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Charter Weekend Culminates With Barton Ceremony

C.U., Ithaca Communities

Begin Nepal Relief Efforts

By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Staff Writer

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c o m m u n i t i e s a r e l a u n c h i n g n u m e ro u s p ro j e c t s t o h e l p w i t h

t h e n a t i o n ’ s re c ove r y T h e w o r s t e a r t h q u a k e i n Ne p a l i n 8 0 ye a r s h a s t a k e n t h e l i v e s o f o v e r 3 , 8 0 0 p e o p l e , w i t h t h e d e a t h t o l l s t i l l r i s i n g , a c c o r d i n g t o T h e Ne w Yo rk

“As someone who has family which has been affected in Nepal, this cause is very close to my heart.”

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T i m e s Hu m a n i t a r i a n a i d i s b e g i n n i n g t o a r r i ve i n t h e c o u n t r y, b u t d i ff i c u l t i e s h a ve a r r i s e d i n d e t e rm i n i n g h ow m a n y p e o p l e a re l e f t i n j u re d a n d w h i c h v i l l a g e s n e e d t h e m o s t h e l p, T h e Ti m e s re p o r t e d Se ve r a l C o r n e l l i a n s h a ve a l s o c re a t e d a n a c t i ve p l a n t o g a t h e r f u n d s f o r t h o s e a f f e c t e d by t h e Ne p a l e a r t h q u a k e b e g i n n i n g t h i s We d n e s d a y a n d l a s t i n g t h e re s t o f t h e s e m e s t e r, a c c o rd i n g t o Sh i va n g Ta y a l ’ 1 6 , i n t e r n at i o n a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f o r t h e St u d e n t A s s e m b l y “A s s o m e o n e w h o h a s f a m i l y w h i c h h a s b e e n a f f e c t e d i n Ne p a l , t h i s c a u s e i s ve r y c l o s e t o m y h e a r t , ” Ta y a l s a i d “ T h e m o r n i n g I h e a rd a b o u t t h i s I b ro u g h t t o g e t h e r a b u n c h o f s t u d e n t l e a d e r s t o f i g u re o u t h ow we c a n c re a t e a n i m p a c t ” T h o u g h t h i s re l i e f e f f o r t i s n o t b e i n g s p e a r h e a d e d by a n y s p e c i f i c c a m p u s g r o u p, m a n y s t u d e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n s p l a n t o p r o v i d e a s s i st a n c e , i n c l u di n g A I E S E C a n d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t u d e n t s Un i o n , a c c o rdi n g t o Ta y a l So m e o f t h e m a i n w a y s i n w h i c h s t u d e n t s p l a n t o a i d v i ct i m s o f t h e e a r t h q u a k e a r e t h ro u g h p u t t i n g d o n a t i o n b oxe s i n d i n i n g f a c i l i t i e s a n d o n Ho Pl a z a , a we b s i t e w h i c h w i l l b e l a u n c h e d We d n e s d a y a n d a C o r n e l l c r o w d f u n

The University’s Charter Day weekend celebration an expansive three days centered around the “Festival of Ideas and Imagination” came to a conclusion with the official Charter Day Ceremony in Barton Hall Monday

The ceremony brought together major University figures, from faculty to the Board of Trustees to the University Archivist, who marched in academic dress gowns along a plush red carpet to their seats in the opening procession

University Marshal and Prof Emeritus Charles Walcott, neurobiology and behavior, led the procession while Vice Provost Judith Appleton held the silver-ribbed University Mace with white gloves President David Skorton was last in the procession

Descendant of founder Ezra Cornell, Ezra Cornell IV ’70 carried the framed University Charter, raising it above his head as he walked to his seat He placed it on a stand in the middle of the Barton Hall stage, where it stood in the background of the speakers throughout the rest of the ceremony

As the last of the faculty took their seats, the sound of

Students Call for ASL Course Sequence

Petition requests introductory courses during academic year

By RYAN HUMPHREY Sun Staff Writer

u i s t i c s 1 1 1 2 b u t o n l y d u r i n g C o r n e l l’s s u m m e r s e ss i o n “ C o r n e l l c o u l d i n c re a s e t h e d i ve r s i t y o f i t s c u r r i c u l u m by o f f e r i n g A S L a s a l a n g u a g e o f s t u d y s p e c i f i c a l l y f o r s t ud e n t s s e e k i n g t o f u l f i l l t h e C o l l e g e o f A r t s a n d S c i e n c e s Fo r e i g n L a n g u a g e Re q u i re m e n t w h i l e a t t r a c t i n g s t u d e n t s f r o m a l l a c a d e m i c d i s c i p l i n e s t o p u r s u e a n e w l a n g u a g e , ” t h e p e t i t i o n s t a t e s Jo n a t h a n M a s c i ’ 1 6 a n d Em m a S c h e r ’ 1 7 , i n c o m i n g c o - p re s i d e n t s o f C U D A P, s a i d t h e i

Local

Myrick ’09 Tours

Ithaca Commons

With Lieutenant Governor

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 toured the Commons with Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul Monday to show Hochul progress on ongoing construction, according to The Ithaca Journal Myrick intended the tour to bring publicity and business to shops in the area, which have suffered under the Commons’ delayed construction and cold weather, The Ithaca Journal reported Construction is intended for completion by the end of July

