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“We [the University] recognize that this organization has a deep history at Cornell ... Still we must act powerfully.”

Cayuga’sWaiters Permanently Forced Off Campus After Hazing Investigation

By STEPHANY KIM Sun News Editor

After a temporary suspension was put i l Sept 2, Cayuga’s W a cappella group “permanently di according to the U sity

During the inve gation following suspension, the org nization was disco ered to be allege involved in haz activities throug the fall 2015 and 2016 semesters

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organization trip; apply Icy Hot to their genitals; and race up and down a street and then consume food,” according to the University hazing website und that these going on for at

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Where have all the waiters gone? | Above center: A 1955 Cayuga’s Waiters vinyl record label and the cover of their 1977 album Straight Break.

Cornell University police sent an email to students Wednesday morning, alerting them of a series of thefts from vehicles parked at Hasbrouck Apartments

The apartments house many of Cornell’s graduate and professional students and are part of the University’s on-campus housing system

The thefts occurred overnight on Monday, April 24 and Tuesday, April 25, according to the crime alert

“An unknown person or persons entered five parked vehicles and stole cash, electronic devices and other personal items,” the crime alert read “At this time, no description of the suspect or suspects is immediately available ”

According to the University crime log, the value of the items stolen and reported to police totaled approximately $800 Among the items reported stolen include a DVD player, two

Garmin GPS’s, Oakley sunglasses and several insurance cards and bankcards The thefts occurred from both secured and unsecured vehicles

“Cornell University Police urge the community to take steps to protect their property by locking and removing valuable items from vehicles when parked, and to immediately report any suspected criminal activity they may see, ” the crime alert read Anna Delwiche

Two dozen posters in the Arts Quad depicting Tibetans who had self-immolated in protest were snatched last week by an unknown person or people on the same night a Cornell group had put the signs up T h

“We couldn’t continue the poster display because, after the second day, over two thirds of it [was] gone.”

“Self-immolation has begun to boom since 2009 [and] the [2008] Beijing Olympics, when people were desperate about the situation in Tibet,” said Tenzin Dechen ’18, a member of TIC “It did garner a lot of international media attention then, but, since then, coverage has died down and we wanted to let the campus know that this is still happening ”

The posters attracted attention from pedestrians who walked around Arts Quad on the first day of the campaign, organizers said, which was their intention Their mission, members said, was to make students aware of the acts by making the acts of protest visible

“That first day was great, ” said Tenzin Wagmo ’18, a member of TIC “We were not expecting people to research or act on this issue People were stopping at the signs and just reading it That’s all we wanted, and people were doing just that ”

Self-Immolation Signs Snatched, Group Says Cornell Researchers Chat With

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-

Republican Rep Tom Reed, who represents the sweeping 23rd congressional district that covers all of Tompkins County, met with half a dozen Cornell professors and researchers on Monday, listening as experts proposed solutions to mitigating climate change and expressed fears of reduced funding for science initiatives

Reed, a member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, said in a statement that he cares

about fostering “ a beneficial, bipartisan conversation on the climate issues we face and how these issues impact our agricultural communities ” Prof Rebecca Schneider, natural resources, was at the morning meeting in Fernow Hall and said that because Cornell is a land grant university with a mission to solve community challenges, it is especially vital that experts engage with representatives and get their research into the real world, “ not just published in a scientific journal and

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Professor Details Human Sense of Self at ‘Last Lecture’

Prof. Harry Segal says humans develop sense of self by associating experiences

By JACOB WEXLER Sun Staff Writer

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Standing Rock Documentarian Speaks on Environmental Justice

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In response to the protests at Standing Rock as well his own personal experience of having his son arrested while protesting, Fidel Moreno, an Oscar-nominated director, created a documentar y and gave a prem i e re s c re e n i n g t o t h e C o r n e l l Community

The screening of Moreno’s document a r y “ G a t h e r i n g O u r He a r t s a t Standing Rock” was followed by a panel discussion Tuesday night

The film is an ongoing documentar y project that Moreno started about five months ago with just one other coworker to paint the stories of the “ protectors ” at Standing Rock and their connection to the histor y of the American Indian Movement on their treaty-given lands

“I first decided to start this project after seeing my son get arrested during the pipeline protest because he trespassed,” Moreno said

Following the movie screening, six panelists, who share an indigenous background or are members of an association related to the issues brought up by the film, spoke to their experiences and relationship with the protests

In addition to the director, the panel

featured Chief Sam George of the Cayuga Nation; Cole Norgaarden ’17, director of E n v i r o n m e n t a l Ju

l Environmental Collaborative; Abraham Francis, Mohawk and member of the Indigenous Graduate Student Association; Grace Bulltail, Crow and member of the Indigenous Graduate Student Association;

and Eva Bighorse, Cayuga who currently resides in Cayuga Nation territor y The panel was facilitated by Laura Lagunez ’16, a member of the Nahua and Dine tribe

Responding to the potential overlap between environmental justice and indigenous sovereignty, Moreno emphasized the importance of this relationship between

mankind and nature “ The question is complex,” Moreno said “I’ll simplify it ever ything living needs water to live Whatever we do to the land, water, air, we do to ourselves We need to start rethinking about how we think about ourselves and our relationship to these elements ”

Through environmental injustice that the establishment of the pipeline presents, Francis added that indigenous peoples’ sovereignty was being robbed

“Our sovereignty has been disrespected through this pipeline and a lot of other situations,” Francis said

Bighorse also shared her personal experience becoming more conscious about “mother Earth” as she spent more time learning her tribal language

“Mother Earth sustains us ever yday with life, and we give thanks for that ever yday,” Bighorse said

T h e d o c u m e n t a r y w i l l b e re l e a s

online within the next three to four weeks, Moreno said

“I hope [the documentar y] can make people become more aware of their daily surroundings on how they deal with water and other resources, ” Moreno concluded

Students Suspect Foul Play After Pro-Tibet Posters Snatched

POSTERS

Continued from page 1

More than half of the signs, 24 of 34, were missing on the second day of the poster campaign, and most TIC members suspect foul play

“We couldn’t continue the poster display because, after the second day, over two thirds of it [was] gone, ” Wagmo said

“All four title posts were gone, ” Wagmo said, making her think that wind or other weather was not the culprit “We talked to maintenance about it It’s not like [the signs] were scattered across the Arts Quad, they were all just gone ”

All of the posters with political messages were removed from the Arts Quad, said a CALS junior who spoke to the The Sun on the condition of anonymity because the student had “family back home in Tibet” and was worried about potential consequences of speaking to the press

“I looked at the posters that were gone, ” the student said “A lot of them had quotes Any posters with quotes that mentioned anything that was slightly political, like they did it in front of a government building, were gone ”

“All four title posts were gone It’s not like [the signs] were scattered across the Arts Quad, they were just all gone.”

