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’15 discusses a resolution addressing Cor nell’s potential removal of free first-year TCAT bus passes Tuesday

Would increa se Cornell’s subsidy to tran sit provider

By SOFIA HU Sun Staff Writer

The University Assembly called on Cornell to increase its subsides to Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit and continue offering free bus passes to incoming students at a meeting

Tuesday

The U A amended and passed this resolution in a 12-03 vote after a lengthy discussion regarding budget transparency, quality of student life concerns and the University’s ability and unwillingness to increase its TCAT subsidies The resolution had originally proposed removing the free bus passes

Infrastructure Committee to investigate ways to address the deficit According to Ruizcalderon, the committee determined that cutting the free bus passes was the best solution, given that the University Budget Office denied the committee’s funding request for the $500,000 needed to address the deficit

“If we were really committed to accessibility and carbon neutrality, we would not get rid of free bus passes ”

Transportation Services faces a $700,000 annual budget deficit approximately $500,000 of which is caused by an increase freshman ridership of the TCAT, according to George Ruizcalderon ’15, the sponsor of the resolution While increasingly more students take TCAT, the University has not increased the subsidies it pays to the bus service

Facilities Ser vices asked the U A ’ s Campus

Several U A members and undergraduate students at the meeting disagreed with Ruizcalderon and expressed frustration over the University’s “unwillingness” to increase its TCAT subsidies to address the deficit

“Tuition has been increased by approximately $2,000 for all students That’s roughly a $27 million dollar increase just for undergraduates alone,” Aline Schechter ’16 said “When the administration says it can ’ t afford [to increase TCAT subsidies], it’s hard as a student to believe that ” Ulysses Smith ’14, president of the Student Assembly and a U A voting member, said he rejected the premise that the University could not afford to

Panhel: New Sorority Will Increase Greek Involvement

By RACHEL WEBER Sun Staff Writer

Members of the Cornell Panhellenic Association say that Phi Mu announced in February as Cornell’s newest and 13th sorority will provide more opportunities for women once it arrives on campus

Katie Billotti, a national Phi Mu representative, said the sorority applied for colo-

nization because they were “impressed by the academic reputation of Cornell” as well as “the size and strength of the panhellenic community at Cornell ”

Billotti said Phi Mu will hold a 10-day recruitment process at the University in September, following a campus marketing campaign held by Phi Mu representatives

The Cornell Panhellenic Association decided to invite the sorority after seeing

record numbers of women participating in formal recruitment, increasing new member class sizes and an uptake in women not receiving bids, according to Panhel President Erika Whitestone ’15

Whitstone said that adding a new sorority will likely allow more girls to join houses “ There are more opportunities for women to join the Greek system with the 13th chapter,” she said “We are getting pre-

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pared for the possible influx of women who want to go Greek ”

Anne Pincott ’15, president of Phi Phi Sigma, said she is unsure about how Panhel’s pledge class quota will be affected, based on experiences with her own chapter

“When Phi Phi Sigma was added, quota didn’t go down, it actually went up a little

Jevan Hutson ’16 delivers a speech at the elections for Haven, the LGBTQ Student Union Hutson, currently the LGBTQ liason for the Student Assembly, was elected as Haven President Tuesday

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NEW YORK (AP) A Brooklyn woman says her mother accidentally moved a stranger ’ s car with a key that fit two vehicles

Cher yl Thorpe was house-sitting for her daughter, Nekisia Davis, when the mix-up occurred on April 7 Thorpe had agreed to move cars for Davis and her friends because of street cleaning regulations She even texted them to proudly repor t: “All cars moved successfully ”

When they got home from vacation, Davis’ friend discovered the Honda that Thorpe had moved wasn ' t hers It took 10 days to track down the owner, who thought she’d been targeted by a professional car thief

DOVER, N J (AP) A woman has been reunited with her Yorkshire Terrier and flat-screen TV that were snatched during her first date with a man she met online

The woman called police early Saturday to say that her dog, Violet, had been tied by its leash to the TV, and both were left in the front yard of her Dover home, the Daily Record of Parsippany reported Authorities say the pair met on a dating site and went out for the first time Thursday night After returning home, the woman said she became occupied in another room, leaving the man alone When she returned, he was gone and so were her dog and her TV

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Former U.N. S ecretar y D iscusses Land P reser vation, Sustainability

By DAVE JANECZEK Sun Staff Writer

Luc Gnacadja, former executive secretar y of the United Nations Convention to C o m b a t D e

importance of preser ving and rehabilitating land to ensure a sustainable global future at Cornell Tuesday

Gnacadja, a Beninese architect and government official, said land degradation caused by unsustainable farming practices