Across the Ivies

Sony CEO, Harvard Alumnus Comments on WikiLeaks Publication

Sony Entertainment CEO and Harvard alumnus Michael Lynton commented on the recent WikiLeaks publication of hacked Sony documents, The Harvard Crimson reported Some of the leaked emails included correspondence between Lynton and Harvard officials about fundraising and university events Lynton told The Crimson that although he did not approve of the publicization of the emails, he believed that they revealed nothing except his dedication to his alma mater

State

NYS Department of Health Will Allow Companies to Register to Manufacture, Distribute Medical Marijuana

The New York State Depar tment of Health announced Monday that it will begin allowing companies to register to manufacture and distribute medical marijuana, according to The Ithaca Journal The initiative follows the state ’ s legalization of medical marijuana last July and requires applicants to pay a $10,000 application fee and $200,000 registration fee, as well as give the state detailed plans, The Journal repor ted Registration of the five companies the state will select will be completed by July

Yahoo CFO Says Experience Is ‘All That Matters’

At lecture, Ken Goldman’71 shares practical, professional advice with students

By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

Ken Goldman ’71, chief financial officer of Internet corporation Yahoo, shared practical and professional advice to a packed Hollis E Cornell Auditorium in his talk “Life Lessons of a Silicon Valley CFO” Friday

Goldman shared the story of his rise to success as well as wisdom from his undergraduate years at Cornell, urging students to be strategic about their professional decisions

“Go where the action is I can ’ t overemphasize that,” Goldman said “When you go into an industry, figure out [the] growth industries, because where there is growth in an industr y new opportunities will come for you, ” he said

Goldman also spoke about his desire to “combine technology and finance” in determining where he wanted to work and where he wanted to be in his career

“You don’t learn how to manage people in school,” he said “How you handle is very different to how to handle an son, in terms of how people think pushes people on you learn th doing it ”

Furthermore, he emphasized t alumni should prioritize gaining ex ence in industries they want to go into

“Experience is all that mat-

“If it were up to me, I would make it a requirement in high school and college to take a finance course [and an] accounting course ”

Additionally, he said he believes everyone should have a basic understanding of finances and that it is a subject as important as math, science and English

“If it were up to me, I would make it a requirement in high school and college to take a finance course [and an] accounting course, ” he said “I think you’d be able to understand accounting and take responsibility for your own net worth and financing ”

Similarly, Goldman said that he believes hands-on learning and being able to make strategic occupational decisions are important things that are learned outside the classroom

ters, ” he said “Don’t worry about worry about salary It’ll take care of time ”

Goldman said that because he kn wanted to be eventually be a chie officer, he deliberately sought con experiences, managerial experience relationship experiences and treasu ences early in his career

“Frankly, what is most import you will always get paid through ex he added

Ultimately, however, Goldman said that above all other factors, being passionate about one ’ s work was the most important determinant in a success-

’71 conferred advice to students at a lecture Friday

New ‘Makerspace’ Initiative Opens to Students

By SOPHIA HO Sun Staff Writer

The “Makerspace” initiative a free technological resource located in a first floor conference room of Carl Becker House was created by a graduate student at the start of this semester to provide a space for technological invention and hands on experimentation with 3-D printing for students on campus

Makerspace was created by Sean Patev grad earlier this year when he used $1,500 of his allotted programming funds to acquire a basic 3-D printer As a graduate resident fellow in Becker House, Patev said he was expected to create initiatives for residents of the building

“Makerspace evolved organically from a nebulous idea for [an] open resource for students,” he said

Students now have easy access

to utilizing the 3-D printer in the center, that is the primar y resource of the space, and can also interact and work with like-minded students who are interested in technological problem solving, according to Patev

Since its creation, Patev said that students have already been making use of the space and solving technological problems that they encounter

“Students are really able to utilize the space to figure things out, ” he said “Just last week, a student came in with a broken stereo and we fiddled around with it and fixed it ”

Students have also been using the space for both extracurricular and academic projects, according to Patev

“In a few hours students were able to make memorabilia,” Patev said “Basically anything that can fit in a eight inch by eight inch space, we can probably print it It

costs students nothing and in the future most things should still be free based on plastic usage ”

Patev added that several future projects are already planned for the Makerspace as well

“During finals week we plan on having students design and print cell phone cases, ” he said, “If a student comes to me with an idea they have, we can probably figure out how to print it,” he adds

Additionally, Patev said that through the use of the 3-D printer, he and other students were working to create the parts to make a 3-D printer for William T Keeton House as well

Students have also said that they found the initiative beneficial in helping them gain technical experience

Jason Flahie ’16 said that the hands-on experience using the printer was invaluable experience for him as an engineer

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“It’s great being able to learn about the actual operation of the printer, Flahie said “I took a class, [Mechanical Synthesis], where I designed components and products, but I did not actually get to see the printer in action to see the printing speed and temperature ” Similarly West Campus resident Eric Fiegel ’17 said that he hopes more students take advantage of the opportunity to use the 3-D printer

“It’s fun to work on various projects and see what other people are doing,” Fiegel said “I think it could stand to gain some more popularity, but once it does I think a lot of people could benefit from learning about cool technology related things ”

The initiative will take on more student involvement in the fall when student leaders, including Flahie, will teach other students how to navigate the space, according to Patev Flahie said he is looking forward to get a chance to instruct other students

“Next semester it will be a semester-long project I will get to teach people how to design and carry out some of the 3-D projects,” Flahie said