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Given exceptional circumstances, Cornell administrators extended the duration of the poster campaign and worked to find the culprit, TIC members said But the campus group lacks the time and money to launch another poster campaign and the identity of the potential vandal remains unknown, Dechen said

“At the moment, we are corresponding with the Cornell administrators to find out what next steps to take,” Dechen said “But our budget is shot, and it’s prelim season We realistically can ’ t do much for this semester [the possible vandal] could be anyone There are no cameras in the Arts Quad ”

Chinese Students’ Perspectives Vary Campus activity concerning Tibet is a controversial topic for Chinese international students studying in the United States Chinese students recently protested the selection of Dalai Lama, the exiled head of the Tibetan government, as the commencement speaker at UC San Diego, the Los Angeles Times reported

Some Chinese international students studying in Ithaca were also unnerved by the Tibetan poster campaigns

“It’s complicated,” a Chinese student in the College of

Waiters

Arts and Sciences told The Sun on the condition of anonymity because the student feared retribution if they were identified “There are two different versions [of history], and I don’t know which is true But, I feel it's good to at least recognize that this conflict exists and these Tibetans are here, because they are considered minority groups, even here ”

Self-immolation in the Tibetan context is not an “ act of suicide,” Prof Jane-Marie Law, religious studies, said in an interview

“Self-immolation is a long-standing form of protest in the Buddhist world done when people have no sense of agency, ” she said “It’s very different from suicide What makes self-immolation not a suicide is the motivation it is done to prevent suffering of someone else, or on behalf of your community it is the ultimate selfless act ”

Self-immolation is a very sensitive issue for the Chinese government, which often perceives the act as a symbol of Tibetan defiance of Chinese authority in the area

“The Chinese government does not freak out without good reason, ” Law said “What is terrifying about selfimmolation to an oppressing power is that it tells them, ‘You don’t control my fear of pain and suffering ’ Once you realize the mental control required [for self-immolation], you realize you are oppressing someone stronger than you are ”

A Chinese sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences said pro-Tibet activism on campus is positive, but added that it is discouraging to see how the issue of Tibet was framed in the exhibit

“Students or on-campus organizations should be allowed to express their political stances, ” the student wrote in a message to The Sun “I think removing the pictures was an unwise decision, regardless of the intentions behind it ”

“However, I am indeed concerned about some of the effects of displaying these pictures,” the student added “From what I have seen these pictures overwhelmingly convey the message that the situation in Tibet could not be improved unless China granted it complete autonomy, which is not consistent with political reality ”

Other Chinese students were more critical of the Tibetan campus activism for “neglecting how divisive and complex the issue of Tibet is for Chinese international students at Cornell ”

“‘One man ' s terrorist is another man ' s freedom fighter’ goes both ways, ” a Chinese Arts and Sciences freshman wrote in an email to The Sun “What seems to be a campaign for human rights could possibly be considered a public endorsement to a known separatist and traitor by some members of the Cornell community ”

Some Chinese students said they were supportive of Tibet, but support for more pro-Tibet policies was the minority view in some Chinese communities at Cornell

“I think I am supportive of Tibet and campus activism

about it, but that may be because my maternal family is from Taiwan and I went to an international school and wasn ’ t shaped by the government in the same way, ” Deanna M Pistono ’19 said “I don’t think I am representative of the Chinese international community who grew up in China and went through their school system ”

Law said the Chinese government generally attempts to restrict speech regarding Tibet

“There certainly is censorship in Tibet,” she wrote in an email “People are not allowed to discuss any controversial issues, the status of the Dalai Lama, the problem with the Chinese-selected ‘Panchen Lama,’ or any other host of issues ”

Not the First Time

Despite TIC members’ shock, this is not the first time a political display on the Arts Quad has been vandalized Last year, Amnesty International at Cornell’s displays, and, in 2014 and 2015, signs and chalkings placed by pro-Palestine groups, were repeatedly removed and vandalized, The Sun previously reported

“Last year, Amnesty’s refugee display was a collection of flags from five countries with the most refugees,” said Helen Shanahan ’18, co-facilitator of Amnesty International at Cornell “People repeatedly stole the flags, particularly the Palestine flags, and scattered them around North Campus It was obviously purposely destroyed ”

The vandal behind Amnesty International at Cornell’s display was never found

“Cornell Police looked into it but they never found any leads about it, so we didn’t have any avenues to go, ” said Christopher Hanna ’18, another co-facilitator for the group

In response to last year ’ s vandalism, Amnesty International made sure this year ’ s display was securely anchored to the ground to deter potential vandals

“The displays this year are harder to take out, ” Hanna said “The flags were just shallowly put in the ground, so an assailant can easily rip dozens and scatter them out But these displays have metal sticks in the ground and will take a lot of time to pull out ”

Hanna suspects the vandals may have been racially motivated, aiming to negatively shape the activism culture on campus

“I think the common thread is disrespect or [a] racist way of thinking,” Hanna said “It’s subtly racist, because these [countries] are all non-white or otherwise on the periphery that are having their flags and displays removed ”

The fact that these exhibits have been removed from campus, Hanna said, “speaks to a toxic culture about activism on campus ”

Yuichiro Kakutani can be reached at ykakutani@cornellsun com

Kicked Off Campus Congressman Quells Some Profs’ Fears

organization and lifted the temporary suspension ” However, the Office of the Judicial Administrator appealed this decision, claiming that the sanctions were “ not commensurate with the violations for which the organization was found responsible ”

The University Review Board agreed with the OJA, and “modified the sanctions and permanently dismissed” the organization

Although the a cappella group attempted to appeal the decision of the URB to the Interim President Hunter Rawlings, the president upheld the URB’s decision

“This behavior [hazing] has no place at Cornell, and I agree with the URB that dismissal of the organization is appropriate,” Rawlings wrote on the University hazing website

Mary Mueller ’18, president of A Cappella Advisory Council, said that although the Waiters have not been part of the ACAC in recent years, the council “does not condone any behavior in violation of the Code of Conduct” and stands by the University’s decision

Senior Director of Media

Relations John Carberry commented that this “ step was not taken lightly ” With 67 years on campus, the group was the campus ’ oldest a capella group Founded in 1949, the group was originally a subset of the Cornell University Glee Club The group later disassociated from the Glee Club in 1956

Having produced a total of 25 albums, The Waiters were especially known for one of their most popular songs produced in the mid-1990s, “We Didn’t Go to Harvard,” a parody of Billy Joel’s “ We Didn’t Start the Fire ” Singing along to this song with the Waiters holds the number 4 spot in 161 Things Ever y Cornellian Should Do

“We [the University] recognize that this organization has a deep histor y at Cornell,” Carberry wrote in a statement “Still we must act powerfully to protect the current and future students of this University when violations of the Campus Campus Code of Conduct are established through application of the Code’s procedures,” Carberry wrote

The meeting with Reed “ was a two-way conversation about the specific issues that farmers face due to the increase in extreme weather events, ” Schneider said, “and the research that Cornell faculty are doing to come up with solutions that help farmers adapt and stay economically viable given the uncertainties of both more downpours and more droughts ”

Prof David Wolfe, horticulture, was also in the meeting and told The Sun he discussed the 2018 farm bill with the congressman as well as the budget blueprint released by The White House in March

Reed came to the meeting “with a very open mind to talk about these issues,” Wolfe said, adding that the congressman, in his fourth term, “is concerned about how weather extremes and weather might be affecting farmers across his district, the state and across the country ”

Wolfe, at the meeting, presented data from a survey he recently conducted of 270 farmers across the state showing that 80 percent of Western New York farmers said last year ’ s drought had a “moderate to severe ” economic impact

“Farmers just aren ’ t prepared for this level of drought,” Wolfe said, adding that he and Reed shared a deep interest in helping farmers deal with the extreme weather that in many cases has devastated their crops Wolfe and two others in the meeting said they were encouraged by Reed’s comment on the budget proposal They said the congressman told them the cuts to research and science funding were only initial

proposals and are likely to be far from the final budget numbers

Katherine Bunting-Howarth, associate director of New York Sea Grant and assistant director of Cornell Cooperative Extension, said she discussed how to help communities and small businesses adapt to changes in weather They also discussed the sharp cuts in proposed spending for NOAA and the Sea Grant program

