04-18-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Tech Campus Students: Classes Are ‘Inspirational’

Members of Cornell Tech’s seven-person beta class describe what drew them to the program

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Writer

Cornell NYC Tech has evolved from a stack of proposals to a fully-operating graduate program in the 16 months since New Yo rk C i t y Ma yo r Mi c h a e l Bl o o m b e r g announced that Cornell won the rights to build the school Students in the school’s beta class say that they have been challenged and motivated while working on industry projects and that the curriculum is inspiring and unique

for me, ” he said

Alex Kopp grad, another tech campus student, said there are many aspects of Cornell Tech including its innovative curriculum and the small size of the beta class that distinguish it from a traditional university program

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Mondays through Thursdays at Cornell Tech, with Fridays being reser ved for practicums lead by individuals or groups from the tech industry, tech campus Dean Daniel Huttenlocher previously told The Sun Ko

“What intrigued me most about the new campus was the idea of reinventing the ... curriculum.”

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Tech campus student Greg Tobkin grad said he is very excited to be a part of the beta class Prior to attending Cornell Tech, Tobkin was a chemistry and computer science double major at Williams College, where he said he developed an interest in working on projects to help people quickly

Tobkins said that the tech campus ’ goals of “chang[ing] the world” inspired him to apply to the school

“It was as if Cornell Tech were written

By NOAH RANKIN Sun Staff Writer

A new resolution that could require every student organization to submit plans detailing how they will encourage diversity and inclusion in their group will be discussed, and possibly voted on, at a Student Assembly meeting Thursday

practicums as being

Fred Wilson, co-founder of Union Square Ventures, a

Scott Harrison, founder and CEO of charity: water, a non-profit Kopp also said that the connections he has forged with leaders in the tech industry this semester have been meaningful

“I have been exposed to a handful of venture capitalists, a dozen or so succesful entrepreneurs and six like-minded aspiring entrepreneurs, ” he said

Prior to enrolling in the tech campus ’ program, Kopp was a student in Cornell’s Master of Engineering program in Ithaca

If passed, the resolution, tentatively titled “United Student Body,” would require every student organization to come up with three separate initiatives to

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After being admitted to the tech campus, he decided that transferring across programs would be a great opportunity and subletted his apartment in Cayuga Heights to join the beta class in the Big Apple “What intrigued me most about the new campus was the idea of reinventing the M Eng curriculum to incorporate both computer science and business courses, ” he said

In addition to attending workshops on Fridays, students are also working on

“[United Student Body] is e s s e n t i a l l y Tow a rd Ne w Destinations for student organizations,” S A President Adam Gitlin ’13 said, referring to the Un

diversity and inclusion around campus

Gitlin said that he thinks most student leaders will be in favor of having a “ more diverse e x p e r i

industry projects, which will be revealed at the end of the semester in presentations, The Sun previously reported Erich Graham grad, who worked as an engineer with Cisco after graduating from the University of Michigan in 2008, is currently working with Bloomberg to create a news analytics application Graham will implement algorithms from one of his

h a t reflect a diverse student body ” Because Cornell is such a “decentralized campus, [however], a lot of organizations might not know where to start, ” Gitlin said “[United Student Body] is giving student organizations a f r a m e w o rk t o b e g i n t h a t

See RESOLUTION page 4

By LAUREN BERGELSEN Sun Contributor

Simon Boehme ’14 and Samuel Ritholtz ’14 were among the 62 recipients of the Harry S Truman Scholarship a merit-based fund for student leaders interested in government or public sector service this year

Boehme and Ritholtz’s selection marks the second year in a row that two Cornellians were selected for the Truman Scholarship in the same year Each Truman Scholar receives up to

See TRUMAN page 5

Rawlings S cholars Present Final Research Projects

By CHRISTOPHER YATES Sun Contributor

As the culmination of their research at Cornell, 49 seniors presented projects with topics ranging from pollin

Presidential Research Scholars Senior Expo Wednesday

“Students join the program to be a part of a community of scholars interested in research We encourage significant interaction between undergraduate researchers and faculty, and we also fund this faculty-mentored research,” said Kristin Ramsay ’88, coordinator of the Rawlings Scholar program Steven Yamada ’13 presented the results of his research

about increasing the rate of photosynthesis in plants through partial defoliation, which involves removing a fraction of a plant’s leaves His research suggests that this process can actually increase a plant’s photosynthetic efficiency, according to Yamada “ We’re tr ying to identify the genes involved in this process in order to produce plants with higher basal rates of photosynthesis, and therefore increasing yield, which is a big issue in the world right now, ” Yamada said Ashley Tse ’13 said she used her background as an industrial and labor relations major to analyze the work-

interned

“I believe that we can attribute some of the success of

the corporate culture of Disney to its emphasis on employee safety, a key factor which is often overlooked because it isn’t a concept often thought of when you hear the name ‘Disney,’” Tse said Michael Commensso ’13 examined the role physical education plays in dietar y habits and depression by having students in both active and relatively inactive physical education classes fill out questionnaires

“Our results have been an advertisement for the importance of P E classes The links we found between more active classes and lower rates of depression show that Cornell’s P E requirements should remain intact,” Commensso said

While presenting their research, several of the students expressed their gratitude for the Rawlings Scholars program

“Being involved in the program gave me the extra

“We encourage significant interaction between undergraduate researchers and faculty.”