Eventually, Patev hopes that the Makerspace will be a technological resource open to any and all people regardless of their previous experience

“We hope to make it a space where tools and information is available With no training, people can come in and build real things It would just be a tech resource open to everyone, ” Patev said

Ithaca Mobilizes to Aid Earthquake Victims

Students, local businesses plan fundraisers

Student Group Creates Petition, Calls

On C.U. to Create ASL Course Sequence

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S c h e r s a i d “A f t e r t h i s , s h e w o rk e d w i t h t h e Pu b l i c Se r v i c e C e n t e r t o s t a r t

C U D A P b e c a u s e o f t h e e ve r - p re s e n t n e e d f o r d e a f a w a r e n e s s a n d A m e r i c a n S i g n L a n g u a g e o n

C o r n e l l’s c a m p u s ” C U D A P h o p e s t h a t i n t ro d u c i n g A S L c l a s s e s i n t o t h e a c a d e m i c ye a r w i l l i n c re a s e t h e n u m b e r o f

A S L c e r t i f i e d s t u d e n t s o n c a m p u s w i l l m a k e o u r c a m p u s b o t h m o re a c c e p t i n g a n d a b l e t o s e r ve

d e a f c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s , a c c o rd i n g t o Ma s c i a n d S c h e r Ma s

“We hope this petition itself has encouraged appreciation for American Sign Language and deaf culture among students, faculty and staff.”

Ryan Humphrey can be reached at rhumphrey@cornellsun com

Cornell Charter Celebrated at Ceremony

Principles of equality, egalitarianism take center stage in speeches, video Baltimore V

CEREMONY

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clock tower chimes signaled the debut of the sesquicentennial video, entitled “Glorious to View ” Produced by Micah Cormier in University Communications, the video played on two massive screens on either side of the stage

Featuring aerial shots of Cornell’s Ithaca, New York City and Qatar campuses, the video celebrated numerous facets of the Cornell experience, from the intellectual vibrancy of the campus to the strength of the faculty body to the growing opportunities for internationalism, ultimately culminating in bir thday messages from the students, alumni and faculty featured in the video

sion, saying that despite Cornell’s relative short history in comparison to its peer institutions, the University had, in its time, definitively shaped the course of higher education

“Every day we confront ordinar y things described with superlatives like incredible or transformative, we characterize ever yday phenomena as gamechanging, disruptive or revolutionary,” Harrison said “Overuse threatens to diminish their meaning on occasions like this, but I would, without exaggeration, use ever y one of those terms in

to learn so you can show it to the president and the faculty of the University to let them know that it is the wish of your grandpa that girls as well as boys should be educated at the Cornell University,’” Engst said

Re-emphasizing the revolutionary nature of Cornell’s charter at the time of its signing, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul (D-N Y ), who spoke after Engst, said that when New York’s state governor was invited to speak to Cornell’s first graduating class, he decided to send his lieutenant governor in his stead, fearing the

ernment, recounted more of Cornell’s history, bringing the narrative to where the University stood today

Skorton, who spoke last, continued the story of Cornell by describing how the University had evolved with its mission, referencing Cornell’s New York City tech campus, massive open online courses and the Engaged Cornell initiative

“We have continued to add new areas of inquiry, scholarship and creative endeavour and to adjust the curriculum as our students require and the times demand,” Skorton said

“The charter also provided the blueprint for the radical educational experiment that would become Cornell University.”

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Several of the Cornellians who spoke in the video included Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54, Nobel laureate Prof Emeritus Roald Hoffmann, chemistry, and renowned English professor M H Abrams, who died earlier last week

A common theme of the video was Cornell’s “elite and egalitarian ” mission and throughout the rest of the ceremony, the theme was echoed in the speeches that followed the video

“The sense of excellence but also of ‘ we accept the common person, we ’ re a space where everyone can belong,’ that was true right from the beginning,” said Thomas Jones ’69, MRP ’72, former CEO of Citigroup, in the video

Maintaining focus on the University’s charter, which was never more than several feet away from the speakers, Board of Trustees Chair Robert Harrison ’76 said, “Exactly 150 years ago today, Cornell University’s charter was signed into law by Governor Reuben Fenton, giving birth to a tr uly revolutionar y American institution This morning we commemorate that day ”

He continued by emphasizing the importance of the day’s occa-

describing this ver y young University ”

Additionally, Harrison said that “freedom and responsibility” hasbeen the guiding forces in helping the University achieve its founding motto of “ any person, any study ”

University Archivist Elaine Engst M A ’72 followed Harrison’s address, telling the story of the founding of Cornell University and explaining the messages within the University charter

“Having established the legal and financial base of the University, the charter also provided the blueprint for the radical educational experiment that would become Cornell University,” she said

The charter, Engst also said, was important due to its commitment to the creation of a nondenominational university that provided oppor tunities for women, despite the controversial nature of this stance at the time of the charter’s signing

“Two year later [after 1862], Ezra Cornell would write to his four-year-old granddaughter, ‘I want you to keep this letter until you grow up to be a woman and want to go to a good school, where you can have a good opportunity

disapproval of University critics

Hochul’s address also reminded that the signing of the University’s charter came at a precarious time in American history, following the end of a civil war and the assassination of the president Despite doubts and anxieties present at the time, she said it was with great success that the nation, the state and the University had endured till today

Continuing the stor y of Cornell’s histor y, chair of the sesquicentennial steering committee Prof Glenn Altschuler Ph D ’76 and Prof Isaac Kramnick, gov-

In the final act of the celebratory, orchestrated ceremony, PresidentElect Elizabeth Garrett joined Skor ton, Harrison and the charter on stage to sing the alma mater

The Symphony Orchestra, Glee Club and Chorus united with the crowd of standing faculty, alumni and students in singing the wellknown verses, “Hail to thee our alma mater! Hail, all hail, Cornell!”