“I felt very positive after the meeting that he appreciated the work the Cornell Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant does,” Bunting-Howarth said “I feel positive that Sea Grant will survive and flourish ”

“I do remain positive that we are going to survive the potential budget cuts and I'm just going to keep fighting and ensure that people know about the importance and relevance of the work we do,” she said “It's great being at a place like Cornell because there are so many different projects going on that are so complementary and help not just the people of New York state, but all over the world ”

Others at the meeting included Prof Ar t DeGaetano, earth and atmospheric sciences, Prof Harold van Es, soil and water management, and Prof Michael Hoffmann, entomology

Wolfe said that on the issues discussed at the meeting, “ we had some real common interests ”

“[Reed] seemed dedicated to helping farmers with climate change or changing climate weather, whatever you want to call it,” he said

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Letter to the Editor

A week for refugees

To t h e Ed i t o r :

Today marks the beginning of a time on campus during which we once again attempt to recognize our privilege as human beings Many of us have a place to live and a family to live with We enjoy our safety and security regularly without questioning what it means to have such privileges and at what costs we enjoy them

It is not our place to speak on behalf of these refugees, but it most certainly is our responsibility as human beings to learn of their hardships that we cannot begin to imagine, to actively listen to their stories, and to brainstorm and implement initiatives to welcome refugees where we can

This week is an initiative to put refugee voices, narratives, and experiences at the center of our discussions This is not a time to listen to politicians or political commentary, but rather to humanize these crises

It is a time to remember and humanize the 2 6 million Afghanis, the over 400,000 Congolese, the 6 5 million Palestinians, the over 2 million Iraqis, the 4 8 million Syrians, the 3 2 million Sudanese, and the over 267,000 Yemenis who have sought refuge outside of their own countries This does not even begin to acknowledge the millions who are internally displaced as well as the other ongoing refugee crises across the globe

It is a time to reject the overshadowing of these lives that have been consistently and systematically overshadowed It is a time for us to remember that this week is meant to spark awareness and actions that will hopefully last longer than seven days

Stand in solidarity with refugees and humanity by joining us for the Cornell Week of Action for Refugees’ several events, all in anticipation of the CWR Refugee Support Gala for the City of Ithaca’s resettlement efforts

CORRECTION

A Thursday article, “Faculty Presents New A&S Curriculum Proposal,” stated that first-year writing seminars would be removed and that faculty members presented the proposed curriculum In fact, student representatives presented the curriculum, which does not include the removal of first-year writing seminars

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The 10 People You’ ll Have Sex With at Cornell

Cornellians like to have sex (I mean, have you read this column before?), and who can blame us? Between the never-ending stress of classwork, the brutally frigid winter, and the crushing fear that we’ll all end up dying alone, people here would likely explode (literally, in some cases) without the opportunity to fuck around a little bit In a school of 14,000 undergrads and 7,000 graduate students if you have a thing for that Cornellians have their pick of a broad selection of sexual partners During your

f o u r y e a r s i n It h a c a , y o u’l l p r o b a b l y encounter a variety of snuggle buddies Here are the 10 types of people you’ll have sex with at Cornell:

1 T h e F i r s t : It’s o - w e e k , a n d you ’ ve ventured out into Collegetown with your 50 new best friends you met on your floor You make your way into a crowded, dingy annex, pour yourself a solo cup full of Barton’s vodka, and soon find yourself chatting up an equally confused and out-of-place freshman girl You ask her what her major is it’s PAM and before you know it you ’ re making out in a drunken haze while EDM blasts in the background You stumble back to your room and tr y to remember how all the pieces fit together while your roommate forlornly reads a book in the common room Congratulations! You’ve had sex at Cornell Welcome to college

2 T h e A t h l e t e : Yo u s o m e h ow wound up at the crew/track/volleyball house, and then somehow wound up in a c r e w / t r a c k / v o l l e y b a l l

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3 T h e B e s t Fr ie n d : You know you shouldn’t have gone through with this She’s known you since you step foot on campus your freshman year you ’ ve spent countless nights in her dorm just listening to music and chilling, but nothing’s ever y happened That is, until now The next morning you make sure to wake up before she does so you don’t have to see

talents At least, that’s what you think till your mutual friend sends you screenshots of their group chat Not only does she spend a good two paragraphs roasting your skills in bed, but now you have to see her friends knowing full well they’ve heard about your thing for feet

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L e a g u e : How did you do it? You still don’t know Before you met her, you didn’t believe in the perfect woman, but now

7. The One From Class: “Hey, don’t you sit by me in Professor Gold’s class?” An innocent question, for sure, but it leads in only one direction, and your shared passion for labor law quickly morphs into shared passion for reverse cowgirl.

each other You’ll never speak of it again, and in a few years you’ll look back and laugh at it

4 T h e S e n i o r : She shows up to frat parties in sweatpants She’s only taking 12 credits, so you have plenty of time to fool around during the day You’re not quite sure how you ended up with her, but you like it it gives you street cred, and the other guys on your floor give you approving nods as you walk out of your room

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5 T h e Gro u p C h a tt e r : You think you ’ re good at what you do You’re a fucking stud Girls should be grateful that they get to experience your natural gifts and

you ’ re not so sure When you asked her to be your pong partner you didn’t even expect her to acknowledge you, let alone leave with you That night, she blows your mind Your friends will never believe you when you tell them what happened She’s gone when you wake up, and she isn’t returning your texts, but you know she’ll be back

7 T h e O n e Fr o m C l a s s : “Hey, don’t you sit by me in Professor Gold’s class?” An innocent question, for sure, but it leads in only one direction, and your s h a re d p a s s i o n f o r l a b o r l a w q u i c k l y morphs into shared passion for reverse cowgirl, and even though you know it’ll be beyond awkward next week during lecture, you let yourself enjoy a little ILR lovin’

8 T h e C r a zy O n e : You’ve fucked in Ezra’s tunnel You’ve fucked in the Olin stacks at 1 p m She once tied you up and fed you shrooms before fucking, and even though it was unexpected, you kinda liked it She wears you out, though, and you ’ re terrified of what’s going to happen when you tr y to break it off because you need time to study for your finals

9 T h e “ O n e ” : You’ve finally found her: the one Ever ything about her is exactly what you want It’s only been one night with her, but you ’ ve already reser ved Sage Chapel for the marriage You text your best friend from home and tell her you think you ’ re in love You walk around campus in a state of euphoria You see her the next night, and right when you ’ re about to approach your bride-to-be, you notice she’s grinding with some dude wearing a Kobe jersey even though he’s probably never set foot in L A You’re crushed, but that’s the way it is sometimes 10 T h e G i r l : You fuck Maybe you’ll do it again Maybe you won ’ t It’s sure fun to do, but you ’ re just a confused student who doesn’t know what he’s doing in life

This is college, and you ’ re not supposed to know what’s going on It’s about having fun, learning cool shit and experiencing new things, from the classroom to the bedroom

Maybe you’ll only run into a few of them Maybe you won ’ t run into any of them (and that’s okay, too) But be on the lookout, fellow Cornellians The sun is out, the necklines are deep and the collegiate capacity for sex is, as always, unparalleled So stop reading and get busy! This list ain’t gonna complete itself

The Substitute is a student at Cornell University Sex on Thursdays appears every other week this semester Comments can be sent to associateeditor@cornellsun com