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“ L a n d d e g r a d a t i o n highly threatens human security because it directly impedes the processes that underpin the capacity of the ecosystem to provide food, fiber, fuel and water and depletes the biodiversity and natural habitat that constitute the human biosupport system, ” Gnacadja said

Because the global population is growing quickly especially in developing nations fer tile lands are becoming i n c re a s i n g l y d e g r a d e d , a c c o rd i n g t o Gnacadja

To help alleviate current and future pressures on fertile land, Gnacadja said he supports both a reduction in consumption and an increase in rehabilitation of degraded lands

“ We need to realize at a local, national and global level that land stewardship is

human security and global sustainability,” he said “ We must be more efficient in the way we produce, supply and consume our land-based products [and] restore more than we degrade ”

Gnacadja said large businesses and governments as well as by grassroots organizations are increasing their efforts to rehabilitate depleted land

“At a grassroots level, there are a number of amazing changes occurring and amazing innovations that we often overlook because we believe that innovation can ’ t really come from a grassroots

Gnacadja said Gnacadja pointed to efforts in Niger that have outstripped government and non-governmental organizations led programs as a sign of the usefulness of grassroots movements

“In Niger, these efforts have led to the rehabilitation of five million hectares of land and helped to regenerate 200 million trees, much more than all the tree planting programs in Niger put together,” he said

Gnacadja said issues surrounding soil degradation go far beyond environmental

issues, economics, migration, security and political stability

“Land degradation is not just about the environment, it also erodes all the pillars of

sustainable development,” he said “ The confinement of land degradation issues to environmental or agricultural sectors has indeed done a disser vice to the issue and the affected population and ecosystem ”

Gnacadja’s talk was this year ’ s Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture, an environmental lecture series hosted by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

In a welcome address, President David Skorton said the lecture series had brought

“excitement and dialogue” about environmental issues to the University since 1999

“ The annual Iscol lecture has enriched the character of this University, the surrounding community, and far beyond by bringing distinguished scientists and policy makers to this campus to address environmental issues of paramount importance, ” he said

U.A. Passes Resolution to Increase Univ. TCAT Subsidies

the TCAT?”

increase its TCAT subsidies

“From my experience working on alumni and funding campaigns, there is no way though Iunderstand the current forecast that the University could ever be able to tell me that it cannot afford to cover the cost of this,” Smith said “If the University wants to say that we are emphasizing funding projects that increase the quality of life for students, why not fund efforts to become a physically accessible campus, move grad students out of condemned housing or fund

Many U A members said they think it is the University’s responsibility to ensure TCAT is well-funded and remain committed to being environmentally sustainable

“Cornell has made the commitment of a one dollar per rider subsidy, and sometimes that means reaching into our pocket even when we don’t want to, ” said Gregory Mezey ’09, a member of the U A “If we were really committed to accessibility and carbon neutrality, we would not get rid of free bus passes ”

However, some remained doubtful that passing the resolution would affect the administration’s decisions

“We don’t have a clear understanding of how funding priorities are set by the administration,” said Prof Ellis Loew, physiology “We can make the recommendations we want to, but the administration does not have to listen ” In addition to calling on the University to increase its TCAT subsidies, the amended resolution also called on Transportation Services to immediately begin conducting “ open and regular” meetings with the Provost and community members to develop “ a long-term solution as soon as possible ”

New Sorority Will Begin Recruitment in Fall

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more girls will be able to and want to join houses ”

According to Billotti, Phi Mu is looking for unaffiliated sophomores, juniors and seniors who are interested in the founding

new members will register for the

viewed by Phi Mu representatives, and attend at least one recruitment event to become a founding member candidate

“ We are looking for women with high academic standards, who are involved in other organizations on campus and within the greater community,” Billotti said

Billotti also said joining a new chapter can provide additional leadership opportunities

“Phi Mu looks for women with leadership experience who are willing to step up into n e w l e a

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n g a s o l i d foundation for our ne w chapter on Cornell’s campus, ” Billotti said W h i t e s t o n e s a i d P h i Mu will aim to fill 80 percent of their total desired house size in their upcoming pledge class, but said that recruiting that number is not mandator y

Following recr uitment, ne w members of Phi Mu will complete a four week-long new member program concluding with a ceremony, which will be attended by members of Phi Mu’s National organization, Billotti said

After the chapter’s installation, Panhel and Phi Mu nationals will work together to aid the new chapter in structuring its recruitment, bylaws and traditions, Whitestone said

“[Panhel has] started a committee to give Phi Mu all the information they will need to s t a r t a s u c c e s s f u l c h a p t e r, ” Whitestone said