The closing recessional of professors returning to their offices, of Glee Club and Chorus students returning to classes, of the trustees leaving quietly ended the ceremony and the weekend’s celebrations

The Sun’s News Department can be reached at news@cornellsun com

i o l e n c e Continues

BALTIMORE (AP)

Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos Monday, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands mourned the man who died from a severe spinal injury he suffered in police custody

The governor declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard to restore order A weeklong, daily curfew was imposed beginning Tuesday from 10 p m to 5 a m , the mayor said Seven officers were hurt, some with broken bones, and one was unresponsive, said Capt Eric Kowalczyk Officers wearing helmets and wielding shields occasionally used pepper spray to keep the rioters back For the most part, though, they relied on line formations to keep protesters at bay Monday’s riot was the latest flare-up over the mysterious death of Freddie Gray, whose fatal encounter with officers came amid the national debate over police use of force, especially when black suspects are involved Gray was AfricanAmerican

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Swedish electro-pop trio, Peter Bjorn and John possess a coy chemistr y which translates into a knack for producing peculiarly charming, whistling, pop dreamscapes Their latest single, “High Up (Take Me To The Top),” while a far cr y from the sensitive lo-fi folk of their older material or the sunnier, more grounded rock sound of their latest record, Gimme Some, fits the bill P B and J has been on hiatus since 2011, and have spent the last several years founding their record label and artist collective, INGRID, which will soon releases an artist collaboration with other Swedes, including Lykke Li and Miike Snow The influences of Peter Bjorn and John’s colleagues are evident in “High Up,” which presents a more dancefloor-ready sound from the trio, with it’s twinkling cow-bell percussion, drum loops, pulsing house bass and bright, flighty vocals It’s a feel good tune: “You take me to the top / high up, high up don’t stop, don’t stop / we ’ re untouchable,” but there’s a playful industrial echo to it that pushes it past the threshold of a merely solid piece of pop

Troy Sherman

I like to think that every good record has an associated color, and that some discs are more vibrant than others Blonde on Blonde, for example, is earth-gold and muddled silver; White Light/White Heat is the last few brown drops from a dirty needle cutting into the dust-black, bloodspattered ground; Blue, obviously, is the heart’s deepest, most brooding ocean wave Some records are simpler and monochromatic: Ramones is ripped leather-jacket black, If You’re Feeling Sinister is, like its cover, light red or dark pink (whichever you prefer) and Metallica’s Black Album, contrary to its title and popular belief, is actually more of an abysmal purple A rare color in music, though, is green And I’m not talkin’ the pastoral, frolicsome green of waving grass and a mossy fallen tree; that’s actually pretty common in folk music and any record whose puffs of ganj you can more or less smell through your speakers No; I’m talking about a rarer green One that doesn’t really exist outside of a box of crayons or your mind A light, enveloping green that you can just barely feel shutting your eyelids and coaxing the corners of your mouth into a vague little smile A green that could have only been manufactured by sentience, but somehow floats just above the realm of human comprehensibility A green that is, in a word, transcendent In another: beautiful IF, the first solo record by ex-Books cellist Paul de Jong, is exactly this: an elusive, ethereally grounded, spirit-green record whose strings and samples are simultaneously phantasmagorically unattainable and some of the most quintessentially human and brain-gripping sounds I’ve heard from a record in a long time

De Jong’s schtick hasn’t changed much since the Books’ first release Like Thought for Food, IF is founded upon the juxtaposition of order and disorder; lush, playful strings and organized drum beats stand at odds against found sounds and random samples, their relationship waxing and waning from a state of harmonious cohesion to a state of jarring pugnacity and back again The creative process, from the vantage point of the finished product, seems to have been simultaneously aleatoric and painstaking, and the result lost, meaningless, essentially empty vocal samples crawling through a plane of organized existence to achieve some sort of Sisyphean meaning is poignant and strangely ontological

The quest for purpose on which de Jong sends his sampled, intrinsically purposeless snippets is so reflective of that fundamentally human search for purpose which we all experience that it hurts But these are just found sounds mumbled prayers and bowdlerized mundanities They shouldn’t (and don’t on any tangible level) have any bearing on or connection to existence or human emotion, but they do As de Jong strums and strings crafting these dulcet child-melodies and sonorous electro-folk manifestos and then layers on top his samples (ranging from accelerated auctioneering to out of place vituperations and awkward soliloquies about sexual deviation), he’s summing up humanity in all its beauty and absurdity