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push to be involved from the beginning and allowed me to develop my research through to my senior year, [and] all the connections and faculty research which helped me to research what I was interested in,” Tse said

Student attendees at the event expressed interest in the diversity of the research presented, as well as the program itself

“It’s impressive to see the diversity of research that’s being presented here, and to see how involved the professors are in supporting student research,” Kristen Holl ’15 said

Other attendees felt that seeing the research presented by the seniors left them inspired to further their own research

“As a freshman, it’s cool to think that in four years, it might be me presenting my research here,” Yogisha Dixit ’16 said

Christopher Yates can be reached at cry9@cornell edu

Visiting P rof Encourages Sustainable Architecture

Tying together landscape and architecture can allow buildings to act as a single system, Sanders says

By LIZ KUSSMAN Sun Staff Writer

Prof Joel Sanders, architecture, Yale University, encouraged students to address the divide between the fields of landscape

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According to Sanders, creating an alliance between landscape and architecture will allow

“Designers in the book are interested in unleashing the creative potential of sustainability,” Sanders said S a n d e r s c i t e d t h e Ur b a n O u t f i t t e r s h e a d q u a r t e r s i n Philadelphia, Pa constr ucted e n t i r e l y o f s a l v a g e d m a t e r i a l s like slabs of pavement and railr o a d i n f r a s t r u c t u r e a s a n example of creative sustainability In addition, ne w architecture holds potential to fight deser tification the process of land

“Nature and civilization, though not the same, have have always been intertwined and are becoming ever more so.”

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degradation by using bacteria to turn sand dunes into solid mass, Sanders said

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design that does not consider

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landscape in par t to a polarity between people and nature, an idea that reinforces the idea of nature as “ a vulnerable entity that must be protected from the

, including architects and landscape architects ”

Frederick Law Olmsted, who is considered the father of land-

nature in the nineteenth centur y when he designed Central Park, Sanders said For instance, he said, Olmstead was able to create a natural oasis within a metropolis that offered protection from the industrial city Sanders urged future archi-

tects to pursue a ne w design approach to overcome the false dichotomy between architecture and landscape “ We m u s t u n d e r s t a n d t h e deep rooted cultural, ideological practices that have brought us to where we are in an architecture and landscape divide,” he said

Liz Kussman can be reached at ekussman@cornellsun com

Renee Alexander ’74: S. A. Resolution Has ‘ Broad V ision’

process ”

Renee Alexander ’74, associate dean of students and director of intercultural programs, said although the resolution is a good idea in theory, it needs an intense focus on its execution in order to be successful

“I am struck by the broad vision of the resolution,” Alexander said “It aligns very nicely, strategically, with the University’s Toward New Destinations I think it really shows courage and insight to see a student role That said, you can ’ t take on a thousand organizations ”

For the initiative to be successful, Alexander said, students and group advisors must “take a piece of it ”

“We have to find a way, get good heads around the table and find a realistic, practical way of taking a piece of this and making sure that it’s successful,” Alexander said

If “United Student Body” is passed, it will be implemented gradually, with approximately 50 student organizations taking part in the initiatives outlined during the first academic year

According to Gitlin, the Student Assembly Finance Commission tier system which allocates funding to student organizations based on the tier they qualify under was a guide to determine which organizations would come under United Student Body first Under the current draft of “United Student Body,” the lowest-tier organizations will not be affected by the resolution until the 2017-18 academic year

“It would affect a very small number of student organizations next year, ” Gitlin said “The key thing is we ’ re saying this is a value appreciating diversity and being an organization that includes all communities on campus is a value of the diverse student body ”

Last Thursday, the most recent draft of the United Student Body resolution was presented before the Student Assembly While many Student Assembly members supported the intentions behind the plan, some had concerns about logistical issues, such as how a single, student-run council would be able to accurately evaluate the diversity and inclusion plans for every student organization

Ulysses Smith ’13, vice president for diversity and inclusion for the S A , said the draft is an unfinished document and its contents have been continually subject to revision

“The whole point was to go in unfinished,” Smith said “Every week, something has changed about the document based on the feedback that we ’ ve gotten both from organi-

“We don’t have enough input from students and student organizations ”

zations and assembly members That was the goal: to create something with students ”

Despite this goal, some said that a change of this magnitude for student organizations requires more students to be involved in the process

“We don’t have enough input from students and student organizations,” said Cameron Pritchett ’15, S A minority liaison at large “It is absolutely essential that we get as much input from them as possible At this point, it just seems like the discussion was kind of preliminary as it relates to how student organizations feel about it, and it’s moving very fast ”

Pritchett, who is the incoming V P of diversity and inclusion, stressed that the resolution as it stands may represent too many sudden changes and logistical challenges

“With something of such a massive scale, we really need to be careful,” Pritchett said “We really need to be confident that this is something that’s feasible, and something that the students want ”

Some assembly members supported the idea of holding a public town hall meeting to discuss the potential resolution with student leaders

“I think that [United Student Body] is a work in progress, and it’s raising a lot of questions that a lot people are very shy to talk about,” said Juliana Batista ‘16, S A freshman representative “I think the Student Assembly should be getting more student input, even though we have gotten a lot already a Town Hall meeting would be very important for us to schedule ”

According to Alexander, the assembly should also focus on getting students on board with the plan and make sure it does not move too quickly with the resolution

“When you ’ re shifting the paradigm, the way people think, it takes time It takes persistence,” Alexander said “The time is right, but now we have to do the follow-up A growing movement on campus of students who think this is the right thing to do will help this initiative get launched and be successful ”