Whitestone said the Panhel community has been “ ver y welcoming” to Phi Mu

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s h i r t s w i t h a l l t h e c h a p t e r s including Phi Mu on the back,” Whitestone said W h i t e s t o n e s a l s o s a i d s h e would “love to see chapters partnering with Phi Mu” to aid them in beginning to maintain their finances and plan events

“It would also be amazing to see chapters partner for philan-

She added Phi Mu representatives are still deciding what location they will use during formal recr uitment The sorority will a c

f women as the other Panhel chapters set by quota during spring rush

“ We are adjusting the [rush] schedule in order to accommodate a 13th chapter, Whitestone said

Although the quota number for each sorority is dependent on the number of women who go t

Yellen ’17 said she hopes the addition of another sorority will help reduce new member class sizes

“ With so few sororities on c

pledge classes were so big and it made it harder to get to know ever yone in the new member

“I knew girls in my Rho Gamma group who didn’t get a bid [and] it really didn’t seem right to me.”

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class I’m excited for a new sorority on campus because hopefully it will decrease the new pledge class sizes and encourage freshmen to rush,” she said

Ni n a Ko e s t e r ’ 1 7 s a i d s h e hopes adding a new sorority will allow more students to have “the chance to go Greek ”

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Gamma group who didn’t get a bid during rush and it really didn ’ t seem right to me that they went through the whole process but then didn’t get to be in a sorority,” she said

Housing plans will be overseen by Darlene Reyes, executive director of Phi Mu, and financing for the housing project will be secured by Phi Mu’s National Housing Corporation, according to Billetti “ The process of converting a house to a sorority home will depend on the renovations, if any, that the house requires It could be as simple as painting a n d f u r n i s h i n g t h e h o m e o r could require some more construction,” Whitestone said

Rachel Weber can be reached at rweber@cornellsun com

New York City Mayor Rips

Ambulance Delay After Deadly Fire

NEW YORK (AP) Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that “it’s not acceptable” that ambulances took more than 10 minutes to respond to a fire that killed two small children

The blaze, which was sparked when a child was playing with fire, broke out late Saturday night at a home in Far Rockaway, Queens The first call to 911 came at 11:51 p m According to fire officials, an ambulance should have been dispatched at 11:57 p m when the fire was confirmed, but the first ambulance wasn ’ t sent out until 12:05 a m Sunday

“I am very, very concerned,” de Blasio told reporters at an impromptu press conference near City Hall “And if we have to make some changes, we’ll make some changes because when we do this work we have to know that each and every time the ambulance will get there as quickly as humanly possible ”

De Blasio said it was unclear if a faster response could have saved the children, but he promised the inquiry launched by Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano into the events would be quick

Aniya Tinglin and her half brother, Jai’Launi Tinglin, were each 4

Their 4-year-old sister, 63-year-old grandfather and a 55-year-old woman survived the blaze

Fire officials say a bed on which the children’s grandfather was sleeping caught fire just before 11:50 p m Saturday The first call to 911 came from a neighbor

According to FDNY protocol, ambulances are not immediately dispatched to a report of a fire until firefighters confirm the call is valid

The first FDNY truck arrived at 11:56 p m Saturday and confirmed the fire a minute later, Cassano told reporters Monday

“An ambulance should be dispatched at that time,” Cassano said “It wasn ’ t, and we ’ re looking at why ”

On Everest, Dangers Are Clear

NEW DELHI (AP) On Everest, ever ybody knows that the Khumbu Icefall is dangerous They’ve known it for generations, since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallor y, turned away from the Icefall in 1921, insisting it was impossible to pass

It is a river of ice, a half mile or so of constantly shifting glacier punctuated by deep crevasses and overhanging immensities of ice that can be as large as 10-stor y buildings It can move six feet in just one day Crossing it can take 12 hours

In the Khumbu Icefall, crevasses can open or close in less than a day Ropes can be snapped by the moving ice, ladders broken Looming glaciers on the Icefall itself or on the Western ridge of Everest can break off in a moment, setting off avalanches that send thousands of tons of ice down the mountain

That is what happened last week when a piece of glacier sheared away from the mountain, setting off an avalanche of ice that killed 16 Sherpa guides as they ferried clients’ equipment up the mountain It was the deadliest disaster in Everest climbing histor y

“It’s always something we fear,” said Adrian Ballinger, a high-altitude mountaineering guide who has climbed Everest six times, and who is taking clients up the mountain again this year through the Icefall “ This didn’t surprise those of us who spend a lot of time on Everest,” he said “ We’ve been living on borrowed time ”

But climbers keep going there Because if you want to get to the summit of Mount Everest, you probably need to go through the Khumbu Icefall

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Rebecca John | Mushroom Rage

W hat D o You Mean By D ialogue?