Some tracks achieve this in regular Books fashion: “Auction Block” starts with an endearing ivory-and-strings back-and-forth barn dance that quickly works in some random vocal samples and develops (I can ’ t tell if it’s ran-

domly or logically) from there; “Hollywald” is introduced by a progressively accelerating strumming exercise, which bursts with a pop of joy into a soaring freak-folk shuffle Other cuts, though, are something entirely different: They are the musical extremes of where the Books might have been going had de Jong had his way entirely “IF” is oceanic, devoid of samples and built upon a whisking jazz beat sliding beneath cloud-clusters of amorphous stringsounds “Debt Free,” which starts off as a softly buoyant piano composition and delves into a masterfully controlled and utterly wrenching electronic spasm, is an atmosphere, a sonic vacuum and is again almost devoid of samples, save for a few punctuating interjections near the end “Baxter @73” contains one of the most touching stolen vocals since DJ Shadow, “Age of the Sea” seems to turn towards classical sincerity in lieu of computer-weirdness with the result being hypnotic sincerity and “Troia,” the album’s closer, sums up everything with a composition as orientally beautiful (but more simple and to the point) as anything by the Third Ear Band

All of this, then the juxtapositions, the ontology, the atmosphere, the samples, the folk update, the songs and the beauty of this record is what makes IF feel like that elusive green Blending the pastoral simple-green of folk music, the cold, factual steel-grey of electronics and the heavenly gold aura of a classical sensibility, IF reaches a unique, almost magical and certainly captivating plane of emotiveness

Troy Sherman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences

He can be reached at tsherman@cornellsun com

Arts Around Ithaca

Swimming in the Shallows 7:30

Dan Smalls Presents:

A C o m p l i c a t e d A m e r i c a n L y r i c

Artist,” which, in the words of Rankine, says that “black people’s anger is mark e t a b l e ” R a n k i n

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nature of the text wasn ’ t painful enough, the reader has to work through this book

T h o u g h C l a u d i a R a n k i n e ’ s b o o k

Citizen: An American Lyric is ostensibly a literar y work, Rankine’s piece almost transcends literature it is at once a book and a work of art Rankine portrays the marginalization of the African American community, at first simply through vignettes that depict ever yday microaggressions: A girl tells the narrator she has features “ more like a white person; ” A man knocks over the narrator ’ s son on a subway; A friend mistakes her name for that of the black housekeeper These acts are portrayed as anything but harmless: These microaggressions happen in the most mundane of circumstances, showing the prevalence of such oppression they permeate the narrator ’ s life The short, choppy vignette style presents each event like a quick slap across the reader’s face

Rankine soon abandons her established style, burgeoning into more fleshed-out

s t o r i e s a b o u t o t h e r s Sh e p r e s e n t s a n account of Serena Williams and the maltreatment she has faced in her career as a professional tennis player Here, we see chair umpire Mariana Alves making consistently biased calls against Williams during the 2004 US Open, to the dismay of the audience and Williams herself In another incident, a media reporter refers to a victor y dance that Williams performs as a “Crip [walk] ”

Interspersed almost inexplicably within this this account of Williams, is an introd u c t i o n o f He n n e s s e y Yo u n g m a n , a youtube personality who explains to his audience “How To Be A Successful Black

n ’ s videos, stating, “ Youngman’s suggestions are meant to expose expectations for blackness as well as to underscore the difficulty inherent in any attempt by black artists to metabolize real rage The commodified anger his video advocates rests lightly on the

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So w h y i s Citizen a work of art? Rankine refuses to pick a c o n s i s t e n t l i t e rar y style, jumping from vignettes

t o l o n g - f o r m s t ories, to lists of th n a m e s o f d e c e a s African American m men slain by white

This atypical style a style distinctive for lacking one style is at once highly interpretive and poetic Rankine doesn’t want to be defined by one literar y categor y, just as she doesn’t want race relations to be understood simply from one lense She doesn’t want the reader to get comfortable with one rhythm: she wants the transitions to be jarring As if the

The style denotes that it is not meant to be simply a conventional text there is more to this piece Furthermore, throughout the book there are images presented, such as “ T h e Sl a v e Sh i p ” b y Jo s e p h Ma l l o rd William Turner these images carr y as much weight as the T h e c ov e r a r t f o r Citizen is a photo of D a v i d H a m m

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y in the wake of the Tr a y v o n Ma r t i n s h o o t i n g B e f o r e reading Citizen, I saw is piece on exhibit last mer at the Aspen Art Museum in Aspen, Colorado Aspen is aggressively homogenous 94 94 percent of the local population is white After reading Citizen, the irony of the placement of Hammons’ work in the Aspen Art Museum became over whelmingly apparent to me I believe that part of Rankine’s thesis is that African American suffering and anger is commodified, put on

display, used by white people to “legitimize” African American art and culture Putting race relations on display for, well, wealthy white people is, needless to say, problematic The audience in this situation looks at a problem from afar and says, “ wow, look how much they’re suffering! Look how real it all is!” How useless, how disgusting, how Kerouac-ian I’d feel like a hypocrite without actively acknowledging that I am not a person of color Does this de-legitimize my reading of Rankine’s work? Perhaps There are elements of this work I simply cannot sympathize with or understand fully But I am not here to put a seal of approval on Rankine’s work, nor to “legitimize” it in any way I simply wish to say that her work was eye opening to me But I think that the commodification of suffering is an issue relevant both within and beyond the African American community human suffering can and should be represented within art, but the artist must be overly cognizant of their own relationship to the subject and of the intended audience and presentation of their work Furthermore, as R a n k i n e p o s i t s t h ro u g h h e r re b u k e o f Youngman, art cannot be presented as an all encompassing definition of a culture Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric is a work of art that does not seek to explain African American life in a cursor y nor an all-encompassing manner Her art conveys the complexity of her suffering, but doesn’t accept that anger is the only way to legitimize herself as an artist: She’s not simply angr y she’s frustrated, tired, introspective and so much more

EMMA LICHTENSTEIN 16

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SOFIA HU 17

JAEL GOLDFINE ’17

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Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling

When I die, will my Facebook be my gravestone?