The Column You Didn’t Know You Needed

ello loyal readers, I’m back from my month-long literar y hiatus Hope you all have been having the best sex of your lives (or at least, for now) Here at Sex on Thursdays, we ’ re all about advice and funny experiences Is it possible, however, that we ’ ve been overlooking key areas of sex? I mean there’s only so much that can be said on how to give a good blowjob or how threesomes are most exciting when the inevitable group highfive happens So today, I shall be filling in the gaps (crude pun not-intended, but YOLO) and teaching you all how to fine-tune your romp

Grinding, Not Just for People with Skill: We all know the art of conversation is dead and the only way to meet your future wife is by randomly grinding up on them Believe it or not, some people are uncomfortable with walking up to complete strangers and dr y-humping them, and thus they lack proper technique Here’s what you do: Make eye-contact If she swarms in with all her girl friends, she obviously telling them, “Oh my god, girls! There’s this total hottie checking me out over there, he’s all mine for the night!” Now you deftly stumble through a crowd of other guys on their own journey and initiate contact

The rest is easy The beat of the song is not necessar y to know at all; remember grinding is just about moving left and right at your own choosing And be sure to be just out of phase with her swaying girls like guys who can follow, albeit slowly

The Art of Sock-Removal: After your sweet dance moves have won each other over, you ’ re inevitably ending up back to the crib for three minutes of pleasure (or in my case, three and a half minutes Helloooo ladies!) Ever yone knows the most difficult part about sex is clothing removal Guys have all those complex buttons, girls have Fort Knox holding the back of their bras together But we all know the hardest part is below the waist That’s right the socks

If girls are in heels, perfect I didn’t have enough foot grime from outside of my sheets, anyways If you have a nice pair of whites, however, you ’ re going to need some real Jedi shit to get those off Beginners are going to have to deal with standing/laying down completely naked except for your feet, then realizing and having to awkwardly stop what is already such a smooth night The skilled are capable of removing the socks along with your shoes, and the trained elite (such as myself ) can sneak them off with that little thumb trick at the same time as your pants Tr y it while your roommates watch, because practice makes perfect and you ’ re going to want as much input as you can get

Receiving Oral 101: Giving oral is a cakewalk penises are easy enough to navigate and I only needed a diagram for the vagina the first, like, three times It takes exceptional skill, however, to receive Where do you put your hands? Do you moan or not? Your love-parts are center stage right now, so own it! Here’s what you do You

have two options: 1) if the oral is good, then just lie there and let the natural noises come out don’t force anything, and 2) if the oral is bad, then ignore your inner voice telling you to jump right to the sex and fake as many noises as humanly possible When done, fist bump your partner and switch

Bottom, the Most Difficult Position: At this point, you and your partner are no doubt turned on from this flawless foreplay But that inevitable question comes into both your minds: Who should be on top when storming the castle? That’s right, not you! You’re the headline, not the opening act Hell, Moby Dick has his own book and he doesn’t even show up until the last chapter So start out on bottom and set the stage, but remember now is not your time Feel free to grab, stroke and kiss whatever ever you want Now’s the time for moans, dirty talk and a little reciprocal thrusting of your own But don’t give the opening act too much action; like I said, you ’ re the headliner, so when it’s your time, get up there and own it

Cuddling: I want you to cuddle your partner as hard as you can Nuzzle and kiss the crap out of them, because you are one tender son of a bitch

Now give yourself a high-five, because you are a sex machine

Donny J was a student at Cornell University in 2014 This column is from the Sex on Thursdays archive Comments may be sent to

editor@cornellsun com

Don’t Tell Me What Needs to Be Offensive to Me

It has been over a year since the Student Assembly passed a resolution to introduce a new Asian American Studies major You can see the profound progress we ’ ve made on the Fall 2017 Class Roster, where you will find a whopping two classes listed under the department If progress doesn’t come in the form of AAS 2100: South Asian Diaspora and AAS 2620: Introduction to Asian American Literature, I don’t know what does The dearth of courses on the Asian diaspora in America represents a larger issue facing Asian Americans today We are silenced by the dominant culture, and we refuse to be silenced any longer Asian Americans, despite comprising the most rapidly growing minority group in the United States, are essentially invisible in American race discourse When slicing and dicing demographics in elections, pundits scrutinize the black and Hispanic vote while simultaneously ignoring issues pertinent to Asian American communities and people Asians are also conspicuously underrepresented in positions of power; in the current 115th Congress, only 15 of the body’s 535 members are Asian That’s only two percent of the United States’ top legislators the officials who dictate the tone and the message of American political and racial discourse As a result, it’s almost inevitable that our voices and concerns are drowned out by the bellowing voices of old white men Much of this may be because Asians fall somewhere in between privilege and disprivilege; we are white

America’s “model minority ” We are reminded that the median household income for Asian families is significantly higher than that of other minority groups; however, this backhanded compliment overlooks the tremendous breadth and scope of Asian American diversity By extension, our concerns are overlooked in issues that are particularly pertinent to our communities, including immigration and access to health care

We suffer not only disadvantage through policy, but also a societal oppression that deems us complacent and uncool It was only five years ago that Ashton Kutcher appeared on our TVs, dressed in Brownface and imitating a Bollywood producer, and tried to sell us Popchips Earlier this year, Steve Harvey had a memorable self-dialogue on national TV, in which he asked his crowd, “Do you like Asian men?” before promptly responding to his own question, “NO!” Though most Americans have become hyper-sensitive to issues on race, treatment towards Asian Americans has been painfully lagging Underrepresentation in the political sphere seems mild in comparison to the number of Asian figures in the media Prominent roles for Asians on the big screen include, but are not limited to: IT specialist, taxi driver or the quant Ryan Gosling yells at in The Big Short Stereotypes and pop culture representations are symbols of the diminutive status that we hold in the larger American fabric

Microagressions are irritating and a bit old by now, but they also distract us from larger conversations on structural and societal barriers that prevent Asian Americans from advancing into the future Despite relative socioeconomic and professional success in this country, we are very much a racialized group The dominant white culture dictates every facet of my being yellow in America and Cornell whether it is in Greek life or my professional prospects, the racialization of Asian Americans has painted an expectation of me that is bland and onedimensional Furthermore, by perpetuating the belief that Asian Americans fall into relative privilege, we ignore the growing population of marginalized subsets in the AAPI community We are relatively inoffensive to white America, and by extension, our struggles and perspectives have gone unnoticed Asian Americans bring forward centuries of eclectic cultures and backgrounds that can contribute to the national discourse

Herein lies the beauty of the Asian American narrative; we are at a formative stage in our country ’ s history, one in which our generation can become the catalyst for profound reinvention of American society We have been unrecognized and unwelcome in the political discourse for far too long, and our silence should not be equated with indifference It was heartening to see so many groups within the Cornell AAPI community back Jung Won Kim’s bid for SA presidency, but the work is far from complete Be loud, be disruptive and let it be known that we are more than what white America tells us we are we ’ re mad as hell, and we ’ re not going to take this any more

Putting a Price Tag On Quad Trees: Natural Capital, a Friend or Foe To Conservation?