I’ m seeing the word “dialogue” thrown around a lot lately, posed as a solution to various “divisions” in the campus community There seems to be an idea that students are not getting along, and that the solution to this is to have us talk, and then perhaps then we could hold hands and be one happy campus community If only we could engage in dialogue

I think we are having some trouble understanding what dialogue really is, and what it is for I also think that dialogue is deliberately and strategically invoked by the University to distance itself from institutional culpability and place the blame on students’ interpersonal interactions, on the failure to “communicate ”

this “dialogue” never even started Dialogue without action is useless In fact, it is a tactical evasion from institutional culpability It is a tactic that maintains the status quo

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Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and author of Pedagog y of the Oppressed who emphasized the importance of dialogue in a critical education, once said, “If the structure does not permit dialogue, the structure must be changed ” Two Thursdays ago, a group of students found that the structure of the Student Assembly was not allowing dialogue by indefinitely barring the introduction of their resolution to divest from companies that profit off the Israeli occupation of Palestine The following Thursday, they decided to have the “dialogue” on their own terms This meant disrupting the regular course of the Student Assembly meeting and engaging in a different kind of interaction with each other the Students’ Assembly At one point, an organizer of the demonstration spoke up and astutely noted that students were not just there to talk to the Student Assembly and other figures of authority on their own terms; more than that, they were there to talk to each other I sat through the entire Students’ Assembly meeting that afternoon, but I felt particularly jolted by that assertion because I realized how true it was We were challenging a structure that was preventing us from being in dialogue with each other by doing just that talking to each other The point of this action wasn ’ t to talk back to authority and demand retribution so much as it was to reimagine a new kind of governance Dialogue is the encounter between people This was us encountering each other

Last Thursday, an excellent column, “Against Dialogue,” addressed the irrelevance of “dialogue,” as it is invoked by Zionists, to the plight of the Palestinians: “Cornell students having abstract “dialogues” about the peace process has nothing to do with the material conditions of Palestinians, conditions which include poverty, statelessness and a racist militarized occupation ” I want to reemphasize this point and encourage anyone reading this to refer back to that column, but I also want to zoom out and examine the way “dialogue” is invoked not only when the issue is justice in Palestine, but also when any sort of pressure is placed on the University to hold itself accountable

We were challenging a structure that was preventing us from being in dialogue with each other by doing just that talking to each other.

Last week a disgusting article denying the existence of rape culture asserted that “the best hope in change lies in a real dialogue,” rather than in the transformation of society’s normalization of sexual violence in material and tangible ways Again we see dialogue positioned to paint those fighting for change as “divisive,” and to position the act of “dialogue” that denies existence of the root problem (rape culture) as beneficial Many people have condemned Kairey’s article as offensive, but fewer people have noted the way “dialogue” is similarly applied to shut down critiques of Israel, identifying the those who speak up about oppression as “divisive,” and those condoning oppression as the “peacekeepers ”

One student noted in the open mic that, when President David Skorton and Vice President Susan Murphy walked into the last half of the meeting, they made us feel like we were being disorderly and unproductive and wasting their time Skorton tried to summarize by saying, “all I can say is that I think the key problem I’ve been observing during the last week is that we have not yet learned how to talk with or listen to each other across this campus ” He suggested that we were the problem, because we were disrupting “dialogue,” rather than recognizing the fact that we were there because we were not given a chance to speak by the structure in place Furthermore, he reduced our grievances to a matter of miscommunication and hurt feelings, rather than acknowledging that the Student Assembly was not working as it was supposed to No amount of dialogue can change the fact that right now, “shared governance ” is acting as a divide and conquer strategy; it is not meant to provide a platform for free discourse, it is meant to contain it so that conversations cannot lead anywhere On top of that, we saw that on the issue of IsraelPalestine, the Assembly tried to ensure that

After members of the Sigma Pi fraternity threw bottles and yelled racial epithets at students of color last year, “dialogue” was invoked by administrators to placate students’ demands for change In fact, an entire course Intergroup Dialogue was offered in response to the students’ demands for institutional change, particularly the demand for a social justice requirement course While Intergroup Dialogue is a valuable course for any student to take, it does not address the issue of structural transformation, both on the part of the University and the Greek system, which was demanded by student activists Why can’t we all sit down and have a dialogue? We all want the same things Let’s not be divisive These are things we hear often They are deceptively advocating for certain kind of “dialogue” that is righteously invoked by the powerful, but is not really dialogue at all; It is actually a stalemate Paulo Freire said that, “dialogue cannot occur between those who want to name the world and those who do not wish this naming” whether that naming is the oppression of Palestinians, the existence of rape culture or the structural racism of the University And when the Students’ Assembly took over the S A meeting last Thursday, I was strongly reminded of another Freire quote, which said that dialogue cannot occur “between those who deny others the right to speak their word and those whose right to speak has been denied them Those who have been denied their primordial right to speak their word must first reclaim this right and prevent the continuation of this dehumanizing aggression ” I think that quote speaks for itself

