from April 25 to April 27 at Baltusrol Country Club in Springfield, N J

McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

Red Looks For ward to Princeton Meet

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earning a fourth place finish in the 110m event Senior jumper Dan Scott took the triple jump

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Weinlandt said he was pleased with his performance and sees opportunity for improvement in the future

“I was really happy with my time because it is where I want to be right now It is not my fastest time, but it means the window for peaking is open for later in the season, ” he said “ We are going into meets tired from lifting and training, so it can be tough now ” T h e w e e k e n d m e e t s w e

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Continued from page 20 Nikita Dubnov can be reached at ndubnov@cornellsun com

mimics the climate characteristic of the more important end-ofseason meets The athletes on Cornell’s teams worked through the weekend in split meets in Pennsylvania and Virginia with success at Heps in mind

The Red will prepare for the Princeton meet this week, where Cornell will battle its Ivy League rivals

“Ever ybody is not going to go to Princeton because Penn Relays is coming up soon, so we need to rest some guys, ” Weinlandt said

Red Sees Mixed Results in Penn

Doubleheaders

By LISA AWAITEY Sun Staff Wr ter

The Cornell Softball team faced off against Ivy Champ Penn in two doubleheaders this weekend The Red split the first pair of games on Saturday and fell to the Quakers in two close contests on Sunday The weekend leaves Cornell at 13-19 overall (5-5 Ivy) and third in the Ivy League South Division

The first game marked a loss for the Red Penn’s junior pitcher Alexis Borden pitched a shutout, holding Cornell to two hits and no r uns to cap the game 9-0 in just five innings

However, the Red returned the favor in game two of

“We have the talent to win We can’t hope for a win ... If we want to win, we have to physically make it happen ”

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McGivney, the Red has the raw talent to achieve positive results but must execute in order to take home wins

“ We have the talent to win our division at all facets pitching, defense, and offense,” McGivney said “ We can ’ t hope for a win, hope for a hit against Borden or hope they don’t hit the ball off our pitchers There is no hoping in spor ts If we want to win, we have to physically make it happen ”

Senior Alyson Onyon took the circle, scattering Penn’s two hits and allowing just four walks She str uck out four and improved her record to 6-6

Onyon’s strong per formance in the circle helped the

Red dominate Penn defensively, according to McGivney “ We need to capitalize on shutting [Penn] down, specifically defensively right after we scored,” she said “ We did that in Game 2 and Alyson [Onyon] pitched great ” Cornell’s offense also contributed to the win, scoring early in the game to get the ball rolling Sophomore Meg Parker and Freshman Chloe Pendergast each homered, and McGivney went 3-for-4 Senior Christina Villalon closed out the game with an RBI single, driving in two r uns

On Sunday, the Red and the Quakers faced off for a third and four th time Despite a solid effor t by the Red, Penn walked away with two 9-8 victories

In game one of the second doubleheader, Cornell lead by up to five throughout the second; however, by the fifth the game was tied up at 8-8 A late r un in extra innings led Penn to its second win of the weekend, handing the Red a 9-8 loss

In the last game, Cornell needed the comeback, trailing 2-4 at the end of the first against Penn’s Borden By the third inning, things were tied up

“ We hit extremely well, one through nine off Borden, the reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Year,” McGivney said “ We not only hit Borden, we rocked her, scored 16 r uns and pulled her out of the last game, which rarely happens for her ”

The Red pulled ahead in the fifth, but Penn matched each r un In the sixth, the last Cornell r un crossed the plate Penn went on to score the tying and go-ahead r uns for its second 9-8 win of the series

Next up for Cornell softball is a doubleheader against Albany on Thursday at 3 p m at Niemand Robison Field Albany leads the series 10-5, sweeping the Red last season 3-0 and 6-4

Lisa Awaitey can be reached at lawaitey@cornellsun com

Red Will Face P rinceton and Penn to End Iv y S eason

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Spor ts

Robbins Break s C.U. Javelin Rec ord at Inv it ational

Going the distance | Senior Dan Scott took home the triple jump crown at Bucknell, recording a third jump of 14 7 meters

Men Win Two, Women Fall Against Ivy Foes

By DANIELLE LETOURNEAU

This weekend, the Cornell men ’ s and women ’ s tennis teams battled against Ivy foes Brown and Yale

The men ’ s team returned from its away matches victorious after clinching two 4-3 wins Cornell improved its Ivy record to 3-2

On Saturday against Yale, Cornell won the doubles

point after the No 1 and No 3 positions both came through for the Red

In the No 1 spot, juniors

Jason Luu and Quoc Ngyuen, who are currently ranked no 49, crushed their opponents 8-1 Freshmen

Bernardo Casares Rosa and Colin Sinclair won their game 8-5 The No 2 match went unfinished after