Student participation is the only effective way to get lasting changes in diversity and inclusion in student life, according to Gitlin

“At a certain point, students have to be the ones to stand up and say ‘ we want to make these changes,’ ‘ we want an inclusive student body that engages all communities,’” Gitlin said “We have to implement initiatives on our own as students if we want student life to be a more diverse experience ”

C.U. Tech’s New Class a ‘ Ver y Close-Knit Group’

TECH CAMPUS

Scholarship Seeks ‘Change-Makers’

Students: receiving Truman Scholarship is a ‘unique opportunity ’

TRUMAN

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classes in order to predict patterns between stock prices and news

Kopp, on the other hand, is working with Google on what he describes as a “difficult, but interesting, task ” He is trying to build an open source model that will be able to predict the severity of a storm based off of text messages sent out by the National Weather Service

“An accurate prediction model will allow Google to better inform the people that may be affected by the storm, ” he said

Tobkin is working with Qualcomm in creating a computer vision application for cars, which would allow for sensors to alert the driver if an unsafe situation were to arise He said that while the technology currently exists and is promising, it is also limited

Of course, when they are not attending practicums or working on their industry projects, the students at Cornell Tech are attending classes

For example, in their physical class, students use microcontrollers with sensors to build hardware such as a motor controlled by infrared sensors and an ultrasonic, wireless tape measure and then create interfaces with software, according to Graham

Graham believes that the campus ’ small class sizes allow for the creation of a “ very close-knit group ” between students and faculty

“We have seven students and four professors,” he said “That’s less than a 2:1 student to professor ratio ”

While the program is currently located at office space provided in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan by Google, the tech campus will be moving onto Roosevelt Island in 2017 once the first buildings are completed

Regardless, the move from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island should not affect the environment of the tech campus, which lacks permanent offices, according to Kopp

“In an effort to create an open environment, nobody at Cornell Tech has an office not even the Dean Instead, there are cubicles,” he said, adding that this is likely to be kept the same when the program transitions to Roosevelt Island

Before construction can begin on the campus which is slated to begin in 2014 the University must have its tech campus plans approved by the City Council, the last step in New York City’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure Most recently, the proposal was approved by the City Planning Commission on March 20 and by the Manhattan Borough President and Community Board 8 in January and December respectively

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Lauren Bergelson can be reached at lmb357@cornell edu

Officials: Video Footage Shows Marathon Bomb Suspect

BOSTON (AP)

Investigators poring over photos and video from the Boston Marathon bombing have a depar tment-store sur veillancecamera image of a man dropping off a bag at the scene of the one of the blasts, a top city politician said Wednesday City Council President Stephen Murphy, who said he was briefed by members of the Boston Police Department, said he does not know if investigators know the man ' s name He said officers are chasing leads that could take them to the suspect "They may be on the verge of arresting someone and that's good," he said

Separately, a law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity and was not authorized to discuss the case publicly confirmed only that investiga-

tors had an image of a potential suspect but did not know his identity

The twin bomb blasts Monday near the finish line of the world's most famous foot race killed three people and wounded more than 170, tearing off limbs in a hail of shrapnel

Law enforcement agencies pleaded for the public to come forward with photos, videos or any information that might help them solve the case, and they gathered surveillance video from businesses around the finish line

The bombs are believed to have been fashioned out of ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails, ball bearings and metal shards designed to maim Investigators suspect the bombs were hidden in black duffel bags and left on the ground

Stocks Fall On Signs Of Slowing Global Economy

NEW YORK (AP) Stocks fell sharply Wednesday for the second time this week as investors continued to worry about how

slowing Commodities such as oil and copper fared even worse than stocks Government bonds were a big winner as money flowed in

That drove prices higher, and the yield on the 10-year Treasur y note fell to its low for the year at one point

Technology, energy and bank

Apple dropped as traders worried

America slid after its earnings failed to meet up to Wall Street’s forecasts and energy stocks fell as crude oil continued a weeklong drop

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 22 points, or 1 4 percent, to 1,553 Just one week ago the index hit an all-time high of 1,593 It’s down 2 5 percent since then

Small-company and technology stocks did worse than the overall market

The Nasdaq composite fell the most of the major indexes, 1 8 percent It lost 59 96 points to 3,204 67 Apple, which makes up 8 percent of the index, slumped 5 5 percent to $402 80, after a supplier hinted at a slowdown in iPhone and iPad production

The Russell 2000 of smallcompany stocks also fell 1 8 percent, to 906

T h e Dow Jo n e s In d u s t r i a l average of 30 large stocks fell 138 p o i n t s , o r 0 9 p e rc e n t , t o 14,618 59 Wednesday, wiping out most of the gain it made Tuesday The Dow, which hit its ow n re c o rd o f 1 4 , 8 6 5 l a s t Thursday, is down 1 7 percent this week after slumping 265 points on Monday

The price of crude oil dropped for the fourth day in five, falling $2 04, or 2 3 percent, to $86 68 per barrel, based on expectations t h a t g l o b a l d e m a n d w i l l f a l l Copper fell 11 8 cents to an 18month low of $3 19 a pound

As stock prices sank, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1 70 percent from 1 73 percent It went as low as 1 68 percent, matching its lowest level of the year

T h e s t o c k m a rk e t h a d i t s worst day in five months on Monday after China repor ted economic growth that was slower than economists had expected Metals, energy and other commodities have been hit hard this week and that has dragged down the stocks of miners and drillers and companies that provide services to them Gold fell the most in 30 years on Monday