Rebecca John is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences She may be reached at rj224@cor nell edu Mu s h ro o m R a g e appears alter nate Wednesdays this semester

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As the incoming Director of Elections for the Student Assembly, I have pledged to defend and strengthen the democratic institutions on our campus I have also pledged to make the elections for those institutions more par ticipator y and representative And I strongly believe that these two responsibilities entr usted in me complement each other

The past several weeks have seen a lot of changes on campus that are sure to define student life in this semester

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Consolidated Area Transit bus passes and Resolution 72 to name a fe w From my own conversations, I have realized that a lot of students have diverse opinions and concerns on these issues that need to be addressed

But the question is: how? It is cer tainly tr ue that some members of our community care passionately about these issues and are consequently vocal in raising them But it is also tr ue that there is a sizeable body of students who either strongly disagree or simply don’t have the time or interest to invest in these issues We must admit this basic fact and respect the individual vie ws and choices of each Cornellian

In the midst of conflict and disagreement amongst stakeholders, it becomes even more impor tant to defend the democratic space that might provide for the resolution of those differences The Student Assembly represents one

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such democratic space that we cannot undermine or ignore

It is astonishing to notice that while these issues have generated a lot of debate on campus, voter turnout and par ticipation in the S A elections this spring was far from satisfactor y In the recently concluded elections, 3,829 students voted for the SA President, representing just 30 percent of the undergraduate population This was down from 4,301 students in spring 2013

This election season not only saw fe wer candidates r unning but also several uncontested races And past voting trends clearly establish a direct correlation between the number of candidates and voter turnout For example, last year, when there were four choices for the Executive Vice President, we saw 4,414 students voting for the candidates This year the race went uncontested, leading to the voter turnout dropping to just 3,235

I would regard it as my primar y goal to help raise the voter turnout to about 50 percent by exploring all possibilities such as setting up voting booths across campus and optimizing the election schedule However, what I can do is only limited The real responsibility to make our elections more vibrant and inclusive rests on the shoulders of all of us

We cannot be apathetic to student government elections and then criticize democratic institutions for being unresponsive to us It would set a healthy precedent if students who have strong opinions or grievances actively par ticipate in campus elections, either as candidates or voters

Therefore, my appeal to all fellow Cornellians is this: Whether we are satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are done, we are all proud members of this great university And the least we can do to make our voices heard and bring change is to vote

The opinions expressed in the ar ticle are the personal opinions of the author, not those of the entire Student A ssembly

Kushagra Aniket is a junior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at ka337@cor nell edu

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Re: “LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Once Silenced, Now Heard,” Opinion, published April 22, 2014 Comment of the day

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n t h i s c a m p u s t o s t a n d u p f o r t h e i r b e l i e f s T h e n u m b e r o f e d i t o r i a l s , l e t t e r s a n d c o l u m n s d i sc u s s i n g t h e s e t o p i c s i n T h e Su n s e r ve s a s a t e s t a m e n t t o t h e i r i m p o r t a n c e No w, i n t h e w a k e o f t h e 4 5 t h a n n i ve r s a r y o f t h e Wi l l a rd St r a i g h t Ha l l Ta k e ove r, t h e q u e s t i o n I p o s e i s w h a t c a n s t u d e n t s l e a r n f r o m t h e e ve n t s o f t h e p a s t t w o we e k s a n d f ro m o u r ow n u n i ve r s i t y ’ s h i s t o r y o f s t u d e n t a c t i o n ? T h e re a re a l o t o f p o t e n t i a l a n s we r s t o m y q u e s t i o n , a n d I ’ l l b e b l u n t i n g i v i n g m y a n s we r, a s i t ’ s t h e s u bj e c t o f m y c o l u m n t h i s we e k We m u s t c o n t i nu e t o h o l d t h i s u n i ve r s it y a c c o u n t a b l e a n d we m u s t c o n t i n u e t o f i g h t f o r t h e c h a n g e s w e w o u l d l i k e t o s e e It’s a n i m p o r t a n t l e s s o n t o re co g n i z e a t s u c h a n i m p o r t a n t m o m e n t i n C o r n e l l ’ s h i s t o r y : t h e u p c o m i n g s e s q u i c e n t e nn i a l c e l e b r a t i o n s a n d t h e s e a r c h f o r a n e w p re s i d e n t T h i s c o m i n g ye a r, we w i l l h a ve t h e r a r e o p p o r t u n i t y t o i n f l u e n c e t h e Un i ve r s i t y a t i t s h i g h e s t l e ve l by b e i n g e n g a g e d i n t h e p re s i d e n t i a l s e a rc h c o mm i t t e e p ro c e s s W h i l e m o s t o f u s w i l l n e v e r k n o w h o w t h e s e a r c h c o m m i t t e e d e c i d e s o n t h e i r c a n d id a t e , t h e y d o o f f e r s t ud e n t s o f t h e Un i ve r s i t y t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o h a ve t h e i r vo i c e s h e a rd On A p r i l 2 8 , t h e C o mm i t t e e w i l l b e i n t h e