Will people leave me poems and videos instead of flowers and fruit baskets? Will they browse through the dash between my birth and my death, scrolling with sad nostalgia?

The fearful speculations surrounding millennials almost always involve our addiction to technology and inability to unplug It’s too easy to get sucked into a fantasyland of “likes” and photoshopped images through the magic mirror in your pocket, spending real money on microtransactions that exist within an app In an age where modern friendship can begin with a click and FIFA referees wear E A patches on their uniforms, the line between virtual and real is blurred, which leads to understandable concerns

A lot of people have difficulty reconciling the “reality ” of the Internet People talk about it like some phantom zone where children are free to explore their most pernicious interests; a place where any attempt at seriousness ought to be discredited And besides, at the end of the day, a forum thread will never excite you the way a spoken word conversation will How could online gaming ever mimic the subtleties of real wind, the feeling of rain on your face or the heat of sunshine?

But our generation is beginning to realize something The Internet is very, very real It is a physical projection of our inner space, a monitor on collective human consciousness In it we find all our dreams and mathematics, our art and knowledge, our stories and personalities It is invisible, but accessible, as idealistic as Plato and as useful as a toolbox Since it is of our own making, it reflects our humanity The fact that we ’ re addicted to violent video games and pornography doesn’t prove some inherent property of irresistible allure the Internet possesses Rather, it suggests our species still carries a lot of primitive genetic coding that makes us pursue base interests and instant gratification

What is more “real?” A roll of film or the movie itself? What is more “real?” Words on a page, or the idea they struggle to represent? If books are portals into other worlds, the strands of the Web represent unending gateways into the depths of human imagination, learning and even better, we can make them manifest visually, sonically and soon, tangibly

Right now, as you are reading this sentence, my charming smile is being crumpled, stepped on and thrown into a garbage can

But there is a part of this column that exists in a nebulous cloud of data and electricity, a small digital brick in the wall of The Sun a form that is much harder to destroy

We have used this construct of ours for pleasure, it is true But it embodies something more than any one facet of humanity

The Wild, Wild Web

We have also used it to unite ourselves We have used it to fight oppression, to organize and to educate In a way, the Web’s existence is the ultimate testament to mankind’s desire to capture the capital T Truth

But the most important implication of the Internet for humanity’s future is evidently its role as the first medium of global communication The crux of human communication or human exchange of any kind is the intent behind any action Intent is everything Motivation is what is truly being communicated from one conscious being to another, be it through words, motions, sports, music or Skype And on this tangled Web we ’ ve woven, we can see the intentions of mankind sprawled out on an endless canvas If the Internet really is a mirror for human consciousness, then humanity is at an interesting crossroads It illustrates everything from our adoration of cats to our capacity for c o l d - b l o o d e d m u r d e r Millennials have learned from the Internet cultures of Reddit and 4Chan to gaze upon this media orgy of blood, rape and injustice and sanitize themselves by protecting true values deep within Trolling becomes a suit of steel armor, fitted with spikes

If we don’t take things too seriously, we’ll never get hurt We can read voraciously about all that’s wrong with Earth, and then respond with poise to our own powerlessness by “doing it for the lulz ”

I wonder how this righteous apathy will play out I doubt that some cataclysmic revelation will strike humanity all at once with mass enlightenment, but I do believe the Web will have a big role to play in the next step of our conscious evolution

The anonymous Internet allows room for the true expression of oneself Here, in this untouchable space, we can embody our real thoughts We can be our best selves and our worst selves with no repercussions We can inflict pain We can even inspire love It is a way to communicate our human intent at the speed of light, an intent so powerful it can connect continents and divide houses

I’m just some random kid who got to spin a few insignificant strands in the web But isn’t that the beauty of the Internet? Anyone can go out and manipulate it, in corners seen and unseen, and leave a mark on the map of human thought Your quiet cubicle mate could be the secret leader of an underground online revolution

Never has humanity been able to commune with itself so lucidly, across such distances and times

The power to spread good is at everyone ’ s fingertips Please surf responsibly

David Zha is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at dzha@cornellsun com

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“It would be easier to take a fundamental look at the issue if we had open and easy access to data about University expenditures ”

Anon Re: “Arts College Faculty Protest Budget Cuts,” News published April 23, 2015

Learning and Leaving

AsI’ve contemplated the idea of my final column for the past few days, I came to realize that the last thing I wanted it to be about was my imminent graduation A few columns of ink cannot possibly serve as a fitting tribute to all the memories and friends I’ve been fortunate enough to make while on the Hill Cornell has been to me and to many of us, I think a little world unto itself; the isolation of our campus allows us to construct an almost self-enclosed domain, complete with its own politicking, protests and counterprotests