The northern red oak that I walk past on my walk to Goldwin Smith ever y morning is worth 803 dollars across a 25 year period Or, so Cornell has told me

Last week, the multitude of trees that decorate the Arts Quad were clothed with blue ribbons and paper signs that read their economic worth in dollars across 25 years The values, calculated using i-Tree, an online program developed by the U S Forest Service, are based primarily on measures of climate change mitigation: pounds of atmospheric carbon dioxide the trees sequester, gallons of storm water runoff the trees intercept and air quality i m p r o v e m e n t s the trees provide The initiative, organized by a College of Agricultural and Life Sciences course associated with the Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute, appears as a celebration of trees and surely aims to inspire environmental cons c i o u s n e s s among passerby

cal may be a virus of our cultural mainstream, in pursuing change, must we work within the capitalistic system that led to our environmental downfall? Should we engage our captor in fighting for freedom?

While the project on the Arts Quad only evaluates about 80 sidewalk trees, it works to promote a dangerous enviro-economic lens Ecosystem services valuations insinuate a notion of an economic balancing scale In policy, natural capital assessments of ecosystems may be measured against market revenue profit

The direct economic outputs of a fracking program may be greater than the capital valuations

dynamic and ignores the existence of our 8 7 million species cohabitants What kind of monetary benefit do the squirrels and robins that nest in the oak’s muscular brown branches gain from the tree? It wasn ’ t plotted on the poster ’ s graph

The misled conservation tactic that the Arts Quad tree tags champion may turn our attention away from the construction on the Agriculture Quad that is using an immense amount of energy and natural resources to plant rain-runoff-imper vious concrete onto a once tree-laden, grass lawn Though new trees will ultimately be planted on the Ag Quad, I find myself thinking of the construction as a microcosm of a g r i c u l t u r a l expansion, a global phenomenon that engenders threats of energy exploitation, pollution and ecosystem disruption

What kind of monetary benefit do the squirrels and robins that nest in the oak’s muscular brown branches gain from the tree? It wasn’t plotted on the poster’s graph.

When I first saw the arboraccolading tags and shiny blue ribbons, I was excited and impressed at the environmental enthusiasm gracing the Arts Quad But, after my grin straightened, I began to wonder: are these celebratory price tags implicitly telling us to think of the environment as a commodity?

The tree tagging project falls under the domain of a controversial conser vation phenomenon known as Ecosystem Ser vices Valuation, which aims to estimate the monetar y benefits human populations derive from ecosystem functions The assessment of “natural capital” integrates environmental value into the economic

Lending economic metrics to ecological entities may help to instigate conservation strides, by informing policy decisions and pricing goods according to the environmental exploitation involved in production Further, green accounting initiatives that estimate corporate environmental externalities can be beneficial in educating consumer and marketaffiliate decisions

Economists that prize ecosystem valuation as a conservation tool argue that it is a necessary response to the inherent environmental evaluations ingrained in society’s exploitative consumer, industrial, infrastructural and agricultural practices While the commodification of the ecologi-

assigned to the ecosystems it threatens Ecosystem services valuations plot ecology onto a timelimited graph that disregards the environment’s intrinsic value and pan-generational indispensability

How can the worth of natural resources be estimated when their perpetual presence drives the propagation of our futurity?

The values of our ecosystems are infinite across time because t

propulsion of humanity In the same way that a human’s exis-

cannot be economically quantified, the ecological entities that support life cannot be reduced to dollar signs

As humans continue to push the biophysical boundaries of energy and material consumpt

Economic valuations of environmental entities, like trees, will rise as carbon emissions escalate and weather calamities rise with the changing climate

Can we assign static estimates to entities that sit at the foundation of our ecological sur vival?

Are the benefits that we reap from ecosystems as linear as the tree poster graphs proclaim?

To whom is the red oak worth 803 dollars? The economic valuation of ecosystems in conservation strategy is fundamentally anthropocentric, in that it focuses solely on the human-ecosystem

Though it may ser ve to inspire a form of e n v i r o n m e n t a l appreciation, the valuation of the Arts Quad’s trees represents a controversial approach to conservation that must be engaged cautiously and critically However subtle, the tree price tags may impact the way in which Cornell’s future professionals of the business, legislative, agricultural academic, architectural, and technological fields, engage with and prioritize environmental conservation

While natural capital assessment will likely be incorporated in global conservation initiatives, having already gained significant momentum, I think it is imperative that we begin to work towards a cultural shift whereby we view the environment as a priority separate from our economic growth A graph schematic of variables and growth curves may seem functional, but we must approach conser vation from a position that distances us from the very economic institutions that led us to this global state of environmental calamity

As we enter an era of environmental reform and engage with ecosystem valuation, we must question whether a price tag can represent an ecosystem ’ s worth and how we can make changes to human-ecosystem dynamics that can ’ t be plotted on a curve

David Fiskus Singer is a student in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Guest Room appears periodically throughout the

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

By CHELSEA LEEDS Sun Contributor

CoreLife Eatery, the healthy fast casual restaurant spot that has been highly anticipated by Cornell students and other members of the Ithaca community, finally opens to the public on Friday With so much excitement and hype surrounding its opening, I could not wait for the opportunity to try one of their carefully curated green, grain, or broth bowls during their preview days this week

I enjoyed my experience from the time I walked through the door up until the moment I left Since it was opening week, there were many CoreLife Eatery representatives and team members on standby to answer any questions I had about the menu, beverages and order process I even got the chance to speak with one of the founders of CoreLife Eatery, Todd Mansfield, who describes the concept as “ a fast casual restaurant that offers scratch-made dressings, falafel, hummus, homemade beef and chicken bone broth ”

All employees were extremely helpful, making the ordering process, which felt slightly overwhelming and daunting upon first glance, approachable and easy I didn’t feel rushed at all as I made my way through the line and debated what to add to my shiitake mushroom and roasted tofu broth bowl, which consisted of a vegetable broth, shiitake mushrooms, napa cabbage, shredded kale, roasted tofu, sprouts, ginger, lemongrass and sliced almonds This specific broth bowl is one of the six soup options they offer, ranging from grilled chicken tortilla to tomato and basil Many of the bowls have been curated by Scott Davis, one of the other founders of CoreLife, who spent 20 years at Panera Bread as their Chief Concept Officer However, if none of the broth bowl combinations offered catch your eye, you are encouraged to created your own by simply adding a broth (vegetable, beef or chicken) to any combination of vegetables, grains and proteins you choose

After a long deliberation, I decided to add quinoa to my broth

By Emily Jones Sun Staff Writer

When the French cook, they read from recipes written in invisible ink Their culinary creations are much more elaborate, much richer (and not just in butter content) than what is written on the page Their foods and their eating practices seem to be infused with their values, their traditions, their beliefs about humanity, themselves

In eating French food, I’ve tasted a value for practicality, for economy When invited to a dinner party, my host mom instructed me to ask the host what you should bring to ensure you don't bring something he/she is already making It would be tragic, for example, to have two desserts, because then only one could be

eaten and that would make for gaspillage: waste (“Couldn't you just eat both desserts?” I asked My host mom furrowed her brow Clearly not ) Better to bring a bottle of wine or champagne, she advised, that could be opened on another occasion if the host is already serving another drink or serving a kind of food that doesn't pair well with the drink She requires that her sons finish everything on their plates before leaving the table; she used my eggs that were about to expire and bought new ones for me, rather than letting mine go to waste And it’s not

CoreLife: The Healthy Eatery We’ve All Been Waiting For

bowl and to get an extra scoop of tofu, turning my bowl from a “big bowl” with full protein into a “big bowl” with double protein As I made my way down the assembly line, stationed employees confirmed that I wanted the standard ingredients that make up the shiitake and tofu bowl While I decided upon ordering a broth bowl, you can also have the same toppings, but with a salad or grain base; the options are endless