By NIKITA DUBNOV Sun Staff Writer

One week after coming back from a spring break trip to the west coast and competing in the Stanford Invitational, the men ’ s and women ’ s track and field teams sent split squads on the road to compete in two mid-season meets

The selected men either traveled to the George Mason Invitational in Virginia or the Bucknell Invitational The women hit the road as well, traveling to Pennsylvania to take on Bucknell

Both squads saw great success, with many individuals earning ECAC and IC4A qualifiers and exhibiting personal bests For the Red men ’ s team, junior Rob Robbins showed a stellar performance at Bucknell, setting a new school record in javelin for his 248’11” throw He currently ranks at No 2 in the event

For some of Cornell’s younger competitors, the weekend trip was the first outdoor competition on the road, an important stepping stone in the development of some of the teams ’ newer faces Despite the travel, the Cornell teams impressed in both individual and relay events while competing against national and Ivy League rivals

According to senior co-captain Will Weilandt, the match provided the Red’s younger players with crucial experience which they will need to take the reigns when the seniors graduate

“Bucknell is a great opportunity because it is not too far to travel to, ” Weinlandt said “It is helpful because we have a large senior class, and younger guys need the experience for when we leave ”

Cornell Reaches End At Semi nals of USAG Collegiate Nationals

The Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence was the end of the line for Cornell Gymnastics as the squad failed to advance past the semifinal round of the USAG Collegiate Nationals The Red, needing to finish in the top two spots of its group to qualify for the Team Finals, scored a 191 950 for a fourth place finish

Despite the results, senior Captain Lexi Schupp said she was pleased with how the team performed

“We definitely had one of our best performances at Nationals this year, ” Schupp said “Ever yone was excited and determined to do their best and it certainly showed in every single routine ”

While the team couldn’t nab an invitation to the Finals as a group, three Cornell gymnasts earned a spot in the individual finals that took place on Sunday

The bars continued to be the Red’s best event in

Providence, as seniors Lexi Schupp and Melanie Jorgensen qualified for the individual finals With a 9 850, Schupp earned a third place finish in the event and her second USAG All-American award Jorgensen finished right behind her teammate, executing her routine well in the event with a 9 825 to take fifth place

The Red did not have any gymnasts qualify on the beam, with the squad’s highest finisher coming in 16th place

On floor, Schupp continued to excel for the Red, qualifying for her second event in the individual finals She had the teamhigh score on the floor, posting a 9 800, and the third best of all competitors On vault, standout sophomore Alicia Bair became the third Cornellian to qualify for the individual finals when her strong performance landed her a score of 9 800 Bair’s third place finish on vault also earned the sophomore her first USAG All-American honor

Many of the Red’s freshman athletes were able to put on great performances Freshman Kacie Hargett took home first place at Bucknell after a big time break-through in the Javelin throw, launching a 45 3m on her final attempts Additionally, freshman Adrian Jones joined a relay team of upperclassmen to take second in the 4x100 in a photo finish with the team from Buffalo Jones followed that performance with a dominant win in the 100m dash event, breaking 12 seconds with a registered time of 11 99

Other highlights from the Pennsylvania meet included Senior Zaakirah Daniels’ win in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14 22 Freshman Wynndham Curtis finished eighth in the 110 hurdles Freshman sprinter Tobenna Attah took 4th place in the 400m race with a time of 48 51, and placed second in the 4x400 relay with fellow freshman Justin Love and William Gibson, with senior Andre Anderson leading the squad Freshman Jordan Sherwood finished first in the 400m hurdles event The women dominated the field and took second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh finishing positions in the 200m dash event

Junior Rob Robbins took home first place in the men ’ s javelin throw with a prevailing flight of 75 88m, beating his closest competitor by over 6 meters On top of the dominance in sprint events, freshman distance runners Mark Tedder and David Taylor finished in the top-15 of the 10000m run amongst a competitive field of upperclassmen

Almost 200 miles south of the competition at Bucknell, a select group of athletes on the men ’ s team were competing in esteemed events at George Mason

The three Cornell gymnasts competed in the individual finals on Sunday and represented the Red well with solid showings Schupp, who was USAG All-American on bars and floor, finished in ninth on bars and 10th in the floor event Jorgensen took sixth on Sunday with a 9 800, and also earned USAG AllAmerican honors on Friday, when she finished in fourth in the all-around event Bair, who earned a lesser score in the individual finals than she did on Friday, still finished in

eighth overall, collecting USAG honors along the way Ending the season on a high note will benefit the team going into offseason training, according to Schupp

“If they remember how they feel coming out of this meet and how they didn't hold back, then I truly think that they will be driven to succeed right from the first meet next year, ” she said