Despite the big drops this week, the Dow is still 11 6 percent higher this year, the S&P 5 0 0 8 8 p e rc e n t A n d w h i l e falling energy prices may hurt energy stocks now, in the long run they are good for most companies and will put more money into the pockets of consumers and drive spending

New York Senate Group Removes Member After Arrest

ALBANY, N Y (AP) A small group of Democratic New York senators who share majority control of the Senate with Republicans has kicked out one of its members who was charged in a federal corruption case

Sen Malcolm Smith’s ban from the Independent Democratic Conference comes as a new poll shows state residents increasingly consider corruption a “ very serious” problem in Albany and say Gov Andrew Cuomo isn’t handling it well

IDC leader Jeff Klein said Wednesday that he stripped Smith of his leadership post after he was arrested two weeks ago He said he also stopped the last check for most of Smith’s annual leadership stipend, and then the IDC dropped Smith, of Queens, from the conference, which shares Senate control with the GOP The sanctions came without speaking to Smith, who hasn’t been convicted of a crime

“Everyone deserves their day in court, but I think it was up to me as leader of the Independent Democratic Conference to act decisively and quickly,” Klein said “I have watched corruption and convictions and arrests over my career, unfortunately, in the Legislature and I didn’t bode well for our democratic process This was my opportunity to act as a leader and I think I did the right thing ”

Smith declined to comment He had been one of the Democrats’ majority leaders during a brief and tumultuous term from 2008 to 2010 that prompted four Democrats to form the IDC Smith is now without a Senate conference

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Schumer: Immigration Bill Helps Farmers

ALBANY, N Y (AP)

Farmers in New York and New England will find it easier to secure a reliable labor force under sweeping changes to the nation’s immigration laws proposed in an 844page bipartisan bill, Sen Charles Schumer said Wednesday

tion policies when it comes to the needs and experiences of Vermont dairy farmers

“The draft bill unveiled by the bipartisan group provides dairy farmers with access to lawful foreign workers where local workers are not available,” Leahy said

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“There’s going to be a lot of relief for our dairy farmers, our apple growers and our other specialty crop growers, ” Schumer said “I think we ’ re going to see our agriculture industry start growing at a much greater pace because of this bill ”

Delegations of upstate New York farmers have traveled to Washington to lobby for an expansion of the guest-worker program for agriculture Right now, dairy farms are ineligible for the temporary visa program, called H-2A, which is only for seasonal workers

Dairy farms need workers yearround for milking

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The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight

Wrestlemania : Summer 2013

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“While it isn’t clear yet what effect these resolutions will have, it does look like a prelude to an overreaction to the small amount of crime on campus. I worry there will be cameras watching us as we go to class I worry that when I go to the library I won’t be able to get in because I forgot my ID at home, and the University suddenly requires card access to its buildings. Is there any indication that more cameras or locked buildings would have prevented the recent crimes near campus (the reported rape, the buttocks shooting)?”

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Adam Lerner | Guest Room

Student Trustee Candidates: Come Out Against Hazing

So I was originally planning to stay out of the debate on the Student Trustee election this semester for two reasons: One, I am a graduating senior and the trustee we elect will not represent me directly Two, I tend to view campus politics skeptically, as popularity contests and forums for egomania, replete with name-calling and hollow rhetoric (every candidate’s site I’ve seen contains the same overwrought tropes of “ transparency, ” “YOUR voice,” “accountability” etc )

The less actual responsibility a position holds, the larger the incentive to diminish its meritocratic and substantive basis, and, to be sure, most campus representatives have ver y little real responsibility This isn’t to belittle these campus “leaders” in particular; since not many of us claim real impactful responsibilities while at Cornell we ’ re considered full-time students for a reason

But I was caught in a discussion about the candidates a couple of days ago in which someone brought up a smear-campaign site called “Git Out Ross,” focused on Ross Gitlin ’15, the candidate whom many of my friends are supporting I took a look at the site and found it, first and foremost, unnecessarily nasty in tone, coyly hiding behind its own anonymity That is not the way to conduct civil debate, and it shouldn’t be a model for future elections

Yet, the site is not entirely irrelevant It points to Gitlin’s former role as President of Tau Epsilon Phi, a fraternity that the administration kicked off earlier this year after hazing violations that included sexual humiliation and excessive drinking The site goes on to include speculative accusations that Ross Gitlin hid behind his family connections (former Editor-in-Chief of The Cornell Daily Sun Ben Gitlin ’14 and Student Assembly President Adam Gitlin ’13) to avoid further scrutiny I won ’ t begin to address whether or not these are true, as I have no idea

As far as claims of nepotism are concerned, I too must admit that I am a bit uncomfortable with the dynastic impression three Gitlins in three of

Cornell’s most prominent student roles leaves But this is by no means a reason to discredit someone ’ s candidacy everyone deserves to be considered as an individual The fact that he was the president of an organization and thus effectively presided over hazing that left pledges in the hospital, though, I believe should disqualify him for the position Though Ross publicly stated at Tuesday’s debate that he wasn ’ t present at the event, I believe this fact only serves to further indict him as the President of the fraternity he is responsible for overseeing all of its official functions His absence either proves willful negligence or politically disingenuous complicity When I first came to Cornell, I didn ’ t have much of an opinion about hazing because, well, I didn’t really know

order to end the grandfather clause that sustains hazing on the basis of “I was hazed so you should be too, ” we need a true climactic cultural split