After adding all my desired components into the bowl, I watched the next team member in line steam the raw vegetables before adding the vegetable broth The steaming machine they have is definitely an attraction unique to the restaurant It allows employees to cook quickly any raw vegetables they have on the line, so my meal was made fresh and right in front of my eyes The friend I was with took advantage of this option and turned her personally curated salad into a mixture of steamed vegetables

After making my way past the steamer, I was offered a piece of bread (the only item at the eatery

containing gluten) prior to checking out I was then faced with multiple options of handcrafted beverages including beet lemonade, tropical green tea, blueberry mint lemonade, cold brew coffee and ceylon black tea A few of the offerings, such as the blueberry lemonade, will be changed seasonally

The nearby team member encouraged me to try as many as I’d like before choosing (which was amazing!) In the mood for something light and refreshing, I got the ceylon black tea, and I helped myself to a refill on my way out I will definitely be returning to CoreLife Eatery, and I think it is a great

just food wastage that is avoided it’s electricity, gas, water I’ve been chastised for leaving the heat on after leaving the apartment I’ve been surprised to find the rare ice cubes in my drinks, as they guzzle unnecessar y electricity, according to the French Perhaps as a consequence of this prudence, I’ve tasted an acceptance and a normalisation of the body the entire body I've ordered a salade aux crevettes (shrimp salad) to find a full-fledged shrimp (whiskers, legs, and eyeballs) swimming on my plate It’s not uncommon to come eye to eye with what you ’ re about to eat; the act of eating an animal isn’t disguised in purées or patties And it’s nothing shocking to serve up all different parts of the animal or all different kinds of animals I’ve seen intestines, tête d agneau (lamb’s head) and tongue on a menu One night, my host mom asked what exotic foods I've eaten, and after racking my brain to come up with

escargot and squid ink pasta, she rattled off an extensive list of her own: horse, zebra, antelope, sea urchin, turtle The stigma around eating cute, cuddly critters or romanticized species isn’t such a stigma here One animal’s body merits a meal just as much as that of any other This acceptance and normalization of animal bodies extends to the human body, as evidenced in the scantily clad women fronting magazines on streetside kiosks, in French people’s confusion about why Facebook automatically censors nude pictures, in the social acceptability of men wearing tight pants For the French, the body just is, in its human and animal forms

I’ve tasted a value for precision While teaching my host family how to make chocolate chip cookies one afternoon, my host mom broke out a cooking scale to measure the weights of the ingredients When my 10-year-old host brother accidentally dumped 92 grams of sugar a whopping two grams more than the recipe called for into the bowl, my host mom grabbed a spoon to scrape out the imposing two grams And when the sticky dough was ready to be spooned onto the baking sheet, my host brother quizzically asked, “There's no mold?” Expecting an American equivalent of a madeleine pan, a shape to fill, a standard to conform to, he couldn’t believe that the blind indulgence of a chocolate chip cookie could be so careless Through their cooking practices, the French express their value for exactitude, for uniformity and order

I've tasted the importance of food towards social bonding My study abroad program assigned us college-aged Parisian correspon-

addition to Ithaca The prices were completely reasonable, less than what one would pay for a salad at Mac’s, an important factor for college students Additionally, it fills a unique void by offering food that is fast, healthy and delicious

Ser ves: grain bowls, green bowls, broth bowls, handcrafted beverages

Vibe: fast casual

Price: $$

Overall:

Chelsea Leeds is a sophomore in the School of Hotel Administration She can be reached at cl768@cornell edu

dantes, and one night they invited us to one of their apartments for a party Accustomed to American college party refreshments (i e , usually nothing more than a few packs of stale Doritos), I was amused to find a thoughtful assortment of snacks spread across the counter: a bowl of Haribo gummies, a vat of potato chips, several tubs of pretzels and a tarte aux pommes (apple pie) It seems that, not only amongst the classier ranks of society, but across all ages and occasions, food is a staple at any social gathering, a symbol of hospitality and celebration Whereas in the U S , food is a facilitator of friendship but not a requirement, in France, food is what makes a social gathering a social gathering

Beyond revealing French values, these encounters have ser ved as a point of contrast to my A m e r i c a n o n e s In b e c o m i n g aware of the French concern for conser vation, for example, I have b e c o m e a w a re o f m y ow n wastage In realizing the French normalization of the body, I’ve realized my own squeamishness In appreciating how the French value precision, I’ve realized my own appreciation of individuality But in finding that food ser ves a social function in France, just as it does in the U S , I have felt more similar than different from the French Our shared understanding of the importance of food in bringing people together brings us together You don’t even have to speak French to understand what it means to receive a lemon poppy seed cake when you first arrive in France

Emily Jones is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ej68@cornell edu

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Money Out of Misery: Colbert's Comeback

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comedians He was too outlandish, too unpredictable, too unreal to mock Any absurdity that a comedian could dream up and then deliver in a Tr umpian drawl would be outdone the next day, by Tr ump himself Since mocker y didn’t really work, some shows like SNL and Jimmy Fallon resor ted to flatter y, inviting Tr ump on their shows and allowing him to appear as something like a standard, self-aware candidate

It was during this period that Stephen Colber t became host of the The Late Show, following the end of Da v i d L e t t e r m a n ’ s 3 3 - ye a r re i g n C o l b e r t h a d l e f t behind the overblown caricature of a conser vative pundit that he had played for years on Comedy Central’s The Colber t Repor t a character also called “Stephen Colber t ” and he was str uggling to find his footing on the ne w show He was a familiar face, but no longer a familiar personality After years of cultivating an audience that expected sharp-edged, unrelenting irony, he had to figure out how to sell himself without a smirk

It didn’t work, and his ratings were beginning to call his job stability into question The turning point was election night, when Colber t per formed a live show, surely expecting a Clinton victor y As it became clear that Tr ump was going to win, Colber t stopped tr ying to deliver jokes and instead communicated his confusion and anxiety He ended with a power ful monologue about political polariza-

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So Tr ump ’ s victor y was, in a way, an enormous gift to Colber t It’s hard to imagine Colber t flourishing in the same way under a Clinton presidency because Colber t needs a villain to confront, not a vaguely compromised antihero Some critics have presented an ungenerous way to read his comeback In this narrative, Colber t takes advantage of a nation spiralling out of control and away from its most sacred beliefs, using the anxiety of this moment as a springboard to vault himself back into the s p o

e r y immorality that is granting his career a second life

Colber t is cer tainly aware of the dependence of his success on upheaval and chaos In a recent segment about Tr ump ’ s first 100 d a y s , C o l b e r t m o c k s t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’ s inability to follow through on its promises, and concludes, “I gotta say, Donald Tr ump has done a lot for me in the first 100 days ” He grins impishly, salutes and points at the camera: “ Thank you for your ser vice, Mr President ” Then he shakes his arms around, laughs and says, “Aaaand now I feel dir ty ” And does he? Even if Colber t has won the late-night

war, at least for now, by figuring out (belatedly) how to effectively make fun of Tr ump, he still shows telltale signs of discomfor t In the same first 100 days segment, Colber t quotes an inter vie w in which Tr ump says that his ratings on CBS’s Face the Nation were, “ The highest since the World Trade Center came down ” Colber t adds, in his Tr ump voice, “ We’re blowing up Bigger than anything since Nagasaki ” When the audience audibly cringes, Colber t grins sheepishly and explains, this time without the accent, “Again, I’m modeling the behavior of another person! This is not me speaking!” It’s a fascinating moment, and one that speaks to Colber t ’ s awareness of his complicated position His job hinges on making humor out of horrible things being done by horrible people, and par t of that job often includes impersonating them It’s a dir ty business and he doesn’t execute it per fectly But, if an enter tainer is going to profit off of this moment, I would say we are lucky to have someone as thoughtful and incisive as Stephen Colber t to be making money out of miser y