For many national commentators, that might be what makes the Ivy League objectionable We parade around the Arts Quad, debating Greek life or student health fees or who ought to be the next student trustee, while the chaos and iniquity of the wider world make our affairs seem trivial But that sense of wholeness within the Cornell community, and our campus penchant for telling stories about ourselves even if we are often the only ones listening to them, gives each and every one of us an invaluable opportunity for growth I’m referring not to the intense, personal growth of the college years, but to Cornell’s ability to make us better citizens by placing us for four years in such a dynamic microcosm of important and farranging debates When, like me, you ’ re watching the sun set on your Cornell experience, between the teary reminiscences and joyful expectations, you should think for a moment about what Cornell’s world has taught you about the wider world which you are on the verge of reentering That sort of wisdom will endure once the sun has set

all be leaving college at a time when American income inequality and prospects for upward mobility are worse than ever It thus makes perfect sense that, despite the relative good fortune of those of us who are able to remain at Cornell, we ’ ve become angered that the economic sins of baby boomers and Generations X and Y have become crosses for the Millennials to bear While our parents and grandparents created this mess, they don’t have to worry as much as we do about paying staggering student debts or outliving Medicare and Social Security

Where I think our generation of Cornellians has stumbled is in its penchant for approaching and dealing with these economic anxieties in the collective mindset of mid-20th century protest In short, standing on President Skorton’s desk in protest of a health fee is in not the same thing as burning a draft card in 1969 Yet, in keeping these economic concerns tethered to the protest model that was so successful in the Vietnam Era, I fear we are losing the opportunity to affect greater, more meaningful change The spectacle of

If the last four years at have taught me anythin that none of us can aff linger at the edges of t debates. They will go o or without us

to mind have not encouraged other students to enter these conversations, but rather have frightened them away with oversimplifications and demonizations The outdated, call-and-response chant model of campus debate has proved unable to engage the greater student body enough with these issues, which are both morally and politically complex They cannot be realistically figured as zero-sum games, like the deeply unpopular Vietnam War in the ’70s and racial integration in the ’60s Agitation and disobedience are not sufficient tools of discourse if they result in the polarization of debates by a few, loud voices

The political dramas of my four years at Cornell pale in comparison to the student upheavals over the University’s restrictive in loco parentis social policies of the 1950s or the struggles over the Vietnam War and racial integration in the ’60s and ’70s Even the ultimately unsuccessful student opposition to South Africa’s apartheid policies seemed to have more staying power than the issues of today Our generation of Cornellians have instead been driven to action by a profound sense of economic disenfranchisement, coupled with a massive distrust of administrative authority We all entered college beneath the shadow of the Great Recession and we will

student discontent has allowed the administration to respond superficially to the charges leveled against it Protests on Ho Plaza die down eventually, and no building takeovers will ever be as dramatic as the ones that came before Thus the eminently reasonable student backlash against financial hardship, when figured as a moral struggle against the administration and, more importantly, as a diluted echo of protests past, becomes too easily dismissed as just the latest manifestation of our student protest culture, spearheaded by malcontents who are less concerned with results than they are with the next chance for protest

This pattern has repeated itself on issue after issue during my years at Cornell When our campus has been faced with questions of sexual assault, of racial tensions, or of Israel’s policies in the West Bank, the most publicized student responses the 2014 takeover of a Student Assembly meeting following the failure of a Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution comes

Looking now beyond Cayuga’s Waters, I see this as the greatest challenge our generation faces The 21st century journey upon which we are about to embark will be filled with issues from climate change to economic inequality, from the growth of the surveillance state to the scourge of terrorism that will require the voices of many if they are to be responsibly addressed But the prevalence of the small vocal minority of perennially outraged Millennial activists leaves the rest of us at great risk of forfeiting our stake in great debates in favor of those who have been shouting at years from the extremes As we ’ ve seen in Washington, D C and Day Hall alike, shouting from the extremes does not often translate into tangible successes The allure of self-congratulatory Facebook activism, which we ’ ve seen on campus in the last few years as the gay rights movement has gained steam, should not cause Millennials to shrink away from the issues of the day simply because they do not agree with everything that is written on a protester ’ s placard

These issues will be complicated, nuanced and painstakingly litigated in the national and global media If the last four years at Cornell have taught me anything, it’s that none of us can afford to linger at the edges of these debates They will go on, with or without us The only question is whether we’ll be cynical bystanders, doubtful of our generation’s ability to fight for meaningful and reasonable change or if we’ll be forever excited to join in the fray, not angry or ashamed at the world for which we ’ ve left our campus, but determined to perfect it together

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Batts Lifts Red Sox to 6 -5 Win Over Blue Jays

BOSTON (AP) Mookie Betts hit a game-ending RBI single to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night

Pablo Sandoval homered for the second straight day for Boston, hitting a solo shot before leaving the game with a sore neck He also had a two-run single

The Red Sox have won the opener of each of their seven series this season

Russell Martin had a two-run double and rookie Devon Travis belted his sixth homer for the Blue Jays, who were coming off a three-game sweep against Tampa Bay on the first leg of their 10-game road trip

With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Xander Bogaerts and Ryan Hanigan singled off Miguel Castro (0-2) before moving up on a wild pitch Betts then singled through a drawn-in infield to the left of shortstop Jose Reyes

Mets Take Top Spot in New York Fans’ Hearts

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Women Say Goodbye to Coach and Two Seniors

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer

This weekend, the softball team hosted the Princeton Tigers, playing two back-to-back games on Saturday and another doubleheader on Sunday This weekend marked the last Ivy League matchup for head coach Dick Blood, who will retire after this season, as well as the last home games for senior infielders Sophie Giaquinto and Clare Feely The Senior Day festivities were attended by a host of softball alumnae, who came to cheer on the Red as well as honor both the seniors and Blood