Hazing has been around for ages in numerous manifestations, and ridding our campus of it means actively challenging this status quo, which we can begin through the symbolic election of a Student Trustee who is willing to take a stance on the issue

Now, I know better than to toss the baby out with the bathwater and entirely dismiss Ross Gitlin or any Cornellians who have overseen, administered or participated in hazing Some of my best friends on campus and, indeed, some of the people here I respect most fall into these categories I would hope that these actions don’t preclude them from future positions they may very much deserve

But the Student Trustee isn’t just a single vote amongst the 60 plus people who exercise “ supreme control” over Cornell, voting on the University’s budget and even whether or not to keep President Skorton in his job

much about it Like most, I tend to take a fairly laissez-faire approach to social life as far as I’m concerned consenting adults should be allowed, in most cases, to have their fun without bureaucratic imposition I’ve also never been one to demand moral purity from those running for office I tend not to care what President Clinton did behind closed doors or what Congressman Anthony Weiner tweeted so long as they performed their jobs to the best of their abilities

But after the tragedy that befell our campus two years ago with the hazing death of George Desdunes, I began to see that sometimes, letting drunken teenagers perpetuate coercive and dangerous traditions at their own whims is a really awful idea Seeing the way the Cornell Greek system has defended its uncouth practices since then has only strengthened my belief that hazing needs to be torn out by the roots In

They are also the student body’s representative to the Board of Trustees, and transitively, the administration The Board of Trustees may not directly control the Greek system, but they provide checks and balances to the administration that must then prosecute offenders

The student representative on the Board should embody what’s best for the student body For me, this means advocating and actually exemplifying the principal that we are not a community that tolerates hazing This is not only necessary for Cornell moving forward, but also to continue our campus ’ vibrant Greek system If one of the candidates is willing to come out strongly against hazing, he or she will receive my vote If this candidate is Ross Gitlin, or any other, then I am more than happy to cast my ballot in his or her name

By SARAH MCKEEN

Sun Staff Writer

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When Kid Cudi visited Barton Hall back in 2010, his performance was as divisive as any at Cornell Riding high on the cresting success of Man on the Moon: The End of Day, an obviously stoned Cudi put forth a performance of his sludgy, languid tunes that, depending on who you asked, highlighted either his “impressive and dynamic live act ” or his tone-deaf delivery What was definite at the time, however, was that Cudi coming to Ithaca was a big freaking deal: Tickets sold out in a then-record time, students scalped tickets for absurd profits and several attendees left the concert in the care of EMS Cudi was widely regarded as an up-and-comer, armed with pop-rap hits (“Up Up & Away,” “Pursuit of Happiness,” “Erase Me”) and top-notch collaborations (the delightfully puerile “Make Her Say,” the banging Crookers remix of “Day N’ Nite” and a guest appearance on David Guetta’s ubiquitous “Memories”) that had him poised to take over as collegiate America’s favorite faded-out party-rapper

Two and a half years later, Cudder’s star is shining much less brightly Man on the Moon: The Legend of Mr Rager was weighed down heavily by Cudi’s emo-tinged, “I’m so deep” dirges, and he followed it up with the critically and commercially reviled rock side project WZRD Since then, he’s left the comfortable company (and sizable production

talents) of Kanye West’s G O O D Music label, and now presents to us Indicud, an extensive and self-produced effort that largely explores Cudi’s more psychedelic tendencies

Unfortunately, Cudi’s psychedelia often takes on a sense of listlessness Tracks like “Unfuckwittable” and “Mad Solar” try too hard to be trippy; instead, they’re repetitive and feel like they go on far longer than their running times suggest The tempos are uniformly plodding and rarely provide any push for Cudi’s melodically deficient sing-rap And, on an album more than an hour long, finding a worthwhile production feels more serendipitous than rewarding By the time indie pop singers Haim deliver the sprightly hook of “Red Eye,” you ’ re too exhausted by the preceding sub-Drake confessionals to even appreciate it Cudi’s sensitive, sad-sack stoner act is more annoying on Indicud than it has ever been “Just What I Am” has a robotic, “I wanna get high” hook accompanied with depression-obsessed verses that lack any real insight into Cudi’s psyche Even the groovy, enjoyable “Solo Dolo, Part II” has some laughable drug brags (“Who could it be? K-ID/Searching all day in the streets for DMT”) that are only rescued by Kendrick Lamar’s tongue-twisting hook and Bill Cartwright reference (forgive my basketball fanaticism)

Gas masks, searing wasteland winds and groaning iron cross beams sun-scorched and more than a tad blistered, the Lips have finally ventured into dystopia The journey was long; 30 years, 13 studio albums and a glorious transcendence from Oklahoman two-car-garage psych rock to charismatic, experimental production warlords have seen Wayne Coyne and Co through to The Terror’s imagined apocalypse And they’re exhausted exhausted and in dire need of ChapStick Like a wearied choir half-heartedly hailing the descension of a rusted metallic messiah, the Flaming Lips’ first studio effort since 2009’s mechanized Embryonic, is a machinist’s nightmare Bleakly industrial, a continuity of creaking metal frameworks and dilating toad-croak generator whirs, mold The Terror into a haunting, entropic futurism It’s rather fitting, then, that the clarion peals of Coyneist, stridently philosophical lyricism found in At War With the Mystics and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots has given way to a haggard and distant quasiatonality To chronicle the group ’ s growth and decay is to span genres and mutinies, verve and fatigue Found in the tiredness of Coyne’s fatalism is some Lip-licious synecdoche for the band’s still-developing maturity, even after thirty years in the business