Jack Jones is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at jackjones@cornellsun com His column Despite All the Amputations runs alternate Thursdays this semester

U l v e r, a No r w e g i a n e x p e r i m e n t a l b a n d w h o s e g e n re - d e f y i n g c a t a l o g h a s r a n g e d f r o m b l a c k m e t a l t o e l e c t r o n i c a a n d e v e n o p e r a , h a s d e c l a re d t h e i r l a t e s t t o b e t h e i r “ p o p a l b u m ” In d e e d t h e e i g h t t r a c k s w h i c h c o m p o s e T h e A s s a s s i n a t i o n o f Ju l i u s C a e s a r h a v e a n i m m e d i a t e a p p e a l a k i n t o p o p, a p u l s a t i n g , p o l i s h e d i m m e d i a c y g i v e n m e n a c i n g d e p t h , a m o re b a r o q u e v e r s i o n o f t h e g l a m o r o u s a n g u i s h f o u n d i n t h e m u s i c o f p o p u l a r a r t i s t s s u c h a s , s a y, R i h a n n a o r Dr a k e T h e A s s a s s i n a t i o n i s a s i m m e r s i v e a n d i n t e n s e , e a c h s o n g a p e r f e c t l y re a li z e d e x p re s s i o n r i c h i n a u r a l d e t a i l T h r o u g h o u t T h e A s s a s s i n a t i o n o f Ju l i u s C a e s a r , t h e g r a n d i o s e i m a g e r y w e a s s o c i a t e w i t h Ro m e a n d i t s d e c l i n e ( s ) m i n g l e s w i t h t h e r o t a n d w o n d e r o f p o p c u l t u re T h e s h o e g a z e t r a c k “ 1 9 6 9 ” m e l d s p l e a s a n t r e t r o i m a g e r y w i t h e v o c a t i o n s o f t h e Ma n s o n m u rd e r s , Ro s e m a r y ’ s Ba b y a n d s a t a n i s m , w h i l e “ So u t h e r n G o t h i c ” m o u r n s t h e e m o t i o n a l t r a g e d y o f t r y i n g t o s p e a k t o s o m e o n e “ i n a d e a d l a n g u a g e ” D e c a y a n d d o o m s e e m t o c o n s t a n t l y t h re a t e n , y e t a p o c a l y p t i c v i s i o n s a re n e v e r re a l i s e d , m u t e d b y f o g g y m e m o r y a n d e t h e re a l s y n t h h o o k s Wi t h t h i s s c h i z o p h re n i c , e l l i p t i c a l e v o c a t i o n o f h i st o r y a n d t h e d a r k n o s t a l g i a o f e l e c t r o n i c m u s i c , U l v e r c re a t e s a s p a c e w h e re e v e n t s re c u r a n d c o ll a p s e i n t o e a c h o t h e r, a n i n f i n i t y o f l o s s T h e re a l a s s a s s i n a t i o n o f Ju l i u s C a e s a r w a s f a r f r o m t h e e n d o f Ro m e i n d e e d , t h e c i t y ’ s d o m i ni o n ov e r t h e c l a s s i c a l w o r l d w o u l d n o t e v e n re a c h i t s p e a k f o r ov e r a h u n d re d y e a r s ( d e p e n d i n g o n y o u r m e t r i c ) , l e t a l o n e f a l l Fo l l ow i n g a l o n g a n d g r u e l i n g p e r i o d o f c i v i l w a r, t h e t r i u m p h a n t Au g u s t u s d e c l a re d C a e s a r a d e i t y, j u s t a s U l v e r n ow d e c l a re Pr i n c e s s Di t o b e Di a n a Hi s t o r i c a l re c u rs i o n s a re s i n i s t e r, b u t a s p o p m u s i c t h e y b e c o m e t

Nathan Chazan is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at ndc39@cornell edu

The Big Me and the Importance of Character

T h e R o a d t o C h a ra c t e r b y D a v i d

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Psycho as Not-so-Scary Video Art

I often wonder why people pay money to spin around in a teacup or turn upside down on a rollercoaster Why willfully commit yourself to nausea and headaches when your feet can stay put on the ground? You say fun; I say tor ture I approach horror cinema with the same skepticism Why open your eyes to nightmares when nothing so scar y need occupy your mind? In his creation of Psycho, the definitive psychological thriller, director Alfred Hitchcock upholds my selective fr ugality Hitchcock filmed the horror stor y with a surprisingly low budget, even for the 1960s He used television cameras rather than a film cre w and opted for gray scale quality depictions He invested litt l e m o n e y i n s c a r i n g h i s a u d i e n c e s T h i s Fr i d a y, Cornell Cinema screens the film for just $5 At that price with “the greatest film of all time” promise added at no extra charge Psycho is money well spent, even for the wimpiest Fun-Park attendee Marion Crane, played by Hollywood starlet Janet Leigh, steals $40,000 from her boss so that she can r un away with her bankr upt boyfriend She falls victim first to her senseless love, and second, to a psychopathic murderer In order to break from the nauseating insanity, I encourage vie wers to grab onto a side rail on that spinning teacup and look past the super ficial terror Hitchcock invested in a television cre w, not a horror movie enterprise His film foregrounds the medium, not the genre Psycho plays with video as a mechanism for presentation and as a mode of expression By the early 1960s, nearly 90 percent of American households owned a television It became a direct pipeline for popular culture to flow into the family room As video developed into film and film into cinema, postmodern ar tists exaggerated the flaws in their medium Video critical ar tists emphasized the distance created between the now and the pre-recorded present In Psycho, Marion Crane functions like Mar tha Rosler, Joan Jonas, or Barbara

K r u g e r w o m e n w h o , i n t h e 1 9 7 0 s , used video and approp r i a t e d i m a g e r y t o question the postmod-

e r n s e l f Hi t c h c o c k scales back his video quality from the cut-

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Hitchcock personifies the ar tificial disconnection of self and self-identity in Marion As the second half of the twentieth centur y created a crisis in ego formation, actors and audiences alike defined themselves by the characters they played and the images they absorbed I n c r e a s i n g l y, a s p e c t a c l e c u l t u r

iconography and mass media, created a pressure cooker of expectation and reality Hitchcock brings these two elements to their boiling point As Marion drives away from sensibility in her Ford Mainline, Hitchcock captures pure distress on her face She is trapped between a per fect-American-woman persona and a longing for freedom Hitchcock frames her in this moment of crisis The simple, rectangular shot entraps Marion’s image while her mind gyrates around her desires and responsibilities Her beauty contradicts her crime Her fear opposes her audacity Ever y facet of Marion’s character extends the formulaic boundar y line set by the film A vie wer watches faux reality and draws contemporar y meaning from a recorded past An actor expresses his character to an unknown, unseen audience while remaining a separate

Curley Cornell Cinema

between its audiences and ar tists Hitchcock trades off of and exaggerates this mechanical stress Marion captures her period’s anxiety over the video genre

In his psychotic killer, Hitchcock forebodes a disastrous end of video’s two sided experiences While Marion’s self identity crisis leads to a regretted theft, Norman Bates’s internal rift between reality and perception extends to bloody extremes The screen dis-

solves in Norman’s character and representational confusion enters a violent realm His character plays with video’s distor tion of the here and now and the there and then He both confounds the past into the present a

Through Norman, Hitchcock shows how video practice bridges on insanity He questions where acting and impersonation become mental derangement He asks h i s

metaphors into our real lives?