Both days ended in splits for the Red On Saturday, the squad lost its first game, 3-6, but won the second g a m e d i re c t l y a f t e

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momentum on Sunday, winning the first game, 7-5, then losing the second and final game, 1-3 This week-

“It was very bittersweet for both our seniors and Coach Blood We all love them very much and they have done so much ” M i c h i k o M c G i v n e y

with a 16-22 overall record and an 8-12

record to improved to 18-24 overall with

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n d was a lot of fun,” said junior infielder Emily Weinberg “ We had about 40 alumnae come back to honor Coach’s career, which was really cool to see I think all but about two or three classes over the last 20 years were represented Our two seniors were also honored on Sunday after four-year careers with the team All of the presentations were ver y touching ”

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In the first game Saturday, freshman Maddie Orcutt pitched and str uck out five batters Despite having such a strong game, the Princeton pitcher, Shanna Christian was on fire, striking out eight of Cornell’s batters On the offensive side, sophomore infielder Chloe Pendergast hit ever y time she got up to the plate, going 3-3 in the first game But even a strong per formance at bat proved to be no match for the Tigers as the game wore on The visiting team scored two r uns in the second, third and sixth innings to tr ump the Red

In game two, Cornell answered back Junior pitcher Meg Parker had an outstanding day at bat, going up five times and getting hits each time, making it only the sev-

enth time a Red player has gone 5-5 in one game Orcutt pitched again and held Princeton to seven r uns, stymying them completely in the final two innings Junior outfielder Michiko McGivney had four RBIs and was 2-4 at bat

“Our defense was a little shaky on Saturday, but we had some late inning heroics from Tori Togashi and Michiko McGivney to let us come out with a big, and ver y exciting win,” Weinberg said

On Sunday, the first game fell in the Red’s favor after a six-r un streak in the four th inning where McGivney

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Red Finishes in Seventh Place at Ivies

By JESSICA BROFSKY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell golf team finished in seventh place at the Ivy Championships this past weekend, just edging out Brown’s team Brothers Luke and Mike Graboyes, a sophomore and freshman respectively, tied for seventh place in the tournament Out of 40 competitors, the Top-10 qualify for All-Iv among C ticipants ment, t honor an All-Ivy Team

“As a proud of for placin the field Brandon support of us we few days huge imp day and a we fina team ”

Red brothers | Sophomore Luke Graboyes tied for seventh place in the Ivy Championships with younger brother

Mike

Eng finished in a tie for 35th place Additionally, freshman Jeremy Paton finished 34th and freshman Christopher Troy finished 48th Eng said he considered his first round a little rough as he adjusted to course conditions, but thought he played well overall Mike Graboyes said the team did not play its best during the first round

“Most of my damage was done on the par-5s and I will remember a numon those holes,” Mike d “Birdieing the first hole und was special, as well as second shots into our h (also a par-5) hole the cond and third rounds oth of those shots led to agle putts and tap in birdies ”

Luke Graboyes also said the main highlight of the tournament happened on the last day of play

“Personally, the highlight of my tournament was the par-5 15th hole on the final day,” Luke Graboyes said “I striped a drive and hit a 5-iron from 209 yards to 10 feet, and then drained the putt for eagle It got my day off to a great start and made up for some of the easy birdie opportunities I barely missed out on earlier in the round

My brother Mike made eagle on that hole [to]

get his tournament off to a great start ”

The Ivy Championships took place on the Grace Course at the Saucon Valley Countr y Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania The athletes said the course presented some challenges

“The weather the first day was definitely a challenge,” Eng said “The wind was blowing 20 m p h in all directions and it was about 30 degrees outside without the wind chill We were all just trying to stay warm and keep the golf ball in play In addition, the greens were very quick and with a lot of undulation and with the wind blowing so much, they became firm and faster ”

Although the team said they were slightly disappointed in its seventh place finish, the squad has high hopes for its season next year

“You spend the whole season building for these three rounds,” Mike Graboyes said “There is a lot of pressure for the players to perform well ”

One thing the Red took away from this season, according to Eng, was useful experience playing in high-pressure situations Next year, the team will have seven returning players and a new set of recruits

“We are a young team this year having three freshmen and a sophomore in the starting lineup,” Eng said “I think that we can look forward with confidence and expect great things to come This year was a year [to gain experience] for many of us I know that the season just ended, but I’m already extremely excited for next season ”

Jessica Brofsky can be reached at jbrofsky@cornellsun com

They opened the gates at 5 p m , ready to bring prestige back to New York They played in a historic landmark, a relic brimming with legends, held up by its rustic 1920s beams In 1962, The New York Mets made it their mission to become the premierYankees alternative in New York The legend of the once-iconic National League Brooklyn

Dodgers having left New York only five years before didn’t help the Mets’ ego entering the biggest sports market on earth

And thus began a half century of mediocrity, disappointment and futility

“The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed,” said head coach Casey Stengel famously after his tenure during the Mets inaugural 1962 season But instead of becoming the laughing stock of the league, the Mets squad earned the status of a “loveable loser,” propelled by its charismatic manager, Stengel When the Mets lost, they somehow maintained dignity And while they held their chins up through decades of futility, nonYankee fans all over New York (and the Great State of New Jersey, of course) had chosen contempt over anger as Mets fans