Utterly devoid of the synth-heavy, cathartic melodies of The Soft Bulletin, the latest in the Flaming Lips’ studio canon is a well-organized, gapless chaos of atmosphere and overproduction Coyne’s voice fades in and out of audible range, shadowed often by arrhythmic howling, rust-colored wires and saranwrap percussion, throbbing with hollow syncopation The solitary sounds of Embryonic are absent, with metallic groans begging for oil and blending hazi-

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Most regrettably, the carefree, fuck-the-world Cudi that could effortlessly ride atop a buoyant party track is all but gone There are moments where that old glint appears despite their occasionally misguided lyrics, “King Wizard,” “Just What I Am” and “Solo Dolo, Part II” are three of the stronger pop songs here but they’re so few and far between that it prevents Indicud from gaining any momentum whatsoever Hell, there’s a nine-minute song with a hook from, of all people, Michael Bolton, that, while thoroughly ridiculous, ends up being one of the album’s stronger tracks by virtue of acknowledging its ridiculousness The problem is, as I suspect will happen with many of Indicud’ s songs, another producer will remix it better than Kid Cudi could ever hope to For a rapper whose production choices were so integral to his rise, it ends up seeming foolish, albeit admirable, for Cudi to strike out on his own With no definitive jams and very little development lyrically, let’s hope that Indicud is just a stepping-stone to a more distinct production style from Mr Mescudi Otherwise, when recounting that Barton Hall performance years from now, my kids will be asking, “Kid who?”

James Rainis is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Science He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun com

ly into a cauldron of despairing noise The echoing clamor of “You Are Alone” roars back from a desolate ironworks, and we, enraptured by the doom-heavy aura of factory assemblage, are caught between wiry turbulence and grating machinery, alone And that’s the primary theme of the album: the dissonance between man and machine Rather, the Flaming Lips have been tackling the evils of technology for decades, and only now has that tech gained the upper hand The salmon-colored robots came close in Yoshimi, and “the softest bullet ever shot” shed some blood, but with The Terror, our ears at last take in Coyne’s twisted mellotron Armageddon

The album is a dreary experience, not a hit-heavy pop dream; but don’t be fooled Its strength lies in its ability to manipulate the senses images of an intense nothingness littered with rusting machinery manifest themselves with shocking clarity in the Lips’ carefully crafted sound Hornetbuzz kazoos and pulsating electric currents accompany screeching gears and other industrial havoc to compete with and swallow up the half-spoken lyrics of “Turning Violent ” The title track trudges onward after a thirteen minute brew of television static and serpent-Jafar-esque caustic whispers of “Lust to succeed,” laying a steady percussive groundwork reminiscent of The Avalanches’ Since I Left You “Butterfly (How Long It Takes To Die)” cascades shimmering synths down a wall of sparks and sonic friction, devouring Coyne’s apocalyptic vision in a windstorm of incisive apathy

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Meet Tony Starks Or should I say, Ghostface Killah A master of treading the line between dual identities, the former Wu Tang Clan member ruthlessly incites images of blood, murder and crime on his tenth studio album 12 Reasons to Die

A concept album that takes place in 1960’s Italy, 12 Reasons to Die tracks fictional character Tony Starks as he fights against a crime mob organization that he once belonged to, falls in love with the kingpin’s daughter and seeks revenge when she is murdered While this album starts out as a tale of vengeance, love and the life of Starks himself, it abruptly becomes an ode to the gloriously violent persona of the “Ghostface Killah,” the rapper and the revenge artist

At a crucial moment to the saga, Tony Starks is no more and the Ghostface Killah mercilessly takes over: “It’s the almighty rise and the murder is Ghostface / Body’s Dropped the owls left a Cold Case ” In this instant of transformation all hell breaks loose: “ Take my life, I take ever yone you love / Have your kids thrown out of a plane, look up cous ” However, it is also in this moment that the album begins to lose

focus Ghostface Killah pieces the stor y together well, so much so, that its narrative can be traced through the titles of each song; but the last few tracks become less about the stor y, and more about different ways to seek revenge through murder: “ Torture, chop your legs off, thrown off the boat / Guillotine nigga one chop to the throat ” The album diverges considerably from the powerful feelings invoked by the ordeals of Starks and moves towards the merciless murder tactics of the Ghostface Killah

This album is best suited for one listen straight through, as it genuinely lacks any standout tracks That isn’t to say that it is not worth the listen As someone who enjoys stor ytelling, 12 Reasons to Die holds up as a well-produced and lyrically brilliant hip hop narrative Though Ghostface falls short of previous classics like Supreme Clientele and Fishscale, he successfully adds another gem to his already legendar y arsenal

STUDENT FASHION SPOTLIGHT : Anu Lingala ’13

BY SARAH ANGELL Sun Staff Writer

This week, The Sun was given the opportunity to probe the talented mind of Anu Lingala ’13, a senior in the fiber science and apparel design program Lacking in sleep, but looking no worse for wear, Lingala has been busy at work in preparation for the upcoming CFC Fashion Show, which takes place on April 27 Drawing inspiration from the opulence of Versailles and the Rococo period, Lingala’s line imagines a wardrobe that a modern Marie Antoinette might covet Aptly titled Crown on the Ground, Lingala’s visual cacophony of brocade, velvet and silks is sure to be a sumptuous affair

THE SUN: To begin, could tell us about the inspiration behind your collection?