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Student Scientists Pr esent Work

At 29th Annual Review Boar d Resear ch For um

By JAMES GUO Sun Staff Writer

Over 500 students and faculty members came to the Duffield Hall atrium April 16 to commemorate the depth and breadth of undergraduate research at Cornell during the 29th annual Spring Research Forum

Cornell’s largest poster symposium, the research forum acts as an outlet for s t u d e n t s t o p u b l i c l y a n n o u n c e t h e i r findings and discoveries from research they have conducted during previous summers and academic terms, according to Roshni Mehta ’15, co-president of CURB

This year the Spring Research Forum, hosted by the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board, featured 120 posters t h a t o c c u p i e d t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e Duffield atrium, according to CURB

“I am happy to see this event increase in size throughout the years as this was our biggest Spring Forum yet, and I look for ward to the event growing in the years to come, ” said Cecilia Copperman ’14, co-president of CURB

In addition to the sheer number of p r e s e n t e r s t h e Fo r u m a t t r a c t e d , t h e event also showcased the diversity of research conducted by Cornell undergraduates CURB encourages undergraduate students from all majors and disciplines to present their work

This year ’ s event was particularly representative of that sentiment, according Mehta Presenters came from various backgrounds including chemical engineering, entomology, biology, physics, and electrical and computer engineering

“ We represented research from ever y college This year ’ s Spring Forum was an encompassing celebration of research for our undergraduate population,” Mehta said

For three hours, the 120 presenters stood by posters describing their work and held discussions with attendees passi n g t h r o

Viewers of the poster session, which included undergraduates, graduate students and faculty members, came from all across campus to show their support and speak to the presenters

To include a more formal judging system, Sam Schraer ’16, symposium director of CURB, said he recruited graduate students from a broad spectrum of fields to evaluate presenters in their respective areas of expertise Based on votes from students and graduate judges, CURB awarded cash prizes and special recognition to the top presenters

This year ’ s Spring Research Forum featured a combination of individual presenters and project teams Cornell’s

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Machines team, was one of the participants who showcased their work in fungal genetic engineering

The Spring Research Forum is not the only event that CURB hosts to showcase the research of Cornell underg r a d u a t

Research Forum in November to facilitate another opportunity for students to present their research

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said

Although the Fall Research Forum has historically been a smaller event than the Spring Research Forum, the number of presenters applying to the fall symposium continues to rise In fact, the fall 2013 event attracted a record number of over 70 abstract submissions by presenters, according to CURB

CURB Advisor Prof Bruce Monger, earth and atmospheric sciences, said he understands the importance of encouraging a strong undergraduate research culture on Cornell’s campus

t s research-facilitating efforts by providing more opportunities for students to get involved, Monger said With support

Undergraduate Education, CURB has launched other programs including the Faculty-Student Dinner Series and the Peer Mentorship Program

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interested in research with students with older students who are already involved in research

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answered questions about undergraduate research for nearly 100 prospective students and families Copperman, CURB Vice President Robert Guber ’15, and member Taylor Denara ’17 discussed their research experience at Cornell and outlined the steps to get involved with research on campus CURB launches these programs with

“help undergraduates with

desire for research to find their niche at Cornell,” according to their website

Fotouhi ’14 Studies Gluten Intolerance

By SHIRA POLAN Sun Staff Writer

Gluten-free diets and foods have become more popular in the last few years, but what do you need to know before going on a gluten-free diet?