Hitchcock’s Psycho draws vie wers into the Tilt-aWhirl Audiences feel Marion’s distress, her fear, her longing, her guilt and her regret And at the same time, vie wers feel real fear As the infamous shower scene plays across the screen, you’ll jump at the creaking of your neighbor’s chair At least for a moment, the screen becomes an emotional reality Hitchcock involves the vie wer in the confusion of the present now and the pre-recorded then, the mirrored self and the imagistic self, the tangible fear and the imagined danger The resulting horror film becomes not so much scar y or nauseating as thought provoking and video critical It’s the kind of amusement ride I could get used to, not for its amusement but for its psychoanalysis Psycho’s spinning confusion provides less of a headache and more of a mental challenge

Julia Curley is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmc628@cornell edu

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n o r t o b e o n t h e w o m e n ' s l a c ro s s e t e a m f o r t h e p a s t f o u r ye a r s , ” Gi l b e r t s a i d “ It h a s b e e n a n a m a z i n g e x p e r i e n c e a n d I h a ve

The battle for home-field | As one of three teams to be tied for first heading into the weekend, the Red has a chance to win home field advantage for the Ivy tournament

Mary Barger can be reached at mbarger@cornellsun com

Equestrian Wins 8th Ivy League Championship

By CAITLIN STANTON Sun Staff Writer

Two weeks ago, the women of the Cornell equestrian team were strong but dishear tened They had just competed at Zones and missed the qualifying place for Nationals later this May, despite what they deemed a solid showing Their only qualm with their per formance had been the tiny slip-ups they had made in several events, slip-ups that had prevented them from claiming top finishes in those events, and eventually, led them to finish third

good effor t went into it, so it was kind of good to not make redemption,” said senior Claira Seely “Our team is really power ful and we get along really well, so it was nice to kind of have that show through, and, you know, win Ivies ”

Seely may have sounded casual, but Cornell’s riders were anything but This was the program ’ s eighth overall title, a nice tally to add under their belt as a team In addition to the overall win, five riders won individual championships, including senior and co-captain Victoria Whitwor th, who left as the High Point Rider with two individual titles in Open Fences and Open Flat

Yesterday’s tournament told a different stor y The Red hosted the Ivy League Championships and clinched the entire showing by finishing with a per fect score to claim the championship title

“It was a really great way to end the year for the majority of the team, ” said head coach Joanna Novakovic ‘03 “It was also my bir thday, so it was probably the best bir thday gift they could give me ”

Cornell was definitely in a celebrator y mood after their showing on Sunday, especially after having all of their high point riders win their events

“It was a lot of fun a lot of good teamwork and

The per fect example to showcase Cornell’s dominating per formances was Open Fences, where Whitwor th took first place, junior Molly O’Shea took second as the Reser ve Champion and senior Carlee Rober ts took third Not only did they manage to secure titles for all events, they grabbed top finishes in those events as well

“I think ever yone just had great attitudes going into it,” said senior Nicole Zitzmann “ We were really excited, and I think it really showed because we had a per fect score which is basically unheard of, so it was really great and ever yone worked so hard It was a really great culmination for ever ything ”

Zitzmann had one of the team ’ s championship rides, s

Intermediate Fences, Seely in Intermediate Flat and sophomore Madeline Kinnear in Walk Trot

Reser ve Champion in Intermediate Flat For the Walk Trot Canter event, four of Cornell’s women competed, with freshman Callie Boozer claiming third, sophomore Laura Vasquez-Bolanos taking the four th position, freshman Kate Wagner winning for fifth and freshman Stephanie Introne placing sixth after riding in their individual sections Junior Megan He and freshman Mariam Khan took third place for Intermediate Fences and Walk Trot, respectively

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Coach Novakovic said “ We won ever y single class with our point riders, which is a pretty impressive thing to do, and the Dar tmouth coach told me that that’s only happened a fe w times in the 20 years of the Ivy League Championships, so that felt pretty good ”

This tournament was the last ride for nearly a third of the team, including Zitzmann

“Ever yone was definitely on top of their game, ” Zitzmann said “ There’s also 11 of us [seniors] and it’s the end of the road for most of us also, so I think we really wanted to get that last great showing in before graduation I think that ever ything just came together so well ”

Out of the 33 members of the team, 11 are seniors

With the exception of Amanda Ko, who will be riding as an individual for Nationals in May, this weekend’s championship was these seniors’ last competition as par t of the Red

“Ever ybody was in a really good mood, and it was just a nice way to finish out my IHSA career, ” Seely said “I think our team has a really good culture My senior class is cer tainly ver y big and has a prominent presence in the overall team, but I think skill-wise and personality-wise and ever ything, [the team will] all still do really really well Our team has a good foundation ”

With the season finally coming to a close, only Seely, Ko and Vasquez-Bolanos will be able to ride again this year at the IHSA National Championships Regular team practice is over, and the focus is on these specific people to bring home yet another win for the Cornell program

Coach Novakovic detailed a little bit about the riders’ training for the next fe w weeks in anticipation for Nationals

“ They can basically do as much riding and take as many lessons as they feel like they need to in this next week,” she said “It’s really just putting the finishing touches on because they’re already great and they’re know how to win ” Nationals will be held from May 4 to 7 in Lexington, Ky

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Women welcome Harvard to open lacrosse-flled Saturday

By MARY BARGER Sun Staff Writer

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The Boys of Fall Unveil 2017 Schedule

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By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

It is too little, too late for the Cornell men ’ s lacrosse team Heading into last weekend, the team was tied for third place in the Ivy League, but after dropping am 13-10 game to Brown, the Red is now outside looking in and mathematically elimin

But this year ’ s group w i l l h a ve o n e f i n a l hoorah when it welc o m e s No 1 3 Princeton for the seas o n f i n a l e a t Schoellkopf

T h e g a m e a g a i n s t Princeton the team that pushed Cornell to its first losing record in 18 years last season

w i l l b r i n g w i t h i t a chunk of Ivy League histor y Princeton (9-4, 4-1) and Cornell (4-8, 2-3) are the two winningest programs in league histor y This meeting will be the 81st all-time between the two programs, in which the Tigers hold a 41-37-2 edge over the Red the only winning record over Cornell by an Ivy “Princeton’s our biggest rival in the Ivy League, I think even our biggest rival in the country, so we want to beat them,” said senior Marshall Peters “We want to bring the intensity, bring the enthusiasm this week in practice, and keep morale up It’s very easy to let the season slip away, and

guys give up, but we ’ re doing a good job of motivating guys ” Princeton will be the fourth different ranked team that Cornell will face this year, but the team has been unable to beat a ranked opponent so far, so a win over Princeton would be a good win to close out the season

However, defeating Princeton will be a

tall task The team sits in second place in the Ivy League, has clinched a spot in the Ivy League Tournament and touts one of the best offenses in the country

The Tigers rank No 3 in the nation in goals per game, averaging just under 14 5, and are No 1 in assists per game with just over 9 5 Princeton is also home to senior Gavin McBride, who has the most goals per game in the country with 3 54 per game