ANU LINGALA: It started last year, while I was abroad, I visited Versailles I was really inspired by the architecture and the textiles that were in the bedrooms

L a s t s e m e s t e r I t o o k a “ Ve r s i o n o f Versailles” class in the French Department and I started looking into Marie Antoinette, Madame de Pompadour and other figures from the Rococo Period I started [there] and was inspired by the colors, fabrics and the feel from that whole era how extravagant and opulent it was I wanted to translate that for the modern woman, not so much [with] giant ball gowns, but more

modern silhouettes After talking with professors and working with this idea for a while, I came up with the concept, “ What would the modern Marie Antoinette wear?” Say it’s a young woman, probably wealthy; maybe she has this weird childhood obsession with Marie Antoinette so she really likes those colors and style, but I wanted [the clothes] to fit into a modern wardrobe [The line] still has the same frivolous and fun feel, but isn’t so much inspired by the silhouettes of that time

SUN: Do you have one piece in particular that you see as the cornerstone of the collection?

A L : Yeah, I think the last look, [which] is more of an evening look It’s a big tulle ball gown, but just the skirt, its more open in the front so it shows more skin than you would have and its paired with a gold brocade blazer That was the first thing I designed, and then I worked off of that [idea] in different ways

SUN: Ithaca is clearly ver y different do you feel that being, on Cornell’s campus, or in Ithaca in general has influenced you at all, or affected your work?

A L : I don’t know if it has influenced [me] much, in terms of my work It does make it difficult to fabric shop and get the things you want We take trips to the city a lot and we order from there I guess being isolated is nice in a certain sense We have

our own community; t h e re a re c e r t a i n places we go to, like Ho m e s p u n i n t h e Commons It has its u p s a n d d ow n s I don’t know if it has affected my aesthetic that much

SUN: How would you classify the typic a l s t y l e , o r l a c k t h e re o f, o f t h e Cornell student?

A L : U h , i t ’ s interesting [laughs] I think that the majority of people tend to just wear what’s easiest you see a lot of jeans and t-shirts and sweatpants It is also really cold, so you have to give that to them, sometimes it’s hard to tr y to dress stylishly when its so cold out and you just want to keep warm I don’t think it’s the main focus of most people on campus

SUN: To wrap things up, you ’ ve taken part in the Cornell Fashion Collective for f o u r y e a r s How h a v e y o u s e e n t h e Collective evolve during your time here?

A L : We have definitely aimed to be a lot more professional as the years go on We have made our runway and background more professional simple, clean, white This year we are doing a straight, long, low-

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to the ground runway, more like a typical fashion show There has been more of a focus [on doing] things to make our program fit in with a more professional environment I think in general, the FSAD program has changed a lot [During] the four years I have been here, they have implemented a lot of changes, and changed the curriculum to put in more classes that are focused on developing your collection [Our class was] kind of in the midst of the transition, but I think [Cornell is] making a lot of changes to enhance the program ’ s reputation within the industr y Sarah Angell is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at sangell@cornellsun com

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What record do you hold in Spain?

This year I set the Cornell school record in the 300 m, which is kind of an odd distance since it’s three-fourths of an outdoor track, but it turns out it was also a national record in Spain I guess not many people have run it in the past

10 What has been the most memorable part of your career at Cornell specifically as a D-I athlete?

Being Ivy League champions as a team is what has stood out to me the most Track is an individual sport, sure You have individual success, whether it’s at small meets or Ivys or at Nationals, but there’s no meet like the Heptagonal meet Even though you have teammates in something completely different from what you ’ re doing, ever yone comes through and really becomes a team My closest friends are on the track team I think if I had to say one specific moment, it would be at Indoor Heps this year at Har vard We beat Princeton by one point, 157-156, and it was a photo finish It all came down to the last event, and I don’t think anyone ’ s really seen that in the Ivy League for a few generations

Were there any individual rivals on Princeton’s team that it felt good to beat?

Their team is made up of superstars, and there are a couple of guys on their team that are just incredible at what they do For us, we have great guys, but what we have that Princeton doesn’t is the depth For ever y event, we ’ re really good For them, they’re exceptional in a handful of events This year, at the Indoor Heps, not even those superstars were able to win

What are your expectations for the remainder of the season?

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“We have to see fastballs; that’s the main key,” Peters said “If we see a fastball, recognize the spin on the ball and see them up in the zone, we can be real successful If we hit the ball hard, a lot of things can happen because it puts pressure on the defense ”

The Red’s own pitchers will also have to deal with Penn’s senior outfielder Ryan Dietrich The former second-team All-Ivy Leaguer is leading the entire Ancient Eight in batting average at 419 and hits with 49 In a win over Cornell last year, Dietrich went 2-4 with a triple

Though the Red is not in the position it had hoped to be at this juncture in the season, Peters said the nature of the losses so far prove that it can play

with every team

“We’ve been in almost every single game, so it’s not like we ’ ve been getting blown away, ” Peters said “A couple games have slipped away from us, but it is what it is ”

With only this series and an extremely important home and away series against Princeton left in divisional play, the Red still has a chance to reach the Ivy League championship series

“We just have to take advantage of our opportunities and beat these teams, and hope they can do something against Columbia so we can jump above [the Lions],” Peters said “Really, we pretty much need to win out from here forward ”

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Red Nine Ready For Do-Or-Die Quakers S e r i e s