Audrey Fotouhi ’14 is a nutritional sciences major who studies gluten intolerance with Prof David Levitsky, nutritional sciences

Fotouhi said they are interested in determining the symptoms experienced by self-reported gluten-intolerant individuals who did not show signs of Celiac disease

According to Fotouhi, the purpose of the study was to better pinpoint characteristics of gluten-intolerance which are currently illdefined Fotouhi said the study has yet to produce results

Fotouhi says that understanding gluten and its role in the average person ’ s diet is important to deciding whether a gluten-free diet is right for someone

According to Fotouhi, gluten is a protein found in wheat and wheat byproducts

“There is nothing particularly special about gluten except that it irritates a lot of people’s stomachs,” she said

Gluten is found in a wide variety of foods, including any food that contains wheat such as bread cereals and baked goods, according to Fotouhi It is also added in products one would not normally expect to find wheat

“It’s used as a binding protein in a lot of different foods as well,” Fotouhi said “For example, it’s used in protein bars or in desserts because it’s used to bind the foods better You can really find it anywhere these days

it’s sort of like soy It’s in everything ”

According to Fotouhi, there are four major classifications of glutenrelated medical conditions: wheat allergy, irritable bowel syndrome, Celiac disease and gluten intolerance Fotouhi said the first three are relatively easy to identify in a patient

“You can see what happens when a person consumes that food or a little bit of an allergen and tell if they have that condition,” she said

She also explained how to differentiate between the conditions

According to Fotouhi, with IBS the adverse reaction to gluten is located in the colon, so it will present symptoms such as diarrhea and upset stomach

Wheat allergy is a general insensitivity to wheat gluten, and Celiac disease presents in the small intestine, where the microvilli are unable to absorb gluten, she said

“[For people with Celiac disease] the body can ’ t process any calories from the gluten so you may have symptoms like bloating, constipation, and diarrhea as well,” Fotouhi said “But then, because it s irritating these microvilli it really inflames the gut a lot, and this reaction will lead to symptoms all over the body ”

While IBS and wheat allergy are relatively easy to manage, Celiac disease is very serious, according to Fotouhi

“Celiac disease is shown to have long-term effects from continuing to consume gluten after diagnosis,” she said “Your risk of getting cancer goes way up because you are

constantly irritating yourself in fact, people with celiac usually have really low immune systems since they are constantly under attack”

Unlike IBS, wheat allergy and Celiac disease, gluten intolerance seems to be more difficult to diagnose, according to Fotouhi

“A person who experiences gluten sensitively can have a whole range of symptoms that are really common to all three of the [other] conditions,” she said “Bloating, headaches, diarrhea, constipation, fatigue, achy joints a whole range of symptoms that can affect the entire body The criteria to diagnose gluten sensitivity right now is the exclusion of those other three conditions ”

Fotouhi said that if a person does not have IBS, Celiac disease or wheat allergy, but is still showing an adverse reaction to glucose they will be diagnosed with gluten sensitivity

Other than the symptoms, little is known about the physiological mechanisms behind gluten intolerance in general, according to Fotouhi

“We don’t know that much about gluten yet and we don’t know that much about these conditions because of it,” she said “It’s a relatively new food that’s been introduced into human diets over the past 10,000 years Gluten-created conditions are theorized to have first come around during the last ice age ”

Currently, no cure exists for either Celiac disease or gluten intolerance, according to Fotouhi

“The treatment for both of those conditions is to just avoid consuming gluten-containing foods, Fotouhi said Avoiding gluten-containing foods is a good idea for gluten-intolerant individuals and an imperative for those afflicted with Celiac, Fotouhi said Recently, however, going gluten-free has become a lifestyle choice or even fad diet for people without either condition In fact, Fotouhi said she gave it a try

“I went gluten free for six months to see if I would feel any better It didn’t do anything for me so I went back to eating gluten-containing foods,” she said

Removing gluten from one s diet is not an effective method for losing weight, according to Fotouhi

“It’s not the best way to go about [losing weight] because you’ll end up cutting out an entire food group for the most part, ” she said “Many times [gluten is] not replaced with [healthful] alternatives but rather less [healthful] ones To me, I don’t think that’s the best way to go about losing weight ”

Overall, Fotouhi said, going gluten-free is not the way to solve all health problems and should not be the go-to solution for digestive issues for people who do not have a diagnosed condition

“The one point that I want to make is that the decision to cut out gluten is a very personal one unless you are diagnosed with a condition,” she said “It’s better to look at your diet overall and look to see if anything else in your diet is upsetting you, rather than just go for the easy thing ”

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

r e a k i n g I n t o t h e L a t e N i g h t B oys’ C l u b :

BY EMMA COURT Senior Staff Writer

It h a s b e e n q u i t e t h e e xc i t i n g t i m e i n e n t e r t a i n m e n t :

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m o d e o f s o c i a l c r i t i q u e C o l b e r t h i m s e l f i s a m a s t e r o f k e e n o b s e r va t i o n s a b o u t i d e o l o g i c a l i n c o n s i s t e n c i e s a n d p o l i t i c a l re a l i t i e s L e t m e b e c l e a r : I d o n o t d i s p u t e C o l b e r t ’ s c o m e d i c t a l e n t s o r h i s s u i t a b i l i t y a s a l a t e n i g h t h o s t Bu t g e n d e r re m e d i e s we re h i g h l y i n o rd e r i n l a t e n i g

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By Kaitlyn Tiffany

By Jael Goldfine

The Black Keys’ new single “Turn Blue,” the title track to the forthcoming album Turn Blue (to be dropped May 13), is a sleepy psychedelic follow-up to their last two heavyweight records El Camino and Brothers It’s a departure from the type of slick blues-rock that have linked The Black Keys to 21st century revival rock artists like The Strokes, The Hives and Jack White and endless series of project groups The woozy minor-key mellow guitar is complemented by Dan Auerbach’s warm hazy vocals, sadly (if perhaps a little sappily) crooning, “When the music is done all the lights are low / I will remember the times when love would really glow,” and a slow bass carries the track Have the Keys gone soft? Where is the rugged yet charming revival garage rock? It won ’ t do to compare a track like “Turn Blue” to the Black Keys older, more glamorous hits like “Lonely Boy,” “Gold On The Ceiling,” “Tighten Up” or “Next Girl ” This track is a risk for the rock duo, an exploration into a new genre of dreamy but burning psychedelia, and as far as I’m concerned, it is a risk worth taking Maybe “Turn Blue” won ’ t do for a Friday night playlist, but Sunday afternoon? Put it on, see what they say

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

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

La n a D e l Re y “W es t C oas t ”

By Eliza Kuzmenko

s p o r t i n g a c o n s i s t e n t , re p e t i t i ve c h o r u s o f “ Move b a by, m ove b a by ”

T h i s s i n g l e i s a c re a t i ve d e v i a t i o n f ro m t h e “ B o r n t o Di e ” E P, w h e re t h e

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Cornell will face off against strong competition at the Ivy League Championships, and the team needs to come out firing on all cylinders in order to be successful, according to Schimenti “ We will be underdogs for the Ivy League Championship,” he said “It will take good performances out of ever yone on the team [to achieve] success It is certainly possible, it will just take a lot of self confidence and good execution on the course ”

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Pitch perfect | Red senior pitcher Alyson Onyon allowed just one ear ned run while striking out eight on Sunday for a 6-2 win against the Lions

By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

This past weekend, the Cornell men ’ s golf team competed at the Navy Spring Invitational at the Naval Academy Golf Club (par-71) The Red had a strong showing, finishing fourth overall in the 18team field The squad had a combined score of 601, 33-over the course par Cornell saw strong individual play throughout the weekend, allowing for a solid team score under 80 for the first time this season

Senior Zack Bosse finished eighth in the individual competition, recording a 74 on Saturday to round up his total of 146 (4-over par) Next, Senior Carl Schimenti shot a matching 74 to take 25th i n d i v i d u a l l y Fi n a l l y, Fre s h m a n Lu k e Gr a b oye s demonstrated much improvement from the first round to the second Improving four strokes from Friday to Saturday, Graboyes shot a strong 73 in the final round to finish 20th individually These three strong showings allowed the Red to place three in the top-25 of total competitors at the invitational

Schimenti said that the Red had a positive experience at the invitational and saw successful results, despite the fact that the golfers did not perform to their full potential

“Finishing fourth at Navy was good for us, ” Schimenti said “Playing in the second to last pairing was a nice experience for us, one that we haven't had a chance to do in a while Overall, we didn't play our best, but it was good to get a top-5 finish while we were grinding to shoot good scores ”

Overall, the Red was able to finish fourth in the team portion behind Towson, Navy and Saint Francis Towson took first with a total of 16-over 584, eight strokes clear of second-place finisher Navy St Francis (Pa ) followed, recording a 596, and Saint Joseph’s trailed behind the Red with a 602 to round out the top-five

The Red’s improvement from the start of the sea-

son can be attributed to a heavy practice schedule and more tournament experience, according to Schimenti

“I think our improved performance is due to getting more time in on the course and in tournaments this semester, ” he said “ We are just now rounding into tournament form, and this week showed that ”

The squad will finish its season next weekend with the Ivy League Championships, set to take place at the Baltusrol Countr y Club in Springfield,