After tough series against Columbia, Red readies for weekend matchup

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

After a difficult series against Columbia where the baseball team struggled to produce offensively, the Red will return to Hoy Field for a do-or-die series with Penn beginning on Saturday at noon

“Honestly, we really need to take four out of four in order to stay in contention,” senior infielder Brenton Peters said

The three losses to the Lions this past weekend put the Red at 500 in the Ivy League and 1-3 against competition within the Lou Gehrig Division Going into this series, the Red is tied with the Quakers for third place in the division

Against Columbia, the Red only mustered up three total runs in the losses According to Peters, this is where the team needs to focus when it meets Penn this weekend

“We need to execute better offensively than we have been doing lately,” he said “Our pitchers have been keeping us in games and we haven’t been providing run support We just need to get more aggressive at the plate and not think about what’s coming just see the ball and hit it ”

Though the Red’s starters pitched well enough against Columbia to keep the team in the game, the rotation was also not as dominant as it has been up to this point Sophomore lefthander Nick Busto who had not lost a game going into his start on Saturday against the Lions had his first tough outing of the season, allowing eight hits and eight runs over five and a third innings Sophomore pitcher Brent Jones also struggled in his start, only going two and two thirds innings, and allowing seven hits and three earned runs

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For better or for worse | Senior Kevin Tatum and the Red squad look to come back from a losing series against Columbia and thrive in this weekend’s games against Penn

“It all starts with pitching,” Peters said “Our pitchers need to throw strikes and go deep into games Then we need to be solid on the defensive end and we’ll be pretty successful ”

In a very similar position to the Red, the Quakers will also be looking to inch their way to the top of the Lou Gehrig Division With only three seniors on their roster, the Quakers are a fairly inexperienced team that features some young talent Sophomore pitcher Dan Gautieri is leading the team in wins with five and ERA at 2 00 In the series with Cornell last year, Gautieri recorded the win in Penn’s only victory over the Red in a four-game series He also tied a Penn program record with 17 appearances as a freshman

Why the World Needs Kobe Br yant

Iwas devastated when I found out Kobe Bryant had torn his Achilles tendon in last Friday night’s home game against the Golden State Warriors, with only two games left in the regular season I’ve been a dedicated, devout, and borderline obsessive Los Angeles Lakers fan since I first started playing and watching basketball so many years ago There are no words to express the utter despair I felt at seeing Bryant go down in such a dramatic and tragic fashion nearing the end of his 17th season playing in the NBA

An Achilles tear almost seems like an oddly appropriate injury for such a player We spend so much time praising Bryant for his ability to, after

Juan Carlos Toledo Showtime at the Forum

17 years in the league, still play at the top of his game and still be the best player at his position When you really think about it, Kobe’s play all season really has been ageless, and in no way demonstrative of a player who’s logged as many minutes as he has in such a long career It’s almost as if the man is a demigod much like, well, Achilles Blame for this injury can be pointed all over the place Sure, we can blame D’Antoni for leaving Bryant in for the entire game, and playing him 40+ minutes regularly in recent games, in several playing him for the entire game except a few minutes Blame can be put on the entire Lakers organization for the clear-cut failure that

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Lightweights Look for Geiger Cup, Heav y weights for Goes Trophy

By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER Sun Staff Writer

The Red’s lightweight team will host Columbia and MIT at 8:30 a m in hopes of taking home the Geiger Cup

Cornell has won this cup for the past five years consecutively Last year, the Red d

The Cornell men ’ s lightweight and heavyweight rowing teams both have a big weekend ahead The lightweight squad is currently gearing up to compete for the Geiger Cup against Columbia and MIT at home as the heavyweight squad prepares to battle for the Goes Trophy against Naval Academy and Syracuse away at Navy on Saturday

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Thus, the Red’s lightweight crew team hopes to keep this tradition alive this Saturday at Cayuga Lake Inlet and give the fans something to cheer about Members of the squad feel confident about the tournament this weekend given the Red’s track record and recent impressive performances against Princeton and Yale

“I am really looking forward to building upon our perform a n c e s a g a i n s t Princeton and Yale last week As a team, our potential is sky high We look to execute o u r r a c e p l a n t h i s weekend, come out victorious across the board and prove why this is our inlet,” sophomore Rich Barakat said Additionally, the Red plans to take advantage of the tournament as an opportunity to bolster team confidence as the squad’s championship race, the Eastern Sprints, nears

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team has made us feel confident that we c a n b e c o m e t h e t o p p ro g r a m i n t h e League,” freshman Will Oprea said Cornell’s heavyweight squad will travel to Annapolis, Maryland to race at Navy against the home team ’ s Midshipmen as well as the Syracuse Orange The Red will be competing with the Midshipmen and the Orange for the Goes Trophy at 7 a m on Saturday

“I am really looking forward to building upon our performances ”

Unlike the lightweight squad, who seeks to defend its title as Geiger Cup victors this weekend, the heavyweight squad looks to turn the tide and steal the Goes Trophy from the Mids, the defending 2012 tournament

c h a m p i o n s Na v y, Cornell, and Syracuse have competed for the Go e s Tro p h y s i n c e 1955 and the Mids have earned the honor 25 times

“ We a re q u i c k l y a p p ro a c h i n g t h e Eastern Sprints and are eager for the race

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The trophy is presented annually to the winner of the first Varsity Eight Race between the three teams Last year, the Mids held off the Red by less than a boat length to take home the trophy Because the Mids clinched the win in such a close contest, the Red goes in to this year ’ s battle even hungrier for victory